The Sun.
London, England, 1820-06-22 00:00:00

CLrIIMS UPON GOVERNMENT.

Smithy Paper:. itiat liven laid before Par-
liament were titlioitteti to the Court.

Mr. Hitsia observed, with reb•ience to one of
these docoments, that there appeared to Ire
,a debt
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of 960 0001. ~e to the Company tronii,(44;vet
tricot, tor a long period, end 'hat there WHI3 461)114.er
'debt. or a more recent d.,te, to the amount of
1 300,0001. ii- wiilted that .he amotoit of the
debt tine by Gov: ritment t to.oold
he investigated and settled, inste.oiot beiog as is
now was in a ,stattt of lu poiot
'wink; asceitaintd, he b-id no objection tha Ci,t-
vertitnctit should retain the tustnry, as a bOail,
tit ittwas Colt Vt 'ilea' to reelect!.
The CHAIRMAN announced, that be and the
Deputy Chrt,rman itad wai.ed on his N.laje.ty with
the Address of Condolence nightlife of ItiN
late Nlajes y. and of Congratahcion Ott his pre;
sent Majes y's accession to the :Ihrotte,, which
le had received most et acionsly.

D)VIDENDi
Ott the motion of the CH All; N, the I-roprle-
ors agreed to the ltesoltitr.n of [l.e C-rot of
Directors of tt a 1-9il► r cootmeritling a
dividend of five and a q tartxr pet Cenl. t n hr
Company's capital s'i'ck tor tit, halt year Colls,.
inencing on the sth o J ly rex'.
lee .Cha,rit.att, CI A iloßt,soN, -Esti stared
that he ,toold make it ht• ro with: ill,
subject wider-the t on-inet MIMI of the Cklattseclior
of he • 1,44 etw quer,
Mr GRANT said, the-e evert; claintb bet wei,o the
Go%eititit. tit and 'he C,,mpany ',shich.,%ete mart
l'kely to b: settled (..3overi.meitt ;Nimbi not admit
their validity; anti tit.- C011,1)111)7 would nor eraite
.lietri twist their hook. The observa•ion apphed
to the sum of 960 0001. which the Honottiattie
Froprielor had alitioiu to.
Mr How „,win pe-entett tie Report- of the
C.oomi lee of s, w hid) aii..oilitted the tn•
t•nttint of the Coinnuitce to propose a new reg.,
ior the srctoi.y of rise Company's ;,eal, and
at tar (Aloe time itOortling additional fachiiies 14,n
the irdi,sae•ion tit bobiorsS•
The Gentlerneu composing the Committee of
Bye.latvi-, were re-elected tot the eitstattig year.
Oil the motion of Mr• R. JACKSON, to Collard
by :Mr. ilumE, the Iliatikt tit the Court wire
given to the C' nimittee ot Rye laws for their zeal
and attention tturtog list year.
The cHAIHMaN it altql, that he bad received a
letter fronuVi count Silnintith, announcing that
his Maj-sty lias °tett graciously pic4sed to incept
the 1:01111i,oy's °tie; to raise, at their rxprnce, a
Corps of Volunteers. Ile also stated, that a Biil
was then its prog,ess 11110110 the House of com-
mons to et:altie the Coinpny to defray the
charges of the said Cot ps of Volifiltrtrs • He
next announced, that the pension ot 1 5001. per
granted to Sir U. Willow, had received
the sanction of the lioard of Coutiol ; and that a
letter, thanking the Company for then liberality
had been addres.ed tiy Sir G, Barlow to the
Chairman alit Dcputy.
The Copeittsram then apprized the Court of the
recrelle it ; t,tO lettrts hour the Martilirss of
Ilassing.i, returning thanks to the Co.iiiiaity for
their a, ptoi,01,)11 of. ills conduct, nod 101 1 lie
splorvid libeta!tgy which they had been pleitaed
to itoinites:. wovarils . -

The cHAIB),I“4 also informed the Court, dist
the rxidalovoly papers relative -to the extc.
tit the Kaleciar of 141oeic were now laid on the
Table.

Air. R JAcKsobt•deprecated any discussion on
these p4pet a at present, as the StlhjeCt had Sean
taken up by the House of Commons.
Mr. 111.1tig was ottlXitlilS 10 di) justice to the
character of Lieu'enant Swkierlaird, of the B,,171•
hay service, whom he tad uicutionad when the
case of Sir T. Hislop was tinder di,cris!ots.---
He (Mr. Home) had been, led to believe, from a
statement ill the Bombay raper, that Lieu-
tenant Sutherland, during tne existence of
husOlities, 114 captured two individuals, and,
without further ceremony, hanged them op.—
He had received a letter trout that Gen'lemao,
from which he found that the statement was
incortect. Lieutenant Sutherland had taketi two
individuals at the bead of a marauding party ; but
so tar Irons causing their execution, he sent them
up to the Nizarn'a Government, by whom they
were condemned to die (souse months after Lieu-
tenant Sotherland had lett that station) 'tor pre-
vious acts of murder and rapine.
Mr. Hums, before the Court adjourned, A-
verted to the-great scarcity of Bor4ean Officers
In India ; and also point-ed out the necessity of
instructing the individuals intended for their set--
vice, rather in .the PeSsi4n and Hindoostannee,
than in the Bengal Language.---Adjourned tine die.

FUNSUAL CP Nlit. WARIIRTZDFR.^-otl SAtUrdgly
afternoon, between two and three o'clock, the
funeral of the late-Hu3l3 WARRENOIitI, L~tl. his
Majesty's Agent for Scoiland, and Depute Keeper
of the Signet, took place from his house in the
Castlehill. As a mark of esteem and respect for
the memory of the deceased, the 'Society of Writ-
ers to the Signet, Of which Mr. Waft-ender .was
so long a distinguished member, assembled in their
hail, in full mourning, with their. gowne,' and
when the funeral procession arrived opposite tile
hall, they joined it, walking before the hearse,
four a-breast, the junior members first. Sir Geo.
Warrender, one of the Lords of. the Admiralty,
chief moonier, supported by his -brother and
other relations and friends of the
among whom were several of the Judges of
the Court of Session, followed the hearse on foot,
and in this manner the procession- proceeded
down the ..tligh-strect, along the South Bridge,
College-street, Lothian-street, and Bristo-street,
to the Greyfriafs' Church-yard, The Society, on
coming to the Church-yard, stood with their itkos
off, while the coffin passed through their ranks ;
the pall-hearers and company that-followed were
also at this time uncovered ; the. latter returned
from the grave in the saute ,manner through the
ranks of the Society,. who then walked hack in
ot-ocession to 'the Signet Hail. The whole ap-
pearance was solemn and impressive.—(Edin-
barglt Courant :June 19.)