The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-05 00:00:00

CALCUTTA JOURNAL COMMITTEE.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
The following report of resolutions was brought up, read,
and ordered to lie on the table :

1. Resolved—That it appeared to your Committee that
Mr. Buckingham resided in Bengal from the year 1818 to
1823, under a license of the East India Company, and was
engaged as principal proprietor and editor of the Calcutta
Journal, which was then a highly profitable concern, yielding
to himself and the other proprietors a large annual income.
2. Resolved—That it appeared to your Committee that in
the year 1823, in the exercise of the discretion vested in the
Governor-General, Mr. Buckingham was, by the acting Go-
vernor-General, ordered to quit India within two months.
3. Resolved—That it appeared to your Committee that
after the departure of Mr. Buckingham from India, the Cal-
cutta Journal was, by order of the Governor-General, alto-
gether suppressed.
4. Resolved—That your Committee, without impugning
the motives which actuated the measures of the Government,
feel that those measures have in their consequences proved
to Mr. Buckingham and his family penal to a degree
which could not have been contemplated at the time of their
adoption.
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5. Resolved—That your Committee are therefore of opinion
that compensation ought to be made to Mr. Buckingham.
6. Resolved—That your Committee abstain from expressing
any opinion as to the amount of compensation, in the hope that
that subject will be taken into the favourable consideration of
the East India Company, and thus the interposition of Parlia-
ment, in the, next Session, to fix such amount be rendered
unnecessary.

REPORT OF THE PRIVATE BILL FEES COll,
MITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

1. Resolved, " That it is the opinion of this Committee that
a more equitable apportionment of fees should be adopted,
dependent upon the magnitude and importance of the proposed
Bill."

2. Resolved, " That with a view to an assimilation of the
Standing Orders of both Houses, the Standing Orders be
revised."

3. Resolved, " That recognizances for payment of costs be
entered into, previous to going into Committee, by parties
promoting Bills, if required by any opposing party, who there-
upon shall enter into a like recognizance ; but in neither case
shall costs be claimed, unless awarded by a special Resolution
of the Committee."

4. Resolved, " That an alteration should take place in the
system of obtaining assents and dissents of owners and occu-
piers, and that the transmission of notice to the former of the
intended measure by the General Post be deemed sufficient."
5. Resolved, " That proofs of compliance with Standing
Orders may be taken on affidavit before competent authorities
on the spot."

6. Resolved. " That longer notice be given previous to
going into Committee in certain cases ; and that seven days
notice be given in the case of all Bills relating to Scotland
and Ireland."

7. Resolved, " That the House copy may be dispensed
with."

8. Resolved, " That the present system of engrossment
should be continued."

9. Resolved, " That an Act containing the various general
clauses now inserted in private Bills relating to railways,
canals, docks, &c., be passed, and made applicable to all such
Bills ; and that such Act be recited in the preamble of Bills
relating to railways, canals, docks, &c."
10. Resolved, " That an alteration should take place in the
present system of blanking Bills."
Your Committee cannot close their proceedings without
noticing the unanimous testimony borne to the satisfactory
manner in which the business of the Private Bill Office is
conducted.