The Sun.
London, England, 1818-03-19 00:00:00

EAST INDIA lIOUSE.

Yesterday a Quarterly General Court was bel
at the East India Iloitse.
COMPANY'S TRADE.
Mr. HUMS gave notice, that he Would, at a fn

tore day,- bring under the consideration of the
Court the Commercial Transactions of the Com-
pany. Ile should do so, because, from every
inquiry he could make, he found that their com-
merce to, Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, with the
exception of a few cuticles, was carrying on at a
very great loss. He then entered into a state-
ment, to shew that the salaries 'raid at the'diffe-
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rent Presidencies raised from 10 to even 30 per
cent. on the investment, and contended that, un-
der these circumstances, it was, impossible that
the Company .could compete with the private.
trader.

The CHAlRmAN,stated, that when the subject
cause to be considered, he would trove, that the
re lilt of their,trade, compared with that of indi-
viduals, was creditable to the Gentlemen behind
the bar, and profitable 1.9 the Company.—(Hear,
hear !)
Mr. llumE 'eeing an Honourable Ex-Director
(Mr. Hudlestone) in his place, felt it necessary,
reluctant as be was ,to bring individuals before that
Court, to call for explanation on a sUbject that
nearly concerned the.honour of the Court .of Di-
tectors. It se..ts known to many within and with-
out the bar, that 4 charge of a most serious na-
ture had been made against that Gentleman, in a.
work lately publi,bed (Colonel Wilkes's History
of the Mysore), and that the charge had been no-
ticed in " The Quarterly Review." .
.Mr. Hume was here called to order by the
Chairman—and, alter some discussion, in which
Mr. Dixon, Colonel Allen, and the Deputy Chair-
man, took nart--.

Mr. HUDLRSTONE rose, and declared, on his
'honour._ as a Gentleman, that the charges made
against him, in the work alluded to, were most
unjust, most odious, and most unfounded. This
• he pledged himself to prove, and, if necessary. he
would verify the statement on oath—although
From the distance, of time at which the events
took place that were alluded to by Col. Wilkes
(being not less than 34 years, since), he would
necessarily have to encounter some difficulty in
forming his statement. He declared, if the Pro-
prietors should return him at the ensuing Elec-
tion, and :that they should afterwards deem his
explanation unsatisfactory, he would that moment
resign.—(Hear, hear !)
:Mr. HUME conceived that a week, or ten days
would be sufficient for the Hon. Ex-Director to
draw up his statement, which ought to be sub-
mitted to the Proprietors before the Election.
Mr. GRANT 'conceived it was most unfair to
call on a Gentleman to answer in the course of a
few days, charges which related to • matters that
had taken place 34 years ago. There was no
evidence to support those charges, and they were
met by the direct denial of the Honourable Ex-
Director---a denial backed by a life of unsullied
honour. Under these circumstances, he Loped
the Honourable Ex-Director would appear be-
fore the Proprietors in that honourable light to
which his services entitled him.

Some further observations were made by Mr.
Hume, Mr. D. Kinnaird, and the Deputy !Chair-
man, after which the Court adjourned sine die..

THE ROMAN VILLA IN OXFORDSHIRE.

(Extract of a Letter)—" A few days ago+, I
made an interesting excursion to the Roman
Villa, discovered near Stonesfiehr, 11 miles front
Oxford. It Wtl3 first pointed out in 1816, by the
Rev. Mr. BROWN, the Vicar of that parish. By
the assistance of that Gentleman, and of the Duke
of MARLBOROUGH, on whose estate the villa
stands, extensive discoveries have been made.--
The building encloses about three acres of land ;
the peristyle, on every side of the quadrangle, is
very evident, as are the divisions of .forty-seven
rooms. The pavements are tesselated, and in good
condition. One of them in a large room is per-
fect. The tessera are so exactly hid together, so
beautifully varied, and the pattern is so correct
and elegant, that the best floor-cloth is not
painted with more accuracy or beauty. The pat-
tern is one which frequently appears on our mo- ,
dery floor-cloths. The baths are completely ex-
cava•ed, and the hypocausts and flues, by which
they warmed the rooms, in the manner we have
adopted for hot-houses, are apparent. The largest
rooms seem to be about 30 by.2s—one is exactly
28 by 24 ; a proportion in which the length
exceeds the width much less than in modem
rooms. Nothing has yet been found to fix the
precise dare of the villa ; the coins collected a'e
those Of CONSTANTINB the GREAT, who was CA/SIR
in 306, And AUGUSTUS from 308 to 337. Tie
Duke of MARLBOROUGH shows a due regard to
these valuable remains of antiquity. At present,
the remains of pillars and the tesselated pavetneits
are covered with mould, to protect then) fon)
frosts, which are pal ticularly injurious to the lit-
ter by loosening the tessera.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at :he
East India House, when the following Cctn•
manders took leave of the Court, previous to de-
parting. for their respective destinations, viz.:—
Captain T. E. WARD, Fair ; and J. P. ANSTCE,
Henry Porcher, for Bengal and Bombay.
PREPERRE3O.—John Hopkinson, B. A. of (fare
• Hall, and Deniel -Nibill, of St. John's Colbge,
have been ordained Deacon by the Bisho) of
Lincoln.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

War-Office, March 13, 1 3 I 8.

4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—John Clemison, Gent. to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ramsay, promoted. lst. Regiment of Dragoons—John. Dillon, Gent. to be Cornet, ,
by purchase, vice Dillon, who retires.
17th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. Arthur Brooke •,
De Capel Brooke, from the- Royal Regiment of Horse
Guards, to be Captain of a Troop, by purchase, vice Supple,
who retires.
19th Ditto—George Mecham, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Georges, promoted.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Charles Ricketts,Gent.
to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Armytagee
promoted in the Royal York Rangers.
2d Regiment of Foot—Lieut. Terence O'Brien, from.the
half-pay of the 87th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutermit,
vice James Inilach, who exchanges ; Lieut. William Hun.ti;
to be Adjutant, vice Imlach, who resigns the Adjutancy
only.
3d.Dittd—Lieut. 'Robert Stirling, from the half-pay of tilt
Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice
.Charles Walsh, who eV
changes, receiving the'difference.
Bth Ditto—Lieut. David vans Machen, from the half-pay of •
the 75th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Briscoe, superseded.
20th Ditto—Second Lieut. David William Archibald Dour
las, from the half- pay of the '2lst Foot, to be Ensiguo
vice Donatus O'Brien, who exchanges, receiving the diP
ference. •

26th Ditto—Lient. Thomas M'Niven, from the half-pay of the
• 42d Foot, to be Lieutenant, rice James Fraser Russ, who
exchanges.
34th Ditto—Lieut.-Colonel .John H. Dunkin, from the 77th
Foot, to be Lieutenant• Colonel, vice Everard, who ex-
changes.
43d Ditto—Ensign Robert- William Henry Drury to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Havelock, promoted in the sod:
Foot.; Fosigu Arnout O'Donnell, from the half-pay of the
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27th Foot, to be Ensign; vice William Powell, who ex-
changes; •. Halford, Gent, to be Ensigo, by purchaser
vice Drury..
,48th Ditto—Captain Patrick Mac Dougall, from the half-pal
of the lit h Foot, to he Captain of a Company, without par-
. chase; •Lieut.'Llector M`Quarrie, from the 861,11 Foot, to be
Lientetiant, Without purchase.
69th Ditto—Captain Francis C. Crotty, from the half-pay of
the 39th Foot, to he. Captain of a .Company, without par-
chase ;• Lieut: Sholto Douglas, from the half-pay of the
50th• Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase -; Ensign 1-
Kearns, to be Lieutenant, without purchase ; Arthur Mairo
Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kearns, 10°-
muted. • • .
74th Ditto—Captain William Brownson, from the half-pal
of the 23d Foot, to he Captain of a Company, without plir-
chase; Lieut. William Black, from the half-pay of the Re.-
giment, to be Lieutenaot, without purchase; Ensign S.
Spooner to be Lieutenant, without purchase; Eosigo G.
Gore, from the half-pay of the 9th Foot, to he Ensios
rice John Hume Hart, who exchanges; Hon. M.oia
Ai buthnott to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Spooner,'
promoted.
77th Ditto—Lieut.-colonel 'John M. Everard, from the 34. th
Foot, to he Lieutenant-Colonel., vice Diink,n, woo ex-
changes; Lieut. John Wilson to be Captain of a Company:
by purchase, vice Rogers, who retires; Lieut. James Mar-
shall, from 1-he half-pay of the 4th Foot, to be Lieutenant"
vice Joseph Dowling, who exchanges, receiving the (Rife-
rence ; Ensign Jacob Glynn' Rogets to be Lieutesaot, •b:3*
purchase, vice Wilson; and Henry Massinberd, Gent. to
be Ensign, by parchase,Viceßogers.
80th Ditto—Lieut. Edward Caulfield Archer, -from the half-
pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Nutt'
who exchanges, receiving the •diffe,euce.; and Assistaot-,
Surgeon, John Regan, -from the half-pay of the 93d F• 44
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Louis Shep.paril, who cx-
' changes.
!9th Ditto—Lieut. Robert Manners Lockwood, from the ItiaC
Brigade, to he Lieutenant, vice W. Gray, who retires opua
half-pay of the 6th Foot.
Rifle Brigade—Lieut. Frederick Thornbury, from- the -half-
pay of the-6th Foot, to be First Lieutenaut, vice Leh'
wood, appointed to the 89th Foot.
2d West India Reoiment—Ueut. Phillip Grassi, from the !calf-
pay of the Yuri: Light Infantry Volunteers, to be LieuW
uant,,vice W. Coils, who exchanges.
4th Ditto—Ensign Henry Watts to be Lietrtenant,•withola
purchase, vice Delaney; deceased ; and Matthew 'Benjanria
George Reed, Gent, to he Ensign, by purchase, vice Tronfr
dell, who retires.
Royal York Rangers—Capt. Thomas Baylis, oft the half-pal
as Adjutant at the Army Depot, to be Captain of a C,oe
pany, without purchase, vice Ware, deceased : and Lieu
Henry Armytage, from the Coldstream Regiutoit of 1.....1
Guards, to he Captain of a Company, by purcimir, via
Finch, promoted in the Royal West India Rangers.
Royal %Vest India Rangers—Capt. the Hon. John Fin4l4
from the Royal York Rangers, to be Major, by p-urehases.
vice Massey, who retires; and Ensign Peter-Gray to be ila.,
jutant, vice Rent, who resigns the Adjutantcy only.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, MARCEI 17.
Amiterdam
Ditto, at Sight 36 4
Artiste' dam
Ditto, at Sight
.... 11 3
Rotterdam II 7 . 2 VS.
Antwerp II 9 EK:Nr"."7
, Hamburg!' 34 0 24 til"-
.
Altona
,
Paris, 3 Day's date .
Ditto
noutdtmox., ditto ' 24 25
Frank forum' the Main
••••••••• 342 Ex.-Mong
Madrid ' 39i Etfretife
Cadilbiz
Boa ,
aRi
Seville ••.•• • • • • • ...... ...... 39
Gibraltar .. 35
Leghorn
Genoa... 47k—Venice, Ital. Liv 44 70
Malta... —5l —Naples 43t
Paleriao
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
Dublin.... .....9..... Coils-- 9 pf,r Ceot.
Agio of the Bank on Holland.... 2 per Cent.

BULLION.

Portugal Gold, in Coin 1.4 1 0 per
New Dollars 0 5 5
Silver, in Bars ..• 0 5 4

• COAL MARKET, March 18.
Ships at Market. Ships sold. Price. ,
341 Newcastle c'si. ... . 34%. 6d. to 445. 01'
9 Su 0der1and............. 6...
3 Elgin Main C0a1..... •• .2. .
3 Hal heath Coal . 1
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