Star.
London, England, 1806-02-04 00:00:00

MONTTMENT TO MARVIS CORNWALLIS.
Lord CASTLERAGH role, conformably to the
notice which he had given on a former night, and
(aid, that no perfon was more ftrongly impreffed
with the propriety of afting upon the general prin.
ciple of rewarding great and eminent Cervices to the
State by fuch marks of public gratitude and honour
as they deferved. It was wife and politic in Patna-
anent to confer on individuals thofe dillindions to
rohich brilliant atchievements and the performance
of folid advantages to their country had juftly en-'
tided them. He alto agreed, that if the tributes paid
on fuch occafions could be confined to fpecific ads,
It might be more fatisfadory then to extend them to
• the general ads of an individual during a long'
merle of years, refpeding which there would be, in
all probability, a difference of opinion. But having
Rated thus much, he might he allowed to fay, that
the great perfonage who was the fubjed of confide-
ration deferved the higheft rewards which the Houfe
and the Country could bane. His merits and his
whole courfe of public life had fomething in them fo
peculiarly impreffive and engaging,as to difarm honi-
lity, and cement the bonds of fricndfhip. In addret
fing the Houle refperaing the character of Marquis
Cornwallis, it might not be neceffary for him to dwell
on any difplay of his talents in Parliament ; they were
not, perhaps, fuch as enabled him to rank amongft
men greatly sliningnifhed for their eloquence ; but if
the Noble Lord had not attained to that diltinftion,
his talents bad been unqueftionably difplayed to the
greaten advantage in thole works which confer-
red lifting benefits on the Empire. To him it be
longed to combine and difpiay thofe talents which
eharadterifed an able Stant-mats and great GeneraL—
His military fame had been too well efiablilhed to
admit of any queflion. Suffice it, therefore, to ob-
Cave, that in the difcharge of the arduous duties
Which it impofed upon him, and the dangers which
be encountered, no man dilcbarged the firft with
Mal honour and fidelity, or encountered the latter
with more &moth and valour. It was his good
fortune, likewife, that his prnfperity as a foldier ne-
War induced bins, under any circumstances, to forget
eler.ency and moderation towards the vanquilbed.—
To India, that great theatre of his atchievements,
he carried the principles of the Britills Conliitution,
and efiablifised a Government founded on jullice and
on the fecurity of perfons and property. If the No-
ble Marquis had no other claim to the gratitude and
ahem of the country, than what he had then
Rated, he was certain thole Cervices were fufficient to
entitle him to that diftinftion. But there were other
parts of his conduit which, in his opinion, deferred
equal credit, though he was aware that a difference
of opinion prevailed on tome of the fubjees to which
he fitould allude. (Here the Noble Lord expatiated
on the talents which the Noble Marquis exercifed in
bringing about the union between this Country and
Ireland, a meafure which he confidered highly bene-
ficial to both countries. The Noble Lord alfo pane-
gy rind the Noble Marquis for the Rrength of mind
ind great judgment difplayed by him in forming the
Peace of Amiens in the left war.) The Noble Lord
et:winded with moving,
That an Addrefr be prcfented to his Majefty, humbly lia-
ising that he would be graeiouily pleafed to give dire:lion, that
• Mostunsent be erected in the Cathedral Church of St. Pawl,
London, to the MeAt Noble Charles Marquis Cornwallis, in ine•
mortal of his brilliant character, effentiel fervices, and great zeal
and drrodon to the lilt moments of his life, which he devoted to
his country"
Mr. CHARLES GRANT feconded the motion,
and in a long fpeech pointed out the advantages
which this country derived from the ezeicife of the
Noble Marquis's talents in India.
Mr. FRANCIS fatd, he gave his cordial fupport
to the motion, which had been judicioufly introduced
by the Noble Lord, and ably leconded by the Hon.
Member (Mr. Grant). He entered into their feelings
with that' warmth which his friendship for Marquis
Cornwallis had produced, feelings which he had no
doubt were generally felt in the Houle sad through-
out the Country.
Mr. WINDHAM felt himfelf bound to oppnfe the
prefent motion on general principles, as he had done
that made on the late death of another great man,
(Mr. Pitt) but as a precedent had been ellablilhed by
the Houfe in that inilance, he (Vold yield to the
determination of Parliament, and acquiefce in what
had been propofed by the Noble Wirer.
Mr. WILBERFORCE gave his teflimesny of
feelings and greaten approbation to the m•iiiiin in-
troduced by the Noble Lord. It was iii, gratification
and pride, as an Englilbman, on taking a view of
Lord Cornwallis's adminiltration in India, to obferve
that all his ads were thole of oifdoni, liiintiefs, and
humanity. in the while courfe of his long and la-
borious life, he teemed to have only thee objects in
view—the good of his cowboy, and the happiticfs of
thofe whom he governed.
Mr. O'HARA relied his objedion to the motion
principally on the ground that the Noble Lord had
introduced into it the Peace of Amiens and the Union,
in both of which tranlntions the Noble Marquis had
a flare. Without enquiring into the merit. of the
Peace of Amiens, it was fufficient for his put-pore to
,abject to the motion, when he was told that the Noble
11/4latqois bad a (bare in faiidioning that meafure (the
Union) which had proved Co ruinous to his country.
lie ironed, however, that if that meafure was not
tfcincled, at lean that the molt obnostous part would
be alone away.