The Sun.
London, England, 1802-04-10 00:00:00

tish Capital to India, would establish the first
" principle of a Colonial System, and directly tend,
" to introduce that system into India." The Co.
vernor-General, on the other hand, sees no danger,
but on the contrary, beneficial consequences, from
applying 'tb the Trade Capital drawn directly from
Europe. His Lordship spoke generally of British
Merchants, and observes, "that "' if the extension
" of additional indulgences to them should involve
" the admission of numerous. British adventurers
" into India, the Government can always with less
" difficulty control -the operations of British,. than
" those of Foreign Agents ;" and his Lordship
adds, that " it is nor pr4bable that any increase
" of Private British Trade would necessarily pro-
" duce a proportionate augmentation of the Number
of British Agents resorting thither, but that Bri-
" tish Agents in India would be likely to be ern-
" ployed by persons engaged in commercial con-
" terns at home." This clearly admits an option
in British Merchants at home, to send Agents to
India to manage their concerns there, and of course
skews that the Nobla 'Marquis does not limit the
Private Trade to the Company's Servants, or the
remittance of their forttiles. Indeed it would not
in praetice be possible to limit it.—lt is obvious that
the Governor-General, relying on the powers of
Government, of which he was conscious in himself,
over unlicensed persons, sees no danger in admitting
an indefinite number of Agents to settle in India,
or his Lordship would not be satisfied with opposing
to it a probability. With regard to the position,
that it is more easy to control British than Foreign
Agents, it seems to me extremely problematical at
least, even now ; and looking forward to future
times, supposing it ailed ilpon, consequences of
serious importance must, I think, suggest them-
st.lves against it.—Upon the whole, Sir, with the
sincerest i deference to the opinions of the Noble
Marquis on every other subjed; i vonture to think
that his Lordship has on this one demonstrated the
error of supposing, that, splendid talents, and a mind
enriched with science and literature, supersede the'
necessity of local knowledge and experience.
come now, Sir, to an Authority, in venturing to
-dissent from which, I fear I may be accused of yet
greater }resumption--I mean, Sir, the authority of
the late President of the Board of Controul, whose
great talents, and beneficial application of them to
the general affairs of the Empire, I most freely ac-
knowledge.—l consider him as having been one of
the principal Members of an Administration, to
' whose councils, under Providence, we owe the sal-
vation of the Country. With resped to his system
of Indian Administration; I have the misfortune to
differ from him extremely : and must be resigned to
all the discredit attached to the confession. I mean,
Sir, his system.takeo as a whole : many of his mea-
sures have my warmest approbation. God forbid
'that I should forget 'that he sent CoRtrwALLIs to
India, and thereby exhibited to astonished millions,
a union of all the virtues that adorn the human cha-
ratter—Aunion of absolute power with consummate
honour, and a conduct that sought its ebjec'l, not
it the mysterious haunts of diplomatic craft, but in
the plain, right onward path of openness and can-
dour.

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On the subjeft n question, I balance against
his opinions, the almost unanimous opinions of the
Court of Direetors, many of whom have, fOr as
many years as he did, devoted their faculties to the
affairs of India, and with less divided attention ;
dnd several of whom possess the advantage of local
knowledge and experience, in common with those
persons whose sentiments are so much relied on.