There was a Paper published on Friday last, Entitled Considerations humbly tendered concerning the East-India-Company: And the Design of it is to offer some Arguments for continuing the said Company under the present Charter and Management.  
THE two first Paragraphs make a sound of a great Regard to the Public: But 'tis indeed the Voice of private Interest: And whatever Pretences are now made to serve a Turn at this Juncture: 'Tis notorious, That the present East-India-Stock has all along been managed by a few prevailing Men, who have subjected the General Concern to their particular Advantages: And more especially for about ten Years past, the whole matter has been made subservient to the boundless Ambition and Avarice of One Aspiring Person, as 'tis now so assiduously endeavoured to be continued, by Himself, and a few Others, who have of late by his Favour been introduced into the Committee.  
'Tis insinuated, That the dissolving this Charter would be of fatal Consequence to the Nation, in giving our Neighbour's opportunity to make themselves Masters of all that Trade: But the direct contrary is the real Truth, for by the late most Imprudent and Unjustifiable Proceed, we have already in a manner lost all our Trade and Interest in those Parts, which is no other way possibly retrievable, but by a New Joint-stock firmly and legally established: And this too, must be speedily done, or 'twill be too late.  
IT had been happy for the Nation in general, as well as the particular Adventurers in this present Stock, if the Managers had timely and faithfully acted with that great Care to prevent the Encroachments of our Neighbours, which they now so zealously pretend, whereby we might not only have still been Masters of our Spice-Island of Poleroon, and continued our Settlement at Maccasser, 
Vide, The Letters from Bantam, Anno 1679. and the Answer from London, Anno 1680.  But have also at this time been in Possession of a most important Fortress at Bantam, which that King Courted their Acceptance of, and offered to Contribute to the Building it. But this great Acquisition was rejected for fear of a small Expense, When One of those many Ten-Thousand-Guinea's they bestowed at Court to purchase a Power to oppress their Fellow-Subjects, would have defrayed the Charge of their first Settlement, and 'twould not only before this time have repaid them Twentyfold, but been a lasting and growing Treasure to the Nation, and enabled them for the future, to stand in Competition with the Dutch as well for Empire as for Traffic. Whereas the refusal thereof, has occasioned their being driven out of the South Seas with irreparable Loss and Shame, and gave Our Neighbours an opportunity to accomplish an entire Dominion in all those Parts: And yet these are the Men that now set up for Public Spirited Patriots, and call themselves the Conservers of the Trade of India, against the Intrusions of our Neighbours.  
How these Managers have disposed Affairs in other parts of India, by the Violences they have of late committed on the Lives and Goods of the Subjects of the Great Mogul, and the King of Siam, has been already intimated in an Abstract of those their unjustifiable Actions presented to the High Court of Parliament; whereby it appears what great regard they have had as well to the Honour, as Interest, of the Nation: For from the most Beloved and Respected, we are in a short time become the most Abhorred, and Infamous, of all Europeans, and so have lost a stronger Hold, than all their Force will ever be able to regain in any of those Parts of the World.  
Thus does the National Esteem and Interest, languish, and decline, under the Maladministration of the present Managers of the Companies Affairs: And is it not a fit question to be now asked by ONE of their Committee, What shall we do for Saltpetre for our Wars when the Trade of India is lost? To which there is only this answer to be made him, That if the Government does not effectually and speedily interpose and settle our Trade on a good Bottom, and in a method that may be more National: We shall soon find our great want of that, and all things else we used to be supplied with from those Parts, when 'tmay be too late to recover the Loss.  
But 'tis pretended, there will so many Difficulties occur in the changing This, for a New Company, that renders it impracticable.  
As first, 'tis said, That the New Adventurers will be a great while at a Stop and Nonplus. And this is in one sense true; For 'tis certain 'twill require some time, with much prudent Care, and Study, to regain that good Respect and Credit which the late Miscarriages have justly Forfeited: But if it be meant that there would want others of as good Parts and Experience, as the present Managers, to assist in the Conduct of Affairs: 'Tis a groundless Presumption.  
But what reasonable Compensation can be made to the present Company for their dead Stock, Forts, Castles, Arms, Ammunition, and Privileges? Why just the same as they made to the Company that preceded them: For this now in being (if any there be) is the sixth or seventh Joint-stock, since our Nation first engaged in Adventures to India; And so the adjusting of those things is chalked out to us by several Precedents: And here it aptly falls in, to remind them, that are so brisk in exacting whatever they can any way lay claim to: That they also bethink themselves of discharging all their own great Debts, and restore those vast Sums they have so unlawfully taken, both from their Fellow-Subjects and Foreigners.  
There is in the Paper another little Hint or two of no material Concern; And some supercilious Reflections on Interlopers which may be considered at better leisure: While the sole intent of this, is to detect the Fallacy of some Popular Notions that are at this time with such great Industry disseminated; And to assert this important Truth; That no Man who has a right Cognizance of the Affair, can be a True Friend to his Country, and at the same time endeavour the Continuance of this East-India-Company under the present Constitution and Management.  
GEORGE WHITE.