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FORE:GN INTELLIGENCE. i3T3I:vr.A.N PAPERS AND DUTCH MAIL. [Re;..-N1 this mornizg.l CON3TAN:.:IZOPLE, MAnca 24.--Within these few =jays there have been several Meetings of the ..''iiin'oters, partly at the Grand Vizier's, partly at the Muftis. All persons cailable•.of bearing arms are .called upon, and all. Rajahs (not Tvlahometan s'ubj'ezts) are disarmed; Th-e streets of Constan tinople are full of armed men, and the-Jani3saries a;.:e, ordered to their barracks. The principal Greeks :were yesterday assembled in the prin cipal 'Church - by the Patriarch, who had received the strictest orders - from the-Porte, and an Imperial Fir:nan was read to them, which accused Michael Snizo Prince of Moldavia, of high treason ) and pronOunceb sentence of condemnation on all his adherents. A Greek Bishop and several Boyars have been conveyed to the prisons of the Bostangi. P-ACHA.—In the course of last week the Grand :Vizier went to the arsenal, and gave ordert, for the fitting out of part of the fleet, which i; to in 14 days, supposed to be destined for The press for sailors has al- The Heads of the Greek and Armenian nations have been called upon to furnish seamen. ,The Persian agent is sent to the 'frontiers, escorted by two Tartars. The plague has entirely ceased—the hospitals are empty. the Archipelago. ready commenced. News from Constantinople of a later date, just received by express, informs us that the Grand Vizier and the Mufti have been dismissed from their offices. The Greek Patriarch has pro nounced an anathema against Ypsilanti, Suzzo, and all their adherents.—(Allgemeine Zeitung, April 27.) STUTTgARDT, APRIL 23.—1 t is feared that our constitutional system may be exposed to new at tacks from the Great Powers ; but it is hoped that the King will maintain it finally.—Count Frankmansdorf, the Austrian Envoy, has re peatedly urged our Court to suppress the Neckar G azette, which is almost the only liberal paper tow existing in Germany. However, he has not succeeded in attaining his object; but it is ap prehended that he may soon be supported by Russia, and then it will be difficult to oppose a long resistance to the joint demands of the two Imperial Courts. We learn from Munich, that a party, at the find of which are Marshal Prince Wrede, a^- 1 Count Rechberg, Minister for .'.,reign Affairs, has decidedly shewn • inclination to favour Auctria, but that the whole people of Bavaria conti_:- - .;e to spew an evident aversion from more 'intimate relations with the Court of Austria. BASLE, APRIL 13.—The Government of Zu rich has delivered a note to M. de Schraut, the Austrian Minister, to which his Excellency has returned an immediate answer, containing the inost satisfactory assurances. There has been iGr some time pasta very active correspondence between the Government of Zurich and those of Berne and Lucerne, relative to the security of 'the frontiers ; but things have now taken a fa vourable turn for us, both the Austrian and Pied monteEe troops being now removed from the neighbourhood of our frontiers. —( Frankfort Papers; April :30.) VIENNA, Aram 23.—There Is still much un- certainty in the accounts from the FrOntiers of Turkey, respecting the operations of the Greek Insurgents; all the accounts, hoivever, agree in -saying, that they are very active, and that they have already collected considerable force. Hi therto they acknowledge no Commander-in-Chief; each leader who raises a corps considers himself as the only commander of it, and will not receive orders from any other. Ypsilanti has taken much pains to induce the others to recognise him as Comnrander-in-Chief, but has not yet pre-- Tailed. This must necessarily shackle the fur ther operations of those Greek corps, of which there are now three in Moldavia. It is said that Ypsilanti marches with one corps towards Sills tria; and that he intends to proceed :towards Varna, to make himself master of the Courts of the Euxine, where he expects to draw powerful ,aid. It is said that the other corps will follow him in this desertion. • ~ Letters from Moldavia say, that Ypsilanti has spread a report of disturbaoces at Coostantinople, and that there hid been an affray in which the Greeks had the advantage. 'lt seems certain that a large Turkish force is coming' to Vial. Jachia and Moldavia.—(Dutch Papers, May 5.) FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, MAY 3.—According to accounts from, T'etniswa r, of the 6th of April, the army of .Prince Ypsilanti . is stated, by the ,news from *Molda a via, .to mount. t 0 .0,000 men, and - that they have reached the banks of the. Danube ; -where stoopedth•are by the inundation. This, delay, however, enables many volunteerSfojoin them. The Prince, it seems, has published a Proearnation, couched in very modest terms, in the Turkish language, promising the Mussulmen security for their persons and property if they are quiet. It is said the Turkish farmers are in clined to favour the Greeks, being subject to the same tyranny as they are.—(Courier Francaise.) NAPI.rs, Amur. 17.—We learn, 'by accounts from Messina, that General Rosarol has been forced to abandon that city. The Prince of Col lereale, who is appointed by the King Governor of this division, has addressed a Proclamation to the inhabitants. The Provisional Government is at present engaged in disarming of the inhabi tants, and in watching the Carbonari. The exe cution of the first measure is rather difficult ; most of the inhabitants of the kingdom hitherto skew no inclination to comply with the order for giving them up. The Austrians caused the adop. tion of this measure, because many .of their sol diers had been assassinated. The regular troops obey, and deliver up their arms ; they are quite resigned to the order for dispersing the whole army, except the National Guard. The Journal of the .Two Sicilies says, that the Austrians are beloved beyond measure by the Neapolitan people. . BRUSSELS PAPERS:' VIENNA, APRIL 23.—The Congress at Lay bach has long since terminated its operations, but the continued residence of the two Emperors, and the presence of a great number of Members of the Diplomatic Body made it appear _that the Congress was still sitting. It is affirmed that the moment is at hand when it will be entirely dis solved ; and that before the end of the month the two Emperors will be back here, with all the Ministers accredited to them.—The rapid success of the Austrians, both in the kingdom of Naples and in Piedmont, and the restoration of order and tranquillity in those two states, seem to have induced some changes in the march of the Rus sian army.--It is asserted that the measures of Russia are confined for the present to assembling a strong force on the frontiers, and that the Emperor Alexander has placed 30,000 of the army which was on its march, at the disposal of the Emperor of Austria. It is not known whether his Majesty has accepted of this offer. FRANKFORT, MAY 26.—For some days past, French Officers, not now employed, have been continually arriving in this city, on their way to Poland, whence they mean to go to Moldavia to offer'their services to Prince Ypsilanti. BRUSSELS MAY I.—The Second Chamber of the States General met to-day for the first time since the 24th of March; and after the usual preliminary business was gone through, the President stated that he hLd received a message from his Majesty accompauying a project of law relative to the new system of indirect taxes. The Message explains the grounds of the law, and skews the advantage of the new system, which is the result of the labour of a Special Commi.",i,e. SPANISH PAPERS. MADRID, APRIL SO.—ln tettz:7 from Seville, of the 14th, we find the following passage 4C A short time after the arrival of the post with the news of the reverses of Naples, the sound part of this population were in motion ; and pro ceeding with a band of music to the Consisto rial House, they demanded that, as the persons disaffected to the constitutional. system insulted the good, they should be arrested, anti obliged immediately to depart hi the same manner as those at Barcelona. This was; in fact, carried into execution ; the, persons hitherto included in this measure being the following :—Arcediano de Niebla ; the Ex-inquisitor Esperanza ; the Canon Sne ; Carvajal, Colonel and Serjeant- Major of the Provincial Militia; Elola, and se " veral canons. It seems that the example of Barcelona has been contagious in other cities. We hear of cer tain persons who have been expelled by the peo ple from Malaga and Granada ; and it is affirmed that the same has happened at Oviedo, and that it is feared that similar events will take place at Cadiz and Burgos. The letters brought by the last Mail speak with more confidence of what has happened at Malaga and. Granada, but with respect to the other cities there is not so much certainty. „MADRID, APRIL 9.2.—1 t seems that the Go- verument has received, by an extraordinary courier, who arrived here to-day at noon, a dis patch from the Political Chief of Alava, stating that a hand of factious persons has formed itself in that .province, commanded by one Pinedo, a notary, and that he had 'taken the most active measures to exterminate them. It is said that the Government, which had been' so-much dis turbed-in the provincesA3f Burgos and those ad jacent, by the machinations of the ill disposed, has ordered the columns of ProvinCial Grena diers of Old Castile to be assembled at Valladolid. UNIVERSITY INTELLMENCE. PrFORD, MAY s.—Tuesday, the first day of Easter Term, the following Degrees were conferred:— • - lilAsTEns or AnTs.—Rey. Alfred Butler Clough, Fellow of Jesus College ; William Herrick, and Rev. Godfrey Bird, University College; Rev. Robert Brodie, St. Edmund Hall ; • Rev. William 'Wilkinson, Christ Church. In the afternoon Of the'same day, in a full Convocation, the Rev. William :fames, M.A., Fellow of Oriel. College, and the Rev. William Morgan Kinsey, .M.A., Fellow of Trinity Col lege, were admitted Proctors; and the Rev. Edward Hawkins, M.A., Fellow of Oriel College ; the Rev. William Jackson, M.A., Fellow of Queen's College ; tie Rev. Thomas Short, and Rev. William Streattield, M.A.. Fellows of Trinity Colleg,e, were nominated Pro-Proctors. • • . Yesterday se'nnight Mr. Richard William Jelf, 8.A., of Christ Church, and M. Charles John Plumer, sof Balliol Col lege, were elected Fellows of Oriel College. • . The Visitation of the Areadeacon of tiloucester will be held at Cirenerster, May 7 ; Stow, 8 ; Campden, P.; Tewkesbiiry, 10.; Decrhurst, II ; Dursley, 14; and Sodbuiy, 15. The Bishop of Worcester will attend at the following places for the purpose of Conlinnation, viz. Shipston, June 13; War wick,l4 ; StratfO;d, 1v ; Ale‘Ater, 16 ; Worcester, 18 ; Per shore, ; -Bros 21 ; Kidderminster, 25 ; Olds..vinford, 23 ; Droitwich, 30 - ; nartlebury; July 1; Upton, 5; - and Eve sha7, 6 • • P 2.tr EltaltfcTS.—The Rev William . Preckter Thomas, LL.B. is collated, by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells; to the Preb.end or.Canonry - of Holcombe, in the CO.:el-al Church Of .WellS; void, by the death - of the. E.L - Luxton. The Fres. Kiln - it:to he Chaplain to ‘the aritS Cict:ral Ho pi~ tal, in the room of the Rev. E. Player. EAST INDIA TRADE. REPORT relative to the TRADE with the EAST INDT2S and CHINA, from the SELECT COMMITTEE of the HOUSI!: 'of LORDS, appointed to incinire into the Means of extending and securing the' FOREIGN TRADE of the COUNTRY, and to report to the - Howe ; together with the MTNUTES of EVIDENCE taken in Sessions 11;20 and BM, before the said Committee.—Ordered to be printed ilth April, 18 . 21. By the LORDS COMMITTEES appointed a SELEcT Com - MITTITE to inquire into the means of extending and secur ing the FOREIGN TRADE Of the COUNTRY, and to report to the House ; and, to whom were referred the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select Committee appointed in the last Session of Parliament for the like purpose ; and also the several Petitions, Papers, and Accounts which had been referred to that Committee ; and also the several Petitions presented in the present Session of Parliament en the subject of Foreign Trade ORDERED TO RE.T.'ORT, That the Committee have met, and have proceeded in the Inquiry, which had been entered upon by the said Committee appointed in.the last Session of ParhamMt, into the state of British Commerce with Asia, including as well that which is carried on with the Territorial Possessions of the Honourable East India Company, as that with the Independent States in the same part of the Globe. In the conduCt of this Inquiry, the Committee have not thought it necessary to direct their attention to the commercial concerns of the East India Company, as administered by the Court of Directors with a view to the interests both political and financial of that Corporate Body, further than was neces sary to elucidate the present state and future prospects of free trade, as affected by existing regulations. • . This subject therefore naturally divides itself *according to the various Testriciions to which different descriptions of com merce in these regions are now subjected by law : that to the j territorial possessions of the Company being carried en by li cense only from the Company ; that to other parts, of Southern Asia (China exeepted,) and to the Islands.of the Indian Ocean, by licence from the .Board of Controul ; that to China being entirely prohibited to nil British vessels but those in the actual employment of the East India Company, and the whole trade confined to ships of a certain fixed amount of tonnage. The trade which is carried on by license with the territories of the East India Company is confined to the Presideticies of BOmbay, Madras, and Calcutta, and the Port of Penang.— Some incenveniencies and injury to individuals are stated to have arisen where circumstances have made it desirable to change the destination of vessels from one of these ports to an other, after their arrival in the East, in consequence of the de- - lay attendant upon obtaining a permiSsion to do so from the lo cal Government. This, indeed, may be obviated by obtaining liceec as including the above-named Ports generally, which have. been sometimes applied for, and do not appear to have been refused. But the system of requiring licences does not appear to be attended with any public benefit ; and a fee is charged for each of them. A more material advantage might probably accrue to the free trader from being permitted to trade with other smaller ports on the coasts of Coromandel and Malabar, where the Company have already Collectors of the Customs established, who might effectually counteract an illicit trade • whereby a wider field of adVenture may be opened, and. an additional sti mulus to commercial intercourse afforded to the native inhabi tants. It would, however, be necessary in this case to provide by regulations, which it could not be difficult to establish, against any abuse of this extension of privilege by British ves sels carrying on the coasting trade , in which there is every rea son to believe they might successfully compete with the native ships, which have hitherto been considered as enjoying a mo nopoly of that trade, of which the East India Company could not reasonably be expected to deprive their subjects as long as they are precluded from carrying on the. direct trade to Europe in India-built vessels. It must be observed, however, that the coasting trade is now open to vessels of other Nations, those of the United States not being excluded from it, and in stances having been stated to the Committee in which the Por tuguese flag has' been allowed to pass from one port to another carrying on trade, from which British European ships are ex chided.- The Committee cannot dismiss this branch of the subject without observing, that although it is difficult, from the great fluctuation which the free trade to the Peninsula of India has experienced since it has been admitted upon - the terms of the renewed Charter granted to the East India Company in 1813, to estimate fairly the precise amount of its increase,. it must be admitted that its progress has been such as to indicate that nei ther a power to purchase -nor a disposition to use commodities of European manufari . ll7 : are wanting in the natives of British India 2 the minute knowledge of the wants and wishes of Ihnab:traos, acquired by a direct intercourse with this coun try, would naturally lead to a still further augmentation of our exports. The great increased consumption cannot be suffi ciently accounted for by the demand of European residents, the number of whom does.not materially vary and it an pears to have been much the greatest in any articles calculated far the general use - of the natives. That of the cotton-manu factures. of this country alone is stated, since the first opening of the trade, to have been augmented from four to-five-fold. And the taste of the natives for such articles - may not impro bably have been created in some instances,. and extended others, by that very glut in the market, which has doubtless, by its excess and consequent lowering of prices . , frequently de feated the speculations of private merchants. The value of the anerchanclize exported from Great Britain to India, . which amounted' in the year 1815 to 870,1771., had in the year 1819 increased to 3,052.7411. ; and although the market appease then to have been so far overstocked as to occasion a diminution of nearly one half in the exports of the following year (1820),' that diminution appears to have taken place more in the articles intended for the consumption of Europeans than of natives ; and the trade is now stated to the Committee by the best in formed persons to be reviving. When the amount of popula tion and the extent of country, over which the consumption of these articles is spread, are considered, it is obvious that every fectilii which can, consistent with the political interest and se curity of the Company's dominiOns, be giVen to the private . trader for the distribution of his exports, by increasing the rums ber of points at which he may have the option of touching in pursuit of a market, cannot fail to promote a more ready and extensive demand. If the restriction of trade to vessels of the burthen of 350 tons and upwards, in all seas and countries within the limits of the East India Company's charter, has any tendency to check the operaticnt of the private trader. in a direct commerce with the dominions - of the East India*CoMpany, it can hardly fail - to ope rate still more as an impediment to his exertions in seeking new channels of commerce, or extending thote which already exist with other countries an d islands'in the 5...77.c. part of the globe. . Here a field, in a great measure new, would be opened, by the free admission to trade of vessels of a smaller burthen. It is stated to the Committee, by persons who have been most interested in forming a correct opinion upon the subject, that in a trade with the native powers in the Gulph of Persia, along the Red Sea, and 'On _ the eastern coast of Africa, as well as with the islet-ads and countries to the eastward nf the Ccmpany's do minions in Asia, small vessels would be employed in preference to large, from the nature of the navigation, the great value and. siedall bulk. of some-of the articles, as well as - the description of merk:ts where such trade would be carried on. Some apprea hension indeetthas been stated to exist, that vessels of that des scription might be exposed to frequent depredations from pirates who infest those seas ; but it does not appear that there is any difference in the rate of insurance - required from large and small ships : if here is a risk; 'however; the merchant might* saKly be left to consider, how far it applies to his particUlar . case ; whle the American trade in those seas, which is carried on as well in vessels below as above.the burthen of 35-0 tons, la not stated -at any times to hive suffered materially from such dangers. It may be remarked, that although the native go vernments of 'lndia have been generally. supposed to be unfa vourable upon system to foreign commerce, no recent instance of such disposition. has been adduced ; the French, on the con trary, are stated to . have been remarkably successful in some recent attempts to open a commercial intercourse with Cochin China ; and the recent knowledge which has peen acquired of the manners and habits of the inhabitants in some of the islands of the Malay race, leads to a much more faVourable opinion of their eharaeter. and aptitude for civil and commerceal inter course than was previously.entertained.' The maintenance of a free port, eligibly situated amongst the Indian islands under British protection, Which the magni tude of- our establishments in that quarter of the globe may enable us to support at much less expence than any other na tion, may be attended with the greatest benefit to commerce and civilization. The importance of such a station, and the quick perception of its advattageta formed by the native traders in that part of the globe, may be estimated by the rapid rise of the port of Sincapore during the year that it has been in the possession of the British Governmeat, and opened for the pur pas:a of general trade. The population, which had berore scarcely amounted to 200 souls, in three months increased to notices than Vaooo, and now exceeds 10,000 in the whole ; while 173 sail of vessels of different _desetiptions arrived and sailed in the course of the first two months. .The commerce with China is carried on by the East India, Company, in whom the sole and exclusive right of trading with The ports of that Empire, as well as the sole and exclusive right of trading' and ttaffietung in tea to and from all the islands and ports between the Cape of Good. Hope and Straits of Magellan, is now vested - by law. The value end extent-of this trade has naturally attracted the attention of the private merchant ; ne. alt7‘. - outil it-could not be &inteeinnlated that the East India Com pany would willingly relingnisli so ienpartaiit - a privilege, • an ea-racat desire has taxa es:pre:and, that the El C 3 t:i',ll:3l' might be pr,rmitted, previour, to the expiration of the Cher-, tor, v., e - cabarls in those branches of the trade which the Com pany ncititer carries on itself, nor appears to be immediately in terested in,. and in which the only competition to be encoun tered 1):, use British merchant would be that of the foreign trader. Of this description may Le considered the trade in tea and other articles i,,anton t7...d . foreign Europe ; the tea trade within the limits of the Company's Charter, exclusive of the ports of the Chinese Empire ; and the trade betwzen Can ton and the western shores of anf S'uth The hopes entertained by merchants and others, who have the best means of information, of benefit to commerce from such an extension of its freedom, as well as the apprehensions, felt by persons of great experience in the direction of the af fairs, and in the service of the East India . Company, of the risk with which such an extension may be attended to their poli tical and commercial interests, will . be found fully stated in the evidence?and documents contained in the Appendix, On the one hand it is confidently stated, that the low rate of :British freight, and other advantages possessed by the British rnerchartmen, would enable the. British free trader to enter into an immediate and successful competition with .those of other countries, and more particularly of the United States, - by whom these branches of commerce have been carried on for some years past with every appearance of progressive increase and prosperity ; that thus a portion of Europe might be supplied with tea .by the British trader ; that the export of furs from America, which now takes place even from the British territo ries in erican vessels, would be:carried on by British shirr ping; and that, at all events, that portion of the Eastern trade, which is 'carried on by the export of British manufactures in American vessels, would fall into the hands of the British mar chant, with greater opportunities of extending it, afforded - by a more direct intercourse • and, on the other hand, it is stated to afford reasonable ground for alarm, that the seamen, who would be admitted under such circumstances to the Port of Canton, might. probably be a character so different from that of the seamen employed on hoard the vessels of the United States, and be subject to. a discipline so inferior to that which prevails on board of the larger description of vessels employed in the service o-f the East India Company, that disputes might take place and excesses be occasioned, which might produce fatal consequences, by awaking the jealousy or exciting the anger of the Chinese Government. It is also apprehended that the admission of new competitors into the marxet might lead, to some deterioration in quality, or enhancement in the prices of teas, which are now regulated by arrangements made previously to their coming into the market bet Ween the servants Of the Company and the Hong merchants, • who.enjoy a monopoly of the sale of that article. To what extent such hopes or such apprehensions might be realized in the progress of a trade which has never yet been permitted to exist, it is difficult perhaps to form an accurate judgment. The most natural, and indeed the -only means of forming one, must be derived from the circumstances and pro gress of‘ the Foreign Independent Trade, and more eiVeceally that of the vessels of the United States with the Port of Canton. That trade, although carried on in vessels of nearly the same , description that would probably be employed by the British merchants, has continued to flourish without being productive of injurious consequences, either to trade in general, or that of the East India Company in particular. It is stated that it would not have done so, had it not been for the protection and ether advantages derived from the establishment of the Coin pang's factory at Canton ' • but no satisfactory reason has been assigned, why the British free trader should not derive the same benefit from its countenance and .protection, to . which he cer tainly would not be less entitled. ,It must also be obseryed that the circumstance which has principally been relied upon as con stituting the difference between tne character of the American and British seaman, namely the former having a share in the profits of the voyage, applies only to that portion (not a large one) of their trade wsth Canton, which is employed in the export of furs from North America, and might be expected to apply in the same degree, as far as respects that portion of trade, to Bii tish vessels, if permitted to engage in it. It is admitted also, that, all danger arising from disputes is greatly diminished, if net entirely removed, by the abolition of the custom which per mitted seamen to go, at particular', eriods, in large bodies, and under no controul, to enjoy liberty days on shore at Canton. . In the course of thelast few years, the imports of the United States into China (comparing an average of the years 1804-5; 'lBO5-8, 18034, with an average of 1816-17, 1817-18; 1818-19, being the last years of which the Committee have received an account) appear nearly to have doubled. It is alleged that the principal part of these imports consists of metals and other ar ticles which the Merchants in - the United States have a greater facility in procuring than those of other countries ; there can be no doubt, however, that articles of British manufacture arc di rectly exported to China from this country by Americans ; and it appears from an account procured at the Custom House, that the declared value of those articles exported to countries within th 4 limits of'the East-India Company's Charter, in foreign ves sels, and presumed to be chiefly to Canton, was in the last year to the amount of £178,358.; and it affords some indication of an increasing taste for British Manufactures in China, that an opinion prevails that they are now introduced into the Northern Parts of that Empire, subject to all the delay and inconvenience of transport by land through Russia and the Caravan trade, of which . Kaiacta and its immediate neighbourhood is the great depot, and which appears recently to have experienced a consi, tierable increase. What portion of the teas and other articles exported from China In vessels of the United States is destined for America, and what for European consumption, it is difficult precisely to determine. Although doubts have been expressed, whether the demand arising from the latter eonstitutes a permanent or a considerable . portion of their trade, it may fairly be assumed that a contra-y ceeinion prevails in America, as it is stated in the Report upon American currency, laid before the House of Representatives in 1319, " that the annual Exports in American Vessels from the United States and all other ports, to China and the East Indies, can hardly be eetimated at more than 12,000,000 of dol lars, and it cannot be doubted that the sales of Last India arti cles in Europe exceed that amount. The value of merchan dize from China and India consumed annually in the United States is probably eoual to 5,090,000 dollars ; and if this be so, the consumption of .L'a.st India articles by the United States is paid for by the mere profit of the trade." On the whole, the Committee are inclined to the opinion, that regulations might be established at Canton, either by placing the free trade of Canon under the superintendence of a Consul, or investing the principal servants of the Company with some authority over the seamen engaged in the free trade, by which any' appreheesion or inconvenience might be removed; and without interfering with the monopoly of the British mar ket enjoyed by the East India Company, the-British merchant might be safely admitted to a participation in a trade which has proved safe, lucrative, and capable of great improvement in the hands of the foreign trader. In the event of these obstacles, however, being considered insurmountable, the maintenance of the establishment at Sin capore, to which vessels frequently come down from China in five days, or of any other fine port as advantageously situated, might., considering the readiness of the Chinese to engage ac tively by every means,. direct and indirect, in trade, prove highly advantageona to the interests of British commerce, if permitted - to engage in the tea trade within the limits of the East India Charter, exclusive of the ports of the Chinese Em- pire. Tte Committee Cannot conceal from themselves, that in the present state of the law, no material henegt or facility to free trade ineniS quarter'of the globe can be obtained, without in, fringing in a greater, or less d agree upon the privileges vested in the. East India Company, - nntil the year 1834, when their present Charter expires, and that their consent may be required to any meatures which• may be submitted for that.purpose to the consideration of. Parliament. At 'the same time, consider, ing that no primositions here snageSted are intended directly cr indifectly to affect the monopoly enjoyed by the CoMpany of the home market, to which the greatest importance is justly at tached, but that their object i 3 confined to procuring for the British free trader an access to markets entirely new, or the moans of fair competition with the foreign merchant in .those which already exist, the Committee feel themselves justified in relying upon the liberality' of the Court of Directors, upon the concern the have frequently evinced in the national prosperity, and the preference' they may be expected to give to British over foreign commerce,. for a disposition tc meet, as far as may be consistent with their own essential interests, the v.ishe3 of their fellow-subjects, 'if sanctioned 'by the wisdom and authority of Parliament. At all coents, there are scene views of this subject to which the attention of Parliament trany be immediately directed ; and the ;thole cannot fail to deserve its consideration, previous to the renewal of the East India Company's Chanter. The Committee have been informed, by the members of his Majesty's Government, • wIM are members of the Commits-e, that a )3ill was prznared to be submitted to Parliament in the course of lest Session', for extending the . private trade between India and foreign Europe ; and that the introduction of such a Bill has only been postponed in consequence of the inquiies depending Parliament, connected with Asiatic Commerce. Vie ce.rreoptnid'nee wnich has taken place upon this subject between the Board of Trade and Board.of Controub is con tatted in the Appendix. NAMES OT 'WITNESSES. E mixED rx SESSION 1820.—James Goadarcl, Esq.„ John CrawlUrd, Esq., P.obert Morris, Esq., .Alexander Robert son, ESQ. M.P., .T.:311/1 iTorbeg . Blitchell, Esq.,. George. Lyall, Esq., (:)!orhs Everett, Z'_-7., Rebc.rt Rickarcis, Esq., Eclrard Ellice, Esq., M.P., Geer , c .Abarelorri:fie Rol:il:son, Esq., Clieirrr.e.n. of the. Court of Di•‘. of the ~cat India - C,ornpeny, Thomas ditto, .Charles Grant, E.t.q., 'Daniel 8ea1 . .., „ I_,"7:f.gt; Tlatinla3 St2.UllrOTI, Bart., id. P. Ce.pta..-, james Horsburgli, Robert Staples, Esq.,•JohnStrt PiZer,l Esq., William &.-iiraorui, Esq., Francis flastings Toone, Ems. EXAMINED n•r SESSION 1821.—Charles 6rant,Esq.„lohn Gladstone, Esq.., William Fairlie, Esq., J o h n Christo,' pher Wepelin, Esq., James Drummond, Esq., M. P., Si Theophilus Metcalf2, Balt., James Thos. Roberts, Esq. • PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES of MO'fIONS, arid ORDERS of the DAY, n•hirh now stand in the ORDER BOOS of the HOUSE of COg- MONS, for TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURS-, DAY next, Tuesday, May 8, 1821. NoSees nj Meti,a—i. Mr. -Leiillald,—Repeal of Acts (CO Geo. 3, c. 5, and c. 3), against Seditious Met:tit:Ks, arid Lihek. 9. Mr. Grey Bennet,—dill toltmend the Law touching the Rescue of Prisoners. • 3. Mr. Scarlett,—Bill to amend the Laws relating to the Relief of the Poor. 4. Lord William lientiock.—To more for the produetion of certain Pipers respecting Sicily. _ S. Mr. John. Smith, —Bill to, amend the Bankruptcy Laws. IF Orders of the Driy—t. War wick •Coonty Eiect!on P.titions —Ballot for Committee at three. 2. Aldborough Borough Election Petition ;--Ballot for ;: Cominitree at half after t - • 3. Members absent front the Ballot of 11th Apra W attcod. 4. Juries in Scotland Bit' ,:--Secod !tending. 5. 'Witnesses in Foreign Parts Bill Reading. 6. Audit of Accounts Bill r—Second Reading. • of , 7. Church Briefs Bill :—Fort her, Consideration of Report. 8. Spoiled Stamps, &c. Bill ;--Furt her Consideration of Report. • 9. Abduction of Women (,'.eland) Bili :—Second Rcading• - Wednesday, May 9, IS2I. NOtites of 1114tions-1. Sir John Newton relative to the Proceedings of the Commissioners of Iricluiry' into English Courts of .1 ustice. 2. Lord John.Russell,—Resolutions 00 the subject o f c u ,r , rupt . Boroughs, and-giviog the Elective Friinctiist to large Bodies oft he Community.. 3. Mr. Tenneson,—Bill for : enalrling the Owners of cont,i derable Tracts of Land, not being Lords of Manors : tending' over the same, to appoint Persons to preserve and kill Game for their use. e f?rdcrs of the Jail-1. Metropolis Roads Bill p--Forth'er Con- • sideration of Report. 2. Bills of Exchange Bill;-Farther Consideration Report. Thursday, May , lo, 1821. Notice.: of Atotions—l. Mr. Irving,—Claim of Genera! Ves' fuurneatuc, in consequence of the Report of th,,, coo mit:re of last Session. • 2. Lord Archib a ld H am il ton,— S tate of the Repre sentatisr, of Counties iii Scotland. Orders if the Day -1. Portsmouth Borough, Right of Mee tion, Petitions :—Ballot for Committee at three. 4. County Courts Bill ;--Further Consideration of Report•-.. 43.. rErilteicletisoLneEasxipnegn(sierseSairnedl;rsoiy;Lilll:lTirSdecßothaddifitie;.diug. MINORITY n ON MR. BERNAL'S MOTION IN THE COMMITTEE OH SO- . Phillips, pt, Lord G.. itin • PLY, FOR REDUCING TWO LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY° Bastard, E. P. Graham, Sandford N Bankes, H. Gordon, Robt. . O'Callasjian, J. Buxton, T. P. Grattan, J. P Beaumont, T. W. Hutchinson , Eon Palmier , C. I.•'. Bele,Tave, Visc. 0 H. Briiht, Henry ~ • Haldirriand, W. Russell, Lord v 3 Bennet, lion.ll, G. Hobhouse, J. C.. Russell, Leal J.. Birch, Josh.' Hornhy, Ed. Bickford, Wm. Bury, Viscount Heathcote, G. J. , Rice, T. S. Barnard, Visct. Harbord, Hon. E.. Ricardo, D. Concannon, Lucius Hume, J. Smith, Win. Croninton •S. H o th a m, Lord Smith, John ; Calci4ft,John ' • Keck, G. A. L. Smith Abel Creevey, Thos. La ngston .J. H. Sebright,, SFx• J. Colborne, N. R. Lemo n , Sir W. . Tierney, Et. Hn. G. Calthorpe, Hn. F. Lu s hin g t on , S. Tremayne, .T.• 11. Corbett, Panton Lennard, T. B. Tulle, C.'A. Chaloner, Robert Milbank,. R. Warre, J.A. . Dundas, Hon. T, Martin,..rohn . wyvill, M. Denman, Thos. - Mond - , J. B. liViiitbreati,.S..C. ' Duncannon, Visct. Moore, Peter Wilson, Thcmils • Davies, T. 11, . . Moore, Abraham Wilson, Sir .1.1 . - Evans, William MaCdonald, J. ' ' Wh ar to n ; Mr. l c.. Fitiroy, Lord C.. Maxwell, John Whit more , ll' •. 1 • • ,:'. Forbes, C. Majoribanks, S. Yorke, Sit 3.: . Percru, sson, Sir R.C, Maberly, John TELL7O.'. Griffiths, J. W. Maberly, %V, L. Bernal, B. . _.....-! ~ METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, EFT AT STONEROUSE 7 DEVONSIIIItt. Month Barom. Then Bahl. Weathor, Vic" and Day. 10 A.M. 10A.M. 1821. Inches. Inches. April 27 29.79 64 °• - N.&NE. mod. and cleiA r y . 23 29.91 62 - N. • de. fine - eat' lle . 29 29.95 61 - Do. • do. • • 80 80.14 67 - -NE. &N. do. - : - May 1 30.10 59 - N. do. • 2 29.93 57 - do. • ht. 3 29.76 62 0.092 Si 4 7.&S. do. rain at o/8 The mean height of the barometer • for April, was 29 pts. That of the thermometer, 57 (kg. - 7 pts. The tiko • -of rain fallen was, 2 ins. 229 pts. And - the number 0 1 `"" on which rain fell were 17. STOCKS VET.VE OCLOCK.. 7l I inp. 3 - Lei Cents... .......... ' .. India Bc-.l<, 443. 4 : 3 t v i) ;. ExchN. Bllis .......... ..4,..,•-„,..fil Cons. for Account. ...... •'"" N BRJP(: ;r; T.^-MOR et liY 7 . h:vening, 3.1 mir a* J PRICE G THIS DAY AT TV 3 per Cent. Red 72P, A 3 per Cent. Cons 73 73k . I 4 per Cent. per l Cent. Navy Ann. lO3h HIGH WATER, AT CONDO: Morning, &7 minutes after 6. TI-lE IJN. SOLD M QUI3 DIOERE: FALSUM AUDEA4 LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 7, ISc2l. Paris Papers of Friday, and Brussels Joi r° lt , of the same day, arrived at a late hour last According to accounts from Moldavia, the armoof Prince YPSILANTI IS stated to amo unt 50,000 men, and to have reached the Bank' s the Danube, where they are Etc :Ted by undation. This delay, however, enoblo volunteers to join him. The Prince has publi 6lle Proclamation, couched in 'very mcd,:!Ft ts,r• in the Turkish language, promising •L.he men security for their persons and P t iy they are quiet; and the Turkish „r said, are inclined to favour the Gr : e" l.° ' ° Subject to the same tyranny as tile * ? ::11: • —A -Frankfort article says, that many r' liQit Officers have passed tbroull that town en t. Princ e way. to Moldavia, to offer their servi ces to Il'il3 * i r PSILANTI.- In anothor column 17ill be f•''' 33 our extracts from these Papers. d Dcs• New York Papers to the 9th 'April, an ton to the 6111 ditto, arrive:l th's 'morning. [From's P Apr:l 5-1 nr , Faori HAYTr.---The .cciioolter Ti T elira X F ` t ; i 7 tice ; rived yestortlay, in 12 days, from Pert- 0 " i , c!ose a • • a correspondent: of Fert--u-Pr'n:e 9 • ?.4 a . paper of 'the LSO & Mar.h; the ;$.l