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EDINBUTIGII CABINET LIBRARY, No. XII. With a beautiful Map and 12 Engravings, 55. XTT_IBIA and ABYSSINIA ; comprehend' ,g their Civil 11 it .1. History, Antiquities, Arts, Religion Li rature, and Na tural llistory. By the Rev. on MICHAEL SSELL, LL.D., author of " View of Ancient awl Modern Egypt," "Palestine, or the Holy Land," &c. Printed for Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh; and Simpkin and Marshall, London. PARISH OF LIVERPOOL. DIJRSUANT to the directions contained in the Act for t he better Paving and Sewerage of the town of Liverpool, iu the ceunty of Lancaster, Notice is hereby given, that a meeting of The inhabitants as sessed and contriouting to the relief of the poor within the said town will be held in the Parochial Chapbof our Lady and St. Nicholas, in the said town , on ThursdayTthe 27th June instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, when a summary or report of the receipts and expenditures of the Commissioners appointed under and by virtue of the said Act will be laid before the inhabitants. And notice is hereby further given, that at such meeting the inhabitants of the said town, so assessed and contributing to the relief of the poor within the same, are to nominate and choose such and so many persons, being owners or occupiers of pro perty in the said town, rated to the relief of the poor ther.An, at a sum not less than I:50, per annum, as will be requisite to supply - the then subsisting vacancies in the number of Commis sianers, according to the provision of the said Act. EDWARD G. DEANE, Clerk to the Commissioners. 14th June, 1833. THE POLYCHRONOGitAI'HiC Invented by James Heeley and Son, Great Charles-street, Birmingham. TAMES HEELEY and SON feel gratification in being enabled to announce the completion of the Pot. vcitaotso- GRAPHIC PEN. To the Public Heeley and Son are known as the inventors of the Radiogrciph:c Pen, and they cheerfully em brace this opportunity to tender their respectful acknowledg ments for the extensive patronage with which they have been honoured, and for the flattering eulogiums which have been passed upon their Pen by the leading scientific Journals and Periodicals of this and Foreign Countries. To the RHADIO - however, there has been one objection, (to which its inventors have directed particular attention,) and that consists in the inefficiency of the Rhadiographic and other metallic pens to supply the same quantity of ink as a common q •11. In their endeavours to obviate the admitted difficulty, the have perse vered with complete success, and have now the asure of pre senting a Pen, which (from its philosophical pr' pi ciple—from its mechanical construction. and the advanta of having the powers of concave and capillary attraction, will at each dip receive and retain more ink than can be hel either in the quill or ordinary metallic pen at several charges. This superiority will be duly appreciated, though only one of the advantages possessed by the Polychnmograpnic Pen. The fine quality and flexibility of the steel from which it is manufac tured, its peculiar form, and the attention which is bestowed on the mathematical construction of its slits, are such as to enable Heeley and Son with confidence to pronounce it as much su perior to other metallic pens as the latter are to the rude and imperfect Calamus of the Ancients. The piracies to which JASIES HEESLEY and SON have been subjected, not only of their invention, but in some instances (by a slight orthographical variation) of their name, render it i mperative upon them to request that purchasers will observe, that on every genuine card is printed, " James lieelcy and Son, 146, Gt. Charles-street, Birmingham;" and, as an additional security, each card has, at very considerable expense, been ornamented with an elegant steel engraving, (the design being copy-right,) price Two Shillings per dozen. Handies suited for these Pens 4d., Bd., and Is. 2d. each, on which is stamped J. H . & S." and the price. Heeley and Son's PEN and EVER-POINTED PENCILS only Is. Gd. each. Sold by Osborne and Sons, Cuttlers and Silversmiths, No 6, Lord-street, and J. G. Helsbv, Watchmaker, 7, Elli o t- s treet, S a muel Hunt, Ironmonger,' Church-street, and A. Hunt, Artist's Repository, Bold-street, Liverpool. CALCUTTA. XTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, to all Captains and jr Owners of Vessels destined for the above Port, that by ar)plication to Messrs. ALEXANDER and Co., or to Messrs. WILLIS and EARLE, of that city, they may be accommodated w i t h Rod, SUGAR, &c. on the following very low terms, in any quantity, (with Casks included.) EVSI, (warranted equal to Jamaica,) London proof, Ils. annas per gallon (on board;) or equal to is. 2d. the old wine measure. Curitied TREACLE, of a very superi quality, (no Bastard Sugar having been extracted the rom,) at 4 rupees the cwt.; being equal to is. Double Refined LOAF SUGAR, at 21 sicca rupees 4 , cwt. Single Refined LOAF SUGAR, equal in quality to Titlers and Hambro Loaves, at 16 rupees 4f) cwt. of almost an equal quality, at 13 CRU SHED LUMPS, rupees .to cwt. Excellent MUSCOVADO SUGAR, at 8 rupees cwt., up to finest Clayed Sugar, at 12 rupees W cwt., with intermediate qualities at proportionate prices. VINEGAR, at 12 annas W gallon, 0. W. Measure. DISTILLED VINEGAR, at 1 rupee W old gallon. All the above Articles ar e produced at the BUEDWAN SVGAII MILLS, the Property of Messrs. C. H. BLAKE and Co. N.B.—The Rum, if so required, may be had 30 per cent. over proof. INCORRODIBLE MINERAL TEETH FIXED, Without Wires or Ligatures, AND FILLING DECAYED TEETH WITH MINERAL SUCCEDANEUNI, WITHOUT PAIN, HEAT, OR PRESSURE. mONS. J. If. and A. MALLAN, No. 46, BOLD -STREET, Liverpool, and- ) -, KING-STREET, Man c h e st e r, S URGEON D ENTIST S, (of the Firm of Malian and Sons, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury, and Half-inoon-street, Piccadilly, London, where consulted . daily,) a r d en tly thank their Frien theymay d s ath P be üblic, for the distin gu i s h e d suppor t w h ic h they c ontinue to receive. - 1 heir methods of filling decayed Teeth, without heat or pres sure, a nd of fixing loose, natural, or artificial Teeth, without wire or ligature, are too extensively known, and too highly esti mated, to require any lengthened exposition in advertisements. The instances of the perfection of this New Principle, as re gards mastication and the articulation of words, are so numerous in the British Metropolis, that Messrs. M.rely more on the good report of the ir p a t ients th an upon an mg which they them selves could piiblicly adva nce to rec.! mend it; they cannot, 4 / h o wever, refrain from stating that the imminent advantages of their system of constructing and fixing artificial PALATES and TEETH are in no case so evident as in giving the patient the power of clear and distract pronunciation, more particularly in the sound of 1 he Dento-lingual Double Consonant T 11, whilst the nasal and pala'el . sounds are rendered perfect and uninterrupted. Messrs. M. submit that these are advantages of the utmost conse quence to Public Speakers, as well as to private individuals, la bouring under natural or accidental defects of enunciation ; but when to them are added the appearance of juvenility, which their Artifieial Teeth give to the countenance of aged persons—and that they are guaranteed to bite the hardest substance without pa in or injury7they feel themselves justified in claiming that palm of superiority in Dental Surgery, which has been so unanimously awarded to th em by th e i n h abitants of Lon d on an d Paris, and o ther co ntinental Cities. Th e Faculty are constantly welcome to witness the applica tion o f the MINERA L SUCCEDANEUM, which they so universally recom mend. Attendance in Liverpool and Manchester daily. Charges as in Paris. One of the above firm may be co nsu l te d f or a s h or t p er iod at Mr. T. H. floy's Dublin Medical Emporium, No. 10, West moreland -street, Dublin. Endurance Xotito. CROWN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 3.3, Bridge-street, Btackfriars, Lo ndon, DIRECTORS. GEORGE H. HOOFER, Esq. Chairman. C OLONEL MOODY, Deputy Chairman. Sir Wm. Richard Cosway. :AwVv.iiilslilitlaearntramvaP\r\vtv., q James Colquhoun, Esq. Sir F. Omrnan'n' y s James Colvin, Esq. Es Cant. J. W. D. Dundas, R.N., Jol:m.Wells,hilEistomsnqo:l9E. M.P James Farquhar, Esq. Whitmore, Wilson s Thomas Harrison, Esq. John Kirkland, Esq Auditors.—Charles Chippindale, Esq., Jameson Hunter, Esq., Richard Norman, Esq. Physicktn.—Dr. James Johnson, Physician Extraordinary to the King. Surueon.—James Wardrop, Esq. Stailding Counsel.—Charles Ellis, Esq. Solicitor. —James Haddan, Esq. Bankers. —Messrs. Whitmore, Wells, and Whitmore, Lombard street. Actuary.—J. M. Rainbow, Esq. I - 11HE advantages of this Office, among others, are: 1 1. A participation septennially in two-thirds of the Pro fits, which may be applied either in reduction of the Premium or to augment the Sum assured. On a division of Profits for the seven years terminating on the 25th of March, 1832, BoNtisEs, amounting from 18s. to £2 l'2s. per cent. per annum on the sums assured, va rying with the age, were assigned to all Policies for the whole continuance of life effected previously to the 16th of May, 1829. / Premiums may be paid in a limited number of annual Sums instead of by annual Payments for the whole of life; the Policy continuing to participate in profits after the payment of such Premiums has ceased. 3. The .Laurance or Premium Fund is not subject to any charge for Interest to Proprietor , . 4. Permission to pass to Continental Ports between Brest and the EThe inclusive. 5. Parties (including Officers of the Army, Navy, East In dia Company, and Merchant Service) may he assured to reside in or proceed to all parts of the World, at Premiums calculated on real data. 6. Claims to be paid within three months. 7. The Assured may dispose of their Policies to the Company. 8. No charge hut for Policy Stamps. The Prospectus. Tables of Rates, &c., to be had at the Office in London, or of the Company's Agents. T. G. CONYERS, Secretary. AGENTS. LIVERPOOL—Agents—Mr. W. P. Bushby, Exchange-alley, and Mr. W. R. Duncan, 11, Tabley-street. Medical Oji cer—Dr. Hannay. Btscx BURN—Agent—Mr. J. Fairbrother. Medical Off=cer— . James Barlow, EN. BOLTON—Medical Officer —Dr. James Black. BURNLEY, COLNF., and CLlTHERoE—Agents—Messrs. Buck and Eastwood, Solicitors. Medical Officer—Wm. Coul tate, Esq. Cuou LEY—Agent—Mr. It. S. Fox, Solicitor. GAR ST A NG—Ayent—Mr. John Gardner, Solicitor. KIRK li All and Potixo:s—Agent—Mr. Alexander Liddell, So licitor. Medical Officers—Geo. Warbrick, Esq., and T. Dobson, Esq; LA NC A sTtn—Agent—Mr. William Robinson, Solicitor. MsNeHEsTEar—Agents—Messrs. W. R. Ravenscroft and F. Bayley. Medical Officer—Dr. Bardsley. MIDDLETON—Agent—Mr. Hull, Solicitor. Medical Officer — J. Scholefield, Esq. ORmsxtaa—Agent—Mr. James Palmer, Solicitor. Medical Officer—W. Lax, Esq. PRESTON—Agent—Mr. S. R. Grimshaw, Solicitor. Medical Officer —Dr. St. Clare. ROCHDALE — Agent— Mr. W. Taylor. Medical Officer—J. Buckley, Esq. WiaßirsoToN—Agent —Mr. William Beaumont, Solicitor, ; Medical Officer —Dr. Kendrick. • Wiesrt---Agent—Mr. Henry Gaskell, Solicitor. • CHESTER—MedicaI Officer—Dr. Jones. MscciASFIRLD-Agent—Mr. D. Rowbotham. Medical ()Pere —Messrs, New‘bold dind Co. ' IT Tw u—Merlical Officer -11 ichard Hughes, Esq. STCCKPORk—Medical OXcer—J. S. Armstrong, Esq. TAR v 1:i-79e/it—Mr. Thomas Moore. EirEptrial Vartianunt. HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12. Their Lordships met at half-past four o'clock. Earl O'NEN.A. took the oaths and his seat. The Consolidated Fuud Bill was rend a third time, and passed.—The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12. The Speaker entered the house at a quarter past twelve. Mr. THLCKNESSE gave notice, that, in the committee on the bank charter, he would move a clause tbr the purpose of pre venting injury to the country in seasons of poiitical panic, to the effect that the directors of the Bank should not, after Janu ary, 1836, invest, or continue investing, in the funds more than the amount subscribed and the surplus capital. The house was occupied in receiving petitions until three o'clock, when the Speaker left the chair._ The Speaker resumed the chair at five o'clock. REPEAL OP THE UNION. Mr. O'CONNELL cave notice, that on the very e arliest da y possible in the next session he should move a resolution de claratory of the, means by which the destruction of the Irish Parliament was effected—of the miseries which the measure called the legislative union has produced in Ireland—of the evils which it has inflicted ou the agricultural labourers and operatives in manufactures in England—of, the accumul atin g pressure of the poor laws which it has created in England, and of the inevitable separation of both countries, which must re -suit from continuing the union as .at . present arranged and acted upon; and also for leave to bring in a bill to render safe, secure, and permanent, the connexion between Great Britain and Ireland by the means of the re-establishment of a domes tic legislature in Ireland. THE BANK QUESTION. Mr. GISBORNE wished to know what day the noble loid thorp) would fix for the introduction of the measure respecting country banks. There were many gentlemen now in town ou this question who were anxious to, have it brought forward. Lord ALTHORP said that he would bring itou on as early aday as possible. He had been in communication with many of the gentlemen alluded to, and they urged upon him the necessity of not hurrying it on. He could not at present fix any day with certainty for it, but he hoped to be able to bring it forward on au early clay. The noble lord added that he would fix the Church Temporalities Bill for to-morrow, in the hope that the subject of the East India question would not occupy the house any length of time. The noble Lord then said that he was ready to proceed with his resolutions respecting Irish tithes, if those hon. members whose orders stood before his would give way. It was then agreed that the orders of the day should be read. The first (Transmission of Property in Ireland Bill) was postponed. reisoNees' COUNSEL BILL. On the order for the second reading of this bill being read, Mr. EwaRT said that he could not consent to postpone it. He had no objection to the second reading being taken then, and allowing the discussion of the principle to be deferred to the next stage of the bill. After some discussioq, the gallery was cleared for a divi sion, but no division tool: place, and the amendment of the hon. member for Liverpool, that the bill be read a second time this day week, was agreed to. DWELLING-HOUSE ROBBERY BILL. Mr. LENNARD moved that the report on this bill be received, and the report having been aereed to, the bill was ordered to be read a third time on Wednesday next. IRISH TITHES. The order of the day having been read for the house to re solve itself into a committee on the Tithes Act for Ireland, and Lord Althorp having moved that the Speaker leave the chair, Mr. LAMBERT moved as an amendment, "That it is the opinion of this house that the pledges given by ministers that the bill for the suppression of local disturbances in Ireland should not be applied to the collection of tithes, and that the arrears of tithes should be got rid of, have not been fulfilled; and also that the employment of the military and police forces in the serving civil process and levying tithes is highly uncon stitutional, and ought to be discontinued." (Hear.) Un a division the numbers were— For the amendment 45 Against it.. 197 —152 Majority On the admission of strangers to the gallery the house was in committee, and ALTHORP stating . that he would very shortly explain the object of his proposition. By an act of Parliament passed in the last session for the composition of tithes in Ireland, from and after the month of November, 183.3, tenants of land were not to be liable to the payment of tithes. The effect of this measure would be, that-sifter the tithes of this year had been paid the occupying tenants would be no longer called on to pay tithes. He thought it would be admitted to be most desirable —indeed circumstances alluded to to-night proved it to be de sirable—that Parliament should take measures to relieve occu piers of land in Ireland from the payment of tithes from the present time. (Hear.) It was not in his power to state accu rately at the present moment the amount of money which it would be necessary to advance to the clergy of the established church ir. order to effect that purpose; but he thought it would be admitted, that the house ought to pledge itself generally, that a sum of money should be advanced with a view to afford this relief, and that government should be empowered to aban don (as it had the power to suspend) all process under the ex isting law. lie repeated, government ought to have such a vote as would justify them in suspending proceedings. He trusted, when this proposition should be a g reed to, that the clergy, feel ing there would be no pressure upon them, would perceive that there was no lon g er any necessity to press the tithe payer for money, and that in consequence of this altered feeling no fu ture case of harshness or severity would arise. (Hear.) The mode in which the money to be advanced should be repaid would be by a land-tax in Ireland for a limited number of years. This tax would be charged, in the first instance, upon all land, but persons who should have paid the amount of tithes to which they were liable for the years 1831, 1832, and 1833, would be exempted from payment of the land-tax on the pro duction of their tithe receipts, or upon otherwise proving that they had paid their tithes. This would be in the nature of a full acquittance of the tax. He should move that it was the opinion of this committee that it was expedient that an ad vance of money should be made to the clergy of the established church in Ireland in order to relieve the occupying tenants from payments on account of arrears of tithes or composition of tithes during the years 1831 and 1832, and from payment of tithes and composition of tithes in the year 1833; such advance to be repaid within a limited time by a land tax, chargeable on all land liable to payment of tithes, the owners of which should not have paid the tithes, or composition of tithes, which became due during such years. (Hear.) Colonel PERCEVAL asked whether it was intended to include the tithes of lay improptiators in the plan ? Lord ALT HOHP replied that he merely intended an advance to the clergy. Sir R. PEEL asked whether all anterior demands on the part of the clergy for arrears of tithes would be extinguished by the resolution ? It was possible that there might be arrears of an older date than 1831. He thought it desirable that the resolu tion, if agreed to. should be carried at as early a period as pos sible, and that it was of the utmost importance to have the true intent and meaning of the measure clearly and distinctly under stood in Ire . .and. Lord ALTHORP said that, considering the situation in which the clergy of the established church in Ireland were placed, it was proposed by the resolution that an advance should be made to them by the government in lieu of the arrears for tithes due for 1831 and 1832, and for the whole of the tithes of 1833, and he was sure that on that advance being made the clergy would give a receipt in full for the three years in question. With re gard to the other portion of the right honourable gentleman's question, he (Lord Althorp) had only to. say that this was a temporary measure, and that it would notinterfere with any ex isting law upon the subject. It was most desirable that this re solution should be carried at the earliest possible period, and he felt that the house should come to a decision upon it in the first instance, as it would not be possible to proceed further now in carrying this resolution into effect; he could not now state the exact amount of the sum that would be proposed to be ad vanced. Mr. SHAW said that no doubt the clergy of Ireland would ac cede to the proposition of the noble lord as, upon the whole, one of fairness and liberality. After a few words from Mr. O'CONNELL and Sir R. PEEL, the resolution was agreed to, and, the house having resumed, the chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Thursday COLONIAL SLAVERY. Mr. BERNAL brought up the report of the committee upon colonial slavery. The resolutions were read and agreed to, and a bill was ordered to be brought in iu.pursuance of the said re solutions. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter to three o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, JUNE 13. On the motion of the Earl of Shaftesbury, the standing or ders No. 94 and N 0.99 were dispensed with, and the Serjeants% inn Agreement Bill was forwarued two stages. Messengers from the Commons brought up the bill for reduc ing the stamp duties on advertisements and marine insurances, and also several private Wits. The Earl of RODEN presented a petition from the parish of Boyle against the measure which, it was understood, was about to be proposed, for making a change in the established church of Ireland. His lordship presented a-similar petition from Sir Hareourt Lees, which also called their lordships' attention to the obliga tions imposed on his Majesty by the coronation oath, pointed out the mischiefs to be apprehended from political unions, and prayed to be heard at the bar for the purpose of proving the wicked conspiracy which existed in Ireland for the purpose of overturning the Protestant government. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. The Marquis of WESTNIEATII rose to complain of as gross a breach of privilege, with respect to the rights of their lordships' h o use, committed by the proprietor of a public newspaper, as was ever brought under their lordships' notice. In the outset he begged leave to state that he did not mean to follow up his complaint with ally motion ; but he took that opportunity to re fute the statements contained in the calumnious and abomin able writing of which he complained, and he would leave him who framed it to the punishment of his own mind. The article to which he alluded appeared in the Dublin Evening Mail of Monday last, and it ran thus :—" By the lists in the London papers , it would appear that Lord Westmeath voted i n th e mi nority on the Duke of Wellington's motion on Monday night; and, consequently, in favour of ministers. We are unwilling, on that which has so often proved to be such erroneous author ity as a newspaper list, to say of Lord Westmeath what we think of such base, shuffling, and unworthy conduct as this, if he have really been guilty of it; but the moment we ascertain the fact, if it be so, we shall have occasion to direct his lord ship's attention to some letters of his in our possession, —letters of so strong,. furious, and infl amm atory a nature, so abusive of m inisters, and so virulently condemnatory of their measures and proceedings, that we used our best exertions, and successfully, to withhold their publication. We quarrel with no man for his politics, and we respect the person who, having made his election, and taken a side, maintains his principles and adheres to his party ; but we protest against , and all h onest men wiil join us in decrying, the creature who shifts his posi tion as caprice or interest may dictate, alternating between Wliiggery and Toryism, now a 'Conservative and anon a Radi cal. It will give us sincere pleasure to find that Lord West meath did not give the vote imputed to him; if he did, he must abide by the consequences." This most abominable libel had been copied into all the rest of the Irish papers. Let what would he said of him, he would still go on thinking honestly and voting honestly. according to the dictates of his conscience. Here, the matter ended. On the motion of the Marquis of Lansdowne, a message was ordered to the Commons, requesting them to communicate to their lordships the .report oa the bank charter. LABOUR RATE On the motion of the Duke of Richmond this bill was read a third time and passed, when the House adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Tneasnitv, JUNE 13. The Speaker took the chair at a quarter past twelve o'clock. Mr.,Littleton took the oaths and his seat. • , . , AFFRAY IN COLDBATIi-FIELDS. Mr; 40ERUCK‘ . presented a petition from the ,furors who sat Off the coroner's Inquest on the body of Culley, the policeman, who was killed in the affray which took place in Calthorpe street. The hon. member read the petition at full length, and THE LI\ 7 I:RPOOL _STANDARD. said that he had - three direct charges to bring against his Ma jesty's ministere—tirst, with having created a riot, instead of preventing one; seccilidly, with bringing into disrepute a useful body of men; and, thirdly, with pursuing an illegal line of con. duct in what they called the administration of justice. The hon. and learned gentleman then detailed the particulars of this affair, on which a debate ensued, and at three o'clock was ad journed to the following day. The Speaker resumed the chair shortly after five o'clock. Admiral ADAM presented petitions from shipowners of Alloa and Kincardine, complaining of losses sustained under the re ciprocity system. Mr. H UM F. expressed his belief that the shipping interest ge nerally throughout the country had been benefited by the adop tion of that system. Mr. G. Yocac declared that the system had proved most disastrous to the shipowners. On the motion of Admiral ADAM, the petitions were referred to the committee on comfherce, navigation, and shipping. Sir R. FERGUSON gave notice of a motion for a select com mittee to inquire into the Warwickshire election, on Friday the 29th inst. The hon. baronet postponed the motion relative to the issuing of a new writ from Monday next till Monday seln night. Lord DUNCAN NON brought up the report of the grand juries (Ireland) committee. Colonel CoNox.i.v recommended government to withdraw the bill for the present session. _Mr. O'CONNELL concurred in the suggestion. Lord DCNCANNON admitted the bill could not pass in its pre sent shape, hut thought that if Irish members directed their at tention to the subject, alterations might be made which would render the measure available. Report ordered to be taken into further consideration on Wednesday, and to be printed. Mr. Ew ART had given notice of motion t o-ni g ht for a bill to adjourn the assizes of Lancashire from Lancaster to Liverpool and Manchester; but as the Solicitor-General had taken the subject up with a view to a general measure, he should abandon his proposition, at least for the present, merely expressing a hope that the hon. and learned gentieinan's bill would effect what he (Mr. Ewart) proposed . He had also given notice of a bill for better defining the law in cases of housebreaking and burglary, and for abolishing capital punishment in cases of returning from transportation and letter -stealing. As the law stood at present, if the offender introduced his hand into a house, he was guilty of burglary; he proposed that unless the whole body were in trodu,:ed it should not constitute the offence. He contemplated another alteration, founded upon the practice in America and France, —namely, that a burglar, to be liable to capital punish ment, must be proved to have come armed to the place. With regard to letter stealing, he should only observe t hat, althou g h , capital punishments hid been inflicted, there were many more cases of conviction than of capital punishments. After an observation from - Mr. SIIAW, leave was given to bring in a bill. Sir R. Milos postponed, till next session, his motion for leave to bring in a bill to prevent the necessity of a member vacating his scat in Parliament on accepting (Alice under the Crown EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CHARTER. On the motion of Mr. C. Grant, the order of the day for a committee of the whole house on the East India Company's charter was read. On the question that the Speaker do leave the chair, Sir G. STAUNTON said he should take that o pportunity of moving his resolutions on the subject of the China trade. -His object was not to take the sense of the house on the resolutions, but merely to move them pry/inets, that they might be entered on the journals. He thought it desirable to bring forward his suggestions while the subject was open to alteration, and before the government plan was finally determined on, and with that view his resolutions had been pieced in the hands of members. The hon. baronet concluded by moving a series of resolutions, which have already appeared. The resolutions having been put and negatived, the Speaker left the chair. Mr. C. GRANT addressed the committee. The right hon. gentleman said that he rose in pursuance of the notice which he had given a few days ago of his intention to bring before the house on that night certain resolutions respect in g the East India Company's charter. He was happy to think that the sub ject, great and momentous as it was, and uninteresting as it might appear at first sight, was yet not entirely new or strange to many of those whom he had the honour to address. The va rious committees which had of late years examined the subject had rendered it more familiar to the house, and especially to individuals who took an interest iu Indian affairs, than it was at a former period. The resolutions which he intended to submit to the house would be brief and simple, and would relate chiefly, if not entirely, to the discussions which had taken place between the Giivernment and the East India Company, and embody the result; they would relate to the arrangement into which the Government and the East India Company had entered. In stating his resolutions to the house, it would be his duty to refer to some other measures, which, though not embodied in those resolutions, he thought it essential to iM.roduce into any bill or act of Parliament which might be passed in pursuance of them. These were measures of a - general character, with respect to which the principle had been amply developed in the docu ments before the house. He proceeded then to approach the consideration of the subject with reference to the future govern ment of India, and the claims of this country upon the eastern world. But in stating the general measures contemplated by his Maj esty's ministers, which, after all, were ultimately the most important, it was necessary, in the first instance, to deal with the existing interests of the present administration of the affair of In dia. With respect to the political administration of India, the first question naturally was, " why any change should take place ?" To that question the answer was, that Parliament having fixed a period for the revision of the exiting system of Government in India, it ras right that Parliament and Government should enter into the merits of the case, and take into account the change of circumstances and progress of events that had taken place, and which might have affected the question ; but the rea sons which had induced him to propose such measures as , he now brought forward, he should more particularly explain and develop as he proceeded. In looking at the condition of India as to its political administration, he was disposed to consider the practical operation of the system without reference to mere theoretical symmetry of design. In viewing the pr a c tical work ing of a system of - Government he cared not what seeming anomalies might exist; the only question was, whether it pro duced practically beneficial effects. He would admit that there were evils in the system of administration in India ; that there was sometimes too great a weight of taxation ; that there was often a delay of justice. These, he admitted, were evils exist ing in the system of administration in India ; but when he came to look - at the whole system, and to consider of the re medy, he must ask what had been the condition of the people of India under former Governments to which they had been subjected? If he compared that condition with what it had become under the Government of the Company, he must at once admit that under the latter they enjoyed greater secu rity of life and property than they had ever enjoyed under former governments, save that of one of the Mogul monarchs, whose wise administration was a subjectof praise amongst them to the present day. He admitted that the happiness and pros perity of 10),000, GO of people were bound up in the due ad ministration of the Government in India ; but, in comparing the condition of our Indian population with that of the colonies of Spain, of Portugal, of llolland, and even of some of our colo nies in the West Indies, he must claim for the inhabitants of our Indian possessions much greater advantages than were en joyed by the colonies of any, other nation. If they went back to .the administration of the Government of India for the last 40 years, it would be seen that it had effected a great improve ment in the condition of the people of India. The Go vernment of India for the last 40 years had, with all its faults and imperfections, proved of the greatest benefit to the peo ple of that country. A Government which should distinguish itself by a brilliant career was not that which was required by the people of India. Such had been the government within the period to which he referred. It was sluggish he would admit, and not calculated to make any great or rapid strides at im provement ; but it was such a government as the people requir ed, as it gave ample security to person and property ; it excited vigilance against any encroachment of violence and rapacity; it gave to the people that which they most required--repose, secu rity, and tranquillity. The very jealousy excited by the nature of the company's monoply had been security to the natives against the encroachments of others. But when it was asked what the company had done for the people of India, they had a victorious answer in this fact, that the native population, if they had not been greatly advanced, had been amply protected.— Within the last 20 years, the native population had acquired a political existence, which was fully recognized by our govern ment—a circumstance which would have been treated as quite chimerical if it had been talked of some years before. The con sequence of this improvement was, that the people were now beginning to feel and to acknowledge the value of the laws.— Public opinion and public feeling in this country were now act ing on the government of the people of India—not producin . g any violent effects, hut operating to the amelioration of their condition by the slow hut certain process of kindness. These, then, were reasons which would justify the continuance of the political government of India in the hands of the company for a time longer; but there were, besides, other reasons for the continuance of the company's administration. To these he would not now advert in detail, but there was one point which interposition of could not omit to notice —i t was, that b y the of the company between this country and the people of India, India had been preserved from being agitated by those constant fluctuations of party and political feelings which were so strong in this country, and than which nothing would have opposed a more formidable harrierto the improvement of the people of India. Any other form of Government would be likely to pro duce very considerable evils. 'What were the circumstances that marred the efficiency of the East India company's government ? One circumstance was the union of its trade with its govern ment. • This had been a generally admitted principle. It was felt to be a great inconvenience that the company should be permitted to carry on trade. Nothing more marred the perfect efficiency of our government in India than the union of trader and sovereign. Another circumstance which had interfered 'with the efficiency of the government in India was the interference which too often took place from home. (Hear.) It was essential to the well-being of India that confidence should be placed jn. its administration, and that, as far as possible, the interposition of the home authorities be confined to cases of a strong and extraordinary nature, or rather to cases of a general nature. All that i depended on the administration of the government in India odght to be left to the administration there. He thought, for the reasons he had mentioned, as well as for other reasons, the nature of which was well known to the house, that it was on the whole most expedient to maintain the po litical administration of the East Indies in the hands of the East India Company.. Ile would now come to the other great point—the question of the company's trade with China. He must say, however, with every respect far the feelings of the public, he did not think that the people having generally made up their minds on the subject would of it self j ustif y an honest minister in proposing it to the house, unless he had other strong reasons to urge him to do so. It was not, therefore, alone because this question had already been decided in the minds of the people that lie urged to the house the propriety of throwing open the China trade ; he had other and strong reasons for proposing it. The change which had been made in the public ,mind on this subject, and the urgency with which the people pressed for an abolition of the company's monopoly, was a natural result of the change which had taken place in nearly the whole of the commercial policy of the country. In 'the alterations which that policy had undergone in the last ten or fifteen years, it was impossible not to anticipate that they must lead to an abolition of such a monopoly as that of the company's trade with China. It was well known that up to the period to which he had just referred the whole of our trade with every part of the world was one of restriction. But at length the growing intelligence of the nation burst those fetters, and set a great part of the trade of the country free. The germ of improvement was growing fast, and would not be checked, and when other nations should have followed our example, it was to be expected that, with such ,creative wealth as we pos sessed, we should still go on with the principle of'free trade, as became a great commercial nation. The com_pany, it was well known, had abandoned the whole of the trade with India, be cause it could not be continued except at a loss.' It was not improbable that even if Parliament did not interfere, the same course might be adopted with respect to the trade with China. It would appear, taking the average of three periods of five years each, that at the end of the first the profits amounted to - £1,500,000, at the end of the second term they had fallen to an average of £830,000, and at .the end of the third to £730,000. From this he thought it not unfair to conclude that if the house were disposed to continue the monopoly there were reasons which would induce the company 1.9 give it up. One effect of throwing open the trade would be that it would tend to-destroy the monopoly of the Hong merchants. It was well keown that up to about the middle of the last century •there.were uo Hong merchants, at least there was no monopoly of the trade with the company by that body. The first attempt at the formation of a company - with a monopoly of the trade was in 1713. As a shrewd and intelligent people they saw the ad vantage of the union of a wealthy body of men for carrying on trade; they, therefore, attempted to form themselves into a company with the monopoly of the trade with the British com pany. The East India Company warmly opposed the attempt fur five or six years, and at last the matter was dropped. The attempt was again renewed about the year 176 J, and was suc cessful. Siuce that time the Hong merchants retained the mo nopoly, but there was little doubt that when the English trade should be thrown open it would have the effect of putting an end to the Hong monopoly also. Another great objection to the continuance of the company's monopoly was, that at the present moment there were two great and independent bodies engaged in the China trade—one was the company itself, and the other was the great body of private traders. These last had within a few years sprung up from the owners of a small trade to be the successful competitors of the company itself. The progress they had made in this respect wAild be judged from the tact, that in the year 1814 their tonnage amounted to 1,000 tons, but in 1829 it bad risen to 60,000 tons. It would. be seen that in the same period the trade of the company had fallen off. In the year 1813-14 the value of the exports and imports of the company to and from China amounted to £13,500,000. hi the year 1829-30 they had fallen to £1f,600,00J. The great in crease in the amount of the private trade in the same period was still more remarkable. In the year 1814 it was'E9,ooo,ooo. In the year 1829-33 it had increased to £31,000,000. Now, to him it appeared certain, that against the competition of such a body of private traders, the monopoiy of the company could not long continue, even if Parliament did not interfere. He would admit that great prudence and caution nught to be observed in alt our dealings witna people of such peculiar no tions as the Chinese ; but using that caution and that delicacy, he had no fear of creating a shock prejudicial to our interests iii China by the withdrawal of the company's monopoly. lie was justified in saying that there was no well-grounded appre hension of danger to our commercial intercourse with the Chi nese from the removal of the trade from the company. But there was evidence to show that the merchants of Canton were themselves in expectation that the trade might at some time be taken from the company and thrown open to the British public, and that they were not altogether unprepared for the change. It was a fact that should not be lost sight of, that the people of China, as far as our intercourse with them enabled us to judge, were themselves anxious for the continuance, and, indeed, 'ale extension of that intercourse, though it was prohibited by the laws of the empire. He would mention, as an illustration of this, the fact that a ship was some time ago fitted out (at Can ton, we understood) for the purpose of ascertaining how far it would be practicable to establish a commercial intercourse with some of those who dwelt on the coasts. There was at first some difficulty opposed on the part of the local authorities,,as the order of the government are very strict in that respect, but by a little perseverance, and the advantage of having a gentleman on board who was perfectly conversant in the Chinese language, they soon overcame this difficulty. Wherever their vessel touched the people came around them in great numbers, and in some instances they were visited by the local authorities; but in every case the people showed the strongest disposition to open an intercourse with them. He 'aid no stress on this as a proof that we should expect to open an immediate intercourse with other parts of China than those to which we were at pre sent allowed to trade ; but the fact was not undeserving of no tice, as showing the disposition of the Chinese people in this respect. Ile was aware that the government of China was a severe despotism, and that the laws of the country strictly pro hibited an intercourse with foreigners; but the • house should recollect that though the laws of China were positive against the introduction of opium, it was found impossible to exclude it, and it was now imported into China to an immense amount, and often by the connivance of some of those authorities who were appointed to prevent it ; and yet the edicts of our King James I. were not more strict and positive against the introduction of the Virginian weed, than were those of the Celestial Emperor against the introduction of opium. (Hear.) He would now for a few moments advert to the resolutions which his hon. friend the member for Southampton had pro posed on this subject. His hon. friend stated in one of those resolutions, that before a change such as that which was now proposed should be carried into effect, it would be necessary to enter into a negotiation With the government of'the Chinese empire, and his hon. frien'tl` was of opinion that unless we did 'so we should find such a change to be attended with much hazard and considerable danger. Adverting, too, to the former embassies which had been sent from this country to China, and arguing from the result of them, his hon. friend contended that We should be justified in sending out a similar embassy now, before we completed this arrangement. He (Mr. Grant) must say that he altogether differed on - that point with his hon. friend. He did so with the most unfeigned diffidence upon a subject with regard to which he was well aware that his hon. friend was an authority that was entitled to the greatest respect. Consi dering the extent to which his hon. friend had carried his ac quaintance with the language, the manners, the feelings, and the habits of thinking, of the Chinese, he (Mr. Grant) would repeat that it was with the most unfeigned diffidence, and with no small difficulty, that he ventured to differ from him upon a point so much connected with the character of that people. He would confess that this subject of negotiation was one with re gard to which he did not clearly see his way. His hon. friend, in arguing for our endeavouring to open a negotiation with the Chinese, 'lied referred, as an argument in support of his propo sition, to what had been done by the Russians. Now with respect to the Russians the case was an extremely different one. With Russia China was so connected that it was abso lutely necessary that there should be to a certain extent a. commercial intercourse between the two countries. The con nexion of the respective boundaries of the two countries ren dered such an intercourse inevitable, but the trade carried on between them was not to a great extent, and it was only two years ago that on two Russian ships going by sea to China the intercourse between Russia and China by sea was positively and peremptorily prohibited by the authorities of the Celestial Empire. He did not think it would be necessary for him on this occasion to enlarge at any length on the question of the China trade • but as it was a subject which was regarded with great interest in this country, there were one or two points connected with it to which he thought it right to advert. The trade of the East India Company to China, with the exclusive privileges apper taining to it, would cease in April, 1831. •It would, ,therefore, then be open to all the merchants of this country to enter into it; and the question now was, whether the company should send out any ships this season, seeing that the whole of the trade would be open next year. The ships that would go out now could not return from China until the latter end of next year, or early in the commencement of the year after; and, therefore, having been asked for his opinion on the subject by the Directors, he had recommended them not to send out any more ships than those that were at present under orders for China. When the trade should become open, he had no doubt. that there would be an abundant supply from the Chinese market to answer the demand of this country, and at present there was a very large stock of tea in the warehouses of the East India Company. The amount of tea in the warehouses of the East Company at present was sufficient to supply the consumption of this country for two years, after the cessation of their exclusive trade in April s 1831; and therefore if there should be any interruption to the supply of tea, owing to the cessation of the trading of the company, which was not at all likely to occur, there was a sufficient supply here at present to meet the con sumption of the country tor 2 years from April, or even June,lB3l. The proposition had been made that sufficient time should be allowed to the East India Company to dispose of their tea after 1831, before the private trader came into competition with them in the market; but on the whole he thought that it would be better not to interfere by law with their private concerns. With regard to the duty under which tea should be admitted when the trade was opened, be was ready to admit that an ad valorem duty had some advantages, but 'he thought that one disadvantageous effect of it was to augment to an undue extent the price of the article on which it was laid, and that another disadvantageous effect of it, in a commercial point of view, would be, that it not only would be injurious to the trade, but that it would very much narrow the extension of the consump tion of the article on which it was laid. On the other hand, a rated duty, which was in every other respect preferable to an ad calurem duty, had this re , :u - tiar disadvantage attending it — that unless proper precautions were taken, it would press un equally and unjustly upon the lowest class of the consumers of tea. The difficulty, then, which they had to avoid, was the alternative of resorting to a rated duty that would be the same upon all classes of teas. ( Hear, hear, hear.) As the subject was surrounded with difficulties oil all. sides, it ' seemed to his Majesty's ministers that to propose a classifica tion of teas, and to impose ou each separate class a different rated duty, was the best mode of proceeding to adopt. Such had been the course adopted in the United States before the duty on tea had been taken off there, and the concurrent tes timony of all who had been examined as to its effects showed that it operated in no way to diminish the revenue, while it had not an injurious effect upon the consumption of the article in question. He did not think that the private trader hould be confined in the warehousing of his teas to the warehouses of the East India company; he was sure that the number of ware houses would be such as to be sufficient to supply any demand for them. There was another point. to which he would briefly advert, namely, as to whether the traders to China should be restricted as to the size of the vessels which they should be em powered to sail there. He was aware that this was a point Involved in much difficulty, and that the opinion cf experienced individuals had been given as to the necessity of fixing those vessels at a certain rate. He would not say what opinion his Majesty's government had formed on that point, but as an individual he would say that he could not conceive any ne cessity for the imposition of such a restriction. ( Hear, hear.) Th er e was another question which r elated to the basis on which the trade to China should be established. That ques tion was, whether tea should be allowed to be brought from other parts of the world, as well as from those from which it was at present imported by the East India Company. He thought that the present limits to which the trade of the East India cornsoany was confined were extremely wide, embracing as they did the whole of' the coast from the Cape of Good Hope to China. It was to be borne in mind that the company was at preSent an importer to a large extent of raw silk into this coun try, and the importation of that silk was obviously of great importance to the manufactures of this country. Now, when the trading of the company was to be put an end to, it would be most unwise that this supply of silk should be suddenly stopped, and it would be most unjust towards those finishers that they should be thus at once thrown out of employment. He therefore intended to propose that the Company should be still allowed-to employ them, while it would be the duty of the government of India to seek out capitalists into whose hands the trade should be thrown, so that the employment of those finishers should always be continued, and the supply of silk, which was so important to the manufactures of this country, should never fail. He came now tQ another part of the ques tion—namely, the species of compromise which had been pro posed by the government, and which had been acceded to by the East India Company. He would simply and shortly s tate to the house that the plan was this—that on the East India Company's surrendering all its rights and privileges, it was pro posed by his majesty's government that the authority of the government of India should he continued in the hands of the company for the period of twenty years, that their commercial privileges as a trading company should cease, and that in con sideration of their giving up those privileges, an annuity should be granted to.them, the amount of such annuity to be charged on the territory of India. It was calculated that the resources of India would be sufficient to supply this annuity, which it was proposed should be £630,000 a year, being the amount of the dividends which the proprietors at present received, acid it was to be redeemable at the rate of £lOO for every £5 ss. of annuity. It was proposed that the guarantee fund should amount to £2,000,000 for securing the payment of the annuity, as well as for paying off- finally the capital stock of the company, and it was proposed that the annuity in question should be paid for a term of fbity yeats, at the close of which period it should be at the option of Parliament, giving three years' notice, to redeem it at the rate of £lOO for every ss. of annuity. Ile had already. stated that it was proposed that the East India Com pany should retain - the political administration of India for a period of twenty years, at the end of which period they might, if deprived' of the government of India, demand the payment of their. capital; but that it', at that period they did not demand it, then that the payment of the annuity he had already stated was to be continued for a term of forty years. He had thus slated to the house a general view of that arrangement which had been proposed by his Majesty's ministers, and to the basis of which the East India Company had agreed. The right hon. gentleman, in reply to a question of Sir Robert Peel across the table, proceeded to say that no part of the security for the payment of the proposed' annuity was to be dependent upon the revenue of this country, that it was to be totally iudepen dent of the finances of this country, and that it was to be altogether secured upon the territorial revenue of India. This arrangement was of course a compromise between India and the East India Company's proprietors, and though it cer tainly was an advantageous one for the company, it was also an advantageous one for India. Here the right hon. gentleman entered into a statement of the commercial and territorial as sets of the company, to show that the compromise which was proposed by the government was an advisable one for both par ties,—for India and for the company. It was an advisable one for the company, as they would receive an annuity equal to the amount of their present dividends for a term of 40 years, at the end of which period they would receive the full amount of their capital. On the other hand it was a fair compromise as re garded theaerritorial possessions in India. In the first place, there would be no increase made to the debt of India, by the payment of this annuity of £630M0, or by the payment of the £12,000,00J, which it was proposed to make good to the coin pony at the end of the term of 40 years, as the payment was provided for so as to occasion no increase of that debt. It was provided for by the purchase of a portion of the redeemable debt of India, upon terms that would be advantageous to the holders of that debt. It was a great advantage besides to them to have that debt legally recognized, as it was under this plan, and secured in the territority of India. It appeared to his Ma jesty's ministers, that it was most important and desirable that this question should be settled without entering intoa contest with the company that would be sure to excite ill-humour, and irrita tion on their part, the avoidance of which every one would anxious , ly desire ; and it was upon that, amongst other grounds, that his Majesty's ministers recommended this plan for the adoption of the house. It appeared from the evidence which had been given before the Finance (East India) Committee, of which Ins lamented friend the late Mr. Hyde Villiers was chairman, that in 1828- 1829 the revenue of India amounted to about £22,010,000 sterl. lug. It also appeared that the debt of India was £30,000,000, which was only double the amount of one year's revenue of the country. There was surely nothing discouraging on the face of that statement as regarded the revenue and resources of India. (Heid.) He was aware that the Burmese war, which occurred iu 1824, had been productive of considerable charges upon India. It had made an increase of £10,000,000 to the military charges, and the civil charges were increased at the same time. In 1827, the directors sent out orders to India that measures of reduction should be taken so as to reduce the expenditure to the standard of 1823-1824; and Lord William Bentinck had, in the course of two years, acted with such vigour in pursuance of those instructions, that in 1828-29 he had reduced the annual expenditure from £18,000,000 to £16,000,000. Thus in two years £2,000,000 had been reduced in the expenditure. The same principle of reduction had been ever since in pro gress, and there was no doubt that in two or three years the expenditure of India would be . reduced to the standard of 1823-1821. It appeared from the evidence given before the committee, that even during the period of the Burmese war in 1821 there was an increase of revenue, so much so, that there was £1,000,003 surplus over and above the expenditure. It was evident to every reflecting . mind that the attention of Parliament could no longer be withheld from the subject of effecting an alteration in many parts (for he did not think all attainable at once) of the present system. He would particu larly instance two branches—those of the revenue, and the military establishments. But he would no longer detain the house, already detained too long, with dwelling on this part of his subject. There was one alteration, however, in the frame of the government of India which, considering its im portance, he could not avoid mentioning. It was intended that in future, instead of three, there should be four presidencies. The government of India at present included the three presi dencies of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay. Among the many opinions in favour of this proposition he found that of Lord William Bentinck, the present Governor-General, who de clared that from the condition of those districts and their extent it was impossible for, the Bengal presidency to do justice to them as a government. It was true the general government legally possessed a controul of the subordinate states, but this controul could not be efficiently employed in districts so distant as the newly added western states of the Bengal presidency. — The evidence, indeed, of Sir Thomas Munroe was sufficient to show how carelessly the laws were administered in many parts of the Indian empire, and how little their administration was under the controul of the general government. It was proposed that these subordinate governments should be altered in two respects, namely, in a reduction of the council, and in a total deprivation of our forms of law. He was quite aware that many difficulties were visible in the internal structure of the Indian governments in effecting thiS change • but these might, in a great measure, be overcome by an assimilation of the modes of administering the laws in the different local judicatures. After quoting several authorities in favour of his propos i t ion, The right honourable gentleman concluded by moving resolu tions to the effect-1. irhat it was expedient that all his Ma jesty's subjects should lie at liberty to repair to the ports of China, and to trade in tea and all the other products of the said empire, subject to such regulations and provisions for the com mercial and political interests of this country as to the govern ment should seem meet and proper. 2. That it was expedient that if the East India Coampa.ny should be induced to transfer to the Crown their estates and effects on behalf of the govern ment of India, the Crown should take upon itself all obligations and liabilities whatsoever to which the said company Might be liable, subject to anch regulations as might be determined by Parliament; and, lastly, that it was expedient that the govern ment of India, should remain in the East. India Company, under such regulations as Parliainent should prescribe. The first resolution having been put by the chairman, Mr. WYNN addressed the house in so low a tone of voice, and amidst so general a noise for some time pervadisig both the r allery and the body gf g ., the use, as to be almost inaudible. rime right honourable aintilem ho an was, however, understood to say that he regretted he hail not heard in the first part of the speech of the right honourable gentleman opposite the decla ration which he should have wished to have been the subject of a distinct resolution, namely, that all the natives of India, whatever might be their coiour, or whatever their descent or religion, should be eligible to offices under the government of the country. He rejoiced to hear that the distinctions which had heretofore existed were about to be removed, and he thought it ought to have stood upon the threshold of the right honour able gentleman's propositions. Hialso thought that the time was now fully come when the China trade should be open to the enterprise and speculation of British merchants. He wished much to know from the right honourable gentleman opposite whether it was proposed that any reduction should take place in the number of the directors, or any alteration should be made as to the qualification nor the office. Mr. C. GRANT' said, that in answer to thb question of the right honourable gentleman, he was not able to say more than that it was proposed generally to reduce the number of directors. Mr WYNN observed that, whether the number of directors was great or small, it was perfectly clear that it was the impor tant duty of Parliament to secure and enforce a proper qualifi• cation for the discharge , the high duties with which they might be intrusted, and which it could not be expected that any man unacquainted with the state of affairs in India could pro perly discharge. He well remembered that while he had the honour to be connected with the board, four out of six of the chairmen and others had never themselves been in India. He was favourable to the existence of a board constituted of not less than six, well acquainted with India, and who should have resided there not less than twelve years at the least, who should only fill the office for four years, subject to renewal of the trusts, not, as heretofore, on the election of the proprietors on their responsibility, nor to be chosen for life. By the present system the appointment was for life, and he was sure that there never was au instance of the removal of an individual, what ever his age, though at one period it had been stated to him that the committee of correspondence, perhaps the most impor tant functionaries of the whole body, was constituted of indi viduals whose average ages were sixty-eight and sixty-nine years. He objected entirely to the present mode of electing directors. Many of those best qualified 'to discharge the important func tions would avoid the labour and humiliation of a personal can vass. He regretted that the question had not been brought forward at an earlier period; for it would, he feared, be im possible to pass any measure this session. He disliked delay upon such a subject as this, but any delay was better than hasty and rash legislation. (Hear.) To the plan generally he agreed, but he doubted the expediency of continuing to the Court of Directors, as at present constituted, the share which they now . possessed in the government of India. (Hear, hear.) He had visited every presidency, and seen the system in actual operation, and he could conscientiously declare that no class of men bore, or deserved to bear, a higher character than the civil servants of the company who were appointed by the Court of Directors under the existing system. (Hear, hear.) As far as he had observed the manner in which the patronage was be stowed by the Court of Directors, it had tended to uphold the high character of the British nation. Ile was no friend to mo nopoly, and he thought that India would afford a wider field for British enterprise than any that had hitherto been opened to it. The hon. member then adverted to our commercial inter course with China, and contended that it might be greatly ex tended if the British Government would assume a bolder tone when the Chinese Government occasionally interfered with British subjects. He observed that it was impossible the Chi nese could form a favourable opinion of the British character from the specimens which they had seen of it. The mission aries who proceeded to China obtained more honour for the knowledge of the properties of gunpowder which they commu nicated to the natives than for all their religious instructions. The missionaries also got to quarrelling amongst themselves, and the Chinese could not understand how persons who came amongst them to preach good will towards men could conduct themselves in that manner, and so they g ot into diSeredit. There were two great objects which the Government of this country should keep in view : ori'e was to give sufficient powers to the British representatives in China : and the other to ob tain, if possible, a better understanding with the Chinese Go vernment. If these objects should be attended to, the change now proposed would be of vast importance, not only to the pro motion of a large branch of British commerce, but—what was of more importance—to the future well-being of millions of men at present in a state of comparative ignorance , and barbarism. (Hear.) Mr. HUME asked when the next stage would be, taken, and how long it would be before the bill would be introduced. He objected to the period of 20 yea rs, and thought that the country should have an option of altering the proposed system in 10 years. Mr. GRANT said that the bill was ready, and would be brought in immediately after the resolutions were passed. The resolutions were then put and agreed to. The Speaker resumed the chair. Report on Friday. LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL rose at that late hour with great reluctance to move for leave to br in g in the bill to amend the law of debtor and creditor; but as there was a great anxiety out of doors on the subject, and the bill was ready, he would now move for leave to bring it in, leaving its consideration to a distaht day. Leave was given to bring in the bill. The Soticiroa-GENErrat subsequently brought in the bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday se'nnight. The other orders of the flay w ere then disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter to two o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, JUNE 14. The Earl of ELDON presented a petition against the projected alterations in the church establishment of Ireland. The Bishop of BATH and WELLS presented a petition from the archdeaconry of Bath and Wells, against the proposed al teration in the church establishment of Ireland. The limitation of actions bill v;as ordered to be committed on Thursday next. On the motion for going into committee on the Payment of Debts Bill, Lord ELDON made several observations On that measure, as well as on the Dower and Curtesy Bills, but they were not heard in the gallery. The Loup CHANCELLOR said it would be as well, perhaps, to postpone this discussion. His noble and learned friend stated his opinion on those subjects, because he had not an opportu nity of doing so in court. No man lamented more than he did that his noble and learned friend had - lf go. ing into court at ten o'clock ovary morning, and hearing those as well as other equally amusing subjects discussed at length. Lord IA NnisurisT said it was absolutely necessary that au al teration should be made in the law fur recovering debts on real property. A case had been tried before him that morning in which the debt sued for was only £64, and the costs were £1,200. Committee pjstponed to Thursday.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, JUNE 14 The SPEAKER took the chair at a few minutes after twelve. The debate upon ,the petition of the jury . who sat upon the body or the policeman Colley was resumed this morning.. After a further debate, Mr. Roebuck replied, and after a few words from Mr. G. Lamb, the discussion terminated at three o'clock, when the petition was laid upon the table, and the house adjourned. At a quarter past five o'clock the Speaker resumed the chair. A message was brought down from the Lords respecting a copy of the revort and minutes of evidence of the Commons' cons mittee which sat last session upon the Bank of England charter. Mr. LIT'rLETON stated, with reference to the order which had been made for the attendance of the under-sheriff of the county of Stafford, in consequence of the return of the writ for the southern division Obt having been made - in due lime, that the delay was entirely accidental. Mr. Key, the under-sheriff, who took possession of the return, with a view to its delivery by Monday morning, in order that he (Mr. Littleton) might take his seat on that day, was taken unwell on -Sunday, and was pre vented from travelling. He sent the return to his agent in town, who, however, did not receive it in time, and owipg to this double accident he (Mr. Littleton) *as unable to take his seat. Under all the circumstances, he thought the house would be of opinion that there had been no culpable negligence or delay, and he therefore hoped that there would be no objection, to discharge the order for Mr. Key's attendance. After an observation from Mr. Wynn, the Order 'was dis charged. Lord ALTHORP expressed a hope that the house would allow a vote to pass on account of civil contingencies in committee of supply without discussion. (Hear.) He trusted that hon. tlemen would postpone such motions as might have been in tended on the question that the Speaker leave the chair, It was necessary for the public servioe that a vote should be taken in supply, but he did nut wish to preclude discussion on every one of the estimates, after they should have disposed of the question of arrears of tithes in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) On the order of the day for going into committee of supply " being read, Mr. COBBETT rose to bring on his motion for a bill to alter and amend the 55th Geo. 111., c. 148, as far as the act related to stamps on legacies and probates of wills. Mr. S. RICE suggested that it would better to- take . the dis cussion on the Stamp Duties Bill. Mr. COBBETT was proceeding with his motion, when he sr interrupted by ;ries of " Withdraw, withdraw," and miler Marks of impatience. He then declared that he was not to be put down ; - he must be heard, or time would be lost and busi ness delayed (renewed interruption): they should not gain time or accomplish their ends at his hands by any such interruption, that he could assure them of. The SPEA KER called Mr. Cobbett to order, who must see that the tone and language he used were not calculated to recomend - him to the favour of the house; at the same time Mr. Cobbett should have every assistance hi, the Speaker's power, so long as he conducted himself in accordance with the rules and orders of the houSe. Mr. COBBETT.—" I hope, Sir, your power will be sufficient." It was not to the Stamp Act generally that he objected on the present occasion, but to that part of it which regarded legacies and probates. Public business !—that forsooth was the pre tence for putting off this discussion. He should like to know what could be more pUblic business than the probate and legacy duty, which affected every family having property - . in the king dom. However, he did not want to obstruct busineSs, which the house seemed anxious to proceed with, and should therefore reserve his motion for another occasion. CIVIL CONTINGENCIES.—SUPPLY. The Speaker having left the chair, the house went into com mittee of supply, and voted, on the motion of Mr. 5. Rice, without discussion or remark, a sum of £lOO,OOO towards the charges of civil contingencies to the 31st of March, 1834. The house resumed, and the report was ordered to be received on Monday. Lord A I.THORP moved that the house at its rising do adjourn till Monday.—Agreed to. On the order of the day for going into committee on the Tithes (Ireland) Act, Au hon. Member said he should be glad to know from the noble lord whether he expected that the money advanced for tithes would be repaid? Lord ALTHOUP certainly expected that it would, seein„e. that the advance would be secure d on the g eneral land tax of Ire land. Sir R. PEEL had thought, the advance being made in respect of lands on which tithes .had not been paid, that the security would be upon those lands, and consequently that the tax was. to be a particular, not a general land-tax. Lord ALT HOR e said that the mode which he proposed to adopt was, by a charge in the shape of a general land-tax in Ireland, in payment of which receipts for tithes would be accepted. Mr. Husru thought it would be satisfactory to know how much of the money granted last year had been returned? Lord ALTHORP.—A very small sum -indeed—not above £12,000. IRISH TITIIES.—CONDUCT OF THE POLICE. Mr. E. RUTHVEN presented a petition flora some place in the county of Kildare, complaining of an outrage committed by chief constable Flinter and a party of police, in breaking into the houses of many individuals in the county of Kildare in the mid dle of the night, and committing to gaol 20 men for the sum of £3 Is. lid., being the amount o f tithe alleged to be due to the Crown. TITHES (IRELAND I BILL. The order of the day was then rea , and the house went into. committee on the Tithes (Ireland) Act. On a division there appeared Ayes Noes Majority in favour of the motion 230 The report was then brought up and ordered to be considered on Monday next. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CHARTER. Mr. C. Woof) brought up the rep_ort of the resolutions on the East India Company's charter. The resolutions were agreed to, and a bill founded upon them was ordered to be brought in. TRIENNIAL PARLIAMENTS. Mr. WILKs said that though he was fully convinced of the importance of our again resorting to triennial Parliaments, still, as the question, though important, was not nr ,, ent, he should follow the example set him by other honoulable mem bers, and should now declare that it was not his intention to press his motion on that subject on Thursday next. He should postpone it to a more convenient day (we were told that the honourable member said) in the next session. In the mean while he would fix it for the 28th instant. The other orders of the day were then read, and the house ad journed at half-past one o'clock. CONTEMPORARY PRESS. Our attention has been particularly called to an error of a very curious nature, which occurs in that oracular • document, The Court Circular of Thursday. The mis- • • take sounds small—it consists in one word; but that word makes so great a difference to Lord Brougham, that we cannot permit the Court Circular to go uncorrected. . When Lord Brougham began to sweep,.nothing could be so active—so rapid—so volatile ; the Court of Chan- • eery seemed turned all at once into a dancing-school—all was life and activity, and the dull ploddings and shame less delays of Lords Eldon and .Lyndhurst formed sub jects for everybody's .mirth and ridicule. At present we are told that the arrears of business in the Court are un precedented; but then we are also informed that the, delay is compensated for by the wisd om and prudence of the Chief. It so happens that, like other exalted creatures, Brougham nods. A certain case of " Drax versus Gros venor" has been decided by his lordship, and his lord ship's judgment has been appealed from to the Privy Council. The judgment was not given publicly, and a great deal of mystery has characterized all the proceed 7 ings connected with the affair. In Thursday's Court Circular we find the following "A report of the lunacy case, Drax r. Grosvenor, which had been heard as an appeal from the decision of the Lord Chan- • cellor before a Committee of the Lords of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, was made to the King in Council" when the decision of the Lord Chancellor was ordered to be • affirmed." This is false—it appears in what is known to be an au... thorized, an almost official document—it comes from the King's Palace—it is false ;—the decision of the' Lord Chancellor has been REVERSED. How was the falsehooil smuggled into this Courtly Paper? or by whose di rections was it sent forth to the country • that Lord Brougham was right, when the Council had declared hint wrong. The judgment of Lord Brougham in the case. of " Drax v. Grosvenor" was REVERSED, and not confirmed.—John Bull. • S.'. a LONDON GAZETTE.-FRIDAY, JUNE 14. At the Court at St. James's, June 12, 1833.—Present, the King's moo Excellent Majesty in Council. M This day the Right lion. h is Edward John Littleton was , by -a jesty's command, sworn of his Msjesty's most Ho n o u r able FrivY Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly. INSOLVENTS. June 13, Benjamin Hill, Oxford, hatter. June 14, William Delamain, Wells-street, Marylebone, wine-rue" chant. Mary Tyler, Lyncombe, Somersatshire, retail-brover• BANKRUPTS. Ephraim Pasmore, Maidenhead, grocer. Francis Jones, Cornhill, silversmith. henry Fletcher, Finsbury-place, bookseller. Samuel Shepherd, Upper Bryanston-strect, P o rtman- squar , ... svi rte. merchant. Thomas Cooper, Brighton, hotel-keeper. James'Gray, Chieliester, clothes-salesman. William Jarvis; Truro, innkeeper, Joseph Round, Stourbridge, W orcestershire, plumber. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T i c I*, J. Fitzgibbon and A. Mitchell, Liverpool.—T. Smith and T. War ro e Liverpool, tea-dealers.—G. Poulson and R. Kitterick, Liverpow• hacconists.—J. Goble and W. Paine, Gravesend, Kent, currieN, D. W. Witton and J. G. Lacy, Camomile-street, gun-malters-" se 'l , Douglas and W. Douglas, Portman-street, Portman-square, lers.—W. Fisher and E. Hodgkinson, East Retford, Nottinghamsblece grocers.—W. Bird and J. Skipp, Birmingham , chemists.--11. Pr e and J. Goodwin, Blackman-street, Southwark, wine-merchant3......o, Sims and J. F. Hulbert, Redhrook , Monmouthshire, brewers. r Hinde, Ti. Smith, and R. Morphett, Size-lane, tea-dealers. as f a a rt, regards G. Hinde.—A. K. Hutchinson and J. T. lmeson, Crovvn - q!got- Threadneedle-street, attorneys.—C. Swann and M. Browne„ ers• tingham, attorneys.—J. Kershaw and H. Dean, Leeds,_paper-s tstn iol J. Hughes and J. Holmes. Birmingham , plasterers.-1%_,.1 W illiatus a 3, P. R. Franco, Swasea, tea-dealers.--B. Wilson, T. Wilson. a r r ' rs olu Wilson, Huddersfield, hankers.—S. D. Murray and J. nob': e' .. 6 . Archangel, Russia.- 3 . Kingdon and W . Mahony, Bristol, saddl DIVIDENDS. , tero en. July 6, J. S. H. Ryland and J. Knight , Uorsleydow n, li p —July . 10, G. Nicholls, Warminster, linen-draper.—July J'A r er lows, jun., Oldham , grocer. — July 5, T. Jones, Kidderminste r ' g i s t —July 11, J. Corquhoun, Sheffield, coppersmith. CEBTIFICATES,.JOLY 6. G. Bower, jun., and M. BoweT, Birmingham, gilt toy-rntalotet. Newell, St_ John's Wood-terrace, jeweller,—W. Etches. -)- auctioneer.T. Pearkes, Stareord-bridr, Worcestershire. ar°,„ifood, W. and T. Webb, Swan-yard, Bermondsey-street, currier--T -. Buford, Nottinghamshire. tallow-chandler. The General Steam Navigation Ccmpanv's packet tbe to rs T of Liverpool, from Ostknd, arrived on viday oh the C u , e 6 d House, at 11 o'clock P.M.—The ilfast, from C a lais, 11 5 P.M., on the 13th of June, having made the pvsag e " $ .11 4 hours and a half, notwithstanding the roughness of the ` 'weather Latvian Paper lot an opportunity of go- l'weatner.—Lonaon raper. s Z JUNE 1.3,_15:Z. R