The Sun.
London, England, 1833-04-22 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE-(TIIIS DAY.),

The Proprietors again assembled to-day, at the East
India House, to renew the discussion on the subject of the
propo
sitions made to them by the Board of Cnatrol, re-
respecting their Charter.
C. MARJOKIBANKS, Evguirs., in the Chair.
Among the proprietors were, Mr. Heave, M.P., at d
Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS.
Mr. HANKEY said, in addressing the Court thus late, be
lahnurid tinder considerable difficulty, from the almost
impossibility of advancing any new argument. With
was
b the
t
amendments regardto th
moved resolutions t originallyemh
little distinction between them ; for although they were
different in words, they breathed the same spirit, and
spoke in that conciliatory tone which the discussion of
etho thought there proposed,an
such an important subject so much demand-d._-(Herr,
hear.) He thought the propositions made by fi.a
Majesty's Government were altogether inequitable and
inconsistent with the just rights of property—(Hear)
—but particularly on two points—firet, as respected the
amount of compensation ; and secondly, but more espe-
cially, as respected the situation in which the security for
the payment of the dividends would be placed by the terms
proposed. It was not enough for the Government to sav,
" You shall have security that you receive the same
amount of income that you have hitherto derived ;"
fir he would maintain, that he had a right beyond that
interne to the fee simple of his estate.—Hear, hear.)
The Government viewed them as a corporate body only,
and ituegined that as such the laws of the country gave
them an exclusive right to touch the property of a eta:ite-
ration, although they could not by any law deprive any
individual of his property. He, however, maintained
that the capital of the Campeny should not be viewed as
corporate property, but that it was individual property,
and as much entitled to the protection nt the law as
the private property of any individual in the kingtl,en.—
(Hear.) Their capital was wholly the result of private
and n contributions, awl he contended that in the
whole of the propositions there breathed a spirit of ill: pity
—(Hear)—at regarded the amount of compensation.
—(Hear, hear.) They were called upon to mike
a change in their affiire, which never before was
contemplated, and which they ought never to be required
to submit to.—(Hear, hear.) They must be aware that
a large portion of their present security lay in the tenure
by which they held India; but they also had a large ee-
curity in property on this side of the water. They were,
however, called upon to give up the whole of their pro-
perty to other hands.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the
propositions not only inequitable as regarded them-
selves, hut impolitic as regarded the situation of
the country, and that, if persisted in, they would defeat
the views of those who proposed them.—(Hear, hear. )
They would be, in fact, to transfer a large debt, due by
the inhabit iota of India, into altogether a new chan el.
At present the Indian debt was a favourite with the p pu-
lation of India, in the same way that the debt of Eng-
land was a favourite with the people of this country ;
so that it had become, as it were, a bond of union between
the people and the Government. They would also place
the payment of the debt in a very new and odious light
in the sight of the natives of India. The trade to China,
the trade between China and India, with the facili,y at
present existing of remittances between the different
countries, were like the silent and gradual ope-
tion of a powerful machine, the wheels of which
were not heard working, while the effects" produced
were powerful and good.—(Hear, bear.) If the proposi-
tions were agreed to, the natives of India would view
every farthing of the payment of the income in a new
and different light. They would speak of the advantages
which they had derived from the Company's trading, and
speak in a different tone of its being transferred to the
British nation, and indeed it would be regarded by them
as a tax levied on themselves, to satisfy the demands
of foreigners.—(Hear, hear, hear.) It was upon
there grounds, that be considered the proposi-
tion sande by his Majesty's Government as unequiteble in
all its essential qualities, and such as the Company crel,'
not, with a due regard to their own character or existence,
sanction.—(Hear, bear.) It must be remembered that
the Company were the representatives of others who
could not represent themselves ; they had, therefore,'
moral duty to perform to others which they could not,
in honotr to themselves, yield up to Government.—
(Hear.) Why, he would ask, was all this demanded of
the Company ? why were the C impany to sacrifice
their trade to China, and everything else?—(Hear,
hear.) It was because they were a Corporation,
and one of the pleas of bis Majesty's Government
in bringing furwaru this proposition was, under which
he =et say a great deal was covered —that such was the
course and current of public opinion that they could wit
(Litre SPEAKING.)
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THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.)

The arrivals of all sorts of Grain ►ere moderate during last
week, and the trade was limited to the wants of the consumers.
There is a good supply fresh up this morning, and the demand
was pretty brisk, at little alteration from last Monday's prices.
The Flour trade is without variation.

CORN EXCHANGE.
PRICKS ON BOARD OF SNIP.

Wheat, Red (old) —s. —a.
—White (old)
----Red (M 32) 42a. 466.
Fine 4Bs. 525.

Beans, Small (new)... --a. --s.
(old) .... —s•
Tick (new)....a4s 30s.
(0161)....na. 345.

Superfine.. 545. 561.
(1832). 465. 50s.
Fine 528 545.
- Superfine.. 58s. 60s.
Foreign free 428. 658.
Rye
Barley 228 245.
- Grinding 258. 27e.
- Malting 3os. 348.
Malt 428. 488.
- Fine New s2s. 565.
Pease. Grey New 3OB. 325.
--- Maple New 32s. 33a.
- White
- Boilers

- HarroW (new)3os.
(old).. 365. 38s.
Brank —s.
Oats, Feed l4s. 16-.
--. New . 17s. 18s.
Poland lBs. 22..
New 17s. 21s.
Potatoe 26.24 a.
New ...216. 235.
Scotch 21s. 245.
--- Irish lss. 18s 20s.
Flour Town (per sack) 45s 508.
Seconds 42a. 4.55.
- North Co u u try 40s. 44 a.
Bran