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were in many respects highly reprehensible. Dr. be
Buchanan recommettile,l the using of every means of : clot
coercion towards ;he N'..thoutcdativ as a wise policy. ;him
In a publiCation 14 Lich he held in his hands, one of . deli!
the Missionaries tells the Braplitts that they ate all , old
deceivers, wicked and malicious, and that they have : no,
been the means of throwing a number of God's I trot
creatures into hell fire. Let itoot be supposed that ' ten
the llindoos were indifferent to this language. We to -
had told' the people of India 'ever and over again, `would ,
that they should enjoy the fret and uninterrupted i derably,
exercise of their religion. The confidence that they i legegrauted
wouldnot he interfered with in their religion, was ! tion,
what had chiefly hitherto kept .the immense popola- :Sur'
tion of India in wiling obedience to our Gotern- ; hat
went. It was only of later years that a new policy i plai
bad crept in, a policy which involved the grossest itb
'violation of our faith. If the doctrines stated by Dr. . them, still had t; blessing ._ . ...
Buchanan and others were to be acted on, this seer, Ito parliament ; and Ministers foetid theythat. were
would soon be reversed in India. He 'would have I very fit to have such concessions made to them. Ile
treated these doctrines of the Missioneries with the was afraid that this would be the case in the present
ceetempt and indignation which deserved, if they I instance, 'i. if Ministers were . allowed at , their
hid not, r; sine degree, been countenanced by the , leisure to name what ports inight-be allowed toim-
Honourable :.! .mber for Bramber (Mr. Wilberforce) port front Intlia.—lVlinisters might pin in patron-
in his speech t: e other evening. In' opposition to i age, but the Revenue might suffer fatuity (rom the
that Hon. Gentle:mos be contended, that every . increased facilities to smuggling. lie next objected
man at 01 acquainted with India would impute the , (at considerable length), to the mode of licences
finniorali of the Init-os to the oppressions , which was prescribed, and which WOUidi in case of
ender %chi •'; they had se 104 g-suffered. Crettt re. 'an opposition between the Board of Ginty* :and
'forms In mo i . could near besieldenthq wete the the Court of Directork place the Govereemeni. fil
Work only of time. The Books of Morality of the; the Company in a most degrading light in the eyes
llimloos were many of them deserving of great ap. ;of the natives. An individual to whom the Di-
probation.l The lion. Gentleman then read several rectors- objected, might , fiud..hts way, there iiki
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extracts from a book Which he said was familiar to !spite of them, and toast .when be was in In- i
every one in India. , lie next read a copy of the : die, that he was there in defiance pf. the East
Hindu,. prayisi, the sublimity 'of . which, he said, i India Company.--This was a thing . that ha i
could biniTy We exceeded. The kecoont 'given of the ' thought would be quite inconsistent . with the good;
Indians by Orme was not sufficieetly favourable to !government of any colony or distant posfeseen. H. t
them; b 4
kis conclusion consreled-the opinion I then made maor:ebservations on the Venifest Aets,,c
which he had delivered, that the vices of the Hindoos i which was to be ,tbt protection against seniggling ;;
were attributable chiefly to the defect' of their Go- land contended, that in the great difficulty of makinc
vernmen,a; and not to their religion. The Hon.' out the proper manifest, those who were, Menai 44
Gentleman then proceeded to give an account' of the' Ministers could be more 'easily excused for any little
result of an attempt at coercion, made by a Mis- I irregularity. The proposed system mist end ih the i
sionary, in a district of India, where he resided in ! ruin of the Company, if the private ender should,
an official character. Al the'Hindoes converted re- : come perpetually petitioning for a tkle, ;trade, and
turned in a short time to their former religion. He I the Company should (as it meet) be compelled t4-,,'
concluded with quoting tile opinion of Sr William ! come annually before Parliameat to oak. for assist.,
Jones, that neither blitiiitimen nor Maces would ! ante. Every clause, except that width forbad the'
ever beconverted by Missionaries. `Bishop to trade, related to the trade palely. He sao,
Mr. WM. SMITII observed, that the Hon. Gen- tno reason uhy the Bishop should ..not. becilowed to
Rnn ein who spoke last had, froin the candour and' trade : he thought it
-was the most harmless function
moderation of his manner, • Imptiiiitbil the Hensel in which he eoeld entgge ritles. coniaTe conceive any
very mufti' on his behalf. The residhnee in India'cif I other occupation fitr hit .It was,in fact, a mere
the Bon. Gentleman, when he had' OppOrtunities for ,'job of an appointment to throw patronage into the
making observttibus on the conduet itti d character-1 bah& of Mlnisteri. The Bishop, it seemskateatunti
of the ilindoos, strengthened that Iteil4tsion. The ! trade, and the Missionaries are to perfotta.all the
Hon. Gentleman had; hoWever, Waked in tome i work of religious amelioration. So much for,.,theh
misrepresenteions in the course of hlispoech.—His proposed Cherch Establishment in India. The 'ye.
Hon. Ft lend (Mr. Wilberforce) on a former evening Item was altogether one which meet gradmillyolpd
had never made use of a single expression respecting. in a 'bolt time, throw the whole patronage of ledia
'Dr. Buchanan, it was unfair, therefore, to represent I into the hands of the Crown. The Directors,theree
him, as resting on authorities which he never quoted, I fore, were looked up to by the country as the','per:;
Ills next misrepresentation was, that we wished to use I 1014 W were instead forward and oppose this sys-
means of force in India.—[No, from Mr. Lushing- tete., ft they eolkeeoted to receive the Charter under 1
tool—This was not asserted ; but all the cautions ! present circumstances, they are bound to prove, that 1
of the Ilouourable Gentleman were made on the sup- they have reasonable hopes of meeting all the dill-
position that 'violent measures were in contemplation. culties- of the measure, and thal.,they will, not be
Amidst the contradictory statements by persons of , forced to tome, year after year, to Parliament for an.
high authority, and of almost equal number, respect- I sittarice, Ile was new a friend of the company, but
ing India, what were they to do ?—Were they .not iif -they were not prepared to show this, he should in
to base recourse to first principles ? Was it not ' future oppote the grant of all assistance to them.
universally allowed, that the doctrines laid down iii
Lord. CASTLEREAGH; said „tke speech of the
the Sacred Books of any nition had an influence ou Right Honourable °encl. ~. . litttfiellculated rather
the practice of the people P—The Honourable Gen. I f.„. in.n- r'ni,tii• dim- inte c
~ 40- iid uncolored. If,
tlentan had asserted, that the sixty millions of Odt h-16-*4 --evre7-th- i got tiohise;Aid ,Gelideileil vas
subjects in India were of' peaceable detneanoer and- mi. as 'lto. !xi ausikered;° he sheold promote the I
good behaviour. For his part he was dispoked to IL:0,, incitotioiiltiee . ohtiej 'lli's' 'objections to the I
take every statement respecting India, eree by those 'ALlsloa,.., t
who had been eye witnesses of what they state, with flight be answe'ret in detail., He. meant no I
many grains of allowance. The Honourable dee-
tleinan then proceeded to refer to a letter ftitet ltdr. __, • • ' ,
disrespect, but he never eardn speech less solid and I
substantial. • " •
Schwartz,_ t.te Missionary, on one of the piptislejtc.. :Mr. 104, T IWOINIVS., ;i1 answer to Mr. Tierney,
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fore the lletisr, containing an account directly' it i said the Directors would not be responsible for the
'evince with a representation of Mr. Montgoinety ' Charter, but the •Parliaraent who forted it upon
Campbell. The letter of Mr. Schwartz bare 'inter- I them. The Company was placed between two ene-
nal marks of veraco y , and its Author bore the . very ! miss—the Philistines and the Annitehites. They
I were at first a Joint...stock Comoituhtiten a Offers-
highest character iti India. If the accounts of the
Missionaries were not 'to be credited, their enemies went Company, and now he fearetelmy would aid
ought not more to be credited. But let the chine., in being a Bankrupt Company. . . '
ter of that creed which the Missionaries preaehtdis bat Mr. MAIUtYAT objected to the system of Aip.,
contrasted with that of the Hindoos, and henti teti building in Indict if our docks and arsenals were to
any candid man judge. .For instance, thegrait Le.' be transferred to that hemisphere, and our sailors'
gislator of the latter, Menu, thui described the dia. to Ametica, there would soon be an end of our
racteristic of women—firstly, inordinate love of nava gre'mtuess. • ~ ~ . , . . . ..
finery—secondly, immoderate Inst—..toiiitly, great . Mr. CHARLES GRANT defended the system of
anger—fourthly, deep resentment—fiftirly, malig- property and taeation, and the police of India. Hat
nant envy—and sixthly, that which was' the natu- . maintained that a fressirsde would hetinsafe tilt* the
rat consequence, vicious conduct. Now $9 appealed ' natives shouldbe math* and ripened for such a result
to the House, whether such a creed, as &se pre. by moral amelioraties. .. .. ~ ~
cepa, must engender, was calculated to produce such I Mr. FAWCETT 'efillo for a considerable time;
a degree of social happiness asthe adoption of Chris-' but in so low a toni•of .vokr,, as to be completely
tiani y. Ind.,pendently of all religious faith, he inaudible.
e Ull' 4 ask whether, as Philosophers and Moralists, I . ' ' • ' • .' * 1
1 'lke House then went iota a Committee • and of
the &wee could esteem the absurd, the bloody su- . s .1
• .. the motion of Lord, . CAST LgIII.AGII, the. Bill
persition, the murdering of infants, the burning or
.committee ro and was ordered
mires, which the llindoo creed sanctioned and re. passed the . „;4. forma,_,
to be recommitted en. itursaay.
comme.ntled, and prefer such precepts and praiticiei
to the morality of the Christian doctrine ?—lle The Corn Bill watt put elf till to-min-row.
would assume—certainly not.—But with all his re. The House went into Committee on the Fre-arms
Terence for the doctrines of Christianity, he would Bill, the Glass Act, the Isle of Man Bill, the Irish
not have them propagated by force or violence. Distillery Amendment Bill, the Irish Telma Bill ;
Mr. LUSIIINGTON explained. and they were ordered to be reported to-morrow.
Mr. TIERNEY observed, that not a syllable had A Report of the Committee of Ways-and Means
been mentioned in the Resolutions respecting those was brought up, and the Resolutions agreed to.
topics which had been so fully discussed. He should, The Roman Catholic Bill was ordered to be read
therefore, endeavour to brindthe question back to its a second time on Thursday.
original situation, as it stood. on the Resolutions ..r.
H. ADDINGTON moved for leave to bring
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which had now been passed by the Lords and Com- m
a Bill to extend the services of the 't ower Hamlets
mons.Those Resolutions had determined that the United
Mn lila to all parts of the Kingdom. The
system of the East India Company, which had been Bill was read a first and second time, and to be coin.
so long established, shortld not in future go on as it witted tomorrow. '
' done formerly ; and the question now to coast-
Mr..BABINGTON moved for the copy of a letter'
was, a 3 to the substitute which was to be put
from Dr. C. Bucimutin to the Court of Directoi*
place of the former system. He could not,
dated the Bth sof Juno, 14313... , . , . .
,wever, avoid saying, that he. thought the system
thick had been established for Indian Govern. Mr. COUR.TENAY objected on the woad '4
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'tt, and which bad existed . for so many years, irregularity. • . . •
the best calculated for the geed government of Thp SPEAKER. said, that having already 4rauted
empire. It was now proposedtbat the trade to phrtof the correspondence, which.was certauily ir-
na should be given to the Company for twenty 'regular, they must now complete that Irregularity.
,ears but that the trade to India was to be thrown Ile hoped, that no, such irregularity would again
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pen. He could not see how It was poisible that occur. .. ,—w:.; sii.::,4.- - .i , .1 .
trade could remain abut *lle the other was The motion was then puttied carried.
open ;. and this trade to India, which was now to Adjourned at half past one o'clock.

P F!,1P"Irlil
.c.??Pilto. co _mr eget ,
ihich had bean- sari " !Wiling Ci.
to their' table wh a ckmina intbrtnation should
not issue against him, foie libel on Lady Perceval.—
The Lemke Counsel read LOrd slid Lady Percevales
affidavitooretnat,kiagl. that, Lord,Perceretcee.id only
' have better)* (or °wake of formality, e,s he aid not
swear to aey thing of his own kiiowledg4;bilt Snerety
toyhie:belief of the truth'
of what Lehi' Perteval
.stated.' Thesubstanct of theoffidevit *as, that certain
Lefties; peeporting to be signed, one by Lords El-
don, Coestleresgb, and Liverpool, addressed to the
Princess of t Weiss • another by Lady A. Haniilton,
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as u.4l,wyropr to the Loomer ; and another by Lord
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Littwpeoliip, the Princess of Wales, appeared in the'
News or lie 4th April ; that the Princess of Waled'
fold badly Percent, that she had not received any
enclt letters; dot Lady Anne Hamilton declared she
had notetritten aey such letter; and that Lady Per-
ceval believed, the said letterelvere forged and fabri-
teed: that on the 6th of 'Jape it was stated in the
r'that h fir tif Alt 'ad& delivered the"said
1,. ess,, on i o 4 tver
1 teri to the Defendant, and hid declared,thit he
received:them from Lady • Perceval; with her di.
rectiens to givethem to Defendant, which statement
the Defendant declared he believed te be true; thereby'
Intimating,: that Lady Perceval ,was, the author of
forged and fabricated litters.
~, Lady Perceval theh
swore, thatshe was not theetithitietfithiidator of the
letters in question, nor privy to tlieet, nor had ever
,teen them till they appeared fit the News of the 4th of
April. The Learned Counsel then remarked, that
fro:milli; allWavit it would be supposed that Lady
:Percent's/waf Welly ignorant of those letters till
they appeared ie the News, and thr t, like a sensi-
tive plant, 'The ivould retire from a paragraph in a
Newspaper. lie was sorry that he should have to
state circumstances from the affidavit of Mr. J. Mit.,
ford, and afterwardalrom that of the Defendant,
not very compatible with the statement ofi Lady Per-
ceval. He then rind the affidavit of J. Mitford,.
which was to the follewing.effect :-r-He swore, that
he had been for many months employed by: Lady.
Perceval, in getting into the dilferent Newspapers
paragraphs relative to the Princes'!" Of Watesl that
Lady Perceval gave him the letterii4qiistionin OM',
that they might be inserted in a Newly:pee, sea said,'
I that the Defendant was, most likily: to do justibet tit 1
' them; Lady P. satd,ihe ettAfibietit iva's a dittgetbile
one ; but that it was necessary to 6oropet 'lllO gram-
trig a larger
.establishnient to the Princedia Wales ;
' thht he copied the .letais from a nvatitiscriptlii lady
hand:wilting ; .The said the 'spirit ofjobb
Bell Watt dng'hwayllutt that would' ake him cite;
moron l ; that it would be necessary that Defendant.
and hile,frifi,shotild he out of the way; In case of st,
storm ,sipd teenitinett iiplatii.orhire they should go:
i) she 1 et de*Aent it he w,Onlit hare any Übjection to
go tO' r. WaAndoti', madhouse, incase of nee'easizi
ty ;, kpoold tie iirleast*o6l. in depeeent'd way.'-
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WP.-flePt . „ to t ; The said thedanger war, lest
dgopeent
,onld be' broughta befall, the bar .of
nt the
tlfriuttlof rd., which wiliel .he very nepled!tt ~aa
he tine* ‘9?
,mach : that deponent letving comae
ther Lady, Perceval desired' hint th hatten'to town,
an 0,0 potooant to.insert them in the next Sunday's
Noof depOnent' wit unable to: meet with Defend-
aKtill the'llieof April, when he delivered the let-,
tlivii..,
AltteliitirDefitidanl he had received them from
SY Percerit "::41iitjent *never thought tlie letters'
to have been tett ; Aithiugh Lady Percent's 'feat
turprited Ml.' • • • .
The DefetiititONt affidavit stated, that on the Vitt
lit IHaeili'Jolin *Milford called wren. him, with a
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letter, from. Lady Percent,. which assured him, that
idi Plcier should be the amigo communicating to
The Public( several most impertaut.ittieles relating to 1
low iirpois of. Weil OW id . do nievien ce, he
4d reveals *event artiaits, *le: Of 'them in the
kiiid.writini of. jtaditiriiie4Ahal; on the Ist of 1
April, 'he was ht*ltid. fh'e litfikilln 4fieition by Mr.ii
J. 11,titfOrd," witoeiild lib likeirglit 'them' from Lady
Perotral,; thait! Difindant,' not doubting the
Weirt"4.l‘r.J, Mlttord, antrbelieiring them to be
genuine; dip!.
"publish• there : that the Defendant, early
ie the mareang; of the same Sandi/ on which the'
letters nueved, ineoinied 1-.,di Pircerat, by leg.
.ter! of .what he had done, incitkeii# 'loNeirtlftliperl
end asked paraoti for any verbstrintrecaraelEg; Htil
received, in answer, a l tter from Lady Phtteiatfl
stating, that siege. she ha; . 0404sOrlytri Speechly to '
wait upon him that mere g, she t6ougbt that mode
might be liable to mistake. That if not very in-
convenient to Defendant, she • 4 iited ,for •an inter-
view at her house, when she bad ne desalt, by con-
ferring 'tor a few momenthe neeessaryirectl,fication
would take piece. Is conseqeencepfAe letter, De-
fendant went to Lady Perceval, endtte met J. Mit: '
ford coming out of lee room where; ye.belleved Tandy
Percent was. Lady Perceval ,mid,,iltere must be
some mistake, as the bad, opt iiiie thit aforesaid J.
Mitford linos Thursday, and .believed he , was at
Woolwich, aUhoagb Defeadant 104.,seen,thevtitt J.
-Mitford on Friday, end, also had, seen him. creme out.
of the room. Lady Perceval then tried to prevail on.
'the Defendant to state that the letters were forgeries,'
which he Welled, unless he was permitted to slat*
hew beaten by them. Defendant, at the reqaest or
riady Perceval, prepared a paragreph• to be inserted
.in the daily papers, stating the, loctenito, tie forgeries'
He aletys refused to inert the Ooeteedictihn in tb
Amu, without giving the necessary. explanatien
110 'he believed Lady, Perceval thetight„lletsho 40
seated, for she said be was.the sagiony;,of her, end fie
Iv
tfansity,.atid desirethee,son to ke,hi,se.hy the h 4
and promise 'to be-hle.Nen,d. „ ant thought,
emeeesevy to Mete 11.1*41111sPhilfritik bleb ),7 bad te. i
the letters ; and he allowed he d 4/, at e •
Dared Kb Mitford'a statement to be cerrect• Mr.

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thrown open, bad heleVer. oeet, 200 lyeifi Ote set ; • L.4oollltree, Lf01111C31:' r: •
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:sire monopoly of.** Company; -jilt ePpiared to
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n that it would bit: matter of great.diacultfto 41eillfeWiratmeristmen. Jests All. •7 .
The Defebdi•tifitait btikeit tiii to teeersettieissilla' 1
tine the limits of the territories incladed under the TIM MVO
.06 liktiOULD• and
d Charter of the Company, and those which were
meet or AU Court, Wing been' Convicted **fisting apt
abd
lw to be under the direction ots the Board of Con-
in his,possetition wal ptoceei marked,ritlt thohread NE
Dell. Ile objected to its being left open to Minis-
arrow, and. was pentypped ,to be fined one shilling, and die
rs to name at a future day the out-ports that were
be allowed to trade with India. This repladon confined nine months, , ' • tie
,
ould increase the patronage of Govern,agukponsi- , TIM =t is 14. ISAACS. '
The Defendant bi this cite had been• found guilty t
glibly, and places would probably have Beet Privi- I
lcita- of attern,o6.4 t? bribe 'she *Seen who had seized the' the
gegranted them from the effect of private.ool
naval stores. smith were In the possession of Ray- ed
on, when no such rights ought to be grisself.---,--
bould; bleXtitenet was, that be should be confined WI
ich had been the case after- the Warehous a& Bill
id passed. Chester, Exeter, Gloucester, and other ' fifteen months 111,Pfelwpte. • sit:
4 ~ , •
laces, that were reported by the officers of,customs r,l .i.,7 .Al, P.,1. AFMO7I • . .f°l
•be quite unfit to have that system extended to Mr. Tpyrs,cct alkoy , cenike Fri ' Ginnie ,Nisi, 'Bit
win. still bad the blessing to send Representatives which had 'Wen . —1, - • ,r, killing ' Ci` ' the Difetidant ; gli
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