The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-18 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE.

The quarterly general Court of the Propr;etors of India
Stock, hell yesterday, was in the first place to receive a communi-
cation from the Court of Directors of a resolution come to by
that body, for placing in the general court room a statue of
the Most Noble the Marquis of Wellesley, as a pubiic, conspi-
cuous, and permanent mark of the admiration and gratitude of
the East India Company, and for their concurrence in the ob-
ject of that resolution.
The Court was also made special for the purpose of confirm-
ing the 'resolution of the General Court, ordaining a by-law,
for substituting a declaration in lieu a the oath. to be taken by
proprietors at every ballot, and further to receive the draft of a
Bill now before Parliament, entitled, " A Bill to reduce the
duty on rum and rum shrub, the produce of and imported from
certain British Possessions in the East Indies into the United
Kingtom.". _ _

l'roprietor had besides given notice of the following mo-
Lon :

" Ist. That the Honourable Court of Directors be re-
que.ted to take into consideration the practicability and ex-
pediency of permitting the occupiers and cultivators of th
soil of British India to redeem the land-tax.
" 2d. That the waste lands belonging to the Government be
sold in fee simple, after the manner adopted in Ceylon, and in
other British posses, ions."
NV. 13. Bayley, Esq., was in the Chair. The minutes of the
last Court were read and confirmed.

Certain papers presented to Parliament since the la-t Gene-
ral Court, were laid on the Proprietors' table.
The form of a declaration to be made by Proprietors en
voting (instead of the former oath), was read, and the resolu-
tion of the former Court of By-laws thereon, submitted fir
confirmation.

A discussion took place on the motion for confirming the
by-law. After which
The CHAIIIMAN brought forward the motion respecting the
erection of a monument to the Marquis of Wellesley, and said
in submitting, for the adoption of the Court a proposal to add
one more to the s atues of the distinguished and eminent men
by which this place is adorned, it will be unnecessary to oc-
cupy any considerable portion of time. The merits of the
Marquis of Wellesley are well known—they have been very
recently discussed in this Court, and most honourably recog-
nised by the East India Company ; they need no panegyric—
nor does the gratitude of the East India Company require either
argument or eloquence to call it into action. Nearly 40 years
have elapsed since the close of his Lordship's Administration,
hut the events by which it was marked are fresh in our recol-
lection. as though of recent occurrence, and of those also who
have read his admirable papers. The Marquis Wellesley ar-
rived in India at a period when the country was surrounded
with pert—when the hence and security of that country were
exposed to the most imminent dangers from within and from with-
out, when it required the mind of a man of his talent to rescue
it from danger. It was his glorious destiny to place the British
empire in India in a position of honour and safety which it
had never befo e attained. His energetic mind embracing in
one comprehensive view all the elements of Indian power,
enabled him to combii,e them fur the benefit alike of that
country and his own. He selected, with un,•rring and intui-
tive judgment, the instruments best calculated to carry out
his magnificent plans ; while, by the force of that influence
which great minds exercise over their fellow-men, he embued
them with his own spirit, and directed vast distant and compli-
cated operations with a degree of preci ion scarcely to be looked
for in the most ordinary transactions. The sagacity w ith
which he selected officers for high trusts, was not more remark-
able than the generous confidence which lie reposed in their
exertions, and the liberality with which he ascribed to
them the chief merit of his own successful measures.
Nor was this liberality confined to those engaged
in great military and political duties ; it pervaded
every branch of the administration, and a spirit of
zealous and houou' able emulation, of kindly feelings towards
the natives was excited or encouraged in the civil service to
the extent which contributed less conspicuously indeed, but
not less assuredly than his military and political achievements,
to the honour of the British name, and to the prosperity of
British India.

'I he CitA IRMA w, after describing at considerable length the
beneficial results of the admini,tration of the Noble Marquis
in India, concluded by moving—That the resolution of the
Court of Directors to erect a statue in honour of his Lordship
be approved.

A great number of Members spoke in support of the mo-
tion, which was carried by acclamation.
On the motion being put the Court rose as one man, and
clicered for several minutes.

Af er the tranmetion of some (-Aber business of no public in.
terest the Court adjourned.

CHOICE AND MANAGEMENT OF HORSES.
—A Lew edition of that popular work, " Adventures of
a Gentleman in search of a Horse," has just been pub-
Ushed, and to this edition the author has, for the first
time, given his name. In doing this, Sir George Stephen
obrerves---" So many of my friends have stated to me that
the anonymous publication ofary work deprives it of half
its value as a book of reterence, that I have been induced
to prefix my name t is fifth edition." This measure
will, doubtless, st p the work with increased value, when
it is known contain the experience and observations
of so judicious and competent an authority. The adven-
tures are throughout most extertaining, coupled with the
sounde, t advice, and the law cases are brought down to
the latent date. Altegether, it is such a work as every
gentleman interested in horses ought unquestionably to
posses-.

MEDICAL REFORM.--According to a Con-
temporary hostile to the Bill for the regulation of t'ie
Medical Profv.sion, brought into the House of Commons
by Messrs. Hawes and Warburton, the following verbally
ludicrous clause has crept into it ;—" 4 Practising Medi-
cine' shall be consttued to include within their mcari ig
tae
recommending, prescribing, or ordering, either directly
o inditectly, any medicine, remedy, or application whet-
s ver, or the relief or cure of any disorder, ailment, cr
illness of the body or min-I, or any part therenf, or pe,•-
r, rrning any surgical operation, minor or capital, or prac-
tisinr, midwifery; and the words ' medical practitioner'
shall n.ean a person qualified under this Act to practise me-
dicine; and the word England' shall include Wales."
DEFECTION FROM THE CONSERVATIVE
PARTY. —We have heard, and our information proceeds
from the highest authority, that T. J. Trafford, Esq., of
Trafford, has come to the determination of withdrawing
from the Conservative party ; and that he intends, in case
of a dissolution of Parliament, to give his support to the
Liberal candidates. This change in political sentiments
has been produced, we understand, by the unmitigated
ty which he conceives continues to be shown to-
ards the Church to which Mr. Trafford belongs, by some
who are considered leaders in the Conservative, or Tory
party. Prestos Chronicle.--L We know nothing about the
truth of this statement ourselves.—Ed, Guard. 7,