The Sun.
London, England, 1813-03-31 00:00:00

LIiatU.NOTON tllat any Member
miklitllut questions to the
In :answer to questions.from,Mr. PASCOE•Gtrit
PELL, Mr. tiai.tings stated:that be knew P.' Mr.
Schwartz, a very vvOrthyman;WhoernOoyed hint
self in endeavouring to concert the natives to,
Christianity. 't'here was also a persOn'at .Bettgal,
of tbe name of LT:land:l, who Was; employed m.a
manner soniewhat siutilir, though her did not con-
sider Mr. Fernait,la a Missionary. esides these
two, there 11,4 a it Oman grab olie PrieST in the.pro-
vince of llecca: vvlio had made•one convert, and
who was follos.ve4 "by a large flock 'of porsous,
whom fie. called Clu and Who coulorwed,
to the dress of :Christians, but as the Priest wus
ignorant of the language of the 'lattices, he did
not think it was pg)t,silde that lteConld make any of
them accpulinted vvith the principles of his religion.
lie could not say what the general effect would
be of employing persons as Missionaries, Who
.might be unrestritinee, as to the mode they might
adopt,.for the ntli.pose of the conversion of tite
natives to Christianity: Hatt stteli a 'case occurred
when he held the first place in the Government of
India, and if the per Sons So employed had demean-
ed themselves properly, he would. nut have taken
`Bitty notice of them. But if he had tumid that they
gave the natives reason to think that ,they %vac
tacitly eneonraged by the Government, Lie knew
that such a belief would produce upon-the minds
of Malmmeihins an effect so ClallgerllS, that he
should have thought it tl is duty to order s'nell per-
suns to leave the country. • • •
In answer to a question. front Mr. PONSONBY,I
Mr. 'II. stated,' that the residence of persons in
India, with licenses from Government, was more
dangerous to the India Company than the indis-
criminate resov of all Europeans to India, be-
cause per Sons with such licenses Were the•very
worst men to let loose in the country, because*
they vent armed with powers which were •most
dangerous, and the natives would think that in
opposing them they opposed the Government. •
In ansv.,el• to a question front Mr. CREEVEY. lie
stated, that he did,not recollect that he had ever
made any remonstrance ,gnins:t the application'
Of the tribute Of the Conntr in .investment.

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Mr, CR tEVEY having repeated lvk question,' and
asked whether he was aWarc of ever ti4ving
any expression. ‘vhieb, might be eonstrned into a„,
remonstrance, 111 r. Hastings said, that he 'was
sure, altholigh be did not then recollect it, that
he must have Made Some renionstranee; else the
INT), Meinber would not put the Coestion in such
a manner,

Mr. CTLETOTEY then st►►tecl, that• in a particidar
report ‘vhich He ..specified, there were recorded
several 'titters from Mr. Hastings, eontaiaug're-
monstrances against the appUcation of the surplus
bf rent which the Company had frOn► their WTl-
tories in investments.

Mr. liastingvhere apologised for the 1144a:don
with which he had mulled to the questions Which
had been put during fiis T.611-flint:ion.; Ile claim-
ed the indidgence of the House for;any inactit.
racy of which be might inadvertently be, guilty;
s was; the less qualified' for snot] an exarnina-
tion on account of the very advanced period" of
his life.
answer to a question.put by Sir H. MONT.
GOM EitY, •

India. He admitted :that there were many ports
at a considerable distancefroat the principal seats'
of Government, but there were someof *the Go\-
iontrient aitthorities.residing tit ettel. According
t,() re;;nl',llions at Bengal, NVO4(I -be easy for
the Government, to prevent,Europeans -from'pro-
ceeding into the interior. It would be diflicalt
to regulate •Europeans with respect to con-
duct and abode in 'proportion, to the nunibers
thllt ,alight proceed to India, but he did not
tli:;!k that such a, regulation was- ',altogether
impracticable.‘- If tram the circumstances of
Europeaos trading from port to port, the re-'
straitits inipo,.ed- by the Government' were not
fotind to be sittikient, that fact 'must imply their
defect, and wolild, in fact, amount to a sruspelf-
.Sion of the Government. 11e 'did not.think such
provisions .as had been sitge:ested would induce a
belief that it was intended to force a new
reli-
guitt on them. Both Hindoos and Mahomedans
had experienced for yearsi, that, in every trans-
action, the greatest respect was paid to their pre-
judices, civil and tcligious ; that they bad been
allowed the freest toleration, and in many in-
stances it must have been manifest to then), that
it -was the ,wish, of the Government to leave them
in religious matter's periedtly-free, as tiny attempt
to infringe their rights was punished. With this
conviction on their. Minds, he did not apprehend
they were likely to be brought to believe that the
Government would ever attempt to impose' on
them the religion of this country. If a latv were
enacted for converting the natives tie Christtanity
in such a manner as might appear to them com-
pulsory on their consciences, then he had no he
-in saving very great danger mightrea,.
amiably be hpprehended. If enactments were,
made, which only went to empower persons who
might go to reside. in India for that .parpose,,,to
instruct those in the Christian religion who wish,
ed to be instructed, front these he could see no
danger. 'He did not think,- On the part of the nit-
lives, a large demand for our broad cloths' was "to
be expected. The poor-would not be ahleto pur-
Chase them—the higher Clais would' prefer their
pre ient clothing. Under.exfsting regtilatiOns,,no
F .ed

.40ropean was permitted to enter the interior of
the country without tile permission of the Magis-
trate of the port at which he might land. Some
danger Was to he appr.ehended from admitting
tilk2lll it to the country without any restriction, as
it wonld tend to weaken the Oovernment. From
the
,low rata of the wages of labour, the natives
certainly could not purchase our woollen cloths.
lie knew Of no other articles for which our market

could be greatly extended. The state of things
was Ruch i i India,,that for 3s. per month a native
could live luxurioudy. He Could not say whether
more or less than the sum which would procure
him sustenance was necessary to provide him with.
clothing. The -moral character of the Hind

bos,

us compared w i h the European Character, wag
very low. False owl was'ji:pr.onlinent feature in
their charach,r. They were remarkable for !mild',
servility, and duplieity. This he conceiyed to re-
sult fromithe ancient diSposition of their Gove,rii-
inept, which made fraud,. servility, and dup!icizi
necessary to the preservation: 4)f any.thing,
valued. The influence of their religion was, not
calculated to correct thetefeaturo. of their-cha-
racters. Their faith Went to iheni