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Every Tender most be accompanied by a Letter addressed to ; h e 4avy Board, sad signed by Two responsible Persons, engaging :o become bound wit► the Pat sea tendering, la the sum of a 13,000, for the dee prformance of the Contract. EMT INDIA HOUSE, April 1828. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY ? MERCHANTS o f ENGLAND, trading to t 4 EAST INDIES, do tieretty give Notice, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COIdPANY will beheld at *etc House, in Leadealsall-street . . WanitautaB, the 18th Jose oezt, at Eleven o'Cloek -in the Forenoon. foe the purpose of declaring to DIVIDEND, from oristmas last to MiderOmPec nest. • That the ,TKANSPRK BOOKS of the sald COMPANY'S STOCK will be SHUT on Tnumnar, the sth of June nest, at Three o'Clock, and OPENED again on TIMIDAY, the 15th July following. And that the DIVIDEND WARRANTS on the said COM PANY'S STOCK, due on the Stb. July, will be ready to be de tatted on hitaroar, the 7th of July next. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. EAST-INDIA HOUSE, --raise 4, 1828. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of Me UNITED -I- COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND, trading to to EAST-INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY appointed to be held at their House, in Leadenhall street, on Wzonswar, the 18th Instant, is made SPECIAL, for tile purpose of 'receiving a Report from the Committee appointed to inspect the Bait India Company's BT•Laws, and of considering &proposition therein contained, for altering the By-Law cap. 4. sec. 3. The COURT of DIRECTORS do also give Notice, that the said General Court is made farther Special, for the puipose of eabwitting. for confirmation. the Resolution of the General Court of the Seth ukhno, approving the Resolution of the Court of Di rectors of the ell of April last, granting to Major Gummi Come- UM; of the Bengal retired List, an allowance of iisoo per Amen, in addition to Ms present Pay and Allowance of .6130 per Assent, on the ground therein stated. The Report required by the By-Law, cap 6, sec. 19, tegedser with the Documents open which the said Resolution has been formed, an open for the inspection of the Proprietors. at this Howe. JOSEPH D4RT, Swamp This day was published, in evo. price Z.. 6d. boards, T HE CLEMENCY of TITUS, from the Italian of Metastatic,. By a LADY. Need for Geo. B. Whittaker, Ave Maria-lane, London; and cargo flakh, Livirprol. v~ ~~_ -:~. •~ 4, , • .1 , i oit -T 9• .1 • ii••• tre ;bar Ats- - Aar reed wee" wit Ids,- • 'yds Wee • be i btve ;lid. (be 3. shire. ingest Li gala. ibbcf the k,enll I bire. le late 11 0 " . • gat Laws' la as Maw ide. „......-0 "ow• ar fiRENCH PAPEIit GERMAN PAPERS. VIENNA, Jean 4. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. iimdatman. June 13-13 11—two months, 13 SH. Cl 4 lUSTIANIA, Jut, 4-4111r0 MORAL, 6 14. Lamm June 9—Three months, 6 141. Bastin, June 19—Three month% 6 241. Jtue 6... Ninety Days, 12 S. PROK THE GAZETTE DE TRANCE, JUNE 15. PARIS, Jima 14. . tAfters from Florence say, that after the arrival of a communication from St. Petersborgb, the Russian Le gation had sent on the 3d one of the Secretaries , of legation is Ancona. with very important dispatches ler Admiral Count Hayden , and a sabre of great value , ' sent by his Majesty the Rosperor Nicholas as a present to Admiral Codrington, in memory of the battle of A Journal affirms, that the Preach Government has given orders for the evacuation of Cadiz and the Sen crUrgel . Aloornal of the Netherlands quotes a letter, accord ing to wtich the marriage of the Princess Mat - jumble, daughter of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, to Prince Gustavus, son of the gz-King of Sweden, is correatly reported. Fames VOlMa—Pasts, Joss 14.—Plve per Cents. 104 f. 25e. 20e. 2.5415e.—F0ur per Cass. 95f. ',Sc.—Three per Cents josh du 22 Juiso sis,2oE I Or. 30e.— Honk Anima, 1 .915L—Rentes de Naples, ear. Fakennet. 751. sc. 15c. loc.—Hente d'itepagne, 8/ 1. — at Loan, 73j 73.—Rente porpetnelie d'Esp. 50 501 49/. — Loan, 11201. 6701. 672 f. SOc. 6721.—E:change on London. me month, 25f. 25e. encanty--tbree months, 251. 15c. paper ; 251. lie.aseari.--Oners Ana Jams 14. All hopes of an amicable arrangement of the affairs of the East have vanished. The Porte chooses war, sod confides its cause to Goa and the Prophet: such It least was the answer of the Reis Effendi out receiving the Manifesto and Declaration of, the Emperor of Rus tic The Austrian Internuacio, the Ambassadors of Prussia and the Netherlands, attempted to take advan tage of this circumstance to persuade the Divan to ac crue to the Treaty of the 6th July, and thus effect a re conciliation with England and France. This attempt was , iinsoccesstul I the Reis Effendi positively declared that V., Sultan would never accede is a Convention which he had decidedly rejected, and he could not advise his Sublimity to do so. The Porte, in consequence of these vaiioupiomainsications, has closed the Bosphorus, and dispatched Tartars to the Pashaliks with Firmans, log on all the Mussulynans, from 12 to 60 years of age, to rake arms. The Standard of the Prophet is to be im mediately displayed. In the conference with the F 0... reign Ambassadors, the Reis Effendi said, that the Porte had the less apprehension for the consequences of this war, as England and France had to see the preserva tion of interests which %sere totally opposite to the views of hussia.-...People begin to • conjectOre that the means of tesistance recently prepared by the Sultan are much more considerable than was at first believed, and that the collision between the two Empires will be very vio lent,—Algerneine Zeitung, June 10. The Austrian Observer of the 6th instant states, upon the •authortty of a Corfu Paper, that the plague has broken out in the Islands et Hydra and Spenia. TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, IV& IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Julia 16. Sir A. GRANT, and other Members, from the Commons; brought up the Land Tar Commissioneys Names Bill, the Larceny Laws (Ireland) Consolidation Bill, the Criminal Justice (Ireland) Bill, the Ball In Cues of Felony (Ireland) Bill, and some Private Bills. Mr. Futonsou, and other Members, brought up the Property in India Bill. Mr. BAMILES, and other Members, brought up a Menage, se questing that permission might be granted for Lord Viscount GODIDICS to attend the Commons' Committee on the State of the Public Buildings in the Metropolis. The Archbishop of YORK presented a Petition from the City of York against Slavery in the West Indies. Lord KING moved that the Order be discharged for the second reading of the Penryn Disfranchisement Bill, which stood for thli day, and that it be renewed for Friday. After some conversation between the Earl of Maminnineat, Lord Kute, and the Earl of ELDON, the motion was agreed to. Land KING presented a Petition from William Cobbett, the Younger, against the Surrey Road Bill. The Earl of ELDON presented a Petition from the Bankers, Merchants, and other Inhabitants of Glasgow, connected with the Colonies, for protection to property in the West Indies ; also a Pe tition from the same place, against any further concession to the Roman Catholics. • The Marquis of SALISBURY presented a Petition from Hert ford, against Slavery in the West Lord GODERICH presented a similar Petition from Lincoln. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a Parities from the Silk Weavers of Manchester, for the Regulation of Wages. The Southwark Bridge Bill was read a third time and paned. The Ayr and Calder Navigation Bill was read a third time and passeEa rld. STANHOPE presented Petitions from several Pa rishes of the County of Derby, against the proposed suppression of Small Notes. STAMP DUTIES. CALCUTTA. The Marquis of LANSDOWN had a Petition to present from the Merchants, Traders, and other inhabi tants of the City of Calcutta. He did nut mean to found any motion upon this Petition ; but he thought it right to state the complaints alleged by the Petitioners.— They complained of the sudden imposition of a heavy Stamp Duty upon all transactions of commerce. The Indian Government thought that they had a power 01 imposing. this duty by the Act of the 331 of the late King. The inhabitants of Calcutta thought i therwise, and they complained That they had been prevented from expressing their opinion upon the subject in a public meeting at Calcutta, the Governor General having in terfered to prevent such intended meeting. Upon the legality of this impost he did not venture to give an' opinion, neither could any opinion be formed as to its necessity or policy, .without a very extensive inquiry into the resources of the Indian Government, and into the peculiar situation of the inhabitants of Calcutta ; but he must say. that when the period arrived for the renewal of the Charter of the East India Company, it would be necessary to define and limit, with great ac curacy and strictness, the powers of Government in our ,East India possessions. The Petition having been read, Lord Viscount MELVILLE said, that the Act of which the Petitioners complained was entirely the act, of the Directors; but it was one in the propriety of which be perfectly concurred. As to the legality of this impost, one clause of the Act was entirely conclu sive. The Court of Calcutta had decided unanimously that it was legal ; and if the Petitioners were divatisfied with this decision, they had the right to appeal to the King and Council. To this •appeal they had not re sorted ; but, instead of that, had petitioned Parliament with respect to the expediency of the measure. It ap peased difficult to see why the town and neighbourhood of Calcutta should be exempted from a tax which had been enforced upon all the Presidencies of India. The measure was adopted during the time that Mr. Can ning was President of the Board of Controul. ,As to preventing the Public Meeting, the Government of the Presidency acted in conformity to a General Order sent out from England in the year 1806, to which Order the names of Lord Minto and of another Noble Lord, whom be did not then see .in his place (the Earl of Carlisle), Members, of the Beard of Controul at that period, were attached. The Earl of DARNLEY supported the Petition. The Marquis of LANSDOWN explained. He inclined to the opinion that the impost was legal, bat all doubt upon such a ques tion ought to be removed. The Petition was then laid upon the table. BiNCH PRISON. - - • Earl GREY presented a Petition from a. Gentleman of the name of Robert Sterne Tighe, complaining of the conduct of the Marshal of the King's Bench, is having refused him the benefit of the rules. He had already paid 804 for these rules ; but, in consequence of a new . deteiner being lodged against him, be had been confined within the walls, and thus deprived of a privilege which he conceived he had purchased. The petitioner had applied both to the Secretary of State for the Home Department and to the Court of King's Bench, but without success ; the pet inner stated also in general, that the practice of granting the rules gave rise to great hardship and extortion. He (the Noble Earl) knew nothing of the facts of the case, and dis claimed all responsibility ; but when applied to as he bad been, he thought it his duty to present the petition. He had no intention to impute blame to either of the high authorities to which the petitioner had previously Appealed, bat he could not help thinking that the office of Marshal of the King's Bench was one which required regulation. One great improvement would be to re munerate the Marshal fully by salary, and to abolish all emoluments derived from fees. The petitioner con chided by praying the House to institute an inquiry, and - offering to prove all the allegations of the petition. Lord TENTERDEN said, that the Noble Earl had been so polite as to apprise him of his intention to pre sent this petition. He should only say, that if there had been any sufficient ground of complaint established by affidavit, the Court of King's Bench would have in terfered. The fees of the Marshal were regulated in consequence of the inquiries and recommendation of a Parliamentary Commission. Ia case of escape, the Marshal was liable for the debt, and it was therefore necessary that be should be satisfied with the securities before he extended the privilege of the rules to a pri- soner. In the case of Mr. Tighe, be did not require new securities and new fees for the whole debts of that Gentleman, but only for the additional amount of the new detainee. This was fair and reasonable, inasmuch as the liability of the Marshal was increased. He agreed in mach of the general reasoning of the Noble Earl as to the expediency of a new regulation of the office. The office was ale which must be amply remunerated ; frail the eland prisoners whom the Marshal had fre quently under his care, he should be enabled to main . tain a respectable station in society. The Marquis of LANSDOWN had giien his fullest attention to the case, which came under his notice when in Mee, and he did not think it one which called upon him to interfere with the Marshal in the execution of his duty. He agreed in the opinion that a new regu lation of the office was expedient. The Lunatic Regulation Bill wu, no the motion of Lord illausteauss, read a third time and pealed. Oa the moths of the Earl of Rasmus's, the Mad-houses (Scot. land) BM was read a third time and passed. The Linea Trade (Ireland) Atli waist through a Committee. The liouctua.Gzszaar. and other Umbers of the House of Commas brought up the Archhhhap of Canterbury's Bill. SCOTCH PAROCHIAL SZTTLUSINT BILL. the motion of the Sad of Rosraaaai, the House resolved Itself Into a Committee upon this BBL Lord Viscount MELVILLE said, that the provisions of the Bill were at variance with its preamble. It pro fessed to be a measure for the regulation of settlements in Scotland. It was in reaiitg no such thing. It ex tended the term which .afire a settlement from three leers to seven. But not to all persons alike, not to the natives of Scotland themselves, but only to the natives of lieglitad and. Ireland. The object of the Bill was, in fact, to prevent the influx of Irish labourers. And this was diametrically opposed to the Act of Union with Ireland: He proposed, therefore, to omit the words " not being nativis of Scotland." This would make it at least au equal law, but even so amended he should be unwilling to consent so the passing of the Bill during the present Session. He trusted the Noble Earl would not press the measure if his Amendment should be car ried. It would in that cue be a new and sodden and unexpected change of the law as respected the people of Scotland. . The Earl of ROSEBERRY would not divide the House upon the Amendment, but he would vindicate the Bill from the charge of being ap inhospitable anti. Irish measure. It was only a measure of reciprocity. A Seutchman having entered into England washable to he sent bock the moment he became chargeable. And in Leland there was no such thing as parochial settle ment at all. If the law of removal did net exist in England, and if Poor Laws were established in Ireland of the same nature as those of Scotland, it wi.uld be .advantageous to' Ireland, and there would then be some appearance of injustice in the distinction made by the Bill between the inhabitants of the two countries. He agreed with his Noble Friend, that if the amendment were agreed to, the alteration of the law would be so extensive as to require more deliberation. Lord NAPIER opposed the Bill. One solitary Pe tition from Glasgow only had been presented in its favour, and on this account they were called upon to overturn the system of Poor Laws, which for a very long period had conferred the most important advan tages upon the Country. The Marquis of BUTE made a few observations in favour of the Bill. The evils of the present system had been experienced in other places as well as Glasgow; but at the same time he would feel reluctant to agree to a Bill which Made so marked a distinction between the people of Ireland and the people of Great Britain. The Earl of LIMERICK congratulated the House upon the death of this Bill. He deprecated the intro duction into Ireland of that plague which had tainted England so deeply—the Poor Laws. The subdivision of Jails!, for the purposes of political ambition, and not the want of Poor Lawr, had brought Ireland into her present state of &vets. Lad H ADDINGTON was favourable t) t' , e Bill ; but in the present 'Late of the House he should not call fa a division. He was cettlinly not desitous that the English system of Poor Laws, or perhaps, even the Scotch system should be introduced into Ireland. But he did-wish for the introduction of some system, to give the landed proprietors of Ireland an interest in the condi tion of the labouring classes. The Earl of LIMERICK explained. The Amendment was then agreed to. The House then resumed, and the Report was ordered to be re ceived this day three monthi.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. WO. Cowman and Sir G. hi unsay took the oaths and their seats. Mr. W. PEEL presented Returns of the quantity of Silver Coin in circulation.--Ordered to be printed. A Petition was presented from South - Shields, signed by certain Anoraks, complaining uf the' payment of double fees to pracdsing Barristers under the Bankrupt Law.—Laid on the table. Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a Petition from various Coach Proprietors residing In Westminster, complaining of some provi sions in the-Genend Turnpike Bill. Sir E. KNATCH BULL said a few words in favour of the Peddon.—Lsld on the table. Mr. HOBHOUSE moved for certain Returns relating to.the proceedings of the Select Vestry of St. James's Parish during the past year.—Ordered. Upon the motion of Mr. Patters, a new Writ was ordered for the Borough of Wareham. vacant by the appointment of John Caleraft, Esq. to diet:Ace of Paymaster General of his Majesty's Forcfs. ARCHIIIIIOP CM CAPTIZIORY ' II ILL. The ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the third reading of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Bill. Mr.•HUME objected to the principle of this Bill, which went to grant the reversion of a situation, the Registrar of the Court, which was a sinecure, and the :dunes of which were performed by deputy. The House of Commons in 1811 had resolved that it was expedient so reduce as far as possible all sinecure places. The 'present Bill was in direct opposition to that Resolution, and therefore it was that he was opposed to it. He was aware that the Archbishop was placed in a difficult si• tuition by the refusal of the two persons who now held the situation to give up their interest; and he would, therefore, not appose the Bill if the Right Honourable Gentleman would consent to the introduction of a clause td the effect. that nothing in that Bill should be held to interfere with the right of Parliament to abolish the spi ke altogether—if the Right Honourable Gentleman would introduce a clause declaratory of the intention of Parliament, that nothing in that Bill should entitle them to compensation in the event of its being hereafter desirable to abolish the office in tato. He perceived that the Right-Honourable Gentleman was not disposed to agree to his proposition ; and therefore, though be regretted ir, he felt bound to move as an Amendment, that the Bill be read a third time that day three months. The-ATTORNEY GENERAL said, that the Report of the Committee was extremely favourable as to the manner in which the duties of the office were performed. The office was not altogether a sinecure, though he ad mitted that the emoluments of the office had consider ably increased within a few years. The fees, however, were very small, and every one must admit that it was of great importance that the documents kept in this office should be carefully pteserved and arranged. The Archbishop• of Canterbury had always had the power of appointing three lives to this office. That was all that was now required. One of the lips had dropped, and the individual no* filling' the See of Canterbury . bad as much tight to fill up the vacancy as any Gentle. [PRICE SEVENPENCR: Man had to put a third life in a lease which he Wall granting of a part of his private property. Mi. C. W. WYNN understood that a pledge will held out that all offices in which there was no duty ;to perform should be abolished after this year. The present- Bill was intended to continue a sinecure of 6,0001. a- - year, for a third life. The fees co sld not be reduced • nor the cake abolished during the lives of three persons: - If the present Bill passed, the emoluments were-a great deal too high; they were larger than those of any situa tion in the King's gift except that of Lord Chancellor. It was probable that a young life would be appointed, • aid in that case, the emolun ants might amount to 16 or 20 0001. before the life was tun out. He strongly recommended the adoption of the course suggested by the Hon. Member for Aberdeen, that the three lives might now be put in the patent, but that a reservation should be made, giving Parliament the power of abo- • lishing the office or reducing the fees. He very re luctantly opposed the passing of the Bill, but conceived the fees were already disproportionate, and likely to be much larger. Dr. LUSHINGTON agreed with the principle laid • down by the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Wynn) that when the fees of a public office were too large, Parlia. • ment ought to have the power of reducing those fees, or of *Wishing the office. But be was not convinced by what was said, that the Bill now before the House mili tated against that principle. A great deal had been said about the large emoluments of the office, and he did not say that it might not be expedient to reduce those fees. He could bear testimony, that the business and duties-of this office were conducted with the greatest satisfaction to the pubhe, and that they required the greatest atten tion from the:officer. It would be right for the House to know in what manner the former Archbishop en joyed the patronage of the office. The Archbishop bad the power t r grant the office to three lives at a time; - and when one life dropped off, it bad been custansary for the other two to surrender their interest, and take a new grant. On the present occasion, however, the patentees found some difficulty in surrendering their rights from settlements connected with their family affairs, and the present Bill was only intended to give the Archbishop the power of filling up the vacant life without requiring the patentees to surrender their rights. There was not the slightest inconvenience to the public from this course. If the Bill was rejected, the patentees and the Archbishop would come to some arrangement, • and three young lives might be substituted, by which the public interest, so far from being advanced, would undergo deterioration. On every. principle of justice, ;and considering what was due to the individual who , now held the See. of Canterbury, he thought the House should consent to the passing of this Bill. Dr. PHILLIMORE could not concur in the argua • ments of his Honourable and Learned Friend. The Finance Committee of 1817 recommended the abolition • of this office of Principal Registrar. It had teen said that the duties of the office were adequately performed. That was true; but they were noe performed by the Principal Regiairars, but by the Deputies. When the • House had to deal wita. the reversion of sinecures to the amount of 18,0001. a year, he thought some such step as that proposed by the Honourable Member for Aber deen was necessary. Those Officers who really did the duties of the Regii vats were ill paid, as well as tie Judge of the Court, whose duties were so arduous and important ;..and the abolition of the sinecures would enable the House to do justice to their zeal and activity. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, that when a' Commission had sat upon these Courts, and after re commending the abolition of other officer, bad passed • this over, it was too mach to call upon the House in this accidental manner to abolish it without investiga lion. All that the Bill called upon them to do was, to give the same power to the Archbishop of Canterbury which was possessed by the Bishop of London on the other side of the water, for so long as the office of Re gistrar should continue to exist. Mr. HUME said a few words in reply. Sir J. YORKE supported the Amendment. The House then divided. when there appeared— For the Amendment, 49 I Against it, 113 I Majority, 34. Mr. HUME then moved a clause, declaring that the Act sboald have no effect upon the right of Parliament to deal with-the cake hereafter without granting compensation to the Patentees. • The -ATTORNEY GENERAL opposed the clause. Mr. CARTER supported it. Sir J. YORKE asked where was the use of cutting off the pay of active officers, when here were admitted dnecures to the amount of 13,000 i. a year, and the House refused to abolish it? The House then divided, when there appeared— For the Clause 110 Against it 74 The original motion was therefore carried by a majority of t 4, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. L. KECK presented a Petition from Lorghborough, in Leicestershire, in favour of the circulation of Small Notes. Also a similar Petition from certain Freeholders in the Manny of Lei. Mtn'. • The Hon. Mr. PANE presented a similar Pedtipn from Lyme Regis. Mr. G. BANKES presented a copy of the Mdmorlal of the British Merchants trading to India to the Court of Directors of the Hon. East India Company.—Ordered to be printed. Al oars' CHAKIIRP s. Sir J. SCARLETT presented a Petition from the Anomie, practising in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, com plaining of the entire unfitness of the Judges' Chambers for the purposes for which they were used. Mr. HUME confirmed the statement made by the Petitioners, and hoped that the grievances would be removed, especially as the akerations might be effected at little expense. Mr. Secretary PEEL said the Hon. Member had forgotten to point out the remedy, although he appeared to think it so simple. Mr. HUME said he was informed that there was some ground in the immediate neighbourhood on which adequate buildings might be erected at a very moderate expense. Sir J. SCARLETT said that the garden of the Rolls' House might be made use of, without infringing, which he, should be ex treniely sorry to do, upon the privileges of the Master of the Rolls. He strongly supported the Petition. Mr. H ARYRY supported the Petition. lair J . YORKE said he entirely believed that the Judges' Cham bers were remarkably inconvenient, and he was quite sure that the entrances to, and passages in the Courts of Law in Westminster Hall required improvement. The Petition was ordered to be printed. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR moved for a Return of all moneys paid by the Commissioners for settling French Claims to the Commis sioners of Woods and Forests, stating the dates of the warrants, the amount of each warrant, and by whom authorized.—Ordered. is TRADA WITH INDIA. ub Mr. HUSKISSON, in rising to present a Petitihn from the Merchants of Calton', re,spect.ng the trade etalk• this country with India, observed, tbat as all incidental. discussions upon Petitions interfesed very much with '^' the ordinary business of the House, and led to noprae- - tical result, he would confine himself, on the present occasion, to a mere statement of the nr tare of the Pt t - 'loners prayer. The Petition had been intrusted trs him on the part of, he believed, almost every Merchant and Trader in the City of Calcnva ; and it was alto •