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out concur to a
ble Lord- respeaing . the necessity of a system lof
Moderation and justice, and a scrupulous adherence
to Treaties, yet those considerations were 4istil)6t.,
from the question of Finance, which,' he thought;
was a 'consideration of the first importance. He
could very well understand the Noble Lord in his
definition of, the sort of ,economy that he wished to
introduce into the GoVernment of India. One part
of his system was, however, avowed to be, that
the expence should be incurred of, giving a great
degree of splendour to the person who was to re-
present the Government in India. Although it
might be very necessary that in Europe the dd.;
ferent Sovereigns should be surrounded with a con-
siderable degree-of pomp and splendour, yet he did
not see that it was necessary to have that expensive'
representation of Soveteignfy in India.. ' It would
be recolle&ed, that without this pomp and splen-
dour the Company had acquired all that territory;
rank, and power, which it now possessed in India,
and . all the power and efficiency which, he coli-
ceived,, was necessary. to the Government. As to
the power of recalling a • Governor-General, he
thought. it was a power which his Majesty's
nisters ought not to exercise but in extreme cases ;
and in the case of Sir George Barlow he considered
the exercise of it as wanton and capricious, and con-
trary to the real . interests of India,.
Lord HENRY PETTY defended 'the condua.
of :his Majesty's Ministers, with respe& to the re-
call of Sir George Barlow. The power they had
exercised was only that power which the law ex-
pressed; and he was astonished that the Hon. Gen-
tleman should think it extraordinary that' his Ma-
jesty's Ministers should exercise the power of re-
call, when the poWer of recall , was given to the
Crown exa&ly in the same words in which 'the
same power. was given to the Court of -Direetors.—
Since the passing of the A& of 1784, the Court" of
Direaors had once exercised the power of recall, and
His Majesty's Ministers' had also once exercised' it
he, trusted it would appear to the House that it was
absolutely necessary that the Executive Government
should have a controul over the ExeCutive of every
Dependency of the Einpire. It was- as necessary.
that. the Governors of India should enjoy their con-
fidence, as the Lords Lieutenant of Ireland; or the
Governors, of the other Colonies which belonged
to, the Empire: A Noble Lord (Lord Minto) had
now been appointed to the Government of India,
. and he trusted that he would.go 'out with all the
sentiments Of justice moderation; and rigid adherence
to:Treaties- strongly impressed upon his mind.. From
these principles would naturally result the solid and
listing tranquillity of India: -
Lord CASTLEREAGitenteied,. at length, into
a vindication of the statements he had •tbrinerly
made respecting the Revenges of India; and con.-
. tended that it was those wars which could not have
been fereseen which alone appeared to falsify his
statements. He approved highly of the -Admini-
stration of Marquis Wellesley, and thought the fair
Way to estimate the effect of the war in India would
be, to balance the advantages gained by it against
the expenditure. The Company had gained on the
West the strong boundary of the Jun, nah 3, it had
gained the Province of Cattack, which united Ben-
gal with the Madras Government; and on the West
of the Peninsula they had gainedthe port and mari-
time distri& of Broach. He concluded by objeaing
strongly to the recall of Sir George Barlow:.
Mr. FRANCIS considered the India Debt as not
less than thirty-one millions sterling, and the annual
'deficiency to be 2,655,9571, although there was
'a territorial revenue of fotirteen millions.' Even on
the sales in England, from which the' ividends were
, discharged, there appeared to be a loss of 418,5401.
Then what was called the Stock Account exhibited
at one view the true, state .of the affairs :of the
Company; and what was the tniestate of this account
All they took credit for was 6,181,0001. and yet
even this was fallaciotis : for. out of this amount_
was not deduaed the capital, which in every mer 7,
cantile statement must be considered, and when
that was subtraeted, there was, in truth, a balance
against them Of from three to four millions. Again,
they claimed upon Government 4,460,0001, which
was a manifest excess on the just demand of
.2,000,0001. In a very short time there would be-
Come due from the Company in. England 1 7,5 09,0001.
and what were the measures to be taken to meet this
exigency he was totally at a loss to coujeaure. Such.
Was. the melancholy view he was obliged to take of
these concerns : but, while helainented the situation
of affairs,, he highly approved of the nomination Of
a Noble Lord (Lord Minto) to the high office of
Governer-General, and he 'trusted that, under his
management, some alleviation of these serious cala-
inities might be obtained.
Lord CASi'LPtEAGIt eXplained,
Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY entered into a ge.:
neral vindication of the Treaties by Sir George Bar-
low, and commented on the various items of account
noticed by the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Francis); frolii
all which he concluded, that.the Company's affairs
Were in a much more flourishing condition than had.
been repyesented.. , • • "
FRANCIS and. Sir A. WELTLESLEi severally
explained.

WILITS7.I-IED KEENS .rejoiced at the suc-
cessful means whiCh had been employedto., drivelhe
French out of India, and said, if Bonaparte could
have 'faUnd a fulcrum by whiCh his lever could have
been. supported,. he would have subverted:the Easi-
ern World.

Mr. GRANT observed, 'that inane inaccurate
.statements had, been dude of India Accounts, and
that, on the grand total) there appeared a,balance in
.faVotir of the Company of i 3-8,8791:

After a conversation between Mr. Alderman Prin-
sep, Mr. Paull, , Mr. -Johnstone, 'Sir Arthur Welles-
ley, Mr. Hiley Addington, Mr. Moore, 'and Lord
Morpeth (during which the Alderman said, that the
India•Conapany was in a state of insolvency), the
question was put " That the' Chairman thport pro-
gress, and ask leave to sit again." This was carried
in the affirmative, and Tuesday, was appointed to
re-consider the subject in the Committee; ' „
The House being resumed, an Account of the
Expences of Printing and Stationary was moved for,
and farther, by Mr. PAULL., the Charge of printin
the Papers relating to India since.llarch last; both
which Motions were agreed to.
The Bill for Providing for. the 'Falnily 'of Lord
Rodney was'read a first' ime, arid it was ordered
that it be. read a second time this day.
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