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slim,hl he rejected. Tliey_were called tepee) to di:.
vide the case. of those young men. tied iu doing so,
they 'Mould not only look back to abet pewits*
inure Iles, but also fiireeril. uroepectitiv, to what
might he the ts..siiit of their drcition. 111 1738, the
iittentien (if the lieimeasily Was CO'liOt 10 ecrtilill
abuses oliegeti to exist; and r Cummittee was
teened, for the tinrnose of inquintie into them.—
He hurl, nn nuttht, it briar Committee had beet.
sadieed to purser their inquiry, the preseut evils
would hive teeri prevented ; wed that to the
interruption of their labours Wit% to Le entre-
belted tha clause of the mischtens now com-
plained of. In 1799, the court of Directors came
to the revolution of stoppiul all aopointeneuto that
should be found to have bees: corruptly obtained;
this they did not promulgate till Iseti, 4101 in this
manner things *cut on till the erreesiot inquirjr
took piece. In consequence; of that inquiry,
what was the conduct of the Court of Directors,
upon the notoriety, of the fact., as disclosed upou
that occasion by the Committee of the House of
Commons? CoisH it be imagined that they would
pass them by, unless they were resolved upon it to.
tal dereliction of their duty, and to meet. its they
would merit, the censure of the House of Commons,
their own constituents, end the public at large.
Under the impression of this duty, so imperative
upon them, he considered the puilisliteieut inflicted
by them as lenient as it. wits pos.ibk, having re-
trospect only to those Gears '101i1:11 had or..
carrel since leek, the time they promulgated
their Resolution. • He bituer'le did not 'ap-
prove their pausing by - the interval between
1799 sad Isu6, when they published their Re-
solution only once; nor did he himself know of the
promulgation; and therefore could well suppose
others to toe veiledly ignorant ; it; therefore, that
was the onlyriiitaiti of their present decision, he
could soot same entirely approved of it. indeed,
he would he nappy if any ground could ht. laid for
exeressiiie the proposed innulgersice ; but at the
ounevtinie lie %.110i certain, the. Court oh Director+.
showed be left to themselves, awl to the exercise
if their own discretion; and, if any attempt were to
Lbw made to controul them, should be the first
to oppose it ; considering, as ..e did, the pre-
servation of the Company to depend upon the pre-
servation of the credit cud authority of the Court
Hof Directors. Although an enemy to the multi-
plication of oaths, in general, be had been always
a friend to the administering an oath us the case of
appointments; because, if au oath had been taken
by the parent.; upon the occasion, the present cen-
sure would not now be passing upon their children.
Upou the whole, lie was for leaving the entire of
the case to the mild and breievoleist coneideration
of the Court of Directors.
Sir THEOPiIII.I.I4 I,lieri-Jit.rc requested of the
hireling, before they tome to any decision ou the
questiose to .pause a little, rod consider the differ-
ence between the situations in wind' the Court of
Directors and the Proprietors were placed ; the oily
had 011 idastract duty to perform, tied up to its
discharge by the roletnn oLligation of an oath—
the others could emend to their feelings end the ion-
isortunities of friend., without i.lloUiiitioll or stain.
Ile could assure them, that the Coen of Ditectors,
iu adopdnirthe line of comlieet they had pursued,
had felt as acutely the whisperfugto of humanity, as
any of theta could do; but they also felt they were
Mound, by it souse of character and duty. from a
knowledge of the trust reposed in them. Of their
humanity there was proof. in their nailing by all
breaches of their Resolution, from Its adoption iu
1799, to its promelgation in Mei, includin4 no
less theft eight gentlemen. wise 'were found brim.
gressars within that period. They had also eviio-
ed the same feeling, by mitigating that pert of the
resolution which rendered otletelens incapable of
I *erring again; A report hail guile forth, that there
Wit a dieleion in the sentiments of the Directors, on
the stilneet of rival, Heel that it was carried only by
a majority of one; that was a mistake; the divi-
Poo ties me the questien of recalling all who had
olfeuded. as will those since ',evi, as those before.
Some Gentlemen had spoken of the power of the
Court or Directors to take the step they had done;
the motion itself only went to recommend to them
to reconsider their resolution ; but if any doubted
their power, it would be proved beyond doubt, by
reference to the statute, regulating. the office and
'defies ofthe Court of Directors. Some Gentl e..en
talked of legal evidence being wanting to prove the.
delinrineney to be punished ; but they would re-
member that this Court was not in Westminster
Hell ; and could any one doubt the Report of the
Committee of the Howse of Commons, as suffieieut
to yammer them of the existence of such delin-
quency ? In order to decide fairly on the present
motion, the Proprietors should Outage situations
with the Directors, cud thou say, if they were
boned by the solemn obligation of an Guth, what
would lie their conduct, if asked by the Court of
rhrectors to change their optimism in oppoeitiim to
their sense of duty, and the trust reposed in them '
for the public good ?
The CiIAIIIMAN, (Mr. Grant). before the ques-
tion went to a division, wished to make some citi-
servatione upon a few of the topics that had been
urged. The Mover of the Resolution seemed to
think that the Court of Directors bad not acted
up to their Resolution of 1799, as they had Pet
given those appouited under corrupt practices an
opportunity of disclosing what they might knew
on the subject, and so give them an opportunity of •
avoiding the penalty ; hut it should be recollected,
that the discovery came throtlgh the 'medium of the
Committee of the Renee of Commons; and it
could never be intended, that after a discovery frees
isnotner quarter. the panics hupliewted should be
allowed to evade the consequenees, by a late dis-
closure of their own purticioatioit. lie had ale"
said, that a greater guard was used against cadets,
than agataist et enters.. The fact seas. am moth to be
admiiii.itned to writers bad been adopted by the
Directors, but which had been after wards ever-
ruled iii a General Court of Prontitetors, and the
rule itself was finendesf upou the discovery of mi.-
conduct in dies:sew of cadets, which did not exist
in that of writer*. if there remained any option
in the Court of Director*, he lead nu doubt they
would be Most happy to eared to the voice of
Mercy, end comply with the washes expressed—but
he mush learedthere was not, inensisteut with their
duty. If the minima came in the shape of a re.
commendation, it would doubtless be attended to
as fur as poorible. it were tueaut as a mandate,

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(leo'emelt should ety iO at once; tits Direarial
would receive it with deference. but they 14-444 d
Wet jsrounise to be bodnd by it.
[sir'. SA N9Olll replied to the argdnaente„ and die:
.eliiiined all thought of any thing further then the
Revolution imported, or that it war to he followed
*by any other proposition. It NA* merely au I
IWe recommendation—by no Weans intended as
•Inandate. lie could see no injury is this eViretellt
of cleincncy. as no man disputed the right of the
Directors to dismiss the servants of the Conspedy
at their own discretioi. lie couchided with re-
Prating, that the motion was intended es an appeal
to their kind cOnsWerution, not a inundate for their
Oliedieuce.
The giestion was then pat, and, upon a %hew
Of hands, the Chairman declared it to be carried iA
the affirmative.
The Court immediately adjourned.
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TARTS. MAY ILS.
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A new Bulletin aria litthlished here to-day, of
which the following is a copy :
EIGHTH BULLETIN.
vIENBAs BAT 16.
The Peuple of Fiera* praise tLe Archduke Reinke. Ha
wrtiowernnr of Vienna, hot when flit revohittunary stem
ea te, orriereal by the Emperor Francis 11. reme to ha lute.-
ledge, he refused to retaiu tfoe Gevcresocet. The Arch..
dike Maximitino was' herefore apo,minted in his stead. TVA
young Primer, who displayed sit the thunghtleasere that
could beanpole:lied to beloeg to his age,deelared that he wool&
buoy liturselfoinder the ruins of the town. He collected to-
gether all the realise', the indolent, and the worthless, of
whom there is always a multotrode lap great. eitb fern/shed
them with pikes, and distributedeh the orres'oleselt wale in
the areetiel
In vac, did the it,babitanri entries( to him that &pest
city, rased by infinite labour and captain to so high a pitch.
of grentkur, ought not Pi be exposed to the horrors and des
saotatiou with which war ie remarried. These reprises'.
tattoos, however, only excited hie passion, Yid bb Loy rune
to inch a height that he pre so other onowir• hot the order
to fire bombe and howitzers no the ambler, which cord kill
the inhabitants only, ns the !Trend) were protected by time
fortifiratior and could Inter n farther security front tba
pi Jet ire of war.
'I he peopte of Vienna experienced the most paieful aim-
iMy, , and the town win believed to be elevated to dewy,.
thin, when the Emperor Napolcou, to =teethe capitalfeem
the twin of a protracted defence, by rendering all defuses
evidently useless, ordered the troova to Cease the via of the
Danube, and to take possession of the Pratt,.
At eight o'clock as officer informed the Archduke that
a bridge into eetainielsed at that quarter, thee * peat nor
her of the French hedge:coned by swimming, tad was al.
ready on that side of the rover. At this ours the ban-headed
Prince crew pale, and wee filled with terror. He passed
the Prater id all heir • seat every battalion be met bock
lip the bridge, and made his map. edition twin; formy
al any arraagemest fer • the deferent the town, soil anti
without trassfirriai to any pens* the mooteurii which bq
was idniedesing. This however wet the very was ism wise
but au hour before bad boldly pretended thin he would bag
himself under the ruins of the capital.
The fate of the House of Lurratue was fo.eseca by all ia.
*Wpm persona, Omagh is other respects of the most op-
polite opiutuns.---Matifiredini obteiind ea audience lei this
Emperor, in which be represented to him that this one
would Lug weigh heavy on his ratiociente, that it wort
bring about the downfall of his House, sod that the Franck
wee* aeon be in tiesaa.—" Pub! Pohl" replied the lon.
I row, "they m ' all in Spain."
Thugut, is parseasee of the confidence which the Emper.
rot formerly placed in hiss, lush the liberty of nankin rim
pasted tepreeentatiose.
The Prima de Lip* said skid—" I thmight I. van aid
noisugh seat to hoer outlived the Austrian Ilioserchy.'• Arid
Men the Oh:trona Wallis saw tba fkidiftele Art am to Jain f e
re inlay, he said, "There is • Danes stionift to assist is
itiesaisder: he will experience the some Asia."
Count Lew* Von Cohealdel, the Chief panamerpfdre wan
of i 4 -it, was at this tionlying ow bleidouth bed; boa at bon/
before he expired he adstersee4 a *two= sod awaited ht.
ter to the Emperor--" Yung Ilejenty,* he *rote, " uteri to
eussioler yourself es furtunate, with respect to the situation
in which Ow Year* rif Pitshin:zh hag placed you. Yoe are
is the second rank aiming the powers of Ennye, which in -
the cause that your ancestors uccopicolermil $ war fee
which nu prevueatiou is given, sal which will produce the
rein seer row Loose. liepooleon am conquer, and will then
have the right to he inereable, he. hic." That lost act of
Cori Crenteet rendered his departing divintlits hal) to
Is:seating.
The Prioec of Ziortendurf, Minister for Foreign A flair:—
several statesmen, who, like him 1-mallard free from the
contagion and fatal blinders of the momenta-.seeeret other
person of distinction, and all that was respectable among
the Burghers, entertained the same sentiments, and spoke
is the same matinee.
But the woiritied pride of the Fonts-roe Frown 11. —thit
hatred of the Archduke Charles agaiust Russia, and the die.
pleasure with which hr viewed the chase attar hetes* that
empire and Framer—the gold of England, which hail per-
:chased the Monster Stadion-44e levity and incomoderate-
nem of noose dozens of women or effeminate men—the dm
ceptiun and fete.. reports of Count Motteruieh—the intrigues
of the Illarmowsko, the Ltalporos, the liclagele, the
ai&se Gent *blotter mireaturers, at; no EAtild usaiataiur for
the of eimMg &sand no the Continent, have pro.
fboltrli and impious war.
the French were victor:mei in the field, it was said
that they were few its slimier ; that there were no more of
then in Germany ; that the corps consisted entirely cf Or,
ettipts ; that the cavalry were without horses i that the
Imperial Gird hood mutinied; and that nor Parrs= wont
in inearreetom against the Emperor IN apraleen.
After we had cArquared, buitecer' the Freud' messy wrap
innumerable ; it never was formed of `roe veteran or b. der
hour ; the attachment of theitoodicis to the Emocror flier
puleun tripled anti qeadrupled their force; the cavalry was
well imitated, camcrous and formidable ; the artillery wee
better served than that of any or er mitten, sad moved
o ith the rapidity ofligotoing, &c. &r.
Weak Princes! Corrapt Cabinets : igeoratit, fickle, be•
wolfed men! Such are the snares *limb England has thus
fifteen years constantly sproad fur yea, aim-I i..tu it Inch yin
still readily fah—Boa the catastrophe you o,epotenl is et
length developed, and the peace of the Comineut as fur ever
secured.
Yesterday the Zionattorrevietied General Nnasooly's divi-
des of homy cavalry. He bestowed mach ;wails on the ap-
pearance of this Ass division; which, after no stvvre a caw.
paten,exhillited s,noo bones is order of battle. the Majes-
ty toted op the vacancies by oar •ppointinents, and bonstorr-
ed the title of Baron, whit as estate, on the Arrest olGcer ;
and the decieretionef the iAgio• at Homo,: with ime franc
on the bravest currant* of each regleac:it We fiend et s.
Vier* sr recce of renew, a vont roomber of gan.taanoagele
sr adiskotao• great quantity 01 pleader, &band ...-e of ready
tnaile reiltbary accoutrements, end a heap of Whet, and cast.
err.
Only 11111 loaves werwslaetenyed olorir'the hoosbardinent.
The pimp* of Ytenmt Pt-marked; that litho 0...0f clone had
jaady- faillun on flame who were the morn scomote prummeni
lof the war, and they yerceived then thefe: rural Amdroosay
directed His boblaries
The of this Cenerel to the Grernmer df
Tiotitor pad highly satisfactory to ail the iedishoterriL
He had 11'5 MOW le the capital an honourable recoliectine,
and *Om deo pound respect of the people.
A few days of restAem erre* brio. Mad the army; sod
the weedier is now rear th:o we have seater may so 11.
The wins, which Is distrilantril to the troupe, is sybeirJant,
sartsif etsretleat yield,.
The Arnim Government has ;node esioniehiag efforts
for the support of this war. it is entia..sicil that tire tom

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