Star.
London, England, 1812-02-22 00:00:00

.AST INDIA MONOIOLY. -

It cannot occasion surprise that the al p -oacYr g
application for an extension c f the Charter of the
Honourable the E.st In lia Company should txcite
the attention of commercial men. The points em-
braced by the considerat of this subject are };real
and important, and call fur a cool and deliberate in-
quiry. Since the commencement of Oe present
system, tile commerci 11 circuniAances of the world
have undergone great and imp,rtant chat.ges. The
North Amei leans were at that time subj.:cts of, and
could only trade with Great Br:tain: But their inde-
pendence has placed them in circurn•aances of rivalry
with the East India Company, and given tht.rn an
extensive trade, from which the British MctchanA
are excluded.

We are happy that the subject has been •aken up
by differt nt Commercsal Bodies, and in such a man-
ner that it may be now be expected to receive eve: y
attention. At a Meeting of the Directors of the
Chamber of Commerce and Mangifacturers of Glas-
gow, held on the 1.1. th February, KIRIKUAN FINLAY.
Esq. in the Chair, the Cemmittee appointed at a
former Meeting presented their Report on the subj:ct
of the Elst India Company's Charter, which having
been read and approved of, it was unanimously Re.
solved :

" St, That, by the Art sad of his present Majesty, c. St. the
entire right of commerce an I navigztioo in the stet+ and to lhe
territories between the ('.ipe ut Good Hope, and the btsaits of
Matt 11;sn ist vested in the Contrary; hut, if net rent wed &his
ex clu-ive right will taminate on the I .st March, 11414, " after
which time they will remain a ecreoratson, and may continue the
trade on the same footing as other Untialt sul•jects."
" td, 'a .tat by the Act ti7th of the NMIe reign, c. 57, theprl.
viley,e of lr &Okra to t wee Count. irs, ali hough denied to -ritisla
so.ijecni, is ptintisttd toit•re,:;ta nations its antity with hi Majesty.

" That the priviste trade which Itriish Merchants were
allawed tu pro.. cute by the regulation of 1793, as an t Yp. thstent
et fuittre pofcy, is confined to the actual pii,sessions of the
Company ; limited to their own ship:,, trader all th. advan-
tat:A of uncertainly, expel cc, Avid delry ; restricted both in !La-
kinds and quantities of Vs:. outs% d a..d homeward-hound-ca.
gots , r. moved from the contr....A of the Propret..rs, and con-
... Aided in a m inner *Mai seems to have been tereeded to insure
failure of soc4ss; but that the increase of this tradr, under the
prestut% of all these restraints, prov. s beyond a Como the eaten;
o whiz!' it would have J.tt.nised, had it been .eft to is free and
natural op. ratvii.
401, That the United States otArnerica, aval•ing themse'ves
of the lib.rty Which tltc y have been ;Mowed to r;.*:ily at the ex-
perts:.: of our own ol•Iro have prosecuted the Last' Indian trade
in a manner and to a drgre,• which has toriched the 'inky duals,
trillium:al the national wealth, and stipaill.cd, as fur as was possi-
Me, nut iiti!y the Cemlnent of gurove, Lut South America, clue
W. st irdier,Torkey. the firelgn ports if the Miditerrantan ai.d
even Malta—thus by their iistiustr. 'cursorily. and disgatch;
c..narellit.g the Contrauy to shrink. ;lino oh.: competition; enta
Brash Capital in a trade widen the laws tf cow: y
rs cent s lion ft on using dirtet4 the:waves, and
posse-slnz the Inc.duil.ible a tsantaes of onitesCep, hut s. th the
i:!•...11 and resources of Ltrltish nt-rcitants, bat with the prtidizadity
,nil negligence of a jo ut stock company.
" Lth, That the actual operation of dr, monopoly these. pearl
to be directed, nut flat ely against Dritish subjec. 3, but La tivs4r
ifor,irt a hero.
" nth. That no sa isractory reason can be a-s.gned against
opening the trade to Chiiia—b. cause the ‘l,:.posed dercary ut al-
lowing a general i.ltertertace with that peo, 4 Is coml.:rt.:4 vet
moved by the success which has attended the American traft.:,
and the ,dine means which have enabled the Company tortisnoiel
their :Jail s in Chita may b.• est.blio.ed r ih.. authority sif
Government—because the 'ideal difficulty of the oc. ::trot un of
taut.,, in the event of the trade benv, divided, is fully obirta.ed
ti.e knossn safety with which the ditties are levied on aux' b of
V 1 est Indian and American produce—and because the !magus. d
hart!slfip ..f dept iving the Compatiy of the only luctadvt brand*
of their monopoly will be alleviated by tube wealth, influence.
knowledge, and earrience, widck in their united capacity ...ry
will still be enabled to oppose to the unassisted erfurts of priv.:
merchants.

" 7th. That the natural effect of throwing open the charter
will be to excite a fair emulation, to bring all the proeucc of the
East to its proper level in this country : to enable our manufac-
turers to exert their skill and industry with advan•agc , to pro..
duce new sottrces of trade, and thus to give full ani.loyment to
the operative classes of the community.

" 6th, That the system of eonfiving the East India trade to
the port of London, is unnecessary, unjust, and two:hie—unne-
cessary, bre-ruse the duties :nay be collected with equal e sae, asid
less loss by pilferage iii the can port s—unje.st, because esti ry n.er•
cantilr place in the United Kingdom is entitled to the same pri-
vileges—and impolitic, because the superior economy and dis-
patch which prevail in the out ports are requisite to secure ad
equality in the competition with foreign nations.
" 9th, That the very e:iistence of a beneficial prosecution of
the East India trade by this coun:ry, seems now to depend ou the
restoration of its freedom : as it is troves!, by undeniable docns
meats, that, if it be allowed to remain in i.spret• 01 hmi.ed form,
it will languish, decay, and pass into the hands of other states.
10th, That the danger supposed to arise from excess of spas
culation at the commencement of an open commerce with India.
is altogether ininicary • because the enterprise of Lidividuals is
uniformly circumscribed by their means, and success; because
any evil of this nature is temporary, and checks list If ; and be 4
cause the wiry worst that can occur. In yie recl of the at radon•
meat of .he trade by the public, would be that matters would
again return to their present state.

11th. That at a time when the anti-commercial sylteth 6f
France has been successfully exerti.d to esclutle 'strain the Con-
tinental Market, who' the prosecution of an expeouve war ren-
ders it accessary to adopt every means tor augmenting the re-
venue, and when our existence as a nation al. rends, an a great
degree, on the niaintenar.ce of our naval superior..y, it has be-
come not cioly highly expedient, but indispcnssbly requisite, to
open up every lizitituate channel of trale, for the preservation of
our commercial, maritime, and linaucal inrerrsti.

" 12th, That this Chamber, fully satisfied that the injury arts-
Ir.g from every neoLopaly nitht be in proportion to the event of
the trade thus confined; convinced of the importance, and even
the necessity, of a fret intercourse with the rich, populous. and
extensive countries in the East, formerly acquired by the Com-
pany, and lady subdued by his Majesty's arses; and. dionissing
the idea of all interference wait the territorial rights and political
privileges of the Company,
" Raissimx,—That Yetitions to both nooses of Parliament,
founded on the basis of these Resolution be iuunediately preps-
od and presented belere the approaching d scussion; that the report
accompanied by these resolutions, be primed, conia.unicatrd to
Members of both Houses, and transatitted to ev.-ry Comm -nisi
and Manufacturing Town of irnporfance in the UtxtedKwgdoni;
that the co-operation of the nation at large be earn.stly requested
in petitioning Parliament to refuse the ern, wal of the East India
Company's Mono., oly and that Mes.r. Kirkman Finlay,Cbair-
man; James Denuiston, Deputy-Chaitinan ; James Hopkirk ;
Alexander t'ami hell ; David Connell ; James Ewing ; A D.
Campbell; Fmreis Garden; James Buchanan ; lernes Buchan*.
jun.; iglll..s Robertson, aud Dogall B tunatyne. be appointed
Committee, with full powers to carry the le e.olot ions into t feet."

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Luce ! Oa KAI* LUCK ! Extraordinary, unparalleled Loci
Messrs. PlDnl?3o and Co. No. f, Cionlitli, next to the Nlauelui
House, have the Cipteme gratification to announce, that they
have sold the Number Med, -(Clan• B.) a Prize of £lau,eoo, in
One Eighth and Fourteen Sixteenths; also the Number
(Class B) a Prize of ,Citit, in One Quarter andTivelve Sixteenths,
in the Lottery drawn Tuesday last, Feb. is, anti the fortunate
holders (who have not already been paid) are e‘ re-
quested to apply at No.l, CornhiU, win re they pay immediately
receive the Value of their Elaucs.—Nu. 1, C.rubill, Feb. L 4,1812.