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rest of a Director. The one whose name had been
improperly used in his appointment could pro.
After some routine business was gone through, balds not reappoint hini ; and he could have no
and the titles read of several papers, furnished to claim to patronage from any other Director.
the Committee of the House of Commens, What he wished was, that they should be brought
Mr. Remota Jacroote expressed a hope, (to holne in the first place, and then, after inquiry
which the Directors seemed to accede,) that all the into the circumstances of their cases, that those
papers to be laid before the House of Commons, who were not personally concerned in corrupt
or emir Committee should be made accessible to practices to procure their appointment, should be
the Proprietors at large. He could not avoid most reinstated as an act of grace and mercy from the
I,•siously recommending to every one who heard Court of Directors.
him, whether he was a Director or Proprietor, to Mr. Samson observed, that if they were all
bestow his fullest attention, during the recess of brought home, many of them would be incapable
Parliament, to the actual situ ition of the affairs-of of being re-appointed, from having passed the age
the Company. Some of them having seats in Par. required by the law.
liament would feel it their duty to answer in that Mr. GRANT conceived that if they were all to
Bow those arguments which could be easily an. ,be restored by an act of the Court of the Direc-
tieipated. Every individial Proprietor ought tors, the Court itself could hardly be freed from
also, in the-oomparatively humble orbit in which the suspicion of having in solue degree connived at
be moved, to be able to answer the attacks those appointments. lie thought, however, that
which he might expect to hear made against enough had been doneto-vintlicate the honour of
the interests and rights of the Company. It the• Directors; tried by a salutary punishment to
was impossible nut to know that speeches had deter others from similar corrupt practices in fu.
been made in both Houses of Parliament which ture. If the young men were now restored in the
showed that many public men were adverse to manner that the gentleman, who name had been
the Company; and it was impossible not to mentioned, was now proposed to be restored, it
know that among many public item out of Par. would appear (as he thought it ought to appear)
liament there was a great antipathy to the Com. that their reinstatement proceeded from Cie like-.
parry, as well as to all other corporations. It was rality and geherous exercise of their patropage in.
really shucking to see the levity and flippancy the individual Directors. He diaaPProo.ll4 of
with which many. individuals gave •their opinions, bringing all the young men bick again to this
that the property of ell corporate bodies should country, fur the tenon mentioned by the last
be seised. halves* to him that if the property speaker.
of Corporations was to be so lightly regarded, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. BOSANQUET,
and Mr.
other property would soon cease to be respected. Ssettu, agreed in expressing. an opinion that the
It should be recollected, that in the two great Cur. young men would be reinstated by the individwal
porations which were most frequently alluded to, patronage of the Directors.
whatever pecuniary embarrassments had taken Mr. JACKSON said, that in that case he would
place, were entirely owing to the anxious wish of much rather that the grace of mercy should bet
those corporations to serve the Government of long to the Court of Directors, exclusively, than
the Gauntry, and to identify themselves as much as that they should 'appear to he acting merely in
possible with it. He was convinced that the best compliance with a recommendation of the General
mitts of answering these attacks which week be Court.
expected; was by every person anteectraf• with It. was then resolved by the Court that Mr.
the COmpsity (and particularly those who had Maguiac and Mr, Edward James Smith should be
seats in Parliament) giving their full attention to.. restored to the situations of Writers on the Ben.
the subject ; and, from understanding rightly the gat Establishment, and that Mr. John Samuel NVil.
affairs of the Qompany, being able to answer the liams should also be reinstated as a Cadet.
objections that they would hear. lie supposed 'The CHAIRMAN then informed the Court, that
that neither the Company nor the Parliament, the other writer who had been displaced would
would wish to do any thing but what was just and soon receive an appointment from one of the,Di.
reasonable. rectors ; and that there was every reason to expect
SIR GEORGE 13ARLOW. that all the Cadets, with the exception of Lewis,
Mr. Lome wished, out of regard to the cha. polio had.been guilty of a fraud) would. alsO be
inter of Sir George Barlow, to be informed wise. reinstated.
tber his conduct io the reductions of the army was EThis declaration appeared to give 'very general
mot in consequence of orders from the Directors sattfaction.] . .
and the Supreme Government. The Court then went through a variety of rou-
The CHAIRMAN thought, that a subject of inch tine business.
a delicate nature ought not to be taken up hastily ;
'but he had oo hesitation to say, that in the military
reductions Sir George had acted pursuaut to the
orders sent out to him. '
MISSING SHIPS.
The CHAIRMAN then reported the resolutions
of a Committee of Directors, that the Calcutta,
Bengal, Duchess of Gordon, and Ludy Juno
Dundee, bad been lost, and that it was supposed
every individual on board had perished. It was
therefore not possible to make any particular in.
quiries; but that it appeared to them that no
blame attached to the owners or the captains.
It was resolved, that this report should be
taken into consideration on the 4th of July.
Mr. RANDLE JACKSON then made some inqui.'
ries as to the ships which had been recently cap-
tured by the enemy, and Wise which might be
supposed to have been captured from their not
baying arrived. After making many observations
upon the advantage which the enemy &Owed from
their privateers, not merely on account of the va.
luable captures they made, but of the. great our.
eery of enterprising and skilful seamen which
they gave to our enemy, he expressed his opinion
that the best way of annihilating the enemy's pri.
vateers would be to give rewards and encourage.
'tents to our privateers to pursue and attack them.
The CMAIRKAN stated, that of the three ships
which had been recently taken by the enemy, one
of them, the Wine/hens, had been recaptured.
As to the ships which had not arrived, the delay
was supposed to be owing to the want of convoy.
to consequence of the request of a Proprietor,
the answer of the Board of Admiralty to the So.
tretary of the Company was read, relative to the
complaints about pressing the hands in the Com-
pany's ships. The Admiralty bad agreed tenuity
sit the regelations desired bp the Company. "I
• WRITERS AND CADETS.
On the Cwalamau reading a resolution of as'
Court of Directors, recommending the re.ap,
poiotment of Mr. Fry blagniacsas a writer on the'
Bengal establishment, ..
Mr. JAeRsoN wished to ititiw 'whether this It&
*elution was founded on my Particular drown."
stances in theicase, or whether it was from Oder
general rule toreine (e those young men whohad
bee* removed, forh ring obtained their appoint:
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awls improperly.
The CHAIRMAN iiiiw.ersd, that it had been de•
tided at a former Court, that those men might bo
reinstated by the individual appointMent of Di.,
Ireton. This gentleman, /whose name had been
mentioned, and two others 'whom he should' pre.
sently name, had been fortunate' enough to pro-
cure their re-appointment 'Ss this manner.
Mr.. JACKSoN regretted that there should ap.
pear to be any thing like inequality in the treaU
ment of young men similarly circumstaneeel. 11l
would appear hard indeed the. no one should be
reinstated but those who happened, to have power.
ful friends. He knew that the gentleman whose
name had been mentioned was a young man 04.1
siderable merit and accomplishments, but he 1441
also the good fortune of hating powerful friends lel
the Direction. He should-wish that equal justice,
or rather that mercy should beextended signally to'
those young men who had not the good fortinie to
- have any friends among the Directors. Iletherefore'
wished that their re-appointruent should be an ad'
of mercy from the whole Court of Directors, and'
not a favour conferred by the Directors individu.
ally. He did not know how a young man who;
was friendless could hope to be reinstated, if it
was Only to be done through the individual Lute.

EAST INDIA HOUSE.

L4W. INTg LLIGENCE.,

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COURT OF KING'S BENCH. Jaya ea
Sittings at Vial'. Prius betfore'Lord ELLBNBO-
i • • iterave, rot Guildhall.

lIIISTOALV EMIT. V. SUM.
This was La action brought btthe Trustees of
the-Globe Insurance Company, to recover 3501.
the amount-of premiums for insurances received by
the Defendant, as agent to tlic said Company, he
residing at-York.
Mr. Gkituew-stated, that the Defendant
suffered judgment to go by default,. and that be
had given to the Company a bond .for 2001..; so
that all the Jury had to do was to assess thoquuts•
tuns of dumps.
The Company's Accomptant was called to the
box, but he not being able to produce any account,
letter, or document, by which the Defendant had
admitted the amount of the debt,
Lord Et.t.etraciaottost said, there was no evi.
deuce •
.but the Jury must find some small damages,
as the'Defendant had admitted souse, by suffering
judgment to go by default.
The Jury immediately returned a verdict of—
damages one shilling. •
IIAWES V. SONTON.
This was in action brought to recover compen-
sation in damages, occasioned by the upsetting a
chaise of the Plaintiff's, containing his wife, two
children, and-his groom, owing to the negligent
and impeOper driving of the Defendant,
Mr. GAAKOW stated the case at some length, on
the part of the Plaintiff, contending that the up-
setting arose solely from the negligent driving of
the Detendatit.
The groom was called who- drew! the chaise.
He proved that he was coming from Twickenham
with his mistress, the wife pf the Plaintiff, and
the two children ; that he was driving at a very
moderate rate, and that he met the Defendant's
chaise near Patticy, and endeavoured to get out
of big way, by driving on to the footpath. But
he was not successful in his eedeavours ; for the
Wen/lawn, ,elialse -wheel 66 -eked -
wheel of the Plaintiff's chaise, by which the chaise
of the letter was upset, breaking the ;hafts, in-
juring the horse, &c. ThiDefendant refused to
:give his name to the Plaluilre groom.
It was proved that there teas plenty of road for
the Defendant, and that the groom was on his pro.
per side.
Lord ELLlataottoents said, that nothieg like
sealable's, in the couduet of the Defendant, had
been proved. The party that' straightened the
course of another, without any season, so as to
place those straightened or obstructed, ought to
`Vey for such injury. In the present case, as
wilfulness had-not been proved, the Jury would
return i'velditt for such damages as they might
,think the Plaintiff had incurred, in the breaking
V the chaise, &c. for such moti7 as they Might
:think the Plaintiff had paid out of his pocket for
.the reparation of his damages.
the Jury returned a verdict of-2.11. damages,
40s. costs.

COURT OF COMMO\ PLEAS. Just tO. '
JONES V. HUDSON.
This was an. action to .recover damages for an
in my sustained by the Plaintiff; fur baring been
tossed and gored by an user-driven ox; the pro.
perty of the Defendant.
Mr. Serjeant &limit:al) stated the case, which,
• was to the following effect : cr. the 22d of Dc.

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TH4I. STATESVIAN.

cember the Defendant sent his boy to Plaistow,
in Essex, to drive home an ox. Ihe animal was
perfectly quiet for the first two miles of the road,
when he evinced sorhe, sytaptonis of wildness,
but continued his course peaceably, until he ar-
rived in IVhitechapei, where he took fright at the
barking of two dogs that were attached to a truck
The truck he instantly run against and turned'
over, and then ueut on through Leadenhall.street.
From this. time he was deemed completely mad,
and his 'drivers gave notice of that circumstance to
the ;militias in the street. On passing through
Picket:street, Temple-bar, .he ran at a gentle-
man, who fortunately escaped his attack by an
accidental fall, He then rushed rorward along
the Strand, and after an attack on a Milk-woman
opposite St. Clement's Church, who also pruvi-
dentially escaped his horns ; he proceeded towards
Norfolk-street, down which the Plaintiff, who is
a milk.mau, and had his pail in his hands, had
just turned ; to him the ungovernable animal di.
reeled his fury, and passing his horns into his
thigh, threw him nearly ten feet froin the ground,
from which violence he wit deprived or his senses
for a considerable time, and was afterwards con-
fined to his room six weeks, and obliged to em.
ploy persons to do that business which he had pre.'
viously done himself. To recover damages for
the personal Injury he sustained on that occasion,
and for the additional expences he was put to in
consequence, the present action was brought.—
The Learned &dant went on to stage, that the
ox, after having done this injury, pursued his
way down the Strand, toeing and goring several
persons, and was at length, with infinite trouble
and pains, driven to St. James's market, the resi.
donee of the Defendant, where he was slaughter.
ed. The ground upon Which he deemed the De.
fendaot was answerable for the mischief done by
the animal was, the circumstance of his servant
having neglected to secure the animal in the usual
way,. by confining him with a rope or ham-string.
ing him, on discovering him to be ungovernable,
and in a state of insanity. The discovery was
•"made in Whitechapel, and precautions might have
been taken lung before the Plaintiff was attacked.
Several witnesses werecalled, who proved the
insanity of the bullock, and also bore testimony
to the injury sustained by the Plaintiff.
One of the Witnesses*, a butcher, declared, that
it was customary when an oz *as deemed mad orsl
over-driven, to Confine him by tying his horn to
his foot, or by ham.strieging him, as from the
-urgency of the circumstances might appear most
expedient.
Mt. Serjealit BtST, for the Defendant, in an
ingenious defence, observed, that if was admitted.
by the PkaintilPs.Counsel andwitnesses, brat. the
unimal in question Was perfecty tame on leaving
Plaistow. and that its irritation principally arose'
from fright in Whitechapel, ,after which it be-
came. wholly unmanageable. Ile conceived that
an animal in that state could not easily be coaxed
to have hisloot tied to his hors, nor could be, for
one moment imagine, that any man in his senses
could feel inclined to expose himself to the immi.
pent danger of taking a bull by the horns, whose
temper was so apparently, uneven. He agreed,
,if the animal had been mad os its first being driven
from Plaistow, that the servant of the Defendant
would have been inexcusable ; but the contrary
having appeatOf to be the cue, he apprehended
the justice of the'Jtiry would induce them to find
a verdict for his client. •
The Learned Judge,* in delivering his charge to
theitiry, observed, that from the timeihe ox ex-
hibited symptoms of insanity-In Whitechapel, to
the time when the injury was dose, sufficient apace
had elapsed to enable the servant of the Defend.
ant tatake the proper precautions to secure the
animal, so as to prevent the mischief which had
occured. He left the cases however, to the judg-
ment of the Jury, who retired, and after an ah.
Bence of two hours, returned a Verdict for the
Defendant.

HIRT HO.
On the lath instant, in Guildford-street, Russell-sqaare, the
Lady of Captain L. Philipps. of a daughter.
On the lath inst. at Bettoa Hall, near Market Drayton,
the seat of W. C. Norcup, Esq. the Lads of Alexander
Radford, FAq. of Middleton, Derbyshire, an danuhter.

MARRIED.
Oo Tuesday the 19th inst. at St. James's Church. Bath,
Mr. Walter Gledhill, of Jemmy's-street, to Miss Knight,
daughter of the late John Knight, Esq. of Hilary Horse,
Devonshire.
On Monday the 11th instant. at Aldgate Church, Gindoti,
by the Rev. Mr. White, Juba Percy F.sq. Lieutentti uin the,
Cambridgeshire Militia, to -Miss Mehala Wade, vmuigest
daughter of Mr. Thomas Wade, of W hepstead, Saffolk.

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Tuesday night, after a few days illnew, Philip (:r on,
Esq. Surveyor of the Committers in Inc Customs of the
Port of London, and ooe of the Gentlemen Penviuners in
Qttarterly Waiting.