The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-19 00:00:00

part I: Mucous Discharges.

In these Observations it is designed :u discriminate the
different Morbid Discharges of „Females, and to sltew their
Connexititi 'with disordered Action, and deranged Strut:Lure ;
so as to efiabie 'ii'ractitifers to form a more char and distinct
Judgment of sue:a. Distod•er and Derangement, and lead to
a inorel,,nd;cioni Treatment Of them. , ,
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K 1 WAN'S SERMONS. .
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ERMONS. By the late Rev. WALTER
- BLAKE KIRWAN, Dean. of Kilua. •
, Wit,h a Sketch of tti3 Lite.
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terutyite; -row.

Dr. Kirwan preferred tour country and our reli'iun, and
brought. to both, .o,nius superior to what he t,mnd either.
He called forth the latent virtues of the hinhati heart, and
taugh,t uten to discover in Ihewselves a mine of charity, .of
which.the prGprietots had %been unconsciuu§. lie- came to
interrupt the. Tepose of the pulpit, and Shine one world
with the thunder of' the other. The preacher's (lest: be-
cffluei the throne of light,”—Mr. Grattan 's Speech, June 19,
1792: -

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mANctiEsTEII, Cong•leton, Newcastle, Wet!sal,
arkd \Vol verhatcpton, Post-(:witch, even Afternoon. Guarded.
SIIRE-WWTRY, .Wr llingtoq and Shiffnal, • Post.-Cuaell,
the .Priuce -of Woks, to the Britannia, Shre‘Vibury, every
Lvello4 at Five,o'clocl;, “Tlartlerl.• i •
• ana totherliain Post-Coach, called the llock-
ibion, Maroing.. • ,
SOLIff-WIIETON, Winchester, Altesford, and Alton
Coacfi, every Fvenin•2:.. . _

I.3IIO2•ANG:IIAM Mercury Post Coach, with a Guard, sets
out every Afternoon, aad reaciirSiiiralin2,llairk next day at
Noun.. Passes'liv O ford, Enstao, and :'7.iitilLito:ie, to tiic
S4raeen's Head, tioll-fitreet, and Castle Inti,.liirmingtain:

, .
BlliUiti(;,l-IA`I, •Warwick-, .and Leamington, I,:;ew Post
Coaeh,evely Morning.
HTILL, Nortlicave; Howden; Thorn, and Doncaster, Post-
Coach, every Morn; half-past Six•- o'clock, to tae Bu
aiul Sun Inn, M:,lmii-Gate, Hall. •
HERTFOIID, iVaiS, lloddestion, and Cheshunt Coach,
very Morning.
TOTTILNHAM'and Faininnton Coach, Daily, at Half-past
Ten, Half-liahTwo, Halt:past Four, and Half-past Seven
o'clock. •

WILLIAM D. MOUNTAIN and Co. respeetfullyucquaint
Orly Friends rind-the Public, that they will not be account-
aide for riny Pareeli; or Lnggoge, &c. of more than
Five Pounds Val n 4, ii lOst or dr:waged, nule4s entered as such
and piiid for accordingly, at the ..Saraceq's Head Wu, Snow-
Hill; Londoq.
passengers and Parcels are boolied.fOr all the .oovn
CcfloheA,at. UNhetes New White Ita:se CelUrCouch-Oilice;
• - • .

Mr. Howoun having been prevented by indis-
position from attending the last Court, begged to'
be all Owed to 'offer a fe:w words in answer to -what
had been stated by seveial Gentlemen, on the sub-
ject of the proceedings of the Committee. He
then weut on to explain and vindicate his coo-
duct, and that of the Commit ee„ • •
-Mr. S Dixoti spoke to order. He thought they
were not asserahletl on- this occasion to hear Oka
history of the Committee.
Chaiuman (Mr. R. TtioßxToN,) hoped he
was not wrong in suffering a Gentleman who had •
been' Chairman of the Committee, and t.) whom
tbesuhject bad been referred, to offer that expla-
nation which a ,circumstance th:?.y had all lament-
ed precluded hint from giving before.
Mr. MOORE thought it any body bad a right
to complain it was- himself. He, the: notice
given was.his, was in possession of the Caurt.,.but
the Gentleman bad asked, as a matter of'courtesy,
'tp 1,,e allowed to make this statement, and he
hoped it would not be objected to.
Mr. LOWNDES said, common justice to the Com-
mittee required that Mr'. Howarth should be heard.
Mr. Ho•roirrn resumed his explanation, anti in
his uarrative of the proceedings Of the Commiftee,
rebutted the charge. Which' had. been preferred
agaiust them for 'breaking up ahrtiptry.. He
maintained- they had done their duty. While
anxious to uphold the Executive Body they had
been careful not to sacrifice the public, interest at
the shrine of ,the Electors. 11 xvished shortly to
stat'c. his sentiments on the question before the
Court. •Of the twenty-four I.),:.ectoi.s, seventeen
Gentlemen were,: Chairmeh or Deptits.,
to other joint Stock Cotrpluie,;, or
chants on_their own accot. such persu by
attending .at the gast.lndit-i.Hause -in the morn-
ing, and returning at-five or six o'clock atlight,
appe:tr to devote their whole time to the • serv;ce
of the Company, though they were occupie4
nearly the whofle clay at their own chin-tong,
houses, aitthe Exchange, or by the dictatorial
concerns of other bodie. This; li hopci was
only a case.to be supposed. In justi::c to the-pre-
sent. Directors, he: must ackno-vledge the
.vast and
complicated -nratrers they had to atteeiji to
managed with such exactness, aoh were so nie-
thodized, that, theirregnintions, inilitar linah-
and commercial, had only to be
known to be :nimired ;* still, however-, he co.:,
retitled, it roight to be to'cir care ,c guard against~.
the possibility•of,.the public stiff-Cling froth per-
sohal •ab,i6eS. • His opinian,' and I;ol3ggecl to say,.
lie believed it to he the opinion of the Majority (4
the Committee also.; was, that to elfect this, it
would, be desirable the qualifications af a Diisectcr
should. he inereased.from 24.100/. to ,F)0.9/: capital
that no person possessiogicss should here-
-after be eliaible,to be a Director; that books of
ateudance shouldc' be kept for .t7,e ihspectiOn of
the. Proprietors, in which it-might be- seen at what
time the blrectors assembled on each day, liOiy
long their sittings were continued, and at:what
hour they finally adjourned. Ii this the names pf

those who were present ought to be eAttaced. A
book of attendance should be kept in,,eacb Com-
mittee-romn for reference. He.. also wished a
book to be made up every month, skewing in
%what way the Directors exercised their patronage,
and giving the names of persons sent out to
India as WI iters, Cadets, Surgeons, Sic. Unless
it were proposed'tbat such conditions
,should ac-
company the increase, .of the Directors' Salaries,
he did not.think the motion would have his sup-
port; • •
Arr..PeostEß tind. Mr. lIUME severally'exp9o-
- and vindicated their conduct, ;and sub:anted
that .there had been nothing irregular pr improper
in the course theybad felt it their duty to .take on
a. former. day.
Mr. flu ME expressed his surprise_ at the lavish
praises which had been bestowed on the Court,
as if all wes so perfect that no change could
desired. This, he thotight, was refuted 'by, Mr.
-Cobh, in One of the papers before them, where an
accumulation of business was mentioned. Had.
the Directors merited the unqualified piises they
had received, theme would have been no ateinnu-
lation of business, • ,-
Mr. T.' Mooat assured Mr. Howaftb, that no-
thing had 'been said againt his conduct on the
last Court.- He:.for._ hiniSelf had expressed great
regret that the Committee rose before he had an
opportimity of moving a vote of thanks to the
Gyalcman. Ile then entered into an ex-
planation of his own coat:fact in this' business.—
1.1,.! had pit it in a:fair train to be disposed of, as
should be the pleasure of the Proprietors, and it
was now for them to decide from the evidence
before them. The present scale of remuneration,
be,contended, did not go far-enough: to reward
those talents which were called foi,, .tp manage
the concerns Of a great Empire. What.ever might
be the fate of the motion now before the Court,
. he should have the satisfaction to reflect, that the
_ PrOprietors were en:ablyt, from what had taken
place, to form a better judgment on the subject
than they could do before. For the conditions
that it might be thought right to attach.to the
Resolution for increasing the salaries of the Di-
. rectors, he did not know that' it would be neces-
sary to five a notiee'of 14 days.
Mr. R. TticiiitaToN imagitied.the Hon. Gentle-
man ha 4 the. power Of annexing conditions to his
rnotioo, w-ithout givins,anOther 14 days' notice.
The Bye-law on this suLject 'tails here referred.
'to, which states, " that uo Bye-law shall be or.•
dained, repealed, or suspended, without the eon- .
currenee of two Courts, of the first, of which 14 .
, days notice shall be given:4 This gave rise to a
conversatioli of some' length, in which the com-
petency of the Court t.• alter the qualification for
a Director was discussed. In this debate Mr.'
Alderman Atkins, Mr. Hume, Mr. Haworth, Mr.
R Moore,..Mr. It. Jackson, Mr. Bos'anquet, Mr.
Lushington, ;I\ll-. Lowntles,, Mr. F. Dixon, and
Mr. Plomer, participated. It.,was asserted on
the uue hand, Char the act requiring a Director
to possess 20001. stock, left it to the Company to
raise the qualifiCation as high as they pleased ; on
the other, it w,as maintaitied, that to alter the
nualificatiosi in, any way, would be to interfere
with/ the law of the laad, and consequently any
person returned for the Direction, if po‘;ReS3Cd of
-
§t.64., might set time bye-law requiring
. more at defiance, it it were passed. It was finally
proposed (and seemingly agreed tu) to' hear the
conditions Mr. Moore proposed to attach to his-
motion.

• Mr. P. Mootte, after a few further observations,
moved .the. repeal of the bye-lawJegnlating the
present -emoluments of the Directors, and pro-
posing to enact a law in 'its stead, by which the
Chairman should receive 1201.. the Deputy
Chairman I 0001. and the other Directors LOOl. per
mlnuisi. It further provided, in various instances,
fors their more ample remuneration.
On the motion being. read, •
Mr. PLOMER descanted at,sonie, length on the
justice and expediency of giving a proper remune-
ration to those who performed such an arduous
task as directing the coneert4s.of the greatest corn-
met cial company in the .world. If any testimony
were wanting to prove the ability and industry
that_ were employed by these high officers, he

would say, " icy their fruits ye shailknoW them."
The systematic' manner in which all' the'? business
(if so vast a'coneern was regulated, v(as iculy
astonishing,' for there was
_not a dpcinnent of
arty desctiption on the Cumpany:s aiiairs, within
the last forty Years., but cOuld:be:produCed .in
few 1-ninnies after it might be &minded. The
nt;nctuality of attendance aleo, on the part of the
1) rectors, was highly prtilst:‘n-orthy ; for
fact, that on_an average of lorry ~-;•i:rs, ,19.0ut of
the 4 hard attended every c'o.lrt DiFt'ctors. As
to the General ;Courts, the bVe-la:vs rendered it
imperative on
_them to attend-3 so that their'
tithe was greatly ocCupied,- so small
maneration as, they rece:yed.-- lie then atiL
verted to what .had been- said 4bcr.tt patron-
age., and contended,,. that as this conld not :be
turned to account without the commission of

. .
perjury, a liberal salary was just and iiitcesSarv':'.
iu snort, he would say to the Proprietor), " Make
toe Director satisfied with his situation; -811 A he
will render vou contcuted' with y-slurs-." 'Mr.' P.•
fro.in entei cd upon fintly:litptnciai. comparisons, -T.o
prove that there was ample means for ,the pro-
posed increase, and cOincided with.,the cictlara-.
lion, 'that there was now a surpliA .dri the witole
• stock of 2,C60,00/. after every expene'was li
viidatcd-, while the average profits tbe-
stoCk fur the'last seventetin years was. 1,330,0001.
4.1 e concluded with a pointe:l,allnsion to thepre-
sent political aspect of affairs, and trusted that the
measure now broiq;ht forward .would be carded,
unaccompanied by any-istipulatiims.
Air. W. Kr:ENC spoke at seine len'ifth to the
same effect'. His principal .wish wa,l, to make it
' worth the Directors while to devote their whole
time to the affairs of the Company. •
Mr. ft. JACKSON made an animated !nay to the
sentiments which had been promulgated, and
which he considered to be an attackfupon- the ho-
nour of the Directors, whom he called upon to
protect the honour of the Proprietors, while they
shielded their own. lie trusted the, Court would.
not be 'induced to vute - away so large a sum
.of
money by any of the eulogies they had heard=
still which would amount to little less than
3',)0,000/. before the expiration. of the

rectors, who had descanted so loudly on tbe
ne-
cessity of economy, conld say to the people on
the establishments of India, that it was necessary ,
to curtail their ineonics, when one of thelirst,acus
of their newly restored power, was to, increase
.their own. For himself, he thonght‘the measure
so . perft;ctly indefensible, nay, so imMoral, for
men of this description to begin their careers, by
pouring woney-into their own pockets, that he
was ashamed to be of' the Committee. There
were of the Committee not only several Gentlemen
who werecandidateS for vacancies in the, Direction,
but two others who were unqualified Proprierors.pe
also thought the ptoposition in regard to,the
Ijjro-
pertyTax a degradation to the dignity of the Dime -
tots, whom lie would not wish.to cringe at the
feet of any Minister for the sake of a little peen-
, niary saving. Adverting to the state 'of affairs, lie,
' thitriked G,4fuur the events which haul taken place
on the Coutinent,'and also for inspiring the Coun-
cils Of ourselves and our Allies with sheh'vigom,
that there was no longer any'chance of the moral
mind being shocked by, seeing qui. country Compel!-
ed.to make peace with the wholesale butcher of
mankind ! As tO'the proposition before the Court,
be could cernsider it as nothing but a premium. for
old age ; and it was necessary that the conditions
should beWell understood before they were agreed
to. I.-The propositions for'taking so IlillerVOI011ey:u
' out of the pockets of the Proprietors,, could not
fail '.() generate ; and hewbuld rather have
seen soine proposition • fur verifying and recognis-
ing the arduous labours of the Ditfectors; in. pri)of
of their deserving such a • large 'remuneea.--
tion. .Mr. Jackson then made some crere re-
marks on the conduct -iot those who had;
spoken in defence 'of the Resolutions ; but
whose faces were not seen in the Court till
the whole' of the contest ;was over, and then.
they came to rote away the money.- As to
the salaries of the Directors, they were of little
import when put in ,competition with their v:ot
patronage ; and that man could have no heart Nylto
could sly that the patron?ige was of no value
was the noblest advantage to the noblest -
mind, because it could be disposed of by such a
mind in the. noblest manner. Mr. Robert Grant
had stated it, 'in his .voluine, to amount 'to
'350,000/. so that the advantage of it to each in-
dividual Director was from 6000 t, to, 8060/.. per
CHere Pater Son, a Director; inter-
rupted Mr.,-.laclis;on,l4y wishint,• to know how he
could tell what the patronage was worth ?) Mr.
J. replied, that lie had it from a printed sheet of
which could be referred to ; but if the,
Hutt. Director himself wished to know its value,

ley riim.(said Mr. J.) enquire amongst his friends
and conneetion,s for worthy objects; let him seek
;out modest, pocu, and unassuming men of merit,
slow to ask, -hut anxious for employment ; let him
bestoli upon them his share of the patronage,
and his heart would tell him the value of it !--=

(Ladd find repeated cheeri4.)
Mr. JACKSON wen 4. on 'to explain that the pa-
tronage for the last twenty years vas valued at
3,000,000/. which wa5,6006/. a year to each Di-
pector ; but that this arose only from Writers,
Cadets, and Assistant Surgeims : there were many
other sources•of emolument under the description
of patronage. Besides this, there tern the loan
speculations, cads of which put 16.00t11. lot() the
poCket Of the Chairman, and 80001. into that of
the private Director. After this, who need ask what
the situations were worth ? and he would put it, ad
verec. unchain, to those velio had charged the Pro-
prietors with .being illiberal to.thosethey employ-
ed. tti•say whether they had any ground for such
complaint? So far from this, it was not icing since
a Director had publicly said,' that the weight and
dignity of a Director of that Company was far
beyond that attached to any subordinate Minister

of State,,and, in his opinion, ,there was no situa-
tion that could he compared with it, except that
Of the Fii•st Lord of the Treasury ! J. con-
chided with moving, as an amendment, that all of
the original. Resolutions, after the word `` That,"
be omitted; and that, there he substituted the fol-
.„-
jorving words, to Wit :
" This Court having examine.' the.proceedings of the Se-
lect Committee, and considered the, doeunte.nts and evidence
therein containcil, arid havi-ng particularly. noticed the two

foliowingites\dutioits,
"Ist, That it is not,the opinion of this Committee that an
indiscriminate and unconditioaal increase of salary to the
Directors be recomnictided to the Couyt of Proprietors
;
" Vdly, That it is.thi, i•-aii,ion of this Committer that it is
et:pc:heat reco?nmenA a gradual increase •of .salary,
ytided such iticreve be accompaniedby certain conditions for
the more efficient tlisclorge of the Direetorial duties
" Resolved; Mita 'the conditions herein alluded to
have heel' submitted to this Court, considered,' approved of,
mid passed into lacis of the East India Co'in'pany, it would
be prentatnre and litiw.l..e to make any alteration in the al-
ltni•anCes •to the Direct-4s, for their 'attendance upon the
business of the Company." ,
Mr Lowswas stconded the amendment.
Mr. BosANo.bET said,'that: he had come. pre-
pared-to speak on the subject ; but as his Speech
-must necessarily, be long, he would rather decline
derivering his sentiments. lie wished, howct'er,
•th?,t the debate could be concluded, and the un-
pleasant subject condemned to oblivion.
24r. KiXNAIIIII considered the speeth of Mr.
'Jacksoft To- bit an attack upon the Muiitbcrs of are
CoMmiztee, and altogether an appeal to thc pas-
sions of the Court. That Gentleman thus as-
sAed' might hare Jo opportunity of defending
therselves,, he should move an adjournment for
-16 days.
• Mr. C. CZPANT, sen. was„of the sante, opinion.
The whole of the debate had been on one side,
and the Directors ought in justice to appeal for a
hearing ;- in-short, the whole of the question, hav-
ing {Ow provoked much animosity, ought to be
.heard ont.
-After-Much farther controversy, the cliAtirmAs
intitnatrtl- that the 16th day would fail on aSun-
and-suggested the extent to be 18 days.
The question ryas then-put by spew of hands,
and declarrd .to be carried in the affirmative ;

Alr.anine, however, insisted on a'division, when

the gallery tvas', cleared, and the motion for ad,
journment till Taesday, the-sth of April, was ear-
.ried• by 'a large majority.

The charming Tale of " jUst pub.
has; deservedly excited much interest. We
arc informed if is lion) the pen. of Miss AIKIN
Authoress of Epistles on Women ; and the success
of this work, We hope, will induce. her to devote
her talents to this line of Writing, in which she
scents eadoeutly qualified to eical.