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Lord GRENVILLE said, he agreed entirely with
the Noble Viscount; he admitted that, in a case
such as is alludEd to, it might be injurious to the
public benefit to press any great public measure on
the consideration of the House. But he would wish
that ease to be perfedly undertood, and he worthd
declare the sense that he had of it was, that His
Majesty, in his paternal care of the interests of his
people, was preparing the means of nso.t effedually
employing, the best talents of the country, in the
present difficult sircumstances of the state. If this
was not contradicted by some Noble Lord, on au-
thority, he should take it as true, and as admitted
by His Majesty's Government, and should give his
consent to the delay, on the grouted, but on that
admission only'. Having said this, he would ask.
why His Majesty's Ministers did not take that which
is the only manly course, and had been ever taken
on similar occasions, that of stating to the House
the case without disguise? He would say, that
the urgency of public affairs demanded an ex-
planation of this nature, before the Howe
ought to delay the consideration of them.—
And the declaration ought to be of a very
explicit nature. That course had not been taken
in this case; and all that he and his Noble Friends
would do was, to put such explanation on the words
which had been used, as could not be misunder-
stood, and ad upon it as the true meaning, unless
contradided. He would recommend to his Noble
Friend to postpone this measure no longer than
Monday, unless upon such unequivocal statements
as must shut every man's mouth. (N• answer was
given.)
The Marquis of STAFFORD then said, he
would certainly bring forward his Motion on Mon-
day ; and the Lords were ordered to be summoned.
ARMY IN INDIA..
Lord HOBART rose to make his promised Mo.
hen, tor the Thanks of the House to the Officers and
Army that had rendered such distinguished services
in India. In doing so, he felt he should discharge,
and but poorly discharge, the duty of his public
situation, and his private feelings. Many other No-
ble Lords would do more justice to this important
subject by their eloquence than he could. All that
he would do would be generally to state the ground
on which he moved this Vote of Thanks. His
Lordship then, in a very rapid and able sketch,
stated the various services of the Marquis of Wel-
lesley in India; followed by an elegant eulogy on
the talents, genius, foresight, and resources or that
officer. He described the plan of the late campaign
as one of the most grand and comprehensive :bat
ever existed; and the servit.vs rendered by it as
among the most important. He abstained, he said,
horn all observations on the policy of the war in
India. He would not call on any Noble Lord to
pledge himself, by this night's vote on that question.
He considered the set vice adu illy dune as distinl
from the question of die origin i f the war ; and in
this manner, ho hoped it would be treated by the
Muse. His Lordship then moved the thanks of the
House to the Marquis Wellesley. (Far which see
the Carnwou2
Lord GR NVILLE said, he rose to give his vote
to the Motion with the most entire approbation.—
He certainly could have been glad, that the motives
of the war in India such as they existed in the
mind of the Noble Marquis, should have been be-
fore the House. The glory of that great officer
would then have been entire ; and as great as any
that was ever earned in the annals of the world.
But he would claim, in behalf, ha might say, of the
Noble Marquis, that the question of the policy of
the war should be left for his responribility,and should
not be determined in this. He would also claim,
that the House would, at an early day, come to that
other question. It would then be grateful to their
Lordships to find, that she war was justified by that
which alone can justify any war, by necessity, and
a good cause ; that it bad been brought about
by the intrigues of Franc:. and was aimed to
destrTy our empire su and that video y

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great sulajedl of
• Lordship said, . Nook Marquis .
twice saved India from a French Army and krent
intrigues ; and declared, that the discipline and a;
poinunents of the enemy's forces exceedini any thin
ever known in that country before* in an ifFlllll
the country. He concluded with goriog*92o&lo
his hearty assent. . .
i .
Lord HA WK ESBURY took the oar ground so
nervily with those who piece/led /4404 as to. sr
splendid merits of the service of the Late cainpaig
in India. Ids said, those who had throvin obstacle
and embarrassmeats in the way of the Noble Mar
quit, had done .o from no ill intention. Th"ey ire;
honest men ; but they did not poetess that groatoui
comprehensive mind which he did. Thu •qnestio
of the policy of the war its India, be said. iroassrpi
rated from the present, oceause there might pans
bly be disputes on that ; but on the splendid. al
vices rendered there would be none; and .f
services, it would be a matter ,if grief to evert;fl*
of the country, if the vote of thanks were Retains
nimous.
The Earl of LIX/MCK, and the Earl of Caw
oa't, declared they could not give a silo* vote,' no
seepetaively deli tared 4 Ten' antantea nher-o• 111
Marquis Wellesley, and the Generals
The Motion was then pet, and agreed to, MO. A
Motions of Thanks were afterwards fbcalmiitl
put, and agreed to unanimously, to the Lord chin
late Governor of Fort St. George ; Jon.ithan,444
can, Esq. Governor of Bombay ; Itrol-CloiO4
.
St. John, and Majci-General Lai.% tlan As
Officers of the army, and the Noo-ciun z
•
Officers and Privates (fir which we she
ill C
..
The LORD C•NCaLLOa was • 111
mit the above Votes of Thanks reargiiiiphho we
dasizi
Adjourned to to-morrow. it nii.dla
--Now—. rr !,
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER having taken the chair, the fl
puty L'sher of the Black Rod appeared at ;lis bar
and summoned the House to attend in the, Lus
of Lords, to her the Royal Assent given lay, Cons
mission to several public and private Bills.
The SPEAKER accordingly proceeded to th
House of Peers, attended by several Members pan
on his return informed the House that he had bee
in the House of Lords, and heard the Royal Assay
given by Commission to the tollowiniz public *all
viz, the Eight Millions Exchequer Bilk Billnila
1,500,0001. Exchequer Bills Bill ; the Propert
Tax Amendment Bill; the Irish and En*lish Mil:
tia Pay and Clothing Bill ; the Irish Militia Adji
tants' Allowance Bill ; the Irish Militia Volume.
Offer Bill; the Irish Militia Augmentation Bill
the Irish Priest and Deacon's Orders Bill; tb
Scotch Bank Bill ; the Dublin Police Bill; th
Temple Bar Improvement Bill ; and to severs
private Bills.
A Petition was brought up from the debtors col
fined in the County Dublin Gaol, praying reLe
which was ordered to lie on the Table.
A Petition was brought up from the Linen Mi
netfaiturers of Lisburne and Belfast towns an
neighbourhood, stating the great decrease of th
trade, and praying to be exempted from the 4 pi
cent. duty; which was referred to the Committae t
consider the business of the Linen Manufadory.
Mr. ROSE brought up the Report of the Con
mitten to try the Merits of the Petinane.complainin
of an undue EleCtion and Return for thee &lOUS
of Sterling, in Scotland, which stated, taw the :si
ting Member was duly deified, and that theilletitior
were not frivolous or vexatious.
An Account was brought 44,,,0f the NtiOb_ sr r
Troops employed on board Ships of War, —ditc
to lie on the Table.
Mr. BANKS moved, that the fuse resolve itse
into a Committee 'of the *hole louse, to could'
the Ramon of the Committee appighitesi to considi
the Propriety, &c. of building a•tourt House, i
the City of Westminster; which flits accordingl
done, the Report received, and a Bill ordered to t
brought in thereon.
Mr. WILB E RFO RC E gave notice, that he wool
'on Monday move for leave to bring in a Bill for th
better Regulation of Parish Workhouses.
Mr. FOX stated, that it was not his intention
bring forward his Motion, which stood for to-no,
row; but he gave notice, that he would bring
forward ou Monday, and that be did not pksi,
himself that the continuance of public affairs, ii
they stood at present, should prevent him inn
bringing it f.srwarsii on that slay.

OFFICERS IN INDIA.
. rose to make the rno-
_ notice, of Thanks to the
India, for their valour and
late splendid vidories in
that these %glories were
' to the wisdom, judg-
e measures adopted by
Wellesley, the Gover-
r India. He begged
bringing forward this me-
% confine himself altoge-
-4 the transaftion, and not
which could by any means
if the war in that country,
opposite to him(Mr.
i his iutention to snake
soon as the proper and
A to the origin and cause
country. He thought it
the view of Parliament,
.: Marquis, for the great
bring into the weld, the very
t was known. The north
and defended by an army
General Lake ; the south,
-al Wellesley ; the west, by
Murray ; and the easti,,, by
-I Harcourt ; all well tip-
_ of discipline, and which
capable of the most gallant
He begged the House to
what had been done in
occurred since the corn-
I that, in the short space
conquered all the terri-
He then er.tered into a
i and bravery exhibited
..e command of General Wel-
September last, in which they
victorious, though they had to
with a . ce at least ten times their number,
so well olicesed, and well disciplined, that they
their position five times, and the viEtory
solely owing to the unexampled bravery and
•ty tithe ewe handful of men of which Gen.
's army v. as composed. When such at-
were seriously contemplated, he was
*at every member of that I louse must feel
wannest satisfaltion in returning the Thanks of
Hoeg* as the most honourable reward that
be ten for such meritorious services. His
ed to take a view of the gal-
sake fougrlC4ele army, under the command
Labe on the 30th of September, which
stated in oensiy the same terms as given in the
Slidell they had also to contend against
' it fora ttenter.fitritimis-superior to' hem innum-
hero star petfotiinisg a match asf 65 miles, in the
=of losty,tight hours. He was sure the House
fed what it was to accomplish such a viciory,
iannkligeedly .after such an astonishing fatigue •
eted 'it* ' would be altogether unnecessary fo;
Win *dwell longer on that part of the subject. He
he said, that he should not, by making par •
ossation of these last two actions, be supposed
1 ilillish to throw the others that had taken place, into
Ilha leek iliatond ; he felt the great merits of all the
kis.is the most sensible manner, and they were
',tally to his full share of praise ;but he
• It his duty to mention these two in particu-
. they were so pre-eminently bright and
arises
in their nature and In their clefts. With-
ea vertieg at all to the policy or justice of the
.we., which remained to be hereafter investigated,
int wail net, however, avoid observing, that these
olaioies, so gallantly and glorionsly atchieved, must
had the_hishest advantage to the country ; as we
Saw lirnWi tary age, and it must be a pleasing
rell.oloo le every man in the country to think, that,
Seniest all the wealth and lunar) the country so am-
; ply abounds in, in consequence of its unrivalled and
une.sanspled trade and commerce, that still the
zllfeina gies of it; troops i, eTe found to exist and
in the same proportion as its difficulties and
erealitioaces called them fn. th. It might, perhaps,
Ye Lerethip said, be deemed presumption and at..
vernal to wish the mstional charades might be
drawn forth to display itself in defence of the couri-
er/ at home, as well as abroad ; but still he could
not say be wished the attempt to invade us should
net made. If that, however, should come, he was
orniNent the army at home would equally distin-
guish itself for courage and gallantry, as those
which had deservedly acquired so great renown
abroad. He begged pardon for having detained
the House so long, and conclnded by, moving-
-84 That the Thanks of the House lie given to the
Most Noble Richard Marquis Wellesley, Gover-
nor and Captain General in India, for the zeal,
energy, and ability., with which the Britith Forces
had been arpied under his direclion, against Scindea
and the Berar Rajah ; and, that this House doth
I attribute the Vidones. which have so happily taken
place, to the vigorous measures adopted by him
for bringing the W.ir to a speedy and successful
litermination.'
Mr. FRANCIS began his speech by disclaiming
t the most distant idea of his being aftuated by any
degree of personal dislike of, or animosity to, the
( Marquis Wellesley. In every thing which he had
advanced on the subject of this war, he begged the
House to recolleß, that he had most carefully ab-
; stained from using one word that might by possi-
bility be construed to prejudge the conduCt of the
Noble Marquis ; as it was not fair that:my thing
should he said on that snli;ed till the evidence came
over. From the notice that had been given by the
Noble Lord opposite to bun, be had thought the
motion for thanks was to be strielly confined to the
Officers and Armies alaaltv in the Field; and he
was sorry a mouon shoiild t." brought forward, in
a shape that must make him appear to be ad-
verse to it. He would sia:erely wish to give
thanks tor the skill, gallantry, and enthusiasm,
which had been so strikingly evinced by the
courage and conduCt of our officers, and the
armies they commanded ; but as there was a ques-
tion whether the war had been justly commenced,
and whether the valuable live. which had been lost
in such a cause., were the effeas of jmeasures which
the House may hereafter approve, remained still to
be investigated. It appeared, therefore, to him,
that the Ike's, by voting tbaaks at present to the
Governor General, would be likely to draw them-
selves into a dilemma. The Governor has, by en-
tering upon the Aar, done that whicli the law pusi-

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Seely forbids; he may certainly be able to justify
himself ; but how, he asked, after the House have
voted him thanks for his past condu&, in supplying
and bringing forward the armies he had raised,
could the House consistently call in question the
justice and policy of the war ? He was therefore of
opinion, it would have been better that the motion
of Thanks should be confined to the Officers com-
manding the armies in the field. The Noble Lord,
he owned, had drawn a fair line of distinaion, when
he slid he would confine the motion of Thanks
merely to military services; but he had .since
invaded that by introducing into it the Governor-
General; and his only motive for now dissenting
from the motiols, was to preserve his own consist-
ency relative to the condua of that Noble Person-
age. He contended, that every word the Noble
Lord had said, relative to the gallantry, activity,
and enthusiasm, displayed by Generals Lake and
Wellesley, and the handful of men they respeetively
commanded, was in a great measure a reflection on
the Governor-General, for sending such a handful
of men on such an important service, and against
such very numerous, and, as it appeared, well dis-
ciplined forces. In fan, he had heard that accounts
had been received from India, that if it had nut been
for the charge of horse, so fortunately made on
Scindiah's army, in which Col. Maxwell and so many
other gallant Officers fell, the army of Gm. Wellesley
would have been in the utmost danger of being an-
nihilated. He thought the Governor General, in
having aced contrary to the law, was not a fit sub-
jea of panegyric ; and that to thank him first, and
s then enter into an investigation of his conduct, was
taking up the matter at the wrong end. He wished
Cie motion to be deferred for some time, which it
woll might be without any inconvenience. Pre-
vious thanks, without knowledge, seldom lr.sted
long ; they grew suddenly, and generally died as
speedily ; and, in his opinion, given under such cir-
cumstances as the present, would neither do the
Noble Marquis or the House much honour. For
these reasons lie could not give his assent to the pre-
sent motion.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
agreed with the Hon. Gentleman who spoke last,
that "thanks withont knowledge went for nothing,"
but he denied that to be the case in the present in-
stance, for the most uadoubted and incontrovertible
intelligence had been received of the progress of our
armies, and of snch splendid vidories having been
obtained by them, as to put an end to the war
in the short space of three months. He thought
the motion of his Noble Friend was so worded
as to avoid completely any kind of question as
' to the justice or policy of the war ; as such
it met with his hill approbation. The success of
the war, he asserted, was owing to the arrange-
ments, energy, and wisdom of the Governor Gene-
ral, which bad brought it to so speedy a termination.
lie denied that censure was in any degree at-
tributable to the Governor General on account of
the handful of men under the command of General
Wellesley, as had been contended by Mr. Francis ;
on the contrary, such were his foresight and care,
that on the very day General Wellesley fought that
action, so much to his honour, there was a force
under Colonel Stevenson within half a day's march
of Gen. Wellesley's army, which would have made
his force from 4,000 to 10,000 men. He noticed the
remark of Mr. Francis, that the Gov. General had,
in making conquests, aced against the Ad of Parli-
ament, and said, that according to the strid letter it
might appear ; but to say, that being engaged in war,
conquests should be precluded which might lead to
peace, was truly absurd ; and in acceding to this
proposition, the Honse would not derogate from the
provision made by Parliament for the Government
of India. The motion was only for thanks to the
Governor as Captain General, and he wished to be
clearly understood that lie did not mean to enter at
all on the policy or justice of the war. The motion
should, therefore, have his warmest support and
approbation.

Mr. FOX begged to make a very few observa-
tions. He thought the motion was a very unusual
one, and different from every thing of the sort he
had seen or heard of. In all the thanks he had
known to be moved, they were strielly confined to
the parties who had atchieved the transaCtion
for which they were voted. For the services
performed in Holland, the House might as well
have voted thanks to the Commander in Chief at
home. Or when thanks were moved to Lord Howe
and Lord St. Vincent, they might as fairly have
been extended to the then First Lord of the Adml-
ralq. All this was covered by the Marquis Wel-
lesley being the Captain-General in title ; whereas
he was, in faa, a person altogether in a civil capa-
city ; and though he may have the title of Captain-
General, yet to look on him as a military man was
nothing but to laugh at him. He would njt, there-
fore, waste the time of the I louse in further obser-
vations; but thought it his duty to move the pre-
vious question.
Mr. WALLACE spoke in favour of the motion.

Mr. .TOHNSTONE opposed it. 1-k contended
that the Governor General, being named also Cap-
tain General in India, was the same as the Lord
Lieutenant being stiled Captain General of Ireland ;
and he wished to ask whether, if in case of an in-
vasion or rebellion there, a vi Cory was obtain-
ed by a general commanding the King's forces,
the House would think of voting thanks to the
Lord Lieutenant t He thought it would he much
better this motion should be deferred for some
time ; the War in India was by no means con-
cluded. In the very list accounts from Bombay,
the alarming intelligence had been received, that
there had been no intercourse with General Welles-
ley's army for twenty days, and it might perhaps he
the case that, from being hard pressed, General WA-
lesley's army might be obliged to withdraw from that
hilly country. This pranice of voting thanks to
civil governors for military exploits was contrary
to invent custom ; and he disapproved of it. He
thought that at present, they were at least prema-
ture ; and reminded the House that they had not
many years ago voted thanks to a military charac-
ter whom they had afterwards thought it necessary
to remove from the station he then held. He al-
luded, he said, to the affair of Copenhagen. The
war, as he before observed, was not finished ; no
evil could possibly arise frotn delaying the motion ;
he was therefore for waiting till the House was able
to judge from all the circumstances attending the

campaign, and not not the rid; of being embarrassed
from any sudden or unferesimn change of fortune.
Mr. WILBERFORCE expressed himself also
adverse to the motion. A time, he said, might come,
when all parties v ould cheerfully join in a vote of
thanks, which he did not at present think could be
done. Mankind were in general too fond of mili-
tary glory ; and if governors abroad are to be taught •
they are meritorious if they can bring forward re-
sources, it might stimulate them still more, and .o
they might obtain thanks from that House, thcruz,sh
in a Court of Justice they might afterwards be con-
demned as having aacd contrary to 'law. Ile had
given this matter the most attentive consideration,
and, in doing so, he had observed so much foresight
in entering upon the preparations, so much genius in
the conception, and talent in the execution of the
whole plan pursued by the Governor General ; so
much talent in calling birth all the resource., and in
combining all the efforts to be produced by
them, that lie thought the exploits of no
man ever surpassed them. With these semi-
ments,, and aided also by feelings of personal
friendship for the Noble Lord who made the kotion
for thanks, the House would easily- judge how un-
grateful it must be to him to (shied to the motion.
He trusted the Noble Marquis might be found to
deserve these thanks; but if there should hereafter
be occasion to condemn the war in its origin, these
thanks would then be totally wrong, and the House
Would be drawn into a dilemma. If there was any
thing he particularly did not like to do by halves, it
was to give thanks, and to express gratitude ; these
he would wish to give with all his heart, and as he
could not du so in the present instance, he must ob-
jea to the motion.
Mr. HOBHOUSE supported the motion. He
quoted, as a precedent in point, the thanks given to
the army in Egypt, under Sir Ralph Abcrctombic,
for the gallant conduit on their landing, without
coldly waiting for the close of the campaign. The
victories in India were so truly splendid and glo-
rious, that he thought the House could not be too
speedy in expressing their satisfaction by returning
thanks ; and not adopt the language of the Hon.
Gentleman who spoke last, who owned that nothing
ever surpassed the genius in conception, and talent
in execution of the plan of die Noble Marquis ; and
yet said, because of these, I won't agree to thank
you,. '
Mr. WI aaaaa oRCe explained.
Mr. GREY begged te say a few w.:rds. He
was very unwilling to protract the debate brought
on by the motion under the present circumstances.
He greatly regretted that it had taken place, and
gone to the length it had done. He thought the
cause of the war ought to be weighed by the House
before they proceed to congratulate the country on
its success ; and, in the first instance, to vote thanks
to the Gov. General, when ultimately his coals&
must undergo an investigation. If, on such investiga-
tion, the I louse should not approve the justice or po-
licy of the war, these thanks must of course very
much embarrass the I louse, and impede it in its pro-
cedure. He looked on the thanks of the House as
the highest reward that could be bestowed ; as such
it was one of the keenest incentives to noble adion,
and should therefore be made as valuable as possible,
by not being made too cheap ; and by not being
prematurely given. He adverted to the former
Mahratta war, and asked what would have been
the situation of the House, if, though it was
successfully terminated, they had voted thanks to him
against whom they found it afterwards necessary to
ground an impeachment ? Admiring highly as he
did, the great :teal and gallantry of our officers and
troops in India, he would wish the motion of shanks
to be postponed for the present, rather than the
I louse of Commons should he thought to exult in
the success of a war which might perhaps turn out
to have originated in injustice. lle thought. at pre-
sent, the vote was premature. It was extremely
painful to him to express any dissent, but Isis duty
imperiously called on him to object to it at the pre-
sent moment.
Mr. 11011 HOUSE explained. as did Mr. WALLACE.
Sir THEOPIIILUS METCALFE remarked on

the argument of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Grey),
which he considered as applying to the condaa and
charaaer of the Noble Governor in India. If, indeed,
it were a war of aggression and injustice, he would
agree that no thanls were due to the Noble Marquis,
but, in his opinion, the condutb of that Noble Person
in commencing the war was fully justified. Scindia
had retained in his service a number of French Of-
ficers, men of intrigue as well as ability, who kept
up an habitual correspondence with the ruling power
at Paris : this circumstance alone founded a suspicion
that—
Mr. FOX called the lion. Bart. to order, on ac-
count of his entering into a general discussion as to
the grounds of the war.
The SPEAKER said, that any degree of detail
or argument, as to the policy of the war was totally
beside the :inkjet of that night's debate.
Sir T. ME rcALFE said, he bowed with all ra-
sire& to the Chair, at the same time he conceived he
w., not out of order in assigning the reason (or the
vote he was absut to give. As the /slarliatta war
was the stible3 of discussion, he thouolit it was not
improper for him to observe, that the Mathattas had
for ISO year; past, been disturbers of the peace of
India, and it wai with this view, and in order to
the subversion of the British power there, that
Scindia had employed French troops. :life Mar-
quis I`.. I:esley had undoubted informatibn of his
desigr.s.
Mr. SMITH insisted that the Hon. Bart. was
speaking out of order.
General MAITLANI) thought that the Hoit.
Bart. was not out of order. At the same time he
implored him not to enter, upon the present occa-
sion, into a discussion of the policy of the war.
Mr. BANKS called the lion. General to or-
der. _ _

fhe SPEAKER agreed that the Hun. Member
was out of order.
Sir T. METCALFE proceeded. He said, he
thought it was bard that so many negativz things
should have been said and insinuations thrown out
to the disadvantage of the Noble Marquis's con.
due, and that nothing should be allowed to be said
in his defence. This was not afting with common
candour. He apprehended that in India great
blame would be considered attaching on the Noble
Marquis from what had been said in the debate of
this evening, if nothing should be advanced in his

defence. He was sate that persons who read the
hive: containing an account of the late military
liperations in India, would End that the Noble Mar-
quis's conJutt in undertaking the wee, was strialy
justifiable. So much as this he thought ought to
be said in defence of an absent man. The neition,
in his r:ew, went to the Noble Marquis's civil ca-
p icily, as it sided him not Captain General hut
Governor General. Some refleiaielts „had been
throws out in the course of the debate, on account
of General Lake's being so inferidr to the enemy;
but he could prove, that in every haul' fotielie
and in every siege undertaken, there wt. not eier.
too many or too few, and that within the cane; ass
of a thousand square miles which included the seat
of warfare. In fast, he bellhved that mithieg in
the history of modern Europe could be totted to
equal the gallant achievements of the late campaign
in Judie, and he thought that no mark of favonr
conferred by Ilis Majesty could be too great an
acquittal for such brilliant atchievements. lle was
persuaded that hi India, no dissenting sioie. weal
be found, either European or Native, wi,o would
not justify this war, as a war on our part wider-
taken on the grounds of stria justice ale! pol[cy.
So wisely had the plans of military (wet all ins Ix t
laid, that the Fort of Broach was taken by storm on
the very day that Gentrat 'Lake was driving befoie
him General Perron and the troops of 8. anon. He
must also observe, that the battles of Genet al Lake
had been chiefly fought by battalions of melee sc.
poys, for the general hal only with him one British
regiment in the line of infantry (the Nith com-
manded by the gallant Colonel Monson), from
which he would infer that the Government in India
had the means within itself of defending that coun-
try :neatest all the machinations of the common
enemy. In virtue of our late brilliant sucees be.
believed that the Mahratta powers wee totaliy des.
troyed. We had taken front them in the course of
the campaign no less than one hundred pieces of
cannon, so that they had not above twenty, left.
The French party in India might be considered as
annihilated; and the British name for courage and
military glory were for ever established in that
country. He believed that at the time when he was
now speaking, peace was re-established in India;
and that there would be no occasion for any future
discussions in that I louse respeding wars in India.
Mr. GREY explained, and disclaimed any in-
tention of throwing out insinuations against the con-
duet of ihlarquis Wellesley.
Mr. SMITH considered the greater part of the
epeech of the Honourable Baronet to have been in
contradiaion to the motion which it was meant to
support, as it turned upon the supposition, that it
want to support the Noble Marquis in his dale instead
of his niiiitory capacity. The precedent which had
been quoted was against the present mots; n. That
vote of thanks went almost entirely to the Noble
Marquis's civil capacity, and that after a due eza-
m'nation and deliberation leiLlthereon by Parliament.
Mr. ROSE said, he rose simply for the purpose
of mentioning, that his vote should be decided by
[ this single consideration: if the House was not to
' be precluded from entering upon a future inquiry
as to the justice and policy of the war in India, he
should then vote for the motion. He had read the
book alluded to by the Honourable Baronet, and he
was free to say, that he was perfealy convinced of
the great merit of the Marquis Wellesley ; but at
the semis time he deprecated the idea of the present
motion's precluding the farther coniideratiou of the
House of the ground and motives• of the war in
India.
Mr. FRANCIS said, he trusted that such ample
information would be laid betbeethe [louse as would
enable them to forM a proper judgment upon this
suhjen.
'Vie CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
in the ablence of his Noble Friend (Castlereagh),
assured the Hon. Gentlemen, that the Neble Lord
had expressed his earnest wish that every document
might be laid before the House, in order to furni.h
ample matiirials for enabling them to form their de-
termination upon the sabjea.
The question having been repeatedly called for,
was now put, and the motion, as given in the pre-
ceding part of the debate. was put and carried.
The following motions ware then successively put
and carried :
" That the thanks of the House be given to the
Right Hon. Lord Clive, late Governor of Fort St.
George, for his zealous and honourahle exertions
fur promoting the operations of the wiii ; also to
Jouathan Duncan, Esq. Governor of Bombe',
who, by his conduit and ativity in employ big the re-
sources of that Presidency, has ra itefially emir -
bated to the success of the war; a1,,0•t0 His E.• e'-
lency Genteel Gerard Lake, Commeneer in Ch et in
India, for the judgment, spirit, and aetivite di payed
by him in condo ting the army, by which he h sus-
tained the honour of the British nation, and rzleood
lustre upon the British arms in Hindustan; also to
the Hon. Major• General St. John, and Arthur \Wel-
lesley, for the malty intrepid, load im-
portant services performed by them ;—alse to the
several officets, both European and Native, for the
enrage displayed by them in the successful cam-
paign in the East Indies ;—and also that this House
doth highly approve of, and acknowledge the zeal,
discipline, and bravery of the forces employed under
the Commander in Chief in India, for their exem-
plary and gallant behaviour ; and that this / e
doth thank then) for the same."
These resolu:inns having been severally put and
carried, it was then moved and ordered, that they
be transmitted by the Speaker to the Most Noble
the Marquis Wellesley ; and that he be desired to
communicate the same to. the several Governors
and Officers in India, and to the Lateen under their
command.
The 1,250,0001. Irish Annuity Loan Bai ; the
14,500,0001. Annuity Loan Bill; the Customs
and Excise Additional Duty Bills; were severally
brought up, read a fist time, and ordered to be read
a second time to-morrow.
Mr. vANsrr PART brought up the account of
• the drawback allowed to common brewers, which
; was ordered to be laid on the table.
The Army of Reserve Suspension Bill was ordered
to be read a second time on Tuesday next.
The Subaltern Militia Officers additional allow-
ance Bill was read a second time and ordered to be
committed to-morrow. •

The other orders of the day were read and dia..

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to observe, that in bring
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meteopment of the War ; and
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