24 APRIL 1830, Page 1
The last arrivals from Calcutta bring an interesting account of
a meeting held in that city, to petition Parliament against the renewal of the Charter of the East India Company, and for the removal of all obstacles to the free settlement and holding of lands by Englishmen in India. The most curious part of the deliberations of this meeting is the fifth resolution, which was moved and seconded by a couple of native merchants. It is gratifying to behold such proofsof the growing intelligence and estimation of the natives of India ; because, whatever may be the facilities afforded to European importations, it is obvious that they must ever bear a very small proportion to the mighty mass of the Hindu and Mohammedan population of the Pe- ninsula.
