The Sun.
London, England, 1814-04-09 00:00:00

respectable
AT a very numerous and highly
MEETING of PROPRIETORS of EAST-INDIA.
STOCK, held at the City of London Tavern, on Monday,
the 4th of April, Isl 4,

JOB MATHEW litAlEti, Esq. in the Chair,

It was moved by Benjamin Shaw, Esq. M.P.• and seconded
by George Ward, Esq. and unanimously resolved,
Ist. That the Maritime Concerns of the East India Com pa ov
are of amaguitude to render it vital importance to the wel-
fare of the Company itself, that there should at all times he a
sufficient number of persons in the Court of Directors, wbc-4,
froth -long practical experience in this department of the
Company s affairs, are eaahltd to apply to them that
knowledge and skill which can alone result from such expe-
rience, •-a point partitularly insisted upon by. the Court of Di-
rectors themselves in time year ISos,eat which period they
published the following unanimpuS Resolution of their Court,
viz..—

" Fast- India-House, June 20, 1805.
" At the Court of Direct Ors of , the. Eait-India Company,
held on Wednesday, the 10th June, 1805,
" Resolved unanimously,That the inconvenience which has
been experience-it from the reduced number of the Members
of this Court professionally acquainted. with the. regular naval
service of the Company, renders it the duty of the Court to
inform the Proprietors, that it will be for the interest of the
Company to till up the next vacanoy that may happen in the
Direction, by a Gentleman of that description.
" Signed, by Order of the Court;
" WILLIAM RAMS.AY, Secretary."

3d1y,,1t was moved by George Samuel Wegg, Esq. and se-
conded by Sir llanasehMasseh Lopes, Bart. and unanimou.sly
resolved,— •
That if in 1805, when there were five Naval Members in
thy-direction, a serious inconvenience was felt, and a farther
widition of tientlemen of that description was wanted, and
actually recommended by the Executive to the Proprietary,
it necessarily follows, that this inconvenience must be doubly
felt at the prcSent period, there being now only three Gentle-
men in the direction who were brought up in the naval ser-
vice of the Coinpany, one of whom will be out by,trotation,
and another is in direct immediate successinn for the Chair in
the present month, (the extender t. duties of which situation
necessarily precludes exclusive personal attention to any one
department of the Company't; AfFairThconsequc.ntly thert.
at tit period of the en:zuink fle'ction, he on:y aue
Naval Membilr left in the Court. of Directors.

3d, It was moved It Henry Hindelly, Eici: and seconded
by Abell Chapman, Esq. and unanimously resolved, That
C"apt. William Stanley Clarke having been 25 wars actively
engaged in the regular.naval service of the East. India Com
pup, during which period he. has necess,arillobtained con-
siderable information as to their general interests, and being
at this tiroe free from every other occo;artiq.n, is capable of
devoting, without interruption, the skill and knowledge thus
acquired to the proper management of their concerns, is, in
our opinion, a most eligible person for the situation of •Di-
rector upon one of the present vacancies.
• Lastly, It was moved by William Willis, Esq., and seconded
by John Blades, Esq. and unanimously resolved,
That Capt. William Stanley Clarke is justly entitled tri the
extensive and tittering support which he has experienced in
his canvas; and that the persons composing this NI et ti _will
use their strenuous and unremitting exektions, collectively
and to promote' Captain Clarke's Election, en
the 13th instant.

(Signed) JOB RAIKES, C'hairwan.

Joh Mlthew Raikes, .F.sq. haring left the Chair, it was
mover! by John Pearse, Esq. and secinided by IVilliant-florra.
daile, Esq.. and unanimously resolvt,il. 'That the warm thanks
of this Meeting- he given to tob•Mathew 11aikes, Esq.. for his
able and judicious conduct in the Chair.