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„f the country ;mil the world, it was Etatural lliat ,mistitut I jealousy should be felt at the exer tee of ouch a ninon of power awl influence ”, ersonage so near the throne in the ordinary line • I successive, ae his Royal Highneire the Duke of Fork must he considered to be. The double and important dunk of autos person& of the King, and Commander-in-Chief of the army of the 0 ,,,,a r y, involved very important considemtimis— ss referred to the illustrious individual, for /is hands could they he no more safe, but as tr otted the fair 'constitutional jealousy of the ,-,,,0 r y...-(Herir, /tear, hear.)—He would plainly iok, is it the intention of Government that his itov.l Highness the Duke of York should hold the two situations? With respect to the reductions alluded to, be could only say that the arrangements respecting the 58,000/. of the Queen's Establishment, and the reduction to 50,0W1/. of the were satisfactory, no doubt, so far 04 the l amellae of economy had piton applied to these departments. If this were, therefore, merely the opening of a system of economy and retrenchment. he was reedy, and he believed the people would also he ready to applaud the communication of Ministers, and to hail it ass happy omen of what was to follow.: But if this saving in the Windsor Establishment weal to go forth as • great effort in furtherance oil public 'cosmos,. and that in its completion every , thing wait to be supposed as done, he could only say, in the language used by an Honour able Member opposite on a former night (we presume Mr. Alderman Wnithmert, its his speech on the Petition against the Insolvent Debtors' Act), in common sense, or conimmi honesty, how (amid the House accede to such a pro position 1—( I lear, hear.)--illo did not pretend to much common seller, or much common honesty, and tormit not to dwell upon any exclusive preten sions to either—( Load Infighter)—but tithe propo %mini now Horde were to be the great ultimatum of at ioe uers, hr could only say the c try would, as they had a right, be grossly disappointed.—(Hear.) The Himouralde Gentleman concluded by saying, that no matter from what part of the House pro em-Mini should come which he felt desired sup port, it would invariably have his. Lord CASTI.IiREAGH, in a low tone of voice, said. that his Royal Highness, in Isis opinion, conceived that it was not at all incompatible with ins situation of Ilse custos of the King's Person, to hold that si tumour' at the heed of the army which lie discharged with so much applause. Mr. nears etr said the speech of the Noble Lord (Castlereagh) was of • nature that required a few o i ratre ationa. 011 the death of her 31aiesty the ll'indsor Establishment required no longer to he upheld in its former state, mid the House were called on to consider what new arrangements were to lie made. Hesaid that he was unwilling, in the nit servations he should make, to take a course different from the Noble Lord respecting the gravity and de corum with which this subject should be discussed. He paid be would m the first place confine himself to the statement of the Noble Lord respecting the tour Lords of the Bedchamber and the Grooms of Ilse Chamfer ; and he would confidently appeal to the House whether they thought the statement of the Noble Lord for continuing those offices for the last seven y•ars, during which time they cost the nation 4.2 01)111. was satisfactory or not. The state ment of the Noble Lord, he maid, demonstrated the justice of an opposition which he (Mr. Tierney) felt it his duty to give on a former occasion to the institution of these offices. He opposed them in 1812, as being unnecessary and expensive to the public. without imparting any comfort of any kind to our afflicted Sovereign. But he was then charged with not having consulted the dignity of the Crown ; he was charged with • dispoeiti 111 lto detract front this public testimony of respect which should he livid to the person of the Sovereign, arid wills having its unworthy object of gaining an un worthy popularity out of those doors. But isotwith sending those charges, he now lived to see the Munster of the Crown coming down to the House proposing the abolition of those offices. It had been stated, he said, that thew. officers were willing, from personal attachment to time Sovereign, to attend gratuitously. He did not entertain a doubt hut that if they offered to do so, they would gratuitously discharge whatever Were their accus tomed duties. But lie asked, why was not this pro posal made to them in left ?—why have they not gratuitously acted since 1812 ?—weir their frel tugs of respect or attachment less ardent then than now ? How, said he, did the mutter originally stand ut the tune of the unrestricted Regency ? It was proposed that if those officer, were let remain, that they should attend the Regent when in town, and that they should also undertake to discharge their duties at Windsor, which certainly were not very great ; they were merely to attend there once a week, and to spew a small piece of paper. But it was determined to make four new outs, and to get gill of the four old ours, mid four Grooms of the Be•lelairsilor were to hr sent out, in order to have their places supplied by the servants of the new 4;..ver 1111 l rot. Had they remained on tine old emit blislinient—inad they not been sent adrift to make way fur the new adlierente of tire Government, the 4.141 servants would litre vet remained. mid the country wilful not have been oldiged to pay lilt fur that had retired and the four that succeeded elem. respect to the sum of 10,000/. a-year senate to lie granted to his Royal Highness the Duke of York for the custody of the King's per- Aim, lie is soda only say, as to that, any expenses riloch his Royal flightless might Incur in conse quence of its appouitment to that situation, ought to he defraud by the public to the fullest extent. It he (Mr. Tierney) did riot say so, lie felt that he en-Id not be dealing fairly—but having 1,14 pruiciple to its fullest extent, he hoped lie was hot a.kitig too tuurh when he demanded to know, per e bat expenses this sum was to :w given ?—what lo w establi-limerit would that office render recess. so, ) ?—what tiers expenditure wou;tl that office cre a te ? Ile did not mean to say that expense 11,1, 4 6 t Out follow it; but nil lie teemed to he in- Inrsiteil was, the nature of that expense. and the emoinit ; if it amounted to ten thou.:am' pound*, ten thousand polio& ought to be allowed-- if it amounted to more, more ought to he allosr rd but sf, on a fair lied rearomible estimate, it 11 """tell to less, then he would snot vote for a aunt of 10,000 d.—he would vote for the expense a•.:- tnally sustaiiied, but lie would vote for to) more. it t'll• .ae•te trm, tint!. in 1614 a runt lie. yeir was *volttl to the late Queen ; that aims was voted to her late Majesty for account of travelling expenses. It was said, on that occasion, that it could not he expected she would constantly rental's at Windsor—that a change of air and rxerctse was necessary for her advanced age and her &tinting health ; and on this ground dna additional NUM or 10,000/. is-year was voted. Those reasons, lie confessed, did not satisfy hint; stol disagreeing, as tie slid, with those who proposed that grant, lie felt it his duty to oppose it. But such as those reasons were, could they, he asked, 1w applied to tlw present case ; Was a sum of 10,n00/. a-year necessary to be granted to his Royal Highness, in consequence of the additional ex pense imposed on I • by the custody of the King's person? If it were, he would willingly grant it— he would grant more. He knew of no person in the country more lit to have the care of the Kiug's person than his Royal Highness.— In the allowance to be granted he would wish to act liberally—he would wish to act hand somely towards the member, of the Royal Family ; but at the same time to act prudently, as far as re gards the pockets of the people. To his afflicted Sovereign he hose a strong affection—he felt every sympathy, every respectful compassion, for his si tuation ; and willingly would hr agree to any sum that could ensure his comfort or his gratification. His object was to consult the dignity of the King, and the interests of the public. The Noble Lord, lie said, now called on this House to settle the Windsor Establishment at SONO/. o-year. Per- haps it iinglit appear that such a sum was ne. cessary—but how it was so, was, lie confessed, beyond his conception. lie could not see how so large a sum as .50,0001. a year was necessary for the resew support of his Majesty. labouring as lie did under an unhappy malady. lie was incapable of any conversation—he saw no society—he was de prived of sight—he bed no state—no chew. For low, even in a temporary return to reason, these things could have no pleasures—and yet the House are called on to grant a sum much more than the first of his subjects find it prudent to expend, even though they are bound to indulge in various expenses and to make • great display. As to the Noble Lord's boasted economy, and the communication lie has made, be did not, lie said, attach so much value to that communication, as he did to the last general election.—(A laugh, and Hear, hear.)—The result of that election, and the disposition of the House to retrenchment, was to him a much greater security, than the new-born dis position of the Noble Lord, to use with economy the resources of the State. As to referring to a Committee to consider the expenses of the table, servants' wages, and items of that account, he con ceived that Colonel Stevenson could as well settle that estimate as the Committee. The ques tion to he considered was, the scale on which the Establishment ought to be settled. It should be settled, he said, on a liberal scale—it should be for the care, the comfort, and the dig nity of the sovereign. But it should be remem bered, that no person resides at Windsor, and yet Equerries are to be kept to receive the Commis sioners on their occasional visits. Was it necassary, he asked, to have six Equerries for that purpose For them them is no earthly business but to receive the Commissioners; yet a very considerable ex . .. prase—•►t expense quite unnecessary, in his mind-- was to be incurred. The Noble Lord had stated, that at the head of the Household there should be placed Noblemen to superintend the different de partments of it. There were many who would ob ject to this ; and if he were speaking of the mere necessity of it, he would object to it too; but he would agree to it on this piinciple, that it was ne cessary fur the state and dignity of the King. He would not object to see Iwo Noblemen at the head of the F.stablislinsent, to see that every man dia• charger% his duty, and to superintend the general arrangements ; but as to the necessity of hay iug six Equerries, he could not see it. It was, he *aid, a question of table ; and would the sup port of au EttailllShlnellt, en limited as the Wind sirs must be, require a sum of 50 ,000/. a year ? This consideration was important, in his mind, for the purpose of C.l ' g to • fair estimate of the %Viiirliair Establishment. The Noble Lord might have other heavy items of expense—he might per haps chew that this expense is unavoidable—but he nut having said a word on that head, he (Mr. Tier ney) could not help saying, that the sum of 50,0001. a year was nothing less than an extravagant waste of the public money. As to what the Noble Lord had said respecting the privy purse being the private property f the King, he (Mr. Tierney) must deny that altogether. In the early part of the present reign a sum of 60,000/. a year was granted to his Majesty, without the control of Parliament ; and mider all the circumstances, lie did not con sider that sum extravagant. It was but right, too, that the King billlUld have the disposal of that sum. There were in the discharge of his fusictions many expenses that could not see the light—many acts of grace and charity that would lose their value by publicity. His Majesty might in a thonsaiid deli cate way) assist the members of the reduced Nobility—he might have some favourite child in need of his assistance ; and in case* of this kiwi it would be right to leave him uncon trolled—the hand of the Sovereign was not to be directed by Parliament to the ',articular ob jects of its bounty. But to whom, he asked, was thus sumo allowed ?—was it to the man that was liked, or the King that reigned? Certainly to the King; and the nutmeat that he ceased to reign, MAO. N t that ttttt nient lie considered this sum of tio,ooo/. ceased to he the private property of the King. The King who could no longer dispose of it— who was unconscious of it—who knew not of its accumulat►ou whilst living—and who could not dispose of it at the hour of hi• death. In a 'wryer regard tile 'tenant of our gracious King may be held. nu one, he said, would say that the privy purse was given to him as a man, but as a King ; and see the hardship it imposes on the nation, to consider it iii any way. The hand of affliction deprived him of the power of exercising the duties of the Sovereign, and the Regent was appointed. who execute* the actual function* of the King, and his Royal Highness is allowed the stun of 60.000/. a year, mid thus the sou► becomes lit/Stout. He forgot to stientioii, that, in addl. - 1011 111 the sum of tio,ouo:. there was a further aurn of 10,0001. the profits of flat Duchy of Lancaster; thus making t: r taw 71 , ..)a.):. instead of 150,000:. If he oil- Il k derstond the Act which was passed on the occa sion tif giving the care of the King'. person to the Quern, it stated that the King's servants were to he twitted, es to preferment or pensions, precisely its such wry is. she King most likely would have treated them; and us to the physiciwis, they were to be paid not of the fused of thirty-14x thou. sand os.year. The expen►es of the physicians amounted to a aum whir+ must appear enormous to moot llllell, hut, on examittation, it 'would lint, lie was free to confess, appear altogether au titirmon. able, it the tnrtne time that some deduct ions insight be expected to he made. He (Mr. 'Tierney) understood at the co— cement of the lamented malady of recollection of the -.dolma he the King, from • . _ treatment received, or which he thought he rrceived, non for tner ricetwion, from w certain class of phriciatio, that there should be a physician of his own selec tion allowed to attend him, independent of the phy►icians who had been formerly in attendance. This request was complied with by r person of high station—it was, in his mind, most properly compiled with—it would have Leen barbarous to refuse the last melancholy requevt made in the moment of al most departing sanity. lie, for his port, would willingly comply with any thing that could at all minister to the colnforts of the King—he would even wish, in his melancholy state, to please every whim, however childish and extravagant it may be. He was, therefore. glad that this req .- uest was com plied with, though it necessarily increased the ex penses of the physirixiiii;—and those physicians con stantly attending. at Windsor justly received the full amount of what their practice would bring them. But whilst he professed himself most anxi- otos to deal with eve►y libr►ality to the members of the Royal Family, he felt that he had the better right to call for every reasonable retrench. meta. As to the claw' of 10,000/. for the Duke of York, if it were right, he ought to receive it, but let him receive it out of the Privy Purse. This, he (Mr. Tierney) Conceived, would reconcile every thing. It would relieve the country from any additional burden, and it would indemnify his Royal Highness ag ainst any expenses that it might be fairly shewn he would incur. After some other observations, Mr. Tierney conclud ed by saying, that he felt his vote of great de licacy—that he trusted no vindictive opposition would be imputed to him. No one felt more than he did a stronger attachment to the House of Brunswick—no one felt more than he did a wish to consult the comforts and the dignity of the King : but he had another high duty to perform— to guard the people against those burdens which they are so poorly able to bear, and to promote, in every item of the public expenditure, that economy nod retrenchment so necessary fur the existence of the country. i.lr. CANNING said, that in going into • Com mittee, his Noble Friend did not ask the House to pledge itself to any precise amount of what the expenses of the Establishment might be. As to the objection which the Hon. Gentleman made, of his Majesty not having a legal claim to the funds created by the Privy I'nrse, that question was fully decided by the Regency Act in 1812. The Hon. Gentleman may move for a repeal of that Act, but whilst it remained in existence, no doubt what. ever could be raised as to these funds being the private and exclusive property of the King.— [Here Mr. Canning, in support of his assertion, read certain postage, from the Act of Mil — The English language, he said, could not define the rights of the King more precisely than this Act has done ; it leaves the King the power of disposing or it—and, in case of no will, then that, like every other species of personal property, it should go accord's' gto law. As to the servants of the King, lie could not, on any principle of justice, consent to dismiss these old and faithful servants hurt. gaited; and he should consider precisely in the same light the person who is dismissed from his place, and the person who, from the decay of stature, is no longer able to fulfil it. He could not sit down without doing injustice to the illustrious person who has beets so often mentioned in this debate if he did not state to the House, that his Royal Highness the Duke of York (as appears, indeed, on the face of the Bill which originated in the other House) had accepted of the care of the King's person—had accepted of it without any remuneration. The burdens or the office have devolved on him— he has made no stipulation—and should the House refuse to grant him any thing—should they refuse to indemnify him against the expenses necessarily to be incurred, he will discharge, notwithstanding, the duties of this situation—and he most pay out of his own private tours, the expenses attending it. What those expenses may be, he would not at pre• sent go into a calculation with the Right Hon. Gentleman, but, he would say, that considering the rank of his Royal Highness, considering the other important dutiei he has to perform, the House would not think that the sum proposed was unrea sonable. The Right Hon. Gentleman had asked for precedents:—he would give him two—precedents, too, from the best times since the House of Hanover ascended to the throne. The one wail in the instance of Queen Caroline—the other the Princess Dowager of Wales. On the demise of those personages their servants retired on pensions. This, lie trusted, would satisfy the Right Honourable Gentleman that nothing was attempted in this care that lad not been dune before, and that should be done in every case. The Rt. Hon. Gentleman should con sider. he said, that the House was not now forming the Windsor Establishment—that has been ulready formed—it has been formed by the Act of 1814: As to the sum of 50.0001. which seemed to sound so largely, he would only hope that the Right Host. Gentleman would wait until the Committee, of which he was • Member, should enter into the details, and he (Mr. Catmint') had no doubt but he would come out of the Committee with the full conviction that his impressions were erroneous, and that every thing has been done to phew a sin. cere desire to economise the public money. and Att meet the wants, the wishes, and the expectations of the country. Mr. Titiaxec raid, he was quite aware of the Act cited by the Right Hon. Gentleman, but he contended, that the resent proceeding of the noble Lord virtually repealed that Act. and they must now take op the question in all its hearings. Ile had already said that lie had 00 ob jection whatever to the appointment of the Duke of York—and he was sure nothing would be more 1 ,1, A 4. 1i g to his Maj e sty, sere he DOM 10 IWlllill,tllllll. to appoint hio MIAI flisetriros to tlw etre of hit sa cred potions, iihouyl that ',lace I i deristral nrcrosary then. But lie ("gild n % tee oil retools why oily ret•otopenice 1' lii Rulul 11-lightwoo lot Id out be poirl out of the Privy Poioe :it wtio I t hot sinitrce, owl not from the pockets of the penple that those rapenovo otiould erne. The quest 00000 WWI then put owl mgrevil tn. COMMITTEE OF FINANCE.. Lord CASTLERE.MiII i., 10 publionibe 10% 1110600 OH alit but/jest to 111mitlay n ext. Sertfil public accuumts were (Imo brought op. GRAIN. Sir HENRY PARNELL iii.sved ils , t there ler !aid before the (louse a belie* of account stout nog the quantity of Corn and Grain, Meal and Flour, ex ported from Eitglatal and ‘‘'soirp, from the , - ear 18151 t.i the year 1818, inclusive—distioguisliniz that portion exported to Ireland, from that exported t o Foreign Countries. Likrwi.e an turnout of the quantity insporie.l into 6trist Britain, (Wries t : the saute period—distinguishing that part imported from Foreign Commies, f that miported from Ireland.— Ordered. The "100. Baronet also moved for aim account of Corn and Gratin. Meal and Flour, exported front Ireland, from the year 181'2 to the year ISIS. In clusive, distinguishing that portion exported to Great Britain and her Colonies, from that exported to Foreign Countries—togeilier with the steerage price of grain in the Dublin market, dariug the (tame period. Likewise.. am account of the Coro and Grain. Meal and Flour. Imported into Ireland, distinguishing that part imported r Great Britain, from the portion imported from Forego Countries. Together aith the real value, in each year, of the total quantity of Corn sod Meal, Grain and Flour, exported from ("teat Britain 111141 Ireland respectively, to Feerrigto Clitiostriree NMI the British Colooleit, from 181-2 to 1814, inclusive.— Ordtred.—Adjourned. EAST INDIA MUSE, FEBRUARY 4. A Quarterly General Court or Proprietors of East lirchi Stock was this day held, poirmlaut to adjournment. at the Company's !louse, to Leaden hall-street, The CHAIRMAN (JAMES PATTESON. Esq.) PC• rounded the Court that they were assembled " For the purpose of proceeding in the coorideration of the Official Documents respecting the late Military Operations in India, mid Resolutions of Thatilts adopted io consequence by the Court of Directors; which Documents and Resolutiosis had been open at this House for the inspection of the Proprietors since the 20th ultimo." He then moved — a That the Thanks of this Court be given to Lieut.. Gen. Sir Thomas Hidup, Bart. Grand Cross of the Bath, fur his distinguished and successful services during the late cam paign in India, and particularly in the battle of Nagpure, fought oil the 21st of December, 1817, by the forces under his immediate command, splint the army of Mulkar Kow Holkar, which terminated in a decisive siid important victory." The motion was seconded by the DresTir- CHAIRMAN (CAMPBELL MAnJoittBANB3, E-il.) Mr. HUME then rose, and proposed, as a trans. action had take.. place in India (he alluded to the execution of the Killedar of the Fort of Timber, without trial, by the order of General Hislop), which a greater !notion of information was neces. airy than the Court at present possessed, that the resolution of Omsk* now about to be submitted to them, sl Id be postponed. Mr. BOSANQUET and she CHAIRMAN declared, that the propostition could not, in justice to she gallant Officer, be postponed. If he (Mr. Hume) thought proper to make a specihc (notion, for adjournment, he was at liberty to do so, and the Court would then have an opportunity of deciding on it. Mr. Htn'te then ,moied that certain docitmentS should he read. the first was, an extract from the dispatch of General Hislop to the Gomm:or-Ge neral, detailing the circumstances sitendiug the capture of the fort of 'ratifier. It appeared that the Killedar or Governor of the Fort had at first resisted, but finally agreed to surrender micontli tionally. In consequence a small party of troops entered to take possession. They were met at the third gate, by the Killedar (accompanied by se veral bantams, or native merchants), who surren dered himself. Ou entering the fourth gate, in the centre of the fort, they were attacked by a body of Arabs, and the whole party, including three officers, were either killed or wounded. The con• sequence was that the Arabs were all put to the sword, and the Killedar was hanged *upon one of the bastions. General Hislop admitted in Isis dis patch, that he did not know whether the Killedar was or was not privy to the treachery of the Arabs- , - but that, at all events, he deserved the tiuttislitueut be received for his rebellion, in rehiring to give up the fort, when his master, Holkar Belieder, had given an order that alt his forts should be sur rendered. Extracts were also reed from the au: swer of the Governor-Generat, approving of the act—from the proclomation issued by General Hislop, the day after the takisig of 'ratifier, in which he declared that the Killedar of 'ratifier, having refused to give up the fort, had placed him self and his garrison in the situation of rebels, and subjected himself and them to the punishmesit of death-=and that, if tiny of the late subjects of Holkar Opptwed the British Government, whether filling the Ofnce of Killedar or any tither situa tion, he would share the fate of the Killedar of Tauber—from the order of the Goternor-General, directed to General Marshall, commanding that all the late subjects of Holkar, wins resisted the Bii tish troops should be brought to a drum-brad Court Martial, and, if found gitilty, letitenced to I inaprisownent and hard labour—trout the proceed ings of a native General Court Martial, held by Major-Oesseral Marshall for She trial of Sahib Rio Hassave. Killedar of the Fort of Mullatm, stud two of his adherents, fur refusing to give up the said fort—and, finally, froth a dispatch of Grimm! MiDowell, in which he stem that it the redut tion one of the Nemours. forts, in con-equetice of the natives retiring treachery would be is,t , il to wards them, "then they sorrendertd, he had signed • wiper, declaring thst they would be treated ho nourably. There documents having been gout through— Mr. Hcstr rose and stated, tint?. 'u bri!.g.t.s forward the ',resent rinF stints, lie Wall not actuated by the smallest lk3ll I il:le Of personal hostility to wards the gallant Officer, to whose conduct it re lated. lie felt, on the contrary, the highest re spect fur lino talents, and he hail heard from many individuals who were personally acqoansted with them, the most flattering acconat of his private character. He was impelled, in coming forward on this occasion, by the reflection that ibis was a grt•a% public (imam nn —tiot only important to the C piny, hut to the empire at Idige. Our Indian C;riveriinient wars hiundrd on lip 111111111111 l the opinion of our high honour and inflexible good faith—mid, if the natives were once led to doubt that Nob and honour, then our empire %mild he 110 longer secure. The cosidiict of Cientral Ileslop, iu putting au individual to death, slier he had aur rendered, without trial, a ithout having ascertained his guilt. was calculated to shake that opinion to its base.. This breach of faith, as lie must, on Gene ral ~hawing. consider It, laud lead the most fatal effect uu the mewls of the isiliabitatits of India--and the Court could not, without compro mising that strict regard to character which they had always heretofore preserved, agree to an uu qualified vote of thanks, for the whole of General Hislop's conduct in the late campaign. The lion. Gentleman then detailed the trausactsou at - ratifier. as it was previously stated in the dispatch of the 'CHINO Ciriirnel-s-and proceeded to consider what wa. the piaroice of modern werfiere, iii cases like this—and him far the kw of nations justified the c lust pursued fly Sir Thomas Hislop.-- Wan respect to the first pond, the optuiots of the GosernorsGetieral, • disclosed iu his order. was, that every rebel, taken iii arms, should tiled by Court Martial—dud. as. to the second pond, Vatted laid it dowel as an axi 1111 l , that un unless. Nil absolute necessity called In t se verity, it ought always to 1w avoided. Here, he conteinledo necessity existed. The KiHeiler had cur rendered, and it certainly could lad be supposed that the palely tit the linti•le army would have been compromised by sparink his life. Besides, it did not appear whether Grartal Hislop, when lie Milli moiled the fort to surrender, lead trot in the order which Holkar had signed for that iiiirpraw, or hail merely *ultimate(' shat he had such an order in his possession. If lie had merely done the latter, the K dirtier, as a militioy mss, was justified in retain ing possession of the fort, because he might have supposed that the application was a mere twit de guerre. Beside', it was not at ad ph e .w ee , th a t th e Killrilar was privy to the treacherous conduct of Ilse Arabs. On the contrary, the probability was, that the fort was tint ruirrieeltreil on the first appli cation, iu consequence of the Ileternioniterin of the Arabs to resist, mid the woo of power In the Kille der to compel them to esherlieirce. With rest/ea to the effect which this act had son the moods tit the natives, it was only necessary to refer to the disp itch of General 111•Dowell, and it world be sreii that it was most pernici ou s. That gallant General stated, that before the garrison of a fort which lie kid summoned would surrender, he war obliged to sign a paper, declaring that he would not put the troops to death, if they gave themselves up uncon ditionally. Looking to all those circumstances. he could not consent to the present Rersolution, un til u full and satisfactory explanation were atvete of the affair by General Melia.. 'nee (lots. Gentle 11111M then moved an which, after liar rating the cirbutiestantes which succeeded the sur tender of Twitter, set forth— " That this Court cannot therefore agree to any Resolu tion respiteling the seri , icem sail couituct of Gum:rill link", during the late hostilities ilk ludo, until ass explanation mot exculpating' is given of o n o u t which appears In the Court as a grins breach of the I:twft of usinlein uarlar* somuogrt eivilurd ualiuua, wool calcoliliCll ly injure the Itrilrsh chg.. racier, whirls has lung been fur humanity snit OM faith Mr. S. [Mold, in seconding the motion, declared that lie would, if he were the fleetest friend of the Gallant General, advise the question to he post poned for the present, rather linen press it on the Court, until an explanation of the facts stated by his Honourable Friend 'sus laid before the ProprietorS. • The CIiAMMAN observed. that the Hon. Gen tleman, who 'nought forward this question. lad completely prejudged the case. The whole of his epeech went to criniinate the Hem Gent leman whose name he had coupled throughout with the phrase of .• Galliitit General;' am& rather of disparagement than of praise, if they were taken with a reference to his conclusion. If they agreed to this amendment, they would be placed in an ex traordinary predicament, for, aniuogst the papers laid before them, there was a dispatch from the Governor-General, dirktly approving of the con duit of General Hislup in the inetaisce alluded to— and the Court had, on the wilding day voted thanks to the Goveroor-General. Now, if they re fused their domicil to Geo. MO.+, it would he throw ing a slur ou the conduct of the Governor-General. who,several days after the oecorrencein question took place, de.:idely approved it. It was clear that he, who had maturely weighed it, perceived that it was connected with ciicuinstatices, of a justificatory nature, at else lie never would have eanctimied it by his approbation. The Honourable Gentleman should observe. that the present motion referred en tirely to the gallant military exploits which had been performed by General Hislop, and did not militate against any future inquiry which might be instituted on the subject. He could not bear that a motion, discrediting end discouraging , , perhaps (car the remainder of his life, a gollinit Officer, who had done the Company great service, should be antlered to dialiononr the Court. He entreated Hues. Gristlrifit•ii for their own sakes, and for the sake of the Court, td suffer the motion to pass— im', with respect to any objectionable measure, it might, if necessary, be taken up hereafter. Mr. Hung and Mr. S. DIXON were ready to meet the Court of Directors ou any principle they might suggest. which would not bind them to approve of the wAok of General iiislop's conduct, in this absence of explanation. Mr. Ebtitisirroax spoke strongly iii favour of the mot as a tribute due to the gallantry stud valuable services of a brave sod accomplished Officer. Mr. GRA lit. after eulogising the merits of Ce nerat Huston, suggested , tha t, if the Hon. Chair roan would awe. m • few word., that the stillect !,,trodueed by the !lost. Ges t '. outline, .44 IA -;;