The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-10 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.)

A Special General Court of the Proprietors of
East India Stock, was held this day at the Com-
pany's House, in Leadenhall-street.
The minutes of• the last Court, granting the sum
of 20,0001. to the present Marquis of Hastings,
having been read,
The CHAIRMAN acquainted the Court that it was
made special for the purpose of confirming the ap-
pointment of a Staff-Captain to the Company's In-
stitution at Addiscombe and proposed that the said
resolution should be confirmed. 0•.

Mr. RANI/AL JACKSON expressed a great partiality
for the•Listitution at Addiscombe, which, he said,
had answered all the purposes of its establiSlntnt,
better than any other institution founded by
the Company. It was of great importance,that the
military servants of the Company should have, some
education, nevertheless he considered that the civil
servants of. the Company only needed a certain de-
gree of proficiency, and that a College was unneces-
sary for their education. His view was, that the
College for the education of the civil servants, should
be merged in the Institution for the education'of
the military servants of the Company. In conclusion,
he expressed his decided approbation of the resolu-
tion for appointing a Staff Captain. . •
• The question was then put, and carried un-
animously.
GRANT TO THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS:

The CHAIRMAN then acquainted the Court, that
it was also made special for the purpoie of confirm-
ing the resolution of the last Court, for granting
the sum of 20,0001. to- the present Marquis .of
Hastings.
Mr. RANDAL JACKSON then moved, that the reso-
lution of a Court held on the 3d February, 1819,
granting 60,0001. to the late Marquis of Hastings,
be read, and inquired how that sum had been 'ex=
pended.
The CHAIRMAN replied, that the present Marquis
was to have a moiety of the grant, and the other
children of the late Marquis the remaining moiety.
Sir ROBERT WIGRAM begged to set the Chair-
man right. The grant was laid out in land, to be
enjoyed by the late Marquis during his life, and
upon his death and that of the Marchioness, the pro.
perty was to revert to the present Marquis upon the
payment of 30,0001. to his sisters.
The question being put on the confirmation of
the resolution,
Mr. RANDAL JACKSON said he had some objections
to make to the terms of the resoltition. It was
a record of the pauperism of tlds• noble family.
The Directors might have reasons for this kind of
language. They might have documents infOrming
them of the pressure of pecuniary difficulties on the
mind of a boy of nineteen ; but it was most indeli-
cate to ground the resolution on the extreme neces.
sity of the present Marquis's circumstances. .No
language could describe the poverty expressed in the
resolution. It went to the extent that if the reso-
lution did not pass, the Marquis should lie on the
boards. Was this proper language towards the son and
family of a man who had been spoken of in the high
terms in which the late Marquis was, and 'whose
splendid services had been so fully acknowledged.
It might' be true, as was stated, that the young
Nobleman's furniture was in pledge, but the
Proprietors had no right to record the ' cir-
cumstance without proof. There' 'was another
objection to the terms of the resolution. It left the
.Marchioness and her other children entirely, in the
power of the present Marquis. He might say that
they had no claim on him, and refuse to admit his
mother and sisters to live in the house, the furniture
of which this grant was to give him possession.—
The young Marquis had an excellent character; it
was said he was too much of • a gentleman to be a
profligate; but ought the mother and daughters to
be thrown entirely into the power ofaboy of nineteen.
When the death of the late Marqtiis: was 'contem-
plated many years ago, it was stated, that in such an.l
event the Company would become a husband to his
widow, and a father to Iris children. if this was not
the mere cant of public life, the Court was not now
acting in accordance with its professions. It. was
wantonly using terms of degradation, which would
give mean and malignant minds a handle for sarcasm,
and an opportunity of unnecessarily .wounding the
feelings of the widow and children of an eminentand ,
illustrious man. With these sentiments, he sug-
gested an amendment, omitting the 'sentences ex-
pressive of the present Marquis' of Hastings pecuniary
embarrassMents, and substituting an acknowledgment
of the late Marquis's services.

Mr. Hums seconded the amendment.
The CHAIRMAN said there 'could be no doubt of
the unfortunate circumstances in which the pro-
perty of the present Marquis was left; but
he thought it could do no good to exhibit an
account of the debts of this youth, ',which would
thereby become a public record.--7-(Hear, hear.)
The Hon. Chairman, in conclusion, expressed his
adherence to the resolution proposed by the Direc-
tors, and his disapprobation of the amendment..
The DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN also defended the ori-
ginal resolution. and hoped the Hon. Proprietor
(Mr. R. Jackson) would be induced to withdraw
his amendment, which was brought' forward a day
after the fair. _ _ _

General THORNTON thought the original resolu-
tion was most discourteously worded. When a
grant was about to be made, it should be done in a
handsome manner. If the Marquis accepted the
grant, as the resolution was now worded, he might
say with Shakspeare, "My poverty, but not my
will consents ;" and the Directors miglit answer " we
pay your poverty, and not your will. Nevertheless
he thought it. would be injudicious to press the
amendment, and would therefore support the ori-
ginal resolution. The public statement of the young
Marquis's difficulties might awaken the benevolence
of the present King of France, who partook of the
late Marquis of Hastings's hospitality, and, who must
be aware that the late Marquis's difficulties arose
from his generosity to the distressed French
Noblesse.

Mr. HUME appealed to the liberality of the Court,
whether they ought not to make a generoug and
liberal grant, in the terms least likely to give pain to
those for whom the gift was intended
the court for its honour to support the amend-
ment.• He called on
own

quis of Hastings had been amply
Mr. WEEDING thought the services of the Mar-
former grants, H requited by the
Had the Marquis died rich, no
grant would have been made by the Company,. and
the grant being proposed on motives of compassion,
it was right and POlitic that those motives should
be stated. He should therefore vote -for the ori-
ginal resolution.
•id, the ant was in Captain MAXWELL sa
consi-
deration of the services of the later Marquis, and if it
g
had not beenfor these services, the necessities of the
family, however urgent, could not have induced the
Court to make the grant.
• A DIRECTOR said that it was not at all unusual to
refer to pecuniary difficulties, in grants made.by this
Court. In the grant of 20,0001. to. Lord Melville,
it was expressly stated that the money should be
applied to the liquidation of his Lordship's debts.
The CHAIRMAN highly estimated the services of
the late Marquis ; but if it was not for the ne-
cessities of the family, .he would never have pro-
posed the present grant.
Mr. RANDAL JACKSON replied at some length, and
concluded by proposing his amendment as the last
`homage to the shade of that illustrious man whose
deeds were so often spoken of with gratitude in that
Court.

After some further discussion as to the terms of
the amendment proposed by Mr. Randal Jackson,
Sir JOIIN DOYLE said, that as one honoured
by the intimacy of the late Marquis, he felt
called on to say a few words. The general
sentiment throughout the City was, that the Court
had tarnished its liberality by the ungracious terms
in which it was conveyed.—(Hear.)—lle sup-
ported the amendment, and hoped the original resolu-
tion would' not be adhered to from mere tenacity.
The amendment was then put and negatived, and
thg original motion carded Adjourned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.

GUILDHALL.

RING-DROPPING.-Henry Hillings and Samuel Cole
were charged by two officers with, dropping metal watch-
chains and seals, and afterwards endeavouring to prevail
on boys to buy them. They told the boys they were gold,
and asked them a pound for one chain and two ssals,!--
they were not worth, as was alleged before the Magistrate,
a penny. •
Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER committed them both for
want of bail.