The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-19 00:00:00

and ekennightted. He believed that at the Imionteeenren had get late a serape by means of tree-tom me they (man get es of it by ennseatieg --""q4.
remsaseative pries to the grower, becalm, there.,:.0
(ant from their dilemma that by
enisa tha
Mr. O. THOMPSON denithat any seriinoninue
had his. evinced by th eburn. mover to
geeerament:ot India. On the contrary, that boa"'
was ow osuedou., and more 'wenn than the
regsbrods whist going into the cue et the deficit. c",,i,.
ogoottem. But, even if he had been little to th',' r 1 brought against him by the hen. member for W.chest,
~, ebb% that would be no sufficient rattan for inilecinr:',.
ben. gentistaaa to vote against • mune, tat p•-r
white he had seemed to approve. The bouts wouldae
ben
discharge its duty by confleing its to the calm e img4
ties of the real goodie* at issue—namely, th. priitti
es Wail*a of obtaisieg an esesatial ankle of our "e
fogMelltieina the British possession in fedi' th,
the Mete hen. President of the Board of
holioortoolahonstoos)
of) nos.thischtllyo.wo&Wunidot.,_,h•
become, in fact, no greater ctlamity
M thiemuntry tat a falling off in the supply et tietno'''
ea snide epos which so many thoune.ds relied tor ..,1,5.,;;!
end yet we V4/0 notonnualy de at proem
ou•ua
emantry—the United States of Atomics—to one supply Toe prods/nee indigo lad opium showed what might
lis m•L
in India with reference to cotton. Both this., oriel'sCl
tseenifavoored. Opium was a monopoly in tee hands of ,C
Bast India Company, end the rapid increasit
place in the production of indigo wu owing to th: 'ket-7,44
Eurepues enterprise end capitol had gots no the
and brought that production to its present eat.. If 4,1-e1
had anteceded under European management, acel rf c?;ca hal sin succeeded under ties stimulus elves to h by Indio Company, be eonotived that there wte en
pediment or ion persists °lateen to the cultiva.lon ul c
But, the fact remained that we did not aet cotton f rqoa
All the evidence brought before the teleet commit:
that if the land were encumbered 'sty
if the natives wen not in a state of alms; intaticeia slavery, there was everything in the soil, and is the :hr.lt .
mess and love of gain among the natives, to in :ox h.,
n.
that a very large perennial, and constantly increaser, its. i•ly of cotton might be raised in India. If tws wen es,
an immediate and eta/ening inquiry outlet to hei•,..„,..,ed
into the causes which had hitherto provented u; f•eia
log that supply. Ile would have the East .
to give cotton lands in India rent-free fur I,
)tan. (A laugh.) Ho coatended that on Ws s....;tet 'sty
ought to take the evident* of the natives u. Inn• testi.
selves, and that evidence given by the Ind
pany's servants ought to be received with neat em.
canes they were not without their prejudice.. and picUlee•
tione in favour of upholding the wmpany'• cro-emeact tot
justifying their system of raisinir revenue. Ile believed mat
the whole secret of the question lay in the pretence( the,„4
tax upon the natives of India. Toe resolution dd wit 4al infringe the company's rule, or thIP4 temcst -Ler
Majesty's government, but believing that it tau oemm
to y
satisfy the public mind, and that it would ot
tended with useful resul's to Ind a, as will Li
this conutri, it should have his must cyedja;
Sir J. hIOOO said he had nothing to objet t, to at,
prefatory matter of the hon. member who hod just spekta.
But if it were possible to suppose that the Bet him Com-
paq were influenced only by interested feeliree and 143:i11f,
th,, had m sunme an interest in MCA/VI:4 ON
and cultivation of cotton is India as any namossiurer in
Manchester possibly could. (Hear, itear.f Be admitted
that it was hams:beat on the East Inuit Conspaty to pot-
mote the cultivation of cotton, end that it wet imambent
upon that house to see that they did their duty in that re.
'put. Bat he asked the bon. toecW.se for Mai-
enester what was the itfurmation he nilitr 1 ;
his own speech showed that he was :a v.:sten:ea
of intorroation from all parsons, and :rim al:
upon the subject of cohort in India. The hon. in nu;
asked for a committee, and got it ; he hod presi,ce era
and called before it every witness that could mink oe ie.
subject. That committee reported, but the hen. a ct.-rek.e.l
motien was not founded on it; for it contained no i.•
commendation as a royal elatemi.si ni to Incta. i•
gentleman showed hie wi.dem is tcrowin f the respo.•
of my:owing it on the government; tur if he tnil
taken it himself he would hasp .1 covered
ridicule in the end that he could never stave tsiona Z.-{
Win Manchester. He might tare no better chic •-
commissionen who, in the days ;of Cite cc'
India, and were never heard of @gain.
I: wet rgat that tho Louse should know that the
bey for Manchester was not all Maccies:er. (Hear.,
He (Sir J. llorg) knew enough of Manchester to tie a•
to state that the Commercial Aucciatian taste were .1
opinion that the court of East India directors had . •
everything prattical and possible to promote the cultic :••
of cotton; that the pre•ident of the association eces :.
oreatest consumer of India e:ttoa at preseat in Engisi..:
and that he bad expressed himself a.ronoly against then_:
scheme of a royal commission to India. He could also s
that the Marich,tacr Guardian Wan also of evicion 1.:
it was an absurd proceeding, and entirely repadeated,
hoped the house would too, the boo. gentleman'. m.:.
The hon. gentlemencomplained of the workin I of thelacd tic.
What wasteland tax ? People entertained digerati e.ev, c
that subject. Mr. Mill thought that a Land tax we: :e
fiction of taxation—that was to say, a portion of th•
the soil paid into the w &so of the state to MO t` , :tr.-

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cies of the public a rviee. There szieed two
assessment in India, the ryotwarty and th,,
.ystem, and each had its advocatt s. Ile de;.

assessment was unjitst; but supposing that a
an acre for his land, it would not make

CAtOll though '2e. were taken off, bee.usd cul•i,
al the more profitable crop, he would Nal canto

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vets it at the reduced price which he grid for te.
the only difference would be that he would s ;;rc.tcr
profit. (Hear, ht ) Tn. hon. gt nilem in nes: c,,a,,,:ainc
ci the state of the roads. Hr &intim(' that thi to was
great and lamentable want of good internal ercunua:c4tion
in India. But h.iw stood the cue in reference to ate r,:ten
growing dietr.cts ? About halt the cotton grow❑ in
was grown is Gussrat, and is Ger rat the he, r..ttun _.-
tact was Baroarli. NJW Barosch was a Lang distr.e.,
along the coast, and it they had all the roads ar.d r
the world, not a pound of cotton could be taken (helper
it could be oy nature's erect highway, the un—=
Melly with the Darns° blowing in the direction ct IS 7.•. y
f eight or M..* months of the year. (Hear, her.r. N:w
he admitted that Baroech was overtaxed, for whet. w.•::e

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country some particular put of which might not b:
overtaxed ? But it was the 'erase!, of ih. Esu le

patty that exposed that tact, and tray k.,ew tha•
means et obtainiux the favour, bo'.h of the loca,

government, Iva to 'how con-ilerat,on to t

klear, hear.) The hon. gentleman complained
annual revision of taxation. Why, that &cunt' rev
taxation was nothicg mere or has teen :1
nual audit which took place between I,.nd!'r
tenants in this country, and the duty of • e
was to listen to the representations of the pct sr t :
him if those representations were well founded ;

no power whatever to ald one farthing to the ri

beta%) The second cotton-growing district was !i
whic: enjoyed the advantage of beidg skint d c.:
the coast, besides possessing the advantage of !re i• a:

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The remaining district—that of Parrs. was near
the sea ; and, in addition, it pa•es.e! •::client
roads, running down (rem the Ohion oche.
and through Koondee it could communicate • a vst

India. Ot.tbase three cotton amain.: da.trint t

the sea, and the other wu not v.rydotanttrvs

which all of them had roads -film village to a
How were they to induce the natives to grow cotton a:*3
long staple ? The preaident of the Conarnetcal
of Liverpool said th,rr was so use in sndirg us is Ir
parcels of bad cotton. You must improve it 20 per etc'. •
Now, he could tell the house that it they wi•tcd the :s•
tiara to grow them cotton regularly they shmtial insiire to
them a steady market, it not high prices. Ir ham c :ten
was here sought alter at high prices only when there ram a
fai.ure in the American crop. bear.) 'lce fact
stimulated the natives, who grew an extensiv, crop di :he
neat year; but a good $ll/012 occurring in AC.
Crop bfalala a mere drug in IndlA, SUI he had
the authority of Mr. Turner for saying t J: that ze,.::eatan
often threw on the dunghill that wide, cat hint ,
He reeemunendel the hon. member for hianchiste: to fora

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ward a numberTio circulars to In 'lt. there to be
tilled up with the requisite informeti.a.; ed f...r J.
Nogg) would guarantee that more information w he
afforded thereby in three months than hr e utmiwon wou.l
collect in as many Jean. Mew, hter.l 1)..i :he boa
member for Manchester ever turn his attentton the es'
new of bullion in India ? Wee he &were thst In.nt ors::
lowed up in 10 years no less than 22AN/Ann. 1,.1.-oh
(Hear, hear.) The East India Company bad !..e et-
Ferment of cotton growing at great expense. and they *fee
now prepared to co-opt rate with the Manchester gentircet:.
(!Isar, bear.) Let tie Manchester gent:emes nil 4
where the Rut India Company left off. In Lis opieteb the
time and the 00C411011 had arrived for au ettvrt et the
and he therefore hoped that the hon. member tor Ni,o•
chaster would be aatteued with showing his annirty en the
matter, as evinced by his statement of that right, aei not
press to a division the motion then before the bone.
(Hear, bear.)
Mr. W. FATTEN attributed much of the infer:orty
Indian cotton to the deficient state of the meant of tr.o.sport
to the ports of exportation. lie believed that =prone:eat
was possible, and would be stimulated by inquiry.
Captain 8. MANGLES dehaded the assessment land-Ist
system.
Colonel SIBTHORP suspeeted all propota:s fir a cot'
simian, and the present one especially. Bat he would not
euppurt the government, mad lett this qinition to be staled
between Downing street and Manchester.
Mr. BRIGHT, in reply, eonuteded that no proof Ind
been shown of the useleuness of inquire, hat to N.• unto: it
must act under the authority of the government. Ihe tra-
ce at the question wee conceded on all WO, and
sere
the
reigritsal:ture would Hod it areaway to take it up bet-re
long. Opposed as he was by two goveraMents, at home ant
In Indis, be would not area his motion to s division.
The SPEAKER put the question, .that the motion
,be
withdrawn," when there were cries of tt No, no," from Lel.
Blbthorp and one or two others. The motion was so:ord-
ingiy put and negatived without a division.
IRISH MAIL PACKET STATION.
Mr. U. HERBERT said he had. a notice on the psPer
ban LW attention of the house to the importance of °tab-
Wag • Ilia packet statics on the *oath or west cosset Iry
Ludt" bat as he had received an intimation from the et,'
cerement that they would grant as inquiry into the matte/,
it wee not necessary that he should trouble the house w'4°,
any remarks on the aulasat. The subj' ct lied f ictunl duo.
interest is Ireland, and he believed the coustat ofall.ge:
esrainent to impure into and consider the matter trod.'"
gratefully roosived by the inhabitants of that country.