The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-02-12 00:00:00

ICURIOUN CAU.

The Lords of the Privy Council held a Cant of
Appeal, on Tuesday, at the Council Offivr,
hail, which was attended by the Lord President,
Sir ./nim Anstrether, Air. Bathurst, and Mr. Tre.
roe. An appeal from the Court of Madras, of con-
side..able importence, time on to be heard, I-- which
Rungay Pillay, a native aed inhabitant of that
place, was the Appellant, and the East ledia Com-
pany Reif's-rodents.
The substance of the case, as stated by the So•
I.ICITOR-Uent.e AI. and another Barrister, WAS, that
in the year I 800, M-. Jacleetn, an agent of the Com-
pany, employed the Anpellant to coiled dues, Dec.
from some N.tbobs, due to the Company ; and Mr.
Jaeksrm having pre.cured se.veral favours to be
granted to a Nahr4, the latter gave two stns, at
different times, to the Appellant, as presents to
Mr. Jackson, amounting to 18.000 pagodas. which
the Appellant paid to Mr Jackson. who, in a Ann
time after, sailed for Ki-gland The circumstaitce
coming to the knewledee of the Board of Revenue
and President t f the Cou. cis, they summoned the
Appellant to appear be'ore them, and to pay the
paeedas which he hnl received from the Nahob,
tem their hands, t t use of the East India Corn
palsy. The Appeilant, at r is lime, was eryemely
aid could not attend the summons. He sent a
written answer, stating, that he was not a registered
Dulls' Con eany's service ; at -he vests
merely employed by Mr. JAcksen, to whom alone
he waq accoun ahle, to whom Le had given all
the presen s which 1.• 'tad received from the Abod
for him. i'he Presi Itt and Board of R venue
were not satisfied with this. and sent s .me of the
Coeipanis Physicians to ascertain the state cf his
health. T. .y reported, that ;he journey font
residence to the Board might endanger his life ; et
this did not avail, and he was forced to appeir ;
when he persi,b t in his statement, ''hat he ha:: re-
ceived noee of the presents for himself. The Board
Ind Comic., 1u cons- qu. ice, ordered him to swear
to Le truth of ch.-. w ich he hesitated to do, bring
censcious of his ionLernce, and an oath in the
i.ir'di re.igion :sr.( g administered wi:h vrest num-
her of 4.:llllMQllite, Otis man in that c.ion-
tr; , who is i err beliteed without as oath, having.a
stigma attached to him enough life ; as it is con-
sidered !kat be has u. as--gone a kind of purgation.
fbr Appeller.t teas, its runs/gee:ice, cast into
prison; when. fter some tim- he paid time pagodas ;
and. because he still persisted ! st Mr. Jackson . a I
the pagodas, he was cbfih .1 to undergo the shigrad•
tog retirees superstitions c rentinies of en iatL,
ant swear disgrece tu I ims...t Aftei this was com-
plied with. he was still des tins d, se eceisegeeeee of a
let.er from Mr. Lushinveo, who succeeded Mr.
.14,kson, stattug, if the Apr-dart was IlherAttdi,
persons would not 're so wilting to corns forward to
makecomplaa rs eeeinst biro as if he was us CWIIS.ae•
mem: CM Appella... matt --..ehts Appeal egains•
the Board ,r ft-veins, I' was employed y per.
sue to make. It his at. ..yry.togiirehris a bile to
large principality . which he ind *mold-
ing to his em aire.•..-a, ar.-4 oitich ceie:ed
him to get pes.css of iCe mince ty and estate.
His em,Sloye..- iew i-dea aim wash* r scot of 1000
pagodas. It • erred me teat the ge was not
correet ; cat ...is was not pre.s. I by ;tee legsl eel.
desire, Ixe merely on the report of a ‘ir. it.sven-
shim, who ha! his account Irmo the man who
wanted te' dispossess the p Asesser. For this the
• Beard cf Revenue had theme' t proper to a. same a.
pewee, and fine him 2500: sgndas, eh; ring him
wait having den euil•v ot immoral cantina.—
He then brouele ..se befcre the Court at
Madras ; but the poor orptess d Appellant bad
no cheese there, fur every Counsel was retained
against him. The Court, however, remitted the
fine of 2300 pagodas, e 'rich had been inflifted by
the Board of Revenue, considering it illegal; but re-
fused to ioterfere in the affair of the presents, con-
sidering them to spring out of an illegal transaition,
and likewise refused costs.

The SoLiciria.Gensa.so, on behalf of the Ap.
pedants contended, that admitting the transaflions
to be illegal, the !hard of Revenue could not pos-
sible have any thing to do with them.
Sir Joni, Awn auras% asked, if a highwayman
could be robbed!
The Sox ic tTo e-G en etas I. replied, certainly. One
robber could not take the property that another had
been stealing, without being guilty of the same of-
fence. The Learned Gentleman concluded, with
praying th it Lordships to order the immerve Arm
that had been extorted from the Appellant by the
Board of Revenue, with interest, the costs in India,
and the cost. of this appeal, to be restored to him.
Sir Joon ANSTRVIosit said, that the Lord Pre-
sident himself, and all the Lords present, considered
this an application of v.sey great importance ; for
his part, he had bat lately come from India, and
he never heard of such condu't as that represented
to have been praaised by the Board of Revenue, as
they could not possibly possess any more power than
ally indifferent person passf•.q in the street; it was
therefore their wish to be in possession f 01 the ori-
ginal proceedings, and every document relating to
the business, to peruse them before they came to a
decision ; and adjourned hearing the Attorney-G..
ner al for the Es. Company, to a future day.

The Public .usiaineda great disappointment, last
night, at the New Theatre, opposite the Acl-qphi ;
upwards of seven hundred persons applied for
admission, but being the evening of Ash- Wednes-
day, them was no performance. We !hive no doubt
but this will occasion an overflow to-morrow
emninis, ; fir certainly the Entertainment of
this enchanting Sala Pared, every one would wish
to see.

According to private letters received from the
Dutch CO/St, the French armies are recruiting is
Holland, with an unexampled seventy. Not only
is every Dutch soldier hurried of to the armies in
Poland, but the mast oppressive meals are employ-
ed in the enlistment of every one who is of sof&
.:ient strength or age for military service. Thus
the Police sends every one to the army, who is
brought before it for the most t:ivial breach of the
peace; and to the evident injury of the cause of
iustice, even capital punishment is sometimes corn-
.nuted into a certain period of mi.itai y service. The
poor ate, in the .arne manner, all relieved by being
seat to the armies ; and accordingly. notwithstand-
ing the poverty of the country. not a bout(' is to