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The Comroittee'to whom the Polio' of General 11.'0, for

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to. the %axonr of si i..0re,0 or S aloort,

*ia referred, to examine the testier thereof, and to report
Ilse a:iine, wash their obeervationa thereupon, to the
Mouse. have etateined the lastirri thcrcuf, tad 'greet.;
spun the fulluwiuZ
REPORT:—

Mr. MO, a native and citizen of the Unite.' States of
Anseries, and now a General Onieer service, ;will.:
in ludta it. the year 1794, was proprietor aml comfit:lndic of
a partisan cos pa, consisting or infantry, h,Wee, and
min ting to 4,000 well *mantled effective% in tbe bel vice
of his Higlutees the Niems.
On the 4th of August, at midnight, Mr. Kirkpatrick, the
British Resident at the 13imuit of the Kizam, was awakelivit
out of his sleep by the Radars arrival, from "'Nur Hyuil-
Mall, an officer commanding a part of the British forte
*edited by that Palace, of a messenger who lost been ilia.
patched to hint with the ntraost possible expedition, wills
the alarming intelligence that Monsieur Raymond, a Vreneli-
man c tttttt minding a large trope ofilcr:red by his country.
men in the service of the Ragan], had made a sudden move-
ment with his whole force, with the intention, as wan suppon.
ed, of at tacking the gieatiy inferior British force, tinder Major
Ilyuilman, io his ueighbourhooll. lu these critical C:1111111-
stances Mr. Kirkpatrick, after a short deliberation, lost 11111
lime in applying so General Boyd, requesting that b would
amid the English M the nnequal struggle. and iminviliately
move to their neighbourhood, fleeing, to nap Lin own words,
44 that be mizlit thereby eventually entitle himself, and his
whole ivied', to strung claims on the thanks of the Bistish
Giterrunirsit "

General Boyd loot not a moment in meowing the British
Resident that Ise would instantly put his corps under arm],
and be ready on the Cost summons to support the Mit ish
with Isis whole force. It appears from the evidence of 3lr.
Itoliins, ass Alter who served under him, that his corps was
actually put in motion, Dud advanced some way towards
the cantonment of Mons. Raymond, wlirn General Boyd
received another letter from Mr. Kirkpatrick, slated early
In the meriting of the loth of August, millio: that he hail
just learned that the report eons. yed in his former letter
was knotty sinfoundtil; and in consequence General Royal re-
turned to his esicompuielli. Is is stated by him that his
movemeut h►d the elhet of disconcerting Monsieur
Raymond, and frustrating his object. Ho this point
the recordi of the ['Ault India Ctimpany give nu informs'.
; but the evidence of Mr. ROlbillN the WailletlV already
• ntiotted. 'oaten that the off►cers serving under General
Boyd, had nu especiation of liberal reward from the British
Government for the lout they had acted; and Mr. Kirkpa-
trick, writing deliberately after the affair was over, expresses
himself in the following terms The readiness which you
evinced to afford the assistance of your party, calls for my
wormiest thanks; awl I shall not fail to make a proper re-
port of it to the Supretne Government."
According to General Boyd'e representation to the Court
of Directors, in 1800, the decisive manifestations be had
given of Isis" attachment to the British interests operates) most
unfavourably on his own. That Mons. Raymond, indignant
■gaiusl Geo. Boyd, represented in such strung terms his at-
tachment to Ilse English; and, on this ground, intrigued
'gnus, him with inch sticcessoloit uot wit hotandiug Isis utmost
efforts, and though, as it is right to remark, the General was
assisted by the British Resident ; after various proceedings
of is inure or less suspicions character, he and his corps were
at length dismissed front ikesesvice of the Muni ; and thus
GCS,. Boyd lost a situati )))) from which, as he himself states,
he was arriving ass income of 4,00 ti rupees per mouth, or
OHIO 9,0001. per motion. His Highness the Peishwah,
in whose employ he had before been, then invited General
Buy:I to resume his former situation, and the offer was as
• ; bat Ise was ',wormed from joiuing that Prince by
the measures of Seiodiab, another Nl:thralls Chief; and, as
he himself:4am disgusted with the politics asset intrigues of
Indio, he Won after left that country and returned to his
native loud.

Several years hail now elapsed, when General Boyd hear-
ing, in 1806, that many officers who had been in the service
of the various, native power@ of India, haul been amply re-
warded fur giving up situations of irmulunwat rather thau
art in hostility tuwaids the British interests, was prompted
to prefer his claim to remuneration, on the double ground
of the service he had rendered, and Ilse situation he had lost.
'll'he mode of remuneration was summed by himself, as
one that wadi' be of essential service to him ; namely, that
of his being peranittral to ship at Calcutta 300 onus of salt-
petre for America, as being likely, by •11Illitli sacrifice by the
one party, to prottoore a very liberal remuneration to the
other; guarding, nt the same time, against the possibility
of its co ' g into the hands of the enemy, by agreeing to
Contract with the Governinent of the United Stater to import
the whole fur their use. Saltpetre was an article, time ordinary
espoi lel of which frn'al Intlea was ; and by the
sale of this cam) in the CniotalStates, Cen. Boyd might fairly
hope, on a moderate computation, to realike from 30,0001. Iss
35,0001. ate, 1111 g. TO this proposition the Harcourt. of the
F.asl India Company assented, provided the plan should be
sanction.d by the approbation of the liitier Ministers. Ilia
31.ajesty's Ministers, a hen made acquainted with all doe cir-
cumstances of she ease, willingly acceded to the poupossl,
and mauirested their approbation of it by granting General
Boyd a license, which was nut merely to permit Isis trasospur-
Intim' to America of so large a quantity of military
stores, but even to protect his ralgo from capture, in
the event of a war breaking out between this country anal
America. Gent rat Boyd's property was thus secured against
the attacks of any of our ships of war, even supposing
Thal hostilities should have broken aunt between this nation
and America ; yet in a time of prufounil peace between the
two roffintsies, the ship Murtha, its which the saltpetre was
Wilco, having lunched at the Cape of Gond Hope, to laud
wattle English pa%seagers, was violently detained by our of
his Majesty's ships of war, and was condemned by the
Vire-Admiralty Cum tin that settlement. Oa an appeal to
the proper Court iu this country, a decree iu fistulae of
General Boyd was obtained, and the restoration of the
saltpetre was ordered; hut before the decree retersing
the original senteun• had reached the Cape, the saltpetre
hail been precipitately sold for a sum comparatively so
trifling as to do little mute, according to General Boyd's
acrount, than to tonsmanate the charges incurred at the
Cape. These traaamtwors took place about the years 1807
and 1808, and it does not appear that fur a considerable
time afterwards he broupul forward lit this cuuktry leis claim
for the spoliation of his property at the Cape; but it is fair
to mosaic, that fur several years subsequent to the period
here mentioned, the criiia•al state of alloirs between this
tumor, and the United Stases, rendered the times tenfavonr-
able to the hither priatecution of hie claim, anti that after-
wards the unhappy war between this casuistry and Ames sea
broke nut. In that ear it is also slue tal General Boyd to
remark, that your Committee are informed General 81/yd
uoi only maintained the clime:feta of a good utEcer, but dia.
plated kintli.esa and geuerusalv to the British prisoners who
fell into his hands, At leugth, the war being terrrinated,
Gement floyd canoe to this c tttt ttiy, Car the ',winos, of pre-
secatilig his elation, anal in the exerittialit of that design lie
preatioted to the House the Petition which ass refereed to
tie Committee, _ . _

The Committer, in the course of it,. inquiries, felt it to
Ile its duty to isms-stellate the various 'terminis which con.
gained the details of the pecuniary Inert of the transaction.
This examination was readrieel the inure difficult and intri-
cate, nut only by the leugth of time that had elapsed, and
by Gently' Lloyd's not being m1)447,4111 with accounts, but
still more by the circunirtseice of the sitiorquesit failure of
the nieremeitele house whirls had (eons Ilse sol:nisiug cou-
durhd cueninvecnil p cite. of this tran.acia,lll in Lowelon,
ishtlot tlencral Boyd wa. ahsent in America. as well as
ultra he war in Ilene (tenuity. That it. rcial house had
advanced the iecee-eiary fiends for the purthecee push trans-
11a1. of the .nitprirr ; it hood, spparcolly with * view
be its own scenrily, effected nu mane once no the saltpetre ;
and when it was seised soul ronilemited at the Carr, Is at
its she serum' of the miderwriters to wake Ruud a
lac• ao pnsdsered, /.111.11 tL•em isi the coort of Kole* Bench,
nil uhfaisitel a de veer fur the amount of the *hole slllll lII-
e sired, TIA--e transaciiiens were term. eat, el about the year
011, whilst fie ne nal flew., wit, as before inentitnied, to
America..

FfIJU3 General Boyd'. btateutects to tbc Committee, it ep.

'MITI. 'Mat on eiapothibig with 'pita, AVM' lean • liner IR of
rhitecu'r tout hug the witus c of his eleints tot Otte you'll tt.
for thlr• 41).4141m0 ..1 hi• properly, they tnvr to us 11w., "Pt-
' lllll Ilte.e 0.4'0.14 ought to he preferred, in vNitt Li I V 61y
of Ihr jilfnirA 111, that heal WPi•tf efreeletl, end chsttinz the
1101101 e 011111 • lurk the eat, 0. Ore 11/0111.1 "'tire Fr/Odlirell If ear.
pled safely to A inva aro. after de &chug the prime coat,
roOtt and other chslitVh of Ihr m 1,41011,1.; 1,13 title priori.
Mlle, ht. original stetentesst of hitt claim, prenatal for the
rummitter, wee eattairutted. _ _ _

The produce of the t.allipetre in Am r 1, lAA, it t•lionlil
be observed, Ness a...twill, Ceti led iliere by the inireltesers of
it at the V. 1.., sold fur the pries *smitten' in Geninal
liu~Ws ids tem( et, ;mooted to ....... 50,962
And he Ardittoett front slim, for (-oil, freicht,
'mod rh'orjt., es shstracted front tl.e bunks of his
runner Loudon Agents

Leaving
13e4Irles which, he .!e.l.letr.l tlorthe isle pi.,4loce of

the aill!wire at the tape, lawless the *trove of the
Vice-AJotitalty Court 3,609

gfl,4otl
An ebar;ing interest on the account 14.4 on

The amount of what Ida compeowaCon from the
.F.aatlia Company would hate !outflow I to
bun if he laid carried it to America stood et.... 50,886

BO it may be ulna' red that in this account thee was
• mate. ial error against General Boyd ; fur the slim or
3,fittil. deducted as the produce of the saltpetre at the
Cape, had been haver deducted front the account Of costs
sod charges, srliith stood, after such deduction, at the
balmier as above of 10,9471.; so that, in fact, hr had com-
tamed as error to his own disadvantage of 3.6091. But in
examming the said arCoulli of costs idol cliarze,, the Cont•
moten were fur the Kist logic apprisi if that the ealtlrvlra
had been insured to Ike unit t of lli,b id. of which shoos
14,0001. hail hero recovered from the underwriters by
the suit above in, whined ; and it Ilse, 4,4111 iuquiring into
the reason why this had not been stated its General Euyifs
first representation of his Oise, shit he gave the explanat ~,,,,
which appears altae, namely, that he had omitted the in-
troduction of the instil-mice lipun the opinion of Ilse A me-
rivals lawyers, who hail advised him ; but the Cunimitiee
is clearly of opimon, that the 141$11FAUCe, soil the MI ell re-
covered thereby, ought to have been sated, itosintich as the
actual situation in which Gen. ral Bind prmesittd himself
for remoneration, must he • dierent gin the two %Ismailia-
lions of the insurance having or not having liven made;
bat it is to he observed, that in stain): the SICCI,IIIII its his
own way, that is, by deducting from the (slimmed amount
of the proceetla of the saltpetre in America, the prime coat
add charges, instead of the amount iimmed, he snide the
amount of his claim about 3,0001. more than it would have
heart if the insitrance hid been deducted, instead of the prime
cost and charges, anti by his mistake iu deducting twine the
sum of 3,6091. fur sales at the Cape, he reduced the amount
of his claim below,what it wonid hare been, if, loom' of
deducting the prime cost and charges, be had clouded the
full amount of the insuraiire recovered from the under-
writers; and this, without noticing the eitpensea of his re-
peated voyages across the Atlantic, and reticence in Eng-
land, in prosecution of his claim.
Oa the whole, the insioanee, seems to Wire reibibursed
General Boyd for the prime cost and charges of the salt-
petre, mid for the aetnal expense% incurred in the long
mange of his anxious and wearisome endeavours, and thereby
to have placed him in the situation of out having sustained
say direct pecuniary loss.
But if General Boyd has not to complain of any positive
pecuniary loss, yet the Cominittee is persuaded that the
Douse will bear in mind the loss he sustained of the sum
for which the saltpetre retold hive sold in America, tool on
the possession of which be had seasonably reckoned.—
Tlie Committee felt it to be its duty to ascertain the pro-
bable amount of this sum, and learned, by referring to the
prices current in America, bulb the military value of salt-
petre in that country, and its itartlesitir value In the )ear
iii which General Boyd's cargo would have stylised there,
bat for its detention at the Cape; and it appeared, that
the 300 tons of saltpetre would have sold fJr full 50,0001.
But besides Iris being deprived of so large a snip, which
General Boyd bail been accustomed to consider as his own,
the Committee cannot hr insensible to General Boyd's long
course of protracted end disappointed hope, of uncompen-
sated I ble amid anxiety, his kw of time, to the fatigues
and perils of repeated voyages across the A ilauttc, and
all these atiperadiltal to the actual lose sustained in India, as
be himself states. frum the sudden blasting of bin well-
founded expectatious, from his military connection with use
of the greatei.l and must respectable of the Dative powers. On
the whole, therefore, the Committee finds, on • review of the
cue committed le theirexaminatiun, that Geri. Boyd having,
its early life, rendered, •t his oats peitioual risk, an impur-
lxrt vice to this country, at a period when, f 0 the
pushitiral circumstances of the limes, It was of inure than
ordinary value; having, in conornurnce of this very act of
spiiitrsl genceneity, actually sustained lite loss of a oitiia.
lion which fairly promised him a large return of fortune, and
perhaps of credit ; having had the value of this service
recognised both by the Directors of the East India Com-
pany and the Misii,ters of the Crown ; sod having receiv-
ed a liberal remuneration, was suddenly deprived of
It by the unwarrantable proceedings of the Commander
of a British ship of war ; the Committee is persuad-
ed, that the House rill cwt be Insensible to Geiser,'
protracted coarse of anxiety and disappoint-
mail, and Ilwt the eirciodistauee of his being a futeigner
will, the Committee delights not, versituniend she case to the
consideration of the House, air it has rill along been felt by
the Committee; the length of time tau that has elapsed, as
augmenting the sum of General Buyirs hardships cull ma-
dusildedly he rather favourable than Lijlli lu his czisAe ;
and it will also be a recommendation Of Geller.' 8i1y11.3 cure,
that his personal character stands high in his native country.
Finally, Your Committee, though by no means intending or
w 6,16 lig lor rircononrod a remuneration of Gen. Boyd, grounded
ins the piiisciple of realising the profits which lee might have
iiicidentally derived futon his Curts:sirsciil adventure, yet
feel themulves notified in reeoniniending the case of Ge-
neral Boyd to the fair conaideration ut the House.
Jed, 5, 11418. -

Tuesday, a poor woman, uam. d Counot, resistne at
100. S, Spread Eagle-coat, welt out npun
some carrying her child; about a year and a half
old, in her aims. She was met by a woman of genteel
appeacaore, who pretended to be iscquaiiitcsi with her,
stud began to admire the child, which she look from
the mother's mots, and carried it herself slant the street.
The mother having occasion to co into a chop, the
other said she would remain 1111 the ontside, mid keep
the child until she retursawl. The assmitsking mother
columnar, went in and purchased what age wanted, bat
when she came out, her new acquaintance hail carried off
the child She hastened home im a state of distraction, and
mvssenge.a were ,topathlwil its all directions, without eta ii;
neither the woman sow the chili has ranee hem heard of
The child was sir, sec in a nankeen frock, purple hat trim-
med with seal skin, tail a new pair of purple bouts. The
woman hail no a wiggle lumuct, and shasl 1411,
thin, and calcitic) hair. A reward has beets offered fur her
apprehelsiostq or the recovery of the chili.
Another Cabe of drowning, attended with afflict-
ing citcuinstatices, took place on Wednesday even-
ing. Five young men were teittriiing front Rich-
mond, two of them got nut of the hoat to bathe
below Chiswick, whets one, named JUN Ait, amislettly
disappeared to rise no more. Ms brothersin-lat7, a
tristit of 13, in getting not of the boat to endeavour
to nave him. siiifortuitately Alan d the same fate.

PRICE OF
timik Stock 4731
3 rer Ct. 77
3 r Cons. •
31 per Cent. (new) ..AB4
4 p r Cristo 97
5 Irw Ct. N.Air. 1051 106
Hai.k L. Aim. 20A I 1-Id
1,1443 prt Ce ut. Au. 16.-:

YI:STERAY.

Indio 1i0nt14.... 93 pr.
Month Sea Stock.. 86
85k
Ex. i;i111.2.18 2.1 19 pr.
Unto. 21.....18 19 pr.
Lots ry 'Picket. 10/.
Ounaunt.... I 0 elne.
C 0!,.. for Acc... 77,;11

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PIZICES OF HA
Sr. J•NIES.S.

Hay 51,1410,1 to 01 Os Oil
Straw 21 Os 6,1 to 21 14 Od
Clewed)/ Os Od to 01 Os Od

Y AND Si RAW.
WHITEr:IIIAPFL.
Hay..o/ 12. 0.1 In 81 12‘ 04
New 41).0/ Os 041 to Of Os 04
Sims,/ 21 10+ 0.1 to 21 104 01
Clover 81 1.1. Od 109/ 0. Od

PRICE OF RAW PAT, per stone of
St. limes s, 4s. ICI —lVltitrchspel, 4s SI.
Arerige, 4s. 5,!.

PRICES OF TAI.I.MV, so,a p, &r. per 1121 b.
Town Tallow 82. 0.1 —, Hd yo t„,, I,„p I.
Yellow Itussin SO. Od —s 0,1 Mcilllesl
Whitecliteo.. 761 Od —s 0,1 curd ltllli
Snap theta.... 76 0.1 —a Ott Pnlin • 11114
Melting %ha ?Oa Od —s 0,1 Graves 00' Os
Dino rough..46s Od --s Od Good Diteirik.,,,,,, U. oil

PRICE OF CANDI... 6.
From Tallow Chau" m Hall.
Price of Candles, per tl.r.rn, 13s 11,1—Mmilds, t 5 Oil.
lid. per doxen allowed fur ready money.

PRICE OF LEATHER.
Butts, 50 to 561115. each 031 to 24.1 re§ lb.
Ditto, 56 to 661 b,. each it to —.l
Dressing Hides
Flue Coaeb Hides Itti,l to 21.1
Crop Hides 35 to 40 lbs forcutting..l9d to 26P
Ditto 45 to 50:105..... ..... ..200 to 211
Calf Skins 30 to 4011,, ^2d to 28d
Ditto 50 to 7011,s ..31h1 to 36d
Ditto 70 to 801 its 30d to 38d
Small Seals (Greenland) 21 I to 27d
Large ditto
Tanned Horse lodes 1641 to 18.1
Spanish Horse bides 21141 to 24.1

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Best Heifer, and Steers (per Orcliparv..2l Mt in 2. 21
stone).. 2s p.t to 2. 141,1 Market l'ale _O, to 10...../ h
Middlings 2s 4,1 in 2s Cil Eng. horse 94 Oil tio Ills lid