ties to promote the common cause in the hour of peril, entitles you to participate in the honor which has attended our glorious success. The exertions of Bombay, during the late contest, have recalled to my recollection the distinguished service of that settlement in a crisis of equal importance; and I have viewed with confidence and satisfaction, the revival of the same energy and zeal which facilitated the success of our arms in Mysore. It is grateful to my mind, that the conclusion of peace should have established national advantages, from which peculiar benefit will be derived to the settlement of Bombay, by the security and extension of its commerce, military resources, territorial revenues, and political influence and power. The magnitude and importance of these advantages afforded a due reward to the loyalty, public zeal, and courage, uniformly displayed by the settlement of Bombay, during my administration. Having borne a considerable share in the burthen and hazard of war, you have received a just proportion of the benefits of peace. You may rely on the continuance of my earnest endeavours to promote the improvement of those benefits, in your opulent and publie spirited settlement; and to maintain the interests, honor, and welfare of Bombay, by a just application of the principles of sound policy, which have contributed to secure the general prosperity of the British empire in Asia. (Signed) WELLESLEY. PRINCE OF WALES's SIR, I have the honour to transmit you copy of a letter, addressed to me by the British inhabitants of Prince of Wales's Island, together with the proceedings of a general meeting assembled by me in compliance with their request. I beg you will lay these papers before his excellency the most noble the marquis Wellesley; and permit me at the same time to request that you will express to his lordship, how highly I feel honored in being the channel through which the sense of this meeting has been conveyed, and how sincerely I participate in the respectful sentiments titude, which have been excited in of public zeal, admiration, and grathe breasts of the inhabitants of Prince of Wales's Island, by the numberless, great, and important achievements that have so emi nently distinguished his excellency's I have the honor to be, Fort Cornwallis, Prince. 2d.-Proceedings of the British inhabitants at Prince of Wales's Island, 10th Feb. 1804. At a meeting of the British inhabitants of Prince of Wales's Island at the Cutcherry, on the 10th Feb. 1804, convened under the sanction 1st.-Letter from the Lieutenant of the lieutenant-governor, for the VOL. 6. purpose of consulting the wishes of the British inhabitants of the settlement, on a proposal for obtaining permission through the lieutenantgovernor, from his excellency the most noble the marquis Wellesley, to be allowed to have a copy taken of his excellency's portrait, to be placed in the government-house of this island. James Scott, Esq. in the chair. Resolved unanimously, First, That it is the wish of this meeting, elated as it is at the great and glorious achievements performed by the British arms in India, under the counsel and guidance of his excellency the most noble the marquis Wellesley, and impressed with a due sense of the substantial advantages which must accrue to the British empire at large, and its Indian territories in particular, from the wisdom and energy which have so eminently distinguished his excellency's government, that a copy of his excellency's portrait be obtained and placed in the govern ment-house of this island, opposite the portrait of the royal personage with which it is at present so highly graced and honored. Secondly, That a committee be appointed, consisting of the chairman and Messrs. Caunter, Baird, Carnegy, Hutton, and Clark, to draw up a letter to the lieutenantgovernor, expressive of the sense of this meeting, and requesting that it may be humbly laid before his excellency the most noble the marquis Wellesley. Thirdly. Resolved, That the following letter having been sub mitted to and approved of by the meeting, be transmitted to the lieutenant-governor, signed by the British inhabitants. To R. T. Farquhar, Esq. Lieutenant-Governor of Prince of Wales's Island, &c. &c. SIR, We, the British inhabitants of Prince of Wales's Island, exulting in the glorious achievements of the British arms in India, and beholding with admiration and gratitude, the extraordinary wisdom and energy which have so eminently distinguished the government of this country, under the most noble the marquis Wellesley; and being fully impressed with a due sense of the great and solid advantages which must accrue, from the measures pursued by his excellency, to the British empire at large, and to India in particular, are ambitious of the honor of having his excellency's portrait to adorn the government-house of this island. Through you, Sir, therefore, we humbly solicit his excellency's gracious permission to allow a copy to be taken of his excellency's portrait, which was painted immediately after the great and important conquest of Mysore. Placed as we are in a small, though not, we presume, an unimportant part of the British empire, we venture to hope, that his excellency will condescend to accept the humble tribute of gratitude and zeal which animates our small body, in common with that which has on similar occasions distinguished more considerable meetings of the British inhabitants in the principal settlement under his Robert Farquhar, Esq. Lieutenant excellency's government. We have the honor to be, Your obedient humble servants, (Signed) James Scott, T. Baird, Feb. 1804. Fourthly. Resolved, That a subscription be immediately opened for the purpose of carrying the resolutions of this meeting into effect; and the money so subscribed to be paid into the hon. company's treasury. Fifthly. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the lieutenant-governor. Sixthly. Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting be presented to Mr. Scott, for his able conduct in the chair. (Signed) Governor of Prince of Wales's Island. SIR, I have received with the greatest satisfaction, the proceedings of the British inhabitants of Prince of Wales's Island, enclosed in your letter of the 16th February 1804; and I request you to convey to the gentlemen, who have been pleased to confer upon me the honor of such a testimony of esteem, my respectful sense of their personal kindness, and my cordial approbation of their public spirit. I have great pleasure in complying with the flattering request of the valuable settlement of Prince of Wales's Island, signified in their address to you. In communicating to you my sentiments, I request you to accept my thanks for the obliging terms of your letter of the 16th February. The prosperity of the settlement of Prince of Wales's Island is an object of considerable national importance, to which it is my duty to direct my particular attention; and I am satisfied that the welfare of that flourishing settlement will be essentially promoted by the assiduous exertion of your zeal, talents, and integrity. I have the honor to be, Your faithful servant, (Signed) WELLESLEY. JAMES SCOTT, Fort William, July 6, 1804. Chairman. A true copy, W. E. PHILLIPS, Sec. to the Lieut.-Gov. 3d.-Letter from the governor BHAUGULPORE. 1.-Letter from Mr. Wintle to c 2 general to the lieutenant-governor. the governor-general. To his excellency the most noble Richard marquis Wellesley, K.P. governor-general of Bengal, and captain-general of his majesty's and the hon. company's forces in India, &c. &c. My Lord, I feel highly gratified in being selected to have the honor of transmitting to your excellency, the accompanying address from the British inhabitants residing in the district of Bhaugulpore, on the late cessation of hostilities, and the happy restoration of peace to Hindostan; who, though few in num ber, contemplate with as much reverence and admiration as any of their countrymen, the brilliant taJents and provident wisdom which so speedily produced that glorious, honorable, and beneficial event. I have the honor to remain, With sentiments of the utmost respect and gratitude, Your excellency's most obedient and humble servant, J. WINTLE. Bhaugulpore, March 15, 1804. 2.--Address from the British inhabitants of Bhaugulpore. To his excellency the most nolle Richard, marquis Wellesley, K.P. governor general of Bengal, and captain general of his majesty's and the hon. company's forces in India, &c. &c. May it please your excellency, Precluded by our local situation from uniting in the late address to your excellency of the inhabitants of Calcutta, but concurring in, and impressed with the same sentiments, we, the British inhabitants residing in the district Bhaugulpore, in the province of Behar, beg leave to approach your excellency with our ardent and respectful congratulations on the happy termination of hostilities, and the restoration of peace to Hindoostan. In contemplating the rise, progress, and termination of the late glorious war, we view with admiration, the comprehensive sagacity which at once embraced the extensive and alarming consequences of the Marhatta confederacy, and, with the utmost promptitude and vigour, provided the means of completely defeating them. The rapid succession of 'splendid military achievements in the prosecution of your excellency's plans, during the last few months, and the successful conclusion of the war, have established, on the most solid and permanent foundation, the British empire in India, and inseparably connected your excellency's fame with national prosperity and renown. We further remark, with extreme satisfaction, the display of the British character in the clemency and moderation of the terms of peace, granted to the enemy in the career of victory; and we should suppress our feelings, if we omitted to express our pleasure and exultation, in viewing the triumph of humanity, generosity, and justice, displayed by the emancipation of the unfortunate, but illustrious house of Timoor, and its restoration to dignity and independence, under the protection of the mild and equitable British government in India. An act so noble and disinterested cannot fail to impress with indelible characters of admiration and gratitude, the minds of the natives of Hindoostan, and to engage their attachment to the British nation, and its interests; nor to inspire every generous Briton with the most exalted notions of your excellency's humanity and liberality. We trust it will not be cons: dered foreign to this address to observe, that we contemplate with the utmost veneration, the consummate skill and heroism which his excellency general Lake, our illustrious commander in chief, evinced in a rapid series of brilliant and successful exploits, triumphing over every obstacle which could be opposed to his progress, by an enemy vastly superior in numbers, and in discipline and equipment exceeding any native armies hitherto opposed to the British force. We also beg leave to notice, in similar respectful terms, our admiration of the hon. major general Wellesley's rapid successes, whose splendid victories were not less arduous, nor of less importance to the general cause. In expressing these sentiments, our gratitude to our brave officers and soldiers is also excited, for their patient, zealous, and laborious exertions in the field. May your excellency's measures invariably be attended with the same brilliant success; and may your happiness in private life be proportionable to your public conduct and invaluable services to the state; and may your excellency experience the most honorable effects of the lasting gratitude of your king and country. We have the honor to be, with the most profound respect, Your excellency's most obedient, and most humble servants, W. Palmer, colonel, J. Wintle, Jos. Shurburne, T. Shaw, lieut. col., J. Robinson, capt., Geo. Benson, capt., Ross Moore, assist. surgeon, Geo. Wilton, major, T. Shaw, for lieut. T. Garner, T. R. Dent, J. Hutchinson, John Hunter, John Glass, J. Bethune, John Chap. man, J. Hay, F. D. Hasted. Zillah Bhaugulpore, March 15, 1804. 3d.-Letter from the governor general to Mr. Wintle. James Wintle, Esq. &c. &c. SIR, I request you to accept my sincere thanks for the honor of your flattering letter of the 15th March, 1804, enclosing the address of the British inhabitants of the district of Bhaugulpore, in the province of Behar. The state of my health for some time past, together with the severe pressure of public business, has prevented me from returning an earlier acknowledgment of this honor. I now have the honor to enclose a copy of my answer to the address, which I request you to communicate to the gentlemen who have signed it. I have the honor to be, |