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dime all in their power to effect that object, which
they all believed to be of so much importance.
Re would, however, rather than speak in his own
words, read the -correspondence which had taken
place between the Directory and the authorities at
the other end of the town on the subject, which he thought
would prove to the Proprietors that the Court of Direc-
tors had not neglected to do everything in their power
for the accomplishment of the object which the Court of
Proprietors seemed to consider so desirable.—(Hear,
heals) Wiqi the permissio:s of the Court, therefore, the
Clerk would now read the correspondence.
The CLERK then read a series of letters addressed by
the Board of Directors, submitting for the consideration
of the Board of Control some remarks on the disadvan-
tages under which India laboured, in the hope that her
Majesty's Government would be induced to remove them.
In the important articles of sugar and rum a liberal relief
had been afforded. But in some cases, India had not
been treated with equal consideration. In the article
of tobacco, India was treated the same as foreign coun-
tries, whereas a reduction of no more than 3d. in the
pound would afford a reasonable profit, and encourage
an extensive cultivation. The duty of ten per cent. on
manufactured cotton was felt as a great injury. The
natives of Hindostan • did not think, with manual
weaving, of competing with the machinery of Britain,
but they felt it a grievance that English manufactured
cotton was admitted into India at one-third the duty
which was charged on Indian admitted into England. A
concession upon this point would not injure the English
manufacture, . and it would be received by the
natives of India as a gratifying mark of conside-
ration. There were also some articles of manufac-
ture in which the Indian surpased, such as Corns,
handkerchiefs, &c., and for these there was a great de-
mand in England. A reduction of the duty would not
interfere with the home manufacture, and would greatly
increase the trade between these two remote parts of the
empire. It would be a great benefit to the native work-
men, and a great gratification to the people of India.
The letter then deprecated the ditinction which was
made in the scale of duties, between the produce
of territories subject to the Company, and those parts of
India which were more usually called " British posses-
sions." The construction adopted of the latter term
shut cut the dependent principalities of the Mysore, of
which the British had actual possession. The Directors
were aware that a great alteration was about to be
made in the customs' duties,. and they hoped that the
opportunity would not he allowed to pass without extend-
ing to India the benefit of the alterations.
The CLERK next read a letter, in which the Board of
Directors call Lord Fitzgerald's attention to the in-
equality of footing on which native seamen were placed
in relation to British. A ship entirely manned and com-
manded by Lascars could not trade with Great Britain or
with British possessions beyond the limits of the charter;
so that by their connexion with Great Britain they were
placed in a worse condition, with respect to British
commerce, than if they were foreigners. To do away
with this disqualification mould he a great benefit, not
only to India but to England herself.
Other letters of a similar purport were read,
and also one from the Secretary of the Assam
Company, urging the expediency of imposing a
different duty on foreign teas, in favour of tea the pro-
duce of the British province of Assam. The letter set
forth the great efforts which the Company had made,
and the necessity of giving them a preference over fo- j
reigners, until their plantations were so far perfected as '
to enable them to meet free competition.
The CHAIRMAN hoped, and believed that after hear-
ing that correspondence the Court of Directors had not
been inattentive to the interest of India in respect to the
important matters brought under the consideration of
the Court by the lion. Member, Mr. Martin.—(flear,
hear.) Nor had there been a neglect. in bringing per-
sonal interest to bear wherever it was available.—
(Hear, hear.) As to the petition proposed by Mr.
M. Martin, all must agree with that gentleman in
the views which the petition propounded • but he left it
to the Court whether any thing could be gained—or
rather, would it not do harm—to press the matter further
at present, after what had already been done by the
Directors.
Mr. GEORGE Lrux, who spoke in a tone for the most
part inaudible, said that he had had an interview with
the Earl of Ripon, upon whom he had strongly
urged the claims of India to further advantages
on the alteration of the tariff sand laid before him the
letter from the Secretary of the Assam Company. But
his Lordship having consulted Sir R. Peel on the subject
said, that no further alteration of the tariff could be made
at present. With respect. to the disadvantages under
which the Lascars, or Indian seamen, laboured, his
Lordship was unable to cotne to a ny decision on the subject,
without further consideration ; but, at the same time, he
seemed to feel very strongly the hardship of their case.—
(Hear.) lie (Mr. L.) did not think the petition could do
any good, but beyond that he saw no objection to it.
Mr. SALOMONI4 as one of those who signed the requi-
sition for calling this meeting together, felt bound to
express his satisfaction at the course which the Directors
had taken—(llear, hear)—and he was glad that lie had
signed the requisition, as it hail led to so gratify-
ing an explanation ; although at first lie had
hesitated to . sign, because, as be belonged to
the party opposed to the present Government, it
might be supposed that he wished to raise difficulties in
the way of her Majesty's Ministers. There was one part
of the petition which he hoped the Directors would press
upon her Majesty's Government—namely, that which
prayed for the removal of duties upon commodities, the
produce of the subsidiary States of India, differential
from the duties upon the produce of what were called, by
distinction, " British possessions in India." Surely
those States in Central and Southern India, in which the
East India Company controlled the administration of the
Government, and exercised sovereignty, were as much to
be considered integral parts of the British dominions as
that smaller portion of Hindostan-which formerly consti-
tuted the only possessions of the East India Company.—
(Hear, hear.) He hoped the petition would he agreed to.
Mr. 'WEEDost concurred with Hon. Proprietors in
thinking that the Directors deserved their thanks for
the prompt and zealous manner in which they had
seized the opportunity of interfering in behalf of India.
But he did not concur with all that was contained in
the petition, and he should oppose the motion.
The CHAIRMAN said that he would submit to the
Court, that a resolution should be passed embodying the
principal points of the petition, which would have the
effect of securing unanimity.
After a prolonged conversation, Mr. Martin withdrew
his motion for a petition, and a resolution to the follow-
ing effect was agreed to :—" That this Court desires to
record its entire concurrence in the representations which,
as appeared from the documents just read, had been made
by the Board of Directors to her Majesty's Government,
respecting the duties on articles, the produce of countries
directly or indirectly under the government of the East
India Company, and expresses its hope that the state-
merits and correspondence will receive due consideration."
It was frirther resolved that the Chairman he requested,
to communicate a copy of the resolution to the Board of
Control and the Prime Minister.
A resolution was then passed that the correspondence
between the Directors and the Board of Control, as read
at this meeting, be printed, and copies sent to all the
Members of the Houses of Parliament.

A Special General Court was held at the East India
House yesterday, for the purpose of taking into considera-
tion the proposed alterations in the English tariff, so far
as they might affect the produce and manufactures of the
East Mies, and also for the purpose of petitioning both
Houses of Parliament on the subject.
Sir J. L..LUSHINGTON, the Chairman, took the chair
at twelve o'clock, and at this time the meeting was very
thinly attended.
The minutes of the last meeting having been read,
certain papers were laid before the Court, with respect
to superannuation and other matters connected with
the financial affairs of the Company.
The CHAIRMAN then informed the Court that it had
been specially summoned by the desire of more than nine
Proprietors, for the purposes stated in the requisition.
Mr. M. MARTIN then rose to address the Court. On
several occasions, within the period of the last five years,
he had had the honour of bringing under the consideration
of that Court the commercial position of India, more par-
ticularly in relation to the duties levied on the products
of that country, and which, for a series of years, had
prevented the due extension of the commerce of that
vast portion of the British empire. The favour
with which the Court had viewed the introduc-
tion of a subject so calculated to benefit India,
as well as England, induced him to trespass on
the attention of the Court. He should be wanting in
his duty to the Court if he did not avail himself of the
present occasion to bring this important subject before
it. He. trusted that the Court would not relax its exer-
tions until India was placed as.an integral portion of the
great empire of England. The reason why the subject
more importantly demanded the consideration of
the Court at the present moment, was the
important commercial changes that had been proposed
to be adopted by the present Prime Minister. He
thought the present question was, if possible, of higher
importance to England than to India. In the debate in
the House of Commons last night, the whole tariff was
discussed. In that debate uotice had been taken of
America, Fe/ince, Russia, and Prussia, but not one word
had been said about India. Three tariffs had been
brought forward—the first recognised India as a colony
of England, but the second did not. The first tariff,
gave to India some small portion of the justice to which
she was entitled, but the second denied it to her. Some
persons might consider that India did not deserve con-
sideration, but, for his own part, he thought she ought
to be looked upon in the same light as England.
At the time we are treating India as we treat Russia and
other countries, these countries are doing their utmost
to exclude English manufactures. In 1839, 1840, and
1841, the balance of trade against England and in favour
of Russia had been 15,000,0001 sterling. Russia is the
first country which comes into competition with the
commercial products of India. He considered the tariff
as a great and enlightened change, one likely to prove a
spring of renewed vigour to the commerce of the country;
and it was therefore with great regret that he dissented,
as far as India was concerned, from several items of that
tariff. Russia is the first country that comes into com-
petition with India, and yet Russia excludes nearly all
our manufactures, while India admits them all at a
nominal duty of three per cent. He explained the course
and balance of trade between England and Russia for
several years past, and proceeding to particular ar-
ticles, said, that tallow imported from British India
fetched as high a price as that of Russia.
He saw no reason to suppose that the hope expressed
by Sir R. Peel of Russia and the United States following
their system would be realised, since at the close of the
present year a new tariff, on the same principles as the
present, came into operation. Sweden and Norway acted
on the same principle as Russia, and he contended that
India ought not to be placed on the same footing. as
these countries. He went through the principal
articles of Indian produce, particularly the newly rising
product of sugar, and hoped the Court would watch
carefully the alterations in the duties on this article, so
that India might not be deprived of the benefit of the com-
merce in this article. He thought the success of the
motion of which Mr. Labouchere had given notice, would
be a check to the production of sugar in India. Wool '
had of late years become an increasing export from
India, and, considering the large quantity imported by
England, there was the greatest inducement to encourage
the growth of Indian wool. The, exportation of skins
and hides, and castor oil, had also greatly increased.
Linseed was also an indigenous product of
India, and it was a remarkable fact, that
cattle on the plains of Yorkshire were now fed on
linseed grown in India. In 1834 it was not exported
from India at all, but now a house in London had in-
vested a large sum in the trade, the Indian tallow being
equal in quality to the best impoirted from Russia. The
importance of this branch of commerce was apparent,
when it was remembered that England paid Russia two
millions yearly in gold and silver for this article.
During the last ten years there had been an increased
importation of hemp from India, but the effect of the ta-
riff would be to prevent any further increase. By les-
sening the duty on timber imported from the Baltic,
great injury must in like manner be sustained by the
teak trade of India. With respect to the article of pep-
per, which was the product of India in an especial man-
ner, the consumption at present of that article was about
11 oz. to each individual; if the Government could be
induced to lessen the amount of duty on it., the consump-
tion would be greatly increased ; whilst there was only a
duty of 15 per cent. on spices, which were used as
articles of luxury, on pepper, which was a necessary of .
life, the duty was at an enormously high rate. It was
now imported under the same' restrictions as the pepper
of foreign countries. Tobacco was an article with
which India was capable of supplying all Europe.
The first tariff proposed slight degree of
justice in this article to India, by taking off a portion
of the duty to the amount of 3d. per pound, the duty on
Indian tobacco having been reduced from 3s. to 2s. 9d.
per pound, and the duty on. foreign grown tobacco re-
tained at 3s. per pound. Bat that small protection was
subsequently taken off, and the importation of Indian to-
bacco was now as much restricted as that of foreign-
grown. Rice was another article with respect to which
India was not fairly, treated, inasmuch as
the relative duties imposed on it and on the slave-
grown rice of America enabled the latter to compete
in our markets with Indian rice, . in such a manlier
as to injure that branch of Indian trade very much. He
would next briefly advert to an article of consumption
which had not been hitherto imported into this country
from India—he meant wheat. There was at the present
moment a large quantity of Indian wheat being landed
at Liverpool from Calcutta. It .was the first time
that a cargo of wheat had been introduced
into this country from India, and he felt convinced, that
if the trade in this article were encouraged, by imposing
only a nominal duty of Is. per qr. upon it, there would
be sufficiently large quantities imported, as to render
England independent of a supply from foreign countries.
It was of consequence for them to consider whether they
should make a stand, to have these articles restored to a
more favourable position, and whether they should not
request the Government to do away with the second and
third tariff, as far as India was concerned, and have
recourse again to the first tariff. He now came to the
manufactures of India. This country had, fora long
time, pursued towards the manufactures of India a most
unjust course ; some concession had certainly
been made in the articles of cotton and silk.
Cotton manufactures imported into England from India
were to be reduced from 10 to 5 per cent., and silk from
20 to 5 per cent ; but did England make any difference
between the manufactures of India and the manufactures
of France ? None whatever ; the manufactures of India
and France were placed exactly on the same footing.
Surely the Government ought to have acted on a feeling
of reciprocity, and have admitted these articles into
England at the same rate of duty as that at which
those of England were admitted into India,
viz. 3 per cent. He had now considered at
length, but he hoped not at greater length
than the importance of the subject demanded, this sub-
ject ; he had endeavoured to lay before the Court the
necessity of their duly considering this tariff, and of
their making a representation to her Majesty, request-
ing her, at this time when the commerce of India was
daily getting worse, to do something to re-instate her
in the position which she formerly occupied ; and
he thought it rested with gentlemen behind the
bar, as the Governors of India, to do something
in order to raise the finances of India. From
the year 1833 to 1834, there was a local Indian surplus
debt due to this country of 1,434,000/. ; during the next
year the surplus was 1,680,0001. ; the next, 2,500,0001 ;
the 'next, 3,600,000/. ; the next, 3,300,000/. ; and the
last year, 2,467,000/, making a total local Indian surplus
debt, during the last six years, of upwards of 15,000,000/.
Nothing could restore India. from the state of financial
embarrassment under which she now laboured but a more
extensive system of commerce, and he trusted that Par-
liament would now render all the aid in its power to-
wards the accomplishment of this object. He begged to
conclude by moving the following resolution :—" That,
in the opinion of this Court, the territories under the
government of the East India .Company ought to be
treated as integral portions of the British empire ; and
that as a revision of the English Tariff is now taking
place, this Court, in fulfilment of its duty to their
fellow-subjects in British India, do again petition
both Houses of Parliament,
.praying for a com-
plete reciprocity of tract?. between India and Eng-
land, which, if fully and fairly established, will
confer mutual and extensive benefits on both countries ;
and materially contribute to the security andpermanence
of the British power and inflUenee in the eastern hemis-
phere."—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. C. F. BROWN seconded the motion.
The CHAIRMAN said, it would be in the recollection of
the Court of Proprietors, that in Dec. 1839, a petition on
this very subject was presented to the House of Lords
and Commons, and some steps were then taken
on the matter ; but the Court of Directors and
Proprietors did not consider that enough had
been done, end on the 22d of December last
year another petition, similar to that now proposed by
the Hon. Proprietor, Mr. Montgomery, was presented to
the Court of Directors, who had, since that time,

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AFFCIFAN WAR.
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the next Court day he would move a resolution to the
effect—•• That nn application be made to the Board of
Control for such papers and documenis relating to the
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ADAM BAUER, Bth Artillery Brigade."—" Rowland's
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The appeal of the inhabitants of Chauriat, in the
Puy de Dome, against the judgment of the Court of Assizes,
which condemned them to various punishments, for baying
taken part in the riots in opposition to the census, bad been
heard by the Court of Canattons autrejected,