The Sun.
London, England, 1813-04-19 00:00:00

THE INDIA QUESTION.

Three plans appear to have been started in Par&
liament, as the grow-As on to proceed in
this cOmplex investigation :
The Ist, is the plan of the Government, Which,
proposes to maintain all the tights and immuni-
ties of the Company, and also the exclusive trade
to. China, with certain exceptions, however, by
which it is 'contended by the,Company, they will
be rendered in,:omPetent to the .discharge orthe
duties which it is in the contemplation,of the Le-
gislature to impose upon theni.
The 2d is the plan of Lord Grenville, which h'is
Lordship is said to have taken from the Abbe de
Condillaes'Sssay on Commerce. l'h.s lilan goes
directly to abolish the Company as an organ
,of
Government : to vest the Administration Of-lndia
in the hands of the Crown, and so to arrange'
and regilate -the disposal of th patronage of
Itidia, as to wore its 'falling likewise into the
hands of the CrOwn.
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The 3d' plan is that of .the Marquis Wellesl6,,
who proposes to continue the present system,
with such modifications and improvements as may
beneeessary to aGrd every
.possible facility, not
inconsistent with the maintenance of the .general
authority•at the Company, to the „trade Of private
.Merchants in Great Britain 'and in India. With
this the Noble, Marquis proposes, that the.expott
trade from this country to India, should be re-
gulated on the principles laid doWn in the, Report
prepared by the late Sir John Anktinther, when
Chairman of the Committee. of the House of
Commons on lndian Affairs, which RI port, we
believe, has never been published. It is summed
up ait follows
From all that has been already stated, your
Committee pre of opinion, that the intentions Of
the Legislature, in passing the Act of 1793, have
never_ been fairly carried into execution, and that
great advantages might accrue to the.-commerce
and to the interests Of this country, its' well as of
India, if greater liberties were allowed to the co.ni-
menial intercourse between the two countries.
From the peculiar constitution, however, of the
Government of India, and for the safety of the
revenue of this country, your Committee are not
of opinion that the commc,•ce of individuals should
be free front all restraint.
That it ought to be carried on by license ob-
tained by individuals from the Board of Commis-
sioners for the Affairs. of India, or froth the Go-.
vernment of the different Presidencies' in India.

That a description of the ship, and a list, of the
crew, should be delivered in duplicate, and upon
oath, at the India' noose, previous to the sailing
of the ship. That one of the copies of that list
should be delivered to the Officers ofthe Govern-
ment at the.port in India at which she would 'ar-
rive. That should it be discovered either then, or
at any other time, that a single pasienger had been
taken to ludic, without the express permission of
the East India Company, the license should be
ipso facto forfeited ; the ship and cargo forfeited ;
as being concerned in illicit trade, and thl officers
punished witii the utmost severity.
Such license being granted, the individual ought"
to' be at liberty to export from this country, and
to import into it, alt, goody and cowmodititts, tttc
produce of India and. Europe, which by law may
be exported or imported.
*The mode of lading his vessel, the period at
which he should, sail, and all the details Lof his
commerce, should be left entirely at his own dis-
cretion, subject only to such restraints as ' the
general law imposes 'upon all the .subjects of the
kingdom.
Should the mouse think fit to adopt these sng-
gestions, it Will Observe that these regulations of
_the pirate trader do not interfere with any privi-
leges with which they may think fit to clothe the
Company at the
.renewal of their, charter, '.while
the plan now proposed will have the effect of re-
lieving them from the great loss they sustain by
the carriage of private trade, and leave them at.
liberty to, carry on their own trade through the
medium 91 their regular shipping, in such way as
to theth may seem most advautageous.
The export trade from lonia into Great Britain
is to he brought to London, as' the emporium of
the commerce of India, aim to be.regulated on the
principles stated, in Lord Welleiley's letter, of the
20th-Septeniher 1800, which has already been laid
before the public; and to Which reference may
easily be had when necessisq.
In addition to the grounds laid down in Lord
Wellesley's letter, his Lordship appears, from his
speech on the resolutions, to wish that the con.
trout of- the Crown should be more vigorous and
better defined than. at present ; and that, the re-
sponsibility of the Executive authority in England
shall not 'be subdivided as at present, but fixed and.
final, both with reference to Parliament, and to
the local governments 'abroad, Who- at present
scarcely know whom they are to obey with ,safety
to theinselves. It is also proposed, by Lord
Wellesley, that the cotftroal of the CrowO shall he.
extended to all questions,of a commercial nature,•
which is ;lot the ciu;ie at present, and generally to
-every branch of the -Company's affairs', both
abroad and at home. It 'would appear also, from
his Lordship's speech, that he meditates some im:-
proventeuts in the Company's army, in the consti-
tution of the lacal governments abroad ; and also
some regulations to contralti the conduct of fo-
reigners xecsident initulia;lsho, on the return of
peace, would riot he 'amenable to any court of law
in the Company's possessions. -

'l7riday last a Grace passed in 'the Senate at
Cambridge; to apply. the surplus money opivard.'i
of ONO- arising tram the subscriptions received
for a'statue orthe late Mr.
_Pitt, now 'placed Li
the Senate House, towards establi4iing a Scho-
larship, to be deaominated.Pitt's University Salo-
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larShip.
Stinday, as the,lady of Lieutenant-Poltinel Le
Gros, of
.the tli Essex Local and,of Chig-
n ell, waS standing by the tire-side, her...dress
caio the, tiame, and the family being absent at
ehini-h, it is printied, that from the alarm, Mrs.
Le Cros 4,tis prevented calling that assistance
width would otherwise have been more -readily
obtained; and such were the sad effects of the-fire
that are Tuesday she expired.

l'lsoNus ‘voon, of No._ 112, Strand; and Publid.
Nt) 112 Struud, ,el(lvarliic motts, Orders

LAW R Erom

CQUIIT dry KINGes .131:Net,i., APRIL. 17.

CLAPItAM AND OTHERS, ASSiGNEF.S OF ROBINSON
. AND CO. V. COi.OGAN,
This was an action on apolicy of insurance for
goods, per Three Sisters, ot and from Seville or
Cadiz, both or either. Both or either was ih-
serted after the polidy Was •ritfen, and also the
words, " or Trio Irentianas," after Three Sis-
ters. Several .of the Underwriters i►nt their ini-
tial's to the alteration, but the defendant did not.
Tkere was, however, inserted in the policy; " or
by whatever•- other name the same ship should be
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Mr. -3.)nax argued, that the name-being an Eng-
s.
glish 1111111 C, was to be considered 'Asa representa-
tion that the vessel mid crew were English, and
called evidence to 'prove that there was a darer—
'ence of two per cent, between foreign and Bri-
tish ships ; and sonic underwriters stated, that.
had they known that'she was a foreign ship, or
bad the Spanish name•been inserted, they -would..
not have Insured at the. preinintn.
. Lad
,ELLS ;BOROUGH declared, that AI the
subject to be insured was clear, it was .r.uflicient :
that a deception only by the name ‘ts not to be
considered as a "ntisrnesentation; but if an evi-
dence could be given that the Three Slaters was
inserted fOr the puepose of fraud, it would vitiate
the policy'.:, that the argument went the length of
making it necessary to declare the build, country,
and mariners of every Vessel' insures!; the least
thing offratultdent misrepresentation would be fatal
to the right of recovery ay the assured ; and he left
it to the Jury, t,tating, that if they thought it bona
fide they ought to find fox pluintifi; if nut, for
defendant.

Verdict for plaintiff.
BUCKLEY- V. PANTEn.

This was an action by the suriviug partners of
a perion of the name of -Pitmen, to r&over the
amount of twelve bags of wool put into the hands
by,Puniell, and the net prticeeds of which defendants
claimed to hold as a set-off against a debt due to
them by Purnell alone. It appvared, that Pumeil
had been in the habit of dealing largely with •tte-
fendunts, on his own account but in this in-
stance he had several times communicated to.de-
fendants that this MO It partnership transaction,
although he .had not communicated the names of
his partners.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH held, that it was a uniyer-
sal rule, that' a person is allowed to appear sole
oprietor, either.by the owners or kis partners;
they must abide by 'their own act, and shall be
bound by what be may do ; but in this case tbere
was
.0 disclosure+ and then he .should hare,taken
care to have had the security of each individual,
and the onus wss thrown upon the. person to
whom the goOds were sent.---Verdict fLr plaintiff.