The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-07-18

by the houfe."
dictate TO be eontinned.)
7bmJ2ay, Nays,
. VOTE OF THANKS.
LORD CAsrLEREAH rofe puifuant to notice, 10 cal,
the attention of the houe the late brilliant hcceHe
OF the Brtiih arms in ndia-Ihe houie and the cuup
try were already III poieios of the principal facts and
details, and ure he was that they would with rhe
mott oheernneis, accede to the motion with which he
ihould conclude He fhoud certainly with to fepara,e
completely the military portion of the from
all reference to civil policy arrangements and he
earneily imPored the houfe to avoid all diicuon or
aulion to the late Treaty. He begged alto to be u
deiftood as not giving any opinion on the propr;ev of
the war, bat that he fhoud fubmt to the confederation
OF the houe, the general 9nantum of merit diipay.d in
Leading the ARMY into the field to glory and
ne then proceeded to tate, the proviion made by
Lord Weleiley, Tor the defence of the Companys
rtores IN lhdia which he had completely ccured and
after tending off rong detachment to Ceylon. hi,
Exeeiiency brought into the field an army of SIS 600
effective men, This, he commended, place., the militia.
ry power OF the company in very ftrikinp point of
view. There was another inRance of well directed
Precauton, which was, that this large force oud be
nanied to act at one and the fame time the mo re-
mote parts OF the enemy territory On the north of
the Mahratta domnions, General Lake attacked; on
the iouth General Arthur Welleley in the Guzerat,
General Murray and, on the wet, General Harcourt
Aheie oficers acted promptly once which afforded
very rong proof of the wifdom and foreGgbt of the
Marquis But to thoie who recolleca that his Excel
iency had deitroyed the power of the hcufe of yore
iueh aecion and energy would not, perhaps, appear
49, oniihiIg One other very remarkable erc,irolance
was tie ihorteit of the campaign which did mot Ian
more tina, ehree months and produced the entire con-
quef of Guzer.. and the Dekan, and all the immepe
tract between the ,umna and the Gauges Fiobt
fTong places had been tasen four of them by elcaade
but the operations OF the arr not confined to
form and aault; four pitched tas,es had been fought
two by General Lake, and two by General Welleiey
fie then itated the particulars Of theie engagements
which have already been detailed in our pat.s. His
tordihiP dwell comfortable length on theie pots
and IN the coure of the peech congratulated the hou
On the fuccefsui ue OF the military operations in In
ORA Respecting the cauie of the war; he ihould alb
ftain from any opinion until the official documents
ihouid arrive. The motion he intended TO make was.
that the thanks OF the houie be given Marquis Well
ehey' captain General OF the troops in India, for the
energy with which the Brith reiources in India had
been pnlied in .he Lex: aiiit 5cir.ia and the RAJ
Jah OF Berar, and for the promptitude with which thsy
had been uied, 10 which the houle attributed the re-
iult Of tie z,ce ect
Mr.. Francis contended, that before the houfe 1ould
agree to the motion, ion,e enquiry ought to be ntu
ed respecting the origin of the war and, on this
to agree to vote of thanks unles approved of the
war on the contrary, by agresiug tbs vote before
making the enquiry, they ihut themielves out from
eeniurng or condemning the origin of the CONTEXT He
a1o argued that very little merit was to be attributed
to Marquis Welleey, for leaving General Lake with
a handful of men, as the Noble Lord had hated. TO
night body 10 very much hyperion him in numbers
ar IN India was at all times Contrary to the law of
tins country. But let it be proved that N1atqus We'll
leey was fulfilled in doing what he had DONE and he
would be perfectly fatisied. Previous thanks were
extremely improper, they would neither do credit to
toie who received them, thoie who might beitow
them.
Mr.. Addington agreed in the latter point of the
hon. Gents fpeech but he contended that the mott
on relied on the fame BATS which had always guided
the houie in avote ofthanks for military fervices The
iervices were performed by the civil governor of India
alto the Captain General and it on that ground
the motion had his fupport-He admitted il would be
premature to fay any thing the nature of the war;
as he was at preent uniformed of its cattle The a9
OF Parliament fad that no war was to be undertaken
Tor the fake conque in India but fay that being
once engaged, couqueff fhoud be precuded, was COM
pletely ridiculous. Conqueft, caufe of war, was
but it could not be prevented as coUie.
quence.
MIR. Fox faid, that in thanking the Captain Gene
raj in India, lac could fee no reaon whv the comn,an
der in Chief at home fliould4 receive the Thanks of
the houie for any battle fought the Continent; or
why the Firt Lord of the Admiralty ihould not re-
ceive thanks for any uch naval actions as hoe of Lord
Howe, Lord St. Vincent, Lord Duncan, and Lord
Mellon. He oPPofed the motion, and concluded by
moving the previous queilion.
MIR. WALLACE quoted as ptecedents, fnilaf mott
oi:s 20 Lord Give anu fvr. Dunbar lait war
Mr.. Hobhoufe and Sir Theophus Efetcalf fup-
ported the motion, and Mr.. Johnfone, Mr.. Grey. &
Mr.. Wiberforce oPpofed it. AT length the queftion
was put ON the original motion, which was carried
without diviiion. Similar motions of thanks to Lord
Give, the Governors Of the different Preldeneies, and
the other Officers and Privates.
Mr.. ALEXANDER brought up the fevera Tax Bills
Of the Budget rafting additional duties on Exports and
Imports and Wine. He ALTO brought up the loan
Bills, l,5ooOOOl. for Ireland, and I4,5Oo,Oool for
Great Britain. Theie Bills were feverally read firG
time, and ordered to be read ieeond tins tb-mor.
row.
Adjourned.
PHILADELPHIA, July 8.