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/hid gfri( Pi 1 CONTRACTS FOR RUM, RAISINS, PEAS, OATMEAL, SUGAR, AND COCOA. VICTUALLIYG OFFICE, April 15, UM THE CO )fiIiftiSIONERS for VICTUALLING 4 - his MAJESTY'S NAVY, if c. do hereby give Notice, That on THURSDAY, the 22d inst. they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the following Arti cles, to be delivered into his Blajesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, viz.- ARTICLI. PERIOD OF DIUVRLY. One half thereof between the 15th of May and the 15th of i 00,000 Gallons of Rum June next, and the remainder by the 50th day of June. a 0 Tons of Raisins ; 500 Quarters of Peu ; The whole between the In and 50 Tons of New Oatmeal; 31st day of May neat. too Tons of Sugar; and 50 Tons of Cocoa. Samples of the Raisins, Peas, Oatmeal, and Cocoa, must be I to:toted by the party tendering. A sample of the Sugar, and the Conditions of the Contracts, may be seen at this Office. Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered before One o'Clock on the Day appointed; and the Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, mast attend to answer when called for. _ _____ • AL WALLER CLIFTOII. PRIVATE PUPIL AMARRIED CLERGYMAN, for some years Tutor to a Nobleman, and subsequently receiving Six Pupils into his House, a moderate distance from Leonia, would be glad to 611 a VACANCY with a GENTLEMAN'S SOS, whose Education may require more than common attention. Letters addressed to the Rev. H. S. Messrs. Harding and Le- I ntds, Booksellers, 4, Pall-mall East, London, will be duly for warded to him in the country. ANTICORROSION LITHE; PAINT, recom mended for Painting Stucco Fronts that are thoroughly dry, as well as for Painting rough out-door Wood or Iron work. It is decidedly cheaper than most Oil Colours, is more durable, and may he used by any common workman. Sold tidier in. Stone or Lead Colours. Manufactured by FRANCIS WHITE and FRANCIS BRO• 1 II ERS (Patentees of IlameHus Mastic), Nine Elms, Vauxhall. GELL'S DALBY'S CARMINATIVE EFFECTUALLY removes those alarming disorders of the stomach and bowels to which children of all ages are so liable. In the Colic, and similar affections of adults, It often cures when other means fail. During the last Fifty Years, this popular Medicine has met with a very extensive ale; this has led to Its being counterfeited. Parents are seriously cautioned against these deleterious prepara. dons, which are now commonly offered for sale. The only criterion of its being the Original and Genuine " DALBY'S CARMINATIVE,' is its having the name " F Newbery." engraved in the Government Stamp on each bottle, price Is. 9d. Sold by F. Newbery and Sons, 45, St. Paul's Church-yard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Hawkins, Bond-street ; Weatherly, Bridge-street, Westminster ; Lewes Tottenbam-court-road ; l3otwright, Islington ; and the respectable Venders of Medicine in the Country. •, Ask particularly for' Gell's Dalby's Carminative." A New Edition (the Fifteenth) with Additions and Emends. duns, together with a copious Commentary on the mischief of the Cutting System, just attempted to be revived, after receiving the unqualified and unanimous condemnation of all the eminent Men in the Profession for the last Forty years. PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONSonSTRICTURES of the URETHRA and RECTUM, recommending an im proved System for their Treatment and Cure, illustrating its Effi cacy by numerous remarkable and highly important Cases, in some of which Strictures of from Ten to Twenty Years duration have been totally removed in a few weeks, and its superiority thereby tally established over every other method hitherto practised. By C. B. COURTENAY, M.D. To which are added, Observation:, and Practical Comments on Gluts, Seminal Weakness, and the Miseries occasioned by Self. .14. e, for the Cure of which a mode .of treatment, the result of lung and successful practice, and at once safe, speedy, and effec is adopted by the Author. Printed for the Author, Robert -street, Adelphi • and published and sold by Sherwood and Co. Paternoster-row ; onwhyn, 4, Ca therine-street, Strand ; Chappell, Royal Exchange ; Marsh, 137, Oxford -street; Walker, 90, High Holborn ; Chapple, 94, Pall Man; Sutherland, 90, Carlton -street, Edinburgh; and may be bad of all Booksellers. " We earnestly recommend the cases related by Dr. Courtenay to the perusal of such of our Readers as are afflicted with the com plaints which the Author has made the subject of these Observa tions. Several instances are adduced of the recovery of perfect health from states which were considered hopeless by practitioners of eminent talents, and very extensive experience. We entertain the highest opinion of Dr. Courtenay's professional skin, and con iratulate him en his successful and judicious application to these •rverr and often destructive diseases."—European Magazine. THE HAVANNAH. A letter from the Havannah, dated the 27th of Feb..:stay, encloses a copy of the Proclamation issued by the khweritor General Vives, when the conspiracy for throw :a; ul the yoke of Spain was discovered. It is as fol iuttt: INHABIFANTS OF THE ISLAND OF CUBA. The flattering picture which this fortunate island presents, the melt of your loyalty and good sense, cannot but irritate the revolu. tioniste of the adjacent continent, who look with anger and envy l"' NI prosperity and wealth, whilst they are bowed down by poverty and anarchy, the Inevitable consequences of their revolt. This happy land, the abode of peace, plenty, and loyalty, presents to the world a striking contrast, enjoying under the mild govern. ❑ent of the King all the blessings which spring from security and property, the uninterrupted progress of the arts, education, and science, whilst revolutions, factions, discord, and anarchy, have este. iAislied their empire in the revolted provinces ; and their natural consequt nee has been immorality, licentiousness, and wretchedness, induced by this state of disorder, and, since the malcontents have pared nn means or efforts to disturb your repose, they have not found it difficult to allure to their faction some of the inhabitants of this eland. Some of them, ungrateful for the hospitality they have here re ..ived, and others, who were unsuspicious, have been misled by fal- I vciuw, theories, ignorant of the irresistible arguments founded upon th e shAile comparison between the state of refinement and propriety ot the ever-faithful island of Cuba, and the deplorable state of the sirscc the moment of its separation from the paternal go vernment of his majesty ! Madmen I—All men of sense in this &viand are faithful to the king our master, from affection, gratitude, 4d conviction that, in her loyalty and union to the parent state, they hold the only guarantee which secures its well-being, and that thotby which severs these sacred bonds will ba the last day of the LaPpioet and even the existence, of Cuba. Tht ritiiculcus conspiracy, which could only Lave proved dim serous to t he malcontents themselves who projected it, is discovered !how wl.ii may be convicted of the crime shall be punished w.tli all the rijo,tt of our laws, because public vengeance, as well as our own satoy. deir.and it. Citizens of Cuba! Repose entire conk. Is : yout Coief Magistrate, who, assisted by his colleagues, dune, and will do, his duty, to sustain you in the enjoyment of sit Toot present I enefits, fulfilling the often-repeated orders of the king our Lord, which are so grateful to his heart, that It never throbs with pleasure but when contemplating your content and happiness. (Signed) FRANCISCO DIONIBIO VIVP.S. savannah, Feb. 26. A number of ;crests have taken place, and trials and executions t xpected to f.lluw close on their heels. 1J I'KrPF 71). committer'. Great progress has been made in the c"npilation of the new odes. The schools of mt.tu.d instruction for the education of the gnat body of the people, afford very satisfactory results. Since last August 83 schools, and 2,70 scholars hare been estab lished, ant there Is reason to expect that where the system is pro. peily spread there will be the means of affording all the youth of the State a suitable education.—Frankfort Papers % April It -,-, of / -. • ---------3---_-_f--- \----- 01 V terrzu T x° lif iliV '' * 3:loTSibra. yams ),....-vi• NO xxiara, N°• 13,453. TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, IS:30. COLOMBIA. In the STAB of the 10th instant was inserted the Mes sage of Bolivar to the Colombian Congress, anti his Proclamation, announcing his resignation of the Chief Magistracy. We have since received a copy of the reply of the Congress, which has refused to accept the resig nation ; the principal passages of the reply are in sub stance as follow : " Since unfortunate events have rendered it manifest that the con stitution of Colombia is not sufficient to secure the respect due to the Government and the maintenance of union among citizens, its reform is considered necessary, but as the education of the people cannot be accomplished snhout some painful experiments, that of Ocana was of the ino:.t disastrous kind ; it had nearly proved fatal, and Colom bia would doubtless have been erased from the list of nations, bad not the people reanimated the expiring country by confiding to your hands a vigorous authority that you might be the means of repressing evil and convoking the national repmentation when you should con. sider that measure nec,ssary. " Before that convocation took place, Colombia and you have ex perienced some severe frowns of fortune ; but Divine Providence has been pleased to preserve you both from the threatening dangers. But your valuable life being wonderfully and happily saved, and a glorious peace sith a fraternal nation, which unfortu nately had become an enemy, being at last concluded, all the friends of Colombia have been encouraged to hope that on the meeting of the Congress of 1830, under the shade of the laurels gathered in those fields where independence was won, and the na. tional dignity confirmed, that Assembly will have the good fortune to put the seal to the public felicity by giving to the country institutions dictated by experience, suited to its wants, and founded on the popular will. The rash enterprise of a gallant General, though it for a moment darkened the horizon of our hopes, de monstrated at the same time, that the people wishsftrr order and tranquillity ;—when they appear unreasonable, it is because those instigate them who desire to make tools of them to satisfy their own ends and passions. " The Constituent Congress, in commencing its labours, relies on your support, and with you regrets that the junta of an illustrious city should have exceeded the bounds which the legal object of its meeting prescribed. Nevertheless, the Congress trusts that due re flection will convince all citizens that the general welfare requires them to respect the decisions of the national sovereignty, especially when they are founded on the interests and will of the majority, and have for their end the felicity of the Colombian people. " Faithful to the fundamental law of Colombia, the Congress will not deviate from what it prescribes respecting the compact of union and the form of government. It belongs to the chief of the execu tive to cause the former to be respected ; and to the Congress to de. termine respecting the latter. In cementing the empire of our Mad tutions the national representation will consult the events of our history, examine the wants of the Republic and will endeavour to ful fi l by all possible means what the gene rali interest, as well as local interests require, deriving advantage from the melancholy but salutary lessons of experience. In establishing legal authority upon a solid basis, the Congress will endeavour to give to the nation all possible securities against despotism and against anarchy, in order that those who have laboured so arduously to create for them. selves a country may not look for their work in vain. " But if you abandon us at this moment, the devouring monster of anarchy will find food in Colombia. You have solemnly pro. mised to exercise the supreme authority until the Congress promul gate the constitution and appoint the magistrates of the state. If, on the one hand, what you owe to Colombia and to yourself present powerful obstacles to your abdication of the Presidency of the Re. public, the Congress, on the other hand, is in a situation which renders its acceptance of that resignation impossible, because your promise is comprehended in the law of its creation, and it is bound religiously to respect. With respect to your reputation, it cannot suffer from the calumnies of your detractors ; the ex. istence of this assembly is a victorious reply to all their assertions. Continue, then, to preserve Colombia from the horrors of anarchy. Leave her for a legacy the consolidation of her laws, and your name, already immortal, will appear still more resplendent and pure in the pages of history, when it shall be therein recorded that you sacrificed every thing to the happiness of your country." FRANKFORT PAPERS. We received last night Frankfort Papers to the 12th April, from which we make the following extracts : BUCHAREST, Maims 16. Accounts from Constantinople paint in dark colours the situa. tion of the capital, as well as of the provinces. An apparent tranquillity, indeed, still prevails, but an attentive spectator soon perceives that it is entirely the result of fear and of momentary obedience to the commands of the Sultan i but that it by no weans proceeds from that temper of mind which internal sa tisfaction produces, nor even from the natural resignation of the Alusselinen, and their belief in fatalism. The deep despon- dency which has seized them is rather the effect of a sense of uneasiness, and of that general discontent which, like a fire slumbering amidst the ashes, threatens to break out into flames at the first gust of wind. The additional taxes which the Porte has imposed are certairdy a heavy burden on the people. The Turks also consider certain stipulations of the Treaty of Adrianople as a chief cause of the lamentable state in which the Ottoman empire now is. "By these stipulations," they say, " our whole trade is given up without any indemnity to the hands of foreigners, who will not only draw advantage from our richest provinces, as if they were their own, while our own merchants encounter only humiliation and difficulties at every step, which, as it is impossible to prevent them, must in the end prove our ruin." A similar temper marl. fects itself even among the soldiers who arc besides not always re. gularly paid. Indeed we may affirm, without Foing too far, that notwithstanding the efforts of the Sultan and his con fi dential ser vants, there is a general remissness and want of harmony in all the branches of the administration. But what has latterly had the most injurious effect on the situation of the Porte, is the sudden discharge of Perten Effendi, who, as Reis Effendi, las hitherto been at the head of the department of Foreign Affairs. olnui the Ministers who have filled that office during the last ten years, he was undoubtedly the only one who saw in a right point of view the situation of the Ottoman empire, and was thoroughly acquainted with what was ne cessar y t o maintain it firm amidst the storms which threatened it from so many quarters. It is certain, that having recognized the inefficacy of the:ancient policy of the Turkish Cabinet, he sincerely desired peace with all its consequences, howevergreat the sacrifices might be that the Treaty of Adrianople imposed. Hence he is said to have protested unequivocally, and without reserve, to the Sultan, of the secret intrigues of a certain Cabinet, whose representative at the Porte had found means to gain the confidence of hlahmoud by all kinds of illusory insinuations. This Ambassador, by anticipating•the most secret wishes of the Sultan himself, poin te d out the course he had to follow, in order to delay the execution of those Articles of the Treaty which were most galling to the pride of the arrogant Despot, in order, by this means, to gain time, and in the sequel obtain a modifimion. Held Pacha, in consequence of secret instructions proceeding from the Sultan himself, was to support this plan, and, in fact, the exertions of that Ambassador at St. Petersburgh are said to have thrown many impediments in the way of the negotiation of the Russian Ministers at Constantinople. How ever, these Ministers, especially M. de Ribeaupierre, had serious discussions with the ?ca. Effendi which, as well as the apprenhen. aims that they excited in him, that Minister communicated without reserve to his Master. The Sultan hereupon invited the British Ambassador to a confidential audience, and now the dismissal of Pesten Effendi was irrevocably resolved upon. However, it was thought advisable, on account of Russia, to treat this old and tried servant with some regard, and thus it happened he did not meet the usual fate of those who fall into disgrace in Turkey, especially when the individual, who has had the misfortune to draw on himself the displeasure of his Sovereign, is suspected of the slightest want of devotedness to his master. FRANKFORT, Arum 11. In the sitting of the Legislative Assembly of the lonian Wands, on the 6th March, the Lord High Commissioner delivered a speech, in which he gives a favourable view of the progress that has been made in the establishment of schools, and of the Wands generally. Public tratiquilliiy has not been interrupted, notwithstanding the distress felt in almost all the districts in consequence of the unaommonly severe winter. Nay, there has been since the last Session, a great decrease in the number of crimes LA VALETTE. The Amu. de Paris, in the number published lest week, con. talus an interesting article from the pen of M. Cut Ober Fleury, on the subject of this gentleman, whose escape once created a sensation in this country, which, from the names connected with it, was scarcely inferior to that which it produced in Franc•. The article to which ye allude is compiled front some unpublished authbio graphical memoirs by Lavalette, and contains a concise account of his whole career. His father, a respectable merchant of Paris, gave hint a liberal education at the College d'Harcourt, on quitting whishebe tuned his thoughts to the church, and though lie never took orders, went so far as to assume the short cassock as a prepa ratory step, becoming a sub-librarian at St. Genevieve. In 1789 he enrolled himself among the national militia embodied by La Fayette, and, in 1792, was one of those that signed the royaliet peti tions ; but his conduct on the 10th of August having rendered him suspected, he hastened to join the legion of the Alps as a volunteer. In this capacity he served a campaign on the banks of the Rhine, and rose, by his courage and intelligence, to be aid-de-camp to Ge.l neral 'Uruguay Some months after he was selected for a commission of considerable delicacy. The general of the army of , Italy, crannied in his career of glory, looked with no slight anxiety on the conflict of parties then agitating the capital, which rendered it very difficult for him to ascertain the real state of affairs. Lava. lette was despatched by him for the purpose of immuring informs. tion, a task which he executed with great address, corresponding with his patron by nicans of a cypher invented by Bourrienne. lie reached l'aris in safety, and mixed without suspicion in the various societies at the Luxembourg, at Carnet's, Madame Steel, Aug reau'it, &c. furthering the designs of all parties, but committing himself with none. We regret that our limits prevent our giving a letter, in which he describes, with great humour and graphic deli. nation, the Directory, or " Five Kings," as he calls them, con. treating their mantles a la Francis the First,with M. de Talleyrand, in silk pantaloons, &c. introducing the Ambassador from the Grand ' Duke of Tuscany, " whose dinner the French were then eating up from the soup down to the cheese." When Buonaparte began to rise into notice, Lavalette attached himself to him, and was present at the battle of the Pyramids and the siege of Acre. During the war with Austria, he was despatched to Dresden, where he remained with full power, to watch for an opportunity of concluding a peace with that state, but Moreau, at Hohenlinden, says the editot, was, after all, the best negotiator, and Lavalette returned to Paris. Here ended his military and diplomatic career. Buonaparte, whose reibm under colour of a republic had already commenced, drew around him those of his old companions, on whose real talents and fidelity he could rely, and Lavalette among the fine He was named Commissary General of the Ports, an office on the establishment of ' the empire, merged in that of Director General, at which time he also received the title of Count, and a seat in the Council of State and the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour. The events of 1814 returned him to private life, which he did not again quit till the arrival of Napoleon at Paris, on the 20th of March following. His return to power was marked with a moderation which his enemies would have done well to imitate at a subsequent period. A person employed in his department waited on him with a list of those who had taken part against him, " Sir, ;" was his answer, 1" how an you look an honest man in the face ? Learn to know me better !" And he threw the paper into the fire unread. On the first overthrow of his patron, Laralette, conscious of no crime, re.' mained in Paris ; he was anested on the 10th of July, while sitting at table with his friends, and confined au secret. Proceedings were commenced against him as an accomplice in the attempt of the 20th of March preceding. On the 19th of November, he was brought to trial, when he defended himself with great dignity, as well as talent, and heard the sentence which condemned hint to death with the greatest composure, reproving the emotion shewn by his friends, and saluting with calm politeness those persons from the Post Office department who had just been giving evidence against him. It was not till he bad retired to the solitude of his dungeon that his composure forsook him, and then the thought only of the ignominious mode of the death to which he was consigned shook the fortitude of the old soldier; he petitioned that he might be shot, but his request being refused, he immediately set about the task of familiarising himself with the death be dreaded, and accustomed himself to hear from his jailors all the details of the degrading mode of punishment he was to undergo. Time few swiftly on, the Court of Cassation rejected his appeal; an ap. plication to the Royal clemency, presented by madame Lavalette herself, met with no better success; the day of execution was at bend. The evening preceding the day on which it was to take place, his wife entered the prison dressed in a pelisse of Merino richly lined with fur, such as she had been accustomed to wear home from a ball, and having a black taffeta petticoat in a bag.— All, she told him in a firm voice, was lost; flight was the onlyl thing that could save him, and produced the disguise ; a sedan chair, she added, would receive him at the gate of the prison, and a cabriolet was in waiting on the quay Des °risme ; a devoted friend and a secure asylum would answer for the rest. M. Lavalette at first refused to avail himself of a scheme which he disapproved. " I am prepared for a tragedy," was his reply, " but 1 cannot figure in a farce; I shall be detected in this ridiculous dress, which will expose me to the jeers of the rabble ; besides, I must abandon you to the insults of the rascally turnkeys and the persecutions of my enemies."—" If you die, I die with you: save your life to pre- serve mine," answered this devoted woman. The prisoner yielded, made his toilette hastily, and attending to halirection to stoop as he passed through the wicket, that he might not disarrange the feathers in his bonnet, passed out followed II his wife's attendant, and leaning on the arm of her daughter, while his preserver con cealed herself behind a screen from the turnkey, who let him out ofl the dungeon. On reaching the sedan, the chairmen were not there ; the moment was a terrible one, exposed as he then was to the gaze of I the sentinels and other soldiers, assembled out of curiosity to get a sight of Madame lavalette. Fortunately the servants soon arrived, the chair was lifted, and in a few minutes the pave of the bridge of St. Michel echoed to the feet of a horse drawing a cabriolet at full speed. This was on the 23d of December; Lavalette remained' concealed in Paris till the 10th of January, beneath the same roof with one of the most powerful and inveterate of his political ene mies, and within hearing, from his garret, of the rewards for his ap. prelienadon cried about the streets by order of the police. The bar. riers were closed, all passports suspended, descriptions of his person posted on every road, while a general alarm seemed to pervade the courtly circles that all would be lost unless they should succeed in catching Lavalette. At eight o'clock in the evening of the 9th of Jan. 1818, he repaired on foot with a friend to the house of Captain Hutchinson, and next morning, at the very moment they were ens. I ployed in executing him in effigy in the Place de Greve, passed the barriers in an open cabriolet, in company with Sir Robert Wilson, and dressed in the uniform of a general officer in the English service. On the road he held a handkerchief to his cheek, as if afflicted with the tooth-ache, a precaution the more neceseary, as several British officers met them repeatedly, to whom his Inability to speak Entlish must have betrayed hint. When near the frontiers, a captain of gendarmerie, looking at the name of Cesar in the passport, hesitated for some time, observing, he did not think there was any general officer of that name in the English service; but Sir it. Wilson assured him he was mistaken, and they were at length allowed to proceed. Before the ftiends separated, which they did at Mons, his generous guide inquired hew it was that he had wished to be shot, then correcting himself Immediately, added, " but I can understand it, you did not like to have your throat cut like a calf." Lavalette found a hospitable asylum at the Court of Bavaria, where the Duchess of St. Leo lent him her house, and Prince Eugene lavished attentions on him ; he might now be considered happy, but no—. one circumstance embittered all his reflections. When he was at length permitted to return to Paris, amidst the thousand voices which welcomed him, one was silent, that of his heroic self.devoted wife. She did pot even recognize him; the emotion of that terrible moment when they parted was too much for her e she saved him, but her senses left her for ever in the effort. To sooth and render bee the most grateful anathema, was the business of the remainder of lavalette's life; he appeared no more in the world except on one occasion, whoa be cane to London in order to assist at his friend Wilson's election; that secured, he returned to France, and, amidst his books, the only consolation left him in his seclusion, dedicated his days to that melancholy duty, the rellexion on his strict pevionn. ante of which rendered his last moments happy—he had discharged the debt of gratitude and affection. C L: I 7* A . OI:NEBAL MEI:TING OF THE INHABITANTS OF CALCUTTA, m the 15.11 of DECEMBER, 102:i. J. PALMEII, Eaq. in the Chair. l ON S. I. Nloced by Mr. J. SMITH, ant' t.ectbuded by Mr. E. TROTTER. That this meeting considers itself ctlkd upon, adverting tu pending discussions in the Legislature on the renewal or the liar.. Company's Charter, to make known and declare unreservedly to Parliament its a ishes and views in regard to such matte' Mae particularly touching the interests and welfare of this country.whethei the administration of its government shall be conducted for the future directly by the Ministers of the Crown, or through Cie corky of the East India Company. 2. Moved by Mr. 6r. Bitacx Ex, and seconded by 51i. J. 1 . •Is I CHEW. That this meeting deliberately adheres to the epinss,. pressed by a similar meeting on the sth of November, 1821. to Its I leading Resolution, and embodied in petitions to both Houses of Parliament, .6 That the commercial intercourse bt;arcu Enghtra and India Is susceptible of great and indefinite extensioo, which i. prevented by the imposition of extra duties on the products at and by legal obstructions to the application of British skill and cs pital to the cultivation of those products, and entertains a just car.- fidence that the wisdom and justice of Parliament will, by the ie moval of such impediments, give an immediate impulse to the commercial prosperity of both countries, and incalculably promote the general interest of India." 3. Moral by Mr. Li MOND and seconded by Mr. J. IV Li.t That it is an obstruction to the industry of i , .tiividualst, prejudici.J to good government and to improvement, imd wi•L positive mercantile loss to the Hon. l'omputty, that it I , huuld cin tinue "to employ a considerable portion of its territorial revenue' in the production and mar.untetine of the d fferent articks com posing tl,e internal and export ttAc of the country, where tt also exercises the powers of govermnett. That the recognismi ei such a union of incompatible functions appear not susceptible in medy by any arrangement short of the entire abolition of tbat bu n ch of the Company's commercial trar.sactions in India. 4. Moved by Mr. 0. PIIIIISEP, and seconded by Mr. J. ALLAN, That the throwing open of the China trade monopoly to all subj. , :: of Great ßritain, wheresoever resident, is not less desirable for lndi than fur England, inasmuch as it will assist in removing one of th greatest obstructions to our commercial interzourse with the mot',. country, the difficulty of procuring adequate returns for goods :... ported, and sill promote tho general of con:inure:al irte. • course in the EttaL Co. Moved by DWAIICANATII TAoOUE, and seconded by Pat SUNATII TAt:OltE, That this wee. ing, cousiticring one of tit. main legal ebetructions to the cennuereaul, agricultural, sod mar u • tacturing imprint:m(lns, to coinist in the (an:inch-it which are oppostd to tin: occupancy or acquisitional:4nd by Ilritisit subjects,andapins• their free resort to and unmolested residence within the incits el tit • Company's Administration, does approte and confine the con cluding prayer of the former petitions to Patliament fen the •• abo• lition of all such restrictions on the rest British subjects and on their residence in India, its are calculated to aff.ct the com mercial prosperitY oldie cousin y." 6. Moved by Mr. JA3IEa Youxo, and seconded by Ur. Rourr te. That it is a duty we owe to the presntt local Gay: minim in gal, a duty which we discharge with unfeigned pleasure, to crept ens in the strongest terms our satisfaction and our thanks for the mild ness and toleration toot and the European part of the wttiniunity which it has evinced, and continues to tit:tin:min to the utmost of its limited powers. In particular, we are bound to notice the re. motel of a national reproach, and an obstacle to improsemant. by the recognition of a great principle, in extending generally the rule of 1624, for permitting Europeans to hold lands for cultivation of coffee In their own names ; bat stripped of the obnoxious clauses in that foitucr rule, which placed the property as well as the planter at the disposal of the local authority. Without perfect security for person and property it is numilest that true " commercial prosperity" cannot permanently exist, nor the '• unfettered application of Euro. peen skill, capital, and industry, to the conitmrcial and agricultural resources of India, have pl.,ce :" wherefore, although we feel mute confidence In the liberal dispositions of our present local tutees, y e desire the establishment of a legal right for all subjects of hi. 31:1• jest, to establisa themselves and remain in this part of his domi nions, subject only to the restraints of just and equal law., duly ad ministered in open tribunals. 7. Moved by .ter. It. BROWNE, and seconded by Mr. Pert:lE. That the unequal duties levied in England upon art icles of Indian produce, compared with the produce of other dependencies of the crown, are unjust in themselves on the consumer as well as the producer, and constitute a great obstruction to the industry and provement of India, and to the beneficial intercourse between der two countries. 8. Moved by Mr. L. Czanne, and seconded by Mr T. Drcenws, That this meeting, bearing in mind the circus. sumstances attending the levying of stamp ditties, end the pro bable event of that precedent being followed up by oth e r taxes fixed upon the inhabitants of Calcutta without their knowledge even of such intention, seeks from the wisdom of Parliament some r e asonabl e an d constitutional protection against the enactment of local regulations, which might by possibility render nugatory nil general securities of property or per son, and against which they have no means or opportunity afforded them of petitioning or remonstrating here or at home. That in some degree such protection could be afforded them by ex tending to India the regulations lately made fcr other remote de pendencies of the crown—ramely, that every enactment requirin A previous sanction from authority in England should be promulgated by the local Government a sufficient time before it is sent home, to enable those whose rights or property may be affected by it, to send in representations through the same channel, or take such steps as they may deem necessary for being fully heard before measures are finally adopted which may affect their dearest interests. 9. Moved by Mr. J. BLAT.ON, and seconded by Mr. W. C. HURRY, That a petition to both houses of parliament be prepared, embodying the substance of the foregoing resolutions, and that the petitions so prepared be left for signature at the Exchange, and sub sequently transmitted by the standing committee of inhabitants to Mr. Crawfurd, our general agent, by the earliest opportunity, with instructions to forward their object with all his zeal and ability, and to place them for presentation in the hands of Lords Lansdowne and Grenville, Messrs. Whitmore and lluslisson, or such other mem bers of either house u circumstances may enable to act for us with the best effect. 10. Moved by Mr. J. PALMER, and seconded by Mr. PATRICK, That the following gentlemen be requested to prepare a petition, and submit the same forthwith for approval to the meeting :—Mr. J. Smith, Mr. E. Trotter, Mr. T. Bracken, Mr. J. Minchin, Mr. Limond, Mr. J. Willis, 51r. G. Prinsep, Mr. J. Allan, Dvrarka. oath Tagotre, Prusunath Tagote, 111 r. J. Young, Mr. R. Browne. Mr. Petrie, Mr. L. Clarke, Mr. T. Dieker.s, Mr. J. Ikatcon, W. C. Hurry, Mr. J. Palmer, Mr. Patrick, and Mr. Melville. U. Moved by Mr.Baacxzx ' and seconded by Mr. ME Les s.t.r, That the petition now submitted be approved and adopted. 12. Moved by Mr. Mt &unlit, anti seconded by Mr..i..iimEric. That the thanks of this inectifig be offered to W. W. Whitmore, Esq. M.P. far his disinterested, persevering, able, and at length successful exertions in Parliament on our behalf. 13. Moved by Mr. YOUNG, and seconded by Mr. PATRICK, That the subscription for the support of our general &gel:4,y in Eng land as heretofore, and for providing for the nec.ssary expenses of our petitions. be continued, and that the Treasurers do use all deli. gence in promoting the same. 14. Moved by Mr. PALMER, and seconded by Mr. Bases sx, That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Sheriff for his Dad:- nest in attending to die wishes of the requisitionists. 15. Moved by 111 r. J. SMITH, and seconded by Mr. J. You nu. That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the Chairman. THE PETITION. That your petitioners, British and native inhabitant. of Cab utta, ate animated with sentiments of loyalty to the Crown, and &Defoe% to multiply and drew closer the ties of interest and sfection which connect the two countries, by the removal of those legal obstruction' to the application of British skill, capital, and industry, to the con - melds' and agricultural resources, of Lelia, which arc no less it . compatible with national prosperity than repugnant to the laws by which all other British Colonies and Dependencies art governed. Your petitioners prefer no claims to exemptions, favours, or privileges, at the expense of any class er deecrip tion of his Majesty's subjects; and seek no other stimulus to the advancement of this country in wealth, knowledge, and assimilation in all the elements of public strength and private happiness, than would result from a fair participation on the care and confidence of Parliament, from the reception of its products on the payment of equal duties, and from those judicial safeguards of person and pro perty which have ever been esteemed the birth-right of Englieinnen. lour Honcurable House must be satisfied, from the uniform ie. suit of experience in all ages and countries, that trade cannot be profi:ably conducted by a Government without the unjust and im politic advantages of a monopoly; and that a Government trade. in concurrence with that of private merchants, must not only he at tended with a waste of the public tevt nue, but be liable to come into unequal competition and injurious collision with the operations of individuals. These objections have been acknowledged to be ap plicable to the India trade carried on by the East India Company, and enforce the expediency of divesting that =potation, wffik es ereising any of the functions of Government, of the few commercial establishments which still remain to them. ^ The degree in which their monopoly f the tea trade con:racte the extent of commercial intercourse ..th China, and chi:anus. the Eae tea, Is equally well known to your Honourable Hcuse. peopk et England are thus indiskcily taxed more than twice as ranch as they would be (Freely if the 1 , :de war opened, and the capital stock of the East India Company (the dividends on which are now paid from the extra price levied on the eon: mutt) were