5 NOVEMBER 1750

WESTMINSTER HALL

OFFICE of the EXECHEQUER

An Act for repealing certain enactments relating to civil procedure which have ceased to be in force, or have become unbearable, and for the better regulation and management of the East India Company by reinstatement of the prerequisite concerns established in “The Subjugation of the EITC Act of 1748”, by formally dissolving the East India Company’s Court of Directors, and bringing the Company to heel under the direct control of Parliament once more.

Be it enacted by the House of Lords and House of Commons of the Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland in Parliament assembled.

THE EAST INDIA COMPANY has overstepped its boundaries. Rampant unprofessionalism, disorganization, and lack of communication has pushed for HM Government, sole shareholder of the British East India Company, to hereby and at once **DISMISS** the current EITC Court of Directors. All sitting members of the Court are expelled from the Court of Directors, as well as the Chairman, Sir William Brawlmartin. The Proprietors that serve on the Court of Directors (British Cabinet members representing the Crown’s interests) shall remain to elect a *new* Chairman of the Court of Directors.

HM GOVERNMENT hereby calls for the honourable Houses of Parliament to vote to quickly repeal the “East India Act of 1750” that was passed in July of this year. This act established the autonomy of the East India Company with its own guild under its chosen Lord Governor, who would also serve as Chairman of the EITC Court of Directors. HM Government recommends to this sitting Parliament to hereby annul the title of “Lord Governor”, and establish that the highest tier of control over the EITC is the Court of Directors, which in turn reports to HM Parliament.

HM Government also asks the Parliament to formally abrogate the guild known as “East India Co.” all British Citizens would be ordered to return to “The British Empire”, the *sole* guild representing British interests in the Caribbean. Guildmastership of “The East India Co.” will be handed over to British officials and will be slowly disbanded, to allow all members to rejoin “The British Empire”. The new Chairman of the Court of Directors, along with the remaining Directors of the Company, will rejoin “The British Empire” as Officers.

The reasons for this appeal are as stated,

The GOVERNORSHIP of the Company was handed to Sir William Brawlmartin in 1749, under the trust he would lead the Company in a new direction than some of his predecessors. Brawlmartin promises to subdue corruption within the upper echelons of the Company were ill-founded, as only several months after taking Office he engaged in a **corrupt bargain** with Colonel Jackson Stormrage of the Royal Marines, during which he essentially negotiated with Stormrage to gather the collective support of the Marines in order to pass his upcoming Bill, with the assurance that Stormrage would be appointed second-in-command of the EITC at its inception. This instance of corruption was forgotten by HM Government, whom, at the time, wished to ease this transition and minimize the potential standoffs between the owners of the Company (HM Government) and those who were appointed to lead it. Several months later, however, and a dispute emerged between the Lord Marshal and the executive Directors of the Court. When inquiring on the matter, government ministers were assured that the Company was handling itself “internally” and would require no assistance from the Government. This contradicted the agreement formerly held under the Subjugation of the EITC Act which positioned the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Lords of the Treasury as Proprietors within the Court of Directors, representatives of HM Government. William and his executive Directors, instead of managing their operations in the Court of Directors, resolved to engaging in closed door talks between the Directors, in order to consolidate the management of the Company to his inner circle, *withholding* prominent information from the Proprietors for additional measure of cloaking their brazen corruption and dirty deals. William’s inability to efficiently manage his own inner circle led to extreme inefficiencies that plagued his administration for months. His term as Lord Governor came to be regarded as that of constant and collective enmity between his administration and the former Lord Marshal. His inability to communicate with the Proprietors led to a sudden and sharp disconnect with HM Government, which has led us to this conclusion today.

After HM Government sent Lord Grey to oversee the new administration under Blademorgan, the Directors of the Court, in a desperate attempt to cling to power, threatened to, in the words of William Brawlmartin, “If the British Government at any point breaches the trust the company has placed in them, the Court of Directors will vote to reestablish the company in another nation.”

This **completely** violates the East India Act of 1750 in its second point,

• “2.) The British East India Trading Company recognizes the fact that there are concerns about “splitting” between “The British Empire” guild and the newly established EITC guild. The Governor of the British East India Trading Company, would like to make it clear to all that there will be no “splitting” or “division” between the two guilds. The EITC is officially known as “The British East India Trading Company”. The Company is loyal to his Majesty and will be a subsidiary guild to The British Empire. Thus, if the parent guild is in an armed conflict or if the Company is mandated to address any issues, the British East India Trading Company will assist the British Empire.”

The Directors of the Court threatened to illegally split from Great Britain and dedicate their service to another nation, this in itself is enough to surmount to Treason. The tip of the iceberg however, is that this threat comes after HM’s Government decided to take an executive role in the management of the Company after the extreme INEFFICIENCY and FAILURE of Sir William Brawlmartin’s administration to mirror even a FRACTION of British standards.

Mr. Brawlmartin continues with, *“If you continue to micromanage us, and preside over us illegally we feel as if the Company has become too much under british control. THAT is a PROBLEM.”* This not only contradictory to the 6th point in the East India Act, but also violates a term of the original Subjugation of the EITC Act (1748) that STATES: *“Lastly, should this Act be ratified, any and all persons who deny the Company's status as an entity dependent on the Crown, making their argument of disagreement known to all, and/or acting in any other manner perceived as rebellious in relations to the Company, will be deemed a Threat to His Majesty and indicted for Treason, and will be immediately subject to any punishment seemed appropriate by His Majesty's Court. Any individual who refuses to yield their posts in the Company or surrender Company arms, will be treated as equally guilty of Crimes against His Majesty and are therewith subject to similar punishments, whether such individuals are privy to the Act or no.”*

Brawlmartin convicts himself with his own statements, and the later statement by Mr. James Truesilver, another member of the Court of Directors, *“William is not our leader in this[…] We collectively as a Court of Directors directly in the EITC decided this is best”*. Truesilver confirms that the EITC Court of Directors as a whole has taken this stance, going AGAINST not one, but TWO Acts of Parliament, and condemning themselves with their own self-incrimination. From this we can gather that not only are the EITC Directors harbouring treasonous thoughts, but they DO plan to ACT on these thoughts. The Company must be brought to heel before these despicable plans can be solidified.

The last time treason of this sort had been present in England was in the month PRIOR to the “Concerns on the EITC” and “Subjugation of the EITC” Acts of Parliament in 1748, when Samuel Harrington attempted to *declare a new King of Great Britain*. Would it be such a far-fetched idea that the honourable East India might find itself being led astray once more?

Moving off the topic of governance of the Company, to the actual *statistics*. East India Co. has not met the expectations set forth by the Prime Minister during the negotiations after the East India Act was passed. The EITC Directors had promised a stable, able, and active guild mirroring “The British Empire”. Now, after months of being allowed leeway, British officials find themselves increasingly being the only Officers online. So while Simon Brawlmartin and James Truesilver may complain about “micromanagement” on the part of the Government, one cannot help being puzzled by their offbeat statements, which only gleans that they wish to consolidate more executive authority under themselves, *while not even being able to maintain the activeness or level expected of British Officials*.

• “7.) The British East India Trading Company recognizes the fact that there are concerns about TLOPO’s future activity and how we will counteract. The High Commanding Officer’s of the British East India Trading Company will take as many precautions available to counteract the issue of TLOPO becoming an inactive game when new games will release in the future. Issues for inactivity will be addressed individually as they appear. For the British Empire, the previous year had a time where everyone was busy/inactive. The guild still managed to have 30+ daily.”

Point 7, although of no fault of the Court of Directors themselves, has also failed us. Now that the school season has been dragging on, we have noticed a widening pit in the in game population. TLOPO’s activity has dipped into a recession in the past few months, and to note something my colleagues, Lord Chancellor the Lord Mallace and Paymaster-General James Goldtimbers stated at the onset of the original East India Act vote, when TLOPO’s numbers dip, the guilds falter. This couldn’t be more true than at this very moment, when we see our own primary guild dropping its online population from the high 40s range to the mid 30s, a drop that has been severely noted by HM Cabinet. We see the same thing in the “East India Co.” when, at the busiest times of the day, they have only 9 members online. The East India Co. is failing as a guild in this moment, despite the rather more effective leadership Jason Blademorgan has offered. It’s existence is nothing but detrimental to the Empire in the end. If the guilds were merged, then the activity that had formerly been our normality, may return in time. If not, both our guilds can sit idly by as they collapse into inactivity.

The East India Act has failed. It’s established leadership has failed, it’s guild has failed, it’s organization has failed. Parliament must draft up a *new* plan for the East India Company in the coming months, a plan that regulates the Company as a whole, and minimizes the possibility of a situation like this, where government appointed administrations attempt concentration of power after failing at their only tasks. My lords, I rest my case.

Drafted by Lord Speaker, the Earl Grey. Passed in Parliament by vote of 22-0.