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become of the Government of India ? This would
,serve to spew the perniCious'effe& Which such con-
duet on the *tot aGovernment might have on:the
affairs of India.. Lar-ge,bodies of Men were very.sub-
jea to irritation, and•what was more natural than
that the'Eastl India ,Company should' feel much irri-
lotion at any attempt on the part of Government
to force upon the a Gbvernor-General ? He could:
not see what pOssibleobje&ion there could be to lay
before tie House the ;Correspondence between
the Court of. ,Dire-k&s arid, the • Board' of Con-
troul relative 'to the recall of Sir George Barlow.—
It was fit their Lordships should know the reasons
for that recall, the first Which had hen sent to India
since the passing of the A& of 1784, a period of 22
years. HoW must such -a circumstance operate in In-
dia ?; It appeared fromahe last dispatches, that nego-
tiations were still pending-, yet in
,ten -days after
appointing Sir •Georg-e Barlow
,Governor-General,
it was intimated from 'Government, that it was. not
intended to continue him in that office. This in-
timation would of course be noticed in the dis-
patches and private lettere, sent out to India, and be -
•ing followed-on the,2Bth of May by his a6,"tual recall,
What opinion must the native Princes form upon the
subject ? Would they not naturally conceive that
Sir George Barlow 'was disgraced by the recall ? that
he-was recalled on account of
.circumstances in his
own condu& which had met with disapprobation ? and
could they inconsequence have any confidence in a
Government thus disgraced in their opinion, and being
at the same time merely a' temporary Government,
waiting the arrival of its successors ? .In faCt there
was at, present no Government General in India,
Ills Majesty's warrant having vacated the appoint-
ment of the,Governbr-General and the whole of the
Council. It was true that it was not to be operative
till its publication at Calcutta ; but was it to be con-
tended that it might be kept in the pocket of the
Secretary of State 'until :t was thought expedient to
send it out ? He contended, on the contrary, that it
was 'operative from the moment it was issued,*and
that it was the duty of Ministers to have not delayed
an hour in sending it out. He had heard it reported;
that at the time theappointment of Sir G;-Barlow took
place it was intimated to theDiredors that it was not
intended to be permanent ; but if that had been the
case would there have been that joy and'exultation
in Leadenhall-street, which took place on receiving
the recommendkion of Government for the appoint-
ment?, He had also heard-it surmised,' that it was
the determination":• of Government that only a man
of rank from this conntry should be appointed to the
Government of India.---This, as a general principle,
was certainly deserving of consideration ;- but it was
evident it could not be always operative, unless .they
had two or three Governor-Generals in India ready
to succeed each other, as,-in the event of the death'
of a Governor,General; the senior servant of the,
, Company, the First in Council, must of course, for
-a time, 'succeed. In this ordinary routine, it might
be of little consequence to supersede the person thus.
thing as Governor-General ; but was it nothing
ibrmally-appointing the, senior servant of the
Company Governor-General, to supersede-him with-
out any reason that appeared, or arising from his con-
do& in that capacity ? Was it nothing Otis to destroy
.theconfidnee of the native Powers in the Govern-
ment of India, at the time negotiations 'were going
on ? and he Observed by the. treaties, that although
the Jthnna was, made the general 'boundary of the
British EMpire in India, that nothing was said about
the large 'territory to the-south and west of Delhi,
which:it could not be: intended to keep, but which
must become the subject of negOtiation. Under all
these circumstances he' put it to His Majesty's
Ministers, whether it would not be much better that
Sir Geote Barlow should retain the office of. Go-
vernor-General, for, six:months longer,' in order •to
briug to some sort of termination the negotiations
and the measures in. contemplation in India; ,and he.
put it to.tbe Noble, LOrd whom report stated was go-
ing out to India, whether it would not be .better to
wait that time; than to go out now against
,the wishes
and without the confidence of the Court of Di-
re&ors, and with only the prospe& of being perpe-
tually thwarted and harassed; in consequence of the
want- of that mutual confidence so necessary to the
• dpe administration of the affairs of India ? His
Lordship concluded by' moving for Copies of Dis,
patches from the Governor-General of India, expla-
natory of the late Treaties; of Dispatches relative to
measures Of finance, and other- measures in • con-
templation ; and of the Correspondence which had
passed between.the Board of Controul and the Court
of Directors. relative to the recall of Sir George

' Lord GRENVILLE said„it was unnecessary for
him to enter into any argument as to the impropriety
of laving before the House 'confidential comthuni- .
cations relative to the recent treaties_ and measures in
_contemplation in indb, when the only reason al-
'edged for their produ&ion was, that, in the opinion
of the person who urged it, there was some,reason
for alarm on account of the situation of India; that
there was some ground to apprehend danger. He.
'trusted their Lordships would not consider, thiS a
sufficient reason for the produetiOn of such Confiden-
ti3l comrdunications. On the contrary, betore such
'Papers were ordered to be produced, some parliamen-
tary ground ought .to be laid; some special reasons,
evidently well founded, ought to be un:*.l. None such
were to bP'found in the Noble Lord's' speech; and
it Was only towards the conclusion th?.t any praCti-
cal proposition was made ; and this", after the Noble
'Viscount bad dep,tecated, iii the strongest terms, the
continuance of .a merely temporary Government in
India, was nothing less than that this Government,
from tile' existence
,of ,which ,he had prediClect i:o
thucli evil, .should be still further continued for .six
yuonths. 'With respe& to the 'Motion relative to
the Correspondence between the Board of Con-
trout andthe'Court of. DireCtors, he could not con-
ceive, for the moment, that their Lordships'would
- sanetion the produ&ion of 'confidential Corres-
pondence, which must, frOnythe nature of the case,
turn upon the personal'cliara&er and fitness of indi-
viduals. If such a precedent was established', it would
be impossible for the Government' of India to be
carried on. Could it be endured with respe& to the
Government-of this Country, that confidential•corn-
munications relative td the, fitness of individuals fur
any Office or interest should be, laid before Parlia-
. ment ? No Government could go on if such were.
the 'case. The Ad. ,01.1754„ whether wisely or
' unwisely, he would: not now al-gue„had establish--
ed a system of checks and controul with respe&
to the admirlittrztoh of, the ifuirs of India, by

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