The Sun.
London, England, 1813-03-25 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE.

Yesterday was held at the -East India Home a
Quarterly Court of the Proprietors. At twelve,
Sir Hugh Inglis took the chair.
• The minutes of the last Court- having been
read,

Sr Huou INGLIS stated that the Proprietors
were convened On the present occasion in. rt.
guance of certain bye-Imis, for the purpose of
ifavirig kid before then; sundry accounts--ae-
counts on the et'pences .attendant on the supply-
ing of 3000 tons of shipping- for private trnding—
of the quantities of tea disposed 'of at di:, Cool,-
&e. &c. all which documents; 1144
been kid before the [louse of Connuons.

The report of these vytkdry accounts IN vii g been.
rend,

Sir Hutln INdLts Said, that it became his &ay
to lay before the Court the ReSolutions which had
been resented to the House .of Cornmons, on
MOntlay last, by Lord Castlereagh, in a speech
which did the Noble Lord the highest justice for
its candonr and ability, and whiCh reflected the
greateSt credit on the Gokernment. In that speech
Lord Castkreagh spoke itt the highest ternti, at
least so he had understood, of the Government Of
India, and of the getieral management of the
concerns of India, through the medium flf the
Company—bet how Must he lament that the No-
ble Lord had not followed up such rahr and such ho-
nourable statements, by proposing what would
have met with the expectations; which must
have been excited by these honest representa-
torS !

[Theßesolution's of Lord C. were then read,
and the third resolution was re-read at the re-
quest of the Chairman, as it was of most ma-=
terial importance, though the others were highly
deserving of their mature consideration.]
The worthy Chairman cootinned—He had told
the Court that Lord Castlereagh spoke in the
highest terms of the mauggeMent of the Compa-
ny. After that
.jost emmlogimun he regretted to add
that the Noble Lord. bad proposed resolutions,
which in effect went to break down all •that had
been so eulogized I--To justify these proposed
charges be had unders,ood the Noble Lord to have
stated that the Company had uot cAPITAL. enough
to Manage the trade of India —This representa-
tion, however, he thought could not be borne out ;
indeed it could be shown, provided the Company
were allowed to make certain payments in India,
that the territorial revenues, such was their pre-
sent condition, would enable the CoMpany to sup-
ply capital enough for all the trade that could be
tr.ought from India. But Ministers appeared to
think. that there were no bounds to the trade be-
tween India and this country ; he, however,
thought, that many persons in that Court could
state the contrary.--(,/ear !)—There Was one eir-
emustince in particular, respecting the opening of
the trade, which ought` to be here noticed, as it
would materially affect the capital of the Company.
The Company's sales took place at stated periods ;
end on the returns of those sales they very mate-
rially depended to
.be enabled to make-required
payments. Should the out-ports be admitted, they
might anticipate the Company's sales, so that when,
the Company should look for the .expeeted returns,
they would find the goods on their 'mods, in con-
sequence of the out-ports having gone b,etbre them.
But this was not the only objection to the propo.-
sitions. 'There was a much stronger, that which
had been powerfully dwelt on, namely, the smug-
gliOg which inns., take place. It having been ob-
jected, that all possible facilities were not given to
private traders, what did the Company offer lasts
year ?—ire eonsented flint any quantity of private
trade shouldbe allowed—they offered to promote,
to the utmost of their power, any extension that.
might lie determined On, provided it was confined
to the port of London.--(Hear --Th Com-
only revived that the goods might go
through their warehouses ; that sthe trade 'should
be confirmed to the port of London; that London
should continue to be Made the emporium of Bri-'
tish commerce. It was for the benefit' of the
kingdom at large that they had wished thelnditt
Trade to be: confined to London--and they. %vigil-,
ed so still. He had hoped ,that 'Ali-Oster:* would
blie attended to this important feature of the
Company's repreSentations. The Chairman there
informed the 'Meeting that a Petition similar to
what had been' presented to the Commons mug
be presented to the House • of Lords ;, and the
Directors ought also. to be empowered; if they
should deem it necessary to do AO in the course
of the important discussions Which would take
place in *the Legislature, to petition to be
heard , by, Counsel,: at the bar, and to have
witnesses 'examined, &c. He first moved that
a Petition similar to what had been presented
to the House of Commons for the renewal of
the charter be presented to the House of Lords.
Agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN' next moved that the Directors
be empowered to affix the seal of the Company ti 3
Petitions praying to be heard by Counsel, or for
the exaniination of witnesses, should they deem
such proceedings necessary.

Mr. RANDAL.JACKSON would take this oppor-
tunity of addressing the Court. They had heard
the Resolutions read. Ilius were they advancing
towards that crisis which had king been contem-
plated, and every step became more awful than the
preceding. They were now about to know Sv4-
ther they were to continue to exist as a ComPany;
the question of existence or non-existence
hand be could not call that existence if it 'ware
proposed to impoverish and ventilate the power
so, as to endanger the power itself, awl which
was 'uot expected and possibly would , not be
accepted by Bat in whit
the cotepanv.
Nation Were they', placed lay the. Resolution:;A a the ,opeeolt 'of Lord Castleregh
yi,ll)lttl7lhiagree :Itiwith hint that it was ablo, eloquent,
and apparently candid. its apparent fuirne.,
was such that the plan proposed by Mitniters
would appear to be the best plan that human will('
dour could suggest. With unfeignM pleasure di ,
he hear the-Noble Lord honestly andf fairly
puting, to the Company its due praise—that they
were the persons whose wisdom and good policv
• had rai,sed this.rnighty empire, and that thev mere
the fano:o'lll6es who had pi*served it ,(Bcar!)
If ever lie Should have occasion to move for an in-
.4.rint;r,n *d". .

• 'Goveroment, he would select this passage from his •
liatrdsitip's stte:_h ;—it deserved to be tVrittell in •
,their in letters 'of gold—he hoped the sen-
timents Were deeply imprinted on his Lordship's
heart. If ,the.ri their Government were 69 perfect—
, if indeed the Mhtisters were convinced. that they
had
.effeetnally pursued the ends of all government
promoting the happiness and safety of the
people of ludiait became the one single quo-
tion.with,every honest 'Englishman, whether the
proposed clothge would not endanger the very ex-
Istence of what was so 'admirable and ,so perfect ?
The speech 9(Lord C. was fair and honourable ;
it plainly told. the Company what the Grrvernmcnt
COntemplated: be could not but term the speech
of the Noble
~:(.09A1 the speech of a British
,Gentle-
man, coming from a clear head and froM an ho- -
'nest heart. ".}'lie army and the China trade were
to he . continued to them ; for it had been truly
. observed,. ddring the negociation, that to take
away the army and the China trade, and to talk
of preserving the .Goyernment and the Emphe to
Ile Company, was ,nonsense in the extreme.—
When it wit's proposed to,throw open even the ex-
. port trade, the 'l)irectors deprecated it,, as being
'pregnant with danger resulting from intrigues, and
from the cniarennuent of mind and nOtiOns of li-
lterty the :rights of man, and such like ideas,
,whicit, being diseiniireceal amongst mill who had
been happy under a different systin, must produce
mischief. Yet such effectS were. inseparable from
the.enferprisitig and ardent character of, the people
of this country—features mid ideas in themselves
excellent when exerted in the proper sphere,—
The Directors of that day:bacl, given their broad
consent even to that exteriion, yet was their
conduct, thtl9 etun-ed against themselves. As to
;be bulked capital of the Company, much
been. soid about. its inefiiciency, and the allow.
tinc4.: to foreigners had been observed on. Ile
was out! of those who had often protested :Against.
these extensions of favour to foreigners in prefer-
ence to our own countryineth maintaining as he
did, the, old Englislemakitn, that.'" we ought.not -
to te:,.ch either American or anyother friends bow
to, rival and subdue te.--(ifear, hear !) —He
bad ,repeatedly said, if there were to be any cx-
tension of the, trade beyond the Company, the
iritisit merchant who walkedthe Royal lt,xchange
had the first claim to it.—(//ear !)--But 'with re-
spect tothe capital, how could that Noble Lord
- • say that 'there was no other capital to earry on
the trade of India beside that of the Company and
foreigners, when. it Vas that there was carpi-
. tail to,carry.on thirty-six inilliote; of tiade, inde-
peintent of fore;44n and the Company's capital
1.-low could the Nohle Lord make such a state-
ment ? [lad Lord C. gone to the Hon.,Genticman
now, in the. COurt (Mr. Hanle) he
.could have
told, him .much bett:.7. Again, he Company- had
:never said that the trade of India' was incapable
of increase. They never. could have' :;aid any
thing of time kind, for they Wad invariably acted
on the contrary p.'ef.umption.. True, they had-
, fiald the.increat,:c should be sober and well-judged ;
'fell the sake of ~,;iaTing at increase they hod never
of riskily; what tit v enjoyed. Tic had,
tYecn •.:nriote, ein.nigh to ask an Hon. Friend, who
was rersed in '.chest: matters,. whether ••he
' teall thought that the China trade would have now
4:66(e,1, hie! Lord Mei.ville, Ur. Pitt, or Mr. Fox,
way, to the representatiOns which }marl capti-
yiltecl i—ond
lit re-
phed, `• a..,%itrefi!y not !!!--,Such, he believed,
was Alt,. :trpres,,,iou of every firm well COnVer-
§itili with the subject. But he would ask,whe.,
ther t!nen,Aoo eituldnot be carried on through
thp' meditina.of the Company ? Assuredly it could ;
Anil' thereby the danger would no longer exist ;
bias •ote ilea, of openin, the ont-pot Must in that
.C;tse. be obeli &met' ; tic thought it might be
shorn, that hema, fide extension might be
'through the nitylitua of the
.eountry ;, he said
bend fide exteie,ion, for he agreed with Ltira
Costlere3gli, wend of proin;se ought not
t,(3 by kept to .the car, and. broken to the hope.
Loroship, however, said thet their capital was
riot otitial to eXtCII6IOII ; hot if Lice elotooel were
to he through the. Company, it w‘ndd no longer'
be a questiou-of capitol.' llc maintained that they
art all times had shown-them to p selves o o capi-
talsse enough ; and hail never borrowed, lint to make
ep the (,!qtiz.!icricies, occasioned by the diVersion of
their ne.Riey to political,purposeS; pursuant to the
etenutands of the Government tit home.---/'cur!)
Ie \yes rattier too hard, when •this was the fact,
fOr a Ali oilier to Jana. coand onthe Company, as
had been done in thii ire; nue, to inei,.itain that
the followed, that because they, had 'been
contielltal. to -borrow, .to itrake up defieiencies
which had been. thus occashined, therefore they
btal,.nht capital} euntigh to carry on 'ad the tirade
Indla wits capable of.—(//ectr!),Agaie, the
• •
Noble LOrd Batt said, in the very spirit , what
ii id been meintained by Melville, by Pitt, and
other greattateimen, that. the. Patronage of the
fowpakiy, must eontinne the Coiapany—that
i.;10 for the erenitry or it to be,
,aia, i4:1404 (11!,•ar, .heat' !):---Yet for'
to.nuitirg.for this inoi they, been sarcastically tot', in
the correspoodenee, iii effect, that they need 'not in-
terest tle;.,nselves so 'Very lunch about the Coesti-
tittion of England, for. though the Company wit;lit
'be 110 more, the Comititinitnldoitotic,s vould c'oh-
'tinhe to ex;St.— (Hear, /war !)----Lti Lord CaStie-
,
`reughs truly honest and- patriOtia declaration Was
`the'hest reply to the unmerited sareaStn, The
t.-:•'overninent of • India had truly been a
(..lovernment of-opittiop," for otherwise. how,
, ,
e;.ellei One thous-and six
.hundred servants gpma
sixl),,rnillions of people ? But they unlit' en
dinwer That opimort, and he thought it would
IV!, it' the 'alterations took place Which the'Minis-
proposed. .W hen th people of India saw
th At the Company ‘vas _AO longer medium----
that they (ret4! no longer'.Lhb diSPClPiatiks of hies
it•likely th:tt they Would have the slime;
they before. had entertftined
strong esin:lti6ii was; ought...four. Millions
or the r..,Venue to be put in'pqril ern'
the ~;i.u.%•e trilt:g the it proposed •by
tho'kiiitister ?--Ought they to endanger. Xhiar!te
reuituirc:---ta ''elicatie. which .by figure of .speech
might tic aa:e: Oa to be collected bat to be poured
kto time treasury of, theit enntry ridiettled
Cat the ,Um noent hirge, for
. .

5 ~ tom~


while they had gone on gettingbetter and better,
it was just as %vise to observe that the Company
must of consequence, for the future, get worse.
and worSe! 4etrenchment, it was properly said,
ought to be attended to ; but howgrcut was his sur-
prise to find the Minister in the-same breath that
he was talking of retrenchment proposing that one
bishop and three archdeacons : should, be appointed
out of the territorial revenues.—(brear,.hear
He wished that everything possible might hedone
to forward. Christianity, but the propO§ed-'esta- -
blishment be thought dangerous, for high and
vaulting ambition wa:: 'inseparable from high sta-
tion. The idi,a of establishing an episcopal power
in India was alitrining in the extremehe must
deprecate it. if the high station were erected',
they would not check the lofty and vaulting am-
that,was inseparable from it. ,The Learn-
ed Qeut. next observed, that Lord C. had said
nothing of remuneration. If the trade were to be
thrown open—if the boon were worth any thing,
surely they ought to pay something for it. Hav-
ing briefly reviewed the siiimtion in which the
Company were placed, the Learned Gentleman
concluded with expressing his hope that the Go-
vernment might yet be convinced of the impolicy
of throwing open the trade in the way which
they proposed, tntpoSing the verpexistence of the
Company to all the oils r,ioltiag from indi.;cri-
minate intercourie in an immense and now peace-
able empire, and where th,.: Government•'%%i,s a
vern meat cf op::;tion,"---(Loud of
butiQn marked the i;onclusio,t)

Mr. IlumE highly approved of, the Resolutions
on the Whole, though some, parts to which he ob-
jected he' should notice preseut,ly.. ,The situation
of Ministers was .very They could not
do exa.ctly v.dittt they would—they were compelled
to listen to the petitions that had come in from
all pats of the conn:ry. He was glad to see the
tenipel- of the Re•obrtions, and he. hoped the pi,
ieetm,, their part, would evine.e e conciliatory
spirit. Much was continued to the Company, and
the proposed increase of trade could not hurt
them, as it must increase their rcvenues, lie had
no fears about indiscriminate iotereourse, nor
from„ the apprehended depre-
cated-the idea of. introdik;ing!an episcopal power
into India, as it must tend to disturb thedomestic
happiness of the nati.v t'S
Sir INGI,Is's proposition was unanimously
agreed •
Mr. HttmE then proposed that the Court of Di-
rectors, after the liberal views which had . been
taken of the points 'at. issue, be requested to re-
commence a correspondence with the Ministers ;
but the proposition .was withdrawn; after some
re:narks from Mr. Rock,. Mr. Jackson, Mr. R.
Thorii ton, and Mr. Lowndes, .who observed, that
though he har) high respect for the individuals of
the Directory, yet, speaking of them as a Cc-aim-
-rate Body, he was afraid they were like' M*6/es
`thrown together—that they corrupted one ono.
tiler .1,- (i.epghter.)—anil the Rev. Mr. Thirlwall,
the latter speaking in defence of .the proposed
Episcopal arrangements— . . -
Mr. then moved, that Sir Hugh Inglis be
solicited to give his attention to the Company in
Conmsittees and otherwise, even after his Direc-
torship- shall have terminated, until the Charter
shall, be renewed.

After' the expression of the cordial concur-
rence'of Mr. Thornton and Air. Twin,ing, it was
agreed to.
Adjuwrnod at half-past' five oieloek,

.rnoN THE LONDON GAZ2T'VE., MAncit 23,

Trur-qtlicr,. itfa.-rit '2:l, 1813.

4th Regipent, Dragotm Guar44, Cc.rtiet \V. 11(ainsay.to
tictiteuitia, by'racliii,,r, vice, cicroimm, tviw I<ques.
7th Ditto, --- Pent. tv Comet; mix-flout pur-

chaie. .
4th It,..g,tueot I)rago,ois, Cornet liugliStafforcl•Nortitecte LC,
be Ls csotetuott, by pitreinue, vice Colei., pnnnoted-in the
Light Dragoons. •
litab Iteginient Light Dragoons, Cornet the Angust%s
Stanhope to be Lieutenant, without parciu‘se, vice Webb,
pr,anot,(l.
Ite7inientat Quarter-Master Abel Ilainnion to be Cornet,
vice Stanhope. •
14th Ditto, Lietit• Augustus roste„,r to he of aTrpopo
by oeyvinise, vice I.lawl,.er, evt‘o •
19111.1)ittfly Cornet George:Slg...a to be Lieutenant, by put-
_ cliv.se, %ice Niouitrie, promo: A.
91,4 Djtto, Lieut. lri ii Du from 6141; Foot; to be
Lie.uteilant, rice 'Mahone who exotatiges.
ad Itegiinent rout, W. Esi. to he Paymaster, vice
Berry, who re4ign t.
tatty Ditto. „Ensign ,Jaraee Kings frorn. the 90tit I--soot, to be
EnAign, without, purchase, vtce pzomot,4 in the
10:!El Piot; Itichard lirowtranitii, Gent. to Le Ensign, by
I. purchase, Vavat.our, r-rconoteti. . •.

Ditto, 01111 t'cu r Tloticau, (gent, to be Eminzla0 by pur-
•
cbdAe, vice Tit OW 11 rt Oiataetl.
I Sth Ditto, Ensign W. Dighy feo:n the 7fitli Foot, to
be by purchase, (Iraut, pront.'ired.•
lath lliti Lieut. W. Orr, front Iltlf-pity of the lute Bth Gar-
moo r,attalion,,to he Lieuteuant, vice Chamley, who ex-
Nth t Vitt,, Itnsigit Johnston, from the Stit Garriln Bat-
tansgi, To hi' Lieutenant, without parchase, vice44autisell,
ittAmii, tee. tlir 85th Foot.
Niet..3lfe, to Le ensign, llpurchatie,
eke f tau, proriaott.4.
to 1 Ditto,
To 1. Li, Iteimilts phre!iaNi!—EnOgn 'Donald Fir.
11 ...Ih,o vote, vier S''wo.hun, placed “ii rn-Sgl4 tO-
Grant, vie.: Itubertscni, appointed to the iltit Royul
Veteran llattztliutt.

To be Fiuslgn3—,YArt,e.,' Ceddes,, (Plc ot. rice F.- rquliarsoni A.
C. Robertson, beat. vice Grant.•
T 9 Serjeitiit
vire >lackay-, placed ilo - ,
•od Ditto, Etwigu Robinson to be Lieutenant, by
parehage, A-lee-1,101)16i+, pr-nneted. '
45th Ditto,' Henry Geolrv. Fitz Gerald, Cent to be Enaiyu,
without puscha..ez vice Vrataihntd, wbooe appoinm tent bas
not tvleil
47th Ditto, Lieut. W. Rutledge to be Captain of a Coil pany,•
tOiltbout purchase., vice Plielan,Ateeeaged.l
sell to be Lieutenant, vice )tutledge. Viilunteq. John
%auk, ft on Gth Foot. to be Ensif,‘m, vive Moen. Sefleaut
'Pierce Kelly to be 'Adjutant (with the nitlh of Ensign), vice
Noltard, prompt
51st Ditto, Lieut. Maiiony, tron't gist Light --nrai;'"onsi. to
be Lieutenant, e who exellorr:teg. Quaiter
M:Aer-S'erjeant 7.. Ashey, to be tartarter-Master,viee Milk,

deceased. - -
, .
's3d Ditto; John Barrett, Gent. to beEnsign, by purchase;
vice Impett, promoted.
f;ilth Ditto,.l'. P. lAinz, tierit. to bi Ensign, by pureliase,vice
Maedonsieti, promoted.
,
beak Ditto, !.:.eut. LI. G. DomIT, from 524 'root, to be Cap-
ti.ic. of a. Compar.y,.by purebtiee, vice Mattony, who retitte,..
1-..mi!...ii C. Capipbt.:ll to be:Lieutenant, by pliromie vice Da.,
%etipen-t, proiliotco,
(.4'..,,i liitto; Capt. R. Gorham,. from Half-pay of tte 914 Foot,
to be (*lntuit; tit' a Company, vice Mildieuaie, who cx-

ei
it4liiror:
71st
t;. Lard Nstte, Gent. to be. Ensign, tsy purcbase,
e, pivrnoted.

SIR,.