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cord might follow ; and: the. habits, character,
and efficiency of the service receive a fatal in-
jury..!- But, on the. other _hand, if, the nominal
property. in spoils of war has been vested. in the
Company ',or :the Sovereign, it has
,been for the
understood, benefit of the soldier,—.to sec,ure
him, not to cheat aud. starve:, him. In the
case - the -Deccan prize-money,... for, in.
,stance, the• Crown acted - upon the true con-
strattion o.f • its official orders ; it. ()Zoned
the property, and _at once surrendered :it to
the rightful and. real claimants. Why,•then, is it
that the unfortunate army, thus.fairly .treated an
the part of the Royal Government, has. from.some
Whet'. quarter :experienced such ; gross injustice.?
Who has intercepted in. its passage to .the -lawful-
owners;,' that which the-Crown: declared .to be
,theirs,' and from the actual distribution of which.
it of itself- was . graciously pleased:to. withdraw
every natural obstacle? . what
;whatrapacity—by.what cruelty is this, their own
-oadoubved money „withheld.from the poorihrave,
-injured men, who toiletland foughtito gain it, and
Pwtm are famishinglor the %Tanta it,afterso many.
"years spent hi- fruitfessaimportunity and mortified:
expectation ; while of those whom. diNappointment
'has sent. before their time-to the grave,-the widows
and orphans begin to deapair thateven.the,itypo.
-crisy of .justice will offer them some slight-shadow'
of indemnity: for the loss of their broken-heatted
protectors ?• We do-not believe that:the proceeds
of the captured spoil, is,. as trs•heenasseTted, in.
the coffer's of the East India. Company, We do
.not beliere that the Duke of 'Wellingtoni a• sol-
dier, and:an honest one, (though not perhaps the
mostsusceptihle of the more kindly -feeiings).--,ive
cannot bring ourselves to the. harrowing persua-
sion that his Grace has ,:been party to
such delay of justice towards the destitute: it is
due, however both. to the ,Company who, are.ac-
cased of keeping the gold in their coffers, and to.
the Dake of NV.ell-ington,.who in his capacity of
,Commissioner hasbeen blamed :for leaving it there
-Hit is due-to them. both that :am inquiry should
be instituted, and that-guilt: ntay. attach there
only wherelit is merited„: •fAhove everyithing
it
is desirable that the priiegnotier should-be:paid
forthwith.. Why is this grievance not taken up
in Parliament? - .. •
Prizeignoney:—The. following is .copy
of the Official Order by 'which the distribution
'of East Indian prizerrioney isregulated-:-
-" All booty_ captured from an:enemy -.by the Company's
troops,alone, becomes the, property...of the Company,, by virtue
of letters, patent from ihe Crown, dated I.lth January, 1758.
All. booty captured from an enemy by a fence of which'his
jesty'S troops form a part, is thepriverty of the Crown ; and no
i
fight to any part-of such booty sin either case vested in the
troops caPturing it,%ekeept fiy special -grant froin. the Court of
Directors in the first ease. nr the. Crown in the-second. The
Court,,thesefore, have
.positively- directed' that7no booty taken
from an enemy should be called or'codisitlered'aslitwful Piize,
of the proceeds thereof in any *4 appropriated•or diStrlbuted
tiiihnut thaix'Previons sanction (or that of the Crown'; in cases
Where the. Royal sanction is legally requisite); but that such.
I¢otity,' or the value arising from the sale'of it, be'set miart and
-
dePoskted in their treasuries, and is correct rteentnit tarred of it;
and transmitted to them by the earliest practicable opportunity,
to await their decision, or the tAcc4Aop.,,ofthe Crown, as the case
require."
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• [MORNING -CHRONICLE.]
The public in .general are' but little, aware o,
the manner in which the, chief coalman& of: the
army in. the three different establishments in
India is now disposed of. It is knowny indeed,
that the law places .this•disposal in the Court-of
Directors; bOt.itris exercised behind the curtain
j,y- those who -are no -way responsible. His
RoYal Highness the Duke of -York Insists upon
these commands being given to those only
whom he recommends, and .-these officers ,must
be of the Royal Arrny. Lord Combermere, Sir
George' Walker, and Sir George
.Airey, have
been selected by . him ; but either his Royal
Highness, or the President of-the Board of Con-
,
400, or the Cotirt of Directors, or.all of these,:
seem:to forget that there is an army of British:
'sti'hiects he India-,-consisting• of about 20,000
-men,":and another .of about 200,000 natives,.atE,
cored by British subjects, .whom these strangers
are to he sent out to command ; and that there
are not so . many as 80,000 of his Majesty's
troops- serving in that - country.-- . We do not
enter into the merits of: these- officers se-
lected by his Royal. Highness.; -.they ,h4.ve„
*U got ribband.. -and- -stars, and -crosses, and
taerefore, we suppose they..must be consideredia
fully qualified for the commands to which they
are destined, . But is there-- no consideration for
the feeling,s.of the officers of so largeoo gallant,
and so-very .respectable a body as those!compos-
mog the Company's army ? Are they always to
be considered and treated by hiS-Royal
'less, and by ,the Government of this- country,,as
aliens, unworthy 'to he trusted; or as'an inferiorr
race: to-those gentlerrien of.whom_the King's army:'
is composed ? Can this • system last? His
Majesty's 'Ministers would -do 'well to look a
little more into the affairs of India—whenthe
trbeiarcount of the late' unfortunate business-at
84rrecptire is known, it will be seen how little
the interest or feelings of the -troops in the. Com,
pany's -intwhotti our chief, indeed our only
bold in thatcOuntry depends, is attended to, and,
how necessary is -it that officers who.-have
,knowledge should be selected for command, and
that it should not at lea-St •be an objection to a
man :ftrr-•uctio trust-that he is. an officer of the
Company's army. We shall say more on this
subject hereafter. . .
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[THE •ettnt..Tc, LEDGER:7y
We leave received New York. Papers 'to-the
9th ult,, hut. their contents arenninteresting.--.
`he Provincial Parliament of Lower Canada was
prorogued by Atte, Lieutenant-Governor on the'
t4d- of March, .by
Siieech -from the Throne.
A -.dispute between: the two lyranches- of !the
Provincial -Parliament, which' has lasted fifteen
fears, concerning the expenditure of the pro-
iiintevsras' dmicat)l7 terminated, 1)7 the adop-
ti6:l,3y. h0t4:.1-fouses of a Law granting the sup-
, plief; of th.e whichs has received the sanction
of.'ilte"'LiortrtenanGGovf;rtior. -Several •measures,
,t were, adopted during the' SesSion -,for making
troptoyentents in the internal -comnitinicatiOnS. of
t4.te province,.,andi of the neighbouring provinces.
Vt'lletcrti:;ftom these-Papers' that' the United
at6'will shortly lia-ve in-commission seven line
r •
ref
battle,shi rorvette-s, fiftepn
frigates, two
sloops al.-sloops -,orarAincluding the ten .addi.
I tional -sloops authorised -in the at Session of
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