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Caoftareeglis iu the Hosea ofOontnetwealetilil have
supplied them. Under the present system, ths`st
who were sent to the Pleparamry College, were
appoiuted Waters, at :eine they were *dim: ted there
under ea implied pledge, that, if they did not mis-
behave, they should be remanded. Accordiug to
, the admission of the Chairman himself, before tlfe
Cuistaittee. it (lid slot always occur to the Direc-
tors to make inquiries as particaler as was neces-
wary. His plan, leaving it to the Court at large to
pursue such iiiquiries, with effect, would remove
this dillieulty. It might be objected, thlt such a
proceeding wou:d take up much nue, ; but even if
was necessary to appoint an extra Court, and to
most twice instead of °lice in the week, he thought
thiresecarion or sutficicat importance to jpstify it.
Taw, however, was not the case ; for, at present,
the Court or Correspondence, which was more sur-
charged with any other, performed
the task. The ilext (Inestinti for them wusovliettier
the mode which he recommended was just? which.
sae to be decided another question, whether it.
operated to produce any undue limitation of
truitage ? It was' not his inteution that it should;
be was willing to truce that its the 11141111' srtuatiou.
with only one exception—that the Board of Cuts-
trout should have no share in it. Some were of
opinion. that it ought to be put into the hands of
Government exclusively : others thought that. by Sit
doing, they would strengthen the Minds of the 'Mi-
nister, an fir as to endanger the Constitution.
As. arranouralile Friend of his hail propused that it
shoeld be sold, cud the produce dedicated to the
relief of the disabled soldiers ; and timelier, that
the Proprietors should come in fur their share. such
in truth wits the early practice ; hut lie would not
insist ma it stow ; he was may anxious that they who
were culling for reform should chew thernselvts in-
clined to adopt it. I.lc therefore wished that the pa-
trosofge should still continue in the same was. only
with mere ; it could never be the its-
tehtisn of the Legislature that those intended to
centroul should receive favours • from than. I
former times the East India Company was cite:veil,
in consequence or its corruption ; and iti the pre-
sent, they should guard against the same evil, and
the same fate; they slimild not give their enemies
an opportunity of slandering them. H concluded
with moving a Reiwilution, expreesing the regret of.
the Court at the corrupt transactions that had been
exposed ; rejoicing at the same time that tio Di-
rector was implicated ; and resolvisig that greater
circumspection we. necessary; that there:ol'e Sal
open Court should inquire into the character, qua-
lifications, and connections of the Candidates for
Writerships, Cadetships, kr. and that, in addi-
tien to the deelanition already provided, there
should be one by the Dirt7ctor, 1111 ler whose patron-
age the candidate was brought forward, stating
that he had inquired into titter. points, and found
them favourable ; and that they should lay befiwit
that Court, once a year, or ofteuer, if necessary,,
the number of those appointed.
Colonel ;karr seconded the motion; without ea-
taring at large into the snliject, as he had original!,
intended, he euuld not but consider the present
a noble opportunity fur the Directors to benefit
gke interim, of the Comunuy, when there were' so
maw gement* of theirs who had (ellen in the fields
Wile had left families onprinsided fart aim) to thud
dad provide for whom,. he emisidered tie paranintint
duty of the Directorw lie instanced the case of
Colonel Montague, who fell before Serifigapistam.
sold who had left live children to the protection of
the world and the Company.
Mr. Loam 's gave his warm support, not only
to the inotino, but to the sentiments expressed•hy
the seconder. He instanced, himself, the case of
an uncle of his, who had served the Company fat
27 years, and yet lie had remained unprovided fors
owing to his being ton hnnest to ail patrons for
his advancement. This he had evinced upon one
carious occasion. it was well known that rum was
put on board the Company's ships, not only stew
far old, but short in measure ; upon one occasion
he saw a cask, Obtruded for Is gallons, but which
only contained t 4, and which he accordingly sent
overboard. And yet this Gentleneta had continued
to the end stationary, as only a First Mate. It cer-
tainly was to be lamented, that by the Regulations
of the Carapaily. there was no provision made for
their Naval Officers; in lieu of which, however, the
Directors were mit:nifty bound to consider, in the
distribution of their patronage, those who had
iOuiflat their battles; in justice those were the lira
to be taken into their consideration. In support-
ing the present motto, he had no wish to dirniiiish
the power already eittrusted to the Direetors..—
Power of every kind had been already mu& iently
dlininielied by the events or the French ltevolntinn;
wheelier that of Direetors or of Kings ; for lie consi-
dered the Directors only as 24 Ritigs of hula ; on
the contrary, he approved ()fit, iisostouch as they
were about to obtain a nest Charter, which might
be deemed as a new ship; att.l every regulation
tending to reform old abuses ; 11114 as such he hoped,
like a new broom. each new ineaaure would serve to
sweep chain.
Mr. %meat nixoN deria,i, that, with respire
is personal feeling, he wits perfeetly indifferent as
to the fate of the present ninon ; but lie dill not
'ootasider the lion. Gentleman had made out his
ease to support his propositiew ; to which, besides,
he had a further objectiou. as eentilig ill tile sheet
of an order to the Directors ; which won't', in his
.ititlgment, have tome better in the form of a rs-
swittirnetidation. The Directors themselves must
by aware, that a thtrereot line of eonelact from toe
past, must necessarily lie Pursued hi future ; anti
Me therefore wished flictl• regulations, as were ne-
cessary, bad originated with theni ; at all events,
he hoped the Hon. Gentlimatt would consent to
shape his nnitiou so as that it might appear, not as
an- order,. but a reconituendatiou. While they
were met for the consideration of the. Report of the
/louse of Commons, he could nut but revert to
what lie must cooseler as cruelty; the recall of the
Whters and Cadets from India. Ha collaikit cru-
elty, as the Directives had themselves, in the first
insteuce, neglected the mode in which theii
pa-
smusege bed been disposed of. Where there were
sin ninny avowed dealers Its the diapreel of places,
could such a system exist, if the Directors had
themselves taken clue care iii thu first instance ?
To the motion itself he hail this objection--that it
was telling the Directors, that they were no longer
it to he :routed with the patrisin_le of the Comp.-
-- Ha mho, wharf the anew should lie left
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the Directors themselves, es there could be- na
doubt they *mild take care to apply the proper re-
medy.
Nlr. RIGUY defended the inotiou.nn the right the
Proprietors Hail to interfere; it hail his cordial sup-
jowl, as su;:gesting valet duties to thebirecturr iu
disposing of tin ir Patronage, than their private be-
nefit, namely, the s,seneral good of the Company.
Mr. Pfi rut/ MOORE also uppeaed the doctrines of
the Wit speaker butoaw. 11. glosac of the Directors
themselves made any objection to rev:inn the pro-
posed re,ulatiois, he could out but woodier at any
opposition art iu+uyi.ontside the bar.
Mr. GRANT, the Chairman, in declaring the con-
sent of the Directors to the proposition,. felt tt his
duty to deletid the body of Directors from any ims
plied imputation in the wording. of its as they had
originated many regulations for auppressiiig the
evil ; and replied to many of the °beeiridium that
had fallen from the non Mover. He disclaimed
the opposition givemby Mr. Dixon, as Mare was no
feeling among the Directors, of their power lacing
invaded by the Proprietory.
Mr. LOWNII/3 declared his regret that the
wife of the• Court prevented, his moving their
thanks to Mr..Jacksoli; but exprtsised his intention
of moving, on a. future day, that a piece of plate be
presented Ishii, to mark their sense of his services.
After a few other observations,. the Resolution
was agreed to mon i i 11l otisly.
Mr. RAND: a JACiiSO/1 then declared, that the
merit of the present investigation and, resolution
originated in the honourable manner in which use
subject of Luba abuses had been. tokenatp by Mr.
George South, in thedliouse of Ominous, imp-
ported by the Chairman, Mr. Grant, and the other
Directors, Members of that House, and moved—
" That :the Thanks. of that Coarbhe given to Mr George
&nit la,. who hat inured, and llr. Grant, who had secoodud,
I' That a Committee be appointed to Auteuil* into the atins,A
of East IntlimPatronage 4' topttlit.v with sitets.lithers of the
Directors as. were Members, and Waal host sustrtanously
supsystred that 1 tiet st igetion. •
This Resolution, after an, utteiupt to add the
name of Mr. Thellussoti, for his seal in proinotitig
that inquiry, was agrerti.to ; and the Chsuomin,.the
Deputy Chairman,. Mr. George Smith, and Mr.
Riebarts, severally returned their thank'.
Mr..PTISILNIVOIit. then MOVtli •. That the Ram-
Lotions of this day be printed el all the public
prints." This gave rise to a,sbort discussl 1111 l show
far the Revolution itself uppearim almw might tend
to convey nn imputation ou the Directors, for
havnig neglected to take the necessary steps, as
they had dour, to pat a atop to the evils com-
plained of. This was ended by adding to the Re-
solution these words.--.. together with ouch Reso-
lutions as have been adopted by the Court of Di-
rectors on the subject, since the Iteourt of the
!louse of Commons. with their respective datois"
The Court then adjourned.

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