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among European sovereigns. It is 
but justice to sir Arthur Wellesley 
toadd, that he rejected with dis- 
dain, on the part of his brother, so 
profligate a ground of defence ; and 
both Mr. Fox and Mr. Francis ex- 
pressed their surprise and indigna- 
tion, at hearing such unprincipled 
doctrines advanced. 
In eonsequence of a motion of 
lord Temple, which was intended 
to bring this charge to a more spee- 
dy decision, but which had precisely 
the opposite effect, the Oude charge 
was not taken into consideration 
till the 18:h of June; when, after 
an. unsuccessful attempt of Mr. 
Bankes to dispose of the whole ac- 
cusation, by referring it to the India 
tribunal, established by the act of 
1784, the house went into a com- 
mittee, for the examination of evi- 
dence on the charge. The exami- 
nation was resumed on the 19th, 
g0th, and 23rd of June, and the 
evidence having been printed, an 
attempt was made by the friends of 
Jord Welle-ley to bring the house to 
@ final decision upon the charge on 
the Gthof July. But, his attempt 
was resisted with great firmness and 
force wf argument, by Mr. Wind- 
ham, Dr. Laurence and the solicitor 
general ; and \Ir. Paull having de- 
elared, that several important docu- 
yoents were still wanting to enable 
him to proceed in the case, the mo 
tion for going into a committee on 
the eharge was atlength withdrawn. 
Next day Mr. Paull presented a 
supplementary article to the Oude 
charge, accusing lord Wellesley of 
various acts of extortion, cruelty 
and injustice towards the Rajah of 
Sasnee and other Rajahs and. Ze- 
mindars in the Deoab,a district form- 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1806. 
ing part of the dominions of Oude 
ceded to the company by the treaty 
of 1801. 
The unjust and fraydulent means 
used by ford Wellesley to compel 
the nabob of Furruckabad to cede 
the whole of his dominions to the 
East India company, formed the 
groundwork of the third article of 
charge against him. This charge 
was presented to the house on the 
9th of June and ordered to be print- 
ed, and taken into consideration’ on 
a future day : but no further pro- 
ceedings took place in regard to it 
during the present session of parlia- 
ment. 
Various motions were made dur- 
ing this session, and various discus- 
sions arose, with respect to the fi- 
nances of the Kast India Company ; 
but, it is unnecessary for us to give 
any account of these debates, as all 
uncertainty on that subject was re- 
moved b, the appearance of the 
Kast India budget, brought forward 
by lord Morpeth on the 10sh of 
July ; for. though a very long and 
interesting debate followed con’ the 
causes of the distressed situation to 
which the company were reduced, 
every one admitted that lord Mor. 
peth had given a most fair and per- 
spicuonus Statement of their affairs. 
We shall make no comments on 
the gloomy view which he presented 
of the company’s situation, nor con- 
trast the actual state of their atlairs 
with the flattering pictures and de- 
lusive representations, which, for 
many years before, it seemed to be 
considered part of the duty of the 
board of controub, annually to ex- 
hibit to the public. It appeared 
from the statements of lord Mor- 
peth, that, 
