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to have been purchased for a per- 

 son of the name of Brown, in 1804', 

 or 1805, which was sold by Mr. 

 Herbert for 250 guineas ; but your 

 committee could receive nosatisfac- 

 tory information by whom the par- 

 ty was nominated, nor his christian 

 name. Henderson and Shee were 

 employed as agents, and received 

 part of the above sum. 



A cadetship in tlie nomination of 

 J. Manship, esq. given by him to 

 Mrs. Welch, appear to have been 

 sold, but the parties to that trans- 

 action, who have been examined, 

 state that they are unable to recol- 

 lect the name of theperson appoint- 

 ed. The name of Mrs. V/elch 

 does not appear as recommending 

 to any of Mr. Manship's cadetships 

 in 1805 or 6. 



Another, in the nomination of sir 

 Lionel Darell, appearsto have been 

 given to and sold by the rev. Tho- 

 mas Lloyd; but Mr. Lloyd's name 

 does not appear as recommending 

 any of the cadets nominated by sir 

 L. Darell in 1801 and the following 

 year. 



It appears in evidence, that some 

 other nominations of this description 

 have been purchased ; but your 

 committee have not been able to 

 discover and bring before them, 

 some of the persons who appear to 

 have been parties to these transac- 

 tions; particularly sir Nic. Nugent, 

 Mr. W. Lewen Tugwell Robins, 

 Mr. Jos. Home, capt. Matthew and 

 capt. Holmes. A further examina- 

 tion into some other bargains, is 

 precluded by the death of lady 

 Lumm, lady Leigh, and captain 

 Sealy. 



The attention both of the legisla- 

 ture and of the East India company 

 has been attracted at various periods 

 to abuses, which were supposed to 



exist in the disposal of their patro- 

 nage ; in consequence of which, at 

 the time when their charter was 

 renewed, an oath was framed, to be 

 taken by each director within ten 

 days after his election, containing, 

 among other engagements, the fol- 

 lowing : " I do swear, that I will 

 not directly nor indirectly accept 

 or take any perquisite, emolument, 

 fee, present, or reward, upon any 

 account whatsoever, orany promise 

 or engagement for any perquisite, 

 emolument, fee, present or reward 

 whatsoever, for or in respect of the 

 appointment or nomination of any 

 person or persons to any place or 

 office in the gift or appointment of 

 the said company, or of me as 

 a director thereof, or for or on ac- 

 count of stationing or appointing the 

 voyage or voyages of any ship or 

 ships in the said company's employ, 

 or for or on account of or any 

 ways relating to any other business 

 or affairs of the said company." 

 33 Geo. 3, c. 52, s. 160. —In the 

 bye-laws of the East India company, 

 c. 6, sect. 5, a penalty is imposed 

 upon every director taking any 

 reward on account of any appoint- 

 ment, in double the amount of such 

 reward, two thirds of which to the 

 company and one third to the in- 

 former ; and such director is ren- 

 dered ipso facto incapable of hold- 

 ing any place whatever under the 

 company. 



The form of declaration on 

 every writer's petition, is, " I re- 

 commend this petition, and do 

 most solemnly declare that I have 

 given this nomination to 

 and that I neither have received 

 myself, nor am to receive, nor has 

 any other person, to the best of my 

 knowledge or belief, received, nor 

 is to receive, any pecuniary consi- 

 deration 



