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India, so long will that of Hastings be remembered with admi- 

 ration, gratitude, and love ! 



My pen can add no lustre to the exalted character of Marquis 

 Cornwallis; the necessary wars in which he engaged, and the 

 vigorous and comprehensive system which he pursued, brought 

 new acquisitions of wealth and power to his native country. His 

 mild and equitable government was peculiarly adapted to gain 

 the confidence and friendship of the Indian sovereigns; his amiable 

 manners conciliated the respect and affection of the Company's 

 servants in every department; and his benevolent heart dispensed 

 general happiness among all classes of natives in those remote 

 regions. 



The high sense entertained of Marquis TVellesley's adminis- 

 tration in India, is best expressed in the energetic language of 

 those who so well know how to appreciate his merits ; it forms 

 part of the address signed by upwards of six hundred European 

 inhabitants of Calcutta, on the governor-general's departure for 

 England in August 1805. 



" The events of the last seven years have marked the period 

 of your Lordship's government as the most important epoch in 

 the history of European power in India. Your discernment in 

 seeing the exigencies of the country, and of the times in which you 

 were called to act, the promptitude and determination with which 

 you have seized on the opportunities of acting, your just concep- 

 tion and masterly use of our intrinsic strength, have eminently con- 

 tributed, in conjunction with the zeal, the discipline, and the cou- 

 rage of our armies, to decide upon these great events, and to 



