The Sun. — London, England, 1819-02-04 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE. THANKS TO THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS, &e. Yesterday a Court of Proprietors was held at the India House, for the purpose of laying before th. m official documents respecting the late mill y operations in India, and Resolutions of Thanks adopted in consequence by the Court of D rectors. The attendance was unusually great, nod the proceedings of the last Court having been read, . hr Cu AIRMAN rose to submit a Proposition of t. the Governor• General of India, for his nna eeried efforts, splendid exertions, amid indefa tie,hie energy (hiring the late war in that coun try. lo sithreittieg this to the Court, he took a vete minute view of the military campaign which had been so honoerably and happily terminated, and in the wariurst manner eulogized the Gover nor-General for the very excellent conduct lie had shewn during the whole of it. It was utterly im possible 'to reaieke the oecurrences which bad taken place, and not to perceive that the out rages committed by the enemy were marked by desolation and rapine in every respect. One vil lage was burned with all its inhabitants, females were polluted and then destroyed, while scenes. of cruelty were committed, the recital 'of which was more than enough to appal the stoutest heart. These were only the beginning of what followed ; arid so wretched was the condition of the inha bitants, that all confidence in the British Go vernment was abandoned, and refuge sought in the woods and tuountuins. A dispatch from the Governor-General, of the 28th of May, 1817, stated the further outrages which were perpe trating ; and io answer, the Secret Committee wrote to his Lordship that the plan he had adopt ed met with their approbation, and they would leave it to him not only to do what he saw pro per for the defence of their territoriew, but also for the punishment of the aggressors.—(Hear, bear !)--So admirable were the arrangements of the Cempany's' armies, that though there was much confidence in the Treaties which had been entered into, Sir Thomas I-Fallon was at once or dered to advance, and gained the victory. After a short recapitulation of the leading events of the war, the worthy Chairman concluded by moving, That the Thanks of rite Court should be given to the Most Noble the - Marquis of Hastings, R. G. tor the eisdom, skill, and energy lie had displayed, in planning and conducting the war against the Pinderees, and while the Court re gretted the occurrence of any circumstances lead ing to an• extension of the 'territory, it duly ap preciated the ; promptitude and exertions of the Noble Marquis, whereby he had dispelled the ga thering elements of a confederacy among the Mehratta States against the British 'Empire; - CAMPBELL MABJORIBANKS, Esq. the Deputy Cheie man. seconded the motion. Mr. R. Jeottsoe wished' some extracts to he read from the voluminous papers w;bielt were ly . ing on the 'table. It was true the Directors had produced these papers for the - information of the Proprietors, but from their very voluminous na ture, it was utterly impossible for any individual to have so much leisure time as to read them, and therefore it might give the Proprietors some know ledee of what had been going on if the extracts were read. This• was agreed to, and the several extracts were read by one of the Clet ks. The first was en eeteriet from Captain Sydenham's dispatch re lative to thePindarees, in 1809,- in which he•de seribed the horrid character of these depredator,: They eestvt-Ally, lie observed, made long marches, and subsisted chiefly on plunder, while they de stroyed what they were not able to carry off, vio lating the wives and -daughters of those whose villages they invaded, and afterwards putting them to death. Seldom did they leave a village witlinett burning it, and it was impossible to pre vent their approaches, as their . movements were rapid and uncertain, nor were their depredations to be measured by the quantity they carried off. The inhabitants were thus driven to the woods, and were under such terror as' to make their re turn to their habitations long 'and doubtful.— Government were thus defrauded to the greatest extent by this army of freebooters, who deprived' the agriculturist and husbandman of those bless sings whin!) Providence bestowed on them, the; crops.being carried off. It. was impossible to es timate their numbers, as they generally advanced 1 in detached bodies, ,joined by all who were either disgusted with the pursuits-of an honest life, ordis carded from society for their profligate and vicious habits.--(Hear !)—The next was a dispatch .from Captain Duizeli, in March 1816, wherein, speak ing of the outrages then going on, he said the cruelties practised by these invaders were such, that the inhabitants of a village had - chosen ra ther to destroy themselves., families and property, titan submit -to those awful .privations which they must otherwise have endured.--A number •of other dispar.ches were read, equally confirming the horrible excesses which had been committed. Mr. R. JACKSON -then rose; After what had just been read, and the awful description of cruel ties which had been given, be confessed .the whole appeared so astonishing, that one was disposed rather to•thirik they resembled a legendary tale, than • were actually founded on facts.' bow' vcr, soul' excesses cre proved by the most incontrovel ale evidence, he hoped the Court would agree with hint in the prop . riety of witlit,g some I.k'ortil to the motion just put iron► the Chitir. Sorry :vs he felt to he the cause of torbinz the harmony of the Court, he felt it his dtry nevertheless to protest against the proceed ings of 'he day, because formerly motions of the Prevent nature used to originate on th e ou t s id e o r the hAr, as it was generally thought the Proprietors had sot - below common s•?o , e to enable them to vote int the pers before th& tn. In the cases of Lord Cornwallii and Marquis Wellesley, the nietits of the respective Governors were gen , tally stared, and days atterwoirds fixed for the conside rAtion of vote's of thanks to them. lie objected to the latter part or the motion, which elitpressed env rt-iri at the extension 01 the let ritories, as he conceived the expression of that 'egret was dero ratitly to ihe vote of I :nks. He recollected they h fit pr,,vosed a vote of thrtoks to Margois Welles- ley, adding - at the same time, that in doing so, • they did not enter upon the justice of the war...— Feeling as he did, that such a vote was wrong, he wa s fortunately successful in introdoeing the words, " as the documents had not beets laid on the table of the Court.'' It was absurd to think, that with a vote of thanks to the Noble Marquis of Hastings, the Court should and an expression of regret at the extension of their territories.— Their conduct reminded him of the admirable fable of the penitential fox, who lamented the depreda tions he had committed, and cautioned others against the same, hot unfortunately tor• his mora lity, a roost being near, he thought it not-amiss to seize a chicken or wo (a laugh). MI the Court stip po,e that any person out of doors would believe they were sincerely avetsc to an increase' of terri tory, ? The words he meant to insert, instead of " dispersing the gathering elements," &c. were, that " he had anticipated and encountered acot). feth racy among the Mahratta states, defeated their .trunks, and rendered their means ofaiggressiou in future diSapnointed." He would venture to say here was not a single Honourable Director with in the Bar who could lay his hand upon his heart an d say that this addition was riot necessary, es pecially considering what had already been said by the Chairman • respecting the deficiency of the words in the motion to express their just sense of the merits of the Noble Marquis. The very idea of " gathering elements " was absurd, as the vote of Thanks implied that something had been done, and a reg ularly formed army defeated by the wis dom, sk ill, and energy of the Noble Marquis.— The Learned Gentleman then concluded by read ing the amendment. Mr. FLETCHER, in seconding it, observed, that he had no intention of troubling the C , .tirt, had he not been forcibly struck with the able and hit morons statement oldie Learned Gentleman who had just sat down. Whence arose that poverty of language of which the Chairman had complain ed ? Had 24 Gentlemen, in the situation of Di ! • rectors, not been able to And adegoaie words ? If the measures of the Noble Marquis were not ne cessary, then where was the propriety of thank ing him at all, and it they were necessary, then why were the feelings of gratitude due to him not to he expressed in a proper manner ? Concurring perfectly in every word of the amendment, be ivith the sincerest pleasure seconded it. Mr. S. DIXON • felt it would 'be presumption in him to (Kenny anv portion of the time of the Court, but he hoped the amendment would 'he agreed to by the Court of Directors. The lan guage of the IViirthy Mover was certainly more expressive of those feelings of gratitude, which were due to the Noble Marquis, than the original motion was. He never could look but with dread to any further extension of territory in India, as tending more to' weaken than strengthen the hands of the Company. He could not help think ing that the "gathering elements" alluded to , arose more from natural causes than any other. When the troops of Britain were collected toge ther, it was natural for the Mabratta powers to suppose there was a cloud about to overwhel! them, and it could not therefore be astonishing ,that these powers should form coalitions, for what they considered - to be self-defence. In - giving this as his opinion, he irnsted the Court would allow him the merit 4 at least being honest and consci entious, for till the justice and necessity of the war were proved, he thought the vote should be postponed altogether. Mr. ELPHINSTONE merely ivished to state, that when the proposition of thanks was submitted to the Court, it was done by the Directors, with the view of such amendments being introduced as miht be thought necessary anti proper ‘by the Proprietors. Mr. BOSANQUET contended that the amendment was not called for, as one branch of the Mahratta States was in arms against us at the present nio-. Mem. The Court of Directors bad not the slightest intention of trifling with the feelings of the Pro.' prietors in making this motion, for he unques tionably felt the conduct of the Governor-Gene.- tai deserved all that gratitude wych language could express. Mr Hume concurred with the Hon. Chairman in all he had stated, but felt that. not One word of the amendment -could be controirertol. The Noble Marquis had received his instructions from the Court, and he conceived it'would•he very ex traordinary for the Court to concur in expressing a regret that these instructions bad been complied w ith. The Nbble Marquis had no 'alternative when he commenced the war, in consequence of the measures which had been adopted by his pre decessor. The Court had disapproved of what was done by Marquis Wellesley in 1803, 4, and 5, whereas the Noble Marquis had at that period actually completed that which the Court rejoiced as being now done. The measures of that Noble and indefatigable• General were stopped by his successor, Marquis Cornwallis,. to whose policy he had no doubt the increase of the Pindarees was owing. The prebent Governor-General had shewn the most unwearied and liberal efforts in their cause, and had even studied the language, that he might thereby be the better enabled to know more of every thing relating, to the country. Yet though this was the case, he had formerly receiv ed their thanks for his military emiduct. without any allusion to his civil policy as a statesman. — The worthy Gentleman concluded 'by expressing his decided opinion, th a t while the territories had been increased, the authority of the Company - had been consolidated. Mr. BOSANQUET explained. Mr. JACKSON also explained, that while no doubt one pact of the ISlahratta States teas in arms against us, that branch had been twice defeated, and was actually now in a state of vagabondage. Mr. GRANT dissented totally from the political views of the Speakers on the other side. The Court of Directors had never assented to any ex tension of the territories, except in the case of Tippoo Statann, who was the decided enemy of llritain, and of course was obliged to be put down. Every extension whiat bad snbstquently taken place had not been sanctioned at all by the Court. lie certainly thought the Treaty entered into in 1802, between Marquis Wellesley and the Pekhwa, Was 'impolitic, though he gave every credit to that Nobie Personage for the best iuten tio•ts in what he did. Of the late Marquis be was hound at all times to sneak with respec', contidvring the integrity of his conduct. his inflexible rectitude, profound judgment, and consummate skill. He would not say, that it was not necessary for the present Governor-General not to do as he had done ; but, Nvhen Europe was accusing the Company of unbounded ambition, and of wishing to seize the whole territory of In dia, it became them to persevere in the sentiment they had so long expressed, respecting their re gret that any extension should take place, espe ciallyconsidering that it had been declared impolitic by the Legislature ; and surely, as a body, they were not to be called on to entertain a different opinion ? The debt had considerably increased, and was much more than- when Marquis Corn wallis went out to India, and the expence was even beyond the income.' They had 80,000,000 of a population to govern, while the European forces, &c. did not exceed 40,000 ; and, on taking a general review of the war, he must own he could see nothing in it but the seeds of fresh commotion ; for tliongh it was true-that the Pin darees were suppressed, there was no doubt they would increase, especially as•their numbers were composed of persons who were inured to habits of military warfare ; and, when discharged, they could not abandon such habits, True, the Hun dons were relieved, it was said, from their oppres sors ; but would they not become the same as be fore, the moment they felt they were independent ? He felt the strongest objections to the Amend ment, because he thought the Court should trust the Directors, considering the confidence they had already placed in them, by granting them their high situation.' Mr. D. KINNAIRD, at considerable length, stated the reasons why he supported the amendment, conceiving Lord Hastings entitled to their warmest thanks, not only for his exertions in the field, but for the wisdom with which he had planned the operations in the war. He bad introduced no new policy whatever, for if he had there might be a difference of opinion. He (Mr. K.) must own he disliked the expression of their regret at the ex tension, as much as he did the language of a school master Who never flogged hiB scholars without saying he was sorry for it. By expressint , r' their regret as they proposed to d o , th e y would in fact encourage the charge of ambition Which Europe was alleged to make against them. He trusted the Noble Marquis would be able to follow as good policy in the government of the conquered coun try, as the Marquis Wellesley bad done in the s a m e situation. ' Mr. HOWARTH could not agree with the amend ment of his Honourable Friend, though he cer tainly felt that the conduct of the Governor-Ge neral was beyond all praise. Pitt, Fox, Burke,' and Dundas, all different in political views front each other, bad agreed in pronouncing the exten sion of the territory to be an evil of no small magnitude ; for be it recollected, the Company had now a territory extending 20 degrees lon gitude and '2O degrees latitude. Lord Castlereagh, when the Charter was renewed, said, that fOrtu nate as the Company had been, there was -a cer tain limit which they could not exceed without becoming unwieldy.—Whether that was the case ; now he would not say, but he certainly did not concur in the amendnient:- a. few .twhoe A lta f i t sn e l r ecro a dmm r e e an pl tD y i . nr f ,e r act o s nc ar,r l i r ( . l. J t ilo ac il k ov s til o teh n yo , usv • R a e n ,ab sl de . issent tng voice. ,THANKS TO SIR THOS. HISLOP. ' On the question of thanks being moved to Lieutenant-General SirThornas Bislop, a consi derable discussion took place; several' Proprietors expressed their determination to oppose it, - and as the discussion on the question was expected .to occupy several hours, especially on •acco:t a t. c P c fr ot t i h n e t conduct of Sir Thomas Hislo p relative to the banging of a Governo r, it was agreed, o of the lateness of the hour. to postpone the de `late to this day at twelve o'clock.—Adjourncd at • "clock. five o'c LAW INTELLIGENCE. cower OF KING'S BENCI-1, FEB. 3. ACTIONS AGAINST NEWSPAPERS. HAMILTON AGAINST LAWRENCE WILLIAM!, GENT, &C. Mr. ANDREWS moved for a rule to shew cause why Mr. Lawrence Williams, of Cursitor-street, Chancery-lane, an Attorney of this Court, should not deliver to Mrs, Hamilton's Present Attorney, an account of all actions brought by him in her name, stating which of the said actions he had comproMised ; and also why he should not de liver an account of all sums of money received by him in satisfaction of those -actions, and the plain tiff's account. The affidavit upv which this motion was made, stated, that some time since the plaintiff had in structed/Mr. Williams, as her Attorney, to bring actions against certain Newspapers for an alleged Biel published against her, 'respecting child-steal ing—that for certain reasons she had limited his authority to bring only two. actions, and posi tivdy forbade him bringing any more—that iu contravention of these directions, he had since brought other actions against no lecs than 19 different papers for the same _cause, without her authority, directly or indirectly—that some of these actions had been compromised, and that he hut received large sums of money in lieu of da mages, without accounting with the plaintiff for the same, and 'that the rest were now going on without her privity, consent, or authority. The Court, under these circumstances, granted a rule to chew cause.—(Chronicle.) MORRIS V. TIUNT. Mr. SCARLP.TT and Mr. SMEDLEY spewed cause against the rule obtained by the defendant for setting aside the interlocutory judgment in this case, for his portion of the expcncc of erecting the Hustings in Covent-Garden at the last Elec tion for Westminster, at which he waa a Candi date, and . for which the plaintiff brought an ac tion. The ground of the motion was, that the judgment had been obtained irregularly. It ap peared that the defendant had taken out a sum mons for the plaintiff to amend the particulars of his demand, which summons was' returnable on a Monday morning at eleven o'clock, the plain tiff not having attended to it ; and about three three o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, hesigned judgment as for want of a plea. Coviir held the judgment irreEillar under 0 6 these circum s t ances , and therefore made r.r• absolute.—Mr. Hunt supported his rale ior son.—(Mid 1,41/ THB KING versus A. BUGLE FRENCH, BU lt°' WELLS. .10 1 The defend an t s were b roug h t u p to r eceiire •raci sentence of the Court, convicted of a bof cOnsPiidir to obtain lett ers o f marque f rom Port - 4, 84 : 1 0P 'hich they ca pt ure d a s hi p name d the l ' 3 ,. ( 181 sailing under a B r i t i s h li cense . On a Wine the defendants moved an arrest of judg me4 ; t fotl 4 the Court h e ld th at t h ey h a d b ee n proper) e (le guilty of cons pi racy . O n t hi s occasion hOO tendants put in affid av it s , t h ro wing the lilseivr' s the mercy of the Court. The s entence rrr eci months' imprisonment in the House of ' l4 ° ite , tier) for A. Bogle French and Wet l4.-- ; i1 50 10 who was considered•the chief offender, wao,LOa tenced to be imprisoned threcyears slw " (Morning Post.) CONSISTORY COURT, FEB. S. LADY HERBERT V. LORD HERSSIVr ~r idge. Thi;cause, which is on e of nullity of l' l , - " ° , by reason of informality in the solernniz 4l :;'lo cording to the l aws an d usag es of Sic" , 'd'frons been long pending. A requisition was issu e d m itt' this Court add resse d to th e M ag istrates 50 , ' t oel o cipal authorities of P a l ermo , enipoweri",di; to examine witnesses, " diligently and s eer " die and in ,the proceedings transmitted frottliod, Judges of that city, the Chancellor of the 61c i oers and his Britannic Majesty's Consul-General' tba were included no l ess than seven protest s ' ° r oe' part of Lord H er b ert , aga i nst the cour'el l- p l iato by them. The princ;pal ground of col P' and upon which hi s L or d s hip's Coon ° rro yet Arnold and D. Swabey, founded thei r ; 0 1 1 that these proceedings should be Poi sile :, e 'd °- that instead of the witnesses being exam'he, 9 0 cretly, before - the Examines. or Judge 61°,110f the cording to the custom and isijunctions bolovir civil and canon laws, the substitute of lie f t l i t tedi ship's Proctor was present, and they su b therefore, that a new rt quisition be isoeu'll for Dr. PtimtamoitE and Dr. LusulNGlll,:dingl/. Lady Herbert, contended that these proee` t ot had been, in every respect, fair and ePeuoi Nsl it the substitute of Lady Herbert's ()W i t , ero r present at the examination, it was fr om s roost , coalition to all parties ; since in the eery complaining of that irregularity, it w° s , o tyo complained, that his Lordship's proctor °J e ' ) ,, i gd' s not present ; that the word secret was 44 Cus tOla signification, and varied according to t he st ig of different countries : the, examinatiou.'oo per , took place, being doubtless in their ael' ige pre' fectly secret, even though coliducted to oit's Bence of certain other parties, besides tle`cool• nesses and the examiner; lastly, the Learne t o t heir sel contended,,it would be very b ard 0 " of , a 4 party, to compel them to bear the exPeu;itas°l new requisition, when the suit had been so long protracted; and at such heavy eosts'eor con S s i i r d t e ir ra . t S io C , o 3 T re T ste sa d id o , n t a h n at i, t bi h e e ct sc i s t ti S e i n : c o r , to t h ; manner in which a commission to examin e "d ais g atle witneases , had been executed. It was pie ; 01 the stilastitutg of the Marshesa Oetavia oPreseof falsely, caillnK herself Lady H9l)ert, Wa s 1 :0 ICU' t at l a f n i e y cnse examinations; encet, t t i i t s tt coldi titgaurtlety the e t e ia; donee, thse terms -of the commission were viola t but if the mistake originated in an error enro ll : le o to both parties, the Court, without som e greater. inducement, would be very unwilliuS increase the expences already incurred. of After n luminous investigation of the natu r- de the informality objected to, and the loeolV i c ivil tious in the administration of the canon 0 0° • of' lair's in different countries, the 'learned Ju d g e firmed the proceedings. ', f ore , The evidence, which is of aninterestillg 11 tor' was not ‘thii day gone int o . Lady Herh e . l.l i tbd merly9ettivia Spinelli, is the daughter °f Duchess of San Giovanni. —(Times.) _ere" . _._ A shocking accident occurred yesterday To' noon in Piccadilly, occasioned by a hors e w it, in away with. a cart, in the care of a Cc,,lii near Dover-street. In his career, 0 , Moor ing. away from one of the stages, t" l '` e , tool side, one 'of the wheels came in coot 3e. o s o/ the panned of a chariot with such for ce ', A break it in 'pieces, and tear part of it 04 , 9 .,• r e be nursery-maid and three children were to 11 :' or' riot, and they - were - all 'mach hurt, but ti le e oe'' vast in particular, who was removed in '' e s l) o' l ' less state inconsequence of a fracture oo th The One of the children was much lacerate°. or ge chariot belonged to Mrs. Pcuredge, of Ge street, Baker-street. COAL MARKET, 'EEBRU tin, - 3. ' poce. 4. 90 Ship to 9 , s at Market. Ships sold. . A 3_ I 1 1 28f .Newcastle ........1 , -4 vs. 9( • . i 7i• o p 3 Sunderland 3 .. 3.16. Gd• t° 1.--s -1 Cinders .......1 .. . .... .. 265. Od. t° [ 'W C"' BIRTHS. On the Ist instant, at Hythe, the Lady of Lieuten3 , Atli lonel Goldfinch; C.B. Royal Engineers, of a sate A v 0. • On tbe-,0 instant, in New o.riO on d- s t re et, the 1-'s"‘ drew Henry Lynch, Esq. of a son. ---,-------- - - f i di ° DIED. - On the 21st August, M at eerut, in the East Indiecitie Donhin, wife of Major-General Sir IL S. Doubin, tnt`' , af , daughter of the Dean of York. , „ age Yesterday, the ad instant, suddenly, John Willt,' 4 ,>i, oldest son of Mr. John Thompson, Duke-street, A"'' , ----------- 0/ , PROVINCIAL BIRTH, MARRIAGES, AND DES, f sit l CI VTII. Atilrynbella, Cheshire, on the ‘2tith inst. the 14 " Ei ° John Sainsbury, of a son. of .... 11,1 A MULE). f 4l. I, Jan. 19, at Boulogne, in 14'r;ine, George Watson , „ c oi l , the 3d (or King's Ownl Light •Drag•oons to Ann r,rovcl3, eldest daughter of the late Joseph Martyr ' , Esti' °I-Greice 1; 3' On 'l' uesday se'nnight, at Whitby Yorkshire, t:lcia'oge Joseph Andrew, Minister of that parish, ' to Jan e ' ) daughter of the late Mr. John Chapman, of Whitby'. ______ I 40 M ill DIED. On the 25th inst. George Parker, Esq. of Ne v '' - - 3 ¢ r io F near Chester. t . ti g t o i n t d o a n y , e n et ) i r r n ig h:g T last, ho a s co p suddenly, ei a 1d , o just f 1 asu hull, DireW i r V I ); SV f tb ei g cicty of Friends. Lately, at Gainshro', Yorkshire, Mrs. Cooper, one t o,o f i r people called Ranters. The whole of the so cirtY . o ie her to the r..; - tare, singing to the Lord songs uf Pr 3 , v :of ti his great kindness in bringing her tbroughthe trooh,c --o°7 world to everlasting bliss?' LONDON: Printed byJ. 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