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is oil e. s Mr ,I i 6 anal I el light ill to plaam 2no Dr t: Is U. gral3/ net. ith iLi is IPS. :lowtl 'rat an: iy'sru 2 1 4rF.1 p cal? AI adea •, !, privr+ in Itiflei wotcrs.-1 usul And 01 eapr oat, eutcaa if disti, the Pie be Fi`" Len Cu. it, ha udux l &Pa de A St•l': INDIA I TOPSE. Yesterday, a meeting was held of the Conn of Proprietors of the Hon. the East-India Company. After some ordinary hulsiness, The CHMSKAN (Mr. ELPIIMITONE) rose, and stated, that he had, to submit to the Court certain Resolutions. conveying the Thanks of the Company to the Governor-General (Marquis Wellesley), the Commander-in-Chief (General Lake), and Majors- General Wellesley and St. John, for their late bril liant services in India The Court, he observed, held refleft with the most grateful feelings, how often they had met, on similar occasions; but ne v•-r had they met to vote their Thanks for services s brilliant, and that spread so great a glory Over t h e English name, as on that day. He lamented, that it bad not fallen to the task of some person more capable than himself, of setting forth the splendid nature of the late military rransattions in India.— Yet he had this consolation; the bare reading of the dispatches, the public sense of the achievements of our troops in India, and the knowledge of many persons in the Court, would amply supply his deft ciency. Of the comprehension of mind, the zeal, and adivity, with which the Governor-General com bined the plan of the campaign, he was incapable of speaking as became their great and nnexamp.ed worth. Those high qualities had been displayed by him, in a manner never surpassed ' • seldom, perhaps never, equalled. All that the Noble Marquis had con ceived it necessary to execute for the service of the Company, and the honour of the English name, be had arranged the means of executing, with a promp titude, facility, and vigour, that, with such troops a s we had, left nothing to chance The Com mander-in-Chief had executed this plan with the mast happy success. He had gained vi3ories with scch rapidity, as had never before been equalled.— Neve:, in that field, or in any oilier, had more bril liant military services been performed. Major-Ge neral Wellesley had seconded these efforts, withequal talent and success. The Court owed their Thanks equally to all those Officers ; and he would, with out hesitation, say, they would give their Thanks unanimously and cordially to them all. The troops, both European and Natives, would receive their due share of the Court's approbation and gratitude.— Never had men displayed more steadiness, bravery, and exertion, than in this war. 'Their patience, in unexampled exertions, could not be too highly praised. Of all the parties that had shared in these splendid ttatisailions, he knew not which coulJ be justly praised more highly than another, according to the nature of their several services. He avoid now say, that the Coup would not be called upon to express any opinion of the origin or policy of the war. That was reserved for a future consideration, when the documents, on which a just opinion :Me t be farmed, could be laid bet Ore the Court. The only subje!t of the present Resolutions was. the mi litary glory recently gained in I idia. Sufficient do. currents, to glide the ju.ig .ent of the Court, on that, w Add be read; alter which, he would move the Resolutions. A number of Dispatches from the Governor-Ge neral to the S cret Committee, were then read. This °co./lied nearly an hour. Several passages, espe. cially those which stated the admiration of the inha bitants of the conquered provinces, at the humanity and generosity of the English towards them, were highly appl tuded. The Cita testae then said, there were other dose. meats printed, which he believed every Proorietor bad seen ; but they should be r• id, if that was the wish cf the Court.—(A cry of No! no!) The CRAIRMAN then moved the following Resot lotion 'That this Court, taking into consideration the dispatches relative to the late brilliant successes an the Ea.:. belies, in the war with the MahtattaChlvftains, Dow'ut Rom Scindia, and the Rajah of Serer, without entering at present into the origin er policy of that war: the thanks of this Court be given to the Most Noble the Marquis Wellesley, Goveritor.Geiteral. i.e the seal, vigour, activity, and ability, which he (I :played in pre paring the armies at the several presidencies to take the hell, and to which may be attrihtited, in a great mea.ure, the renal and Fri'ham successes of the military operatiutu which bate crowned the British arras in the East Indies. Mr. ROCK said, in one of Marquis Wellesley's Dispatches, he spoke of a Dispatch of the 9th of August, which appeared important, yet had not been read. He asked, if that was to be produced ? Mr. Ana fa Jonas said, all the documents that were necessary to enable the Court to judge of the 1 splendid nature of the services performed, and 01; 4 the consequent p ro p r i et y o f t h e Th an k s to 'be 0.: :".. by the Court, had been read. Did the H ' gaven prietor wish to have all the Dispatcheg -" °n ' Pro. had been sent to the Secret ComM , ... - 1 rea d , that Mr. ROCK said, h e h a d not pri • "e c ' contrary to praCtice, but he w 'posed any thing so whether that Dispatch was . l 'is desirous of knowing Mr. P. Moos a sup., • ' to be read f log all the Resolut• ~,.tied the propriety of read late on the first. n mons, before they proceeded to lterohnioni were 1. This Wall agreed to, and the other Two the Thank, read. Like, C•mtmaiii 3 of this Court be gives to General Gerrard 1 4 M's Forces i ter in Chef of Ilia Majesty's and of tie Com the invinchde li India, (or the great at.d e.nirient services and Otomand of, ' nteepwlity and soon makif.wed ray him in the aurntained . r , .. the army serving in Ilindmtan, by which he has ark add.k the *nosinor of the British nation, and reflected Tv\ tiunal Manson the reputed it of the British arms. 1 "It li, t the Thanks of this Court be given to Major General h r:' , ' •on Frederi..k St. John, for his roJrage and -tooling-as in ' 'ailing the 'Botha the Commander in Ch lei in 11.11,104 I's ; ' d alai to Major General the lion. Arthur Wella•sle.., for the Maintain and brilliant service* perf o rmed by him iii the: com mand of the separate army within the Deka: and Jae to the "'nal Officers of the Army, both nampean and Native, for their Chant conduct 104 4nentorioto, exertinni riot rag the arduous, komainable, and atiereslul campaign in the East Indies. That this Court dorli high!, approve and acknowl-dge the t , 21, discipline, 1414 braveiy, onsformlv diaplaved by the non "'summoned 011ie Ts and Pointe Soldiers, 0,41 t European ant M tve, employed again.* the enemy an Use Last hadres, and "to the Mlle be ,ignihed in them by the COMM111:! , 31 of the 'real corps, who are dewed to thank them fur thou excao- Ptay and gallant behaviour. The DePtITV CHAIRMAN ( Mr. GRANT; seconded fir s t R eso l ut i on, atter a short. but spirited enco /alum, on the Officers and Army in India. Mr. Roca con;oratelated the Court on the , yood seis e of the Itairolntion, winch waved the cr.r i.....r -4 'OK 01 the origin, policy, and justice of the war ; 4 ' 4 keped it would psi wiammously. 11r..InM HI 0 •k 141. to • the same nrotrnd. He said, 4 , ":**, he bad risen cliiefly to pay his tnbuic of napes and ilifeEtion to a deceased friend, I_seute -1/41'". : , 1": Maxwell, who fell in 1.1.;.! carp.sizit. He then enutherated several brilliant serrices.of that Officer ; and said, he hoped the Court would pardon this expression of his private feeling—Copp/roue/. He adverted to what had fallen from a Noble Lord, now high in office (Lord Melville), who had said in Parliament, that the Governor.Gerieral met with discouragement and obstacles in die execution of his great plans. He did not know to what that assertion could allude. The Noble Lord had acquitted the Presidencies. Did his Lordship then allude to that House, and to the I)iredors ? He could not answer that question. But he hoped that House, and that Court, would meet and contradid the assertion, it applied to them, on some future, but early day. Mr. An AI a JONES expressed his approbation of the resolution, as it was worded. He hoped the origin and motive of the war would be found as just as the prosecution of it had been brilliant. But he would not commit himself till he had the means of judging as to the necessity of the war. This concerned the very vitals of the Company's safety. u se extension of the Company's territories was ot,e of the events the most dangerous to its interests. But he did not mean to pursue this question ; he meant only to say, he could heartily concur in the Motion, from the prudence and wisdom, with which it was conceived. He could praise the bril liant condutft of our troops in India. It gave the country new assurances of safety at home ; for he could not believe, that the troops that gained inv mortal honour on the burning soil of t.gypt and India, would fail to earn equal glory on English ground. Mr. .I•WINING spoke highly oldie propriety, pru dence, and wisdom, of the wording of the Resolution. As it stood, all must feel sa - isfaCtion in tfering their tribute of praise to the army. No doubt there would be a difference in many as to par. titular grounds of satisfy Lion Some would rejoice in the extension of territory ; some in the encrease of revenue. Ile felt no satisfadion in either of these. They were too dangerous. Even encrease of revenue, as it arose from extension of territory, he did not covet. Not only was it followed by en crease of expence to swallow up all the advantage in revenue, hut it was not of that kind the Company ought to seek. He wished for encrease of revenue, only from the economical administration of old ter ritory, and from the prudent uses of the system. Yet there were various causes of iatisfaCticip, in these transactions; and those he chiefly felt were, the supporting our allies in India, and checking the power of France there. I:le ile.olutions were pro perly framed, and he hoped they would pass una nimously. Mr. Perna Moose said, he liked the resolutions well. He would have liked them better, if hey had proteded the standard of the East India Com pany itself—if they had vindicated the fame and worth of their own officers. He did not wish to ex cite any jeadrury between the two s Trier.% Bu could not forbear to Abseil that it was become tse Bohion, or rather a deeper p my, to .merlook the Company's officers, and speak only of the King's troops. He had noticed, that the three last (;o 'unmans in India scarcely cv r named one of the Company's officers. in their dispatches. He wou d ask, why was not Col. Stevenson, who had rendered such eminent services, in the late transactions, why was he not to be thanked ? While the charter existed, he would maintain tie honour of the Corn, parry's standard. Let those who look for patron.ir and wealth in India have it fortheir friendsamong tt.e King's troops; but, for God's sake, let the Corn pady preset re their own standard ! It had been too much run away with to the other end of the town already. Mr. Moore then entered slightly into the history of the struggle between the Company and Government. He complained, that the retired list was burthened with 60,0001. per annum, when many of the officers might be still employed use fully; and recommended the revisal of the list. He maintained, that the Company's troops were man g e' soldiers, on system, from their youth. They were regularly educated ; which wai not the , tase w i t h the slog's troops. They had beet spoken of by the Secretary of State, odurin, ~.o n ' the discussion in the House of Commas t 'ite Army of Reserve, as proper to discip . line • Aftra e command troops. Yet, bad they been ew yed t NO! It was said they were ur n here only f h and might be ordered away. He h- t • 4n. oug gallant o ffi cer belonging to the cli ad gone with a pony's service, to His Royal Highness the Commander In Chief, to ask for employment ; and when he enquired of some one in confidence, if there was any hope, he was tuld, the Officer had better go home at once. The CHA /A Ail said, they had studiously avoid. ed all distinctions between the services. Where the Honourable Proprietor found that, he could not tell; not in the resolutions certainly. It was obvious. why the Generals had been named ; and it was plain that Colonel Stevenson could not be mention ed, because there were many other gentlemen of die same rank, in the Company's service, who had also done their duty, although no one had a higher opi , nion of Col. Stevenson than him: elf and the Court of Diredors. The last speaker had gone a long dance, and he would not follow him. But he would say, the Court of Diretors could not be mole in clined to support the Company's Officers, if he was one ct the number. The !lon. Proprietor had spio.eu a good deal of the retired list ; he would he pion with and would declare that he thought less should have been granted to them, and mo , e given to the support of the other parts of the service. Sir Turmas Myrentre said, the present war in India had been stigmatised.by some Gentlemen, in the debate, as a bar of aggression. One had called it so, and others had broadly insinuated the same. He would never permit out assertion to go out of the hone uncontradidel. lie could nut give a silent vote, when such assertions and insinuations were made. Ile would not admit the brilliancy iit the szrvice to be an excuse for icfastice in the mo tive of the war. He would plainly decla• e. he would . thank theGovensor-Genes al, if he t naught u..just. lie Mkt's ht it, therefore, his ditty to ,nformation he had, to convince the Court. ' , at the Narvas as just as it was splendid. Sir Taos.A. McTc s t re was proceeding to shew the n n'eSsit f the war, is Oet. heVAS cju to order oy Mr. It .ck, a l opposed • !lis, as a tire from the question, which had cx.luded the cunsidera.ion of the policy of the war. 'lre CsistaxAv thanked Rt.:ls luf his obser- ration to that kint l and thought the Hon. Baronet had departed from the question. Sir 'I 'roues METCALF& said, no man should limit the line of conduet he thought it proper to take, of stating his opinion on a motion. He was giving his teasua, why he would v o t e t h an k s to t h e Noble Mar quis. He repeated, he would not vote those thanks, if he thought the war unjust, however splendid. Mr. Jacesok said, the Hou. Baronet had a right to repel insinuations, injurious to the Marquis of Wellesley's fame. But he thought he departed from the question ' when he alluded t o p a p ers not before the Court. After some other observations, he sug gested the propriety of printing all the papers that are about to be laid before the House of Commons. Mr. AD AI R JONES explained. He denied having treated the war as a war of aggression. He had ex pressly said, he hoped it would prove as just and honourable in the motive, as brilliant in the execu tion ; but he approved the wisdom of the motion, which left that important suhjet for discussion, when the Court should have the proper materials fur their judgment; and he h o p e d, t h a t wou ld L e speedily the case. _ . Sir THOMAS METCALFE said, he saw a poison spreading to the injury of the Governor General's Lone; and he was resolved, the antidote should go forth with the poison. This was the /cal cause that had mad' so many gentlemen rise. iu as quick suc cession asthe keys of a harpsichord, to tall him to order. He should, however, persist in sending forth the thanks of the Court /without the insinua tion of injustice in the motive of the war. Sir Tho mas now began to read and comment on certain documents not produced to the Court, in order to prove the necessity of the war, when he was called to order by the Deputy Chairman, Mr. Peter Moore, and Mr. Robert Thornton. The latter said, the Hon. Baronet was a key of the harpsichord, that rose not to add to harmony, but to produce discord. If, he observed, the point of order was not sufficient to keep the Hon. Direaar down, he hoped that of dis cretion was. No person could be more injurious to the fame of the Noble Marquis than the hoe. Baro net, though unintentionally so. After a very long conversation on the point of order ; Sir Thomas Metcalfe moved, as an amend ment, that all the words in the Resolution, after the word that, be left out in order to introduce a Reso lution of thanks, virtually including the origin and policy of the war, as part of the übjea of the thanks, and expressed in stronger terms of praise. He did this, he said, being compelled by this debate, on the point of order, being resolved to vindicate the fame of the N oble Marquis. He then we n t v er y considerably into details on the origin of the war. He co-nended. that Scindia's march to the south, and other circumstances, proved his objeact was to overthrow the power of the English in India. The maxim which his predecessor and uncle had in stil.ed into him was, that he never could become Sovereign of the East till the English were extir p ited. tie had procured a number of French of ficers to discipline his artillery, which was served as well as that of any European power. Fourteen hundred French had been sent to Pondicherry dur ing the peace ; and were nut ordinary troops, hut persons sent to discipline Scindia's army and the Vlahrattas, and would have been spread through the Mahratta country. After a variety of argu ment, he concluded that the war was inevitable, and as just as brilliant ; and his thanks should go forth without any drawback. Mr. &meows (laten / from Revd) seconded the amendment. He said it was painful to him, the first time he had occasion to attend that Court, to censure the Directors, yet why did they bring forward a partial measure, when they had been in possession of all the documents for some months ? No principle was more mischievous than to otter thanks for actions, whose motives will not Lear the test of the strictest examination. If the Noble Marquis had acted from the thirst of fame— from any motive but necessity, he would not vote thanks to him. But he knew the war was as just as splendid; and he confessed, there appeared to him to be a lurking censure in the preamble of the reso lution; it appeared to him as if the Directors insi nuated, that the war was not just. He would have been more content, indeed, if the Hon. Baronet had moved to postpone the thanks till the whole papers I had - been before :he Court, and the whole question could be embraced at once. A very long debate ensued, in which Lord Km- Sill RD, Mr RORER'S THORNTON, MT: ADAIR Jetta:, and Mr. JAC ;so s, spoke against the amendment, and Mr. SISOT7 for it. Mr. J ACCSON SDISCISCLI the adding, after the words its the original motion—L. " witheat entered:, at prssent, info the origin end psdiry of hot suer" the toilowing :—" the documents rested in: which ale Me be . before the coart"--and Sir . 1 110. HAS LTCALIIi having withdrawn his amendment, the Co•IRM A h moved, that the word; proposed by Mr. JACRSO% !HAW part of the first resoldtion, which was agreed to; after which, all the tesolu ti ius were r. spetively carried unanimously, and the Court adjourned. Arrived at Grcen.)ck, on Sunday the 13th cur. the Primers, Vi aka, Excise yacht, comma A J by ilemsv Bcarsos, Esq. with a tine lugger, which she captured, after a long chace, mar the 'noun .sins of Mourne. On: day last week a French privateer took a fishing boat belonging to Hastings, off that place, with three men on bri.,rd, two of whom hare very large families. Mr. Micwaeo has behaved ssith great kindness to these families, and promise .1 them his proteCtion till the return of their respea:ve in dustrious husbands. The fishermen cut away their nets, on the first appearance of the privateer, and they I.AVC been since Liken up, and brought into Hastings. The Mackerel season has this year commenced with more than ordinary success.—A boat from Hastings came en 'bore last week, at Brighton, and soli as many M 'duel as fetched on 4aradred pounth ! Vegetation never wore a more favourable esp.& than At the present season. The meadows promise a redundancy of go-4%, unknown for many years paste the apple-trees ale beautiful, and complete garlands; and the oak,, and other forest tress, shew a 11.s:thinness of I..liage very rarely to he met with. in some few sitaA:itts, however, the wheat is but t hin, and of a • .ekly coloar; these app •:uances, it s honld be c:). erved. are on:} poor PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE• DOVER, DAT U. From twelve until the present time, sp. w*. we have heard a continual roaring of cannon, with-nit any intermission. By some t: is conjedured, •:rat the enemy's tun -boats have attacked our squ..Jron in Boulogne Bay; by others, that it is a rejoicing. on account of Bonaparte's being crowned, which is very likely; for if it took place yesterday at ''aris, they may have received the news now at Boulogne. It has been so thick that we could lee nothing from °dr heights.; btit the guns shook amour windows very much. ftqf past Frye:—The Bring kill continues, and, by some sailors just come down from the height•., we learn that several gun-boats, &c. are out of Beit lugne harbour, and keep up firing; also a very hea• y fire from the shore; it is supposed to he a rejnicin : as our ships don't return their fire. The tiringhearu -hereon Saturday was at the Inemortatifr frigate ; she ran down along shore, and they opened a very heavy fire from all their batteries, and threw several shells .at her; she luckily received no hurt. •l'ne presetat. cannonade seems to li.a‘ e :alarmed the coat, for se veral stout frigates and men of war are goi•:g ever to the French shore, with a pre.s of sail and fine breeze. C tNVUT FOX TONNINGEPI Notice is ivi•isby gtv.rn, that a convoy fur the trace honn.l fr.)nt hence to aaaa ingen will be apoianted to sail ou the 2ntit inat Cirtnicil Chamber, &firm 17th May, 1804. Saturday arrived at Bristol, the American ship MaeNts//, Captain .11:zieres, in 16 days, from Ma deira, with a number of passengers. Fly► her we learn there have been two late inundation, at Fun shall, since that of which we gave an account. Nei ther of them was attended with any serious conse quences, and both seemed to arise rather from the increased beds of the river, than from any unusual qumtity cf rain. The C run of Lisbon has Sew an able hydraulic engineer, and plans are formed fir the future security al the town. Among the pas sengers on board the Mrrehail were, Mrs. and ti`e Miss Gout Lays, Dr. and Mrs. Antau, 4r and Miss 9trva, Mrs. Cococ, and Mrs. SEACC6 wa'h daughters, &c. The number of invalids from Great Britain has been unusually great, this reinter, and most of them are well, o in a convaleszent state. vioucz. MA RLlllo,ollollilTatiT. Rao . 6514 Williams, a reputed lunatic, was brought before the Magistrates at this Office, fo beilaving in a riotous and improper manner in the house olirespedable inhabitant est St. Giles's Parish. The Complainant, having occasion to go oat, kft a person named Bimn in the house with ordc.s to take care of the children, who shortly after put them to bed, and returning to the parlour, feorid the Prisoner there—on asking her what her busiu...ss was, She snatched up the brass candlestick, andi with horrid imprecations, threatenel to split 41 s. Biron's scull ; the latter, bc.ng mu.h a: timed, an nut, and the prisoner immediately lozkud hersel in, and went toward the room where the children w. re sl eping ; bet the parlour dour being burst ope,,, r.e was seized and t4ken into cu5t0.:.7..._ rh e ~, gistrate ordered her to th. House of Correftios, observing, she had all Coe extravagant behaviour of a mad woman. Mr. AU a member of the ton Volunteers, charged a master baker, with violently assaulting him at the Crown and Scepter, public house at K ightsbridge. It ap peared that the baker had, without any provoca tion, spoken in disgraceful terms of the corps to which Mr. Knight belonged, who, finding hims.2ll hurt. obterved, the other s% as a great blackguard, and advised the company to turn him out , f the room, in consequence or which, the baker at tick Mr. Knight a violent blow on the back that knocked him close to the fire.—The parties being persons or ri speaability, long resident in thnhbourhoW of each other, tlie M agistrate pr oposedan acconuno dation, which was acceded to. NINTO Dar of Daawnic.—No. 18,825, tl a Twenty Thousand Pound Price, was sr,ll in one Fourth, one Eighth. and ten Sixteenth Shar es . by Gussexucit, and Co. of Corahili and CL.tring-cross, London. NINTH be tr.—The Ticket No. 23,571, entitled to 3,0001. as first drawn yesterday. was sod and recut-red at Btsn's Old Established Offices, whine 10;343 and 0.393, both prizes of 2.(X01. and 40. 638. a prize of I,OOOL this Eatery, we e all solo i shares, the fortunate holders of which may reneive their money t,n demand. The charader of the liidd G,r4 in the new Grit d Spetlaele at the &or Cincus, is of a natur witching in the extreme; the artless simpli c i ty 1....11 which it is personified. and she istete4 which arises ITOM .its first appearance to the ‘fieirem xi of the issiece,are adin 4 rably calculated to amuse the Ine!ricts of an Engli.h Au.licnce. it is eac?lkinsy &Ira trayed by Miss SCA a t.!!, wh.l, though a nos). e in the art, bids fair soon to be a profi:ient. SINGULAR r A MCI: Of GRATITUDE IN A nt.,.. Ck Slit V ART.—DORM a gentleman nl :he highest t....peaability for charaaer and thrttine, from the ptrsecution of his enemies, and the dell, s of law, has been confined to one of our metriiv htan ptisons for many years,, while his fortune was with:ield from him, until his affairs were terminat..d. During this distressing procrastination, poverty had laid her List and fatal grasp on his finances, and he WAS under the necessity of declaring to his servant, that penury compelled them to p tit, however re pugnant to his feelings, for he could no linger k •rp himself, such were his pecuniary difficus se.. Ho. NFST 13us, by which name he is-listi visaed. re plied, with all the zeal of unconf,m nat. d simpli city, " No Massa, we will never part I massy years have you kept me, and now me will is • p bonestiellow absolutely went into thi surroune. ins garuens to work, and faithfully brought home his wages every week, by which means hr sustained his master and himself, until the 41 cisinn of one of his *Chou, by which his master obtained an award of 30,0N01. and, to the honour of hniranity, dia , ,•ly settled on his servant fcr life an annuity , of 2tlol. j) or L —r, we are sorry to state, a short Cote since, received a which render his life e: paralytic stroke, the effEas of mtryi;ely doubtful.