The Sun.
London, England, 1813-07-10 00:00:00

HOUSE OF.COMMONS.

The number of Members present get four o'clock,
being Only thidy-eight, the House of course Ad-
journed. • ; •

ES.sy 141 DI:. '161.78E.

A General Cana-was' beJd yesttrday, -ptirsuant:
to the Resolution "of the laA.meeting of Pr'oprie •
fors ofEast India Stock.

, .
The minutes of the proceedings of the hilt Court
having been read-.---
Mr. It. THORNTON (the Chairman). addressed
the Court. As the purpose for which they bad
been convened :was to consider the natore 9,f the
Bill brought into: Parliament concerning the af-
fairs orthe East. India ,Company, after that .Bill
should have passed th-ough a • Committee of
the House of Commons.; when lie informed
the Court, that the Bill, as it was amended,.
had not yet been
,generally circulated, he thought
they would seethe propriety of adjourning at that
time. The Court of Directors •hadngreed to have
a conference with Ministers on that day, so, that
until It should take place, and until the 13i11 was
in the possession °Nile Court, in 14 perfect State,
any discussion upon it wookl.b4l,,ppemature.,
A Proprietor, whose name we could not learn,
then rose, and moved that the Coact Should
adjourn.
Mr. LowNnes here began to speak, with all hail
usual eccentricity, on the subject of patronage,
but was soon silenced by a general cry ,J)1
" Order!" •

Mr. RANDAL JACKSON spoke at considerable
length against some clauses of the Bill, observing
that the substance of it was at variance with the
preamble, and that if it should finally pass through
the House of Commons in,the state in which it
then was,, and it the East India Company con-
sented to act under it, they would ogre' to that
which would speidiry prove their destruction. He
wished /hem to reject it altogether, and to act on
the Charter of King William,,, which secured to
them for ever the r'ght of trailing to India, and'
the sovereignty of eertain territories there. Their
Situation promised them every advantage in a
commercial contest with private traders. They
had the advantage of experience in the trade to'
India, they.badUnboupded credit ; they had esta-
blished customers, who were partial to' them be-
yond example; id fine, every thing promised them
success it they should reject the provisions of the
Bill then before Parliament, and continue to trade
to India, on the ground of those privileges. being
granted to them in perpetuity. He observed,that
it was remarkable that no Member of the Honie
of Commons had .noticed hat no provision was
made in the Bill to guarantee to .them the pay-
merit of their dividend, nor to insure thetas against
any loss to which they might be exposers by coup-
plying with the coedit OAR of the Bill. Stich sum
omission was the more extraordinary, because it.
was highly unjust and unreasonable to suppose
tharthe East India Company hc,calil agree to sub.
seribe to the measures of, Government, withoutt
having security that they should be
.indeniftified
against any loss which a compliance, with these
measuresmight cause to them. He concluded by
moving a Resolution, the'substance of which was,
that the Diiectors should deliver to, the Court
their opinions respecting the yights of the Com,
pity, es conferred upon it for ever by various
charters, and how far it trout(' be expedient for
the CoMpany to refuse to aecede to a charter
founded on the Bill before Parliament, and tO
continue to trade to lutlia, relying: op the perpe-
tual privileges of former charters: •
The 011 AIRMAN said,. that as the question of
adjournment was before the House, the Resolu-
tion of the Hon. Gentleman could not be moved
'mail the original question was dispose=d of.
Mr. R. JACKSON wished the llon. Proprietor
who had moved the adiotvmhentf,vrould withdraw
his motion for five.minutes, in order that his Re-.
Solution might be cartied, as he conceived it to be
of great importance.
A scene of great confusion ensued. A noMber.
of Proprietors ruse at once to address the Conrt,"
each endeavouring to drown the others by dint of
roaring, and the majority of the Court trying to
silence them, by calling out Order, Question, Ad-
journ, Pic. All the efforts of the Chairman to re-
store order, were for some time ineffectual ;
until itt length one of the Pirectors, Mr. &Ann-
(putt, spoke to order. After some destiltorY con-.
versation Mr. Jackson withdrew his Resolution,
and the question of adjournment Was tarried.

On Monday seinnight, M. MANEvILLE and M.
.MARcutAti, two French prisoners Of war, were
apprehended at I3ath, having escaped from Bridge-
north, where they had been stationed on their
parole of honour. They are ordered to, be sent to
Stapleton prison. A Oetttlettiiin who 'was at the
Ca,tle and Ball, hearing One or them order a
chaise for. Warminster, gaVe the information to
the Mayor which led to their detentiun.
A hackneyntan in the neighbourhood of Port-
man-square, suddenly disappeared from home, a
short time since, and tautly conjectures were in-
didged in, respecting' him; , lady in the neigh.
bourhood was found absent about the Sallie time,
and instead of being gone to the North, as %vas
expected, the gallant Jehu, it has been discovered,
took a trip to the Downs.