The Sun.
London, England, 1812-05-02 00:00:00

EVDI./1 HOUSE, MAY 1.

si General Court was held this day, at which
the Hugh Inglis, the Chairman, presided. After
`-'nairman took the chair, the Minutes of the
Iv:Hs holden on the 2d and Bth of last month
read, and an abstract of the Bye-Laws was
a,
to 4, as it directed by the code of, the Company,
g,sether with a list of papers-presented to the House
cf
,‘-ommons, according to custom, by the direction
It'ne Chairman ; also a list of such papers as have
• en laid before the Court of Directors, for the per-
th° eof taking them into consideration, previously
)e Presenting them to the House of Commons, was
Cod afterwards. The Chairman explained to. the
tvhi trt the purpose for which they were assembled;
*hes was, he ieforrned them, to lay before the Court
It:Jesuit of the neeociation with Ministry on the
,hutch
of the renewal of the Company's 'Charter,
inu'eh he was sorry to inform them was by no means
as favourable a state as they had, from what past
to° late meeting, a right to exped. To give the
theutt the best information on the subjed before
Prepared for their consideration, and the transac-
ns between the Court of fors
Dire ors and the
o
ki!}saird of Controul of the 15th of April. The •
o`Paper read to the Court was a letter from the
,urt of DireCtors to the Earl of- Buckinghamshire
, ber-date above mentioned, in which all the evils to
apprehended from opening the trade, in the manner
an:nded by Government, are very strongly set forth,
" Most earnestly deptecated. Opening the trade
h the manner intended, would be, is asserted, not
gattempt to explore new 'sources of trade through
rts not hitherto usually visited by the Company's
1P.% but an aetual transfer of the trade of the Com-
N
. panY to strangers. The chartered rights of the Com-
vitnY would remain in virtue of their corporate cepa-
40Y, even were the monopoly taken away, the assur-
triee.gven by his -Majestv's Governthenr, that the
ea ar',;ement should not injure the Company. The
. -nAes likely to result to the China trade, the loss of
tetenue by the.ietri,dudon o &smuggling, a practice
th7t,ll Cannot be guarded aganst by any regulations,
pf lie Chine,e, tile fatal cOnsequencesot
tasttu:: between the private traders and the Coin-
tanY, ecc. &e. are stated and argued upon in the
‘'t(lng, si tuattie-r. Theprohabl.• loss in trade to the
C°3;lrany was stated at a million, and of revenue to
e Government of four millions smiling, by the in-
tendedt innovatioes. Alter the latter hints submitted
1° the Boa d of Cootroal, and the answersgiven,wieh
Directors,
observations upon the answers by the Court of
'rectors, followed minutes of a conversation be-
tween Sir H. Inglis, the Chairman, and the Presi-
dent Of the Board of Control, the Earl of Bucking-
tarnshire, of the ig,h of April, minutes of a Secret
s9'l' o 1
of the 20111 of April, of the 28th and
01 April, and additional correspondence were
read to the Court. These materials foreished argu-
jili:nts similar to those before advanced, namely, the
-'-'l)°lice of the measure on public grounds; and the
teat injustice tO the Company, and to the port of
L(3l).don, by allowing the importation of East
tra'a and Chinese manufattures and produce
ilrrltigh the different out ports of the United
ngdotn. The Civil Servants of the Company
I:amount in London to no less than 12,000, their la-
curers to 3,000, and the commanders and other
ilicers of their ships to no fewer than 1,400 ; all
those Persons would be injured by the regulations,
vr°Posed by Government, with respect to the pri-
vate trade, and London would, suffer in a very high
degree, and the Stock of the Company, amounting
,
*4 21 millions in property of various kinds, likely
tobe entirely lost.
The CHAIRMAN then entreated the attention of
the Proprietary to the subject before them. Their
dearest interest was at stake, and, from the unfortu-
nate turn which the negociat ion had taken, their ex-
ertioneecolleCiively and individually, were all neces-
sary. Much popular clamour against the interests of
the Company had arisen from var ious causes. It would
be necessary to counteract this clamour, which had
1)0 foundation in any just principle, and to withhold
their system. As his speech was'merely to inculcate
the different points urged in favour of the Company
la the Correspondence, we do not think it necessary
TO give it at large, though strongly argumenta-
(lye. He entreated the Court, as time pre.sed, to be
decisive. A decision was not asked at that mo-
ment ": he would recommend every man to consider
the subject in his closet. The Papers read this day
would be ready (or delivery on the morrow, and on
Tuesday, he proposed, with their permission, to
held another Court. The Company had enemies,
but he hoped that the Company, as on former oc-
casons, would rise triumphant alter every attempt.
lie closed, with moving, That the Court would,
on its rising, adjourn to Tueseay next.
Mr. Wrectems, one of the Directors, spoke at
some length on the same general topics, and was
well received by the Court.
Mr. IIIGBY, Mr. DAVIES, Alderman A:rEms, and
Alr.J ACKSON, also spoke to the same effed, complain-
' log of the intended measures as unjust towards the
Company; extolling their services to their. country
on7various occasions, and the excellent qualities of
their naval officers, and exhorting the Members of
the Coutt to firmness end unanimity.
When Mr. Jackson, had finished a most excellent
speech, the Court was adjourned, till Tuesday next.

. C.
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POETRY:

TRAFALGAR.

EY THE AUTHOR OF TALAVERA.

WRITTEN IN )805.

The fight was long;—and deep in blood
Britain's triumphant warriors Stood :
High, o'er the wave, untorn, unstain'd,
The Ensigns of her glory reign'd :
Around, the wreck'd and vanquish'd pride
Of hostile navies strew'd the tide,
Or scatter'd, as the tempest bore'
Their ruins on th' affrighted shore.

The haughty hopes of France at d Spain
Had dream'd of conquest's laithd crown—
Oh vision, arrogant and vain !
NELSON has swept them from the main

And dash'd their airy trophies down :
Their fancied wreaths his brow adorn,
Won by his valour, in his triumph worn.
But, hark 1 amidst the joyous shout,
For Spain's defeat, and France's rout
But, hark amidst the glad acclaim
Of England's honour, NELSON'S fame,
What deep and sullen sounds arise ?
Are these, alas ! victorious cries ?
Bode they a widow'd nation's woe ;
The triumph vain, and NELSON low ?
In his fall glory's brightest blaze,
On the high summit of his deeds,
While vidory's saintly halo plays,
With livingifire—immortal rays—
Around his head, the Hero bleeds !
In pomp of death, to mortal eyes
Never before reveal'd, the Hero dies I

He dies ! —but while on Egypt's strand,
The Ptolomean tower-shall stand ;
Stain'd with the turbid streams of Nile, •
While seas shall beat Aboukir's isle ;
While the white ocean breaks and roars
On Trafalgar's immortal shores; —•
While high St. Vincent's tow'ry steep,
And, giant of th' Atlantic deep,
Dark Teneriffe, like beacons guide

. 7'he wanderers of the western wave,
Sublime shall stand, amid the tide
Of baffled time,—his country's pride—
. The sacred memory of the brave !
And N Lso N'semulated name,
Shine the proud sea-mark to the pot ts of Fame.

Music.—The season of the VOCAL CONCERTS,
under the direCtion of HARRISON, BARTLEVAN, and
GREATOREX, concluded last night at the Hanover-
square Rooms. We may fairly say, that, through
the whole series, this Concert has. afforded an ex-
quisite repast, and the conclusion WAS correspondent
with the- excellence of all the preceding perform,.
ances. A new Duet, entitled " The British Isle,"
the words by the Rev. H. B. DUDLEY, and the
music by SHIELD, was Ulna applauded. It is an
animated compliment to our country, and the Com-
poser ,has expressed the sentiments -with appropriate
express:on. It was well sung by HAartisoN and,
BARTLEMAN. Another novelty of the night was a
Glee for five voices, 'by HORSLEY, .whose taste
and science ^re well known, and who eminently
displayed both on -this occasion. HARRISON's'
Comfort ye; was beautifully simple; a new
Glee, by Sir J. STEVENSON, harmonised by GREA-
TOREX, was encored, and so was CATALANI'S 0
dolce coneento," the ground-work by MOZART,
and the embroidery by herself. The whole was a
rich repast, and was well attended.
Mr. CAMPBELL, whose chargler as a Poet is
well known, succeeds Mr. COLERIDGE at the Royal
Institution, and as the latter, in one of his Lectures,
made some adimadrersions on the literary powers
of the former, it is said, that there is in preparation
somewhat more than the " ram.' courteous."

The public complaints respeCling the shameful
state of the pavement in many parts of the Metro-
polis, will, we trust, be attended to. The blame
does not rest with the water companies, as the Le-
gislature has given ample power to the parochial
Commissioners to compel all persons who may
have occasion to take up the pavement, to restore
it in the most per fed manner.

Thursday the STATE LOTTERY finished drawing :
the following Capital Prizes were sold in 64 Shares
by RICHAR,DSON, GOODLUCK and Co.
- No. 5,51 8. . 4 Prize of ... ,C:o,oco
11,518 . 5,000
11,433
2,4;4 ...... .
10,6:79 ......
2,740
3,238

Tickets and Shares for the State Lottery, to be
drawn the 4th of June, are nqw on Sale at the
Offices of RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, and Co. cor-
ner of &ink Buildings, .Cornhill, and facing the
King's Mews, Chafing-cross.
Another Prize Of 20,0001.—N0. 1205 (divided
into one Half and eight Sixteent.hs), in the. Lottery
drawn on Thursday last, was sild by' PIDDING and
Co. No.l, Cornhill ; where the last PI ize of 20,0001.
was alio sold, 'and where the celebrated Mr. Guy,
who built the hospital in the Borough, realized
abotg 400,0001. by Prizi-!s. It will now be said,
that PIDDING and.,Co.'s Office is not only the first in
Cornhill, but for extraordinary Groat Luck the first
in England.
In one of the late French Papers there was an
account of a visit paid by -BUONAPARTE to the
Military School at St. Germain, in which it is said
he was so' well pleased as to order a number of
them to be sent toff immediately to the Grand
Army in Germany. The fats, we hear, is as fol-
lows :—The pupils of this school had thrown down
his statue 'and covered it with mud. BUONAPARTE
immediately went to the school, and ordering the
Professors before him, loaded client with the most
opprobrious epithets. He then sent them to prison,
and living ,had the pupils concerned in throwing
down his statue brought before him, he sent them
instantly under a military escort to Germany, to serve
as privates in the army.

John Miller was yesterday cbarged:at the Man-
sion House, with having sold out 2001, in the three
per cent. consols, by- a forged power of Attorney,
and remanded for further examination.

tifPERLII, PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF PEERS.