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Norfolk Street, Grosvenor Square, My Lord Duke,

acobinical disorganizers, and disorganiza-see him, left this letter, which the servant tion. Of this, a fulsome account was gave to my noble relation. immediately published in the newspapers: bat, it is probable that royalty saw through the finesse; as the Dr. retains his former krank.

Nor is this the only instance: others walso expected Mrs Clarke, as the duke of Te York's mistress, to forward promotions in the church, by her influence; for to this purpose Donovan addresses her:

Charles Street, St. James's Square,

October 20th, 1808. Dear Madam,-Some friends of the Rev. T. Baseley, M.A. are extremely desirous of procating for him promotion in the church; and it appears to them a very favourable opportunity, the vacancy of the Deanery of Salisbury, to make application to the Duke of Portland; and in order to secure an interest without his knowledge, a party of ladies, at the head of whom is Lady Cardigan, have subscribed a sum of money, 3000 guineas, which is ready to be deposited, to carry into 4execution their intended plan.

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I wished particularly to see your Grace
upon the most private business. I cannot be
fully open by letter. The object is, to solicit
your Grace's recommendation to the Deanery
of Salisbury, or some other Deanery, for
which the most ample pecuniary remunera-
tion I will instantly give a draft to your Grace.
For Salisbury. Three thousand pounds.—
stantly commit these lines to the flames.
I hope your Grace will pardon this, and in-

I am now writing for the benefit of adminis-
tration, a most interesting pamphlet. Ex-
cuse this openness; and I remain your Grace's
Most obedient and obliged servant,
T. BASELEY.
P. S. I will attend your Grace whenever
you may appoint, but sincerely beg your
self to my servant, on Tuesday, 3d January,
Indorsed: Delivered by the writer him-
1809, at B. House, P."

Grace's

secresy.

This letter was delivered by the writer Portland, the 3d of January in the present himself, and is indorsod by the Duke of year. Upon receiving this letter, my noble relation, finding that the writer of it was gone, gave particular orders that Mr. Baseley never should be admitted into his house, and the same day wrote a letter to the Bishop of London, of which I have a copy in my hand, inclosing the note which I have just delivered in at the table.

"Burlington House, Tuesday, 34 January, 1808.

Mr. Baseley is well known to his Grace, and was particularly recommended to her Maajesty by Lady Cardigan, on the publication of his pamphlet, The Claims of the Roman Catholics constitutionally considered, &c. &c." This chaplain to the Duke of Gloucester, and the Bishop of Lincoln, went with his Grace upon some occasion to serve the Marquis of Titchfield; would be very strong ly recommended by many persons of fashion, the Bishops of Norwich and Salisbury. I have a letter from each to Mr. Baseley in my possession, which would shew the estimation "The person by whom the note inclosed in which he is held by them. The ladies are very anxious, and, at the same time, desi-sessed, as I understand, of one, if not of two was left at iny house this morning being posrous that he should not know through what channel the money is raised, much less the application, nor do they wish to know any thing further than that he shall succeed, and then to surprise him; or rather that his Grace, without any preface, should have the whole merit of having selected so worthy a man to fill the vacancy. Your answer will oblige,

Your's, very truly,
J. DONOVAN.

Whatever may be said of Baseley's ignorance of this step taken in his favour, by lady Cardigan, &c. that "weak" and "wicked" man was but too deeply implicated in this criminal transaction: for, on the appearance of this letter,

The Marquis of Titchfield, a member of the house attending in his place, stated that Mr. Baseley called upon the Duke of Portland on the 3d of January, not being able to

"My Lord,

chapels in your lordship's diocese, I consider it to be incumbent upon me, from the sense I have of the duty I owe to the public, as well as from my respect for your lordship, not to suffer you to remain uninformed of it; and I accordingly take the liberty of laying it

before you.

"I have reason to believe that the note is written by the person whose name is subscribed to it; as I have heretofore received notes or letters from him, the writing of which, to the best of my recollection, very much, if not exactly, resembles that of the note enclose; and one, if not more of which was written at my house in consequence of my declining to see him. The note inclosed, however, he brought with him; and on my desiring to be excused seeing him, he gave it to my servant, and immediately left my house.

"As I have no copy of the note, I must desire your lornship to return it to me."

Indorsed: "The Lord Bishop of London, | motives, and the plans of some whose li

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thanks.

"It is too true that this wretched creature, Baseley, has one if not two chapels in my diocese. I have long known him to be a very weak man, but till this insufferable insult upon your grace, I did not know he was so completely wicked, and so totally void of all principle: And as your Grace is in possession of the most incontestible proofs of his guilt, you will, I trust, inflict upon him the disgrace and punishment he so richly deserves. I have the honour to be, with the highest respect, my Lord, your Grace's most humble and obedient servant,

"B. LONDON." Indorsed: "The Bishop of London." If the feelings of our readers coincide with our own, we may safely refer to them for proper sentiments on this transaction. The duke of Portland is at once laudable and blameable: for he ought to have imitated the duke of Grafton's conduct to the wooden beaded pseudo-patriot, Vaughan and surely, too,some member of the church would have stood forward to support her discipline, had the bishop of London transferred the duty of making an example of such profligacy.

These particulars concern the public. It is impossible to accuse us of indifference to the interests of morality: and morality is the same for the Prince as the Peasant. Personal morals are indispensable to personal prosperity; and almost every page of the PANORAMA may be appealed to in proof, that national immorality has constantly preceded national ruin. -- But, speaking as public men, on a public occurrence, there is no proof that the secrets of the state have been sold to the enemy, from this quarter: we say, from this quarter: but, that foreign prostitutes have been employed, and still are employed, for this purpose, by our enemy-that they observe, enquire, conjecture, suppose, converse, and dive into the opinions, the

should be sealed, closer than Alexande sealed Hephestion's, is but too tru They discover by means of their insinn tions, and often from the very silence those whom they address. They are sup ported by emissaries wisely chosen, bu foolishly suffered. The persons and cha

racters of these instruments are known t the PANORAMA; and what is duty ha been done.

We close by expressing our unfeigne thankfulness, at the escape which the nation has had, from what might hav proved fatal to its best interests!—th consequences of profligacy and prostitution operating on church and state.

We think it proper to remark tha these Minutes extend to no less than four hundred and eighty pages of close printing. The letters are copied with great attention to the originals; and indeed with as much curious exactness as typography can admit. Even the post marks have been imitated with care; and the blanks, the lines, the errors and accidents are not neglected. Perhaps some F. A. S. a dozen centuries hence may wish that fac similia of the hand writings of so many eminent personages had been engraved and added: we therefore, suggest for his satisfaction, that this operation would have required more time than could be spared: and that the originals were not be indiscriminately confided to artists, or their workmen ; especially pen dente lite.

The following is a List of the Names of the Persons who were examined in the

course of this interesting business.

Adam, Wm. Esq. M. P.

General.

resford, J. Claudius, Esq. M. P.-Bridgman,
Bourne, Wm. Sturges, Esq. M. P.-Be
Mrs. Elisabeth.-Brownrigg,
Brewer, Mr. James.-Bateman, Mr. Tho.-
Bliss, Mr. Tho.

Combe, Harvey Christian, Esq. M. P.Clementson, John, Esq. (Deputy Serjeant at Arms)-Clarke, Mr. Mary Ann.-Cla vering, Brigadier General. Comrie, Mr. James.-Corri, Mr. Dominigo.-Corri, Mrs Alice.

Dowler, Wm. Esq -Donovan, Mr. Je remiah.-Dockeray, Mr. Timothy.-Duff, Mr. Archibald.-Dickie, Mr. Andrew.

Ellis, Rev. John Joseph.

Few, Mr. John.-Favery, Martha. Fitzpatrick, Right Honorable General, M, P.

Grosvenor, General, M. P.-Gordon, Co- | in vain endeavoured to detect, and coun

Janel-Grant, Mr. John. Greenwood, Charles, Esq.

teract, the malversation practiced in respect to their patronage. The power attendant on the House of Commons, as

Hope, Major General Alexander. M. P. Huskisson, Wm. Esq. M. P.-Hovenden, Mrs. Alice.-Hamilton, Col. Digby.-Har-one branch of the British Legislature,

rison, Wm. Esq.

Johnson, Mr. Samuel.
Knight, Robt. Esq.

Long, Right Honourable Charles, M. P. -Loraine, Colonel.-Lowten, Thomas, Esq. Mellish, Wm. Esq. M. P.-Mahon, John, Mc, Esq. M. P.-Maltby, Mr. Rowland.-Mc Dowall, William.-Metcalfe, Tho. Esq. M. D.-Messenger, John. Norton, Honourable General Chapple, M. P.-Nicholls, Mr. Wm.-Nesbitt, Mr.

Thomas.

Orramin, Ludowick.ok Peirson, David. Parker, Mr. Thomas.Percival, Right Honourable Spencer, M. P. Reid, Mr. John.-Robinson, George.Rochfort, General.

Mr. Secretary at War, M. P.-Sumner, George Holme, Esq. M. P.-Swann, Henry, Esq. M. P.-Stowers, Mr. Thomas.Searles, Mr. Robert.-Smith, Mr. Dederich. -Sutton, Mr. Daniel.-Shaw, Mr. Alexander.-Shaw, Mr. Charles.-Sandon, Capt.

Huxley.

Titchfield, The Marquis of, M. P.-Taylor, Edw. Esq. M. P.-Taylor, Cha. Esq. M. P.-Thynne, Andrew, Esq. M. D.Taylor, Miss Mary Ann.-Tyson, Mr. Willam-Taylor, Lieut. Col.-Town, Mr. Benjamin.

Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, Esq. M. P.Wellesley, Right Honourable Sir Arthur, M. P. Williams, Mr. William.—Wells, Samuel.-Walker, Thomas. Whittam, George, Esq. (Clerk of the Journals of the House.)-Wilkinson, John, Esq.

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REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE

HON. HOUSE OF COMMONS APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE EXISTENCE OF

ANY ABUSES IN THE DISPOSAL OF THE PATRONAGE OF THE EAST-INDIA COM

PANY.

[Ordered, by the House of Commons, to

be printed, 23d March, 1809.] By an answer of one of the witnesses examined in the course of the foregoing investigation, it was discovered that the Patronage of the East-India Company had been tampered with, by brokers, not less systematically than that of the Army. It appeared also, that as col. Gordon had been foiled in his endeavours to defeat the proceedings of army brokers, so the Directors of the East-India Company, had

suggested the hope of being able to accomplish what the Directors could not. Accordingly, a Committee of fifteen Members was instituted to examine into the business. They found a good deal of trouble in procuring the truth from some witnesses and one in particular Mr. John Annesley Shee, was reported to the House, as being in contempt: the Serjeant at Arms was ordered to take him into custody; and, on his absconding, a vote of the House was obtained for addressing His Majesty to offer a reward for his apprehension. Conscious that his retreat would be discovered, and that the vengeance of the legislature would fall with accumulated weight on his head, Shee surrendered himself; and the Committee made sufficient progress, to desire leave to present a Report of so much as they had hitherto proceeded in, and agreed on, although they still continue to sit assiduously, in examination of the remainder of what has been committed to their charge.

We presume, that, in connecting this matter with that out of which it may be said to have originated, at least, that without which it would not have been detected; we have consulted the convenience, the curiosity, and the interest of our readers. The PANORAMA has often been enabled to take advantage of that favour which has been its boast: and which has never been more conspicuously exerted on its behalf than in the present instance. Our readers will join in this acknowledgment; since they will find this interesting document in no other monthly work, whatever. Indeed, we may claim some credit for the expedi tion and alacrity of the PANORAMA Press : and although the rapidity of the British Press in general be, in truth, wonderful, at the present period, yet we feel a satisfaction, not absolutely without pride, in having on this occasion rivalled any of its exertions.

As this report is only in part, we shall have occasion to resume the subject ;the minutes, also, when published, will, we have no doubt, be found to possess uncommon importance; and if we rightly conjecture some curious matter, also:

whence we infer, that they will be of no inconsiderable length.

satisfactory principle of omission, or abri ment, which might have left nothing wh irrelevant or trifling, while it comprehen whatever might be interesting either to House, or to the East-India Company.

WRITERS.

Mr. Edward James Smith was nomina a Writer to Bengal in the season 1806-7 Mr. G. W. Thellusson; the appoint was given to his first cousin, Mr. Empe J. A. Woodford, who sold the appointm for £3,500. through the agency of Tahourdin, Solicitor, who received £

THE SELECT COMMITTEE, appointed to in-
quire into the existence of any corrupt
Practices, in regard to the Appointment
and Nomination of Writers or Cadets in
the Service of The East-India Company;
or any Agreement, Negotiation, or Bar-
gain, direct or indirect, for the Sale there-
of; And to Report the same, as it shall
appear to them, to The House, together
with their Observations thereupon; And
who were empowered to Report the Mi-out of that sum.
nutes of Evidence taken before them; and
their Proceedings, from time to time, to
The House,

Began their investigation by examining into a Case brought before them by GEORGE WOODFORD THELLUSSON, Esq., a Member of this House, in which his patronage and confidence appear to have been grossly abused. The whole Evidence being given at length in the Appendix, Your Committee content themselves with inserting in this place, a short abstract only of this, and every other transaction; giving the names of the persons appointed, of those by whom they were recommended, and by whom their nominations were signed, together with the names of the intermediate agents in any of the negotiations where money was paid or received.

Those appointinents which have been completed in consequence of any such bargains, and upon which satisfactory evidence has been produced, will be placed first; a second class will be found of nominations which appear to have taken effect, but with regard to which, from the death of some of the parties, or from deficiency of proof in other particulars, Your Committee are unable to ascertain the names of the persons who were sent out to India. It is a satisfaction to Your Committee, throughout the whole evidence, to remark nothing which traces any one of these corrupt or improper bargains to any Director, or induces a reasonable suspicion that it was done with the privity or connivance of any Member of that Court. Several negotiations which never took effect, will be found alluded to, or detailed in parts of the evidence; which it was thought proper not to reject under the comprehensive directions "that your Committee should inquire into any Agreement, Negotiation, or Bargain, direct or indirect, for the Sale of such Nomination;" and when such information was received, they deemed it inexpedient to withhold it from This House, though they are fully aware that their desire of opening every channel of inquiry has led to an extent of examination, and to a mass of evidence, from which much might be retrenched without detriment, if it had been easy to establish a

The other persons concerned in this ne tiation were Mr. Wimbourn and Mr. Lain

Mr. Fry Magniac was nominated W to Bengal in the year 1807-8, by Mr. G. Thellusson; this appointment was also giv to the same Mr. Woodford, and sold throu the agency of Mr. Tahourdin.

Mr. Beale was the purchaser, and the su paid by him was 3,500 guineas, of whi Mr. Woodford received £3,000, Mr. T hourdin £150.; the remainder was divid between Mr. Donovan and Mr. Garrat.

Mr. Henry Gardiner was nominated Writer to Madras by Mr. J. W. Thellusso in the season 1807-8

This appointment was likewise given Mr. Woodford, and £3,000. was receive for it from Mrs. Gardiner by Mr. Tahourdi for his own use, but upon an undertakin that he is to procure the next presentation a living of the value of £300. per annum for a friend of Mr. Woodford's. Mr. Boase a partner in the house of Messrs. Ranson and Co. was privy to the bargain betwee Mr. Tahourdin and Mrs. Gardiner. M Greenslade received an appointment for Cey lon in the way of exchange for this writershij which is the occasion of his name appearin in the transaction.

CADETS.

Mr. Henry Stoughton was appointed Cadet to Madras, January 1808, by Georg Abercrombie Robinson, Esq. by the recon mendation of Mr. Morland, who gave th appointment to Mr. Jones for a relation his.

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Mr. Jones, through the agency of Join Annesley Shee, sold it to Mr. Stoughton father to the person appointed, from who Shee received 500 guineas; he paid £180. Mr. Jones, and received of him an unde taking to pay £320. upon his procuring fe Mr. Jones a Woolwich Cadetship.

This appointment has been vacated by th Court of Directors, in consequence of the having discovered the means through whic it was obtained.

Mr. Thomas Kelly was appointed a Cadto Bombay in April 1808, by Sir Theophile Metcalfe, Bart. at the recommendation

Mrs. Scott. It was afterwards exchanged

with Mr. Cotton at his request for a Madras Cadetship.

William Scott, tailor, the husband of Mrs. Seatt, sold this appointment to Mr. Kelly, through the agency of David Brown, who received for it £150.: Brown was paid £30. er £40. and a Mr. Southcomb, who introduced some of the parties to each other, received 10 guineas.

Mr. George Barker was appointed Cadet for the Bengal Infantry in December 1808, by Robert Thornton, Esq. at the recommendition of Mr. Mee.

Mr. Mee sold this appointment for 200 guineas, through the agency of John Annesley Shee, who received £60.

Mr. George Teulon was appointed to an Infantry Cadetship to Bengal in 1808, by Edward Parry, Esq. in exchange for a Madras appointment given to Captain Sealy by Jacob Esanquet, Esq.

Captain Matthew sold this appointment for £190. to Captain Holmes for a friend of his ; Annesley M Kercher Shee was employed as agent for Captain Matthew, who paid him 20. and Captain Holmes paid him £10. Mr. John Samuel Williams was appointed Bengal Cadetship by Mr. Cotton in 1808, in exchange for a Madras Cadetship of Mr. Manship's.

This appointment was procured by Mr. Abercrombie, who was assisted with the loan a sum of money by Captain Williams, Be Cader's father. Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison Annesley M Kercher Shee were the gents employed.

Mr. Benjamin Pratt was appointed a Cadet Madras 7th February 1806, by Sweney Toone, esq. at the recommendation of Capt. Kennard Smith, who exchanged it with R. C. Plowden, esq. for a nomination of the next season. Mr. B. Pratt was recommended to Mr. Plowden by Sir Nicholas Nugent. This appointment was purchased by Mr. Henry Foster, through Sir Nicholas Nugent, for the sum of £.150. A. Mc. K. Shee acted as agent for Mr. Foster, and received £. 30. £40. The original appointment was to Bengal, and it was exchanged for Madras.

Mr. John Power was appointed a Cadet to Madras in 1804 or 1805 by Loid Viscount Castlereagh, at the recommendation of Led Longueville, through the Earl of Westmorland.

Mr. Power paid £200. for this appointent to Matthew Spillman Salt. A. Mc. K. Shee was the agent for both parties, and received £.50. from Mr. Power.

Mr. Brathwaite Christie was appointed a Cadet to Madras 15th July 1807, by James Red, esquire, at the recommendation of HIR. H. the D. of Clarence.

Mr. Page, navy agent in Great Russel

street, paid the sum of £. 200. for this ap pointment to A. Mc. K. Shee, who paid £.150. to the Rev. Mr. Lloyd, chaplain to H. R. H. the D. of Clarence, for procuring the same.

Mr. Thomas Maw was appointed a Cadet to Bengal in July 1807, by Robert Thornton, esquire, at the recommendation of the Rev. Nicholas Corsellis for Miss Eliz. Spinluff.

Miss Spinluff sold this appointment to Mr. Hewitt, a relation of Mr. Maw, through the agency of Mrs. Morrison and A. Mc. K. Shee, and received £.70. for it. Mrs. Morrison thinks the sum paid was £.150. or £.180. A. Mc. K. Shee received £.30.

Mr. Arthur Denny was appointed a Cadet to Madras on the 18th February 1806, by George Woodford Thellusson, esq. at the recommendation of the Countess Dowager of Westmorland and Mr. George.

This appointment was sold by Mr. George. Mr. Anthony Stoughton, uncle of the person appointed, paid to John Annesley Shee, whom he employed to procure it, the sum of 250 guineas. David Brown was agent for Mr. George.

Mr. Henry Keating was appointed a Cadet to Madras on the 5th of June 1805, by John Manship, esquire, at the recommendation of George Woodford Thellusson, esquire, in return for a Bombay nomination of the season of 1804 given to Mr. Manship.

The uncle of Mr. Henry Keating purcha sed this appointment of Mr John Henderson, ship-broker, for £.250. or guineas. John Annesley Shee received of Mr. Henderson about £45. for his agency.

Mr. George Boys was appointed a Cadet to Madras on the 26th March 1806 (of the season 1805) by Charles Mills, esquire, at the recommendation of Mr. (now Sir William) Fraser.

This appointment was given by Sir William Fraser to Mr. Thomas Cusac, who sold it to Messrs. Barber and Sons, Cowpers-court Cornhill. and received of them the sum of £150. They were employed as agents for Mr. Boys's father, who paid for it the sum of 300 guineas. £.100. was divided between Mr. Barber and Mr. John Henderson. J. A.. Shee was agent for Mr. Cusac.

Mr. William Hollett was appointed a Cadet for the Bombay Infantry by the India Board, on the 3d of July 1805.

This appointment was in the nomination of Lord Castlereagh, who at the recommendation of the Right honourable John Sulivan, gave it to Richard Cadman Etches, for a relation of his, on account of services performed by Mr. Etches for the Government. Mr. Etches sold it to Mr. Chaplin, an attorney for the sum of £.250. J. A. Shee was agent, for Mr. Pasmore, an attorney, who received the money for Mr. Etches.

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