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_~_ muck-ininred Prince had been inevitably compelled to that condu& which was called the most wanton and atrocious treachery. Mr. FOX requested the indulgence of the House, • Merely to state, in allusion to \what had fallen from the Honourable Dire6tor (Mr. Grant), that His Ma- Ajesty's Ministers did not, in the appointment of Sir .G.Barlow, mean to pledge themselves to the pur ,suit of any particular system of Government in In ,dia. The fa& was, the appointment of the Ho- Mourable Person referred to,'-for whom he enter tained a high respe&, was made even before the ;present, Administration was fully formed, in order AO prevent the inconvenience of any interregnum in India. Lord TEMPLE pledged himself to prove, that the _enormous expence of our blood and treasury in the War with Holkar was principally owing to the `treachery of the Rajah of Bburtpore. -Upon this .point, as well as upon the others, from which Gen-! Alemen professed to derive their grounds of accusa tion against Lord Wellesley, he had no doubt' ever tliat the condua Of that illustrious person v.'ould appear to have been completely justifiable. - Mr. GRANT and Lord TEMPLE mutually ex- Tlained. Mr. FRANCIS began with observing, that the whol&debate, with one exception only, had run upon the rectitude of Lord Comwallis's principles, and the merit of his condua, acknowledged by all men. Why ? Because they were exactly the reverse of those of Lord Wellesley,. whose acts were out down, Whose_system was subverted, root and branch, - witbout mercy, by his Noble Successor. What was This in effea but to admit and maintain that he '(Mr. F.) had done right ? He diselairned any per sonal animosity to Lord Wellesley ; lie defied , the acutest human sagacity to assign' a rational mo tive for such animosity ; but, without a ray of wit or wisdom, it was easy , enough to discover a very sufficient, motive that might - have 'induced ;him to take the opposite course. With respea to Sir George Barlow, whose name had been repeatedly in troduced by others, and his character highly, exalted, he himself knew nothing, nor had he any interest or concern in that question. -But since those merits were .so preferred, he wished toknow whether he had always possessed the esteem of the Direetors ? Whether he had not gone tile full length of Lord Wellesley' s principles ? `though now, at last, he had seen his error, and had 'prudently resolved to correct it ; he had received that ~impression from very good authority, and even at the •.India'House. With respect to the motions since it was likely to be granted, he had little to say in general ; he had no idea of what could be seriously meant by in Indian state secret ; the Board of Controul, under Mr. •Dundasond Lord Castlereagh, . had constantly pro iessed Tublicitiabeut Indian affairs, and invited dis cussiOni; the oply thing that ought not to be called 'for would be a return of the army, if it was weak; 'but if it was strong, arid what it ought to be,- there knight be an advantage in making it known, even to the 'enemy. Mr. *antis then solicited the at tention . of the House to a few words, concerning himself:and his own situation, and the rather as they Would probably be the last he should ever addre - Ss "to them on that subject. He had passed six tears In perpetual misery and contest in Ben gal, at 'the hazard of his life, for which he ap pealed to rule Chairman of the Court of Directors ; then'a 'wretched voyage of ten months, and twO ond-twerityyears of laour in the same course, un supported. and alone. By endeavourieg, through all that portion of his life, to maintain right against wrong, he had sacrificed his repose, and forfeited all 'hopes of reward or personal advantage; that. he had taken his resolution, and would do so no more. He would never more take an active part, much less 'a lead in any discussion of Indian questions -- That declaration was now more particularly called for by the personal address made to him by the Ho nourable Director (Mr. Huddlestone) in terms which' he felt to be most honourable to him, as well as friendly. He would never move that question again. When he did it last year it was not' to impeach or censure Lord Wellesley, but for a publue purpose . : . To arm Lord-Cornwallis with the authority of Par liament, and'to satisfy the Princes of India, that he, Lord Cornwallis, acted not merely on his senti ments, •but on the permanent principles of the Bri tish Legislature. That Motion was set aside, nor would he ever renew it. With regard to personal proceedings against any man, -be was resolyed to take •no part in them. The impeachment of Mr. Hastings had cured him of that folly. He, in fad, was tried, and Mr. Hastings was acquitted. He had reason enough to feel a -spirit of prejudice, if not of animosity, 'against Lord •Melville, from the perpetual, contra didion which he had maintained against him. Yet, in all the proceedings about that Noble Lord, he'had never uttered 'one word. Nor would he now con cern himself in any proceeding to prosecute or On • sure Lord Wellesley. His spirits were exhausted, and his mind was subdued by a long, unthankful, and most invidious application to one pursuit, in which he had never been able to do any good.— Was there a man livingeoT a party—had that Housee. or had the Nation, . a right to expect more of 'him ? • This was his reselution—though : he was still free, and had a right •to alter it, if lac thought At.„ He was not, • nor would he be, standing Coun sel for the Nation, or for the Company, on the -subject of India. There was one view only in which - he should attend to future proceedings in Par liament on Indian questions—because he would not relinquish the duties of his station while he held a scat in Parliament—Le would watch and take.care, if he could, to protect the Finances of Britain from being ruined by those of India. lie had passedalrnost thirty years in endeavouring to defend the Ind!a ' Company's property from ruin, and to support ; heir ,:lawful authority ; he hari laboured to support the e peac.‘. of India, and to protect the Natives from Op ' Tression. The only duty left him now was, to de fend England against India. Sir THEOPHILUS METCALFE thought the publication of the Papers moved for would have an useful effect, by counteraCtiog the representations - which had been 'circulated through Europe respect log the state of India, principally in consequence of the letters intercepted by the Enemy. HO vindi cated the charaaer of Marquis Wellesly. 'Lord FOLASTONE considered. the sendieg out of Lord Cornwallis with orders to pursue 'a System of conduct diametrically opposite.to that of Lord Wel 7 lesley as a dire& censure upon the latter, at least as an express acknowledgment that his system was not, 2ccuraing to the opinioixof the Noble Lord (Temple) • L 0 N D 0 N, TULSDAY, MARCH 11, 1 806. Tiet intelligence. which was received yesterday from Yarmouth, of the sailing of the Dutch turns out, as we expe&ed, to be unfounded.. There were some movements in the Texel which rendered ie necessary for the British Squadron in Yarmouth Roads to stand over to the Dutch . Coast ; but 'our Letter this morning states, that Admiral RUSSELL had returned again, as the Dutch Fleet remained quietly at anchor. .• _ We were in hopes that the Foreign Papers .which arrived on Sunday would have enabled us to form, tome judgment upon the connexions subsisting be tween France and Prussia, and upon the probable in tentions'of the latter Power ; but in this we have been disappointed : every . thing seems involved in mystery. '.The occupation of Anspach by the French Troops, 'and the Proclamation of BERNADOTTE, saying, that it was the result of a Treaty between France and Prussia, by-which the former was to occupy An s'pach when the latter took possession of Hanover; would' naturally lead us to suppose that a perfealy wood understanding subsisted between them, and that they were aEting i,n concert iniliediiig6n of the spoils of Europe. BERNADOTTE certainly does not stafe distinaly in his Proclamation whether the . occupation of Hanover- by• PruSsian . Troops is a permapent,' or only a provisional measure.; but the Proclamation issued by his Prussian Majesty,, when he took possession of the 'Eleaorate, is p'2.rfecaly ex r plicit upon the sUbjeCt. ..A.fuir stating his Miljesty's' wish to avert the flumes--of War, from. the.North"Of Germany, it proceeds---a With this view, aid as the only possible means to attain it, a Coniention haS been made and concluded between Os and the Emperor of the French, in purivance of which the States of. His Britannic Majesty in Germany will not be again occupied by FrenCh or other Troops combined with them, wul, till the .conclusion of a general. Peace, will be occupied and governed by us ;" and in another part of the Proclamation His Majesty promises, that the Revenues of the Elec torate' shall, " during his Administration, after deduEting the expences of Government, be ap plied to its adr;antage:'—This language certainly does not imply absolute and final possession, but it is by no means reconcileable with the Procla mation issued by General' BERNADOTTE, which states, that the King of Prussia had absolutely ceded Anspach to the King of Bavaria, because it is very improbable that his Prussian Majesty would give , up Anspach. in 'perpetuity for the permis sion to occupy Hanover during the War' But there is another difficulty upon this subje&. In the Proclamation alluded .to above, his Prussian Majesty declares that the States of His/Britannic Majesty in Germany will . .not again be occupied by French TrooPs ; and yet we find that the French still continue to occupy the Fortress of Hameln, and that they have evinced no disposition whatever to evactiateite These are difficulties which, with the information before us, we profess ourselves unable 'to'solve WI if we may venture to hazard an,opi nion upon the subjea, it is, that Franee and Prussia, so far from aelin& in concert, mutually feel the ut most suspicion and distrust. Although the demon- strations made by Prussia during the last,Campaign t did not impede the operations of BONAPARTE, yet the declaration of the Emperor of Germany that he relied for assistance upon his Allies, the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia, the visit of the Emperor of Russia to Berlin, and the subse quent movement of the Prussian Troops, must have given BONAPARTE considerable uneasines at the time, and laid the foundation of jealousy and distrust for the future. The immense French Army which. BONA'ARTE has left in Germany, is a proof that he entertains apprehensions - .of the intention of Prussia or of Austria, •or perhaps of both, and the large Russian force which is 'as sembling in Lithuania is by no means calculated to remove those apprehensiOns; -because-be must be . . aware that if it is to as against trim, it 'Must be in concert. wits some other Power. • • - Mr." - WittTEREAp, attended by. several Members of the House of Commons, yesterday presented at the Bar of the_ House of Lords an additional Article of Impeachment against Lord r MELVILLE, for high crimes and tpisdemeanours. On Sunday night THEIR MAJESTIES 'had .a Sele6t Party at Windsor. Among the - company' were, th 6 Earl- of UXBRIDGE, and .the Hon, Mr. and Mrs: VILLIERS. Yesterday morning,' at half past eight o'clock, the DUKE of YottiCarrived at Windsor, on military bu siness with ' One of the domestics of Mr. TAYLOR, late Mini ster to the Court of Hesse-Cassel; has arrived at Mr. Fox's Office, with Dispatches from Berlin, which place he left on, the 23d of February. We. are in ; formed that he ha brought intelligence; that Mr. TAYLOR ,has been compelled to leave Cassel, and go to Berlin, and that he intended to return'toEngland immediately.' The Imperial ‘ Ambassador, Count DE STAHEEM BERG, has suffered more than 100:,0001. sterling loss of property, in consequence of BUNAPAKTE'S invasion of the Austrian 'dorninions The-Right Hon. Lord HAWKESEURY, Lord'War den of the Cintiue Ports, paid his first visit to Dover Castle yesterday mornino - , accompapied by 'Lord CARRINGTON. All. theVfficers of the Ist•Battalion of Cinque - fort Volunteers, and of, Capt. IVELLARD and Capt. SHIPDEM'S Corps of Volunteer Artillery, were introduced. 'An elegant dinner Was ordered for them by his Lordship, at the Ship Inn,. to Which Lord FoRBEs and Suite, and many Oilii,:ers of the Garrison, were invited. Friday last CHARLES HAY, Esq..after going thro, the usual trials, took his seat as one of the' Judges in . the Court of Sessiop in Sco s tland, by the title of Lord NEWTON. The Marchioness of HEADFORT had her first grand Rout this -season yesterday evening, at her elegant house, Great Stanhope-street, May Fair, which was attended by upwards of eight hundred persons' of ' . • . . Yesterday morning -a detaCtunent of.tne 27th re ' giment marched from Deal-through Dover, on' their way to iythe. . Lord REDESDALE took leave of the Irish Bar on Tuesday last, In the course of his farewell speech he said, " that he could have;Wished to have trans aEted business till his successor arrived ; but he had received, and it was a circumstance which had a hurt him considerably, a mandatOry and pc . reruptory corn munication, in which. he was desired not to lose an hour - in delivering up the Great Seal into the hands of the Commissioners: how he could have incurred or deserved such a .proceeding, he was utterly at a loss to conceive." • The LORD MAYOR ordered the price of Bread to continue the same as last week. A - person of the name of Kingham had a quarrel w►th another man , of the . nathe of Gregg; on Sunday 'evening„at Battle.:bridge, the former having deteCted the latter taking liberties with 'his wife. A battle Was the consequence, in the adjoining fields, during which Gregg, ivho was.a catpenter at Paddington, biii - st a blood-vesel, and . immediately expired. • perfeAly justifiable. Indeed, he thought the prekni situation, of - the 'Company's afliiirs, their debts at home and abroad, sufficient to testify the ill effeas of the system of. Government pursued by Lord Wel lesley—a system which was now so generally repro bated, that he was surprised at the .appointment of Sir George Barlow, who .I,yas.know n to be among its.principal supporters. Mr. H. ADDII:7GTON disclaimed any intention to pronounce an opinion upon the conduCt . of Lord Wellesley. .Mr. GRANT endeavoured to vindicate the con dila of Sir +G.:Thrlow, by. stating, that,although he followed up the. system : of Lord ' Welles ley for some time, yet the moment he received an intimation from this Country that a different course was determined on, he expressed his readiness to conform to it. Mr. FR ANClS,qxplained. • Mr. WALLACE spoke against any attempt to pre judice the case of Lord Wellesley. • Mr. 101-1 NSPONE remarked upon the difference which was known to prevail as to the system of Go vernment which ought to be. acted ,upon in India, between the opinions formerly expressed by solue of the present Ministers, and the course now pursuing m that quarter. He was glad, however, now to have the doubts which naturally rose out of the ference alluded to, completely removed by a de clared change of sentiment. Mr. FOX observed, upon the , logic and the pm dence evinced by the last speakel. His logic, he thought, . by no means just, and his prudence was certainly not laudable. For as to his logic, it did not follow that because Gentlemen thought proper to adopt a certain line of policy, under certain cir .cumstances, they would be subjett to the imputa tion of inconsistency in pursuing a different line where those circumstances had undergone a material change ; and as to the Honourable Gentleman's prudence, it surely was not laudable to press the charge of inconsistency upon any men woo might shew a disposition to abandon , opinions which the Honourable Gentleman himself pronounced errone ous, and, to adopt those which lie professed to con sider correctly right. , • The several Japers moved 'for were ordered to be laid before the House. , .I,\llr. ALEXANDER brought 'up the Report of the Committed of. Supply, the Resolutions of, which were agreed to, and Bills ordered accordingly. Lord OSSIJLSTONE postpOned, till to-morrow, his notice respeCting India. In a Committee of Supply, on the Motion of the Secretary at War, the sum of 411,7251. was ordered to be granted for the pay and clothing of the Militia of he United Kingdom, from the, 25th inst. to the 29th of May next.—Report to-morrow: Two Bills to explain and amend the Sugar DraW back Aots of. England and Ireland were brought in by Mr. Vansittart, • read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. The Report of the Irish Revenue Continuation AEt Was brought up,, ,agreed to, and it was ordered to , be read a third time to-morrow. _ . The Report of the Expiring Laws' Committee Was brought up, some ResolutionS were agreed to, and 13ills ordered. Qrdered, ou the Motion of Mr. Vansittart, that there be laid before the House an Account of the quantity of Wool imported into Ireland fOr the last ten years, clistinguishirio - each year, and the quantity of Spanish Woof included in the same importations. The Tortola Free Port Bill was read a second time and committed fbr to-morrow, as was the Woollen ManulaCturers' suspension Bill. In a Committee on the American Treaty Execu tion Ad, of the 37th of His, Majesty, she Chairman was iustrutted to move the House for leave to bring in a Bill to explain and amend the said Ad.—Report to-morrow. The SPEAKER' announced, - that the Clerk had; pursuant to the A& of the 24th of His Majesty, laid , on the (Xable a List of the Members who are' eligible to compose the Tribunal for trying Offences com mitted in India.—Adjourned: • MAILS. ARPIvEn—I Dublin, it Waterford. DUE—I Harnburgh, i Lisbon, i Dublin, i Waterford. T E SUN. SOLES QUIS DICERE FALSUN AUDEAT NA Vjzif Ei S. V - ARMOUTH, MARCH 10 - .---The information re ceivel hereon Saturday, that the Dutch • Fleet wens sailed, is incorre& ; the, Fleet under.Adixiiral Ilus- SELL are now coming into the 'loads., after finding the Dutch safe in the Texel.• PLYMOUTH, MAR cq 9.—Arrived the Penelope Frigate - from the Channel Fleet. - Sailed this morning the Aisle Frigate on a cruize to the Westward. A Frigate and a Ship,, apparently of the Line, arc now working into the Sound, wind north, blowing strong, so that they will not arrive at their anchorage in time to get their names for the post. - DOVER, MARCH W.—Passed by this - . morning from Portsmouth a large Fleet of Swedish Ships, to join Convoy in the 'Downs ; . also the. Mosquito Sloop of War, and several Gun-brigs, from a Cruize off Boulogne. Au homeward-bound East •Indin:nan went past this afternoon, with a strong westerly wtnd, for 'the Downs. Sailed the Brig Odom, Capt. Hi ta.etisTßom„of and 'for Stolkholm, in ballat, from Cherbourg ; and the Brig Peter Wilhelm, Captain UNERUS, of and for Helsingburgh, with sugar, salt, &c. from Liverpool. / SHEERNESS, MARCH 10.—CArne down from Lon Reach to the Nore, the Resolution, of 74 guns, Cap tain GEORGE BURLTON. The Spy, which got under weigh with her Con , voy . yesterday evening, owing to the bad appearance of the weather, brought up for the night, but pro ceeded this morning with a favourable wind for her destination. P. S. Since writing the above, the COnvoy have again returmd, a violent snow storm coming on. FALMOUTH', lgAjtCH B.—Arrived the Claridan, DREW, and Nautilus, VEBEACOTT, from Bristol, bound to Portsmouth to wait Convoy ; Gettrucle, CUNDY, from Cardiff; and Harriot '24 Ann, W AT4 t(trrs, from Swansea. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. BERLIN, 1?D13. 26.-Immediately after the arrival of the Marquis • I.I.I6CHESINI, he waited upon the King, and ,several conferences have been held, at which Baron HAnDENBERG.and Field Marshal MOL- , LE &DORF were present." A Cdurier has also been Sent to St. Petersbnrgh The Marquis - LuocnEsiNt will return to PariS mi the 27th. COUnt BERNSTORFF, 'during his stay here, met with the most frittering reception. Lieutenant-General Ryon EL'S intended journey to Konigsburgh, is put Of by his Majesty's order. People will have it, that the Marquis D 3 Luc- CHE I SINI arrived here quite uhexpe&edly. Of the several • conferences he has had since his' arrival with the Members of the Cabinet nothing is yet kndwn. r lt is dnly certain, that the curtain mat at present covers all the secrets of the State must be re moved in the cburze of a few days- . —(Rottentamsclze 'Courant) . • HANOVER, FEB. '26.—This morning, his Excel lency Count SCHLTLENBERG KEIINERT set out in great haste, .with' a part of his suite, through ddrf ,to Berlin, The Prussiin Lieutenant-General Rucutkis eXpeaed here. • II ESTMIA STER MEETING. INT consequence of \.a public requisition, a consi derable number of the Ele&ors of Westminster as sembled yesterday in Westminster Hail Mr.Bilowx- ING, the' High Bailiff, took the Chair soon ater one o'clock. Mr, WisnAnT, of COventry : street, opened the business of the Meeting, 'which .he stated was for the purpose of framing an Address of Thanks to His Majesty for having .formed an Administration that enjoyed the confidence of the People, and whose measures 'were likely -to give new vigour to the State. He paid some high 'compliments to .Mr. Fox, whom he represented as the firm friend of' his Country ; and he also spoke in warm terms of his Official Colleagues. He then moved a,ltesolution similar in tendency to the general substance of his Speech. • A young Gentleman, whose name we understand ISTIEWLINGS, came forward and apologized for pre ,suming, at his early period of life, to take up the attention of the Electors. . He, however, declared, that he thought it an at of duty to oppose a mea sure which he could not but consider at least pre mature. He' avowed that he had hitherto been a staunch - friend to Mr.• Fox, but that he could not be suto , the present Ministry, as that was composed of a set nv4n whose principles had always been dis cordant, and- thei•efore from whoth little harmony could be.6xpe4ed. He compared the new Admini stration to au'.union of Italian and German music-- • the softness and delicacy of the one_ being wholly overpoWered by the force and violence of the : other.• lie then, in order toik get, rid of the question, moved that the Meeting. should 'adjourn. Mr. PRIMA' stood forward in opposition to what Mr.HEWLINGS had said, and commep.' , :d upon the youth of the last. Speaker, - alledgiug, that Mr. Fox had been tried in his political charaiiter, and had excited the admiration and esteem of the public for a longer period • than ,Mr. FIEWLING4 had been in existence. lie their entered more at large into the political .career of Mr. Fox, proclahning him', the sincere and consistent friend of freedom: He,, of course, gave his hearty assent to Mr. WISHART'S Motion. Mr. HE\VLINpS, in reply, declared that he had not attacked Mr. Fox individually, but had spoken ge nerally of the present Administration as an hetero geneous compound; from which nothing great, splen did, and cordial, could be expected. He. accused Mr. PERRY of having had recourse to personality, When he.should have brought forward something in the shape of argument and fact.. ,The question being then put, the Motion for the Address was agreed to with a few,dissentient voices. it was, resolved that the Address be sigued by the High Bailiff, and by him presented to kits At:testy. The Thanks of the Meeting, were aiso. vo r te4 to .Air. Fox, for his constant attention to the illteres . ts, cf the City of Westminster, and to the Highßailin for his impartial conduCt in the haoine4s of the day. \`'k' \ •