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London, England, 1828-06-17 00:00:00

Government of Ceylon. The spice trade Was con-
demned when the Dutch had it, and the growth of
cinnamon in Ceylon had been prevented because the
English Government had a monopoly of it. Now
all this was done, not by a set of -merclants whose

antipaated notions might lead them to adopt a nar-
"'clnw policy, but by a Government which had always
advocated liberal notions while it was as abundant
as the Dutch in monopolies.
11Ir. STEWART said that all ihe restriction,'
.• upon the intercourse of Europeans with -India, rested
upon grounds purely political.

Mr. R. GRANT addressed the House from tinder
the ollery, and was very indistinctly heard. We
understood the Hon. Member to say, that he Aould
not have troubled the House on that occasion, if
the Hon. Member for Bridgenorth had followed the
example of his Hon. Friend who presented this peti-
, tion and in refraining like him from discussing the
question at so inconvenient a time. But that Hon.
Member not contenting himself with agitating the
general question, digressed into a much larger field,
and had been followed by other Hon. Gentlemen,
who together, had left no subject, whether political
or commercial, which had happened since the re-
newal of the charter, untouched. Nor was this all,
the attention of the House had been called to the
commercial policy of other nations, which could have
nothing to do with the petition before the House.
Now the petition was extremely mild and temperate.
It called upon the House to consider whether the
Prohibitions upon the intercourse of Europeans with
the interior of the country—prohibitions imposed
not by the Company, but by the Parliament—and
also the commercial restrictions, ought to be allowed
to continue. As the intercourse of Europeans with
the interior, whether the prohibition were right or
wrong, it had existed from all time, and the peti-
tioners, not venturing to point out any course for
the adoption of the House, merely prayed the House
would take into their consideration whether it would
not he expedient to repeal that Act of Parliament
which enacted this prohibition,and he would appeal to
the House whether these moderate and temperate
petitioners were treated fairly by gentlemen who
nitroduced angry and irritating topics. He would
ask if it were fair that the question of the intercourse
between Europeans and the interior of India ought
to he linked with matters which had taken place in
the capital.—(Cheers.)—What, too, he would ask,
had the commercial question to do with a free press
in India ? If any persons were of opinion that un-
der no circumstances the prayer of this petition
could be granted—which prayer, let it be recollected,
. was only for an inquiry—such persons would of
course be totally opposed to the prayer of the peti-
tion; but they who thought it not only expedient
but highly prudent also to entertain this question,
must no doubt be extremely anxious to go into the
inquiry, and to discuss the question with temper,
and with a solicitude for the interests of the inhabi-
tants of Hindostair, which was hardly consistent
with the introduction of angry and irritating topics.
With respect to the renewal of the charter, he was

so deeply impressed, on the one hand, with the im-
• Portance of considering on what terms it should be
granted, and, on the other, with the difficulties of
the question and with the magnitude of the interests
• involved, that be must be allowecLto suspend his
'judgment, not with a spirit of reserve, but from an
' and caution to come to the consideration of
the subject without any prejudice of whatever kind.
Whenever he came to give his vete on the subject
of the renewal of the East India charter—on what
terms 'that charter ought to be renewed—he shOuld
have the satisfaction of knowing that his judgment
he sincerely and' conscientiously formed. If
ne ight be allowed to trouble the House with one
,word more, he would observe, with the Hon. Gen-
tieinan who had preceded him, that the question
.was not one of a commercial but of a political na-
ture. It was a mistake to say, that the advocates of
the Company at the time of the last renewal of the
Charter, were universally of opinion that the trade
With India could not be extended. He (Mr.
Grant) recollected that, not exactly chiming in with
the notions of the Company on that subject himself,
he had listened with anxiety to the evidence of Sir
Thomas Monroe, who admitted that the trade
"vtnild be increased, although he was on political
Pntinds adverse to an open trade. The subject. of
Political danger was well worthy their serious con-
' sideiation. He did not himself think it possible
that any such danger would take place in the first
ghtan • for it might be obviated by regulation.
h man ulterior stage of the process, it mast be
'expected that a considerable Colonial and Creole
Population would arise—not, indeed, numeri-
anY balancing. the native population—yet, in
%lain parts,. in interstices of the country, very.
Numerous. The • greet, the anxious problem,
_there would be an•-adjustment of these two
The` of persons in one and the same community.
The superior race
.would have privileges not
'hared by the other; that is, it would be a
caste above all the rest. It would
farther be of European descent ; and all past and
•.:" present experience proved that the European
with
could not be intermixed in one society
but
those of the ether quarters of the globe,
Pnt, that it always became predominant ;—and
.
ascendancy in every such instance was at-
tended with inconvenience, and even oppression,
t.,.° its associates of a different origin. He
`otl not mean to desPair of some solution being found
fairly
this difficulty; he, for one, would consider it
~4irly and honestly; but that it was a very seri-
tis one Ahem could be .no doubt. He would
Merely remind the. House, that this difficulty had DO
q)tinexion with commerce, but that it was one of
vital importance—one that involved the happiness
13f.
Mr. P. COURTENAY thought it his duty to
'43'. as the HOn. Directors had urged, that all theie
here political restrictions, for which the overn-
entk and • most of all the Parliament, were an-
41verable. •
HUSKISSON hoped the. House and his
FriendAvonld recollect that he had not called
this discussion, and he could assure them that he
f. 4 Hot intend to prelen.g. it. The Hon. Member
Moriffese, :however, had told him that he (Mr.
'had'Sat'Still for ten years and seen the
violated: New, 'from the very,day on which
Charter was renewed,-for more than ten years,
t7,3bad.gone on promoting, further relaxations that
*Charter admitted; and should be glad to see those
"qations continued.

•
kh After;i;;.;;;l;in explanation from Mr. BARING
' .I.IVIr..:IIUMg;
WIGIrRAM said he wished to make an ob-
tti:lvatigniiupon What had fallen from an HOn.lyle,n2-
Whitnire) oprisite. FOr his Own
•Ihe'did not think that the East Indian Govern-
bet would do their duty if .they did not ascertain
eharacter of per:snits. WhO, having 'left India,
1•44(1 te.retttrn to that
• couutr Y-
-14,41% W. WHITMORE said.that when any body
4;Salctitta, he was-obliged to bring with him a
ul`riettte that his'condUct. had been agreeable to the
horities there. • He thought this improper.The petition' •
was then ordered to he printed.
HUSKISSON presented a petition from
qt•%Dts: of London, coMplaining of the state of
•
liA` ROBINSON supported. the.petition.
the
NOTES (SCOTLAND AND IREL AND) BILL.
/14e CHANCELLOR 'of the EXCHEQUER
sp that the order of the day for the House re-
._
U.O into a Committee on this Bill be read.
Cl the'question that the SPEAKER do leave the
gir ,
would shortly state to the House his
41ons to the Bill. The object was to restrain
Tfirs'n Bank Notes from circulating, in England.
lie:hlllust lessen the circulating medium of England.
ja Is" objected to putting an end to small notes,
iathi- and he had seen nothing since which ought to
hi
rn•to change the opinion he then entertained.
-r-NOrd* to a guinea and paper, a guinea was
be"OltiJ_for'the:internal operations of the coun-
ifore, ut only for" thejex.ternat operations. If, there-
theY mixed the two, they ought to have as