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thrm which might otherwise, have
,belonged!to emy ; _and that Marquis Welleslay had suafaiited
Mr. Paula. here react the charge from -a papeain i
hand: It was in -substance as follows : • .sasfq' Ott,notwithstandine the increase of the revenue
,
ee- " That Richard. MarqUiS-Wellesley was comet ' :of British India as.- before-mentioned, yet -that ny
lituted a SerVant of the East India Company in oa. the uneaampled prodigality, the sinister ambition,
1797. That the-OtEce which he was appointed to =heed the corrupt nraCtiees of Marquis Wellesley,_ aeat-
fill was that of Governor-General of Bengal, and ing in total disregard of the orders and remonstrances
subsequently of Captain-General-of the Company's of the East India CoMpany, he ' had wasted those'
Foreeti in Intaht. That he entered on his situation 'revenues as before stated.. That he had squandered
in Alay, 1798, and continued it until August 1805, „considerable sums in -sending expenive` Einbassies
when he a its superse(led by Marqeia Cornwallis. to Persia. That he had inztle leap disinweationts
_. That in accepting theOtiiee,which he held, he had „for packets. That he had wantonly and :thaneces-
become,bound by every -tie of justice and honour, _ sartly increased the salaries of the different Ofa
.-cerefully to watch over, and tenderly to cherish) the
. ficess of Government, making in one year the hi-
legitimate interests of his :employers ; but that to- .cfeased expense • of -one hundred and . thirty-nine
tally unmindful of these sacred duties, and solicitous thousand ' pounds; and-in the whole term above one
only to obtain and exercise ,m despotic power in India,. million three hundred thousand pounds. That in
the said Marquis Wellesley did neglect the interests. 1800, without any authority whatever,' and with-
of his employers, and, in rnanitmld instancea, did ! out even an intimation of his design,'he had tbunded
1.3 a in a manner directly and outrageously hoatile to ea 'C'ellege at Teri 'William `; theaexpenee of -which,
those interests, by indulging his
.caprice and: vanity , for three ,years, amounted to a hundred and eighty-
in an useless expenditure of money, by thrthering i one thousand six hundred and twenty-nine poueds
his own selfish views, and by thus hazarding the se-, and subsequently, upwards of two hundred thousand
turity of the Company's Possessions. By au Act ' pounds. That in t 801,in making visits- to the Upper
passed in 1793, the East India. Company had ob- • i Provincea,.for purposes disc proved of by the Gout-
passed a Charter, securing to them, for twenty years,
__l pan}', .he expended. above -30,0001. ,That in 1801
he had a magnificent house created, and tilled with
certain privileges. Among other conditions on
*lmich this Charter had been granted, was the fol- _ spithout the least shadowand of authority or necessity,
at an ex once exceeding 220,0001. That he bad
receipte lavished.pl of their territorial :revenue, and the profits
of their trade, should pay to His Majesty's Exche- 6,0001. more on another house, park, and
Tier;' for theuse of -the Public, an annual 'sum of grounds. That during the Administration of Sir John
500,0001. That should the expellee,- of a War .in Shore an augmentation of Cavalry hiving been re-
India, or any other unavoidable cause, render it irn- solved, the Body Guard of the Governor, which then
praCticable for the Company to pay this sum in any existed, was abolished; but that Marquis Wellesley,
particular year, such deficiency
.should befome a instead of imitating this laudable'condual,' had, ac-
-debt, and thatathe Company should be liable to paY it, tuated by his love of r show. in 1797,Without any'ati-
'with interest, out of.the' surplus of the . succeeding- thnrity whatever, re-eateblished his Body Guard at
year or years. That notWithstending these Condi- an expence for the first three years of 40,0001. year-
tiovgince the passing of the A& by- which the ly. That Marquis Wellesley did continue the ' said
EastlPhdia Company obtained their privileges, no Establishment, and that the whOle'of the expellee
payment had been made, and that they-were at-pre- of this Body Guard,. during the 'continuance of his •
Merit indebted to the Public in the 'slim of Sia riiii-a Government, atneueted to too , hundred ,and fifty
lions sterling, -liesides Other eOnSideratiens. ' That th d ousan poupda. That, he; Itad;cansed a to e. ii-
this enormous deficiency,' so' obviously injurious 'to house to be built at Calcutta, and that the sum ap
the Country, had not arisen froanthe expenses of a i propriated to that purpose was to be subsequently
War in India, or -from any other unavoidable cause, i repaid by.the
_inhabitants. • That -the sums voted for
bat that it was chieflOo be attribtited to the rills.. 1 the ereatien of a•statne of ;Marquis Cornwallis had
conduat of Marquis Wellealey, wise, in decided I been drawn from the Treasury by Marquis Welles;
~- randsdireCt opposition to the wish and to the interests ley,while the statue was allowed to -remain in a cellar
• neee
_f his 'employers, had embraced esrerymode that ' for four years. That on taking possession of Oude,
Niferettpf squandering their money.- That the India in I 801, Matquhs Wellesley hadformed aeveaal great
an
Cot-in-many had another debt in Great Britain, under d useless establishments ; amen the rest, that he
the name of India Stock, to the-amount of 7,600,000 ,had given to the, Hon.- H. Wellesley the rank, title,
poundi„ for which they were -paying ten per' cent: and office of_Jsieutenant-G-nvernor, the expellee of
per annum, and that. in India they had long owed, which to the East India Company amounted, in
and were still owing, very considerable debts, on h 13 months, to upwards of 0,0001. That he had
avhieh they paid an interest of eight, ten, and twelve i evinced the, most odious •parti,.-ility in his appoint-
, cent. That when Marquis Wellesley becaMe ' merits,- keeping in his own hands.the each-Dave pa-
-Governor-General, the amount of those
,debts in : trenage. That he, by these means, annually dis-
India was eleven million 'thirty-two thousand six , tributed a sum nu less than 6728,2061. among his de-
hundred and forty-eight pounds; but that when he pendents ; and as an ace nowlednient for which,
was superseded by Lord Cornwallis, they exceeded :he afterwards obtained -an Address from them, ap-
- thirty-one millions. • That when Marqiiis Wellesley proving of leis conduet and extolling his virtue.—
became Governor-General, every thing in India Wore That his salary as Governer-Oeneral Was 25,0001. a
the aspeCt of prosperity; :nothing was required of year. That no additional salary or emolument
:
him but that he should pay due attention to the in- ,was allowed, but that notwithstanding, in direat vio-
terests of his employers, imitating the example of lationamf the law, Margais Wellesley (lid extend his
' his.predecessor, who had received the warm appre- .emolumentsnin providing tor the Imatries.of hits ta-
and for other
bation of the, Court of Dire&ors for his conduct ; hle, private and a.nestic purposea,,' to
general
but that instead of csinfbrmitig to thiS example, dui-- a 5i.....il ainouoting to a hundred and teetnty
ing the Administration of -Marquis Wellesley, in thousaed pouilds,or thereabouts. That while -.tdar-
consequenee of the Loans which he found himself quis Wellesley was fraudulently applying these sums
obliged to mike, notwithstanding the greatsaddition to ins own purposes, end white he was thus squan-
to the Indiah Taxes, notwithstanding other oppres- dcring them •in useless splendour, 'toe East India
sire eas; notwithstanding his having so entirely ex- Company were with ditfecany procuring Loans at
boasted the resOurcestof revenue as to have -it in, i a, 10, end 16 per cent. That by these acts. Mar-
contemplation to attempt to gel' the Imposts of the 1 quis 'a. v ellealey,did largely contribute to the enabar-
Moaul Empire; notwithstanding -all these circum- rassment, and threaten the destruction of,' the said
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stances, he lea the pecuniary atliiirs: of the Corn- Company ; ;led that by so
,noiag, and setting at
pony in the most distressed and embarrassed state. : naught. the authority of his employers, Marquis
That soon after Lord Cornwallis arrived in India; in I:Wellesley. had been guilty of high crimea and mis-
demeanors."
• August, 1805, he (Lord.C.) did write to the Court. I •
of Dire&ors a Letter, dated August 4, giving a most Mr. Paula, then delivered in his charge to the
deplorable account of the state in which he- found Clerk, by whom h. was read shortly.:
Public :Affairs in India. That the follesaing was an' , The SPEAKER inquired what the Hon. Gentleman
Extra& from this Letter : - , annexed as a Motion?
One of the first obje&s to which, on my arri- Mr. Peansa replied, that it do lie on the Table.
af' vale I dire6ted my attention, was an inqu'r! into The SPEAKER observed, that he apprehended
" the state of the Finances,' the result of elicit has , that could be no question. From the Journals of
" been: most discouraging. Unless a considerable ' the House and other information he had received, he
!" reduation take place in the expences, it will bed found there had not been of
many instances impeach,
in • -
- . impossible to continue the War with Scindia,_ or ment in' this form , • that headid not find there had
. ," any other Native Power: And. yet I feel how - ever arisen a question on the right of a Membei- to
- " incumbent it- is 'on me to resist their demands: , put in articles of chargeeand have them read. Here,
s " The most burdensome ef all the items of military- i hoseeverethe right of ail iedividual ended, and there
expenditure, is the large bodies Of irregular Troops I had always been some Motion made, on which the
." winch have been hitherto 'mainelined. I firn. I
House had an epee:au:thy of expressing- their*
. " aware it .may be urged, that if great panthers of -seese,a, 'Varh)l/3 modes had been adopted 'for this
these Troops are dismissed front our-service, they phhihoSe. *--•- Sometimes by proposing to cull wit-
." may be engaged.in thats of the Enemy , but as nesses to eStAlish the- etreasia, .es ' and in others, and
. ,
" the-Regular Army is already. in _considerable ar-, latter cases; by nhoposing thet the,Housts -shduld take
rears, and as there is no possible, way either of 1
teeminto consiiteration. On the whole, the House
" discharging- these arrears, .or .of .eqpippiag aancl, would- judge Of the iMpottance -Of • . .' i-
piesers mne to
" maintaining time Regular force, except by. dis . the individual Members the right of presenting ar-
" charging these Irregulars, Lam decidedly of opi- -tides of this deicrii )tien. and of preserving to
nion, that to meet them in the field is M a
ore 1
temSelves. as a bOdethe right of deeidiina ewhaher
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desirable than to experience their pressure on our ornot they. shoo;d 6 t - ' I
Q. x;;) ea mince.
resources," , . . . Mr. Paper, proposed to move that this charge be
" That Marquis 'Wellesley, in opposition to the: taken into consideration.
A& of Parliament, and to the resolutions and instruc- The SPEAKER, in addition to his former re-
,
• . tions of the Court of DireCtors, did cruelly oppress ' marks, stated, that in modern times there was still
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several of the Native Princes in the -Feist Indies.: another mode of procedure, which Was to• print the
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n
st in. March, 179, the War against Tippoo Sul- charges, arise refer them to a Committee of the whole
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teen commenced; which terminated in the capture, House-. lt %k'ai-coulpc,tent to the Hon. Gentleman,
of Seringapatam. `-hat by that capture the teve- to, mow, that,his charge be painted, and then taken,
tales of the Company had been considerably in- * into consideration.
creased. That Marquis Wellesley-had committed
Mr. PAULL, in compliance with this intimation,
ads of great extortion against the Nabobs of Suratt moved that .the Charge be printed; -Which was or;
Uncle, Arcot, and Ferruckabad. That by the Treat}`
dered • tend, also, expressed. hie 'Menden. on some fa-
• -Of §erinea t m and b - the Treaty of Hydribad
, epa d ,ytune sloe, probably in the course of the present week,
(tonclUdedhs September, 1798), a- considerable ac- 1 to:tntrOduce other charges against Marquis Welles-
cesaion of revenue accrued to the Company, exceed-- I lev, and when a sufficient tuna had been given to al-
ing one million annually. That in a letter to the I low thes\hanbers to undessumnd them as well as he
Secret Committee of the Court•of Direalors from i` aka himself, to proceed. He meant to follow the
• Marquis Wellesley, dated the' 2 tat of December,- I_ same course -with, the charge which related to Lord
1803, he gate full information respeadrig this lid- I
d- WellesleY's cOndual to the Nabob of P4erruckabad as
dition of annillionto the revenue ; aed stmllode that iin the *present, namely,'. to print it, and-on some
there would be ne expellee. incempatible with the, 1 future day to move that it be taken into considera-
measure then in progress for the reduCtion of the tion.
India Debt. That, except the Wars apove'allnded i* .The SPEAKER, as the Hon. Gentleman had subs
to; there had been ne. `Viii in India whateven, unless ~ . , •
• i • , mitten no question to the House, telt it is duty
indeed the " contest with' Holkaa, -Whorn Marquis, 1 6.ca1l tile intention of the House to the former pro
W64sley had r6re'eute4*Zls. a c(-)PteblPtible free- . ccedings oilisituilar -subjeas, which preScribed some
• boater, co: id be `deemed a wor ; -ci`iiiass 019 at- I. motion. either of "adoption or of reteation; It the
tack on the Rithiti of Bhurtpore could be considered I Hen. Gentleman Was samwilline to nropose any such
-I'* I' -
as ene. That in- this latter ease the Company's•Ar-
* motion, it. was open to any other Member to do so.
mina had been maintained, has the Country: of -the - sile: rAULL said, that he had produced a charge,

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.wilieh he conceived Would be amply supisorted by : thing which ite was prepaidd to think the corialha of
documents that could be famished by the Court oi. ; Marquis Wellesley, improper as he esteemed it, '
Dirattora..
,He therefore gave notice, that on that i could 'Warrant him in adopting.
atav theee weeks lice "should Move, that the charge be 1. .-'Lord TEMPLE honoured the thanlidess and
kiloei into-consideration.. ' a '° ' r fit-carless With •which the Hon.Direaor had delivered
e . '''ae Sat.:AKER,' howerc,", still preising'fte• neces his opinions, and ..he hoped that the seine feeliha
sity of a present Notion, ' .. , . 1 which prompted hi ai to declare his sentinteets: es, hiie
Mr. PatiitO, Moved, teat the House should: take ahe thought; they were just; would likewise indece - _
the charge into consideration on that day three weeps. i; hint- freely to Confess' his en•ott, when it wee peeesed, ..
ThaaSioaletea hileired who seconded theMotioh?_, ato him-that he was ase-enge He thought to it -it it zei
- 4,on:se took liiflce, when ShoWal. GEARY' .166-13' I ',evilly- too high a coneeliment-to-thiS Paper, whiciii
and aeconded the Talotion. ' • atees callA i (;!!alga, to entertate it ht all ; vet he
Mr. Secretary FO,X olo.:erved, .that the House ; acquiesced insthe propositien of hia Right Isio;itruse-
;, stOodin a peculiar situation in the present case. They .- blefrieuclAgreliSaa' because, it the Motion-for ILO.
had been called oil to take into consideration a Charge. j- coreiidemtioe of the Paper was agreed to, he -1-;slt-
of Impeaelonentagainst the i'4obie•ltordeof which I thet the House \vouli be red:llea:l to the aultwafti dh,
not a single voucher was yet before the House, nor, lemma -of Consentiogto 'coiesider a Charge beteee
! so•far as.he -knew, was yet moved for. He was I'r they had-any documents to go upon: -He cohtended.
froMequestioning the right of- any ;Gentleman to i plat "the Hon. Gentle Man. had not :tete& fairly he'
i lreeg a charge so this hatore befbrethe House, and' Marquis Wellesley, de inn
,hot corimicating -to hull,):
; ifi the present case the Hon. Member 'might' think l. hid friends, the nature arid griatinds' of the char;. ,
. -that he had -sufficient &eau-hems' on which-to rely
.;, before fie-made it publicly. e.
but still it was proper- that those i should be -before Sir ARTHUR IT ELLE,S4,...T.'t Y begged the H. ,)7-,,i•-•
the House, and he avast oiteincetfehe Herr: Gentle-- .to 'consider how often tile thanks of this House, ale.;
' Man would not find himeeif in a pleaszint situation t ofthenireitors, had.been voted to Marquis Welke-
if he fixed on a day at -Which it Might be possible ‘ ley; for some of the measured for which he was nese
tliat the Papers should not'; ;be 'before the House.--- r accused.. Ali-these accusations had been fieunded Oat
It wortid.hardly be expeaed that the HouSe-shonkt t faCts which were grossly misrepresented, or cote.
grzent'apy `deley fbr the-purpose of euabling them to ; Sisted •of stoteMents for which there -seas not th,..
• be- produced. "-; He subrilitted to the Hone Member slightest foundation.' The Hon. Gentlernan seid.
-. if a single nighteif even this hight, should he lost in I that he had the evidence in his hand. He begged of
forwarding their produaion, ; he' Would feel that 'he - him to produce it, and he would answer it. ' With--
stood in en aukward situation in ' bringing forward regard tethe dispatch of the Direaors, of whit h ao;
an ImpeaChmeat without ally documents -to sub- much had been •said,' this could be no evideneee
stantiate it. . ' --t though it might - refer to other &camerae avidela
Mr.. I'AULL said, in case of the Papers not being Might be brought forward as such. He regretter
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0
ready, it would surely be 'neeessary for him to move the dileinthe to which the House, was reduced ; hut
that the Witness be delayed till the necessary. Paeeta as; he'thought that, for 'the sake of the Hon. G:.:ntle—
be printed; He held in his Band a list of them, and 1 man himself, as well as of Marquis Welieslev; the;
submitted that it Would bave been more corre:a in an ought to be cons
charge idered, he as 0' 'd rote for the
o
Hon. Friend of ; Lord W.'s.to have allowed him to . propositioniof the Right Hon. Secretary. .
Move for then before he.had moved for the Papers ' Mr..' 'TAIT KINS BROIVAE thought that it.
necessary for the Talarquis's -defence in the alfitir of j WoUld-be improper to pay any, attention to a elotrate •
Oude. ae.ainst such a great and gionous charaaer as Lord
' Mr. LEE, submitted that, both-in the case of Mr. "\C'ictlesleye without evidence.; and therefore he.
Hastings and of Sir E. Imoey, the House were in pos- --- ill • • , ;
• p wooppose its oem a -entertained in any shapeae--
session of the documents fr eu Whence, the guilt was '-Fie Hone Gentlerirant' might, however, bring for-
inferred before they ti-xed a day-for coesideringrof, or Ward hiS charee aeain when, he Was furnished with
at 'all entertaio Imp:I
ed, the echment. He begged' it nt • • ; •
ocuments to substantiate it. .
to be observed, that this as s the first instance since Mr.-RosE asked; whether the charge would be
the Revolt:aim-I of such :a oroceekling as the present,- entered -on the journals ? ; and being 'told by the
where not a single duct-tweet waa heibrestiens Hbose. Speaker that-it would, lie thought ,that its would be
H e did not say that they • had a rig :tlit .to. such ' e ,no ;, ;
_ - unjust to wa, ain any a‘7.ly till there Will SOZII6
proof as 1,;"0,L11(1 arnoUnt TO cori,vi..aion-; but,, at Jeast:, . ewyietisciee,;ra.s-it %afoul, appear r as a libel upon Marquis
before: gong farther, they Ought to lerve asuch evi- e
denee as would satisfy a -brand Jinno ,
Mr. THOIiNTON eXplamed. , • . .
Mr. FOX agreed there •aves- a (Treat deal in Vent.
• "Mr; GARRO IV felt no small degree of alarm at
had fence froth 'tile Hone Gentiernaii who spokeo
the 'situation to ashich the House asas reduced on this
liist, aed if, in agreelesi to take the Pape? tilts) consia occasion. He thou-eht that much of tliedifficUlty 1.1:11 •
aeration on a futrare day,- he thohght the -House . arisen from the candour of the Hon. Secretary, who
pledged then to entertaie • it, - heashoeld -deubt much . bad at the first oiven more countenance to this busi- -
of the propriety of adoetinre that nidde of proceeding. n
z nesS than on the slightest consideration, he found it
To euard agaiest tint, . lie Aiould move,' if not in•e-
-e deserved. '' It was a most extraordinary proceeding in -
.eakir that ' the. Debete Ibe *Taastpeiled 'till this:day
0 , the Hon:Gentleman to come tlown,and r ad, as part of
sehthight, thereby giviog the Hon. Member an op- its speech, a very long paper, in which none, with the
postunity of-yr:niece-1g his aeotchers. • -i best attention, could easily go along with hilt , and lay
Mr. RosEthottglit this too .great an indulgence in ; this-on the Mlble- a i a'charee before any gro . nds wea c .
such a; case, where fo1;os had been already granted -on ,
: laid lbr it; and withont documents containint; a sitwle
,
the moduli Of the Honourable Mereber: 'f syllable to justify him. It N.L' n i Ii inivilege t:.; do y.);
• Sir IV GEARY- dechirga, ;that his objea in se- indeed, but he did it st his peril, at the risk of hi ,1 .
conding the' Motion- 'was not b...!caue he was con- charaCter ; for it was no light thine to prefer-auch a
vinced of the guilt of the it 'Marquis. When,
charge against :1 geat-Pehlic Otecer, such as Lord
howeVer; he saav Art icies of Int p each ratelt of so grave ', Wellesley had been. He contended that his Hoe.
a -nature:; he thoUght it due to Inc dieelity of- the ' Friend, the B ironet overthe way (SirW it iiem Geary) ,
House that an opportunity of proving such charges, had been too charitable in eeconding this Motionalia
if welhfounded, should not be, denied. • ' iniahthave let the foundling alone; but, thmese
Me. ROBERT TTIORNIOArsaid, the Court is ` his TlOnourable,Friend had fhtlotred it, he sup*) c,
which he had the honour ado 'belong having been : that would not recornniend it to- the adoptions Of
so particularly. alluded to, and, seeming so - much the House. He might regret his charity, area
interested in the question, he might not seem to so might the Honourable Gentleman who toed:-
discharge his duty if he did not say a feav words j the Motioto, since even the Directors said, that he
on, the subject; Whit; he, at the same time, ex- had gone too far, that he ought to hive taken more --
preased his own feeling-3. He felt. regret at the si- ' time, and consulted his friends. Was it because h
Oration into which the Hom Gentleman had brought had riot done Sc) that this charge was to be received?
himself, the House, and the ; Court to Whkh he Peet the Directors said there was some foundation lbr
(MeeThornton) 'belonged' the lamented the Hon. ; it. ' He- was surprised to 'hear this, after their ex-
; ;Gentleinin ;had gone 'so-fir. 1.16 had hot the honour clamatiotis about the itijustice of producing the Roar
•Of being acquainted with him till heahadcorneforward which had been so often alluded to. Theataheee,nt,
_ie his present.charaaer ; but lie thought the. spirit, I this document awnild influence the decision of the
zeal, and industry, diapleyed hy the Hon. Gentleman ; House; but the Hon. Gelitiernau had said, that he
-throttghout, dichhim high credit. Though he -atoPt wets anxious to bring this charge soon, in order t'en..
-short Of thellOn.Gerit. he thought he had well-groond- it might have mu inliklenCe. But what was the dome--
eel canse of complaint, and.that there was much truth mete? It was never sent to the Governor-IGener,ll.
is the generality of his chargea. He thought, however, : He , supposed the Hon. -Gentleman had discretiee
thatethe Hon. Gentleman's waa not a Nippy mode of 1 as well as zeal, and yet he produced no grounds . for
'proceeding, and that itiretit7 was - the proper mode. , his charge; and all that was referred to on the subjeOt .
If he had followed that. Mode he (Mr: Thoruton) - was an ex post fiat) opinion. He, did . not oopose
should have voted With hen. It was not for him to the Motion on account of Mart-this Wellesley, be-
dietate to the Hon. Gentienran, •but he only stated cause his friends' wished that the Charge should he
his opinion thus .far,ahat the HOn. CTentlerrun Might I considered ; but he opposed' it on account of the
, not expeEt greater support from him than he was to precedent it would set, and to prevent the priiilette .
receive. He thought justice to the Hon: Gentleman of impeacheaent•from being perverted into an instra- '
required thatshe should be warned that there might merit of calumny..
be many others from whom lie Might havelookedfor • Sir .1. WROTTESL,EY said, that of all the situ-
sup-port, who wouldhli.inbe incline:lto go the length j ations to which the House had in
.his time been
he wished. He (Mr. Thornton); thought Marquis, reduced; thisswas the mostextraordinary. He:would
Wellesley had been wastefehof the public money, and ' note,, however, for - adjourning the ;Debate, as Cae
' brat he had eVen brolten the law iii some measure. charge could not be lightly withdrawn in consist-
For this he wished to•see Marquis Wellesley severely • ency with the dignity of the House. He- thoti tilt
'censured. He reg,retted the triode ill Which thecharee - the Hon. Gentleman had shewn but little discretion,
- Was brought ferward, because it would, he Was 'afraid, but the conduCt of the Direaors he thou:alit dis-
he produttiVe of evil rather than good: It would allow gusting, because, if what they said wastroeo who :10
• Marquis Wellesley to escape as a person who had I proper as they to come forward and state the matter
he,eh; accused withoutgrouncisof accusation, who had 'to the House ?
been attacked when he ought not. The Hon. Gen- ; Mr. R. TaloaNToN and Sir J. W'ROTTESLEV Mil-
s
tleinal,:he was afraid, had- proceeded in too, hurried, I tually, explained.
and unadvised a mania. That he had undertaken a ' 'lllr. SHERIDAN had listened 'as great :Wen-
labour tot:egreat for" himself to execute. He had, in- trope to all that had. bee
tha n said,
House and did
mi not think the
deed; as was alledgedeagainst him, brought forward diffiulty so great but t the ght very well
..the charge_ without documents to support it., But I extricate itself from it. After adverting to the con-
justice to the Honourable Gentleman required dua of the Direaors, which he thought improeer,
hint (Mrh Thornton) to say, that if the Hotise and stating that this charge must be takeo into tam-
. had 'given him the Paper which was - yesterday sideration'in-some way or- other, he proposed that
moved .. for, he - would have been in no want of , his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Fox) should withdraw
documents .He (Mr. Thornton) knew many of his Motion; that 'the Hon.; Gentleman. should thea
..-
the statements of • figures given by' the Honourable withdraw his Motion.; and that the matter shohld
Gentleninn; in the ;Paper - presented •by him this gh
be permitted to rest there till the proofs were brout
night,-10 136 Correa,,2nd io be contained in that .do- I; forward•, .
cument. Such a statement he had at that moment • Mr. GR/INT defended the Diro.Stors by sayibg,
in his pocket, and such were taken from that official - that :they would give their opinions, as it?dividual
letter. This he said in vindication of the Hon. Gen- ' members of that -House, but that they were .00t
tlernan, He regretftd. tie situation in which they obliged to come • forward, as a body, to prottiooe a
..wete placed. He -said soobothain justice to the i mode of proceeding which they did not thlly en-
-
_' b: elf, if he could with- 1 prove.';- . • -- 7• '

Hon. Gentleman. and to nirnsea.,,_ _
draw his Mot iim;:he thought it),vouldcarry a stronger
censure against the Noble Marquis than any thing
• that could' follow under his charge would import.—
Impeachment was a step-infinitely stronger than any

Mr. JVELLESLEY POLE rejoiced that, after
the shiftings of the Hon. Gentleman, they had hint
in a tangible shapetit last.• He animackverted, with
sonatsovetity, =duet of the Qr.o.