The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-19 00:00:00

THE GUILD OF LITERATURE AND ART.

Yesterday evening the amateur company of the
Guild of Literature sad Art, under the direction of Mr.
Charles Dickson, pedigreed at the Hanover-mare-rooms
Bin Bulwcr Lytlnm's mew weedy, " Not so bad u we
seem." Thonsh Hs ffinefonmemm of lad evening was the
third of the idgmeed mak it may not asfeirly he tensed
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EAST INDIA HOUSE.

Yesterday a quarterly general court of this em-
ploy
chair.
was beld in LANdtallll-HONN, JOHN 8111PHIIHN, Esq.,
in dm

Tie CHAIRMAN informed the mart that the warrant'
for the payment of the company's dividends would be ready
by the 7th of July next.
Colonel DICKINSON then submitted the following mo-
tion: "That a fixed per onstage on the revenue el etch
colleeterate in Ouxerat be annually eomded for the ha- I
prevements and extensions of the public ways thiveghout
that peedect." The hon. prom-Ms, proceeded, by reference
te • vitality of documents, to show that the people of Ouserat
wen in the highest state of prosperity when that province
ems mdse the government of the East India Company,
whisk amtlenied up till about the year IMO, when, by an
&end= is the law effecting the staple article of their
mmemee—the introduction of American cotton into the
AMMONS markets, and a series of disastrous Ares which
emuseed—ihe district bad bees reduced to the greatest dis-
tress, se that the principal portion of the lands had passed
est ef the bomb of liberal landlords Into those of meeting
money-kmaims, who had redeem& the Ayots to the greatest
distress. He &Mode Matomme made by the deputy chair-
man of the company in the Sewn of Commons, that the
rails in Galena were la s stood ancient repair, and eon-
tended that, were a perden of dos ravage spent the
improvement of the ressikkffat Snide Malkin won*
. . .

one of great importenee. abseil two maths now being lot
out of every six or seem in ootting lies cotton to the oast,
by which its cast nos mei eadresed. At present half the
East Indian cotton sewsowed r Engle it ewes inn Chwo-
rat, and, if they bad an Geduld acewsomialies, then oral
be no doubt that that province would be owaidad to Wow
the principle source term which the noadostuvas of in-
land would derive their settee.
Mr. LEWIN, in eloinding tho meffien, would not say
that be entirely apeod of it, become be did not con-
sider it wholly p •ris When he esseidered the uncer-
tainty of the revenue In India, it soomed insposeibic to
bind the government down to that 'Most. Its would sug-
gest to the boomed*, sow somottring more practical.
Ho believed the may NOM why India did not improve
was because there wen not enough musty spent. Every-
thing was brought out, sod nothing tams in.
The CHAIRMAN replied, and reed a letter from Mr.
Davis, a collector, to show that the consinunications between
Outerat and the shipping poets were In an admirable state,
excepting duting three months of the year, when, in conse•
quence of the monsoon, they were flooded. The company
were not insensible to the importance of having good com-
munications with the western portion of India, as was
proved by the fact that 813 miles of road were now under
construction. There were roads of great importance being
constructed on the Madras side, and also in Bengal, and
more would have been done but for the costly andexpensive
wars in which the government had been engaged. All that
was required to further internal improvements was tran-
quillity. In conclusion, he trusted the court would see the
propriety of negativing the motion that a certain fixed
portion of the revenue should bo applied annually to the
improvement of the roads, as such a restriction would be
mews inconvenient.
Mr. LAINO, a gentleman who had lately arrived from
India, also bore testimony to the excellence of tho roads,
and stated that a very little outlay was required to com-
plete all the communications required. In fact, all that the
directors required was tranquillity and peace to do all that
was nen,wiary. But he thought the principle laid down in
the resolution, of applying • per eeatage of revenues to the
improvement of roads, decidedly erroneous and injurious.
He therefore trusted the court would reject the motion.
Sir JAMES WEIR HOGG defended the statements he
made in the House of Commons, all of which were founded
on letters and official reports from India, which he either
read or stated the substance of.
After some further conversation the motion was with-
drawn.

MR. BrCLINCIIIA3OI CAME.

Mr. LEWIN wished to make an observation upon the
ease of Mr. Silk Buckingham who, in his opinion, had
really made the press of India free, and to ask what view
the einirt took.

The CHAIRMAN said the bill brought before parlia-
ment by Mr. Buckingham had been withdrawn.