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N TIMBER. 8205. FIRST AND ONLY TIME THIS SEASON. FOR . I*Hg. BENEFIT OF MR. FARLEY. COVENT-OARDEN. nN THURSDAY, NEXT, JUNE 44, 1815, will be acted MIDAS. _ At the end of Midas, the HOBBIES, will be recited by Mr. NIATIIEWS, after the manner of an Amateur of Fashion. At•rt which, the following SONGS and DUET : BriiINOW," by Mr. INCLEDON Comic Song, by FM Li: Y ; Duet "'rho' Hurricanes rattle," by Mr. TAvLos and Mr. INCLEDoN. TO Vihich w•1l be added, THE SLEEP WALKER. sown°. Mr. MA I HEW-,whop will sing •' Bartholomew Fair," and • Manager Strut," and give his Imitatiom. r• Typitywitchet," by Mr. GRIMALDI. To conclude with (po-itively for that night only) the Grand Melo-Di ama , ic Romance of TIMOUR THE TARTAR. la hich (by the consent of Messrs. Attiev, Davis and Parker) tic Grant Equestrian Troop will perform their wonderful h volution , . lickets to he h d of Mr. Farley, 47, Greek-street, Soho ; and (.f • lirandc , , u th.. I heatre, where tilalss may be taken. .11EW MUSIC. Published, by Goulding, D'Almain, Potter, and Co. Soho-square, London; and 7, Westmoreland -street, Dublin. THE OVRTURE and AIRS in the Romantic E Melo Urania, called the BRAZEN BUNT, now petferm log at the Theatre Royal Covent-Garden, composed for the Pianoforfr, by H. R. Bishop, price 7s. 6d.: Les Petit Bijou, No. u, by J Gildon, price 2s ; ditto, No 9, by L'Abbe Gelinck, price s ; Ah, Perdwia, arranged with Variations for the Harp, Piano forte. end German Flute, by J. Mazzinghi, No. I 5, price 51;Pre rare ye Nymphs, a Glee for three voices, sung in Dublin, at the Nebi ity's Concert, composed by Sir J. A. Stevenson, Mus. Doc. price -‘s. 61; Soft Gentle Maid, a Glee, for three voices, swig at 4'itto, composed by ditto, price 25.; Beauty in Tea>, sung by Mr. Braliam, price is. 6d; When Fancy Flies, a Rondo, sung by Mr. Phillips, price Is. 6d. composed by J. Parry. '1 his day was published, price 15s. boards, A COURSE of INSTRUCTION, originally composed for the use of the Royal Engineer Department. Ey Major C. W. PASLEY, Director of an Erablishment for In.trocting the Corps of Royal I;appers and Miners in Military field Works ; Volume 1, containing Practical Geometry and the Principles of Plan I)rawin. Ptirred for T. Egerton, at the Military Library, Whitehall. ' This dar was published, price ‘..7s AN ESSAY on the SHOULDER JOINT OPERATION: pr;ncipally ciedxced from Anatomical Observation. By W. W. FRASER, Surgeon Major to the Garrison of Gibraltar. London : Printed ter John Callow, Medical Bookseller, Crown-court,. Princes-street. Where may be hal, j;tst published, price 3s. Cursory Remarks on Corpulency. By a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. Second Edition, with Additions. THE VENERABLE MIiStONARY SWARTZ. This day was published, price Sis. 6d. SERMON, preached by Order of the Honourable COURT OF Diarci c.as of the Affairs of the East-India Com pany of England, September 6th, 1807, on the opening of a Mo • Lamm set up in St. Mary's Church, Fort St. George, to comm& :notate the eh-• ues and services of the late Reverend Mr. Sr A KTZ. By R. H. KERR, D D. Senior Chaplain of Fort St. George. Mad as printed..--LOndon Reprinted for Black, Parry, and Co. Bo bksellers to the Honourable East India Company, Leader- Lall sir t ; Rlvingtons, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Hatchard, Pic cadilly ; .ml Scoley, Fleet-street. This day was pubhsbrd, In one vol. nvO. price 12s. dd. boards, ATHEOLOGICAL DISQVISI'rION on the Chat acterist c EXCELLENCIES of CHRISTIAN! CY ; or, An Inquiry utto the Superior As•istance It affords, and Ma fives t contains for the Practice of Virtue, Cultivation of the best I.ffections.of the Hear, and preparing the Moral Offspring of ()on tor Permanent fetic,ty. By I'. COGAN, M.D. Printed for T. Catial and W. Davies, Strand; Longman HUM, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster - row; Johcson and Co. Paul's Chursh-yard ; and I. IMnus, at Bath. .. '„I 'ibis Volume completes the series of Disquisitions, sophical, Ethical, and Theological, on the Passions and Affect too* of the litrnan Mind ; with this a genera Title will be &I- I vetted to the Purchasers of tie tutu preceding Volumes. As above may be had any ut the preceding Volumes ot this Work. MONEY ADVANCED by RYDER, DRUMMOND, and Co. Itussell-Mews, Howlanti-strect, Fitzroy square, to at y extent by Annuity, or on bills or Notts of Hand, and all sons of •a-curities, without exposure or the interposition of any one out of their ()Rice. They c'aira more respectability and p OW( s than any others in this line, and•can make an instant ad. once to persons of known character. Atte! dance all day. riVt. IiUNDKW PER CENT. PER. ANNUM. r t I O be SOLD to any Person if character, fit -a- One Thousand Guineas , a SHARE in an Establishment of .he h :hest rrrp. ctabitity, that is iikvly to realize upwarils of Face Hundred per COIL per Annum, without risk, and without th.• rurchaser uppi arii.g at all visgami hi Business. Rekrenres wilt be req dred and Siren; and Letters (post ;aid) ail!rtssid to Mr Boirmy, No. 16, Siring Gardaus, Lou den, will be duly atten:isd to. WARM BATHS. THE Patent SANATIVE WARM BATHS, which tend to invigorate the Constitution and promote Health. The Patentees, Arnicrong, liolltard, and Hewitt, beg to inform the Nobility, t ;entry, and Public in general that tliv.‘r Laths Lavin obtained a pre-eminent degree of celebrity from the s:mplkity of their comtruction, they are now made in great variety, suitable for Famiiies, Hotels, and Pu'alic Institutions. — They may be teen heated every day at their Manufactory, 76, Creat Queen-street, Lincoln's lan Fields, mat door to New. eagle House. BAYLEY'S LIQUID JAPAN BLACKING. IV BAY L EY, Patentee et the original bl..cling / • Cakes, begs leave to inform the Public, that in com. yliie re with numerous sol-citstinsts, he hat prepared a LIQUID lA!' 1N rLACKING, which possesses liver 0: properties, and mote s•; redly than any otl er preparation of the kin,!, produces the .'elnst black and highest puss lustre ;It retains Its brit l'-'lcY, and wil! Parrp in ally climate. hcle,::le and retail by BAyk7 and Blew, Cockspnr-s•r;e4, I entkin ; and retail by most of the usual Venders, price is. dd. Tint bottle. e s • The Pa?ent Cakes - cc:mit:me to be 31. W price 6.1. each. --• FTOI4 and CO. .1f the I:riti.-.11 'Stint MAnutac ‘,-) tory, 41,1 molt respect fully inform the Pub- Ix, that they have taken the Watehou.es lately occ,pied by /tler.ts. Travers and Esdalle, Sugar Bakers, No. 82, QUEEN- S I PEET, CIIILAPaII)E. at which place may be yurchased, as as Lot don Wall, GENUINE OILS and COLOURS, at est 'WHOLESALE PRICES, for MONEY, and where their cheap , dcr.ble, and intik netrable Paints, ground in Linseed Oil, for Park Palings, WeatLer.blartLiig, Stuccoed Fronts. Outbuildings, Ship -painting, Ike. are now selling at the same Prices as hereto fore, viz. Invisalle Green, per cwt. ; Dark Olive Green, 705.; Bright Olive Green, 1111.; Blue, ins.; Black; White, Yellow, Stone, and Lead Commits, stis. rer cart each ; Chocolate, 50s. ; Red, lOs.; and prepared Oft to thin IL -1u for tr,e, ss. per gal lon. (;canine White Lead, ses. per cwt.; Turpentine, l?.s. per 1/ 211 .; Linseed Oil, Sc. Gil. per gal ; Painters' Bruslie.; and Co. lours of every ki n d, d r y or prepar ed for use. Genuine Sperm Oil, as. M. per Gal.; Fine Chamber, ss. 61; Pale Seal, as. bd.; and Common Oil, ss. per gallon. N. B. The Impenetrable Paints are very handsome in appear ance, possess great durablihy, and will stand in hot Climates; ..s ...Nor Reims. and are.andicablei_ • . • IMMINMENNIL • 1 "A. r '> ,j : 4 * !I C - .11Z 1 i' .. - ... • 4140 , i VII I :. • . . . T ‘.; •ct . 91.•• 1 . 1 . 1 . 11 .'. • . • I' ' ) ' • ~ -• .!y _ _ _ ? isti c ' l 611-4. 4° 0 . If i) i) . •le ol lr- 1 Nii i .... 11 / 4 %. '':••••-•' • • ••• r • t., . r ._ .. IV I ........... ... C,„,„ ; . A.... 1) • PRICE SIXPBNCE.43ALIPPEI• NY. up much of their Lordships' time. The evidence be fore theth would slew, that, while it was ezpedent to open the trade to India, that to Chin' shoo 4 be still confined to the Company—who else would rind extreme difficulty in proceeding without it; and it' was clear, from the nature of that trade, that coold not so profitably be conducted by mewls cf 5t14.8 of any_stueler size than those at present mployed, and that an open trade would increase, rather than re. duce the price of tea to the public. Toe measures proposed were calculated ar once to promote the 'ri miest: of this country, and the con merce, govern. ment, and revenue of India. With respect to the in. troduction et strangers into lodia, •it was generally admitted, that much caution should he observed ; and the Resolutions were guarded as to that point. To prevent indiscriminate .r.ercourse, licenses were required .His Lordship then turned to the appropri ation of the revenue in India, which was Iraniesl on the arrangements of 1793, and did not at all inter fere n ith the right of the C mpany. He thrn adver ted to the Resolution relative to the church establish. ment. The number of Protestant inhAbitAnts in India was 142,614, and it [meanie necessary, for the credit of the empire, to have a suitable church establishment in that country. His Lordship nez: came to consider the college which had been founded at Calcutta, and which had derived such eminent advantages from the wise and active superintendence of the late Chief Go vernor of India. The regul aloes there laid down for the education of young men, and for preparing them to enter duly qualified upon the imp rtant of-. fices of the Governmei,t, were likely to promote the Most benefici:il c o nsequences He should not haler 'detain their Lordships. If he was n.a convinced that the measures proposed were calculated to promote the welfare, happiness, and prosperity of all the na tional interests, political and commercial, both at home and in India, no consideration should induce him to recommend them ; but, thoroughly convinced as he was of the tact, he should proceed to read the Resolutions separately.—llere Ir.s Lords tip read the Resolutions in order. . _ Upon the question being putt on the fi-st, The Earl of LAUDERDALE cried, not content, and added, that he meant to object to every one of the succeeding*Resolutions. Upon the tiii:d being read, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE observed, that he considered the period of the Session much too far advanced for the due discussion of so important a question, but that he should reserve his particular reasons for the Report. Lord GRENVILLE said a few words to the same effect. The Earl of LAUDERDALE, adverting to that part of the Noble Earl's (Buckinghamshire) speech which stated that there were 143,000 Prrtestants in India, was desirous to remind the Noble Lord, that more than half of that number were Scotch Dissen ters ; and therefore he hoped, that instead of one Epis copal establishment, due care would be taken to pro. vide for the proper religious accommodation of the Irish and Scotch Dissenters also, and that a fit pro vision for that purpose be applied out of the terra°. rial revenue of India. If no provision like what ha had named should be introduced into the Bill. he should move that the same advantages to be enjoyed by the Episcopal establishment should be extended to the Presbyterians and other Dissenters. The remaining Resolutions being read, The Earl of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE moved thaC the Report be brought up to-morrow. The Marquis of LANSDQWNE could not omi that opportunity, perhaps the only one which wotil occur to him, of urging again - the impropriety o pressing on the House at so late a period of the Se shin, and when so few, of their Lordships could a tend, a measure of such magnitude and moment would require the most mature consideration, an the most ample discussion. In considering so i portant a subject, he was naturally led to 'the reco lection of a remarkable observation which lately fe from the Noble Earl at the head of his Majesty's vernment, that whenever any great measure require the consideration of Parliament, the season for tnt ducing it, howsoever late, was a matter of compar tive iud.fference. He would leave it to their Lor ships to judge how far that observation would appl to a question like the present, in which the futu destinies of India, of 60 millions of inhabitants, we involved. Was such a subject to be dispatched li a Stamp Duty Bill or a Vote of Credit? A Vote Credit, indeed, to Ministers, the present Bill mig not improperly be called,- as delegating to them t important functions of that House. If such we the character generally of such implicit confiden it was peculiarly manifested in the present resolution Had their Lordships only been called on to contin or to destroy the monopoly ; if the whole were to retained or done away with, the proposition wou be simple, and might with proportionable facility decided upon. But these resolutions embraced measures, but adhered to none. They were aco pound o f monopoly and free trade, of arbitrary a free government, a system wholly undigested indigestable at such a period of the Session. If th Lordships would consider the term alone of the pr posed extension of the charter — t went y years, wh vast effects might there not be produced during th time, both in India and Europe ? When he look forward to the probable events which in that long terval might occur, he could not bring himself' consent, and he thought their Lordships would IN j do their duty if they consented to so dan g ero us p rec ipitation of so momentous a measure as that volved in the Resolutions which had b een read. Noble Marquis then entered minutely into the ses ral Resolutions, all of which he condemned. Ups the third, the selection of the cliff rent ports to opened was a dangerous discretion left with Mil um, and would certainly have better become t/ House. Then the ports in India were all to be plated by limns, at the pleasure of the Nab* TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1813. OFPICXON ORDNANCE, Sues 9, I el& THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS .f HIS MA. - JESTrs ORDNANCE, do herd, OW Notice, That Proposals will be received at their See in Pall-Mall, on or before Friday, the 25th day of June instant, trees such Persons u may be willing to undertabe the supply of SEWS for service of this Department, for a period of Throe Years, de terminable at the expiration of One Year, upon a Notice of three months at the option of either party. _ _ _ A Pattern of the Articles to he oupplled, may be viewed upon application to the Comptroller of the Royal Laboratory at Wool wich, and further Particulars, together with the Terms and Condi.lons of the Contract, may be known at the Secre tary's Office, In Pall-Mall aforesaid, any day bootee* the hours of ten and four o'clock, where the Proposals must be delivered, sealed up and endorsed " Froposals for Serge ;" but ne Proposal can be admitted after the 2'sth instant, at twelve o'clock at • noon of the some day, neither will any Tender be narked 1 unless the party making it, or an agent . n his behalf shall attend. By Or ter of the Board. R. H. CREW, Seertidry OFFICE OF ORDNA.VITE, Jam, 9, 1813. .i 1; PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF HIS MA JESTY': ORDNANCE, de hereSy give rietkr, That Proposals wit he received at their Office ; in Pall 1411, on or before Monday, the 2gth day of Julie instant, from such persons a , - may be willing to undertake the supply of PACKING CASES for service of this Department, for a peril of Three Years. determinable at the expirrion of one year, upon a notice of three months, at the option of either party. Patterns of the Articles may be sewed, upon application at• Ithe Principal Storekeeper's Office in the T•swer; and at Birming- ham, to Colonel Miller, the Inspector of Small Arms there ; and uriher Particulars, together with the Perms and Conditions of :he Contract, may be known, at the Secretary's Wier, in Pall 1 Mall aforesaid, any day, lie-ween the hours of Ten and Four o'clock; where the Proposals must be delivered sealed up. and endorsed " Proposals for Packing Cases ;" but no Proposal can .be admitted af er the 213th ins:ant, at Twelve o'clock at noon of 1 the same day ; neither will any Tender be noticed, unless the Party making it or an Agent in his behalf shall attt ml. By Order of the Board, R. 11. CREW, Sec. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Arlo 11, IRI9. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of his MA JESTY': ORDNANCE, do hereby give Notice, That Pmposals will be received at their Orfice, in Pall-Mall, nnor before Friday, the 2 ith instant, from such Persons as nary be willing to undertake the supply of POWDER BARRELS for service of th:s Department, upon Cow reef, determ:nable upon One Month's notice bang given by either party. Patterns of the Articles may be viewed upon application at the Principal Storekeeper's Office, in the Tower, and further Particulars, together with the Terms and Conditions of the Cor.tract, may be known at the Secretary's Office ' in Pall-Mail aforesaid, any day between the hour; of ten and four o'clock, where the Proposals must be delivered sealed up, and endorsed " Proposals for Powder Barrels ;" but no Proposal can be ad mitted after the said :nth instant, rt twelve o'clock at noon of the . same day, neither will any Tender be noticed unless . the party making it or an agent on his behalf shall attend. By Order of the Bum d, R. B. CREW, Secretary. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Jane 11, 1813. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of II IS MA JESTY's ORDNANCE; de Away give Netke, That Proposals will be received at their Of :Ice in Pall-Mall, on or before Friday, the 25th instant,from st.ch Perions may be willing to undertake the stlpply of BEDDING for service of this Department, for a period of Three Years, determinable a' the expiration of One Year, upon a notke of Three Months at the option of either Party. Patterns of the Articles may he viewed upon apprcatlon at the Principal Storekeeper's OfSce in the Tower, and further Partici'. Iva, together with the Terms and Conditions of the Oontracr, may be known at the Secretary's Office in Pall-M^': 'aforesaid, any day between the hours of ten and tour o'clock, who' the Pro. penis must be delivered, ssalt•d up, and endorsed " Proposals for Bedding;" but no Proposal can be admitted after the said 25th instant, at 12 o'clock at noon of the same day; neither will any Tartlet be noticed nuless the Party making it, or an Agent in his behalf, shall attend. By Order of the Boyd, R. K. CREW, Secretary. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, ,figne is, ISM THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of his MA JESTY', ORDNANCE do hereGy eve Notice, That Pmps.tals will be received at their Office, in .on or before Wednesday, the both day of June instant, from such Persons as may be wilhlg to undertake the Supply of TIN PEA I'ES for service of this Department, for a period of Three Years, determinable at the explration of One Tear, upon Three Months Notice at the option of either Party. Samples of the Articles may he viewed, upon application, at tie Principal Storekeeper's Office, in the Tower, and further Particulars, together with the Terms and condidions of the Con tract, may be known at the Sect ear. 's Office in Pall Mall afore 'aid, any day between the hours of Ten and Four o'cloek, - oher. 'he foropo4ats mu 4 be detected, sealed up and indorsed, " Pro. visal. for Tin Piatesr but no Proposal can be admitted alterthe said seta instant, at 12 o'clock at noon of the same day ; neither will any l'euder be noticed, unless the Party making it, or au Agent in his behalf, shall attend. By Order of the Board. R. If. CREW, Secrets'''. BAST-INDIA BOUM April 23, 1 3 IS. THE COURT •f DIRECTORS of the UNIT ED CO.'tt • PANEq MERCHANTS •f ENGLAND, trading the EAST INDIES, do hereby give malice, _ The - a Quarterly General Court of the said Company will be held at their Howell I eaderhall-street. on Wednesday, the 29d June next, at Eleven &Clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of declaring a Dividend from ChriAmes law to-Midsummer next. 1 hat the 'Treader Books of the said Company's Stock will he shut on Tuesday, the Ist June next, at two o'clock, and opcued again on I hnraday, the 22d July following. And that the Dividend Warrants on the said Company, Stock, due on the Stb July, wil be ready to be delivered on Watierdey, the 14th July next. JAMES COBB, Aleiatint-Seeretarff. COUNTY FIRE OFFICE, SOUTHAMPTON-STREET, STRAND. TRUSTERS. His Grace the Duke of RUT LAND, K. G. The binht Noble the Marquis of fluccittonast, K.G. The Must Noble the Marquis of NORTIIAMProN. The Right Hun. the Earl of BucatNostasesttiaa. The Right Hon. the Earl of Urrea Ossoay. WILLIAM PEW), Esq. M.P. BCRO PE BERNARD P.TORLAND, Esq. M. P. And Sixty Directors. Managing Director—l• T. BARRER BEAUMONT, till. P. A. S. Receipts tor the renewal of Policies which terminate at MIDSUMMER, are now in course of delivery. PERSONS who Are Insured with this Association become Members. Such rsomrs as arise are divided EQUALLY among the Members, according to their respective contributions, and without the risk of loss, as an ample surplus Capital has been provided to meet any excess of losses that may occur. Agents are appointed In all the pi inelpal Towns, wheats like• wise Agents to the Provide' Life; (Aces, fpuadal M *WINK • • ABONAPARTE has got possession of the Elbe and Wese ,as More Rbeniqb can be imported.—To be SOLD, tvi.r vr. y ..td aurae of Famine HOCK, for 4110, at Messrs. Wild and sun. Martin's-:sue. Cannqn-street. PARLMMR.ViART PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OP LORIIS, JUNE 21. Is the Appeal Cause. " I.ord Morton v. Stewart," some parts of the judgment of the inferior Court were reversed and some re mitted. In the Cause " Scotland v. Mercer," Sir SAIIIIIL RoMILLT was heard conclusively In reply, and judgment deferred till Wednesday. In the Cause, " Smith and others v. Brown and others," Mr. NOLAN was heard for the Appellants, when further hearing was deferred to Wednesday. A Plan for the New Street was presented by the Commbdo ners of the Land Revenue. _ Sir J. GRAHAM, and °Phan from the the Commons, brought up the Irbh Treasury. the New Lottery, the Cape Wine, and several private BIM, which were read the first time. The Scotch Judicature BM, with the Amendments of 'liar Lordships agreed to, was likewise ►rought up. Upon the motion for the loan Bill going into a Committer, Lord LAUDERDALE objected to the terms of the bargain, b which he contended, that the Public suffered a loss of 1u per cent. 'l' hat, he thought, a grievous evil, especially in the present d.a- _ tressed state of the country. The Earl of LIVERPOOL observed, that the terms of ev ry Loan depended greatly on the amount of thy annual etpetithiure. The expenditure of the present year had necessarily exceeded to at of last year by five or six millions, of course, the bargan was in flitenced in a sunilar proportion if that circumstance, but not in ary nwasere exceeding the extraordinary situation of the coun try, not yet recovered from the effects of the Continental Sys tem. The terms obtained by Government, if not quite so fa vourable as those of some former years, were yet as good as the circumstances of ti.e time would admit of. Bargains, indeed, had sometimes been made apparently advantageous i but delusive ul timately, it was a'ways to the real interest of the State and of the Public, that bargains for Loans should be fairly and l berally made. '1 he Earl of LAUDERDALE could not help main one observation on what he had heard from the Noble Secretary of State. '1 he Noble Secretary, in detentling the terms of the Loan, had remarked,' that this country had not yet recovered from the effects of the Continental System Did the Noble Lord mean that our exports had diminished ? 'that, he believed, would hardly be contended. The contrary b•ieg notoriously the Let, ire could t'y no means admit that consideration as au argument in favour of the additional lust to the Public of ten per cent. cm :he Loan. The Bill then went through the Committee, and was Oared to he repotted. Lord lIORINGDON presets . a Bill for the Preservation of the Health of his Majesty's S'ubjecrs, by the more OE ctual practice of Vaccine Inoculation, ..nd by pteventing the extension of the Natural Small Pox. in the course of the last year, no less than twelve hundred persons in London only had b...n de ' stroyed by that dreadful malady. The practice of Vaccination had received the entire approbation of the College of Physicians, arid of almost every Medical Institution throughout Europe, who had experienced and proclaimed its salutary effects. He should not prorse any specific measure, or offer any opinion as to the propriety of prohibiting atogether Inoculation for the Small Pox. He should leave that tee the wisdom of their Lord ships, and content himself at present merely with a request that the Bill be read a first he Bill was read accordingly. Lord ZAtI.NVILLE permuted a Petition from Inc Shop keepers and other Inhabitants of Bristol, aga'nst the prevalent practice of Aucrions.—Ordered to lie on the table. Lord HOLLAND presented a Petitiou from the Friends of the Baptist Missioners in India, praying for the father extension of Chris ian Knowledge.—Ordered to lie on the Table. Lord HOLLAND presented a Petition from several persons confined for DOA in the Isle of Man. His Lordship observed, that he had formerly called the attention of their Lordsh ps to the condition of thte.e in:happy persons in whose behalf the pre sent Petition was submitted, and he had hoped that something would have been done in consequence, by the Noble Lord uppo sire (Lord Sidmouth), for their relief. Lord'ilDMOlTlki had the satisfaction to acquaint the Noble Baron that thevubject us which he alluded Int.i not escaped his attention, but that a measure was in contemplation and would be submitted to their Lordships for that purpose the first oppor.- funky. On the motion of Lnrd SIDMOUTH, the third erading of the Tre.sents Bi.l was ordered to he read this day three months. On the mama of lord MEINILLE, the Seamens' Family Pensionliell went throigh a Committee, and was ordered to be rt ported. On the motion of the Earl of LAUDERDALE, the conside ration o 1 ate Borthwick Peerage was postponed to Wednesday next. EAST INDIA AFFAIRS. The Order of the Day'for going into a Committee on the consideration of India Affairs being read, on ' the motion of the Earl of BUCLINGULASISHIRE, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE observed, that he should not object going into a Committee ; but if the information which he thought necessary to guide the judgment of their Lordships on that great ques tion should be refused by the Noble Lord, he should then move that the consideration be postponed to the next Session. The Earl of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE then rose, and craved the attention of their Lordships, while in the discharge of his cfficial duty he should make such observations as occurred to him upon the Resolutions which lay upon their Lordships' table relative to the future regulation of the Government and Commerce of the British Empire in India. He was fully sen sible of the vast importance of the subject, but felt encouragement under that idea in reflecting that it was not new. The measures,which he should sub mit to their Lordships were founded on the well known regulations of 1793, and exhibited at present only those features of difference which the experience of twenty years had naturally supplied. It was the opinion of the late Lord Melville, (than whom no man was more generally acquainted with the whole system of Indian politics and Indian commerce) that the Government of India should continue in the hands of the East-India Company. But to extend the corn. merce, his plan, so far as commerce was concerned, did not quite answer his expectations, and he endea. voured afterwards to amend it. The private trade, nevertheless, did increase, even under the shackles that were imposed on it, while in truth the benefits of that commerce were chiefly confined to foreigners. In considering the Resolutions before the House, their Lordships would perceive that they were calcu lated to yield to the English merchant those advan tages which had hitherto been enjoyed by foreigners. He could conceive no injury whatever that was likely to arise from the extension. He was aware of the objection which some persons conceived to the re newal of the Charter on account of the possible abuse of power; but it would at all times be competent for Parliament to interfere and regulate and correct the goirepanag. A W4s Dot unwary (or him 19 Pk* I }