The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-08 00:00:00

CAPTAIN KINT;.

Mr. WHITBREAD, in , the name of • a Noble
Friend of his Lord Folkstone) who at an early
period of the evening had postponed his motion
respecting Captain King to ,Thursday, postponed
it still farther, to Tuesday nest. 'His Noble Friend
had been induced to this de‘ay by the understand,
ing that his Majesty's' Ministers had taken Capt.
King's •case into consideration, and by the hope
that their determination;upon it would super-
- sede the necessity of any Parliamentary, applica-
tion. •
• Lord ..81..THoirrE presented a petition from the
31.3..aufacturers of *Hosiery in Nottingham, against
the Frame-work Knitters Bill. The petition was
referred to the Committee on the Bill ;:and it was
ordered that the Petitioners should be heard by
Counsel in the said Committee.
EAST INDIA COMPANY'S 13.EVENUE.
A conversation took place,between Mr. Creevey
and Mr. Wallis, on the subject of the Resolutions
rgspecting the state of the East India Company's
Revenue, which the forfner llonourable Gentle,
man had given notice he would submit thisD4ht
to the adoption of the House. Mr. Creevey, un,
derstanding that Mr. WalliS conceived' he was
taken by -surprise in the business, expressed- his
di.sposition to riistpone the Resolutions to Thurs-
day, to Friday, anti eventually 'to Monday ; but
the Honourable Gentleman notTbeilig'able to con-
clude any arrangement with respect to the period
of reading a third time-the-East India Company's
Loan Bill, to establish the impolicy of which
. measure was the object of Mr. Creevey's Resolu-

tints,
Mr. CaEEvEY persevered in availing himself of
the right which his notice gave him to submit to
the HOuse without delay,tbe. Resolutions which
he had-framed on the occasion, and Ivhich were of
such a nature
,that it was impbssible to deny the
truth of OA allegations which they contained.—
These Re.solutions, nine in number, went in sub-
stance to state, the prospect held out by the Com-
pany in: )71)3 ; the subseqUer)t detwioration of
yht•il• affaits, and, their present situation. After
dwelliog at ;;orne length on the necessity of put-
ting these Resolutions on they Journals, the Hon.
Gentleman moved the first. Resolution, which was
to the following effe.t
!!' That it appear% to this louse that the British possess-
sits.hc lu.lndlia, at the time of passing the Ile; of the sad of
Geo. 111.. chap. yielded a revenue of 6,900,0001.; and
that after ?aylng all the e•Teuees of the val)ous establish-
men, ciTil s.,su ;ll:lit:try, the.surplus of that revenue was
2,039,1271."

LX.YtihriN: Printed by 'PH,

WALLT'.; derlare, that rtesolatiins pro-
posed by the Hon. Ger_ileinan _had bearing
whatever on the till 'against which they were di-
rected; the only -question respecting whi:sil was,
whether the necessity of the Company,
the fairness of their application,. di' not comp etc—
ly justify Parlianient in affording il.em th 9
they required admitted thatthc state of the
Company's sorplus revenue was different from
what it was_inl 7q3, but the comparison was very
unfair, for the surplus at that period was calcu-
latedon a peace arrangement; instead of which,
the Company hadsbeen at war alrapst ever since.
By their great and -expensive exertions they had
destroyed.Tippoo Saib and Ids power ; they had.
brokers the Mahratta confederacy,and they had ex-
tirpated the l'rench from. India. They had there-
fort in'aterially contributed to the stability of the
Empire ; and this was a circumstance anti a claim
which ought seriously 'to be considered. Being
convinced that the resolutions proposed by the
Honourable Gentleman had no purpose but one
which would he invidious and injurious to the East
India Company and to the Government of India,
he should therefore move the previous question
upon them.
Mr.R. THORNTON reprobated resolutions which
called upon the House of Commons not to do thpt
which by their vote they had already declared their
determination to do. This was. the more especi-
ally Censurable, when there were no re.;.tular
•Intions before the House. He conceived that the
Empire at • large was
svery much indebted to the
East India Company, who had struggled through
a'war of twenty years continuance, the result of
*which was most beneficial to the general interests.
Conceiving it highly unfair that Parliament should
bc. called upon at a moment's notice to agree to
resolutions which thev-had.noleisure to examine ;
he would certainly support the previons question.
Lord A.I;;IIAmit.ToN thought it a new proceed-
ing to call for.a loan to the East India Company,
with the .oan of the year, and still more to charge
the-interest Of that loan upon the Consolidated
Fund. He-knew of no right in the Company-to
call for such a proceeding ; but the House, he
thought,' had. every right to inquire into the nature
of the securities,. before they #quicsced in the de-
mand.

Mr. GRAwT did not admit the facts contained in
the resolutions, and maintained, that even if they
were true, they would not lead co the conclusion
which the Bun. Gent. (Mr. Creevy) attempted to
draw from them.

Mr. CREEVEY made a few observations ;TT reply,.
and insisted, chiefly on the ground-that the Com-
pany had no claim upcn the Government for such
a loan.

The previous question was then carried on the
first resolution, and in all the succeeding resolu-
tions, without a division'.

The question for the third reading of the East
India Loan Bill being then ,put,

Mr. WHITBREAD wished to know from the
Chancellor of the Exchequer what measure was in
contemplation to make good the deficiency which
mus, take place in •consequence; of the abandon-
ment of the Auction Ta::.

The Cit...);cl.,,l.Loß_of the EXCHEQUER said, he
did riot see the necessity at present of proving auy
substitude, especially as the tax was not, in point
of fact, alf.ancioned7—it being his intention to
bring it forward next year, in a more productive
shape,
After a few word's from Lord A. Hamilton and
Lord Castlereagh the Ho-use divided—

For the motion 5-1
Aga init it 8
, Majority
The Bill was thep read a -third time, and passed.