The Sun.
London, England, 1819-03-29 00:00:00

D I A.

The Speech delivered by Mr. CANNING, in the
Horse Of Commons, on the 4th instant, gave so
,satisfactory an account of the origin of the late
War in India, and afforded so complete a justifi-
cation of all the operations of our armies-in.-that
iin,luter, that the Directors of the Ea;Mndia‘'
Company, with a !amiable desire of convincing the
people of this country that it was not aggressive on
onr part, but rendered. expedient by self.
detince, and the imperious necessity of vin-
dictive justice, have published that Speech at
their 'own expence. This Speech, which is le-

commended by the simplicity and energy of truth,
presents a bt ref but comprehensive statement of
the perfidy of our Allies, the horrors inflicted by
the Pindarries, the %fuse policy of the measures
adopted by the Marquess of HASTINGS, and 50
fully acquits the Company of all desire of
territorial ext ension, farther than has been render-

rct ticcessary in consequence of the treachery
of tome of the native Powers, that it cannot but
be highly gratifying to the nation. With respect
to Sir TnomAs HtSLOP, from the character of

that Officer, we have no doubt that he will fully

vindicate lig condtict, and we may presume to
agree %vial the eloquent Speaker, that it %vas not
possible that the Marquess of H ASTI NGS would have
expressed his approbation of that conduct, unless

it was founded on the most honourable princi-
ples. We shall therefore present,to our Readers
that part of the Speech. which relate: to the gal 7
lane Officer in question, persuaded that farther
information will justify an entire confidence in
the rectitude of his proceedings. •
" I mentioned in the e!:lier part of my Speech,
that one of the first results of Sir Thomas Ilis•
lop's ric:tory over Holkar was au Order issued by
that Chick', and intrusted to Sir T. Hit-lop, for
the sort ender of certain fortresses to South
of the River Nerbudda. Amongst t)e fortresses
so on!: red to be surrendered to Sir 7. Itas His-
lop, was that of Taloier. At that p' • an event
occurred which is related in the r:; before
the House, and the oartienlars o uu rlt i: is not
necessary for tne to repeat. In thofe Papers the
Hoose is possessed of all the inform,,tiot, which
the East India Company or the Gov iment have
received no this subject. With tha, information
neither the East India Company nor the Govern-
ment are satisfied. The roily course which, under
these circumstances, could be adopted, was to
send instructions to the Government of India to
transmit to England the most ample information,
and to institute, if necessary, the most minute in-
gaily. lam very far from admitting that be-
cause there has been an omission in sending home
sat istactory documents, we are therefore to con-
elude that the transaction is not Justifiable. The
inference must be the other way t'st, from
l
the character of a British Officer ;secondly, m
the. individual character of this Officer, whom
{though I
am not myself acquainted w,.1) him), 1
understood to be eminently entitled to waise, not
more for his professional talents than tor his ab-
low en ce of every thing cruel or severe. We
have further in support of this irifeeence, two
separate approvals of his condo'ct by the Mar-
ques,. of Hastings, conveyed in the most unquali-
fied terms. It is impossible to imagine any in-
terest or. effect ion that could have induced Lord
Hastings to slur over a transaction which in his
conscience he thought deserving of blame. I say
this the more confidently, because instances have
occurred in the course of this campaign which
prove that, however anxious Lord Hastings is to
bestow praise where praise is merited, he knows
his duty too Well to withhold blame from those
who have justly incurred it. Those •instances it
would be unfair to mention ; but I can asssure
the Horse that such are in my possession.
" When the dispatch which contains the ac-
count of the capture of Talneir was transmitted
in the military department of the official corre-
spondence, it came Unaccompanied with any civil
details whatever. I felt some reluctance in mak-
ing the hare military statement public, but I
thought the plain -course to pursue was, to deal
with this dispatch ..as other dispatches of a mi-
litary nature had been dealt with ; looking for-
ward confidently to the arrival of the details which
were wanting to give the transaction its true

colour.
" Those Gentlemen who take an interest in
Indian affairs must know how uncertain corre-
spondence is with that part of the world. 'l here
have been--there still are—great chasms in the
correspondence respecting the late campaign.—
In last Saturday's Gazette is an account of oc-
currences which took place not less than a year
and a half ago : it is not the fault of the Govern-
ment that the intelligence of them did not arrive
sooner. And here it may possibly he expedient
for we to state, by the way, why dispatches, of
which the general interest is gone by, are never-
theless inserted in the Gazette. The reason, Sir,
is this Front the intense and laudable eagerness
with tvhich military liononts are sought tor, it is
,necessary that those services by which such Ito.-
nours may be merited should be publicly record-
ed. Public record being made—and wisely—an
indispensible condition of the grant of those ho-
nours, it would he hard to run the risk of invali-
dating any OfEeer' title to them hereafter, by
keeping back altogether-the notification of ser-
vices, the official report of which might have
happened to Cie delayed.
" -return to Sir Thomas Hislop : his dis-
patch arrived in Angus? ; the approbation of the
Marquess of Hastings, though dated only a fort-
night after that dispatch, did not arrive till, the
27th of November. The details of a complete
justifi,atioa nay be now on their way.
" In this imperfect state of evidence three
modes of proceeding presented thernr,clves to
Government. The first was, to withhold re-1
dioneration altogether two.' the set ViCCS of j

the Milian army till this point should be
cleared up ; hut no man who knows the spirit
and temper of armies in general, and the
composition of the Indian army in particular,
would recommend a course so ungrateful. and
ungracious. The next was to grant to other
deservers the- proper honorary rewards, omit-
ting the name of the Commander under whom
the most-considalable, vietoly had, been gained—
' the name of him in whose praise the letters trot;
India were lavish : but such an exception would
have placed on his character a stamp of obloquy
too deep to he effaced by any subiequent atone-
ment. The last course was, to include hint with
the body of Officers to whom military honours
were due ; still, however, expeciing and requir-
.ing at a future period a satisfactory explanation of
this particular part of his conduct.—=lt the House
shall be of opinion that the Executive Government
have not judged amiss in the choice which they
hare made between these three modes. of proceed-
ing, the House will, perhaps, so far countenance
and concur with their decision, as to vote its
thanks for military service to Lieut.-General Sir
Thomas Hislop, in common with his brave com-
peers in glory; and to he contented with enter-
ing, at the same time, a special record of its own
suspended judgment on this particular transaction.
" I admit the reasonableness of such a record, •
on the grounds which I have stated; though I
feel that, standing in my situation, it would hardly
be becoming in me to propose what that record
shall he. To join it with the Vote of Thanks it-
self,
when every end can be obtained by a sepa-
rate Resolution, would be as harsh as unneces-
sary :--unnecessary, since the suspension of
judgment of the House may be sufficiently marked
without such a junction;—and,harsh, because the
Vote of Thanks will be placed on the regimental
books, and read in front of every military line in
India. This,. I am ready to confess, would not
be too ievere a course if the transaction were
finally to.,ae imprinted with a character, such as,
1 trust, it never can assume : hut what would be
the feelings of Sir Thomas Hislop and of his
comrades, if such a censure were sent forth, in
ignorance here, to be read before an audience in
India, who might well know that it-had not been
deserved ?

" I trust, then, that the House will allow the
name of Sir Thomas Hislrq) to stand in my second
Resolution of Thanks, without any phrase of qua-
lification ; and in return, if any Gentleman shall
propose a separate Resolution of the description
which I have ventured to suggest, I shall think
that by assenting to such Resolution 1 best dis-
charge my duty to the House, to the Indian Army,
and to Sir Thomas Hislop himself."

LONDON JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS D.Y.

[Morning Chronicle.]

Extract of a Letter from Frankfurt, dated March 16,

1819.

M. de Stourdza, author of the famous pamphlet upon the
Universities of Germany, has been challenged by two students
of Jena, to which he answered in French, "that having
written, thought, and given to the Press the pamphlet in
question, by command of the Emperor of Russia, he could
not fight a duel without asking leave of his master." Upon
which the two young men answered, "As M. de Stourdza
has declared that be wrote, thought, and printed the pam-
phlet by command, he has consequently declared himself to
be a writing, thinking, and plating machine, and they with-
draw their challenge."
The Prussian Minister at the Diet, Count Goltz, is dis-
graced, and it is said that Baron Altenstein will he nomi-
nated in his place. Count Goltz made known by mistake, in
one of the Sittings of the Diet, a private note addressed to him
by his Cabinet, which threw a light upon a great many
existing plans of Prussia, and gave some hints of her future
one!. This gave rise to a very warm debate, upon which he
teceired his dismissal.

It is rumoured, that the seat of the Diet will be changed
from Fran Wort to Nlanheim.

The affairs of Bavaria and Baden are not yet settled. None
of the Ministers of this Committee have received instruc-
tions from their Government; so that, excepting Lord Clan-
carty, none of them knew what business they were sent here
for. They hare bad some conferences together, and have
declared that they had no instructions what to do.
You will see by this that the Governments are playing with
us. However, the thirst for liberty is daily increasing in
Germany, and the number of Ministerial adherents decreas-
ing. Bavaria has set us a very good example:and I have no
doubt that we shall obtain a victory over our Governments.
Count Boulay de la Meurthe resides here at present, hav-
ing received permission from the Prussian Government to re-
side where he pleased.

There is a report that Prince Eugene de Beauharnois has
been in Paris in strict is cog. It is said that h was int►o-
auced to the King, and that he had several interviews with
some of the Ministe'rs.-,-(Bid.)

An order has been sent to the Custom-House at Dover, to
pay the most respectful attention to the Persian Ambassador
and his suite—so the Fair Circassian will avoid seach, and
will nut even be visible.—(lbid.)