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舊(倫敦︶東印度會社と我國との交通貿易再論︵一︶
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・ ブ ル ー ス 薯 東 印 度 會 社 年 代
武藤長藏 記
第 一 章 鮨 諭
私は︑本年報﹁商業と経潜﹂︵第十六年第一粉特柑︶長崎高等商業塾校創立三十月年記念論文集に﹁準倫敦東
印度合社と我団との交通貿易 ジョン・ブルース甘茶印度合祀年代記﹂を寄せた︒本砧は同一題の再論であり︑
叉前稿の追録補稿である︒
さて私は前稿の第7章緒論中にr束印度合社史はthelndiaHouse 経済箪史のみならず英文箪史上
の 闇 係 に 就 て 一 研 究 論 文 を 革 し 度 い 念 願 も 生 じ た
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﹂ と 昔 い て 置 い た
︒ 叉 束 印 度 合 赦 関 係 の 人 に 歴
史家と碍すべき人々ありジョン・ブルース(John Bruce)も其一人であった事を述べた︒
第 一 節 束 印 度 合 址 の 関 係 者 に し て 経 済 箪 史 上 共 名 を 留 め し 人 々
束印度合社に関係ある人々の中経済箪史上其名の現ほれて屠るものはThomasMun(1571﹂︼641);Sir
J o a i c i U C h i l d ( 1 6 3 0
⊥ 6 9 9 ) こ a m e s M i l l ( 1 7 7 午 7 8 3 予 )
; J o h n S t u a r t M i l l ( 1 8 0 ( 3
‑ 1 8 7 3 ) 等 G 外 に W i l l i a m T h o m a s T h o r n t o n
The East In(lia II()u日cin Ll川dcnl川11Strcet
Thc O¥'crlcy Yicw (以 l出jJ\~tr@物館所政γrhcU川ledCOtllpanyυf Mcrじhants of England Trading to thc East lntliesと前ぜlu;t:代のものなろぺし。
予日前焼に名古足の仰に就て油ぺ土︑本携に於℃長崎崇師寺山門の般に注立すぺみ
J⁝ 山
す た二 一 一
Mして泣く︒
此給同日東印度合一枇が我附と交油断紹後のものなろぺ
(O 而 も 誌 に 拐 抜 の 川 由 は 前 税 所 杭 の も の と 川じ くい 何・
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Plat邑IV. THE OLD. EAST lNDIA Hous怠,drca 17I4‑26. 伊 側Willi制 。 附r旬、7'radeCαrd,川tlte1J門 ti41~J [ 制 伺m).
二のt合l白!I t Report on 、1'heO]d Recorcls of thc Tndia Office, with Sllpple‑ mcntary ~otes and Appendice~ , By Sir (icorどeBirdwood所l肢の PlateIY.
在其儲抱t.:~c t:ろものにc‑Binlwood氏 It四暦171.1年よリ1721i年頃りものと
推定され肘‑ろLの な ろ が こ の 給l司11Charl~s H札 口lingFirth教 授 編 纂 の ユra・
call1ayの英似l史(1'heHistory of England, By Lordユfacal1l呼, Editcd by Charlcs Harding }'irth, Yol. V. London, 191<1) Iこも拐げられMacal1layの 此 の建物の説明支と+tl照 腔 [ 府 れ ど 最 も 詐 な ろ 考 説 的 説 lijJ11 1'he East Tndia House, hy¥Villiam Fosterに 故 す ろ 虚 の も の で 而c‑c其 う ち に は i¥Iacaulay
の説明文も引JIllてあろO依〆Clt一節らこの給闘の裏面こリIJ日韓i/誕すろ事と
Tnrnin立nextto what wc havむdcsignutedthc Ovcrley" engraving, ¥・¥earc COI1‑
frontcd by a stil¥ grcater difficulty in the mattcr of datcs. Thc vicw appearcd, as thc rcader will scc, on the shop‑bill of a ccrlain ¥Villiam Ovcrlcy,J oyner, at the sign of thc East lndia Honsc, in LeadcnhalI Strcet," and its 1ll0st illtcresting featurc is thc rcprc日cntationof the joincr himsc ,f¥installcd in a 1itt1c SllOp c¥osc to thc cntrancc (thc shop, hy thc way, appcars山o in thc Dutch vicw, but is thcre eithcr closcd or nntcnantClt). Thc print bcars in gcncral a closc rcscmblance to thc Dutchザ
view; but, on looking into minlltiac, wc notc that lhe ships arc of latcr datc and appじarto be carrying thc Union flag, lirst inlrodnccd in th巴reign of Qncen ..:¥.IJllC; fnrthcr, that the r吋'alarms are diJl'erじntin stylc, and are in reality thosc of Georgc 1 (171.1‑27). The lattcr is a vcry pcrplcxing clisじovery,for hO¥γcan wc rcconcilc it
¥¥'ith thc fact th孔 thc01<1 Company's a1'ms arc 5how1I as still in position, and thaL SOlllC other fcatnre弓distinctIyindicale that thc print is cons:ucrab1y carli巴rthan thc V crtnc" vicw of 17] 1? Thc only cxplanalion that c01ll1llcnds itsclf is tLat Ovcr‑
Jcy did at onc tilllcりCCllpythc littlc shop nca1' thじcntrancc (though no t1'ace can bc founcl of thc llIalLCr in the Conrt ,'Iinntcs) ; that while thcrc hc hacl a shop‑bill prc‑ pared to adycrtisc his ¥¥'are日 that aftcr・ a ¥¥'hilc, 日sthe COll1pany's nceds in thc
l1lattcr of accりlllmo【latiυnincrcascd, he ¥Vas disposscsscd and lllo¥'cd to othcr pre司 miscs in Ll'adenhall stl・Cじt,l'じtainin~ thc East India Honsc as his sign; and that, at sOll1e date dllring thc rci只nof the tirst lJanovcrian, he had a frcsh bill prcparell, in
¥¥'hich the artist, whilc copying thc old onc in thc lllain, inscrt巴dthc ncw royal a1'ms.
This vic¥V is snpportcd by thc fact tbat in a scarcc littlc bool¥: cntitIcd N cw Re‑
marks of London". . . . . collcctcd by thc Company of l'ar・isb ClcrI日(London,17H2) it i日 行tatcdthat thc Iast hou円e on thc sOllth sidc of Lcadcnhall Strect within the bOllnds ()f the parish of St. ..:¥ndrcw Undershaft was tbat of Mr. Ovcl
1 This ha日sincebcen conlirmcd by an cxamination of the dじcdsrclatinεto a hOlise in thc posilion indicatcd which was acquirecl ancl Pllllcd down hy thc Company in 1H:2li. ¥¥iIliall1 OvcrIcy is named as onc of the tcnants previou邑
to 17.17.
TIIE EAST IXDL¥ llOUSE, by Wil¥ialll Fostc ,'1(l'age 1~7-129).
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SIR JOSIλH CII!LD
Frcm aIl t:1l.;t:¥¥'ill;; 111 lnc Sutht:rhmd ColkCli拘
この SirJosiah Childの宵保1:t Cbarles J‑iarding Firth教 授 編 纂 の マ ヨ ‑
l J
‑卿皆英伍│史 (TheHistory of Eng!and, By Lord l¥Iacanlay, Editecl by
Charles Harding Firth)の第五谷 (Vol.V)に掲ぐろ底のものや複おlJ:も
ので吟ろ。これと同ーの宵f~I :t Leclger and Sworcl, By Beckles¥¥アiIlson.VOJ.
1, p. 282 (二面すろ庇にも SirJosiah Child, Bartとl‑Ci!&ぜてある。
L か L 我脳出[}~史又 It 経済史の著書論文等に未 t: この Child の宵保在拐けく 我与~y".. に紹介され J: ろ事;無 L と思 It ろ、が故に忍 l :t誌に韓載すろ事と l"j: 。
He (Josiah Child) was choscn a Dircctor of thc East Tndia Company in lGi4 and annn日llyre.elcct町1to the governing hody with the cxccptiOll of one year nntil his death in 1GDD. Thc exccptional year was lG'iG, ¥¥'hen an intimation of thc King's displcasnre with both Child a川川lI1叫【Cclド])apillり11 ( 乱ppい刊礼11'で羽Gω11此川tけly;礼l日川ri円討山inε 01日川Itof a Govcrll川l1ll1el口lt Co山'川a町actの)以Ls叩t
1
羽y,川lrdrれ'0方ya川1favOl日Ir,an吋(d "γ‑a泊sma以H川dea baronct in 1G78, . , . " (A History of British I吋ia. By Sir ¥Villiam ¥¥Ti!SOIl lIullLer. Vo1. n. p. :.'は〉
Sir Josiah Child (lG30‑1GDD)の名作 AXew Disconrsc of Trade (lG!);].ff.)日.(11改 題後の初版也〉に就て 11 大正六年一1二fド WJf~xl 民間昨雑誌第二十二を第二段(二 JH走行〉所
l院長H 稿í Ò/ヨサイア、チヤイ yレド昔祈貿易論」並 l こ第三波(三 JJ 夜行〉所載lU:fí'~i'pi‑び三/'
ヨ サ イ ア 、 チ ヤ イ 1レ ド 者 祈 貿 易 論 に 就 てJに;w論[て泣いれ。
この著述!こ就て11本年報掲棋のtII:稿「日英交泊史料JC‑I'Jt)中にも 述べーに泣いj:。 但
L其 中iこも遁ぺ℃置いj:;ffiリ此官主sI1ftc按 日 児 交 泊 史 土11hf日係なC.!t史 料 で は な い0 1: 吋皮及彼の若ilil1 制的事史上又*(í~ i1~史上而して父兄r r:IJI立-0・枇 J~ ,I:: IE嬰文献であろ。
これThcCambridgc TIistory of British Empirc 第川容のえ:r}K!I~.長 l こも加ヘ -c あろ所
以であろ。
Sir Josiah Childに 就‑c11 Thc Camhridg‑c History of British Empire Vo1. 1V に;j.くのf,(11 く :~!r:" 、てあろ o Now, howevcr, camc a change, mはinlynndcr thc inl111encc of Sir Josia Child, who after sevcn ycars' scrvicc in thc dircctoratc, bxamc Gov‑
crnor in 11;81, and continned to bc thc domin孔ntforcc in the Company nntil his death (1(;!)¥)). He held firmly thc vicw th川 thctrωlinc of action was follow
the example of thc Dntch……(p. 101)
Josiah ChildとJohn Child と11)~![-jffi 兄弟のf,(n く考へ J,';' ろもの多げ (L~'l:rll 然 らずと ~Ir. OIiver Strachey 11~な;登 Lt:o (Thc Cambridg‑c lIistory of the British
'‑01. 1V p. 102)
(ο18別13シ一1凶88ω0)8 玉黒ミ寸栴拘為4必♀T心~'お2丘三4討=4《::(毛起単E民4宅魚夫(Co叫叫uお叫M邑4泊n吋1)!...斗」会法三T心~S仙irWi山II山l日i泊amHel川l礼r)γyアTh肌o叫)[叫oω)丸川n(1779?ト一1840)thc以叩CAlいu胤ωII川ιd仙li胤i江hυ叫)凡江r‑
General己穏やいl¥Ialta己111叶+や県‑J.}!O や〈回111~ーにと←<~ The East lndia Housc 8 *3 f;4 ~よ話Rキ~~,
~'11+叶巡thepublic works department斗捻ε'や〈回同+<叶!.1fir討tsecretary for public works to thc 1 ndia
011iceベj誌やぷ。
(主活IndiaOfficc Q盟会!持SirGeol・geBinlwoJd S存君!壬SirThomas l1n11己認γ対G黒γ伸二γ£ぬ。
111 1G:H Sir Thomas MUIl, Deputy Governor uf the COlllpany, pnblished his Disconrsc of Trade frOIl1 Englancl to the East Tnclies
(Rcport 011 thc Old Rヒcordsof thc India Of{icc w:th S叩pkmcniaryNotes and .Appendices. By Sir Georgc Binlwood. p. ~Hn.
¥Villiam Thomas Thornton (1813-1880)当Oy(~r-Populationand Its Remedy; 01', An Inq山γintothe Ex.tcJlt and
Causes of the Distress Prevailing among the Labouring Classes of the British Islands, and into the l¥Teans of Remedy‑
ing it. London, 1846.ねの明者甲~♀存~~1特布告さJド日tt-O'~ ~(君LよAPlea fo1' Peasant Proprieto1's (1848),
On Labour (1869; "2nd ed., 1870)給与長崎心。(AHistory of Folitical Ecol1on小
Editiol1. p. 137)
¥V. T. Thorntollぽ8'r‑>'∞,,Jえ8f:3担当'r‑>∞ミ8f~:涯以(ThcJぷtc日ofJohn Stωrt l¥Iill. Editcc1, with <ln
Jl山
与三週給斗ぎ¥‑'科こ4うや!科学‑J~ ~拭87Sや4112与冷~\ンキ~.Kl 0 :;::!.1 'r->'∞え'おぎとと三ヘミμさきさ室:~8
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人yignon8 後!.1伸べj待。+!.tO Thorntoll為A¥'ignoll己主むの,μえS剖忠(l¥1ill'slife at :\yignon)今~JHcnry
Fawcett !.1的引お!や41←く}1I!,ぐ+:1と十+rrミeギコ~l:f~rr!当4燃や!.1患い心。(Lctt~rs of John Stllart Mill. Editcd
hy Hngh El!iot. Vol. I. p手21i1‑2(2)
Sir W. Fmtcr ぼ1主将榊TheIndia House. Chapter XIV. The Examiner's Department 8'活!1.μえベ)Thorntonベj
8'~歪建三舟J1:< 8'患V竹二い随時。
¥Vhen, in 1873, l¥1iIl died a~ far Avignon, se¥'cral distinguishecl men unitecl to wea¥'c a wreath to his mcmory in a
出criesof a吋clespublished in the Examiner (May 17, 1873). One of thesc was writtcll by ¥Villiam Thom3s Thorn‑
tf)~1, thc Political ecol1omi日t,who had becn an 九州iメtantundcr Mill at thc India Homc and his c!n月pcrsonal friend. . .
To Thornton, l¥Iill ¥vas always a kincl and consicleratc friends. ¥Vhcn thc Ex九mincrshipwas o[ercd to him he woulcl
only accept it on conditioll that Thornton was m日clean Assistant ... (Thc East Inclia House. By ¥Villiam
Fostcr)
祇11~ 民E生~~;語.EastIndia House, India OfTice 塁間三件:8'医長(持
Sir ¥V. F ostcr ~ ;ロ~(榊ThcIndia House ~会÷同~=*.(XV) The StaIT in the Nineteenth Ccntury !.1ャe寝Vギコ:シ
ド出王子。。
Pl1tting asicle thmc who河worksclcalt rnainly with Inc1ia ancl wcrc in日間n叩profc市ional‑‑Orrne, Brucc, Aubcr,
ancl Kaye in tlie clornain of history; Halhecl ancl the two Librarians, Wilkins and vVilson, in that of Oriental learn‑
ing; Alexander Dalryrnple in nautical rnatters; Ed¥vard Thornton in both geography ancl history一一‑we have still
a noteworthy list. Lamb, the two Mills, and Peacock rnust be placed in the first rank; next, perhaps, may corne
John Hoole and Jarnes Cobb (Secretary from 1814 to 1818 and another of rnany plays very popular at the tirne) ;
日ndbelow thern a nurnber of lesser rnen not yet entirely forgotten. Such were Thornas Fischer and Thornas Run‑
dall, the forrner of whom devotecl hirnself to antiquarian research, and the latter to the editing of early voyages. .
(The East India Ho凶e.By 'Villiam Foster. p. ~(8)
(1) Peter Auber
It is said that Peter Auber, who was Secretary from 1829 to 1836, entered the Office at sixteen, quitted it at sixty‑
six. on a pension of .e 2,000 a year, and lived until he was ninety‑six., thus drawing from the Cornpany .e 60,000 in the
shape of pension, besides what he had received as pay during his long period of service. (The East lndia Honse, by
"¥Villiam. Foster, XV. The Stねa町in the Nin犯叫ete代en叫lthCen凶tn山1r下p.p. 22幻7‑228)
Auber 8者CI7::rr !.l ~ミド\V.W. Hunter榊[在住自悔園J'..2.~ Analysis of the Constitution of the East India Cornpany,
by Peter Auber, A同istantSecretary to the Honourable Court of Directorsベj抑ニド母子。o(The lndian Empire: its peoples,
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