Star.
London, England, 1802-06-24 00:00:00

datiOn Of boih Hooks of Partiaaseit.

Sir W. Damsels was of option. that if it was intended to
expend much money in the pearled baildinp, it would be
better to creel a new Houle altogether, and to fix upon fame
fpot more convent= to the cadence of the Court and the
Members then prefent.

Lord Q se did not imagine the film to be ►aid out
would be fo eotifiderable u to warrant any Inch change of fitua-
lion as that defired by the Hon. Baronet ; nor did fa& gauge,
with the view of convenience dekribed, appear to be at all
=dewy. The Report was owleratto opoo the Ts*,

Mt A.
Mr. Sim 'DLit ?Ore purfuant to notice. He be-
gan by expreffing his regret that the difcuffion of
the fubjeet to which he meant to allude, relative to
the late tranfaltions in the Carnatic, fhould have
been yefterday interrupted in confequence of the
thinnefs of attendance, a arcumftance the more
extraordinary, and the more to be regretted, as
the Houfe was thereby deprived of the pleafure of
hearing the very ingenious fpeech, and compre.
henfive ftatement which was naturally to be ex.
peeled from the Hon. Member who introduced
the fubjeet (a laugh) ; and the Hon. Member wax
deprived of an opportunity of edifying the Houfe
by a full hiftory of the affairs of India, from the
firft eftablifhment of the India Company to the pre.
fent day—from the days of Tamerlane to the dep.
fition of the Nabob of Arcot (a laugh) ; but as it
was fuppofed that the apprehenfion of this copiouF
hiftory produced the thinnefs complained of yeller
' day, he (Mr. S.) thought it proper to (late, in the
lira inftance,left he timid meet a fimilarmisfortuue
—that he did not mean to detain the Houle long.
He felt himfelf compelled to purfue a different
line from that Hon. Member, and to abgain from
all detail, becaufe he was not himfelf inclined,
nor could he fuppofe the Houfe would be pie.
vailed on to pronounce any judgment upon the
fpecies of ex parte evidence which was yet made
public upon this queftion. He few no other alter.
native, but to enter minutely into the fubjeift, or to
abltain from detail altogether; and the latter he
had from the belt confiderations,determined forth;
prefent to adopt. The firft moment this cafe was
mentioned to him, he conceived it his duty to
have a communication with the Minifter refpeeling
it; and he declared, in juftice to that Right Hon.
Gentleman, that far from wifhing to conceal any
thing from him, he evinced the fulleft difpolhio;
to afford every proper and neceffary information,
and that difpofition, he was glad to obferve, had
been fince molt fatisfaCtorily manifested to the
Houfe, In Rating the reafons which yefterday
urged him to count out the Hoofs, a thing be was
not in the habit of doing, it became neceffary, in
order to juftify himfclf, to mention fome particti•
Lars which would alto juftify the Right Hon.
Gentleman on the Treafury Bench, for quitting
the Houfe upon that occafion. In his commun.
cation with that Right Hon. Gentleman, be did
fairly Rate to him what courfe he meant to purfue
—lie explained to him what appeared to be the
molt prominent feature in this cafe, namely, the
fafkty of the Princes confined i. and that Right
Hon. Gentleman did fatisfy him, that the utmoft
I attention was, and would be, paid to their leen-
rity, expreffing at the fame time a with that the
difcuffion of the bufinefs fhould be pollponed until
' further information fhould be received which was
expeited, and which was material to explain the
motives and the conduct of the Governor General.
To the propriety of this delay he acceded; becauf
without further information he did notahink it;
would become him to proceed with any declama-
tory Ilseeches, or inflammatory charges againit a
Noble Perfonage who flood fo high in public elk-
matlon as the Governor General of India. Foy
this infoimation, therefore, expeeted by the Mar;
nington, be refolved to wait; and having gone
into. the country- he was furprlfed, on his return
to 'town, to And brat the Hon. Member (Mr, N.
cholls) had taken up the queltion :—that he wits
(truck with fome new fenfibility for the fufferiage
of the native inhabitants of India—new it mull
be called, for it was to be recolleited, that in the
cafe of Mr. Hollings that
.gon. Member differed
both with Ministers and Oppolition, but he am
teemed determined to take this young Prince tin-,
der his protettion. However, in confequence of
his interference, be, (Mr.. S.) fent to the Hon.
Member,; and his. aittfwer was, that t aims pet-
fatly the faMe to hire what, day the if . - was
brought forward. It was therefore with .00‘14e:
derable fur/trite, Wound the Hon. Member yet'.
terdatfo anxious to pref: the difenSon, Ind:
bttattfe it-iatieffi ell to defer Wooly far
,etas
.
day. The reason (toted by the Hon'. Mem IPS
an apprehentoolhilif lit put it off, the. Secretiry
af the Treafory. 'might So-day contrive to Prevent
the making of a, houl'b, and thus jerk him out of
an opportunity for idelivering his fentimeuts.--
O The reafon for his interpofition originally was!
as I underftand; (laid Mr. Sheridan) a fear thee 1
fhould negledt the fubjeet—that I fhould forfeit my
pledge. What were the grounds of the.Np•
Member's fear I cannot pretend to fay ihet I
flatter-4/101f that I am not fubjeet to the imp.
tation 'of inconfiftency. I fancy that my condtl4_
in this Houfebas not e: fed me to the charge, &
I am not in the habit of changing my opinions or
conneEtionsof taking my feat at one fide of the
Houfe and the other (a laugh), and ofpaffing back
and forward as quickly as if I were only making
experiments upon the tempers of both, in order to
determine the part which my peculiarities or my in-
tereft fhould prompt me to take (a laugh). I tuft
that upon no former occafion I have been found
I inattentive to my duty or engagements in this
I Houfe, particularly with refpee to the affairs of
India." Mr. S. added, that he took up this bull.
nets as a Member of Parliament in the execution
of his duty, unimpelled by any out-door influence,
' and he would follow it up in the molt efficacious
manner that he could devife. He repeated his ac-
knowledgments of the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer's readinefs to fornith every information d.:-
fired—a readinefs which the Hon. Member expe-
rienced a few days fince, when papers were ordered
upon his motion, without even calling upon him
to Rate the grounds of his application. Though
all the information deferable was not yet firth.
coming, he could not help thinking, that from
the outlines of the cafe, which might be collated
from the papers on the table, there was fufficient
ground to induce the Minifters, who had not yet
mixed or dipped in Indian politics—who flood
uncorrupted and unimpeached—above all bias or
fufpicion, to take it into their confederation. The
detail, as it now appeared, was concife, but fudi-
ciently ftrong to intent} their feelings, and demand
enquiry. It was only necelfary to mention, that
from the Peace of 1763 the Nabobs of Arcot
were the Friends and Allies of Great Britain : the
grandam of the Nabob, who formed that alliance,