The Sun.
London, England, 1820-05-26 00:00:00

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FRIDAY. MAY 26, 1820.

E R F FORD.
President—L„/II SONIERS.
Vice-President—B. PA l'Etillii LL, E.

TAUNTON AND SOMERSET,
At the Murliet-house, Taunton.
'President—T.A. CHARTER, Esq.
Vice-Presidetit—A. CEMHESTER, Esq‘

GLipLICESTIA.
Lord APSLEY ill the Gba4..

WA RR/ NGTON,
At ti,e George Inn.
President—THomAs Esq. M. P.
Vice-Presidents—JOS. Esq. JOHN DAMN: Esq.

scAnnoitqucFr,
At Morwan's Hotel.
President—His Giu.r.t the Duke'ut RUTLAND.
VieePresidents—WM. Emu. HENRI* COOKE,
Esq., RICH. WILSON, Esq , ROBT. MARFLETT, Est,

GLASGOW,
At the Black Bull Inn.
BOYD ALEXA'NDER, Esq. in the Chair.

DEVON AND EXETER,
At the Hotel, Exeter.
President—Colonel COLERIDGE.
Vice-President-I—AL1—AL ARUNDEL HARRIS, Esq.

LANCAsTER,
At the Tewn Hail.

President—CHAßLES GIBSON, Jun. Esq.
Vice-President—T. W. SALISBURY,

BOU'ON,

At the Coniwercial Inn.

Pr.c,sident—THOMAS RIDGWAY, Esq.
Vice-President—WM. BOLLING, Esq.

SIP-2 FIELD,
At the luntuse Inn.
President—The Rev.- GEORG.E CHANDLER.

MENAI,
At the Hotel, Carnaevon.
President—Hon. Sir CUARLLS PAGET, R. N.
Vice-Prcskacilt—WM. 0.1.0158 Y GORE, Esq.

PARLIA Al EN FA/1Y PAPERS.

SIR THOMAS HiSLOP.

AbSI4I3AtT 01 JUSTiFICATOII'Y DOCUMENTS JUST

LAID .EP.PoIIE THE HOUSE OP COMMoNS.

The first of these docuMents is the t'opy of a
minute by the Marquess of Has Lings himself, in
which•he says :—" It appeared to me that the
Killeda4 was thoroughly apprized of his iituwit ;
first, by the pronotikation of the article of treaty
iassiguitirto the territory to the Hon. Compaue;
:and settsbdiy, by the special order of Holkir lot!
!the of the fortress; notwithstandio4
which rorceil Sir T. Hislop to the risk of carry-
ingr the place by storm."
Tire- next ilocometit is dispatch from Sir T.
addressed to the Governor-Gene-
ral, dated Sept. 10. 1819. in this dispatch his
Excellency enters into a minOte detail of all the
circumstances that. preceded and accompanied the
capture of the flirt of Talnier, and most satisfac-
torily exculpates himscit from the imputation-ot
crtielty in ordering the execution t.. 4 the -Kille-
(tar. lie 'does riot, however, rest his case upon
his own statement. • Ile enclOses the teports
of four distinguished Officer's who were 'pre-
sent on the occasion, and who knew the whole of
'he transaction.' These are Lieut.-Colonel
Blacker, Quarter-Master-General of ihe Army ;
Capt. Briggs, the Political Agent of the Gover-
nor-General, at the head quarters of Sir T. His-
lop, in Candeish ; Lieut.-Colonel Conway, the
Adjutant-General of the Army ; and Lieut.•Co-
lond M'Gregor Murray, the Deputy Adjutant-
General, who accompanied the storming party,
and nearly lost his life from the infamous trea-
chery of the garrison.
Sir T. Hislop, in kis own dispatch, distinctly
proves, that the Killedar was answerable with
his own life, for the lives be had cauied to be
destroyed among the British troops. Hi was, in
fact, " in a state of rebellion to his Sove-
reign, because Holkar was at peace with us, and
had'rominaoded him to obey it. He had eom-
Mitted hostilities without any commission from his
SoVareign, and was a ?übliC marauder, and the
consequences be entailed !you himself thereby
were similar to those to which a pirate would be
exposed." " The Killedar was acting altogether
independently of Holkar, whom he would not re-
cognize, and was pursuing his own schemes."
" He had entered the fot t for that express pur-
pose only fifteen days bcf,re it was taken, with
all the artificers lie coid at'a tiMe when

it was generally known in the town of 'l.`dinier
that Holltar Tad made peace with and
had, by treaty., crdeo that fort ;
mit," continuenl " that as the
bitants acted on iris information, it cannot be
supposed that the Killeclar was ignorant of it."
" Although," says his Excellency," the delud-
ed man bad so completely torfeityd his life, and
justice t►► the manes of my brave officers and men,
who had fallen victims to his lawless hostility,
called for some atonement, still my anxious de-

sire was to save him from execution, for it is
ever the most painful part of an officer's duty
to be driven to an act of severity. Impelled
with these feelings of mercy to a reduced being
in my possession, a struggle supported them
for a time, but they were overpowered by consi-
deratious of humanity due to others, which .it must
have been deemed unpardonable in me to have ire:-
gleeted. I had no alternative, but to make a
painful sacrifice of my private feelings to the cause
of humanity and my country; and [he necessity
of example being the concurrent opinion of Officers
with 'Whom I consulted, the execution was reluc-
tantly ordered."

" The good effect the example produced in the
cause of humanity and to the public interests, be-
came, as it we're, instantly apparent. The con-
federacy of opposition to our possession of Can-
delft was dissolved; the several Killedars, till now
in resistance, yielded to Ho'km's order, and in
obedience to it delivered up the formidable posts
in their possession ; the Peishwa betook himsel,
.to ; Ran► Deen disappeared, and not another
life was lost, in the assumfdion of the cessions of
Holkar ; whereas, had not an example been made
at the critical juncture it was, incalculable blood-
shed would inevitably have ensued."