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SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1813.

OFFICE OP ORDNANCE, Jan. 15, 1819.
THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HIS MA•

zEsTrs ORDNANCE, do lurch give Notice,

That Proposals will be received at their Office in Pall-Mall,
on or before Monday, the lst day of February next, from such
Persons as may be willing to Undertake the supply of CARE
COPPER, for service of this Department, for a period of Three
Years, determinable at the expiration of One Year, upon Three
Months Notice, at the option of either party.
A Specimen of the Copper to be supplied maybe viewed upon
application at the Brass Foundery in the Royal Arsenal at Wool-
wich; and further Particulars, together with the Terms and
Conditions of the Contract, may be known at the Secretary's
Office aforesaid, any day between the hours of ten and
four o'cibtk, where the Proposals must be delivered, sealed up,
and endorsed " Proposals for Copper;" but no Proposal can be
admitted after the lat of February, at 12 o'Clock at noon if
the same day; neither will any Tender be noticed unless the
Party making it, or an Agein in his behalf, shall attend.
By Order of the Board, R. X. CREW, &aviary.

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EAST-INDIA HOUSE, the 96th JANUARY, 1813.
AT a GENERAL COURT of the UNITED
COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND Trad-
ing to the EAST-INDIES, held thb day :

Resolved, That this Court perceives with deep regret, that
after a long correspondence and discussion, conducted with ex-
emplary firmness, temper, and ability on the part of the Court
of Directors, and with much difference of opinion among the
several Ministers who have represented his Majesty% Govern-
ment in the discussion, and closed on the part of his Majesty's
present Ministers with a reference to the petitions lately pre-
' sented to Parliament, as a ground of their new determination,
the parties have at length arrived at a point, when decision is ab-
solutely required, between the ruin of the Company and the
disappointment of the petitioners against their Charter.
Resolved, That on former discussions rehtive to the renewal
of the Company's Charter, and particularly in 1793, his Majesty's
Government Were prepared, at the outset, to state the precise
extent of concession which could safely be allowed to the peti-
tioners against the Company's Charter': and their mature con-
viction appeared then to be, that the regulated monopoly of the
Company was essential to the interests of the country, and that
this consideration alone was a sufficient answer to ail pretences
far interference with that monopoly.
1 hat the territorial possessions of the Company in India are
their certain right, and that the system provided for the Indian
Government by the wisdom of Parliament, together with the
disinterested spirit in which it has been administered by the
Company, have extended and consolidated the British Empire in
the East, and added to the strength and glory of the British Em-
pire at Home.
• That the trade of the Company has long ceased to bear the
character of a strict monopoly; and that, by some further mo-
difications, if thought indispensible, in addition to the arrange-
ments of 1793 and of 1802, it may be rendered as much an open
trade, as will be consistent with the security of revenue and the
prosperity and safety of the In(lian Empire.
That it 13 the opinion of the able,t Indian statesmen, as well
as of the generality of persons acquainted with India, that no
large or sudden addition tau be made to the amount of British
exports to that country or China. That this *pinion is confirmed
by the practice of the Americans, who export chiefly bullion,
and by the overloaded state of the Indian markets. That the
habits and religion of the natives are hostile to any such ex-
tension; and that the Company actually suffer a loss in this
department of their concerns, with the view of employing
the capital, and encouraging the industry of their countrymen
at home.

That so far u relates to the ordinary.produce of India, the
import trade is now carried to the full extent of the dermuid, as
appears by the value of two millions and a half sterling of private
p ol.erty at this moment remaining in the Company's Ware-
houses; and that to open the outports to that trade, would be
no other than a ruinous transfer of it into new channels, to the
destruction of Immense and costly establishments, and the beg-
gary of many thousands of industrious individuals.
That an extension of the trade in other products, the supposed
effect of opening the outports, could be realized only by a large
transfer of capital to India, and its consequent colonization.—
That, if realized, it might fatally interfere with the manufactures
of England, or with her commerce to countries where similar
products are already raised by British capital, imported in British
shipping, and paid for by British Manufacturers, and that, thus,
such extension would deeply injure those very persons who are
most impatiently petitioning for it.
That any unrestrained interctiurse of Europeans with our In-
dian Empire is highly to be deprecated. That the unlimited
competition of commercial news would, from the peculiar cir-
cumstances of the country, produce " a boundless scene'of con-
fusion and fraud, and ultimately the ruin of the manufacturers
themseivo• t" and that tempting opportunities would be held out
to the agents to Maintain illicit intercourse with the Native
Powers, and to conduct a dangerous system of communication
with China from the Eastern Islands.
That this Court' do most highly approve the conduct of the
Directors upon the vital question of admitting the out-ports to
the import trade from India; anti that the confusion and hazard
from irregular sales at the outports, the loss to the revenue front
smuggling, and the consequent ruin of the Company's China
trade, are decisive obstacles to the policy of such a measure.
They are therefor.' firmly of opinion, That the Court of Directors
should, can no consideration whatever, cede this point in the dis-
cussion: 'That i: also appears, from numerous petitions pre-
sented to the last Parliament, that on the faith of approved and
long established practice, an immense capital has been invested
in establishments, peculiarly adapted to the export trade between
India and China; and that many has, ener.cments bare been
entered into by persons in the City of Loudon, and on both
banks of the 1 hames, from London-bridge to Gravesend, the
very subsistence of many of whom depends upon the continuance
to the port of Loudon of the export trade to India and China;
and that ileaely 10,000 industrious markers, together with their
fainihes, would be in danger of beggary, in proportion as they
would be thrown out of employment, by the removal of the ex-
port trade front its accustomed channel. 'this Court therefore
conceives, that it is of vital importarre to the City and Port of
' Londe), , that the rap .1, trade to India and China should continue
to he carried on as heretofore. _ _

That since the high du ies on artirlre imported Would still re-
main, th.. abatement iu the price of freight, expected by Peti-
tioners to ensue trout the subversion of the pres.-nt system, would
be productive of trifling relief to the coti.umer ; and that this
relief would be purchased at the extreme hazard of the revenue
of Cultoins and Excise, now collected easily by the Company,
as well as imminent danger to all the sources of their wealth.
is India.

That there is no foundation, in fact, for the statement which
ascribes to the Company's Charter the advantages enjoyed by
neutral foreignets over British Merchants, in the admission of
the former to atritde from which the latter are excluded; for
that the profit .with which that trade has been carried on by
those foreigners, has been entirely owing to the facilities neces-
sarily belongit.g to their neutral character, and which, of course,
cannot belong to the merchants of a belligerent state.
I'hat the discharge of the pt litical functions of the Company
depends on the cont!nuance of its commercial privileges. !'hat
the propositions of his Majesty's Government, by giving a fatal
blow to the commercial interests of the Company, will, if in-
sisted on, eventually terminate in its political dissolution; and
that political advantages, of the highest importance, will thus be
lost to the coun,ry, among which the following deserve to be
distinctly noticed, as much too valuable to be sacrificed for a
trifling redaction in the freight of Indian goods to Europe.
I. A marine of 100 large ships, containing a tonnage of
103,333 ton!, employing 1400 officers and 10,C00 seamen, of ac-
knowledged skill and bravery, and which has been found ready
and able, at all times, to minister to the national convenience and
to augment the national glory.
2. An extensive establishment of yards, which has often ren-
dered large and seasonable assistance to the Royal Navy, and
might, in cases of necessity, be made available to the national
defence.

9. The remittance of the fortunes accumulated by above 3000
officers of the Company's militaty service, and some hundreds ot
civil servants, which are traustetred to the capital, and stimulate
the industry of Britain.
That, in addition to these considerations, the liberal disburse-
ments of the Co Tarty for national enterprizes, and the merito-
rious contribution of their service to the National Fund of strength
and glory, are entitled to a just and honourable retnemberance,
in the preparation of any measure which may vitally affect their
interests. _ _ _ _ _

That connected with this department of the subject, is the
extreme danger to which, in case of the Company's dissolution,
the balance of the Constitution would be exposed, by the transfer
of the Indian Patronage to the Crown, and the enormous burden
which would be entailed on the public, in satisfying the claims of
compensation on behalf of the Company, and of all the compli-
cated interests which would be involved in its fate. , _ _

That, by the destruction of the Company, a vast number of
those Proprietors, amongst whom its capital of twelve millions
sterling is divided, would be reduced to extreme distress ; and
nearly 40000 persons, direely employe4 by the Company, watt

TO THE AFFLICTED WITH NERVOUS DisORDF.R&
THE CORDIAL BALM OF QUI CO, a
must convenient, safe, and infallible remedy for Nervous,
Bilious, Gouty, and Rheumatic disorders, and every kind of dos
hility or relaxation in persons of either s a, young or old, who•
ther hereditary, natural, er occasioned by a residence in hot or
unhealthy climates, the immoderate use of tea, spirituous Upton,
or other noxious fluids, too sedentary a Ile, or too close an appli-
cation to study, excesdve grief, injudicious admiaistrat fun of men
cury, dissipation, excess, improper practices, fainting fits, violent
headaches, complaint. of the lungs, inward wasting., trembling off'
shaking of the hands or limbs, shortness of breath, consumptive
habits, &c. Nervous disorders of every kind, and from whatso-
ever cause arising, By before the effects of this great restorative,
and all that train of snaking', anxieties, and tremors, which so
dreadfully affect the weak, the sedentary, and the delicate, will,
in a short time, be succeeded by cheerfulness, strength, ardour,
and every evidence of renovated health.
he Cordial Balm of Quito is sold, wholesale and retail, If!
Weston and Co. 229, Strand, London ; in bottles at Is. ed. 10$.
6d. and Family bottles each, by Which there is a saving at
fas. ; s•ld also by the Venders of Patent Meaiicines throughout
the United Kingdom.

A REAL BLESSING TO MU l MRS,
DR. BUCHAN most pathetically describes the
sufferings of children while cutting their Teeth, a most
dangerous penod, at which time the utmost attention ought tel
be paid dam; particularly at this critical season, when the chin
cough and measles are so prevalent. Ii the irritation of the gums
comes with any other disorder, very few infants tecover. Mo•
then ought never to be without the AMERICAN SOOTHING
SYRUP in the nursery, for if a child wakes in the night with
pains in its gums, this valuable medicine applied, will imme-
diately open the sores, heal the gums, and tb.leby prevent fevers
ur convulsions. Parents who may be dubious of the %dimes of
the Soothing Syrup, may refer to the different noes that have
appeared in this and other papers. Since Mrs. Jon Nee st has ap•
prupriated one hour twice a week, vie. front nine to ten o'clock,
on Tuesday and Saturday mornings, to the poor, who may hare
children afflicted In cutting their teeth, by bringing a letter from
a housekeeper that the nio. her is a real object of charity, has •
made it so universally knowti, that ca..es world be superfluous,
as its virtues are known in almost ,very fatuity where there are
young ch Wren.
To be had of the Proprietors, Johnson and Williams, No. 94,
Newman-street, Oxford-street; and, by their appointment, of
Golding, 42, Cornhill; Barclay, Fleet-market Shaw and issi•
wards, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside, Newbury
and Sisn , St.Paufs Church yard, and Dame-street, Dublin;. Dicey
and Sutton, Bow Church-yard; and all the principal Medicine
Venders in Town anti Country, at ft. 9d. a buitle.
CAIIIIIO x.---Be sure to ask for Johnson and W.ltiarnes Amnia
ion Soothing Syrup, as there are scowl of spurious sorbs.

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niters indirectly concerned In its prosperity, would be
I to a state of absolute beggary.
t, from the ter.or of the y.. ceding considerations It ap-
o this Court, that no case of political or commercial tie-
icy has been establi.lied against the Company, to justify
11 with which they are threatened, or to forfeit their claint
ntinuance of their Charter. Thu, on the cor.trary, V eir
Trial management has been frequently deranged and lo-
ud by costly enterprizes, to which they were compelled
uncle of imperial policy, and which no temporary posses-
hid have induce d them to execute. •
t datir remonstrances against these undertakings were
1 by reference to future and distant recntnpense, In the
red prospect of permanent peace, revenue, and corn merge
it, by arguments which implied little less than a pledge
eir privileges should be continued, at least mud their in-
y should be complete, and that it it manifestly tinjuatlO •
against them, at'a proof of commercial mismanagement,
try (Mashies arising out of this forcible diversion of their
.rcial (nude to national purpOses.
t, with a view to their financial difficulties, thus incurred
Public account, the Directors, its the year 1803, appre-
g the consequences of the transfer of the itidian territorial
England, proposed methods to meet and provide for chow
aetters ; but that his MajestraMinisters refused to foto
Ruse propositions to India, and have not substituted any
toceeding for the same end. •
. the Court appeal confidently to the following partlealars,
to close of the Fourth Report of the Committee of the
of Commons appointed in the lite Parliament, for a
not only that the Company have canted on their adtairs
r any expense to the finances of this country, but that the
au, of their system have been manifold ways benefit ial to
rests.
That since 1791, British industry has been encouraged by •
ployment of £46,000,000.
Ilat the produce and manufactures of India, purchased
Is sum, together with those of China sold in England,
1 in sale amount nearly to £140,600,000.
['hat the,purchase of dui. produce and manufactures
d arnotinted to £29,200,000.
That the employment of British shipplog amounted to
0,000.
That the dudes on Imports, collected through the
ny at a triffing expense to Government, amounted to •
0,000; and, on exports to "60,000;—together,
0 000.
.!that the combination of these, and other sums, producing
60,000, chews that, on an average of the last 17 years,
0,000 have been diffused in various channels, through tote
irculation of the British Empire, &c.
, for proof of the moral and political benefits derided to
ulation of India from the Goveroinent of the Company, .
urt appeals to the Fifth Report of the Committee of the
of Commons, which exhibits the gratifying picture of •
raised from the lowest disorder and degradation, to a state
tory, security, and freedom; and that this Court confi-
hopes, the improvement in the condition of 50,000,000 of
will tot be intertupted, by the pernicious experiments to
the sanction of Parliament is now so loudly solicited.
the Interests of the Company are now become so Inter-
with
the political and commercial system of Lich ain, that,
r sudden dissolution, the credit and grandeur of this couto •
uld receive a shock, which must be perilous, and might
; and that the measures proposed by Government ate
re anxiously to be deprecated, inasmuch as they must
ie effect of bringing the Company to speedy destruction.
• with such a case in favour of the Company, the Court 1,
'ed they may approach Parliament with confid.nce, and
t the smallest alarm from the misrepresentadoes with
they have been asvalled; and they are persuaded that the
.1 of that enlightened hod, will never coanteasoce the

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