Mr. Laboucherewished to asked the right hon. President of the Board of Control, whether the new Governor, who was about to proceed to Madras, was to do so upon a reduced salary? No one was less desirous than he was, that the emoluments should be reduced below what was large and liberal; but the amount hitherto paid of 16,000l. a-year, seemed to him not only large and liberal, but extravagant. There was another point on which he wished for information. The East-India Company's Charter was about to expire, and a new arrangement must, therefore, soon be made. He should be glad to learn, therefore, whether the new Governor of Madras was to go out on the distinct understanding that he roust submit to any further reduction Parliament might think fit to make?
Mr. Charles Grantbegged to state, in reply, that the present had been thought a very proper opportunity to make a reduction in the salary of the Governor of 119 Madras, which, making allowance for the rate of exchange, must be reckoned at 13,000l. or 14,000l., and not 16,000l., at which it was nominally fixed. It was proposed that in future it should be settled at 10,000l. per annum, with, of course, a distinct intimation and understanding, that even that sum should be liable to any decision Parliament might come to upon the subject.