Star. — London, England, 1813-03-23 00:00:00

u r • • 'e• v7' s'ips hulk istladia were to be eons i .3 ! 1: -! :a this respect, was not to be treated as • 2 riJl - .ll' bet much of this subjeit must be 1 ' : h e future regulation of Parliament. He rt .- • it ships bulb there should be employed in • . ,teace ia commerce between India and the country, but in time of war they should be: . V- to the yearn' service of the empire. They j 'rvs: , :all J. Olits in time of peace be a very useful nursery' rte • .l" Navy in time of war. (Hear, hear). He also to take care that those bringing Lascars to this - • ry should support them while here, and prevent t`•,-.r being any expense to the Public. With respect to the Company's pensioning their servants some re- Ira:mons were also necessary. At present they could not grant any provisions, but they might give a grant sums to any amount. It was by no means his in tention to lower the character of the Compaly with ti•e natives, but it was advisable. that some regula. Lions should take place with respect to the native army. In his opinion it was desirable that the whole military establishment of India should be under one head. With respect Lo the transfer of the Company's army, a great deal might be said on both sides ; but • both his Colleagues and he were satisfied that the • Company were incompetent to the task of supporting the army, though it was at the same time desirable • they should not withdraw the local name and autto rity of the Company. It was desirable, so long as . they remained Sovereigns, to let them havethe power • of the sword : he saw no difference between the Com pany and the Country in this respect; but in case of a foreign enemy, such' as France; attacking India, it was not fair that. the Compriny should bear the whole expense. They should, therefore, at the outset, name the number of troops to be maintained by the Company, and let the Country supply what 'more might be neces aary. .With respect to the Civil GOvernnient, he wished' the name of the Company to he upheld, and all acts to continue in their' name, rather dean in that of the Country. As they had several very' great servants, however, in their nomination, he wished they should • be, appointed by the .distinct approbation, instead, as at present, : of recalling them in case of disapproha tun or annulling the-appointment. He would leave the nomination to the Company ; but that nomina tion,. to be effectual, must have the sanction of the Crown by the sign manual. There was only one other subject he had to notice—that of religion. On this subjeit he thought it would be unwise to legis late, or make any alteration-in the present state of the COmpany's Establishment ; but for the sake - of the Europeans resident in India, it might be desirable to have a Bishop there, with the assistance of three Pre bends, for the exercise of some of the functions of the Church, and particularly of confirmation, of which the settlers there were at present deprived. Lord Castlereagh then handed his Resolutions to the Chair man', which were accordingly severally read. The . •Resolutions provided - I. That all the present immunities of the Company, and the regulations respecting the same, should continue, except as herein • after provided, 2. That the China Trade should continue under the present restrictions. S. That it should be lawful for any British subject to export to any other part included in the Company's Charter from any port of the United Kingdom. 4. Also to inriort thence to any port in the United Kingdom. S. Provided the warehouses at the said ports should be deemed safe for the purposes of the Revenue. 6. And that this be notified by an Order in Council. 7. Provided the vessel h which goods be imported or exported bp of a burthen not less than 350 tons. 8. And that on approaching port the vessel notify its arrival by a manifest. 9. Regulations as to importation and sale of silk and hair goods. 10. As to the order of the application of the revenues of the Company : I.To the payment of the troops and support of the Eons. 2. To liquidate debts on bills of exchange. S. Other debts except bond debts.- 4. To pay a dividend of ten per cent. awl a contingent half per cent. S. To liquidate the bond debts encil they amount on!) , to £3,000,C05. 6. The surplus profit to be divided in t:ie rati., of 5-6ths to Government and t-6th to the Company, with a provision for repaying the capital stock. 11. Regulations respecting the employment of India shipping. 12. Provisions for the support and return of the Lames brought to England in private vessels. IS. Provision to enable the Company to grant pensions and gratuities. 14. Provision for the appointment to the different Presiden cies, and to render in cessary the approbation of the Crown. IS. Appointment of a Bishop and three Arch-deacons, to be paid by the Company. Mr. R. THORNTON - remarked, that the Noble Lord, by expressing . his intention of still leaving to the company the appointment of their own servants, proved that the Noble Lord's radical change was not founded upon any incapacity in the Company. From is personal responsibility, he took the first opportu nity of entering his protest against the Noble Lord's plan. He claimed attention from the Committee, pot on his own account, but on account of the weight of the subject : it concerned the welfare of two em fires, and involved the commercial credit of the coun try : the happiness of 60 millions of people in India depended on the plan. The Noble Lord had not panted the number of ports on which he intended to canter the evil of the tiade to India. The fact was, that the NoMe Lord' bad treated it more as a com. snercial than a political ques..ion, and in that he . tholight the Noble Lord was very wrong. The pro p. obi tbn of the.Nuble Lord participated of a mixture of diili4ence and boldness. which was almost incom pat:ble. The Noble Lord wished to open the trade to a certain degree to the out-ports, without having duly weighed the vital stab which such an opening must give to the most important interests of the Cm pant. The in,,n.pcly of the East India Company iras of a payticul ir kind —it was a thing rui jaw* : and if this monopoly was destroyed, what would be come of the Bank ?--,what is to give security to that, f it was liable to ha broken in upon Y benever di,con-1 teottd persons of any description should think proper to fi , :cl fault with that Company ? The out-ports ask to partake of the trade y hich has been esta -Wished by the labobr, the genius, and the treasure of the East India Company. Nothing cculd be more unreasonable or unjust—they wanted at vice to come into a participation of a trade which the East India Ccmpany had estabhed at so great an expense. H tying incurred this immense es . .perise the 'Company ought certii?ay to derive an advantage from it ; and it was the opinien of eminent men, now no more (Mr. Fox and Mr. Pitt), that to open the trade to India would be the rtiin of the country. He ridiculed the idea, that the stock ng weavers of Nottingham, or the potters in Stafterd !hire, would be benefited by the trade to India ; and particularly the making of docks in Liverpos 1, 11;:itentemplation of thii trade being ope ne d t o them. •feridulity of the country was likely to lead it in . • . 'o "a fatal error.. It had been said, why should fo. t Mr: WILBERFORCE again pressed the seem. ?eignets run away with the trade? Why shoule 4ty of sending Missionaries to India. Nnserieans run away with the trade I— It was no ; Mr. THOMPSON said, that, to the disgrace of such thing. The Americans had certainly traded to di:. country, Missionaries were refused permission to India, but they had no manufactures to send one— go out to India ; and were obliged to go thither by 'they traded with bullion only I—and how would the way of America. merchants of "Liverpool be'able to make returns of I A conversation then took place between Mr. B. that kind ? Would the Gentlemen of the ouclorts, JN% Lord • CASTLEREAGH, Mr. W. SMITH, Mr. who wanted to participate in this trade with the East STLIVISN I and several other Members ; when the IndiaCoMpany, repay them the expenses which they 1 Chairman reported progress, and the Committee was had been put to in conquer;ng that county, and ordered to sit again.—Adjourned at half past one. possessing themselves of its products ? If they would a not, it was the height of injustice to ask for such Rarticipation ; and he hopei the House would never countenance a scheme which would really destroy an approved and existing bent& Of the highest import, ance, for the purpose of indulging idle speculations, THE EVENING STAR, - LONDON. i o „e The communication relative to the Vagl:that:eel in the High lands, promiged for this day, is unavoidably postpord, for • wain of room, 11U to -morrow. • TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1813. - PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAV AT ONE O'CLOCK: Cons. 591i —for ac. per Cent. Sttli—lionds Ss. 41. dlr. Exch. Bills is. 51. pr,—Qmnium. nothing dons. Mr. PROTHEROE differed io opinion with the ! Honourable Gentleman who had just sat down, whom he considered as the organ of . the East India Company :—.he would not, however, enter into any discussion this night, but had no doubt he should be able to shew, at a proper time, the futility of the ar guments advanced by the Hon. Gentleman. General GASCOYNE was anxious to know the mode of proceeding intended by the Noble Lord. It would be necessary, he thought, to have evidence taken at the Bar of the House ; and unleis the at rangement was soon made, it would be impossible to make any progress before the Easter recess. He • wished, therefore, to have the question_ put in this train as soon as possible. Lord CASTLE REAGH thought the Report • might be made to-morrow, and that the Resolutions might be printed and put into the hands of Members on the next or following day. He was not aware that evidence would be abaoltwely necessary, as the eines. tion was more matter of argument than tact. ' kle should tertaiitly, however, lose no time in submitting the printed Resoltitions to the House. Mr. WHITSHED KEENE wished the House, before acceding to any change, to consider how far such an alteration might affect the safety of the Bri tish empire in India. They did not know the dispo sitions and habits of the people cf India, and ought therefore to be cautious what raeasutes they took.— There was much difficulty as well as (longer in any change of the system. • Mr. TIERNEY was of opinion, that the examina tion of evidence, was absolutely necessary on some of the points that had been submitted to the House by the Noble Lord. For his own part, he believed his mind was made up on the subject, but it might not be so with others, and at any rate the parties con cerned ought to be heard. The old syst. , m had now lasted twenty years, and on all hands it was acknow ledged, that it had had more success than even the most sanguine at the time could have expected.— Such a system was not rashly to be destroyed. If there were any complaints of particular abuses, let these be remedied. The system, it was evident, had contributed to the happin-ss of the people of India, as well as to the strength and greatness, of the Empire. He was unwilling to expose such a 'system to any hazard of change. The closest exa mination would therefore be necessary to find what !were likely to be the remit of such changes, and what advantages they were to expect in returno- - z. They were to inquire' what they were to get by open ing the trade : for his own part, he did not think the trade could be extended to any considerable degree; and even if so, they were not to endanger the honour and glory of the country for a, mere consideration of trade. Even were it certain that the revenue al £lOO,OOO could be doubled, that would be but a tri fling consideration for hazarding our empire in that quarter. People might suppose the trade might be extended in the same manner as a person had lately sent out mouse-traps to the Brazils, because he knew there were mice there, without considering that the people, from religious motives, did not use mouse. traps; and therefore was disappointed in the specula. tion. E.;:sli.nce was net tainly' necessary ; and he thought they would employ their time better in hear ing witnesses than in making long speeches. Mr. CANNING said, it would be improper to anticipate a debate which was exspect , cl to,grow out of the evidence proposed to be examined. The im pression made upon his mind by the Resolutions of the Noble Lord was, that they were as candid as they were liberal, and excellent as they were luminous, and balanced throughout by that sort of feeling which an enlighted Statesman, in the contemplation of a sub ject so important, would use. (11c.ze, hear.)—He approved, however, of the mode of arrangement adopted by the Noble Lord, for they were called upon to exclude the China trade, and then they Is ere desired to consider whether or not it would be proper to exclude it at all ? Now in the natural mode of dig-. cussion, the last point should come for examination first. It had also been proposed to bestow the exclu sive China trade en the Company, as a sort of remu neration for services mentioned ; but admitting that it was their duty to uphold the Indian Government, it would still be a question whether or not it would be better to carry on the trade by means of the Public ? On the whole, tl:e Resolutions appeared to be framed with an anxious regard for the welfare of all panic's, and he anxiously hoped they would be considered in the same spirit with which they had been offered, the whole terminating in a measure to promote the pros. perity of the country. Mr. G. A. ROBINSON inquired if any regulation was in contemplation concerning the part that it was probable English vessels might take in the Coast Trade of India? Lind CA ST I.Ert EACH said it was very impro bable that Enolish vessels wo u ld e mpl o y th e m se l v e s , - o in soch a dventures. We yesterday noticed the important fact of a com munication being opened between this Oountry and Hamburgh, and we have now to inform our Readers, that a brag of letters is making up at the Post Office for Cuxhaven and Hamburgh. Among the foreigners who have arrived in this country from Prussia and Germany, there is an Officer of high rank in the Prussian army, who came last from Colberg. This Officer 'served with the Prussians who assisted in the Invasion of Russia, and was present during the whole of the disastrous retreat from Moscow. He has soli- Cited, in the first instance, supplies of arms and am munition for Colbcrg ; and, secondly, f,:r assistance in raising two or three regiments of Prussian,. the skeletons, or in other words, the Officers of which, are to be selected in th.s Country. Al; the merchants of Hamburgh, Lubeck and Bre men, have renewed their intercourse with their friends in London since the departure of the French doua niers, who took their final leave from Hamburgh on the 13th instant. On the 14th, the Russians had not actually entered Hamburglt; but their advanced guard was within a few miles, and they were hourly expected. At Heligoland' there were no fewer than fifty-six arrivals in one day, from the Ems, Elbe, and adjoining coasts. Colonial produce had consequently experienced a rise of from 50 to 100 per cent. The whole of Hanover is described as being in a state of insurrection; and the people have sent to this country a deputy of the name of H t!-..0, who is also charged with instructions to solicit the of the British Govkrnment to arm the inhabitants of Hano. ver in the common cause. In the mean time, the French trorps which have so precipitately abandoned the North of Europe have no rallying-points, and no resting-place ; f'..s.r it is ex tremely pi ()bier:aical that.they will be permitted to take up their residence in any place on the German side of the Rhine. It is rumoured, but we know not on what Ruth°. rity, that proposals of a conciliatory nature have been made by the Americans. The follgwing are re ported to be the terms upon which they are willing to nuke Peace : 1. A law to be passed by Congress, under which it will be highly penal to employ British seamen in the ships of the United States, whether commercial or naval. 2. No British seaman to be In funtre naturalized by the exis ting law of citizenship, obtained by residence, and an Act to be passed, to exclude such persons from the operation of that law. 8. A negotiation to be entered into regarding the interchange of the British and American seamen reciprocally claimed by the two countries. With respect to the first ankle, it has been seen that a Bill has already passed the House of Representa. tives to provide for the purpose it contemplates. By the bri& Warren, which has arrived at Greenock from Halifax in 19 days, we have received an ad. ditional supply of American Papers, but not of a more recent dam than the se wifch we noticed yes terday. The Princess Ctiatttayr rE took an airing yesterday afternoon, in her chariot, in Hyde-park. It is reported that Lord eASTLEItEAOII has tender- . ed his resignation to the PRINCE REGENT. The Emperor of RUSSIA has offered five thousand men to co-;.perate with the allied troops in the Pe ninsula, and we have reason to believe that their services have been accepted. Colonel Nut CAMPBELL, whose departure for the Northern Continent of Europe, was fnrmerly'noticed, landed at Gottenburgh on the 9th, on his way to the Russian Irriperial Army. Orders have been sent to Dover, that any foreigner who may arrive in a flag of truce from France, may be received with every mark of respect, and imme diately escorted to London. We believe that Count WEsseNnEito, the Ambassador front Austria, is the personage above alluded to. He is said to be on his way through France. In will be seen, !hit the four Noble Lords who in 1806 acted as Commisioners to investipte the ca lumnies against the Princess of WALES, have in the House of ,Peers distinctly denied the authenticity of the paper which Mr. WHITBREAD mad in the House' of Commons as the evidence of Mrs. LISLE • but from what passed in the lat te r H ouse last night, it appears that Mr. WHITBREAD is determined to get Mrs. Liste's own statement, if he Lao, of .the way ' I in which she was examin e d. W e t hi n k i t p ro b a bl e - that Mr. WHITBREAD has beenimposed upon, but a short time will settle the point. - The Duke ofSussEx presided at a numerous meeting on Thwsday, at Willis's Rooms, for the fir. mation of a Mary-la-bonne y Bible Society. The `meeting was honoured with the presence of a *win now assemblage of females. Mr. WILBERFORCE lamented that the Direc tors Lad neglected to fulfil the Resolution of the House of Commons, pa sod twenty years ago, order in them to use all means of promoting the moral and religious improv< ment of the people. Mr. BARING c:id, it would be proper to inquire whether the mechanical Government, which made sixteen hundred men manage ffty milrons, would be continued with so small an establishment, by per mittityg religious interference. Lord CASTIEREAGEI observed, that it was his wish the subject should undergo every possible in vestigation. He should, therefore, wish if to be under. acod, tnat the proceedings relatin to the affairs of India should commence next Mcaday, and that every Member of the House should enjoy the opportunity of &liming his senti ment, upon the Suestiop • • • NifF4L INTB4,6ENCE. MARC!! 2'2. The Astute, SR, Hon. Captain Irby, arrived this afterneee from the coast of Africa ;—she fell in with two French frigates the Arethusa and Ruby, on that coast, on the 7th ultimo, when' after a most desperate and gaVant action with the former, in which there wis hrunense slaughter on both sides, the Arethusa sheered if to her consort, which ship could not come up. The Assets.% sustained the immense loss of SO kilkd and 93 wound ed; every Officer on board was included in either the one or the otter. The three Lieutenants of the ship, with Ljeut. PASCO (who formerly commanded the DAII4IO gun-brig, but which, previous to the commencement of the action, bad been destroy. esl, to prevent her falling into the essay's Lan :d4, a Lieutenant of Marines, the Purser of the Tu Ats, and Mr. KEN xicui Midshipman, were killed. The action listed three hours and 1 half, during a per'erct calm, and the ships were so closely eng-7,ei, that the sashes from the guns scorched the aides of both The enemy's friiate was one,of very superior class to titut of the AmELIA ; she was much higher than the Amnia, and mounted 44-pounder*. Towards the close of *het/action the enemy's fire a little slackened,the cries of the wounded on board her were d , stinctly heard by the AM ?lAA'S crew. Their loss must have been very severe, but the number It has been impos sible to ascertain; she sailed better than the AMCLIA, and at the commencement of the action got upon the latter 's quarter, but at a later period of the action the Antral. had the advantage for a s!!ort time if getting on her bow.—Among the rattles of the Ogkers killed, are Lieutenants Petsco, BATC3, Wttt•, and Pore, Lieutenant GRANCeIt, Royal Marines, Mr. Donut, Pur ser of the TuAt=, Mr. K:::vNictrr, Midshipman; and among the weundeA is Captain Tape. The French frigates were railing down the coast, and' the AMELIA was returning to England, after being on that station for eighteen months. The crew of the DARINR, with her Ceram:ander, west on board the Auctin prior to the ai'tion, l•y whirh the later recclied an accession of btrergth of 40 :3011.—Sailtd the A tatcoar, for Gnern,ey; Cams. TIAN Vii. to cruise cif Chetbl: 7 B‘ l ; an 4 the SAVAGL, with is convoy to thy Downs.' FAMOUTI T, EIARCN 11. Put back Mg M.,j: sty's Secrrar., w:tlit:ti poet for the West Indic : and his Majesty's ships ETUALION aad Dottie with the Fleets fur Portugal, Medlterransoposnd Newfoundland. Sailed the Mmacat st. schooner, • ' pI.YMOTYTH, MARCH V. Arrived the Courier from Navi 4, and the Virginia from Chap lostott, two fine A.113'6:111 schooners, one laden with brandy. wine, and silki, prizes to the ANDROMACUE. 38 guns, and the other to the I" v*AMvs, 36 guns, laden with colonial produce. The Sas loser, or 113 gnus, which came into Hensoaz• on Friday last, will dock the 11r4 opportunity, and will then refit fur the flag in the Mediterranean., DEAL, MARCH U. Arrived Lis Majesty's ship KA440A190, with 'Wit vessels under convoy for the Vt' est-Indies, viz. the Fortune, Lovely Ann e Sarho, Isabella, Fanny, Ramonelte, Grenjor, and Argylo; the RAPID schooner from F#tonth, with a convoy, which are lanai for the River.—Wind S.W. YARMOUTH, MARCH St, Sammy evening paced this port, with a fine breezes! S.W. Beet, ut:der convoy, hound for tt.e ports in the Baltic. Tee D.tentis has A signal king for the Baltic, a-d the VROtNT for the coast of France. transperts Nos. stl, 346, 215, a! d 262, remain—four of the crew of the trarsport Norfolk, of L.crna don, deserted from the ship in the night, and left the Bun OS this beach. NEW-YORK. FEBRUARY 1. The privateer America has taken sis vessels ; among them are ships, Hope, frptn St. 1 isomas for Glasgow; ralph Nickerson, from Quebec for London; brig Euphemia, from Laguira fcr Gibraltar. FL'. L--Arrived the rritish ship Rio Novo, from London t 4 St. Kitts, prize to t}.e Rolla. The Rolla also captur:l shits Mary, Eliza, Raymond, Apollo, (with Government stores), and brig Barons, (part of the Cork fleet), and sent them to Trance. HALIFAX, N. S. FEBRUARY SR Arrived on Tuesday his Majesty's ships SNANteott, Comm. dcre BROM i NYMNIt, Capte!n Erworrx ; and the prig No- VA SCoT v IA, LieUteteet ;Lev., from a cruize. Wednesday. his Majesty's ship TINZDOS, Captain Pat itta, and brig Coatsw. Captain Hawn. American brig Sarah, irons New York for Amsterdam, with a cargo of cotton and ;wash, captured by the TrtieltoS. The ship Dligence, Captain 'kimonos, from hence for St. John's, N. B. was unfortunately wrecked on Beal's Island, near Mathes, on the right of the 16th ultimo—crew only saved. Sbe bad a considerable quantity of ordnance stores, clothing, and provisions for the army, dry goods, Ike. on board. Captured by the enemy—Ship Lady Johnson, from London, with ordnance roses, fur tics place, by the Comet privateer; brig Peggy, Gaoucnv, from Newtound;cnd for West Indies, by the Hates privakeer; and sbip Arabribt, (tom Pristol for ths West Indies, by the Grewler privateer. A coaster from La Havre y •sterday, saw a ship fire at and board a topsail schooner wide off the shore; the stbooner after wards hoisted Spanihh colours. The ship, we think, might have been the Rattler. DISTRIBTI 1 lON OF PRIZE-MONEY. The Colossus, for l'Endlie, will be pail vn the 24th Instant, at No. 9, Broad street, and there recallvd. The Trinculo, fur the Latoshkd pod four other vessels, will be recalled at IS, Great George-street. • • 'I he Naval Forces employed in the Scheldt Expedition will re 7 calve of the Clerk of the Clselue, at Greenw:ch, after the . instant, their proportion of the sum remelted to meet the cimin of per centaie for Greenwich Hospital; and the Revenue Cut ters will receive their proportion from their respective Agents. General Sir Thomas GRAHAM, K. B. Hon. General Sir CHARLES STUART, and General Pico Y, are ex. pected at Portsmouth this week, to proceed to I..iibon in a ship of war. Colonel Sir THOMAS S. DocKwmi, of the 95th Re giment, is going Out to Can Ada as Acintant.Oeilera I ; and Colonel STEWART, of the Royal Scots, will ac company him. . They Are both arrived at Portsmouth to take their passage by the first conveyance. Monday se'naight, a Belfast tender, which went into Campbeltown, sent a gang on shore to imprec:, when, from their having met with some resistance, the Officer c, nunanding the party ordered the ma rines to fire ; and, a fine young girl of 14 years of age was shot dead, one man aeverely wounded in the leg, and another most respectable per'on stabbed.-- The officer has been apprehended, and committed to jail to stand trial. BREAM—No alteration in the price this week : the quartern b at, eighteen-pence-11.4p D0k.13. On Friday, March 19, a: her boo , . on Mali: ++ill, Opt, wich, ta. Lark• , ayt..l LONDON : 1 - rinted by I.tvEL 1 INi. l'kdkv: i..ce ; rtu pub shed there and at the 4tar-Oftsce. 1 anew-Isar `, l