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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 Int severity, 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 phe.wee, that the
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 pernicious. 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 on out 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 Gentleman
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, that, if the Hon. Chair-
roan would awe. m • few word., that the stillect
!,,trodueed by the !lost. Gest'. outline,

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PARIS PAPERS.

indoig the preset t he 1r ft open rr ftattre
it would, prrbars, saliary all parties.
Inm is said. the following words might
be added to the 'notion—
" flat that this roost wishes not to he understood 30 fir.
say oroion relative to the eiretowatancts which fullowttl
the 'turfma.r of the Fort of Tanlier."

Mr. .1 itll.ON wit very well pleased' with what
In'! I*.th.ti rpm' the Hots. Cliairniata. At the siime
time hr wt-lied to uli.erve. that any am'•mintent
flitio corn- I•, the siste or the bar at Al hieh hr
.n• I. hers. I.e the nir.•etr•rs %will he placed
t. the ev.iott. pr.-I,caiii••or of m.n•i..;t an amend-
-4.-ot to their /two 16,40101 mi. it thou_. whirl% they
I' nhl net legally In. The Leorottl t:collematt
took a hvief review of the circuniataiicrs or the
• Ile cr'n.ldrrrd till% to be a 1101011:11
—and mot of pecuniary importance. Natio,. II it
wu., for however atiomalons it might appear 110 'Pi-
/MC.IIIS, they, the East India Company was the
Sovereign of I. It, therefore, rota necessary
that they at.pear with a pure and uttatitinril
characte► before the British public—and this
they mild not do if they pissed over, iii silence,
the eirctimatatices which occurred after the
eserder at Tauber. How could they, lie would
oak, inveigh against the conduct of the Alllerit
115 orating to death Ambriater and Aibuthout, if
they did not demand an explatiiitinis of the Revere
ineast.ro4 adopted by Generd Ilislop ? He had
drawn op an amendment, more copious iudt•ed
than that suggtsted b 7 the Host. Chairman, but
coming to the same point, which, as it contained
his view of the care, he begged leave to read, though
hr did not mean to propose it for adoption.--(The
Learned Gentleman then read the amendment,
which, afte► stating the resolution of the Court of
Directors, set forth, that the Court felt it neeeitsary,
in the most solemn manner, to withhold its app'.,-
h mien of the circuinstaucus which took place at
'Luther, as described in the &perch of General
lollop to lice Governor-1 anti! thC UMW was
fully and oarisfacturily
Alr. flume arthdrew Ametolinent, and pro-
p•ar.d, its it• place, the folloivitig :
" Slott tkia Coort wishes to be soole.stoool not lo fire
▪ opitoun r. tail%.• to She circtirostauces which took place
at *soalier, wail roller Informal n•ap. chug thew, that, is
t.,toproled to the papers now le tort. the Court, be Ulitme.t.i."
Mr. [nous till Jr.l Ei.ctitaisvoNE deff.ccrci
• alisalificgtion of the languid motion, but sill
shey would nut hold up tlitir hands against the
A nirsidsisett..

• The anwiou, tligs *mewled, was c:trried un*ni-
wron•lf.
It. w.re 114 en proposed " to the
oiol 01Setra, both or hi. 3 lairsi) ',••
the Cutup .s.y's forces. for their K*ll•rut mid mento-
r on. comluvt iu the add. dunug the late campaign
to In _ . .

111 r. litivnt took this opportunity of paisegyining
the Indian army rot their patience xuul persever-
ance, when inafternig under the greatest fatigues—
tor their bravi•ry battle—and their moderation,
w viciury hail crowned *brie extitions.
Toe motion was caused titian tttttt usly —B4 was
ku a It-volution of think,. to the tion.co:
waned officers and privates, fur their cooduct iu the
lute
it..)%titioN, in a very eloquent speei•li,
poi:Ora otil the gieut beiielits which would arise to
the Comp in)** aciince, is brircriun of the ido—
1, to the late wad. were coreliilly
ipsdr, pr laird us a neat volume, lotto-Ltd alai a
g'useary and a map of handsomely
Wow,. and a copy prusciattil to each ullic,r of
the Wilma army.
Moose
ii•mie sriv i mrably
Onnstiourd iu the course of the bite campaign.
Such a persent atoilil be hotiourable to she Cum-
piny. mud acceptable to the isohriluals to whom it
ays preseuttd. It would sow the seeds of x ge-
nerous emulation amongst the junior officer, of
Lie army—all of whom would be anxious, vrlirb
they 11.6 M the *civics* of some of their compress
thu• hossosotbly noticed, to I:igtittlii.r theses. Ives in
a.i equal degree. The Learned (Zit...Altoona sub.
milted to the Court a motion cuislurinalde with the
tenor of 1.6 .perch.
Mr. ilumit seconded and supported the motion.

_
The Cit .I.IMAN, Colonel l'As rou, buil .Ir.
I ;ma NT. epp. 11,C,1 the mot —on the ground, that
al It *ere a. to, alid n reward of this kind
urge cool. rte.' tut use individuate who signalised
themselves in the lute campaign, feelings of an um
pleasant n.,ture would be created nut only to the
tiraats of timbe who had fought the battler of the
Coonintii) it. the Mahrutta and Nepaul wars, hut it
would excite jealousy in the minds of officers who,
in the late nor, were, from particular circuut-
stances, itteleotril from sigualtsiog themselves.
Mr. R. Jrcloos &fetid d Ic- his proposition against
the objections that had been made to it—hut Cols.
twisted to %aloha* it, eating, as Ills trowel, that
he was 1111 X to give one mop s:allied proof of las
Vclieres:ima 1.. r ill dicta of the Clunr.
AApourinAl sine die.

OICLIGN 14V fELLIGENCE.

rAass, F6131/UA9T 1.
11111Ms*Mg Cerunony took 111.11,:e Willi: clays
b !lir 110)41 fluspilsl of luralida. The
.le Camp Gaialy, lint Suiab Aide-de-
l:mop to his Ituyal Highness Alutisieur, charged
by the Fed.-r.il Directory to distribute to the
sou:kilt Swiss Guards trailing iu Praiser, who
bat bibcd the dirdlr of the loth of August. 1792.
t;ie iii,,lotaatia awl nit-dale decreed by the Diet to
abstuitArd w the of the !lapilli,
!..oldiers of the
trkillellt, S‘4l%• De there pre-
be,ited them with the proof, of tlivir e. try's ad-
at.J gr;stit wit, w ilttseatce of the Mearplial
I)4l fir Clngiar. ld'Ar-
-I.alid, r,.1.L1 other ollitelai or r.iok.

. -
We are it ti.i.steil to at 1111 l ante, that a man al-
t. all) Lows is 1.,r 111) findiselal I'Olirritllollll Win spoil
atlibilit to Ibc Chambers a islAs of fi saute, by winch,
siossu. der4ssg:iss; at all atilt is e,tal►hrhed, there
will rt•ult o film, of credit, at noes: immense and
tcouttittg to Wily trlittUrCe lureign
.151.4 r. It la added, that the secret es only cot.-
.t4l to WIC ISUUse, that of the Currcbl►uudcuet Gt.
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FIUNKFUIVI. JANUARY 25.

i 0.41 Cloixdrty, lair L 190.11 Aliiis>ter, who ha,
ljees, here lug 1•0111 C weeks. lard ,chttrtley ru etiurk
vl arpltal. ilia Lldblnt/ IutICII IL.

envervi. and at i* hoped hi* haaldi will be entirely
re-estalila*hed.
TIF.!11111. J tNVAIrf 19.

Coe of the richest bankers of this city, who
enjoyed atis immense crtalit, anti who haft long been
convillered 31 the Intire head of an important finan-
cial adsiiiiiiiitration, disaimearell within • few flays.
Was vestenlay found in the Danube.
No cause is assigacti file the melancholy event.
Conroe of Exchange. IrAl per cent.

BRITISH C.ITHOLIC BOARD.
No. 4, STomc-svit.Disas, Lutcomis.lxv.

The Board is adjourned to Tu-sday, the 9th
instrot.—Chrir to be taken on that dry at Two
o'Clock precisely.
EDWARD JERNINGHANE Serreiary.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1919.

Last evening Lord CASTLEREAGH developed t•
the House of Commons his promised arrangement
relative to the future state of the hire's Establish•
atria. Preparatory to this statement, the Noble
Lord presented a Message from the PRINCE RE-
GENT, acquainting the !louse that the sum of
58,000/. which had been applied to the support of
the QUEEN'S Establishment, was now at the dis-
posal Of Parliament, subject, at the discretion of
the IJouse, to the payment of annuities and grants
to her MAJESTI''u Iluuaehold, us hail been 4'119
tummy on the demise of every former Queen. A
similar Nlessage was presented by the Earl of
livEaroot. to the [louse of Lord..
It is nos proposed by Aliiiisters, that from
the EING'S Establishment, which :mounts to
100,000/, a year, the sutn of 50,000/, shall be
deducted—forming, with the amount of the
late QCEEN's Establishment, an upparnit an-
nual suing to the country of 108,0001. The
annuities 'and grants, however, which are pro.
posed to be' given to her MAJESTY'/ servants, will
amount to 25,000/. so that the actual present
►aving will not exceed 83,000/. The amount of
patronage reduced, according to the arrangement
proposed by Ministers, will embrace the offices of
Vice-Chamberlain, the Master of the Robes, four
Lords of the Bedchamber, and four Grooms of the
Bedchamber. Lord CASTLEREAGH'S motion, how-
ever, did not pledge the House to the adoption of
these arrangements, for the Noble Lord concluded
leis speech by moving for the appointment of a
Committee to investigate the subject. Mr. TIER-
NEY and Mr. CANNING delivered their sentiments
on the question—and it was finally agreed, that the
subject should be brought under the consideration
of a felect Committer, with the understimiling,
that, if the Report were made in time, it should
be ►ubmitted to the consideration of a Committee
of the whole House, on 'Thursday next.

A Flanders Mail arrived last night, with Papers
from Brussels to the '2d instant. It is stated in
an article from irun, on the confines of Spans,
that the expedition titling out at Cadiz will be
soon ready to sail—thit it is the last Effort to
recover South America—and that the Commander-
in-Chief (O'DoNtsEr.) goes out with the sword in
oue baud, and a flag of truce in the other.

We have received the Paris Papers of Nlonday ,
from which we halve made extracts. We under-
stood that intelligence resched the City yesterday,
by express, with the price of the French Funds on
Monday evening. when they were 70 f. 55 c. ■ud
71 f. fur the account.

Mr. HASE, from the Bank of England, at one
o'clock yesterday, made an official communication
at the Stock Exchange, that no further extension
of time could be granted by the Dank to the
holders of Umuium. They must, in consequence,
pay on the 12th instant, four per cent. of the mogul
advanced. The communication appears to have
hod a seinusi tffect on the funds. The Coni.ols for
Account, which bad been at 782, fell to 771.
Money is very scarce in the City, the Bank haring
determined to narrow its discounts.

We congratulate Mr. GaRNFELL on the succen
of his valuable and inceuent exertions for the pub-
lic good. The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER
has at length conceded what that Gentleman has
so long and so zeriluthly contended fur. The Bank
balances are to be received iii future by the public.

011 Wednesday morning the Duke of Youa left
town fur and from thence proceeded to
Oatlands. Ills Itopil Highness returned in town
iii the evening, and yesterday transacted business
at his office in the liorse Guards.

The Member who spoke immediately sifter the
CIIAIACELLOR of the EXCIILIPAU, eu Tuesday
night, in support of Mr. TILEILi's motion, was
Sir WILLIAM Di: CRESPIGNY.

At the donor, of the Gentlemen of the Opposi-
tion, at the Freeniasona' Tustin, tin Wetlinisday
I•ist. it was resolved that l'ailiansetitary dinners, for
Alembers of both Hosiewth, vhuuld once et
fortnight daring the btstion.