The Statesman. — London, England, 1813-06-15 00:00:00

l to ti Ii ti SI it it tJ iT 1,, a a t t • ~. • m 5....... . . • ~.., ,_ . • - • I • method by whick - the Indian milers lions sir possible. la Isitiesellyt wantalb awe' the Compost Illta r e tr et ri To ttlflifithi 'fleet isrit, fof i AO, tta 9,—frer thirsty thetutpress girea ant o wt.reu in) IJ be better governed, than by the system of suc. • Comp an y w o uld withdraw from a Irak which h_k4 a ter tftg gov 4 Isadlrithey - inul ireepcmlitlared , and Reged has received the following. news- from.the on o iion exercised by the Company. . never been beneficial to t or to the publ i c .. Itt ~by Parlifursent, and had Ewer llnce the mail of. dis . ..trmy, dated . May 30 : - • '' Lord CkS'I`LER.F.AGII, saki, that lie should not the arrangement before the 'foal,. le w a s provided !grace 'fitting to them: il *paid he:Asetter to take, ' t', A convoy pf artillery 'of 50 . carriegee,_.wlicb , folio , the li on . member (Mr. Ci.teveyilmall kil ay. , that the political and commarderaeadeets should sbb Alm perm out of .the bajada' of Sifis, COI . pep" alto. • left Atigsbnrg, quitted the route of the army, and' mot , a ., t o th e ge neral question . It would be' kept apaftte. He trusted that Obis Ptah weak] be !gether than crumble it, es win dose by thii Relolu. ' proceeded trona • Augsburgh to tareuth.—ThO'' ' ,l iwise in the p u blic to ex pect any consideration 'strictly adhered to, for the nee:Welty Wes obvious its I tiona proposed by the Noble Lord. ' Tgla Parliament enemy's partisani attacked, the convoy between , u f ,, n , the Company, *no were under the premium of consequesice' of the discoveries lito had m a d e , byl h a d **effect right to do .' for, however PresamPta- " Zwickau and Chetnniti width 'occasioned the less ~, henry a debt. tic si l ent(' observe, on this head, ' which it appeared that pert ear tits commercial charges i ously the Company talke d Gotha subje c t, their Char-' of 700 men, and of 300 horses takeo, 7or 8 pieces .: thli t'a're had been no dezeption practised by .the which ought to have been.distiietly made un d er their : t er waist end in 1814 ; and after their Ablated pit. tor cannon, mid of several carriages, which were m pa Coti in engaging in former Charttits, to give a proper he a d, had been intermixed with the political I mises (violated, whether u n avo id a bl y or ne t) . they destroyed., . The pieces have.lieen retaken. ' His Ma. sera ill 1 .,, e r .141:c. The fact was, that Peace bad accounts. In the Bombay tee.. eats. of this latter I had no claim of any kind .on the ' public. .No fight ,jesty Itiu . ordered an enquiry Co be made to know t om .,, , xpocte d, b u t that the Company, as well is the kind, be found that a aoasidovable sum,' strictly conld'imealsed out offline - contracts Wfth'inir..niono. i who took upon himself to change the route of the G o vernment at %ome, had been involved in wars.-- speaking, commercial charges, were comprehended polistai iihipeboildere;aald r otbird, fatthij; hiatiarinet convoy. Be he a General or a Commissary of War, . to the proposition for sbortaidegthe term to ten ender the head political thirsts, • and thus the these ingagementi at their own' peg: The. Hon. !he ought 'to be punished with the rigour of military oars. it was natural that those gentlemen who former appeared much lees than' what they really . Member concluded with stating, that 'he' would vote : law, the route of the army having been ordered front , ruc h t t h a t O le Company's Government was not the, were. He referred to the 3d and 4th Reports liar the-flaked period, and if thot•Assondmaat should ; Ausburg by Wiartzburg and Fulda. . . ;, e at .Tor i u dia r should wish that the term should he to prove his opinions or the Company's affairs, of Ibe nelpdived,. he would vote against the Original Re. ‘.‘ General Foinsot, coming from Brunswick with • s hortened. .on.the contrary, those who wished the which such different views were givest-of their profits ' so lution. I a regiment of cavalry, 400 strong, was' attacked by : Watiniance of Ifie Company's Charter, would be within sesenteen years; some terevesenting them at I - Mrs B. BATHURST spoke' against the•Amend.l7 . or,6oo men of the enemy's cavalry, near Halle.-- c areful not tp shake the Company in the opiniearof twenty-one millions, and others at only two. Ap- 1 anent, being persuaded that it was indispensibly • ne.1 . 11.• wea made prisoner, with a hundred of the men : t h e n atives ; and the shortening the term of Chatter ,Peudix . • No. 6, contained several accounts of their - cessary to, the authority of the India Company , and ; 200 are returned to L e ipsic, • .-. ao ald he felt as a preliminary to the ext inctioa of t masses en remittances , advaate e , la.; but he main - ithe inaltstenance of their system, to e x tend th e i r de, 1 46 The-Duke of Padua is arrived at Leipsic; where arse Company. The term of 9.0 years would certainly I ta me d th ere was a real deficit of three m illions.— ratiorirto 'twenty years. In fact. if th e: had not - l.lie Is collecting his ,cavalry to clear all the left bank. • tr too long, and any term would be too long In suth Af ter an i ma d vert i ng on the anode of the Chi na Tr a d e , any right, as the last spe aker asserted, - still, from, .ot thii,Sibri.ti, .1, ~e 3, e, if India were taken entirely out of the con- he netit : ed the charge for Saint Helene, which was i the detts they had contracted, arid from the expences Her Majesty fie Empress-Queen and Regent, tro ut of P ar liament ; but Parliament had the mow: - kept chiefly for the refreshing of the ships, and had ; they had leceired in the fOrMation of 'various estals. has received the' fo lowing intelligence c 4 the situation.. F'^", r over th e 1 ;.,:i rd of Controul, which shared the i nothing to doovith politics or territory. The fact I lishmerits, but still• more in the suppoit of several . of the Armies on the 3let May, at night : Govertim , iit of ?Julia, as was posiessed over any was, that the commercial' tastes - of the Company ! wars for the common interest of the Empire, this I . 66 The Duke . of Vientiza i 'the Count Schouvaloff, Mir" - ers. The authority still were in agreat / , concealed, k - reetatercial mat. • had a claim desert+ • the consideration of I add ' - 10 - had a conference of 18 lora, • Company _ _ ring , Parliament. if the Roue, indeed, should not agree tbnlonser period, it would be more *pit( of ones fn . itted for the abolnion of dm . Coilsoittnitniallker, for with a shorter period of existence Ibis Company must be inefficient to the objects oT its institution. Strangers being excluded, a division .took place upon Mr. Ponsonby's Amendment 7-, Aye - Nue - - 137 Majority - '---78 • Upon a division lespecting the original liesolution for the. continuance of the Charter— Ayes - - 184 Noes ' . 14 !Notify . • ---170 . . Oa our re-admission into the gallery,. we found Mr. MARYAT on his legs, speaking against the tnonopOly of the India Company. Ile maintained, that by throwing open the trade the India Comany would not suffer any loss, although the general com merce of the country would acquire considerable gain. It was on historical record, that although a great outcry was raised in Spain against the Govern anent, which abolished the monopoly of the South American commerce by a particular company at Ca die, which abolition was decreed without any previ ous notice whatever to the Company of monopolists, that the trade of that Company actually increased "three-fold within twenty years, while the general trade of the Spanish provinces, which received a sti mulus froin the abolition of the monopoly, was con siderably extended. A similar consequence would, he had no doubt, follow in this case. The India Company would be benefited by pursuing only that description of trade which was profitable, and instead of overstraining its efforts to exclude private traders; it would proceed with those advantages et established ,tt GenertiKiebt Jth hot , at the Convent - Wahl - Stade, near Leignitt. • They separated ey, Ike 30th, at Ave is the after : . mood. Tile' hi" nal fet known. It is mai the principle of an Armistice is agreed upon ; but it appears that they are not agreed upon the limits that are to form the line, of demarcation. Olathe 310, at six lathe ereelog, the cinforence . s reconilogiced on • the side of Striegatt, . . • " The head-quarters of the Emperor were at rk. Those of the HMV of Noskwa, having e I Louribton and General Regnier ender his order., at Lust.. The Duke of Tarentim and Count Bertrand were between Saner and Striegae. The Duke of Ragusa was between Mops and Neu. mark. The Duke of ,Belluno was at 'iteinan on the Oder. Glogau was entirely relieved from the block. ade: the garrison has been constantly successful in its sorties : the place has still seven months'• provi sions left. " On the 28th the Duke of Reggio having taken a position at Hoyerswerda, was attacked by the corps of General Bulow, from 15 to 18,000 strong. The battle began: the enemy was repulsed at all points, and pursued for the space of two leagues.— The report of this affair is subjoined. " On the 12th of May, Lieut.-Gen. Vandamme got possession of Wilhentsburg before Hamburgh. " Oa the 24th, the head.quarters of the. Prince of Eckmuhl were at Harburg, Several bombs bad fallen into Hamburgh, and the Russian troops appearing to evacuate the city,. negotiations .were opened for the surrender of the place. • The Danish troops • made common cause With the French. • There was to be on the 25th a conference with the Danish Generals to. arrange the plan of opera* tionta Cannel del,esta, Minister of . the Interior to thr - liing of Miiinlik; and charged with a mission to the Emperor hid eetisff to iepair.to.itead-quar• I, ten.'" - ' • Ow of .he Ki IL, en's _ • gt , degree __ bye. pos t... ed by LA; Gore amen • of this country, • tees Whig so mesh mixed op with those accounts wnu' . extend soli ci tly to an a ';tt 'meta With which wet merely political: la isonseguence of which f a , :zn . p.µ r . Misty acts relateiv t • Inalialme;saasty owe. did oat tipplers' order lbeir plettaer heads. two passe' du •ng tse term offor i t, .. oar Cffarter ' Here e at •-ed into a great variety of statements eel the-same thing (regard 1 ... iig had to the Cons- .and talc: ations of the East India Revenues, and pany's right-) might be done under this Charter.— contends that not one of the brilliant expectation By the measore now under consideration, the House held out nad been realised. There was, indeed, no rteoglized the piii.ciple of a free trade, although thing Inv loss; and the melancholy picture of the gre ,r factl;ties, n uch treater than those poss'ssed by' Company's finances, now obvious to most men, was ind.. Our :... were left to the Company, and, by these 1 the only reality. The trade was now carried on by In 'SUSI to a tertain extent, it would possess a mono- revenues in India, and borrowing at home. The ri!y• It had been said that their political power I continual extension of our empire, was another soold enable the Directors to .injure if not to ruin ! source of expence, as it was the fruitful source of co v. n etitors; but a high sense of the duty they wars. Constant borrowing at home must, in the fe•‘i to the country, would deter them from a may- i end, produce certain bankruptcy. The Company a , lae.listration of their authority ; besidei which, . never could continue to carry on their trade but by e;er% reasonable security had been imposed and ob- I increasing the burtheus on the public. There ought, taint' bt Parliament. It was true that the Com- ! t h ere f ore, to be no delay, in opening the trade se as pant, for the purpose of removing all competition, ito admit a bettor order of things gradually. Observ miglit, by possibility, attempt to carry on a mighty ling due precaution and care, the result would, he trade in some degree injurious to themselves. and i was convinced, be for the advantage of the Company ruinous to the private trader ; but two modes !as well as for that of the public, if the present system by the Bill were adopted to prevent i..—lst. I Wore brought as speedily as passible to a close.— It was required that the Directors should keep; The period of the new charter should be made as tacit. political and commercial accounts separate, : short as it could be, and the Company would have so that Parliament would always be al la to cause to rejoice at the ehonge. He then read an inspect and controul them.-2d. The Company was , analysis of the state of India.. lebt and revenue, and inittured in the mode and in the extent to which ! proceeded to make many observe . . ets on the Govern. their trade should be carried in opposition to the I went of India. Sucn was the pewee of the Company's merchant. With regard to the intercourse with Chi..l residents over the poor manufacturers, that their wish r.a, there were, in his Lordship's view, many Tea. was obeyed as a command, and they could prevent sons for adopting the larger term of twenty years, ' the private merchant from all dealings. Competition instead of the Amendment. Ist. The great public was not permitted, and the weavers were kept in advantages that would result from the commerce be- bondage by the Company's Officers. Was this a ing placed in the hands of the Company for so long good system of civil government, wherein the right and so certain a period. If, indeed, the Directors of appeal to the District Judge was, in fact, rendered did not chose to act politically, his. Lordship was nugatory ? Ure quoted. Lord W ik u es kyte letter w( fully persuaded that'a government light be roiled' July, 1804, published here in 1812, to show the ill Lydia, not only adequate to the conduct of affairs evils in the Madras Provinces, where no merchant there, but perhaps even tnere beneficial to the an. could procure goods but through the Company's Of tires than the establishments at present existing. ficers. No effectual improvement had since been 11y. The nature of the Chinese Government roe- . made : coercion, even, was used, to procure goods ;_;led it a matter of speculation, whether trade could for the Company. He adduced the case of Niurat, he conducted with any other individuals than 'the where the weavers refusing to work for the Corn- Company, even though under the immediate protec- puny, were prevented from quitting the town.— Lon of the Crown of Great Britain. 3dly. A free At one time they paid 3 or 4000 rupees to be trade, properly so called, could not be established, ,excused working for the Company. Those who en because, on the one side, it never could be open, tered among the Sepoys were, at another time, and consequently a partial monopoly must exist, and forced to go back to their work. Weavers frequent the price of the article would not be reduced. 4titly. ly were obliged to ask for advances from the resi- It was not in the power of Parliament to give the dents, and then were forced to work ; there were monopoly of the China trade to any other indivi. instances of some of them having died in jail for these ' duals, even though they would have given a premium advances. There was once an order at Bombay to for its possession, nor was it easy, under all the cir- confiscate all goods not of a certain standard value, i cumstances, to eprive the Company of the enjoy. and not required for the Company's use. In the meat of it. sthly. The continuance of the China Guzzerat, the piece of cotton was settled by the trade in the hands of the present holders was abso. Company's officers; by which the Riouts were I lately necessary at present, to enable them to exe- tempted to smuggling, and the military employed to cute the functions of Government; but if at any , fa. prevent-it.' Thus the cotton trade was rendered un. tare time it should appear that the expenses of Qa. •proMailtfg and many merchants in Bombay bad been TProment were not so greatAs to require it; this part ruined , itid the total extinction o f that trade threat. if the monopoly might also be removed.. -Upon gm '44 -: The Company had various monopolies , such I whole, therefore, hi s L or d s hip saw _nothing tor: as jilt, lbc. ~E ven the indigo planters in Bengal duce the House to alter the practice of former times conaplaiited of their interference. The article of FRENCH PIPERS by renewing the charter for a less peeled than twenty !either hid nearly trebled in cost by a wrong system. . years ; and, in his opinion, in a less period the ex. After a variety of details, in an argumentative —one-- periment of an op en t ra d e to India could not be ; speech °kw° boon, be strongly recommended the , Pears, Juax 7.--.-To-day we have received. intelli fairly tried. Parliament would be rather misled than ! period - of tea years in preference to twenty, for the genes from the army, dated the Ist June. General assisted in its deliberations on a future occasion, . duration of the new charter. If the latter were de. Lauriston entered Lireslau on the - morning of that if ten years only we r e a ll owe d f or ascertaining th e; tided tqr=n, there would be. nothing but injury to day. The Civil and Military Authorities remained benefits or defects of the system now about ,to he, commercesPring the whell'of the period. in it, and a deputation had proceeded to hts Majesty ~ established. •.- ' t 1 Mi: LUSLIINGTON was for granting the Com- the Ethperor and King at Neumarkt. Thusothe land- Air. RICKARDS vindicated, at some length, the' patty the term . if tweetyyears. Re.coureuded, that storm has produced no effect in Silesia. The army opinions which he had occasion to deliver on a whatever abuses might have taken place in India is superb. The Emperor never enjoyed better health. fui titer discussion.- He entreated the House to re. thirty years ago, they were now remedied. Bengal It appears the Russians and Prussians have sepa cl•ive with great caution, the accounts transmitted had greatly improved , sad the principle of the Go- rated , and we do dot exactly know the different fromlndia, for they were accounts of our own acts.rvernment was. iociple of amelioration. directions they have taken. - -They were distinguished almost uniformly by the I Mr. CANNTG observed, that the Noble Lord I June B.—Private letters from the Grand Army grand and leading features of justice, humanity, and l (Lord Castleswegh) had spoken of 20 years as the ! announce, that on the Ist of June General Lauri,. moderation ; and it was natural, that an implicit re- i customary term for which the Charter was reoewed.l ton was at Breslau. His Majesty the =Emperor was" lixrr ce upon them should throw the House off its I One would have append by hie Statement that it at Newmarkt. The army is abundantly •opplied, award. lie certainly did not wish to impute any I had gone on in this way fee notaries: whereas, in preserves an exact discipline, and all the •v,orps are improper conduct to those who filled public offices , fact, it had not been three dines, or even twice re- • animated with the best spirit. . in Wilt s for he could hear ample and honest , testi- I newed for that term : There bad been many renew.l It was thought, with reason, that measures soi many to the extraordinary services and merits of ale for a shorter period of years , but never more ~extravagant as that of the land-storm, could not be I most of them. I n di a cou ld i n t h at respect ex hibi t as i than o n e te rm i ma ged for precisely the period of 20 I executed in a civilised country, and thee the - pro. lid n pict ure o f ta l ents an d i ntegr i ty as any ot h er ! years. I f, however, t h ey governe d I n di a we l l, b e ' prieton themselves would oppose it. This • bat bap. , 1 c I .2 2uritry, and th e ev id ence g i ven - at t h e b ar o f t h e I h a d no e bjeeefecto.groutiog them a renewal of their pened. There have been no excesses in this 'part of'; Roche, during th e examination, proved beyond territorial Government for the whole term of 20 Germany, but those which have been •committed by , a doubt the justice of his remarks : but while ' years; but as to the China trade, he could see no the Russians. They have left in that country, traces h e admitted the abilities and the virtues of those ' reason for granting that to them for so long a period. of their/dead:AO ) which the inhabitants would wil- elaPloj edin public situations iii India, he felt him. , The 20 years renewal of their territories might in tingly have dispensed with. selfentified in aski n g how it happen e d, th a t w ith th ese . ti me b e cons id ere d a ma tte r of right, b u t h e cou ld Letters from liamburgh of the Ist of JON inform , nyni to administer the affairs of India, India should . not allow that the monopoly of the China trade us, that since the entrance of the Fronk late that Is' still stationary ? Was it not wonderful that with should be for ever considered as the property of the City It has enjoyed perfect tranquillity. Thisialtabl- Ch men, fitted by every acquirement to promote Company. If the amendment' was lost, he 'should tants who had fled to. the neighbouring tow* were eselioration, and entourage improvement, the m ove ano th er am endment to confine the term of the 'eager to return home. Tettenborn lis the Ruskin . (I,untry should continue the same, and the natives China trade to 10 years. - had retired across the Elbe, and dared not wait the 5 : nilld be incap a h a bl e o f men di ng t h emse l ves ?*M I s Mr. WHITBREAD said, that from what he had arrival of our troops, •fiei c onv i ct i on was, that some radical defect was s lig heard in the course of that debate, he should *Ai Liam of O arrival m 2d, announce the ;val : off. the I .' 'it ill the civil government, and be believed that against the Resoletion. The Company bad no title Prince Christian, in Norway: -.His jointer had I .•'' . ' -I &rod to exist in the exorbitancy of the land- at all to the Chills , Ind*, and.vnln if ballad voted Tor , bees kept so secret, that the official journal stated - II '' A free trade would, he thought, prove advitn. the continuous, of the Indian monopoly, he might Holstein to be his destination. :C!," bear tit' since 1 ' 1 , :.„, • . i , a n d tie trusted, that the one now proposed have voted itgrviiist the coutinuance of it as to Chloe his arrive! the army and the 'country have Wee 'pia* ' ', Lim granted, *Quid be as independent of restric- As to 'the Government of India he conceived the - ender his immediate orders. private competition could injuriously operate, while private enterprise would be allowed a free scope fort action. If sach scope for action had existed, heap pealed to . the House whether it was probable that Great Britain should have derived such limited ben*. fit from the Island of Java, to which the Company had only sent two ships since it came into oar posses sion; whereas if it had been fully open to private traders, it. would most probably have been visited by above 100 vessels. This, however, he cited, but as one instance, in which the Company by eagerly en. deavouring to grasp at every.branch of trade in our Indian territories had excluded others, without ade quately, if at all benefiting themselves. ' The question being loud!) , called, , strangers were again excluded, and the numbers were— _ .n • . - - •• Rusin* 440161 - 11FiGHNEIRI THE PRINCE OP NEUF. _.. • • . • - CIIATEL,•WAJOR.GEPIERAL OF THE ARMY. 4g MoNittontit,—l . arrived about sit in the evening, with my 13th division, et Hoyerswerda. All the information of the peasants assured me, that the enemy were 'in the town, and I marched with precaution. Sry advanced guard not perceiving any riddle, entered the town during a violent storm of rain. The- first detachment of light horse, corn., manded!by one of my Officers, had already galloped , through different streets, without meeting any one, when "oti retching, the square, the squadron of Ba varian Light Horse, which followed, perceived and fell upon two squadrons of Cossacks, occupied in, loading bread. - Several of those who were on horse. back made theieescape, but ail the rest were sabred or . cut to pieces. I derived from this affair seven, Officers, a Major, Captain, five Lieutenants, and three Prussian Officers (not one escaped), 61 Co.. sacks, and upwards of 90 horses. (Signed) " Marshal Duke of REGGIO. " Ifo)ertwerila, May V." For Mr. Canning's Amendment, for libelling the Monopoly of the China Trade to 10 years - 57 Again it r 133 Majority The original 'Resolution was carried, and the fur. ther consideration of the Report was postponed un til this evening. The other Orders of the Day being disposed of, the House adjourned at three o'clock. REPORT TO RI/ RUMNESS THE PRINCE OP NEUP• CUATEL, &C. ig Monsisoxzea,—The enemy came to attack me in the position, of lloyerswerda, where I am, and where I am detained, expecting the division of Ceei . i . neral Gruyere: " The enemy arrived from Semtenberg by-pi Ws . . banks of the . Hie firsi.aigerkiontr; plate about liy.Beigen and Neuwiess,..where #ie ea. Tail:) , drove ba4. my advanced posts; and about the same time .I eso attacked on my left on- the side of Narditz„ .. whernthe enemy iteployed 30 pieces of cannon: • , " I was yet ignorant of the side on which the prin. cipal attack wosuld be, and I was obliged to divide my men between *se two points. "-The -14th cliiision formed its squares on the plate of ltsrditii, under, a very warm five ,of artillery, to which mine replied with effect. The enemy perceiving the _qaelessness of 'his of on this fie, carried his force to the right bank ; he debouchecl columns of infantry, cavalry, and can.; • non: My artillery, very ad vantageonsly placed, then pufthem colbians to the rout, beating the per de charge, General Paithod drove back dale Prussian corps a good its ybeyond Bergen, doing it much in. • iurY. From that moment his retreat was quickened at all pieta, and I remained master of the field, where he Jett many dead. I cannot praise too high ly trowel of Gen. Pacthod, as well as of Gen. roe Ity Who with his brigade, carried two villages with the bayonet In the 'neatest manner. " We are still following the emilty at five in the D Mr.eigig• is ii i i i 7113. 1813.007 e". 44 agGaicl. • .. 8 0 ( . .. r 40rir 4r. A, • molt ens evaise* .or allitilWit. cosnrr • vain) .., • !nipiwo 01MAI* IClLitent. ''' 3 '' b l itA • a e r., a ide. rt4 t. tint My L ails*, ' loeWilloinViiilV „.-ie,..0terv,....4;it. wee etanuety to aealler eseeelete se berg it . a ailkary, petal et view. Ygderiay, Ma lltb, et el is th e etoteleg. ea essay bepa by fiiiilits MOO er 100 sits; is treat dr i } ,` ~~ ,) ~ ►~ i` ~, .~ __...•i■Mil P .-