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GRANT TO THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS.

1 Cenersl Court of Proprietors of Fast India
S •wk was this day held, for the ',wpm., of proceed..
t.ez in the consideration of the subject of a grant to
111 • Bost Noble the Marquis of lia‘ting'h
The CRAM aII (Campbell Marjoribanks, Esq.)
the hosmese which the Court was convened
t•• ,iehlterAte on--and directed a Ites•iluti•bn of the
(•••.t t of Directors of the qntli of April, Femm-
e:leo bog that the sum of fin.infOL be gn ttttt out
ni* territorial reVellne/ of Indio, in trust, for the
:ienetit of the M-,quis of Hastings, should lie laid
befitre the Proprietors.
The Ilesolonoit having been read,
Tit- Cu IRH t m proreeded to state the grounds
no wlitrii tiir (*.oil of Directors recreinintilded this
11-s•iloti,iii to the adopt son of the General Cour,.
Ile adverted in the thatike which had hero voted to
the Marquis of 1-lastiogs on two occa r---(at the
conclii•ion of the Nepaid war and on the tenpins-
'ion of that which lie had iecently finished, so much
to the glory and benefit of the Company ) —as suf.
tieient proofs of the high estimation in which his
arliirventeots, in a political, as well as
point of view, were held. Both Houses
of Parliament had dour honour to his nirtits-•enor
WWI the Prince Reient, who had raised him to an
e ',voted rank in the service, unmindful of his de-
pert.. Ile did not wish to institute a comparison
between the merits of the !Marquis of Hastings and
these of the Marquis Wellesley—hut he dud not
hesitate to say, that those of the former were equal
to, If they did not surpass, those pei formed by the
latter. Ile hoped, therefore, that the same marks
of gratitude which his great predecessor had re-
ceived, would he willingly accorded to him. It was
impossible to read the papers connected with the
late wit, without coming to this conclusion, that
the Noble Marquir had displayed great political
wisdom, foresight. and penetration. The Hon.
Chairman concluded with moving—
" That this Court concur in the Regulation of die Court
of Directors of the eflth ult.—and that the sass of 80,0001.
be oppropriateil to the use of the Marquis of Hastings and
his family, in the mode pointed rut in the said Reoolaliou,
subject to the con6rmation of another General Court."
The DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN (A. Robinson, DO
seconded the motion.
Mr. iItIOLESTOM (the Director) stated that he
hod entered his protest against the Resolution—
whieh protest he requested might be read.
This document, which was very ably drawn up,
was then read. It censured the grant as premature,
inasintich as the Court of Directors. when they
citint• to the Resolution, had im docuineitts hefoie
them they could lodge of the views and
motives of the Noli!e Margins, in entering ou the
late war. The hostilities miztitiitA. the Piodarrees was
r• iiirully caused by their agi_trey.iniie—hist the cause
td* wart' ti e with Ilulkar did nut so clearly appear.
Throu4'oriit the whole of the protest the lion. Di-
;.rct,,r valor...ea the rtrittiget.t ttyotimetilt of dislike
to tire si stein of damirashesing the >tales of the
uttive P.ioces for the porirome of willargisig the pos.
sessit•iis of the Compaoy—a system equally repug-
nant to 14w. justire, still policy.
At the deer. •Mr. it. JscxoY, the thanks
voted to tbe Noble 3rlattitito on the Hilt of De-
cember, IS Ili, for his management of the Nrpaul
sitiri on ;he 3d of Fehr miry, 1919, on account
nf tire ilts:oisiti Inge of the P.ndarrees aud Mahrattas,

were re:ul.
Mr. Cdo*se said, that the votes which had beets
mil Jed nut pledge the Collet to stay rocre'ding
like that now before it. Ile opposed the Resolu-
tion on principle—which prniciple war. that too ser-
vant. %while in the execution of n public trust.
might to he reworded. Let him first go through
the whole of the service allotted to him, and lass
remuneration would then he a quest t between
him and ho employers. lodependritt of this con.
%derision', they ought not to act hastily—they
ought not to deterotime by their vote, that all which
had been done was proper, before they were ac-
quainted with the whole of the circumstances.
They crstainly knew that particular Powers had
been subjugated—but they knew not the causer 1
that bad led to a state of hostility. Peace, it op-
',eared, was not restorrth—for it well neon by the last
solvices, that commotion., were now on foot in those
very te.rstorica that had heen compered. They
ossght at Lew !,0 are the settleinent of those comm.-
tiona,before they proceeded to determine the reward
Mist the Noble Marquis should receive. Ile coticeived
they were clearly premature its their proceeding -•••
g this bast., which hod about it much of the
warmth of friendship, did not add to the dignity
of the act. as it respected the Noble! arquis
hun-
.self. He conceiVe9. that voting grants of this host!,
for the sacs essful termination of ears, the motives
in which they originated swot being fully explained.
ma• in fact giving a premities for the adopt
of hostile mensures —wherrai. the Acts of the
Legislatuhs and the declarations of the Coin.
pony, bad invariably recommended that war
should strictly be abstained Irmo, unless it was iltioa,
solsoely socivoinable. Ile looked upon the system
which had been pursued for some time hack, as
rah:oleo-4 to creme interminable disputed front one
part 0( 'lolls to the other. Threw's-go/toes, *you'd
he. that the Company 'rest keep up a large rata.
Isliehment. and thus the prospect of redncittg their
eleht. would be more hopeless. It would require
worlorn, toner than human. to briug those th.tigs to
1:47Illy conclusion—nod he could expect notlitsig,
but the this cssontry must. in some way or So h. r,
toisswer4ble for the deficiency of funds to.;.
cosi tttt eel by frequent wars.
Mr. Hume, Ps a etwech of considerable length.
argils(' that the motion ought to be rejected, siore
she *votes of thanks on which the Resolotiou of the
Court of Directors ,van ?untitled, orbited entirrly to
isilitary achievements, and nook no mention what.
ever of the .conduct or the Noble Marquis. as a
isfissesman. He admitted the merits of the Noble
Mareptis—fint he could not concur in voting. him a
fewer(' for his *micro, until he haul before hint a
complete atatente'it of all the circumstances which
bra to tlx woe, as well WI or the system of arninge-
men, which the Noble Mai qui+ 'meant to asaltital,
with respect to the conqurted cnui Uirs, nefrae
the, were called on tat grant 3 cote of this
- kind, Gentlemen ought to show the political
service. performed by the Noble filaretia, as con.
trodustisiguiebesi from dime of a mare military sow
Ur.. lie denied that there vas any precedeut for

this pracealling. In the cise troth of the mpris
Cornwallis and the Marquis %Virile,ley, they were
reawilrd for their conduct at statesmen, as well as
fur she military achievemsrits that had been effected
during their respective administration. It W 3.• lie
conceived, most preposterous to grant a Nall) Or till.
Il`qlCrliiiloll. so isisiiiritysiluil while he was la their set-
Vice. It would reinter him coMpletely independent of
the Company—lint lie was of Naimoli, that if they
wished to have their affairs trd 11l i l Mitered well, how-
ever high the rank of the individual to whom they
were iiiirristed, he ought always to be the servant of
the Compariy, he might nut to I* rendered indepen-
dent of his employers. 110, or he before. was hos-
tile to graritlieg rewords Inc mere military service.
They had rewarded eithcr Lord Ninths or Sir G. Bar-
low (who were Iwo peaceable Governorw), but to the
warrior they granted all that it 11734 in their power
to grant, Ile did not say that the nlividuals he
hid ;list Menrititied deserved reward—but he Mr.
tierit the este 1111 l stance. in order to call the
attrn-
hnrl of the Court to the inference that might he
drawn Irian it. Would it not he said, when they
passed by the civilians, and heaped their favours
on Cornwallis. Wellesley, end Hastings, that woe
hot cusirpreriirs were held in estimation by them ?
Such a precedent was most dangerous. lu fact,
hr Iwilted upon grants of money, for mere mils-
slily achievements. without the Court knew the
spirit in which they originated, as premiums,
wit mewly for warfare, but for the riwourageinerit
of plunder. But, supposing the policy of the No-
ble .Marquis to be unriteeptionaltle, he could not
agree to the present motion. until he was l'ohymeed
that they hail a right, under the existiog law, to
appropriate a part of their territorial revenue to the
payment of this grant. He also disapproved of
the mode in which it was proposed to reward the
Noble Marquis. If lie had de-erred well of them,
they ought to bestow their bouroto directly on
himself, instead of doling it not through the me-
dium of trustees. The nom Proprietor concluded
by moving. as all amendment, " That this ques.
tiou be not now put."

Mr GAHAGAN, in • speech of great length,
sec led the motion. lie pronounced it very spi-
rited panegyric on the talents of the Marquis of
Knifings, whose services, he conceived, deserved
the highest reward—but contended, that as. by
the appropriation clause of the 53d of the King,
the territorial revenues were directed to be applied.
first, to the maintenance of the Company's troops—
second. to the support of their civil and military
establishments—unit third, to the payment of the
interest of their debt—they could not legally charge
ins that revenue a grant to the Marquis of Hastings,
which could not be said to come under any one of
Iltr‘r brut.,
Colloti ALLAN, in order to chew that the ob.
sire:l+4m of the Hon. Director (Mr. Grant). that
voting ti sum of mousy on an OCCASIOII like the I re-
n's was is premium tor war—(B sentiment that had
been improved on by the Hon. Proprietor (Nlr.
II ). who declared that it was a premium for
pluoidei)—read au extract from the letter of the
Nla.spii. of Floating*. in which be gave up his share
of pour-money, lest it might be imagined that the
de-ire of gaits had led him to plunge into w.:r.—
( Hear, hear.)
Mr. GRAN r Paid, his olsservation applied, not
to the isidividual, but to the principle.
Mr. BOSANQUFT expressed his regret, that before
the Court of Directors had determined on intro-
ilticiug this Resolution. they bad not brought to an
issue the question which was raised as to the right
of the Company to grant a pension, for a period
bvymoil the duration of their charter. This ques-
tion had been agitated by the President of the
Board of Control, who submitted a very con-
hued case to the judgment of the Attorney and
Solicitor-General. Lt his opinion they did pos-
sess the right which those Learned Gentlemen
denied—and, instead of changing their ground, the
Court of Directors ought to have had that most
important point decided. They had, however, by
giving up the proposition for the grant of a pen-
sion—and adopting the Resolution for recommend.
in a gross sum of money, tacitly acknowledged
that the Law Officers of the Crown were right.

Mr. limy deprecated the introduction into this
discussion of difficult sod abstruse questions, which.
by common consent, had been passed by, for utsny
years. He conceived they had a right to make this
grant, and thought that the services of the Noble
Marquis de.erved it.
Sir Wu. Buseowhe wetly supported the origi-
nal motion, which. Ire conceived. was both legally
and politically correct.
The Hum D. tNNAIRD. in an aide speech.
pointed oat the claims of the Noble Mmplis uu
their generosity.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM followed on the same side,
and spoke strongly io f:tv.mr of the grant.
Mr. ASTELI. opportil the motion. and concurred
in the amen.linent.
M. Lowan.s also °woes' the originui motion.
Mr. It. JACKSON spoke with great energy and
ability in favour of the el sim which the Noble

hlntrittia had on the Company.
Mr. BoortyQuvr explained ; snd after w shaft
desultory coulters:item, the que,ti *a.. put mom
the amendment, which twilit; negatived on the shpw
of halals, the urigiiial trielaitos 1V.:4 tied in the
affirmative ; and a bnllut being 41.•ino..detl. it was
fixed for Thuistlay. June 10.--Adjatuued.

NVe are requested to thforni our it e;seter. 114;14
Me-.N. 4 •e+ ova: It 010 Co. Sur,zeo,,f, Of C klllol
iiOWW. Great CharloileAtreet, Blartfriara-road, have, in
anoelnence of tht.ir v4lE:naive practice. awl for the HCIII9I-
- oat patient.: tl i he Weal End 111 t he Town, ridablish.
a .1144itist Huard lis lVomiquck-eirect, I )xiiirl.sirret, a few
&kn. from Boad-si reet, where, Pliv,ician of 40 rare expel i-
cier*, mod a thweeno of %rent eminent V. etude, lad where
all the bard alit:in:itchy often I the whale of whom arc
Members if the Itoy-11 railer:es. 'l4ll ihon,.!isda have ;wen
ventured to refer' health by their 1111111..1 is imiver-
eally acknowleilzed, many of ileum load b •ea diecbarged
from Hospitals, mid wine 'unripe' lytreated.—They
nee enuvulted at Woad. onek.hon.e, %Vonektock..ireel, felon
Eight in the Horning mail Eight at Nizht ; and at the
Medical board, Charlotte-house, Blackfriars-road. from
Twelve, till Ei:4l in the Evening —Nleoirtaire have advice
gratis very Evening from Six till Eight, at both honer.,
soul UN Sunday Mornings until Twelve o'llork.—N.D.
Meaner. COOPER and CO. liez to 011..r0 yr. have uo
colinexinii wills any New Concein ; ibriefore all Wires are
to be directed teCharliiite-tinny, ailj % Blecklehrs-road.
—Lectures on Ropinrev. and also nn the Tlraillo. itt of a
(:ntitle' Dimmer, will b, di.littild at but:, '.notes 'AL') qpring
and Asl .

OLD &MEV SE\CIONS,

WKWIrpTiAlr, UAT 28.

The raliove greuirmet eornirmireti Olio morning, ni lostiet
Slall, Oh BA:try. lief,or Mr. Jushce PAIMEY, Mr. Baron
timutow. ihr 11c:co11ma, he.

INFAMOUS AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.
Jan Brett*. Patrick M'Coset, Robert Modes' and Ifi.
closet Itigen (funs privates of the 19th Itemmeist, Lancers),
were capitally indicted for stealing in the dwelliachou-e
of our Sovereign Lord the Xing (mutely. the Barestka
of Hoginslow), forty-eight pothole and upwards, is Rank
motes soil MIA. a watch, gold chain, real., and diver.
other amities, the property of Thomas Enfield.
Meatus. *MAY and Alta Sin appeared fur the prosecution.
Mary Enfield said, else was the wife of she Fromewor,
who was a Corporal in the 19th "Astern. Oss the 21st ult.
they were stationed at Hounslow, owl rin that evening there
was a chest placed under the bed, in which was ilepuniled
about MU. in Bank notes, a hunting watch, two gold mile,
chain, ring and key, six or seven half-crows, pieces, sumi silk
hantlkeichipfs, awl other articles. On the following gnome-
ism she was alarmed by a man, who informed her that her
Mott was corned nut of the room into the pussge, where it
lay, broken open, and plundered.
David Antiproton said, he belonged to the 19th Lauren, and
soh...fluent to the robbery be was confined to the black-hole
of the barracks as a deserter. During the time SPCoort
and Rhodes were over him as gnard. Ahont ekvegi
o'clock at night he overheard 111`Congt tell Rhodes that
Ise had token 4QI. out of Enfield's box, awl he was afraid,
if there ware any more " in the bit.inem," they would he
found out. The Prisoner, were not then aware of the
witnesses bein: a,, near. He on a sodden ruse op; upon
seeing whirls NUConrt inquired if he had over-heard what
they had just brew onyiug. He rej. pa not. :11•Court 'hen
said he should want for nothing white be was lb. re. ithoilt a
sishosetinently thiratcgorl, if he did know, and said a word
about it, that he woods' knock him down.
:rosiness-Major Lloyd said, that in ronsequence of infor-
mation, he searched Rhodes, and fiontol concealed in an
old glove he hod he hi. moon ' a 101 note, owl two U.
notes. lie also searched Ml‘Coust, and found counaled
in the turn-np lenther of his cap, two none fur 11. and
soul ton half.criowns. The Pti.oner told him of some
more propt sty Ile illff eniteraleti in the stable of Captain
alnurtray, of the same 'moment. Upon going there, wittiest
met seljeant Glottrono, of the same regiment, who informed
him that the Prisoner Breese had told him of the property
bring also placed there. Boner was a servant of Captain
Mourne', and ender the col 'Oman of his snide was found
H/. Wit nen rt mind from the wife of the founts Prisoner,
/lien, 111. and five hall-crowns. The Prisoners bail access
to the room of the Promo-war when they 'leaped.
Thomna Enfold paid he had seen his box and property a
day ur two before ; and Mary Enfield said she bad seen
therm the day previous to the rubbery. Each identified part
of the property prothscrol.
Mr.Jestice IttyLev summed op the evidence to the Jury,
who retired for more than half an bow, and Then returned
the following verdict :—Breese and Aigen, Not Guilty-
1111'Cottrt and Rhodes, Goilty—Deolll.
The Jury recommended the two latter to mercy.
Mr. Justice BATLEY—" I am bound lu ask you, Gentk-
men, upon what gronsuir ?"
The Foreman—" Upon the groomd of their long services."
Mr. Justice BAVLSV thou ordered that all the property
should be restored to the Prosecutor, Corporal Euhsdd.

POLICE.
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711 4117.1111110130E1 STSZIET.
EXTRAORDINARY CIRCIJMSTANCE.
Yesterday an Irishman attended at this Office to ask the
advice of the Magistrate under the following singular cir-
cumstances :
He stated, that he was a Itasket.porter of Covent-garden
Market. and no Tuesday morning last be was proceeding
along Hroad-street. St. Giles's, with his load on his head,
when, by some means for which be could not aerostat, it
valuable gold watch, chain. and seals, come into his basket,
which he ascertained was there through the following cir-
cumstance:—
Wiwi& he was walking along, two men, having the ap-
pearance of groonis, came up, and seeing part of the chain
hanging over the basket, they made a grate at it, end gut
the watch thereout. They refused to give it to him, un
which he threw down his load, and the man who held the
watch ran away ; upon which he instantly collared the other,
who said he would take the hasket-man to a place where he
could be found ' • be accordingly did, but the watch was
then refused to be given to hint, hot it was agreed to by
the Irishmau, on the proposal of Site others that the property
should be pawned, and they should go halves. On their ar-
rival at the pawnbroker's, the watch was given to him, and
the Iriiditaan told him to keep it as it belonged to neither of
them. This the Pawnbroker did, and Pat instantly came
and made the case knows to Whales, the officer, who, by
the advice of the Magistrate, swot for the watch from the
Pawnheuker, for the purpose of Budiag its owner by adver-
tisement. The Irishman was commended for his judicious-
method of meting, wishes promise that be should have the
watch, he. if an owner coal l not be found, and if it should
be the cape, he might depend upon being handsomely re-
warded.

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COMBINATION AMONG JOURNEYMEN
SHOEMAKERS.
Yesterday Mr. Boswell, a respectable shoemaker, residing
in Han way-street, Osford-sheet, applied fur the assist-
ance of the officers in a case where a great body of loco
daily surrounded his house, making a riot, for the purpose
of exciting his journeymen, seventy iu number, to strike
fur more wages. They insulted every body that entered
the place, and he and his men were in danger of their
lives. The mob consisted of journeymen shut-makers who
had struck fo► a rise of war a
3lr. Conant, the Magistrate, ordered the officers te go
and assist, aaj to take the !cadets into custody.