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London, England, 1812-04-03 00:00:00

ROMNEY MARSH-KENT.

Valuable FREEHOLD ESTATES, Manor, Fishery, Farm-house
and Buildings, Cottage, Public House, and 11'.50 Acres of
Meadow, Marsh, and Salt Marsh Land and Beach, of *filch
possession may be had at Michaelmas next.
Ey Mr. ROBINS, at the Saracen's Head Intl, at Ashford, in the
county of Kent, on Tuesday, April 14, at 12; in Four Lots,
• A VALUABLE and very improveable FREE-
HOLD ESTATE, situate in Romney Marsh, in the pariah
of Lydd, near New Romney, in the county of Kent; comprising
the Manor or reputed Manor of Lydd, with the right of fishery,
extending near two miles along the beach and in the sewers of the .
Estate, and' upwards of 1;50 Acres of rich meadow, marsh, and
salt marsh land and beach, with farm-house and buildings, cot-
tage, and public house, all in a ring fence, in the occupation of
Captain Fynn, Messrs. Baker, Russell, Oyler, axi others, adjoin-
ing the lands of the Earl of I hanet and - Witherden, Esq.
'lbis Estate is highly iniproveable, and by temporary fencing may
be considerably increased. Possession may be had at Miehs.lri•a,
next. A very eligible property to invest money.

Particulars may be had on the Premises ; at the George inn,
Lyda; White Hart, Rye; of Mr. Steady, Baker, Folkstone ;
Ruse and Crown, Dymchurch • Ship and Lon ion Inns ; and
of Mr. Shipdein, Solicitor, at Dover; Saracen's Head, Ash-
ford; Fountain, Canterbury; of Mews. Jonas an•: Green,
Salishury-square ; and of Mr. Robins, Warwick•street, Goidea-
quare, where a plan of the Estate may be seen.

YORKSHIRE.

MANOR and Valuable FREEHOLD, and in part Tighe-free
Farms and Lands (with Land-tax redeemed) in the East
Ri,!ing of the Cotzrty of York.
By Mr. WM. STANTON,
At the Beverley Arms Inn, In the Town of Beverley, on Wed.
nesday and Thursday, the 20th and 21st days of May, 1812,
each day at Twelve o'Clock, the following valuable Property,
in 26 Lots, via.
'THE MANOR or LORE)SHIP of ELSTER N.
with the Rights, Royalties, and Appurtenances
thereto belonging, together with the Free and Copyhold rents,
amounting to .C 6. Os. 6d. per annuni, and the fines arising from
several Houses, and 376 Aces of Land Kehl of this Manor as
Copyhold in Bondage ; alsr a valuable Farm, containing 99 Acres,
with new erected Ftrni•house and Out-buiVilags, situate about
five miles from the Vlarket Town of Hedou, and twelve from
the Port of Mull.

The MAR ESTATE, consisting of Mt Acres of Land,
with Farni-hotr,e and necessary Out-buildings,.situate in the
Parish of Stirs, about nine miles from Hull, and twelve from
Beverley.
The DIIV.BLETON ESTATE, comprising nine Acres of
Land, shwa* in the Parish of Essington, about six miles from
Pattringtno.

The 150'1J rH DALTON ESTATE, consisting of 73 Acres Of
Land, situate about six mileefrom Betstiey, and the same dis-
tance ere in Market Wrighton.
The SEATON ROSS ESTATE, Comprising 103 Acres of
Land at Seaton Ross and Beilby, seven miles from Market
Weil Eton.
The REIGHTON ESTATE, consisting of a-Dwelling house
and es Acres of Land, exult sii miles from Bridlington and 14
from n Seat borough
MOLESCROFT ESTATE, which is situated at Bever-
Ls!, and comprises 124) Acres; and if tint previously di.poscd of
y Private Contract, will also be Sold by Auct:o”.
A DWELLING HOUSE, with Stable, Garden, and three
Roods of Land at Woosimausey, and the Tithe., arising from
certain Lands, containing about 1347 Acres to the Townships
of Woodonansey, Thearne, Wee Stotkhill, Satulholtne, and
Picktnn, within the Parish of St. ;oho of Beverley, in
.the East
Riding of the County of York.
N.. 11. The Melescroft Estate will be Sold the first dsy in 14
ILots, and the remaining part of the property the second day, in.
12 Lots.
For particulars apply to Messrs. Graham; Kinderley, and Dam'
villa, Solicitors, Lincoln's inn, London • Messrs. Handley and
P rarson, Solicitorsi Sleaford, Liaeolushire • Messrs. Black and
Chapman, Land Agents, Middle temple Hsi, London ; Richard
Townsend, Esq. Newbury, Berks; lobo Leawood, Esq. Bever.
ley, Yurkehire s the Auctioneer Hitches) Hens; and 4 Mr:
iiiinvey44 Ws Severity Arms La atars:44,

Patbk InrftigtitailitlPPOtifi.

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SALES BY AUCTioN:

•
_t • CAM ND DOIEBUITIE.
VALUABLE FREEHOLD MAMA .N 1)
- TO BE SOLD RY AUCTION, BY MR. l'ElsON,
At the Bell Inn.' at Haver.ll, in the Cr.unty of Sualk, about the
first week in May (unless previously &aimed of by PriVatil
Contract), in 'event Lots, •
irHE MANOR of SHARDELOWB ALLiNO-
A• TON, In Shady Camps, tegebei• with a wry. valuable
Estate, (or the must part inclosed, situate in the leveret Parishes
of Shady Harsheath. and Eartlow, hi the County of
Canibridge; and containing near e7O Ames of Arable, Meadow,
aml Pasture Land, let to respectable Tenants, who arc untie;
notice to quit at Michaelmas neat,
Descriptive Patticulars will be pahli.ited previous to Sale.—
To treat for the sem* apply to Mr. James, New Boswell-court;
LWOW. tiln, Leh

CAMBRIDGE.3HIRE.
VALUABLE TITHE FREE ESTATE-44114Tel ridnetned.•
TO Ilk: SOLD BY AUC I lON, BY MR. PEYTON,
At the Rain Inn, Newmarket, about the first wick in May next,
in several Lots,
1 A MOST DESIRABLE ESTATE, situate in
L the Parishes of bwaVitam, Dalbeck, Bott!shain, and Swat.
ham Prior, In the County ot Cunbridge; comprising a very
leuellent Dwelling-hnuse and Palming Offices, au try detached
Homestalls, and upwards of One T)wusand Acres of most excel-
lent Arabl•, Meadow, Pasture, and Pen Land, in a high state of
cultivation, wherrof possess.on may he had at Michaelmas nem:
Descriptive Panic :tars will shortly be published • in the mesa
time application may Be made to Mr. James, Nev lioswell-coun,
Lincoln's lint. I AM !tin.

jTO MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS, HOSPI tAI. SI V•
DEN TS, CHEMISTS, DRUGGIS PAREN IS, AND
GUARDIANS.
THIS extensive channel of publicity and annint.
nication is adopted to announce to the Medical World ge-
nerally the fOrmation of an Eatabii.;untat founded and conduvtd
upon a system of respectability and hberaity suited to the imp x-
i lance and extent of tir.,:obiec•s it is intended to embrace Densely,
[the Medical Agency in all its various branches et the Ogee of
the Medical Agency Establishment. Professional Idea &sigma
of retiring front the istigue suit Ansley of Practice (a.ber
or partiaily),-may be provided with Saccessors tiePvtners olth
callitals adequate to ;he advantages offered. Hospital Studen's
and others qualified to take upun themselves the impartant dt del
of practice, may be introduced as Partners, Successors' or Arsis-
tants to Profestional Men of eminence.—Parents and Guateians
having youths under their charge, whom they may intend either
for the Profession; Chemical, or Drug Line, will be intrakucert
to Medical men, and is hers requiring Apprentices.
The Stock and Goodwill of Chemists and Druggists disposed of,
Partnerships likewise negotiated, as well as AWO ants provided..
• All letter i addreised to the Proprietor. of the Medlc-1 Agency
Establishment, No. lir, Bartlett's Buildings, Holborn, must be
Invariably post paid.--Hours from ten till fur.
Several Medical Practices and Partnerships, .C 3441 to .Cl6OO
per annum, for immediate

CHING'S PA Chits 1' WORM i.t./ZIiNGLS. •
WCIRMS are the most frequent sources of Chil.
dren's Diseases.—Their symptoms every parent arc: guar-
dlin of children ''.could be acquainted with. They occa>lon loss
of appetite, a paleness of the colour of the face, emaciation and
irregular state of the boait•ls„ attended after with violent rains
they bring on convulsions; they affect the growth ut the body.
and they prove fatal, by ending in a consuin,touu or decal. Both
as a preventative and cure the.. alarnung eoluplaints,l he above
excellent Medicine is univer•ally allowed, un te►tinsony of till
highest characters in this coutory, both in rank said respectabi.
lity, to have no equal.- Their public apprbbatien, given to the
Proprietor, from a personal knowledge of its wonderful success
In their own families, stamps its met it beyond cute petition, and
gives a sanction to it, of which no other Medicine of the hind
can boast. Parents and othen, who have the care of children,
should have this remedy as a family Medicine to resort to, what•
ever the stomach or bowels of Children are auy way dhordereds
which it will always be found to relieve.
Sold, wholesale and retail, at Ching andputler's, No. 4, Cheap.
side,.Lendon; Sharp and Belani, Portsmouth; Jones, Weston,
Allmot, and Mallory, Portsea; Hall and Johnston, Gosport,
Coleman and Jacob, Sheerness; Peck and Roes, and Turner,
Hull ; Hodant, Cookworthy, Nettleton, and Gilbert, Plymouth;
Knott and Lloyd, and SOrinney and Co. Birmingham.; Billing*
and Lattibury, Liverpool; Staines and Lynch, Manchesters
crewman, Exeter ; Smith, Manderton, Reaburn, Scott, and Bax-
ter, Etunborgh ; Baxter and M'Dooald, Glasgow; Bulgen and
Barry, Bristol; Stevenson .and Co. Norwich; Swinten, Leices-
ter ; Edwards and Penny, Liverpool; and re:ail by most'countrit
medicine venders, in boxes, at us. Pd. and Ss. ed. each.

To ooLli-mtrits. COLOURED NVORKERS WATCH
AND CLOCK MANUFACTUKLita,
AUREAN ORE.
1. F. Kiva, pow and Sliver Chaser. Engraver, Engine Turner,
and eeigioal Inventor and Proprietor of the Aureate ore,
Bator:mat te•SQUAIti, lAltiltA
IT. KING begs to offer to the Trade in genfral,
• a Composition, the resemblance of which to Gold not may
far excels that of any other substitute bitlierto submitted to
public notice, but is also, in every menial quality (a. far as re.
later to Its use in manufacture) en equivalent to Gold Itcdf. In
I richness of colour and great weight, this Compoddoa so strictly
resembles the Standard Gold, that Gol&workers have not been
able to distinguish eoe from the oiler. The most important
property waiter to this Composition, consists in the very single.
lar circernstance of it not being at all subject to change its lu.tre
any more than the Standard Gold. In ductility it is precuely
the same, and will it all times be found as pliable to work, what..
ther flatted or in wire, as Gold itself : in fine, the only difference •
between them wittiever, u merely that arising from their intrinsiC
value.
.1. F. K. alai &Teas the weariest) of coloured Workers to Qs
pecaliar properties attached to the Aurean Ore, as it is so com-
posed as to receive slicautiful rich dead co;our, which cannot be
distinguished by the most accurate inspector from fine coloured '
Gold, and thereby Uniting every essential quality witch entitles
it to a pre-tminenoe above every other composition known to the
public, and places it equally on a parallel with coloured Gold
itielf ; and, however singular it may appear, that a composition
can be funned possessing such iteraltiablc preptrties, hitherto
confined to Standard Gold atone, has been most satisfactorily
proved ; 1. F. K. having the exclusive art of colouring this corn.
[minion. by a pecuhar process which entirely preci ales the ray;
cessity et gilding.
The limits ot an advertisement will net ailntit of an entnnere.
tion of the marry articles to whiCh this composition is suited, nor
is it perhaps necessary, since from the above detail of its proper/.
oes, it is easy to a...certain what articles may be manufactured
with it. 1. E. K. cannot therefore liar highly recommend the
Aurean Ore. after reeeivhig most nunairou4 proofs front Manu-
facturers, is well as from his own laboured experiments, to cote.
trance hint of Ea ezcellence, whereby it may feud, in a Any
powerful degree, t..) .ueersede the use of Gold.
Cold-Workers, and others who require V:eir well cast, may,
by sending their patterns or moulds have them complete in iii
hours after they are brought for the purpose.
N. E.—J. F. K. deems it Inver:ant to the trade in parrs), to
acquaint them that the Composition advertised in the Public F. •
pea, bearing the appellation of the Aurran Ore, (of which he is
the original Inventor and Proprietor), c..nnot be purchased genuine
at any other house in London but at his Manufactory in Bridge.
water-square; therefore any Other Composition offered :o the
trade, through any medium whatever, designated by the sumo
title, is spacious and deceptive : every- FlatA vi his manufacture
beers his Name stamped on each side in leg.ble characters.
Sold In various Weights, at ss. ed. per Ounces rather in Rae
flatted, or in Wire.---Speciniene may be ecru in elegant fleas '
btigla and Coloured blanuftcture. .
likrdets (Him t;osuuy 'loin suasive entry possil4sautandap,

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INN-4 HOUSE.

EAST INDIA CHARTER.
Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, a General Colin of
proprietors was held at !.he Indiatiouse, for the pur-
pose of taking into consideration the Correipondence
(read'at the last Court) between
,the Directors and
jig Majesty's Ministers, respecting the renewal of the
Company's Charter.
The minutes of the former Court were read, and it
was stated 'that this Cou:t met to consider the said
CorrespOndence, pursuant to adjournment fixed for
the 2.41 of April. •
Mr. BOSAPQUET, the Chairman. opened the debate.
by stating the nature of the business.
Mr. 'SANDAL JACKSON considered the subject
deeply interesting, not only as a measure affecting
the body of prrprketou, but as a proceeding essential
to the vital interests of the kingdom. They were
bound to consider it not on interested motives, but
on parrioic principles. He should be ashamed, be
said, to admit that he did not feel as a British citizen,
without reference to any share be might have in the
affairs of the Company. He should not have trou-
bled tl em if he had not felt that the interests of the
Proprietors were consonant with the interests of the
country at large. After the anxious perusal of the
papers laid before the Court, the question was, whe-
ther they would consent to receive a renewal of their
Charter under a peculiar circumstance, namely, that
of opening the trade, allowing persons to export
goods to India, not only in their own ships, but to
import, and alter the trade as it stands at present ?
The siMple question was, sshether or no they were
to concur in such arrangement, and whether it would
he their interest to open the trade ? With regard to
another question, respecting the Company's army,
the arrangements cil the Directors appeared to indi-
cate that it was to remain with them, subject to re-
gulation. And when that army became the subject
of consideration, there were others as well as himself
who would make observations. On another topic,
namely, the Trade to China, Government had shewn
a disposition to allow that trade to remain with the
company, convinced, that. if the Company save up
that, they might give up the whole of their trade,
and the greatest part of the produce of that country.
They stood then on the question, wbrther the trade
pas to be open ? Whether India was to be open to
all, to sell in their own ships ? That was allowed,'
to a certain degree, in the Act of 1793. The mer-
eantile'body were admitted to trade, under restric-
tions, with the Indian empire. Whether the Govern-
meat would make the restrictions worse for the Com-
pany than any they had yet heard of, would be a
matter for future observation. They were to consider
the effect of opening the trade. He had in.this Court I
uniformly contended, that whenever, from want of
capital, the Company could not support the trade to I
ndia, the British merchants stood 'lry for the gene.
ral advantages of that trade, because the commerce
of the country with Tndia would be promoted by
making the British capital the medium of that corn,
;nerce. In 1797, when two Bills were brought into
Parliament, one, to allow unlimited intercourse with
America, the other for nations to have intercourse
with India, with foreign ships and foreign sailors,
the great history of those measures was to promote
the welfare of American commerce. After the

French revolution, America sent over a proposition
• to conclude a treaty of amity and commerce, and we
consented to certain conditions of commerce, one of
which was to allow America to carry cn trade with
India. Several causes of action arose on the subject
Iletneen British subjects and Americans, and Lord
lcenyon decided that American ships might come
ironi.America, carry merchandise to India, bring
back commodities, and sell them to all the world.—
That was the interpretation of the law, and the Go-
leinment was called on to repeal the Act, as detri-
mental to British trade ; but, instead of pacifying
the merchants, they thought proper to continue a free
trade to America ; and it was necessary to bring in
the Bill for allowing all nations to have an intercourse
ith India. The grand object then was, to make all
comply with the Navigation Act. Was there any
one Nho heard him that would say, that, if instead
ofthoie Acts whi.fl a:lowed foreigners to trade, the
trade confined to British merchants only would not
have bean as advantageous ? Would not that trade"
in the hands of the Scot; and the Batings have been
conducted with as much advantage to this country
u America ? It had been mud, that the merchants
of this country.differed from foreigners, because they
could introduce bullion, and that it was not for their

advantage but ours. He contended generally on this
subject, that the trade ought to benefit Enghsh mei.
eliauts only. With respect to *the promotiqn of
American commerce by those laws, he did not con.
ctive that the Government .1)1i:1-adopted the real
means to facilitate that object. He was not solitary
in that observation, and until Lord Melville sent
what was termed an explanatory letter on the subject,
the majority of the Directors were of the same opi-
nion. It was not until many persons had been let
iiito a splendid commerce by the effect of those laws,
that they were sanguine enough to attempt to turn
the tidc of the estabiiihed trade. He had heard an
Honourable Member say, ,4 Whenever we. talk of
p cserviag our trade ender the Company's privileges,
t;.ey never look the question in the face. When we
Ix gin to talk of clan destine• trade, they talk of foreign
a4le, anti what it would be to exclude foreigners.'
They. said, ou the present occasion, Give the tradt
1...) our own merchants, not to Americani or foreign-
ers, and far less to clandestme English traders. lbt
two acts to which he had alluded were in force..

The treaty with America had expired, but the Aet
which allowed all persons to go with their flags to
India was in force. Qn the whole, he thought it
would be wise if a new system was given them, to
let British subjects go hand in hand- in the trade,
and be pot the question 'to all who heard him,'
namely, Whether it would not be expedient to repeal'
those Acts ? As for the Navigation Act relating to,
India, their situation compelled them to look with
jealousy on eaportation and importation, and that
Act could not be disturbed. By asking for a renewal
of their last Charter, they were called on to accede
to a free trade! but they were not bound to give up
all their privileges, without making every effort to
preserve them, He was not now to say.he would
not submit, but it was another thing to say submit
unconditionally. The trade taken nut of the hands
of the Company would be disadvantageous to the
Country.—lt was impossible for any person to con-
sider Indian affairs without feeling very great sur-
prise, and wondering how that trade could have been
kept on. No man would believe that so many splcn- ,
did actions could have been done for the honour of the
Country. They wouldlnot have distinguished them.'
selves as a body of Merchants to such extent, but for
a feeling of honourable ambition which some men
would assume, without the love of power and domi- '
nation. All the difficulties the Company had sur-
mounted, the Country might have had to encounter,
if the trade had been opened at an earlier day. No-
thing was said satisfactory on the subject of coloniza-
don. It might be said, that it was a question of large
scope on which they had not determined, but the
Court ought to say in return, till you hive made up
your minds, take care that you do not lead us into
dangers by innovations. If the Go rernment had not
made up their minds to the dangers of colonization,
nothing could be more correct than saying, if you I
open the trade, colonization will be the result. If
the trade was confined to our Merchants, all the I
goods would be brought to Lortdon, but speculation
would arise. The sties might not be conducted on
fair principles, and one thing ought not to be forgot-1
ten, namely, the sales of the Company by Inch of '
ca;rdle. If any Director should have the cupidity to
wish to make more of articles tban the fair market
value, sales might be made on a different principle,
and the public advantage dune away. All would .
then be speculation. and extensive mischief would
ensue. "As the case stood, why might not the Mer-
chants of North America trade in common with the I
Americans ? It was an anomaly in things to permit I
the Merchant at New York to do that which could t
not be done at Halifax. It had been said, when
they spoke of
_American trade, that the more they
gave them, the more they would have from them as
friends. How far the latter proposition was well I
founded recent events would confirm ; but with re-
spect
to the endeavour to prove such by commerce,
no inconsiderable share of infatuation had occurred. •
He was not to find fault with Philosophers who had
described them as living like the Patriarchs. Arcadia
anal their happy life 'might be a theme for praise, but
that sort of lite was not calculated to promote the
great acts which the prosecution of commerce re-
quired. He was anxious,. after the preceding argu-
ment, to take a view of what the East India Com-
pany had done for the Public. In 1780, when the
Charter was granted, Petitions against it from Liver-
pool and Glasgow were presented, setting forth many
propositions, some of which stood on the same point
as those of the present day. In saying this, he de•
sired to be understood as admitting the arguments of
our countrymen, with respect to their right of the
trade in preference to foreigners and America. They
were paying £300,000 per annum duties, when the
Charter was renewed, and they put it fairly to the
Country, whether it was Rot the interest of Gosern-
trient to support such a Company. They did mote at
that period ; they advanced to Government one mil-
lion, and Government was so well pleased, that they
superadded fourteen years to their Charter. It be-
came necessary to inquire how they had conducted
themselves since, and to see whether £300,000 had
been increasing. In 1783, the export tonnage of the
Company was 10,000 tons. In 1798, it got to
23,000 ; and, during the last three years, from 30 to
33,000, principally consisting of ships of war, carry-
ing a number of seamen. As to duties, it was corn-
,mon with mankind to feel too little the value of
what they possess_ without much pains. If it was
not so, the Government might give the Company a
carte blanche on the present occasion, for having done
so much. In 1730, the duties were £300,000.—
In 1793, £1,000,000. In 1803, £2,050,000. For
the last five years they had put annually into the I
Treasury four millions. If they had done all this,
and he could bring the data to prove that it had been
done, Government ought not to say Nay ! to such an
appeal as theirs. These advantages would not have ,
been obtained, if trade had been vested in other
hands. It would appear that they 11.1.1 enriched the
Revenue, and added to the honour of the Country.
If he looked at the question politically, it would ap-
pear, that in 1793 the whole coast of Coromandel '
was ours. The great emporium of the eastern world
had received our tradis They had carried it on
through Madras and Bombay, and all had been ac-
complished amidst the turbulence of India. He then
resorted to the arguments contained in the cone-
spondence, to prove that the Country bad received
the greatest assistance (tont the Company with re-
spect to its conquests. On the subject of their finance
it would appear, that in 1793 they were to have had
an increase of three per cent. on their dividend; but
this was not a question of pounds, shillings, and pence,
he was anxious to discuss the question on a liberal
scale. Now the trade was to be opened to a great
extent, waa it just to say they should be paid for the
loss they might sustain ?—(Hear,hear.)—lt mght be
suggested to his Majesty's Ministers, that the Pro-
prietors might be gratified by a compensation ; for
instance, those Gentlemen who were to enjoy the
trade Shonlil pay for it. Suppose, said he, we were
to call on them to pay five pet cent. to be paid to us t
from whom the trade has been taken. They were
under a great annual debt in India, but they had been i
„it great expense to assist the Government in driving '
out the French. Who would believe that they, as a
body of Merchants, had marched an army to Egypt?
and who would believe that when that great service
' had been performed, the Government had left them
to discharge the expense ? When they were left to
,tate these things, was it too much to say, they ought
o transfer the debt ? • Having bestowed' an eaco.
Alum on the Directors, for the active st,nd able part

they bad taken trt the negociation, he concluded by
moving in substance,
EA the Court, haring perused the papers lid before them,
expressed a high sense of the conduct of the lArectors, and te-
tanal them thanks for their judgment in pointing out the dan-
ger of opening the trade, and the advantages of it as it stood.—
he Court could not bail observe with great concern, that ne
proposition had been suggested of an increased dividend, tn-
vntbstanding the urgociations gf 1793 had commenced with the
allowance of a dividend of two mu; a bag per cent. Under this
impression, the Court confided the farther negociations to the
Directors, trusting that they would receive from Government that
liberal treatment which they bad reason to expect, and that they
would report, from time to time, the effect of their negtaciat ion."
Mr. Jackson's speech was followed by loud ap-
plause.—The question being put,
Mr. Roca{ rose and stated, that after the able and
eloquent manner in which the question, so far as the
Company's interests were concerned, had been sub-
mitted to the consideration of the Court, he should not
now presume to trespass on their patience. On some
future day, however, he should bring under the view
of the Court, a question as to the situation of the
Company's Stock, and that though by the Act of the
year 1793, a guarantee on this subject had been pro-
' mired them, key had never yet recejve4it.
Mr. GEORGB JOHNSTONI did not rise to give any
opposition to the first motion of his Honourable and
' Learned Friend, cordially agreeing as he did in all
the arguments so forcibly adduced by 'his Learned
Friend in support of his proposition. The impression
made on his (Mr. Johnstone's) mind, on first hear-
ing the correspondence, which he now held in his
hand, read, remained the same, after a full and ma-
ture consideration of it. He thought it did equal
honour to the zeal and ability of the Gentlemen, to
Iwhom the Proprietors had so wisely confided the ma:
nagement of their affairs. Tt was only because he '
! thought that the proposision of his Honourable and
I Learned Friend (Mr. Jackson) did not go far enough
that he now presumed to trouble the Court. There
' was also another point on which he had some doubt,
I namely, that part of the proposition of his Hon. and
' Learned Friend, by which it was recommended to
the Directors to have in view some compensation toi
the Proprietors, in the shape of an additional two per
cent. to the dividends on their stock, or otherwise.—
He meant merely to throw out this to the considera-
tion of the Cow e, and no more. He was aware that
he had an audience who could not be supposed toi
lend a very favourable ear to any:suggestion of this
kind. He knew them, however, to be above the'
narrow and mean feelings which taught men to look
to their own interests merely, and to prefer them,
even when in opposition to the interests of the coun-
try, and of the nation at large—(alrldaules.) The
great objects which they had in view, in cummun
I with every man in the country, were the preservation
I of the East India Company, on fair and equitable
principles, such as should be calculated to secure the
ihappiness of the East, and the possession of the Em-
pire in the East to this country. He objected to any
' attempt to have the dividends on the Stock of the
' Company encreased, because he saw no possibiljty
of its being admitted by Government, or by the Par.l
liament of the country. No body would suspect him
of doubting the gallantry, talent, and zeal, which
had been displayed in acquiring and maintaining our
possessions in the East. No mure meritorous services
than those of the East India Company to the Go.
vernment of this country were to be found in thepage
of history. Still, however, he begged Gentlemen to
recollect, that the public expectation at the time their i
last Charter was granted had been dispppointed. In'
no respect had their hopes been realized. An annual
payment had been promised to the nation. A great
saving to be applied to the-liquidation of thc:r debts
had been calculated on—neither of which bad been
realised ; but in both of which the Company having
been disappointed, through no fault of their own, the
expectations of the public had experienced a similar
disappointment. Such a claim as an add•tion to the
dividend on their stock, the public, therefore, would
not readily admit—and if the Court did not with to
detract from the weight of their own claims in other
respects, they would forbear from urging this point
at the present moment. The debt of the Company had
greatly increased since the date of their last Charter,'
and they were at this moment under the necessity of
asking the assistance of Governmillit in the raising of
six millions of money in this country. The zeal and I
prudence of the Directors in theirconduct of the pre-
sent negociation, had led them no farther than to
claim an abatement of the Income Tax front their
dividends as now made ; and even this had been re-
fused, in the first instance. Would it not then, he
appealed to the Court, be imprudent in them to injure
their cause in the eyes of the public, by urging the
payment of any additional dividend to the Proprie-
tors ? What he principally rose for, was to supply
what he considered a defect in his Learned Friend's
speech. What situation were the Court now placed
in ; and would they discharge their duty if they did
not state what was their own opinion on the present
extraordinary situation of their affairs ? The Reso-
lutions of his Learned Friend went to express, and
deservedly so, the warm approbation of the Court as
to the conduct, zeal,and ability with which their Direc-
tors had executed the trust reposed in them.—This,
however, he submitted, was not enough. They ought
unquestionably not only to have expressed their appro-
bation, and their warm approbation, of what was pail, I
but they ought also to have static' what they expected
in future. If the trade to India was to be opened to all
the citizens of this country, but the imports were still
to be confined to the port of London, and to be sold
from that house, then a great part of the object which
the Company had in view was obtained. '1 he answer
of Lord Melville to the hint on this subject, how-
ever, was far from being 'satisfactory. The Noble
Lord indeed stated this to be highly expedient as a
matter of revenue. But was this enough ? pre-
Arent the improper intercourse between Europe and
India was here the grand object, as by it alone could
the colonization of India be prevented. When it was
considered that the greater part of England, and the
whole of Scotland and Ireland, which were formerly
shut out from the trade, were thus to be admitted to
it, were the Company, were the Country, secure • on
this head ? and should not that Court instruct their
Directors to support this article, as essential to
the safety of the whole establishment ? He wished,
that in the Resolutions of his H9ll. and Learned
Friend the regulations which it was indispensably
necessary should be insisted on had been pointed out.
Many regulations of great importance, and to his
mind essential to the well being of India, and its
continuing ccunected with this ccWarY, had not been

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conceded to the Company. The part to which he
had just alluded was the principal of these; and Ist
wished the assent giyen to this part of the sun%
tion on the part of the Company, that ail ships eels.
ing to this country from India should unload at sit
port of London, Bcc. bid net been grounded on it
being a thing desirable in point of revenue, but the
it had seem assented to as a general principle.
there should be a great press at petitions from van
ous parts of the country against this regulatioo,
should means be proposed by which the reveries
might be protected independently of this regulatioa,
he was afraid this regulation would be got the feett4
of ; and if there was once a free unlimited inir,
course between Europe and India, the trade would
•sop he put an end to altogether. He should nos
therefore du his duty, if be did not propose to streng.
then the hands of the Directors in such a matter as
the present, by moving, that it be recommended
them not to depart from this regulation, as esseetid
to the very etirence of the irade to India, and to the
continuance of the empire of the East in this 034.
' try. The Company had surrendered all, and it was
necessary, that having done so, they should canticle
firm in demanding this which was held out to thew
as a regulation, to be adopted when they gave up
every thlt.g. He thought it would be becoming is
the Court to do this before they parted. He agreti
with his I.eerned I'3 iend, that there was no occaioa
for the appointment of a Committee of Proprietor:
to assist the Director : on the contrary, Le red rettes
he.had not words to express h:b sense of the zeal and
abilities with which the Directors had managed
affairs entrusted to their care. In a con'est with
Government, huwever, all was power on one side,
and all eras weakness on the other. The present
Government, it was to be observed too,-had much t.
contend with, and with the assistance of Member;
from sea.port4 and fiom maritime counties, wh
might be instructed to vote in a particular way on
such a question as this, there was a possibility of the
inclinations of Government being thwarted, however
well they might be disposed in favour of the rege.
tion to ninth he new alluded. The Hon. Gentle.
man proceeded notice several other regulations
proposed on the part of the Directors, wlitilreither
had received equivocal answers or had beer. refused,
but which he thought were of importance. No gua.
rantee had b3en proposed to be given for the coati.
nuance of the dividend of ten and a half per cent._.
He was doubtful if there might for some years be a
'profit to this extent, and ii any Gentleman should
come into the Councils of his Majesty whp might net
be of so friendly a disposition to the Company as the
late President N the Board of Controul was, he
could have no great difficulty in speedily finding out
that the Company had not a profit of ten and a half
per cent.' He agreed with his ',earned Friend, is
hoping, that the trade, so f.ir as thrown open, should .
be confined to British capitalists and British seamen,
He was, however, still of opinion, as he formerly had
been, that it would be unfair to our fellewoubjects
settled in the East, and engaged in the coasting trade
there, that while the subjects of these kingdoms at
home, in general were allowed to send out their ship.
ping to the East Indies, and even to employ their
shins in the country trade there, - our subjects settled
in the East Indies should not be entitled to send their
India-built vessels to this country. He also wished
that other clauses might be introduced, giving es.
creased powers to the Company over their own
tary force. It was impossible that the Company
could hold this force in complete subjection, if they
had not the means of giving due effect to the open•
lions of hope and fear. This could not be done if
seniority alone were the rule by which an officer Wit
to rise in the service. Unless some regulation as that
to which he alluded were adopted, it would be id
possible that the Company's army could be held is
Isubjection, These were all'poitits which he esteemed
'of impot tance ; he should take the liberty of radio;
Resolutions agreeably to these ideas now, and shoe
propose them to the Court the moment the origin.)
Resolutions should be disposed of. The Honour
able Gentleman then re 1:1 his Resolutions, anti%
that he had. no objection to the Resolution of ha
Learned Friend.

MY. BOIANQUET put the Honourable Proprietor
right, by informing him that Mr. Jackson's Resole•
non was not divided into two parts, but was contaimi
in one.
Mr. JOIINSTONB said, he should then move to omit
the words, as to the remuneration to the ProPniur"
Eliding dun the Court was against him, however,*
this particular, he withdrew his amendment.
Mr. RIGBY, in conformity with the wish of a tyd
rant of old, who wished OA all his subjects had me
head, that he might by one blow have annihilated
the whole, wished that all those who were now peti-
tioning against the Company's charter, had but ON
ear, and that they had been present to-day, that they
might have heard the speech of the Honourable aid
Learned Gentleman who so luminously opened die
business, and that they had also the benefit of dio
correspondence now in the hands of the Members d
that Court; one or either of which, he was convideolle
must hare satisfied them as to the necessity of mak
nuing the trade in the Comp my, at least to the ellb
tent claimed by the regulations now proposed. ilk
was a subject which ought to be looked at ills ooh
mercial light, though at the same time, hewn,*
tend, that the conduct of the Company had ben ho•
nourable to a fault. They had not been able to
their promise as to the prutitalle harvest *
they had calculated on reaping ; but they had
abarvyst of glory instead of one isf wealth,
.and
.frtiltrof that harvest had redounded to the country.
Mr. LOWNDES said he had concluded his last speak
with a wonder and astonishment," but had been unio!";
nitte enough to forget the reuse by which they hid
t excited. He should now explain this omit);
Absurdity. His wonder and astonishment then PO
ceded trom observing, that on the return of Lora
Wellesley and his brother to this country—two u
who were the Saviours of India, instead of being
ceived with open arms, as they ought' they eo
to have returned only for th.: purpose of being r!:
secured ! Now, to the business of the present 07_
Looking to the speech of his Honourable Erisak:
Ito No. 8 of the Correspondence, he must sap
were both so conclusive that be could not chum P
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tween them, but must say, as was the case with •
Wills and the Bishop of Bath and Wells, o_4
hitt" He must confess, that he was once motel!
is wonder and astonishment. If they asked for isa:
lie !you'd tell them; arkil it was this—Zbas

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