The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-06-29 00:00:00

A commirrEE OF SUPPLY.

Air. WILBERFORCE 11110. ill Itly linnet the 1100 Se
the t laints of General Boyd, 011 whose character
and conduct the lion. Gentleman pronounced it
high eulogium. lie said his claims on this country
were very considerable ; at a critical period lie
rendered important sera ices to the empire. Hr
said that General Boyd commanded 1,000 native
native troops in the East Judie. limier the Nizain,
and in the udrotut•tratton of Lord Wellesley he
had exerted himself to prevent the native powers
fount falling under the French iliflipmce. As an
instance of his zeal in the service of Great Britain,
the lion. Geotlt•msn stated, that at the hour of
midnight he received a communication front the
Commander of the English troops, stating, that
he understood that the French force hail moved to
attack II in, and requesting theassaistance of Gene-
ral B.syd. General Boyd did not hesitate sot that
I to move to the assistact•e of the Englidt. Before
tool g, however, he receit ed a farther c
mra-
tioa that the alarm was without foundation, and that
the British force was nut likely to be attacked ; the
fact, however, strongly proved the real and fidelity
he felt in the British isitersest, and accardiagly his
services were applauded by the Governor at Cal-
cutta. However, it appeared that the services of
this officer were very injurious to his own interests ;
his foielidshin for the English naturally made him
an object of dislike to the French; thr airs of the
French party rendered it impossible for him to re-
turn' in the ►ervu•e of the Ivan►, and he was
obliged to retire from a sittiation which produced
11101 no less a sons than !Loon/. per a iiiiii Ile
was besides obliged to leave the country.—
tie naturally applied to the authorities at Calcutta
for some compensation, and he requested to be
permitted to take a cargo of saltpetre f the i
East !lithe* to the United States, the firs fit of
all eh would abundantly compensate him. Ile sc-
cordially received tor s>iost to hike a cargo of
saltpeter, and received 'Tread license to protect
hint in case of a war between England and the
Limiest States of America. Ile set out from the
East Indira, and put in at the Cape of Good Ilope,
for the 'lmpose of laiteliug, some English loo.se,igerm '
lie half on board. There, however, outwit list anding, his
his cargo was demoted, and finally colitis-
coral by the Vice-Admiralty Court, sod thus this
memo' ton% individual lost all the reward or Isis ser-
vices, exclusive of the mimey lie had sunk
the cargo. The Hon. Gentleman then alluded
to the high character of the General, anal read
a letter from Nlajor-Gesteral 1)e Itottrilberg to
t♦lr. Nlellish, which described kin as a highly me-
ritorious officer, who rendered important ►ervicra to
this country. His claims at length came before
the House—they were referred to a Commit tee—
the Committee agreed that the General had claims
on the casuistry, and they only differed as to the
extent of the compensation to which he' was entitled.
He would, lie said, conclude with rraeling an ex-
tract from the Report of thee Conitnittce who sat
tit his claims. "floe Committee stated, that ou
the whole they found that General loyal hoop in
rally hie, at great personal tisk, performed impor-
tant serva•rs towards this country, lit a time and
under c•ircutnstances which rendered them of more
than ordinary value ; that he had lost his sit nation,
and was subsequently deprived of his cargo by the
unwa►rantable proceeding of the commander of a
British ship of war. Tlie Hmt. Getitlentait said,
that the circumstance of Geoeral Boyd being a
foreigner would only recommend hie case the inure,
Itec•ause he was an inhabitant of the United
States would only induce hint (llr. 1Y1160.1'1'1)
to treat his case with more coosideratiou. Whatever

(Owns ought think, it would be the wow policy of
I'm!lament to rvioce their t•eo>r of the 'Lotionmire

~1 keeping op ti fr.endly intercourse between the
Unto d Slates and this country—to consider the
people not all foreigners—to encourage on worrier
prritidtces against them—lost to rtobroce every fur
oPptirlutitty of performing acts of kii.dori.o mod
letter-dol. He courluded tiy
That the Cu. of 6,0001. be granted to hie Majesty, to be
paid to ()coeval Hart, as ootepensaf foe his see/Piero, sad
to rev/Rapture bile fur the luso be sovietised se COMM quence

of lie' 4'%p(lll*C of a cargo of saltpetre at thc Cape of •-;
Ile)*
Mr. MAIIRTATT denied that the facts of the
General's emote tlenettitleil Cllflllorrmitioui. The
claimant, in the course of his proceeding, lied, he
conceited, fsbiHrd several doe sssss en!. to answer his
own purpose; and, when Naked why he hart done
so, lie 'bated that he acted Hader the advice of nn
riiiment Anteiicaii lawyer, who fidsi lino ilia isle
instirsuce forme I no part of th- ipieci..o. 11+
doubted very mooch whether any •11 fv“•e 114.1
beta given. Tire fi.ur. Gentle:llm then t,viroved
the claim of Gruirr.tl Boyd ai r,..•1 Wahl- 1,4•11,
no it nopeated in the routesrue, and 4.0.11,1“1 •,1
Ire
lie had endeavoured to prove a gr-ater loss thancould possibly‘litive sustained. Tlir% rift 1111 l
ataote
Moue, if there were no other obj.cil•Mß 10 I he 1.14 b,,,
would induce him td vote al; mist it. The .utua-
lion
of Geller:II Boyd itlso was tote that it'd hot
strengthen lie denttiiil on the Islieridity of l'arlia.
abut. He was au Gfiicer its a mercenary rorpa,
which lie kid raised himself—a species of force,
which, in his °pillion, was extremely daii2eroio• to
our !lichen territories. In eourlinsion, the limo
Gentle • lasi okiereed, tint he 1101 C4IIIISCIIi that
any part of the taxes which were wrung from the
people of 11,4 country, should he iip;•roptioteil to
the liquidation of it that appeared to him to
have no foundation in justice.
'Jr. WI Lnvnt-oacc, in reply, denied that any
false account had been 1.41t1 before the Colin 1111 l tee.—
on the doettanry, ten. cla.rge of 3,0010/. for istournitee
tv,to distioetly pointed nut. Ft'osit 311 he had sects
the
ed I
,heardmrt tßt.ydt I.se
isipunitl
intention,
it,cleentwe the l olpets,
wish res-pict to the total Inwood of loss.
Mr. 11. (iCattET said, that General Boyd de.
PCI veil to h.• reinitiurrateil.

Air. T. Wt !AUNT was uverve to granting au sum
whatever to the Petitioorr.

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Sir J. MA( KINTO.,II rtilogis.(l the c!ointrter
General I ii, and coo.-littlyd bP rxistrosioa hue dr-
trritimiii:m to cuIIIu) r t thr great.
51r. IC. Fits LAY .11,o•ed the ;:tan,,, for hie!' no
I:rsito,.4l had been Ma& met ill rvidts.er.

11 r. lirtorc ,in a slow t .torch, 111111ited
the motimi.

Mr. F►NLAY end Mr. BROUGHAM mutually

Mr. FoRDEs end Sir I. COITIN stiplintied the
_ . .

Tile CHANCELLOR or the Even:l2oElt spolo. in
very high terms of the services I.y Ge-
tier.4l lioy (I m Indhi.
The iinition wit% then agreed to—the House re-
. 111111.11. —Report