The Sun. — London, England, 1841-07-17 00:00:00

~~ ......... e late r igor) part the at S ever' r itical lioth r e )f the story e pen )owers oh J'l ;i•• 5 ,«).• 6 --) I s t : 4 Yr s AOD S: 4 Y r ~5/11; wi l e d. lett, ...... ..... 5 t be d; A ! r° l 1 1, 4 3 3r dr Jr i) 5 dr 7,11- g).- , ($) ,)•• 1 3 . 1 3 15 6°- IL Palmer F A P• Pun:Eng. BERKS. Lord Baryringthn COL T. BRECKNOCKsHIRE. Wood BUCKS. Sip W. L. Young C. G. Dupre, Esq Hon. C. S. Murray* I" ' CAMBRIDGE. E. k R. j or e p: Eaton Esq. 4 ' (1. W. E. Powell, EsCgARDIGANSHIRE. CARDIARTHENSHIRE. 'M. U. Trevor IC I ' Jones, Esq t CARNARVON COUNTY. qtr Ir ' ll °n. H. Pennat*. •••• ****** CHESHIRE (NORTH). r, 411' • T. Egerton, Esq 14 0. Esq. CHESHIRE (SOUTH). R Egerton on. T. Tollemache lAtid oTre $ , ESQ Harry Vane** . 11. ** N ESSEX (OATH.) ` ) Sir E. Filmer Alarsham * LANCASHIRE (NORTH). f+ 1 1 ‘2' Lord W orsle LINCOLN (LINDSEY). • 111 ; R. Richa r d s , Christopher, Esq EsTRIONETH COUNTY. tf........... 1 1 4 ' 2 2 3 3 ar rr)• ; 0/5• I 1 ~ 1 3 dr o d a .•• Dar" ockle, tidd' s .D• . Earl of March* sussEx Colonel Wyndham* «:•, . EVENING SUN - MEMBERS ELECTED. ENGLISH BOROUGHS COMPLETED. Total -176 Anti-Monopolists and 165 Monopolists. BNGLISH AND WELSH COUNTIES. Anti- Mono ' Monopolists. polists. ANGLESEY COUNTY. W. 0. Stanley, Esq. BEDFORD COUNTY Lord Alf or d ••• 1 W. Astell, Esq.* CORNWALL (EAST). !Ili Eliot Rashleigh, Esq. CORNWALL (wE B T). 15l t; I V• Pendarves, Esq Lyd Boseawen Rose ' CUMBERLAND (EAST). 811/ James, Esq 1 Hon. C. Howard E CUMBERLAND WEST )( . Stanley Esq. Irt on , Egg Bon. DENBIGH COUNTY William ot . si r R'• W. Wyn ßag ne* ... , DERBY NORTH).( ... He l . G. H. Cavendish *. v Esq. ails DERBY ( SOUTH ). C • Al; Mundy, Esq. `-'• It• Colville, Esq. Sir T. Ackland DEVON (NORTH). ... ... L. Buck, Esq. ••• DEVON SOUTH).( S l i r J. Y. B u ll er ., ~ . ord Courtenay 1 ",.. , °4 l 1 „ 1 . U. Sturt, Esq. . ••• ki-Bankes, Esq. li u ., 4ta bto n, Es u q uiatAm (•NoitTH) 1 - ... '"l‘n• H. Liddell. ••• DURHAM (SOUTH). .. Sir J. Tyrrell C • . 1 . Round Esq. T . W. ESSEX (SOUTH.) G. Palmer,Bramston, Esq ••• Esq. FLINTSHIRE. 1 "• ... `•-11/ 410 styn, Esq* /RE. GLAMORGANSH 1 trd Adare Co Talbot Esq.... , R GLOUCESTE ( EAST). 1 W. C Odrington, Esq. Hen. F . Charterist... I l ion GLOUCESTER (WEST). 1 ... G. Berkel e y /I. B. H a l e, E sq ••• 1 HANTS ( . - - Right Hon. C. S . Lefevre NOßTH). 1. Sir W. H eatheote ••• 1 HANTS ( SOUTH )• 1 . 1 . Fleming, Esq. • ,H. C. Comptr,n, Esq. . • HEREFORD. i .. li- Hoskins Esq 1 Barkerville, Es* J. Bailey, Esq.* . ; • Lord G r i mston HERTS. 1 Hon. D. Ry .. ..• .• ••• • Abel Smith, d Esq .. 1 ••• 1 er E. Fellowes Esq it UNTINGDONSHIRE• 1 , .. . ... G. Thornhill, Esq. OF WIGHT. ISLE 1 Captai n A , ••• KENT (EAST). Court Holmes Sir E . K na t c hb u ll J. P. Plumptre, Esq. RENT '•• (NEST). Lord Stanley J . W. Patten, Esq LANCASHIRE (SOUTH.) Lord F. Egerton ... ......... B. Wilb ra h am , Esq... • LEICESTER 'NORTH). Lord C. Manners 1 B. Farnham, Esq R. Raiford, E mci L . EIOESTER (SOUTH). 4 C. W. Packe, Esq. s dr„,.lurnA . Troll° e T l . •• ......... .•• ••• yng MIDDLESEX. 1 • 0 . B, Esq. T. 'Wood, Esq.. MONMOUTH COUNTY. to Grenville Somerset O • Morgan, Esq. MONTGOMERYSIIIRE• C . W. W. Wynne, Esq. NORFOLK (EAST). WO dehouse, Esq N. B urrou ghes, Esq NORFOLK (WEST). W. Bae Esq. W. L. Chu tE. • • .*** ...... T . Mans : I, e F i sq NO RT HAMPTON (NORTH) A. O'Brien, Esq. * NORTHAMPTON (SOUTH). W R. Cartwright, Esq. sir C• Knightley NORTHUMBERLAND MBERLAND (NORTH). Lord O ssul Creswell, Esq. • E NsgORTHUMBERLAND (SOUTH). ) 4 . Bell S. Ogle, Esq. NOTTINGHAM (NORTH). 11 ,. G. Knight, Esq. • lioldsworth, E5q..... • NOTTINGHAMAM (SOUTH). Lord Li ncoln COI. Hollestone ............... ..• ..... ''• OXFORD. Lord Norreys • Harcourt, Esq W• Henley, Esq PEMBROKE. Lord Ernlyn* Sir R ADNORSHIRE. Joh n Walsh • RUTLANDSHIRE. C. J. Heetheote, Esq . 41 .0 n. H. Dawnay••• ....... ; ...... SALOP (NORTH). l i r R. mu •O. Go re SALOP (SOUTH) Lord Dlin veto n Hon. R. Cli SOMERSET i•EAST). F- 4 2 1 . Gor e L ang ton ..• ••• • ". Diiles, Esq...SOMERSET (WEST.) Sir T. D. Acland ........................ W. Dickenson, Esq J. D. Russell, E S s T q A . F .. F .. D . D ... C. B. Adderly, S E TA sq FR D. (SOUTH) Lord ingestrie Colonel Anson SUFFOLK (EAST). I ' Ur d Henneker •• , C. B. Vere SUFFOLK (WEST). 11-• Rushbrook, Esq 11. Waddington, Esq. ....• .. SURREY ( E A ST). R. Kemble, Esq. 0. Antrobus, Esq.. SURREY (WEST). W, • 3 . Deniscrn, Esq. • Trotter,Esq• • • susszx (East). • Darbey, Esq A. G. Fuller, Esq WARWICK (NORTH). W. S. Du d ale, Esq Sir G. Wi lmot WARWICK (SOUTH). Si J. Mordaunt 1. J. Shirley, Esq. Lord WESTMORELAND. Lowthe r Colonel Lowther ir WILTS (NORTH). P Burdett Walter Long, Esq WILTS (SOUTH). J. Benett, Esq Ron. S. Herbert J • WORCESTER (sasT) J. r n Taylor, E s q s . q WORCESTER (WEST). (:"'• 11 . B. Lr P. W. Knight, fsnq d Hothate YORK EAST RIDING). or.. H. troadley, Esq:* . ••• . S. Ca le t YORK (NORTH RIDING.) Hon. n• buY,;.: E a . 1 e ir 0 (WEST RIDING). o.Wortlev4 .. Denniso n , E s q , * Tot al 22 • SCOTLAND. ABER.Dxs.w. A. Bannerman, Esq.... ......... ABERDEEN COUNTY. Captain Gordon ARGYLESHIRE. A. Campbell, Esq. AYR. Lord James Stewart AYRSHIRE Lord Kelburne BUTESHIRE. Sir W. Rae ... BERWICKCHIRE. Sir H. Campbell CAITHNESS. G. Trail, Esq. DUMBARTONSHIRE. A. Smollett, Esq .... DUMFRIES. W. Ewart, Esq. DUMFRIES COUNTY. J. H. Johnstone, Esq ......• DUNDEE. George Duncan, Esq.* EDINBURGH. • Right Hon. T. Macauley 1 ••• W. G. Craig, Esq.* ___ _____ EDINBURGH COUNTY. R. Ramsey, Eq. ELGIN. Sir A. L. Hay* 1 ELGIN AND NAIRN COUNTY. C. L. C. Bruce, Esq. FALKIRK. Baird, Esq.* ••• • ___ FIFESHIRE. Captain Wemyss .FORFARSHIRE. Lord F. Gordon* GLASGOW J. Oswald, Esq. J. Dennistoun, Esq. GRISZNOCK. Robert Wallace, Esq. ••• • • HADDINGTON. Balfour, Esq . HADDINGTON COUNTY• Sir T. Hepburn INVERNESS J. Morrison . . INVERNESS COUNTY. H. Haillia, Esq KILMARNOCK. A. Johnston, Esq.* ^•• KINCARDINE. Hon. H. Arbuthnot .. KINROSS COUNTY. Lord Abercromby * 1 KIRKCUDBRIGHT (COUNTY.) Alexander Murray, Esq. 1 KIRKALBY. Colonel R. Ferguson... LANARK COUNTY. Captain Lockhart , LEITH. A. Rutherford, Esq. LINLITHGOW COUNTY. Hon. C. Hope - -- 14ONTROSE. C. Chalmers, Esq ORKNEY AND SHETLAND. F. Dundas, Esq PAISLEY. A. Hastio, Esq _ PEEBLESHIRE. W. F. Mackenzie, Ebq RT H. Hon. Fox Maul.' PERTZISHIRE. H. H. Drummond, Esq. RENFRY.WSHIRP:. P. M. Stewart, Esq* ROSS AND CROMAATY. J. Mackenzie, Esq ROXBURGHSHIRE. Hon. F. Scott ... SELKIRKSHIRE. A. Pringle, Esq ST. ANDREWS. E. Ellice, Esq STIRLING. Lord Dalmeny STIRLING COUNTY. William Forbes, Esq. SUTHERLAND (CON NTY. D. Dundas, Esq. WICK-BURGHS. J. Loch, Esq 1 WIGTOWN ➢URGHS. J. M'Taggart, Esq 1 ••• WIGTOWN COUNTY Captain Dalrymple IRELAND. ANTRIM COUNTY. J. Irving, Esq.... Alexander, EN ARMAGH (BOROUGH). Col. Rawdon ARMAGH (coutrry). Lord Acheson Colonel Verner ATHLOI , II. Captain Beresford BANDON. Sergeant Jackson ... 1 BELFAST. E. Tennant, Esq. J. Johnston, Esq. CARLOW (BOROUG41). Capt. Layard CARRICKFERGUS. P. Kirk, Esq. ... 1 CASHZL. CAVAN. Dr. Stock Col. Clements J. Young: Esq.... CLANS COUNTY. Major Macnamara C. 0. Brien, Esq CLONMELL. D. R. Pigott, Esq. COLERAINIC: E Litton, Esq. - CORK CITY. F. Murphy, Esq. ... D. Callaghan, Esq. DONEGAL COUNTY. Sir E. Hayes __ ••• ... 1 Colonel Conolly DOWN COUNTY. Lord Castlereagh . Lord Hillsborough DOWNPATILICK D. Kerr, Esq ••• ••• .. 1 DROGHEDA. Sir Wm. Somerville • DUBLIN CITY. J. B. West, Esq. E. Grogan, Esq. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. Hon F. Shaw .., Dr. Lefroy .... . .... ..• DUNGANNON. Lord Northland DUNDALK. T. Redington, Esq. DUNGARYAN. Right Hon. R. L. Sheil ENNIS. Hewitt Bridgeman, Esq ....... nruiisKlLLarr. Hon. A. H. C01e... GALWAY. M. J. Blake, Esq. Sir V. Blake ...... ......... GALWAY COUNTY. J. Bodkin, Esq J. B. Martin, Esq. . . KILDARE COUNTY. R. More O'Ferrall, Esq R. Archbold, Esq KILKENNY. John O'Connell, Esq. ..... ....... 1 ... KILKENNY COUNTY. Hon. P. Butler w V 1 Major Bryan ... 1 KING'S COUNTY. Colonel Westenra ... .. 1 A. Armstrong, Esq 1 ' KINSALE. .. W. H. Watson, Esq.* I LIMERICK (BOROUGH). Sir D. Roche... 1 J. O'Br:en, Esq. LISBURN. Captain Aleynell LEITRIM COUNTY Viscount Clements S. White, F.5q.... LONDONDERRY. Sir R. Feigusson LONDONDERRY COUNTY. Sir Robert Bateson Capt. Jones NEW ROSS. Captain Gore MALLOW Sir D. Norreys... 3l MEATH COUNTY. H. Grattan, Esq D. O'Connell, Esq* MAYO COUNTY. M. Blake, Esq. R. D. Browse, Esq. MONAGHAN COUNTY. Hon. H. Westenra E. Shirley, Esq. NEWRY. Lord Newry... .. PORTARLINGTON. Hon. C. Darner .... QUEEN'S COUNTY. Sir C. Coote lion. T. Vesey ......... AOSCOMISON. The O'Connor Don .. F. French, Esq. SLIGO (BOP " '•*: _AMOR). J. P. Somers •••• I ..LIDO COUNTY. Colonel Perei ,- . , W. R. 0,. Gore, Esq TIPPERARY COUNTY. CA Cave, Esq. Nlaher, Esq TRALIE, M. O'Connor, Esq. ••• I TYRONE Right Hen. T. Corry ... Lord C. Hamilton WATKRYORD COUNTY. Hon. R. S. Carew W. Villiers Stuart .. WATERFORD CITY. W. Christmas, Esq, M. Reade, Esq. WEIFORP CITY• Sir Thomas Esmonde •91 WESTMEATH COUNTY. H. M. Tuite, Esq. B. Chapman, Esq. ... ...... YOUGHAL. F. J. Howard, Esq THREE PERSONS DROWNED.—.—Sunday eien• ing, at half-past eight, as the Maid of Erin, river steamer, wa coming up the channel close to the navigation wall, a fishing awl, in which were ten young persons, came in contact with her, and instantly , overturned, precipitating the entire par.y into the water. 'The steamer's boats were lowered, and every exertion used to save the persons now struggling with the r fate. Seven out of the ten were picked up ; some of them were nearly exhausted ; but three were drowned... Cork Reporter. THE RAJA OF &vmmß,l. INDIA HOUSE.-FRIDAY. The Adjourned Meeting of the Proprietors of East India Stock again assembled yesterday, George Lyall, 3 i,'sq., M.P., Chairman. The debate was resumed by Mr. WARDEN, a Director, who said, that ever since 1 1 3 e had returned from India he had taken every opportu nity of making himself master of the proceedings relat ing to the Sattara case, and he would proceed to state to the Court the result of his labours, and the conclusion to which his mind had come. During the debate of yes terday an Hon. Proprietor had expressed his conscien tious belief that the Raja was not guilty of the charges alleged against him. Acting under the same solemn con- viction, he (Mr. Warden) was obliged to say that the 2ltaja was guilty—(Hear, hear)—and that he had justly incurred the penalty of forfeiture. The evidence was . aelbre them all, and had already been frequently quoted during that protracted debate ; he would not therefore detain the Court by alluding to it further than to remind them that the proceedings originated out of the reports made by his Gallant Friend, General Lodwick, who was the Resident in Sattara. Much had been said against the conduct and proceedings of the Bombay Government. It was stated that they had urged on the inquiry, and with a predetermination that he should be found guilty. Now, how was that borne out ? Where, in all the papers before them, did that appear ? The whole of the proceedings originated out of the reports and suggestions of the Resident — General LODW/CK—I beg to say that I merely sent down the depositions ; I made no comment upon them at all. All I did was to ask instructions.—(Order.) Mr. WARDEN had not said that the Gallant General had commented upon the depositions. What he said was, that A was upon the information communicated by him that the Government of Bombay originated the whole of . the proceedings. After he sent down the deposit ,,ons spoken of, the Resident was engaged in obtaining infor- Ina don from every quarter in which it was, likely to be got.--- d to General LODWICK—I was direct , observe the most perfect secrecy.—(Loud cries * . o f Mr. WARDEN—WeII, "Order, order.") the Y...esidetit found it necessary to obtain further informati: xi ; the information by the P j ) mnba-- and upon the receipt of Government a Commis sion of Inquiry was appointed, which went into the in vestigation, and - ..dtimately pronounced an opinion, not precisely cond.:tinning the . Raja, but finding that there wasa case of sLronc , suspicion that the information ob taintd by the Resident was correct ; but at the same time recommended the Raja to the most merciful con sidere,..con of the Government.—(Hear, hear.) The Boir:eay Government were also of opinion that the evi (knee was not sufficient to condemn the Raja.—(Hear, ',Lear.) The Government of India, however, entertained 1 a different opinion ; but Sir Robert Grant, with the in telligence and ability - which always enabled him to take a just view of things, on reviewing the proceedings against the Raja, entered into those,circumstances which would most tend to alleviate the conduct of the Raja ; and he stated as his opinion, that he would be suffi ciently pr,nished by the transfer from his juris diction to that of the British, of the territory of Sattara. —(Hear.) . That was the mild punishment which the Boribay Government awarded to the treachery of the Ra' it i. Immediately, however, after the sentence was pronounced, the Bombay Government received informa tion, from the mother of the Dewan, whi c h en ti re l y al t'.red their views ; and he must observe that the Raja had been much applauded for his conduct in sar?endering his accomplices. It had been fre quently stated that this conduct was a proof of his innocence. Now, on the contrary, he (Mr. Warden) thought that the abandonment of his accomplices--of those who were carrying on the intrigues against the British Government under his atispic , !:3, and by his direc tions, was only a proof of his th': k ;ficity and cunning.— (Hear, hear.) The mother of the Dowell, seeing that the Raja would no,, protect her son, and, in the hopes of obtainie: g his release, gave informa tion to the British Government, and that information led to an exposition of the whole conduct of the R a j a by means of that U,ommission. Now in his opinion the erred in appointing that Com m i ss i on , Government. great 4 for by so doing;they converted that which was a mere political tra:isa6 ction into a grave judicial inquiry.— (Hear, he -,,, r .) The ease was a simple one, a,ud according to the r,tinciples of international law no judicial inquiry what , Jiier was necessary., An Hon. Proprietor had y( s ter'.aly led them through all the forms and proceedings of t:ne Courts at the Old Bailey. Now he would ask, would they have the Raja tried by a petty jury, by a grand jury, nay, he would ask, where were they to find a jury by which to .try him at all? Was it to be con stituted of the petty Princes around ? Nay, it was ridi culous to pursue the theme any further, for it was mo rally impossible to carry on the inquiry in any other way than by sending the charges to the Raja.—(Hear, hear.) The Raja said he denied the whole of them, but he had often done so before, and it was now perfectly well-known untruly ; that being proved, we were now compelled to take possestjon of his territories under the treaty. It was a Ateat national question, and having once inter fered in it, it was quite impossible that it could have bean disposed of otherwise. It had been frequently ob served during the debate that no opportunity was afforded for the cross-examination of the witnesses, and he had heard it stated that his Gallant Friend General Lodwick had said that he was prevented from cross-ex amining them. [To the General]--Do you admit that ? General LODWlCK—Certainly. I stated it openly in Court.—(Loud cries of " Order.") Mr. WARDEN—Then all he could say was that his Gallant Friend had allowed himself to be brow-beaten by his colleagues. 4 undoubtedly was in his power to put a stop to the proceedings at any moment when ho might think that they were carried on in any unfair manner. He maintained that every member of the Com mission had the power to cross-question every witness that was brought before it. General L'DWICII was again on his legs, but was interrupted by Mr. MExzlEs, who spoke to order, and said he must pro test against that system of carrying on the arguments in that Court. It was wholly unprecedented. The Gallant Officer ought to hear the arguments offered on either side, and he would have an opportunity of explaining afterwards. General Louwicic had only interrupted the Hon. Director because he had not heard his observations. Mr. WIGRAIVI rose to order. Such interruptions were very unseemly •, and he must also tell his Hon. Friend that it was his duty to address the Chairman, and not any individual member of the Court. Mr. WARDEN had been saying that every member of that Commission iad a right to cross-examine all witnesses bronlit before them. After the receipt et the information from the mother of the Dewan a dittetellt course of proceeding was adopted. Lieut-Colonel Ovens was employed to collect evidence. Sir Robert Grant intended in the first instance that a statement should be drawn out of the whole of the charges which had led to the investigation, and that it should be forwarded to the Raja. The Governor-General objected to the course, but after an explanation had been received by him from Sir Robert Grant and Lieut. Colonel Ovans, had stated that it was wholly unnecessary to prolong the investigation, for they would have pro% duced evidence against the Raja which was so iittalg that they must have proceeded at once to ttet upon it. It was impossible to carry on the proceedings without at once suspending the Raja, which, as Sir James Carnae justly said, would wholly lose him the respect of his subjects. Many Honourable Proprietors, and amongst others Mr. Salomons, had taken up s rost erroneous view of the case. In his speech onttines day he said that the charges made agaiSt tht Raja were ' most indefinite, and he maintained hat the treaty en tered into with him had first been broken by the Rug lish.—(Hear, hear.) Non' 1 16Vv vas it possible to Aieet such a general 'Marge ? - He 'wild only et) it II ltWing the charge a general. denial, by generally denying that the English had evr broken the tettity.—(Cries of "Oh.") He said that British faith had been maintained inviolate since the Thfitish %vs Was first unfurled in Indirt,----(CeitA of " Oh, oh.") The Jagheerdars were placed tititter the so - rereignty of the Raja ; but he Was 353 hound down -his hands were tied so strrmar, , ---that he could per form no one act of severeignty over them, because they, having ;Ike option, chose to place themselves under the protection of the British authoettieS e'er since the accession of the Raja to Ow throne. Re had shown an ardent desire to degrade the attgheer dart, he had throughout that tithe shown the most ava ricious disposition, and a great desire to obtain their possessions. During the whole of the debates the tint:- meter of the ex-Raja, had been greatly applati&d) Mit e in his opinion, most mistalienly Vet His down fal was cbsely inteeto3Ven, Will his conduct ever since nis being, h oed 'Upon the throne. Even In 1 : 62 ° , when 6 h a d been (nit two yeats pp4A.tstO O the sovereign auth - ority, he cetnettNed I% ll'ArriliA with other Prlnees. He tv. - M intbrited by the ltal e n upon several occasions of the :clan ex i% ilti 111 ii4l it 1 suet eommunietAtiells -with , tailo Pens, out all to no t v, ise lein fo a rh; ii tt a rt u lttilk titl lt i 4 s w i e itfj b Ye r a o_l4. gr gn e t at lig t a rt i e n t st a h n i d ili c . unns minute by Mr. Ander: ua i t was a w e d . Mitt}, titgm wo; vtin g in th :, charaeter er the Nit liitJr . fetittifkatild than t l ::a . t he should Intro Pit' Slit lthig a pefit3 and so ide :- i cessfully carried on the tiedef,ithil itfildll IW 'ild pfiletisd upon thew ortim ; *ha Iveie K:eofitlly hien of refit abi lity, who hart cell ticOediked J hii..Coiiit.l4 t i e 13 si4A taeVernment t tifOtliilVe Debit the faiili tif iN Re s idents; fer *!, , i Wee e 1 them, Prom Captain Grant dovvnwa,fds, biti tiAti warned him of his danger ; yet they took nd other steps to bring his conduct before the proper au= thorities. Even Li 0 eutenant-404 titi l lig 'aid t ht tt Raja was philloiklitiV rt.'it3iibilY nth n 6 t lk)iig it; the Nti4ltett hml treated him liadiy in relation to the 3a&heeidar Ad that titiegtibii mai not the siiNet 0)416. Ili that iii'deeediiii'l i and fhe 'bed V.bittilliL. tor himself that; influence which a.§ tt, I[io , 4kiii at the Court of a native Prince he ought LO have done, he would have restrained the Raja add have averted his anger. The some Gallant Colonel men. tions the names of two individuals who had obtained great influence over the Raja, and he stated that it was the common opinion hi Sattara that they would be the cause of his ruin, That oniclit had been realised. The Raja had been misled b y them. He had received repeated warnings, lint he had still gone.on in a course which was inconsistent with British safety. lied he reposed more confidence in the British .Residents. and placed less in his favourites and sonic Brahmins, who surrounded him, he might still have been • safe, but his ambition was to restore the Indian empire by the expulsion of the British. Sir Robert Grant in this, as in every other instance, had shown the utmost sagacity and foresight. Ho had predicted the line of defence which would be taken up by those who espoused the cause of the Raja. He said that the plans of the Raja were sufficiently foolish and extravagant as to make them more a matter for ' lmighter than of fear ; that the Raja's best hope was, that no rational being could lend his mind to such preposterous and .extravagant designs. Now, that was exactly the manner in which the - ease had been argued by Mr. Salomons and several athez rroprietors ; - - THE SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1-141. ner could - there be any two t)plftions upon the POint. The i designs were of the most preposterous and the wildest ' of any that aver man conceived. But Sir Robert Grant Wisely - said 'they were not bound to prove the feasi bility of the plans ; they had nothing to do with the wildness of their nature ; it was enough for them that such designs had been cherished.—(Heen /With) Application had been made to Den Manott PA' all expla nation, or a refutation, of so much or the charges as was connected with his name. But the Bombay Govern ment never charged him as being implicated in the conspiracy ; all they knew was that a great deal of money was spent .in Goa by the Ritia to whom it was given, or for what they Kid lot know. It was wholly unnecessary for hint to say one word in vindication of the character or conduct of Sir J. Carnac; that had been ably, eloquently, and satisfactorily done by the lion. Deputy-Chairman.-4Hear, hear.) Before he went out he was favourable to the Raja, and he went out with power to settle, and save the Rt‘ja if possible ; but when he arrived at his Govern , - he did towards the Raja in went he found that the evidence WAS so strong that it was impossible to doubt as to the guilt of the Raja. It was impossible for any man to have used more mild or persuasive language than proceed ings which the Goveraiment felt themselves obliged to adopt. The Raja, howeVer, refused to agree to the first to the first article, justification of the article of the treaty because he said he was an honest man and not guilty. He said I will not subscribe of 1819 was submitted for signature, I refused to give it three different +. my that He (Mr. Warden) said because when the original treaty the Raja ought r' ' lnes ' spoken a mo- n Grant, in his lette- '' distinct falsehood, for Captain _ • of the 27th of September, said that the treaty ; was seven in to the Raja on the 22d—that he had several ot to be believed, for in . that he had -nterviews, during which he fully explained its contents— that the Raja was most anxious for its completion, and that it was finally signed and sealed on the evening of Sept. 23. How, then, could the Raja justify his' refusal to sign the new treaty up )n so false a ground ? He knew two instances in which ; on the death of the reigning Raja the property was conferred upon his suc cessor, and in the present case the property being that of the State, was vested in the reigning .Raja instead of the ex-Raja. He would give them the instance that occurred after the reduction o f Ansa° u ra,when three lacs of ru p ees fell into the hands of th e ca pt ors , they consisted chiefly of family jewels and plate, and the Comm i s sioners d id not think it judicious to deprive the succ eedin g Prin c e o f property which had belonged to the State. In the pre sent case, amongst other property of the ex-Raja of Sat tarn, there was in money value of buildings, four lacs, and 700,000 rupees. It appeared that an application was made by the ex-Raja to Lord Elphinstone, and he recommended the Supreme ,Government to advance the Raja two lacs of rup e e s , for the purpose of rebuilding his palace. Now it appeared. to him that that circum stance enhanced the ingratitude of the Raja's conduct. Suppose these two lacs were included in the estimate of 4 lacs 700,000 rupees for buildings, did they mean to say that he was entitled to that sum, which had been ad vanced him by the British Government ?—(Hear, hear.) If any proposition such as had been put forward by his Hon. Friend, Mr. Tucker, was entertained, it would be their duty in the first instance to ascertain what actually belonged to the Raja, and what had been advanced by the Government. The Hon. Director then referred to some observations of General Briggs, relative to the pub lication of a despatch of his which he stated was private and secret ; but he (Mr. Warden) had looked over that despatch, and he did not think there was anything secret in it. It was nothing more than an ordinary political despatch. Ile would remind the Court also of an expres sion of the Raja, when General Briggs was endeavouring to restrain his rapacity 2 —that he had lost all confidence in the English, and the only friend he had among them was Mr. Elphinstone. He had nothing further to add. After a full review of all the proceedings in the case of the Raja, his solemn and conscientious conviction was that the Baja was guilty, and that he had scarcely paid the penalty of his offence by the punishment that had been inflicted on him. _ _ Major-General ROBERTSON, a Director, said there appeared to be considerable difference of opinion as to the terms and extent of the treaty which had been con cluded with the Raja of Sattara. Now the schedule which was annexed to the copy of the treaty set out the different districts assigned to him, and at the end of it was added, "together with the possessions of the Raja of Akulkole, the Punt Suchew of the Prithee Nidhee, and the jagheer of the Dufflays, in the Pagunna of Ihut." There was an amended schedule which was added, which set out some additional jagheers, and then it went to say, "And the Raja having been told that his frontier should extend from the Kistna and Wurna on the south, to the Neera and Beema on the north, and from the western ghauts or Shyadree Hills on the west, to the city of Punderpoor on the east,. exclusive of jagheers, there will be some additional territory made over to him from the provinee df Bcejapore, to be hereafter spe cified, but of which the revenue shall not be less than one lac of rupees." Now there were some detached villages about which some doubt existed as to whethei , they belonged to the Raja, and whether lit ekercised jurisdiction over them. Now, in his opinion, the Raja had sovereignty over these villages, for General Briggs did so before they were ceded to the Rajah, and so did G eneral Lodwick. When he (General Robertson) was coming away, in 1832, he said that there was a spirit getting up of encroachment upon the territory of the Raja t and he wrote a despatch, dated December 31, 1831, on the subject. Lord Clare, however,did not coincide with him in his views. Shortly afterwards a Case arose of a claim against some of the Nes subjects in one of these villages north of the Neera river, and they not answering it, an application was made on the 3d August, 1832, by General Lodwick, requesting his Highness to point out the property of his subjects, that it might be taken possession of. A reference was made to the Government on the subject, and the re sult was, the Government decided that all the villages north of the Neera river were not under his sovereignty at all. Sir J. LITSHINGTON begged to refer the Hon. Direc tor to the seventh article of the Treaty, with respect to the limits of his Highness's possessions, great stress had been laid upon the term "exclusion of jagheers," and it was contended that that gave him unbounded authority over them, but he (Sir J. Lushington) contended that the meaning of the phrase was the very reverse, and that it gave him no authority whatever over them.—(Hear, hear) In proof of that h e wo uld refer to Mr. Elphin stone a instructions to Captain Grant, dated Bth April, 1818, in which he —ll said— " The limits which I intend hi g 1 . intend to prtiVit, tc) AO_ the Most 14010 tilk) qt i fernor-acneral for the tWitbrY, are the river Neera on the north, the titnna and Wurna on the south, the Peishwes frontier on the east, and the frhants 141. We§h 1f e o'llll4 themselves % anti tire, foriS ivfiir. Bldiiiiiiilild tlielljf iVII probably be anitekcd to tip eastern fronti'e'rtktitab,ye imiireVed and dfilned; arraottouietitg with the G overnmen t Of his itigiiiigs§ Ninin. I have guarded agttihst di§lirpOilitlll'elll 611 this last head, by acquainting the Raja that his country would only extend to Plinderpoor., hire like*ise appriaed the Itt\)a that 4.ll,lw.ghtet lalicts Wietlitdd ftudi Hid proseca gyanC ) N ow, then, it was clear that all the jighttr rands ikti.@ excluded. He did not p re tend to 4ilic en *tilt% Of hi§ own upon the tuattef), hitt thbrb wag a great deal of doubt eximting OA to the meaning of the passage,-- - -(Heal Mt liEWts said the lio n , G en tleman had left n jdst at the veq point which *Mild give Aft explanation, It , os3 as foiMs The extent to which this last • declifttliOn id acted on will, howevetl dqiehtl tiii eifetinistancesi_. If the Raja's conduct Off Oi4ll Beliet phOtild his E*oo4ttiqt tibolfutiiAteilertti Oestrous of eir 00iSiefiblit authority, the whole jagheer ..of 'the Pfltriee Nidhee, resumed by Bajee Row ) may be re , stored to him to be held of tkW TAritlqi Ontoftittlerit; ink titbei tle Itift tl3 jo.,,Khmt§ ). temtmed by the . 1.44114 h 00V'erninent without the Ilaja 4 s being entitled to claim any part of them ; this would Itititt do more than six or seven IttdB tit Yetetitte: If, as is more probable, it should be the wish of the \lost Noble the tti increase the Baia's consequence, tie tiin hulti till l i the illOst eiti@iided ttt limits above nnticcd that already helthigg tilleet)y to the Government ; or may hereafter lit: reNiiiitd ) itfid the Jagheerdars wh tire Allo*eci to fetntnti May nold their lititids ti Min; with the ekeeptidti of the Pittmirdhuns, ivivitu it thlitilt a tieiiniefiietif 10 Ettniek With the llt4N us th 4 eteaief part of their laticlS lie on the south ern bank of the Kishnttj and whose inclinations we are, moreover, bound to &insult beere we video them under any goveftirhlillt hilt Clenerttl restitned--:IIe contended titai it tltt ikth the trOilt ireit,./Ittly they had Vdti; 'and fidt with - the letfers dr nistruetidrl. Might Rift tefit reference to. it: He would now read tti t 6 'dart fOni the letter of the ex-Raja's Vakeels, to the Court of Direetofill Jan: 7, 1840, in order to show the nature Of the conspiracy ChM' had it 1110.111 1 d 4; d hiS letter to yotti Ho naUfable Court; to the et thit galB ledt nione to3hiS Highness's Jagheerdars, hate hoiomifc'Addri oiler Wfree themselves from the chock Which his iiiittin'l l iO(YSea in eventing their iliehation of the lands anu ie.'er l .3._H of tI/4 . 6stattoS of their debtors--to which his Highness is tile 8 - IWritntl . siieetiOgoitti lend themselves to the object of accom oishitiklrr~ tiotte#? . # 'pill, It is, we feel convinced, Certain? that a strict hsyw the question of t)id jurisdiction of hie llig,hness aTtitin Jagheer nags t a« e e Ih l liti o e. t eds t s a l Imp.oorn:oimi prominent e b en l e at 1.9 po Rk,)liikieft (end wgs so perseveringly d pe e rnsetehitetisoanghagoaoinefst thehis tlttit would show that i t c r i o d 7 r i liZ o i: e : ci ted with Ballajee position in all the it ri u s dd f ci e s i gg 0:: tlifulegualinstieelshleawcalen—dion'o'h:hom he had lent a large sum of money—first desired to withdraw that property from his Highness's jurisdiction ; and subsequently perceiv ing that his Highness was not likely to submit to such an invasion of his rights, then entered on the course which has since been pursued. Accordingly, this person was at Sattara during the inquiry into the charges which were investigated by a Commission, consisting of the late and present . Resident, and the present Secretary to your Go vernment in the Political Department ; and took an ac tive part in the proceedings of . the Commission. He has ever since, it may be added, remained at Sattara ; and now he is the chief adviser, if not the Minister, of hiS Highness's brother.'"—(Hear, h ear .) With regard to the succession to these jagheers, he would refer the Court t o his letter to Mr. Elphinstone, dated - . 13th August, 1827, when the reeul was ill, and his ill ness had assumed an alarming appearance. He then put certain questions on the part of the Raja, among which were-- "I'hat his Highness should be informed of ,the,inten tiOns the British- Government as •to the 'prepei:VOT CUSe of adoption. whether ih the opinOn the . STnitetthtehwe wisttolndibtseliamppirtied of Government any differenci Aoiiid lie Ellat /it the gen ' ditions that it may be thought advisable to offer, in cage of the adoption falling on a distant relation of the origi nal family, or a person no relation to such family, or on a connexion of th e p resen t S uc hew's own family.' There littd 'ken Ithtlilt that tithe considerable discussion with respect to these villages, and in the iiiiStttf Of the Chief Secretary, he says— " There seems no objection to the Raja's requesting ' the Suchew to fix an allowance for his adopted son, in case a son should hereafter be born to him. " With regard to the Prithee Nidhee; I am directed to obserre, that lie having no personal claims on the Witten Government in the event of his death without any rela tion entitled to succeed him, it will rest with the Raja to make such arrangements regarding his jagheer as he may think equitable." Now, he conceived that the conduct of the Bombay Government with regard to these jagheers was most criminal.—(llear s hear.) He would show the Court what was the opinion of Mr.Elphinstone on the subject:— " In regard to these disputes," Mr. Elphinstone remarks, " that his (the Akulkote chief's) representation, through his Vakeel, to the Commissioner in the Deccan, had been received, and that a Report had also been received, through the Resident at Sattara, regarding the dispute which occurred near Nassick. That the whole of the transactions have occasioned much regret to the Gover nor in Council ; that the Raja's ancestors have, from the first, been servants of the Raja of Sattara, and that at the late settlement, when it was left to the 'choice of Futtia Sing Raja to become dependent on the British Government, or to remain under the Raja of Sattara, he preferred the service in which his ancestors had acquired distinction. That it is therefore inconsistent with Malla jee Raja's own good sense, and with the loyalty of his fa mily, to enter into disputes with the Raja of Sattara ; that he ought, on-the contrary, to conciliate his Highness's good-will in all respects, and to consider his prosperity as depending on the favour of his sovereign. That in the late affair he appears by no means to have remembered the respect due to the Raja of Sattara, and that he had every reason to be satisfied with the forbearance shown towards him ; that the Governor in Council hopes that the Akulkotekur will henceforward pay more attention to conciliating his Highness's regard ; and that, while he serves him with fidelity, he is sure of the Company's protection ; but if he neglects the duty he owes his own Prince, it will be impossible for the British Government to interfere in his behalf. That the Raja of Sattara is dis posed to forget the past, and the Governor in Council hopes to hear henceforward that all disagreements are forgotten, and that the attachment of the Raja, of Akul kote and favour of the Raja of Sattara are as conspi cuous as they have ever been in former days." Again, in page 59, he found these remarkable words : " With regard to the grant of Jhut Jagheer to Ram Row, the Governor in Council has no observations to offer. Having already declared that the Raja was fully, entitled to retain the jagheer, and that if he Ivas willing to bestow it on a member of the former family, the Bri tish Government would not interfere with the mode in which his bounty was conferred.' Thus clearly admitting one of his Highness's most valuable privileges as a so vereign, that of appropriating, as he sees fit, the jag beers of families who have no legal heirs according to Hindoo law, in which case our guarantee ceases as a matter of course." Could anything be more explicit or decisive than that ? —(Hear, hear.) A little further on he found— " Again, in the case of the Punt Suchew ; the late Punt before his death, wishing to adopt an heir, com plained to the Governor in Council regarding the terms which the Raja wished to annex to his permission to do so ; and, in reply, was apprised, With regard, however, to the terms proposed to be annexed to the adoption, it must be observed, that although you and your heirs are to hold your jagheer on certain stipulated terms, yet, that on a tdtal failure of heirs, it must revert to his High ness; and that if his Highness allows it to be continued, in such case, by adoption or otherwise, his Highness is at liberty to attach what conditions he thinks expedient to the permission. As to the terms, this Government has no reason to think that the Raja's demand will be unreasonable ; and will recommend your case to his con sideration. You, however, must recollect that you vo luntarily preferred the Raja's sovereignty; the decision must, therefore, rest with his Highness, the British Go vernment not being able to interfere unless there be a breach of engagement.' " Now, if the Raja had any doubt about the treaty, they should have had a friendly negotiation with him, instead of taking possession of these jagheers. There could be no doubt upon the question. Let them ask Mr. Elphin stone.—(Hear, hear.) He was there, and could tell them the same.— (Hear, hear.) He maintained that the whole of the present unfortunate case had originated in the conduct of Sir Robert Grant, or rather the Bombay Go vernment, with regard to these jagheers.—(Hear, hear.) They encroached upon his rights, and when he appealed to the Government they gave him no reply.—(Hear, hear.) The Bombay Government, instead of negotia ting with him, said they would refer it to the Court of Directors. Sir J. LUSIIINGTON hoped the Hon. Director did not meati to attribute this to the conduct of Sir R. Grant. General ROBERTSON said he had not ascribed it to Sir Robert Grant—he had laid the blame upon the shoulders of no one individual, but upon the Bombay Government. He believed Lord Clive was diposed to do justice to the Raja; but as to Sir Robert Grant, he had displayed no thing but special pleading and pettifogging throughout. —(Hear, and a laugh.) He was a very good man, but was not fit to be a governor. In fact, he was no more fit to be a governor, than he (General Robertson) was to be an admiral.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) There was another case of jagheers, which was situated within the Raja's territories. These were called recent or minor jagheers, because they were in the gift of the Paellas, and were intendsd to revert to the Raja on the death of the then occupiers. With regard to these jagheers, he found the following passage in the letter of Mr. 'War den:- - .. But, on this principle, the Resident argues further, the whole jagheers of Akulkote, which is without the limits, would be excluded from the Raja's sovereignty ; but the Jeglicerdtir of Akulkote is not under Sattara, because he lives within or without the Sattara frontier, but because when his jagheer, or feudal estate, held on condition of earring the Lord paramount with a military force, was bestowed on him by the British Government, Mr. Elphinstone asked him, as lils jokhger was origi-. nally given by one of the great Rajas of Oattara, whether he would pay fealty and do service for it to the Raja or to tile BriiINII (evernment, and under the guafautee of the lattetaigelast the resumption of the Nil-fief, he elios# the former ; and Which homage and service, with the ifiregefitied of ildtge, is all the can demand, the fiscal add Judicialedffsinietration Jaa j ., • of the co entry being conducted by the Jaglleeieltne ifethlti remind the Court that to all tho ape pliettfititit dt CM Nei for )tistic_ i e he had not, to the (tity2 dtig*6l,..,;4llesr, hear.) Let him hear tio more, therefore; td these jegiteerdars.—(Hear , Heita:j It its elated that lie tted mede repeated refe rences td L a i !I'm?, it would appear, had no influence with his i I troOrinwent: Pinding that. he could obtain no ,justice from the fitiebety Govern itlefit, -Wee he not justified in sending tultliw td obtain it Y- - .- - (lieete hear) He was astotliste:`l that ateteral Lodwick should hate told the Raja that the rnd in g Waite of the 'Valieels would prove his ruin.—(llea,:, hear.) That Wm quoted to the lltafti's disadvantage, but he really . knew not on what grounds, that after Gene ral Lodwick's warning he persisted in sending the Va keels, Why, it was merely an application to that Hoe tiOtlfable Collrt.—(Hear, hear.) And how had that ap plication been treated ? With neglect.—(Hear, hear.) Theee men had come 15,000 miles by sea to sue for justice, ittid if they had been thieves and robbers they could not have been worse treated.—(Cheers.) The money they had brought with them, one or two thou send pounds, was expended—they were expecting a re= iiiittntiee from their master, and he (General Robertson) had lent them 130 L himself to keep them from actual went; He really could not conceive why they should treat the natives of India in that way.—(Loud cheers.) That being the state of thinee, the Raja having a thoirstital enemies, they all said; " Now is oar time ; the can easily accomplish his ruin." (Hear, hear.) All these machinations and designs arose as soon as it was seen that the Government would not do him justice. Then it was that his enemies Whinged down upon him.—(Hear, hear.) There could be it doubt about it. -Its to the charge of corrupting the gepoyg, only let them rend the evidence , and they would see that it was a lie from beginning to end.— (fletif.) He had been much accustomed, curing aapc riod or 61 years to taking the evidence of the native Indians, but he dcelareti he bad never seen a case so bolstered up as that was.—(Hear, hear.) He would not go through the whole of the case, but let them look at the eeklenee of the Brahmin, a fellow that would say anything, for these begging Brahmins were ready to go anywhere, and to do anything ; and why should he not g o fo tho geobriclare. He was the very man for them ; they knew elevilish well -.that he was a worthless fellow, but all they wanted was to get his evidence. Let the Court only look at the signs:— " Ist. When there is a rising or fight at Belasore, I will give you notice. 2d. When a disturbance takes place in Bombay, I will give you warning. 3d. When the Meigul army marches from Hyderabad towards Sat tare, I will also give you notice. 4. When the Hin doostan army arrives on this side the Nerbudda, I will also give you notice. Remember these four things. If any other disturbances take place in other parts of the &Vilify; till.ae no notice of them ; I am only concerned in those I have nowt Red to you. I have been making arra ngements for the akove business for b e en ma t six months." See how cautious he was. He had been making ar rangements for six months. Why the thing was ridi culous. He knew the Raja well ; and he was no fool. As reference had been made to character, he would, by and by, read to them Sir John Malcolm's letter, to show them what he thought of the Raja. Then it was said that the Princes of India were concerned in the pro posed insurrection. Why, reference had been made to them. and the devil a one of them knew anything about it —(Hear, and laughter.) " No further intelligence of consequence was received until yesterday, when, in a letter dated the 10th instant, the Resident at Sattara communicated to us some further important information, obtained through the two native officers who first denounced the plot, and which, we deeply lament to state, scarcely leaves a doubt that his Highness the Raja of Sattara has proved faithless to his engagements with the British Govern men t, an d t h a t h e is, at this moment, in league with other Powers to sub vert our authority in this country," N o w it would appear from this, that before the evi dence gone into, General Lodwick was of opinion that there was scarcely a doubt of his guilt, and that, by before they they had in vestigate d a s i n gle point. —(Near, and laughter.) It was clear, however, that Sir Robert Grant was most anxious to find him g uilt . We cannot for one moment., Suppose. that.his.fligh 'less the Raja of Sattara would have embarked in a de sign like that indicated in his conversation with the na tive officers, unless he felt quite confident of beg powerfully supported by the other Native Gayer= er its. Thur Honourable Committee are aware that the Govei n ment of SartWS Is one of our own cr3ation, and th tat the present Raja was raised by us from a prison to • a throne. His revenues do not exceed fourteen J'ac s of rupees per annum, and his military resources are e( temptible, and totally inadequate for the enterpris e tmdertaken. We must, therefore, believe that is 'as sociated with other Powers anxiously desiring to sl 'lake off our rule ; and we infer, that he looks to his H igh ness the Nizam, Scindia, and other native chiefs, to de clare against us, when their plans had been brough tto maturity." We must believe that he is associated with of her Powers ! Must believe it ! It would appear that no liberty of belief was left them. When the itaja was cal Jed upon to give up those men, he did so at once : " On entering. Colonel Lodwick observed th el, his Highness appeared much agitated ; but, on:expiainii ig the nature of his visit, and requiring certain persons to be given up, his Highness denied all knowledge of an y at tempt upon the fidelity of British troops, and expressed his firm belief that the result would establish the in mo cence of those accused. _ _ " On the Resident's requiring that immediate op ders should be given for their apprehension, his Highness; assured him that, within the space of two hours, they should be made over to him." _ _ The Hon. Proprietor who had last addressed th.& Court had said that that was a bad feature in the I:l:ajtes.. He quite disagreed with him, and he could sot. conceive anything that afforded a stronger proof of the, Raja's innocence. —(Hear, hear.) The Bombay GD rernment bad desired that the parties should have mo communication with the Raja, and the only communes don they had was in public. "The readiness with which the Raja complied wit our demand to surrender the accused parties appearet to us remarkable, and involved the case in greater un-- certainty ; more particularly as our Resident had re-- ceived private letters from the Resident at Hyderabad. and the Lieutenant-Governor of Agra, stating their total. disbelief of the concurrence of the liizam, on the one hand, and of Holkar and Scindia, on the other, in any plot against our Government." With regard to the Commission it appeard to be a. secret one, but why was the Raja excludea from it ? They obtained the evidence from the 'Raja, and although they affected great anxiety about his .rlig nity, they did not ask him whether he was guilty or not. After the examination had been completed, two Of the Members waited upon him with a letter from the Governor requesting him to attend the Commission —he did se. And here he would ask, was it not usual to Write out the minutes of the proceedings in the language of . the natives? The evidence in this case was written in Eng"' lish. The Baja, however, attends, and they read over to him the evidence of the Soobadars, which they said was all that concerned him. Now, he denied that that was all the evidence that concernedhim. He contended that copies of all the proceedings should have been given to him that he might inquire into them, and then come forward with his answer, his defence, and his evidence to rebut them. The whole case, in his opinion, should have been conducted by the Resident. The British Government, however, decided upon the evidence on one side, on evidence upon which he would not hang a dog.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.)l Sir Robert Grant appeared throughout to act rather as an advocate than a judge. He rejected everything that made for the Raja, and everything against him he received as gospel. Now with regard to the evidence of Ballajee Punt Nathoo ; that man gave evidence against the Raja, but there was not one word about the conspi racy in it. It was all, however, a godsend to the Com missioners, as it might tell against the Raja, and yet when the Raja came it was carefully kept from him. That man appeared to be acting as the friend of the ' Raja, and next day he was found coming with a message from the Raja to the Commissioners. He (General Ro bertson) recollected very well obtaining a village worth 3,000 rupees a year, at the solicitation of the Raja, for the very person who was styled the tried friend of the British Government. The Hon. Gentleman who had last addressed the Court had said that the authorities in India were blind to all the proceedings that had been going forward. But how could they discover that which had no existence ?—(Hear, hear.) He maintained that it was all false.—(Cheers.) An Hos!. PROPRIETOR—What is Major Anderson's opinion ? General ROBERTSON knew Major Anderson very well, but he did not value his opinion at all.—(Hear, and a laugh.) The fact was, there was a manufactory of lies at Sattara, and one man was paid 50 or 100 rupees every year, and thought it necessary that he should earn the money, by manufacturing a new set of lies every year. • The Raja was also charged with seducing his brother's wife. Now, the fact was, that the brother was such a beast, that his wife would not stay with him. He doubted if the Raja had ever heard anything about the Goa affair, except, perhaps, these designing people might have. endeavoured to enlist him in their cause. Then the petition of Sujabee came to the Government : that was another godsend for them. That was not sent down, he believed, until after Colonel Lodwick had been removed. Colonel Ovans' despatch proved the endeavours of these people to work on the Government. Govind Row Dewan was conveyed to Ahmednugger from Poona. " The absolute necessity of putting an end to the erroneous expectations of his release, in order to obtain the important information which Geerja bee and the parties named by her may be able to communicate, fully warrants his being placed under greaterpepymal restraint and stricter guard ; and under the injunction, that every attention be paid to his comfort and convenience compatible with those objects,. he will be subjected by the remeval to no hardship, of which a person, convicted as he has been, can with reason com plain. The following directions were issued for his treatment at Ahmednugger " The usual warrant should be addressed to the Judge of Ahmednugger. That officer should be in structed to place the prisoner in strict confinement, and to prevent his holding any communication with any per son besides his personal attendants, or those in whom the Judge has confidence. Every attention, compatible with the above object, should be paid to the prisoner's comfort and convenience. " The Judge should be further informed, that it is not unlikely the friends of Govind Row at Sattara and Poona will endeavour to communicate with him by letters. and that he should quietly adopt measures to intercept any communications of this kind and forward them to Government." He was sent, but there could be no doubt that in his ' confinement he had communication with his friends. There could be no doubt but that the Brahmin, when placed in the strictest confinement, could hold communi cations with his friend. They might be conveyed to him in his rice, or in a hundred different ways ; it was impossible to prevent it. He heard how things were going at Sattara, and got his lesson from thence. It would have been much better to have brought him to Sattara and entrusted him to the care of the Resident. He (General Robertson) believed that Govind Row Dewan had been interrogated during his confinement, and, if so, how could they attach any weight to his evi dence ? Shortly afterwards another native came forward to give evidence against the Raja. They considered this eat and important evidence, well calcutated to es -5-' ^ Bala guilt. Now that fellow was a SCOIIII • tablish en at the head of a gang to rob the trea • that would do anything —one who drel. He had wawa iiiiittimmore pap,_ t o-dayrob to-morrow. f 3 / I _,fi , _, vc" a kir', -rs to-a and Iwo pspers.. in possession impli a he had pawned This feller gAti , eating, After POP* ikgrbtitftliVß he a.- the papers for 900 rnly believe that any person could be foul who wk:Yld give si just st if at::•body would him 900 rupees for a tuft of papers.—(hear, heir, Pmd a laugh.) After a time, however, he gave them tsp, ann got a good price for them. It was a common practice in India to manufacture papers.—(Hear, hear, hear.) When he was in Candeish there had been a rising 1 , at Benlow. It had been put down, but at that time proclathations were scattered all over the country; bearing the Raja of Simard? , signature. They had been every one of them manufactured. No one ever suspected that the Raja of Sattara had anything to do with it. The men had been brought in and tried and condemned. While he was in Candeish a circumstance had occurred which proved the extent to which the ma nufacture of forged papers was carried in India. lie had conducted an investigation into about 1,700 cases, of persons who were in the annual receipt of pensions or charitable allowances. A large sum had been paid 'on properly his. by account of arrears of their pensions for four years, told in the fifth year one of the persons who cam e up to re ceiveman, I h v b i hispension b the as pension uswasual accompanied by was p c p to an investigation and into an examination of the on which this claim to a pension papers Was founded, and it turned out that the "whole was a for gery from beginning to end. The discovery of these forged certificates led to an investigation into the whole of the 1,700 cases. He had conducted it him self during his leisure time, h e h a d case, and of the 1,700 ca ses 2 00 were supportedexamined ) into iy every seals and false documents.—(Hear, hear ) There was a documents in India, regular manufactory of false * • and as to false seals they could get them made any where. Any goldsmith would cut one in a giffy —(Hear hear, and a laugh.) The evidence of the t • vas truth of those papers - attested—by whom? Why, by a gang of infamous rebels. The greater part of them were Brahmins. He had stated that the hostility of the Brahmins to the Baja was a religious hostility. They knew how inveterate that feel ing had been in this country in the darker ag es, when men burnt one ano th er on account of their religious dif ferences. There was a great deal of that feeling sub sisting at the present moment in India. The Brahmins were decidedly offended with the Raja , and he would appeal to all those who had been in India if there en ' e• ve ths any men in ex istence who would go togreig3trearhrnins. cheat, in support of their religion than the and commit (Hear, hear.) They would lie, every sort of outrage, if they thong c ould in any ht they manner forward the object s of their religion' . To show e Raa, he the hostility which the Brahmins bore to th which, when Reside j nt at would read part of a le tter w from lare, shortly after Sattara, he had received d the g overnment.g [The his Lordship had assumed the of an official Gallant Gentleman her him from Lord Clare, dated Oct. despatch received by It his Lordship stated that between 14, 1831, in whi ßra Brahmins had waited upon him in a 2,000 and 3,000 s t a te of exc itement, to preso nt a p etition complain ing of the great conduct of the R a j a of Sattara. His ord he had told the Brahmins he could not ship stated t hat a i n terfere, as the j R a h was an independent Prince , but Resident eak to the Raja on the sub he directed the that P o ring that he (Lord Clare) was ject, and to assure a t all times gl ad to uphold the Raja's dignity.] He (General Ro b er t s on) would bear testimony to t he sincere Clare desire of Lord Cl always to uphold the Raja's dig nity. Notwithstanding the disp utes that mi g ht }cave oc curred between _them - on. the subject of the jagheers. hs Highness was always treated with the greatest re spect, and on one occasion, when he came to visit Lord Clare at Poona, 7,000 troops were turned out to re. case. EVENING SISN . ceive him.—(Hear, hear.) Lord Clare h. sd desired him to assure the Raja that the Government - had no wish to interfere in the internal management of his territory. The petition which was inclosed in Lord Clare's letter complained that the Raja had deposed t. tie Brahmins from certain offices, and had confined them in the Car coons, and that by so doing he was destroyin i t thtir re ligion ; that he had given to the Carcoon.t. a.. Commis sioner to perform the popular rites of the Brahmin re ligion, which had .not been given by any of his ances tors, and which was not permitted anywhere= - and that he had ordered such of the Br a h m i ns as refused to- sub mit, to pay a tax ; that no one had paid it twillingly, but that for two years it had been forced from the peo ple ; that his Highness had been applied to, and had re fused redress. Now, very probably the C ourt m i ght think these charges 11 true. They were all false. The petition then complained that a Sepoy had taken off his shoe and struck a Brahmin, and that the Brahmin was, wounded. This might very probably happen in a scuffle. It then proceeded to set forth that the Brahmins: had been committed to prison, where nothiny, was given them but the fare usually given to criminals, which they had refused to eat. He (General Robertson) thought it extremely probable that they had refused to eat any food—it was a very common trick of the I:rahrnins, when they could not carry a point, to refuse to oat, and in that way they generally accomplished . their object, because native Princes were generally afraid of the consequences if one of these fellows should . die of starvation. This, therefore, was no new dispute be tween the Raja and the Brahmins. He (Genersl -RQ bertson) had, during the time he was resident at Sat tarn, been frequently appealed to by the Brahmins, but he had always declined to interfere, because even if he had been able to comprehend the nature of such a dis pute, he thought it better to give the parties an opportu nity of soothing their passionate:feelings by giving them vent, as the peace of the country was not likely to be disturbed by the dispute. He (General Robertson) re plied to the letter of Lord Clare, that it was , not the first time that those sort of attempts had been made by the Brahmins to procure the interference of the Gover nor, and that he had no doubt but that it had been done for the purpose merely of endeavouring to ascertain his Lordship's opinion of this dispute—that eight days be fore the Raja had liberated, of his own accord, the Brah min who had been placed in confinement—that he had not, as had been stated, been offered only the food Usually given to criminals, but that the Brahmin had re fused all food.—(Hear,, hear.) He had also a copy of another, letter in his possession, which he had written to Lord Clare, in which he informed .his Lordship that the Raja had expressed himself as willing to keep aloof from those disputes. He had also a rough draft of a minute of Sir J. Malcolm's,. -written sometime about the year 1829 or 1830, recom :vending that no interference should take place in their di ~ u tes with the Brahmins. The Brahmins had followed si r ;)". Malcolm in crowds during his first tour wherever he we , lt for the purpose of making complaints of the Ra j a. ; ut Sir John Malcolm had found it necessary pay any atte n ti on t o t h e i r comp l a i nts. Th e B ad been un ceas i ng i n t h e i r en d eavours to nljreure 1. They had even gon e so f ar as to de e never rahini ( t f ) Is no Hindoo. The Bramins finding they injure the could not succeed Icith the Government were determined to succeed somewhei%. It was they who had concocted this business at Goa. Any person who read the papers must be convinced of it. It was they who had laid their heads together to plot the Raja's ruin. Muhdeo Row Sickey had lived at Sattara. He went from Sattara to Goa; he had transactions at Goa. But what could they make out of the evidence of these people? What was there to im plicate the Raja? , They had seized all the Raja's papers, and not anywhere could they find any communication from the Raja to the Governor of Goa, or any letter from the Governor of Goa to him. Not one little fragmeat of anything like evidence of the connection between the Raja and Goa could they produce. He knew that the Raja kept a daily journal of everything that occurred ;- and frequently in his conferences with the Raja, the Raja had referred to that journal, to show what he might have said on a former occasion. The Bombay Govern ment said these letters were written by the Raja's accom plices. Now, the Raja was not the sort of man to dele gate his authority in such a way ; and could it be be lieved that he would depute such a trust to Brahmins— to those who were known to be his enemies?—(Hear, hear.) The Bombay Government had treated the Raja. harshly, and were desirous of justifying themselves. The following extract from the minutes of the sth May, show . that they felt that snch was their position:— Under these circumstances, however, it cannot he denied that the character of the Bombay Government is almost as deeply committed on the event of the present discussions, as that of the ruler of Sattara. We owe it, to ourselves to show that we have not acted lightly, or harshly, or credulously ; that, from first to last, we have had no object but the discovery of truth, and have taken no measures but such as that object justified ; that there were good and rational grounds for the several inquiries instituted, and that those inquiries have uniformly been prosecuted with judgment, with prtidenee, with all-prac ticable dispatch, and with the utmost consideration for the feelings and interests of individuals, which could be ma de to consist with a supreme regard to the ends of justice." 0 The fact is, they were quite as much on their trial as the Raja was. Now one objection struck him in limine to all their proceedings. The accused party had never had an opportunity of answering the charges. He had never seen the evidence.—(Hear, hear.) Reference had . been made to the practice of Courts of Justice in this country. He was not going to contend those practices ought to be followed out to the very letter in India. but the principles of justice were the same all over the world.—(Cheers.) Ntr - man euuhl -be --- convirted - of charges unless he -- had heard what those charges were, and the evidence by which they were supported. Even in declaring war against an independent Sovereign, the declaration always set forth the grounds on which the war was undertaken ; land if the Raja were dependent upon us, that was the more reason why we should treat him with justice.— (Hear, hear.) But then it was said that the Swamee of Sunkeshwur had visited the Raja, and that at his insti gation the Raja had been led to aiming at framing a con nection with the Portuguese at Goa. Now the fact was, the Swamee and the Raja were enemies ; they were at daggers drawn. It was true the Swamee had visited Sattara ; the Swamee was on his way to Nassuck ; what was more natural than that he should take Sattara in his road?—(Hear, hear.) But then it was slid that the Raja had worshipped the Swamee—why, the Swamee was by some thought to be a god. He was a Pope, among the Brahmins, at least ; and what could be more oatural, than that, going through Sattara, he should pay a vis:t to the Raja ; and that the Raja, on the terms he was with Brahmins, should pay attention to the Swamee, in order to conciliate his influence ? It should be re collected thataltnost all the witnesses against the Raja were Brahmins ; that almost all those with whom he was accused of conspirin' were Brahmins. Now let them re mamber that the Raja bated the Brahmins ; that he was training youths in the scfiools which he had established at Sattara for the purpose of s'ziperseding the Brahmins in the Government. Did they suppose that he would put his life and sovereignty in their power ? — (Hear.) .No doubt the Dewan had one consolation in giving evidence against his master, and that was, that i:e was supporting his caste. The whole was a manufactory of lies. These people might have written a letter to the Viceroy of Goa, and the Viceroy might have returned an answer ; and these papers might have remained in the Lufta. The Portuguese Governor's answer .may have remained there also. Did. they suppose that if the Raja had been really guilty, he would have suf fered them to remain there? The letter found there was in the handwriting of Wfteed ; and he stated that the letters had been sent to Goa, and returned by the Raja's directions. Now, if the Raja had made that. communication he would have had them sent to Sattara, but instead of that he showed no anxiety, at all about therm, although his life and sovereignty depended upon those letters. Was ' that likely ? Did they believe tha , t these letters were written by the authority o f the Raja : One of' the lettcri from Goa was said, undoubtedly, to they were fStara— bsteaatrodthtoebVeicta TrootsarkSigrotounree: w ß hi u c t h suSpirp.oßseobert Grant genuine- 7 if they were intended for the Raja o_ e,. in the why were they not sent ? Late. until Nana Wared was dead ' whose death-bed scene Sir Robert Grantvo‘-er the de! said ' he } almOst ritf4ten by. . this. wept. In the mystical l e tter lobert Grant nds . .a blackguard on his death-bed, 1,„ ,were they kcAt,tionof tie says that the eXpret solution of all the difficultiese to the 30,000 men than lions made use of in it of the Raja of Setters. . Num-- that it related to the t ro vo ln were to come from Goa: letters, dated the 6th of July., hers 10 and 11 wore re n e e r (General Robertson) mod , whose during the whole time, that they bad distress .ice‘li:rsmhwereere,thma.etrteheinpearssotanstein-of . not one courie not ' gangs to rob the Treatsury., oing about in were ac ~, tuall h Y h g ese letters in their possession; involving to rub against another ; that the 3r o l u i fle of h t a he B r a e .' m a ' a i w n a ed s it i t o - t h " b f t e , :a s t u a p t e -- . Could it'-._ be; • d that they would not have gone ' tes imagiiwd rupees iN l4t g b 'l eo l c : i m:ls ttte s h asQ t . r et el ,e l s k iv da is ß ettr ei a ll i j ia:rttu ? thih — teleYesYbea ( en‘ and Hearn tP°ht7Pß(l°2l;ear, poverty Y and have procured an ample sufficiency - from his f ears 7 These letters were not given up until they got 1 - or them. They might have been to Goa, r ; o rove that the Raja knew of it. This P e that to t h e were thatthe R in aj s a te ' sa instead g o e eats t s g , oi and u have put themselves at the head. itdd not i d n p o how ridiculous was it: i y uu sh d o e u r la the s eountry. He could not hut of s th ai a t n h g es a e tot l h e pe tters forgeries , ,because Don Manoel hacli ia d nkg that he had not had any correspondence with the Raja, and he did not think it noble man like Don Manoel could asset t a fa.‘ o • l3 °° d • On the one side he asserts that he Aid s at, and e. l the other they have the assertions of the robbers to the contrary. Raojee Kontenees said he kn„‘tvr Portuguese, and that he knew the Governor's sig- nature, and he was the evidence that explained these enigmatical letters, saying that such a word measie Eveulan, and such another, the man who was to sitcom eany him to England. Now, let them look at the ;reaty which was alleged to have been entered into between the; Raja and the Portugu ese Government, and which was 0., document of the hig hest importance. He would read it:— " Art 1. Sets forth that the English had swal lowed up the Raja's dominions, and that, to aid in re capturing them, the King of Portugal is to furniiih 30,000 troops, or such number as may be considered nes cessary, with gunpowder and shot. The Raja to defray. their monthly pay, from the date of their departure until_ the termination of the project, together with the ex pense of ships, sailors, and gunpowder and shot. " Art. 2. After the territories, forts, districts, poste, and tributes held under the Administrationof m;hahow- Row Narrain are recovered, the Raja ;agrees to retain. 12,000 Portuguese troops, and to assign territory of the , annual value of one crore of rupees for their support, and ,: A t A h r e rt.t h . 3 o: P o N r r a ia r sto y i trea t men t ;ee rs stores captured capturedo the f duringrt a d s h a h . b th e e lo w n:to Va t - h be e Raja; with as both parties may consent. European stores to be divided between boll parties. " Art. 5. Of whatever new country may titskon, ex.- 137