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charattet, and alludilcl'phrlitshifit
F e his comitterenee it The. shicthitdieltt (trusts it
Ilaelts 'in tio **fit* of the '&4/ India CortiftiViltlto
"NIP' the 'aittkatitint or Ginsleirioni-rt 'Achim: 1:04
' NMI ea es art" i Mince 'of rrelcfitit t» `tt iiittes
'the EirAt 'Witt Ostit
Mr, Canninted itnivrer,Thlted'll4 Igth Lislceittbir,
' AM); spolte'of't he nitwit:A4:ost
and General Moor°, to the Governments of 4Writti.
Wet and Madras, es en'eseeintiort toiilgerteirif rule
• which, wider the then circutirstailees; he
.hariotvls-
corred its, from the comititeratilin 'that the
letestir Of MUM* India were bee .erlitsulted. fry 'tile
rappointrnetit of those Gentlemen.' 41r dielotnied
iVvir hating • interfered With the patiOnlileof the
Direeiont,• • • disclaimer whieto be couside'red d..
necesatify.' after flits impunltiddi which he hicto47
derotood stret4. niisrartautably Molt 'opbu him at a
late Geoterdt Coon.
After the letters had been read—
Mr. JACKSON rbse• and beid it was his intention
at a proper time to move the coneurre of the
detteral Coati .of'Prtittrletors in the time**
expressed in the letter of the Cheirmasmul spi jr
I Chairman. HtshOtild. not entertain any idea '4ll.
following it op with any otion for a pe:totiiiiey'ro-
, convener, as hetanughC t for Atria which arde
held under thi`State,•it t: the Stati rhisid
• remunerate, and sintwitlistua mg one instassells-to
the contrary, be did ;tot think the Proprieiririf toll‘e
the persons who should reintnierate oaken; spiroisics
ed to control them. The Hon. Member cotteldbEd-
' by giving formal notice of his intentiou to more. at
the next General Court, the cuoCurrence of that
Court with the sentiments of the letter Grilse Chairs.
The CHAIRMAN WI himself called upon to state
a cum:nutlet-a which perhaps was not genettatly
known, and which elucidated tits dirittterested aid
honourable conduct of . the Right lion. Csentleittan
with respect to pecuniary matters. When the
Finance Committee of the House of Commons re-
. commended the abolition of certain sinecure 01E6*,
,They accompanied their Report with a suggestirtne
is that as the Crown would• by that measure lose fin
. opportunity of rewarding faithful services, smite
more legitimate mode should be adopted to enable
the Crown to reward its faithful servants. The
President of the Board of Control was then dis-
tinctly adverted to, and it was recommended that
alit., a certain period of service he should be en-
-titled to a retiring pension. A Bill was brought in
otO enable the Crown to grant pensions to iti own
vorrvants, but as the East lathe Company paid the
-salary of the Board of Control, it was propmed
that a separate-Bill should be brought in for grant-
ing retiring pensions to the President of that Board.
He was proud to say that Mr. Canning refused to
bring in that BM: on the ground thut, in all pro-
bability, he himself would •be the hot object of the
Bill. This was a circumstance calculated td add
to the high estimation in -which Mr. Canning ails
held, and in that view lie had mentioned it.

Mr. twits, in justice to an Honourtable Pre-
peietor not then present, to whose speech at that
Court on a former occasion he conceived the let-
ter of Mr. Canning to allude, recalled to the recol-
bretionof the Court that he had at the time been mie-
woderstood, aurt had explained what he meant was
by sew of caution, and not as a charge. He had'uo
; objection to the printing of the letters, but it was a
question with loin whether, ou the scanty informa-
teen which would lar before the Court, they ought
to express such an opinion as the Him. Gentleman
wished' :to obtain, though for himself he thirst de-
clare. that from every thing •which he knew of the
•Iniarrou'iable Gentleman, and he lied. hart
occasion to brae a good deal of intercourse
with him on business, there was no individual
whose notions of India were so correct as thole
of that Riski Honourable Gentleman, and tie
knew that his principal reason for concuriing iu the
oppointmeote of Mr. Eiphinstone and General
Mourn, was to give the opportunity of trying the
effect of certain beneficial regulations, with all the
aid of local experience. and therefore he wile free
to confess that the Right Him. Gent lemon atousclu a
situation to deserve the thanks of the whole body
Of East India Proprietors.
Mr. Lowness cordially agreed in the prole!"
• which had been uttered of the delicacy Add pilaw
of Mr. C • lire -conduct, and was• assured iFtbt
the knowledge of it would place lien in a higher
situation than ever. is public opinion.
Mr.' R. JACILCON, in reply so Mr. flame,
E:-
pressed . his' inittitigin of founding 'himself on 'the
'letter of the Chair!, .whicii, nis'exitreising their cipi-
pion and that of 94 Direettorsp wholvere best *bk. o
appreciate Mr. Catiniog's kpices to the Company,
*mild, he thought, beperfeetly satiefoetory groped
' the General -Court to proCied upon. He agreed
• ivith Mr. Home that it ‘wait,idefeet In 'diJ system
phew a difference •of:potinesfoievitinietititeirded'to
firpriye the Company ofthe'sertices of Such a swim
as Mr. C3Olllll, but lie doubted whether it was
it, detect fur which no adequate 'remedy could
toilstryfied.
A•Pioprittor inquired if the financial statement
was yet tourbeent ?
The CH•tutektt said, front the neglect exi .. itt g
someolo re, the accounts necessary to make out that
statement had not biro received front the Supreme
Govetrtmeht.
The same Proprietor remarked on the importance
of having the public aermints regutisily transmit-
Jeff, and asked if the Chairman could say if there
was any probability of a war with Sciudeali ?
" ‘Tiie Citstamau said, every question Qt peace
'or- writ has bu &gni t ted to the Secret Committee wi-
der the sanction of an oath ; it was therefore ob-
viously impossible to•answer the • rrest,on of the
Hon. Proprietor officially; but, trom•peivete in-
telligence which.he could depend optic, no distutii-
ante was likely to like place•with Semdeah.
The Hon. CitilluaaN then olisaved, he hoped,
for the support of the Court in what Le•ivita-aboat
to submit to them, which was a motion of ailjogrii;
ment, in consequence of the inteutibil intimated
by a Proprietor to debate a subject which lie 611.
ceived every one would agree with him was impro-
per to be there discussed. He concluded by
moving the Court do now adjourn.
Mr. Lowtspes mid, he had. not meant new to
bring forward the Address to his Majesty, of which
he had Oven notice ; he thuiv,,,lit it ought to .10-
brought torward in a Special Court ; but from the
length of time which had elapsed, lie was ',Mated
to agree aith the Hou. Chairman that it ..mid be
no* improper to discure, it.
Thi lion. Colcucl STAtItioPE said he Lad no