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/IA 4 -//frt- 4 - I . . • LITERATURE. POPULATION OF INDIA. . . • 411 b..—• ..7_,..„._:, 111 ,., 4111 111 1 , \ , ,-,,-- r ... LI ,-__7-,1-_-_:,, c . ,--__ .1 t i, ( et„ d, ,1, ...,, Ist ..orsAara4 i , isser..Arx2.3t irr ,. 0 l -; 7 -88.. to i' DENERARY AND ESSEQUEBO. FIVE undersigned, in capacity u Deputy First Marshal J. of the United Colony of Demarary and Essequebo, advertises, by there presents, for the first, second, and third time, that he will, by virtue of certain Sentences of the Honourable Court of Civil Justice of said United Colony, EXPOSE and SELL, at Public Euention Sale, the following PLANTATIONS, with their CULTIVATION, BUILDI NOS, and SLAVES, and further Appurtenances, via.... Firstly-1n the month of September, 1831, the Sugar Plantation, Tat MOUTH MANOR, situated on the west coast of Essequebo, the property of Edward Barnwell. Secondly-1n the month of December, 1831, the Sugar Plantation, NEW TILE, formerly known as Plantation DOORNSVREEDE, =twitted in Troolie Island, Essequebo River, the property of William Crichton. Thi r dly—in the month of January, 1832, the Sugar Plantation, LA NOUVELLE FLANDRE, situated on the west coast of Demo rary, the property of the heirs of De L'Escaille. The Judicium of pre et concurrentia on the net proceeds of the above Sales will be held by the said Honourable Court of Jus- tice three months after the respective days of Sale; for which reason, all those who may pretend to have any right, title, or Interest, to the net proceeds of said Plantations, are herewith, by him, the undersigned Deputy First Marshal of said United Colony, summoned to appear in person, or by their Attornies, to lay their claims, in duo form, before the Honourable Court of Justice of said United Colony of Demerary and Easequebo, at their ordinary Sessions, as follows : In the month of December, 1831, for Plantation, Tay mouth Manor; and in the month of April, 1832, for Plantations, New Tyie and Nou- i relic Flandre—under a penalty, that against the non.appearas will be proceeded as the law directs. The Inventories of the above stated plantations are Sally to be seen at the Courting-houses of Messrs. Hall, M'Oarel, and Co. 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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MANCHESTER. Mr. WOOD brought before the Chamber the subject of the new tax on the importation of raw cotton. The satisfaction be felt at the re moval of the tax co printed calicoes was very great, as it was unjust and impolitle, and was of necessity removed; but that satisfaction was pntly modified at finding that the tax was laid on in another form.— We were in fact obtaining the repeal of a tax which was likely soon to fell by ha own weight, and which was decaying in produce, and were to be burdened, in lieu of it, with a tax which would be dutable and more pteductive. Mr. J. S. Josss expressed someanxiety to know what was meant by the allusion in Me. W. Patten's letter to the subject of drawbacks. He it was net delseded mot to allow a drawback on the stocks of lt• k W of drapers and dealers, which had already paid a 4 --•_. Voir gemmed that it could not be dm Walden of Ommomesualpdipihir the drawback on stocks ; but he bad no doubt the getithfiliffEllMhan wadd tale are to have that matter pen upsn' an equitable foram ' lb. W. Gaastarr....-It was intended to impose a duty of Id. per lb. on all raw cotton imported, and this was to be in addition to the six per cent. ad vaioreas duty which was already established. This new tax was proposed as a substitute for the duty taken off, and the Chan. cellos of the Exchequer estimated that it would produce about the same amount. As to the duty, he was convinced that ld. per lb. on all the anon exported, would be equal to 20 per cent. upon the average cost of the different descriptions imported ; and this was a tax which would render it impossible to carry on extensive cotton manufactures. The answer was, that a drawback would be allowed upon the exports. If they were to have a system of drawbacks, they would again experience all the inconvenience which had been already complained of, as respects she paatpg of goods. The system of drawbacks could never be es. mkifihed as a fair principle of legislation without the Custom-house *Maas havbwthe power of opening all bales when exported, or without having the -m.. ain their warehouses to examine the goods when packed. Lord Althorp was reported to have said that he was Informed by a gentleman in the trade, that his proposal would be satisfactory; but the person, whoever he was, that said so, must be entirely ignorant of the feelings and interests of those concerned in the trade. In the ar ticle of twit, for instance, it was packed by means of hydraulic presses, for the sake of security, In order to save freight, which is charged according to the cubic foot of measurement, and not accord ing to the weight, and also in order to prevent pilferage. But if the bales were to be opened by the custom-house officers, the advan tage of packing with hydraulic presses would be completely done away with, and twist would sustain gently more Injury from being thus unpacked, than plain cotton goods. Then, with regard to the goods usually exported in tin eases. How could they rely upon the goods in tin cases being unpacked, and then re-packed with the same care and in the same state as they originally were ? The whole system of drawbacks was as objectionable as any thing could possibly be, in l reference to trade, especially as so large a proportion of the conceals. nufactured goods were exported. The quantity of cokes goods and yarn exported was equal to three-fourths of the whole manufacture. (Mr. Robert Garnett here observed, that from authentic documents It ap peared that four-fifths of the whole cotton manufactured were export. ed.) With regard to raising a revenue equal to the amount lost by the print duty, Lord Altborp bad acted on data that were not to be relied on. If one penny per pound additional duty were to be levied on the quantity consumed—which was one hundred aid eighty mil. lions of pounds—and if four-fifths, or even three.fourths of that quan tity were exported, and received the drawback, his lordship would never realise from the tax the amount which he contemplated. The thing was quite impossible. If it were put down in Spires it would be far short of the sem he named. This tax therefore, viewed as a mere article of revenue, was highly objectio n able as a substitute for the print duty. There were ether pants of view in which the matter was still more important. He presumed the drawback system would not be persisted in if the trade were one and all opposed to k, sod he took it for granted that it would be objected to by the whole of the trade. Mr. Garnett concluded. by moving, that a Committee be no minated to prepare a memorial on the subject, and that a deputation be appointed to wait upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to pre sent it to his lordship. Mr. R. GAUITT said, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer com puted that ld. per pound would yield 500,0001. which was the amount Met by the repeal of the print duty. But by a calculation he (Mr. Garnett) had made, he found, that in order to raise 500,0001. a tax of ror 3d. instead of Id. would be required. The whole amount of eotton consumed In this country did not exceed 45,000,000 pounds, or from that to 50,000,000. A tax of led. per pound u that gum. that thy would produce only 200,0001. so that Lord AI was com pletely mistaken as to the amount the tax would yield. He stated that there were imported into the whole kingdom 246,000,000 pounds of cotton (including Scotland, which imported 14,000.000). From this quantity, which was the gross weight, was to be deducted the waste, amounting to about 26,000,000 ; leaving 220,000,000 to be manufac tured. Of this quantity there were exported annually 64,000,000 lbs. of yarn, and 77,000,000 lbs. of cotton goods. The quantity sent from Scotland could not be ascertained ; but there were only left in this country for home consumption between 40 and 50,000,000 lbs. Mr. Gaza, in reference to the calculations of Mr. R. Garnett, read a statement from Mr. Burn's Table of the Exports and Imports of Cotton at the ports of London, Liverpoo4 Hull, and Goole, for the year 1830. From this statement it appeared that the amount exported in yarn was 62,694,302 fin ; in thread, 1,074,9311bs ; in manufactured goods, 77,272,820 lbs. Estimated quantity of yarn sent to Scotland and Ireland, 5,000,000 lbs. Exported in mixed manufactures not stated in the above-named articles; consumed in cotton banding, healed.,, candle and lamp wick, wadding, and loss in the process of manes& turing goods, 8,000,00011 m Balance left for home consumption and stock, 42,528,489 lbs. The duty of Id. per pound would require to be paid upon the gross quantity imported, namely. 146 millions: whereas, supposing the whole to be manufactured, and to be exported, the draw back would only be allowed upon the net weight of 219 millions. The manufacturers, therefore, would lose the whole of the duty upon the waste, ac. Mr. RAILTON said, that he had had a sale that morning at his ware house, which was attended by persons "out of all nations." In parts. colas, there was a gendeman from Mexico, who said he was come to ob tain consignments for a house at Mexico ; but that the proposal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer put a new feature upon the case ; for if the goods sent to him were opened and re-packed at Liverpool by the Custom-house officers, and then, on the arrival at the coast, were sent up to him in the interior, unless they had been extremely well packed they would bear no comparison with the goods he could obtain from Saxony or other parts of the Continent, the packing of which bad not been disturbed. He would not be able to get within 20 per cent. of the price he would obtain for the same sort of goods sent to him from the Continent. , Mr. P. EVART observed, that the plan of the Chancellor of the Re. 1 chequer seemed to be a crude and undigested one, and that no time should be lost in remonstrating against it. Some conversation then took place respecting the most eligible course of proceeding, and itlr. H. H. BIZLItY at length proposed a Resolution, to the effect that the intention avowed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to im pose a tax of ld. per lb. on the importation of cones, and to allow a drawback upon its exportation, is highly objectionable on various grounds, and ought to be immediately and vigorously resisted. Mr. R. Rossars was of opinion that Id. per lb. which would be about equal to two per cent. making the ad valorem duty eight per cent. instead of six, would yield more than the Chancellor of the Exchequer calculated upon ; in other words, an eight per cent. ad va lorem duty on the quantity imported in 1890, and on what might be expected in the present year, would yield more to the revenue than Id. per lb. which his lordship proposed to lay on. Mr J. AILMITSONG said, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed the present alteration for the avowed purpose of affording re. lief to the power classes. But the new tax would press more heavily upon the poor man than even the prints duty. Hitherto, by abstaining front the purchase of print, he avoided the tax ; but by the new law be will have to pay the tax of Id. lb. upon his shirt, his sheets, his fustian jacket—and we all know the weight of a fustian jacket,—and, in short, upon every article of his apparel and bed-clothes, except the blankets. Mr. Hilmar's Motion, which was seconded by Mr. GARNETT, wall then put from the. Chair, and carried unanimously. After a good deal of desultory conversation respecting the beet mode of proceeding, Mr. W. OAIIIITT observed, that we should have bass much better as we were, even with the print duty, than with the magma new tax. In the course of two or three years the print duty wadl net be worth collecting. The Chancellor of the Exchequer mod des priM duty at5OO.OOOL but it was only 350,0001. Mr. WOOD and other gentlemen strenuously opposed the idea of el. lowing the print duty to remain. Mr. CHIPPMIDALL said, that the trade should endeavour to gut quit of the print duty without imposing it on any other. It would be Injurious to retrace their steps, and to say to the Chancellor of the Ei. chequer that he might retain the print duty, if he pleased, es it would FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1831. PRICE 7D. lilt by ha owe woight. If the tax were allowed to fall by its own weight, what would become of the calico-printers in the mean time? They ought to take the Chancellor of the Rxchequ‘r at ha word as re gards the print duty, whatever was done with the new tax. After some further conversation. a Resolution was unanimously passed to the effect. that it should he referred to the Board of Directors to prepare a Memorial, and to take all necessary measure* to oppose the tax ; and the Boroughrecre, bleats. G. Wood, U. H. Burley, 7. l"Bed ' Garnett, and J. Bradshaw, were appointed as a deputation to wait on the Chancellor of the Exchequer with the 31emmial with the least passible delay. It was also agreed that a copy of the Resolutions should be forwarded the same evening to the Members for the County, l that thav might lay them before the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Meeting was attended by from 50 to RO of the principal cotton. merchants, spinners, and manufacturers. rI?D s-77—""rtati-- T 4 •••••••••••••••••••• 7 to 2 apt Ftlapee I to 1 --m• Cressida. DIM& STAMM ISO to 100 on Varennes apt Antlope (taken) pp. Di~3T. 13 to 1 Mr. fleardswortb's Colwick 15 to I Lord Jersey's Filagree IS to I Mr. Chithey's Caleb 15 to 1 Lord Vetolanes Varennes 16 to 1 lord Jersey's Blonder 17 to 1 Lord Exeter's Bohemian le eee bet 17 to 1 Lord Exeter's Hamm 12 to I Lord Sligo's Bras•de-Fer 25 to 1 Colonel Udney's Antiope 27 to 1 Lord Orford's Medora 30 to I Mr. Cooke's Incubus (taken) 30 to 1 Sir 3. Shelky's Oesaida 100 on Cobweb winning Derby agst his winning the RidcUsswortb. OATS. 54 to 1 apt Cireasdan (taken) 51 to 1 Oxygen (taken) 11 to 1 Delight 16 to 1 Sister to the Lion 18 to 1 Titania (taken). ST. LEGTI4 12 to 1 on the Field 30 to 1 apt Vietoire 1000 to 30 Headley (taken). FOX HUNTING. A few days since the Mayfield Harriers unkennelled a fox in Til. mister Woad. For some time Reynard did not feel disposed to leave the neighbourhood, having taken a turn towards Old Mill, Mayfield, and back by Ncwick Woods ; but finding the bounds close on him he was obliged to break cover, which he did in gallant style, the hounds close at his brush. He bent his course towards Menem' , and Tottin ford, and then, turning to the left, skirted Burwash Common ' • but here again he turned, and matt: towards Brightling Observatory; and when within about a quarter of a mile of that point again turned for Cox's Mill, Dallington, and Wood's Corner, the hounds only two minutes be hind him. Here seas desperate work for cattle, with "bellows to mend." Reynard now crossed the lirightling rout, and winding the course of a stone wall which encloses the park of J. Fuller, Esq. Rose Hill. at length crossed the Battle road, and made for some large covers, called Creep Woods • thence he proveedA to Posthorn and Ashburnham, where be entered the Park, and took a circuitous road in it, coming out almost at the same place at which he entered. He Pm made for Cats. field and Ciowhunt, from which latter place he made a sudden turn , and awe back by Battle , leaving the town a little to the right, and made for Pox ' s Hole, at which place Reynald was obliged to yield his brush to his staunch pursuers, after a run of nearly four hours, having covered a distance of at least forty miles through a tremendously heavy and woody country. The horses were " dons up." This little staunch pack have this season unkennelled three foxes in the same neighbour. hood, all of which have been killed in fine style, after capital runs. HLTNTK lAN ORdarelN. EXCLUSION OF NATAL SURGEONS FROM HIS MAJESTY'S LEVER. On Monday last, the Council and Members of the Royal College of Surgeons met at their hall, in Lincoln's-inn fields, for the purpose of hearing the Hunterian Oration de livered by Mr. White. Previous to the entry of the Presi dent and Council, the recent order, excluding naval surgeons from attending His Majesty's levee, was brought under the consideration of the members, and two resolutions were unanimously agreed to, expressing the feelings of the pro fession on the subject, and requiring the aid and interference of the council to cause the order to be rescinded. On the entry of the President and Council, a gentleman deputed on the part of the members was about to state the resolutions agreed to, when the President (Mr. Kest) in terposed, and suggested that as there were several visitera present, it would be better to allow the business for which the meeting was convened to proceed, and afterwards be should be ready to hear whatever the members had to com municate. At the conclusion of the oration, the Presi dent desiring the beadle to remove the mace, and saying that he would see the visitors out, left the hall and re turned almost immediately, but without his gown. He then said he was ready to hear the member who had been deputed to communicate the resolutions to him. That gentleman having done so, and delivered to him a copy of the resolutions, with a request that he would commu - nicate them to the council, Mr. Keat observed that he was not the President, that he was only the sub stitute for Mr. Headington, and that therefore he could not communicate those resolutions as the Presi dent, but merely as an individual member of the Council. On this, considerable dissatisfaction was expressed at what was considered an attempt to elude the promise made previ ous to the delivery of the oration. During the confusion occasioned by the remarks made on the president, SirAstley Cooper (a member of the Council) rose and said that he perfectly coincided with the sentiments expressed by the meeting respecting the exclusion of naval surgeons from his Majesty's levee ; for his own part, he did not believe there was a more useful class of men in the State, and he did not see any reason why a lawyer or a divine should be received with more distinction at his Majesty's levee then an Eng lish surgeon ; and, in conclusion, suggested that the meet ing should nominate six of their members to meet the coun cil, who he was quite sure would be happy to discuss and consider the subject with a view to adopt the best mode of obtaining the wishes of the profession. This proposal was opposed by Mr. Wakley, who con tended that a contract had been made with the ?resident to communicate the resolutions to the Council. it was dis pleasing to some of the members of the Council to find that they had spoken out in their own hall, and those gentlemen wanted to get rid of such a precedent. Ultimately Mr. Keat frankly undertook to communicate the resolutions to the Council ; but whether as an individual or as president pro temp. we did not understand. itimetemismoime Yesterday morning the Sessions at the Old Bailey com menced before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, the Com mon Serjeant, Mr. Serjeant Arabia, Alderman Bigot, &holey, Cowan. &c. The Judges named in the commission are, Mr. Baron Gsyky, Mr. Baron Bold, and Mr. Justice Bosanquet. John Saha John Long was brought up, and. pleaded 0 . not guilty," when the trial was fixed for to morrow. In the New Court, Wm. Smith, alias Crow foot lick, was convicted of stealing a geld watch, value lb guineas ; a Maltese cross, value 4 guineas g and sewed ether valuable articles, in all amounting to needy 900 guineas, the property of Edward Cohen, the bullion merchant of Great St. Helen's. The robbery was committed sofa: back as Angusts Two men. who were concerned with him, titre tried at the last Old galley Sessions but one, and were transporkd for cowmen years. rams errs We INDIA Na "Milani, No. 3. The 3d number of the East India Magazine, contains much well-ashicted and much original matter, nut only to interest those more particularly connected with India, but those who feel a general interest in clearly understanding what is now termed the East India Question; on which a spirit of impartiality is displayed very creditable to the con ductors. We make the following extracts from a valuable paper on the population of India : " The British parliament is about to legislate for our• vast dominions in India, yet without even a reasonable estimate formed of their population and extent. "The British territories, it will he seen, consist of above eighty fiscal and judicial subdivisions, or more correctly, on account of their size and populousness, of as many pro vinces. Under the government of Bengal there are of these in Hindustan uu less than 56. " Under the Madras presidency there are 22 districts, or provinces ; some of these have been eighty, some sixty five, and the most recent thirty years, in our poftession.— No census of them, however, was ever taken until the year 1822, under Sir Thomas Munro; and this, indeed, is the only complete census of any considerable portion of the Bri tish dominions which has been taken down to the present day. The total population was found to amount to 13,508,535. The presidency of Bombay consists, properly speaking, of tea proxinoes, beskiskik island of Bombay; and a paltry territory in Cutch barely worth naming. The ten provinces is question have all been obtained within the present cen tury, and the greater number of them within the last twelve years. No complete census of the population of the Bom bay territory has been effected. . Of the inhabitants of our territory beyond Hindustan, in point of mere numbers it is barely worth while speaking, for their united amount would hardly equal half the population of an ordinary Indian province. The following is a list of some of the principal towns in Hindustan,—with their reputed population,—taken from the Most recent work of the late Mr. Walter Hamilton, by far the most useful and judicious writer on Indian sta tistics. Population. Nigpoor : . 115,000 Benda . . 100,000 Ahmedabad 100 . .000 Cashmere • • .100,000 Farruekabad . . 70,000 hl hzapoor . 60.000 Agra . . . 60,000 Bareilly . . . 66,000 Aurungabad . . 60,000 Burdwan . . 64,000 Bangalore . . 60,000 Populaticis. 600,000 500,000 3ladas and suburbs . 462;061 Patna Lutintow Hyderabad Dacca . Bombay Balm . . 312000 200,000 . 200,000 180,000 . 010,000 . . 160,000 Bloonhedsbad . 150,000 150,000 Poona . 110,000 Mr. Hamilton calculates the area of all India at one million two hundred and eighty thousand British miles, and as its coasts, little broken by inlets of the sea, and hardly encumbered with any islands, is delineated with considerable accuracy in ordinary maps; as its limits to the north-west, north, and north-east, are tolerably well ascertained, while it possesses no lakes of any extent, we have little doubt but that this estimate makes a fair approach to accuracy. The same author estimates, of course with less probability of correctness, that the Britishcoisessions occupy 553,000 square miles of the area in. questien, or in other words that we occupy forty parts in a hundred of the total extent of the continent of India. The first grand feature, of the physical geography of !nib' is the valley of the Ganges and its tributaries, one of the post extensive and fertile plains in the world. The next the extensive table lands lying between _the chains of mountains called the Ghauts, and which, with it. continua tion on either one side or other of the peninsula, may be said to extend from the ninth to the twenty-fourth degree of latitude. This plateau elevated from two to three thou sand feet above the level of the sea, embraces a great extent of level and fertile land, and possesses the advantage of a temperate climate ; but from its character is necessarily destitute of navigable rivers or easy and convenient com munications with the sea or low-lands. Next to the valley of the Ganges it is the most fruitful portion of India. To the north-east of this plateau, and to the southward•. and westward of the plain of the Ganges, we have an extensive 18rritory abounding in low hills, destitute of rivers of any magnitude and of inferior fertility, extending from about the sixteenth to the twenty-first degree of latitude. On the western side of India, from about the twenty-third to the thirtieth degree of latitude, and between the Indus and the seventy-sixth degree of longitnde, lies the least fertile por tion of India destitute of mountains of any magnitude, without any considerable rivers, and containing extensive sandy asserts, generally incapable of cultivation. " In de year 1809, the late Dr. Francis Buchanan Ha milton, employed at the time in conducing various atatis tical inqniries, paid a careful and scientific attention fur the first time to the population of the country, and after a labo rious inquiry, estimated the number of inhabitants of the district of Rungpore at 2,735,000, its area at 7400 miles, and consequently the density of its population at 370 to the square mile. This district is about 150 miles from the sea, and lying in the delta between the Bramaputra and the Ganges, possesses of course a soil of extraordinary fertility. 111 the year 1814, Mr. Butterworth Bayley, at present a member of the Supreme Council in India, made a survey estimate of the district of Burdwan, the most fruitru: of all India, and of which he was at the time magistrate. This district is also in the delta of the Ganges, and about 100 miles from the sea. The results of Mr. Bayley's inquiry gave it a population of 1,444,487, an area of 2400 miles, and of course 600 persons to the square mile. " Although we _possess but forty parts in the hundred of the actual area of Hindustan, we possess the great majority a the fertile and populous territory. If the total of the Bri tish possessions had the same ratio of population as that por tion of them under the Madras presidency, or eighty-seven to the square mile, our subjects in India would amount in round numbers to 48,000,000. This is, however, probably an ander-estimate : for of the 553,000 square miles, com posing the British dominions, 311,000 exist in the populate plain of the Ganges and its tributaries. We submit, therefore, the following sketch, as probably a nearer ap proximation to truth than any thing yet laid before the public : Sq. Miles. Population. Bengal, Behar, Orises, and Bowes, at Mr. Colebrook's estimate of 900 to the sq. mile 1181,000 ... MAMA, Ceded and conquered provinces, at 120 . 148,000 ... 17,780,080 Mountainous tract to the north-west of the Bengal provinces, acquired from Wiped, at 90 . 18,000 ... 360.000 Madras territory, at 87 . . . 104,000 ... 13,608,836 Bombay territories, at 60 . • 71,880 2, 56 0, 0 0 0 Burman conquests . . 49.800 ... 210,000 Malayan settlements . 1,100 00,9211 66000 67,871461 " By this estimate the British nation has in Hindustan 67,578,535 subjects ; and beyond it, including Ceylon, in round numbers, about sixty-eight millions and a half. Bri tish India throughout is muslin extent to the united terri tories of Austria and of France and Great Britain in Europe, and its population, even on the reduced scale, whichore hare assumed, in amount to that of the united populations of Great Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal l " •