The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-11 00:00:00

INDIA.

Mr. JOHNSTOIVE rose, agreeably to 'notice, to
move for certain Papers relative to 'the situatibn.of
India. The Papers which he. wished produced, he
was happy to infbrm the House, were extremely
short. They consisted of three Letters from Mar-
. Cornwallis, and from. his successor, Sir G.
.Barlow,,to the Court-. of Directors, containing the
opinions of the Noble • Marquis and of the' present
GoVernor-General do the policy which had dire&ed
the affairs of India for some time.' The Hob. Mem-
ber"disclairped ,all personal animosity to. Marquis
WelloF,ley. He only objected to the policy by which
he iiiid—oc:en governed. He begged himself. to be
considered .as entirely s6)arate from thoSe who
charge the Noble Marquis aS:a. belinquient. He. Co-
p him to be a matt of high ambition, but loos
sessed of an. ardent desire to proihote the interests
of his Country. Alluding ,to the financial situation
of Iridia;-- be expressed a hope that the prospective•
mode of arguing adopted by rho Noble Lcird for,
merly a.t- the-head of thelioard of Conn'oul would ,
not be followed by thq persons- now at , the. head of
affairs, and that they would oh. all occasions state
the simple fad as VI •the then adual state of ithe
finances. The dbierent Treaties Concluded' with
the Native Powers by,Marquis 'W-til,esley; he tro-
ceeded to. shew, instead of being of the glorious
.nature repi'esented by that' Noble Lord, had b:.'en
disastrous Or of none-etredi • and Stich hp Maintained

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'they I,vould .be found to be represented, in the Let-
ters-ha now utiove;l ;>r. He wished toknow.if 'the
System of warfare r conquest which bad of late
yearidistuagui:;h:. a condua of our Government
in India, was to be pee;evered !in, or if, we •:v.7-..e to
return to our antient policy ? He, trusted t4ellight'
Hon. Gentleman 'opposite would not only declare
that, be continued ,firin to the opinions' He had for-
merly ex.pressed, but that he would a& on them ;
tlfat'he would allow the,House to see the opinion of
Lord Cornwallis On the snl,j,4; and as His Majes-
ty's Ministers had ratifiedthe appointment • of Sir"
-George Barlow, principally on account of his enter-
tainiryr similar views with his.predecess'or,lhat they
would dedare to the' House if such was the plan
now to,be followed. The Letters -called -for were
all, except one, carried into the Hall to be read to
the Court of Proprietors, and that one-Was to lie, for
the inspeaion of those interested.' He' presumed to
hope stmil#lntbrination ‘vOt_tld not be denied to this
House. He then moved that two• LettPrS of the
Ist and' 9th of August, 1 8 G 5, frorn-MarquisCorn-
wallis, be laid before the FThuse.
Mr. FOX said that. he had no inte.ntion•whateyer
to object to the Produ6tion of the Papers moved
althoUgh lie must observe that his HOn. Friend did
nat appear to him to have stated any necesitty or
parliamentary ground upon which they ought to be
laid before the House,. As to the Hon. Gentle-
man's allusion to the propriety of a declaration on
the part of His Majesty's Ministe"s relative to the
sysft-tn ofGovernment meant to be acted upon with
• regard to India, he was at a loss to conceive nay
reason upoa which- that derirind could-be ju.:i :it: 1,
No disposition was manifested to deviate from the

course 'which wag now pursuing respecting India ; •
andaintil such disposition should appear, he appre-
hended that it was qUite unnecessary imMinisters
to make any declaration upon the subject. Indeed
it seemed to his mind, that, according to pro.aice,
some resolution Should be adopted by the House,
expressive of its opinion and wish, before Ministers
were called upeta, enter into the question. The
Hon. Gentleman had alluded to the epleiens for-'
merly delivered by him (Mr. F.) relative to the Go-
verumeut of India. To these opinions he could
assure his HotL Friend that he. still. completely ad-.
hered : they were declared above. four and twenty
years ago and as, far as be had since h'ad an op-
portunity of observing the affairs of India, to which,
perhaps, he had not attended' as. much as other
men had 'done, or as much as he ought, he had
never seen or heard of a trarisaCtion which served to
weaken the cenfidence he entertained in the justice
of his original opinions, but which did not rather
tend to their complete justification. However,'
A& had passed in consequence of the ReSolutions
upon the subjea of India, which he had the ho-
nour of supporting: That Act had been now pro-
ceeded upon, for a series pf years ; andewhen the
subjea shbeld be regularly brought forward for ells-
. cassion, he would be perfeally ready, to state his
• sentiments respeding it._. At present he should only
say, that under that Aa a Board of Controul had'
been appointed; and of all the Boards which had
presided over"tlie Government of India, he Saw least
:ground to question the intentions, or to 'ask expla-
nations as to the views of the preseee. by -Whom
every disposition was shewn to follow ,he lourse pre-
scribed in. the Reseliitions formeriy by the
House, and of which the Hon. Mover le-.;.eheed to apai
pro Ye. No one could doubt the proeaicty of entering
into an ievestigation of the Ali-airs of India; but the
• present, did not appear to him to be the proper time.
When the India Budget shall be brought before the
House, his Hon. Friend was aware that - the state-
ment to be looked for on that occasion, which
.he
'hoped would be satisfaCtory, would naturally be con-
netted with the political system of India, and, that
then would be the proper time to ;seleCt for a full.
discussion of that -eubjeCt. The Right Hon. Gen-
tleman repeated his disinclination to oppose the pro-
duetion of those 4apers, although no adequate rea-
son was assigned by the Mover, althotigh no inten-
tion was announced, proposing an inquiry:, or of
grounding any proceeding upon them; At the same
time he took occasion to remark, that he could not
conceive any good reason for the. alarm and
.anxiety
which was; by his ~ Hon., Friend,. and by, other
Friends, for whom he had a high iespea, so parti-
cularly stated to prevail, with regard to• the 6overn-
ment of India. It really appeared to him very strange
a much greater degree of jealousy should 'seem to
apply to the present .Board of Controul than
to that which preceded ' it, Upon the whole the
Right Hon. Gentleman did hotleel the propriety of
calling upon Ministers for any distiha pledge as to
the course of policy which they meant to follow with
regard to :India. No intention appeared to etist,
either on the part of His Majesty's Government; the
Board of Controul, or' the Court. of Directors, toe
abandon the course. of which all sides of the. House
eyearessed their approbation, and thereflarte4le.pledlee
was requisite: If any -variation s of circumstances
should call for a change of system, an explanation
would of course becOme necessary. But in the pre-
sent instance he did not think that any farther ea-
planation or pledge could bat fairly required: '_
hey,
Mr. A DDINGD lU,V conceived. that a reason for
the produdtion of some of the PapeeS moved for
had been created by the condu& of, the Mover, who
had thought proper to: read certain parts of those
Papers, and thereihre, in fiirness, the Whole ought
to be laid before the House. With respett to the
allusions which had been so often made to the een-
duet of Marquis Wellesley towards the 'Rajah- of
Bhurtpore, he felt himself authorised to sat, from
a full perusal of the" DOcuments connected with the
subjeet, that it would appear Prince Lad oweil
the treatment he 'experienced to the most avanten
and atrocious treachery on his own part---I—to trea-
chery, indeed, of such a nature in the violation of
.a solemn Treaty, that LenahWellesley- was, in the •
first instance, unkvilling, to believe Lord, Lake's re-
presentatiou of. his guilt, and directed .farther in-
quiry. •
Mr. GRANT-!
declared, that the Court of Direc
tors had no 'other -intention than to pursue the sys-
tem recommended in tire- Resolutions alluded to by
the Right Hon. Secretary of State: With that view
theyacoucurred in the appointment of Lord corn,
wao, and in the- subseqtient one of Sir George
BarlOw; from which lie was happy to •perceive that
His Majesty's present Ministhrs approvel of this
course Of proceeding.
Mr.IIII.ODIZSTONE-----I. rise to support thcMo-,
tiope and -shall endeavour, as briefly as can, to
state the views in which P think it of importance
that the Palters Moved for should be laid before
the House. The usual argument of danger to the
public interest. from the disclosure of 'Papers is ef-
feCtually done away with resped to Indian Papers
by those which have been already published; and
Most especially by the late intercepted letters which
have been published both in France and sin.thisl2oun-
try, in which whatever cad either infOrm or irritate
our implacable Enemy is laid open to his view. Af-
terthat complete development, I. apprehend no one
will talk of (Imager to the public ind:Testsfroin the
`disclosure of any India Papers; but, with respect to
those noav moved for, I am of opinion the disclosure
:Of them, instead of,producing mischief,' will tend to
-correed. die mischief which the publication ofthe late
:intercepted letteraWaS-ealculated to prOduce; by des-
-troyin e.-, the hdpes-which the Lnemy Must have hididged
of Our persevering in a system that was leading us to
:ruin. And here, Sir, the production of
.these Papers
will be of solid benefit, by.shewing the true nature of
•_ that system stripped of those ornaments and decora-
dons which 'dazzled the eyes, and, for time, led
captive the understanding of -good arid able .men in
this Country. They will show, upon' Ai authority
which no elsquence can ,gainsay, the real value of
that for whicinso tremendous, an expellee of blood
and treasure has been incurred.' With respeCt to
the Executive Bede of the East India Compahy,
have no hesitation ie confessing, that I am glad these
Papers have been moved'fot, and by an Hon.e.qem-
. her who is unconnected, with the Court of Directors.
J' It is true• another Honourable Ih.‘ deer, who has
I eieen inure atcention to India . perhaps, than
any. other person, and who to the sub-
icti talents proportioned to its magnitude, has de-

Glared the India Dire&ors free from any Wattle for.
the existing evils.. But these Papers will shew that
the 'Direst:ors have been as anxious to terminate
those evils n the}i could have been it they had them-
selves been the authors of them ; and they will give •
the House the satisfaCtion to know, that much was
done towards the termination. of them, even in the
few weeks that Lord Cornwallis was spared after his
•enable the House to
appreciate the-great services rendered by liii Lord-
ship, even in that short period, and they will shew.
how, and by whom those services were procured.
These Papers. will
.also have the effe& of removing
all doubt as to a ha, of Which I have heard, with
surprise, that doubts, have been expressed in this
House, namely, that the Mahratta war has been
the great' preponderating cause of the. present
;deranged state of the finances of the East India
Company. Not the only cause, I admit, for the same
system which gave birth to the war, gave birth to
a system of Finance and Expenditure which would
nearly have absorbed the whole Revenue, even on ,
a peace' establishment. Bus when War was added, •
to the scale, it was impossible for the Finances to
bear up under -the accumulated weight. These' Pa
pers then, Sir, will shew that the- present financial
difficulties of the East India Company are among
the serious evilS occasioned by• the late system—a
system'. of which I quststion only the -wisdoms not
the intention or integrity of mind with which it
was undertaken. I can also, as well as the Hon. •
Gentlerrhin, with the utmost sincerity disclaim any
motives of personal ilt will 'to Lord Wellesley ; and
whatever may prove to. lime been the object of
calling for hreat variety of India Papers, 1 concur
entirely with the Hon. Mover of the question, that
it, is extremely desirable that Parliament should
come to some resolution that should re-establish thte
principle unanimously adopted end declared by this
'House in the year 1784. The Papers in question.
will shew that a,change of ss -tern in Ilsdia is both
resolved and entered upon ; out tiie transaaticns of
the, three past years, and the death of the Marquis
Cornwallis, may make it difficp to induce aloctief
that the change is sincere, or likely to beepermie-
nent ; painful experience has wrought the convi&ion
here whith reason and argument failed to produce—•
that. if India is deemed
_worth preserving, the system
and principles of that great man, whom the whole
Indian world is . now lamenting, must be followed
,up ; and faithfully to adhere to his policy was the
only true wisdom for governing India ; and its wis- •
dem consisted in its simplicity, in its justice,
iuu-
deration, and forbearance, alike to the strong and
teethe weak, alike in success and under adverse for-
' tune. • Had the Marquis Cornwallis remained in
India, instead of coming home, after his first Ad-
ministration,' the most sanguine •expe&ation of ad-
yantagel from India would have been realized ; and
that ihr-which we have centended'at such dreautul
hazard and expence,• would .have been forced Lyon
us by the affeelions.of the people 'I British
Go-
vernment would have been. voluntariiy looked up to
as the universal Umpire throughout the Dis-
pel-14er of -Peace, and .Happiness through Regioea
larger than the whole .extent of Eurepe.—l am
anxious then, Sir., for a:Resolution that should
pledge this House in fiyour of the system and prin-
ciples of she late Marquis Cornwallis, ,and I=d
all our future Goveenments in India to emulate
j .his .example. And_ if an .11onuerable Gentleman
below would- permit me,. I would call uper, him '•
to tiling forward such a Resolution, or to renew a
.proposat which- he breught forward last .Session,
and which was then unhappily reje&ed. •I say
unhappily rejected, , because I am peisuaded that
that Resoltstiosi; lad it been carried,' would have
pruvedolgreat importance, by strengthening the hands
or Lord Coruwaids, and enabling hurl to the In=
di an States,that the principles on which he protes to
aOs:t, were not his only, bnt tno4Q ofPerhansent and
..the Country at large, Sir, it was a ILesolution di7
reesit in the spaeth of that great man' on the re-
anpointinetit ut Lord COrnwanit. to rue Government
Geeerat, to click His isheesty's M.inisterS had oust
given their seestiouse Aiet 1 tie sefere witnessed
with equal :eihe s end sem-e'en.: the eseriee of teat
.transcendant etesseeeese, svhich preealled on the
.1-lotase to reject it; hoer often that t:,,loquence was
exerted for 'the welfare of the Country no one can
be more sensible than I aile,s-eut, inhhis instante, I
shall ever ilkink it was plisappliL!ci. I rejOiee in the
belief • thee His Mejesty's present ;Ministers have not
,entangled themselves in the maze 'of the late system,
nor been deluded 'by the splendour of glare atteched
• to it. I have heard with pleasure the sentiments
deliVered this evening by aeßight Hon: Gentleman
(Mr. Fox). I recollect with pleasure the seatiments
delivered last Session by a Right Hon. Gentiesnans
now in Ins Msth.sty's Couocils.• I hope and trust
that Right 'Honourable Gentle Man and his' Col-
' league 4, ilct- up to them, and it they do
much may vet ho retrieved. In the -present ales
ameat, whichbelieve to be not less awful in resist&
to India than Eurtpe--;-notinessee-no individual mea-
sure—could prodece more salutary eifeets than a
resuniption of •the discarded prieciplee to which I
have aliusled. And the "jail. Gentleman. who
brought forward the, RS-solution last Session might
-now- otter it under happicr auspices. I owe it to
myself; as welias to that Hon. Genti6nian, to de-
clare that 4._ concur. in almost I lime heard that
Right Honourable Geotiernan.deliver in this House
oh the Affairs of India 3- his view of the whole
sthiS..°- that, which, any
,conversation
IS.without
with him, my mind has long taken ; and; wilts
tiler he be a friend to the Company or not, of this
I am sure, that the most sheei mined friend of the
Company could not haeseteheed opinions alio se, ice
more friendly to their interests than o, w.:lnch
:,,haver Heed that Right Htith Gentleman deliver in
this House. It is hi reliance nu that friendly tuspo-
‘sitis)if towards the East India Company that :I have
presumed to urge him to renew his pr;iJos!tioh i•and
my aphlogy must be, the perception ssiiiehishave in
common with Min of the calainities which have hal-
lowed oUr departure train the vise principles which
it was the otje4 of the preposition to enforce., And
I htiee toe Howie will accepi-the Sdidle apology tor
illy trespassing so long on ulcer patience ,Ihsv., other
subjects couid• overcon:.e,my retadauce 'to such an
.1 intrusion.

Mr: I'IUJLL 'cleprec,ited the idea of forming a
judgment of the chap,...r of the of
pore from the staten-wnt tr,e ,fl.,..use.ltitu just
heard from the -itiht .Aletn!)ei- or the Bu&d of
Controul. ‘Vhen the case should be fully cothi-
dc-red, he had hu doubt it would appear thatihis

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muck-ininred Prince had been inevitably compelled
to that condu& which was called the most wanton
and atrocious treachery.

Mr. FOX requested the indulgence of the House,
•
Merely to state, in allusion to \what had fallen from
the Honourable Dire6tor (Mr. Grant), that His Ma-
Ajesty's Ministers did not, in the appointment of Sir
.G.Barlow, mean to pledge themselves to the pur-
,suit of any particular system of Government in In-
,dia. The fa& was, the appointment of the Ho-
Mourable Person referred to,'-for whom he enter-
tained a high respe&, was made even before the
;present, Administration was fully formed, in order
AO prevent the inconvenience of any interregnum in

India.
Lord TEMPLE pledged himself to prove, that
the _enormous expence of our blood and treasury in
the War with Holkar was principally owing to the
`treachery of the Rajah of Bburtpore. -Upon this
.point, as well as upon the others, from which Gen-!
Alemen professed to derive their grounds of accusa-
tion against Lord Wellesley, he had no doubt'
ever tliat the condua Of that illustrious person v.'ould
appear to have been completely justifiable.

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Mr. GRANT and Lord TEMPLE mutually ex-
Tlained.
Mr. FRANCIS began with observing, that the
whol&debate, with one exception only, had run
upon the rectitude of Lord Comwallis's principles,
and the merit of his condua, acknowledged by all
men. Why ? Because they were exactly the reverse
of those of Lord Wellesley,. whose acts were out
down, Whose_system was subverted, root and branch,
-witbout mercy, by his Noble Successor. What was
This in effea but to admit and maintain that he
'(Mr. F.) had done right ? He diselairned any per-
sonal animosity to Lord Wellesley ; lie defied , the
acutest human sagacity to assign' a rational mo-
tive for such animosity ; but, without a ray of
wit or wisdom, it was easy, enough to discover
a very sufficient, motive that might -have 'induced
;him to take the opposite course. With respea to Sir
George Barlow, whose name had been repeatedly in-
troduced by others, and his character highly, exalted,
he himself knew nothing, nor had he any interest or
concern in that question. -But since those merits were
.so preferred, he wished toknow whether he had always
possessed the esteem of the Direetors ? Whether he had
not gone tile full length of Lord Wellesley' s principles ?
`though now, at last, he had seen his error, and had
'prudently resolved to correct it ; he had received that
~impression from very good authority, and even at the
•.India'House. With respect to the motions since it was
likely to be granted, he had little to say in general ;
he had no idea of what could be seriously meant by in
Indian state secret ; the Board of Controul, under Mr.
•Dundasond Lord Castlereagh, . had constantly pro-
iessed Tublicitiabeut Indian affairs, and invited dis-
cussiOni; the oply thing that ought not to be called
'for would be a return of the army, if it was weak;
'but if it was strong, arid what it ought to be,- there
knight be an advantage in making it known, even
to the 'enemy. Mr. *antis then solicited the at-
tention .of the House to a few words, concerning
himself:and his own situation, and the rather as
they Would probably be the last he should ever
addre-Ss "to them on that subject. He had passed
six tears In perpetual misery and contest in Ben-
gal, at 'the hazard of his life, for which he ap-
pealed to rule Chairman of the Court of Directors ;
then'a 'wretched voyage of ten months, and twO-
ond-twerityyears of laour in the same course, un-
supported. and alone. By endeavourieg, through all
that portion of his life, to maintain right against
wrong, he had sacrificed his repose, and forfeited all
'hopes of reward or personal advantage; that. he
had taken his resolution, and would do so no more.
He would never more take an active part, much
less 'a lead in any discussion of Indian questions --
That declaration was now more particularly called
for by the personal address made to him by the Ho-
nourable Director (Mr. Huddlestone) in terms which'
he felt to be most honourable to him, as well as
friendly. He would never move that question again.
When he did it last year it was not' to impeach or
censure Lord Wellesley, but for a publue purpose.:
. To arm Lord-Cornwallis with the authority of Par-
liament, and'to satisfy the Princes of India, that he,
Lord Cornwallis, acted not merely on his senti-
ments, •but on the permanent principles of the Bri-
tish Legislature. That Motion was set aside, nor
would he ever renew it. With regard to personal
proceedings against any man, -be was resolyed to take
•no part in them. The impeachment of Mr. Hastings
had cured him of that folly. He, in fad, was tried, and
Mr. Hastings was acquitted. He had reason enough
to feel a -spirit of prejudice, if not of animosity,
'against Lord •Melville, from the perpetual, contra-
didion which he had maintained against him. Yet,
in all the proceedings about that Noble Lord, he'had
never uttered 'one word. Nor would he now con-
cern himself in any proceeding to prosecute or On-
• sure Lord Wellesley. His spirits were exhausted,
and his mind was subdued by a long, unthankful,
and most invidious application to one pursuit, in
which he had never been able to do any good.—
Was there a man livingeoT a party—had that Housee.
or had the Nation, . a right to expect more of
'him ? • This was his reselution—though: he was
still free, and had a right •to alter it, if lac thought
At.„ He was not, • nor would he be, standing Coun-
sel for the Nation, or for the Company, on the
-subject of India. There was one view only in
which- he should attend to future proceedings in Par-
liament on Indian questions—because he would not
relinquish the duties of his station while he held a
scat in Parliament—Le would watch and take.care,
if he could, to protect the Finances of Britain from
being ruined by those of India. lie had passedalrnost
thirty years in endeavouring to defend the Ind!a
' Company's property from ruin, and to support; heir
,:lawful authority ; he hari laboured to support the
epeac.‘. of India, and to protect the Natives from Op-
' Tression. The only duty left him now was, to de-
fend England against India.
Sir THEOPHILUS METCALFE thought the
publication of the Papers moved for would have an
useful effect, by counteraCtiog the representations
-which had been 'circulated through Europe respect-
log the state of India, principally in consequence of
the letters intercepted by the Enemy. HO vindi-
cated the charaaer of Marquis Wellesly.
'Lord FOLASTONE considered. the sendieg out
of Lord Cornwallis with orders to pursue 'a System of
conduct diametrically opposite.to that of Lord Wel7
lesley as a dire& censure upon the latter, at least as
an express acknowledgment that his system was not,
2ccuraing to the opinioixof the Noble Lord (Temple) •

L 0 N D 0 N,

TULSDAY, MARCH 11, 1 806.

Tiet intelligence. which was received yesterday
from Yarmouth, of the sailing of the Dutch
turns out, as we expe&ed, to be unfounded.. There
were some movements in the Texel which rendered
ie necessary for the British Squadron in Yarmouth
Roads to stand over to the Dutch. Coast ; but 'our
Letter this morning states, that Admiral RUSSELL
had returned again, as the Dutch Fleet remained
quietly at anchor.
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We were in hopes that the Foreign Papers .which
arrived on Sunday would have enabled us to form,
tome judgment upon the connexions subsisting be-
tween France and Prussia, and upon the probable in
tentions'of the latter Power ; but in this we have been
disappointed : every.thing seems involved in mystery.
'.The occupation of Anspach by the French Troops,
'and the Proclamation of BERNADOTTE, saying, that
it was the result of a Treaty between France and
Prussia, by-which the former was to occupy An-
s'pach when the latter took possession of Hanover;
would' naturally lead us to suppose that a perfealy
wood understanding subsisted between them, and
that they were aEting i,n concert iniliediiig6n of the
spoils of Europe. BERNADOTTE certainly does not
stafe distinaly in his Proclamation whether the.
occupation of Hanover- by• PruSsian . Troops is a
permapent,' or only a provisional measure.; but the
Proclamation issued by his Prussian Majesty,, when
he took possession of the 'Eleaorate, is p'2.rfecaly ex-
r plicit upon the sUbjeCt.
..A.fuir stating his Miljesty's'
wish to avert the flumes--of War, from. the.North"Of

Germany, it proceeds---a With this view, aid as
the only possible means to attain it, a Coniention
haS been made and concluded between Os and the
Emperor of the French, in purivance of which the
States of. His Britannic Majesty in Germany will
not be again occupied by FrenCh or other Troops
combined with them, wul, till the .conclusion of
a general. Peace, will be occupied and governed by
us ;" and in another part of the Proclamation His
Majesty promises, that the Revenues of the Elec-
torate' shall, " during his Administration, after
deduEting the expences of Government, be ap-
plied to its adr;antage:'—This language certainly

does not imply absolute and final possession, but
it is by no means reconcileable with the Procla-
mation issued by General' BERNADOTTE, which
states, that the King of Prussia had absolutely
ceded Anspach to the King of Bavaria, because it is
very improbable that his Prussian Majesty would
give, up Anspach. in 'perpetuity for the permis-
sion to occupy Hanover during the War' But
there is another difficulty upon this subje&. In
the Proclamation alluded .to above, his Prussian
Majesty declares that the States of His/Britannic
Majesty in Germany will ..not again be occupied by
French TrooPs ; and yet we find that the French

still continue to occupy the Fortress of Hameln,
and that they have evinced no disposition whatever
to evactiateite These are difficulties which, with the
information before us, we profess ourselves unable
'to'solve WI if we may venture to hazard an,opi-
nion upon the subjea, it is, that Franee and Prussia,
so far from aelin& in concert, mutually feel the ut-
most suspicion and distrust. Although the demon-

strations made by Prussia during the last,Campaign

t did not impede the operations of BONAPARTE,
yet the declaration of the Emperor of Germany
that he relied for assistance upon his Allies, the
Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia, the visit
of the Emperor of Russia to Berlin, and the subse-
quent movement of the Prussian Troops, must have
given BONAPARTE considerable uneasines at the
time, and laid the foundation of jealousy and
distrust for the future. The immense French

Army which. BONA'ARTE has left in Germany,
is a proof that he entertains apprehensions- .of
the intention of Prussia or of Austria, •or perhaps
of both, and the large Russian force which is 'as-
sembling in Lithuania is by no means calculated
to remove those apprehensiOns; -because-be must be
. .
aware that if it is to as against trim, it 'Must be in
concert. wits some other Power. • •

- Mr."-WittTEREAp, attended by. several Members
of the House of Commons, yesterday presented at
the Bar of the_ House of Lords an additional Article
of Impeachment against Lord r MELVILLE, for high
crimes and tpisdemeanours.

On Sunday night THEIR MAJESTIES 'had .a Sele6t
Party at Windsor. Among the-company' were, th 6
Earl- of UXBRIDGE, and .the Hon, Mr. and Mrs:
VILLIERS.

Yesterday morning,' at half past eight o'clock, the
DUKE of YottiCarrived at Windsor, on military bu-
siness with
' One of the domestics of Mr. TAYLOR, late Mini-
ster to the Court of Hesse-Cassel; has arrived at Mr.
Fox's Office, with Dispatches from Berlin, which
place he left on, the 23d of February. We. are in;
formed that he ha brought intelligence; that Mr.
TAYLOR ,has been compelled to leave Cassel, and go
to Berlin, and that he intended to return'toEngland
immediately.'
The Imperial‘Ambassador, Count DE STAHEEM-
BERG, has suffered more than 100:,0001. sterling loss
of property, in consequence of BUNAPAKTE'S invasion
of the Austrian 'dorninions

The-Right Hon. Lord HAWKESEURY, Lord'War-
den of the Cintiue Ports, paid his first visit to Dover
Castle yesterday mornino-, accompapied by 'Lord
CARRINGTON. All. theVfficers of the Ist•Battalion
of Cinque-fort Volunteers, and of, Capt. IVELLARD
and Capt. SHIPDEM'S Corps of Volunteer Artillery,
were introduced. 'An elegant dinner Was ordered
for them by his Lordship, at the Ship Inn,. to Which
Lord FoRBEs and Suite, and many Oilii,:ers of the
Garrison, were invited.

Friday last CHARLES HAY, Esq..after going thro,
the usual trials, took his seat as one of the' Judges
in. the Court of Sessiop in Scostland, by the title of
Lord NEWTON.
The Marchioness of HEADFORT had her first grand
Rout this -season yesterday evening, at her elegant
house, Great Stanhope-street, May Fair, which was
attended by upwards of eight hundred persons' of
' . •
. .
Yesterday morning -a detaCtunent of.tne 27th re-
' giment marched from Deal-through Dover, on' their
way to iythe. .
Lord REDESDALE took leave of the Irish Bar on
Tuesday last, In the course of his farewell speech
he said, " that he could have;Wished to have trans-
aEted business till his successor arrived ; but he had
received, and it was a circumstance which hadahurt
him considerably, a mandatOry and pc. reruptory corn-
munication, in which. he was desired not to lose an
hour- in delivering up the Great Seal into the hands
of the Commissioners: how he could have incurred
or deserved such a .proceeding, he was utterly at a
loss to conceive." •

The LORD MAYOR ordered the price of Bread to
continue the same as last week.

A-person of the name of Kingham had a quarrel
w►th another man ,of the.nathe of Gregg; on Sunday
'evening„at Battle.:bridge, the former having deteCted
the latter taking liberties with 'his wife. A battle
Was the consequence, in the adjoining fields, during
which Gregg, ivho was.a catpenter at Paddington,
biii-st a blood-vesel, and .immediately expired. •