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SIR GREGORY PAGE TURNER, BART.

Yesterday died, aged 57, at his house in Portland-
place, Sir G. I'. TURNER, Bart Member for Thirsk,
in Yorkshire. This Gentleman was the third Baronet,
and married, in 1782, Miss FRANCES HOWeLL,
daughter or JAMES HOWELL, of Elfil, in the c;;unty
of Nos na, Esq. by whom he has sett five children.
He succeeded, in August, 179.5, to the estates
of his Great-Uncle and God-Father, Sir Girenolor
P•GX, by will ; and, by virtue of His Ma.; v's
Sign Manual, added to his own the name and arms of
P oL. At the general elation, in 1754, was chosen
Member of Parliament for Thirsk, •in Yorkshire,

which he has represented ever since. The lair Sir
Cla molly is succeeded in title and estates, by his
eldest son, G Loottv 0511,1!t NE. born Sept. 28,

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Yesterday morning, at six o'clock, two Messengers
from the Secretary of State's Office arrived at '.(e‘l,

with dispatches to His MAJILSVI•
About nine o'clock His M AJEIT V set of for
Windsor; and about twelve o'clock I Icr Mk; city,
and the Priacesses AIiaUSTA, ELIZABETH, MAP.‘,
and SOPHIA. . .

Princ-os Amen. remains at the Queen's Home,
being indisposed with a cold.
Since the naked j'nehigns were adopted, tanned hi.ler
have fallen 50 per Cent.
Lady RODNEY has taken an elegant house, is
Grafton-street. Bond-street.
A Paper of yesterday stated, that Earl Rossi., •
has left three daughters, one of whom, is to be 1...
ton and heir.
The Duke of Soutaser will occupy, for the
season, that elegant house, intended for Lord Vat-
MOUTH by the Duke of Qeser4sai.a iv, adjoining
his Grace's house, in Piccadilly.
The Thanderer man of war, we find, ivs sue oil
shore on BMW Island, where of courte she may
espet mash usage.
The remains of Lord C ****** r will be re•
moved to-morrow, from his late :spat-Meer!, inlk•
James's-street, for interment is the family vault,
near Liston-hall, Lancashire.
The Mark legs have mustered very strong in the
streets since the thaw.
Lord Viscount Lor rvs is espetted in town in a
few days. from his seat in Ireland.
Lord HUSTMOVIELD and family are expelled is
town the latter end of this week, from Het/ening-
hall, Suffolk.
Bo * xcells in every thing. He is allowed
to i.e even the greatest Egotist in the world.
Lord Viscount Minot stoup after tasking vat
impiorements in his estates, in Yorkshire and Not-
tinghamshire, has settled in town fur the season, is
Hertford-street. May-fair.
The Fellow Fern- rages at the Royal Exchange.
perhaps as much as at Malaga ; but, instead art
placing a cordon of tr. ops to prevent the spread-
ing of the hike-lion, tile patients are put into cf.:
Steak..
The Pore z having proved rather rettiee, and kicked
a little again.t the journey to Paris, Box
very appropriately mounted him upon a suite at the
Coronation.
A Paper of yesterday says, Lady H. Carevoter
is to be the dancer/ wise at the private theatrica ,
intended to he brought at Devonshire Hou.t,
in the course of the seaman
The author of the new comedy lately d—d a:
Drury Lane deserves much raise. He has ce
tainly discovered a mode of writing a PLy, of whit:
our best writers were totally ignorant.
The Direigots of the Last-India Company have
purcha,.e.l Hertford Castle, to be converted into
collekc for the education in the civil .ervants of the
Company.
Ilse Anthor of The Lead we Lee Is. has tond
it an tingra:eful soil. It could net afford hem treed
and e4ww.
Lord La Dnreiscaa. with his usual beuevoleace.
last week.conferred us the poor of Meteworth, two
fat bullocks lot their Chri.rmas cheer.
Ilse fifth company of the 1.1 Regiment of Lie.li• 1
Voluntevrt, have resented Captain Hit ire.t
Etna, as wa hist met:Moed) %rods a sword. value
50irwas.
Miller-Ueneral Maser 4,40 has obtained. it "
said, tbt tiovernment s 1 Collins. on the magnate

of the Hon. Festeasica NiSSTM.
Lord Gausemes. wise has for maw time pio
bora confused to his lam by • sprained whine, le.
been tiniest for his portrait in Mr. Si ear t We
1-11-estanel tbe picture is imeneleti t.M Mi..l 6.
she Speakr•, who es completing his ...Mechlin .4 the
several asestnigetWsrd personages who hese OW the
Chair of the Hoer se Coaseseas. Lord s
vit. tit was Speaker Swint the doweeista d the
Itery cisme:ion.
eas. Ac deene.—At • Gomm, Aweseobly
tM Acadreneeirefi, held December ttels. leek
Hasa* nisato rsei. R. A. was r4reb..l Koper d
flei Royal Adelny : swl. ea the t;-and err'
2 bid Jimmy 11e. ttw,. th- Perseebrot=lsoll
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EASTVPIDIA HOUSE.
Yesterdar, at twelve o'clock, a General Court of
r-oprietors was held at the India-House, on special
The first business whi,ch came before them, was
a motion made by Mr. Twtetato, on a former day,
I r granting an
etseurrr TO SIR N. DANCE.
Mr. 'fete:tee, after a few short observations,
brought forward his motion in the form of a reeilu.
n. " That an annuity of 5001. a.year be granted
rsiec'elr N. Dance, and certain sums of sooner to the
seamen employed in meking so gallant and glorious
defence of the Company's ships, when attacked
I,y Admiral Linois, with such a superior force."
Mr. It. JACK sari seconded the metion ; but ob-
served, at the same time, that he should take some
future opportunityof bringing forward a measure,
the operation of which should be to restrain the
Corot of Direftors front granting sum.; of money
for any specific purposes, in the semi. wey as they
were restrained by Ait of Parliament from granting
Feesiees, without the consent of the Court of Pro-
pep os•
question was then pat on Mr. Twining's Re-
solutiue, and carried unanimously.
PRINCE OF WALES'S ISLAND.
The CNA lOC 11.1 then called the attention of the
Court to the proceedings of the Court of Direftors,
whit e hail, on a former Jay, been submitted to their
CJNideration, relative to the future Government of
die Prince of Wales's Island.
lik.Jontisroet began a speech of considerable
lenrh, by saving, that before he entered into the
qiestion itself, he must beg leave to touch slightly
on the manner in which the Court of Proprietor;
had been treated by the Gentlemen behind the Bar
(the Direetors), wbo, in his opinion, had not shewn
that candour and impartiality he expefted from
t' era. Several material papers had been withheld
from that Court, and they had nothing to judge by,
but the letters of Lord Melville. The Committee
of Correspondence appeared to have had ten papers
before them. Many of these had been withheld
from the Court of Proprietors—amongst which he
mentioned the minutes of the conversation between
Lord Melville and Mr. Philip Dundes. The opi-
nion of Mr. Tate, as to the situation of the island
in question, and several others, which induced him
to th:r,k the whole a foul and cot rupt job, for inte-
rested purposes alone. He declared he meant no
disrespect to the Chairman or the Direetnes; for he
believed they aCted on ail occasions for the interests
of the Corapai,y ; but that, in the present critical
times, they Oared not did r with this Majesty's Mi-
nisters. for fear of risking the very existence of the
Corr pony.
He should confider th:s intended establishment,
be said, first, a.; to its commercial inspottaneii s Se-
condly, its military ; and, thirdly, shipesuoldine.
sad the expences which weeld attend it. In regnd
to its importance, in a ecorner-ial point of
be quoted the opini..n of Colonel /OA. ehich hei
bad given in a report made several years vzn, long
before the present establishment was thmight of;
and ehich he, therefore, considered as a dim ission-
ete one. in this report, the Colonel says, ti be
thinks it pro lent to give up an establishment, which
is at so great a distance from ally of the seats of
tbairommeta ht I.nita. and did not hesitate to give
an opinion, that the benefits to be expeieted tom it
were too slight and uncertain to warrant m ex-
pensive an undertaking." They had been told, on
a former day, thet for what of such an establish-
ment, if Admiral Lints had some time ago at-
tacked this Island, property to the amount of one
or two millions might have been destroyed ; where-
as he had every reason to ;relieve, the whole of tee
property there did not emitter to more than
300,0001. It had been Mid, it woold be an emporium
fur trade which to him appeared truly ludicrous ;
for the only article they had to traffic with liengel
and China was that of opium ; so that the shops of
London might as well be called so many empo-
riums as this Island would turn out to be. He
alluded to a book published by Captain Mt Allister,
appointed one of the present Council, as to ti:e
situation and popalation of the Island ; which honk,
bethought, dal him no credit. It consisted chiefly
of extra as trona the reports of Colonel Kidd and
Sir George Leith, and yet Mr. M'Alltster asserts
the population to he 30,060, while Sir George Leith,
*twee accuracy no one has ever doubted, estimates
it at no more than 12,G00 SOUL, On Cirr grounds
be contended the island would be of little import-
ante in a commercial point of s iew.
He nest preceded Si consider its military pur-
poses rise .t Lord of the A,lniirelty had, he
vAid, very inxeeeetsly discovered of late, that An
sitablr sbaseat en telt Island was absolutely necessary
to save our r. ivy from destruSion. For his part he
saw no fCA.1.113 tot putting the Cerneany to such an
texper.ce, but vett it should be governed by his ne-
phew and three other Scotchmea. That Noble Lord,
sifter having, during fourteen years ef his
Admi-
aiterati in, involved the Company in the most se-
times and in fourteen milleoes of debts
bad also, by way of remuneration lot his advice, ge-
aeroosly accepted an annuity of 70001. a year for
life, and was now deurms to incur still mote enor-
mities 1111111MICts, by en ming a naval arsenal in this
blast As to a port and docks, the only evidence
before the Court, went dtraftly to sLew the imprac-
ticability of forming any such thing ; for, accord-
ing to the report o: Colonel Kidd, at aptiox tides,
the water only rives eight feet; and Sir George
Leith says, oniy nine; so that nn potjete could well
be more estrevagant and prepeotverms, than au
attempt to build decks in rich . situation. He
Loh', that. lifter tee many weights arguments that
had set !reopen!, been beta against building ships
that country, he could not but be now surprised to
sae the Company an eagerly 'Nahum into it. They
were wk.; i. was requisite for the safety of His
Majesty's teary. Lord Melville says, we Can build
frigates and thips of the line, as far ca 64 eon, at
; but he expetls he shall be able to build
74 lusettoss At this island. Hi. Lordship may have
document& on ert.oh to ground his opinion, but the
Court of Proprieties have none. lie instated that
err Call bold ships enough at Cakllll.l j and that as
9,1 amber, it mil be )sat Pegs, At es small an
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there would not be 04 built at Prince of Welees
Islands in the course of ten years. He mentioned
an instance of a person who was a ship-builder,
having gone thither to settle in his huriness, and
who was obliged to return, finding it impossible to
carry it on. He contended that no Docks should
be established, nor a naval devil fixed in a
place where they cannot be defended by land
forces. If the French were again to attack in
:he manner :hey did under Suffrein, they would
soon take your naval depot. When we first got posses-
sion of Trincomalee, we were told in the most pom-
pous terms, that it gave ui a great and decided naval
srmer:ority ; now, it seemed to be of no advantage.
Tile Company were told great part of the ezpences on
this'ousiness were to be paid by Government, whereas
Lord Melvilie's private letter informs them that the
J>cks and fortification; were to be built at the ex-
periee of the Company. The l)ire&ors, he said,
talked of feeling their way as to the expences, but he
was much afraid they would not be able to do so,
and therefore wished that, according to the advice
of Sir G. Leith, the scheme might be supended for
nine months ; that a civil engineer might be sent out
to make the necessary surveys, and that on his report
it should be determined whether the Company should
proceed, or abandon the scheme altogether. He
denied the expediency of the measure, and repro.
bated the enormous expence attending it ; lie
said, would amount to 60,01Xiil. a year, at least.
An estimate had been g:,.en in of 4*(1001. but in
the' many necessary officers were not included
The Directors had given a large Civil Government,
and a very small Military one ; so that they had
squared one with the other, and tOr the defence of
this highly important naval arsenal, had only grant-
ed one battalion of sepoys, and eOO European col-
dim s. As to the Civil Government, he thought
there was no necessity for a Governor and Council;
the authority should be vested in one person. A
Mayor's Court had been formed in all our set-
tlements, and had afterwards been uniformly
anrogated. It was allowed they were bad, and did
infinite mischief. He expressed his surprise, that in
the enumeration of salaries, the stipend of the Chap-
lain should be 1,6001. and that of the Master of the
Naval arsenal, whohad the whole under his care and
charge, was only 9001. He could see no reason
either, why this Chaplain should be paid more than
those of Bengal. He recommended particularly
to the Direr ors.that they should duly consider the
claims and interests of the present Governor of the
Island (Mr. Parke). and of the gentleman of the
1.1'7 who was sent thither by Lord Wellesley, and
has for four years exercised the office of Judge
Aber... The covenanted servants of the Company
ar Bencoolen had also considerable claims to situa-
tions at this Island, which he hoped the Direftors
would attend to. The expence of this measure, he
said, would no' be a trifling one. The Civil Esta.
blishment would he 60,0001. the Military 50,0001.
and thine would be a great deal more for buildings
and other ex which he thought would not
ammunt, in rkir whole, to less than 500,0001. He
wished the •smot.•herefore. to consider well before
they sashed -in such an enormous carnet., merely
On the authority of Lord hlelvilte's privies- letter,
aided by the opinions of his nephew and another.
Ti this private letter, he ohser vet!, Lord Castle-
reagh. conneeled as he is wiih Lord Melville, had
r4,.tv.d give the nonillion of his IeCOMIIIOII4I4tIOII.
Fnr 0-eve reasons, be thought it his ditty olio.-
strongly to the measure. He was Consciona he had
taken up much of the time of the Court, and
thanked them for the attention with which they had.
honoured him ; hut he felt the measure to be of the.
highest importance, and, therefore, had dwelt oef
it so long.
Mr. It. JACKSON thanked his Hon. Friend who
had just sat down for his speech, so replete with ill-
formation, and hoped lie would ever continue equal-
ly watchful of the erpeeces of the Company, as be
had hitherto on Al occasions done. Much, how.
ever, as he admired the whole of the speech of hie'
Hon. Friend, there were some of the leading points
in which he could not avoid differing from
He perfeactly coincided with him in opinion, that the
measure ought to be considered as to the advantages
likely to result from it, both commercial and mili-
tary, as well as the amount of the disbursements
attending it. With respect to its commercial ad-
vantages, he differed from his Hon. Friend ; be-
cause he thought it might, under certain modifica-
tions, and well-digested regulations, be made high-
ly advantageous to the future trade and interests of
the Company. It was allowed on all hands to be
the most commanding situation we could possess in
the midst of those countries which have for such a
length of time enriched the Portuguese, the Spani-
ards, and the Dutch. The last unfortunate people,
indeed, continned to this moment to receive the
greatest benefits from their settlements in that
quarter of the globe; for how could they have
lived on the face of nations, round down, op-
pressed and exhausted as they have been, by the
plunder and robberies of an inexorable and insatiable
tyrant, under whose baneful domination they have
long 'groaned, had it not been for those fiches? Ile
hoped that we shall be able to allure those riches
into our coffers. if we calk form this settlement on
the limited scale he should propose. As a ihei -
candle emporium, he thought there is not a place in
the world so capable of being turned to the advan-
tage of Ili i country. Every author who has w, melt
on the subjeSt is unanimously of this opinion. how-
ever they may dicier as to the'expeslienci or pro-
priety of making it a military 4pet. He wished
the vast expenditure which had been held out as at-
tending it. should be fairly met. sod then we should
see, and be able to judge fairly, whether the advise.
tapes to be derived .rem it would be adequate or
nit. As to the size of this island. which hid
been objeaed to by his Hon. Friend, he rejoiced at
it, and was glad it was not mare extensive. He
rejoiced that there was no interior—no vast lan.
pulation into which to carry tire and sword;
that there was no Kaj ih to dethrone for the put..
pose of putting another in his place —no young
Prince to hurl from his throne into a dungeon,
and to deliver into the custody of his bitterest
enemies. In short, that there were no other but
mere commercial advantages to result from it,
without dipping the hands in human blood. He
tss-gged pardon for this digression, but hoped the
tune WAS not far distant when that Court would in-
stitute at. inquiry into these proceedings, if it should
sat be done in any other place. Ilis flan. Fiiend
had vnstsed she authority of the Government to be

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vested in one perscn only: he differed widely-fi cm
him on this point, ander* truly 'prey She Company
had ever departed Trout their old and excellent
constitution, by roalciag Governors in India inde-
pendent of controul. The Resident of Bencoolen
a
db been • mentioned ; but he was sure the Corn
pany deprecated the appointment of that Resident,
in the manner it had taker. place. The Marquis
Cornwallis had delegated--[ Here Mr. Jackson re-
colle.led himself, and begged pardon for his mi.-
take] ; he meant to say, the *aqui: Wellesley lira
taken upon him to delegate absolute power. fle
sent this person as Resident to Bencoolen ; who, im-
mediately on his arrival, called nut the army, aria
read his Commission, without even mentioning the
name of the Company. The reason of his using,
by mistake, the name of th..t most respeatable and
revered charafter, Marquis Cornwallit,• was, that
the difference of his procedure on a similar occasion
was full on his mind. That great and gond man,
when asked to appoint a Resident in the same way,
and to the same place, refused to do so—and made
this noble reply al his reason : N.'," said he,
" the Legislature has vested absolute power in me,
but they did not give the power to delegate it." His
Hon. Friend had stiled this " a foul job ;" if it were
so, he wished to look it in the lace. Ho was, how-
ever, inclined to think, it was not deserving so hard
a name, because he was confident the Gentlemen
who filled the two Chairs, would not have counte-
nanced it, if it had been so. He did not mean to
become the panegyrist of Lord Melville; nor to de-
ny that he had caused the Company to be drawn in-
to enormous expences.nellhophad deliberately consi-
dered the several apt soWlims which had already
taken place, and was sorry to observe, that Englirh•
mere arc the only persons excluded the pale of his
Lordship's attention. He hoped, notwithstanding.
that the Court of Direftors would take care of their
covenanted servants (whose political parents, at
least, they arewhc have been many years in
India, and who may have contributed to
its welfare by their care and industry, or pre-
served it by their blood and valour, and whose
former services ought not, on such an occasion as
the present, to be forgotten or negleeted. He con-
demned the state of oblivion into which Trinco-
malee was now thrown, from which one would sup-
pose that an earthquake had swallowed it up. He
then adverted to the report of Capt. *Allister,
and said, he could not confide in it, because it was
direifly opposite to that of Col. Kidd, of whose
talents and impartiality be had the highest opinion.
But, said he, though Trincomalee be capable, that is
no reason why your Navy should not be repaired
at Prince of Wales's Island when there. This was,
however by no means, an argument for a naval
depot. lie was, therefore, sorry to find that it had
been so far coantenaeced by the DireCtors. Bat he
was sure theCuairrnaa mist sometimes countenance
measures he does not approve. from the threats
which are always thrown not (but which he begged
them not to fear) of dragging the Company before
Parliament and the Count! y, wlsenever they presumed
to differ from His Majesty 'Ministers. He gave a de-
cided preference to Bengal for building ships; bad no
objeelion to &as Island being made a rendezvous for
slaps to repair, but would not agree to it• becoming
an arsenal or military depot. It had been thought
the Company were going to build ships for the
country, and that Goeernment would liberally pay
foram ; but Lord Meireilise's }ewe teats you, the
docks, dock-yards, and the fortifications, arc to be
built at the expence of the Company. This ex-
pence, he said, would amount to three millions,
and, where, he asked, are the investments to come
from ? The several expeditions undertaken by the
Company last war, including that to Egypt, from
Lord Castlereagh's authority, amounted, with the
interest, to seven millions ; and yet, by the same
authority, it was doubtful on whom it might ulti-
mately fall, whether on the Company or the Country.
He was sorry the Company had not, on all occasions,
corns to black and white with Government as
to the time of reimbursing, and conjured them not
to proceed in this measure, tiU they come to a speci-
fic agreement with Government on that subjeft.
On these terms, he would agree to the arrangements.
He then read the amendments he had to propose,
which embraced all the concluding points of his
speech : alter which, he apologised to the Court
for having taken up so much of their time. He
had not, he said, troubled them much of late, not
from being less ardent in his affeetion for the inte-
rests of the Company than heretofore; but, de-
spairing of being useful, he was afraid of being
troublesome. To the present question, he had given
every Attention his faculties would permit, and he
their offered them the result of a conscientious mind,
on a striae& which he deemed of the highest import-
ance to the future interests and prosperity of the
Company.
MI it. resat, seconded the motion for the amend-
ment.
A Nor I sros (whose name we could not learn)
said. he had some local knowledge of Prince of
Wales's Island, and thought it would not answer
the purpose from want of water. lie thought the
Court ought tallier to advise Ministers to fit out a
intheient to take the Mauritius, and then they
would secure India for ever.
Colonel Sy ASS differed from Mr. Johnstone in
every argument he had advanced on the sulsjeft,
mid positively contradilled several of them.
Me. Joe nstone captain d.
Sit I tome Puma's said, that from the reogra-
phical •ittiAllorl, this Island was the best possible
for a naval Arsenal, as it was always easy of weer,'
buds in the Nurth-Easat and South-West mor soar%
There were always good water and plenty of pro-
visions, anil, as suds, be thought the experiment
ought to be made. The expediency was what he
contended for—whether it should be at the ea-
pence of Government or the Company. he would
not pretend to say. He had DO doubt of its Com-
mercial advantages, and should, thetetore. give his
vote tor the original Motion.
The CHAIRMAN felt himself called upon to notice
some of the observations made by the Hon. Gentle-
man who opened she debate. Ile di:claimed the
idea of the thre6ofll having withheld any nem.-
say papers ; and assured the Court. he should
think himself unworthy further confidence, had he
countenanced such a proceeding. It was nett in.
(erred, the Direterws were nut under free agency.
lie had meted the contrary to the Lest Com. and
then repeated. that they were as tree agents in this
business, ea ever men were in any other. They had

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aaually determined they_ would !axe ,another go
vernmentr' foe PcisiCe of Wifesc Agetrallii-
nisters interfered. The Hawn Gentleman had said,
this was -a Tsui, job. He assured the. Court, MI 7
was as much incapable of a foul inb,. as th•
Hon. gentleman, or any other man could he;
however <Wet ence of opinion might excite suspleion,
this was, he thought, a s:ronc; expression, and not
pr .per-in such a debate. He could also answer for
the rest of the Directors, that they were as incapabld
of such a job as he was. The Hon. Gentieri:us had
expressed some warmth attlte Government consisting
of three Scotchmen. He would ask, what country
did he spring from ? As to the choice of the person
appointed to be the Governor, it was entirely his
own. If it was a wrong one, he only nas to blame.
His chief reason for this choke WAS, that he knew
him to be a man of honour, homanitt, and unim-
peached charafer, and every way qualified to
fill the office with credit to himself, mid advaaa
tale to the interests of the Cornanny. He
had heard that sonic of the Arse men In the 411
entintry were making interest for it, and not t.:4,41-
ing that proper, he satd he would find onet•A'''
He therefore waited on Mr. Philip Dundas, and
asked him if lie would go out ? He went to t!..4z.
Gentleman—teat Gendeman did not core to
Neither did he eaten eagerly at it, but tonic a week.
to ece7sitier of it, at the end of which time, he in-
formed him he was ready to accept it. He then
hiformed the Deputy Chairman of what he had
done; and, till after this, Lord Melville knew no-
thing of the appointment, though Mr. linnias is his
ne_phew. No doubt there might be many as St for the
office, but he declared, he did not know one fitter,
The Hon. Gentleman seemed as little plea ,ed with
the appointment of Mr. *Allister, beeline he was
born where he would not wish him to be ty hingh).
Ile was happy, he said, to nod, they were not all
of the same opinion; for, if they had, he would
then not have been in that situation. tie assured
the Court, Mr. *Allister was a man of great abi-
lities and tried integrity, and had been the unani-
mous choice of the Direflors. He noticed the re-
mark as to the stipend of the Chaplain, and assured
the Court he thought he was rather under than
over-paid ; and, as to the comparison made by the
Hon. Gentleman, between that and the salary of the
Master Attendant of the Arsenal, the Hon. Gen-
tleman must certainly have mistaken the nature of
the employment, which was only a subordinate
situation, and mnch resembling the boatswain of
the yard. The salary was deemed fully adequate
to the office. There were several other parts of the
Hon. Gentleman's speech he should certainly have
noticed; but they had been so ably replied to by other
Hen. Gentlemen, that he thought it would be nay.
ing the Court, and the Hon. Gentlemen, a better
compliment, at this late hour, to take so further
notice of them.
Mr. Tuitions expressed himself favourable to tile"
measure, but argued for the amendment, so far aa
it related to the expenses of the Company.
Mr. Gaiter (the Deputy Chairman) reprobated
the expression of this being a foul and corrupt joh
for private purposes. He war aorry to find many
persons had formed an idea this was a scheme which
originated to serve certain persons; he could more
the Conn it was no such thing. The Dien/tors had
actually resolved to have another Government be;
fore any one interfered. lie then proceeded tacos.
(wrn &that the Chairman had stated on ibis sub.
jed, and concluded by requesting that Gendemen
would put such an idea out to their minds.
Sir H. IscLis disclaimed for himself, and the rest
of the Directors, the idea of er unterrancing a foul
job. He confirmed what had ialim from both
Chairs.
After some altercation as to form, the question
was then put and carried for the orignaal motion.
A ballot was afterwards siemanal.al by the friends
of the amendment, which was fixed fur Tuesday
next.—Adjourned to 'Tuesday.
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SHOCKING ACCIDENT.

On Tuesday last, a gentleman of fortune, wtho
resides in the vicinity of Curson-street, dined with
a friend, at Perrin's lintel, in Duke-street. Tim
latter, who lives near portman•square, brought with
him a large Newfoundland dog. The animal lay
quiet under the table until after dinner, when his
miter's friend, having made some jocular observa-
tions in rather an elevated tone of voice, the dog,
thinking, no doubt, that they were quarrelling,
suddenly at his master's friend, and tore a his
nose and upper lip, and otherwise mulled aad dis-
figured his face in a most shocking manner, before
the unfortunate gentleman could be extricated from
his gripe.