Star.
London, England, 1804-09-27 00:00:00

ff,ar INDIA nese.

Yefterday a Quarterly Genet al Court am held at
the EAR India Houle.
After the cutiomary forms, the Chairman (the
Hon. W: Exru IN ETON E) [teed. that fundry .papers
tad been prefented to the Houle of Commons. sad
moved in conformity to the Sth feiron olds/ grit
chapter of the Bye Laws, that the fame be read p—
which having been done,
The CNA IR eras obferved, that the Court of Direc-
tors, on the :7th of June LtA, came to a refulutleo,
recommending to the proprietors to permit Jamas
HENRY CASSA M Efq. to rem n to Madras, with
his rank in the Company's fervice ; and as he had
been abfent from India above five years, the ail of
the 33d of the King. cap. sa, fee. 70, required that
the fame pats the General Court by ballot, which
was fixed for Friday, the sth of Oftober.
The CliallMAN then proceeded to inform the
Court, that the Chairnlan and Deputy Chairman had
written to Lord Calllereagh on the fubjeft of the
Property Act, the tax impofed by which, fo far as
the Company was concerned, was made payable from
the dividends drawn by the Stockholders, and Not

from the general fund '
of the Company. He yea
forty to inform the Court, that the exertions of the
Chairman and Deputy Chairman to have this irks
wallet redreffed had been unavailing. The letter of
the Chairman and Deputy Chairman to Lord Cat-
dereagh was then read. In it they enumerate the
many advantages which the revenue of the country
and the people in general derive from the capital. re•
venue and refources of the Eall India Company I—
what facrifices the Company have on all tweak=
made, when any great exertion teemed becalled for;
particularly. with what alacrity they hid aepped for.
ward in railing three regiments of Volunteers, andin
fupplying a proportionate quantity of (hipping for the
defence of the country, at their own expense, at the
prefent moment, when the country was threatened
with invalion. By an aft paired in the year 1795. it
had been provided, that the Dividends drawn from
the Stock of the Company thoitld never at any af-
ter period exceed ten and a half per cent. but that
they might be reduced below that rate, at the difcre.
tinn of the Direaors. By the Aa of the 43d of the
King, however, this dividend was in fair seduced,
and of more the value of the capital diminifbed,
for on comparing it with the flock of the Bank, it
would be found that India capital bad fuffered a de-
terioration. Lord Caßleteagh, in anfwer, Rated,
that after giving the fubjea every attention, and with-
ing if praCticable to remove the grievance, be had
confulted with the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
who, after weighing the matter, could not fee that
any well-founded cattle of complaint esitted. Had
the prefent mt, like the former, been a tax on in-
come. the holders of flock Purely could not have raid
that their dividends, which formed part of their in-
come, ought to be taxed, but that the burden ought
to fall on the general fund of the Company. No al-
teration, therefore, could take place, but under the
fanOion of Parliament, and his Lordfhip hoped the
Company would not think this a proper period for
applying for fuch interference. The Cmentuan
therefore Rated. that he prefumed from what had
paired, that all expeetation of obtaining tedrefs olds
grievance mutt be dropped for the prefent.
The CaattM as then Paid, that it was with concern
he had to lay before the Proprietors the advice' re-
ceived over land, relative to the war with Holkar ;
he had now doubt, however, but it would be fpeethly
terminated.
He was happy to hare it next in hit power to call
the attention of the Court to a bufinefs which muff be
equally gratifying to every one of them, as it had
proved anterefting to every lover of his country.—
He meant the gallant atchievement performed by the
China fleet, under the command of Captain Dance.
An exploit unprecedented even in the naval annals
of this country, remarkable as they were for feats of
valour. A merchant (hip had dared to meet the
brnadfide of, and had aCtually repotted a flip of the
line, of So guns ; and a fleet of merchantmen had en-
countered and driven to flight a fleet of men of war,
fent out on purpose to capture them. As perfons
principally interefted in the tranfadlion, that Court
had to congratulate themfelves on the prefervation
of a fleet, the molt valuable they had ever had at feat
as merchants, and as Englithmen, they faw what
their own merchant (hips could do—how little the
enemy mild do againft them.
The different refolutions of the Court of Direaors,
appointing rewards for their bravery, to be conferred
on Captain Dance, Captain Timmins, and the other
officers, non commiffioned officers, and tailors of the
China fleet, who engaged and but off Admiral Li-
nois, were then tend. which alto went to determine,
that, as additional marks of favour from the Com-
pany, the molt advantageous (hip for China Ihould,
fur the next year, be offered to Capt. Dance ; and
that in the dilirihution of !hips, Captain Timmins
thonld not be overlooked.
The CHAIRMAU, however, Rated that he was forty
to inform the Court, that the good wifhes of the Di-
rators towards Capt. Dance would, in this refr
be unavailing. Captain Dance was in loch a ft.s.e
of health as made it impoflible fur him to accept of
the offer made him of a (hip for next feafon, or, in-
deed, ever again to go to tea. Oo inquiring too into
the fortune of Captain Dance, the Direaors had
found it to be filch as would nut enable him to retire
in fo comfortable a fituation as the Company would
with any perfon to enjoy. who had fo long and fo
meritorioufly ferved them. It had therefore been
propofed to fettle an annuity of sool. per annum on
Captain Dance. in confideration of his long and
faithful ferrite'. This, however, mull lie over to
another General Meeting.
Mr. Roca wished to be informed if the Direaors
were certain that they had a4ted legally in thus dd.-
poring of so,oool. or Go,OOOL belonging to the Com-
pany? lie at the fame time highly approved of the
mode in which it had been apprlniated.
I'he CHAllthl•11 affured the G.ntleman that the
Court of Direaors were r erfenly convinced of the le-
gality of their proceeding..
Sir FRA hCla B•RIMG sidled that tome additional
mat k of the' raw, ur of the Company had been be.
fl owed on Capt. Tirnmin., who commanded the Royal
George, and had by his own intrepidity and bravery,
j to mat of his crew, beat off the French Adeni-
„;., (kip, .1 d_ guns. It was not his intention then
tooaks am m,rion en the Mica, bat merely to fug-
g;it it to .ontisleratioo. The Court then adjetuned.

PRIVATE THEATRICALS

COXHLA l'H CAMP.

The Officers at this place have built a very ele-
gant Theauc in miniature. Titer tirft performance
was on Friday evening • the play The Heir at Law,
and the atterpieee the Illoyor of Garrett. The pacts
were call as follows :

THI HEIR AT L Ayr.
Dick Duals' - - Capt. Cuter, Id Ganrds.
Donor Panglos - Capt. BR A unva.L. Colttftr.—m.
Homelpun l'Or.Cooxr, aft Weft York.
Lord Duberly - Capt. rLW IN Writ Notiolk.
Henry Moreland - Ntr. liar ROW. CAditreani.
fstedfaft . Capt. Sria La NG, DittO.

John
Caft Ktrl TON,
Kenrick •• - Mr. BALING ro N. 3d Guards.
Lady Puberty •.
Mrs. 1-lAl' (II 'KN.
Caroline Donner Miff NomoNog.
eerily Homek on - -8. Mlructt.
TWA MAYOR OF GARRAT.
Eir Jacob Jalop . Captain ELWIN•
I.inte - - Mr iINGTON.
Major Sturgeon - Mr Dor La, Cridarearn.
Bruin . - Capt. Currzueuwarr,aftW.Y.
Jerry Sneak - Car B 3 Anor
"rffpin I ireltap Major Pitt Ts wins.
'Mrs. Sitesk • • MisEnslonot.
Mrs WOOS, - . Mrs HATTUottr.
• -IJpe charadler of Did Daudet, was fopported with
preset fpiriy in the different fresco with Cagy Homejimm.
BaaooTdy at 00470/ PariglOr. kept the CQMI-
- in a roar of laughter ; his Ityle of aniog was
univerfally admired. and his pronunciation of the
Latin prr red. his claflical knowledge. Ezekiel Home.
Jiffs 140 in Mr. Coots an able rsprefentative.
Mr.. BABINGtot in '''enrich made as much of the
IrigIMOM as poffible t• his dialeet was admirable ; he
Iyjnpatlaifed in the difireffes of Cero'ime Vomiter with
mush keeling, and neveLlott fight of the duties of a
faijhfirl fertrar.j.. hoed boly',l vulgarity contribut-
ed.to the mirth of the company ; the charadier alto-
geiher was well fupported by Captain Et.wre.—
Cntil Hernefpon had a very faithful reprefentation in
Mts. Mover.' whole fimplicity and correa con•
ception of At charalter, obtained for her the moll
general appl tufa. Mifs EDMONDS did much juitice
to the part of Cararscs Dormer, and the retl of the
tharafters were very refpetlably I-upper:fed.
The company prefent were the Earl and Counters
orCHATN•II, Earl and Counters of TeMPLE. Lord
Sourts•rar TON and family, the neighbouring Nobi
iity, and Officers of the Camp. A more brilliant a 1•
faablage of falhion.hes felsiom been witneffed. The
Theatteiwas brifilaistly illuminated ; a full military
baird attended, and before the performance began,
0, 9°4 fare the King," and " Rule Dritannia," were
played with great area. .

The Hydra of the Pagm Mythology has been ren-
dered Ifs miraculous by a dircovery of Dr. C• 11
vnit. of Prato. in Tufeaay, He had the opportunity
of entantining a ferpent with two heads, which was
young and alive. It lately died from milmanage
melt, bat it is prefetved in fp- • for the gratification
of the curious. It had, in Tome refpeels, the appeal-
aneeof two ddlinet animals, for the funeliors of the
heads 'Coned panic& y independent of each other, and
they were perceived often to move in contrary direc-
tions, and in fearch of different objets.
The; Cie cult Court of Jufliciary was opened at Ayr
on ThurfJac fenaight, by the Right Hon. Lord
deitrowsar.c. The only bufinefs bef re the Court
was an indictment thgainfl IVilliam Macadam, la-
bourer at Klkerrang 'charging him with the murder
orTformas Mackernie, tiff, labourer at Kilkerran, by
firiking him a blow on the head with a grape. Mac-
&data -failed to appear, and fentcnce of outlawry WAS
pronounced againfk him.
On Saturday fennight a young man, belnnging •o
Relfo, of the name of rhomas Laidlaw, felt over the
flack yard wall,of hlnfet idle, about feven feet,
by which he reeetvcd a violent corttifion on his head,
vrisiat„ in 9?ite of every medical affl trance, occaficncd
his death in a fedr hoots after the accident.
On Thorfday, after the ringers at Amefbory had
been drinking to the health of a new-married couple,
Tome of them unfortunately went to the river ttihatbe
in • the hat eh.bole, and one of the hatches being, tip,
the dranelet of water overpowered' a young man
named George Aldridge, who was drowned us fkght
of his companions.

On Sunday a lighterman fell frnm a plank at the
Floating Dock. Rothcrliithe, and was dIUWIItd•
A young woman. Ott Friday ercninz, returning
from a skip lying off the temporary (midge at the
flock in Wal•ping, fell Ott of the boar,oanS was car•
tied under a tier of barges ; fhe was, h.werer,
cut hi about ten minutes and tettored to life by the
refurcirative prccefs. _ . .

- .
• On Snhday evening a veiling man, tiding a rn:ri!ed
lam* ini3lasifriars-rnad, and c,ming in crnta:h with
si coach, the boric leas thrown dnyen, and the r "tn?,
Witt &MIA^ ham He'ieas taken to.,St.Thotna.'s
tcl ty arternarn, k•ltn Ptirvin:. a (tee,
tt •Pp nf It•inic at the Ii.SCI, rt••intain
F '-htirg!t, 1:)nt::elt butt, that hc Sind
im-
T 4. rte), of et he va, cured the R0y.,1
•.t y. He has ILIL aL. aed thiee
On Sitneay a ynor wntr. in ve.t. attar ; by a bull
it. a !it'll near Otte :lad luck, and f•:kni
bAtift tivot her life i•• (hog, r. it r. r. 1:k-
-e)le that 0, rime hull a a,t3:l:ed
Orfoa re!;2;:t.,z, 11.7.:1"1hc,1.it ‘o".'l pir.r.cd it
diAtn fort_ pelt; n. paling tr.•cn.tlJc,l I, rn to
efeape. 'el r pr,pii.tur has orde:6d the IL:r lio°. alti-
nal to hc 1,411;2.
Mond my itCW bottles, built I. Mr
Brit, on the Week Rnad, our C•sr
ed. in cint.quenc of tI c ne-,;J::ence ,•:
t, nloch vk:in 'suit 4i fleet),
cn h• ik I...hted, which I.t tirt to fume fhavinp,
vv:;en the I! inns enmmun;L mid to th, , and

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to*.tlly an n 1,,1 ti.ent
- Litt ste_li, a boy .tbnut Eve years f
Cehtlerp.an living at Greets, n.. .tr M tittit,l
tee, havirg !itched t.r) and e a convr.,n; fungus, ti,
to id rtt.t,l, 10pp:sling it to he .1 to,.l:!enntn, he s%
fc. aff,..tt-A with C nvoltivc twiteltist.;•, it; ,11.
II anal (welling and !,'.teLnsf, of the !_u:.l, and
01.• ; at.d trt.red the moil ft ight tul lb: itk.,
with irregular dillntti,n t :•1" the v In lc !),,Iv.
Lt
Il is li uw ion he remained I'ur le% eta! hnut s ; but ss.i;
a' It 1.• th re:r.vcred by judicious medical tr.-a-twit%
n to be patticulatly slEdinik
11.11• C.tig‘rwus prACticc.

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POLICE. &t.

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On Satuirclay.* Mairborop4silrel Police Office,
young man'of TafhlAnabteappearan,ce, was charged
with'fitteiing a forged. hill of acceptance, purporting
to he drairn by 1,..0rd Foley. with asst intent tat/eke/1d
Meffi.s. ICofs and. Co. Pectunsers, Bilhopfgate-ltreet.
Ile svaealln charged with obtaining goodsunder falfe
pretences from different. trackfmen, b.yatfuyning the
name of Lord Foley: To the firft charge kbe profe-
ctitordid not attend; and the evldcnce itt the fecond
charge not being I-albeittit to Wei4ant•the-Magiltrate
to commit the Orono, he *was difcharged.
kperfonswas do Tuefday brought up for eiami;
na:inn be fore Mr. BOND, the-Sitting Magillrate, at
the Public Office, Bow-fircet. He was charged with
having reeds:cif and negociatern Col. bank note for
Beak, the letter-carrier, who was littely drowned at
Deptford, well knowing the fame to have been ex-
tratiedfrom a letter fccreted by the failfiettle. Mr.
Anthony Parkin, Solicitor for the rod O. anew
ded, and obferved, that hefore,tbe prilhner could,be
implieated, it was neceffary to make out a cafe againft
Beak. For this ourpofe the Clerk tend the informa-
tions upon oath given by feveral witraffes, which went
to prove, that the letter. with the note in queftion,
had been Crewed by Beale. The next ficp, there.
fore, was to Thew that it had tome into the prifoner's
poffeflion, and that he knew it to have been leaved.
In order to make out this, Mr. Anthony Parkin, So-
licitar for the Poll Office, and Samuel Jones. his
clerk, (wore, that in endeavouring to trace the note,
they had examined the ptifoner,and found in his horde
a great number of Bank notes, which he had confcred
to have received from Beale ; that the prifoner did
not then inform them that he had been up all night
with Beale, on the night before pea): left lawn for
Dtpstfoi d, though it afterwards turned out on the evi
donee, and on the prifoner's own confeton, that he
had fat up all night with him at that time. From this
and other evidence, the witneffes were bound over to
proTecute, and the ptifoner was fully committed for
trial.
IM PORTOR.—A perfon was on-Tuefi!ay night CRa•
mined before Mr. BOND, at Bony-hreet, on a charge
of fraudulently obtaining divers (urn; of money from 1
the Earl of CLAILLNDUN, by writing lettisrs to him,
fometinses in the name of the Rev. H. Paul, and at
other times in
.the name of the Rev. Dr. Bennett,
pretending to be on the behalf of a widow in the
greatell &firth ; but fome fufpicion arifing. a letter
containing a bank note was fent as the prifonir
li-
re efed, and immediately after its being delivered to,
he was taken into craflody by Atkins, one of
the Buw-greet Officers; under a warrant iffued agairfil
him. On (catching his lodging', a number of let-
ters and papers were found, amongft which was an
account of the money he bad received by this nefa-
rious made, and which amounted to near pot. He'
was committed for farther examination till Lord
CL ARE tr DON comes to town.
Two boys who had run away from St. Giles's
Wm khoufe, and bad been (cited, wete brought a few
days ago to Bow•ttreet. It appeared that the boy
were of a alifirlo ion extremely bad; that they could
neither he fixed as apprenti:e7, nor in the Worklscufe,
best made their cleave. This is only worth mention-
ing, r.n account of an obfrtvation made by Mr.
' Bonu, which deferves the attention of every Parish.
IBy the sth of Qfeen Eu.tzato ni, it appear: that the
Magifir ate has power to commit Gffenders of this fort
for one month ; but it is presioutly neceffary that a
declaration fliould have been drawn up by the Vary
Clerk, and, we believe, figned by the Nlagittrate, at
Rated feafons, that the boys have been let to work,
ntherwife the Magillrares have nn p;avTr over the de-
linquents. By the advice of Mr. Boats, this has
Deep done already in feveral parilhes. but as the pa•
tlith of St. Giles's had negleaed it, the boys were of
Courfe fent back to the workiroufr.
Cu I LOH AL L. —Ttiefday the City Patrole °Meer!.
brought up a number of fufpicious characters, whom
they had taken into ctdlody the preceding evening, at
the Plou,th public-1101)1e. in Elackliorfe-cotirt, Fleet-
[treat. i:lott of thrill he:l:g Inch known 4epredators,
the Alderman fent fume °aboard the tender, and re-
: minded others for further examination. The hand-
-1 lard of the honk, who had fulFered one of the yang
to efcape through his bar window, was fever ely re
primanded, aml had his licence taken away for hat-
bouriwg
A pour Mein:it-inns woman charged 3 botcher in
the nfighbouillo%l7lNo!WZXlC Marko', with virlently
turning her out of his Ihop, in contequence of her re-
filial to plif tome git:;.tt that •A'::% taint: d. ihe
Is ocher, in Ili' d..fe o•••, tat the meat was
not (tale, and h! tined the corn/I,n' ti,t'• c •tuht..", .sir.,
he obferved, had made hint cult the n ..rt oil a j
anti then would not buy it. The man, ,:ffe:
deprecating l,e M..dc to which fcrue treated
the p.lat, aJvifcd the as there 1... d ben nn
Mons, to retire and cif-id a I,:con-iii.vion, which
they acc:ded tn.
!sinfl ty two women wet.: examine I bs fore the
Loan Ma 'cos, nn a cher.e of uttering entititerfr.it
filvcr. Ano in tai • ite.riin7 Bank
notes. vac all iernauslc ;: I r, xamit.aeints.
On Wednebbiy fe'ratight,:larnoel I! wryer, a boy
of nrly buir teen years was committed to
I-forth:l» cliar:,cd %s lit} reloni it•!le ctittri»y, tit:
bottle of Mr. A. Vi'alt:r, of f.th!vni h ins, on the 12tit
init. and Ile,tOng tLitcin tv-o Ir.tbl. Flutes,
value two g11,11:::1, au:l .1 :A. note of
pint. T:iis T, bb.r C“IIII ired to :fear: vitu
the booty, ts ink patted the note., Crecy 'sac trac-
ed to his
Seme alu ri.i.•;; di pi edati-ry ! Are accused to the
Had: 1:y Mai butchint 'lately bat in tie flight
tioe
On Monday fibinii ht, fbralt was lodtr-d
in T.:111.1,. it GO.ll, by se r:f T 1,11
I lampflire. i r flltliti:r in an i . the
par ol ii?' fly.
SM% nrit.. of ;he Regulus merchantman,
(late a wit-at:et ) was C ,tnr.)it;k ::'rid sy rnorn•
111, at 1',1711,118.101, fir :!.. in
nil .1 I h..rg•, (bat t grit', p
calls- 'took fr P.n les,t..l,if''
VI her.
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