The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-18 00:00:00

After some conversation op.:this snbje&, it appear-
ing that -the delay- had 'been unaveidable, and -bad
latterly been 'occasioned by a wish: -to consult the.
new Bord" of, Contretil,' the Order being qualified,
So..far, as can bediablostd without prejuiice to the
public service,"—the 'Motion was agreed to.
. Mr. PAULL then introduced another Motion for
certain- additienal,Papt.rs„ ,as a foundation for-a new
charge against .Lord Wellgsle3 by takieg a view of
the, Noble- Marquis'S condua in-Oude, Bhurtpore,
the Carnatic, and Sprat,-, and on the whOle;',:ileclar-
e that there Was net'a part of that immense Perlin-
siia which had not felt 'the system- iursUed by the
:Noble ;1111arquis, which seemed to lead him to omit
lao.opPortueity of seizing on the territories of the
defeliceless.:,For:what purpose, he asked; had Mr.
Hastings-bien Iria; 'but for example, • and to hold
outeoclasiiNative TrinCes of India that the British
government would never countenance sOcli a syst&rn
that which bad been pursued by him ? On such
principles had Lord Cornwallis 'aded, and there was
not a Prince, nor an individualin India e who ,would
have •uttered a. complaint...against his Government;
tut in Oe. course of three months-the Marquis-Wel-
lesley had completely Oangecl the system from one
extremity of the Peninsula to the other. He hoped
such 'a system -.would net gain countenance in that
Rouse. :He. concluded by.moving.for a number of
'apers conneded with the Territory of Surat.
Earl 'TEMP LE; .while he
.protested against such-
'voleminons produaions without any specific reason
assigneds. declared, . that on. the .part
Noble Friend,-the Marquis. Wellesley, he courted
thc, inquiry. 'OW the subje& -of Surat ,he should
only state, that from the' year. 753 it had been .go-
Verned 'by the same family. In the year 1759 a
7...'reety Was made, by which the Castle and Fleet
were declared, to be under our controul. On
rdarquis Wellesley's arrival he found the Throne of
that Territory vacant : he-gave it to the next heir ;
and, a thing that had not been before, made it he- .
reditary 'in the' family, giving them a greater share
than they-formerly had-in the Revenue. This .was
the way in which tlie. Noble Marquis, in this par-
ticular. instance, verified- the statement of the Hon.
Gentleman—seized on Abe Territory of the defence-
less. He should ten the' Hon. Gentleman -what he ,
would do in his case—if he felt interested in the cha-
racter of Lord Wellesley he would bring forward
the charge—if he felt anxious for his own, he would
Put the Motion in his pocket. His Lordship then
read, as'part of his Speech, a Resolution of Thanks
by the Court of Dire&ors to Lord Wellesley for
the very service which was the subjed of the pre-
sent- Motion.
Lord FOLKSTONE thought there was ground
for the Motion. It appeared, from the statement
of the Noble Lord, that the. Noble Marquis
had given something .to this. Mince. If he had
done so gratuitbusly, What right had he to assume
such a power to himself ? If he gave, this to the
Prince of Surat, lie must have taken it from some
,pe7sori
Sir T. 111.ETCALFE gave a History of the Go-
vernrpent of su-rat, which exadly agreed with the
.statement of Lord Temple: He then paid many
compliments to the Marquis Wellesley, whose .cha-
radei for integrity the breath of „slander had never
dared to' assail:- he. had left..lndia • with as clean,-
hands as he had entered it ; and, had his plans been'
completed, they would for half a century to cotne
lave ensured the peace of India. That there Was no-
thing in the conduCt of
.the Noble Marquis calling
for the obloquy which was attempted to be cast on
it, he. referred to the Gentleman at the head of the
former Board of Controul, and to those who had
lately come into it, not as.was generally believed
with any particular desire to screen the Court of Di-
re&ors or the Noble Marquis.
• Mr. ADDING TON, .Dr.-LAWRENCE, and Lord TEM-

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'PLE each said a few VOrds.
Mr. FOX thought hinaelf called on to notice in a
few),vords what hid fallen from the Noble Baronet. •
If the Noble Baronet meant that.he had come into
. office_ without any improper desire to serve either
one or oilier party he was corred. If 'he were called,
On to state, taking the systems pursued by the two
Noble Marquisses, Wellesley'anel Cornwallis, as ge-
neral principles,.which'M the two he liked best, be
should sav,--the latter, as being most agreeable to
the principles laid down by this House, and most to
,the credit of the India
.compani. If again he were
asked as.to his opinion of the delinquency of Mar-
quis, Wellesley, he .shoUld say.. he . had none.--
He had not yet - ;formed it; and if he had,
this Was not the, time to Aeclare- it. As to an idea
~.thrown out by an Hon. Member, that such charges
were better carried on by Ministers, that, fqr
he disclaiMed. He thought such questions welt best
discussed when no weight was lent to the accusation
except What it derived from the individual who pre- •
,ferred it, and from the cause_ of truth.
• - Mr. HUbDLESTONE did not assent to every thing
that hadfallen frern SiF TheOphiltis'Metcalfe.
".• Mr. TIIO.4.IVTON deprecated the panegyrics
.which that worthy Bart. had heaped on the Noble
I\-larquis.. He knew well that he had stood almost
single in the Court of Ijiredors on the subje&. The
Noble Marquis had been recalled by the Cohn of
DiredOrs, and he thought no Mere complete speci—
men of their disapprobation of the system pursued
by him could be demanded. That very recall pro
duced a jealousy against him which was of itself an
argument in favour,of the present investigation.
Mr. P_.4ULL replied, and having in the course of
tics speech alluded 'to' a charge
.which -he intended
also to bring fOrward'against the Noble Marquis, for
dilapidating the public money -contrary to At of
rarlianient, • , •
Mr. C. 'POi.i-a-skecl, if it- was intention to
charge the Noble MarquisWitli'haVing applied the
Public money to his own use?
Mr. PAULL answered, to his own convenience and'
splendour, Contrary to' Ad of Parliament. • ,
Mr. POLE repeated—Did -he 'Charge ,hiM with Pe-
culation ?
• Mr. PAuLL—Not with' Peculation, but with a'
Wasteful, profuse expen4iture of a large 'sum of the
public money for his own convenience and splen-
dour, contrary to ..ita of Parliament. •
'Mr. PoLE—That 'is to say, iu public objee.cs
trary .te laW. As in the Palace at Calcutta, Body'
Guard, &c.
Mr. PAAJLI., hoWever, declined giving any more
,explicit statement Of What his Charge
,shoUld'
taiount to:'
S'&43:sl*Pril ers theii 6ri'givally moved for'were.

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