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PATRIOTIC FUND

• LLOYD'S, AVOOST S, 111116.
THE COMMITTEE for managir.g the l'A.
TRIO rIC FUND• had, for some tone pavolirePred
nisi R rientoin to the deritable and imp-trtant obiea, of Pm"'
fur the mainieliance atbd to'ocatieet of the Children
% Father. bee-tall., a tat action with the enemy during the
; b-log persuaded, that tat adoptme such mea
to, .4 as throe Chi;theit to been,* useful to them'
t• and ra!usbe to so. ley, they ve paying the hist possible
to sly meinoli and services of their fathers, and ire
foihting the benevolent and patootie intentions of the
t" this lostilotron. 1 bey have now the aatisfac-
' • of informing the Peblie, that thy nave concluded an
'gement with the Directors of the Royal Naval A,Y30333t
3 3 ro!sequenee of which, Children or either see, recommend-
ed by the Committee• will be received into tiait establishment ;
Clete they will be histrueted in the common branchesof edu
e hoe suited to their probable future autions kJ life ; be taught
ius tisefhl occupations ; and where then' health and reli-
t-Ai, principles ail be c.ret tally auberintended. It is the
' of the Committee to place the R.ns, in geneial, at the
r Naval ; and to leave the Viols, except in par-
t '."4, rases, tind,r the care of 'Astir Mothers, with an a!iow
"3.3'103 of 51 per Asian..., to defray the expenee of their
tilmhing and instroction at day schools. This allowance ti be
coi:iinued until they shall have attained the age of foutteen
peers; and s be remitted to the Cleigyinan of the parish, or
aims other tenon of respectability, who will superintend its
approptiathin to the purpose. intended.
st,di that applications from person, residing In
and aid Wells, may ha addressed to the s:eretaty of the
r O.,GCIC Fund, at Lloyd's Coffee !louse. London; froni 'how.
L%:,,t..g in s;ott.nd, to the Secretary of the PatfillOO. Fund at
aal
of thenatirgh; from thnse residing in Ireland, to the Seciet try
Pattititie FUls4 at Du:ilin; and that the parties applying
*di nate tlie number of they children, welt their respective
"4" 3"4 stet. 3,4 the proofs of their Fathers hating fallen
in glop' • with the enemy to flit Melesty's service during the
;•,sent env. -The expeoce of rending such Ctolereu to the
t;-Lai- Navel Avy'egl, as mapegre recommended to that 'llama-
f wit! be defrayed hy the eteemetet,
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-- -
At twelve o'clock, the Sherifrop
inns of the day, with an approprial
Mr.Monav proposed, that Sir
should take the Chair ; which mot
by Mr. Law, and unanimously ag
The CHAIRMAN then prosee,:ed
the Honourable the Governor,
Chairman of a meeting of the Lir;
Calcutta, for the purpose of con
proper means of expressing the de
that sel.lemen-, on the lamented
; and of testifying, b
rial, the general sense entertained
rues of that revered Nobleman.
inclosed the resolutions of that se
which have been already before th
the purpose a conneding the pro
nesday list, we shall repeat the tt
a 1 e!trorllCO to the subj.& of delibe
1. " That in addition to tit ger.eral
been adopt:4, as a pub' c token of the
Slll•ileate,t on the death of Wirt4al4 Cue
be traded, with eh«. oer.ntwion nt G.reet
•APTIIIIIIIt at Ghaa•eitore, CI a MI
reverence for his Vintun, and of grate
Srfr:err.
Y. th3t the foregoing reeolotinn bt
and Bombay. as well A. t. Ceirkon, Pen'
and thAt the rnhabitants of those
to 50th onant.o.nt. tt atinr.nwt of ,
raver anti memory of toe tate tievernor
proswwno es to lota."
Mr Money then rose, and ad
ieg as follows:
Mr. CNA Ilt AS —.B With far
from chose which prompted and
a !dress t'sis re,pea aide assembl
happier rweasioo, 1 now pre,ent
tree. rite's, with an elated anc
proposed that we should hail wii
the return of a man. to whom I
Try indebted for a consid,wable
and glory. of her c.:iar..a..r for j

to complete the consistency of that declaration, by
eo-operating with our fellow-crituarymen, on the
ether tide of the Peninsula, in raising a sepulchral
monument, and inviting for ourselves and succes-
sors here, a durable tribute of respea and venera-
tion to the memory of departed excellence.—lt
has been the praZrice of all ages, in various
forms, directed by the taste or genius of the period
or country in which the objeft of commemoration
mai have laved, to raise the monumental pile, as a
memorial to posterity of a Nation's gratitude for
the services of him who, by upeolding its power,
extending its donni.ion,and promoting its prosperity,
has continued its pride, its ornament, and Its boa!".
It is sufficient, however, to state, that such has been
the usage, and continues to be the practice in our
own free and enlightened land, where honours never
fail to reward the achievements of the living hero,
nor to console the relatives of the dead. But, from
1.
'. higher motives still, although none can be more
, pure or laudable, than those of remunerating the
man who risks his lire in the cause of his country.
' or of ministering solace to the sacred sorrows of
friends, who have most deeply to lament his loss,
, front Idgber motives have arisen the cenotaph.the pil-
lar, andthe statue. These may be traced to the noble
ambition of exciting the rising and future genet ations
to en emulation of the deeds and glory of the past.
They may be traced to the national and exalted
pride of exhibiting monuments of tuitional renown.
Such were the motives, conjunftively with the ge-
nerous impulse of gratitude, which raised the fer-
ia/mei palace of Blenheim, and erefted the sculp-
tured monatnents of a Wolfe, and a Chatham ; and
these, eiimbined with the liberal and enlightened
policy of perpettiaerg among the natives of British
India, a g•ateful recolleilion of the superior bless-
ings enjoyed under a British ruler, conveyed to our
sister settlements, statues of the ism:minus patriot,
• whose death we have now to deplore. - I wi h ne' to
amplify, nor u .nec.ssarily . ngege your attention ;
brae ' reel that I should be wanting in respea, if, on
this 0...,,i•in, I omitted some notice of the ni : ne-
portait and p:Ominent features of a li:e, whicli was
always dedicated to the service of our country. We
all know, that the Noble Lord, at an early age,
embraced the iniiitary profession ; :and that, in his
progress to stmerior rank, he asaively participated
in many of the glo ious scenes which cheracn
tensed the brilliant war, ininscuiately pieced ,
uig the re;gn of our pre eet Sovereign. At the
commencement of the unhappy troubles in Ame-
rica, his conduit, as a Peer of Parliament, was
dignified and independent; it was such as be-
came an hereditary counsellor of the Kiug el a free
nation ; it was such as must naturally be expeaed
1
• • to result flow a mind nurtured and matured in the
- best principles of rational and constitutional liberty
But, whin his minima was ordered on service, be
knew his duty as a soldier too well, to hesitate foe a
moments and resisting the tenser importunities
of the dearest objea of his Are-atone, to whom he
', was attached by every tie, with which virtue, in the
loveliest form, could bind the heart of man, and
who, adoring the rare excellencies of her accom-
?tidied Lord, carried her solicitations to the throne
itself. Resisting all entreaties, he crossed the At-
lantic. and sacrificed, for ever, his conjugal and do-
. mestie happiness, to the service of his country. His
Iconduit in America, in circumstances and situa
• tie MN the most arduous and critical, obtained for
. him the most unqualified approbation of his King,
the personal *Lakin of the army which he com-
manded, and the highest respea of the enemy whom
he fought. In that painful and atiliaing struzgle„
be thee -hinged all that he owed to his country, while
he never lost sight of what he owed to humanity.
In the course of a brilliant career. his triumphs sel
arms wreathed laurels round his brow ; but the
still nobler triumphs of humanity, in parental
kindness to his soldiers, and compassionate tem
denims to his captives, enriched the garland with
a gem, which no subsequent reverses ever could
eclipse. Until the unfortunate capitulation of
' • York Town, where his defence corresponded with
the high changer he had acquired, success hall
uniformly attended his march to fame ; but I ap-
peal to ever military man who hears me, if that
disastrons Onender was ever considered to have
cast the slightest blot on his honourable escutcheon?
or to have detraCted, in the least degree, from his
10
professional reputation ? if it were not the re-
sult of tames which he could neither check nor
contreut ? if he were not encouraged, nay, almost
conimsnded, to hold out in that untenable post,
't- until seasonable succours, with fleet and army,
should be sent to his relief ? The neat great
public- theatre upon which the Noble I.ord
•,i
I sited a distinguished part, was the theatre of
India. To call to the recolleaion of this ;mem-
I bly, the importairsamices which, in this quarter of
the glebe, he rendered to the State, and to the East
India Company, would be presumptuous and super-
Menus. They must live fresh in the memory of us
all, as long as a remembrance of his undeviating
integ•ity and justice is preserved and cherished In
the besot of every rational Indian, who enjoyed what
he possessed in security, or reaped the fruits of
honest industry, under las mild and equitable sway.
Upon his return to his naive land, finding Iris
country in arms, in defence of the peace and order
of the civilized world, and in vindication of its own
honour and independence, disdaining inglorious ea,e,
be emoted professional employment, amidst the toils
and perils of war, and repaired to the Continent, to
take upon himself the command of a combined Bri-
tish and Prussian army; but the unprincipled de-
left;on of the Power on whom we principally relied.
rendered the plan Attritive, and his zeal and talents
oleo avail. ilaviny dieehatged the duties of Ntas.
ter-general if the Ordnance, with uncommon vi-
our and assiduity, and impr..ved that department
(of vital consequence to the State in was) to the
highest palmaion, Ito was appointed, at use most

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representative of
by his temperate
in, he succeeded.
ann
convulsed ever)
and, by his prii
rerwhelmed with
,ving poured the
into the bleed-
.: land from the
its soil. lie undet-
great Minister of
the noble and Her-
culean task of uniting the great component parts of
the British Empire, by a bond of indissoluble con-
nexiciri ; and to his steady resolution and wisdom,
the success of the great measure of the Union is ma-
terially to be att:ibuted. From this elev tied station
tf Vice-regal Power, which he had filled with such
signal benefit to the nation at large, an I to Ireland
in particular, those principles of reflitude and ho
nour, which had invariably furioshed the rule 1 his
public and private life, compelled him to descend ;
tut it might be said of him, as of an eminent cats-
rafter deceased, !The were great it, his h'zli office,
he was greater still in the resignation of it
‘, When a change in the conduit of the French
Government presented a prayed/ of effedual nego-
tiation, Marquis Cornwallis was elefted by his Floa
114TCh as the most ho. curable subj..Ei into whose
hands he could confide the interests of his Crown.
The progress and result of that negotiation is fami-
liar to us all. Opinions are divided upon the meths
of the peace. but there is no division of opinion upon
the merits of the negotiation; and, ss li.itever iney
be thought of the terms, all parties admit, that the
peace itself has Wei. the means, and the only means,
of uniting the sentimes,ts and feelings of all classes
of oar countrytten, its favour of the war in which

we are engaged.•
" Greatly advanced in years, rich in honours,
rich in the favour t f his King, and the affections of
his fellow subjads, although eajoyiag a necessary
and dignified repose, suitable to hit rank and ag ,
and with little prospea of le, gthening his space of life
to the completion of another Issue, at the call of his
Royal Master, with 411 the al icrity of youth, he em.
harked again for these distant and unhealthy regions,
exclaiming, " If I but render service to my coun-
try, it is unimportant to me, whether I die in Eu-
rope or in A 114." With the issue of th.s sulalimeiy
great and prophetic rest.lution, ate but ton we!l
atquainted. I have the of one who w
honoured, M th- last, wah his personal and ware
eel! ved c. rindences for dsclarin7 (and this authority
rit,o; 1 y the letter which was read fri m the
:Las the ruling passion of his heart was the
" tope of his Country. To this lie early bactificrd
.11 other considerations most dear to Ls soul, and to
_ _

this he finally sacrificed his !:fe. %When Wolfe, in
the arms of vidore, mid bi the agonies of death,
hearing that the e. any had lied, cried,witi, espirieg
joy. •• I die contenteJ ;" Ly these wrads he summi-
ts' ted his name. Borne down by languor amt
de-
uility, on the Mink of the grave, the venerable Cot ii
wants, aildre.sing himsrlt to the same confidentia!
[riend, whose authority I have quoted, esclaimed,
". I have no apprehensions of death, but I have an
anxiety to live A few months, if it so•.ull.!pleaseGod,
tol I can see peace restored in India, and I will wit
tingly reslga my life into the hands of Him who
gave it." Surely this proof of an ardent and una-
iated spirit of parr iotisin, expressed in the pious lan-
gange of a Chtisrian, and while the lamp of life
was burning with feeble and declining power, will
immortalise his memorable name—" Clarets et Of.
tweak'. Nomen."---A name dear to every British
heart, and venerated in every Indian breast.
" Such was the man, to whose revered and ev-
oked memory we are called upon to vote a statue,
ald over his illustrious remains, to join with our
fallow-conntrymen in erecting a Mausoleum. Such
was the man; but I feel un;qtial to the office of pour-
traying the character of this Christian Hero Could
I but catch a spark from that illuminating elm
quence, which has shone with intellectual splen-
dour within these walls, and which will, I hope, be
again displayed, on an occasion so worthy of its
power, I would kindle a flame of gratitude in every
bosom, of which time should sever extinguish the
fire,nor cold comparison diminish the glow. If,how-
ever, I have been so fortunate as to address myself
to those who entertain congenial sentiments, the
feelings springing from such a source, will have
given me the advanuge of prepossession in favour
of the ohjeds 1 shall have the honour of proposing.
Willing to flatter myself that I have been su fortu-
nate, the impetration, of an address, from one
unaccustomed to public speaking, will be amply
supplied by liberal indulgence ; and, I trust, that
the unanimity which prevailed at our last :nesting,
will, on this interesting and atteding occasion,
stamp additional value on the resolutions ae may
form."

•
and for that noble spirit of patriofurn which ci itical and perilous jimelure, the rep
pushes her among the nations of Europe. Acw, his Sovereign in Irelands where, by
oppressed by sensations of unafFeCled sorrow, in .fureciess, andtontiliating disposition,
concurrence with the spirit which dilated our for- to a great degree, in allaying the
mer resolutions,and,if I may judge from the mourn- composing the dissensions, which col
ful :litre& of this meeting, in unison wish the public part of that distraCled kingdom ; arid
sentiment, I endeaiour to discharge my individual dente, fortitude, and talenti, overs,
duty, by submitting, for our consideration, the ob- confusion its Gallic invaders. Havii
ligations imposed upon us, by regard for all that is healing balm of mercy and oblivion i
great and good, to express, in a solemn declaration, ing wounds of rebellion, and freed the
the universal grief of the British Inhabitants of pestiferous foe, which ha,.l polluted its
Bombay and its Dependencies, for the very heavy took, and in conjunetion with the gee
national calamity which has been sustained ; and I England, helped to accomplish, the n
It. I ruioatl Lack At 11211:111, the great comp