The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-15 00:00:00

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' Y'e'sterday a General Court was held at the East-
India House,. when: the business respeaing a stun
of money voted by. the Cburt to the Representative
of the late Marquis Cornwallis was resumed:
The CnAnotAN shortly informed the Proprietors,
that, to remove -allombiguity, the Court of Direaors
had atnetido, their former Resolution respeaing
Marquis Carnkvallis, at 4
.agreed to recommend to.
the Proprietors a sum certain, injtead of a&ertitig
to the term of servicer; 'and - instead
of the word Heirs, they_bad,.agreeably to their uni-
forrn intention, 'named the present Marquis. Their
Resolution, so amended,..they left for the considera-
tion otthe General Court.
Mr. R. JACKSON oVserveil, that his former address
to the Court made itunneceasary for him eo do more
t-11-10 :again present the. Resolution -which-. be :.had
gloved at the last Court,. with noother alteration
than that he had iuserted the sum of 40,0001. in-.
Bqz.l of a 'year old a half's salary.. -
Mr. ROCa seconded the motion. _ _

Mr. nicxanpfkay, late of. Bengal, complained
heavily of having been refused the sight of a paper
(the Letter from, Lord_Cornwallis-Jo
_Lord Lake)
which he understood to have been laid upon :the ta-
ble of the General Court, and whiCha-Leanted'Pro-
prietor (Mr. Jackson) was evidently very Well ac-
quainted with even before he came into that Court.
He objeled to there being one law for one Proprie-
tor, and another law for another Proerietor. He did
not mean what he said disrespedfully to the Learned
Gentleman ; on the contrary, he had often heard in
another Country of the, firmness and consistency.
with which he defended the rightS and interests of
the Proprietors, and he thought them under the
highest obligations to 1141 ;- but still he thought eve' y
species of faVoUritism unconstitutional.
The CRAIRMAN, with great candour, explained
that the Honour-47e Proprietor not having been the
"Paper in .question Was owing to a Mistake-of the
Officer, which himself had repaired as soon as, We
knew 'of it, by sending bin') word that the Paper
*as ready for his perusal. He denied any thing .tike
favouritism towards the Learned:Gentlemait After
the Court had been advertised, any Proprietor mak-
ing the properapplication would have been allowed
- to. read the Papers. If there Avere _any fault, was
in the Learned Gentleman's superior indUsyy.
.He
was known to have paid great attention to the.Cem-
. pany's affairs for ,several years past, and had gene-
rally chosen to Make himself master of a question
before it was brought on. Mr. GRANT noticed some
other observations which had fallen from the last
speaker, which he thought did not apply to the
question before the Court, but _which he should at
any-time be ready to Meet when brought forward
upon a suitable occasion.
Mr. LownnEs was -very severee upon.the hltinder
in the former advertisement, which had made their
meeting on that day necessary; ,ana said that he
should nn some`future oecasion propose a, penalty for
similar negled. Mr. L. approved the. present Mbtion,
but reprobated the pension of 1001. per annum to
Lord H. for sailing to India and sailing back. He
was particularly indignant at the small Rim of
00001. which had been presented to Sir, Sidney-
Smith- for defending the Key-stone of India, arid la;-
rnented that the gallant Admiral had not been sup..
vorted by the brilliant talents of the learned Gen-
tleman, Mr, Jackson, in which case, he was sure it
would have been otherwise. Mr. L. hinted an in ten.;

tion of renewing this subjed.—Mr. L. then paid sonic
high compliments 'to the memory of two other il-
lustrious chara&ers deceased, and concluded with
heartily assenting to the sum proposed for Marquis
Corn,,Va)lis.
The question Was 'then 'put and carried byy-a very
Large majority. . •
Mr. Rocx gave notice,
,that at the next Court he
should prop6se a Motion relative to the' Direaors
having voted a sum of money to the Plivate Secre-
tary of the late" Marquis- Cornwallis, without the
• previous san&ion of the Court of Proprietors. •