The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-28 00:00:00

CARDEN, Mayor.

ACOMMON COUNCIL, holden in the Chamber
of the Guildhall of the City of London, on Tuesday, the 2Gth
day of January, 1859,
Resolved unanimously, That a dutiful and loyal Address be pre-
sented by this Court to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, and
that an Address be presented by this Court to his Royal Highness
the Prince Co ,sort, on the Marriage of their Daughter, her Royal
Highness Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, the Princess Royal of
of England, with his Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of
Prussia.

Resolved unanimously, That an Address of Congratulation be pre-
sented by this Court to her Royal Highness Victoria Maria Louisa,
Duchess of Kent, on the Marriage of h-r Granddaughter, her Royal
bigness Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, the Princess Royal of Eng-
land, with his Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia.

Resolved unanimously. That Ad Iresses of Congratulation be pre-
sented by this Court to his Royal Highness Prince Frederick William
of Prussia and to her Royal Highness Princess Victoria Adelaide
Mary Louisa of Pruss a on their Marriage. MERE WET HER.

CONTRACTS FOR WHEAT AND COCOA.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-house, 26th January, 1858.
THE Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland do Hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 9th Feb.
next, at half-past One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
such persons as may be willing to contract for supplying and
delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, the
undermentioned articles, viz. :
WHEAT 3 OOO quarters.
COCOA
One half to be delivered in three weeks, and the remainder in three
weeks afterwar€l4, or earlier if preferred by the party tendering.
A proportional part of the price per bushel of Wheat will be paid
:or any weight exceeding 60 lbs. per bushel.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the articles.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the Ten-
ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part
thereof only as they may deem tit, or for a greater quantity, or of
not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection.
The Cocoa to be exempted from the Customs' Duties, and Parties
tendering are to state where it is lying.
Samples of the Wheat (not less than 2 quarts) and of the Cocoa
(not less than 2 lbs) mast be produced by the parties tendering.
The Samples produced by persons whose Tenders are not accepted
are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the Con-
tracts have been decided.

No tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro-
vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at
the said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service
at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol.
The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten-
tion is called, may be seen at the said office, and at Liverpool and
Bristol. No tender will be received after half-past one o'clock on the
day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering,
or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of
contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be
communic Ated to him and his proposed sureties in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for ," and
must also be delivered at Somerset-house.

EAST INDIA COMPANY.

[A portion of the following appeared in our late editibn
of last evening :]—

The adjourned meeting of the proprietors for the
purpose of considering the proposed change in the
Government of India, was held this morning at the
East India House, Leadenhall- street Mr. Ross
Mangles, M.P., chairman of the Court of Directors, in
the chair. The attendance of proprietors was more
numerous than at either of the previous meetings.
The CHAIRMAN, in commencing the business of the
meeting, urged on the proprietors the necessity of their
bringing the proceedings to a close that day, either by
affirming or negativing the resolution before them.
In reply to a question from Mr. Lewin,
The CHAIRMAN, as we understood, intimated that the
directors would support, by their votes, the resolution
proposed by Mr. Crawehay.
Mr. HELPS, in resuming the debate, referred to the
petition circulated by the directors since the last meeting,
and said that its perusal confirmed the impression it
made lon him when read to the court of proprietors.
He highly applauded the document, observing it was one
that any Chancellor of the Exchequer might be proud of
—and one that would do credit to the best served
country in Europe. (Hear, hear.) It represented not
only the feelings of the court of directors, but those of
the proprietors and the public out of doors. (Hear,
hear, and cheers.) He referred to a former proposi-
tion of Mr. Jones's, urging the desirableness
of their having Indian representatives in the board of
directors to inform the court and the people of England
of the actual requirements of the Indian people. (Hear,
hear.) It was to be regretted that the Government had
not allowed the court of proprietors and directors an
opportunity of discussing the details of their proposed:mea-
sure, especially as the members of the court of directors
comprised men who were perhaps the best qualified in this
country to give a sound opinion on Indian Government.
He was, however, very much afraid that her Majesty's
Government were rather more anxious to silence than
take advantage of their information, and that they con
templated shutting Ili) the India House by a sudden
stroke. (Hear, hear.) He referred to public meetings
that had been held in reference to India to mislead the
people of England—he especially alluded to one held at the
London Tavern, attended by Lord Clanricarde, brother-in-
law of the present Governor-General ot Ind ia,and observed
his lordship then stated that the annexations in India
had taken place at the instigation and direction of the
'Court of Directors. That and similar statements made
by the noble lord showed astonishing ignorance or false-
hood on his part, and was, he (Mr. Helps) presumed, his
passport to office. The hon. proprietor said he entirely
concurred in the resolution, which is to the following
effect That the proposes! transfer of the governing
powers of the East India Company to the Crown is op-
posed to the rights and privileges of the East India
Company, is fraught with danger to the constitu-
tional interests of England, is perilous to the
safety of our Indian empire, and calls for the resist-
ance of the Corporation by all constitutional means ;"
and then proceeded to discuss it clause by clause urging
that facts and circumstances confirmed the truth of its
expression. The Government of the East India Com-
pany bad produced a great amount of material prosperity
amongst the people of India, which wasabout to be putin
peril by the proposed scheme of her Majesty's Government.
It had also advanced Christianity, and seed once sown in
the soil of religious toleration was sure to flourish and
come to maturity. The people of India possessed greater
freedom than any of the European countries, and was
blessed, with one of the greatest blessings of civilisation
up to the present disturbances—the freedom of the
press. The policy of the Government was to condemn
first and examine afterwards.
Mr. C. Mates, the oldest member of the Board, de-
fended the cote'uct of the Board of Directors in the
Government of India. He complained that no charges
could or had been made against the Board. He considered
the Premi sr would make no charge against them, but pro-
bably others would to whom truth was a matter of in-
difference. The board were ready to meet the strictest
investigation into all they had done, and they empha-
ticaly denied that they had been the cause of any delay
in the transinis,ion of troops tbrough Egypt, that being
a political matter resting with the Government
and the ambassador at the East. He said that
the proposed change would increase the cost
of Government—would elevate Mr. V. Smith to a
secretaryship to whose loose rein and spurs India was to
be entrusted ; the officers removed tai the west end of
town, and every trace of the company swept away. He
remarked that Parliament was the worst tribunal before
which to bring private grievances. Men were gene
rally dragged before it and afterwards abused by it.
Colonel IIAWLINSON (director) said he was one of the
minority at the board who were not prepared to adopt
the resolution or the petition. All his associations and
remini=cences were in favour of the present form of Go-
vernment, having risen in that service from an infantry
cadet to the high position of a director. He considered
we had been unable to realise the danger that had me-
naced and was menacing us now. The question was whether
the proposed charge would or would not be for the
general good of India and England. He believed it
would, and proceeded to prove his opinion. The proxi-
mate cause of the rebellion, be considered, was the an-
nexation of Oude, and he thought they were far from