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snidest IL a pound. afford them the means of obtaining light.
He wished he could add heat too, by taking off the duty on coals.
The Honourable Gentleman then urged the propriety of reducing
the duty at seep keel 3d. a pound to lid., a useasere which wood
pat so.sinti M ebe smuggling the Right lloooumble Gentleman
complaint It. ktorease the consumption, and materially assist the
Poor. mad esedielet by expressing a hope that the Right Honour.
able GoislisMent wield go further than his Honourable Friend's
and redoes the duties Dow, as be was quite sure there
was a revenue which placed him in a condition to grant that
anggeet4.
bons to e people.
lin Alderman WOOD said there arse another due to he relieved
frogs this oppressive tax, which neither of his Honourable Friend,'
had Spiked t them who worked night and day many fathoms under
the meds—the minus in the several districts of the country. That.
mem peeped mike from a tax which pressed heavily upon their
emniosionedl he themght the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when
he was wades COW se the Duke of Cumberland, should pause to
reilemerliado the ennuis} of the miners of Comwill, and
call a his behme he squandered away the public money
io that eneaner, that jeer tamers, eating nothing but barley
Weed, wee &peg for 'f from a tan which, without such intro-
videinannia. he could wedelhed to repeaL
Led-A. HAMILTON, levies presorted saved petitions on
the In** *Ma his ef the eseatry, felt himself bound to say
tailielli: Ws that if it was repeeled it wield bash
pot . P amd at the prudes of tables se much
min of the perms of the oseemmers dem was paid into the
&Wolf' ARb,llO6 hoed weight em dose eddects, ban either
sip siNeress. was in Omer of die Hemeerable Ofallesion's
he
eemediems wish whet he lied offend at
theW he was essehmod rhos whatever: the 1
Oandwrinw hill tehmi,is midi bpi his stet by the meld Mimi.
Ca 1. i :
11MAIES ezpkkimi do Ms Ilemelliehl• 1111 Al:. I
gone kilo de derails, hormie hi dismal is Rohm to
?Weft. themedies to NE:es oat fiesebser.
mg thOeirentlalmioniln they wield be pkerd. He
um dikl ON Beiestable se the odor side were semi
alnues3c Of sidlic eni easweilag. he seep stnd oder
far be cat whether ems or kith be repried, it was lime
et /dyad the peeped hi the emosiog Reeskin.
WITH dismirepßel t end
Alm • fliirdefit nom Mr. N. CALVICAT and Mr. Molex, the
modes wee without a division.
. :lOUS WRITS OF RRROR.
Mr. E brought la his Bill fee
_puttisig at end to
the use ii Sir the mere pevae erdeday.
h warred A est dine, with strong symptom, of approbation.
IMPRISONMENTS IN INDIA.
Mr. HlMMliiiitt he had moved two years ago for the production
a ye the pornoa camtned to lodic at the pleasam
edit • met as he 114i1 IMO told the returns could nee
be prodased , but that lerieby would be made on the
42,_h.tee1.110=...11111 yield be me doectien to granting them on
tie. Mit Whoa they °smolders& the immense power
• the Weigel Deresemosentar ha thought it would be con.
"did am itig _Add" peals peg Nessmoy die conduct of those
who pore emelt epee to essiedseatser is India the Go.
=ILIt hatlerlidg lie asks laws tidy Wee not contrary
id inn eimatey, bet the me "edified with that
= had deviled a peer sue, by which, under the clock of RlP-
they weir oneW so mane an individual. without accu-
lee Mal, far any period they pleased, and without the slightest
tweed 'geed to any of dm oesy tribunals of the law. The
See 01* IllA to thew the mews of these regulations, then read
E.extreme from the Rogelerkim of Bombay in the year 1818,
atwhich it append thee shesnot by the military authori.
the Linree ereLlio be brought before the Governor within a
itmlwimellitllllllllo we emPonered, in toolunction with hid
4 lodge a viseramt for the detention of those persons with.
sent any inquiry or appeal, the prisoner not being even under the
peer of a curt of Hakes Corpus. Now, when the Government
raFrir:2•4"'""Trp :,1 wm.inhgenortgeeading too:a'n'rrodl
• • tdd.• to listen to any complaints when they were
even denied redress to ao individual who had made
when 1
Odengrurgrad":" " ofeameraiaßoarotf oCtegrin tiraorr, oppression
—when
airy flit Actin, hod thought proper about two years age
at declare that be would hews no objection to pass an Act to pro.
mt, if possible all appeal. beat the Government of India to the
Gemeensest here, he thought it their bounden duty to protect the
Mtgs of India by dememiling regular returns. The Hon. Gent.
at the confinement of Vizier Ally and others, and Ar-
ai Wooden il the treatment thus experienced, con.
for a :stunt of all Europeans and natives con.
fined in an Presidencies, Presidencies, stating their offence, the date of
their arrest, Dames, essidence, &c. from the year 1800 to the
latest period; and also Ise copies of all regulations promulgated'
during the same period.
Mr. C. WYNN did not mean to oppose the production of the
Returns, as fee as they could be procured. Letters had been sent
according to promise, requiring them, and answers had been receivod
from all the Presidencies, except Bengal. That would be laid be.
fore the House as soon as received, but he feared not during the
present Session. From the nature of the wars in which they had
been engaged, and from the constitution of Society in India, he
feared however that the confinement of prisoners—such as those of
Tippo Saib, in the manner described, could not be avoided.
He wished, however, that the number should be as small as
possible.
Sir C. FORBES concurred in the motion of his Hon. Friend
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Mr. H u mo, and only regretted that it did not go farther by' movl
kr the production of the memorials of complaint from India, wit'
bed been transmitted to the Board of Directors. These mernori '
mere he feared in some instances suppressed. One remarkable is.
*epee of the meaner is whici these memorials were disposed can*
within his personal knowledge. It was that of the Rajah of OM
believe) Nagpore, who had been deposed from his government,
and his sister was substituted in his plate, it being supposed that
she would be more subservient to the views of the British Govern.
ment in India. He wee himself confined for fifteen years; he sent
no less than three memorials to the Board of Directors, which were
transmitted through the Madras government; but which were sot
received. This he knew, as he had a copy of one of these memo-
riahr, either he had it, or it was at present in the possession of his
Hon. Friend (Mr. Home.) On making inquiry about it, and re-
questing an lion. Friend of his to attend to it. he found that no
such document had been received there. Foe this reason it ought
to be aacertained how these memorials had been disposed of. In
his opinion these memorials ought to be received and attended to.
as it would tend to increase the confidence of the people of India
towards this country, by showing that we attended to their coin.
plaints. it would besides familiarise Members of this House with
the situation of India, on which we had but scanty information and
too little discussion. He wished that the practice which prevailed
formerly, of bringing the Indian budget annually before the House.
sere resumed. The Hon. Member enumerated one or two
similar instances of hardship that have occurred in India, memo.
riots of complaint of which had been neglected; and expressed
his regret that the Right Hon. Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Is 11
his former situation had declared himself unfavourable to the en-
tertainment of complaints from India.
Mr. CANNING was induced to present himself to the attention
of the House, in consequence of an allusion which had been made
in his absence to what had fallen from him on a former occasion.
What the Honourable Member (Mr. flume) had attributed to
him (Mr. Canning) and what was repeated by the Honourable
Baronet who had just sat down, was not only not a true represents.
tion of his sentiments, but was the very reverse of what he did say.
(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Gentleman had accused him of
having expressed a wish to see a law enacted which would prevent
the natives of India from transmitting appeals and complaints to
this country. Now, he had not said that, nor any thing like that.
The discussion he remembered arose respecting certain loans coo.
traded between the Native Princes and some European hankers.
An attempt had been made to influence the supreme government
to interfere for the repayment of these loans. These loans had
always been discountenanced by this Government, as they were at-
tended by the worst consequences. There was now a positive law
against them, and what he had just raid was, that he would wish
,to sec a law enacted which would prevent these bankers from
getting bock any money they may have advanced by loan to the
nations of India. And he would say, and say it too in the face of
any Indian, that there was no one circumstance which was agreater
scandal, or which was a greater disgrace to the European name in
...India, than these loans. He was therefore most anxious to prevent
the interference of the supreme government in procuring the repay.
inert of them. Any person who knew the nature of the govern.
went there must know that its interference when exercised teethe

Wing. (Wild al JP. Conalskood..andarden. Zia vs, than, aaald.it beim.
pure d to htin, that he wan in favour of • Bill adverse to the inter.
eats of the people of India? (Ilear, hear.) or that he was unwilling
to attend to their just complaints ? He would even now say, that
if there was a single rupee of these loans unpaid, he would hope
that it might never be paid. (Hear, hear.) He would now leave
the House to judge of the fairness of the imputation of the lion.
Member, (Mr. Hume,) tend of the Hon. Baronet (Sit C. Forbes,)
between whom there seemed to be such a community of feeling—
and such an identity of interests,that the one did not know whether
the copy of a document was in his own pocket or that of his lion.
Friend. (A laugh.) It reminded him of two friends mentioned
in the Spectator, who had between them one idea, one opinion, one
religion, and one hat. (dluet laughter, and cheers.)
Sir C. FORBES said, that however admirable might be the wit
of the Right Hon. Gentleman, he could not help thinking that it
was frequently misapplied, to the injury of that cause which he
meant to support. lie was not aware of having misrepresented the
Right flor.Gentleman, and he remembered, that at the time he re-
marked that the Right lion. Gent., who was then going out as Go-
vernor-General to India, would find it extremely convenient to
carry out with him such a law as that to which lie had alluded.
(Hear, hear.) He was at a loss to account for the thundering tone I
of declamation in which the lion. Genileman had disclaimed his
support of such a Bill. He begged further to state, that he never
had been engagal, directly or todirectly, in any loan to the nations
f India.
An Honourable ME:11111 R whose name we could not
learn. bore testimony to the fairness of the terms of the loans which
had bar r adverted to.
Mr. CANNING explained. and supported his tint st t :trent.
lie could not of coarse remen:ber the precise words after so long a
period. but what he had lusted to the Nose was, he was satisfied,
substantially the same as what he had now mentioied.
Mr HUME thought there was very hale nod of the Right
Hon. Gentleman to get into the passiegrealdeb he did upon•this oc-
casion. His recollection of what ha Ind add. appeared to him (Mr.
Hume)) to have been as much forgotten by him, as his construe.
• •- of•he i-arisactions to which he had alluded was erronecus.
After the Right Hon. Gentleman had disclaimed the expressions
eurwuwu w our), he (Mr. H.) had no rhea to say he did use them.