Star.
London, England, 1813-06-15 00:00:00

HOWSE OF COMMONS.

Lord RANCLIFFE withdrew the notice which he had given
of a motion respecting Parliamentary Reform, which stood for
Friday next. In the previst state of the Session, and considering
the important business before them, he should not press it this
Session, but would bring it forward in the nett.

The farther proceedings In the case of the Borthwick Peerage
A ere postponed to to-morrow se'nnight.
On the question for the House resolving itself into a Committee
on the Insolvent Debtors' Bill,
Sir S. ROMILLY observed, that it would be advisable, that no
very material alteration should be made in the Bill at present, as
it might defeat it for the present Session. If the Bill were passed
nearly in its prow shape, it would be the adoption of a principle,
ansi practical Improvements might be introduced in future Sessions.
After a few observations from Mr. KENRICK and Alderman
Comae, the House resolved itself into the Committee.

Sir S. ROMILLY stated, that the clause which required the
imprisonment of the debtor lot six months before he could take
the benefit of the Act, imposed upon him the necessity of so long
an imprisonment as to famil:arise bim to the habits and morals
•l a jail. He therefore proposed, as an amendment, that the
word" three" should be substituted for the word " six" months.

Alter a few observations from different Menibers, the Corn-
*mince divided—For the Amendment 22—Against It, 42.
The Bill then passed through the Committee without any
amendments, and the report was ordered to be received on
Wednesday.

Sir S. Kt/MILL! asked his Majesty's Ministers, whether any
steps had been taken to extend the benefit of those Acts to the
Lk of Man ? Hitherto no Insolvent Act had been extended to
that iNland, nor was it necessary for the natives, who were 14-
Lend from imprisonment on giving up their goods ; tat to Eng-
/oh debtors in the Isle of Man,theimprisonmentmight last for life.
Lord CA.STLEREAGH promised to make enquiry upon that

cAr. WHITBREAD presented a petition from Mr. Hargrave,
the object of which was to enable him to sell to the public many
valuable manuscripts which be had collected at great labour and
opense.The petition received, and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. W HAF-C1 ON brought in the Loan WI, which was read a"
first time, and ordered to be read a second time tomorrow.

...
Mr. FITZGERALD obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the
better regulation of the Duty on Irish Malt; and another, to pre-
vent the use of untnalted Corn in the operations of Brewing.

II EL S TON COMM) TT /1: E.
Mr. SWAN moved the Order of the Day for considering the
Rtport of this Coi..mittee.
Lord CASTLEREAGH 'Wished it to be postponed, on ac-
count of the urgency of another business (the India Question),
viluch stood for to-night.
A lung conversation then took place about the postponing the
consideration of this Report, when it was finally resolved to post-
Fout it till Monday aut.
FOREIGN TREATIES.

Mr. PONSON,BY rose and observed, that he had
said a few evenings since, that if the. Noble Lord op-
posite would not consent to lay before the House that
part of the Treaty with Russia which was.referred to
in the Treaty with Sweden, be should feel it his duty
to make a motion for that purpose, as it was impos-
sible that the House could form any .complete judg-
ment., or come. properly:prepared to the discussion -of
the terms of the Treaty. with- Sweden, while they
were left in the dark on the subject of the Treaty
with Russia, which was directly referred to -in the
former. He, therefore, now thought it right to ap-
pli.e the Noble Lord, that he meant to move for some
other papers connected with the subject, in order to
g.ve the Noble Lord time to determine whether he
should oppose or agree to their production. The first
paper he intended to move for was, an account of all
sltns of money advanced or paid to the King of Swe-
cka by the British Government, with the dates of such
cv.Lnces. The second would be, a statement of the
diy of the landing of the Swedish army on the Conti-
tent (as it was called, for he should Rot express it so,
as it appeared to suppose Sweden unconnected with the
Continent) in conformity with the stipulations of the
trially entered into between Great Britain and Sweden.
The third paper he should call for was, a Copy of the
Treaty concluded between his Majesty and the Em-
peror of Russia, relative to the subject, if such treaty
has been entered into, for he knew not how it stood,
tsliether there was a separate treaty or not. Perhaps
he might not have rightly shaped his motion, but the
answer of the Noble Lord would set him right, and
enable him to do so. The fourth and last document
which he should feel it his duty to call for was, a
Copy of. Extracts of all Papers or Communications
th4t may have passed between his Majesty's Ministers
^ d the Accredited Agents of the King of Denmark.
nll these he considered essentially necessary to a full
and right understanding of the treaty in question, and
to explain parts of it which would otherwise be ob-
scure. The Noble Lord could say whether he was
spn:ed to accede tp or refuse these motions, and
v ould enable him (Mr. Ponsonby) to shape them,
if r the purpose of bringing them forward to-morrow,
tf:,(tessary..
Let d CASTLEREAGH said, thas he was not
prepared to accede to that part of the Right Hon-
Gentleman's propositions which regarded the King of
htilmat k, with respect to the Tre.ity with Russia, he
I%as not authorized by either of the contracting par-
ties to make it public, but he had no abjection to give
as much substantial information on the subject as
could be necessary. There was no difficulty what-
ever as to the advances made to the King of Sweden,
u.or as to the landing of the Swedish army, se far as
his Majesty's Government had obtained information
of the precise date of that event,
Mt. PONSONBY said, that he thought the infor.
oration on the subject ot the Russian Treaty which
the Noble Lord professed his readiness to afford,
would answer perfectly well ; all he wanted was,
Such iolormation as would enable the House to de-

tide npott the Merits of the Treaty. With regard to
the laQing of the troupt, the Noble Lord would
collect the terms of the first . article of the Treaty§
which stipulated that thefuture advances Were to be
made from the time that evert took place; He was
only anxious to know from what day Go4ieroment
thought Sweden tntitled to the benefit Of the Treaty in
this respect, and he also wished to know the amount
of the force landed:

Mr. MA RRYAT was desirous Of ascertaining
froth the Noble Lord whether, in the cession bf the
island of Guadaloupe, according to the terms of the
Treacly. with Sweden, those islands were included
which had been heretofore considered as dependencies
on Guadaloupe, he meant St. Martin, Deseada, Maria
Galante, and the Saintes ?

Lord CASTLEREAGH replied, that no other
Settlement was meant but Guadaloupe properly so
called.

Mr. PONSONBY said, that, in order to avoid any
misunderstanding, he now begged leave to give notice
that he would, to-morrow, make a motion for the pro-
duction of the papers which related to the recent
communications between this Ooverninent and the
King of Denmark. •
NATIONAL EXPENDITURE.

- - -
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
moved, that the Report of the Committee of Ways
and Means should be taken into further consideration,
which was agreed to, and the Chairman proceeded to'
read the Resolutions.

Mr. CALCRAFT begged leave to say something
concerning the National Expenditure, which was now
become enormous. At the commencement of the
year 1809, our annual expenditure was 82 millions,
in the present year it had arisen to the unexampled
height of 118 millions, being an increase of expence
to the amount of 36 millions. The House, as well
as the country, he was aware, would be surprised at
this amount, and the latter would wonder why it was
.not the subject of more frequent discussion. He
was extremely anxious to draw the attention of Par.
liament to an expenditure so enormous, for he really
saw little prospect of an immediate peace from the
present position of the nations of Europe, and, there.
fore, the subject of our means of continuing the war
well merited the consideiation of the Representatives
of the people. He apprehended, however, that ano..
opportunity would occur, in which he would be able
to state his views at full length. He had mentioned
the subject now, for if he recollected right, the Right
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Vausittart), in the course of
his statements, had not named the gross sum of our
expenditure, but had allowed the House to sum it up
from his accounts, probably because he was himself
somewhat appalled with-the enormity of the amount.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
declared, that he conceived he had deprecated all
discussion by the very ample statement which he had
made in the Committee.

Mr. CALCRAFT made a few observations, after
which, the Resolutions bf the Committee c.mcerning
the Expenditure of England were read and agreed to.

EAST INDIA AFFAIRS.

Lord CASTLEREAGH moved the Order of
the Day, for the further consideration of the Affairs
of the East Indies.

Mr. HOWARTH said, it was almost impossible
for the mind of man to produce a measure to which
there would not be found some objection, either spe-
cious or solid. The multitude of objections which
had been raised by those who espoused separate sides
of this important question, rendered it necessary for
him to assure the House, that he believed the ra-
tional application of knowledge and experience would
alone bring them, and nothing else, to a happy con.
elusion of their labours. He rose particularly to call
the attention of the House to the subject of the sove-
reignty of the Indies. Lord Grenville, somewhere
in his speech, had declared, that the territory of Eng-
land appertained to the Crown, and that no subject
had power to alter the right of dominion. Now it
appeared to him very odd that the declaration of So-
vereignty should be foisted into the body of one of
the Resolutions to which the House had given assent
—why should that not be more publicly notified, by
being transposed to the preamble of the Bill. In
India the Company was not known as Sovereigns,
but as Merchants ; therefore he conceived it of the
first importance that all should be clear and distinctly
defined.

Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, he had an Amend-
ment to the first Resolution in contemplation, decla-
ratory of our sole right of dominion in the Eisr, for
he learned that the Company bad laid claim to the
eastern sovereignty. Previous to the examination of
witnesses, or the discussion of any Resolution, a de.
claration should have beet} made of the sovereign
right of the Crown of Britain to the empire of India.
It was our duty to do so, as pet-sons who consulted
the moral welfare of the people of the East, as well
as the commercial prosperity of the nation at home ;
he would therefore move to dismiss.all that followed
in the first Resolution after the word " that," for the
purpose of adding words to the following purport :
" 'That the Sovereignty of the Crown of Britain and
Ireland over the territories in India was paramount
and undoubted, and that Parliament, in legislating,
was bound to provide for the civil and religious free-
dom and moral improvement of the people, without
which no prospect of commercial advantage should
enter into competition."

Lord CASTLEREAGH apprehended, that the
discussion of the present question would only tend to
retard the progress of the measure at present under
contemplation, without being of any advantage to it.
No person ever expected that the prerogative of the
Crown to the country possessed by the Company
would be called in question ; those greater principles
were always and every where understood; hitherto
Parliament had made all their enactments without
snaking any such declarations, and unless some great
and signal advantage was expected to result, it would
be needless to dep rrt from the common mode of pro-
ceeding. It was not the custom of Parliament in the
legislation of practical measures to preface them with
moral maxims and acknowledged truths, besides, he
was not aware that the Court of Directors had at-
tempted to lay down any law exclusive of the Crown,
they had claimed property which they lad accumu-
mulated under grants from the Crown, but that was
no territorial claim. It would be impolitic to mention
on every occasion the powers of the Crown. and by

'adopting the aMetAtfient; the, would pay a veil bad
lotnpliment to aft their pkeceding legislators:
Mr. WILLIAM SMITH declared, that In his
Opinion; Parliament formerly did not perform its
duty in neglecting tO make a declaration similar to
that tecOmmended by the Hon. Baronet. He was
anxious to have that duty done now; and tvas desir-
ous that the question should be broadly and eXpli.
citly laid down. We were really and truly sovereigns
of India, and the dominion over sitty millions of
people ought not to be laid aside. All the Resolu-
tions related merely to the matters of trade and reve-
nue, and none proposed to consider the highest inte-
rest of mankind; therefore he did not think Pailiament
had done its duty; the sovereignty should have been
particularly notified in the foreground of the picture,
with the declaration that we had higher duties to
perform than the regulation of commerce. He firmly
believed that the situation of the British subjects in
India was incomparably improved, in comparison
of what it was formerly—this compliment was in-
tended to he applied to individuals, for he did not
pay it to the Constitution of the Company. When
he witnessed the canvassing for Directorships all
over the City, Captain Siuh•a•one for the Shipping
Interests, and Mr. Such-a-one for the other interests,
he was led involuntarily to exclaim, if India has
been well governed it must have been by chance.--
He did not conceive it to be any answer to the Hon.
Baronets proposition to say these were truisms, the
half of what was preached in the pulpit and laid down
At the bar were truisms, for men wanted much t • be
reminded of their duty. This was a grave subject,
and though the situation of the people of Inii.* was
certainly ameliorated, yet they were not so well as
they deserved to be, therefore it became the duty of
Parliament to do all that was possible for their further
;mprovement. He had heard it mentioned by one of
the witnesses, that the land, though producing fruit
Ipontaneously and in abundance, contained a multi.
titude of wretched inhabitants, who would continue
in their wretchedness. Travellers said the same of
Sicily, and was it not natural to attribute the same
effects to the same cause ? The execrable nature of
the Government rendered Sicily wretched ; he did
not mean to apply the same to the Company with re.
gard to India, but there was a reflection somewhere
which he wished to be wiped off. He would give his
warmest concurrence to the Amendmeht of the Hon.
Baronet.
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Mr. B. BATHURST maintained that the right
of the Crown to the Sovereignty of the Indies was un-
questionable and undisputed ; he could not see what'.
-practical or useful tivid the insertion of the words of re-
cital, proposed by the Right Hon. Bart. could answer. '
They declared several truisms, but although truisms
'were good in a- sermon, the House of Commons was
not in the practice of preaching sermons. Undoubt-
Aly many defects might be pointed out in the con-
stitution of the Indian Government, but the assertion
of abstract principles could have no effect in re-
moving them.
Mr. HORNER said, the Amendment consisted of
two parts—an assertion of sovereignty and a declara-
tion of duty; the latter he deemed nugatory, after
the repeated resolutions and enactments of Parliament
on the subject of Indian wars, government, and con-
quests. The former, hoviever, he should support,
deeming it better to declare this right directly, than in
the oblique form proposed by the Noble Lord. It
was important that some declaration upon this
head should be made, as he had recently heard some-
thing like the shadow of a claim set up on the part of
' the Company, by an Hon. Director (Mr. Grant), for
whose knowledge and exertions, on Indian subjects,
no one had a higher respect than himself. It was
also to be considered, that foreign Powers might at-
tempt to establish pretences, on the ground that the
Parliament of England had left the territorial sove-
reignty in dispute.
Mr. STEPHEN opposed the introduction of the
words, as too comprehensive, and as declaring not
only that the sovereignty, but the land revenues, were
vested in the Crown.

Mr. HORNER explained, that he had never de.
nied to the East India Company their rights of pro-
perty, but had said only, that the ten; t Irks acquired
by them in war were the dominions of the Imperial
G,lvernment.

Mr. TIERNEY observed, that the Company had
enjoyed in their Charter not only an exclusive trade,
but a right to acquire territory and to make wars.
It was rather hard, therefore, to claim at once, with-
out reserve, all which the Company had obtained in
tho exer:ise cf this privilege, and without the assis-
tance of the arms of the Crown. In all former acts
for regulating the Company this question was passed
by, acid left for after adjudication. No doubt could
exist in any man's mind as to the title of paramount
sovereignty ; but it did not of necessity follow that,
the revenues, properties, and usufruct of the territory
were not strictly in the lawful possession of the Com-
pany who had acquired them, and who in so doing
contracted a debt which was the source of all their
present embarrassmwts. With respeot to that part
of the amendment which regarded the paramount
duty of the Legislature to attend to the happiness of
the people of India, it should have his support.
Mr. PRESTON supported the Amendment.

Mr. WILBERFORCE expressed his opinion that
the Riouts and mass of the Indian population were in
as comfortable a state as could be expected or desired.
Mr. C. GRANT had never denied the sovereignty
to reside in the Imprial Crown, and had asserted
only that the property of the soil was vested in the
Company by successive Charters and Acts of Parlia-
ment.

Mr. CANNING thought the Amendment unne-
cessary, since they were at that moment exercising the
substantial rights of supreme government, in legis-
lacing for the tenure by which the Company were in
future to hold the territory.
The Amendment was then put and negatived
without a division.

On the Resolution limiting the new Charter to 20
years being put,
*Mr. PONSONBY moved, as an amendment, that
the word ten be substituted for the word ,4 twenty."
Mr. CREEVEY seconded the motion, with a view
of voting against the whole Resolution, should the
amendment to it be negatived. He entirely disap-
proved of the junction of the two characters of Mer-
chant and Sovereign ; and thought the Government
of India could never be well directed, unless those
tharactql were serwatel. This was the kg tips

that the Monopoly had heed retieWeci ; for hi id**
consider it it a fitoriopblythe tilde to China (thy.
only prbfitable one) being exclusively Vented' to the
Company, Without a specific: acknowledgment having •
been made td the country. The Nobfe Lord, cons
trary to the language he had so often held in that
House, did not even mention such a consideration,
conceiving that it would be nugatory! how could het
therefore, consent that the Company shotild act both
ab Merchants and as Sovereigns t As long as they
acted is Merchants only, they riot only did not want
assistance, but afforded it to the country i since the
junction of those characters, they no longer traded
but on the surplus of-their revenue, which depended
on the seasons, or war cr peace. But the Indian Di.
rector did nto thin of the commercial success of the
Company or of the Government of India ; he only
thought of the cadetship, writership, the places of su.
percargu and in warehouses he should have the disPoiai
of. in like manner the old ladies (ii /atrgh J—lor they
constituted a great portion of the Proprietors; did net
consider whgt Gentlemen would best forward the
commercial interests of the Company, or best admi-
nista the Government of India, but voted for the
Gentlernaa she considered most likely to forward her
son or nephew. He thought it would be better, if
necessary, to enable the Company, by means of a
duty, to pay their dividends, than to grant them a
monopoly. He thought the influence of the Crown
would be much diminished, by preventing the Com-
pany from being traders. He did not wish to t Judi
I their territorial revenue, for h.: wts riot aware of any
method by which the Indian empire could be better
governed, than by the system or siccession exercised
by the Company.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, the observations
of the Hon. Gentleman might possibly be applicable
to the general subject, but were by no means so to
the question now before the House. He had never
changed the opinions he had held when President of
the Board of Contrnul, as he conceived it was sug.
Bested he had on the other side of the House. He
was now, as he had been then, of opinion, that the
combined monopoly of the India and China trades
was profitable to the Company, but Le had never
been of opinion that the trade of India alone was a
profitable concern ; and so satisfied was he now of
the contrary, that if the CompauT were now unwire
enough to acquiesce in an arrangement whic:i .4-mild
give them this commerce, and that Parliament were
Unwise enough to permit them to ;!ecept of i:, they
would inevitably become before the expiration of tune
Charter a burden on the public. The cubje.t w..; to
be viewed under a two-fold aLvet, ()ix .1 a p•i!,tical,
the other of a commercial i: Ai lire :—with respect to
the first of these he should observe, that eiert Parlia-
ment to concur in the opinion of the Right Huns
Gentleman, and limit as he wished the Jurgtlon of
the Charter, the eff.ct of such Priiitation would be
immediately and niost sensibly fe!t by the Cnitipanf
in India, the natives would con:ider so contracted 4
grant as indicative of a design in the Got.ertutletit
to extinguish their power altogether, tlioy would to
certain that their authority was on ti:e wane, and
that of the Crown about to be suintituted fl,r it.
—Now he did not conceive that there was i..e least
reason to risk encountering such ev is as nitt,t neces-
sarily be the result of such a motion gaining
ground: The power of the Company in India was
not such as the nation could reasonably entertain any
jealousy of, the fact was, that the Government of'
India had long ceased to be the Government of a
charteretl Company, it was a Pailiamentary Govern.
merit, fir the functionaries in India were as much
responsible to Parliament for their condact as those
in any branch of the Administration ; all the danger,
therefore, which it was apprehended would arise
from a power too great fur the State to control, was
in his opinion purely imaginary, no inconvenience
whatever could result from the grant of such a
Charter as was now proposed, whereas the most
serious evils, as he had already observed, were likely
to arise from its being limited to the shorter period
of ten years. He now came to the second division
of his subject, namely, the Commerce of India :
this had been hitherto exclusively in the hands of
the Company; but their Charter, so far as this
was concerned, was now about to be dissolved.
They were not to monopolise this trade in future,
thouizh they were to retain their power as Sovereigns,.
that power being necessary to preserve the tranquillity
of the country, which would otherwise be endangered
in consequence of the numerous' adventurers the open..
ing of the trade would necessarily intriduce ; but in
all respects a free trade would be established so far
as was compatible with the right of a Chartered Com-
pany, in whose hands it was necessary to deposit
faculties great in proportion to the magnitude of the
duties with the performance of which they were to be
entrusted. If he were not satisfied in his own mind that
Parliament would be fully competent to enforce the
observance cf the new system, he would be the first
to admit the necessity of abridging the duration of
the Charter, in order that they might keep in their
own hands the remedy for any apprehended abet-.
ration from it ; but he was satisfied that there was no

danger to be looked for here which could in the least
justify the curtailing and breaking down the authority
of the Company in the Peninsula. But if it were

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the chief object of those who would limit the duration
of the Charter, to pave the way to the opening of the
China trade, he would not in reply to any argumgns
by which they might support such a wish, affecT to
say, that if the Company were given up .as an in.
strument by which the China trade was fitly .1113.
urged, that no adequate substitute could be had,
that no agents appointed by Government could hope •
to succeed them with any effect; but this he would
say, that this great Company were in full possession
of all that chum to election which tried merit could
lay claim to, that they had :Aiwa): conducted the
trade in question in a manner highly advantageous
to the Public.—(Hear, hear! from the Opposition
benches).—He had never understood that this was
disputed, and he was satisfied that it was the fact
they had preserved and fostered amicable feelings
between the two nations, and had in every respect
improved our relations with the Chinese Government.
Such being the case, it was highly inexpedient that
we should change the channel through which this
branch of our commerce had been so advantageously
conducted; and if the principle held, generally speak.
ing, it would be found to have particular force when
applied to our commercial intercourse with a peost
of such peculiar habits as the Chinese, and a
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tber to remark, that it was not possible to establish a
free trade with China ; for surely that would ill de-
. serve the name of a free trade which had no recipro-
city—which was not free on both sides.
Mr. RICKARDS spoke against the present system,
contending that it went to keep the people oklndia in
a state of poverty and wretchedrass.
Mr. LUSHINGTQN was for granting the Corn-
patty the term of twenty years. ' Be contended, that
whatever abuses might have taken place in India SO
years ago, they were now remedied. Bengal had
greatly improved, and Me principle of the Govern-
anent was a principle of amelioration.
Mr. CANNING observed, that the Noble Lord
(Lord Castlereagh) had spoken of tweriky years as
the customary term for which the Charter was re.
mewed. One would have supposed by his statement,
that it had gone on in this way for centuries; whereas
in fact it had aot been three times, or even twice re-
newed for that term : there had bun many renewals
for a shorter period of years, but sever more than
one term granted for precisely the period of twenty
years. If, however, they governed India well, he
had no objection to granting them a renewal of their
territorial Government for the whole term of twenty
years ; but as to the China trade, he could see no
reason for granting that to them for so long a period.
Mr. WHITBREAD was decidedly for throwing
open the trade, and did not conceive that if Parlia-
ment chose to throw it open, the Company had any
claim to compensation on account of any buildings
they might have erected, or any sub-monopolies that
they might have created in London. He disapproved
of the Resolutions altogether, and when the amend.
tnent was disposed of, he intended to vote against them.
Mr. B. BATHURST spoke in favour of the term
of twenty years : but the question being loudly and
ygenerally called for, a division took place—For Mr.
Nsonty's Amendment 61—Against it 137,
A second division was then had on tho original
question, when the numbers were—Ayes 1841..N0es Fl.
When the gallery door was opened, after the second
division,
Mr. MARRYAT was arguing in favour of the
term of ten years in preference to twenty, according
;o Mr. Canning's Amendment on the Monopoly of
the China Trade.
4 division then took place on Mr. CANNINp's
amendment as to the continuance of the monopoly pf
she China Trade—Ayes, 57—Noes, 130,
The further consideration of the report was ordered
to be continued this day.—Adjourned. •