The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-09-28 00:00:00

ROYAL JUBILEE.

Mr. LowstoisexpressedliiShope, that the
East India Company, as a corporated would
nut pass over the bOth year of his Alajesiy's reign
wiihout.paying the due compliments to Monarch,
whose public patriotism and private virtues so
jii,tly rendered hint estimable to all racks of his
su heets.
lheCtusinssav perfectly concurred with the
Honourable Proprietor in every sentiment %,l
loyalty and alfectiou to the Sovereign which lie
had littered ; but tic begged leave to observe, the
subject bad not passed without due consideration
from ale Directors, who had been of opinion
that the best mode of ferwardiug the object in
view, would be to concur with other Corporate
Bodies in a general testimonial of respect and
loyalty; any new slisiiiict measure in contempla-
tion might, them char, tens to counteract the
grand object.
Mr. ',arrest professed himself perfectly seas.
bed with the ideas of the Executive Body.
After a few words in explanation from Mr.
Lowiles-

Mr. lltitittorr, adverting to the complaints
which had been made in a former General Court,
wilted if any information had been received by
the Court of Directors relitive to the protection
of the commerce in the Indian Seay.

The CIIAIRMAY expressed his •bligations to
the Honourable Proprietor fur calling atteutiun to
the sal►ject. After what had passed at a precisl-
it% Court, it became, perhaps, the duty of the
Chair to take further notice of the subject. At
that time the Court were totally uninformed ;
they possessed no ducumente, and only une side
of the question was hvarsl.xra..matter to be re.
fretted, where the character! of public and pro.
f►ssional men were concerned. The subject had
not been brought under the cognizance cf the
Directors by either party, but the complaints
•.acing originated in the General Court, it ras
but fair it should bear the defence also. Duct'_
mots had becu received since the q•esliuu was

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agitateth the substance of' which was as follows
via..+That Sir E. Pellew, presioes to his know.
lei* of the memorial &pint from the lien.
14* plerchaulb to the Lords p(. the Admiralty, had
stated to chat Wawa' Geteirshweat that he had al.
ways been oraapaaiou the. ,bvsly effectual protec.
lion of the track was The 4tablistament of regal.
13f couvuyar.— 'That helad early stated this to the
Beagsl tnerehautia, and offered Id make an ar.
rangement fur regular coniays.; abut they prefer.
red, for the sake of ad "earTy 'market, to run as
single ships ; anal for the same reason, a hen un-
der convoy, bruke from their convoy. That in
the uiunths of August, September, Octolrer, and
November, 1807, when the Bengal merchants
state that their trade as left wholly without de.
fence, and runny of his Alajesty's ships laying idle
in Madras 'toads, there wa.re 15 sail of ships sta-
tioned at dstkrent parts of the hay fur the pro-
' tectiun of the trade, hcsides tither ships comma.
ally intersecting he Bay ; inure, uu account of
repairs and nueesiary services, could nut be af.
forded.

That the Bengal Goverinnent, in their letter to
the Court of Directors, express their entire eon.
♦iction, that every attention has been paid b) S.r
Edward Peilew to the protection of the BA) of
Bengal against the enemy's cruia,•rs consistent
with a due attention to the exigencies of the pub.
l►c service.

That the Memorial against the conduct of Sir
Kilward Pellew, by the Bengal merchants, was
forwarded to those of Bombay fur uatu ref, and
there unanimously rejected.
That tlic Bombay merchants solicited, and in.
variably received a regular convoy fur their trade;
and the only instance of capture which occurred
was when ships had deserted convoy.
That had the Bengal merchants accepted a simi.
lor scheme of protection, their property would
have been equally secured—a scheme which, how.
es cr, they had 6eaHy adopted.
Cnittimats then represented, that the
Bombay consultations of that period had nut
been received; but lie had seen Resolutions of
the merchants of Bombay, with an Address to
Sir Edward Pellew, dated the 19th of May,
1808, with about 80 signatures,- illustrating in the
strongest manner the anxious attention of Sir Ed.
ward to the security of the trade, and the cum.
plete success of the measures adopted by him
also.

That Sir Edward PeHew first sitgzested the ass.
tcm of regular convoys, the immediate effect of
which was a decrease of 50 per cent. on the pre.
relents of insurance.

Thb Chairman concluded with pr iduci ig a le!.
tet%ddressed to him from Mr. lidward Parry,
(Glatt, Chairman, statism that he, as well as
okiter Proprietors, wh.n the subject was intro..
dlsictl is the, 4teirrat,Spurt, was forcibly Ito.
Alt Kith Oa, oiiinielPfhat blame must be im.
otta lotiickbere,l'Und bad expressed himself to
i
that
et
; but Rlilisformation of various official
d ictimesta basing been received since be left the
Clcsir, !had cha.aged his opinion, and made him re.
Bret that only one side of the question had been
heard in the General Court ; he, therefore, re.
quests. that the Chairman will take a convenient
opportunity of reporting his seutiments to the
Propflatirts, and at the same time correct a report
of his' tpteels 4n the newspapers, at the Gassers!
Court befure.nu‘nilioned, wherein he is stated to
bare •Imserted, io 1 addition to some observations
ohtl9eneral smtpt, A* the Naval Commander
intWli. has Seca led; il'llip Ilbt`d any words that
assist 4tirrant or eiVusitenance such a statement its
tlieritOort, it was matter lit additional regret to
him, feeling as he sloes how much it is due to
public men that their character should be subject
to no unfounded imputation ; but assuredly he
could mean no more than that Sir Edward Pd.
lew was in the usual rotation of coniniatid on the
way home, for no information had been received
that he was recalled ; and he had since learnt that
the fact "as directly otherwise ; that be licl him.
,celf, sonic time before, applied for leave to re..
turn on account of his health, and that after some
delay, this permission was given him, ou the ground
of his own request.

lILRILIOTT returned. his acknowledgments
for ao eti,Lstiatioo which afforded him very great
sati.f.uctoos.

The Court adjourned like die.

Pl?ll'ITE CORRESPONDENCIL

Mtnot.enoncst, Srrr.l7.--Generaii Sir Ever Coore,
Dr ore. and 3109rn rsoa,ilefene every credit for their es-
erti,ais to alleviate the situation of tile troops here, but the
thine irilloroi do, unless llliisiNters can send 13,1100 fresh troop.,
1111.1 a here-are they now to t.e found its Eoglood ? Siert Me
departure of oar late Commander, every exertion has beets
used, but it k now too late to remedy the original folly of
the peas. All the harm I wish those who planned this Es.
!sedition, is to have visited the sick fur the last three dastshod
for that purpose to base climbed op ladders like the shrouds
of a Ails, and tu base de,ceoded into damp cellars as I have
do ie. Ih4 the heark.of ilialstry been made of penetrable
wolf, flies %Add hare been melted by the sight of tae victims
of their Improvidence. Ti numbers of tlie sink I forbear
to mentiou. 11 is to be hoped, that Ministers will, in future,
weigh well how they scud but espoditium, asd to wham they
are entwined. That line corps 'lie oth, have only one Ma-
jor, vial's Subalterns, and :i0,3 ;auk and ale, It for slaty! Tile
33th are in a similar state ! The 6411 camsot mount a ammw
rat's guard, NO being Nick ! ! The VA are heat de assist.
the Colonel has net eves. a servaut 111 The Royals, after all
their fatigue, are the stetftest corps in the !.land. 1 trust
orders wail atm arrive for the ev.vailtion of this Islas/ A
heavy responsibility. rests somewhere, with relied to this
Lspedition, :14 panishotont of the most severe &lad ought
to EJI on the heads of the culprits.

The Richmond lung curets was overturned on
Tuesday, night, in passing through WaHum Grecs,.
It was full of company, many of whom are se.
rionsly hurt. One I.stly bad her thigh dreadfully
bruised, and part of the flesh torn off. Her
•dauglater's arm was much hurt, and it is feared is
broken ; another Lady was bruised in the hip,
and a Genlesnan had his heal cut ; another was
cut in the hand. The house into which.all the in.
jured persons were carried had the appe4rnsice
an hospital. N 4 blame cats be insputedio the del.
tree. The accithinC•as occasioned. by di state of
the road. The •lirkiti'esi had but. •ti'digging a drain
across it, and when they left Of %lurk in Ilse
evening, they filled it soh louse and *oli stuff le.
'el with the road. The wheels sunk into it, aad
the coach was Ulu overturned.