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Journal of the House of Lords
… President in the Chair. John Cotton Esquire is called in, and examined as follows: What has been your Situation? My … Revenue Line; I was for Six Years Collector of Tinivelly, and subsequently Seven Years Collector, and Principal Collector, of Tanjore. Can you state the …
Journal of the House of Lords
… President in the Chair. Sir Thomas Strange is called in, and further examined as follows: Has it occurred to you that … my leaving Bath for Scotland in the Month of January last; and in the Course of my Journey I turned the Matter in my Mind, and replied to his Lordship's Letter; and I am in the …
Journal of the House of Lords
… following Papers are delivered in by Sir Thomas Strange, and are read: Extract of a Letter from The Right Honourable … what sort of Persons the Judges of the Native Courts are; and whether it would not be well to provide a Supply of Men regularly educated in Hindoo Law, and in the Principles of Jurisprudence, to be appointed by …
Journal of the House of Lords
… you been there? I have been there in the Situation of Mate and Commander of a Ship, and Agent for the Transaction of Business connected with the … Account? To a very limited Extent. As Commander of a Ship, and also when Mate of a Ship, I used to trade on my own …
Journal of the House of Lords
… in the Chair. James Cosmo Melvill Esquire is called in, and further examined as follows: What have you to lay before … the desire of the Committee, a Statement of the Revenues and Charges of India, from 1823-24 to 1827-28, and an Estimate for 1828-29. This Statement shews, at One …
Journal of the House of Lords
… President in the Chair. Mr. John Simpson is called in, and examined as follows: What is your Business? That of an … Insurance upon a Ship of the best Description to Canton and back? The Premium now is about Six per Cent. out and home. Is that the Premium on the best of the Company's …
Journal of the House of Lords
… Chair. [617] Hollingworth Magniac Esquire is called in, and examined as follows: You were an Agent at Canton, were … To any Extent? To a considerable Extent in Opium, and also in Goods to England latterly. Who were your … there was a little Business going on in Prussian Blue, and a few Manufactures of that kind from England; but of late …
Journal of the House of Lords
… President in the Chair. Dr. Patrick Kelly is called in, and the Correspondence and Papers relating to Samples of Tea procured for the … Majesty's Consuls are put into the Hands of the Witness, and he is directed to prepare a Statement, shewing the Cost …
Journal of the House of Lords
… in the Chair. Sir Alexander Johnston is called in, and makes the following Statement: I was asked, on the former … that they would stand higher in my Opinion if they did it, and that I thought it would be a popular Measure. Have the … that belong completely to the Sovereign of the Country, and remain under the Management of the Sovereign. The Second …
Journal of the House of Lords
… in the Chair. George Harris Esquire is called in, and examined as follows: What Situation did you fill in … Year 1794 to 1801. I think I came over to England in 1801, and whilst I was in England a Company's Servant was appointed to the Situation, and I was displaced. You not having been a Company's Servant? …