The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-04 00:00:00

MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1805.

The Chairman notified to the Settlement that, in
conformity to the instructions of the General Meet-
ing on the 2gth nit. lie bad the honour of waiting
upon Marquis WELLESLEY ; and that his Lordship
had appointed this day at ten o'clock for receiving
the Address. The Chairman, accompanied by a
great number of the inhabitants of the Settlement,
proceeded to the Government-house at the time ap-
pointed.

On being introduced to Marquis WELLESLEY,
the Chairman read and presented the following
Address

" TO THE MOST NOBLE RICHARD MARQUIS
WELLESLE Y, K. B. &c.

" MY LORD,

a Theßritish inhabitants of Calcutti, upon occa-
fsion of your departure for Europe,' are d2sirous to,
offer once more to your Lordship that testimony of
public esteem which they "feel to be so justly due to
the merits of your Administration:

4,‘ The,everits of the last seven years have marked
the period of your Government as the most im-
portant 0'1136 in the History of European Power in
India.

Your discernment hi seeing the exigencies of
the Country, and of the times in which you were
called to a6t, the promptitude and determination
with which you have seized on the opportnnities of
a&ing, your just conception and masterlylise of
our intrinsic strength, have eminently contributed,
in conjun&ion with the zeal,, the discipline, and the
courage of our Armies, to decide upon those great
events ; and to establish; from one extremity of this
'Empire to the other, the ascendancy of the British
Name and Dominions. . -

We are impressed with the firm persuasion,
that you hate governed with a dire& view to the
glory of your Country, and to the -prosperity of its
Possessions, and with no other personal feeling, than
the honourable ambition of obtaining its applause
as your' reward. To the community at large, no
doubt, it belongs, to fill up the measure of Satre-
ward. But it is a duty incumbent - upon those
among whop you have lived and a&ed, whose per-
sonal coneern, in the course of your Govern-
Ment, has enabled them to-appreciate its charaaer,
to declare before the nation their sense of your pub-
lic services. .

" It isunderthe impression of this duty that we ad-
dress you—and With the desire to maric in the most
authentic manner, that you carry with you, to our corn-
mon country, the respe6t, the regard, and the con
fidence, which is undiminished at the last hour of ,
your Administration ;
.arespeia and a regard, which-
Are Totinded on our long experience of your al?i-
lity, of yOur unsullied integrity; of your impartial
and honourable use of poWer, and of your high
,and liberal spirit in the (*dna of public affairs,
" In taking leave of your
•Lordship, we cannot
forbear expressing our 'hope and confidace-, that
you will long continue to regard the welf;tre of 'd
Country which has been tile scene of you eminent:
Nblic services ; and that your talents, "and the
weight of your' Charader; will be employed to
strengthen the persuasion, that, of all external sob-
jeas of its-, attention, a firm, just; and politic go-
vernment of India, is the most nearly conne&vd 'with
the greatness, the wealth, and the,glory of the Bri.-
tish Nation:" (Signed), &c:
, •
w
marquis WELLESLEY as pleated to return thd
following AtfSwer

GENTLEMEN,
l‘ Irreceire this last teStirporiy of yoiir esteem,
with the, Triost cordial stiitifnents of respect,. grati;-
Aude, and affeCtion.

In the most extraordinary events Which have
t
.••
ccurred during the last' seven years, the. favourablb
'opinion of this great .and flourishing Bettlernetit has
attended every important afl of my Administration ;
you have declared, that the same opinion no\v ac-
companies its close ; and in ihelnoment of my ap-
proaching departure, while I remain among son,
without power; influence; or •authority,
.you are
plea§ed, in this manner, to express your unditnini.'ill'-
ed sense of the principles by whiCh I have been di-
retied,. and of the. objetis . which I have pursued, in
the icalg exercise of.t4se high ailed • iacred

Your able, honest, zealous, and wive as•sistance,., ii
your several capacities, -has aided the progress of my
Administration in every crisis, f difficulty and Hau-
t,aser:; I have endeavOUred to adapt the spirit,of,. my
-oi'ernnlent at this.Settleinent to you' genera; '4,-211e,
raae,r and disposition,: and tolnerit your conti.dence
by a just estimation of your loyalty to our SOyereizn;
of, your public spirit and attachnient to our Coun-
try, of yonr dUtiful zeal for the interests Of tbe
India Company, and of the industry, integritv;
My, and knowledge,. Which distinguiSh .the
Inhabitants of Calcutta. .

•. .t
" Whatever- may be the final judgment ofl-ny
Sovereign, of my Country, and of the East Indij
Cdrnpany, with respecct to my Public Services, -your
kindness and favour will clairn .thy faithful alid al-
feetianate remembrance. In every scene of nag-
Jure life, theprospetity of the British Empire in
India. will excite a lastht sentiment of solicitude
dad an. i .ty. The welfare of these extensivedonli-
niOns'constitutes, not only a principal objed of gg=
;neral policy of our Country, but a solemn 9,bligation
of moral duty, -inseparably connected with the hu.:,
flour and reptitation of the British name.
'ro a due • sense of these important cdrisidera
tions; I ascribe the auspicious choice Which has been
made • by Ris Majesty, and by the i-lonourable.
CoMpany, of the revered Personage who has sue-
ceeded me, in,the Government of these valu-able
POssessions. ln delivering my arduous, trust int( his
hands, I entertained a confident -expeaition, that.
under 016 influence of his approVed.talents, and vir-
tues, great Government would be exereived
with.' wisdom, equity, and firmness, for zlie.happi-
neSs and welfare of Asia, and-for the interest' and
()Tory d'the British Nation ; acid I . tru:A= 'that .‘'Off
will witness the progressive ai.ignfthltatiOn:OfhiS
acquired fame, in the. increasing prosperity e;ery
interest committed to his. charge • ,
" It -will be my dUty to assert, in every situation,
the principles by wl iclt I have regulated my tow-
duet in the Government of this Empire, and to-m-
-eulcate the necessity
,of maintaining the foundationa
of our ascendent power in Asia upon the . ba,:is. of
-justice, fortitude, and clemency. WELLESLEY."