The Sun.
London, England, 1809-03-30 00:00:00

tnent of an Assistant Military t cerelary, ,for
dueting the Military Correspondence, of the East
India Company, under the superintendance of Mr.
as two assistant Secretaries in the
-deliartment °of the EXamintsr of India Correspond-
,!nce,‘ und•ir the gyperintendance of the Examiner,
be. readi" which being done,
The CHA.nimAN'isibserved, that since those resolu-
'tiOns linci been adopted, it had been thought expe.
die'n't to change the appointment of an Assistant
Nillftary Secretary into a distinct office, and instead
of 801. per annum, it was proposed to make
it 10601. The salary of the Assistant Secretaries,
:under :he EXaMiuer, was proposed to be fixed at
16061. per 'annum. .
Mr.- adck complained , of the irregularity in
changing. the Tesblutions after they were adver-
tised ; and' als6 of the increased burden
.upon the
Company.
Mr. GRANT Said, the Court,of Directors would
not have 'proposed the measure, had it not been ab-
solutely necessary.--,The business of those depart,
tents had fallen in.arrear for want of sufficient otli-
, cerS to condua it. ,
The CnAltiStitx said, it must be evident, as the
htisinevi of the office increased, that .additional offi-
cers int.ist be added.

'After some further conversation between Mr..
LOwodes, the 'Chairman, Mr. Jacicson, .and Ali%
Grant, the two ResolutiOns were pUt and carried un-
animously. •
The CIIAIIIMAN then rose, and acquainted 'the
Court, that the Directors had adopted a plan tor
forming a SeMinary for their Artillery and Enginee,
corps of Cadets, instead of that at Woolwich, hy.
Which a considerable saving sA ould be made; and
that Colonel Mudge was to be appointed Examiner..
of these Cadets.

The que,tion, after some conversation, was put,
and, carried unanimously in the affirmative.
• A Ballot was fikd for the 3d May next, on the
subjett of the loss of the late Ship Walpole, ex-
onirating the owners, &c. from all blame.

The CHAIRMAN declaring the Court to be a
Quarterly one, and no further business offering, the
,Court adjourned at three o'clock, sine die.

'REPORT

or fro &ELECT CONINIITTrE OF THE CO?►XMON'S AP•
POINTED 70 INOUIIte INTO THE ABM OP
EAta INDIA PATRONAGE.

This Report contains a voluminomf detail,, of
which, we conceive that a brief abstract wilt be suf-
ficient for ilie.general.Reader. A number of abuses
kive been brought to light-; but it is satisfactory 'to
kupw,that there appears no proof whatever either of
corruption or connivance on the part of any one of
t he .Diredors.

A ,•ternedy has been proposed by the Committee as
a check on the purchase of such appointments,
namely, " That a-Bond shall be given by the parent,
goardiau, or friend of every person receiving a no•
minalion, containing a penally to be paid on any to-.
Lure proof that a valuable consideration was given for
such appointment." This retrospective provision
appears, lipwever, to demand a strict' inquiry, and a
very serious disscussion.
The: folloWing are some of the instances quoted
by tine C0111'11440, from which it appears that the
patronage of theDire6tors was perverted to impro-
per uses by inferior agents .
Witernasn•trs.---E. J. Smith notninated a Writer
to Bengal ; F. Magniac the satire. These appoint-
men is were given by Mr. G. liiellosynt to his cousin,
J. A.. Woodford. Time appointments were sold
for 35001 each, through the agency of Mr. Tahpur-
din, Solicitor.

H. Gardiner, a Writership, • also given by Mr.
Thtillus4on to Mr. :Woodford. This. was sold by
Mr. Tahourdin for 30001. mule:, an undertaking that
1n was to procure a tiring at MI. per annum tar a
friend of Mr. Woodford.

CsDr:rsittps.--The sales of the%o appointments
were extremely .numerous. •They were hold at from
tho to 300 guineas. The general agent in this
branch g)f.ilie tuviinesi was Mr. Annesley Slice., A
great nuuiber uioikr names are mentioned, which
it is not necessary to lay beforc,the Public, as they
nerdy neguciated An exchange from,Beagai to Ma.
,drass, and vice verb!!.

• On Thursday night, Thottas Jarvis, the pnat-boy
between Chester, and Chirk, was attempted to be
robbed 'by two men. He stated, that about eleven.
. o'clock a overtook a man and* woman about a mile
on the Wrexham side of rtualitin, 'wl o first ad r
dressed him in Welsh; buefinding be did nor under-
stand the i,inguage, they advised him in English to
*be upon isis guard, for there ivere twt, bad men upon
the road ; and the man 'told him they had, bseh
stopped;but on his pulling:but a pistol, the two mete
made oil=.. Its .conseqolence of this, 'he took one of •
his pistols out of..the holster,rand carried if cocked
and-concealed Under-his coat ; and having proCeeded..
about halfa mile, two men aprirendy jumped Irush
• the hedge 0:1 iris rightstde, and one of titan n aught
hold of the bridle with his right hand, tied the other
stood about a yarcr'from the horse's head' with a
bludgeon'; the Man 'whet held the bridit4alted out
• Stand and deliver." He Wen watched' an ctppor.-
tunity,,end when the man who held the bridle tto nod
his bead towards his companion, fired hia pistol int-',
medietely into his. left breast; the Mart quitted Ilia
hold, 'meted about a yard; and fell to the ground
and the horse plunged at the firing of tilt:1)14E01, and
carried •tbe boy away. He Ibld the eirautnstiore to
the man at the Ruabon gate, end desired hiM to 4teyp
guard; be also infOrtned Mr. Edwards; of the Ei
in Ruabon, who supplied hint with powder to
re-load his pistol ; anti related the sae to the post-,
master at Chirk.. The men have both es.eaped.
On Saturday .laSt J'ane Pygot, of Last Butterwilik,
near Kirton Lindsey.; a poor woman, wife to a '13,;
bower., attempted to 'drown herself and het. 'two
children in a ditch. The younger was a yearbld,
the other three years. She forced them and h,erself
into the. water, and one of the children was drowned.
The 11101 bet and the other child were- taken out
speechless, but recovered.,---TheCoroner'sJury suin-
nioned on the occasion found a vertliCi of *wilful
murder against the mother, and -she is eormnitted to
Lincoln Castle. The poar WOrnan is Opposed to oe
insane.