Star.
London, England, 1808-03-31 00:00:00

ON A LATE SENATORIAL SERMON BY A NEW MADE BISHOP.

'Tomas well enough that Goodenough
Before the House should preach;
For erre enough full had trough
Are those he had to teach !

Nix.

The Oratorio last night at Covent Oarden Theatre
consisted not only of a New, but a very Grand Se-
lection. BRAIIAM gave the following Airs in a very
animated style—" Deeper and deeper Waft
her Angels." Mrs. DICKONS had selected for her
powers—" The Prince unable"—Let the Bright Se-
raphin"—" 0! had I Jubal's lyre," &c. The whole
was most admirably performed, both in the Vocal
and Instrumental Music; and it was so judiciously
rich in Selection, that we would recommend the
AsiatnYs to order its repetition.
EAST INDIA CoMPA\•Y.—Yesterday a Quarterly
I General Court was held at the East India House.

The Chairman (Mr. EDw. PARRY) laid several ac-
counts before the Court, agreeably to the bye-laws ;
the titles of which having been read,
Mr. M. Root wished to be informed whether those
papers were sufficiently ample to enable the Proprie-
tors to form a complete judgment of the state of their
affairs?
'On the Chairman's replying in the negative,
Mr. RANDLE JACKSON said, that the custom had
been to have all the papers in the Company's posses-
sion read pro forma, which would enable the Proprie-
tors to have access to them at their convenience.

The Deputy Chairman (Mr. GRANT) having ad,
verted to the existing Committee of Investigation in
*the House of Commons, hoped the Proprietors would
give the Executive Body due credit, that, should any
thing arise which might be deemed important to the
interests of the Company, the earliest notice would be
given to the General Court.
Mr. RANDLE JACKSON expressed his gratitude to the
Honourable Deputy for this intimation. He con-
fessed he felt a more than usual anxiety on the sub-
-1 ject, as there was not any instance of a Committee
being appointed with such power, since the year
178'; and it must be well recollected what a revolu-
tion in the constitution of the Company that Corn- 1
mittee had produced. He felt the more deeply the 1
importance of the subject, when he found the most i
enlightened persons in other respects so totally igno- I
rant of the relative situation of the public and the
Coinpany. He then adverted to the general notion,
that the Company were in arrears to the public nearly
six millions, and said that it was owing to the suc-
cessful exertions of himself and his friends that this
Iclaim on the part of the public had not at present the
shadow of any legal existence.
The DEPUTY CHAIRMAN perfectly coincided with
his Learned Friend as to the miserably gross igeo-
ranee and misconception which was so prevalent with
respect to the Company's affairs ; he could assure the
Proprietors, that the Committee, of which he had the
honour to be a Member, had not been disposed to
trench on the Company's rights ; should such an idea
unfortunately occur, not a moment's time would be
lost in convening his constituents.
.The Court adjourned at a quarter before one,
site die. .

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when Captain GEORGE WELTDEN,
of the ship Indus, took leave of the Court, previous
to departing'for Madras and Bengal.
The Court adjourned at six o'clock till to-:sorrow.