The Sun.
London, England, 1813-01-06 00:00:00

renewal of the therter, they' ought to have shown
itt whataspect the condition Of*.it could be 'de-
trimental to the country. If nothing this to he.
left to the Company but the trade of China, 'it
would 'he-better at once to throw up their Chattel'
and to require n fair remuneration from. Goveru-
ment ,Ministers should consider the number of
seamen furnished from the ships of the Company
to the Navy The. Petitions presented from a'
number of the out-ports weeethe effect oflgeo-
imeance.' He himself knew that the Mayor of a
certain town, who had come up to petition against •
the renewal of the Charter of the Company, being
asked why that town had petitioned against
it—the answer was, beeause other towns had done
the same.. Ile believed 'that malty of the other
Petitions rested on no better grounds. He hoped
that the Chnirinanand Directors WOllla continue
their exertions, and answer the letter of the Mar-,
chili . of BectinghatuShire in a proper way.
Mr. GRANT, P.expressed his surprise at
the tenor of the letter 1 which had heen last re-
ceived from Ministers•on the subject of the re-
newal of theCharterof the East India Company.
The question was, whether the Compauy should
throw themselves on the protection' of Parliament,
against the designs7of.the Executive Government,
Who seemed to be so hostile to them ; or whether
they should make the experiment of opening the
trade of India to the out-parts of the kingdom.
It is said that this matter is open, to 'discussion in
Parliainent. How' could this be, when it was un-
derstood that the matter was settled in Parlia—
ment long ago ? There was a limit to the expe-
diency of coutinning the AdinielAration of India,
it: the form in which it did then exist ; trod be
translated the proposition into this limit. But
what was the limit? the trade of the out-ports..
They should be too zealous in their duty it they
carried their attention to the welthre of the out-
ports against the rights and happiness of ;;;.) mil-
liens ()linen. Ile would ask (taking it in con-
nection with past history), whether there was
any ground for the rejection of that measure ?
Was it no ground that encroachments had 'been
making fora number of years on the rights of the
Company ? Wes it .no ground for opposing the
measure, that there should be a thee for putting
a stop to those encroachments ? Ministers had.
brought these, enceonehmeets to an unprecedent-
ed height. They had turned the siege into 'a
hhwkede. These uggressitins, he remarked,
cn-
crunched upon the funds of the Compauy, by
which they could discharge their debts. All the
arguments of extension of trade and of looomotion
were eXideetly false, and had been urged -with
more extravagance than prudence. It was the
nature of things' that power should be encroach-
ing. But what was the end of these enemata,-
molts ? It was an :meek wpon the vital
pies' whieb supported the Company. And al-
though it was proposed.,to leave the political ad-
Ministration of India in the seine State yet the
foundation of the Company would te sapped, and
the whole fabric would collapse hao ruin and
then, what would Le said ?, . Why, 014 the are
rengements which would cause this ruin had' been
voluntarily rteceded to by time Compatiy. The si-
tutition in which they were, Might be character-
ised by. the simile of their being itt check-mate
with all their m'en upon the board.---lie knew that
it was-commonly said that the Company were ac-
tuated with no spirit to do good to the people of In-
dia, or of England. It had been said, not openly in-
deed, but ignorantly, that any good which had been
done by the Company to the poeple of eithereoun-
try, was the result of chance, and done by the
genius of those men who hod been in the employ-
ment of the Company. He did not forbear to
express his regret at the disorderly proceedings
which had taken place at the commencement of
the government of the Company. But these were
speedily corrected by the measures Adopted by the
.Directors at home. The public were torgettul of
the services of the Company, when by their means,
the trade survived the attacks and invasions of an
enemy in India. Yet the Company at home got
no merit for this. Was it no praise to the Coin
tiny to have successfully opposed the attacks of
• France ? When Lord Clive went out and gave
peace to India, was lie not chosen by the vote of
the Company at home? 'When he detected this'
Outies at Celcutta, it was itOne by 'order of the
. Company at home, and he could point out on the
records the directions. of the Company to that
effect. When
.Lord Cornwallis adopted the means
so much praiaetti: by means of which the condition
of the Natives of India was so' much improved,
this was dime by order of the Court of Directors.
Whence did the acts'of all these men proceed ?
Not front the emanations of their own geni-
us;
,but from within the wails of that House,
now ornamented with their effigies. Wert
all those evils' which had been mentioned to
he brought on for a commercial experiment ? If
the East India Company he reduced, great
vantages would 'fleet* to the Constitution
of the Couetry. It bail been. said, that ell
the proceedings of the Company then under diet
cttssion were to he reduced to in argument ad mise-
rfrordium, Thongh those who said this, did it
with the intention of being witty on the subject;
he,' with very ditferent feelings, would say, that
it was really ad misericordium that be should imp-
peal. He should address the compassionate feel-
ings of the nation, not in behalf of the CoMpany,
nor of the advantages as to commerce, but as an
argument of pity to the security end happiness a
'the people of India. He would tell thenation not
to be influenced by the complaints of a compara-
tively small number 'of trader's at home, but, by
the welfore of in;iny millions in. india.
A PhoetutiToit thought it was desirable that
the Court should now adjourn to a future day.
lie' thought it proper to give the Members op
portimity deliberately to,consider and digest time
very importhlt matter of the letter received from.
Lord Duckitighonshire, and lie therefore pro-
posed an adjournment to that day fortnight,Tnes,
day, the 19th inst.
'lbis proposition met With particular applause,
but some murmurs were heard, and the cry of.
too lour wee .heard in several places.
Sir H. 'Noels wished that period to he named,
which would he most:convenient to the Proprie-
tors for their: nexclneeting. On a question of
inn mech.- consequence, of vital importance to
their interests; he certainly thought they ought
not to be precipitete, but at the Metall: time it up,