The Sun.
London, England, 1805-03-01 00:00:00

XAST.INI)I4 HOUSE..

Tit a General Court of Proprietors met yesterttay,7
pursuant regular notice in the Public Papers,
fur ,the consideration of the liillowng questions:
Ist, The P.'stablishment of a Public" Seminary for the In-
struttiOn of suet) Youths'as ere destined to be cmplOyed in va-
rious Civil Cap iicities in the Hon; Coinpany's ;;c4:vice.
ally, The grantincit an Annuity to the Widow of 'Acute-.
nant Coterie! of the r9th Light Dragoons, who fell
in Making successful clagrge upon the Enemy; at-the Bartle
of Assyc, by which tire Victory wls turned in favour of His
majesty's aud.,the Company's Arms,, during her Widow!,
he
idly, The Allowance of a Pension. to Colonel Stevenson,
of the-Madras lioitablisluneot, who has' served several years
faithfully and honourably in the service of the COmpany, and
is now incapable of continuing longer in that service; the said
Annuity to b' further continued to his Wife, if she shall stir-
viva him and continue a Widow,
4thly, The granting of 'a Tension during life to Mr. I'.
Braharn, late Atting Deputy Governor of Fort Marlborough,
agreeably to. the 19th Sett. of the 6th Chapter of the Com-
pany's. Bye-laws I and,
stilly, The Restoi.tion of Mr. Wm. Betty to the ,Com-
pany's Service, whoselunelions have been suspcndeti.
The' Resolutions of former Courts- relative to
the Honourable Company's Grant to Captain Dance,
and the Establishment in Prince of Wales's
were. again read, and agreed to.
ISEMINAVY FOR- THE INSTEUCTfOpir YoUNG MEN
DESIGNER FOR THE SERVICE OP 'lOlll COMPANY.
The Chairman opened this husiness with a very
few observations.
The Clerk then read the Resolutions, which ex.
pressed in the fullest and most minute terms the
gulations to be adopted in the outline of the Eta.
blithmeni. The young Gentlemen arc to receive a
commercial and a classical education ; they are to
have some knowledge of the mathematics, of ()rico,
tal literature, .of French, geography ; and, wh'er'e,'
a genius is exhibited, they will perhaps, receive
same instrOions in Drawing. A veneration for
the established religion of this Country, and, the
ardent love of the principles of the IL it kb Coma itu,
tion, is to be instilled into their minds ; and their
parents are to pay one hundred' guineas per annum
for
,the expence of their education.
he Chairman declared that he thotight theseße-
solutions to be so very full and explicit ,in them-
selves, that they required or wnold admit Of no
comment of his•to illustrate theotility 4 the pro.
posed Institution.
The Letter trom ,ettgal, of the. 27th jahtary,
1202, relaiiVe to the, Eitablishtnent, was also read.
Mr. RAtingt,t, At:toast supported the AdsointiOns
in a very animated speech, and declared, that in his
opinion the plan would lead to the'supercession of
the superfluous part of College education. Young,
mn would have an education which suited them for
every purpose 'of 'the service of the Company,
and would ,have that attachment to their native
Country which the place that is the source cpf edo_
cation is apt to create in tl4 minds of young men.
The want of such a syitem was sincerely, to be de.
plored in the instance of the separation Of America
from this Country* at the streams by which a young
mind was nourished and improved was ever fondly
dwelt upon by those who; received ir.
.The Hon..
Member, after dilating upon the minute 'ohjeets. and-
extreme utility of the plan which was submitted to
the Consideration of the Court,- moved two othet
Resolutions, expressive of the entire concurrence of
the Proprietors with the Diredorsin the adoption of
tie Plan before them.
The Resolutions were, seconded by Mr. Rosa.

Mr. joates AnAiR declared,. thai none felt mote
sincerely the importance of the measure than he did.
He was apprehensive, however, that by the adoption
of the plan for educating young men for the Company
service at home, we might have a duplicate here of
the Establishment at Calcutta, which he conceived to
be unnecessary. He then adverted to the words.of the
Resolutions, aod conceived that they.expressed
atYtic-
knnwlcdgmcnt of thecontinuance of theEatablishment
at Calcutta. This was, in his opinion, (inertias, and
we would thereby Vave a duplicate at home the
system which was ad pted abroad. The Court had
not to consider of Sir Tetoatiaa Mootta's fancied
Republic of tutopia ; they were a plain home-bred
body of Merchants), and would, no doubt, (lima
their views to what was aftually usefuls,.there were
rany branches of education in the plan proposed
which if was impossibla for the mind!' of youth to
comprehend in the abort time allowed to them, and
he therefore objeded to the Motion.
Mr. Lownues also objedted to the proooaition
,then before the Court.
Lord Ktatlaistara highly approved of Ole enthu.
:siasm of rim Governor General in: the support of
the Company's interest, and in the fuetherance of
literary views—But, declared, that the Oen nn
propoted most eventually.suspend the Establishment
at Calcutta. .
!air.. P. NI oo a,after some prefatory observations,
asked u whom was it that the Company tired the
present extension of, their territory its India,
.but to
their untutored* servants From his acquaintance
with Sir Wm. Jones, he had reason to believe
that a knowledge of Otieetal literature in Parti.
eular could rot possibly be'obtained. in England,
as that Geotiernan had told him' that, notwithstend-
leg his having baen a Profeasor of the Eastern
Languages in England, he 0/31 several months in
India'before he was able to bring his lan et gem.
toaithial 'service for the Company.. ,
The chatett:AN did .not it incumbent an .
him to answer every tiring that.had,been said in the
course of debate. 11l would, litraftver, say.a
words, principally in answer to his Hon. Friend
who had just sat down. The education of the
numherof young Gentlemen proposed would cost.
in India upwards of 70,00ta1. per annum, and here
it could not possibly exceed 60001. by the phut
which was proposed, nod in a bale time it would
t;e fethlCild to 7,0001. This could not fairly be; COO,
sidered Oa be, burthensome to the Company, for the
attainment of such an objelt 'ea the improvement
of their Servants in general knowledge, and at.
tachment to the Religion and Constitution of their
Country. With tespett to a principal part of the
speech of the 11: n. Gentleman who spoke last,. the
declaration of Sir Wiwaat juries with resped to a
knowledge atilt Eastern languages, it moat b coo.
aniseed that he was t',,o refintal ;I.:scholar to look at
the, plain utility of the ecoeiretnent ot this sort of