§ Mr. Paullmoved that the order of the house of the 22d of April last, relative to Indian papers, should be obeyed forthwith. This was a greed to. He then moved that the correspondence of the governor-general and his secretary, with major Ouseley, aid-de-camp to the nabob vizier, during the year 1802, should be laid before the house.
§ Sir A. Wellesleyhad no objection, on the part of the marquis Wellesley, but, as it involved the character of Mr. Treeves, a gentleman who was absent, he submitted whether it would not be better to give a notice at present, and leave the board of controul to consider whether the correspondence ought to be produced.
§ Mr. Paullsaid that he did not move for these papers with any view to the character of the gentleman alluded to; but they were very important with respect to the Oude charge, as they Would prove that major Ouseley had been threatened with disgraceful expulsion, except he made some communication which had been required of him.
§ Mr. Wellesley Poletrusted that the house would observe, that there was no objection to the production of this correspondence, on the part of the friends of marquis Wellesley. They only meant to enter their protest against any attack on the character of an individual who had no opportunity of defending himself.
§ Mr. Creeveythought the hon. gent. should have given notice of such a motion as the present.
§ Mr. Paullsaid, that after the charge had been so long on the table, he did lot think he was or ought to be confined strictly to the rules respecting notices. It was very different from the first opening of a business of this kind. The papers were highly essential to the elucidation of the charge, and he thought he had a right to move for 611 them immediately: he had, however, no objection that what had passed should stand as a notice for to-morrow.