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to complete the consistency of that declaration, by eo-operating with our fellow-crituarymen, on the ether tide of the Peninsula, in raising a sepulchral monument, and inviting for ourselves and succes sors here, a durable tribute of respea and venera tion to the memory of departed excellence.—lt has been the praZrice of all ages, in various forms, directed by the taste or genius of the period or country in which the objeft of commemoration mai have laved, to raise the monumental pile, as a memorial to posterity of a Nation's gratitude for the services of him who, by upeolding its power, extending its donni.ion,and promoting its prosperity, has continued its pride, its ornament, and Its boa!". It is sufficient, however, to state, that such has been the usage, and continues to be the practice in our own free and enlightened land, where honours never fail to reward the achievements of the living hero, nor to console the relatives of the dead. But, from 1 . '. higher motives still, although none can be more , pure or laudable, than those of remunerat i ng the man who risks his lire in the cause of his country. ' or of ministering solace to the sacred sorrows of friends, who have most deeply to lament his loss, , front Idgber motives have arisen the cenotaph.the pil lar, andthe statue. These may be traced to the noble ambition of exciting the rising and future genet ations to en emulation of the deeds and glory of the past. They may be traced to the national and exalted pride of exhibiting monuments of tuitional renown. Such were the motives, conjunftively with the ge nerous impulse of gratitude, which raised the fer ia/mei palace of Blenheim, and erefted the sculp tured monatnents of a Wolfe, and a Chatham ; and these, eiimbined with the liberal and enlightened policy of perpettiaerg among the natives of British India, a g•ateful recolleilion of the superior bless ings enjoyed under a British ruler, conveyed to our sister settlements, statues of the ism:minus patriot, • whose death we have now to deplore. - I wi h ne' to amplify, nor u .nec.ssarily . ngege your attention ; brae ' reel that I should be wanting in respea, if, on this 0... , ,i•in, I omitted some notice of the ni : ne portait and p:Ominent features of a li:e, whicli was always dedicated to the service of our country. We all know, that the Noble Lord, at an early age, embraced the iniiitary profession ; :and that, in his progress to stmerior rank, he asaively participated in many of the glo ious scenes which cherac n tensed the brilliant war, ininscuiately pieced , uig the re;gn of our pre eet Sovereign. At the commencement of the unhappy troubles in Ame rica, his conduit, as a Peer of Parliament, was dignified and independent; it was such as be came an hereditary counsellor of the Kiug el a free nation ; it was such as must naturally be expeaed 1 • • to result flow a mind nurtured and matured in the - best principles of rational and constitutional liberty But, whin his minima was ordered on service, be knew his duty as a soldier too well, to hesitate foe a moments and resisting the tenser importunities of the dearest objea of his Are-atone, to whom he ', was attached by every tie, with which virtue, in the loveliest form, could bind the heart of man, and who, adoring the rare excellencies of her accom ?tidied Lord, carried her solicitations to the throne itself. Resisting all entreaties, he crossed the At lantic. and sacrificed, for ever, his conjugal and do . mestie happiness, to the service of his country. His Iconduit in America, in circumstances and situa • tie MN the most arduous and critical, obtained for . him the most unqualified approbation of his King, the personal *Lakin of the army which he com manded, and the highest respea of the enemy whom he fought. In that painful and atiliaing struzgle„ be thee - hinged all that he owed to his country, while he never lost sight of what he owed to humanity. In the course of a brilliant career. his triumphs sel arms wreathed laurels round his brow ; but the still nobler triumphs of humanity, in parental kindness to his soldiers, and compassionate tem denims to his captives, enriched the garland with a gem, which no subsequent reverses ever could eclipse. Until the unfortunate capitulation of ' • York Town, where his defence corresponded with the high changer he had acquired, success hall uniformly attended his march to fame ; but I ap peal to ever military man who hears me, if that disastrons Onender was ever considered to have cast the slightest blot on his honourable escutcheon? or to have detraCted, in the least degree, from his 1 0 professional reputation ? if it were not the re sult of tames which he could neither check nor contreut ? if he were not encouraged, nay, almost conimsnded, to hold out in that untenable post, 't- until seasonable succours, with fleet and army, should be sent to his relief ? The neat great public- theatre upon which the Noble I.ord •,i I sited a distinguished part, was the theatre of India. To call to the recolleaion of this ;mem- I bly, the importairsamices which, in this quarter of the glebe, he rendered to the State, and to the East India Company, would be presumptuous and super- Menus. They must live fresh in the memory of us all, as long as a remembrance of his undeviating integ•ity and justice is preserved and cherished In the besot of every rational Indian, who enjoyed what he possessed in security, or reaped the fruits of honest industry, under las mild and equitable sway. Upon his return to his naive land, finding Iris country in arms, in defence of the peace and order of the civilized world, and in vindication of its own honour and independence, disdaining inglorious ea,e, be emoted professional employment, amidst the toils and perils of war, and repaired to the Continent, to take upon himself the command of a combined Bri tish and Prussian army; but the unprincipled de left;on of the Power on whom we principally relied. rendered the plan Attritive, and his zeal and talents oleo avail. ilaviny dieehatged the duties of Ntas. ter-general if the Ordnance, with uncommon vi our and assiduity, and impr. . ved that department (of vital consequence to the State in was) to the highest palmaion, Ito was appointed, at use most ! representative of by his temperate in, he succeeded. ann convulsed ever) and, by his prii rerwhelmed with , ving poured the into the bleed .: land from the its soil. lie undet great Minister of the noble and Her culean task of uniting the great component parts of the British Empire, by a bond of indissoluble con nexiciri ; and to his steady resolution and wisdom, the success of the great measure of the Union is ma terially to be att:ibuted. From this elev tied station tf Vice-regal Power, which he had filled with such signal benefit to the nation at large, an I to Ireland in particular, those principles of reflitude and ho nour, which had invariably furioshed the rule 1 his public and private life, compelled him to descend ; tut it might be said of him, as of an eminent cats rafter deceased, !The were great it, his h'zli office, he was greater still in the resignation of it ‘, When a change in the conduit of the French Government presented a prayed/ of effedual nego tiation, Marquis Cornwallis was elefted by his Floa 114TCh as the most ho. curable subj..Ei into whose hands he could confide the interests of his Crown. The progress and result of that negotiation is fami liar to us all. Opinions are divided upon the meths of the peace. but there is no division of opinion upon the merits of the negotiation; and, ss li.itever iney be thought of the terms, all parties admit, that the peace itself has Wei. the means, and the only means, of uniting the sentimes,ts and feelings of all classes of oar countrytten, its favour of the war in which we are engaged.• " Greatly advanced in years, rich in honours, rich in the favour t f his King, and the affections of his fellow subjads, although eajoyiag a necessary and dignified repose, suitable to hit rank and ag , and with little prospea of le, gthening his space of life to the completion of another Iss u e, at the call of his Royal Master, with 411 the al icrity of youth, he em. harked again for these distant and unhealthy regions, exclaiming, " If I but render service to my coun try, it is unimportant to me, whether I die in Eu rope or in A 114." With the issue of th.s sulalimeiy great and prophetic rest.lution, ate but ton we!l atquainted. I have the of one who w honoured, M th- last, wah his personal and ware eel! ved c. rindence s for dsclarin7 (and this authority rit,o; 1 y the letter which was read fri m the :Las the ruling passion of his heart was the " tope of his Country. To this lie early bactificrd .11 other considerations most dear to Ls soul, and to _ _ this he finally sacrificed his !:fe. %When Wolfe, in the arms of vidore, mid bi the agonies of death, hearing that the e. any had lied, cried,witi, espirieg joy. •• I die contenteJ ;" Ly these wrads he summi ts' ted his name. Borne down by languor amt de uility, on the Mink of the grave, the venerable Cot ii wants, aildre.sing himsrlt to the same confidentia! [riend, whose authority I have quoted, esclaimed, ". I have no apprehensions of death, but I have an anxiety to live A few months, if it so•.ull.!pleaseGod, tol I can see peace restored in India, and I will wit tingly reslga my life into the hands of Him who gave it." Surely this proof of an ardent and una iated spirit of parr iotisin, expressed in the pious lan gange of a Chtisrian, and while the lamp of life was burning with feeble and declining power, will immortalise his memorable name—" Clarets et Of. tweak'. Nomen."---A name dear to every British heart, and venerated in every Indian breast. " Such was the man, to whose revered and ev oked memory we are called upon to vote a statue, ald over his illustrious remains, to join with our fallow-conntrymen in erecting a Mausoleum. Such was the man; but I feel un;qtial to the office of pour traying the character of this Christian Hero Could I but catch a spark from that illuminating elm quence, which has shone with intellectual splen dour within these walls, and which will, I hope, be again displayed, on an occasion so worthy of its power, I would kindle a flame of gratitude in every bosom, of which time should sever extinguish the fire,nor cold comparison diminish the glow. If,how ever, I have been so fortunate as to address myself to those who entertain congenial sentiments, the feelings springing from such a source, will have given me the advanuge of prepossession in favour of the ohjeds 1 shall have the honour of proposing. Willing to flatter myself that I have been su fortu nate, the impetration, of an address, from one unaccustomed to public speaking, will be amply supplied by liberal indulgence ; and, I trust, that the unanimity which prevailed at our last :nesting, will, on this interesting and atteding occasion, stamp additional value on the resolutions ae may form." • and for that noble spirit of patriofurn which ci itical and perilous jimelure, the rep pushes her among the nations of Europe. Acw, his Sovereign in Irelands where, by oppressed by sensations of unafFeCled sorrow, in .fureciess, andtontiliating disposition, concurrence with the spirit which dilated our for - to a g rea t de g ree, in allaying the mer resolutions,and,if I may judge from the mourn- composing the dissensions, which col ful :litre& of this meeting, in unison wish the public part of that distraCled kingdom ; arid sentiment, I endeaiour to discharge my individual dente, fortitude, and talenti, overs, duty, by submitting, for our consideration, the ob- confusion its Gallic invaders. Havii ligations imposed upon us, by regard for all that is healing balm of mercy and oblivion i great and good, to express, in a solemn declaration, ing wounds of rebellion, and freed the the universal grief of the British Inhabitants of pestiferous foe, which ha , .l polluted its Bombay and its Dependencies, for the very heavy took, and in conjunetion with the gee national calamity which has been sustained ; and I England, helped to accomplish, the n It. I ruioatl Lack At 11211:111 , the great comp Mr. Money concluded, by moving the following R ESOLU 1 lONS : 1 That the British inhabitants of Bombay, and its de pendencies, deeply impressed with soitow fur the death of the late illustrious GoverneraLioneral, with platitude tee Irs public services, and verie,.tion for his virtue, are desirous of contri bionic towards th, Nlaimoleuet,which is to he ereted one, the place of his inte,ment, and of &doming till, Presidency by a permanent Memorial of the unammous feelings of its inha bitanta, on the death of that great and excellent person. S That a sobscriptrod be opened towards the expellee of the Maundrum, which it is intended to area over to. remains of Marquis Cornwallis, at Ghee •epore. S. That a mbscription b, np, ned to defray tae expence ot . a Statue of the Marquis Cornwalli., td be pieced in such cod spicuJes and conveuient part of the tort, as shall be chosen by • Committee (to be afterwards named) with the consent and approbation of the Governor. 4. That the Hemmoible the Govern , r be requested to permit sabicription books ' for the zbuye 1111r1.0SCF, to be ettetv_d at the Presidency, by theSuls.trersurer, and at the subordinate atatio.ls, by tech rand or military Off..-er a. he shall think nt. That the following Gentlemen be a Committee to, carry lb* preceddi Re-dilutions into execirtiou, •101 that they be Mathorised to apply the produce of the 11114'actipt.ons for he purposes before-mentioned :—The liorentiable the C;',....rtt,7, 'Mt idenes Mackintosh, Gmiral Bella, Mr. Waldr , o, Whitteecks Mr. Pribes, Dr. Scott, and Mr. 'T liretpland. Ut whom any three may twin a quorum. d. That tire Chairman do communicate these Resolutions to the lidnoorable the Governor. Mr. 'L'ititairsalin rose, and. in an eorprent an.: pathetic address, expressed his cordial concurrence in the prcposititius which had been m..Je and se conded. The Csisteu au then read the several motions, were stp.arasaly put, and unanimously agreed to. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, THUIiSDAY, Aiettir V The Oninient fell ye .terd ly to 0:, but lift off :a l '1 he 3 per Cent. Curio's. were, in the course of the day, down to Eta, but closed at 631.- I'his depression was partly occasioned by the anxiety of speculators, who, having made large purchases, are now selling nut, with a view to realize a profit. even though the negotiation should lead to a favonr ibis result, doubts and difficulties will probably arise in its progress, the necessary ellltti of which roust be the depression of the funds below their pres:nt standard. The dashing adventurer may go on ; but Roan who plays a sure game, may think the pre s,nt critical moment a good opportunity to sell out. It begins also to be generally feared, that but iitt!e hope can be entertained of Mr. Fox's recovery, and from the character of the man, A nd his weight in the negotiation, his death would be universally consi. shred an event unfavourable to peace. Some of the papen'have stated, that Doctor Lex oott E, a Gentle man emitient forhis treatment of dropsical complaints, had been called in by the attending Physicians to visit him. Those who know the etilthare of the faculty, would conclude from this statement, if founded in fart, that it was a case of extreme danger. It has, we believe, made that impression upon the public mind ; but we have the authority of Doctor Istxm tom: to state, distinaly, that he never ha; attended Mr. Fox. Ha may have been consulted upon his case, no doubt, but !fe has not visited him To those whose opinion may have been influe, - red by the false report, this coßtradiElion of it may be of use ; but to uq, who state upon (afferent pounds, it is of no importance. We stated, in a former paper, that no hopes are entertained of Mr. Fox's recovery, and we regret that we have no good cause to re ,rat./ our words. The transports that sailed from the Downs with tro,.p. had rot arrived at St. Helen% on 'Tuesday. The Gen-wee, Caphon, and Ki.l4o,er sloop, lyi vg at St Helen's, were ordered to get under weigh the moment the transports from the Downs ap peared in sight. They are not to be permitted .o cast anchor, but are to proceed strait to Ply mouth. A letter from the Superb, Captain KEATS, com manding off Belleisle, dated the tath last, states, that the three vessels which she fell in with, were of the line, and not frigates but. that she had lost sight of them. The letter says, 'I it was only a tires eye view, which we had of them. It was twenty leagues west of Belleisle." The Lori !Mart packet, from New York and Halifax, is arrived at Faltnouth. She sailed on the 4th, and horn Halifax on the It of July.— The letters will be delivered this day . The Aldndaire store-ship, arrived off Dover, sailed from Jamaica on the 21st of June, and ex peCted to overtake the fleet, but SAW nothing of them. _ _ _ The Hopr, from Oporto, fur Dublin, is lost on the toast of Ireland. L'llartnenie, of Liverpool, is condemned at De merara. Extra& of a letter from an Officer nn board the Prepsta, dated Plymouth Sound, 90th July : fa We are just come in with dispatches from Ad miral ST tat. iao's fleet, consisting of the Glory, 98, Si. 6 ;e4 0 7f, 98, Sermcdr, 74, Dr ,goh, 74, Kent, 74, Mar*, 74, efirbrt, 61, Nrobr, 4s, Surinam sloop, 18. The squadron has been in a general chase after 4 French frigates, and when we came away, about S in the evening, two of our ships were within three miles of them. Shortly after we parted, we heard the firing of guns. We will sail again in about a week to j tin the squadron, as we raped to meet JLBOHE BONA AAAAA 's squadron on its way borne, about the middle of nest month." A British Officer, recently returnri from India, gives the following explanation of the affair at Gobud 4 , It hawse been stipulated in the treaty that Fort Goliud was to be given up to Set Nat a, and the knowledge of this circumstance having publicly transpired, an taterpriting partisan with a strong force surprised the place, and taking possession of it, refused to deliver it into the hands of SCI NDI A, u..der the pretence of holding it for his legitimate Sovereign the Rhana of Gohud. Major Bowie WAS in consequence ordered to compel him to sur render the place to SCINDI A'S troops. He pro. seeded against it with one battalion of the 2.11 th Regiment, a d part of the 4 21•:. Major Bowie was lying before the fort, previous to the sailing of the last fleet, and hopes were entertained that this adventurer would speeitily give up the place. This expellation was, however, disappointed. Captain M•cvitas, as we before stated, and two other OfActra. fell in the attack, which it was found ne ce.sary to make upon the redoubt ; several privates were killed, and many more wounded. s apt. .vl. was much regretted as a brave and expetienced Officer." The.next advises from India are expelled to bri an account of the redulli tit of Goatid, although, from the known charaller of the lea..w who has is ttudrd himself into the place, a determined resist 11:4 - •;; . . .6 , al. 'OO - •••• COtl RD. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, His MitteW to the Queen's P alace 4rorn Windsw, usual escort of Light Hntse. 80on s,',.locit His MaJZSTY's private Levee tdftratile, whtcn was Warded by The Lord Chancellor. Ti.e First Lind of the Treasury. *lke Chancellor or the Exchequer. The Secretaries of State for the Home and mem.. Thel.eird President of the C 'until. Tie Lord Privy ;cal. The Water Getiersl of the O•dnance. The V.edt I.4rd of the Admiralty. The Ju !go Advocate sod Martial General: The Rocorder of London. Fed of Winchebiea. Lordsse.Carlicart and Heston. CiAterel, E. Carrington, tea H. 8.1,41'4 ; Admiral Dommett. Mr. Fordyce, The following had the honour of belq to His Ms.iitsv v : Sir Echuu.s l,- • %Arrington, by Loot Boston, upon own Ceylon. Captain Layie, Viscount Movie, uonn it.ttgl.ri, who signAlisod himself in his late mow Blanche are, iu tim•c3inure of L 3 Gtrerriere 4 ortasina Fits Niaje.t y was pleased to confer ti nighth. oil u;.o.t hm. do i s tea ta 'i s homes lifand..!eur,o4 the 11-. Reglement et Licit Upon his return frost India. Admiral DOMMCTT and Mr. Fosovi fore His Mases - r It another Report of the Inquiry. His Majesty gave long audiences to , CH at:CELLOS, and all the Cabinet Ministers. Alter the Levee, His Majerry belj Cbuncil, at which the RICONDIR of Lel !coded, and made his Report of the Siff capitally convidcd at the two last Smioos Old Bailey, when, we understand, Robs,/ Was convicted of an unnatural crime, at sions before last, was ordered for execution nesdAy next. After the Council, Bo%D, the .fildgt rate, had an audience of His before him the proceedings of cevelal Coutts , hisfi tial, for his Royal approoation. It WAS six o'clock before the business of the Cold concluded. In a short time after, His Islissestst set until his mum to Windsor. THEJTKE. Inn V. 04 A RWt.i. Last night, the Comedy of Sight; or. tile &L.* ter; and the Farce of The Peiconrr at LRlff. performed to an elegant and crowded a 1.1:e. The Play went uff extremely well ; and ids. FAl`,. ceis• and Mr. LisroN, in the Farce. itec.t tee House in bursts of laughter. Mr. Fststelt l t Italian song, in the part of Molt, was rapturouslt encored. tier Grace the Duche.s of R., it ssbs Viicuunt and Viscounte►s OSSULSIONC. Mn.S doss; and the Hon. H. Eason.' e. were present. ----- Yesterday morning, Earl Fir-serif LIAM 'flirt-4 in town from Northamptonshire ; soon after Lis al rival he visited Mr. Fox, and remained with h;el above an hour, and afterwards attendui His MA. ,testy in Council. Lord Hotta n was the only visitor who sail Mr. Fox yesterday, besides Earl Fin:twit...tau, In order of his Physicians. The E ul of gen n A attends at Mr. Fox's office ! and transafts his business for him. Yesterday mornii , g. the Earl of G , lett town, for Ireland. Last night, the Earl of Mona a left town, for Chat , ham. Mr. FISHER, the Messenger, did not attire fret'. Russia, on Saturday, as erroneously stated in o.!. ral Papers ; but brought dispatches from Pieria EIPOINT. at Sweden. Lord HOLLAND gives a dinner, to a seleß •to-day, at Holland House; as does Mr. Wis-.!• mare, at his house, in Arlington-street, Yesterday, General Ca tvitat, and Mr. CRIO. WOOD, arrived in town mom Brighton. His royal Highness the Duke of Kase, with tit Dukes of ORLEANS and MONTI% Hales, visited 511' ler's Wells, on Tuesday night, as did Lord We-. susoir A st, and other distinguished charafters. The Marquis of HEADFOST is expected to least town, in a few days, for Ireland. The Earl and Countess of Coe v NCH Nt and milt' left town, yesterday, fot Ireland. The Dowager Countess of LISITKINI, and the I dies Caeuters, are gone to her Ladyship's nee. purchased beautiful villa, late the residence of A• CA/10E111AM, at Long Dawn, where they *lli remain during the summer. Monday, the Earl and Countess of MOIRA, t;' Earl of Gn ANARD, Lord Du m rill es, LadyGmENvi Lt. L. and several others, went in the Admiralty barytes from Westminster-bridge, and proceeded to . the ll Swan Stairs, where they landed, and went in they carriages to the Tower, end viewed the differ: curiosities. nether which, they partook of a sone mous cold collation, provided by the Earl of Mona,- The Marquis of Dorm .as still continues Wu posed at his house in Grosvenor-place, in conic. quence of the internal bruises be received by the late breaking down of his chariot. This unfr runate ac cident probably procrastinates his Lordship's delay tore for St. Petershursh. Lord WILLIAM KUSSeLL. iD d;sßlaTir'S feats of altivity at the East India Docks, Tor' day, missed his step, and fell into a boat, sir:ch fortunately prevented him from receivios, pelbalth a flange:, ius ducking. Vauxhall Gardens, presented last night a tr''t . brilliant display. Upwards of SOW persons first rank and fashion, now in town, were atua.•Y by the fineness of the evening, to this encbany. ••• place.—ln the splendid circle were some cit FRIINCSI Patinas, Lord Da Bn. acute's, Lord n " ton. &c. The Oichestvw was most co mplete. h•LANa and )45'. DIGNIOSS were [RI ~red . their airs. - I 4t ; 111-- rst• ‘eith aft' , Sr t ontmene : i 4 ftesehtti rpon tra mg tenon ritu,ane of t:! 4 dOtai the honati• 'CE laid be. lre Ccu:t v! 0 the tAtt, Melt. ell a Privy Losctos at , ;it Pri•no. 'sinus ii ter pherlsom, Nl' A at the So • ion on Ara' fudge Adds , •v, kind to d Coutts-Mat,