Lords Sitting of 12 March 1830

MINUTES.
Petitions were presented praying for the Opening of the Trade to India:—against the Truck System:—and

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for the Repeal of the Duty on Coals carried coast-wise. The Transfer of Aids Bill, and the Exchequer Bills Bill were read a second time.

IRISH POOR.
The Earl of Darnleysaid, that he had had an opportunity of ascertaining, by the votes on their Lord-ships' Table that a proposition exactly similar to one their Lordships had frequently rejected when he had submitted it to them, had been agreed to the night before by the other House of Parliament. That proposition was for a Select Committee to inquire into the condition of the Irish Poor. It was not his intention then to say any thing on the subject, but he would now give notice, that on Tuesday next he would call the attention of the House to the condition of the Irish Poor, in order to know what were the intentions of Ministers upon the subject.

EAST INDIA CHARTER.
The Marquis of Lansdownsaid, he held in his hand a Petition which, he believed, was the first of that nature that had as yet been decided upon by all the merchants of London engaged in the private trade to India. Many of these individuals had expressed their opinions upon the subject separately, upon various occasions, but this was the first time that they had con-jointly sent forth in a public manner their views and sentiments. It had been stated that the merchants trading privately to India from the Port of London differed in their opinions upon the subject, from the merchants who were engaged in a similar traffic at the out-ports of the United Kingdom. He was, therefore, requested to state, that the petitioners gave it as their opinion, that it was highly desirable that some alteration should be made in the Company's Charter. In this opinion he concurred and recommended the Petition to their Lordships' consideration.
The Petition was read and referred to the Committee upon the East-India trade.