The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-29 00:00:00

EAST INDIA ROUSE.

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A quarterly general Court of Proprietors was held
yesterday, Mr. Russell Ellis in the chair.
Mr. SULLIVAN rose to move that copies of all corre-
spondence relating to Meer Ali Morad, which has taken
place between the Indian and Home Grovernmente„ of
date subsequent to February, 1853, be laid before the
.Court of Proprietors, when
The CHAIRMAN said that he had great pleasure in
stating, that there was no objection to the laying of the
correspondence before the Court of Proprietors, because
he hoped that when the papers were read the hon. pro-
prietor would be greatly gratified with their contents.
(Hear.)
Mr. SULLIVAN asked that the letter, or extracts of the
letter, read by Mr. Mills on the 21st of June last, re-
lating to the Ameers of Scinde, might also be pre-
sented. .

The CHAIRMAN said that there was no objection to
laying the letter in question before the court.
Mr. MaILLor asked for the production of papers and
correspondence in reference to the case of the Indian
Steam Navigation Company and their claims for com-
pensation. Those claims had been before the court for
a long time. The Indian Steam Navigation was com-
posed of not only of East India proprietors, but of several
inhabitants of India. They entered upon an enterprise
of great public importance, which they carried out with
a heavy loss to themselves, and they considered that
they had a just and equitable claim on the consideration
of the court. The shareholders generally pressed to
have the case brought forward, as they were dissatisfied
with the decision of the court, and thought that the
compensation awarded was totally inadequate to meet
the merits of the case. If the papers were furnished
every proprietor would be able to form his own opinion
of the justice of the case.
The CHAIRMAN said that there was no objection to the
production of the papers, and a motion- to that effect was
agreed to.
Captain LuIN moved for the production of the corres-
pondence which set forth the ground on which Messrs.
Grant and Legget were removed from the Sadder Court
of Bombay.
No proprietor having seconded the motion it fell to the
ground ; but Captain Luin gave notice that he would
renew the motion at the next court.

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Mr. JONES moved that it be referred to the committee
on bye laws to devise some better system than existed at
present for giving information to the proprietors on the
position and transactions of the company. The court of
Directors were the trustees of a large capital, and it was
stated that they gave guarantees to railway companies
and other projects. Under such circumstances it was
quite reasonable that the proprietors should have all the
information possible, in order that they might know how
they stood. He thought the Court of Directors would
consult their own dignity and interest by giving the pre-
prietors more information. They would acquire more
confidence and respect by submitting their proceedings
to the criticism of public opinion ; and without informa-
tion there could be no opinion whatever.

The CHAIRMAN submitted that it would be better to
give notice of a motion on a subject which involved so
great a change. With regard to giving information, the
Court of Directors never objected to the production of
papers which might throw light on any particular sub-
ject.

Mr. JONES having persisted in his motion, it was put
by the Chairman, when only one hand was raised in its
support.
The court then adjourned.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

MALTA, SErr. 22.

BEBIKA BAY.

The united fleets were lying in the bay on the 16th
inst., on which day the Nil French steamer communi-
cated. The greatest activity was manifested by the two
Admirals, and the intercourse by steam with Constanti-
nople was rapid and continual. At one time only two
were left in the bay, the Niger and the Sampson ; the
remainder were actively occupied in the conveyance of
dispatches, &c., to and fro.
The accounts of the health of the crews are far from
favourable. As many as 300 in the British squadron
were ill, principally from attacks of ague and remittent
fevers, but since the 4th no cases had terminated
fatally.
The Master of the Sampson, Mr. Forbes, had been
very ill, but is now recovered. His death had been, in-
deed, very currently reported, and so generally credited
that in many messes his name had been erased from the
Nary List.
In a recent letter it was advised that a misunderstand-
ing had arisen between Admiral Dundas and Lord G.
Paulet, commanding the Bellerophon, and that the
matter had been referred to the Admiralty at home.
By late advices from the fleet it is known that his Lord-
ship has applied to be superseded. This has been, it is
said, complied with, and his successor to the Bellerophon,
it is generally thought, will be Captain Jones, at pre-
sent in command of the Sampson stea,m•frigate.
The movements prevailing among the screw steam
navy between Liverpool and the East are strongly in-
dicative of active increasing commerce. There are no
less than three agencies in Malta—one, Rose and Co.,
who have on their list 16 boats, engaged between Liver-
pool, Gibraltar, Greece, Turkey, Syria, and Egypt ; the
second, Smith, and Co., who number three vessels,
between Liverpool and Egypt ; and Mr. Jackson, who
is agent for the Phoebe alone, which vessel, formerly
taken up by a Liverpool house for a term, now plies
alone, and independently of any other firm.

SHEERNESS, SEPT. 28.
The Dolphin, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant Commander
Webber, sailed from the Nore yesterday at noon for
Portsmouth.
The President, 50 guns, fitted for the flag of Rear-
Admiral of the White David Price, came down from
Gillingham Reach yesterday, and is to-day having her
compasses adjusted at the swinging buoy.
The Devonshire, third-rate, fitted as a cholera hospi-
tal-ship, and lately at moorings at Chatham, this day
passed here, in tow of the African and Adder steam-tug
vessels, for Woolwich.
The Waterloo, 120 guns, Captain the Hon. Montagu
Stopford.—ln absence of the Vice-Admiral and the
Hon. Montagu Stopford, the Commodore's broad pen-
dant is hoisted on board the guard-ship in ordinary the
Monarch, 84, Captain Charles Hope, the Captain Supe-
rintendent of the Yard.
The schooner Agnes Smith, John Smith master, from
London for Naples, with a general cargo, put back from
below the Nore yesterday, with windlass body broken
and gear damaged. The Agnes Smith was towed in
here by the steam-tug vessel Sampson, under an especial
agreement for her services. A survey will be held and
damage made good here forthwith. It has blown a hard
gale from S.W. by W., with the barometer at 29.50 ;
the thermometer 62 since yesterday.
The Monarch, 84, Guard-ship in Ordinary.—Referring
to our report in the paper of the 22d inst., we beg to
give the following corrections :—The men on board this
ship were not sentenced under the "new act," and con-
sequently no such sentences were confirmed by the
Commodore, nor subsequently rescinded. Captain Hope
himself entertained doubts whether the "new act" was
retrospective, and took steps to ascertain that it was
not so, and therefore the men referred to were necessa-
rily punished under the old act.

WOOLWICH, SEPT. 28.
APPOINTMENTS.
Acting Master William W. Kiddie (second master
1846), recently serving in the Firefly, on the West Coast
of Africa station, to the Cruiser, screw steam sloop, em- ,
ployed on particular service.
Second Master John Waye (1850), recently serving in
the Bloodhound, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, on the West
Coast of Africa station, to the Victory flag-ship at Ports-
mouth.
Master's Assistant J. B. Harries to the President, 50,
fitting at Chatham as flag-ship for the Pacific station.
Midshipmen—G. Rivington to the Ajax, 58, screw
steam-ship ;H. A. Burrowes to the Dolphin, 3, brigan-
tine, at Sheerness.
Naval Cadet G. B. Evans to the Ajax.
The centre mast, 104 feet in length, for the new shears
at Woolwich Dockyard, formed of comparatively small
pieces of timber joined together with marine glue, was
raised on Monday, and lowered 16 feet into the wharf
wall, between the basin and the river, and wedged firmly
into its upright position with timbers, also coated with
marine glue, to give them greater holding powers and
or preservation.

ACCIDENT TO SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON.—We are ex-
tremely sorry to learn that the learned and distinguished
Professor of Logic in the University of Edinburgh, Sir
William Hamilton, Bart., received a fracture of his arm
on Saturday evening last, from a fall at Largo. We
understand, ho wever, that he is progressing favourably.
—Scotsman.