The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-13 00:00:00

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'jet} nitattef of the first of the preceding Resolutions,
when the evidence annexed to the Report of
' COlllniitier of the House of Commons shall be be-
fore th e .Court .
At the Court of DireEtors, held on WedneSdaY,..the
. - 12th April, 1809,
Resolved,—That the whole of the Court's patron-
nge, which has been hitherto passed by the Corri
mittee of Shipping; namely; the cadets, .assistant-
surgeons, free mariners; and volUnteers for the
Bombay marine and Bengal pilot service; be in In-
iureexamined and passed by the Said-Seled Com-
mittee,_ (appointed to superintend the Military Se-
minary lately formed ;) that it be referred to the
Said Cdnimittee to revise all former order's and re-
gulations for the admission of cadets and other Per.
' tons 'into the service, and to report, whether atiy,
and what further regulatiOns may be necessary, to
prevent the oceurrenceOrsuch corrupt prgtices in
future.
At a Seminary Committee, the 26th April, 1809,
On a motion,
Resolved,—That the friends of the cadets to
whom the nominations are given by the Direciors,
be required to attend'at this House with'thetn; and
Irliat they, be likewise required to write a letter to
this COminittee to the following effect, viz.--
" To the Honourable Committee for. passing Military' Ap-
pointments.
Gentlemen,-1 do hereby declare upon my honour, that
I received the nomination of a Cadet for the
loam Esq. gra-
tuitously, and that 1 have given it gratuitously to Mr,
, with whose family and connections I
am'well .ietluainted.
" am, Gentlemen,
Your Most obedient servant; ..
At a Court of Direaors, 'held on. Friday, 5 tli . May,
1809, .
The detail of the evidence annexed to the Report
of the Committee of the House of Commons ap-.
pointed to- inquire into the existence of any abuses
in the disposal of
,the patronage of the -East-India
Company, having been some time before the Court„
the Court now probeeded, Conformably to their Re-
solutions of the 4th of last month, to the considerai,
Lion of the further measures, which the said Resolu-
tions, and -those of the 28thlieb. 1799, and 6th Au-
gust, 1806, may require.'
Resolved,--:Lhat to answer the ends. for.which
the Resolution of the 28th February,. 1799,- and 6th
August, 1806, were adopted, it may be sufficient;
on the preseet occasion, to limit the retrospeaive
operation of those Resolutionh to the 6th August,
1806, when the latter Resolution was promulgated,
and at that time only the determination of the--Court
to annul all appointments procured by corrupt means
was generally made known to the public at
by the publication of it in thg Gazette, .and. in the
Newspapers of London,ldinburgh, and Dublin, as
well as by printed advertisements.
Resolved by .the Ballot,—That whereas it is de-
clared in the said Resolution of the 6th August,
1806, that any person obtaining their appointments
by purchase, or agreement to purchase, shall be ren-
dered incapable 6I holding any situation whateverin
the Company's service.; it maybe sufficant to ap-,
ply the -said declaration to such persons nominated
into the. service as shall themselves have been par.':
ties, by concurrence or knowledge, in any corrupt
transaaion for ,obtaining their. appointments, respec-
tively; a being always understood that no person un-;
der these circumstances, shall be restored to the ser-
vice by grant from the Court, but only by his, receiv-
ing an appointment from the patronage of some in- -
.dividual Director.
Resolved,—That the same declaration which is
.now, annexed to the certificates of baptism produced
by young men coming for the appointment of cadets,
by the parents, or next of kin of the said young men,
be required, in like manner of the parents.or next of
kin of young men presented for the appointments of
writers.
Resolved,—That it appears by the Report of the
Committee of the House of Commons, that the fol-
lowing appointments, and nomination to the Col-
lege, conferred subsequently to the 6th August,
1806, were purchased by the friends of the parties,
who received the same, though without the privity
of any of the Dire Tors who respealively conferred
those appointments.
[N. B. The names' of the persons so appointed
and nominated, appear in the following minutes of
tLe 12th May.]
At a Court of Dire&ors, held on Friday, the 12th.
May, 1809, .• , •
Resolved _by -tbe Ballot,—That the appointrnents
of the following persons be now rescinded and an-
nulled, and that the said persons be dismissed from -
the-service of the Company, viz. •
WRITERS.
Edw. lames Smith, appointed 24 February, 1808, for Bengal.
Fry Magniac - do. - - - do.