The Sun.
London, England, 1809-06-03 00:00:00

INDI2 110 USE.

Yesterday a very, numerous and respeaahle Court
of Proprietors wps held at the India House, to take
into consideration a Resolution of the Court of Di-
retilors, to recall those young men who had obtained
civil and military. appointments in India, through
corrupt and improper agency.
After the requisition for calling the Meeting had
been ,read,
Mr. SANSON rose and said, that no man could be
more desirous than he was to put an end to the cord.
rupt practices which had been diScovered to prevail
in several instances, as to the procuring of these ap.
pointments ; and the Direaors, as a body, were en.
titled to great credit for the dispoiition which they
bad sbewn to do so. But be must disapprove of
the measure of recall; as one of great harshness and
severity to :those young men, whose future pros-
peas would be ruined by it, though they were inno.
cent, while the corrupt praalice.had been carried on
entirely. by their parents, or guardians. He wished,.
however, the Resolution of the Court of Direaors to
he first rend, before he submitted any motion tb lb°
Court. •

The Resolutions were their' read, and were loahts
effed :—That the Court of Direelors deem it neces.
examples are necessary
sale. to recall those persons who haie procureclouch
that severe
appointments by corrupt means, laion
utondbeernamcdoemior
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prevention of the praelice iniuture : that-in future
it would be expedient that any parent or gitardiaa,
sending out- ilia son in an official capacity, should
give a bond the sum of 30001. at least, eo be for"
1640 in case it should appear that the appointment
was obtained by corrupt means. The Resolution
then specified the names of those young men Who
Were to be recalled; among which we noticed those
of Edward Jesse; Smith and Fry Magnin, writers;
besides several Cadets, whose names appeared in
the Report of the Committee of the House of Coln'
mans.
•
Mr. GRANT (the Chairman) then said, that it fell
to Its lot shortly to assign the reasons on which the.
Court of Direates aeteg in adopting this. Resolution.
He thought it kitiite evident, that if the corrupt
praeliee of purchasing these appointments was pot
strongly checked, and it a ready admission into the
service of the CoMpAny was to be obtained by such
sordid means, the hOtourable spirit which now ac"
tuated the Company's servants' in the East must
rapidly. expire, and a spirit of 'disgraceful rapacity
would succeed, in oreer iodentnify themselves
for the money sel►i
- the putchase cost ibetn, Sue')
a measure was also due, to the dignity.and credit-of
the Court of DivMyri, who, if they had bot'adopt-
ed the strongest meaus,fer seepressitig the preto'
would have been wanting td their ()wit cliaraaer. -—a
In the year 1799, there via; strong reason to, tope
the existence of such praaices, and accordingly
the Direklots passed a vote,• declari% 0, that all con:
sifted of it shoeld. forfeit their eppaintiaeing,
be:cc-al/ed. This Resolution appeared, in the •
;due, and in thti Newspapers of. the difPretit cafe"
talc of the three kingdoms. It wps agate rePewed
(cm n3O ; but its it was itipP
hosatt that this detcriai-
nation ad not teem suflicienty promulgated between,
that period duct raep, the D,rectors bad come to 3
resolution that it should operate to the recall of those
only who had obtained their appointments through
a corrupt medium since rat).6. In the late Inquiry
bttore a,Colnalittee of the House of Commons, it
appeared that East India patronage had been most
gtosi.ly abused, and therefore; alter full deliberation,
the Court framed an., unanimous Resolution thitt
`strong measures should be adopted foeits future pre"
ventiun, though, at the same time they most sincere..
ly regretted the necessity which kneed them to
-as it would bear so hard upon several young mein'
not through any rank of.theitsl but through we
gross misconduct of their parents-Or
Every tong had been done to make this exertion, et
authority as lenient as possible; and, it was agreed,
that its every instance where it did not appear that
the young men were privy to the transaction the.r-
rn.
selves, they might again be tutored to 'their to
mer situation by the patronage of Direc-
s
w tors, though not by gratit of ,the;Conrt• It "3
to
said, that this recall teal a great ‘tardship
bitteT er.
whom was this. hardship to be imputed ? ‘-ygticieir
tainly to the .Direttors, who only put in force who
own law, hitt to, those parents or guardionS,ooo
tuust L.i.! been a ware of it,'
yet acted in deuore
of it, and exposed these young men to .this
parishMent. had
,bat
Mr. Sarasota said, that notwithctanding ld tsar
fallen from the Honourable Chairman, lte."°
tome,
helps looking upon this order of recall as a mO6,
greatharshness and severity;• which could not r
k,si
R. tit the character of the -Director; or of the
c,
India Crimpetty, but the contrary. Withl'erirousot
sheet for the Court,of Directors irs a body, io, (0
ety, there had been seine Gentlemen belongglibrop.
n, whose conduct in the bestowal of theirr,,eo ;
age had' not heea so careful 34 it sheuld have
and that this was also the opinion of the PoPl,lt',ol
.appeared from the result of a'late election. J.erea
'negligence existed, then it was not to be wc)%oo.
at, if there were same ready to take e`erY,,4ity de'
tage of it ;- arid if the interests of the CorllP7o re
minded
,r( terrible sacrifice, let those only wn tot
—ffieri guilty sutferr heor !) and let not inao‘...,
and unoffending' young men become the
;
He then submitted Resolution 10 /10 - affect • taalicat
" That the Proprietors view with ,great sat's to to,
the disposition she-svit by the Court, of Dlrec from
prevent.- the abuse of East India pa.ron34`:.!;l, its •
whi"ch they are led to anticipate the beSt,en
that it
future ;'but they submit, at the. sameetnie , doe
is consistent with 'justice and humanity, tinci`va to
oply should- stitfat a recall, who had larch; !the
fnend it I°.•
cot rupt transactions ; and they recoil) „roes
D Court of rectors to re-consider their deo.
tiora.7' t of
h.- eathat the mutt v
Mr. LUSITINGTO',I • aien
• lilt
Djrectors'llaa chosen to' overlook the reinn 1800.
anu
,ohtained by imProper means between 179 it oleet
This reduced the Whole matter to a 11105 0 -ti.
jeinjoiti
of publicity ; and lie hoped the same,
.trie,
ipelt
would be extended to those who had &matt
hi; por
1806, ►
"d'r t • rtr
appointments since the year , ee,,11 app
sible ground that those Who -procurecystroe
poly, were not fully aware of the
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tion in the latter period, 3; well , ,eod
I tar to es' ell
it was, not for erring watt tJus her, tilif
'the Ist
doctrineeal " cloitite; the hies of „4 the
time children';" 'and he truct?d,‘ that
,wve , _
a "
rcctora felt hoer excellent it weft to ha

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- Mr. Pitfilt °ORE begged that the fitrectors,
in'yead pf exercising this extreme severity, Would
look at what the, House of Commons had done in
the case of one of his Majesty's Ministers,, tvlio
was implicated in this very Report of the East India
Committee. They had.given the question the go-
by, on the ground that it would be hard to punish
an indivtdual for what had been so frequently done,
that it • was overlooked. He hoped the Court
.of
Directors would be satisfied with doubling down a
leaf on the past, and beginning anew, so as to pre-
vent the recurrence of the same evils. Besides, he
believed that this very day the Bill prohibiting the
.sale of offices' would. receive the Royal Assent; so
that, to-morrow the law would be sufficient . for
Punishing all such offences; without any necessity
fat-ruining a few innocent and utioffending young,
Men, whose parents or gtiardians alone were cul-
pable.
[Here some discussion took place upon the powers
separately vested in the Court of .Directors, and in
the Proprietors.)
A Proprietor, whose name we could not learn, ob-
served, that there was not a doubt that there re-
sided in the Court of Direetors the power of dis-
,uissing the servants of the Company. As to the
present motion it was not couched in the language
of demand on the part of Proprietors, but in that
of respeCtful reqnest.- It was rather addressed to
the feelings of the Directors as men, than to the
sterner sentiments of duty imposed upon then] .by
their official situation. •
Mr. LOWNDF.S thought the present motion diC-
toted by the feelings of humanity. In the-story of
Le Fevre,. Corporal Trim pleads by way of excuse,
for not offering the poor- Lieutenant his master's
. purse, that he • had received• no orders, to, do so.—
" •True, " said Uncle Toby, " You have acted very
well as &soldier, Trim, but not as a man." So 'he
could say to the Court; in giving the order of
_recall they had acted very well as DireCtors, and
now be should wish then, to ad with the hum-

nittof men.
Mr. JACKSON BARWIS supported the Resolution
of the Directors. It was to tie regretted that indi-
iiduals sluittld suffer, but the interests of the corn-
Munity at large were to be proteCled, and this could
Only be done by showing that the laws of the Com-
pany were not to be transgressed with impunity. ,
Mr. TWINING also opposed the motion, on the
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ground that wltat might 'prove an a& 'of leniency to
some, would be a measure of cruelty to many. FJe
was convinced that had the Court of Direaors neg-
leaed to come to such a Resolution, they would
i*ave been accused on all sides of the most culpable
indifference to the interests of their constituents.
The only circumstance which seemed to dictate le-
, wency, was the possibility that the Resolutions of
1799 and 1108 had not been sufficiently pro-
mulgated; but he would oppose any vote of the
Proprietors.which went to call upon the Court of
Directors to reverse their decision.

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Sir ..I.ABOPHILUS nasmay and Mr. GRANT de-
elated, that, as Members of the Court of Direetors,
they had felt the greatest reluilance in coming to
this determination of recall; but they felt them»
selves called upon ,to adopt it by an imperative
sense of duty. If the' motion came, however,
merely as a recommendation from the Proprietors,
and not as a mandate, they would have no objection
to entertain it. "
. .
After a few words in reply from Mr. Sansop, the
!notion was put, and carried in the affirmative by a
great show of hands. 'lite Court immediately ad-
Journed.

'YORK SPRING MEETING, illog.
'itratirtasiony, MAY3I.
Sweepstakes of 3ogs. each, togs. ft. for ttvo,..yrsolcl colts, Est•
alb. fillies, Bat. Two‘yr. aids' Course, (8 Subscribers.)
Mr. W. Morsels b. c. by Shuttle, out of Lady Sarah I
Mr. Dimsdales b. c. by lleninpatorgbrough, dam by Trum-
-2
, Sir H. T. Vsne's b. f, by Shuttle, dam by Drone - 3
Mr. Harlow's b. c. Pope, by Shuttle, dam by Oberon 4
Sir T. Gascoignets b. t'. by Penator and Violet - S
7 to 4 against Pope—the same against Mr. Dims.
dale's colt ... • - . • ' 4
two to i against the winner. Won easy.
,The Stand Plate of Jul. for three.year olds, 6st.— four.year
olds 7st. 91b,—fivelear olds, ilist. 41b. —SI x-year olds and
aged, Zst. tolb.—Three and 4-years old fillies allowed 41b.
Four Miles.
Mr. T. Dunscombels b. c. Ceres, by Hambletonian,
L r 4
d Scarborough's b. d. by Sir Solomon, out of Fan- I
.
• tail, s.yrs old - .. - 2
Sir T. Gascoignc's b. c. Birmtrap, by Agonistes out
. of Kilton's Sister, 4.yrs. old - - 3
31r. Carforth's' b. c. brother to Peter Plymley, by
' Ilarnbletoman, out at Caroline, alrs old - 4
, 2 to 1 on CUM. 'easy.

*Me effeas of the high wind yesterday morning
Wore severely felt on the River Thames, especially
l'celow Bridge, about Blackwell, Liniehouse, Sic.
when several vessels and craft were driven from their
• "I"riags, and received material injury, and boats
_were_ sunk "lon. in the neighbourixxxl of Pep-
i3r. Stepney, l3ethnell Green, SpitallieldS, Ste. many
oIJ houses were stripped of their roots and shook to
tOuudationt ; a npmber of trees were blown
by their roots in Moorfielils ; but we have not,
heard of any lives being lost; •
Irelterday, during the high win& one orthe large
trees in thei Bird-cage 'Walk, St. James's Park, was
blown down. The Mall Was covered with branches
and leaves that were blown off.
La,t night, about half. past nine o'clock, a fire
broke: out at a house, ,No. xf, Stamford-street,
Blackfriart-road, in' the occupation of a Mrs. Lowe,
occasioned by the bed-curtains taking fire;--owing
to strong party-walls the fire was confined to the.
premises, which were entirely consumed. The
Principal part of thelurniture was saved.
I,Ve are surprised as well as concerned to hear that
Afr. LA CX,' formerly one of the Patentees of Drury-
Lane Theatre, and who has been deprived by its de-
' atrutlion of the little remaining advantage he de-
rived from it, has been denied the assistance of Mr.
PALMRR, Mrs. BLAND, and other Performers, who
generously tendered him their services for any. bene-
t he might be inclined to take. We should,have
!bought; the Committee or Performers at the
&At. caum .Would not thus have rejetted the request
of an unfortunate Gentleman, whose ruin is chiefly.
(0 be ascribed to' too liberal a spirit in ate hoot at
prosperity.

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lidt/S* OF

VRlbitt, JUNE 2.

Cotinsel was heard on the Appeal Frank v. Prank;
after which the rurthei cdusideration.was deferred
till Wednesday next.
A number of public acid private Bills were
brought up from the Comtnons, and read a first
time.