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rex. rt -Mr. - ` l O lll l „;,,.. ~. ...: c k ' 1.1 lilt . .., 0,.‘,.... .........,,. az,,e.#44,........,.e .. . 'YLy Nu BEI' 10.711. EAST-INDIA HOUSE, June 20, 1821. THE COURT of DIRECTORS ?f doe UNITED COMPANY e MERCHANTS J ENGLAND, trading to the EAST-INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said Illompany will be held at their House in Leadmhall-street, on WEVNESDAY, the 4th of July next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of submitting for confirma tion the froceedings of the General Court of this day, upon Report from the Committee appointed to inspect the Company's Bp.Laws, altering By-Law, Cap. 1. Sec. 1; and repealing By- Laws, Cap. 12, Sec. 1 and 2; and ordaining a By-Law instead of those proposed to be repealed. The Report front the Committee of By-Laws is open at this Batase for the inspection of the Proprietors. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. BIM begs to submit for the approval of his 1. • best Friends, the Public, the grandest SCHEME ever known with so few Tickets, to be all drawn MI JULY, 17th, and 21st JULY. 48 CAPITAL PRIZES! Retry Ticket drawn singly, each deciding its own fate and no other. NO CLASSES! 1 of p 25,000 Consols 1 24,000 Consols 2 ...... 20,000 Consols 1 16,000 Consols 1 15,000 Consols 9 ...... 3,000 Consols 2 2,400 Consuls 2,100 Consols 1,200 Consols 660 Consols 400 Consols 250 Consols 930 Consols 105 Money 50 Money 40 Money 2.5 Money 21 Money 12 Money 11 11s. Money 11 Money ..., £25,000 24,000 40,000 16,000 15,000 6,000 4,400 4,200 2,400 1,200 2,400 1,500 2,300 1,050 1,000 1,000 1,025 1,050 12,1K0 12,705 13,200 6 6 I 0 10 41 SO 1,015 1,100 ,---. 12,991 Tickets. Total f 183,010 Consols and Money. No Blanks to lie drawn on the 10th July, And 1,'151 Prizvs are sure to he drawn that Day, viz. A Gran.i Y ize of I:24,000! A 6r.otti Prize of £16,000! t of £2,1C0 110 of £230 133 of £lO • - 660 10 - 105 .1,200 - 11 Purchasers before 10th July, may return their Tickets and Shares after that day, if not drawn I'6:A;, and receive back For a Whole Ticket, Seventeen Pounds! Far a Half - £9 4 0 For an Eighth . £2 6 0 Fora Quarter - 412 0 I Fora Sixteenth - 13 6 Provided they are brought back to the place where they were purchased nerons: 17th Jri.r.—lf not returned by that day, the Holders nitt.t keep them fur the thence of the two last days.— * this advantageous offer, the Pehlic have a greater chance of gaining £24,000, £16,000, £2,100, c. and at less risk than in any former Scheme ! for if a Ticket or Share be drawn on the 10th July. it mast be a Prize; and if it should not happen to be drawn a Prize, then the Purchaser may return it, and receive back the greater part of his Money, as above stated ; so that if he does not get a Prize, be will only lose by a Whole Ticket, C 7. 19s. and bye Sixteenth, Eleven Shillings!—other Shares in proportion. The original Tickets and Shares, for the whole time of Draw ing, are selling by T. BISII, Stock-Broker, No. 4, Contralti.; and 9, Casninc-Cnoss, Who sold, in the Drawing which took place 14th This Month (June), 13,824, £2,000; 1,613', £1,050, besides several other Capitals. Alst, on the 28th of last Month (May), 14,041, a Prize of .£21,000! and Nine other Capitals. IMPERIAL PATENT TWINE CLOTH, FOR SHIRTING, &c. Ne contment pas de lin mans en possident les agrimens avec plus de la Chalerr. MERCIIAN'f.S, and the Nobility and Families ping abroad, or returning from the East and West In dies, are respectinlly informed, that the above Cloth is sold, Ex clusively St impel Millard's Patent Twine Cloth on each piece, at No. 16, Cheapside, Wholesale, for Exportation, and by the Slagle Piece of '2ti to .52 yards each, at Is. 6d. us. 2s. and 3s. 6d. per yard ; particuiarly desirable for the above as well as the cold climates, for its conduciveness to health, and for a va riety of family purposes for its economy. Fi:milies residing in the Country are requested to send their orders as above, to avoid the various imitations. The pieces for Sheeting are made in two and four pair each, for winter wear, travelling, &c. The White Chintz and Anjen goes for Ladies' dyes, and Children's wear, may be obtained as above, at two guineas the piece of three to four dresses each; and every article in choice Irish Linens, and Holland ditto, Cam brics, Printed Furnitures, and India and British Mastitis, Shawls, and CtliCO2B ; Damask and other Table Linen, at the most reasonable prices, and those taken by the piece or dewy, at the piece price.—lndia Shawls bought. Lilly in July will be pnbli :het], By ANN .11)A IS, MENIOIRS of the late Dr. JOSEPH ADAMS, Physician to the Small-pox Hospital, ►Member of the Royal Colleges of London, Paris, and Aberdeen, and R.L.S. This Volume will contain, besides Original Letters from va lious Persons, some of the late Sir JotErn Rusks ; also an Ac.. tount of the Island of Madeira, and the Diseases incident to that Climate. The greatest part of the above matter was arranged by Dr. Adams previous to his death, with a view to publish.— As the Work is by Subscription, and as no more Numbers are to be printed than are subscribed fur, it is requested that those Persons who wish to have the book, will send their names and address as early as possible to Mrs. Adams, 37, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury ; or to Callow, corner of Gerrard- treet ; or L Hunter, St. Paul's Churchyard. Price One Guinea, Pages .:00, Octnvo, with a Portrait of the Doctor, and two Views of Madeira, by Mr. 11. Meyer. • WHIST MADE EAST. This day was published, price Is. 61. WHIST RENDERED FAMILIAR, by a new and easy Introduction to the Came; deduced from the Mt Authorities. By J. G. POHLMAN. London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Jey. By whom are also published, I, A Practical Treatise on the Game of Draughts; contain ing Moves of Games Drawn, or equally well played, /cc. and Tabular Representations of the Critical Situations. To which are prefixed, Rules, Principles, and Instructions; by the sante Author; 1 amo. price Is. 6(1. 2. Chess rendered Familiar, by Tabular Demonstrations of the various Positions and Movements of the Game, as described in the Alulytic:tl Treatise by Philidor, Bce. &c. By the sane Author; with an elegant Frontispiece, royal Bvo. price £1 Is. boards. 3. The Backgammon Teacher; a Treads* rew and original throughout, in which the sure mean, of attaining iuperiozity at that Came are cloudy pulsated out. By NV. ; 131 "°. price Is. u 4. This day was published, in Sen. price ss. T WO LETTERS from Mr. ADAIR to the Bishop of WINCHESTER, in answer to the charge of a high treasonable misdemeanour, brought by his Lordship against Mr. rox and himself, in his Life of the Right Honourable Pitt. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees Orme, and Brown, Pa ternoster-row; and J. Ridgway, Piccadilly, London. This day was published, In Two Vols. 4to. pr;ce 153. Gd. boards, ITALY. --By LADY MORGAN.—Printed for Henry Colburn and Co. Conduit-street. Among the numerous Travellers who have visited Italy since the restoration, no one has been admitted so unreservedly to in spect the interior of its social and political machinery, as Lady Morgan. The fidelity of her delineations of France (so highly appreciated on the Continent, where that country is most tho roughly known) has procured for ber an intimacy and a confi dence abroad, which have not been enjoyed by other Travellers. It is therefore with much satisfaction that the Publishers an nounce this Work, containing the Observations collected by Lady Morgan during her two years absence front England: This day was published, In two vols. Bvo. embellished with Eighteen Portraits, price £1 lis. Q. boards, the Second Edition of - - GEORGE THE THIRD, his COURT, and FA -11 I LY.—Thii work will be found to abound in relations of those peculiar traits of character for which his Majesty. was so distinguished during his long and eventful reign, and which have rendered his personal history so remarkably attractive. It also contains a richer collection of original anecdotes of illustrious and distinguished persons than has ever yet been submitted to the curiosity of the Public. Printed for Henry Co!burn and Co. Conduit-street. This day was published, price is. 6d. a New Edition of A GUIDE. to MATRIMONIAL HAPPINESS, IX in a Series of Letters, written by a Lady of Distinctica to her Relation, shortly after her 'marriage. Contents :—Of the Disposition of a Wife. Disposition of a Husband. Visitors of Ceremony. Intimate Acquaintances. Continuance of Affection. Weakness of Temper. Disputes which arise on trivial occa.iors. Absolute Quarrels. Fickleness of Disposition. On Confidence and Secrets. Natural Imper fections. Agreement of Thoughts in the Concerns of Life. Ge neral Behaviour and Deportment. Conformity of Tempers and Sentiments. Of bring in public an in private in the presence of a Husband. On the Management of Conversation. Of the Management of a Family, &c. &c. Printed for Henry Culburn ar.d Co. Conduit-street. TO thew afflicted with GOUT, RHEUMATICI GOUT, &c. Mr. REYNOLDS'S I SPECIFIC is earnestly recommended as the only remedy at present known to be equally relied on for its safety and efficacy. The Proprietor is well warranted in this assertion, from the ex perience of some thoesands of persons, who have, during the last six years, enjoyed freedom from pain and renovated health, by its occasional use. It is sold in bottles at 4s. 6d. each (con taming from three to six doses), more than sufficient to restore any sufferer to ease and health, by Mr. W. Reynolds, Book seller, 17.7, Oxford-street; Chatwood, 144, Old Gravel-lace; Nix, Royal-Exchange ; Taylor, 75, Newington Causeway ; Burnett, 14, Parliament-street; and by most respectable Vel;- ders. Perchasers should inquire for Reynolds's Gout Specific. 50, Smith-street, King's-road, Chelsea, Nov. 27, I 920. Copy of a Letter from the Counten Deimos/cm) to Mrs. Jong sou, Proprietor of the American Soothing Syrup. DUNDONALD having witnessed the won- 4 derfil effects of Mrs. JOHIt7SON'S - SOOTHING , SY it UP in her own infant daughter, now eight montha old, in affording almost instantaneous relief, when her dear child had been in paroxysms of pain arising from the cutting of her teeth, File thinks it incumbent or. her to acknowledge the efficacy of Mrs. Johnson's Soothing Syrup, and to recommend the same as an invaluable Recipe to hlothers for their infants, while suf fering from the rein of Teeth-cutting . ; and Mrs. Johnson has Lady Dundonald's full permission to make this acknowledgment public. This invaluable Medicine to be had, wholesale and retail, of the Proprietors, Johnson and Williams, 94, Newman-street, Oximd-street • and, by their appointment , of all the principal Medicine Ven ders: in Town and Country, at 9s. 9d. per bottle. • N. ii. Mrs. Johnson relieves the, Poor, as usual, at her house, every Tuesday and Saturday Morning, from Nine to Ten o'clock, by brioging a letter from a respectable housekeeper : to certify that they are real objects of charity. THURSDAY JUNE 21, 1821. GRAND JUNCTION and SMITH LONDON WATER WORKS, ELLESMERE, TI -TA MKS and MEDWAY, WEY and ARUN, GRAND UNION, CROYDON, WILTS and BERKS. CR I NAN CANAL; CROYDON and SU RREY RAILWA Y, WESTMINSTER GAS„ COMMERCIAL and BARKING ROAD, and LONDON INSTITUTION SHARES. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. SCOTT, On Fsanar, July 6, at the Mart, unless previously Sold, by Order of the Executors, VRAND JUNCTION WATER-WORKS, Ten Shares; South London ditto, Twenty; Wry and Arun, Five ; Grand Union, Thirty ; Croydon, Fifty ; Wilts and Berke, Fifty; Crinan, Thirty; Croydon and hlerstham Railway, Forty ; Surrey Railway, Thirty ; Westminster Gas, Fifty New Shares, £3O paid; Commercial Road, Ten Shares, dividend .E.; per Cent. per Annum ; Barking Road, Six Shares; and a Share in the London Institution. Particulars at Hatchett's Hotel, Piccadilly; the Mart; and the Office of Mr. Scott, New Bridge-street, London. _ . WINDMILL-LANE, BRENTFORD. Pleasant RESIDENCE, OFFICES, roomy CELLARS, WAREHOUSES, and OUT-BUILDINGS, capital GAR DEN, walled, and in high perfection. TO BE SOLI) BY AUCTION, By Mr. ROBINS, (Of Warwick-street, Golden-square), By Order of the A.signees of Messrs. Wvarr and Fosse, At Garraway's Coffee. ! louse, in Exchange-Alley, Cortthill, on Tnuasnsv, 12th July, 1821, at Twelve o'Clock. WALLNuT-Tit EE HOUSE.—A de s irable com pact It. sidrnce, Copyhold of the Manor of Ealing— equal to Freehold, trilling.fine certain. Comprising a %11;:Stlnti31 Brick-built House, placed on a Lawn, separated from the road by gates and iron pallisades, contains, Entrance-hall, Breakfast-room, Dining-parlour. Butler's-pantry, Kitchen, Scullery, Btc three Bedchambers and a Dressing-room on Or: Fires Story; two Attics over ; enclosed Yard, with Pump of good water ; roomy Cellars under the House; a large Ware house ;Ind roans adjoining; a 'Trellis Poultry-house, and Shed ; capital Garden, walled round and planted with choice Fruit Trees, a Green-house. Summer-house, &c. INFav be viewed by applying to the Gardener on the Premises, where l'articulars may be had ; at-the Castle, Brentford ; Old Iliac, and the Bell, Ealing ; Talbot, Richmond ; Star and Gar ter, Kew-hridge; of Mr. Allen, Solicito r , _ Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Garraway's; and of Mr. Robins, Warwick-street, Golden-square. This day was published, In 4to. with Maps, Charts, Plates, &c. £3. 13s. 63. Second Edition, JOURNAL of a - VOYAGE fur the DISCOVERY U of a NORTII WEST PASSAGE from the ATLANTIC to the PACIFIC, performed in the Years of 1819, and i 8.20, in his Majesty's Ships ilscLa and GRIPER, under the Oidera of WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY, R.N. PrintcillorjolTnMurray. Albemarle-street. • PARLIA VENTA PROCEEDINGS. HOT)SE Or LORDS, JUNE eo. The Thames Ballast; and the Rum Importation Regulation Bills, were brought up front the Commons, and read a first time. The Woollen Stamping ; and the. Magistrates Regulation Bills, were read a third time and passed. The Earl of LIMERICK moved, that the evidence respect. ing the London Wharfage Bill he referred to the Committee of the whole House on that Bill on Friday next.—Ordered. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY reported from the Commit tee of Privileges, of which he is Chairman, that Viscount Do neraile had made good his claim to vote on the election of an Irish Representative Peer. The Fife Inland Navigation Bill was brought up from the Commons, and read a first time. _ . Mr. \VALPOLE, from the Treasury, presented an Account of the qbantity of Wine imported into ltdantl, from 1795 to 18'20 inclusive.—Ordered to be laid on the table. -The Earl of riAIiNLEY pr4..sented a Petition from J. Du frene, praying for a revision of the Bankrupt Laws.—Ordered to he laid on the table. _ _ _ The Irish Prions Regulation Hill, the Poore Relief and Employment Bill, and the Irish Stamp Duties Regulation Bill, went through their several Committees, and were reported.— Adjourned. . HOUSE OF COMMONS. An Account of the weekly Issue of Bank-notes forthe last three months was presented. pursuant to an Order of the I loos:•. A Person from the Office of the Chief Secretary for Ireland presented an Account of the Appropriation of the Sum of £lO,OOO granted for the Issue of Proclamations in that country. A Petition was presented from lietford, against the Poor Be lief Amendment Bill. _ _ . ..... A sitna4r Petition was presented from certain Individuals in Norfolk. - - -- - Mr. SWAN presented a Petition from the Rev. Mr. Melton. The Rev. Gentleman stated, that he bad invented a plan by which the Mails, could be 'carried with passengers and luggage, as they now were, at the rate of one mile and a quarter in the hour faster than at present, without any increase of labour to the horses. Referred to the Committee on the Extra Post Hill. _ _ . The Naval Stores, the Coal Drawback, the Bank of Ireland, and the Ordnance Lands Bills, were read a thitd ti me, and passed. The Consolidated Fund Bill was read a second time, and conunitted f,,r to-morrow. _ The Scottish i\llr 13ill was read a second time. Sir .1. M A lIJ OItIBA N KS supported the provisions of this Bill, as necessary for the relief of the Scotch Brewers and Malt ,ters, on account of the irferior quality of Scotch Barley. . Mr. C.% LvEaT hoped the same indulgence would he ex tended to the Maltsters of ground Barley ill this country—a description of Barley greatly inferior to Scotch Barley. Mr. CCRWEN approved of the redaction, as regarded Scot land: it would lower the price, and increase consumption. He hoped the same indulgence would be extended to the Barley growers of Cumberland.—The Bill was then committed for The Scotch Distilleries Drawback Bill was read a second time, and committed for Friday. Mr. BRIG lIT presented a Petition from Bristol, praying the restoration of the Constitution as established in 1 GBS, the period of the Revolution. Mr. BEN N ET•I• took this opportunity of adverting to the fate of the motion brought lot ward by hint on a former night, fur excluding persona bolding places at the pleasure of the Crown from seats is Parliamo.t ; and declared, whatever reception such a motion might meet with, lie would not &sist atom bringing the subject forward annually, so long as the House continued what it now was, and whilst so many of its Mem. hers, to use the old language of the Constitution, hAd livery under the Crown.—The Petition was read, and ordered to be printed. Several Petitions were presented against the Poor Laws Amendment rim . . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Order of the Day fox committing the Tobacco Duty Bill. Mr. CALVERT ol,jected to the Bill, and repeated his for mer arguments against it. Ile wished the Right Ilan. Gen tkman to postpone the Bill for the present. The CII A NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER consented to postpone it. The Exchequer Bills Bill, and the Loan Bill, were read a third time and passed. Sir J. NEWPORT complained that, in his absence, the Bank of Ireland Bill, which was a dropt Order at yesterday, should have been read a third time and passed this day before his arrival, although' he had intimated his intention of taking the sense of the ! louse on the clause excluding Roman Catho lics from the direction. Mr. BEN N Err also complained, that the Audit Bill was read in the same clandestine manner, at half-pact one o'clock in the morning. Ile believed that was a circumstance of which no Gentleman in the House bad the least suspicion. Mr. DENMAN complained of this course a; a want of cour tesy towards his Right lion. Friend the Member for Waterford. He would advise the Bight lion. Baronet to bring in a Bill to morrow to repeal the clause to which he objected, and on which he had intended to take the sense of the House. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, there was not a Gentleman in the House whom he would be more anxious to accommodate than the Right lion. Gentleman; but it would be recollected, that the clause to which the Right Hon. Baronet had alluded, had been fully discussed on a former night. A message from the Lords announced their loedships' assent to several Public and Private Bills. Mr. HUME complained that certain Returns which he had moved lot on a former occasion, respecting the Land Tax, had not been presented. The fat mer Order being then discharged, on the motion of the lion. Member, he moved that there be laid before the House Accounts of all the Assessments paid as Land Tax in Westminster and London for the last twenty years, with the amount of Surplus and the items of Expenditure.—Ordered. Ile also moved that there be laid before the House an Ac count of all Sums paid as Interest on the Unfunded Debt, from the 6th January, 1786, to the sth January, 1821.—Ordered. He next moved for an Account of the Public Debt of Great Britain and Ireland, from the sth'January, 1766, to the sth January, 1821.—Ordered. The lion. Member then moved for an Account of all Ships employed at the Cape of Good Hope, North America, and other Colonial Stations for the last ten years. He moveilike wise for a Committee to select and arrange such Documents as miLht relate to the mode of supplying the Metropolis with Water.—Motion agreed to. BURNING OF WONIEN IN INDIA. Mr. BUXTON wished to call the attention of the I House to the practice of females burninf , themselves.; on the funeral piles of their husbands, and - ' urged the necessity of Government interfering to put an end to this practice. He thought the House would agree ! with him on this subject, when he stated, that in the last four years no less a number than 2366 females had thus destroyed themselves publicly : how many' had thus sacrificed themselves privately the House could not asceitain: and when it was recollected that , many of these females were scarcely more than chil dren, and that they generally ascended the pile in a state of intoxication, he thought the House would agree with him in the necessity of incpliring into these circutnstances ; especially as the French, Dutch, and Danes, ltd abolished this horrible practice-in the dis-1 tricts under their controul. The laws even of the na-1 tives themselves were not attended to by the Priests ; for their own laws requited, that no female under sixteen years of age should be allowed thus to immo late themselves; yet ins:a:lies occurred of girls of PRIZ'F, SE\ 1:.*•: Pt: N, fourteen, twelve, ten, and in one case a child of eight years of age, being allowed to sacrifice themselves. It was also a part of their law, that no woman should be sacrificed but with her own free consent; but even this rule was not attended to. He had this day con versed with a respectable Clergyman, Mr. Thompson, recently returned from India, who had ipformedhim, that he himself, in one instance, saw a female per forming the last ablation, preparatory to sacrificing herself, who fainted repeatedly, and was with diffi culty conveyed to the funeral pile, at the sight of which she again fainted, and continued so long in sensible, that the crowd collected around became im patient, and the Bramins proposed to sacrifice her whilst in this state ; she recovered, however, before the pile was lighted, and renewed her struggles to escape, when the Priest set lire to the faggots, and the unfortunate woman ceased to exist. Another in stance he would mention, was that of a woman, whose friends were so poor, that a sufficient quantity of fuel to make a quick fire could not be obtained ; she ascended the pile, however, such as it was, one of her own sons set light to the faggots, and she was slowly consumed, and expired in great agony. The Hon. Member concluded with moving for copies of all communications between the Government of In dia and the Government at home, on this subject. Mr. B. BATHURST said that this example of the Mahometan Government, in repressing the practice in question, could have no influence upon a Govern ment like ours, which proceeded upon entirely dif ferent principles of policy and toleration. It was also a strong and-indisputable fact, that since the re gulations with respect to burning had taken place, the number of persons who had immolated them selves had doubled. He conceived that it would be better for the House to trust to the natural operation of civilization and knowledge to correct this crime, than to endeavour to prevent it by active interference. It was said that the Dutch, French, and Danes, had checked this practice by every means in their power. AU that they did was to forbid the sacrifice taking place in certain district:; but that prohibition was to little purpose, since it was easily evaded by the natives taking the victim to a district where the pro hibition was not in force. He hoped, therefore, that the Hon. Member would not Om any measure upon Parliameut which would force into greater activity the regulations which this Government had already adopted, and which could not be stretched to a greater extent without increasing the evil which it was the Hon. Gentleman's object to remove. Mr.WILBLIR FORCE was glad that his Hon.Fr lend had brought this subject before the House. It was true that the Hindoo laws permitted only voluntary sacrifices, but the Priests, in many instances, forced the victims to the funeral pile, and tied them tc stakes, in order to prevent those « voluntar)" victims from running away. He had no doubt that the light of education would ultimately produce the most beneficial effects ; and he was gratified to know that there were no people in the world who were more desirous of receiving instruction, and more grateful to the persons who gave it to them, than the natives of Hindostan—(Hear). Mr. HUME wished to say a few words upon this subject, as he had been some time in India, and had some local knowledge of the it tctice under consider ation. So far as his observation went, these sacrifices bad generally taken place to promote the private in terests of the relatives of the deceased. if any of those relatives had interest enough with a Bramin to induce a widow to sacrifice herself, the sacrifice took place, and the property which she would have en joyed was thus transferred to the parties who had caused her destruction—Wee:O.—lt appeared to him, that one of the most effectual modes of putting down, this practice, would be to grant licenses for burning —(A laugh).—lt might appear ludicrous to some Gentlemen, but he was satisfied that if licenses were sold for two or three thousand rupees, the practice .would.be less frequent, as those parties who were now most forward to promote these burningi, would then be generally found the most reluctant to sub scribe a single shilling towards the purchase of a license—(l kar).—lle thanked his Hon. Friend for bringing this subject before the House, as it was one of the highest importance ; but he deprecated the idea of 'establishing a College at Calcutta, for edu cating Missionaries to convert the Him:oos. It would excite great jealousy in the • country, and might be productive of the most dangerous consequences. Lord BINNING said, that after the circular had been issued by our Government, the number of im molations had increased, from whence he inferred, that if any further measures were taken to put down the practice, they would have a result precisely oppo site to what was desired. Mr. CANNING said that whatever shades of dif ference might appear in the opinions of the Honour able Gentlemen who had already spoken upon this question, there were two points upon which they were all agreed. The first point was, that it would be gratifying to every person possessed of feeling and humanity if this custom could he put down ahoge ther ; the second was, that no coercive attempt to put it down should be made by the British Govern meta. The only debateable ground, therefore, was whether the Government should interpose its influ ence to put an end to this practice. Of all the eAer cises of human authority that was the most difficult. Where authority existed, it was most difficult to carry its mere wishes into effect, at the same time divesting them of the harshness of command. The problem which the Indian Government had to solve was of the most difficult and delicAte nature. Ile did not regret that this subject was brought hekre ' the House, though he could not think that the effect of it would le to facilitate the measin es of the Go vernment at home, or to abridge the I rogress of the Government abroad towards removing the pi active, in question. He did not think that the au.hontative interference of Parliament would stiaiulate a Govern- mesa, which in matteks of humenity Le sti-