§ The Illusory Appointments Bill was brought up from the Commons, and read a first time. The annual Finance accounts, the annual account of the Droits of Admiralty, and other casual Revenues, and the sixteenth report of the Commissioners for the repair of Roads and Bridges in Scotland, were laid on the Table.
§ The following Returns were ordered to be laid on the Table, on the Motion of Lord ELLENBOROUGH—List of Hong Merchants, stating the particular privileges and powers with which they are invested in respect to the Canton trade:— Also, Statement of the Company's Establishment of Supercargoes, &c. at Canton, specifying the rank of each, their respective salaries, and all other charges of the establishment at Canton; likewise the commission paid to each on the European or Chinese sales of goods, or both, 828 from the year 1809–10 to 1828–29 inclusive:—Also, Account showing the amount of all supplies received from the several Presidencies and Settlements in India, at the Factory at Canton, distinguishing the presidencies, and specifying the particular supplies under each head, and for each year, from the year 1809–11 to 1828–29 inclusive:—Also, Account showing the amount of all supplies received from the island of St. Helena, at the Factory at Canton, specifying the particular supplies under each head, and for each year, from the year l809–lO to 1828–29 inclusive:—Also, Account showing the amount of all supplies from England to the factory at Canton in each year, from the year 1809–10 to 1828–29 inclusive:— Also, Account showing the amount of the cargoes (and of what consisting) consigned from the Factory at Canton to England; likewise the amount of all payments for which England is debited, in each year, from the year 1809–10 to 1828–29 inclusive:—Also, Account shewing the amount of all Bills of Exchange drawn upon the Court of Directors, by the Supercargoes of Canton, in each year, from the year 1809–10 to 1828–29 inclusive, in tales, converted into sterling money, at the rate of 6s. 8d. per tale, contrasted with the amount of the payment of the said Bills, actually made in sterling money;—Also, Account of Goods exported by the Court of Directors from England to Canton, in the year 1809–10 to 1828–29 inclusive, specifying the quantities of each, their invoice value, and a statement of the gain or loss on the sales of the Company's Exports in each year:—Also, Account of the Losses sustained by the East India Company in the China trade, in each year, from the year 1809–10 to 1828–29 inclusive, by perils of the sea, capture, damage or waste of goods, short deliveries, or other causes:—Also. Account of all Sums paid for freight, demurrage, or ships employed by the East India Company in the China trade, in each year, from the year 1809–10 to 1828–29 inclusive:—Also, Account of the charges incurred by the East India Company on the Shipping at Canton, including the measurement of ships, &c. in each year, from 1809–10 to 1828–29 inclusive:—Also, Account of Losses sustained by the East India Company, from perils of the sea, damage of ships or cargoes, from bad debts, &c in each year, from 1809–10 to 1828–29 inclusive:—Also, Account of the actual cost of all the Company's Buildings in China, up to the latest date:—Also, a Statement of the Sums annually expended in repairs, rent, taxes, or otherwise, from the year 1809–10 to 1828–29 inclusive:—Also, Account Of Long Ells, Broad Cloth, and Camblets, demanded from and exported to China in each year, from 1811 to 1829, both inclusive:—Also, Account of Lead and Tindemanded from and exported to China, from 1811 to 1829, both inclusive:—Also, Account of sundry articles of British manufacture and produce, which have been exported to China upon experiment, not having been demanded by indent, in each year, from 1811 to 1829, both inclusive:—Also, Account of all Goods imported from China into Great Britain, from the year 1811 to the year 1828, both inclusive, specifying the quantity and declared value of the principal articles imported, and distinguishing the East India Company's trade from the Privilege trade:—And also, Account of all Goods exported to China from Great Britain, from the year 1811 to the year 1828, both inclusive, specifying the quantity and declared value of the principal articles exported, and distinguishing the trade of the East India Company from the Privilege trade:—Also, Extract from a Revenue letter from the Bengal Government to the Court of Directors, dated 29th of June, 1826, respecting the permission granted to Europeans to hold lands on lease, for the cultivation of Coffee:—Also, Minute of Mr. Trower, Member of the Board of Revenue at Calcutta, dated 25th of March, 1823:—Also, Resolution of the Government of Bengal, passed 7th of May, 1824:—Also, Extract of a Revenue letter from the Court of Directors to the Government of Bengal, dated 10th of September, 1828, in reply to a letter from Bengal of 29th of June, 1826:—Also, Extract of a Letter from the Court of Directors to the Government of Bengal, dated 8th of July, 1829, directing that Government to adhere to the terms of their resolution of 7th of May, 1824.
§ Petitions presented. Praying for the Repeal of the Laws 829 imposing Disabilities on the Jews, on account of their religion, by Lord GODERICH, from Moses Solomons, Navyagent, Portsmouth:—By Lord KING, from Trivett Allcock, residing in Norwich. Complaining of the alterations in the Navigation Laws, by the Earl of ELDON, from the Ship-owners of South Shields:—Complaining of Distress, by the Earl of WINGHILSEA, from the inhabitants of Romney Marsh. Praying for the Abolition of Slavery, by Earl GOWRR, from Lane End and Henley, Staffordshire. Against the Tithe System in Ireland, by Lord KING, from Sutton, in the County of Wexford