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London, England, 1801-06-04 00:00:00

EAST INDIA Must.,
120 .
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of .the
UNITED COMPANY of ME.RCIIA NTS of EN .
L;IND trading to the East Indies, dolbereby give Nvtiee,.
?'/gal a General Court of Ibe said,Conspasy wilt le held at their
liotes;, in Leadenball:.street; on Frida;, the 3th ;:f :yterse ne.;ll
from Eleuen.a'ack in the Forenoon, ,until Six in the Evening,
to 41.1114,94 falkwing Question, viz..
" That this 0,111 do coot out tilt' Unanimous 11;!soltItln;
of the Cuurt. of pirec,tors, -of the 4th <r Fehroar,- 1 i•-!,
that the Conrt of Disc ,}ors do, without delai, ...a 0,,
priluipies (IL tailcd in those Resoluticns.",.
IFILL I

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To the PROPRIETORS of EAST-I.\DLk s'L'OCK.
A 0 1 1:5 AND G/NCI,Rt•IXN.
A N Appeal haS been made to a Ge.neral Court, by
gortv..-zhns..p .vt6ptietors, against‘ the itoooon of the..
Court .of bireetorse when the cooduet
body was apprdVett by a veil', consideruole majority. /We
'should have been satisfied ii the business hod rested there;
but a ballot has been demanded, which Makes it our
spensible duty, not Wily to stow briefly the nature of the
question, but to explain the inotives of soave of those Whir
have Veen concerned to bringing it. foiovard. •
On a former occasion, when 'the Company, applic.:l for a
renewal of their Charter, they experienced some difficulty,
and even opposition, from the Public at large:. but atter a.
full discussion and mature deliberation, every wise .anti
person was sa.tistied, that I ndi.t otr;; t hot to become a
Colony, and that it could only be tohninistered in a sate anti
hem:fr.:tat rinanner, politicelly as well, as commereially,
through the meditun of an 'exclusive Company. After va-
, noes contenLiing, and eveo opposite iliterests, had thus ac-.
quicsced in this general principle, judge,. o.t- our suir:sti
to hlid Forty-three Proprietors come tomard to contepo for
whot-liad been yielded by tilt Public at large ; ancisstili snore
to filid, that :t considerable. part of thein, Agents to the Mer-
chants in India, were persoroilly inieneefed in the dec.ision of
. the question.
Tire flentrid fUr a General Colin was 'after we had produ-
ced a Iteporeinilelentee of the rights, and oven Inc existence
of tire Company, wtitch all roe ingenuity of the'Gentlemen
who called the Court, stimulated ni the personal interest in,
time (p4,,tion which many of them possessAl, bas net been
able to impeach they therefore .attempted a very ex.traor-
dioary pleasure, namely, that of calling for the opinions of
the high and respeaable Charaters now resident in Europe,
who liaveolormerly hCen Govt.:1110h; Gencral in India. Tnis
proposal was, however, riegatived iii the General Court of
l'4oprictOrs. '
Such a reference would, in fet, have bean 'an arbitration
between.toe. Constituent and the Executive Bodies, extreme-
ly invirAinis to the 'great and respectable characters whose
- 1 amts were meatiOned on the occasion; miconoiti, 111 it-
sett, 'arid .woold it:vo dce,raded the ttigoity of tilt: .rletors,
who alone posses!, the- power of aciding, rt the.' sante mac
that'it wild have proved irauilliatirig to'oursLlves, after we
had sought for infurnution from every competem source.
'• The pretence was, to bring 'hoMe the surplus produce of
India ; Order to coneealo, it not its real object, at leitit its
promioent te•tture lit.lt Veil is t;OttliattelY drawn itsidto
in a ,I.,6tter from the fug. NV:vital-it at Calcutta to the'lloard
of Trado; `.attiAtt: vOo-a the ,leec.ltante. wen.: not only en.
eintraged to set:d their Geocis to Lur'pe, but ships were of-
tered 'to convey trt.: some:. Ile says, " It it true, that the
" toima;,,e VV.; at /Lis time ; but the' great
" objeel btidg jlernwn.l tit .tend 00' CU.): Sbipx, Gy
" lubleb freatts vc r .litaiit the pr:Vite.fidigkt).44 kaue oppar.
" tanity of being othert:...i3e 4ervia46l e to'oo:jiienas." . •
Shall. British hired by the Company; and sent to
India for the expresopurpose of bringing }tome the Private
Toole, return wail short cargoes, in order to griitify the in.-
- retests rind the pattenhige of individuals ? Ifxperience Induces
us to believe, that the to.eners. of British ships treed not tear
a contest with those of i tuba, in regular times. Whilst our
stamen are y toro,tuyo.l ioOtiost 'the Enemies of the
Country, their Wages are iiign • anti Lasoars will be found
at a mirefi cheaper rate : bit will .you so,li r British Se:llpCn
to beic...pri sett of their bread tor this reason, and for the who-
foment of oorsons resident ia Italia ? Oa the other h3nd,
will it 4: eit.,:turctl to see those wreti;llo.l objects, who perish
every Winter f rum the of tire eiiinate, and other
Catl4es, inore.the to an ht4efinite whither ? Their place must
,suppliod, on the returniii,, voyage, by Europeans, who
allay oft their ships, awl till India with the worl4 kind of
.adveatorers, Lasears ill Again be substitntial at a
lower rate of wage.i. A roornent's.refteedion is sufficient to
perceive, that the return. of 11104;w ren4koing. 3...115car5 to In-
k di:,, ornavititqd in their riealth, anti depraved in their minds,
must prejudice the brieish name and enalooter intlie eyes dt
the Natives; and this prejudice the in:inners and condo& of
European Seamen, carried out In Indian ships and left in the
eenntry, must greatly:lncrease.
Every coroadderatam, „therefore, of humanity as well as
colnbim. to prevent the progress or evils, which will
graclualiy iihroloor the colonial system, arid thereby, sap the
'moo lotion c. oh: Indian
• The views of .Mr. Dunrlas on tine! renewal of the Charter
▪ ta tarnish the ineons of exocciog British manotattures
ii. tit: fullest eAtctit to Ming raw to lieriais. trout India; JO
Oinllt full s;.tipe to .the romithoiee off,;rtont:s from ; end
• firioft:;\'fo crash, or bting to the Itiver"floanos, the,clan-
d:stine mote. The Company no 000ller, without any limit
as td the extent, nvit;sh CO convey nt:ititifaztures to
11,(ro, and* to bring raw materials froth thence. I f the for-
' times to be rcfni tLeLi were dourole or trellis.; tot »mount,
,the Company would gladly receice the same in be
paid for iu Etirope ;$u I there only the cl.trutes
tioe. trade, as to watch the least doubt- can exist. On thiS
Mlbjed, the Cow t, 111 nicer Report, trust they( kiave,demoo-
stiotod, thq pu.i•Ability 01 contoiiiction, the eery'
Nti);..ll losleniiieant amount COl olos ed in this trimmer, COll,-
• Wiiil site vast UAL': WOR:n has iroWri up under toe
of the tholipany ; atltl C. ii with the prlVate
trade to. font voI.P.IS t,) ;In:1 froth Iricha. it is on this
tire pai ties interested have reised a clamour;
, . oio; to persons In power,• an impression leas
7 ;r i t. ,4.),C*4
,opintoos on which mood
• ;:Lr It is leiliaikohle, that ;lutenist all the
papers,. w!lieil previthir, to the la-
.oors of the nco a euinpie.at oon or can
it) 41,4,
..ana, very rarely !,: • of.
ri4rno pa the cow 0.-aty, e.r statioe, tire coast.. '
tioe,i,!::s which most tool t front the t,)i• which
zrcitaittE; in 1 ;kwi at home
.We may tnereiore velour:: to assert, that the Company
have scrupulously toeir part o, the engrieenient on
tale ronewal of the Cita.ter, ; that they liavc,h,:en rorvard,-on
overy occ,',..ion, _4O It AL,11(1, ismthe most liberal tie:liner, every
concession arvi faellity consistent with .1 " regidated mono-
poiy," whit.;lL either t.overnirient tilt cand:.,ire.
Tiity tlita-eliire trust, that us they have straioettiodulgeneo
solarp:e an extent, those rights anti privileges welled: have
iniqt granted ter the preservatiOn\ot their Ida-wining eXcim' vt!
trade,' wilt not he Wtt!:-44:Cl front them, to ,;ratify a very feW
AodOoduals; in short, that the rights'Of the Company, sane-
toniod fly Legh'i.iture tor roe aelVantave of the Nation,
snail serve nit more oxteitsiVe purposes, 'than, to coVer all
moootioly 'of the tonic to tor the' benefit of
IlVylitri and Indian ships, 'which are thz: real objects
Ut toe parties, .
•
On the whole, w trust the views of the Direaors
fouild to rest, .not opoit pattial Kroor,ds and CMClttiive rights
aj„,,,h2,, Dot upon g.-oet Natierial lotiodations. We cannot,
ho‘vever,,attceopf. i ooxey tO ytlkt, in ;.;liort A.fdros, tlI
the fa,...ts end ao.o.oneLl WiliCli taLli to que.
41,10114 Still teas to ek•tilain L.:xtensivc and datoooolis con-
oolueocts whiehoyout 71, tiOW I:041 pjetCOSICJILI Lf the Nleh-
eioit3 Lnal'l, their Age Ats and friends ; whiL-.11 we are
vr:,,Foied 1.1 I. by -deArees it ihrinitted), prove fatal to tit;
itlah Evipire there, and terminate in the destrircibo or t;te
Colapany. WL; millet therefore refer to our Rep`-art ort.trie
priuSloll; and trust the, your Votes,, " for the Question. on
the pallot," wi;l stir..ble Lot to de,enit the Rights emi
er,w of the o.,Thi.o.paray, against a must powerful anti daily:44.ls
Ciirribinati9n. I,V;olt.ivC the itoot;,,o, ti. be,
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tostoloclia 'louse, • Oho ucritiernen,
tune 1, to t.. Your most faithful and •
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Z.v.ir R CAL 73.E11L14MEN.T

OiISE OF PEERS,

cv E,DNESDAY, 3U?fl 3.

TH F. Order of the.-Day being read for their Lord-
'ships eying Judgment relative to the important
Scots Appeal, YU L L TO N DAL P
The ILQ C ANCELLOIL ouitted the Wool-
sack,
and in a Speech of verb considerable length,
. in which he Manifested his usual ability, and pro-
fundityof regal, knowledge,',zntered into a detailed
statement of the cireunistances of this:very intricate
and complicated caseovhi;:h bas been many years
.in 'a state of litigation, and took a comprehensive
view •of the various legal considerations applying
thereto tHthe Noble and Learned Lord concluded
,by moving, What apps:.fred' to us to be
,a comple);
Proposition,•but _which arose out oldie peculiar legal
circumstances of 'the case, and which. he proposed
as the Judgment of the .House. The Proposition,
• as we could coLecr, Was, in its technical. substance,
to the ,following purport. vi-4. That the Interlo-
cutors of: the .Court, of Sessions ought to be re.,
versed;'-byt. that the House should come to a de_
claration, that the premises in the Appellant'4 Sum-
mons had not made out her conclusions, which
fbrm a result, we Understood, decidedly in fitvour
of the Respondent,' Sir klt, w .PAI,R.Yr4PLE,
The opinions' of the Noble and Learoed Lord
seeming to meet the general concurrence of their
Lordships, the Question was •put, and carried in
the. .affii :native.

Their Lordships' .decision with respefl to the
Appeal Caliser N;iii:s BERESFORD; was pdst-
poned till Friday.
The House then resumed the heating of the
Scots Appeal, BRUCE'v. E, on which occa-
sion Mr. Moncriefie, a young Barrister, and second
Counsel fOr the Appellant,-was beard at cnnsider.
able length. The farther' hearing was postponed
till Friday.
The Duke of BEDYORD moved that a Message
be sent .to the Commons requesting that House to
communicate their Standing Orders respelling Bills
of Inclosure, to their Lordships, in order that they'
might be referred to the Seleft Committee appoint-
ed to consider the Standing Orders of their Lord-
.ships' House, relative to the same subjea—which
was ordered aceordingly..,

On the Report of tile COmmittee on the general
inclosure, Bills 'being presented, a short conversa-
tion arose principatry between. Lord I.truicLow
and the Earl of R.OSLYN, in consequence of the
former l'eer's strenuously obja.ting to the Report be-
ing taken into immediate consideration, as was pro-
posed. He adverted to the proceedings of last night
upon the pill—dwelt upon its great importance,
and very complex nature;; and insisted, that imme_
diately to discuss the various ,Amenduients' in their
present state, without even being printed, would
manifest" a wish, on the part of the House, -tt,i pro-
ceed-with a measure of that importanee,' with an
utter disregard, with even a disdain of. considera-
tion, He would, therefore, set his face against such
a proceeding. It would hae been pinch better to
have withdrawn tiic Bill, and to introduce a new
one, including the Amendments, made by the. CoM-
mittee above stall's. For his part lie had,read. the
Bill with much care, but still was unable satisfac-
torily• to comprehend it, lie confessed he, could
not define the aim of its.supportera, or wltat they
.were driving at.' . He was determined, however, to
resist every thing like precipitation, and,eztrnestly
pressed that:- the Amendments should he printed,
and prope-rly considered on some future clay.
After 4 few. observathins from the Earls of
RosuN, and -Su Fror.rt, iwd 14)rd W AA.S I NCH AM,
we understood that 'their Lordships ordered the
Amendments to b printed, but had lixed'no specific
day for taking them into consideration:
The Order.being read for the further considera-
tion oftlaYFi'S l'erition, Mr. RICE, his Sollicitor,
was accordingly called to the Bar, and questioned
by, the Loan CITANC 1.1,0 , when he stared his
having learned at the Admiralty, , that Lieutenant
Hayes, Whose :Vessel constituted a part of the force,
under Admiral Dickson, liad been ordered to eruize
otrthe Coast of Holland for six Weeks,
,and that his
return to England iv:is very unccriain.
The LORD CHANCELLOR declared his opi-
nion, that under the circumstancesy of
,the present
ease, there could be nO impropriety in dispensing.
with the attendance of Lieutenant Hayes, on the
second reading. of his Divorce Bill, but that whe-
ther their Lordships might extend, that dispensation
to the subsequent Stages' of his Bill, would be mat-
ter for future consideration.
The second reading of Hayeslk Divorce Bill,
which stood for as day, was then postponed till
. MOndaY.
The Bills upon the 'fable were then forwarded in
their respeCtiveiStagesi; and after disposing of so*
P,ivate business, the iloilse (on acttnint of the in-
tervention of His Majesty's Natal Day) adjourned
, till Friday.

HOUSE OF coMANNS,

WEDNESDAY;iv;qt 3.

A Person-from thefExchequtrprci.coted sundry Accounts,
which were laici IC3II the Tr,..ble.
Tile Insolvent Debtors' Hill wr;is read a:second time, and
committed for Monday

On th:: Order of 4tlie Day for the second reading
of the Irish '`..ikiiibers' Qualification Bill,
kr.,Tir:RIVEY expressed his doubts whether
this BilVvould afford any security against the in-
fluence- of the Crown, As the Law ,now stood, ac.
.cor&g to ithe 4th Article of, the,Union with Ire-
littd, there could ))e but "zo Members, out of •roo
-ttish Members, holding places under the Crown,
which places Were specified; but by this Bill, there
, .
might be a nutnner of other places held by Members
representing places in Ireland,
It 4.8./101' said, it the Hon. Gentleman were
to look through the whole Civil Establislunent of
Ireland, he would not find- above ten or twelve
places holden durinK pleasure, bly persons of that
description who malty aspired to a seat in the hp-
perial P irlianrenr; hut, if the Fion. Genticat.m
wished it, he woulrl move that persons holaing
these I,la,:es he invligible,to bit in Paelilment,
The Bill was then read a second time,

A Message from the Lords informed the House,
tnat their Lordships had agreed to 'an Address to
His MA I ESTY, in consequence ,of .a conference
'Widen with certain Members of the Commons, to
which their. tordshipOevested• the concurrence- of
the House. The Address .being read, it, respeaed
the more speedy,and general promulgation of the
Statutes through all parts of Great Britain and Ire-
land.
Mr. ABBOT then moved, that the House do
agree with their Lordships in this Address to His
MAJESTY : which being resolved, Mr. As WAS
desired to carry this Message to the Lords.
!, Sir II(M. ELFORD said, that haying some time
ago called the attention of the House to the case of
a very meritorious set of Gentlemen, the Surgeons of
dlr. British Militia,• and given notice, that unlesS
so4e other person of more consequence should take
up
.the subject,' he should himself move something
relatiVe to it, he had now the 'satisfaftion of
knowing that any step of :that kind ivas rendered
unnecessary, as- he understood Government had
taken their case into consideration, -and intended
not only to place them on a better footing on the
War Establishment; but to give them some remu-
neration iii the form- of Half:pay, under certain re-
gulations, which were pettedly unobjeftionable.
The subjed being therefore now in the hands of a
Right Hon. Gentleman whose situation and talents
- rendered'him more fit 'arid adequate than hiMself,
and'having no doubt that that Right Hon. Gentle-
man was,-well aware of the situation of the Gentle-
men alluded .to, and fully inclined to do them jus-
tice, he thought it unnecessary {or him to, trouble
the House any further, than by stating the 'above
circumstances as the grounds on which he should,
withdraw his notice. •

The Inelosure Consolidating Bill was read a
second time, and committed- for Monday.

The Copper Exportation Bill was reported.
The Portugal Wile Bonding. Bill was read a
third time and passed-
The Isle of Man Trade and MaritrEtelure Bill
was reported, and ordered to be read a third time
on Friday. •
Lady ABER CROMBY'S Pension Bill was read a
_ _

third time and passed, aim. con.
The Bill for rendering valid all lifts done in con-
sequence of three Orders of Council, so far as they
regard all Bills of Exchange drawn in Ruisia, fur
the freight and detention 'of Russian, Danish, and
Swedish Ships, was reported, and ordered to be
read a third time on Friday next. • -
The Report oe the Committee appointed to con-
sider of the farther improvement of the Port of Lon-
don was presented, and ordered to be printed.
The Order of the Day 'for the thitd reading of
the Hair Powder Certificate and. Armorial Bearing
Bill being read,
yoNAs expressed hi's satisfaaion at finding
regulations had been introduced for lessening the
expenses of the ColleCtion of these Taxes ; .but
-there was still a. Clause for remunerating the past
services of those who had been concerned in the
collection of this• Tax, which required some expla-
nation.

Mr. VANSiTTARTbriefIY explained the ptlivi,
lions of the Hilt.
Mr. 41..L150N expressed his surpriv: and sorrow
at the introdudion of such a Clause. No man was
more ready than himself to agree to encourage and
reward those who by their talents and services ren-
dered the Public, had risen to eminence ; but he must
at the same time objet to any improvident expend',
cute of the public money, or unde3erved remunera-
tion. He-must also objea to the, late increase of the
Pension List. He could not, in the present in.
stance, see a fair ground for giving-the public -mo.
ney for such sere ices .as those contained 'in the
Bill.

Mr. ADDINGTON said, that this disrussion
was disorderly upon the present Order of the Da
when the sense' of the House could not he taken.--
The Hon. Gentleman had introduced irrelevant mat:
ter, and particu;arly. in Nv ha t he had said relative
to Pensions. He would give no opinion, either by
way of justifying, or condemning the Pensions that
had been lately 'granted ;. but this he would. say,
that no Pensions had been' granted by His-Majesty's
present Ministers hut to the relatives of Officers
Who had fallen in the public service, or in conse-
quence Of engagements which had been entered into
antecedent to their coming into of&e.
Sir R. BUXTON, Mr. YORKE, and Mr. JoNEs,
said a few words.
The SPEAKER explained the. point of Order,
after which the brder for the, third reading of the
Bill was deferred rill Friday next.