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it comprehended whatever might 

 be interesting either to this House, 

 or to the East India company. 



Writers. — Mr. Ed. Js. Smith was 

 nominated a writer to Bengal in the 

 season 1806-7, by Mr. G. W. Thel- 

 lusson ; the appointment was given 

 to his first cousin, Mr. Emperor J. 

 A. Woodford, who sold the appoint- 

 ment for 3,500/. through the agency 

 of Mr. Tahourdin, solicitor, who re- 

 ceived 100/. out of that sum. The 

 other persons concerned in this ne- 

 gociation were Mr. Wimbourn and 

 Mr. Laing. 



Mr. Fry Magniac was nominated 

 writer to Bengal in the year 1807-8, 

 by Mr. G. W. Thellusson ; this ap- 

 pointment was also given to the 

 same Mr. Woodford, and sold 

 through the agency of Mr. Tahour- 

 din. Mr. Beale was the purchaser, 

 and the sum paid by him was 3,500 

 guineas, of which Mr. Woodford 

 received 3,000/. Mr. Tahourdin, 

 150/.; the remainder was divided 

 between Mr. Donovan and Mr. 

 Garrat. 



Mr. Henry Gardiner was nomi- 

 nated a writer to Madras by Mr. G. 

 W.Thellusson, in the season 1 807-8. 

 This appointment was likewise given 

 to Mr. Woodford, and 3,000/. was 

 received for it from Mrs. Gardiner, 

 by Mr. Tahourdin for his own use, 

 but upon an undertaking that he is 

 to procure the next presentation of 

 a living of the value of 300/. per 

 annum for a frien-J of Mr. Wood- 

 ford's. Mr. Boase, a partner in the 

 house of Messrs. Ransom and Co. 

 ■was privy to the bargain between 

 Mr. Tahourdin and Mrs. Gardiner. 

 Mr. Greenslade received an ap- 

 pointment for Ceylon in the way of 

 exchange for this writership, which 

 is the occasion of his name appear- 

 ing in the tiansaction. 



Cadets.— Mr. Henry Stoughton 

 was appointed a cadet to Madras, 

 January, 1808, by George Aber- 

 crombie Robinson, esq. by the re- 

 commendation of Mr. Morland, 

 who gave the appointment to Mr. 

 Jones, for a relation of his. Mr. 

 Jones, through the agency of John 

 Annesley Shee, sold it to Mr. 

 Stoughton, father to the person ap- 

 pointed, from whom Shee received 

 500 guineas; he paid 180/. to Mr. 

 Jones, and received of him an un- 

 dertaking to pay 320/. upon his 

 procuring for Mr. Jones a Wool- 

 wich cadetship. This appointment 

 has been vacated by a court of di- 

 rectors, in consequence of their 

 havingdiscoveredthe meansthrough 

 which it was obtained. 



Mr. Thomas Kelly was appointed 

 a cadet to Bombay in April, 1808, 

 by sir Theophilus Metcalfe, bart. at 

 the recommendation of Mrs. Scott. 

 It was afterwards exchanged with 

 Mr. Cotton, at his request, for a 

 Madras cadetship. Wm. Scott, 

 tailor, the husband of Mrs. Scott, 

 sold this appointment to Mr. Kelly, 

 through theagency of David Brown, 

 who received for it 150/.; Brown 

 was paid 30/. or 40/. and a Mr. 

 Southcomb, who introduced some 

 of the parties to each other, receiv- 

 ed 10 guineas. 



Mr. George Barker was appoint- 

 ed cadet for the Bengal infantry in 

 December,1808, by Robert Thorn- 

 ton, esq. at the recommendation of 

 Mr. Mee. Mr. Mee sold this ap- 

 pointment for 200 guineas, through 

 the agency of John Annesley Shee, 

 who received 60/. 



Mr. George Teulon was appoint- 

 ed to an infantry cadetship to Ben- 

 gal, in 1 808, by Edward Parry, esq. 

 in exchange for a Madras appoint- 

 ment given to capt. Sealy by Jacob 



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