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-fore this treachery at the Court of the Pe Tiara,
that hi. Isacitic declaration* were sincere, tint I t
etiortK:oi transmitted Ins belief in their sincerity to
brad-trarters, where it wus n 0116.011) relied upon.
Vu a midden, mot by an evident co-eperatioto„ was
this act of perfidy discovered, hy the attention which
the Prialtwa made to murder the Resident,
• Mill whose name was families to ti,tristal literu-
btre
and renown—Moir, it ear.)— *tin, on dial
trying iinciammi, rxh.btlyd a air,4rre of leilitary cou-
rage end skill, which, tlitiocllt is If .IU sh::e accessory,
worn found 11111'001 lit dis.itosis'ie talt:itts, •14
out
booked for in tied Capacities. . 1111
that 1110114 Orea/11011, disphyst! ad the tali tits of a
Piates.tiati, still the Cntir.o c and ••kill •u consum-
mate general, in a country where military renown
was to no istrast resonation. The lreisitwa was at
Imigth utterly routed, nod driven from his capital.
At the Paine time, moil 111 l'ollerr3 With 111 M, was the
attack of the Itakili of Nagpore, soil the oely dif-
ference between the fate of the two Chieftains in
the result was, that the Peixliwa hecame a captive,
and the Rajah, in turns, a captive ;mil a Ineittves
It might lie imagined, that those great victories
were gained by British skill, science, and intre-
pidity, °mallard to native weakiii-sr and native if:vio-
l-mice. Bitt how stood the I set ? Of oil many. of
JO,OOO men that Soak the field on this occasion,
hut 10,000 consisted of British troops—the re-
, mainder was composed of the native levies, which
constituted the Company's forces. That hotly
had always sheens a high degree of tidchty awl al_
turbulent to the ludian Covernment, but 11131 at-
tachment was never put to so severe a tiial as in
the resent war. Injustice to the fidelity of the na-
tive soldier, lie oils boom.' to Mate, that litany of
them were recruited in the territulies of the Nei-hwa
—their friends, their relatives, their property,
all that was valuable to them, were under the ty-
rannieal emitiol of that Prince. Previous to the
corium siceinent of hostilities, the Peishwa spared
un pains to corrupt those troops---!ie abstained
from no threats to force them from their allegiance; lit his
utmost arts failed, and the native Officers, in every test wee,
Rove the most decisive proofs of determined oath :ma no.
shrinking fidelity.—(Hear, Afar.)—'!'hr canseqiniice was,
that, in many cases, the vengeance of the Peishwa fell hea-
vily on those who resisted his threats and his eittrratir s.—
The farts he had stated, proved at wire their ex,taplary
courage and their inviolable loyalty.—(ficar, be,r;-1.1
one instance, their gallantry was placed in a 'toot it so-
scendent point of view. This indanee he spoke of moue
particularly, as the Officer who etontnooded the detachment
bail not attained that rank which ealitled hint in have hie
came recorded in she Votes of the House. A body of be-
tween 800 and 1,000 men, all native', except the artillery
(the proportion of which to a native force of this strength
many Gentlemen preseitt entail estimate more correctly
than himself), was on its march from a part of the
Peishwes territories, when the Mel tratioti of war took
place. This party was at once surprised Ly the denunciation
of hostilities and the appearance of the NUM atm force
What the exact number of the Mativatta army was, he could
not state. but the cavalry was not less than 20,000
The meal baud which he had described, through a long day,
maintained a victurione resistance against an enemy in-
finitely superior in number. Though they 'alma! nut a
victory, yrt their malamutes. was virtuous's, for they repelled,
on every point, the furious attacks of she enemy.—!Hear,
hear )--The chief suffering which these heroic men cons.
plainest of, during this unequal coolest, was the intolerable
thirst by which they were stilicted—and which they were
not allowed to slake until the action was over.—( Hear,
keno.)---lei the end, they not oily secured an bottom.-
able retreat, but they carried oil their wounded :
From one small action—small as to the extent of force, but
mighty as 141110. courage and skill diplayed in it—the spirit
which pervaded the whole Indust, army mictit be collected
(Ilear.)—The iiffierr who commanded this gallant force was
Captain Statoston—and, though Ids rank did not entitle
him to ha recnrdeft in their voles, Isis merits and services
had not lwen overlooked by those who had the power of re-
warding tluem.—( Hear)-1n about twenty-eight different
actions the ternitation of the British army was maintained
with eons' splendour—in the short space of six mouths, be-
tween November and June, 120 forts were, either by siege
or capitulation, brought beneath the power of the Ittitish
Government.—( //sar)—When they looked to ilw oriental
cause of the war—when they considered the negressions of
the Pindariies--it was consullog to rent et, that that pie.
dowry Power haul nt least disappeered, and that many
of
those who haul supported it were 311011111•11 ed ! Witco they
reflected that all the enemies of the British Government tied
Men dispersed and ilefesteril—the House could nut refuse to
grout to the Marquis of Ilatatiogs all the praise *lnch the
extent and excellence of his preparations loudly demanded !
to many others, moving io less elevated •131101111, the
thanks of the House and of the country were alto due.
He meant nothing invidious, when he trlrClell Colonel
The' Browne—a 111311, of whom he would say, that
Europe never produced a more accomplielied Statesman,
end India never saw a more tease ur skilfol
(Hear, bear, Agar.)—This Gentleman bad been bitter
known fur some time by the eminent civil services which be
tied rendered 11w Indian Government, his attention Lasing
been, for the list frig yeas., •Irearbed in rectifying. the
errors which were observable in tome of tke Imitate menta-
lism., and providing the mans of producing more sound
establishments fur the government of our down 1111 l s. lle
was called, early in the war, to exercise Ins peat abilities.
tie set out with only 1,200 men, a small proportion of
whom were Europeans to take possession of the ter-
ritories in the steighboUrhood of Uolkar's capital. lie
matched ihrrugh a hostile population, in perfect safely, for
he hail acquired a knowledge of their temper, which co-
eited him to manage them without violence, and no less
than Irk forts were surrendered to him. Wi 111 l ine to him-
self, as lie passed along, the heath' and feelings of the popu-
lation, he sstablished, wherever he appeared, so complete
a mastery over their spirits and affections, that, at the end
of au obscure, and scarcely observed sampaien, he returnid
with •n immense accession of force, from a territory that
haul heretofore been hostile to the British interest.—(liesse,
Near.)—This glorious result spoke more shalt any minute
and extended observation of his could possibly do. In
the course or the cempaign, Briesdier-General Smith was
the utter appointed to command the principal army sent
against the Prishwa, and lic sseeceded in liberating from
confinement the legitimate Sovereign of the Mahrettas, who
was now invested wish that authority of which his ancestors
had been deprived. The Finish had burue all the blame,
where dynasties in littlia land berm changed, and Sovereigns
had been set aside; hut how slot their e loci of this tic-
cud 111 l bear out such as orcusetion They slimed, that if,
in the fittetnation of Stale., any stable mode of adhering
to the regular etsceesittot °emoted, they were really 10
brace it. In this case, they had no: satisfaction, while
they postished a perfidious aggressi 1111 l to restore to the
legitimate owner that power of which he had been de-
prived 'fbe state in which the y stood at the termination
of the campatau wsa this—the armies opposed to the
British interests wire repressed, and the power winch
they most feared, that of Scindia, was, by political
management, pret coca from k g that root se, which
would have justly placed it amines' the victims of their
vengeance. Stimuli' remained, sod
might hr r. 11113113,
ilk independent Monarch! lung might "bat pore Govern-
mein continue, which swept away nofudrpeuJ,•„t 10111111 T
that ahmeined from mischievous designs, amid hostile morn-
• :—(Heor )—The further ralesisifill tif urn lent lorry
he knew was viewed with displ by ,many tbsokiligy
men.-and outlining it would b. well if pitch OrCesSiullll
couldm,much
bi et
tpititsz•vbein the •,I—whi let
.11,170;
teu.i.litsturrinefot a ititt:ln this ,' however
their
lie,lods fititn-ruinent—stoud nut within the rrosit of
It 4, is, 10 stop in 10 accelerate it. They were placed to
shoat" tttt must difficult—they were placed in a poeiti 111 l f,om
which so retrogradatiuu Could he attempted setlb Natty .r•