The Sun.
London, England, 1804-12-20 00:00:00

EAST INI)I A

YESTERDAY a General Meeting of Proprietois of
East India Stock was held pursuant to public no,
taco given for that, purpose.
Sir W. ELPHINSTONE, Chairman of the Court
of DireEton, opened the busineis of the Meeting in
a neat and appropilate speich,` in the course of
which he observed, that he was so fully aware that
every Proprietor must feel most sensiblk the great
importance of what had been achieved by that most
atlive, brave, and meritorious placer, Captain Sir;
NATHANIEL DANCE, in the preservation of the
hotneWard-bound Fleet, that he should not offer
any words of his to.endeavour to describe an event,
the glory as well as the vast commercial importance
of which would be more strongly felt in the breast
;.Of the Proprietor's by the plain description of the
faEts which they had already seen, than by any
feeble attempt of his to describe the merits of the
transadion. He concluded by moving, That a
Pension of poi. peT annum be granted to Captain
Sir NATHANIIIE. DANCE, late Commander of the
Ship Earl Carndefri, pursuant to a Resolution of
the Court of Ditettors, of the 26th of September
Asst.

,
I-: Mr.. Tw !moo lamented that it had frequently
.' fallen to his lot to differ in opinion from those tot
' ,:i whom he entertained the highest personal reaped.
tle had often observed in that Court, that if they
',:•
did not preterve a system of moderation in their
_,exPeollitute, the Company coma never be so eaten.
--,:''strelY great and Atoujent as, he wished to see them:
_,to
",,t- tetstorhelaelitersz
ttle great and important set..
ricer which hi& been rendered to the Company by
"a",
tlt. KATHAN.IEL DANCE, he was'almost tempted to
1- •
:''4 *wive, that the Court should adjourn, in order that
,-., every Ptoprietor might have an opportunity of go.
i:1, .ieg into the Warehouses, and seeing the vast amount
';-`- :of,property which had been rescued from the hands
;'-:' of. .the Enemy, and safely deposited there for the
,!] '... benefit of the Company. He knew that he was ad.
'''q `'dressing a person who, under similar circumstances,
.;:'l;,i Weald have, displayed an equal degree of courage
and of skill. - Bat when such an opportunity offer.
'..,',1 ed, and when such extraordinary exertions were
' '.iniide in their'iaiviech the Company, he i :sought,
' Would ad unwiaely, in ca it would be impolitic
ino ~unjust, themselves, if they were to
; adopt that systeM of nioderation which he had re.
'toriunerilleil when minor (shied* were under their
:1
:consideration. He therefore moved, with 'lye ,tu-
x'?
.fosiroi,‘n, that instead of the annuity of 300 i, vv.'ich
,had been recommended by the Court of Direttors,
A the sum of cool. be settled annually upon Captain .
Sir NATHAN! a r. DAXCI, for the important service
1; which he has rendered to the Company.
.1 The Motion having been seconded,
i The Citatastmt gated, that there were some
~
:.;,4 tueumstances. which had come to the knowledge at
s 1 the Court of Diretiors since they bad speed ft. the
Resolution now before the Court. Capt. DANCS
!,k 14 spent forty.five years in the most anive and
g irealnus service of the Company ; and unfortunately
Q; his merit had not hitherto met with that rewardiir.
f:?4 which every person present, he was confident, would
ii wish it had experienced. On these grounds, he had
~' the strongest reason to believe the Court of Direc.
!. , tors would most heartily aoquiesce in the propoSi. ,
~,;, tst..,..tilfgtrahen grant.
on'
Gtn
litirtah who moved the addi.
An objenion was then
the made to the formality of
Proceeding, every Gentleman who spoke; at the
lame time, observing, that he was fully as touch in.
'dined to support the amendment as the Honourable
:. '.
Mover had been to introduce it. . The exception
was taken to the form only, with a view to satisfy
:'t one of their awn hies, which,, if once infringed
upon, might hereafter lead to bad consequences.
• ) Regular notice was given in writing of. the fol..
. lowing Motion : ,
" That this Court, sensible of the great merit of Sir NA.
„', pIA !VI EL D A NCE, is desirous of contemn; upon him a
xy: erasion of sec.', per annum; hut in conformity to the 4th
~-.1 Sen. of the bah Chap. of the Company's oya Laws, the
;4 ,ottrt think it necessary to adjourn the cousideration of. this
Id Questien till Friday, the 4th of lauuary next."
-1 The notice was then ordered to be published in
f' the Papers.
r,,•!i
i ';'t
'' PRINCE OF WALES'S ISLAND.
The CitAtitMAlr Called the attention of the Meet.
,;;, ing to a Resolution of the Court of Dittiftors, which
`ll had for its I.' A
0 Ile,‘ an arrangement for the government
!,,, of the above Island. Several titles of letters and
.-.,';. other papers wen read, and the substance of them
generally stated.bY the Chairman. They comment.
ed on the commercial importance of the Island, and
' recommended that a Naval Arsenal should be cren.
" there, for the purpose of building and repairing
ships. The Right Honourable Chairman then sub.
: . sitedl number of Resolutions for the appointment
.`
: ' : to disererit °Akers under the new establishment,
with sis
4 . - 4 salaries to be annexed to each office. The
Cover. 1 .
- • - - • •-r.'t emery rut proposed to be 33,000 dollars
~. fee annum, and the othet officers each a sum pro.
, llottionata to their tank. The places were very
. : nearly the same is number as those already held
,:„.; share : notwithstanding it might seem, at "first
sight, as if they were a set of offices to he created by
;
k,c.,, she vote of this Court. Ti would be more beneficial
1,-,: , to the Campo*" that each Gentleman serving them
should hare a liberal salary and be excluded from
all commercial nonunion', than that he should have
~
. Amalie" salary and possess a right to trade. The Court
would undoubtedly see the importance of the place in
it.‘, 41s inn light, and the necessity of the establish.
.' .] Them would immediately be obvious. From the
great experience and extensive knowledge of many
Gentlemen present, he was convinced that they
k: '. Would see, as clearly at he could tell them, the pe.
Wier advantage of having a Naval Arsenal at this
Pleee. He had merely given this ()Udine of the plan
~.i
.. which had been agreed on, according as he bad
' been instruned to state; aid, it any Gentleman bad
enyobservations to snake, he should be very glad tq
'teat them on the subjea.
.i.
...
.t ioTn The Da aferwoVtwoCridisAllUAllts
sualredrteudpothe n
the great
importance of shaving • Settlement in that Wand,
'.,1 °Poo a plan nearly suaMer to that already establish.
' ed in the other parea of the Company's Settlements ;
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44
nbeerving, that the Court of Direnore would al,
K ways have an opportunity of investigating ihe con-
.a ..
Ti "Ct of the Officers to be appointed by the present
"to, and would be competent to remove them, 'if
*.i.,
';ivi' at may, tome they should be .(341111,1 oaworth, of

longer
continuance in the LOMMY'II service., 1 lie
place was in itself so highly valuable, that it was
expeded an ample return would be made for any.
expence the Company might now be at, in the course
of a very short period.
Mr. Kststatt observed, that the more regular
ray would be to have the Resolutions printed and
circulated among the Proprietors, in the first in-
stance. Afterwards the Court should have two day&
appointed for the discussion of their merits, before
they could give their support to such extensive votes
of money.
Lord KtNNAIRD said, that the approbation of
the Court, in the first instance, would only tend to
chew thereat confidence which they placed in those
who lAti the direttion of their affairs. At a subse_
fluent meeting they would have it in their power to
assent to or disapprove of.any part of the proposed
establishment.

Mr. Jolt NiTON it inquired what security the Com-
pany would have that they should ever be reim-
bursed for the vast expence to which they were now
going for this mere speck upon the face of the earth ?
Who was there that forgot the promises that were
made about Ceylon ? lie cautioned Gentlemen
against believing the promises of Government,
which was at all times ready to deprive them of
their patronage, and injure them by promises which
were never performed.
Mr. &ALI'S' thought' that if the proposition had
come from Ministers, they were the best qualified
to judge of the propriety of the measure. He there-
fora should-give it his 'support.
A Mr. JoH NSTONE explained.
After some further conversation, it was suggest.
ed, that the whole of the Correspondence-sand the
various Documents upon which this plan was found-
ed should be printed for the perusal of the Ptopric.
tors.

This was objected by the CHAIRMAIi*d some
Members of the Court of Dire&ors, on the:ground
that the publication of those Papers would disclose
some political reasoning which it would be Impro-.
per to make known at the ',resent crisis. The first .
(lay of discussing a subject of this sort was onlyer.
sally consi&red --to' be only a mere fOrm 'of. intro.
dueink it .ro the IVlembers° of the General Coln r,
and., he discussion constantly, took j)lAce on these.
con.' day. ;
The DlPtirr Cil A rum' assured the court that
every :thir.g that was necessary to elucidate the
huhjett Fh 0.1141 tri laid.betore.therni. ; • .
The question was put on the original MOtbo, and .‘
agreed to 4. Adjourned: at foot, o'clock.

Peivareaccoung ivere,on Tuesday received by a
respeetable Bani;ing.house in the City, confirming
tigisc leceived a few weeks since, that in conic.
quence of the departure of, Sir Janes CRAUFURI,
from France. BONAPARTg had caused orders to be
given to the Ba, Kzc., &c. not it., pay any remit.
tenets to the Engiish Prisoners in France, who for
the future are to subsist upon the allowance of 6tl.
per du. made to them by the French Government.
On Sunday seinnighr, about noon, a small lug-
ger-rigged vessel appeared off Easton Cliff, near
Southwold, when she attraaed observation from the
signal option, and not answering the signal made
to her, but.secring her matn.top.aail, end still stand.
ing in, apparently with an intention to cut off a
Brig coining down from the westward, Lieut Ton.
OAK, .who commands at the station; immediately
made the signal for a Privateer, which a Berwick
Smatk in the trade-wiry observing, very gallantly
hoisted her flag at her peak, and fired at the Pries. ,
tcer, who although beyond her shot, was yet incl.
ciently alarmed at the lowa of her guns to term.
quish her attempt to cut off the Brig, and stood oUt
so sea again.— The signal for a Privateer .was kept
flying at the signal station all the afternoon.
A Letter from Greenock, of Saturday's date, says,
" Arrived, early yesterday morning, the Achilles,
Dotretike, from Demerara, which parted from the
LeeWard' Island Fleet, since which she has cocoon.
tered•Very tempestuous weather. On the 4th inst.
lat. 55. 17. long. 18. spoke the American ship yokel
and Alice, MICLUREI of and from Philadelphia for
Liverpool, out ze days; all well, Captain MAC.
cLuat very kindly offered to supply Capt. Dot'.
atm-with either provisions or stores, and to, remain
brhim till the weather would moderate. John
Thomas, cook of. the Achilles, was washed over.
board, .on Monday last, in a gale.
•' Arrived also, yesterday, the Cakdania, Wig.
sox,. front t;2uebec, in 3$ clays. The Recovery,
BOAC, for this Mt, was to sail the day after the
Caledostia."
The mate and three of the crew of a neutral ship.
were on Thursday taken up at Hull, on a charge of
having broken open and stolen a qaantity of Man.
cheater goods 'shipped on. board their vessel. Ar.
ticks to a . considerable value were found in their
possession.. .Tliey had the preceding day disposed
of some cotton handkerchiefs:
On Sunday last the 9zd regiment of foot (High.
landeri) mad * division of the Royal Army of. Re.
serve, itittriliOd to be attached to the.49th regiment,
embarked. at Liverpool for Ireland.
The first battalion of the r Bth (Royal Irish) re.
giment, at present at barracks in Canterbury, are
under orders for foreign service, and will march to
embark-at RaMsgste immediately on the arrival of
the transports in the Downs, which are daily ex.
peeled. They are destined, it is said, for the West
Indies. , •
On Saturday last there Was the greatest corn.
market, at Egremost, in Cumberland, ever known
at this season of the year. In one street there were
ono hundred and seven carts, each containing, upon
an average, sit Cumberland bushels of corn. The
price' were, Wheat from 265. to sos. ; Batley from
45. to 17s. i Oats from to I is. the Cumber.
land bushel; about as. 6d. per bushel lower than
last' weektii prices,
At Cambridge, ordinary wheat has fallen in
price within the week 13$. per quarter, at Lincoln
sal. Louth los. and Roystonand Uppingliant 3s.

.Yeaterds7 morning a bookseller in St.. Mary-
le-bone WO ,apprehended by Adkins, one of the
Bow-street Ulcers, and brought before Sir Atcts-
ARD FORD, dlitged with having published a lil)el,
intitled A Litter fromsTkemas Paine on the Sub.
jefl of the French Invasion. Alter undergoing a
private examittitiges tito biiiikAllei was ordetc4 to
fled bail.

°lt: CAPT. JOHN NOKTON, THE MOHAWK' CHIEF.

Of the many illustrious Strangers who have oc.
-casionslly-visited Bath, we may consider this inte.
resting American as by no means the least respen.
aisle. Though his stay was little more than three
days (freest Tuesday to the ensuing Friday), yet the
thou ioterval was filled up with such numerous traits
of an amiable disposition and a vigorous intellect, as
produced the most pleasing impressions of his cha-
ratter on all who had the pleasure of being intro.
duced to him,—A. proof of his possessing, in a
higher degree, the. qualities of a good.temper, and
grearmen t al quickness,oceurred at theUpper.itooms,
where he appeared, in the dress of his country, on
Thursday evening last. A_yannz Englishman, who
had been in America, accosted the Chief with seve-
ral abrupt questions, :wetting his place of abode,
and situation in life. To these NORTON returned
answers at once pertinent and modest.. The in.
quirer, however, expressed himself dissatisfied with
them; and hinted in almost plain terms, that he be-
lieved him to be an impostor. Still the American
preserved his temper, endeavouring to convince the
Gentleman that his account of himself might be de.
pended upon.—." Well but," returned the other, " if
you really are Ghat you pretend to be ; how will
you relish returning to the sewage: of your own
Counity-1" "Sir," replied Norrox, with a glance
at IntekMeei ehall not experier:e so great a
cluThist,initir society es to rneyiniagine, for I find
thetC;ate,setregir in AU country also." • •
Atifitiated,with 'the spliir Of genuine patriotisin,
this geheraos, Chieftain ' Is unweariedly occupied.
during the intervals of -hls-public business, in ac.
Inking every specieeof ttseftil knowledge,' for the
purpose of transporting it to his own Country, and
'benefiting 'his people; and;-what the friends to.the
happiest-of men Will hear with still 'greater admirai
tide and preature, ie weer engaged, 'under the ausPicee
"of Wt Lola rakes and iVir. THoiewroN, in tiro
lehtiriout employment of 'translating the Gtispel. of
Sr. John into his native tongue. Tarots,
W ers• iirliveara to be" shoot--. 45 years of age ; ~=his
pelt is muscular., And Wellproportinnecl ; his
countenaoce:ine audintelligent,, illuminated with
Ac an eye like Mars ti]threaten and command." His
mother hr.irig a, gait& *naafi, ainti he hiMself hair.
ingspent twoyears-ofhistlifelfrom 13 '56 5.) in
itiinburglic he has acquired a 'sufficient knowledge of
the. English to readit.With ease, and speak it with
fluency : 'tht!French language 3130 is equally fainiliar
to him. Aoststed by great natural sagacity; anti habits ;
of deep refledion, he appears to have stweralized
molt thaccould have been exported from the cis.-
cumstances..of his place of birth, and the state of
society in which he has spent his life, and has not
only worked out, by the energies of his own mind,
many schemes for the improvement of bit country,
and the benefit of ours, but also acquired a very con.
sidcrable share of moral, political, and philotiophical
information. His wife is a female of his own tribe,
by whom he has two children.—Rath Chronicle.
i* Signifying an open door.