Star. — London, England, 1828-06-18 00:00:00

1, NI t. t • 1 I I L t gl A • I I I 4 1 - 1, I • • 4 ..* ""~ "' Lordships House, by rendering the Representative Peerage of Scotland more analogous to the whole Peer age of the Empire, and placing them in a situation more similar to that of the Representative Peerage of Ireland.. The Earl of H ADDINGTON was favourable to one part of the Bill—to that he meant relating to the eldest sons of Peers. He had great •doubtr whether, it was intended by the Scotch Parliament to exclude them. They sat in the Scotch Parliament, although several attempts were made to exclude them. The Scotch Peers and Commons sat in the same Chamber, and it was ap prehended that the whole representation might fall into the hands of Peers and their sons, sitting together in Parliament. But with respect to the United Parlia ment no such apprehension could exist. The country Gentlemen of Scotland had a motive for insisting upon this Article of the Union, to prevent the Nobility horn monopolizing the representation. The Scotch eraPeege had since that period diminished by one half, n this motive was therefore extinct. On these grounds he was favourable to this part of the Bill. With respect to the other part, that which enabled Peers themselves to sit in the House of •Commons, he had very great objet tions. His intellect had not upon this subject made so rapid a march as that' f his Noble Friend. He thought it would be a degradation to the Scotch Peerage to pass this Act—not to the individuals who might obtain seats in the House of Common:, but to the order, which had a separate status in the realm, and which they ought to be most solicitous to preserve. There was no analogy be tween the Scotch and Irish Peerage. The latter was composed in a great degree of large landed proprietors in England. to whom exclusion from the House of Com mons would be a great injury. Lord Viscount MELVILLE opposed the Bill, on the ground that it was a violation of the letter and spirit of the Act"of Union. As well might they enact that the forty-five representatives of the country of Scotland shOuld be elected for life, as that the representative Peers should be elected for life. The alteration made in the following year after the. Union related merely to a matter of form, and did not violate in any degree the substance of the compact. It was their duty to adhere to the spirit of the compact. He would not enter into the consideration of the question whether they bad the right in any case to infringe such a solemn compact?— But. at ail events, it was clear that nothing but a case of absolute necessity could justify them in doing so.— Then the qaestion was this—Was the alteration now proposed absolutely necessary or not ? No new necessity had arisen. The proposed plan could not be shown to be mote nece4ary now than it was at the period of the Union. The Noble Lord had said that he acted with the concurrence of a great majority of the Scottish Peerage. But what he contended was, that if any single Peer was averse to the change, be had a right to plead the compact and to insist upon its substantial - fulfil ment. The Land Tax of Scotland had beetsattempted to be increased. -.lt was said the state of things had quite altered since the Union. Let us have a new Land 'fax. This the Scotch Representatives, both Peers and Com moners, had strenuously and successfully resisted, upon the ground that it would be a violation of the Act of Union. It was to be recollected that the establishment of Episcopacy in Scotland might be reconciled with the Actof Union, just as-easily as the present Bill. On these grounds he should vote for the Amendment. The Earl of LAUDERDALE complimented warmly the Noble Lord, the author of the present Bill. He had been actuated by a feeling of geatitode tothe body who had independently elected him as their representative. Argutnents draain from the Union were always used or rejected according to the will of those in power. The twenty Scotch Peers who had been called into that House es English Bets,' had alternateli, by inferences froarthe Act of Union, been admitted to vote, and pro. hibited' from voting, in the election of the Representa tive Peers of Scotland. As to the Land Tax, to. Which the Noble Viscount had alluded, had it not been in creased ? What was - the Income Tax? lie had offered to join others in trying the question of the ItteGnie Tax in the Court of Exchequer, upon the strength of the Aerof Union; bat he could not find a man in all Scot least walling to join Mm. ' When he was a young man, betteciald bare surrendered all claims to the Peerage neer doe the privilege of sitting in the House of Com sat*. He Could not conceive how any thing could be a deseadat;o* to amen In which he had an absolute adlt his felt these would be any degradation, be hadthe power of avoiding it. Lord REDESDALE supported the amendment.--: they had the pOwot of, passing this Bill ; but the qurs. tiedr•Wase had they the tight ? Unless the alteration was sistatanded by the general voice of the people, and the` iserage of - Stodaud, which it did not appear to be, 1 bestgesteuded they bad to right to break through the Arielles of the Union 'by mak ik i7 a change of this kind. tardt SRLHAVEtalteirdly wr Ater waist tts• aasaestpleat was agreed to "damns dtaltiata. The NI is eatsaairassaly lost. 4nall taw The Dske of WELLINGTON scoved the Order of the Day far the Horse to resolve itself into a Csmninittee epee this U. nit Earl of LA VORADALII 684 some ameedisents to pro vost. mid stint !war of the tree hte be hoped Ma bb. Duke wield 4easent to prismatic the Committee. i The Doke of W KI I ILIN GTON said. Om the flpiatikt be eon witted sow, and the gmendments proposed es 1111 ~.1-1111111 reading. The abject et some Nile Loads was entrely,~ their amend ments recorded in the 4ournals. and by the wieftelille proposed this I °Meet would be most offteenirsely attained. The Howe then resolved Weir into a Cantailttee, after which a prolonged conversation payed ae to the order of proceeding. in which Bari freassiont, the Duhe of Watteirevos, Lord BELLIT I and Lard DACIII took part.—'[site Howse resumed--thee Wet' was reeelved—rand the ERA was ordered to be tad a third tine so Seadey nest. The House then Adjourned at HALT-TATR Elgin O'CLOCZ. HOUSIL OF cOMMONS. On the motion of Mr. Msasausa, the London Dock BIM was reed p third time and passed. * R. h. N AITHBULL presented •Fetitions from Deal and Fordwibch, in Kent, against the Alehouse Licensing Bill. Sir J. GRAMS M "resented two Petitirms from Glantorgan daire,,on the suppression of if. notes, and four Petition from - Yorkshire against Negro Slavery's .11,4 a similar one from Winter too, in Lincolnshire. Sir J. BEBIII O HT preten: g e t d ose llitilait r Petition from Hiichass. A similar Petition was sr by Mr. S. BOURNE, from; Ashburton, in Devonshire. ',- Mr. GRATTAN prosenteri-i'dmilar Petition from the City of Cork. Hr. MUNDY promoted 41 Petition from Worksworth against the %man Note B L :a Sr R. OWIN presentoqa Petition from Sandwich, against the shlebouse Licensing IRS , Mr. F. BUXTON preflnred a Petition from Kinyton.opon- Hull against Nero Slavery; aid similar Pokdoss from Stowe bridge, &rood, Horstesd, Cromer, Plymouth, AV Chipping Nor son:Stad a similar Petition from the Society of Friends. Zhe Hettoonble Manses then presented Petitions from Ash. Daun t Birmingham, and hilibeers. wheat the baseline( X OO l waipen. • Mt. P. THOMSON presented a Nikko fret irelkaesae4 t it the Small NeseilL mr. W. WYNN presumed a shaper Petition boo Dieetge• "reitgATHCOtit presumed a Petidva ftaia Canirmil . 40bit the &nal Note BM. .1 • , ... ilit, II 6.11 TE W ART promised afethisafeasidielljai,ll. • Pao he Ilestliad, pante, ter • Weary ea eared , - i . .. s . fir 41. SI ACI NUNN Impirre l'atidam ataillfi s , *Wm* iik WO, 1 -' 4 t.veger , on,trow._ . . ' • I ... . •• • . .1 ' • • • •7 ." , .11.011111MIMM - ^” , ww(”inerwww , 7 — ._ -..~ The Criminal Justice (India) Bill was read a wiled time, and ordered to be committed on Monday next. The Insolvent Debtor,' (India) Bill rip read a almond time, and ordered to be committed on Monday neat. On the motile of Dr. Pint.l.naoaa, the Hones resolved into a Committee on the Cinque Ports Bill. Some AmetstiAients were 'made in it. The House resumed, and the Report ordered to be received to-morrow. Mr. CHOLMONDELEY presented a Petition from Grantham against the Small Notes Bill. On the Order of the Day being read for the second reading of the Register Dice (Ireland) Bin, Mr. HARVEY complained that the Bill would impose new burdens upon the registering of every species of transfer of real property. The fees which the Bill requited to be paid were 100 per cent. higher than in England. By the Act for Yorkshire the fee was 4d. for every 200 words; in the Act for Middiesesthe fee was id. for every 100 words; but in this Act for .Ireland the fee was 10s. for every 400 words. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had nothing to do with making the provisions of the BilL The schedule of fees which the Hon. Member complained of was the resort of minute inquiry. An impartial Commission had been appointed some time since to investigate the matter thoroughly, and the scale of fees had been taken from their Report, which had nut been made without due inquiry and consideration. After a few words from Mr. HAIVIZT the motion was agreed to, the Bill was ordered to be engrossed, and the third reading fixed for to-morrow. CALCUTTA PETITION. Sir 4. MACINTOSH rose to present a Petition, in respect of which he did not mean to use the terms in any common place sense, when he said that it possessed peculiar claims upon the attention of the House ; and especially upon that of the Hon. Members whose opi nions were likely to have the greatest weight on the judgment of Parliament. These claims it derived ft om various sources. In the first place, it related to• the power of raising money upon British subjects; which was, or ought to be at all times a t 'pic of the highest possible interest with a British House of Commons — (Hear, hear.) In the second place; the Petition flowed from a body of Petitioners, whom he might with great truth and consistency designate as one of the Most emi nently respectable in all the British dominions ; and who, trom this peculiar respectability of their character, as well as from their vast numbers and unrepresented con dition, had, he conceived, the strongest claims on the consideration of this Assembly. He would add, that, in the third place. it preferred such claims. on account of the various subjects, many of them of unspeakable magnitude, to which the consideration of this Petition, parliculaily with reference to the remedy to be applied to the grievances complained of, would necessarily direct the attention of the House—(Hear). This was a Petition from Calcutta, praying for relief from griev ances under which they suffer, in consequenceof certain measures that bad been adopted towards them by the. Government of India. It came from almost all the respectable native inhabitants of the place, and from all the unrepresented and unofficial Europeans resident in Calcutta; a city, which, in point of population, was the second in the British empire, which was the capital of the British dominion in Asia, a dominion that con tained not less than 80,000.000 of inhabitants; end which, in point of capacity and estcnt,waseqsal in one direction to that space on the surface of our globe which stretches from Andalusia to Lapl ind ; and in another direction to a portion of the same surface, stretching from the western coast of • Ireland to Mount Taurus—(Hear) In saying that this was a Petition from the principal in• habitants, natives, Mahomedans, Europeans, and Eng lish, of such a City, the Capital of such an Empire, he had said enough to show that these Petitioners were no obscure or uninfluential body of men. On the other hand. every man who knew his (Sir James) habituai opinions on such subjects, would feel that when he talked of the " unplaced and unofficial" inhabitants, be meant no sort of disrespect to that numerous and powerful 'class, but used the expression in order to distinguish them from the numerous military and civil servants of the Crown and the Company. He meant to imply that these latter, being connected with Government, were, silenced as well by propriety as by pi udence in ammo and on an occasion of this kind. He had no difficulty in saying that he thought it would be ill advised in them to petition Parliament upon stich topics,, or perhaps upon any others, in the statement 01 which they .rust come directly into collision with that Government: The Petition, therefore, was to be taken as that of all those inhabitants of Calcutta, who were in a condition to avow their own opinions; and from personal know ledge, as well as from information obtained from the highest authorities, he was perfectly convinced. that these no where existed a large community in which fewer disreputsble in, ividuals were to be Found than that of which these petitioners were the representatives. For fortune, integrity, and honour, high principle, and scrupulous propriety of deportment, it was almost be yond any other of which he had ever heard. Now, the main or immediate object of these petitioners was to ob ject against a stamp duty which had been imposed upon them by an Act of . ParlinMent passed about 14 months ago—(Hear)—the effect of which was to impose a tax 'which had never been introduced into Calcutta before. The petitioners strongly complained of this duty as il legally imposed upon them, as unjust in its principle, and as most inequitably directed against them, looking to the peculiar nature of their relations with this . coup = try. Now, of the first of these grounds of objection be was not prepared to give any opinion. He certainly did think, indeed, that this House could have no Otis-, diction as to the legal question; if the petitioners were aggrieved upon that point, they might go into the Supreme Court at Calcutta; and from thence they might weal to the Privy Council here. As to the injustice Of the principle, besides disputing their liability to such impost, levied by the authorities here, they alleged and were prepared to prove that while the general popula. tion of Bengal provided its quota of the revenue raised by the Indian Government ea the rate of about ss. per head, Calcutta already contributed at the rate of 10s. per head. It was also added, that this tax was one most. expensive in its collection, the charge of collection varying from forty to forty-five per cent—(Hear). " He now came to what appeared to him matter of very serious consideration—the question of the power exercised, and the policy pursued by the Government of this country in the imposition of this tax upon India—(Heaf). He knew very well that though most men would concede to him that such an imposition was the result of an erroneous policy, some might contend that necessity bad rendered it unavoidable; and precedents no doubt might, be readily quoted for the measure. But every one of those precedents, unbappily,would forcibly demonstrate. its danger and imprudence—(Hem). The great ques tion here was, whether the British inhabitants of India ought to be called on to bear equal burdens before they were admitted to equal privileges with their fel low subjects, in respect of the parent State?—(Cheers) Whether they were not, tinder their present condition, WOK inequitably called on to bear the burdens, while they were debarred from the privileges? tie thoug ht s they were. He asked no more for thealithanwa already enjoyed by every other description of our sub • s throughout the vast regions of India—(Hear, heat, These equal privileges were possessed by all the • subs, Ilindoos, Genteel% and Mahomedans. but Englishmen at Europeans were denied them., Nice,),S bed agroststood that he was to be met by as ob- ""nW / Millrirwr y lection in the very threshold of his argument, for the extension of the same rights to British-born subjects.— He was to be told that the present system of our Go vernment hid beefa-lound to answer well ; and this had been the fatal principle upon which we had'always, of legislated with regard to In dia—an y thing to l o ate t o y ff ear the consideration of a question of this kind—any thing rather than waste a minute on the affairs of so vast a portion of our Empire. Had not the history of our le gislature in 1773, 1784, 1793, and 1813, demonstrated the same procrastinating disinclination to look this sub- 1 ject in the face? and we had gone onwith a system of misal rule and mismanagement, which combined the disad van-1 cages of all other systems, and was serious without delibe ration, and sudden without vigour. The two last times that we had legislated for Julia occurred in the first and last years of the most tertible conflict in which this country was ever engaged ; these were not good seasons for introducing improvements, however palpable their exigency, into such a system. Three years now re mained before the Government must finally determine whet her the present system of Indian Government should be further persevered in. This would not be found too long a term for a mature consideration of the question. ate Right Honourable and Learned Gentleman then, went into the discussion of the existin g p olitical condi tion of the petitioners, and contrasted the first part of their exclusion from civil and political privileges with the admission of the Hindon, the Tartar, the Gentoo, the Bramen, the Parsee, the Buddist, and the Bhoodistl to them. He contended that the whole scheme of such a Government, of such a conquered country, was with out example in the history of nations. We had applied the maxims of factories to the administration of empires. He then reviewed the objections taken in 1813 to the alterations introduced into our Indian system, and de monstrated their fallacy ; and hence he argued, that much greater improvements might yet be introduced. India might be colonised by our own people; and the seal of monopoly being taken off that noble country, our political power might be enlarged, the parent state be relieved, and our expenditure diminished. He added, that returns in his hand demonstrated beyond dispute the rapid advance in amount and value of the exports to British India during the last seven years ; so little I truth was shire in the notion of the immutable condi tion of the native population, and of the impossibility of their demand for OW. manufactures, &c. increasing.— From 1820 to 1826 the average' annual exports were four millions, the' imports six millions, being an im provement of 50 per cent. -upon the previous consump. lion. Thus were the predictions of that host of intelli. gent, experienced, and honest witnesses completely falsi fied. A arranger instance of a great political mistake, which ought to be a warning in all future cases, perhaps could not be conceived. The itical . knowledge of the wit. nesses, their intimate acquaintance with the subject, was probably the very source of their mis-judgment. In his (Sir James Macintosh's} views upon India, he was borne out by the travels of the late Bishop Heber, that amiable, ' excellent, and ad vcirable ecclesiastic of the infant Church Establishment of India. That competent judge of the matter declared, that the more English there were in India the better ; and that English projects, . and. the knowledge of England and -English habits, since the re- - taxation of the Charter, had stretched to the farthest ex tremities of that country. Articles of English manufac ture had even travelled to thitatery*erge of the north western Desert, amongst tsibes to whom, twenty yelp,, ago, the very name of England was unknown ; and who would have been unable to point out the quarter of the globe in which the island was *gated. So far then logo objection urged to the relaxation of the Charter tate been removed, and the other had been equally falsified' .bZ experience. Two persons only were found to oppose thit host of witnesses brought forward. One of these was Lord Grenville,whosecomprehensive principles of philo musky, united with a knowledge of the minute details of ibe eubject a enabled his sound and erudite understanding to discern the fallacy of thedocerioes promulgated on that Ittecasion. The other was a Gentleman who was then. al , though not now. aMember of that House,Mr.Rickards— a man not the less remarkable for his great talents and learning than for. the extraordinary.beoevolence of his minds He also. made a stand; but the majority of the , legislators of that day only presumed to act against the host of witnesses whose testimony was in opposition to them with fear and trembling. The question now for the House was, whether they-should not at once go into the inquiry. instead of postponing it to the period when they would be called upon to pronounce a decision? By beginning early they would, be enabled to go on slowly and steadily to the end. By such means our empire in that quarter of the globe-would not again be liable to become the prize of a disgraceful struggle between two parties. or the subject of a long and clamorous debate, which scatcely deserved the name of discussion.- But by taking the course he recommended they would best arm their minds with the facts which ,bore upon the - question, and come to the consideration , of it in a state fit to enable them to se-tle the future Government of India, and the intercourse of this and r.ther nations with it, upon a permanent basis. He 'hoped whenlever that great question should he discussed, that those who had not undertaken the labour of ac . Igniting information on the subject, would also Abstain (from the responsibility of judging upon a question affecting the happiness and interests of eighty millions of human beings. By the appointment of a Committee stow, although the subject matter of their inquiry might require but a short period, the House would show its disposition to sift the question with a view to a future and more accurate investigation. The Right Ilonour able Gentleman concluded, amidst the cheers of the House, by moving that the Petition be brought up. The Petition having been read by the Clerk, 'the Right Hon. Gentleman moved that it be referred to a Select Committee. Mr. WYNN doubted whether his Right Honourable Friend would attain the objects embraced in his speech by the motion be had submitted. The Petition , had simply reference to the stamp duties, and he did not see how a Committee appointed to-inquire into the contents of such a Petition could branch into the important and extensive topics which it was the object of' his Right Honourable Friend to bring into the investigation. There was plenty of time yet for the discussion of these important topics, and he trusted the House would not fail, long before the period of the re newal of the Charter, to give its serious attention to the subject. He confessed he did not see that the , House could now advantageously entertain the question referred to in the Petition. The stamp duty complained of was first imposed in the year 1797, and. he admitted lit was upon an erroneous principle, inasmuch as the object was to discourage litigat on by putting a tax upon judicial proceedings. So far as that was concerned he wished to see it remedied. But the Act of 1814 was conclusive as to the power of the Indian Government to regulate the stamp duties complained'of. He was not one who concurred in she Act of 1814. He was, indeed, in the minority upon that Act, upon the principles of free wade. With reference, however, to that partof his Right Hon. Friend's statement, which attacked.the In dian Government on aecount of its restriction on the emi gration of individuals tolndia, he did not entirely *pee • ? with his Right Hon. Friend. Out of 965 application eto be allowed to go out to India, 743 had been compli ed wish by the Board of Dir. ctnrs, and the Board of Controin had given permission to many of the reject 'd The grounds upon which the refusals were given "err, that it was not reasonable to allow individulls t o go out to India, who had not a reasonable chance of obtaining a livelihood when they got there. R e ,, fusels.were also given to persons applying to go out (,) India as - Clerks, upon the ground that dcariatishj that kind were now filled by the half castes; and h ' ('lr. Wynn) was decidedly of opinion that a grew f ol k had been committed in not introducing that class info' the exercise of civil offi po ce . s— sess ( t H on e s ar in , bleenccoengsiedneerreadilythtsot our we held them merely fns iron h eoe i t ot this country, as a means of settlem.-:-t for the people of this country. He considered that we had a higs ti t • duty to perform—a duty towards the nativepo i .ol at i eci of India—(Hear). —He differed from his Right H ot Friend as to the notion thatEuropea s were the best Inv, rectors of the native population of India. Pat history showed that in proportion as people war tree at home i did they treat with contempt those over wt om, less fro than themselves, they had dominion abroad. For si e own part he solemnly declared that he had rather, were a native of India, be subject to .a people • despotic dominion at home, than under ire of a free state. If they looked 'back into history, they would find the Spartans, who wt freest people at home, the most despotic wherever they had dominion abroad. It was the same gard to Rome. The proper cousse ef to:icy Indian possessions was to conciliate and Wend , habitants generally as one race. He could assure House that there was no object nearer the hear , Noble Friend, who had lately gone out as Governor. General of India, than to act upon these to employ the natives as much as possible in cm In 1880, he thought it would be time enough to for the renewal of the Charter. With regard to tition itselt, he could only say, that if the Indian ment acted illegally, there was an appeal Oil Court of Justice or to the Privy Council. A Message from the Lords here announced their Assent to several Private and Public Bills. Mr. HUNIE said, he was happy to have he; speech of the Right Hon. Geortlernan (Mr. W, the principles laid down by him had been act much evil mint,' have been prevented. Ah years of oppression, they were now told that ciple was bad. The Right Honourable Gentle' 'Spoke last, said he agreed to much that had fal Isis Right Honourable and Learned Friend. bu' jetted to the period proposed for inquiry as —The earlier, it was entered upon the bell grounds had been made out for delay. • He did -the Stamp -Acts alone were ground enough to to inquiry, nor was he disposed to lay great tieing the people of Calcutta. There v.• ever, a great difference between the 'iglu `by Englishmen within and Without the . wall cotta.- The rights giiren to . :P,44li+htbris tinet and separate with respect to such within and without Pi es • idencies. The Aft House also were distinct upon the subjecr liniited the power of thiCeiripany, to I. g Watt Plesidencies. He did i por.coasider the leedl Stamp Act of the least impottance ; lassyt greatest eminence differed on it. The situatio was so peculiar, that the House should not enced by technicalities. The Petitioners corn thst they were not permitted so meet—tbey ineseatation in that Houss to protect their', it was for that reason they ottgbt to view jealousy the acts ot a Government, which went eighty or ninety millions of people. The pop+ Calcutta was greater,he believed, than that ot the complaints of such . a'population deierved', serious attention. The Petition was not so nurne, signed as it would have been, if no appieherdens . entertained from signing such a thing. h Wis. b. more numerously signed than any similar / which ever came from India. The Sheriff first a meeting by advertisement, but. afterwards it, on the ground that the Government of Indi permiision. There could be no strongeritir e sion than this. The Inhabitants, however; et were not always brave, and they wisely abstai interfering with the meeting. if the Governme) acted by orders from home, the euthinities hr greatly to blame. The petitioners a'sied to be by that House against taxation, as they din the advantage of being represented in the liament. The. objection to the imposition was more unahimous than upon 'any foriner The tax was i d without any knowledge was . going on ti 11l the order for raising it the Gazette, and this at a time when-they were to be relieied from other taxes. Whether legal or not, it should not have been imposed some prEvious notice. He trusted they ant tition after petition until the grievances of redressed. They should endeavour to gall of all in supportof the Government, in plan discontent. The taxation was not Irene r‘ two millions British money On a PI eighty millions, not five shillings, a head, WI land the taxation amounted to between 41. What could this arise from but the bad gas the country, which prevertit all her resources from being brought into act on. They ought to profit by experience. They had suffered enough befare by at. tempting to impose cuth a task as this on their C* ales. Let it not be thought that the people of India could never be excited to resistance. He b.ggedut call the at entioa ot the late President of the board et Trade to Bonaparte's principle for the rega tion o f Colonies. It was a wise and just one. His rule assr that to govern Colonies well, justice must nnt 0101: be done, but the Colonies must feel convinced that it was done. Let the tax, therefore, be legal or illegair they should give satisfaction to the' Coloeies. It ws the most impolitic and the most inconvenient to trade that could be imposed. Were he to detail all the et" ances under which India suffered, it would occupy Fria twelve hours.—(A laugh). lii place of acting on It! principle of Bonaparte, the Court of Directors related 37 information, except that which came from authorise! sources. He frequently received letters from Civil a° Military Officers, conveying complaints and setio. charges, but-requesting that the source from • hich tng_ information came should be concealed , lest they align' be marked men. He thought inquiry absolutely note,' , sary, and he hoped that a Committee would be ro for and agreed to, on this important subj ect. if a doll! existed about it, that was the stronger reason for tic the I 'nap in d Committee. Lord ASHLEY said, that he wa s not aware of the Petitionbeing presented that evening ufltil he hAdcostte down to the House - Under such circurn,iances it would be impossible for him to toll iw the Hon. Members into the detail in which they had indulged. The St 11 1 Taz in India was nor as obnoxiou. as in this co,,ntri; on the contrary; it was attended with :dale ationtsgeir t "MY ytia at home,' 'meg less fret Moi For his . of er, if be At under art ii subject s 'mot ancient 1.00 were the • be I wherever tat with re. 'Coe r for on e I the in. but ssure the tion Ott of his. ill 'overact- ipler, and of t rt; (Am that o prepa re 'sty] to the Fe. ill I n Governs pet; ther to a Lorthlage sett be heard tie tit r ynn). If der ted upos, bat her may to t the prig. eman who mw alien from P" but he* stet early. 'of tter. the nut thne F a to proceed tau t stress oci . ode was, haw tb a us enjoyed s er i Its of Cal. I were de. AN as tesicisi • ,cts At eet: • Thir ao e w ithin the t o rlity ef the Tot tors of the m i on of Ink pe rt be in&. as complained. te , tad no re. 1 44 sights, and with great it ent ioaffeet fw OPUI4t:ORCii,!: , Pttis,aod ed" the Isom. lit nieroitsrg • sirdoni rie, as. homer, • ti err rst congaed 0 Is withdrew rrdiw refused Ft,; • Ifni% mined from oment there f at I here wre be protected fr id tot enjoy Brithh Par- lis toftlistax ss tar POISIOII. ti dge of • what appeared in were pray'ng tl this tai ma p ose d wither. b nuld hare pe• f India were tl ain the hearts I; ,ce of exciting ti than twenty- It • . I ttpulatton chile in Enr or he'll I . s ° :i r re e t m s e n: of fro 'a as ~t~