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DANISH SHIPS.

be glad to know bow those cues differed from the
present.
Lords ST,6ittoii-nn(l-I,AupBRDALc laboured to
prove a wide difference between the two cases ; the
one was consonant to the plinciple of ancient juris-
,
prunence anu.established custom, the other was a
direa violation of the law of nature and nations.
The House then divided on thefiist Resolution.
For the previous question .-`. . -16
ikza:nT . . . . . ... . 16
Maiority in favourof Ministers '--20

While strangers were excluded, another division
took place, we suppose on• the other Resolutions,
when the numbers were—
Contents
Non. Contents • . • p
Majority for Ministers . . .
Adjourned at ten o'clock. -

- HOUSE OF COMMONS.
- TUESDAY, MAY 17.
•A message from the' Lords declared their Lord-
ships"assent to the Exchequ:4 Bills Bills, the Irish
Assessed Taxes Bill, and several Private Bills.
Mr. Owen, from the India House, presented se-
veral Papers relating to,the Carnatic Question.
Lord BARNARD gave notice, that he would on
Thursday next move for leave to bring in a Bill to
enable Grand Juries in Ireland to self or exchanges
certain lands occupied by court-houses and jails in
that country.
\Mr. Hostussms deferredtill to-movrow, his in-
tended motionjor the improvement of the land re-
venue of the Crown.
•
MITATARy.INQUIRY.•
Mr..HustusSoN, as the Commissioners of Militiry
Inquiry had not yet finished their investigation, net
having gone into the examination of many 'of the
principal departments connefied with the admini-
stration of the pecuniary affairs of the army, pro-
posed to move for leave to bring in a Bill to continue,
tor another year, the powers entrusted to them by
the Aft of last Session, which would expire on the
Ist of June next. The Commissioners were now
investigating the Accounts of thesWar Office, on'
which they would very shortly make a report. ,The
Ordnance arid sonic other extensive dipartinents
were yet untonched.
In ansWer•to .question from Mr. DircnoLsorr
CALVERT, Mr. HusxissoN said the Bill he proposed
to introduce would be an exact transcript_of the Aet
of the fast Session. • •
Mr. SHAW LEVev'tfe 'bore testimony to the tissi-.
duity and ability with which the Commissioners
discharged the trust reposed in them. He adverted
to. the merits of their Neater Reports, and panic:us!
a laxly the last Report relative to the Army Medical
Board. He heped proper compensation would be
Made to this Commissioners for their meritorious per-:
formance of a task so-laborious. A Report on the
Accounts of the -War Office would be very soon in
.
a state of readinesS to be laid before the House.
Mr. 1-{USXISS9N said, the usual mode ot making
compensation to Parliamentary Commissioners-was,
to vote a proportionate sutra when their labours were
completed: But as this commission had lasted so
much 'longer than others, it was felt that some re-
muneration-ought to be made even now, otherwise
the Members might wear nut their lives before the
reward would come.: His Right Hon. Friend, there-
' fore, hadivin.conteinplation to propose to the House
to vote a sum, towards the close of the present See-
s*, proportionate- to what the Commissioners had'
airez.,dy done; and this sum the Commissioners may
share among:them,by ward present compensation.
He 'was sure the proposition would receive tn,
sanction ot the House.—Leatte was given: to bring
in the Bill. •
The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER gave no-
tice that Oti MODday next. he, would move lot-leave.
to bring in a Bill to amend the Adis relating tO the
warehousing- of goods intended for exportation, -in
Some cases where difficulties of form now eXisted.
The SPEAKER suggested,that as the principal part:.
of the private business before the House had been
completed ,yesterday, in recehing the reports 'on.
Private pills, it would he competent and convenient
ro etitWon pciblie bwines earlier than hltberto. To:
delay the commencement of public ntisines as late
as-had:been done when the private business was in
progress, would be to keep the House idle' for a ton-
siderable Lillie:every day. The public business of
this day may be entered upon now.
• • CARNATIC- .
Sir Tttowks Tuarosr in rising to call the atten-
tion of the House to this important subjeddelt
self
.urider the'neeeSsit'y of claiming its indulgence.
He felt how unequal an advocate he was either to
engage -the-attention of the House, or •to do justice
to, tlie qUestion if `the manner tliat he /wished. lie
came forward not obtrusively, but because the great
subjea-The-had-taken, up had languished- for -years
for want of a persen to' brit% it before the house,
and because even now nohody,but he would:under-
.
-take the 'task of bringing to justice transa4ioni which
could ,not
_consistently oe any ;longer left titian inad-.
vertea upon. H. wan on a different side-of the
House from that on which he Sat when he•first called
the attention of: the House to this question. But
whether suppoitiug an Administration or aiding an,
Opposition:he was eninileenced by party
ton4iderahotiri, and'in every situation _his sense of
his•aluiyaind his zeal to perform. it would be the
same. it ..might hove been expeCied that a .Right
Hon. Gentleman (Mr.'Sheridan) who had forMerly
6ken a great interest in this :question, would have
bteu the person to take the lead in bringing it under'
diseessioeatow. For himself he could sincerely say,
tit it even now' he .vonls gladly resign the business
into the hands of that Right Hon. Gentleman, and
that he would be better pleased to a& as his seconder,
thatto be himself the mover. That Right Hon.
Gentleman may, perhapi,,be influenced by a fear
that by taking up this question too warmly, he might
run the: risk' of creating fatal divisions among his
He did not deny that such a
coroidiiraiion onght ..to have some weight. He Was'
glad, however, to find that the Right'Hon.- Gentle-.
roan. alb:lded,te, When called upon to .expresss his
, bit 4 forater night, urn, the subject ot this
question, did not dissemble his confirmed adherence
to his former sentiments; on the eeattary, ti,et
Right HOn. Gentleman, with the manliness • whicn
formed so distint uished. a part of his charaeter, de.
cfttred that Iv.: coutiqued to look upon the trankic-
-60114 in the (.21rnatle, to which thsez:uceoscitiotii: it;:o"r:
thellotise4eterred,as'she- most treacherous anti in-
human proceeding that had ever di

• The Order of the Day was then moved, and
Lord Stintatyrn rose to make his .Protnised 1110-,
ilon respecting; the detention and condemnation of
belonging IC) W.nmark, previous to

any dularaiion of hOstilitics against that kingdom.--
1I s would 'not re-agitato,Rny of the ques-
tions relative to Denni.irk, .upon which their Lord-
tiiiips had already decided, trait confine, ititnitiktrielly
to the cittstion to which he should now.solicit their
atts.`tititAl. lc appeared from- the—Papers on the
tahle, that an inlinetoe.juitnbcr of Danish ships,
many of which had vo!'mtariiy come into
port: lyelnie any idea Was entertained of a rupcure

between the two covtries-, hid - been detained
' that 1034 of them, upon application :.tO.tlio.Court
0; had been • released, but 'Upon hostilities
haviwg urukeu out were again seized and condemned
kind Itwiul prizes. ft ..alsci appeared, :that‘
the inai,-rs and crews of these ships so taken, had
k, is:ct bee;i detained as pripotters of War; and that.'
h the property that had been c4.mhstated in
: , and which was confiscated: in consequence
(t LiAr attack •oti Oopealiag'en, ;belonged to British,
These transactions worea complexion not
highly injuriou4 to individuals, but irreconcile...
ablewitti the taw of nations, repuguant•to.the;nival'•
4rNisiorts of ourCoUrt of Admiralty, ineomputiblewith
the justice, and inconsistent with the character for'
),.vbiob this enoutry hid so lorlA been' h 6 proudly
distingnsbed arming nations. He had several 'Res°.
Intions,:to propose ou tbis subjea, the purpose of
to suspend' the app;opriatien of the pro.
coeds cii .thesales of those ships end theireargoes
first, in order -to indemnify the British ,snbjet.lS who
hail suffered- from the confiscation ~,ilt'Jing,td,hy the
p,,t11,4t GON;4rcenent, and next4be Iliisuspeatin. and
uiluffending Danes who:ha& come in alttitist' upon
juvitation Into our. ports;
.and' also to hberaw Lht
ho, ur,der these cirouruitances, had been
11-1;:r1t.: pr;s()!;er, of war, upon' such terms as ter his
liberalitr ata.Wisdbin.shOuttif4‘.em meet.
'tit; was sorry to observe of ,late a •disr,Osition be
trtyed by his Alajesty's• 'Government in the prirrci-
cr s, in t 1 language, and in the Itleasyres they
•
irdqted, to Aeyktly 110113 that hilt! of policy
Nci:tch this Country had hitherto and to trui-
-4,4o.'and.pursue. that, Cor which Frenc'e has been of
laLt4ears....so..jur.ly reprobated:4l,6r Lord,hips must
Oet)ll'4.6C.:tlititlit Speeches firm.' Tbrbne thi:bOast
Lad. t;v:,..410641' held Otat.aWt the Con t du6ofibis l:iU=
veriiraent had in alhtheseparticirlars formed a strik-
ing contrast to that of .the'Entnly. Was that=con-
oow to disappear, and was the conduct of Eng-
land, which be fondly' hoped ,would have proved
t ke, refuge au ~..ititu?ry of justice arid-humanity, to
ht.! s.nhani..4.ll with the pra(ticei Of the tyrant
'I he Nolile Viscount, then read. his.ne.
!,u) .at..t coin lnded with moving the
Lulu, la.t.pit restated his' argurnents
th ahe tie Ct violation' o: the Law urli;it-.
ti6l),, and '.on ended, that in,adopting the'meitsnres
of which he N‘ible Viscount disapproved; we had
only acicd in• conformity with the established pr:tc.;
tit,e of our Courtsof Law, and wit h'the just exercise
of die-rights enjoyed by his '.iViajsty. Ills Lord-
conc;43 ed \%ith tub% ing the prerious question.
I.orcis I Il Et-I B.II3OIiOUGH oil
band, that the tfahstitlions to Which Ott
re14,..,0 had no parallel in gut'
t Stit)ilid b.. rec:illected, that in Ow present iiivai;eo
we wer I. e aggreSsGrsi all
puointdra kilunarrconduct, the „ig,Bl'os..
bcg.: n oftlL r -
ii,,,vt(r,sLui..y referred the ' Noble and
tat ilr eat J.ords to what been done by. At'ani..
lit,hid) they wt;re 'connetted with
to at Ad i,14,094(1

. .
Government in any age in aayeatintry. Why that of Chepank, in which the new Sovereign-Was ad.
night Hon. Geittleinee was ndtettqw in his place, mated to reign, though it was not a Palace Of tlia
it was nett easy to account. It was,, perhaps, 'ow- State of the Gametic, like that of Arcot, but the Fl-
ing to one of those occasional 14.8 of indolence to vete property of the Nabob; insomuch that a molt-
which every one knew :lihnsto be.subjeet, or possi gage on it in right of Mr. Latour, vested fully accord-
lily the Right lion. Gentleman might 001 have-been rag tolrie'opinion of-his Majesty's Attorney Gene- .
aware, that the termination -of private business would: 'rah, He thought it right to say, that as soon as this
have caused public business to be entered updn this situation of the dethroned- Prince was madeknewa,
day at an- earlier-hour than -usual=-etIVIr. Sheridan tOIVIr. Addhigtnite-4then Miller; orders were int-
appeered in, his place Shortly after this).--Finding mediately sent out to removeAaint _from it. But un-
himself, however, under the necessity of standing fortunately tlieseerders arrived too late. He meant '
for Ward to. introduce the subjel, it only remained not to charge Lord Wellesley, or Lord Clive, with
' for him to do the. best 'he could, however bad the . any design to have the young Prince killed, or rour-
, best may be. He had no personal hostility towardp dere& But those who placed a deposed Soveteign
the Noble Marquis who was so- deeply implicated in in the hands of an Usurper were ansviernblefor the
thekrahsa6tions on which he was about to animad- consequences. It' was said, the young Prince at-
yeti.. He had always admired hia,charaeter as a man tempted to - secret himself. He had, on' an occasion
d and ee politician, except so far, as related to the on which he was particularly annoyed, got over a
Government of India. The Noble Marquis was bred wall from his mother's apartmects to his aunt's ; and
up in the school of Mr. Pitt, and that-was enough to this Was the concealment with which he was charg•
excite some partiality
.towards. him iu his mind. It ed. He was brought back, and remained till he
wast reported, that nothing but this charge prevent-- died,*hich. was soon after. He did not assert that
ed the Noble Marquis from beiog in administration.. his death bad beep produced by any foul play 1. be
But if the Nbble Marquis had been guilty of the acts, could not prove it, and therefore hedid not chair
which he thought fully proved against him in the it, but he 7 believed it. Do&or Anderson, on the
Papers he should have to refer to this night, he had authority of the Mahornedan Physician, related that
no hesitation'to say, the Noble Marquis was the the young Prince was for twenty-five days attacked
Most unfit person to be a Minister of this Country. with bloody stools. Heebelieved well.ittiormed me'
that the Country contained. The Hon. Gentle-. dical men would be of opinion that this could not as-
matt here stated the circumstances of the conneaiou turally have been the case, and that either it :was
by treaty between the East India Compaey and the not the fad, or some foul means most have heen
Nabob of the Caruatic, from its first commence- --used to cause it. Here the Honourable Gentleman
meta.' After Hyder Ally had menaced Madras, by read dletter .from the Prince, the authenticity of
advancing within six miles of that capital, it seemed' whose signature bb could verify by evidence at this '
adviseable to enter into a treaty, with the Nabob Bar, giving a most pathetic account of the sad re- ,
Wallajah, by which, in Consideratiou of certain sub- verse he had suffered, being deprived of his throne,
sidiary payments, the Company uudertook to pro- and delivered* into the bands of, his enemy, to the
vide an adequate army for tkie defence of the Na-, confirmetioa of whose power -only the security of
bob's territory, or in tea more properly speaking, his death was wanted. His pure spirit fled from his
for their own security, which may be endangered-bte woeful distress,- and was now petitioning at the foot
leaving the Nabob's dominions in a state of hostel- ol the Almighty's _Throne_ for justice—a justice
cient defence. This subsidy being too heavy the which he hoped swould hot be visited cm Britain,
kists or payments fell in arrears and in 1792 Lord for the delinquency, of her sons in India. Those
• Cornwallis 'concluded another treaty, the payments who visited India were supposed, in the language °,f
under which were continued to the death of the Mr. Burke, uttbaptited in crossing the Line, and left
Nabob Wallajah in 17 g 5. Omdut ul °tiara'', who all their •Christitiat qualities behind them. He wished I
succeeded, continued the payments with the same -the scenes he could turn -to were such 'as to
unfailing regularity till the hour of his death, which • afford consolation fof those 'he had adverted to. Sot
was chosen fOr coin nencing the pioceedings he was . .the grounds on which the justification of these atro•
about to detail to the House. If the House would dons proceedings' was attempted, were, if possible,
give him its attention-, he was confident that the very more odious than the transactions themselves. Thet
Catenient of the facts as they appeared unouestion7 were letters and extraas from letters from Anibai•
ably stated in the doceMents, would impress univer- sectors sent, by: 'Pippo° with _the young Plitices
his
sally a conviction ?that this was one of the blackest isons, when given up as, hostages to Lord Cornwallie
deeds that stained the history ut mankind. Un the In some of the -t-tits• node by Wallajah to these,
• nth July, 1801, Col. M.tcneti proceeded from Madras Princes, and by them with the Ambassadors to \VP'
with a body of troops, with orders to take possession lajth, some-professions of friendship-to Tippoo were
of the Palace of Chip ink. Cul. Macneil had toe made, ahtl,Loic Contwallid appealed tie for the cote
much feelingunnecessartly tudisturbthe last moments urination of them.. • What .student at Westminster ;
of tile dying Nabob, and therefore he did not; in the Hail that had attended- to the first rules of evidelise
first instance proceed farther than the outer gate. would not;coet 'such proof ?. He was sure the 1404
But scarcely was the Nabob dead, when these:cold- nonrable Baronet opposite, who had presided as Su'
blooded Cointnissioners entered the apattinetit,. and preine Judge arßettgal,• would feel how coutevort'''
tore his sL'in trdm tee indulgence of fleet grief by the ble n was to ask for belief on such eVidence.. It Nl° :
bedside of the deceaaed, to answer tuterrogatories on certainly stated that Wallajah .gave a few rrirlil
charges of treason against his lather and grand- sweetmeats and other presents to the young Prince"!
father. It was a 'aacresk-fortn in the East, that eo and called on God to t reserve -them ; but W:l3
businesSwas done ter forty days after` the death of a thence to be infer' ed that he had entered, into 3hogs.7: C..
near relative. But. the business .91 the cnintnis- ' the confederacy with Tippoo \Vas- this evidence•
stoners was too urgent to allow them to regsrd
.any ~ He would' agent ask the Hun. .Baronet uppeSliet •
form, however sacred. The.-14ritiees of the East were whether he could consider it to be so ? That Hoe
known to have a power to di-pose of their suedes- Baronet'must--es-e--
Oen ,by will among tueit tiescendantS. The will of Sir JoeUAsseitelystee spoke to order. He
cnu
‘4,18 cit!,llaittled; and being found to be in , calved the repeated allusions made to him by ,
fatour•of the Prince, he was dismissed, bat, a 1 Honourable' without eren. knowing
tt
1
tiarcl to attend 'him. This was only to allow time iota of his-:opittihn .on the subied, extremely
ter consultation ; fur the Prime: was showy alter. ; proper. •
told, that on the charges of treason alluded to, his' The -Seaiitetti had frequehtly. heard quest!
dominions were turf: ked to the Company, and he to of the liOn. Baru* used as ar6..,
• would be Accts. ive,l of them; unless he should comply; I nient in debate, but had never understood they
with he .e rats required of rt.l'lltelewcibllarogfeus. were conii.latit:e;d, as disorderly.
dr,. a
now, ,for the first time, communicated to ow Re- Sir 1. resumed. One of the. letters
gents or Ceoncillors appointed by (Need- m. evidence .was the. trimslation of a
Ut o;;itah to ditea and advise Ali Hussein, the Would any legal men admit that ae•derectible
. , ee stew
Prince. A coeference followed in the tent of Colo- A copy found at Seriagapatam %V"- -
• net Maciteil,' at which Lord Clive was present, and that it was!ever sent ? ,But if it were, the cohtrti,
it was pretended that on this occasion Ali Hussein were merely Complrilientary: He read and afls') ~,„
whispered to Lord Clive, That he was disposed to do very minutely, a onniber of additional lettFr,ovnia
what he wished it his advisers•wauld permit; but which the cu:idua.and sentiments of Wallaiall
this Ali Hussein denied mid certainly the part act- Omdut UI Omtett had been endeavoured tobe
ed by the'British Agents in this transatlion gave no Cated,'. mist contended that some them nv
ground for crediting their assertion in preference to genies, and that the contents of others had not,is
his. During this truce, troopers with drawn swords meaes the beariiig-ascribed to 'hell). On",
112le
paraded in trout of the tent to intimidate the Prince; letter said to be froth Tippbo to °ludo 1.1 kllled
and-he . was told by Mr. Fitzgerald, the Physician, this letter, theoghldeted n I 79e, was etiOF'''",hs/t.
that the Governer-General, the Court of Directors, oMdut I.ll.onirah, as Nabob ut the Cartiatie,.o: )6t
and the British ..Governieent bad determined. to • it' Ireas: well: known he did not beceme tall t 79°-
nee
carry into etreCe the measure propesed to him at ail, however, is wQr,..l Lleunine, the coutents were. ,r 1
01e
...events. It the Directors or the Government;.nother of. the letieis ‘`4l oaf
given any stielv'ssittiott, he
_was :sure the:'.pon'sa Ali Kawn, the Aikbassador• Tippe ri
o, 'ee Yoshi
would long since have been put its possession -of- a . vising.aiirn. not to go to ,war, nor to.cooW I( ke°,9e.oo
document soitisportant to the vindicatien of the No- Onttl the departure of Lord Corn r,so is
ble-Matquis. The Prince was then•told.to.look'to, • also among:them .a traeslation of 3 letter, svr't,•, as i;
himself :that hie' was ebstipete the Coineatty• pencil,: on a halt sheet of paper, " eeparettril to•
would avail itself of the forfeiture, and raise to the was stated, addressed by (MAW' Ul
Musnud of the Ceramic some other Prince of the Kawn, whicie; lioestVet; had' odthing toc°,.ferita
family.- The gabob persevered in his resolution, ever with the huhject. dwellin:, at cons"
~,Ictiel
with a smile 'expreSsiveaf his internal. satisfaction, ble length on these pdints, he declaled'nalZ-in 4
arid the same time of his just sense of this specie any man to lay -his huger on a simple PiSss'srontituf
men of Btitish hunt mity in lodia. The Prince-was one of the letters by which either WallArh (I„ret salt
deposed, and Azeent UlDowlah, a youth between 1.11 Oturali,.‘6; eriniit.ated; much less coUla "
of the
whom and the Prince there were two nearer rela- pability be attateitel to, the unfortunate 00"
lions living, was 'raised to the Musnud. Azeent latter. Great stress. had' been. laid on thc',ll)l/ la
Dewlah agreed to terms that had been rejected by that had been discovered. There W 34 "04,
el
41i Hussein for it was not. for a person unexpea- ! this different from the usual practice of couritit
wits
telly raised to a throne to which he had pr
w eten- he should like to ask any Minister cen'Or.,"
• sions to quarrel with the terms which those ho .those subjects, -whether the
,cypher elludee to
else
raised him annexed to his elevation.
r> der Os
anent of the Azeem Ul Dowlidi betray- next pdint that lie proceeded to COEICI
The arrauee. be Meant for any insidious Or hostile
ed, the falsehood of the grounds upon which this shameful mode in which the two Wirnl"lieel to.
iniquitous transaction was carried into effect. In ; examine.dby Wiwi& testimony it was nttenfeeusk
One instance it was asserted that the Musnuti and criminate thunfortunateoindut Ul Oinrale
jlcitiliog a
territory of Arcot (as if he held a foot of fated) were they repeatedly declared that- they ktuesV
released to him, as being forfeited to the Company ; any treacherous correspondence,. their 01,1
in anothr place it was said he held them by here= were disbelieved. As a proof of the spisit
ditary right. Lord Wellesley wrote a letter of the examinations had been concluded, c' 00
thanks to Lord Clive, ter the judgment and inoclera- attention of the House to the circaltristance
ling the
- titan displayed by hint in the 'performance of this translator; who having commenced wig.
bed it
albite 'This letter was written in the Frame of the atninalio in • the Persian larigttege, 6°15 rata
Governor-general
in. connciithough hi"
, tere were rig is , because it
crdnot take the • et Se
purpose. tile
ittleaess . se.
many eels expressed toile so done, and he would wished." There was a Meanneas and 14s
I,,ted
Alt
venture to say this. was one of them, which the tii
hese shabby acts ot iniqUity, whit
Council 'had: never sanctioned,' and some against nitely gore than splendid i Meaty- „von, euiny
which they even protested. Aztern -U1 Doe. lah and Ortidut Ul Ontrah beets proet-:u0D1 0,1 to;
having been thuS placed on the Musnucl; it would, treason. whY was their (=little t° Dowilthhe
at least, havo, been proper to have removed the de- unfortunate young - Prince, Are" Le tsult or 'l,O
posed Prince beyond the reach of his OW& ; bei, • Why wa's.the successoraoanaweir lerthe u9tur.l gist
of_
1114,:lieel et that, he was confined in the
veryrat'cej predecessor c It eemincletr hint
se •
.11‘

hail. read horn=book; ref the Wolf 'and the
Lamb, in which the waif, on the lamb's denying
that he had :disturbed the s river, -asserts, that hits
lather then had done so, and on that being also de-.
nied, declares that itinust have been his grandlatheri
and immediately makes the innocent and unfortunate
animal his prey.. 'Even in the midst of all the atro-
cities committed by Buonaparte in Europe, he had
never attempted one of so deep a dye. He would
put it more nearly to the House. What would any
of the Gentle Men present tray 4 if, while' they were,
paying the last decent regards to a deceased parent,.
that parent should be accused by a Minister of cri-
minal pra6tices, and on the ground of that accusation
alone, threatened with the deprivation of their pro-
perty, unless they were disposed to accept of the
Minister's terms if such a monster were to
'rise in this country, he would never mount the'
scaffold, for before he could. reach it, •he would
be torn to pieces by the enraged people..
—There were two other points on which he
should trouble the House. The first related to the
accusation respecting tie assignment of the revenues.
He contended, that on this subjeCt Omdut 1:1 Omralr
had done no more than a collector of a. county
Would do,' Who on a temporary defalcation in the ad-
:counts of the sub-colleator should accept from a
friend a lean of 50001. and give in return an order on
those sub-colleaors., Adverting to the present state ,
of the Carnatic, and of Itidia.in general, he describ-
ed them as most disastrous.; bankrupt as the British
Government in India bad long been in charaCter, it
was now bankrupt also in fortune. With respect to
the other point, which related to the Sovereignty, he
reprobated the attempt to deprive the Nabob of
that title, and to substitute for it that
.of Viceroy. It
was from him that the Company had 'received'their
first Jaghire in India ; this was a fief, and the Na-
bob might have enjoined, 'military services as the
tenure by which it was tote held. He felt how
much he had trespassed upon the patience of the
Mouse; but it had been impossible for him to do
'otherwise. He conjured the House by the national
honour and dignity of which. they were the guar-
dians, he conjured the Ministers, by that regard for
national faith which they ought carefully to cherish,
to pOnder deeply. on this important•subjea. In the
sacred name of justice, the foundation of happineSs .
here, and of hope hereafter, he • called upon every
.man in that House to pause before he gave his vote
, upon it. It was his firm opinion, an opinion the re-
sult of many years investigation, that ;hill as the at-
tendance was, the decision of that nighCwould'de-
cide the fate of the British Possessions in
Was there a native power on which we could depend
if 10,000 hostile -Europeanawere to enter. the nar-
row pass of the Dentalt, where.we had lately .berm
so severely. handled ? Nut one. The very men
:who were fighting for the British 'Government
could nbt be depended upon, unless an alterationin
the system were to take place; unless the British
Parliament, in the terms, of his last Resolution, were
to declare in the t'ace of the whole world, that
.they
Would never encourage, or sanaion, or, lend their
countenance to any act of tyranny or oppression,
even in the most remote dependencies of the empire.
Alter a very able ands very animated speech, which
'exceeded four hours in length, and of . which our
limits and the nature of the subject have enabled us
tegive but a very ituperlat idea, the Honourable
40net concluded by moving a string of Resolul
tions, expressive of the sentiments which ''he had just
delivered. •

Mr.
Watalsce expressed hiss surprise. that six
years had been suffered to elapse, since this subject
had been first mentioned in that House, and that
the Papers had been so often printed and re-printed
in three different Sessions without any decision
t.eing come to upon it, and he was glad- that they
were come at last to the discussion. He acquitted
the Hon. Baronet, who for a great part of that inter-
val had not been a Meinher of the House, of any
blame for the delay ; but certainly those who should
support his motion, on the grounds he laid stated,
were bound to vindicate themselves from thu charge
of dereliction of duty, in suffering so foul a stain to
attach for such a period; to the charaeler of thecouo-
try, without having brought the subjea under the
consideration of the House. He hoped, however,
that the decision of that night would set the clues-
tion. strest ler ever, and relieve the Noble Marquis
.from, the calumnies and libels which. the ingenuity
,or malice of his enemies had heaped, upon him with .
tespet!t to -this transaaion. It was not Surprising
that a measure, which put an end to the 'abuses and
corruption that had existed in the! Carnatic, should
have excited the calumnies of those who were in-
terested in their continuance. Stich calumnious
libels were the best recommendation of the measure,
'which was- ignally dearito the interests of humani-
ty and the happiness of-millions. He '-contended,
that the conduct of Nlahomed Alli and of Oindut
U 1 Ornrah had been such as to give the Company
tights upon then), which on the refusal of their such
;essor to accede -to, justified the deposition of that
41)". The manner in which, he proposed to
ml" the as, first
fir as to tthose.fights ; ese-
condly, as t
ly,
to the manner of+xercising those rights ;
and third as to *the circumstances under which
they were exercised, The British Government had
74ised. AlahoMed from the-dust, and restored
him to the Sovereignty of the Carnatic. But no
, &loner had ,he concluded aTreaty with that Povern-;
Alen t; engaging-not to form any connection With any
foreign oruative PoWers,-without the consent of the:
British GOveniment, than he entered into a corres-
pondence with Tippet) Shib, the' irnelacable enemy •
Of
-British interests, whose only object was thesde-
truction of the British Power in India. The first
gnestion, therefore, was, whether the,Paperti were
Gutficient to establish the perfidy, and he avowed a
thornugh 'conviction, that they were fUliy attflicient
far its establishment. There might not be strictly
legal evidence of the feet, but there was such a
"trong presumption as nations were justified in ad-
'lig upon. It ought to be received with caution,
but that qiotion ought not to degenerate' into timi,
ditY, and- he would have but little respect for any
Govertior•General who Would, from the fear of
misrepresentation or calntnny, abandon any of 'the
irnkortant interests intrusted to his care. _Amongst
Tippoo's papers there had been fbund evidence of
negociatton for a Treaty hostile-to the British in-
terests, and thi4 this eviclenese•Was imthentic he was.
sure the Honourable Baronet would not, deny. Any
correspondence with Tippet), after the former
Treaty, would have been suspicious, but when car-
ried on by cypher, under clri,;iannitances a conceal"

11 E

S U N.

QU'.3 DICIKS FALiUM AUD&AT

LONDON, •
WEnsr2:;DAY, MAY 18, 1808.

--,- following ontward-bonnd Fleets sailed on
SOnday from Fa!Mouth, viz. the West India Fleet,
ttnOercohvoy of the Be/4t1.?; the Fleet.foT,Q.uehce
and Halifax, undo convoy of the Avenger; the

Mediteirmnean Fleet, under convoy of the
and the Fleet, for the Brails, undif conc•a=y of thd
Lightning Sloop of War.

Ws stated some time ago that another Expedition
was in agitation, upon a scale of considerable mag-
nitude. A part of the force that lately'sailed 'to the
assistance of our Ally the K:ING of SWILDZN,
return as .soon as the •service for which they, we,',!
sent is performed, and will be employed in the
.144'xpedittpli, the destifiation'of which, of tows's..., it
not known ; but, horn the circumstance we liaVC
just 111VIltiOnttk4 it is obvious that it is not to the

Tug Captain of a 'Vessel Ariel% arrived a few day;
ape .atTlymouth from Lisbon) states, that the 'LIS--
Skilllea in the Tagus was in such dkress for wain
of provisions, that it. was expeaed that Admiral
StNIAVIN wonld attempt to put to sca,.. even at the
risk of falling in with our Bleckading Squadron, if
the French did not prevent him. It has been as-
serted:in several of the Papers, that the reports of
the scarcity of provisions in Portugal- were unfound-
ed ; the facit is, a supply of grain, sufficient for the
consumption of a few weeks, was sent into Portugal
from Spain, but it was Only a temporary relief, and
further supplies cannot be had from that quarter.

THE subjedt:of the Caruatic Question, which has
so. long. been held over the head of Marquis Wm.-
LESLEY, one. of the most able 'StareSmen that this
Country has produced, to whose wisdom, firm-
ness, and perseverance, it is essentially indebted for
the extension and security 'of its poisessions in the
East, was last night brought forward. in the House
of Commons. Though this Question has been, the
subjea of much controversy rind misrepresentation,-
and is involved in a variety of diderent statenients,
it is. by no means ditficolt of comprehension in
minds that enter into the inquiry. with can-
dour, and a zeal for the, discovery of truth and
justice. MarquiS WELLESLEY, from all that we
have read and heard upon the ,subject (and weoti
have by no means -passed •it over with negligence
or indifference), appears to have followed the lights
thrown upon the subject in question by the
Lords .MAcAttrzortY and CURi4W'ALLI3, a 3 well
as to have exercised the judgment of his own ca-
pacious and I%netrating mind. With such authori-
ties before him as those great and unimpeachable
chara6ters, and' with the evidence of fads and local
experietace, he adopted that conduct .which policy,
justice, and necessity, imperiously pointed out
to hint—rand that conduct has received' the de-
approbation of the Direoors of: the„ 4st
India Company, though they have differed with the
Marquis on qther points. But the condua of the
Marquis has nut only been approved, but 'highly
admired for its Wisdom, justice, promptitude, and
decision, by-all wlto have had any: opportunity of
understanding the question, from loCal'evalence and
actual observatirm. Frain what tippeared hist night,
there is no reason. 'to believe that •the Public will

ditThr from those who have hitherto approved of the
proceedings of the Noble Marquis; but as the De-
'hate on ibis interesting and important question was
stiljourned, we shall reserve ourselves till the matter
has been fairly and fully discussed, before we pre-
sume to say any thing farther on the subjea,r—re-
ferring our Readers to the copious and corred ac-
COnlit of the' Debate which will be found in our.
P4kr of to-day.
We cannoti however, avoid an - expression of
something beyond surprise :at" what' was said by
Sir Thomas *r Otero!, who took, a leading part
in the Debate of last 'night. This Gentleman,
adopting e figure throWn out by' Mr. Eitimi.fi in
tin! wanithmess 61 his imaginationfintimated, that
all,persons who. passed the Cape, in order to take
higiiiituations in India, whatever Might be their
inteivity in this country; sOon obtained all 'the et*.?r7
ruption usually. imputed to adventurers in -the East,
and considered nothing but their: own interest.--
We could mention other wen Lave conduaed
themselves in India lunch virtue as "could
be Immo in any other 'part of the Earth, but we
may fairly particularize Lord IVlAcotix' Lord
Cen 14wat.z.ts, and, Sir T. CLAVIMING, as chatn&ers
above.the reach of slander arid- 'suspicion, and who
would have done hOifOur to the best of times. \\
hOK, therefore, that Sir Thomas TURTO-N 1),.
induced ..to. retry dt this hasty censiiie, to use the
mildest terms that occur to ns ; or that some, person
resoltitely stand up in defence of. d: 4e izalted
and exemplary itidit ideals.

Acconnts•from Martin iv,. ?..4. the 9th of March,
repreient that Isl And most deplorableAtatc.
The interruption ofits commcrce with. the United,
StateS had occasionCttlhe inmost distrotis to the in-
habitants; and the Dihnit bb.ing closely blockaded, it
was considered that necessity ‘vould shortly.c6tripel
a surrender to the British arms.
. Letters were received yesterday frOm Jdretnie, in
St; Domingo, to the 30th Of March. These letters
repeat the inrelligetwe that Port de Paix, as well,as
Jean 'Rabe,' were—in the posSesSion of PHTNN.
There were about 5000 of his troops at Jeretnifii,
under the command of a General GERltitti; several
hundreds of %Atom were employed in dispersing the
Brigands; who had taken reinye in the neighbour-
' ing hills and woods.
Lieutenant DENCII, Flag Lieutenant to Sir C.
Corrotc, otf the Tagus, is promoted t4thultank of

Cotertitnder, 'and 'appointed to the command of the
Blblieni' Sloop of War, in lien of Capt. Ptoorr,
p64ithi info Nympfte, of ;}ti guns, vacant by the
0.0:1111 of Capt. SIiMEV, who so gloriqusly fell in an
'attempt to cut out a Ves.;ol in. the Tagus.
Her Ho) al Highnesi• the Princess of WALas at-
tailicti Wr r rtn,tn year yesterday,' on which occa-
,;011 the Duchess ofilauNiwtcx. giive a grand enter-
' tai!‘ozynt, told her Royal Highness's trades-pedple
13:3.1,z,ratisi clinugr in -Greetitricii. •
Tin! Ditche.ss of CluaDiiti had ant elegant, dinner
n
y:xo...,tday, at Gititi&L.cms Hotel, in wip stric-
tvacer,.

NAVAL NEWS.

From Me LONDON CiatirtE, Afty

ddmifrully-Office, May 17, 18Q8,
Copy of a Le,ylvr flan!. Alexander Skene,;.l4l. cap-
tai►t of His Majesty's. Ship Gfterritre, to the Hon.
IV. IP. Pule., dated on kard that Ship, Bartatioes,
March ID, 1808.
SIR, _ .

I hare the honour to acquaint you, that the
French Privateer Brig •Milviiia, 'of Nantea, eorn•
unlade& by Monsieur Rena Salaun, Arid
fourteen guns, with sixty men, together with her
Prize, the Ship Juliana, were captured on the
t.lll Ftthruary,
.1808-, by his Majesty's Ship un-
der my command.
I,,have the honour to be, &c.
ALEX. SKENE.

FALMOUTH, MAY Is.—Sailed the Marlborough.
Packet, BULL, With Mails of the 3d inst. for Gibral-
tar, Malta, and Meoina ; Mancheiter Packet,
for Halifax and New York, and the 4Voticra Packer,
BLIGHT, for Barbadoes and Jamaica, with Mails of
the 4th inst.

Sailed the hired Armed Brig Morristown, Bitft-
KKR, with a Fleet of Coasters, thr Wales; us also
the following Fleets, about 70 Sail, tinder convoy of
his Majesty's Ships "Melia, ati guns, Capt..lanY,
and his Majesty's 'Brig elvenger, 18 guns; Capt.
Witurit, fbr Ifalitax, Quebec, and Newfoundland;
his Majesty's Ship Cnnibrian, 40 guns, Capt. YIN.-
CENT, 'for the Mediterranean; his Maj4ty's Brig
4tiiiettq, 18. guns, Capt. SAUNDERS, for the West
Indies; and his Majesty's Ship kietninr, to guns,
Capt. Dovcz, for the Brazils ; the whole of which
got under weigh abourdaylight.
About one o'clock P.M. his Majesty's Ship Presi-
dent, of 44 guns, with about 25. Sail from Trirbay,
appeared, and on
..receiving information (4' the
sailing of the Fleet (then in sight), sailed to join.
them.

• • The Anterican Ship Osagc is expeaed to sail to-
morrow or Tuesday with Mr. Pr NCICNEY (son of the
American Minister in London), and Mr. LE IS,
who arrived here yesterday. Mr. Noma remains
in London.

PLYMOUTH, MAY 16,--Sailed the Dragon, of 7I
guns, to joie the Chanoel'Fleet i and the lindostan)
of 54 guns, with some Vi6tuallers tinder cimv9y,
laden with, supplies, for Admiral Coi•rruv'i. fleet utt
tbs. Tag4i. _ - -

L'Eclair Sloop of War passed by yesterday from
Portsmoutb with a Fleet of Vessels under convoy
six Transports came in here from them, said to be
destined for the Brazils, and to take on !maid the
Portuguese Emigrants now at this Port.
Accounts have been received here by a Vessel ar
, -
ri%ed from 'Lisbon,. that the Russian Vied in the
Tagus ate in a very distressed state for want of pro-
visions, and that it is probable they will make an ef-
fort to e,cape from thence, unless prevented by the
Drench troops.
The Theseus,. of 74 guns, went out of Harbour
this morning, and anchored in Cawsand Bay.
Sailed the Hathquin Arthed Ship, with a large
,Fleet of Merchantmen under convoy for the Downs.

S:PORTIAG 11177'ELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, ISA

TiIIiSUAY, MAY 17.
Mr. Goddard's 7st. 211). beat Mr. Andrew's
Lydia, HAL 71b. Two-yr ()Li Course, wogs lt. ft.—s to 4
airtt

Fatty Pounds for 3-yr old. Colts, Bst. 41b. Fillies, Sst. tt. hl.
Major Wilson's ch. c. juniper, by Whiskey - a
Lai Grosvenor's b. c. .
Mr. War4oh's b. G. tbruen -•- 3
s to 2 agstl uniper-3 to a apt Sun-beam-4 to I agst Hymen.
it Handicap Plate of sat. by Subscription (being- rho Third
of he'l'l,rec std. elat.), 1.013, 4, s, 6-yr .olds and aged
horses.' Acro's the Flat.
Sir C. Duality's ch: h. snug, 5 yrs old, sst.
Mr. C. Browne's b. h. Pavilion, aged, 9st. 211;
Mr.' S11001;11: br. h. Gaiety, 6 yrs old, Sst. sib. 3
Mr. Cirdlar's b. h. by Worthy, '5 yrs Old, Sst. - 4
Sir F. Stabttish't br. c. by Sir,Peter, 4 yrs old, S.r„ slb.
Gen, (i rosvenot'sch. c. john-Q'G aunt, 3 yrs old, bst.iilb. b
to to t agst Snug-:-.5 to 2 agsf Pavilion-3 to t apt Wort*
La, C. Soterset's White Rpse" -9st. slb.,•beat (en.'Gros.
venoa's lohn-o'-Gaunt, Bst. From the Turn of the Lairds,
in. saiis. —5 tri. 2 Apt White Row.
LLI Lowther!slot, 9st. re 4. 58s from Ld C. Somerset's
While Kose, 7st. Across tho Flat, sfgs.. •
111 Sst. 416,. re from Sir j. Shelley's
Clasher, iSsr. 211). Y. C. zoogs. 50 at. • ' .
L.l Fotcy's 1. Cecilia, by Worthy, s4t, tolb, rec. sots
from La Lowther's Trafalgar,
,Ssr. 91b. Two-yi
29ogs. b. - '" • •
Mr. C.:raven's Beau Nash, by.Trtimpaiter, r 40,„ A:l.•i tint.
Gen. G rotvenot's Welsh Fuziket; by - 2.11).
each. Two-ytuld Course, rocgs.

Crry Bufitrass.—A Court of 'Aldermen was held
ye4ter4ity at Guildhall, at which the price of Bread
Ai/tit 6rdered to be raisQd to'i ibc.l. the scluartcrn 144 t
of Wheaten, and tod. Household.
The Thanks ofthe Court were unarlitnously voted
to the Dibliop of Statsny 11Y, and the Rev. Mr. Dab!),
for their exceliqtit Sertraons pre:it:lied at Ciiri3t
Church, Newgate-street, on Easter .141onday
Toe.dAy hist,
The Precept for the eleetion of Sheriffs and other
Otticervepou 11'il4ittintuer D,ty liext, was ordere:l
to issue.

The Thattks of the Court wore unonintoosly vot-
ed to the Rev. JrA. 8A.1N133; Chaplain to the Long
MAYuki, lei his s'o-rmons on Plough Monday, the
Fast Day,‘ and the Fast Sundayln Tenn ; rand WI
was rigtested to print the b ne , and send a Copy to
every
ember:. . . _

The. LorthMayor,, agreeably to the A& of Corn-
mon Council oldie 7th of April, 1748, nontiiiated
the` several following Gentlemen to •rbe publicly put
in tiouilmition to the Livery of did several Conirm-
nies of the City, for Shcrirl's I.lf the City of London
and County of Middlesex, on Nrldit,imtncr-day next,
viz. •

Messrs. Alexander Champion, jahll Lowlq,
'faddy, Titune44 Poynder, Thom is Whiphatt),
~,Tedtkes, juscph ,Leigh, t:haries Vitigins
• muud.

-And tL Common Cryer was directed to tva;t
upon them, and iuttgra thew of their

a -x4rtiiilgly.