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BENGAL GAZETTE?
O % i H E 0 R '1 G I if A %
I cuff 3 General Advertii'er.
A JVcckly
Folil'.crJ and.
Ctr.imtrciai paper, Open to all Parties, but influenced by None,
93 ;
- —:--_—
From Saiurda}
0£bubcr,'.t
ae 27th to Saturday November 3d. 1781. [No.
XL! ]
HOUSE O
' .. . Monday
F COMMQ-NS. their dividen&s/to eight per Cent, that and co'uld confider it is -ho greater hard-
Aptui. orh. two thirds of the Profits anting from the ihip than a i'oldier, who- by enteiing into
^h^OsGS^i" ORD NORTH moved Sale of their Goods and Merchandize, the prol'cflion of Arms, becomes amen-
Q 'y> that dh Wednekv.y the 25th after paying filch eight per Cent, Ihouid able to fb'e'-..military law", and liable to
^> L '-0 inftant the 1 laufe fbould re- be paid Gpverhmant towards fitisfyihg be tried by aCoui r martial..-However he.
-f-' >, fotve i'tfelf into a Commit- their Demand? of 4; f.,400,000 advanced conceived that to be one of the points for
^S'XrS. r tec of the whole Honfe to to the Company, a part of which his 1 the confideration of Parliament, he had
take into Confederation the making ce-r- Lordihip ftatcd itill remained unpaid.—• i only j'u'ii; hinted it, without giving his
tain Propofa's to the EatiIndia Comp.my'j : He further obferved* that in the Year own fentiments on it,
relative to their Charter', and the conduct I 1774, the Charter to the . Eat): LrJia The Criminal Laws that how fubfift
of their Territorial Revenues in India.—*j Company, was strain renewed for fx j have been a great fouree of complaint.
His Lordfhip Itated in a fpeech of an
Hour and a half, iti a very able manner,
the Relation the Ealt .IndiaCompany or
Merchants, ftood in with regard to the
Public. ' •• .,' • L
'He obferved, that the, Charter, by
\vhich the p: ef nit E3 ft I«dja C~pn)pa,,y
enjoyed their poiTciiTH'.s and excluflve
Trade, had been within a few years re-
newed three different times, and it .was
row rjebeir^ri' again either to render it as
beforej or adopt iomc other mode for
conducting the Trade of Ind;a.---His
Lord-hip thru ftatrd tb it in the Year
1767. tnc Charter'of pha Ea-ifc India Com-
pany h id expired, but was renewed for
two Years, on their paying Yearly
£. 4.00,000 to Government, that by; this
Agreement, the Company were obliged
to pay that Yearly fum, whatever their
own dividends might amount to, which
he thought exceedingly linjuft, as he con-
ceived the Money to be paid by the
Company, ought to bear fome propor-
tion to their Receipts and dividends.—-
AccO'dingry in the fear 1769, when the
two Years, before granted had expired,
•their Charter was renewed for £jve Fears
dinger. 011 consideration of their paying
to Government a Sum exactly eq\u) to
that of their own dividends, by which
means Govern.r.ent received a Rent from
the' Company proportioned to their "abi-
lities to pay it, but that in 1772, the
Eut India Company's Affairs were in a
deranged and difordered date, -and they
were unable to discharge the great De-
mands on them, which chiefly confiiteu
of Bills of Exchange. At that period
Government ftepped into their Refcue
d fupport, and then by a rcfolutiur:
the Houfe of Cammon3 advanced
em 1,400,000 £, which enabled them
go on and liquidate their accounts.
This grant of Money was however,
ompanfed with certain reltrictions
I Regulations, which they - bound
mfelves to abide by, one of which
•>, that they were not to make any
idends higher than ieven per Cent,
they Pad reduced the Bond debt,
1 three Millions, to exactly one half
. fum, and that then if
Years under .certain Regulations, arid
which period was now alfo expired. His
Lord Ihip obferved, the renewal of the
Charter to the Eaft India Company, on
the adopting fcms mode for carrying .on
the Trade to tb.it part cf the Globe^ was
what would come before the Houfe in
the Committee,, which lie moved fors
but that tho' that might and finely was
the propercft time for entering fully into
the ejueftions, yet, that he might avoid
any imputation of precipitancy; !h* had
thought proper to give fu'ch long previ-
ous Notice, that every Gentleman might
come properly prepared to give his'Opi-
niort on a ni alter of fo great importa ,c<
to the Nation, and that.at prefent tu
I'hould content himfelf, with only barely
mentioning what in ms opinion WOuid
be tiie Chief Objsjdt for the confiderarion
or the Houfe, when they fliould go into
th:it Committee.
, In the .iirft place, he fud there was
no doubt but that Government, in
granting the Chatter to the E;.fi India
Company to entitle them to an exclufive
trade, might impofe iu'eii regulation and
laws as they (hou'd de'em falutary and
and he helieved very juftly, a reformatio
on in them'would ilicrefore be highly
deferring the attention' of Parliament.—A
The Aiiny alfo he mentioned as a matter
that 6'ugbt to come very fully btrore ih»
H'oufej, and further, whe'her it mij ht
not be advifei'.bie for the Crown (that M
the Crown as truil.ee lor the public) to
take all the Teiritoi ial poffefiions of the
Company in Inflia into it's own Manage-
ment, and m;.kc the 1:lu.c a ill c.e Trade!.
Thefe and a great many otiier nvancrs ■
of equal impc rtar cc', both to the Ptibiic
and the Compary- would- be the fubj-.-6t
-'of their deli be. at ions when -in the Co n-
mittee. His Loidlhip then made the
motion as Stated aboerr •• ■
General Smith ' Contradivflcd 1,0'd
North about Govrrnment having lent the
Eaft India Company the fum of £1400,000
1 le ftatcd 'thaV the Comp.;'ny Were no
d -ubt in the yteer irya under fort.e iktli
e nbai bailments, but not in thi.t Itate of
pave:ty.'the noble Lord had defc;ibed 1
the Company at that time had - in then-
ware and ftorehoufes immenfe quantitiei
of very valuable goods.and Mercharidiiei
which from the quantity imported wet©
advantageous both to the Company and j for a fhort time unfa leg blc, and that
the Public.., His L-orafhip then obierved Goyerrimeht had not advanced. ' the
at all time? profelTcu. 'himfclf and hop
ed he Ihould ever be confidered, as an
enemy to abfolute. or defpOtic Govern-
tncftff yet .the fame forms of C.overn-
ment ar.d the fame laws that were f ound
molt confonant to the nature of the In-
habitants of one Country, had a tenden-
cy diametricalJy oppof.te to th fe cf ano-
ther, and it hiignt be thought very
properly an object highly j meriting the
attention of Parliament. In the framing
a new code of laws for the Government
of their lettlements.in India, it might be
proper to invett the fuprbme Council of
Bengal with an authoiity much greater
than it at prefent enjoy'd being only.
primus iiner ftresi as a lyltem of Gcverii.
Company a penny ; 'the ium the nobie
Lord alluded to v/as money owi "g by the
Company to govti n:rehr on Account cf
Cul'bni-'i-Joufe duties and which no
doubt was .paid in the rnannc:- he had
ftatcd.' ..1 he Genera] frcV.e much again it
the Ci'.own.taking the rerriforial pofieluons
of the Company ifcim.them •,' and denied
that the .Company were in debt to Gov-
ernment;;/.-.; ' • ,: :',"■}; - ' '-* *:.
■ Mr ' Jenkinfon fupported Lord North,
but faid he did.not then wifh to go into
any'debate on tire Subject; it • was a,
matter lie had given the me-ft ferivua and
attentive, Conlideratiom fo; he ouici fdr;
much oh it, but.he (hoidd rcfer-ve himfeif
till the Compzittee ftuu'd let, ap<5 iroped
me he more coaucnial .to the. Inhabitant's:'' he Ihould ;for the prefent put kn ehdf&
of thatCoontiy," and agaihft v/liich no further' debate, ' , ,..^' .-
European," who might go there in. pur. I' .'..Mr, Burke enter-ed.warmly '-.to the.
fuit of honour or of wealth, could have j buftnefs,' declared fiimlelf an .imcmy to
the Company's Carrying.on a war in India
d the noble Lord wis not GtifaxA
dly one lulf any well founded objection, as he would • the C
they encr.cafed 'be accrdainted' with them lsci'ore hu went, | ho|ic(
BENGAL GAZETTE?
O % i H E 0 R '1 G I if A %
I cuff 3 General Advertii'er.
A JVcckly
Folil'.crJ and.
Ctr.imtrciai paper, Open to all Parties, but influenced by None,
93 ;
- —:--_—
From Saiurda}
0£bubcr,'.t
ae 27th to Saturday November 3d. 1781. [No.
XL! ]
HOUSE O
' .. . Monday
F COMMQ-NS. their dividen&s/to eight per Cent, that and co'uld confider it is -ho greater hard-
Aptui. orh. two thirds of the Profits anting from the ihip than a i'oldier, who- by enteiing into
^h^OsGS^i" ORD NORTH moved Sale of their Goods and Merchandize, the prol'cflion of Arms, becomes amen-
Q 'y> that dh Wednekv.y the 25th after paying filch eight per Cent, Ihouid able to fb'e'-..military law", and liable to
^> L '-0 inftant the 1 laufe fbould re- be paid Gpverhmant towards fitisfyihg be tried by aCoui r martial..-However he.
-f-' >, fotve i'tfelf into a Commit- their Demand? of 4; f.,400,000 advanced conceived that to be one of the points for
^S'XrS. r tec of the whole Honfe to to the Company, a part of which his 1 the confideration of Parliament, he had
take into Confederation the making ce-r- Lordihip ftatcd itill remained unpaid.—• i only j'u'ii; hinted it, without giving his
tain Propofa's to the EatiIndia Comp.my'j : He further obferved* that in the Year own fentiments on it,
relative to their Charter', and the conduct I 1774, the Charter to the . Eat): LrJia The Criminal Laws that how fubfift
of their Territorial Revenues in India.—*j Company, was strain renewed for fx j have been a great fouree of complaint.
His Lordfhip Itated in a fpeech of an
Hour and a half, iti a very able manner,
the Relation the Ealt .IndiaCompany or
Merchants, ftood in with regard to the
Public. ' •• .,' • L
'He obferved, that the, Charter, by
\vhich the p: ef nit E3 ft I«dja C~pn)pa,,y
enjoyed their poiTciiTH'.s and excluflve
Trade, had been within a few years re-
newed three different times, and it .was
row rjebeir^ri' again either to render it as
beforej or adopt iomc other mode for
conducting the Trade of Ind;a.---His
Lord-hip thru ftatrd tb it in the Year
1767. tnc Charter'of pha Ea-ifc India Com-
pany h id expired, but was renewed for
two Years, on their paying Yearly
£. 4.00,000 to Government, that by; this
Agreement, the Company were obliged
to pay that Yearly fum, whatever their
own dividends might amount to, which
he thought exceedingly linjuft, as he con-
ceived the Money to be paid by the
Company, ought to bear fome propor-
tion to their Receipts and dividends.—-
AccO'dingry in the fear 1769, when the
two Years, before granted had expired,
•their Charter was renewed for £jve Fears
dinger. 011 consideration of their paying
to Government a Sum exactly eq\u) to
that of their own dividends, by which
means Govern.r.ent received a Rent from
the' Company proportioned to their "abi-
lities to pay it, but that in 1772, the
Eut India Company's Affairs were in a
deranged and difordered date, -and they
were unable to discharge the great De-
mands on them, which chiefly confiiteu
of Bills of Exchange. At that period
Government ftepped into their Refcue
d fupport, and then by a rcfolutiur:
the Houfe of Cammon3 advanced
em 1,400,000 £, which enabled them
go on and liquidate their accounts.
This grant of Money was however,
ompanfed with certain reltrictions
I Regulations, which they - bound
mfelves to abide by, one of which
•>, that they were not to make any
idends higher than ieven per Cent,
they Pad reduced the Bond debt,
1 three Millions, to exactly one half
. fum, and that then if
Years under .certain Regulations, arid
which period was now alfo expired. His
Lord Ihip obferved, the renewal of the
Charter to the Eaft India Company, on
the adopting fcms mode for carrying .on
the Trade to tb.it part cf the Globe^ was
what would come before the Houfe in
the Committee,, which lie moved fors
but that tho' that might and finely was
the propercft time for entering fully into
the ejueftions, yet, that he might avoid
any imputation of precipitancy; !h* had
thought proper to give fu'ch long previ-
ous Notice, that every Gentleman might
come properly prepared to give his'Opi-
niort on a ni alter of fo great importa ,c<
to the Nation, and that.at prefent tu
I'hould content himfelf, with only barely
mentioning what in ms opinion WOuid
be tiie Chief Objsjdt for the confiderarion
or the Houfe, when they fliould go into
th:it Committee.
, In the .iirft place, he fud there was
no doubt but that Government, in
granting the Chatter to the E;.fi India
Company to entitle them to an exclufive
trade, might impofe iu'eii regulation and
laws as they (hou'd de'em falutary and
and he helieved very juftly, a reformatio
on in them'would ilicrefore be highly
deferring the attention' of Parliament.—A
The Aiiny alfo he mentioned as a matter
that 6'ugbt to come very fully btrore ih»
H'oufej, and further, whe'her it mij ht
not be advifei'.bie for the Crown (that M
the Crown as truil.ee lor the public) to
take all the Teiritoi ial poffefiions of the
Company in Inflia into it's own Manage-
ment, and m;.kc the 1:lu.c a ill c.e Trade!.
Thefe and a great many otiier nvancrs ■
of equal impc rtar cc', both to the Ptibiic
and the Compary- would- be the fubj-.-6t
-'of their deli be. at ions when -in the Co n-
mittee. His Loidlhip then made the
motion as Stated aboerr •• ■
General Smith ' Contradivflcd 1,0'd
North about Govrrnment having lent the
Eaft India Company the fum of £1400,000
1 le ftatcd 'thaV the Comp.;'ny Were no
d -ubt in the yteer irya under fort.e iktli
e nbai bailments, but not in thi.t Itate of
pave:ty.'the noble Lord had defc;ibed 1
the Company at that time had - in then-
ware and ftorehoufes immenfe quantitiei
of very valuable goods.and Mercharidiiei
which from the quantity imported wet©
advantageous both to the Company and j for a fhort time unfa leg blc, and that
the Public.., His L-orafhip then obierved Goyerrimeht had not advanced. ' the
at all time? profelTcu. 'himfclf and hop
ed he Ihould ever be confidered, as an
enemy to abfolute. or defpOtic Govern-
tncftff yet .the fame forms of C.overn-
ment ar.d the fame laws that were f ound
molt confonant to the nature of the In-
habitants of one Country, had a tenden-
cy diametricalJy oppof.te to th fe cf ano-
ther, and it hiignt be thought very
properly an object highly j meriting the
attention of Parliament. In the framing
a new code of laws for the Government
of their lettlements.in India, it might be
proper to invett the fuprbme Council of
Bengal with an authoiity much greater
than it at prefent enjoy'd being only.
primus iiner ftresi as a lyltem of Gcverii.
Company a penny ; 'the ium the nobie
Lord alluded to v/as money owi "g by the
Company to govti n:rehr on Account cf
Cul'bni-'i-Joufe duties and which no
doubt was .paid in the rnannc:- he had
ftatcd.' ..1 he Genera] frcV.e much again it
the Ci'.own.taking the rerriforial pofieluons
of the Company ifcim.them •,' and denied
that the .Company were in debt to Gov-
ernment;;/.-.; ' • ,: :',"■}; - ' '-* *:.
■ Mr ' Jenkinfon fupported Lord North,
but faid he did.not then wifh to go into
any'debate on tire Subject; it • was a,
matter lie had given the me-ft ferivua and
attentive, Conlideratiom fo; he ouici fdr;
much oh it, but.he (hoidd rcfer-ve himfeif
till the Compzittee ftuu'd let, ap<5 iroped
me he more coaucnial .to the. Inhabitant's:'' he Ihould ;for the prefent put kn ehdf&
of thatCoontiy," and agaihft v/liich no further' debate, ' , ,..^' .-
European," who might go there in. pur. I' .'..Mr, Burke enter-ed.warmly '-.to the.
fuit of honour or of wealth, could have j buftnefs,' declared fiimlelf an .imcmy to
the Company's Carrying.on a war in India
d the noble Lord wis not GtifaxA
dly one lulf any well founded objection, as he would • the C
they encr.cafed 'be accrdainted' with them lsci'ore hu went, | ho|ic(