The Sun.
London, England, 1813-06-03 00:00:00

nodrycw to to-Inprrow se'nnight, in the hnri
that the Noble Lord Castlereagh would, in the
unea” time, .take measures for affording Them

lief,
r. licNricK postponed the Insolvent Debtors
Bill till to tnorrow se'nnight ; as did Mr. R.
PEELS the Irish Insolvent Debtors Bill to Friday
se'imight.
The Bill to preserve the Scotch Bridges front
the floating of timber, was read a second time,
cue mi -red to,thorrow.
The Cox .c.Et.t..tat of. the EXCHEQUER brought
in a for the mote effectual provision for the
sale and redemption of the Limit Tax, which was
read a first time, atitf ordered for a second 'read-
ing un this day se'unight.
Mr. WiLugaFoncE gave notice that be would
to-morrow move for leave to bring in a Bill to re-
githite and amend the Acts for the Abolition of the
Slave Trade.
Lord. P.keigensToN having obtained leave,
brought in a Bill to provide. for the Punishment
of Soldiers detached front head-quarters in the
Peninsula, and guilty of excesses ; it was.read a
first time, Second reading on Wednesday next.
On the motion of the CH ANCELL6R of the Ex -
CHEQUER, the House resolved 'into a Committee
of Supply to which various accounts:mil estimates
were referred. The Bight Hon. Gentleman, after
Stating the grounds of his proposition, moved
that t.:5,000t. be granted to the sufferers in the
Island of St. Vincent, which was agreed to ; as
was it vote of 4,000,0001. to make good the.de-
heiency in the Army Extraordinaries fOr the year
1811-12.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then stat-
ed, that the amount of :the Army Extraordinaries
he should have to propose for the present year,
would 'be 9,500,0001., the particulars of which he
would explain more fully on a future occasion.
Be would now content himself with saying, that
there was required 4,500,0001. over the vote for
last year, and that for the service of the present
year, he should move for 5,000,0001. with a *mo-
tion for which sum he concluded, and the same
was agreed to.
A variety of small sums were also voted on the
Irish Miscellaneous Bstimates, after an observa-
tion from 'VI. Ponsonby, who complained of the
lateness in,the Ses3ion in which -the. money busi-
ness of Parliament was now transacted.
The Irish Sessions House Bill was read a second
time, and committed for to-morrow. .
AFFAIRS OF INDIA.
On the Motion of Lord CASTLEREAGH, the
House went into the Committee on the Affairs of
India.
The question 'being put on the Third Resolu-
tion for Opening the Trade to India under mit tail'

restrictions,
Mr. RICKARDS, after expressing the interest be
felt in the question, laid it down as an axiom, that
a rich nation could not derive great benefit from
traling with a country of beggars. He then pro-
ceeded to spew that tills was the situation of In-
dia) and entered into an interesting historical
view . of the Zetnindar and Moondar system in
Bengal and Madras, to shewlthat these systems
had ruined the proprieiory interests of the coun-
try, reduced the riats or hushandriten to a state of
extreme wretchedness, and destroyed the springs
of an .advantageous commerce, by tendering the
produce of the lands valueless, and ineapable of
heingexchtinged in return for other commodities.
The riches of the *Empire were confined to It few
good trading ports ; ,and the cultivators of the
soil round them ,vere in misery, only.labonring
for, so much as would sustain their own actual
wants. Nothing, he contended, but a change
in the revenue system could do any effectual ser;.
vire to India, or cause that fine country to be be-
neficial to Britain. Yet the system which had.
caused the whole propeity of Bengal, to change
masters, and reduced the population to beggary
and wretchedness, was that which the House had
heard boasted of, its conferring unspeakable
bless-
'ings on millions ranks were dissa-
tisfied with it, and Zernindars and plats alike
ready to join tin! standard of any disaffected Chief.'
It had been said that the culture of waste lands
would lighten the pressure of the revenue--but
where was the. demand. for the produce of such
lands that must be created before the rea-
soaing was good, for. at present the' production
a .double quantity was of no value to the
cultivatOr, since the only consequence of his in-
dustry was a 'diminution of the
.price of his
goods. Lie adyked, the Muse - therefore to
allow wealth to Clow into the country) as the
only means of giving employment to active indus-
try and encouraging the produce of commodities
Which Might be bartered for artieleS ofßritish ma,
rinfacture. .India, he said, would prosper, did the
Directors adhere to the pure political principles of
Government they laid down, but he was afraid
they too often sacrificed these to commercial spe7
culations. Internal commerce not having in-
creased, was a proof that the condition of the
people had not improved, and the reduction of the
reve.tine generally was the only remedy for the
existing evils. Ile had said this much to excite the
benevolent attention pi the house to the condition
of the poorlndians,whohad no able advocates here,
as other parties had. One ray of hope gleamed
upon theta in the event of a perfectly free and un-
shackled trade, which would give a real value to
Zemiadary estates, and improve the condition (.4
the mint in a way he despaired of theonglt any other
means. This would be,the case wheat the Com-
pany ceased to pursue the course to which they
were wedded by their prejudices, and consented to
adopt the more liberal system, which 'wOuld be as
advantageous to them as that they now adhered to
Was ruinous, He trusted, therefore, that the re-
newal of the Charter would not extend to twenty
years, and concluded a very aide speech, by
ridiculing the idea that the habits and wants of
the people of India were incapable of change.—
They flesh and blood like other men, and Ifs
11,7er ,iw; one hutilit yet, -who, if ins eireum-
, atford it, had not many wants to
' to gratify, which Bri-

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