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-FAMILY

NEEDHAM, RAWLINS, Rnd Co. Patentees of
tire PORTABLE FAMILY BREWING MACHINF,
re•pectfully inform V. Gentry, anti the I'tthlic, that in
consegnence of the Flre in Skinner-street. they have removed to
their premises, No (near tie: hay-market) Picr:•ditly;
where they hope to be honoured with a continuance of that li-
beral patronage they have hitherto experienced.
This Machine comhmes the Fire plat,. Coppers, Math Ton,
Under Back, Hop Back, and Working in one .Utensil;
which is compact, dutalde, and convenient, and worked by a
method smaple and certain in Ls operation.
The Machine is made of varicmodimensiona, suitable to small
Families, or the mote extemive estahhshments.
N. R. and Co. have the pleasure or saying, they hive molt re-
sptctable testimonials, and can ewe references to Gentlemen in
I own and Country, who have had experience of the utility of
the invention. _ _

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R.W PROCESS,

For ketping YIP V' .lONS perfectly RE :'.H with all their
original flavour and nutrtt;ous qualities, fur a cuthickrable

Ic neth of time and in any
obvious adv.inta,vs of tbee Pitovisioxs are,
First, I hat shey ent,rety cup: rse.;e the necessity of taking
on' LIVE STOCK to sea, whiel , exclusive of its own !OklOnbranCr,
must he attended with hat II its provender and fresh water.
Muth ronni, tr-tible, and expsvcc wiil tw saved, besides the loss
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deed of tittle importance. •Ehey ate well ca culated her alt ex-
peditions of boat's crews, landing par it:s, ste. aatl
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of fresh ;rovisions must have on the Navy and ‘rmy, particu-
larly in contributing most • ssentially to the restoratton of the
health and services of the sick and wounded, and eventually
swing to the State the valuable Ives of many of our Sailors and
Soldiers,

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Mr. CALCRAFT rose pnrsuant to his notice, to hring for.
ward a Motion, with the s few of reviving the Committee oil
the Kent Gaol Bill. The Hon. Member, atter apologising to
the House for the time for which he thought it lits duty to or.-
copy their attention, detailed the unreasonable expence incurred
from adopting the p'an proposed by the Committee for builddig
the New KencnGanL In order that the Committee might be re.
vie. d, and hale an opportunity of reviewing their proceedings,
he concluded with moving —tt That the Minutes of written and
mitred Evidence, submitted to the Committee on the 14,w Knit
Gaol lliU,he laid on the table of the House."
Mr. 1. SM iTH stated, from his own knowledge, the diliel2l
of collecting the heavy rates imposed for this put pit*, aud dec
himself in layout of the motion.
Sir W. GEARY argued against the mntinr.
Sir EC! (FON BRYDGES followed on etc same side.
Mr. WESTERN ,npportod • iqn.
Mr. MARRYAT couter.ded • propriety of having the
Committee revived, anti the Evidence laid on the taole.
Mr. W. WYNNE opposed the motion, as such a proceeding
did not appear continent with the pract ce of the Han e.
[Here the conversation was inters/opted by a Message front the
Lords, annaoncing their agreement to teveral Private and Public
The subject having been resented, Sit EiWAlt 0 /Cs 4 /tit a-
mitt. argued In favour of the motion, and Mr. Lase es.t.sil
against it.
Alter some farther observ-tions from Mr. 1.116112 mares and
• Mr. Serpent Barr. is sty, ,sere of the mutton, and Ale Post
Calm against it, tit* House divides; when there appeared—.
For the motion SS--Against it est.
The consideration of die Report ea the Helstone Election was
postponed to Monday itesonighr.
The Army Extraordinaries and Ordnance Estima:el were post•
posed to this day fortnigi.t.
Lord COCHRANE presented a Petition frt.tt c.-rain Person,
in Manchester, complazing of inters-Iv ;L3is they bid suffered
whilst preparing a Petition to the Prince Relent In karlta.iien.
'tatty Reform. The Petition detailed thi several grieranc.-s al.
leged to have been suffered by the Politest:ft, and concluded
with praying for Parliamentary redress.
Mr. B. PATHURS could not see what objeet eotdd be
gained by this Petition being received, as the on.y tact% Amid
were, that the Petitioners bad been charged with certain illegal
nets, but acquitted; end, that they had been ill used by camas
:4esespapere. 'I he law of the laud was open so redress any tn.
jury they bad teeeive4. No d"ubt corn be entertained that
they might have freely petitioned for l'AriLimenrary Reform,
when it was remembered that a "%liar Pet, ion heel been pre.
rented from Liverpool. It was the prt.eince sit the I louse not re
stand forward betore the law, but to redress buck grievances as
escaped

Mr. WHITBREAD thote:ht, that as ncthtnt orersive are
peared in the Pe:itiou. it neigh' be permi,ters ti Le on ttie tab.,.
nie state of 4ivress and pofer: y the Petition rs were
r...duced, in consequence of the lave detailed m the Petition,
depriv d them of the means of le4al redress. ILe Night lion.
Gentleman (Mr. Bathurst) assolei, that t:-e law was open la
: •tem but so was the Ltm Joh Tavotn, to thus • wirer cook! pay.
I'he Perittoners were prosecuted and persecuted, because they
became obnoxious to a par, icular party. was all act of toe
vr osest injustice ald or,,reasion, watch it became Vie y of
the H tt.e to redrem

M. W. WYNNE agreed generally with the Fight Hon. Gen.
•lelaan (Mr 13athurot) in tar preOpinety of rot ilterte,ing with
chr regular coup. of law. He widled. buwevcr, that the rt,,ht
pe Rion .t ould he as secure as possible, acid would not be un-
derstood as giving ant opinion oa the truth of the alloptions.
r. PINS)N BY thought the facis alleged in the ketition,
if true, justified Parliament try in:ererence.
Mr. I.IA I'HU.A ST tichnetl pres'ing hi- opros'itten to the Pe.
titim ; which, .tf.er a tt w words from Mr. SerjeAnt BEST, mas
order d to 16 on the

1 he Irish Rents Bill 111.15 committed, and ordered to be read a
third time that day three we. ks.
Mr. WES t 1-RN rose, again to postpone his Motion relative
to the hilltting o: Soldiers on Publicans. He should postpiioe is
for one week, in the hope that it would become whor- ..iine-
cessary, front some prorositiun which in the mean time wottli
be subasitted :o the House uont the subject b) a Nuble
(Nalnirtston), whose clEc.iitl duties reqvired him to r et th •
interests of the NUL:arts, while he provided fur sue c. m .-rts of
-it,: Soldier.

-!*he Engli,h and h-nlvent Debtorc Bins were ordered to
c mmit eel on •1 h:tr.t.dty and Ft iday resrt ettse:y,.
k,:part of the 11,7 .I,:n Writ. 11111 was ordet tn.! to 4.: tains .
into it.: tiler consideration to-morrow.

Lori and m ,red for 6•ave to bring in
a El, for the more speedy tr a; and !Jun ptutt.:r of
snld:trs eummittiug olft:wes by detactunl ar irs iu Spitits a,:41

Leave was given to bring the Eill in, but im it, bee, g read a
fir,t tirne,

Mr. PONSONEY rose and stated. that 'be powers %thief% 't
would confer on Court.: Martial, appeared :3 hits of -0 ;Lra.:o
and Important a nunre, that he tru,ted they might be wri t•trts
sldercd before the till siouli.l pats Into .1 law. I-le therefore
in the n. -a time move, that the B II b. prirred.—Orch red.
The Hoti.e rersiveti itself into a Comm-tut cf Sum): y, when
a variety of a. ma *ere voted, on account of Ariny .r no-
ries, Militia Estimates, and Miseerlannius 7serviies i.t Irc:rod.
Also, a sum of £24,000, towards entnpeciat the 1 than, si to
of the Island of Bt. Vu cent, for losses sustained iu cuttatith rue
of a volcon.c eruption there to I 8J s.
In the Commit:ft' Mr PONSONBY took the orvortunity cf
asking, wby the question on the Army E sty fel s hs, n:it
vet been brouslit forward, althoui,:i had ver, 'at a&
vaned, and truly Members were umier ft; r. In-et:A-at y or c s
'0 %via It sundae of such importance ware always to be lams-

poned to the end of the Scw.lon, the House of Commons would
become a mere Court of Regi*try, wherein might be recorded the
demands of the Cabi,

Lord P4I.MERS I ON said. that ao unnecessary delay what-
ever wawa t ke place in bringingtbe subject before Parliament.
Mr. POSONBY said, lac not complain of that business
In purticul,ar bt ing delayed, but all questions involving a voto of
money appeared iq bim to be most unnecessarily delayed.
On the t ;oaf* being remmed, the Irish Sessions House Bill was
read a lei (line, and ordered to be committed to-morrow.

• EAST INDIA COMMITTEE.
The Hoose ten resolved itself into a Committee

on tilt Affairs of the East India Company.
Mr. ItICK3'iRDS said, he felt a considerable de-
gfeefif interest in every thing relating to India, in
which-lic had patted the best.part of his life. There
was in that country a most, numerous population, who,
from a want of other means, were obliged to till the
ground for a subsistence. • Commercial wealth could
thftre, as in Europe, overflow to the agriculture
of the country. There was a great portion of agri-
cultural misery, which was one cause of the scanti-

. _
ness of commercial wealth. There was a great defect
in the Fl.evenue Laws, which it would be necessary
t.' correct. A great part of the evils he alluded to,
arose from the Mahotnetan conquests, and the Sove-
wign being the proprietor of the soil.. The state of
the c4ltivators was the poorest, the most deplorable,
and miserable, that could be conceived. They were
ofiligsd to live all the year round on rice, and had
nothing but a thin covering of cotton cloth. Much
of this misery was occasioned by the severity in the
collection of rents and taxes. When Lord Corn-
wallis was iii India, he endeavoured to establish a
Zeminlar to the population—that was, to have a
class of cultivators possessing capital, and a portion
Of land sufficient to caTry on the bUsiness of agricul-

ture on a large scale. The effects of this system were
described in a letter he received from a native of
Malabar, as having contributed to the peace and hap-
piness of the Country, But the letter further stated,
that, owing to the appointment of low persons to the
offices of 'lax Collectors, this happiness was done
away, and the inhabitants were treated with the
greatest tyranny and oppression. These men were
called Mootadors ; they were a sort of farmers of
tams, who boasted that they were the Lords of the
soil ; and they oppressed and pillaged the people of
every thing they could find in the farmers' houses;
and the pocr peasants were unable to obtain redress,
because it would require a journey of four or five
days to go to a Court of Justice, in order to nuke
their complaints ; and they were unable to bear the
expences of such journies. These Mootadors were
of such a character, that there was reason to fear they
would take the first favourable opportunity of rising
up in rebellion. After having read the letter, the
Non. Gentleman proceeded to point out the processes
by which the whole of the lends of Bengal had, in
the course of a few years, changed masters. When
arrears of taxes were to be collected, the lands were
taken and sold ; and it generally happened that the
sales did not produce so much as the taxes amounted
to. This was, then, the boasted system of Govern-
ment so much talked of in that House ! The opi-
nion of every body was, that this system bad been
established for the purpose cf destroying the Zemin-
ears of the Country; and he was certain that the op.
pressed natives would be ready to join the first stan-
dard of rebellion that might be raised against a Go-
vernment whose sole object was revenue, and who,
in the collection of such revenue, had recourse to the
means now described: The trice of food was so low
in• Bengal, as to be scarcely worth the labour of cul-
tivating the land, and the price of labour was pro-
portionably low. One shocking effect arising from
this state of things was, the increase of enormous
vices and crimes, to which the wretched people were
driven by want of subsistence. By this system, the
benevolent intentions of Lord Cornwallis were wholly
defeated ; and the system was contrary to the wishes
of the Court of Directors themselves, who had very
just notions of government ; but whose good political
maxims were defeated by commercial speculation.—
Now the internal commerce of Bengal had not in-
creased ;—and consequently the condition of the
people could not have been bettered ; and he hoped
this condition would shortly engage the attention of
the House. There were advocates in that House for'
people in all other parts of the world ; but the poor
injured Indian had no advocate; and he would in-
treat the House to turn its attention to that oppressed
criutury, as much for the sake of humanity and jus-
tice, as fir that of the safety and interests of the em-
pire. We are now suffering a commercial loss, in
Consequence of the system, .and the evils he enume-
refer'. could never be dope away until the trade to
ladia became free and unshacklel—Weee,
It was not possible, in the nature of things, to pre.
ent orecessinn, when the rulers of the country were
ni.”-c!, :41d 'l, tarsi when these merchants were mono.
p•iliset ;—some great measure of correct;on and hu-
es everucue was then indispensible, and a necessary
eels toward* it was the • opening the trade. It vies
.iu antiquated prejudice, much more alssurd than the
bind's° 'lleology, to say, that the natives of India
bad a fixed, unchangeable character. One would
suppose, from the mysterious accounts given of the
Hindoos in this country, that these people were not
made of flesh and blood. But he knew that they
had the same passions, the same feelings, and the
same wants, as other human beiogs ;—and he was
coofident that, if they were well treated, and their
condition ameliorated, and a system of justice and-
open commerce established aresoeg them, they would
be found to conduct themselves like people similarly
situated in Any other part of the world. He assured
the House, that in what he Low veld, he was actuat-
ed by no sort of hostility towards the India Com-
pany. Hjs -sentiments had been long known ; and
to pure were his motives, that the course he now
pursues! woeld probably involve him in disappoint-
ment and loss.
Mr. GRANT defended the conduct of tire 'nth .n
government against the charges of the Hon.Gentle-
ie
man, whe.h, it true, wi ale prove that all which had
been dem by ,ornter Governors-in India was writ, g.
The tfon. Gentleman held forth the idea that core
mice aline was necessary to make the people ut
India happy. N.yr the fact was, that they were al.
agiiculturai, and could not be a commercial people.
The Hon. Gentleman 'was incorrect in many of his
etements, The Ze-mind. rs were not ehe original
etoprieteee of the soil. Thet was the property of the
4overeign, in consequence of the system intreduceo
tsy the Mahoecteteres among the people 090 years

before the English got possession of the country.—
The system of land,—revenue was not such as was
described. A certain portion of the :sop was taken,
without any acts of oppression. There was no such
persons as old Zemindars in Bengal ; for these per-
sons had supplanted one set of Zemindars, just as
the latter supplanted others that had gone before
diem. He next denied the statement of the Hon.

Gentleman, that the internal commerce had declined,
for there was an evident increase of population, and
such must have brought an increase of consumption
along with it. Therefore, there must have been an
increase of commerce.

Mr. C. GRANT challenged the Hon. Gentleman
(Mr. Rickards) to give to the world the statement
he had made to the Houce that night. He begged
the House would suspend its judgment till the whole
was fairly before it.
Mr. RICKARDS replied, and stated that many
great authorities had said the same as he had ; only,
perhaps, not in such strong language as he had used.
His proposal to change the revennsystem of India
was meant as a trial, and intended qnly to be made
on the insignificant island of Salset&, in the neigh-
bourhood of Bengal.
Sir E. COOTE considered that the affairs of India
had already greatly flourished under the guidance of
the East-India Company, and he was unwilling to
give up' a certain good for a supposed advantage.
Mr. TIERNEY said, that although he might be
differing in opinion on the subject of that night's de-
bate, yet he found his opinions were the same as those
of Lord Grenville on this subject. His Lordship had
publicly lamented that the Report of the Committee
had not most strongly recommended the adoption
generally of the permanent system of revenue in In-
dia. He contended, that not one fact had been ad-
duced whiCh should make the East-India Company
lose its charter. All that had been said against the
Company had been matter of assertion and debate,
but not by way of evidence or proof. It had been
said, that the Company's monopoly was destructive
of commerce, &c. This, it true, was capable of proof,
but no one *as brought to prove it. But he would
maintain that a case had been most strongly made
out in fas>our of the Company, which had not been
attemptedtio Be disproved by any one. His firm con-
viction was, that on the decision on this debate, would
materially depend the safety of the empire. This
ought to be a question of discussion, not to be de-
cided merely by voting. It had been said, that the
system of the East-India Trade was encouraged by
Mr. Pitt and Mr. Dundas, as a mere experiment. In
that light he could not consider it; but he it so, it
was entitled to some consideration with all other ex-
periments, whether it had been beneficial or hurtful.
The fact was, that sixty millions of people had
been governed in India with as much regard to
their happiness as ever any people had been go.
verned on the face of the earth. It might be, that
the Company had carried on a losing trade with India,
but for that he did not care. The question was, bad
the inhabitants of India been governed with a just
regard to their lives, property, and general happiness.
He contended that this had been done. The Corn.
pang had Civil and Military Establishments of such
a nature as not to be paralleled in the world. He be.
licved that its Fervants wished to do their duty fairly,
in the face of the world. The Government had been
allowed, on all hands, to be most excellent ; yet was
it all to be thrown down—not for the purpose of in-
creasing the happiness of the people of India, but only
to give this country a little more trade !
.He con-
tended that the abstract principle was erroneous—
namely, that trade was of no use or advantage unless
it were free. It wa. the proper mode of considering
what was the best way of carrying on the trade with
India. He said, that it ought to be done through the
Port of London. The other side said no ; and that
.ought to be the subject of fair discussion. Without
that, they would be throwing down one thing known
to be good, for a new circumstance, of the good or
bad effects of which they could have no idea. The
sort of opening to the trade proposed to be granted,
was nothing better than a sort of regulated monopoly
also; and if they granted that, he thought they ought
to allow every man to go to, and
,return from India,
in his own ship, and on his own bottom. He had
heard nothing stated which could lead him to sup-
pose, that while India was obliged to receive our
manufactures, we were to receive an increase of hers.
It, therefore, could not be from any desire to benefit
the natives of India, that these persons were so very
anxious to have the trade with that country opened
to them. He considered, that the introduction of
Europeans into India would be attended with most
imminent danger to our empire in the East. For his
own part, he should be very sorry to see a Liverpool
Captain and crew, accustomed to the Slave Trade,
going out to India. But it was said, that the Police
in India was to be extended, to prevent any such evil;
but what would the inhabitants of that country say
to this, who had hitherto lived in peace ? They would
naturally enquire why time vigorous measures were
to be taken and the answer to that must be, .4 here
are the Gentlemen of the Out-ports coming among
you." Under all these considerations, he trusted the
Noble Lord would step in and prevent this plan being
adopted—A pl in which, it carried into effect, would,
lie was convinced, in less than five years, break down
the East India Company entirely.
Lord. CAS I'LEREAGH contended, that Parlia-
ment had a right at any time, when chartered rights
should expire, to renew or withhold such rights and
privileges, on such terms as it might think proper.
He was ready to meet the Right Hon. Gentleman at
any time on the merits of the plan now proposed, and
to contend, that it was for the interest of the Empire,
both .it home and abroad, that it should be adopted.
• After proceeding to remark on the nature of the mea-
sure now proposed, he declared that he never had
thought so well of t!:e measure before, or of its
since th wis-
dom, as he had done sine Right Hon. gentle-
' man's impeachment of it.
Mr. kINLA k' and Mr. FORBES supported the
measure.
• Mr. R. THORNTON proposed an adjogrnment of
the debato on this question till to-morrow (this day.)
Mr. PONSONBY and Sir J. NEWPORT sup-
ported this mipositirsa, and each of them declared
their opinion that the measure ought not to be pressed
!trough the House during tit. present Session.
Alter a few words from Lord CASTLEREAGH
and Mr.CANNING, the Chairmaireported progress
and obtained leave to sit again, and the House ad-
journed at Halt-past One.

FRENCH PAPERS,

P4RIS, MAY IS.

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Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent has
received intelligence from the Army, dated from
Hocherchen, the 21st, at five in the evening ; it states
that, in consequence of the -advantages gained -the
preceding 4sy, a second battle took place on the 21st,
in which the most complete- success- crowned the
Emperor's arms: Our loss in the two days has not
been considerable. The Emperor was in perfect
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