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CALCUTT• GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY,
TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 105.

InlOCtirliNGS N LLD AT A BILCTING OF THE BRITISH
INHABITANTS OF C•LCUICTA, ON MONDAY, JULY
£9, 1803.
In consequence of the notice publislied °lgnite
27th instant, by the Sherif of the town of Calcutta,
a General Mcettsurot the British inhatnlants was,
this day held, fol7he purpose of cjiteferinkceanq
Address to the Most Noble Mot 411N4Willisley, ou
the occasion of his apps thing-departure.
Mr. Sere.. having ele4:3' the Chairs
Mr. Smarm addressed the 'Meeting in an itn-
pressies.ipilefliAand concluded, by moving, that a
Committee be appointed, with I::struetions to pre-
pare an Ashes; to Marquis Wellesley, on the occa-
sioa of his departure for Europe, express4e of the
high sense ententstined by the inhabitants of
Calcutta, of is'. anent snvices. Ttis Moq
tian was by Mr. Colebroke. f
Mr. STRITTLI I. then. addSeised the Meetinigin
an appropriate speech, in support of the MOI4OII.
Tile Motion baitstag been unaniroontiragreed
the foUnwing Gentlemen were a Coin-
' linnet to prepare the Addres; :
The Sherif, Colonel Stavin, Smith, Mr.
Strettell, Mr. Pattie, Mr. B::rkz, Mr. Graham,
• Mr. Mackeozie, Sir .1. D'Oyly, li3rt. Mr. Ramos,
Mr. TAyior, Mr. Farquharson. Mr. Mall, Mr.
Melvin, Mr. Brown, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Cole-
brooke, Mr. Hatrington, Mr. Mason, Mr. Dash-
wood, Mr. Cox, Mr. Birch, Hon. Mr. Bruce, Mr.
Davis, Mr. Eilmonstonei Mr. Fombelle, Mr.
Dowsitswell, Lieut.-Colonel Colebrook', Mr.
Munro. Captain Green, Mr. Fairlie, Mr. Colvin,
Mr. Alexander.
The Committee having suhmitted to the Meeting
the draft of an AddresN, it was read, and unani-
rnowly approved ; and the following Resolutions
were proposed, seconded, and agreed to :-
1. itrosived, That this Meeting du concur in the Address
which I.as been read
6. 'Drat the chairman be teniiestA to was on Marquis
Wetisaley, br aseeraio at what time it vlil be .o:re,7o)le to Lis
Lonikhip to receive the Atinriess of toe Braun tohabilalits of
the re tlarocut."

AVOUST S.
The Chairman notified to the Settlement, that, in
conformity to the hiatruEtions of the General Meet-
ing en the 2'lth tilt. he had the honour of waiting
upon Marquis Wthesley ; and that his Lordship
bad appointed this day at ten o'clock for receiving
the Address. Ihe Chairman, accompanied by a
great number of the inhabitants of the Settlement,
proceeded to the Governmeut-house at the time ap-
pointed.
On being introduced to Marquis Wellesley, the
Chart man read and presented the following Addict :
TO THE MOST NOBLE RICHARD MARQUIS
WEI.I.ESLEY, K. II Sc.
hle Leisce-eThe Illriteh inhabitants of Calcutta, upon
meheion o: your departure tor Europe. are devious molter ones
more to your taird..hip ti at testimony or public esteem, which
they feral is he so Justly due to the merit. of your Administras
tun,
" The events of the last seven years have marked the period
.f your Goverenteot, a. the moat 1/14/1011.1111 epoch in the his-
thry of European power in Latta.
" Your disemetatent in sitting the eaigencies of the country,
and Mita times, ire whien you wee. c.a4led to .0, the promp-
titude and determination, with which you have seised nu the
opportonitiesof alihg, your just conception sod nia.tely use
of our iutrinsic strength, have eumienily centribured, in c ns.
jun:time with the seal, the disciphile, and the courage of nor
armies, t. decide upon thee, great events; air to establish,
from sire estrainity of this Empire to the other, the ascendency
of the iissieh came and d minions.
" We are unpreeisil with the firm persuasion, that you
hay • governed with a Aitect view to the g ray . f oar country,
and to the prosperity of it. poseYaiions, and with no other per-
Saud feeling, than vie honourable ambition of obtaining its ap.
please as your reward. To the community at large no doubt,
it belongs, to fill up the mea.ure of that reward. Sot it is a
duty incumbent opcs three among whom you have lived and
▪ er:.ost personal cooreiii, in tie course or your governs
Inca, has enabled them to appreciate its eharadrr, to declare
heoes the nation their sense of your public services.
" It is under the imprcasion of this duty, that we address
you ; and with the ileum to mark, in the most authentic man-
ner, that you carry with you, to our common country, the re-
spe‘9, the retard, and the confidence, which w undiminished
at the Iss hour of your Administration; a respect and a re.
gaol, which are 'Mooted in our long 'reentries. of your abi-
lity, of yam unsullied integrity, ref your impartial and honour-
able use of power. and of your high and hoeral spirit art the
condect of public affairs
" In taking leave ./your Lordship, we cannot forbear ex-
pressing out hope and confidesee, that you will long continue
to regard the welfsre of a Country which has been the scene
ret your eminent public services; and that your talents, and the
"eight of your eh .ratter, will be emplore,l, to strengthen the
persuasion, that, of all external object. of its atts Winn, a Pion,
just, and politic O irerninent of India, is the most nearly con-
nected se th the greatness, the wealth, and the glory of the
nation (Signed), sr.
Marquis Wellesley was pleased to return the fol-
lowing Answer
" G . ree this list testimony of your
esteem, raidh the mast evrdsel Ilesatiasents of respect, gratitude,
and also .)
" In the most extranrdinart events which have secured &w-
-in; the last seven years, the favourable op.niou of this great
and floorishing Sestlemeot has intruded every importatit .0 of
my Administratiori ; you have de, hired, that the MUM opinion
arm accompanies us close; and in the moment of my mi-
pruischiim dejsartme, while I retrain among yon, without rm.
or, Itln4el4Ce, or authotity, you ate pleased, its tan politic. mrun.
ner, to es, rem ruts nadiminished sense of the psincsplcs by
who h 1 have been directed, and of the objects which I hare
pursued, la Oho Im.g e‘enew of those high and sacred trusts
lOW abet, boom', zealous, and active assotesice, In your eit-
v•oal capacities, has aided the progress of my adminiorat ion,
in every ciisis oef difficulty and dagger; I have endeaynaired to
t f the spirit of my GOVeflllitlent at tin. Settlemeat lety.tir i11e5644er..1 character and dispurition and to anent your cimfi-
de.ste, by a just estianason of your loyalty to our Sovirteign,
• ut your public spirit, and attachment to our country, of your
dotiful seal, for the interests ,tf the East India Company, and
nt inleantitv, ability, and knowledge, which dire
illogiosh the broithi inhabitants of Calcutta.
" Whatever may be the final itsslgnient of ray !Sovereign, of
na• country, and of the East lodes Coinpany, with respect to
poid.c serv.crai, your ...Mauro, arid favour, will claim my
faithful and atfect:onate every WPIle Of my
future life, the prissiwrity of the Stool' Empire in Im,ta, will
excite a luting sentiment of tohicitude and anxiety. The wel-
fare of these ersteristye dominions, constitutes not only a prin.
' cleat object of the geom.l policy of our country, hot a solemn
obligati—. of moral duty, inseparably connected with the hit.
Sour aed iJeutatiln of the British cam..
Tea due *intro( them impOrtantconsidetatMos, I *senile
the auspicious chinos which has been made by His Miiesty,
and be the Hotoiliralate Compost!, of the revered Personage,
who has tow, eel ri so me, as the gotrarnmeut aches. valuable
p....{.,0111. In ‘l-':werisig my arduous trust into hie hands, I en•
terminal a confident expectation, that under the influence of
his a mimed talents and virtues, this greet Gesertiment would
he exit-card with wisdom, equity, and firmness, for the happi-
ness sod welfare of Asia, and for the iaterest and glory of the
inlet Nation : acid I trust that yea will witness the progressive

ingrnentation sY hie long arguireilathe, iii the increasing pr,i
?ern) of every flattest coninsittea to his charge.
" It still be my Jury to assert, lottery situation, the princi-
ples by which I h..se regulated my conduct in the gostrament
of this Empire, a 11 to inculcate the necessity of minitainiog
the found Amos of our ascendant pusr:r in Asia, upon cie lan.*
of justice, fortitude, and clemency.
(Sig tea) " VIELLE§I.F.Y."

SI ATL PAPER.

DECLARATION or sWEDEN.

Gustavus Adolphus, by the G,are of Gni, King of
fiktiortden, the Gmhs and Vandal:, Heir of Deioriak and N •r
way, Duke of Slesivig and Holstein, .tc. rl .el 're, and make
known, that when we entered u.noi, the Erverinneart of our
Kingdom, the uttlionanate French Rey°lotion had prevailed
fur some year*. wh.le the inlet sanguinity and unheard-of
seem, rshiCli 11.4 born there perpetrated, had spread disc,ord,
iiisnm.ctinit, and Wilf, over the greatest part of Europe. Dur-
ing the nine succeeding 'sari, the French Re"ollitimi never
cease! to threaten an Interruption of the general tranquillity,
flid to excite the attention of every country. Trusting in the
hdeldy of the Sweduib natio.i, and favoured by its distance from
France, we witnessed, without alarm, the furious zeal of the
factions, and their tyranny ever a dirided pfnitadingoisr•
esters, that the •aperience of these great calamities, produced
by distension and &twitchy, might at knelt be the means of
restoring order, and an equitable government, for the sesurity
of the French people, and other Stales. Thin pleasing hope
was stilt fulhileil: the Government was indeed freipteritty
changed; but the fundamental pnnciplee, so dangerous to a!I
Europe, still remained unaltered. They errs not only retain.
ed under the Consular Government, but iu propottion as power
came nen the hands of the First Consul, bu, ideas of law and
jus:ice were din siss i s bed: evert thing was now sacrificed to that
ambition, winch usuped an authority over the fiesta of lia-
,l
and treati!s,a d even over that respet, which, all Govern-
mous wish to preserve for theinselves. The blued of nue of
the worthy descendants of the ancient and honeuraide turtily
of France, lets not lontoiner sired by the hand of violence.—
This shocking circumstance was not only a specimen of the
id:,, which the French Government entertained of law and
equity, but also a most disgusting picture of the system it had
ad.opted ant, in every resprEt, affording a signal warning to
all Governments. While this encrreciinient furnished the
great States with such a view, as enabled then, to draw the
most canon,e conclusions respecting the irresistible power of
France, the mealier States were converted into provinces, by
v.olenre ur intrigue; and the danger ap; • rred not Ims general
than overwhelming, Sc it seemed that secunty against these me-
wet WAS not lotger to be found in any distance from the scenes
of action. . .

The most jusoable cl 'ions, made by us upon the French
Government, were fruitless, 111 obtaining indemnities for the
demands made be several of our sioject., respecting unlawful
captures, a: binary freightage, And an illegal ortiturg..—as the
lawless proceedings of the French Government were carried to '
such a pitch, as to lay the Swedish commerce under consider.
able embarmis flint in the French ports, during the space of
nine months. Such proceedings could only increase the •p-
-prehensio.re entertained of tits dangerous conduct, and estate,
a• it doubt's. has in every loyal Swede, a wish for the organ-
taition of an adequate counterpoise against a power which had
ao rashly committed itself in its ender...re to obtain a superi-
ority, and availed itself of every unjust means to obtain the end
proposi.d.
" liut as no State was powerful enough to escape the ere tr
of these otacticea, we hoped that the general resperience of
these outrages, would finally unite, and concur in their vfforts,
to remove tills eollMelli ilium Ice, and effectually to rceist that
power, the object of which was, by degrees, to subjugate all
Cheri.
" This period heist length arrived, aftl the greatest powers
in Europe have taken the field, to support their own dignity
sod independence. We have united ourselves with the.n in
every worthy and friendly connection, and fir the purpose of
sharing in all undertakings, have drawn clam the ties of
acuity; and we hope, with the aisinance of Providence, to
eontrinuto to the restoration of the genera! tmoquility. With
this view, we have now pa, rd river, with a part of our tunny,
to Pomerania, there to unite our lower with the Rnesian fume.;
and, turbor, to act with energy in such a manner as circus.
stances may minim.
" In consequence of this lendable and weighty deternina•
tiles, we fully expefl to be accompanied by the blessisugs and
prayers of oar faithful suojeots, as it is our purpose to contend
for the suture independence, and the honour of the Swedish
name. And since it has bean our care, that, Along our ab-
sence, the adminioration of public affairs should b • preserved
and carried on without obstruction, in its usual cows', we
have graciously thought proper to establish a RTgencs, and to
nominate and appoint, as Members of the mine, the Swedish
Baron Wrangle, Railer, of the Empire, President, itc. &c ;
Count Chares Axel, Major-General, ,4c. ; Count :a m del Up
las, Lieutenant General, arid Inspector of the Cavalry, kc.;
Raron Renck Cederstroin, President of our Chancier), mid Coin
mandant of the Order of the Northern Star ; Barest Fred...tick
William Ehreithetin. our CM Iacono: of the Court; and our
AdiutanteGenerals of the Fleets sad Armies.
(liar gracious will and pieasuro, therefore, ie, that all our
loving subjects, and faithi of servants, of high and Iraq fkitlrt,
111,1111 yield the same obedience and obsequiousness to the Re.
gene, cipointird in our Royal Manic, as to ourselves. Tu
end, all will it nay concern are commanded to eonforni the
selves; and 1,011,0 better Iller.rl.ll of the same, w t have with
nur own hand, signed thi• present, and Yenned n with our
Royal Seal.
(L. S.) a GUST AVUS ATX)f.PILUS.
M
" Marsuinsholoi, soar Y.tsol, Ort. 31, 120."