Star.
London, England, 1809-04-11 00:00:00

A COLLIERY TO BE LET OR SOLD.

AVERY Valuable COLLIERY to be Let on
Lease, or Sold, in the Centre of the Kingdom, and within
100 yards of an Inland Navigation communicating with Os: Me-
tropolis. An Engine for drawing Coals is erected on the Colliery,
Weighing Machine, &c. and Coals are now turning Ut one Pit.
Other Pits may be sunk at a very moderate expence, and from
the excellence of the Coals, and the Colliery being the nearest in
the kingdom to the London Market, a sale to a considerable ex-
tent may be reasonably expected. The Beds of Coal are about
26 feet thick, and the present Pit only 80 yards deep. An Iron
Rail Road to the Colliery is already laid to the Navigation ; a
Steam Engine for drawing water is at present unnecessary, but
should it be thought advisable hereafter to erect one, the present
Proprietors will make an ample allowance towards the ex-
pence. A Tenant may have the option of a Farm of Arable
Meadow and Pasture Land, containing 170 Acres, with an excel-
lent House upon it, within half a mile of the Colliery. Every
encouragement will be given to a gdosl Tenant.
For further particulars, apply to Mr. John Cures, now at No.
10, (leorge Yard, Lolnbard•street, London; or to Mr. John
Woodhouse, Bedworth, near Coventry --April 4, 1809.

[P-RICE SIX-PENCE.

EAST INDIA ROUSE, Peintiary, 1, 1809.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED
COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND, tralinz
to Ms EAST INDIES, do hereby give notice,
That the Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be
shut on Thtirsday the. 2d of 114.1rch next, at two o'clock, and
opened agais on Thursday the 13;h of April following ;
That a General Court of the said Company will be held at their
House in Leadenhall-street, on Wediweday the 12th of April
next, front nine o'clock in the morning until six in the evening
for the Election of Six Directers of the said Company for Ina
Years. WILLIAM RAMSAT, Secretary.

T10U131,t3 having arisen respecting the eligibility
of Two of the Candidates for the Direction of the East
India Company, at the ensuing Election on the 12th instant, a
case hes been stated by the Company's Solicitor for the opinions of
the Company's Stand.ng Counsel, which opinions are as follow --
1 ant of opinion, that Mr. MILLE. rr is eligible to be re.clected-
a Director ; hi' resignation, and the acceptance of it being suck&
as to render it impossible to consider him as a person who has
held any office in the Civil, Military br Maritime Service of the
Ct..mpany within two year ; and accordingly, In consequence of
his resignation having been accepted, his name was properly
strta:k. out of the Lilt, la conformity to the Bye-Law, Chap. Is.
Sec. 7. (Signed) WILLIAM DAM.
I am of opinion, that Mr. WILLIAM. is eligible to be Elected
a Director; and in addition to what I have stated in my answer
Ito the qtit.stion respecting Mr. Millett, (all of which applies
equally to this) I think it.right to add here, (as applicable like-
ay:se to both cases) that there is no distinction to be taken with.
reference to this subject, between such Resignations as these and
a Resignation of the Service absolutely; these Resignations take
the persons out of the Service subject to be replaced in it ; but
Eligibility to a Service is a perfectly distinct situation from being
in the Service, and is noz within either the spirit or letter of the
Bye Law, Chap. 6. Sec. 9. (Signed) WILLIAM ADAM.
April 9, 1809.
WILLIAM 84111341,
Earl India House, Aprillo, 1809.

AT a MEETING of the DIRECTORS of the
EAST INDIA COMPANY, held on Tuesday, the 4th of
April, 1809,

- Resolved Unanimously, That the Report of the Committee of
the House of Commons who have lately particularly enquired
into the disposal of the East-India Patronage, and have had a
great deal of evidence before them on that subject, is naturally
entitled to the repect and confidence of the Members of the
Court of Directors:

That with regard to the case of Mr. Thellusson, an Ex-Direc-
tor, on which the Committee of the House of Commons have
decided, the Members adopt the opinion which the Honourable
Committee have expressed of the Directors generally, " That
" there is nothing which traces any one of these corrupt or ina-
proper bargains to any Director, or induces a reasonable sus-
picion that it was done with the privity or connivance of axy
" Member of that Court." But the Members of the Court think
there appears to have been a degree of negligence and inattentike
on the part of Mr. Thellusson, in the manner of bestowing his
patronage; and as this is blameable in itself, and injurious to the
character of the Coon, that it deserves to be more particularly
examined as soma as it is in their power. But that until the Court
have been able to obtain the detail of the evidence on which the
Committee of the Housa of Commons formed their judgment,
they are precluded from entering into this exaluination, and from
forming any conclusion upon the point in question before the an-
nual Election, which is to take piace on the ilith inst. for which
Mr. The!lnuit% is a Candidate.
'That under these circumstances the name of Mr. TheHasson is
included in the recommendation usually submitted ,to the Pro-
prietors, in favout of the re-election of the Ex-Directors, because
it would be a manifest injustice to him to omit it, as that would
imply an opinion to his prejudice which the Court du not enter-
min, and therefore be a condemnation not only without evidence,
but against the opinion of the Committee of the House of Com-
mons.

TO THE PROPRIE I'OKS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. .
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THE Election of Six Directors of the East India
Company being appointed for Wednesday, the 12th instant,
the favour of your Vote mid Interest is requested for the follow—
ing Gentlemen, viz.
Sir FRANCIS BARING, Bart. Sir THOS. T. METCALFE, Bart.
Sir HUGH INGLIS, Bart. GEORGE MILLETT, Esq.
JOHN MANSHIP, Esq. G. W. fIIELLUSSON, Esq.
Which will much oblige, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your most humble Servants,
CHARLES MILLS, EDWARD PARRY,
CAMPBELL MARJORIBANKS, CHARLES GRANT.
RICH. CHICHELEY PLOWDZN, WILLIAM ASTELL,
JAMES PATTISON, WILLIAM 4INSLEY,
JOHN RODERSTS, JACOB BOSANQUE r,
ABRAHAM ROCARTS, JOHN BED..
THOMAS REID, I. ALEX. BANNERMAN,
GEO. ABERCROMBIE ROBINSON, JOSEPH COTTON, -
GEORGE SMITH, WM. FUL.ELP.IINSTONE,
JUHN TRAVERS, JOHN HUDLESTON,
ROBERT THORNTON, JOHN INGLIS,
SWENY TOONE, JOHN JACKSON.
East-India House, April 4, IEO9.

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, •
HAVING the honour of being recommended to
you by the Directors of the East India Company, as Candi-
dates for the Direction to be chosen this year, we take the liberty
of requesting tile favour of your Vote on the day of Election.
•Wednesday, the 12th instant.
We are, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your most obedient, and most humble Servants,
FRANCIS BARING,
HUGH INGLIS,
JOHN MANSHIP,
THOS. THEOP. METCALFE,
GEORGE mILLETr,
GEO. WOOD. THELLUSSON.
East India House, April 4, 2809.