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the Noose, to put the tine,tion, he would contrive
to do so in an orderly manner.

NABOB OF F1'111200: ABAD.
Mr. PAUL then preceded to lay the petted of
his motion, aed stated, it sotee length, from papers,
letters, and other dochnieets, the circumstare red
a treaty entered nen with the Nabob, scan after the
arrival of the Marquis Corneallis in India, and
which was afterwards gain anteed.by the East-India
Company. The conditions of this treaty were, that
the Nabob should dishanel hi: own native troops,
and be in future proteatel br a Br inch force. tor
which he was to pay a subsidy of .7eoool. annuZe,
out of a revenue not exceeding I I 0,0091.; al:(1
which treaty was faithfully observed by the Naleb,
up to the year ISO!. After disbanding his owe
troops, this Prince was, of coterie, unable to resist any
enctoaclinetnts made upon his te'ritories, except by
the aid of the Briiieft three, which was to have pro.
treed Lim from all his enemies. The Hon.
Member then, as well as we were able to collt:t
the substance of his sir:e:h, went on to state, feat
after the arrival of Lord Wellesley, he took. lir
the British Government. contrary to the terms of
the treaty, the tribute which was before paid hole
Nabob by the Rohilles. This, he eels aut!-Orieed in
say, was caret :try to the wishes of 03 out of the dt
Ditedlori of the East-India Cnmparer ; • thouge
when he was ir. India, he saw a dispatch from t. t
Secret Committee approving of it. A:tc..r the,
some additional troops were sent id repel any a •
tacks made upon the Nabob, when his subside was
encreased to fe.) lacks of tures, which was its vie.
lation of the express stipnlotions of the treats,. It
Was thetelore with sur prize, that he heard a N eee
Lord (Castlereagh) move, last Session, for a paper
contoiniele an approbation of these proceedings, by
the Secret Committee. Two of the Persons male
to sign this approbation, namely, Mr. Devaynes
and Mr. Roberts, reprobated this condua ; as did
also all the members of the Court of Direaere
with the exception of one Honourable Beene:.
He then read several papers, to spew the nioliaditi.
nistranion of the Noble Marquis in India, which, he
said, produced a loss to the Company, 0f7,000,00.01.
sterling. He then fat ther said, that by the autle.
rity of the Marquis Wellesley, the Nabob was sent
for to Lucknow, for the purpose of signing an
agreement, and after his arrival, his seal was not to
be found at his dwelling ; and lie would engage to
prove, that the same seal was afterwards found in
the house of the British Government, at Lueknow.
He said, he did not stand forth as the sole accuser
of the Marquis Wellesley, and reed an extra& from
a speech of Mr. Francis, upon India subjeas, written
and published by that lion. Gentleman himself, in
which he accuses the Bengal Government of being
the aggressors in the 111ehratto War; with this ens.
firmatlon in his favour, he syould shortly conclude
with saying, that the condudt of the Noble Marques
to the Camatic, •
terminated in of
Motion, for a col
of k erruckabad,
gether with the I.
upon.
Lord C ASTI,.
tention at present,
through all his
to in the course
to set him rit
strong feature
ber expressed
moved for a
approving of
but if the Hon.
House with the
ci the Gentlemen,
must suppose eh
law, and the cr
would find it
formed not to
the Commissioners
not of those who
the official and r
to all the other mid
remain for tut) eO.l/
rose, for the mistake
of the Hon. particular
tAa.
Mr. PAUL explained, that what he stated is
have excited his surprise, vies, that the Noble Lori
should call for such a paper, after he was full/ ay
prised that the Court of Direaors had protested
against it.
Lord CASTLEREAGH rejoined, in esplone
tion, that what he celled fee, was the dispatch it
those to whom responsibility attached, which ve.
not the case with the Gentlemen who signed it.
Mr. W. KEENE spoke shortly against CI
charges ; but in so low a tone of 'Lilies, it WAS 1101 1.
tilde to hear him distiraly.
Mr. FItANC IS spoke with some severity en ti
present system of the East India Company, Isd,'ch
consisted, he said, of twenty-four Direacus,
of whom were a Secret Committee, to whom Zitrnf
Affairs were entrusted ; they wrote dispatelieh A
the Board of Controul oversee them; and th
poor Gentlemen were thus obliged to sign th
names to measures which, in their hearts, they
honed l'his institution, he insisted, had redo
the ruin of India. He had all along prechaed t'
would be the case ; and had struggled against
with every possible exertion; but lie Lod been
serted, and felt himself unequal to the task.—It
necessary he now should withdraw;
he ought
take the place of the !light lion. the Treasurer of
Navy, and as he did not attend the House,
th
Right Hon. Gentlenteu ought to be here to deb
duty. •
The SPEAKER reminded the Hon.
manCep'.
that it was not Parliamentary to makes char.
against an absent member.
Mr. FRANCIS said, be charged him with
thing but staring away—he then added, Ills!
might perhaps be supposed to have instigated
Hue. Gentleman to bring forward this metteri.:(
the contrary was the cese —Whenevei Lc had
stilted him, he had advised the contrary, and 6
told him he would, iii all likelihood, he deseirt::,
he did not know he had a r'ght to use the .t.c,
" deserted," because, he that had not been c,
raged could not he deserted—but be had 2'
told him he would do himself ere good lir it',.
ad eerted to the speech which lie had niade
ra
against the Mohretta war, which rho R
tc,
Gentleman ape,;site (Mt. Fez) had deedair4

C, WAS corumenced in injustice, ail
oppression. He then put his lint
copy of the trejity between the Nabob
d, and the East India Company, to-
e corresponden e which ensued thert-
TI.EREAGH id, it was not his ia-
!b ent , to folio the Hon. Gentleman
s reasoning ; , haying been allt:cled
se of the spec ,he thought it proper
fight in a ke which seemed a
in his argu . The Hon. Men-
his surprise hat he should hoe
dispatch fro he Secret Committee,
the condaa . the Noble Marquis;
on. Gentlema :ought to impress tEe
he opinion, tl that was the dispatch
emen, whose * met he mentioned, he
the House to more ignorant sit the
course of diesj proceedings, that he
t to be. lite
,lotise was too well is-
P know, that tho dispatch was that d
loners of the board of Ccntroul, and
who signed it,\ who could only a& AI
id regular agents on the occasion. At
:her subjedls disseanted on, they would
future consideration ; and, he only
he purpose of ketztifying the mistake
Gentleman, as to that one particular