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r esterosY a special Gerrern Court of Proprietors wus. held at the East-India Houtle, for the purpose of tainug into their' conisideratfont the services of che late Governor-General the MVarquis Of Hastings. After the miinutes of the last Court were read, The CHAIRMtAw , announcedl the specific purpose for which the present Court had 'been convened. Mlr. DoUTGLAS KrSAiRD said, that the necessity of discussing the subject whichl had just beeni announced, rendered it utanecessary for himn to offer any apology for the course which lie was about to' take. A-s he had *to advert to matters of record, the best course' he could pursue was at once to proc-eed in -medi-as res, slid state the bases sipon which he meant to. found the claimis of thie Marquis of Hastings to the gratitude' and reward of the East India Company-, an4. the applause of his country. He w-oula state the services ot' that noble Alarquis while'Gover. nor-General of India from the records of Parliamudnt, 'as well a-s of that Court. Tbe firat he should read wras the resolution of the Coutrt of Director,, for his conduct in the Nlepaul war it wvas as follows: " At a Court of Directors, heldl on 'W ednesday, the 20th of No- vember, 1816, it wvas, on several motions, I,' Resolved unanimouslv. Thatt the thanks of this Conrt be given to) the Earl of MAoira, K. G., Governor-General and Comrnanqrder-in- chief, for the Prudence. energy, and ability, combined with a judi- cious application of th'e resources of the Comnpany, displayed by his lodh P i lanning and directing the Operations of the late war against th Nepaude-se, undertalzen in consequience of a persevering system of encroachment and insult on their pare; and als for his, wisdorit and moderation, in availing himself of the Successes obtain- dbyothe arm, for concludinig a p-eac-e with the Ghoorka power, on termns bohhnrable and advatageous." This reslution wvas chrried unanimously by, the Court of Pro- prietors as well as that of the Directors. WVhen the same subject wasz discussedl before the Houise of Peers, Lord Liverpool, in an al- lusion to a remark whilch had on a former eveninig fallen from Lord - Gray, said t-hat lie should not call for any opiniion 'I on the justice or necessity of that wvar," and he added these wod_ In re- ference to wzhat had been said by a noble lord the other even- ing, aS to difference Of opinon respecting the prosecutfion of the war, he must observe, that the statemnent was foundedI in error. That noble lord was completely- wrong in supposing th;at any protest liad been miade by certain menmbers of the council in India' against the war. WVith respect to the justice and necessity of commencingc hotliis there certainly war, no diff'erence of opinion in India ; and It also had been the opin'ton of the Governmnent of this counter, that Iin eriler to chieck the encroachmients and aggressions of the Nepaul powerc, no OtheO remedy remained but an appeal to the sword." Hecocluded by moving. " That the thanks of thte house be given to General the Maiquis of Hasting!s, for his juidicious ar- ranigements in the plan and direction of the m-ilitary q~erations against Nepaul, by wliich the war was, beouguit to a successful issue, andi peace establisfied upon just and honourable terms." In the House of eommons, when A\lr. Canning introduced on thet same occasion a similar vote, he complimiented the sagacity of iLard Hastines's policv, and said. that IIsuchi was the 'iripression 'made upon the Govert~rtent in this- country by the representations of the 13eng-al Government, respecting the a~grsssions of NepauLI, that orders were fransied foe tile purpose of directtng that very course of conduct which had titer, already been adopted by Lord'IHastings. BefOre recourse was had to host'ilities, everyv mode of remon-strance and negotiation had been exhiausted, and.. apparentis', with sick success. that tite Beng,al Govei mient, Tore than once:'thought that all disputes and difFerences were at an end." He explained, too, that "the chiief puros of the war was to detach fromt the Ghourlka power its miore recent conqtaeos. But ino addition to the territories of the-Briti4ih emipire was con~templated. except wher, there were no mieans of'restoring thefortnertGovernments. The cam-paign ended b.y leaving nio less han one-thsrdl of the Gshoorka dominions in the power of the British, and by thlereat being restored to its formecr condition." He addled that " the result of this war he believed to be ai source of saffety-certainly of honour and glory-to this Country, but in its Ititure consequences of an iMportance' not easy to trate." Mlr. Birougham, weho followed Mr. Canniing, said, that " the difflerence of o inion as to the ptlicy and c.-induct of the war to which he :Xlutlled, existed in a quarter well known to that house and the India Bor.Mlr. Emntn and 11r. Dowedeswell's name-s wYere fami- liarto ll prsos coverant ithIndian aff-irs." But file. Cannng,in rply decare tha itwastotally a mistake to sup- poselistsew i~benceof oinio astotite pulley of tite WILr ex- istd hrwen te arqis f Hstigsand his council." The nextvoteto wichh~ wuld allthe attention of thit court wat tat of th)e 'ourt of Direct.res, dated tie 20th of Januiar y, 1819- Thazt the thianks of this Conrt be presented to rthe most noble the ~llarquis ofHastings, K ich of the Garter, for the g rea ad signal wisdlom, sk-ill, and energy, so enninently displa.yed b.y his lordshipi, itt plantting anid conducting the late miniitar y operaitions against tile Pindarrees, of which, tile liappy, retult has% been the ext inction of at predators' power establishing itself in the heart of thie empire. whose exktrenci expecrience had shown to be alike incompatible wvith thie seuit f h Company's possessions and the gener-al tranquillity of India. 'Also, thattitis Court. while itideeply tegrets any circuncatancey tleading to thie extension of the Gotnlpany's territory, duly appreciates the fores,ight, promptitude, and vigour, by wvhich the miost noble the Marquis of Hastings, by a great combination of political and mili- tary talenit, dispersedI the gatlitering ele ments of a hiostile confederacv amongst the .Mahratta states against the British power in India." The Chairirtan, in expadiating aponi tIhe merits of the above propo- sition, remarked, that the papers wltiich had been laid before the proprietors affordedi the most manifest oronfs of the ability, fore- sighit, anti wisdom with wvhich the noble marquis had miet the exi- gencies of the tinmts. At the samie period, Lord Liverpool. in -inos' iag thiank-s to the Marquis of Hlastings, i n ele House of Lords, said, " that thelatehostilities in Indiaoriginated in necessary meiasures ot'aelf-defence,adopted by the Governineu,. in India agairist'the aggres. siousofthteP udarreces." And he afterwards added,thiat" hel.ad shown that the wear hiadl been one of self-defenice. and it was lnot necessary, for him to endeavour to do this by- remiote inference of arguntent. The fact appeared dlirectly fromn the Papers on tie table. Tue war had been undertaken on ito grounds of doubtful policy." He~ after- wards said, fthat " no General or troops had ever inure meritoriously, distinguihed thernselves." The Marquis of Lanadlown in the caine11 debate had said. that "4 whatever miighit be the chararter of thie policy which hail been adopted withi regardI to 'Itidia, thne Governor-GeueTal hadl, on) this occasion, been placedl in a situa- tion which rendered hostilities unax-oidable. and that he iied display-- ed cottsutmmnate abilites on a field of operations mnore extensive than it had ever fallen to the lot of any one commander to direct." Lord Hlolland. on the same occasion, said, that "1 he had a high gratifica- tion in paying this tribute to thie Governoir-General ofjIndia, be- cause he remeiibered that lie was the samie Marquis of Hwastngs whoin he hiad ofteni heard with satisfaetion in that Place, w;ho was all ornatnetit to the house by his eloquience and his virtues, whose voice was always raised in defence of innocence and weakness against otppression. anda in maintainingl the rights of the people as well as those of thec Crotwn." Mr. 1Einnaird tliteti proceeded to qutote simi- lar sentnitents wlitilt were delivere(i by Mr. Canning, when mioving the vote of thanks in the House of (',otiimons on thie same occasion, and tineli, witlh considerable force, on the eloquenice withi wliich Mr. Canning hiad iiisplayed the service- of the noble miarquis in the Pin- darreec war. So tha't, both its the Nepaul and P'indarree campaigns, lie had received the enthusia-stic thank's of both Houss of Parlia- mient, atid the two East Iiidia Courts. It was in consideration of these emiinent services, that in the year 1819. they entered tIe fol5lowing recordl of their reward to the noble miarquis- On Friday' the hill of March, the Chaininan stattel to the Court of Directors his intiention of submitting, on this Wlednesdav follow- ting, a resltititigranring a certain sumi of mnoney, to the rnost noble Chiran wit th crset of the Court of Directors,wihrwit iiotion of wvhich lire hadi given notice, andI inured, in lieu thiereof, that the sum of 110,0001. should be granted in trust to the right hon. Charles Hope, Lord President of thie Court of Session., tile righit honotirable - Cathcart, Lord Galloway, David Bloyle, Esq., and TI. W. Adamn, Es'1., to be laidI out in the purchase of estatss in atiy part of' ilte U.nited. Kingdont, for thle use and benefit of tlte mno.t noble the Mlarquis of IHIastings, his Marchiontess. and their iss'it." It was proposed to. amend this tmtotion byI lcavir.g out all the words in the latter part of the resoluitioni, relative to placing in) the hands Of tTUSteca tite sumn of 60,000l. for Ithe purchase of estates, and in- serting inistead of thteti,I an annuity of ,i,01f01-. to is-rte nut O1 the territorial ret-cnues in India. foe the ternm of twenty vears.' The quiestion I'that the seords ptroposedl to be left nut, stand' part of the resolutioni, liassed in the negative, by the ballot ; and the wortls Of' the amenditrent, passed by tie ballot in the affirmative." So far everY thing weas dreclarstory oflthe noble tnarquils's imerit, and then came their last rcsolut;oni of 182'2, whiich closed their notice of Ihis brilliant career. It was- as follows:- Resoired ttnatiiniolisly, 'fiate this C-ottet mosteordialls' concur wvith the Courtt of D)irectors in their estitntation of the unremitting zcal and enniir.etit ability with which the most nobile the M[arq u Is oft Hastings lhas, duiring a is_rtod of nearly niine years, aelniristered the Governmnctt of Britfsh India, switli suich hiighi credit to himnstlf, and advantage to thec interests of the East Itidia Company. 11That this C-ortrt, referring to the sentiments expieseri by them- selves and the Court of D)irectors. in December, 81, on returning tifanks to Lord Hastings for lilaskilfu and succes~sful operations in the war against thre Nepaulese: to their res4olution of the 3d of Fe- bruary, 1819, reco,gnizittg risc widotit atid eniergv Iif thiose measnres wh'ich exititguishec a great predatory power that had established it- self' iii the heart of Hindoostan, whose existettce experience had shown to bc alike incompatible with the sectirity of the C-ompany's possicssiops, and the general tranquillity of lndia, applatidinec at the same time the foresight, prontistitude, atid vigotir with whick his Lordship, by a combination of iiiilitary Nwitlh political taheittt, had aitiicipated and encountered the proceeth ings of an hostile confedera-~- cy amiong tlic Mahratta t$tates de'eisted their artitici, reduteed theirT to submission, and mnaterially lesse,ned their means of f'uture aggres- xionti referring also to thec reeolution of the Cou-t of Directors of the l0thl of Maceli, 1819., in which thtey appeal, at the close of Iwo glo- rious anid successfutl wars, to the records of the East India Company, foe the g-reat serv-ices wbi-ichbis Lordship's uniwearied 'tsd 't' nd comprehensive knowledge of the Conipany's affairs hadi enabled hitie to render to its most important interetsts:. this, Court cannot but with. the highest satisfaction witness their executive authority again cominig forwvard at thje ternitnation ofsa career so useful ande brilliant, to express and proiiiulgate their sense of liis Lordship's exalted me- rit, and their deep regret that taieoqttic circumstances should with.- draw himn fromt the governmsent of their Atsiatic territories. That ithis Cotirt stron;gly participate II, thlat regrret, anid request the Court of Directors to convey to the illarquis of Hastings, Govertior-Gene- ral and Conitniander.in-hidef, their expressions of tlieir unfeignied adnireation, gratitude, and pl auAmse "' From th tidte when this resolution was so unaninmously adopted, lie challenged tle Cotirt of Directors to -ay itt what Lord EHastings had failed to deserve a continuaonce of their thanks and thcir grati. tude. Had any thing since conic to light to shake their confidence in his lionour and initegrity f iinot, svhiv not proceed towards him in the ultimLate reivard, as in all previous cases of meritorious Governors-General. He had now slhown from autlienticdocuments, thte series pf services performed by the Marquis. of Hastings, arid wihy, lic repeated, was the usual reweard withheld from such a tiobleman ? The noble Marquis was not a tian tbr half measures, and he had given a dignified proof of his high sense of feeling in the cold thautls be bad retussted to Parliament, *for the liniited thanks (always excluding tie policy, althou"h the minis- ters admitted it in; their speeches) whicli they tad conferred upon his measures The alatiuis of Rastings was permitted to re- tire withi iust half the reward which the larqis Wellesley had re- ceived, although he (Lord Hastings) had doubled their amnount of stock, anid increased their rank and property throughout the whole of the Indian enpire. The hon. proprietor concuded by an eloquent appeal to the Court, to do justice to the integrity, and honour, and services of the Alarquis of Hastings, and by apogiing to the Chairmnan for any warmnth which an honest and generous sense ef feelin. had betrayed him into when he last addressed tbe Court upon this subject. Hlis mnotion-was-. "Resolved, That this Court, rectdrrinzg'vieh-tttdinAichetlpriulw and gzratification to tbe repeated occasions run which the distingmnskh a servces rendered to the 1t;a6t India Company by' tie Most Ittoblc th0 Marquis o' !lsating" have been under itS conideration, and 1Th0re easteclially to the 20th day of December, 1816, and to the 3d day of February, 1819. when the unanimous thianks of this Court "ere successively voted to hid Lordlshiip for the planninK, conduct, anid conclusion of two splendid military achievements; and which '~tre Sa.-ip mtore especially acknowledied and rewaraded by a grant Of 60,OOOL unanimously voted to the Mlarquiis of If astinies and hi.s IaU,on the 5th of MNav, 1819:- anld fuirther adverting to the timanimous expression on the 29th of Mlav, 1822. of thi-s Court's high sense of the poltical and, military talents'displayed. by the Gevernor- General durinir nine years' adIministration of the supreme power in Ilidia, as well of its deep regret at having then learnt his determirma- tion to return to Europe, is-of opinion that the time is at length ar- ri'ved when the splendid and glorious resiilts of the Matquis of Beaing's ovenmet, o te fnanialprosperity, and to the per- manet tanqillty f Inia,ougt t beadequiately rewarded, aa theyarefull ao'rrcatr by he rooretoA at large, in eommIIon Withther apladin couLryen~bot inEurope and in Asia. " Tht i bethe~foe rfered o te Court of Directors, forth- 'Wit totak ino teir onsdertio, ad to report to this Court, the Meains and the measure of such a pecuniary grant, for the approval Of this Court as may be at once worthyv of our gratitude for the be- nefits receiveA', and of the illustrious pereonage who ha-, so mainly ontributed to the reigning tranquillityr of their emnpire, and the linancial prosperity of the Company." M1r. RkNtDLE JTACttSOt second'ed the motion. On its being put from the chair, Mlr. JOR'e S-wiT, Al. P., said that he felt under considerable difficulty a% to the course wbich he ought to pursue on the present occasion. He admittedI the highi eltaracter of the Marquis of liast- angs., the great achiryrvments he had performed, and the gratitude be was entitled to fur his public ser-vices. But how did this question come before the Court ?Was there not some difficulty in thIe con'i- sidesation ? What groundis were laid for its discussion? W ith re. sliers to the noble M arquigs' military career in rindia, he believed it was eym glorious* - buit he'(r Smith) was one of those who looked with a I'ittle jealousy upon wars in India. (Hear.) Hie knew, in- deed, that they were to be defended in a variety of ways ; but the defencesq set up were always those by whiceh the extraordinary mnan (Napoleon, who had lately ceased to -figure in the wcrld, had ouht to justify his militarv conquests. He was free- to con-. fOng thatt whatever opiniuo' had beeni formerly entertained of Bri- tL,h' poliev in India. of late it becam-e mrlsifest that the wants and com-forts of th~e native population were alwvays considered by- the Britishi authonrities, andi thieir condition under 'he govern- mernt of the East India Comnpany uniformnly approved. (Hear, hear.) But in the rewardtl.of their public servants. the constitution of that Court reposed in thIe Court of Directors the responsible task of se- lecting arid apportioning that reward. Wh'at reason was there to doubt their dzcision in thiq particular case-had the Directors for- feited their confidence ? Before this question were entertained, he thought it essential that so-iie napers or documents, for the purpose of giving the necessary iniformation upon the sutbject, should be called for and iziven to tii' Crurt of Propirietors, many of whom were doubt- less as iiey,,7ant as himnself upon the real merits of the case. (Hear, ~e.. lie believed ilia, theC ronduict of the Marquis Of Hlastii!ts wvouldI tand the fullest investigation. When he said this, he knew thai some unfavourable, and he believed uin- founded, reports liail gone abroad retipeetine,somne loan at Hy- dirahad. That subject. fir the sake of the noble Marquis, oIIZht 'to be invegtizated : and if any blamve e re imnputable-he repeated he knew notbine of the real state of the circumstances-theni tlievycould set off against it the dist-Inruishied merits of the noble individual throighiout his eencral Indifan governnment. For the purpose of obtaining somne information upon which they could,ground their pro- ceedinigs. and in itistification to the noble marqtiis, he woultd, if no othler gentleman bIetter qlualified uindertook, the task,uvove for thle pro- eluction of papers :lie was indifferent as to the termis of the miotion, and would move for 'general rapers touching thie Marquis of H{as:int:s's adiministration in India. The lhonourable proprietor, after consultinz with some gentlemen near hiim, said, that Perhap', for tile Tp::rpn"oseo raising the question. he liad better move a more specific proMnosition. oni whichi they might raise a larger ques- tion. lie shoulld theTef4re ennelutle by moving - That there be laid before the Court all such patvers or docuiments respecting thje loans m-ade hv Me-ssr. Palmer anld Co. to his H4igAneSs tite Niarnm at Hi'- drahati. as- w-ill enable this Co''urt to tiecidc upon. the merits of' the Macquits of Ha,tuns., and upon any claims he may have on tse libe- Talitv Of thlis Company." Tue lIon. gentleman obseri'ed.tbat he had hear'd the rumouir rela,tive to the loan at 11 vvdrabati, and lie hiad also heard from the higibest authority, thai the statement whiich had been insi-uated rr'perting it wasa delusi,,n, antd utterly' unfouinded. .Mr. Pov,,un s)r econdedl thc amcrndnie'st. because lie thoeughit an inquiry was called tiur. and wsq thie only wyv of' getting at the real iacts. Thiev couild not shut their eyes to th'e fstt that a great ulis- sonance of opinion prevailed union tttis subiect withiin the bar. and he really thoogit the Directors ouirht to furnish some explana- sion resnecting whiat had takien place. ( ITear.) Thle CHATsto MAN' said. tha1t in abstainling fcorn replies to certain ,juest-ions whicl' had liven Tiropotindcd to himi on the formier day, lie had Only acted Tin obedience to hisi sen,e of the official douty whlich his~ station in that court impoised upon him. He was niow glad to find that the hon. gentleman (Mfr. Kinnaird) buid, wvith the feelings which became a gentleman of lilt cons.idleration in society, disclainm- el any intention, whien he spoke wrarmnly. and was lhurried away by his reitl, on the forincr usae, of aspersin'g the conduct or inotives o'f other:. He was soTrry, with reference to the past, that the galiatit General (Sir Johin D6v1ci bad, on the forMer dav, refrained from the courtesy usually shown, of giving: some ulrivatce intimattion before- 'hand of the rqilstisns which lite meant publicly, to put. lf he answered i I one case. he migrht be called up!)n to aitsNe'r in atiother ; and after the Court of Director! biath dleclined, upon the mere whisper of rui- mo'ur, to answer tile specific interrogatories subinitted by letter to them from the zallant Gieneral'shonosirable relative (Colonel Dovle), it wou(Il have been unseemsly for him (thie Chiairmatn) tso have g'iven an answer Verbally to the same requisiition when addressed to himii in the public Cour't. ( Hear, liear.) AIr, flu sea said. that respecting the ameindmetint which hadl been moved by his. hon. friend (Air. J. Sm-ith). lie had a few wvortis to say in the first inst.unice ;and hr seriously called his hon. friend's atten- tion to thle pesitio-n in whiich, it' he p-rsevered in his amnendment, lie ,would place their proceedings. In the namne ofeomoton sense, howr could it tie said that they had no informatrion Ikefuire them on whichi they couldi urnund their proceedings?~ (Hear.) Did no, his hon. friendl hear the diffhrent votes and resolutioins, both of Parliament and tile East India Cotinpan ', wh-Iichi had bceit that slay readl by his lionl. ftrlend (Mlr. Kinnairti I? Mr. Hutimehete repeated severa-lofthe reso- loitions which had been already readbyvthe mnver,and as.ketiwwhether. up to the perioti of the last vo'te, whe-n the Marquis ot'f astings re- tired lrom India. there was not the mTost flatteringz andI unequiyvocal testimnonials of hiis transcendlent mnerit ? Wihat, then, had occurred si--ee? Wnhat had the noble Mkalrqui-, done since to foTfeji t1heir confidence andi esteem ? There was a nrumiour that the Court of Di- rectors had refuisedI [iins the rtetiring pension of 6,50001l. a year ; that 'was a mere runmoir-_(A cry of "1 Ar. Pattison aaid so") ; but still it wanted the sanction of' authority. Let themi have all the patters showing the administration 'if tlhe noble Marquis, aInd then they, could f'orm a.;ust estimate upon thle whlole case. Ithy, specific par- ticular, or isolated douhoemnetis? (He3 ar, hnear.) Wiith reference to the afrair at IlYdrabadl, either the n(ible Marquis was to blamye. or he was notr: if the former-, why not ni-ake the chanrge boldily ? The nnble Mlarquis challenged investigation : soil even supposingz that ani error of juidgment could be discovered in thaLt noblemian, was, thatt alone to rivet and alisorb their attention, andl turn aside their con. tempharion fromn the brilliant career of his service-s in Indlia? Thiey wouldneetlier performi their dtytt to that Court, nor justice to thieiit. selves, if they stoppedl slhort at the receipt of the inforriation compre. henuled in the a.mendimenit, and tilt not include thec larger inquiry. Sir JoseN 'DO vt.a said. that he bath to apologize to them for' in. truding this day uplon their aittentiomi. lie had comne preparesi to take a comprehensive view ofthe whole cjueation of the Mar1uisor HaIsstings's.- government. in India :. hut the nets anid unexIlece urn whzich the sutiiect itarl taketi in consequenice of the amnend. menc, rentlecrNI it necessary that lie should entirely abanthon the rouind whiichi lie previou'sly mepant to OCCUPY. \Vhth respect to the want of ee'urtes) withi which he had, been cfiarged by tile C,hair. moan, he really ronfessed, that of all his fatilts, th~at was the last he expecited to basev had to anitwer for: nothiing was, farther fromi his in.. tention than to have evinced a want of courtesy to thie Chairm-an t in- deed. he thoulghit the niode he had adopted was exactly tliult whiichl would have been deemed the mnost couirteoitsu untder circumsteances in which- they were plated. Hr hiad first askedtl sh Chairmian, in lila capacity as a director, to, answer himis the quecstion lie hiad put on a fome tdy; but there official etiqiqstte interpotied, and no answer was to he hadl. fle (Sir ,Tuhtt) turnied rosindi a mecotid time, antI thought he roxild at once hiit the Chairmnan (a lavglu)-not l'y askinx himn a question officially. but by putting otie to himn as an lhonest titan. That was,' he thoughte, the plain and ingenos course :and before thle puli, heItad expected eo receiv-e a Plain, a candid, and a fair answer. All he asked in behalf of his noble friend the Marquis of IHastings, wasi lull atid open discwiusion-on whispering, no insintustions, nothing btitt plain dealing. ( Hear, hiear.) With theste feeling, and thiese expectations, he was as'onishtetd at the coursc which had been taken this dav. Nothingz consing f-romt so deservedlv lhonourable a mian surprise'd Ihint sonmuich a, thie ainendotient ; for if ever a friend. inieaniisg, and htonestly nicantimg, to prii-nnte :iquiiim, htad by his proceeding tivetted. an d dlosetailed, an.l fuirtened iti' a caltnin'y, to aitbet a great public ciaracter, that swas dotic tliii, day by his htoniourable friend in shaping llis aniendmuent. fndered, ieC deprecated theqijalifictd wav in whii-h thec general quirstio ti of ite MArquis tif Hastings's servicesq had beeti taken off, fle wanlted ito reservation- let his chiaracter be alike estimnated,' and hlis clai;ms rewarded, as a statesman and a soldier. Let hiis policy and hi, achtievetient.s be cons%iidered topcihsEr. lie (Sir ,lohn Doyle) was; at once prepared ro hustify the rnilitary sYstnitl of his noble friend in India. His warst 'Were naot sacs of' aggres-ion, but for the Tcsist,tnce of attack-.for the vcr ex~o and salvat ion of the Blritishb etnpire in bpidia. (Hear, hi er.) PuIeo-ng by the q'icstton ot these just atid ntces-sary wars, he would ask them'v, whethu,r, in thi% age of' miracle%, they' coultl, in thec greatest, credulity of' iteir dreams, havc anticipated the almost miracnlous suici-css w1hich had attended the extirpation of the Pintdarrec freeblooters ? 'Diere wvere, of these, 40,01)0 regularly mouinted batitlitti, w'ell equipped as regular troops; for the field, car- rying rape, firec, asod destruction wherever they advanced. Flying and protecting themselves in miounLtains deeined inaceessible--thev were unincumbered with either baggage andi store-, for thiey helpe'd themselves wherever tbey appeared', from the defencIe,%.s hamlets. The noble Mlartqtisi with pcruliar sagacity saw the dangers to be apprehended fronIthte fixPd organization of this hellsh bauid of de. * rpedatons, astll detenrined potii their extinction. >o course was 1t bult to :innillilate these depredators, or to abandon the peaceable inhabitants of ininiense distr.cts to their rapacious spoliatieutt5 'rime Aiarquiis of [hastings accomplished his object Withl unparalleled suheess, and peace and comnfort reigned where desola- tion anti misery had been previoi:siy felt. (IHlear. ) How. was it, then, that his hon. friend confined hit' amnendmnent to the false calunmny in a contemptible neirspaper aboit the Ilytimbad loan ? He was afraid that his lion. friemd bed heard fsm 'oone director thlis Hydra- bad story, and that souse mean ilTrposition had been attempted to be played off upon him in this business. He objected to any ;-ar- bled papers: as the friend of the Mtarquis of Hastings, be demanded the production of all the papers connected with his whole adminis- tration-he challenged inquiry fro5n first to la-t, and scorned any Set.off or compromise. (Loud cries of " hlear.") Wbat he wanted was discussion in fair open day, and not in close conclave. (Hear.) If they supgose.I,vten h5e obiecttd to this timendment, that he want- ed tohavea sinzel paper kept back, they were egregiously tnistaken- he w anted all: nin tihe simple anti espee .vie phlrase i hat he wanted w.as "the truth, the whole truth. tud nothing but time truth." (17ear, hear.) Mr. RiE JACKSOV entirely disapproved of the amendtnent, and ex. pressed his surprise that his hon. friend should have confined his view of the inquiry to a statemenut which he, at the same instant, declared ine believed to be untrue-thus,as it were, sanctioning within doors a olluted paragraph which senie calumniator bad circulated without. Bcsrrornglydeprecated such a course of proceedings as tending to hut out th~e generai consideration of the merits of the Mlarquis of Rastiogs in the whole rystemn of Indian government. In every ~sy, but in none mnore than in a pecuniary way, had they bene. gted by the career of the noble Marquis, gnd was this to he his bal treateent? T'he lonourable atid learped gerttlem,arl took a reviev of the inipoveci statc of their finances dutring the ad. ministration of the Marquis of Hastimgs. In 1813, when the noble lord went out to India, Ko low was their credit, thsat their bond4 were at a discount of 12 per cent. When he left India, thev bore a premium of 14 and 16 per cent. (Hear hear.) In 1814, (30th of April), in their treasury thfey had Six millions. In 1822, when the Mlarquis left India, they had 12 millions-exactly double, (hear,hear)-zn additional su.n which would havc covered the whole. expenses of his Indian administration. ( Hear.) The average of the 20 years' investments betbre the noble Marquis went to India was 4aO,OGOI.: on his return itwas 1,300,0001. In the revenue, the excess was now six millions; and obtained, not by grinding taxation, fbr the MNlarquis of lastings did no: lay on a single impost, but b en- courasing and rotecting the industry of the inhabitants. (Hear.) For the part which Sir David Ochrerlony had had in the Pindarree campaign, they voted him a pension of 1,0001. a year: that gallant officer was afterwards deputed to visit and survey the districts from which the Pindarrees were effectually expelled, and he had reported, that he had found throughout, except on the spot where Scindiah's near relatives resided, nothing but peace and plenty, happiness and comfort-every tongue eloquent in praise of British rule, and grate- ful for British protection. ( Hear, hear.) The same description was also given of the sarne regions by Sir Johtn Malcolm. He had watch- ed the footsteps of the Mlarquiis of Hastings throaghout the whole of his Indian career, and wvas proud to do homage to the wis(lom and statesman-like sagacityof his plans, and consummate skill with wvhich he hai always carried them into execution. He disclaimed the argument of set off. (Hear.) lf any man meant to impeach a particle ofthe noble Marquis's conduct, let him come forward open. 1,, and put his charge in a tangible shape. (Hear.) He hoped thle amendment would be withdrawn. .'lr. J. SXnTR justified the course he had taken, and disclaimed any desire of countenancing any calumny against the noble iMar- quiis. If it were his own brother, he would have taken a similar course. He positively declared that lie had not received a particle of information from any director in this business-he had heard of the rejection of the vote of 5,0001. a y=ar merely as a comnmon topic of conversation. Ile repeated, that his sole obiect was to pro- mote inquiry, not to limit it. When the one subject was intro. duced, the wider question could be nrgued. He net'er heard before this dav that the Marquis of Hastings had been rewarded tpon a smaller scale than any previous Governor let that be explained. Mr. DOUGLAS KRINNAIRD said, that in 1803 the M1arquis WVellesley had received a settlemenc of 5,0001. a year, which was antedated six years-thus at once putting 30,0001. inte his pocket; the S,0001. a vear was settled upon hinm until the expiration of their charter; and when that expired, the sante income was settled UpOn him for life-not so in the MIarquis of Hastings's case. u The CHASRSCAN said, that lhe hon. proprietor was mistaken. It' was in 1800 thc first pension was settled on the Alarquis Wellesley, and it was only antedated two Years (to 1798). Mr. JoHs, SiItrH repeated hisdesirec)nerelytobeforinformation, anti he could add, that lie hadl the highest respect for the noble mar- I quis, and the most anxious desire that he should be placed in that situation whicrl his merits and services entitled hih to lhold. Mr. ELPv1m 5TOS E r strongly objected to the amendment, and declared that if nobody else voted for the productioni of the general papers, he shouldl feel it his duty to do so. Thev met there Bs mer. chants; and he would pledge himself in the result of the cashl ac count, to show that the i\larquisof Hastings hail placed to teirc credit half a million at one side, while they had heard of only the Ifydrabad shlilling at the other (a laugh); which shilling, lie pledged I hinmself, should not remain one minute therc, the mouietit the in- quirv commenced. (l[oud cries of " Hear.") Ar. DoUGnAs I-itN,Aiit) said that he meant his inquiry to comprehend the miliutest points. MIr. 1 stpxy insisted that the Marquis of Hastings had not been ungraciously treated by that Court ron the contrarv, lie thought that both arsong theni, and within the bar, lie would find sonie of his warmest friends. Asaproofoftthis, liezeferred, seriacinz, (in the termis in which they had been already quoted.) to the votes whiich hadi always attended the noble Mlarquis's exploits, and the pecuniary grant which had been applied to his use. fle was strongly of opi- nion that the whole of the papeTs, and not a portion f.'r a specific ob- ject, should be fuTnished. On the su bject of the Hydrabad loan, the report waas, and it tvas merely a report, that the Government ot Bengal had sanctioned a loan to a native Prince, contrary to an ex- press law. Mr. PETER MOORE said that he really could not see the objectof this debatte in the way in whichl it wvas no'w carried on-it was a most clemysy piee of business,andhe couldtinot make head or tail of it. (A laugh.) Let thtem peoditee all the papers-all or notme was his detnand. (Hear.) WVhen all came, then had they 10,000 volumies of praise fbr the .Marquis of Hiasiings. W\hy wa us a whisper from a black- guard paper,in .John Bull's slanderous style, to be taken as authority against such a man, or whisper.s from: to entlemen in a hacknev coach ? Let the *.hole comse oit, and then the light and glory of the larquis of lastings would be seen. lhe ilonoirable pro- prietrnr then repe:ated the praises which had been bentowcd upon the Intlian Governmcnt for the Mabratta and Pindarree wars andi said, that before lord SMoira went to India, he (Mr. Moore) had read tn hitii a speech of his which liC delivered in that court, pointing out the necessity of extinguishing that .ahratta confederacy. He was, therefore, upon that point particu- larly, proudbf the noble imsarquis's ultimate and trirmmpltatsuccess. (HAear, and a 1aug11.) MIT. TtAxc also enforced the necessity of a full inquiry, but could not perrnit the mreits of the Marquis of Hastings, however high, to supeesede or cast into the shade those of his predecessors wlhose carecr had been equally brilliant. lie remcmbered twhen lie first went out to Ilidia. the Mlarquis Wrellesley was engaged in a brilliant tmtilitary career, anad his hon. friend near him (Sir David 13airdl) was then acquiring renown at the storming of Scrin- gapatanl. He would vote for the production of the general papers. A long conversation then arose respecting the wording of the nto- tion for papers, in which Mr. Kinnaird, iMIr. Hume, Mr. Wl, eed- ing, anti AMr.Pattison took a part, when_ The CHmAIRMtsA suggested the foliowing substitute for Mr. John Smith's amendnient :__" That there be laid before the Court, all correspondeince and other documents to be tbund in the public re- cords of this house. "hich regard the administratioti of the lMarquis of Hastings, and whicrl tav enable the Court to judge of the pro- priety of entertainitig the qiuestion of any farther grant to the noble .Macquit. " Milr. Do UG LAS SKt-NArtn replied, and the question was putupon the amendmtent last propouinded by the Chairman, which was carried bv a large majority, and the papers ordered to be printed for the use of the Court. The Court, which was excessively crowded, did not adjourn until five o'clock. AS1'T INDIA ROUSE. . _ THE MNIAROUIS O' RARTTNrS.