The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-03-05 00:00:00

THE BEVERLEY COMMITTEE.

Mr. Ley appwred at the bar and reported. th.t
the following Meobers had born balloted Ns a Com-
mittee to enquire in the merits of the Petition epia.t
the retain for Breerley:—
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LATE WAR IN INDIA.

Tilt: ENGLISH ROMAN CATHOLICS.
Lord NUCENT said. he held in his hand the
tenable Petition of the Catholics of England. This
Petition was signed by upwards of 10,300 persons,
amongst whom Isere 11 Peers,lll Baronets,and several
hoodred Gentlemen of for humans) high respectability.
end at the bead of the list stood the name of the
Doke of Norfolk. 11. should not now enter into
the subject, or attempt to describe what the relief to
be mended to this numerous body of pert's, should
he ; but contest himself with storing that the prayer
elf the Petition was 'holler to those of former petit,
lions presented annually by individuals an much
more able to advocate the cause of the Petitioners
than be wee, end whose loss the Petitioners. the
country. mud the House had to lament. The Noble
,I.otd wren proceeded to *stogie' the Iste Mr.
Windham and Mr. Elliott, to whose politic sir-
stressed talents he paid a tribute of applies*, which
wes loudly cheered by the Hoesat.—The Peti.
Lion of the Catholics of Ireland would shortly come
snider the consideration of the Deese, and he should
(afterwards have to submit a motion to the !Unseen
the subject of these Petitioner', to whose cause how-
ever he argued more good from their own constant
steady good conduct, then from any advocacy of his.
The Petitioner' complained of • w• gri ,namely,
religiose and political ditqeetifications. Their poli-
tical disqoalifications and ineapacities arose out of
constancy to religiose principles and spiritual rites,
a coastline, which would be the brat security for their
performance of moral and political duties; yet for
this constancy they were eacleded from participating
io the benefits and advantages enjoyed by their fel-
low-subjects. The Catholics of England had been
for .Rea treated., a clam of persons disqualified for
disaffection. Ile would ask in what period of our
history, since the repel of the Penal Laws against
them, bed they been found disaffected? Had they
not en, on the contrary, found standing forward
In the ranks of cbivalry and fame, sod defending this
Protestant Lead, our Constitution, and OW Laws,',
even against consecrated banners end armies of Ce.
tholics ? With high feelings of boomer, and with
strong religious principles, he would .sit what bad
the State to fear from admitting them to a participe-,
tion of political privileges? He entreated the House
to recollect the years of endeserved obloquy ender,
which they bad laboured, and, shove all, remember,
that the disqualification of any body of our fellow:
'objects tended to weaker the State. The Noble
Lard concluded by moving for leave to bring up the
Petition.
Lord MORPETH wee motions to second this mo-
tion, and to pay his tribute of applause to the con-
duct of the English Roman Catholics. Ile must al-
so allude to the language of the Petition. The Pe-
titioners made no professions of loyalty, bet referred
the House to their acts and their mended, and ea.
pressed a hope that the (loose, is its wisdom, would
not suffer them mach looser to labour modem the dis-
advantages of their present situation.
Dr. PIIILLIMORE could not refrain from ray-
ing a few words on this Petition, which, from its im-
portant', called for the serious litigation of the
Route. Amongst lbws who had piped it, he per-
ceived the names of many who, by their salon, in
war and their wisdom in piece, had contributed to'
raise
; this country to the high eminence en which she
now stood. These respectable wee, In times of pe.
cellar dangers, had proved their attachuseet to the
Constitution and their country. Ile begged Gen-
tlemen to consider the period at which restrictioos
were imposed on our Catholic ceentrynote. Surely
it would become a new Parliament to admit within
time pale of the Conetits I bail time men who bad pros.
ode amidst every civil disability, their loyalty sod of-
fectioo t• the State and the Laws.—The Polities was
then reed.

Mr. W. SMITH hoped this Petition wield be
folly considered, and its prayer completely granted.
But Ite most notice that ell the Dissenters that could
wet take the 'fest sad Corporstion Oaths .tare dia.
abled from every thing hot sitting in that Hooey.—
Ile bring • Protestant Dissenter, was enable to lead
any civil, military, or ecclesiastical office. Be hoped,
when the prayer of this Petition was complied with,
the Protestant Diameters wield be relieved from their
disabilities,

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on • Pidgeon IP RS thee ordered to b. laid so the
table. sod to be pr i 444 ed.

The Serjsoot .t Arms reported, Obit in porsoaneo
of the orders of the House he bad takes Mr. Long
Wellesley and Mr. Lawson Into assiody, for bolos
absent from tho ballot.

On the motion of Mr. CANNING, they were or.
tiered to bo discharged on paying their foss.

Mr. CANNING rose to more that the House
should acknowledge, in the steal way, the services
of the Marquis of Hastings, and the Officers and Sol-
dier* under his command. In doing this he wished
to be anderstood that he considered the vote in a mi.
litary view purely, mod not in a politicsl one ; bet
If he should advert to oar political relations in India,
It would be to make the military operations better
understood. He knew how much the prejedke and
obloquy reigned in this country that all our wars
In India were eaprovokeri, and for our own aggran-
disement ; bet be had himself no difficulty in say-
ing, that be believed in every war our policy might
be shown so be as clear as our valour in the field
was cnospi . It was not to be wondered et t►at
itrrjetlire shoeld be against us, when it was COl9l.
tiered to what as went oar territory in ladia had
stretched, from narrow strips on the sea coast. The
/Coble Person to whom he (Mr. C.) had succeeded le
office. bad made it hit polky to recommend mairteres
of conciliation ■nd instruction, and be (Mr. C.) ball
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followed his plan. At the eemmeneemmit of the
lat• campaign, the Genera! Government of India
bad no power to engage in our unless on great emer.
geney. Such we, the case when the Piodarees cow.
wonted their attacks on our territories: and he con-
fessed he was surprised at first, ths► its pet them
down should have required such estensive prepara-
tions. These men, consisting of 3C,000 Mehl and
irregular horse; which could only be sepptessed by
being completely surrounded, r:id not commit one
solitary set of atrocity, but Lade eruptions into our
Bengal, Bombay., end Madras territories; sot that the
General Government Iry obliged to afford .protec-
tion t• the People, over whom nor dominion use
lamed. Their irruptions Into the territories of Me.
dia., wit accompv.ied by every eacese, repine, ripe,

murder, tic. There were not wanting iostences
wherewonsee of whole villages had precipitated them-
Whet into wells to ovoid their brute! violence; and
fathers and husbaeds, anticipating the fate awaiting
those moat deer to them, surrounded their dwellings
with fuel, set fire to them, and perished with their
families. The loss of property occasioned by these
banditti, amounted to • million sterling. These men
had formerly served in the muslin of Scledisis, Hel-
kar, and an adventurer named Meer Khan. It wet
natural, when they found our Government arming
against them, to implore the assistsoce of their fernier
masters. This Lord Hastings anticipated; but he
had no idea they would be joined by the Niihau end
the Rajah of Mpe's.; bit he made sufficient preps.
rations, which enabled him to suppress the Pindarees,
end to compress Scitscliah into a Treaty. From Amer
Khan he forted the surrender of his artillery, and
the disbanding of his troops. With respect to Holkar,
the papers on the table were least explanatory; bet
his could state, that Holkar's mother, who was Regent,
and favourable to es, was dragged by the hair of her
head by one of her Officers, which be cot of; and the
consequence was, that Holkar's troops attacked the
army of Sir T. Hislop; bat the battle of the Nerbadda
destroyed this league, and Holkar was obliged to con.
fine his territories to the other side of that river.—
While these things were going oe, the league be-
tween the Peisiswa and the Rajah of Magpies was
perfecting. Ilet even at this time Sir J. Malcolm,
than whom no man was better acquainted with the
policy of the native Princes, believed the Peishwa to
be sincere in an interview he bad with him on the
way to joist the army. Hot soon after the Pe shwa
made a treacherous attack on the small force with
Mr. Elphinstene, our Resident at his Court, which
was repelled ; and the Marquis of Hastings sent a
force, which reduced him from a wanderer to •
captive. The Rajah of Nagpore made a similar
attack ow our Resident at his Covet, -and his
chastisement was similar, except that he had not
been made a captive, but continues a fugitive
still. New over such an extent of space, which
makes Feropeen warfare shrink in comparison, it
would be impossible for him to travel; but every
whore the same valour and conduct appeared.--
Of the 90,000 men Lord Hastiest, brought into the
field, only 10,000 of them were Europeans. Yet the
Native soldiery bad shown equal valour and fidelity
with our owe. Many of them bad been raised on
the Pelshwa's territories, and were attempted to be
brought over to his service; but they stood firm, and
showed their Officers the temptations held out to
them. A small party, of 900 or 1000 men, were
pawing throes's the Pelshws's territories when the
war brokeont, when they wereattseked by the whole
Mahrotta Army, whom cavalry amounted to 10,000
men. These they repulsed in all their attacks, and
carried off their wounded. This gellasst party was
commanded by Capt. Stanton. In 48 general ac-
tions, and the capture of 110 forts, some deemed lens
pregnable, the British arms were equally successful.
Col. Thomas Moore set out with 1100 men only, to
take possession of part of the Marotta territory,
taking 10 forts, end above all, winning the hearts of
the natives wherever he went, and succeeded in se-
curing a large tree of territory. Gen. Smith released
the Rajah of Settersh, whose ancestor hail been de.
prised of his Sovereignty by a former Nisbet, and
be is now restored to the power of his ancestors. This
was gratifying to think of, in a country where, bog
before our time, though we bear the blame, lyres-
ties were very commonly supplanted. The result
was, that the whole of oar enemies had bee. sup.
pressed, and though our territory had been advanced,
it had also been narrowed. The Governor-General
had net been more distiogoished in the field then by
extending institutions both awful and instructive le
the People ; by which, if our rule be more augmented,
it will also be more stable, because more beloved. He
then moved the 'Cheeks of the House to the Marquis
of Hastings, ke. He said it was suggested to him that
he ought to notice the conduct of Sir T. Ilislop on
owe occasion; in summoning a fortress of Holkar's,
en event *enured which was detailed in the papers
before the How, which contained all that Govern.
meet or Podia Compile, knew on the subject. From
all that he (weld leans, Sir T. Hislop was eminently
abhorrent of soy act of cruelty ; sod they bad two'
distinct approvals of that Gallant Officer's con.
elect by Lord Ratings ; and it was not I.kely be
would abstain from blame, if blame bad been me.l
rited. The Government and the Company, how.
ever, had sent over • peremptory order for
every information en the subject, because he
was free to admit, the information at resew
on this subject was by no means satisfactory. Any
person would find that in these papers there were
many chasms, mod any one might see that in the
Gazelle of Saturday night there was an account of
actions perform.: a year ago. Therefore be poll-
Hiked every information as he received it. At first'
he considered Sir T. Ilislop's conduct wrong ; but
when his Commander's approval of his conduct ar.
rived, he thought he most have beet. mistaken, and,
therefore, he waited for more information. In the
mean time it was not intended to exempt Sir T.
Hislop from any of the honours ; but, at the same'
time, be thought the House ought to record, in a
separate Vote, its own suspended judgment as to the
conduct of Sir T. itidop, without any thing imply-
ing suspicion on the one hand, as they could not
completely seppress the expression of their suspicion
on the other.

Lord MORPETII gave his unqsulified approba-
tine to the conduct of the Gnvesnor-Cesserel in the
field. lie agreed else hi all that had been said its
praise of the Oilcans and men of the Indian army:
the Officers, in particular, were distinguished justly
for their scientific retouch. The Right lion. Gent.
had properly put this vote entirely on a slithery
(swain, and he (Lord begged to be ender,tood
as net approving of t►e policy which dictated the
late campaign in India; and, therefore, would sus-
pend his *photos respecting it. lie admitted the
cruelties of the Plods's'', and that they deserved Ilse
retributive justice of their expiating their crimes
under the hoofs of our cavalry; bet he could tint
think that race es altogether eatirpated, and until
that sac done, he did tint believe they could repress
their hostility altogether. As to the esecuttes of the
Killed., of Talmeir, be mast my, that in his opision
he alight to hate been given up to !bilker, as a traitor
1.. his authority, bet by no means amenable to as.—
Ue moved, that the liaise, is granting its

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