The Sun.
London, England, 1808-04-01 00:00:00

/NDEMNJTY TO THE NAI3OB OF DUDE.

J,ord Alia; 1.1841 D 1741111110 rose to make'
his promised _motion tOr Compensation to the Nabob
pi Oude, -began by neknowledging the defer.:
t•r;ce fromevery individual of' that House to its
Yeceilt deCi4on on the conduit of the Noble Mar-,
hose government in' India bad bsen th aub--
Ica of so much animadversion. klc regietted that;
the course 'of the debate upen that questidn, be
I al not, though he bad risen tinee or four
f•;,laght the eyecif the Chair; for bad he- been 80.
totamite, he 51i61314' ba%c,then entered his solemn
protest against any'sentiment that went to avow
that, in the tr2nisaoions that appeared upon the Pa-
Fels on the tahle,.the Noble Lord.had been animatod
by it's ardent zeal for the public service. He would
the House, iss be went on, :extra* from
!'apes7,, ww,ild warrant him in saying,
hod undergone a variety of exactions
utt.dc Stu oniiorm by htelp`pf fraud,

duplicity, and injustice. Here the Noble Lord pro-
ceeded to read a variety of extratts tiom the Paperi
on the table, and contended that there did appear
in the correspondence between the Court of Direc-
tors and 'the Government' sufficient.' proof that the
condu& of the Government in India was disapprOved
of, and that they had been the aggressors; that
treaties had been actually violated, and that though
that House might think it right to approve of the
military prowess of a Noble Lord, yet he hoped that
they would not be found deficient in justice, to the
injured. His Lordship, after lamenting the little
interest with which questions relative to India in-
spired the House, and the tendency of its indiffer-
ence upon,such subje&s.to lower it in public estima-
tion, concluded with moving a series of Resolutions,
the put port pf the last of which was, that it ap-
pears to the House, that the British GoVernment
is bound in honour to re-Consider and revise. the
treaty of 1801, with the Nabob of OUde, with a
view to an arrangement more faiourable to' the
•Nabob.
. .

. .
Mr. .1?. DUNDAS said, that he was surprised
that the House should now becalled upon to diatuss
the same question which had•been already decided
*on, by a Resolution, in which the last 'Resolution of
the Noble Lord was not only negatived, but on
which the House pronounced an opinion, approving
of Lord Wellesley's Administration. He should,
therefore, do little more than refer the Noble Lord
to, that decision, convinced, that were he now to go
over again the arguments formerly adduced, be
should be trespassing unnecessarily upon the time
and patience of the House. Were the House of
Commons now to agree to the Noble Lord's Reso-
hitions, they ;would contradidt their own. decision.
The Noble Lord did not shew in any part of his
speech. hoW this inconsistency could be avoided. The
NOble Lord had not stated to the House hoW he in-
tended that the Nabob should-be indemnified. If he
meant that the territory which 'had.been taken from
him Shotild be restored, he would find it very diffi-
cult to transfer the people of India from the Governor
of the. East India Company to that of their old mas-
ters.. This could not be done, he was sure, without
exciting much discontent, and, perhaps, not with-
out considerable resistance on their part. If. the
Noble Lord meant that the compensation .should be
made in the form of subsidy; he ought to have stated
the mode of doing it, and to have sheWri
:himself
prepared to solve all the difficulties which mast pre-
sent themselves to every one as to the manner of
giving etled to his Resolution., The
.Noble Lord
had' passed over in silence the force kept up upon the
frontiers of Oude 'at the expence of the Company,
and the Wars which, in defence of the Nabob, the
Company bad entered into against the Mabrattas,
which certainly ought net, to be set
.out of view
when the justice of the policy which was observed'
in regard to him was under consideration. .He de-
clined now entering into a justification of Lord Wel-
lesley's Administrationl he should move the previous
question upon all the 'ReSolutions except the last,
which he should meet with a direct negative.

Mr. MARTIN took a view of the state of the
parties in 1801, and of the circumstances, which led
to the Treaty. He contended that there was not the
smallest ground at that time for the interference of
the Governor-General affairs of the Nabob,
who had religiously observed all the sipulations of
the Treaty concluded in 1708, by Sir John Shore.
He expeeted, 'at least, that some neceisity for the
violation of this Treaty would have been attempted
to be established; but no such attempt had been
Made, and it appeared to be.irifringed merely to give'
erfeet to a system of aggrandisement which Lord
Wellesley had adopted, and was determined at ail
events to pursue. The Kists were not even in arrear,
and the Company hadderived all the advantage from
the Treaty of 1708 that ever was expeCted from it.
It was said, indeed, thaC by this Treaty, the Nabob
wouldhave contributed as much .ashe does at pre-
sent. But in answer to this he stated, that the
Company were obliged to keep up ; force of not less
than it, and not more than: 13,000 troops for 76:
lees o( rupees, to be paid by the Nabob ; and till the,
subsidy was refused to be paid, which it never was,
we certainly had no right whoever to seize upon his
territory. We were called upon to consult the
feelings,olthe natives of India, but we ought also
to consider what must have been their feelings on
seeing a'solenm Treaty so unnecessarily and wan-
tonly violated. And when it was stated that the
country was in stwb a state of disorder, that all sorts
of crimes were committed with impunity, it ought
also to be shewn, that the security of the, British
Government in India was endangered by these
disorders. He concluded by declaring his intention
to Seppert the Resolutions of his Noble Friend.
.lhfr. THOIONTO A' lamented to see So thin an
atteudauce upon a discussion so interesting to the
national charaCter. He_ thought the. House on a
former night had behaved. worse, even than Lord
Wellesley himself, in the manner in, which they bad
'got rid of the charges brought against him. He
Was not fond of renewed debates upon the 'same
question; but he thought there was better ground
for renewing the debate oe the present question
than on many (Altera, thougli:heilid not flatter him-
self that the result would be different from what it
had been. The treaty which was now under dis-
cussion, he declared, did not deserVe that name, for
to a' Treaty the assent of two parties was requisite,
the:Nabob certainly never had voluntarily given
his assent to that of 1801, It was. alledged, that it
would be difficult to rescind the 'Treaty, but nothing
should ever be considered as difficult which was
'right, and if we had any regard to justice of national
charaeter, certainly some compensation ought to be
granted 'to the Nabob' for the wrong he had sits-
tained, however difficult: it: might be to find out
the proper mode of compensation. The Treaty
Was said to hare originated yin friendship, but
if it began in friendship -it ended in
.cru'elty and
injustice. The'. Noble :Marquis seemed 'to have
carried a sample of.Fieneh fraternizatioo into India.
The Treaty wafi 'rather a sort of, (ialliCan,hee, fn
which the -Noble Marquis had squeezed the dabob
to death. One might as well call a robbery cetn-
initted by a footpad on a traveller on IlowislOw
Heath a Treaty 4fr the .Tyratit-Av he 'had desolated
'Europe should emer reach our East India possessiens,
and find: the .hearts of ithe.popie.alienated from us,
and our name connetied with injustice and oppres-
sion,' Mr. Thornton called upon the House to retie&
what an :Advantage he weeld:beve Over us, When
Traian put a sword into the hands of the Prefeot of
the Pretoria! Bands, 'he made use of these wordA

THE SUN.

301.:N1 12,1 S rALsum AUDIAT ?

LONDON,
-OJAI', API:II. 1, 1808.

We have seen some Letters from the Continent,
On which we place the firmest reliance, which state,
that in consequence of the tyrannical Decrees of
BUONAPARTE, by which he has deprived France of
all the benefit which she derived from .the trade of.
Neutrals, the inhabitants of many parts of .that
country have been reduced to .the extremity of :diS-
tress ; and notwithstanding the Military Despotism
of the French Government; the discontents of the
People have, in some of the Provinces, particularly
in Britanny, been openly manifested. The inha-
bitants' of the -Sea-ports, the prosperity of which
depended entirely upon Commerce, are, in conse-
quence of the total stagnation of trade, literallystarv-
ing. Such are the reselti of BUONAPAIITE'S endea-
vours to destroy the Commerce of Great Britainand •
'of the measures of retaliation which the Goterninent
of this Country found it. necessary to adopt. Indeed
the manner in which the French Papers, and thoie
under French controul, have spoken of the British
Orders in Council, have convinced us that their
effects were most severely felt in Frauce and its.dey
pendent States. • When we • find the llioniteur'
declaiming against our Orders in', Council, not
because they deprived France of the supplies she tied
to obtain through the medium of Newrals—not be-
cause they were infringements 'Upon the rights of
Neutral Nations, but because they Would be inju-
rious to the trade of Great Britain, it was impossible
fin us to doubt either the CffeCt which the Orders in
Council had produced, or the motives which led the
Moniteur to express such, generOus anxiety for the
prosperity of British commerce.- • It is 'certainly a
subje& of deep regret, that such numbers of inno-
cent individuals should bey exposed to such-extreme
misery ; 'btV the fault is not with this Country.
the Ruler of France will persist In his extrava-
gant attempts to ruin the commerce of Great' Bri-
tain, regardless of the sufferings of those over whom
he reigns ; if the people of the Continent will sub
mit to all these privations to gratify the insatiable
ambition of one man, the fault is not with us. The
measures which our Government:adopted were ren-
deied necessary by the violence of our Enemy, and
that these measures have •Proved effeetive we have
the acknowledgment of our Enemies themselves.

A report was circulated this morning, that fur-
ther accounts had been received from the Cohtinent,
which confirmed the intelligence of an Engagement
having taken place in the Mediterranean. Upon in-
vestigatikg Ibis report, however, it does not appear
that any fresh intelligence hits been received. 'We
trust, however, that the arrival of official advices
from the Mediterranean will soon remove all doubts
upon the subject.

Our Correspondent from Dover informs us, that
th,s smugglers who have been hitherto permitted
to run into creeks on the French coast for the-pur-
pose of loading with brandies and other goods, .not
one' man nor vessel that ran over to' the coast of
France within the, last ten days, has returned.
We are happy to correct an error in our yester-
day's Paper. Adiniral RAINIER is living, and in no-
4.inger, though at present confined to his apartment.