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~. t.. STATE PAPER. GREAT BRITAIN AND SWEDEN. ~.~ T .{'.~:.. . +'.f' 'MEATY OF CONCERT AND SUBSIDY BETWEEN HIS BRI TANNIC MAJESTY AND THE KING OF SWEDEN, SIGNED AT STOCKHOLM, MARCH 3, 1813. • In the name of the most Holy and Undivided Trinity, to His. Majesty the King of the Ueited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the King of Sweden, equally ani . tasted with the desire of drawing closer the ties of friendship and good intelligence which so happily subsist between them, anti pe . Detrated with the urgent necessity of establishing with each other a close concert for the maintenance of the independence of the North, and in order to accelerate the so much wished for epocha of a general peace, have agreed to provide for this two-fold object by the preeent Treaty. For this purpose they have chosen for their Plenipotentiari6, namely, his Royal Highness the Patrice Reams T, in the name and on behalf of his Majesty ' the King ot the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Honourable ALEXANDRR Hoax, Major• General of his Ma jesty's Armies; and EDWARD THORNTON, Esq. liie Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the Xing of Sweden—and his Majesty the Kino of SWEDLN, LAW. I LNCe Count d'ENGE4TROM, one of the Lords of the Kingdom , of sweden, Minister of State and for Foreign Affairs, Chancellor of the University of Lurid, Knight Commander f the King's ' Orders, Knight of the Royal Order of Charles XIII. Great Eagle of the I.egion of Honour of France; and Gornt/us Baron de Wierrearraor, Chancellor of the Court, Commander of the Order of the Polar Star, one of the Eighteen of the Swedish Ace. daisy ; who, after having exchanged their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Ar.icles: , ARTICLE I. His Majesty the king of kwedenengages to em ploy a corps of not less than thirty thoffand men, in a direct operations upon the Continent against , the common enemies of the two high contractieg parties. This army ehali act in concert with the Russian troops, placed under the command of his Royal Highness the Prince Royal of Sweden,. according to stipulations to this effect already existing between the Courts of Stockholm I and St. Petersburgh. . . I ll.—The said Courts having communicated to his Britannic Majesty the engagements subsisting between them, and having foci ally demanded his said Majesty's accession thereto, and his Majesty the King -of Sweden having, by the stipulations con tained in the preceding article, given a proof of the desire which animates hint to contribute also on his - part to the success of the common cause; his Britannic Majesty being desirous in return to Joe an immediate and unequivocal proof of his resolution to joie his interests to those of Sweden and Russia, promises and *meets by the present Treaty to accede to the conventions al ready existing between those two Powers, insomuch that his Bri tain! c Majesty will not only not oppose any obstacle to the an nexation and union in perpetuity of the Kingdom of Norway as an integral part, to the Kingdom of Sweden, but also w.O assist the views of hts Majesty the King of Sweden to that effect, either 1 by his good offices, or by employ;ng, if it should be necessary, i bib naval co-operation in concert with his Swedish or Riis ian forces. It is nevertheless to be understood, that recourse shall I not be had to force for effretmg the union of Norway to Sweden onless his Majesit the King of Denmark shall have preilowily retu'ed to join the alliance of the North, upon the conditions sti , pulated in the engagements subsisting between the Courts of Stockholm and St. Petersburgh; and his Majesty the King of Swedensengages, that this union shall take place with every pos• Bible regard and consideration for the happiness and liberty oldie people ot Norway. 1 111 —ln older to give more effect to the engagements contracted by his Majesty the King of Sweden in the first article of the pre eent Treaty, which have for object direct operations against the i cimnion enemies of the two Powers; and in order toput hist:we ! dish Majesty in a state to begin without loss of time, and as soon as the Masco shad permit, the said operations, his Britannic Ma jesty engages to funnel' to Ids Majesty the King of Sweden, (in dependently of other succours which general circumstances may place at his dilosai) for the seivice of the campaign of the pre sent year, as well as for the equipment, the transport and main tenance if his troops, die suns of one niilliou sterling, payable at Lot don monthly, to the agent who shall be au•horised by his Swedish Majesty to receive the same, in such manner as not exceed the payment of two hundred thousand pounds sterling SlCh month, wail the whole shall be paid. IV —it is agreed between the two High Contracting Parties, tine at. Avarice, of which the amount and the time of perm et shad be deiet mined between dem, and which is to be deducted from the miilion before stipulated, shall be made to his Majesty the King at Sweeten for the " muse en campagne," and for the Bret march of the troops; the retualt.der of the beforesmentioced aucceurs are , es commeece from the day of tbelandirg of the Swe dish army, as it is stipulated hy the two High Contracting Parties in the first arnele of the present' reaty. V.—The- Two High Contracting Parties being desirous of giving a solid . asd lasting guarantee to their relations, as well po lalcal as commercial ? his Britannic Majesty, animated with a de sire to give to his shy evident proofs of his sincere friendship, consents to cede to his Majesty the Kir got Sweeten, and to his successors to the Crown ot Sweden ip the order of succession established by his said Majesty, and the States-General of his kii.gdons, under date the twenty-sitih of September, 1810, the posseseiun of Guadeloupe, in the Wait Inclat, and to ti mister to Ls Swedish Majesty ale t' e rights of his Britannic Majesty over . that Island, in so tar as his said Majesty actually possesses the /tante. This Colony shall be given up to the Commissioners of his l'elajeaty the Kies of sweden in the course of the month of August of the present year, or three months after the landieg of the Swedish. troops on the Contineut ; the whole to take place gecording to the conditions agreed upon between fhe Two High Contracting Parties, in the separate Article annexed to the pre • sent Tree. i. Vl.—As a reciprocal consequence of what has been stipulated In the preceding article, hii hilajeqy the King of Sweden en rages to grant, for the :pace of twenty years, to take date from the exchange of the ratifications of the present l reaty, to the subjects of his Britannic Majesty, the right ot entrepot in the ports of Gottenburgh, Carlshan:n, and Stralsund, (whenever this last-mentioned place shall rett.rn under the Swedish dorni• Nion), for alt commodities, productions, orsmerchandize, whe • ther of Great Britain or of her colonies, laden on board British or Swedish vessels. The said commodities or merchandize, whether they be of such kind as may be introduced and subject to duty in Sweden, or who ther their introduction be I•rohibitcd, shall pay without distinction, a; duty of entrepot, one per cent. , at: valorem, upon entry, and the same upon discharge. As to I every other particular relating to this objeci, the general regula • tions existing in Sweden shall be conformed to; *seating always the subjects of his Britannic Majesty upon the footing of the most favoured natioes. ... VlL—From the day of the egnature of the present Treaty, his Majesty the King ot the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the King ot Sweden, reciprocally pro . mile not to separate their mutual interests, and particularly those of Sweden, which are referred to in the present Treaty, In any aegociatiou whatever with their common enemies. VlM—The ratifications of the present Treaty shall be ex changed at Stockholm within hour weeks, or sootier, if possible . In faith of which, we the undersign ed, in virtue of our full powers, have signed the present Treaty, and have affixed thereto the seals of our arms. Done at Stockholm, the third March, In the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and third en. ALEXANDER HOLE. LE COMTE D'ENGESTROM. , (I- 8 !) (L.S.) ED W. I tiORNTON, G. BARON DE WETTERSTEDT. (L.S) (L.S.) , SEPARATE ARI ICLE. As a consequence of the cession made by his Britannic Ma jesty, in the filth arttele of the Treaty signed this day, of the Wand of Guadaloupe, his Majesty the King of Sweden engages, 1. Faithfully to fulfil and observe the stipulations of the capi talatioi, of the said island, under date the sth of February, lbw, ao that all the privilege!, rights, benefice,, aizd prerogatives, con firmed by that act to the inhabitants of the colony, shall be pre served and maintained. 2. To take for this purpose, previous to the cession before,. mentioned, every engagement which may be judged necessary with his Britannic Majesty, and M execute all acts conformable thereto. 3. To grant to the inhabitants of Guadeloupe the same protec tion and the same advantages which the other subjects of his Ma. jesty the King of Sweden enjoy, conformably always to the laws and stipulations actually existing in Sweden. 4, 10 . forbid and prohibit, at the period of the cesaion, the in ttoductioa of slaves from Africa into the said island, and the other possessions in the West Indies of his Swedish Majesty, and not ail pipit jl►44 iiillects 19 upp is Oa Om &Me i la at gigetieM vrtiet fps Biretta Misty Is the 1.104 Walt t* tract, as this traffic hag never been authorised by him 5. To exclude, during the continuance of the present war, all armed vessels and privateers belonging to States at war witt. Great Britain, from the ports and harbnurs of Guadeloupe; and not to permit in any future wars in which Great Britain may he engaged, and Sweden remain neutral, the entrance into the ports of the said colony of the privateers belonging to any of the Belli gerent States. 6. Not to alienate the said island eel:bout the consent of his Britannic Majesty; and, 7. Tct ; grant every protection and security to British subjects, and to their property, whether they may choose to quit the colony, or to remain there. This separate article shall have the same force and effect as if it were Inserted, word for word, in the Treaty signed this day, and shall be ratified at the same time. In faith of which, we the undersigned, in virtue of our full powers, have signed the present separate article, and have affixed thereto the seals of our arms. Done at Stockholm, the third March, in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and thirteen. ALEXANDER HOPE. LE COMTE D'ENGESTROM. (L.S.) (L.S.) EDW. THORNTON, G. BARON DE WE rfERSTEDT. (LS.) (LS.) PARLIAMENT ART PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 11. The House me at ten o'clock in the morning. In a Writ of Error from the Court of Exchequer Chamber in Ireland, " Lowland demise M'Namara and others v. Lynch," Mr. Adam and Sir Samuel Romilly were heard for the Plain tiffs in error, and Mr. Walton for the Defendant in error.— Judgment deferred. In an Appeal from the Court of Chancery in Ireland, " Hunt and others o.Maunsell," sir Samuel Romilly and Mr. Bell were heard for the Appellants, and Mr. Richards and Mr. Maddox for the Respondent.—Judgment on Monday. The Manure Carriage BM was, on the motion of Lord Sr. JOHN, read a second time and committed for Monday. The Liverpool Port Improvement Bill, some local and private Bills were brought up from, the Commons by General GAS COIGNE Sir JAMILS GRAHAM, Mr. COURT INAY, Mr. FARQU HAR, and other Members, and read a first time. `I he Militia Enlistment Bill passed through a Committee, and was r ported. The - Earl of DARNLEY adverted to the subject of the Venti lation of the House, and expressed a wish that the plan of Sir Humphrey Davy should Fave a fair trial on the next night when the House was crowded, which was agreed upon. TREATY WITH SWEDEN. The Earl of LIVERPOOL, by command of his Royal High ness the Prince Regent, laid upon the table a Treaty of Concert and subsidy with bwedtn, and intimated that he intended to call the attention of the Hoube to it on Wednesday, for which day he moved that the Lords be summoned. The Earl of LAUDERDALE mentioned that it would be very inconvenient for some Noble Lords to attend on that day, and therefore he wished another day to be appointed. The Earl of LIVERPOOL mentioned Thursday, which was agreed to, and the Lords ordered to be summoned. Adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Colonel PALMER'S Per Centage Bill was referred to a Com mitte; when the question bring put, That a sum not exceeding £84,200 be given to his Majesty to be applied to this purpose, it was carried in the affirmative.—The Report on the Bill was ordered to be brought up on Tuesday. Mr. ROSE moved the second reading of the Victuallers Bill, which was opposed by Mi. T&CMAYNL. Mr. Rosa defended the Bill at some length, when it was read a second time, and or dered to be committed on Tuesday next. Lord DESART moved for leave to bring in a Bill to dissolve the Irish Canal Company, and to appoint Commissioners to in quire into the state of their credit and finances. His Lordship characterised the conduct of the Company as highly dishonourable and ruinous.—Leave given. Mr. WHARTON moved for leave to bring in a Bill for vest ing,in his Majesty, and fur inclosing certain Lands in Wind►or Forest. Mr. SHAW LEFEVRI said, that as the Bill regarded property amounting to 24,000 acres of land, he hoped time would be given to consider of it. Mr. P. GRINPELL and Mr. ABERCROMBIE also objected to the tin. Mr. WHARTON explained, when leave was given to brills in the Bill. Lord CASTLEv EACH brought up certain Papers, contain ing the Treaty with Sweden. Mr. WWI BREAD gave notice, that on the 29th of June lie bhould make a Motion for taking into consideration the Stare of the Country with respect to Foreign Powers, and is connection with the subject of Peace. '1 he CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up the Land-tax Redemption Bill. Mr. HUSKISSON approved of the Bill, but said he thought it ought to have preceded the other measures of his Right Hon. Friend for the relief of public credit. The BM was ordered to be committed to-morrow. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Or- 1 der of the Day, for taking into consideration the Bill for coati noing and anaeniling the Local Token Act. One of the new pro visions of the BPI was, to compel the persons is s uing the Tokens to pay in Lank of Eugiand Not e s. Anoth e r ameldn ' sent was to prohibit the issuing of Notes under 20s. Mr. WHITBREAD did not wish to add to the mortification of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on this occasion, by remind ing him of former discussions—but he should like to know if he still persisted in thinking the paper currency ot .equal value with the metallic. lie thou6ht the provisions of the preset': Bill should be very narrowly watched. Mr. HUSKISSON said, there was an Act brought in by him in 1809 to prohibit the issue of Notes under •tOs. value. The issuers of the Loral Tokens were al , ' sys compellable to pay in bank ofy..i;i4nal Aotes. He was not lumseit di•appointed in this Bill. He always believed it would be necessary to continue it; and he feared, that, instead of calling iu our paper currency, it would be necessary tp tithe the nominal value of our silver coin. 1 he silver Tokens had been raised in nominal value (Hear, heir! front Mr. Ponsonhy.) Sir Jou:s NewroaT in Mr. PONSONST both confirmed the statt ine:iit of Mr. Ho3nissoN, with respect to Ireland. The Bill was brought in. Mr. WHITI3kLAD wished the Treaty with Russia to be laid before the Houge. Lord CAS I'I.F.K.,EACH observed, tbat such parts of it as re- Liteki to the Treaty with Sweden, and as it would be proper to nuke public, would be detailed in his speech In the debate on the subject. hlr. - WHITBREAD professed great faith in the integrity of the Noble Lord, but he should feel still greater in the letter of the Treaty. Mr. PONSONBY conceived, that at least those parts of the Treaty which his Lordship intended to communicate in his speech, and which would be made public within twelve hours afterwards, might be previously printed, for the convenience of the House. No ans►ver from Lord Castlereagh. Mr. PONSONBY tben said, hs would on Monday make a motion for the production of the Treaty. Lord CASTLEREAGH explained. Mr. BRAND gave notice of a Motion on Parliamentary Re form for Thursday. BUDGET. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, the House went into 4 Committee of Ways and Means, and several Papers and Accounts were referred to the Committee. l'beC HANCELLP R of the Excligivg It then observed, that owing to the circumstances of not making a House on Wednesday, he had been pre. vented making the usual communication of the terms on which he had contracted for the Loan for the ser vice of the present year ; and the means by which he proposed to provide for the usual heads of the rublic Service. He was row, however, prepared to do so ; and in making his statement to the House he should not conceive it necessary to detain them by any re marks on the magnitude of the - sums requited, hut proceed immediately to (WA the TArioul kid s _ pid hold himself ready to answer all goes. uons which Gentlemen might wish to put to him upon any item of his estimates.—The Right Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to state the various Esti mates for the year, as follows, ♦iz.— - - - The Navy - - - se 40,000,000 The Army - ... . 38,9i6000 The Exusordinaries . 5 00o** s The Arrears of date - - 4,662,000 Of the latter sum 4,000,000 had already been voted; and he should, on a future day, submit a motion to the House for making up the deficiency. To prevent the inconvenience of arrears in future, he had, in the present year, taken a larger sum than usual, namely, R 9,500,000, £5,000,000 of which had been already granted, and £4,500,000 still remained behind. For the Extraordinatios for Ireland he should require - - - - me 900,000 For Miscellaneous Services -. 2,4J0,000 The Sicilian Sub-idy - . • 400,000 The Portuguese Subsidy - 2,000,000 Sums to be paid to the East India Company 2,000,000 These items would constitute almost the whole of the required supply for the year, with the exception in deed of the Vote of Credit ; - on this head, he was gonvinced, Gentlemen would feel the necessity of arming the hands of Government under the present situation of affairs on the Continent ; and therefore, on a future day, he should mcve for aVote of Credit for £6,000,000 for Great Blitan, and e 200,000 for Ireland. All these sums together would make a total of £73,605,000, to which, if the payments, on account of the Loyalty Loan, and the £1,800,000 already granted by the House for Exchequer Bills, were added, the joint charge for this Country and for Ireland would amount to £77,335,000, from which, if £8,649,100 the charge for Ireland were deducted, it would leave the sum required for the service of this Country, standing at £68,655,900. To meet this sum, he calculated on— The Consolidated Fund for • . £500,000 The War Taxes - • 21,0 , 14000 Lottery , 9 9 . 200,000 Exchequer Bills im - 15,775,800 Debentures - • 800,000 - Vote of Credit (deduct £3,000,000 already taken) 9,000,000 • Old Naval Stores - - 631,000 Loan - • . - 2.7,000,000 Total - x68,806,-40 The Right Hon. Gentleman then entered into a re capitulation of all the items of his statement ; and into an extended review of the produce of the several War and permanent Taxes. He observed there had been a deficiency, as appeared from the Returns of last year, of about £1,500,000; but it appeared, that on the Malt and Excise there had been a failure of near JE:'!,000,000, so that the other part of the revenue must have improved. This failure had principally arisen from the distress of the manufacturing classes; a circumstance which, he trusted, would not exist in future. He had taken the Consolidated Fund on an average of the three years preceding the last year ; he had also taken the Excise in the same manner ; the rest of the taxes he had taken at the average produce of the last three years, and they stood thus-- The Customs . £3,607,000 '1 he Excise 18,235,000 The Post Office - 1,400,000 The Assessed Taxes . 6,5118 000 The four other Taxes 3,879,900 The surplus to the Consolidated Fund was £600,000 ; but to avoid disappointment, he would take it at half a million. The Customs and Excise he had taken on the avet age of the three years pre ceding the last year : but to that sum might be added £550,000 for new duties imposed last year, and £250,000 addition to the duties on sugar, that article now bearing so high a price, that the whole duty was levied on it. To these might be added the Property, which, if equal to last year, would amount to near £13,000,000. The Right Hon. Gentleman then ad verted to the terms of the Loan, which we have al ready stated in our Paper of Thursday, and con:en ded that they were terms highly advantageous to the country. He concluded by moving the hrst Resolu tion—that, towards raising the supplies for the year,l a sum, not exceeding 27 millions, be granted to his Majesty, to be raised by annuities. This and the several other Resolutions, were agreed to. THE IRISH BUDGET. Mr. FITZGERALD then rose to bring forward the Ways and Means for Ireland for the year ; —and stated, that the sum wanted to be raised by new taxes in that c.)untry, for paying the interest of the Loan was £600,000. To meet that charge, he proposed to lay an additional duty on Tobacco, which would produce . £265,000 Malt, 3s. per barrel • - - 115,000 Spirits, tid. per gallon - - - 1 tO,OOO Assessed 'taxes, 25 per cent. - 100,000 Leather - - . - 5,000 Postage of betters • - - 15,000 .C 610,0410 In bringing forward these propositions, he stood in a situation which no other Gentleman, filling the office which he had the honour to fill, ever stood in. He was proposing greater burthens on his cooatry than any she had ever yet borne ; but she was, he was happy to say, in a situation better able to bear it, since her revenue and resources had considerably in. creased since the Union, and were now greater than they had ever yet been. Here the Right Hun. Gen tleman went over various statements, to skew that the revenues of Ireland had considerably improved. He next took occasion to observe, that great advantages would arise from an entire union of the Exchequers and the Finances of both countries. He contended, that such a measure as this, however some Gentle men might conceive it contrary to the Act of Union, would be highly beneficial to Ireland itself ; for then a very large Property Tax would arise from the Irish absentees, who now resided in Great Britain. As Ire land was situated at present, it was impossible for her to go on contributing to the amount of the Revenue that was necessary to meet the contribution of the present year. That country had no resources, com pared to those of England, and she was this year bearing a much greater proportion than she ought to contribute. He then concluded with moving his Re solutions. 14Ir. BANKES conceived that the gnancial system of Ireland was radically vicious, and until that system wa; done way, the exertions of that country would never be available to the exigencies of the kingdom. Mr. W. POLE digered totally from his Right fion, Friend respecting the Revenues of Ireland : for Ile was convinced that nothing but confusion, dilapi dation, and ruin, would result from any attempt to impose War Taxes itt Ireland similar to those that PM WU, Piled is Englaadt Uc did agree that the Tre"Astrid of both eeontties ought to be nutted, and their debts consolidated; but a greater tax ought not to be imposed than Ireland could bear. Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, that nothing would produce ao much dissatisfaction and disturbance, at lan attempt to raise the taxes in Ireland in the same Imanner as taxes were raised in this country. Befo re , a fair collection of revenue could take place in Ire. land, the Officers of Revenue must be entirely sep l ,, rated from all Castle influence. The Right Hon. Baronet noticed the great neglect which took pl ace . in Ireland in the collection of the revenues. In the course of last year, the sum collected for legacy du. ties amounted to no more than el, while in Eng. land this duty exceeded 8400,000. This was owin g to the nglect of the Stamp Commissioners, in not en . forcing the registry of wills. The Stamp Commi t . sioners considered their offices as sinecures, and one of them resigned his office when he was required to do the duty of it. Unless, tho-zfore, the Revenue Q. cers in Ireland were comptiled to do their duty, it would be in vain to law on new tans, which would only produce useless murmurs throughout the country. Mr. W. POLE said that Government had already taken all necessary measures to correct the abuses that existed in the Stamp Department. Acts bad been passed for the purpose, and all necessary steps were taken for carrying the:lair:to effect. That the exertions of the Irish Government had gone a grew way to correct the abuses in question, was fully pro. vett ) from the circumstance of the Irish revenues bar ing greatly increased. Ssr J. NEWPORT repeated what he had asserted. He said that Judges of the land, and other persons is high situations, had not conformed to the law, in re. gistering wills, and that the penalties were not in. flicted on them. They were screened byGovernmer.t. Mr. PEELE defied the Hon. Baronet to produce. a single instance of any person having been protected by the Government of Ireland in the way he stated: Sir H. PARNELL said, the system in Lel snd was one of universal abuse. The Commissioners there were under the controul of the Government, and they had no power over their own officers. Until this was done away, the revenues of Ireland coil!d never be properly collected. Sir J. NEWPORT said, there was a pronion the Journals of the House of a delinquent having been protected by the Government. An Inspector-Gene. ral, named Beauchamp Hill," had been convicted of taking bribes from distillers, and this man WAS still continued in his office. Mr. W. FITZGERALD said, he understood the acts in question arose from the miserable salaries given to officers. For himself, so long as he had been in office, he knew of no delinquent having ever been shielded in his improper practices. And with respect to stamps, he said, that before he left Ireland positive directions had been given to proceed again all persons who h id violated the law in that respect, Mr. CROKER assured the House, that Mr. B. Hill had not been guil. y of any moral breach of duty, although he violated the lett.'r of the law. He found it to be the common practice fur Officers to raise fees, and he took them ; but at the same time he ihsclosed to the Government the fact of his takilig tees. He was afterwards promoted, because he wasiound to be an excellent officer; and if he had not been promoted, some other Officer, mho had done what he did, would have been placed in the same situation. The several Resolutions were then agreed to; an 4 on the question that the Report be received to-morrow, Mr. PONSONBY said, this was an extraordinary proceeding, to take a Report on a d.sy when nobody knew whether the House would sit. It was still tnorr improper, when the immense sum now voted was con. sidered ; and how could the House be desired to corns to a decision on a question fur voting 150 millions, so speedily and suddenly ? Mr. VANSITT,A,RT said, it was usual to make Reports on the day after the Committee sat, and no inconvenience could arise from doing so. It was necessary to report, as soon as possible, the Resolution respecting the Loan; and the other Resolutions might be put off to Monday. The Report was theta ordered to be received to morrow, and the Committee was put off to Monday. INDIA. Mr. STEPHEN presented a Petition, and Mss W W WYNNE two Petitions, in favour of propagating Christianity in India. Lord CASTLEREAGH moved the further con, sideration of the Affairs of India . . _ . Sir J. NEWPORT then rose to make his promised motion for putting off, till next Session, a question of so great magnitude as one which involved the fate of 60 millions of people ; because, at this late p e riod d the present Session, he contended, it would be imps' sible for the Parliament t•come to a fair decision al this business. Such a question as this ought to be fairly understood between the contracting parties. It was necessary to have time to provide for an equal administration of the laws, and the just government of an immense population. f row% every view he took of Indian Government and Commerce, he was con vinced the trade ought to be thrown open ; so " it all the subjects of the Country should have a fair and equal competition. He concluded with moving, to put off the Report for three months. Lord CASTLEREAGH thought that this mes• sure ought not to be delayed, because it would tend to keep in suspense the commercial interests of the country. He hoped that he should be enabled to sub. mit the Bill to the House in the course of next week. Mr.- WHITBREAD said,- he had taken no pad in the debates which had taken place on this impnr , cant subject ; but he must say, that it ought not to bs a question between the East.lndia Company and Out. ports ; but it ought to be considered as ore oi volving the happiness of the millions in India, As far as tie could judge of it, it ought to be a Company or no Company—a mighty Empire or no Empire.-■ He concenued, that sufficient time would not ne lowed for the due consideration of this subject. rho Noble Lord (Castlereagh) had altered now very much from his former yearly statements ot the prosperous condition of the Company's airdirs•-4 For he nad now found that the Company's trade was a losing one. The whole of the evidence when had been called were in favour of the Company ; out he wished for the examination of witnesses rom out-ports, before he could decide on this Val ImPdr; cant question. At present he was but half sidnroe° Ott this great and mighty question. He was kberel°___ desirous that the kivuse &Wald be better onusums