The Sun.
London, England, 1838-03-22 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE.

( Concluded from The Sun of yesterday.)
GRANT TO MARQUIS WELLESLEY.
The DEPUTY CHAIRMAN directed the following letters to
be read

" East India House, 15th Nov. 1837.
" The Most Noble the Marquis Wellesley, K. G., &c. &c.
My Lord,—lt is with the highest satisfaction we under-
take the duty of communicating to your Lordship that the
Court of Directors of the East India Company desirous of
farther manifesting their deep sense of the inestimable value
and importance of the services which your Lordship ren-
dered to the Company during your brilliant career as Gover-
nor-General, when arrangements were framed upon which
the maintenance and consolidation of the British power in
India have since cssmtially depended, have passed a resolu-
tion appropriating to your Lordship's benefit the sum of
20,000 t , which resolution was finally approved and con-
firmed by the General Court of Proprietors on the Bth in-
stant, and subsequently by the Board of Commissioners for
the Affairs of India.

" We trust that your Lordship will he pleased to accept our
hearty congratulations on this deliberate expression of the
feelings of the Company, and to allow us to hope that you
may derive as much pleasure from this proof of the admiration
with which your servius in India are regarded, as we receive
from being the organ of conveying it.
" We have the honour to be, my Lord, &c. Szc.
(Signed) " J. R. CARNAC.
" J. L. LUSHINGTON."
The reply of the Noble Marquis was as follows:
" llurlingham, Fulham, Nov. 18, 1837.
" The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Hon. East
India Company.
" Gentlemea,—The respectable authorities over which you
so worthily preside could not have conveyed to me the com-

muniention of their deliberate .sentiments in a more kind or
acceptable manner, by per!Ams more justly entitled to my high
consideration and sincere esteem, _ _ _

"On you I rely to tender justice to the heartfelt emotions
of ropectfut atta,Lnlent with which I received this most
gratifying communication. -
" It is a considerable additional satisfaction, that this signal
act of liberality and justice on the part of the Court of Di.
reetots and of the General Court of Proprietors should have
been so ilninediately confirmed by her Majesty's Commis-
sioners for the aftalits•of
" The final resolution 6f the General Court of Proprietors
is deed An the Bth of November, .1837. That day I must
now deem aid ttolt auspicious of my long public life.
" On the 6th of Novethber, 1707, I embarked from England
to assume the arduous trust off Cfourrior-General.
" During the course of my Administratiou, (which termi-
nated in tl.e month of July, 1805,) I had the happiness And
honour of being distinguished by repeated" proots of the
favour and generosity of the Company. But ultimately
judgment was reserved on the general principles and result
of that system of policy which I had pursued during the
whole course of my Government.
" This reservation, however honest, wise, just, and neccs-
sary, was to me the cause of long, deep, and severe sorrow
and pain.
" Not the confidence and favour of three successive
Sovereigns—not the dignity and power of various high
official stations—not the Government of my native country
(Ireland) twice entrusted to my hands, could compensate in
my mind the disfavour of that respectable authority under
v‘hich my earliest and best services had been rendered to the
empire.
" With equal wisdom, justice, and liberality—without any
solicitation on my part—without any interference or influence
of any description—casting away all passion, prejudice, and
error, the Company has relieved me from this heavy
burthen of grief, and the delay which has occasioned me
much atllic ion, now greatly enhances the value of the ulti-
mate decision.

" To such an extent have my days been prolonged, that I
have seen my Indian Administration tried by the unerring
test of time, and subjected to the ordeal of a new generation.
After the lapse of thirty yeaes all my principles, motives,
and views have been fully disclosed, and all their results
and consequences fully ascertained and proved ; the Com-
pany has awarded to me a meed of fame which gives to
living honour all the weight and authority of a judgment of
posterity.
" Grateful for this unprecedented distinction, I prize it
still more highly, as it affords a sure pledge that this great
empire, added to the British dominions under my administra-
tion, will be governed in the same spirit by which it was
acquired, and that the same energy by which our territories
have been secured against the assaults of our enemies in war,
will hence be exerted to cultivate the blessings of peace, and
to establish our power on the solid foundation of the happi-
ness and affection of a contented and flourishing people.

" I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, -
" With the greatest respect, your faithful servant,
(Signed) " WELLESLEY."
Sir CHARLES FortnEs had heard the contents of the letter of
the Noble Marquis with the greatest satisfaction, and be
moved that it be printed, as well as that of the Chairman and
Deputy Chairman, and circulated among the Proprietors.
The DEPUTY CHAIRMAN expressed his concurrence in the
motion, which was carried.