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t' S tit, , . , ,Ezist India llctisi.. t stii Nov. !Ilio-1...
t T hive laid before the Celia of Directors or the I,.a.st.lodia
ompany your letter of the tzth instant, statingr; tier the in;.'
iMatipn of, the.Courr, certain questions (among Niers) put
tb Capt. Maxw x Lt., of the Calcutta, with hrs answers; and
I am diteded to acquaint you, that the replies of Captain
MA;(..IlLt.r. appear to the Court corred. 'nitre certainly '
Were other oril,:rs given to Capt. 61axwii.i.. besides those
of-the. Governor-General in Council, contained in Mr.
Lusr.lniu's letters of the 6th and 2,7t1i February rBo4i but
they did not relate to the Althea.
' With, mind to the request contained in the latter. part of
your letter, I am farther ordered to state, that the Court have
readily met the inquiries which have been Made respelling
the loss of the Althea ; and have also explained how far.
their regular. ships are instruded to afford protedion to
private ships ; and having given' every satisfaction in their
power on these heads, they think it unnecessary to pursue
the subjed farther.
' '• I im,,Sir, your most Obedient humble Servant,
Mr. 'John Bennett, jun. WILLI A M RAMSAY, Sec.

' The Committee finding themselves, front the contents of
the tbregoing letter, prevented from obtaining that informa-
tion which theyconceived necessary,in order to show th'e differ-
ence they apprehend to exist between the first orders issued
(which they presume were in the usual form of orders issued
during the last War) and the subsequent and final orders
under which Captain MAXWELL acted, think themselves
stritily authorized to maintain the 'justness-of the construc-
tion put upon the latter instruiiions by the first Resolution of,
the Gbneral Meeting, " That precluding British Ships from
the protection which was at the same time grante&to a Fo-
reign Ship, and in consequence of which the Althea, of the
value of above 03,0001. tell into the hands of the Enemy, ate
equally extraordinary and reprehensible."
In pursuance, therefore, of the direetions contained in the
second Resolution, it is
Resolved,That application be made to His'Majestv's Mini-
- stem, and to the Court of Diretiors of the East India Company,
tempest they will be pleased to dired "X public invesuga-
tiop,oltbe conchal of the parties with whom these instruc.
tions originated, which so manifestly tend to the injury, of
this Country, and- the aggrandisement of"the Enemy; and
that the most etieaual measures may he taken to prevent the
recurrence of similar saotifices
.of British shipping, British
seamen, and British wealth."
- Resolved, That the Chairman be requested to write to
Lord Viscount CASTLEREAGH, and furnish his Lordship
with a Copy. of the whole of the proceedings of the Commit-
tee,
ReSolVetli That a Copy of the Proceedings of the Commit-
' tee of the milt inst. and this day, be sent by the Secretary to
Mr. RikA4SAY, for the information of the Lgurt of Direttors
of the East India CoMpany ; and at the same time the request
of the Committee, that the Court will be pleased to direct
the public invostigation therein alluded to.—Adjourned.

cart. OT la LETTER TO LORD VJSCOUNT CASTLE•

IIEAGH.

• Lloyd's, Nov. 22, Igu4*
MY Lol—l have tholionour of inclosing, for your Lord- •
ship's info( lotion, by desire of the Committee of this !louse,
she whole of their Proceedings upon•the subject of the Reso-
lutions of the General Meeting of the 3oth.ult. on which a.
Deputation. from the Committee have had the honour of a
conterence with your Lordship; and in which Resolutions,
:after the most mature consideration, they areperfealy agreed.
Anti I an; farther direfled by them to request your Lordship
will be pleased to. take such steps as your Lordship shall
deem most expedient to give due el&el to the wishes ex-
pressed in the latter part nt the second Resolution.
It will not escape your Lordship's attention in the perusal
of these Proceedings, that the Committeon conformity to
your Lordship's wishes, have given to the Court of Diraors
of the „East India Company a second opportunity of meeting
them(even after the first had been avoided by them),when the
subject of the inode of protcaing the extra and private ships
might have been discussed and arranged, so as to have given
general satisfattion, and thus have avoided any publicity from
which the Enemy might be able to derive any advantage. It.
is now but too evident, that beyond the limited protection
which the Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Fleet in
India may be pleased to grant, or be able to spare (taken up,
as he is understood to' be, with the greater °Ned of gualiding
the Coasts. awl Settlements .of the Company), the private
trade of India is'left eriposed to the depredations of Mt active
Btlemy. It gives me the greatest pleasure to have the ho-
er ef returning the Thanks of the Committee to your
••.) ordship, 'Tor your. polity reception of their Deputation,
waken 'they had the honour, of: waiting, upon yen Lordship ;
haVe the hOnenr to be, with great respect, your Lord-
: siiiptit.most.falthlul humble Servant,
•.WM, BELL; Chairman.
To the Right Hon. Lord CastlcreAgh, • .
India Board, Whitehall.

COPY OF A LETTIR TO MR. RAMAT: •
Lloyd':, zoth Nov. iSt34.—(Sest 12d).
In pursuance of a Resolution Of .the Committee for ma-
naging the concerns of this House, I have the honour to in-
'close, for theinformation of the Court of iiredors of the
East India -Company, a copy of their Proceedings of the 12th
and 19th Wats. and in, further pursuance of the Resolution of
yesterday, the Committee request.the Court will be pleased
.todired the public investigation therein alluded to.
.1 am, respectfully, Sir,
• Your most obedient humble Servant,
William Ramsay, Esq. JOHN BENNETT, Jun.
India House.
Lloyd's; in December, 1804.
At a IViecting of the Committee held this day, the Minutes of