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The motives that induce me topursue- the latter
method, I have already stated ;- and I must do
the CHANCELLOR • of the EXCHEQUER the jus-
tice .to say, that he has, in this btisineSs, shewn
himself extremely willing to produce every Do-
cument in his power, and ,has*, in no instance,
shewn a disposition to keep back any information
that..has been required., He lias.even-volontarily
moved for Papers without requiring reasons -to be
' • alledged by others for their ,production. When such
Was. the,'CIIANCELLOR of. the EXCHEQUER'S eon--
duet, it was impcissible could follow any
other coUrse than tha-Cwhich I have at present
chosen. I should not' think myself justified in'
endeavouripg, either by • an inflammatory or de---
clamatory harangue, to prejudge the question
' before the necessarinformation respeding it can
. he procured. After the willingaletS which he had
abewn to. promote Ina inquire into this subject, I
need not inform the present
.Minister, who has not
hitherto intertnedd!ed with.
,Indian politics, and
who is still unpolluted by the crimes of that Go__
, Vernment.--I need not inform him, that this subject
reqnires his most • serious consideration. It .is un-;
. necessary for me to.enter.into a train of argument
to prove the rights of the Indian Princes to their
own Dominioos. Since the settlement made in the.
year 1763, we liaveourselves uniformly recognised
the title of the' rights 'of the , Nabob of Arcot.
Yet, 'in defiance of this-right, the lineal heir of that
Dominion is now deposed by us on xcount of the
alledged crimes of his grandfather and his father.
In considering the evidence on which the reality of
these crimes rests, it is necessary to inquire who
were the detcdors? we shall be answered, the Go-
vernment of -.lndia. Who were the accusers ? the
Government of. India. Who were the .witnesses,
the judgeS, nay still- 'more levus .ask, „who were
receivers of the foifeitures incurred by these.
crimes ? the'. Governine-nir'o€ the Go.:
•
vernment or India, we at once find the de--
.
teetors,
,the, informers, the accusers, the witnesses,,
the judges of the crimes,• and•the receivers of the
forfeitures incurred by them. This, it must be
owned,_ looks suspicious
.; and :is- surely alonesuffi-
cient rto demand. •-a serious 'investigation of. the
subjeCl,.: The iimpetfeet do,Oments which are at
present-in-Oar-possession -by no means tend to lessen
our-susniciolii•-.l.shall, however, be very happy, if
. filither:infbrMation,
.when it arrives, shall do these
suspicions away,-. .BUt if the contrary should be the
result; I shall also be happy if His Majesty's
-Ministers will 'of themselves' take
.the necessary
_steps to the iiiic-tnion. of justice. If, however,
-• neither:alternirive *alai!' take place, I Will most
certainly in. ti-next Session of Parliament, myself
bring -'forward the subjear .with the- spirit. that
..:_oogi-t-t to ad-nate an independent Member of this
is influenced 061 y. by—motives - or
and .vho. has alp some everienee,
in the -.measures proper to he pursued.
if Stich transadions- have-been ca.rried on.„. if such
-oppressions haVe taken place iii 'lndia, as -has been
rerresnted, I pedge 'myself to*.prove 'to thefiouse
that such incasitieS:are2 impplitic and on_.
ptesc:lt, tiOWever, fshall.cont-nt myself
with-iecornmendlngiehe subject to
.the serious
sitieration of
_the House-;and with 'presenting, a
PetitiOn from the Regents of the -Carnatic this
House. It may indeed, 1' believe, be required by
the stria nuleg of the House to identify the persons-,
thaOigre_this'Petition to be.‘really 'What" they de-
sign: themselves- to be ; but in the present case; I
hope the libuse will be satisfied with :the only
evidence the case admits of, the conviction of the
Member that presen-ts the Petition that they really
are so. The House-will, also consider, that it is to
Parliament alone that this,Petition can be presented.
In such cases as this, no appeal lies to.any other'
Court. The Crown itself bras no vowerto redress
the wrongs of the sufferers ;' the Parliament is the
Only competent tribunal."' Mr. SHERIDAN con-
eluded` by. Moving, " That -the PetitiOn from the
. 'Regents of the Carnaiie; which he held in -his
hand, be received and lie on the Table."
The CHANCELLLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, he was sure the House would do him the
Ithuour to recoiled, that on various occasions, when
Petitions were presented to the House, and when
doubts had .arisen in the minds ofGentlemen, as to
the propriety of receiving such Petitions, he had
always shewn a dispositio.n to receive them,' pro-
vhied theY contained nothing that was. indecorous,,
110 prayed for such relief as-the House could, with
' Prorriety,trant ; for it had always been his wish
to give -to* the House a facility of attention, to coin-
. Plaints 'that were made, and to grant such relief as
was in the power of the House -to grant. But,
wit}t this dispOsition, and every desire to shew all
possible favour to the Petitioners, he entertained
some doubt-, whether 'the Petition which had been
opened by-the Hon. Gentleman whci had made the
'vlotiOn, was of such a kin.d as could be received by
the House-. seemed. that the Petitioners stiled
themselves - Regents. and Descendants of the late
Nabob of the :Carnatic,
Mr. SHERIDAN said, heptoposed the Petition as
coming from SubjeCts of the British Power in India.
The. CHANCELLOR of the t XCHEQtrER said,
that his doubt was. removed as to this. point. He
should have thought, that had --the Petitioners been.
stiled Regents of -theltte Nabob,-. &c. there might
have been some difficulty-about
,receiying_ it, leSt it*
might be said, .thaCtliefloU'S'e of Commons. had.-re,
cognized a title which might'afterwardslurn out' to
be unfounded.- It might therefore be thought im
Proper to recognize • a titles which was thereafter to
be considered.: He.was, howevei, deSiions ofeon-
sidering this -Petition in , that .pAint of' view= that
Was most favourable for its reception. It might be
contended, . that. these • persons now petitioning- the
douse, were not Subjeds of the British, POWer in
Intitia, as they were .now stated,. but that was a:.
point which he should not now -discuss: that might
.introduce a doubt how far the Pelitienbught- to be
entertained, inasm:lch as it did not come, from the
description of persons on whose behalf it was offered. ,
- had dispesition to diseuss . such te pies .;
a.:
s enough for, him to- see that the Petitioners
stated grievance, whirls 'might' be redressed by
e -British Parliament : !and,• as they applied to
the British' ParliaMent for Relief, 'he, for one;
was,
not oispnsed to resist the bringing up of
the .
Petition. He had Very little more-to say on
this subject, because he concurred 'with the Hon.

•
'Gentleman who made _the" Motion, -in ore general
sentiment he -had expressed, that- there was no
alternative on this occasion, for that the House
must either go minutely. into the subjed in all, its
Parts, or abstain from the diseusCion of it altogether,
,Thus far ,he agreed with the ,Hon. Gentleman, htit
he must be permitted to express a regret that fr.tn,
one or two of the expressions of the 146 u. Gentleman,
he..appeared to have deviated from
,that sentiment:
He had said, that if any judgment could be formed
from the Papers Qn
.the Table, scriminality. would
'attachto those who were at the headof the Govern?.
ment of Bengal, but of which, hOwever,•the Hon.
Gentleman admitted no..deeided opinion could be.
formed. Now, Mr. ADDINGTQN said, whatevp.:
his opinion had been of the conduct, of these Noble
Persons to whom this Observation•referreA, it Would,
not hecome him, in the present circumstances (there
being no official detail upon 'the'subjed), to deliVer •
that opinion to the House, for the Honse'could not
form a correct judgment as to the propriety of that
opinion, because the House was not in possession Of
the necessary documents for that purpose. He would
MD further, and. say, he could not even permit him--
self to form a Conclbsive opinion withoutalls the docu-
ments; but while he said this, he should alsb add,ihat as
no inference could be drawn from the Documents-be-
fore the House, his opinion was, that no
whatever did attach,• either to the GoVernot Gene..
ral or to the other high Charaaer alluded to on this
occaSion. He said this on a view of the Papers as
-they stood at 'present, and appeared befor: the
House. - He -firmly believed that no criminality
whatever would be found to attach to these Noble
Persons—Further than this he was unwilling -to go
into this subject at present, being convinced it would
be-thoroughly discussed in the next Session of Par-
- What would be the opinion of. the
House hereafter, it
..did not become him to fore-
,,tell; but he wabs-tonfident he Was not asking More
than the• Bo= was disposed to grant, when he
asked them -to pause before they'gtve an Opinion
upon a subjeft'io interesting to the British cha-
rader in general, and that of those Noble. Per..
sons. in particular, who had .beeti SO ..long ern,
ployed in; echo had been .so steadily attached to,
the Public Service of this Country.; on who'se-con_
duEt, either for want of exertion or breach of faith,
no blame or suspicion had ever yet attached. He
thought the HdliSe would
,not. think it too much for
.him to ask them not to say there was a bias on their
minds unfavourable to these Noble Person's; and in-
consistent with the character they had hitheito
,maintained. He felt a tiatisfadion• in refleiing,
that the-House would not entertain any sentiment
coining from any quarter unfavourable to these No-
ble Persons, before the whole
,of the'ciroinstarices
of the case came before them by Authentic *Poeu.-
ments, and then he verily believed, the whole Case'
would appear highly favourable . to these Noble
Persons.
Mr.-NICHOLLS thought the long infetval•thai'
had elapsed since the deposition of the Nab 4; in
which no satisfaCtory explanation of that-affair had•
been given, of itself threw an imputation the:,
condua of the .Governors in India. 'He was then
proceeding to-enter•at large into the impolicy of our
measures in India, when he was called to Order by •
Mr. WALLACE, Who observed, that suCh,al,
discussion was fIOWISC conneacd with the question
before the House,-
The SPEAKER concurred in the same opinion,
but, at the same time, observed; that 'alit was not'
known, how any Hon. Gentleman would, in the end,..
apply his observations, he could not hinder him from
-proceeding.
Mr. NICHOLLS said, his only intention in in-
troduCing his observations on the present :Motion._
was merely to prevent the necessity of troubling the 1
House Ifith another Motion. - -
Mr. SEiERIDAN'S -Motion Was then put and agreed

Mr. NICHOLLS then rose, and ,after
irig that he was under the necessity .of making a
separate Motion, .and after some preliminary
servations, moved, that an humble Address be
presented to His Majesty, humbly to request, that-
His,Majesty will be graciously, pleased, to order such
measures to be, taken as in his wisdom shall appear.
most proper to investigate the Claims of the East
India Company to the "Territories of the late Nabob:
of the Carnatic."

On the SPEAKER'S inquiring who: seconded that
Motion,

The C HANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved,
‘‘ that • the House do now adjourn," .which was
agreed to. •

The House then adjourned at a quarter past five
o'clock till to-morrow.

AM,I LS.

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