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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



division. Lord Castlereagh then 

 proposed an amendment, providing 

 that with respect to places out of 

 the Company's charter, an appli- 

 cation for licences to trade should 

 be made only to the Board of Con- 

 trol, who might, if they thought 

 it necessary, consult the directors. 

 It was objected, that there appear- 

 ed no occasion for licenses at all 

 to places not within the charter. 

 The amendment was, however, 

 carried by 122 votes against 19. 

 The third resolution was then 

 passed. All the other resolutions 

 were agreed to, except the 13th, 

 relative to the propagation of the 

 Christian religion in India, the de- 

 bate on which was adjourned ; and 

 leave was given for a bill to be 

 broughtin on the other resolutions, 

 and they were ordered to be sent 

 to the Lords. 



On June 18th, the Earl of Buck- 

 inghamshire stated his intention to 

 move for a committee on the next 

 Monday, upon the resolutions re- 

 ceived from the Commons. 



The Earl of Lauderdale depre- 

 cated precipitation on such an im- 

 portant business, and said that he 

 had moved some days ago for the 

 production of papers essential to 

 its due consideration, which had 

 not yet been laid before the 

 House. 



The Earls of Liverpool and 

 Buckinghamshire spoke of the ne- 

 cessity of proceeding without fur- 

 ther delay ; and it was understood 

 that the papers would be ready at 

 the time mentioned. 



On June 21st, the House of 

 Lords having resolved itself into a 

 committee, the Earl of Bucking- 

 hamshire, on moving the resolu- 

 tions, went into a detail in order to 

 shew the policy and expediency of 



adopting them. The resolutions 

 being read and agreed to, the 

 Earl of Liverpool moved that the 

 report be received to-morrow. 



The Marquis of Lansdowne 

 made a number of animadversions 

 upon the resolutions, in which 

 there were several points of great 

 importance and delicacy which re- 

 quired the most deliberate conside- 

 ration of the House ; and he mov- 

 ed, as an amendment, that the re- 

 port be received that day three 

 months. After some debate on the 

 merits of the resolutions, in which 

 nothing new was advanced, the 

 House divided. For the original 

 motion, 49; for the amendment 

 14<. Majority 35. 



The adjourned consideration of 

 the 13th resolution, relative to the 

 propagation of Christianity in I ndia, 

 was resumed in the House of Com- 

 mons on June 22nd. The extraor- 

 dinary zeal for religion which is a 

 prominent feature of the present 

 time, had displayed itself in a great 

 number of petitions to parliament 

 from different places and societies 

 in the island, during the course of 

 discussio'hs on India affairs, re- 

 questing that, in the new arrange- 

 ment, provision should be made 

 for the instruction of the natives 

 in the principles of the Christian 

 faith ; and so much attention had 

 been paid to these applications in 

 framing the resolutions, that the' 

 13th expressed the opinion of the 

 committee, " that such measures 

 ought to be adopted as may tend 

 to the introduction among the na- 

 tives of the British dominions in 

 India of useful knowledge, and of 

 religious and moral improvement, 

 and that, in furtherance of the 

 above objects, sufficient facilities 

 shall be afforded by law to persons 



