The Sun.
London, England, 1805-06-29 00:00:00

INDIA.

Mr. PAUL moved foria Copy of the Minutes, ap-
pointing Major Malford and Captain Shaw to suc-
ceed to the. office of Private Secretary to Marquis
Wellesley, after it was vacated by Mr. Henry Wel.
lesley ; and an Account of the Salary allowed to
thorn ; also an Account of the Sums granted for
Secret: Service Money in India.
Mr. WaLEsLEY Por4 took this Opportunity to
state to the House, that Mr. Henry Wellesley had
never bad any thing to do with this Secret Service
Money. . .
The Papers were ordered ; and also, on the Mo-
tion of Lord CATtERILAGII, 5' Copy of a Letter to
the Secret Committee if the Court of Direaors,
lative to the Begum 'Vizier of Otule.
Mi. ,Fluoreis thought it Material to inquire by
whose fault the dispatches taken' by the French had
not been destroyed ; he also Thought that duplicates
and tripliCates of dispatches of such importance ought
to have been sent. He complained of the delay of
the Accounts of the Disbtirsements of the year end-
ing in March,. 1804. FU moved .for Copies of any.
Accounts.that may have been received relOtive'to the
Igeneral Expenditure, ,of the Political Departnient 'of
ndia ; and also the latest Accounts with respect to
the Revenue and the. Annual Expenditure. • Tie was
sure the expenses of the last war had doubled the
debt of India, which was' already s!o

Lord CASTLEREAGH stated, 'that If there had
been any Papers :withheld which were arrived, it
was, because no Motion applying to them had been
Made.- I-k saw no reason to suppose that, the Malt-,
iatta War had doubled the public debt of India.—
He conceived it not unlikely, that an overland
patch,• alluded to in' the intercepted dispatches by
sea, and not received here, may have been on board
al3rithili Vessel Which was; captured in the Persian
CYull9h in the .beginning of last year.
After a. few 'observations, from Dr. LAWRENCE,
the AccOunts were, ordered.
.On the Motion of the CRANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEO.VER, the House Went into a Committee of
Supply. •
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
suiedi ,that on. the inVestigation of the Accounts be-
fore, the; House of the t tanSa6tions between-, the
Public and the East•lndia Company, there appeared
due from the Piablic, to the Conipany.a balance of
4,000,0001. He moved, that a stint of 1,000,0001.
be advanced to the Company en the ACcoont.
Mr. FRANCIS' allowed that the balance due-to
the Company was rather above 4,000,0001. but he
wished to inquire why the 50,0001. a year, reserv-
ed to the Public by the. Company's. Charter, -had not
Lwen paid ? •
,Loed CAS74LERE4GH stated, -that the eircum,
stances with respea to the net proceeds. of the Corn-
pany's
Itevemt& and Commerce, under which" this
money was payable, had never arisen.,
This Grant was agreed to ; and also a• Grant of
20,0001. for the Naval Asylutn4 •of t 0,5001. for
WOrks„done for both Ratises,of Parliament; 50001-
for tile Repairs of the King's Bench Prison ; 0001.
for a .Bridge -91,* the River Spey ; 5601. far sums
issued byllis'lViajes,ty Orders of the House,-
and several smaller sums, •

'The Report was ordered to bereceiveci to-morrow.
The Debate on the passing the Smuggling Preven-
tion Bill was resumed.

The CIIANC4,LOR 'f the EXCH,EQUER
conceived that the objeaions urged against this Bill
would be removed by a clause which it W 45 illt011(1dd
to 'introduce' by . way of rider, to make nirofices
against the Mk the Ports of the Island he tried
in the Island. There was every disposition to consult
the feelings and the tights of the Islanders, though
the right of legi;lation was unquestionably in the
Parliament.

Mr. GREYthought there was much In the-speeclx
of the Counsel s'esterday to render the right of, le-
gislating fur these Islands doubtful. He feared that
the Bill went but to'erei.tte a local remedy for a ge-
neralovil, and 'that. the interference With the.rights
of these Islanders, would haVe but little benefit in
preventing an illicit trade, which WWI carried on more
with Hollatid.and France, Allan with Gutirrisey.
Mr: Sl'illiGES 130 WINE represented the. &Tat
defalcation of the llevenne in consequence -of the
illicit trade from these' Islands. The goods v,.4:fe
there transferred fioni legal packages to Small pack-
ages, fitter for easy carriages. If Guernsey were ex-
cluded, a Bill to prevent. smuggling WOUla be ritik-
gatory.
Mr. 11/110.1121211theught a consideration of Re-
,
venue,was ex.euse for trenching On Irricient re-
speetable ritritts. was, exactly tie (, curse that
led to the lo3s of Altierica. Men felt more for the
invasion of their' rights where their interest:3 'were
also hi‘.;.ided,
_and this Was tke rcasim the people of
Je6ey did, not feel- so much on this The
Counsel had sugge,,ted Ito him, that tit(.' s:)vereignty
.these Islands Was 0 iiiniri)tit.itea s ith the
that the 'Aet of ettleinii.itt. did 1101 tp,,dy '
• Dr, I,,III7RENCE convinitle.l principally of the
hard:,hiii of the bill in this res,peet, that urtdLT
imputationof hovering, hhips dvtaitied h> Stit:Fs.oi
weather, or' other Catl;:e, within the limits prescriti-
, ed, may be detained :hid brought iota

. • •
Aiic7 llnt 'under ,thc necessity of juslif;',..l4,thi,:mielves
wit.ktlier they were neutrals or liriti,h*:4lllo,
Tie ArTORIVE7 OENVOL stated, thag the
Hovering Aft had been long established. The only
alteration ,:nade in it was, the ex:tension of the dis-
tance from the shore in which it was to operate. He
maintained the right of Parliament to legislate for
the Island, which had been annexed to the British
Crown by- conquest in the reign of Henry 1. from
the Dneliy of ;Normandy, which 'was the acknow-
ledged domain of nobert, elder brother of that King.
The highest legal authorities stated the right of le-
gislating for these Islands when they were named.
Dottor LAWAERCE explained,'
The Clause was brought up and c.ommitted, after
sortie *remonstrance' from Colonel Cranford on the

priority 'due to his notice, and the length of time
taken up in these discussions ; id answer to 'which
the Speaker stated, that he understood the Moil.
Gentleman to have consented to them ; and the
Chancellor of the Exchequi, that he thought they
would have taken up very little.time. The Clause
was reported, and, the Bill passed with this Clause
by way of Rider.