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Noble Marquis had devolved on hint, in hringing
about the union of the two kingdoms, ;n which he
was, according to his mind, eroitled to the, grati-
tude of beds countries ; for he had, at all times, so
tempered justice with mercy, as to obtain the reaped
and esteem of men of all parties, and 'of the MIK
dissonant opinions, in Ireland. The•part he sated alsO
in negotiating the last pehce, was.another striking
instance of the anxious and unwearied steal, which
he had always shewn to serve his cottotry, and
there was, certainly, a considerable Majority in that
house, who had evinced their approbation of -that
peace. In respeet to the great and hoportent trees-
eelions which closed his political. lit c, ;he knew ne
words that were adequate to express his feelings and
admiration of it. At the close of the most brilliant •
administration that hal ever been known in India,
:which had been attended with the most splendid
successes, and given to tile Compatiyan extension of
territory unparalleled at any fortror period of our
history ; when the lete GoverneneGertoral was about
to return home, alter his nemerous, brilliant, and
important successes, it wasino sooner made known
to the Noble Marquis that his services were again
wished for in India. than he came forward, with the
greatest alecrity, and the most ardent zeal. snd, with
' -ft weible devote 4AP:we& toad the dangers mod
difficulties atterident on that high Mel important
st.tirm, he chee:fully undertook the great and ar-
doom tech. He sailed, accordingly, for India, and
it was painful to him to add, that his health had de-
dined from the moment he left his native land. He
had, however, arrived safe in India, had taken on
Ihim the government of the cnnntry, and proceeded
10 the army rs the field. But the fatigues attendant
on his voyage, the diNerenee of the climate, and the
'advanced period of his life, had, in the reverse of
thane months, operated so powerfully On his enfeebled
cnnstitution, that his death was the consequence ;
and, in meeting that, he believed every man would
agree with him, it might be to my said, he had fallen
a viaiin to the service of his country. Heifelt,
however, great pleasure, in relating to the liouse,
that, amidst the ravages of sickness, he had, during
the time he lived, employed his most zeelotts efforts
towards promoting and forwarding those great and
important ends and purposes, for the accomplish-
ment of which he had consented to go out. His
e ,ergies had never left him, and he-was 'sure the
Noble Marquis had done every thing in the power
of man to do, to make his loss to his country as
lightly felt as possible. 'flue Noble Lord spologised
to the House for having so long detained them,
tty dwelling on a subjea, of the truth of which •
they rust all be as tensihle as he was. The attach-
ment he had to the Noble Matquis, with whose
frientiship and regard be had been honoured, whilst
lie lived, demanded from him this small tribute
of gratitude, esteem, and verieratioti to his memory.
To the House he appeeled for a remuneration of
services, exerted uniformly, for a long seriesvf yearn
tar the public good, which they alone can pay. 'He
appealed to every Member in the House to say, wh;s-
then at any former period of our history, this conno
err had ever known so great an overflow of the cup
of public calamity as had lately been experienced in
the loss of three great men, who had so r••cently de-
parted. newt to return ; and to each of whom it had
been so pre-eminently indebted for the most splendid
exertions, and the most important successes? To ehesshe
the Noble Marquis, of whom he had been speaking.
he had only one debt of gratitude now to pay, rod
that was, to claim of the House those honours, which.
in his opinion, his great and 'important services so
abundantly deserved, and which, he had no doubt,
the House would, mest willingly and cheerfully
grata HC would, therefore, move,
ihat so humble Aidrees be trretented to Hit Majesty,
praysag, th It he *el Le rats natty pleased to give threettung,
that a Monument be everted in tile Cathedral Church of Si.
Paul, ‘!•:amy of the Moat Noble Char;el, Marquis
Cornwallis, t!tt Gorarnor-Gent ral of In.tia, to commemorate
Ws high character, and the full Arno,• the Country entestatua of
1.14 numerous and eminent orsoces "
Mr. C. GRANT (one of the East India Direc-
tors) tele to second the motion. He began, by
saying, that he was not possessed of sufficient elo-
geence to add any thing by way of eulogy to the cha-
raaer of the Noble Marquis, so ably delineated by
the Noble Lead who had just sat down. He wosiU
he leave, however. to read to else House a few
rafts, which, in his mind, spoke vety strongly in il-
lustration of what had just been stated by the Noble
Lord. The Hon Director then read, from a paper
in his hand, a series of rules and regulations (as we
took them to be) which the Noble Marquis had been
the first to establish in India (hut the lion. Gent. •
was'ender the gallery., and the tone of his voice so
lows that we mild not disticaly hear him, so as to
state/the natter wltn any certainty.) He concluded
by seconclit•g the motion.
Mr. FRANhiIS said, the motion made by the
Noble Lord, and seconded by the lion. Direelen,
did not, in his opinion, require much recommends.
turn. It was in perfea unison with his mind ; and,
he believed, with those of all the 'slembers to the
House. Great part of what the Hon. Direekr had
read, was chiefly drawn from a plan of Civil Go-
vernment for India, which he had himself dr iseii
and furnished ; and he felt. m••st sensible, the
great honour the Noble Marquis Coinwallis bad
done him, in approving and ad ipting that plan, so
far as to make it the basis of his regulations. On
that ground, therefore, gratitude alone would in.
duce him to vote for the motion. But he had ether
grounds—thirty years service in that country
enabled him to four) an opinion, better than the
greater part of the Members of the House what was
for its good, and no man was more truly sensiole of
the many essential benefits this country had derived
from the meritorious exertions of the Noble Mer.
quis. He would, th:refore, willingly give hts as-
sent to any motion for pay•ng due honours to hire
on that account. in gratitude for his having so fiar
coalesced es opinion with himself. He did not say'
this by way of dc rg an heacur to the Noble Mar. A

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