The Sun.
London, England, 1808-02-10 00:00:00

LORI) CORNWAI.II.IS's LE'I"MS.

Mr. CREEPEY, pursuant to his notice, rose to
Move for .the productive of certain Letters, written
home from India, by the late'Marquis Cornwallis, to
the Court of India Directors, and the Secret Come
mittee at the India-house, containing that Noble
Lord's opinions and suggestions respecting the trans-
aCtioris of the British Government in India, under
the administration of Marquis Wellesley, with se.
veral of the Native Priuces, and particularly with
the Peishwa, the Mahrattas, the Nizam, and in the
affairs of the Poohna. He concluded by moving,
that there be laid before the House Copies of all
.Letter written home to the India Direelors and Se-
er, t Committee, by the Marquis Cornwallis, from
the time of his arrival in India; in 1805, to the limo
of death, togetlla with their inclosuresi and
also Copies of all other Papers on India Affairs,
written by the said Marquis during the said period,
and communicated by his. Secretary to the Court of
Dire:Aerie or Secret Committee, since his death.
Mr. D (MUMS said he felt some embarrass-
ment as to the propriety. of complying with the
.Hon. ,Gentleman 6 motion, to a part (of which, he
conceived, it would,be improper to concede, namely,.
the produClion of the Paper last mentioned by the
Hoe. Member, and conneunietited to the Direaors
by the INlarquis's Secretary after his death. He did
notfeel the propriety of assenting to the Motion of
the Hon. Gentleman, upon the mere alledgteeet
that they were Papers of importance, and ought to
be belOre the House. Besides, there were other
points on which it would be highly imprudent to
grant some of• those Papers, as the consequences
might endanger the lives of persons in India, who
had been extremely serviceable to the British Go»
vernment.
Lprd TE,IIIPLE expressed some astonishment
that the Right lion. Gentleman should object to
.the Motion of his Hun. li'riend fbr.the Papers, upon
the pretence that he had laid no Parliamentary
ground before the House, and that there was no
topic proposed for discussion upon which those
Papers could be relevant. He desired to know,
then, if the Right. Hon. Gentleman had forgotten
the notice he himself had given to the House of
bringing forward for considerattcm the affairs of
India ? Atel was, not this Parliamentary ground
upon which to demand 'the produOion of every
docurnent that could throw any light upon a see_
jeet,of so much importance to the British Empire'?
Mr.,DLTA DAS %aidi'lie had by no means forgot_
ten the notice he had given ; nor had he, in any de_
gree, elian;led Ins intention; but he had 'not limit-
ed himself, in that notice, to the precise topic of
India atthes to Much he meant to call the atten-
tion 0'p:101;1rue:1r. The topic, however, Which

be had in view was that of the financial affairs of
India.

Mr. WALLACE joined in the obje&ion made by
Mr. Du:ldas to the production, as well. of the un-
signed letter of the Marquis, as to some of the let-
ters which it would be dangerous to produce. Most
of the others were already before the House ; and it
was, he observed, rather extraordinary, that the
Hon. Gentleman who now moved for those Papers,
was one of those very persons who upon a former
occasion, in the last Parliament, voted against a simi-
lar motion.
Lord H. PETTY expressed astonishment at
the opposition of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr.
Dundas) to the produCtion of those Papers, contain-
ing, as they did, 'the opinions and suggestions of a
wise, experienced, and patriotic Nobleman, upon a
subjeEt of so much importance as the British inter-
ests. in India, and the transactions of the British Go-
vernment in that quarter of the globe. It was a
iubjed of vital importance to this Country, which
would speedily and inevitably force itself forward
on the serious consideration of Parliament ? 'Did
the Right Hon. Gentlenian • mean to mislead the
House of
of
into any Resolution upon the
subjectof India Finances without laying on the
table every document necessary to the fullest infor-
mation upon India Affairs? He hoped the House
had already been put on its guard against such con-
du& in the official organ of the India Government,
by a late transaction, and that it would not suffer
itself to be' seduced to any decisions upon a sub-
jea sd closely atfeCting the interests of the British
Empire, with suppressed information, garbled docu-
ments, or partial extracts, but insist on the fullest
information.
Mr. WINDHAM supported' the same argument,
and saw no reason why the unsigned paper should
not also be produced, if it contained any important
information.
Mr. ()REMY said, that since the Right Hon.
Gentleman had. now -avowed his intention of only
bringing forward for consideration the • financial
affairs of the Company, he should now obviate all ob-
jealous to his Motion on the score of not having laid
a Parliamentary ground ; for he pledged himself to
bring forward the political Whirs of the Company
for consideration. -
Lord FOLKESTONE denied that the Papers in
question had any bearing upon the Oude subjed ;
tor they contained the opinion of Marquis Corn-
wallis, in condemnation of the Subsidiary Treaty
with the Nizam, founded precisely on the same
principle as that with the Nabob of Oude,, namely,
the Grant in perpetual Sovereignty of a Territory
valued at sixty lacks of rupees, to liquidate a Subsidy
of forty lacks.
Mr. G. JOHNSTONE recommended to the
Hon. Member who made this Motion an amend-
ment, by direCting It merely to the letter of the
25th August,, which would answer all his purposes.
The Motion being put, was carried in the affirm.,
alive.

Lord Mani moved for an Account, shewing
the Imports and Exports •of Great Britain, for the
last three years, ending the Ist of January last, with
the Real and Official Value, distinguishing each
year, and also British Manufature • and Produce
from Foreign Merchandizes.
Also, an Account shewing the Imports to and
from the United States of America and Great Bri-
tain, for the same period, and under the like dis-
tinctions.
Also, an Account shewing the value of Provi-
sions, Lumber, and other Commodities, imported
into the British- West India Islands, and the Coun-
tries from. whence imported, within the same pe•
riod, so far as the same can be made up.—Or-
dered.
.• Mr. WH A RTON reported from. the Committee of
Supply their Votes for the Navy Service.--rßeports
agreed to.
Committed the Exchequer Bills, Issue and Pay-
ment - Regulation : to be-reported
.to-morrow.----
Adjourned at nine o'clock. •

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'WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1808.

Ix n subsequent column Wit be found some Ex-
traCts from American Papers, which, though not of
a later date than those which had previously reached
us, are important, as they contain the details of the
proceedings in Congress upon' the Bill for laying an
Embargo upon all American Vessels.

IT appears that the grant of 20,0001. lately made
to the DUKE of YORK by His MAJESTY, out of a
Fund which he has legally and constitutionally a
right to dispose of, is to be made a subject of Parlia-
mentary diSclusion, and the question is to be brought
forward by Sir FRANCIS BUUDETT. With respeCt
to the right of His MAJESTY to dispose of the Fund
in question there can be no doubt, because the proper-
ty wising from what arc termed Droits of Admiralty
is absolutely vested in the Crown. But whether Sir
FRANCIS means to dispute His MAJESTY'S right to
dispose of this fund, or to questiol the propriety of
the application of it in the present' instance, we do
not know. Indeed, from the reports of Sir
FRAticts's,Speech, as given in the public Papers,
he appears to have known very little upon
,the sub.
jeCt—not even what a Droit of Admiralty was. It
was admitted a few days ago, in the leading Oppo-
sition Paper, that HiS MAJESTY had applied a Very
large portion of this fund to the public service ; and
that he bad a right to make the grants in question to
the younger Branches of the ItoYAS. FANtr.y, can-
not, we think, admit of a doubt in the mind of any
reasonable man, as the Ivy now stands.