Litchfield enquirer., 1830-04-15

a resolution was passed tOresist the arbitrary tax.
 Easf India Committee -The Times gives inc following as an OutIines of the evidence given by the undermentiuned gentlemen be- fore inc Commons Committee on Thursday.
 The East India Committee met again on Thursday, ,whent two witnesses were examined, INT. William BrOwn,and Mr. Richard MilDe,) both. we believe, gentlemen connected with tfe town of Liverpool, and engaged m the American trade carried on between this country and China, and China and the United States. .+e...- a
 They entered into a minute detail of the manner in which the American trade was conducted. and stated that. notwithstanding the difficulties which attended the various transactions with the Chinese, of the many obstacles which presented themselves, this trade was pursued with little OF DO interrup- ton, and with considerable advantage.
 WOOllens, for example, which are export ed from this country to China, by the Amerl- cans, realize fair profit. .... :
 The Americans considered themselves. and indeed were, upon an equal footing with other nations in China. The English East India Company did not exercise any undue infiu- encc or cuutrol there.
 The Canadas. no doubt, to a certain ex. tent. were supplied with tea by the U. States previously to the East India Company send 1 ing il there. The Liverpool Times of March sd says. that an unusual amount of goods had been shipped during the last few days, and that the general appearance of trade was very encour- 1 aging. Besides the important transactions in cotton, there was brisk demand for wool 1 and woOllens.
 Prince Leopold. of Sake Coburg, accepted the sovereignty of Greece, Feb. 94
 l The Porte has consented to the residence of Catholic Bishop at Constantinople. nn- der the protection of France, charged with the defence of the Catholic interests.
 l It ssaid that the King of Denmark is about to give new constitution to his domnions, including national representation. It will be remembered that the Kings of Denmark have been absolute sovereigns for nearly two centuries, from the voluntary surrender of their privileges by the representatives of the states.
 Mir. R. Grant has given notice. in the House l of Commons, that on Monday the 18th ult he would move for leave to bring in a bill for the repeal of,he civil disabilities affecting the
 British born subjects protesting the Jewish
 religion.
 In the House of Commons on ihe 18th, the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer brought for
 ward his estimates for the current expendi- lures ofthe yrar, in which he proposed vari-
 Ous reductions in the various branches of the
 servIce, compared with the expenses of the last year, amounting all to G1 ,S0O.000. The motion for the military supplies was carried, in opposition to an amendment for further reduction moved by MT. Hume, by vote of 255 to 83-,najority 162. The particular subject of economy in the expenditures of government excites much at-
 tenti0n. The charges for collecting the pub. lie revenue are said to exhibit great waste and
 improvidencc. The Times declares. it is i'm possible for England to go on under her ex- isting weight oftaxes.
 A Paris paper of February 18th contains this article.-The Hamburgh Correspondent announces that a general Congress of minis- ters is to be held at Berlin, at which the Greek question. and others of European interest, will be treated of. It seems that the Rus sian Cabinet wishes to maintain Capo d'Is- tras simply and purely in the presidency of l the Greek Senate, and that the Sultan will 1 adhere to this arrangement. It is said that a note. of such an import. has been presented to Lord Heytesbcry at Petersburg.
 | --- ..ssag ss' st. Burning of the Court House cf Hartford Co.,, N C.-This building. with all the records of the court, was burnt on the last Monday in March. II now appears that it was the work of m ncendiary a negro man, who, for a promise of S20 and suit of clothes. was in- duced, by a man named Wright Allen, to set
 fire to the building. The negro was taken, confessed the whole story and identified the person named as the individual who had hir. ed him t0 co Mmt the crime. Aliens motive in SO doing. was to destroy among other records, bond for SlO.OOO. which he was under in- dictment though at large upon bail) for hav- ing forged. It so happened, however, that the clerk Of the court had the bond and pa pers relating to it at his house, making out copies for the approaching trial SO that. though all the records and other public papers of the county were burnt. this one only, which it was hoped, and thus desperately att tempted. to destroy. were preserved.
 As there is no evidence. we presume, a. gainst Aiten but that of the slave, he cannot be convicted. Hts miserable tool and dune will, we suppose, bc hanged.
 From the Pittsburgh Pd.) Gazette. Tremendous Hurricone Gt Elizlbethto,Vn Vn.- I At o'clock on the 2ei ult our village was visited with tornado or hurricane, more a. farming than any thing of the kind ever wit messed by our oldest inhabitants. About ten nainutaa hO E,r. th., hnr Ilnxv x,o. c,ta :.