Star.
London, England, 1819-02-05 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE.

THANES TO SIII. THOMAS HISLOP.

The Court of Proprietors re-assembled yesterday,
when the Cussamas► moved the Thanks of the
Court to General Sir T. Hislop, Knt. Grand Cross of
the Bath, for his conduct during the lite campaign
in India.

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The Depurr CuAtautitt seconded the Motion.

Mr. Hums submitted, the wisest course to follow
would be to postpone the Vote of Thanks to the gal-
lant Officer till such information was furnishas
would justify their being unanimous. -
Mr. BOBANQUET and the CHAIRMAN declared, that
the proposition could not, in justice to the gallant
Officer, be postponed. If he (Mr. Hume) thought
proper to make a specific motion for adjournment,
he was at liberty to do so, and the Court would then,
have an opportunity of deciding on it.
Mt. Hums then proceeded to read a dispatch
of General • Hislop to the Governor-General, dated
in February, .1818, and the answer of the Marquis
of Hastings, of the 29th of March, 1818. A letter
was next read from the Governor-General, dated the
6th of April, 1818, in which he highly approved of
the conduct of Sit Thorns's Hislop, in the example
he had made of the garrison in a certain district. The
proceedings of a Court-Dlartial,_ held by commandl
of General Marshall, on iwo perscns accused of trea-
sonable practices against the British Governmen4but
who were both acquitted, were next read. A Colonel
M'Dowall wrote a letter, which was read, and in
that he expressed his opinion, that the garrison
should not have been put to death. A Proclamation
from Sir Thomas Hislop, in which the threat of the
same punishment was held out to all who shoUld
disobey the British authority, was then read. All
have appeared in the public papers already. He had
endeavoured to investigate the public dispatches, and
he had seen"many private letters, among which was
one written by the gallant General six weeks after
the event took place. His own friends, personally
acquainted with General Hislop, and who- ad actu-
ally been in the field with him, oil former occasions,
were against the proposal, and had he consulted pri-
vate feelings, he would have declined the task, but
he felt he could not do it with justice. Three years
ago he had felt it his duty to re-;st a grant of 4:3,off+
to Sir Thomas Ilislop, and had fortunately succeeded
by a ballot. The. sole team for his now bringing
forward his present opposition' was from a regard to
the character of the-British Army. Had the lacitish
not obtained such coufidence in India, they never
could have succeeded iu procuring such a footing as
they had done. It was therefore his (inn belief, that
the conduct of Sir T. Hislop had proved injurious to
their public character and td public confidence, and
to proceed now to thauk him would be a justification
of what he had done. British troops had uniformly
been distinguished as muchror their liumanityand tem-
perance in victory, as they Were for their ardour,
military talent, and heroism in the operations of war.
Th conduct of Sir Thomas Hislop, he regretted to
say (at least such was the impression he felt) had
tended to lower that character, and it should there-
:fire be minutely invenigated. Sit Thornas seat a
message to the Governor of Tarneil to •surrender,
without however giving that peron any official do-
iuments to prove that such were his orders. No an-
'swer was returned, tire KiUedar probably suspecting
At was only a ruse de guerre. A second message was
'lent, and this being again not attended to, the de-
fences were ordered- to be attacked. The killedar,
alarnied at the preparalois, sent out to know what
terms of surrender would be granted. He was told
nothing would do but unconditional surrender, oa
which tlsis was agreed to. Four of the g::tes were
opened, but at the fifth gate hostilities commeiwel,
aft& the result was, that every man in the garrison
was put to the sword.
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•.Iklr. EGIIIINSTONE here interposed, and objec:ed
to private letters being read, as they night be the
source of much unfounded aspersions. He objected
to any thing being read which was not in an official
Sh a ii,.'. —( liedr, hear).
Dlr. it. Jactsox knew what the private letters con-
tained, and could assure the Honourable Director
that his worthy friend meant only to read those parts
which praised Sir Thomas—(l:-/ear). .
Mr. litti: continued. lie would not read any of
them,- but it was impossible not to complain of the
General ordering the Governor to he hanged without
trial—(Hear, hear).—Such a transaction required
them to pause before they gave any przise to him.—
No doge a sufficient explanation might hereafter be
given, and till that was the case, it was compro,
mising their character to proceed so rapidly. The
Noble Marquis had acted in quite a different manner,
for he had found the most 'determined resistance;
but with a consisteticy which did hinhonour, he
did not at once inflict sumnidry punishment, but or-
derecrthe offenders to be tried bra Court-Martial.—
Cases no doubt there were in whiCh summary pu-
nishment was necessary, but in the present no such
netessitfexisted. T 6 put prisoners to death was
perhaps necessary, where dangess. of an imminent
nature elisted; bur th violate *dged faith was *1
consistent with every idea of honour and justice.
The proclamation of Sr Thomas Hislop held cat
the same threat to all-who should act in a similar
manner, and therebl an ilea British treachery
Was excited, and many dpinibns foriped derogatory
to the hillier hOnour and &edit of the dornpany.,—
Different, indeed, iria the conduct of Bit John Mll-
•cohn, to whom the Peishwa surrendered, knowing,
the highicOxittetjnd inilelible integrity of thrt
gallant pficei. While the character of America
at present doUhtful h xhe scale respecting a re-
cent deplorable ("mint, die Court i - be
cipitate hi acting iii a4tatifibr *lii
unjust tkilie gallant itie.i. and
moved as an amendiu4ne, " Thai
agree to 'airy dpjnion smile merit
dll in Efisiiiiition and. eretalpa!ion
4..i11e iiraiisnition ;Mich viii
4akietei and British tettoe.
•lir
Ilauvat Dram seconded
ilk this transaction was unexplained,
fay frinsi agreeing to the Vote -
would hold-up his hand against
stand alone. He could not allow

to be applied to the Killedar,
a single proof of rebellion.
he ought not to have Win
When he came out, he threw himself on the

humanity. Alluding to a song of Mr. Dibdin, who
had doer more good to humanity than all the ser-
mons which had ever emanated from the press, that

singer had said-
4. The British conquer but to save r
Here it was different, and till proper and manly ex-
planations were given, as the character of Britain
called for its investigation, he would decidedly op-
pose any Thanks to that Officer. Were he the nearest
friend of that individual, he would much rather con-
sent to postpone, than to hurry forward the Motion.
He would withdraw his opposition, however, on a
prom. explanation being given.
The CHAIRMAN thought. the Amendment actually
criminated the Gallant General, notwithstanding the
applause bestowed on him by the Mover and Se-
conder. The Governor-General, on the 29th March,
approved of the transactions having, in the interim,
given order that in such tastances Court-Martials
should always be held. His approbation, given thus,
after some deliberation, sheaved obviously there were
.circumstances which justified the conduct of Sir
Thomas Hislop. To proceed this day to a vote like
the Amendment, would be, in fact, retracting the
vcte they had yesterday given, and would thus ren-
der it censure in disguise." The Directors, he
trusted, would obtain as much credit for humanity
as any other body of men, and yet they agreed to the
vote. Had the vote of Thanks been general, with
liberty to consider in future all the bearings which
the case might receive, then the Court of Directors
would have acquiesced in it ; but to this they could
not. He gave Mr. Hume c.redit for hi: manly m:-.,-
ner and heroic candour iu coming forward; but he
thought that that Gentleman ought to have confiLed
himself to the dispatches. The vote, as an amend-
ment, would be derogatory to the Gallant General ;
and he would therefore entreat the Hon. Gentleman
not to act in a manner which would throw odium on
the Company, and make their conduct appear ludi-
crous in the eyes of the world.
After a desultory conversation, the Amendment
was withdrawn.

The CIIAIRMAN then suggested, that it might,
perhaps, he proper to add, that the Court gave no
opinion on the capture of Tarniel, till further itifor-
mation waylaid before the Court.
Mr. JACI:SON thought the Vote of Thanks too ge-
neral, as it praised the conduct of the gallant Officer
the campaign., while one of the dispatches
stat?d the lanieatl6lc event which had taken pace."
The question was a national one, and how any man
could condemn the conduct of those who executed
Arbuthnot and Ambristcr, with the mockery of a
trial, and yet approve of this execution in India,
wher, not even the form of trial bad taken place, he
could not conccive I The company, it should be
recollected, were not a private, but a public Body;
and.while they were not ungrateful to a brave Offi-
cer, they should remember what they owed to then
selves and the Public.—He read an Amendment, in
which,:hewcver, he did net pertevere.
Mr. I Itmrs moved an Amendment, in the terms
suggested by the Chairman.
Dtx,,N seconded the Amend:tent.

Mr. INGLis contended that it would be very wrong
to refuse the Vote of Thanks.

Mr. arstuatoNs.said, that General Hislop most
have a Committee of rnqairy whenever he came
Lorne, and he trusted the Court would not commit
itself by prejudging a case which must be inrestigat-
ed elsewhz-lc.

Ak. lit xi k replied, and disclamed the most distant
intention of throwing an' blame on Sir T. Hidop, as
he *ft quite of a contrary opinion.
The Amendment was carried by a considerable
nrijutity bn a shcw of hands.

hauls were vdted to the General and Field OF-
ccrs, and to the Privates and others, for their services
in the recent glorious and honourable campaign.
flr. JActtoti 'ploposed that a Copy of the Dis.
patches should be printed and elegantly bound, and
presented to each of the individuals whose names
were so honourably rrentimed in the Dispatches.—
This gave rise to a Considerable discussion, but the
proposition was finally wihdrawn. —The Court then
Adjourned .;il4e

COVEN'? GA/COEN TIIEA RTE.—The Beggar's Opera
was last night performed with the most complete suc-
cess. The principal novelty was a Mr. HUNT, who
made his first appearance in the character of Mac-
keath. On his entree he was greeted with repeated
plaudits ftom a crowded House, and although evi-
dently labouring under considerable apprehension,
his opening. song, " Pretty Polly say," gave a War..
rauty that his talents were of a superior order. He
was encored in almost all the other songs, and if any
one could be selected for particular praise, where all
were so excellent, that of " Hots happy could Ibe
with either," which he sang without an accompani-
ment, might perhaps be pronounced the happiest of
his efforts ; it was most rapturously applauded. The
style of Mr. Hunt. is that of the new (or BUASIAM)
school, but he is no imitator ; and his manner is
strikingly marked by feeling, fine taste, and appro.
ate expression. On the whole, he is likely to prove
great acquisition to the vocal &gauntest...of this:i
Theatre —sCsa Srezn ENS, as Polly, was, if possible,
more delightful than ever, and was rapturously en-
cored in nearly the whole of her sweet airs.—Mrs. C.
KIMBLE, as Luc), acted wide her accustomed naivete
sad spirit, and. was warmly applauded throughout.
The Opera was altogether performed in a manner
isighly creditable to this Theatre.—ln the Afterpiece
of Who's the Dupe?rs.
Hits.'
Femme was loudly ap-
'plauded ;. and ' was again received with
distinguished marks of approbation.
PALMA* Fialieim—Mock velvet and ostrich feather bar-
stlll compose the greater part of the dress
-4 brown ostrich feathers are used to her
white. Cygnet down borders are
..toured Mock velvet, or of sky-blue,
numerous. the rashion of ribbon clus-
-1 species of decoration is now formed
tt, the new Ball Costume was rare • it
made of &Agee cloth, and the edges
:with crape garlands, blendrd with
cd at intervals by a flower. We have
_ Another Mild of Ball-drese is a simi-
decorated with two Kiwi of blue daisies—
they are bordered with white pearls.
urine-coloared 'sada are placed above
do etch side, and edged with rose-ce-
Costume Is nearly similar, with
robes of wain, with blond sleeve,
pit Is kneed of MI velvet, edged
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merits of sit T. NW,. .1"1"1" altit4 .tigsutlP:
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