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

MORNING SUN THE RAJA OF SATTARA. INDIA HOUSE.—FRIDAY. The Adjourned Meeting of the Proprietors of East India Stock again assembled yesterday, George Lyall, Esq., M.P., Chairman. The debate was resumed by ' Mr. WARDEN, a Director, who said, that ever since he had returned from India he had taken every opportu nity of making himself master of the proceedings relat ing to the Setters 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 Raja was guilty—(Hear, hear)—and that he had justly incurred the penalty of forfeiture. The evidence was before 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 round 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 LODWICK—I . beg to say that I merely sent down the depositious ; I made no comment upon them at all. Alla 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 it was upon the information communicated by him that the Government of Bombay originated the whole of the proceedings. After he sent down the depositions spoken of, the Resident was engaged in obtaining infor mation from every quarter in which it was likely to be got — General LoDWICK—I was directed to observe the most perfect secrecy.—(Loud cries of " Order, order.") Mr. WARDEN—WeII, the Resident found it necessary 4.0 obtain further information ; and upon the receipt of the information by the Bombay Government a Commis sion of Inquiry was appointed, which went into the in vestigation, and ultimately pronounced an opinion, not precisely condemning the Raja, but finding that there was a case of strong suspicion that the information ob tained by the Resident was correct ; but at the same time recommended. the Raja to the most merciful con sideration of the Government.--(Hear, hear.) The Bombay Government were also of opinion that the evi dence was not sufficient to condemn the Raja.—(Hear, hear.) The Government of India, however, entertained 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 proceedin g s againgt 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 punished 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 'Bombay .Government awarded to the treachery of ehe i i 4ja- Immediately, however, after the sentence was pronounced, the Bombay Government received informa tion from the mother of the Dewan, which entirely al tered their views ; and he must observe that the Raja had , . been much applauded for his conduct in surrendering 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 auspices, and by his direc tions, was only a proof of his duplicity and cunning.— (Ilear, hear.) The mother of the Dewan, seeing that ;he Raja would not protect her son, and, in the hopes of obtaining his release, gave informa tion to the British Government, and that information led to an exposition of the whole conduct of the Raja by means of that Commission. Now in his opinion the Government greatly erred in appointing that Commission, for .by so doing they converted that which was a mere political transaction into a grave judicial inquiry.— (Hear, hear.) The case was a simple one, and.according to the principles of international law no judicial inquiry whatever was necessary. An Hon. Proprietor had yes terday led them through all the forms and proceedings of the 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- Aituted of the petty Princes around ? Nay, it was ridi- eulous to pursue the theme any . further, for it was mo rally impossible to carry on the inquiry in any other way ' lean by sending the charges to the Raja.—(Hear, hear.) The Raja said he denied die 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 possession of his territories under the treaty. It was a great national question, and having once inter ibred in it, it was quite impossible that it could have been disposed of otherwise. It had been frequently ob ,erved 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 emining 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. It undoubtedly was in his power to put a stop to the proceedings at any moment when he 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 LODWICK was again on his legs, but was interrupted by Mr. MENzIES, 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 LODWICK had only interrupted the Hon. ' Director because lie had not heard his observations. Mr. Wiortam 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 . had a right to cross-examine all witnesses brought before them. After the receipt of the information from the mother of the Dewan a different course of proceeding was adopted. Lieut-Colonel ()vans was employed to collect evidence. Sir Robert Grant intended in the first instance that a statement should he 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 Ovens, had stated that it was wholly unnecessary ' to prolong the investigation, for they would have pro duced evidence against the Raja which was so strong that they must have proceeded at once to act upon it. It was impossible to carry on the proceedings without at once suspending the Raja, which, as Sir James Carlin justly said, would wholly lose him the respect of his subjects. Many Honourable Proprietors, and amongst others Mr. Salomons, had taken up a most erroneous view of the case. In his speech on Wednes day he said that the charges made against the Raja were most indefinite, and he maintained that the treaty en tered into with him had first been broken by the Eng lish.—(Hear, hear.) Now how was it possible to meet such a general charge ? He could only do it by giving the charge a general denial, by generally denying that the English had ever broken the treaty.—(Cries of "Oh.") He said that British faith had been maintained inviolate since the British flag was first unfurled in India.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") The Jagheerdars were placed under the S overei g nty of the Raja ; but he was so bound down— his hands were tied so strongly—that he could per form no one act of sovereignty over them, because . they, having the option, chose to place themselves under the protection of the British authorities ever since the accession. of the Raja to the throne. He had shown an ardent desire to degrade the Jagheer dars, he had throughout that time shown the most ava rreious disposition, and a great desire to obtain their Possessions. Dnring the whole of the debate, the cha racter of the ex-Raja had been greatly applauded, but, in his. opinion, most mistakenly so. His down fel . was closely interwoven with his conduct ever " : since - his being placed upon the throne. Even in . knee when he had been only two years possessed of eiebeetsovereign authority, he commenced his intrigues eith other Princes. He was informed by the Resident upon several occasions of the danger he ran in holding 4 such communications with foreign Princes, but all to no use, for he uniformly displayed great tact and cunning w'firi any accusations were brought against him. In a minute by Mr. Anderson it was stated that there was nothing in the character of the Raja more remarkable ;hail that he should have for so long a period and so suc cessfully carried on the deception which he had practised upon those officers, who were generally men of great abi lity, who had been accredited to his Court by the British Government. It must have been the fault of the Residents, for not one of them, from Captain Grant downwards, but had warned him of his danger ; yet they took no other steps to bring his conduct before the proper au thorities. Even Lieutenant-Colonel Ovens said that the Baja was particularly friendly until he thought the English had treated him badly in relation to the Jagheerdars. But that question had , Hot the slightest relation to these proceeding, and if he had obtained for himself that influence which as a Resident at the Court of a native Prince he ought to have done, he would have restrained the Raja and have averted his anger. The same Gallant Colonel men lions the names of two individuals who had obtained great influence over the Raja, and he stated that it was the common opinion in Sattara that they would be the cause of his ruin. That opinion had been realised. The Raja had been misled by them. He hid received repeated warnings, but he had still gone on in a course which was inconsistent with British safety. Had ee reposed more confidence in the British Residents and laced less in his favourites and some Brahmins, who surrounded him, he might still have been safe, but his a m biti on was to restore the Indian empire ' • 1w the expulsion of the British. Sir Robert Grant in . this, as in every other instance, had shown the utmost sagacity and f ores i g h t. H e 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 Raj a were sufficiently foolish and extravagant as to make them _ more a matter for laughter than of I ;e: ti ie; that the Raja's best hope was, : - that ..e z. n e ° epos :n rotti l isi e b ma e nan i d e 7 _erxctr.rnia3l,dag.alnetnddeshiigsns.minNdowto, chat was extred argued bee e _ tie in which the case had been P :" i vireo:Ito)" and several other Proprietors; -.1 S ~~, THE SUN, LONDON, SATUnDAY, JULY 17, 1841. nor could there be any two opinions upon the point. The designs were of the most preposterous and the wildest of any that ever 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.—(Hear, hear.) Application had been made to Don Manoel for an expla nation, or a refutation, of so much of 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 Raja ; to whom it was given, or for what, they did not know. It was wholly unnecessary for him 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 Hon. Deputy-Chairman.—(Hear, hear.) Before he went out he was favourable to the Raja, and he went out with power to settle, and save the Raja if possible ; but when he arrived at his Govern ment 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 he did towards the Raja in justification of the proceed ings which the Government felt themselves obliged to adopt. The Raja, however, refused to agree to the first article of the treaty because he said he was an honest man and not guilty. He said I will not subscribe to the first article, because when the original treaty of 1819 was submitted for my signature, I refused to give it three different times. He (Mr. Warden) said that the Raja ought not to be believed, for in that he had spoken a most distinct falsehood, for Captain Grant, in his letter of the 27th of September, said that the treaty was given in to the Raja on the 22d—that he had several interviews, 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 xi 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 red-action of Missoura,when three lacs of rupees fell into the hands of the captors, they consisted chiefly of family jewels and plate, and the Commissioners did not think it judiciou s to deprive the succeeding Prince of property which had belonged to the State. In the pre sent case, amongst other property of the ex-Raja of Sat tara, there was in money value of buildings, four lacs, and 700,000 rupees. It appeared that an application was made by tho ex-Raja to Lord Elphinstone, and he recommended the Supreme Government to advance the Raja two lacs of rupees, 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. He would remind the Court also of an expres s-on of the Raja, when General Briggs was endeavouring to restrain his rapacity—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 Raja 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 Duillay - s, 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 liistna 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 province of Beejapore, 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 whether they belonged to the Raja, and whether he exercised jurisdiction over thein. 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 General 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 ; 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 Raja's 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. LUSHINGTON 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 he would refer to Mr. Elphin stone's instructions to Captain Grant, dated Bth April, 1818, in which he said— " The limits which I intend to propose to his Excel cellency the Most Noble the Governor-General for the Raja's territory, are the river Neera on the north, the Kishna and Wurna on the south, the Peishwa's frontier on the east, and the ghauts on the west. The ghauts themselves, and the forts which command them, will probably be annexed to the Southern Concan, and the eastern frontier will probably be improved and defined, by arrangements with the Government of his Highness the Nizam. I have guarded against disappointment on this last head, by acquainting the Raja that his country would only extend to Punderpoor. I have likewise apprized the Raja that all jagheer lands will be excepted from the proposed grant." Now, then, it was clear that all the jagheer lands were excluded. He did not pretend to give an opinion of his own upon the matter, but there was a great deal of doubt existing as to the meaning of the passage.—(Hear.) Mr. LEWIS said the Hon. Gentleman had left off just at th 3 very point which would give an explanation. It was as follows : " The extent to which this last declaration is acted on will, however, depend on circumstances. If the Raja's conduct or our own policy should make his Excellency the Governor-General desirous of cir cumscribing his authority, the whole jagheer of the Prithee Nidhee, resumed by Bajee Row, may be re stored to him to be held of the British Government, and the jagheers, now held by Gokla, Rastia Jaun RoW Naik Nimbalkur, and others within the limits in ques tion, may either be left as jagheers, or resumed by the British Government without the Raja's being entitled to claim any part of them ; this would leave the Raja no more than six or seven lacs of revenue. If, as is more probable, it should be the wish of the Most Noble the Governor-General to increase the Raja's consequence, he can be allowed to hold all between the most extended of the limits above noticed that already belongs directly to the Government, or may hereafter be resumed, and the Jagheerdars who are allowed to remain may hold their lands of him, with the exception of the Putwurdhuns, w homit might be i nconven i en t t o connect w i th the raja, as th e greater part o f their lands lie on the south ern bank of t h e lii s h na, and whose inclinations we are, an moreover, bo un d to consult b efore we place them under y government but our own." General ROBERTSOV resumed—He contended that baenedn no sent w it was with the with the - and with the treaty only they had h to tiv d e o, i tthm R re f l e e r t e t e n r e s e o to r i i t n . s t ru li c e t i m o , n o s o l t d h a n t o w might to the Co urt an in order to shagowainticiract fro the letter of the ex-aja's Vakeels, t o the extract ,e ur n t a t o o f r l e )i o rec t. t t o h r e s , e o d n a s t p e r a J y an . t h 7 a , t lB h 4 a o d , Highness also alludes, in hi s l e tt er t o y our Ho nourable him , e , n nis got :-- Court, t o the fact having lent money tolliis Highness's Jagheerdars, have t l hat some of his enemies, in n ordere tocontrol free r tol vimposede in preventing their alienation of the lands an d re themselves from th e c h ec k ib:hein induced, chh s Highness's s their debtors—to which hi s ottuee:s isof th e es t a t es o f the eventual s uccessor—to lend themsel ves to the object accom plishing his Highness's ruin. It s, certain, that a strict inquiry as to how the question of the jurisdiction of his Highness ov er cert •am Jagheer dars came to be agitated (and was so persev 'ri maintained, even after the orders of your n o e or n A l l y e Court), would show, that it originated with Ballajee Punt Nathoo, a person who has occupied a prominent position in all the measures of persecution against his Highness ; and who, finding his Highness would be a great obstacle to his designs on the jagheer of the Punt Suchew—to whom 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, hear.) With regard to the succession to these jagheers, he would refer the Court to his letter to Mr. Elphinstone, dated 13th August, 1827, when the Pecul 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— " That his Highness should be informed of the inten tions of the British Government as to the property of . the Suchew within its limits in case of adoptioli,..., " That he should be apprized 'whether iu tlio opinion of Government any difference should be made in the con ditions that it may be thought advisable to offer, in ca,3e 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 the present Suchew's own f am il y. " . . There had been about that time considerable discussion with respect to these villages, and in the answer 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 observe, that he having no personal claims on the British Government in the event of his death without any rela. tion entitled to succeed him, it will rest with the 114‘ja 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.—(Hear, 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 man 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 Baja wasittlly entitled to retain the jagheer, and th a t if h e was 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 heers 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 total 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. LIISHINGTON hoped the Hon. Director did not mean 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 f rom th e R a j a ' s sovere i gnty ; but the Jagheerdar 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 serving the. Lord paramount with a military force, was bestowed on him by the British Government, Mr. Elphinstone asked him, as his jaghcer was origi nally given by one of the great Rajas' of Sattara, whether he would pay fealty and do service for it to the Raja or to the British Government, and under the guarantee of the latter against the resumption of the jagheer, he chose the former ; and which homage and service, with the prescribed number of horse, is all the Raja can demand, the fiscal and judicial administration of the country being conducted by the Jagheerdar. Now, _he would remind the Court that to all the ap plications of the Raja for justice, he had not, to the present. day, got an answer.—(Hear, hear.) Let hi m hear no more, therefore, of these jagheerdars,—(Hear„ hear.) It was stated that he had made repeated refe rences to General Lodwick, who; it would appear, had no influence with his own Government. Finding that he could' obtain no justice from the Bombay Govern ment, was he not justified in, sending home to. obtain it ?—(Hear, hear.) He was astonished that General Lodwick should have told the Raja that the sending home of the Vakeels would prove his ruin. —(Hear, hear.) That was quoted to the Raja'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 Ho nourable Court.—(Hear, hear.) And how had that ap plication been treated ? With neglect.—(Hear, hear.) These men had come 15,000 miles by sea to sue for justice, and 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 sand pounds, was expended—they were expecting a re mittance from their master, and lie (General Robertson) had lent.them 1301. himself to keep them from actual want. He really could not conceive why they should treat the natives of India in that way.—(Loud cheers.) That being the state of things, the Raja having a thousand enemies, they all said, " Now is our time ; we 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 pounced down upon him.—(Hear, hear.) There could be no doubt about it. As to the charge of corrupting the Sepoys, only let them read the evidence, and they would see that it was a lie from beginning to end.— (Hear.) He had been much accustomed, during a/pe riOd of 32 years to taking the evidence of the native Indians, but he dfclared h e h a d 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 evidence 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 go to the Soobadars. He was the very man for them ; they knew devilish 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 18 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 Mogul army marches from Hyderabad towards Sat tarn, I will also give you notice. 4. When the Hin ddostan 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 country, take no notice of them ; lam only concerned in those I have mentioned to you. I have been making arrangements for the above business for the last sii months." See how cautious he was. Ile 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 thug 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 infbrination, 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 Government, and that he is, at this moment, in league with other Powers to sub vert our authority in this country." otihveriet NlNv7ausldsaaprpeeealyr a fr d om oub t t hi o s ; t h h i a s t gl be li f l o t r , e the evi dence was gone into, General Lodwick was of opinion. t.—(Hear, and laughter.) and that, p th o a i N t n by G—, before they they had .investigated a . single that Sir Robert Grant Inos l t t al 'a x s io c us lea t r o : fi h t o i l d ve h v i e t r n , guil VV:e—can not for one moment suppose that his High ness the MO of Sattara would have embarkedin a de 04# like that indicated in his conversation with .the Ow officers, unless he felt quite confident of being „ • powerfully supported by the other Native Governmenti. Your Honourable Committee are aware that the Govern ment of Sattara is one of our own creation, and that the present Raja was raised by us from a prison' to a throne. His revenues do not exCe i lid fourteed'lmCd of rupees per annum, and his militaiNtesources temptible, and totally inadequate foil fie enterprise he has undertaken. We must, therefore, belieie that 14 AS , sociated with other Powers anxiously desiring to shake off. our rule ; and we infer, that he looks to his High= ness the Nizam, Scindia, and ether native chiefs, to de dare against us ) wheat their plans had been brought to maturity.” We must believe that he is associated *ith other rovers ! Must ,believe it ! It teuld appear that no liberty of belief was left them. When the Raja was called upon to give up those men, he did to at once : " On entering, Colonel Lodwiek observed that his Highness appeared much agitated ; but, on explaining the nature of his visit, and requiring certain persons to be given up, his Highness denied all knowledge of any at tempt upon the fidelity of British troops, and expressed his firm belief that the result would establish the inno cence of those accused. " On the Resident's requiring that immediate or 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 the Court had said that that was a bad feature in the Raja'e case. He quite disagreed with him, and he could not conceive anything that afforded a stronger proof of the Raja's innocence. —(Hear, hear.) The Bombay Go vernment had desired that the parties should have ne communication with the Raja, and the only ceminnnica tion they had was in public. " The readiness with which the Baja complied with our demand to surrender the accused parties appeared 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 Ara., stating their total disbelief of the concurrence of the Nizain,,on the one hand, and of Holket and Scindia, on the other, in any plot against our tovernment." With regard to the Commission it appeared to be a secret one, but why was the Raja exOuded from it ? They obtained the evidence -froffi the Raja, and although they affected great anxiety about his dig 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 so. And here he would askovas 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 Raja, 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.) Sir Robert Grant appeared throughout to act rather as an advocate than a judge. He rejected everything that made for the Baja, and everything against him he received as gospel. Now with regard to the evidence of Ballajee Punt Nathoo ; that man gav6 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 coining 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 th a t it was all false.—(Cheers.) An HON. 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 e v e r y year. The Raja was a l so carged 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 greater personal 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 removal to no hardship, of which a person, convicted as he has been, can with reason cum plain." - The following directions were issued for his treatment at Ahmednugger t— " 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 olkject, 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 States, Mid Poona will endeavour to communicate withhim by letters. and that he should quietly adopt measures to intercept any communieations of this kind and forward them to Government." lie 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 I#l4lthinin, when placed in the strictest confined - lent, Could hold communi cations with hie Mend. 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 e how could they attach any weight, to his evi. deuce Shortly afterwards another native came forward to give evidence against the I4a. They considered this as great and important evidence, well calcutated to es tablish the Raja guilt Now that fellow was a scoun • drel. lie had been at the head of a gang to rob the trea sury. He was a fellow that would do anything—one who would manufacture false papers to-day and rob tc.ihorrow. This fellow said he had papers hi hiS possession impli cating, After some negiitiation he said he had pawned the papers for 900 rupees, just as if anybody would believe that any person could be found who would give hint 900 rupees for a tuft of papers.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) After a time, however, he gave them tip, chit got a good price for them, It was a common practice in India to manufacture papers.--(Hear, hear, hear.) When he was ht Candeish there had been a rising at Benlow. It had been put down, but at that time proclamations were scattered all over the country, bearing the Raja of Sahara's tratOre, the. m m y had been every one of theist , INTO lOhe lAVer suspected that the Raja of Samara had anything to do with it. The men, bad litiekit IP:night in and tried and condemned. While he was in Candeish a circumstance had occurred which proved the extent to which the Mat nutheture of forged papers was carried in India. He had conducted an investigation. into 'Rhein 1.700 osess, o persons who were in the annual receipt a lienSiOM blx charitable allowances. A large 611111 had been paid on account of arrears of their pensions for four years, 'and in the fifth year one of the persons who came up to %re ceive his pension as usual was -accompanipa ikylotikej: man, who said the pension was properly Mr. • Thit led to an investigation and into an 4. 0114' 4 0* on which thi s claim. to it Ifte'ersiVA \VA ..1 1 ,0eu,, and it turned. out tlifs.t Ore Whn% was a for gery from beginnim tO end. The discovery of these forged certificates led to an investigation iota the whole of the 1,700 cases. He had coTtufed it self during his leisure time, he had , AlliiiWCA : lin`o b'VeYt case, and of th e 1,700 caseswel'e i t i v : l f t it itt t ctor tl y t fa seals and f a l se d ocumen ts,—(l-lear, hVar.) T 5 w , V4,3 %,L;4,1 a regular manufactory to false seals th e y could tet *tent made any where. Any goldsmith inohs la tit ddaiii*.tl; in India, and as laugh.) The o . t idence of the truth of those papel‘anibs attested—by Wh W om? hy, giffy.—(Hear, hear, and a by a gang Of febels; The that tile hostility the lArahniiiiS t'la`i ft religious hostility. Thqr WO* IkT,',` inveterate that feel great, part of thpm. httd t'ca6q ing had leeent etlintry in the darker ages, when ttYClittrikt, Me another on account of their religious dif ferences. There was a great deal of that feetibg sub sisting at the pr esent momen t i n diet. the Betthinthi were decidedly offended with . the Ilajn and he Would appeal to all those who had been in India . if there Were any men in existence who would go t'o,oet.ler in support o f their refigrroh than thb Brahinins.— (Hear, hear,). 4 he would lie, cheat, and commit every sort of outrage, if they thought they could in any manner forward the objects of their religion. To show the hostility which the Brahmins bore to the Raja, he would read part of a letter which, when Resident at Sattara, he had received from Lord Clare, shortly after his Lordship had assumed the government. [The Gallant Gentleman here read portions of an official despatch received by him from Lord Clare, dated Oct. , 14, 1831, in which his Lordship stated that between. .2;000 and'3,ooo Brahmins had waited upon him in a state ofgreatexcitement, to presont a petition complain ing of the conduct of the Raja of Sattara. His Lord ship. stated that he had told the Brahmins he could not interfere, as the Rajah was an independent Prince, but he directed the Resident to speak to the Raja on the sub ject, and to assure that Prince that he (Lord Clare) was at all times glad to uphold the Raja's dignity.] He (General Robertson) would bear testimony to the sincere desire of Lord . Clare always to uphold the Raja's dig nity. Notwithstanding the disputes that might have oc curred between them on the subject of the jagheers. his 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 wep tuxncd out to re ceive him.—(Hear, hear.) Lord Clare had 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 the Brahmins from Cettain ofgces l Etila had. ronfinell. thorn ill tho Car enOns ) tilhtis33. SO tiding he was destroying their re ligttin that he had giten to the Careoons a Commis sioner to perform the popular rites of the Brahmin re ligion, which had nut beeh givenchy ally of his Odes: tors, and whiCh Wits ii'dt_ ahyWhere ; and that he hid eidefed such of the Brahmins as refused to sub to pay a tax ; that no one had paid it willingly, 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 Court might think these charges all 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 nothing was liven 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 Brahmins, when they could not carry a point, to refuse to eat, and in that way they generally accomplished their object, because native Princes were generally afraid .of the eonsequehees i l l' one of these fellows should die of starvation. This, therefore l was no new dispute lit: tween the Raja and tir I<#rslNrtiiilSt lb (dtheftll bertsoh..) thifllik the time he was resident at Sat thlia, 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 tui opporttiz pity of soothing their pas'iltitilitefeelings by giving them vent s t. , .1 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 bx the Brahmins to procure the ititeffertilde 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 stilted, been offered only the fbod 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 mending that no interference should take place in their disputes with the Brahmins. The Brahmins had followed Sir J. Malcolm in crowds during his first tour wherever he went for the 'purpose of making complaints of the Raja ; but Sir John Malcolm had found it necessary never to pay any attention to their complaints. The Brahmins had been unceasing in their endeavours. to injure the Raja. They had even gone so far as to de clare that he was no Hindoo. The Bramins finding they could not succeed with the Government were determined to succeed somewhere. 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 fragment of anything like evidence of the connection between the Raja and Goa could th e y p ro d uce . H e k new th at t h e 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 Baja 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 such was their position:— " Under these circumstances, however, it cannot be 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 prudence, with all prac ticable dispatch, and with the utmost consideration for the feelings and interests of individuals, which could be made to consist with a supreme regard to the ends of justice." 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, Ile 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.) No man could be convicted 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 Soveregn, the declaration always set forth the grounds on which the war was undertaken ; and 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 Stielteshwurhad vieited the . Baja, and that at his insti gation the Raja had been led to aiming at fretting a eon' 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 hi his road?—(Hear, hear.) nut thee It was said 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 natural, than that, going through Sattara, he should pad; a visit to the Raja i and that the, Raja, on the terms lii~ wits with I Brahm- should ns, pay attention to the Swamee, in order tnconciliate his influence ? It should be re collected that almost all the witnesses against the Raja were Brahmins ; that almost all those with whom he was accused of conspiring were Brahmins. Now let them re member that the Raja hated the Brahmins ; that he was training yontlis itt the schools which he had established ttt, Sattara fur the purpose of superseding the Brahmins in the Government. Did they suppose that he would put his life and sovereignty in their power ?—(Hear.) No doubt the DeWatt had one consolation in giving evidence itgithist his Master; and MO Was; that he was supporting hit taste. The-whole wag a manuracicify of lies; These people might have written a letter to the Viceroy Via' Goa, and the Viceroy might have returned an answer ; and these papers might have remained in the Lufta. The Portuguese Out-et-noes answer tti4 hate re,mained tia - AaIEO, 1)Id they suppose that it the Raba had been really guilty, he would have suf fered them to remain there? .The letter found there was in the handwriting of Waeed ; and he stated that the letters had been gent to Goa. ; and returned by the itaja.'g direttions; Now; if the Raja hid made that enenniffnicatibii lit/ Would have had dim stilt to Statftra l hut instead of that he showed no anxiety at all about them, although his life and sovereignty depended upon those letters. Was that likely ? Did they believe that these letters Were Writiefi4 , the atitlibrity ief the Raja ? One of the letters froth itad ifttataithiefil,; to Vag. the.Vie&oy's Sitattire; which Sir Robert Griiiit stntd tai he, a renittrit' l€ ,Btft, supppse they were gefillifie—if,they were intended the Rapt I Sattaric— why were they not sent ? Why .Were lie It the Lufta until Nana Witeettikai deadi if t er the de. of of whose dottfaltid sail OHIO, Wept: in the mystical letter written by this .blackguard on his death-bed, Sir Robert Grant finds a sAition fill itiedifffciitltibli ws 0 . 14 the expres , •• SlOili Use of in it icier Id e MAP were to come from Goa: Ile (General licibert#on) said that it related - tb tile Fla i the Ita l ia Of sattara: Num lile4 said II *bre Jive- letters; dated the §tli of July. N'oVfr, it shiinld lie ternembbred that the persdits in Whose thge itt ffe , tri ! ( AlstMS ine whOle time, tnac they PM not not one cowrie to rub against another ; that they were actually going about in gangs to rob the Treasury. .Now, with these. jettpH ih tlicic nti4Agsol6lll; iitiblving lite. 'Oldie :Raja; Was it to • tie sup VaSed that they ientild ,hate - remained jti this state 15 'f 1 1 ' 3 V tlottitl It he Iniiio;ink‘. they would not have gone to the Raja, and have procured an ample sufficiency from his fears ? These letteq, were nOt i giVeh pntil thei,got 400 rupees.foir thelilt ,iffight, 17114 d .18 Rolf; l!it hot pr'ch that the Raja knew Ot This arkid not Vote 114,t they Were the Raja's agents; and kleltl4B IRS it that ttfst ti tai biri tl3 lfb Ttajit they should have put themselves at the head of a gang to plunder the country. He could 'not but think these letters forgeries, because Don Manoel had • said that he had not had *ti ehi:re;3tfdticlettee Avkth the litt a; and he did' not thi n k a . noiale- OMali lie Cott Mattoel could assert a falsehood. il lle LiggH4§ ihiti dld it anyl,en the Other they barb tile assertions .0e the fonlide . tite • Ontral: , IPntetios old he line* And MU lib HO the 4(ho;Vbe i lliez nature, and he was the e v id e n ce th a t ex plained these enigmatical letters, saying that such a word meant Elwin, and stTch another, • the man win, was t9gCC9III - to ff-nglend;, Nori letthern d loolt at the treaty which leas alleged to h ave been enießt: !Pfq tkt.iVeco the Raja and th e P or t uguese G overnment, an d which ‘c.l.t tf document of the highest importance. He would read it:— " At't 1, lets Mil that the English had swal lowed tip the Rila's dominions, and tle, to aid in re capturing them, the king of Portugal Is to furnish 30,000 troops, or Well number as May be considered tie. .cessary, with gunpowder and shot: The Raja to defray their monthly.pay, from the date or 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, posts, and tributes held under :the Administration of Muhdhow Row Narrain gra recovered, the Raja ;agrees to retain 12,000 Portug uese t roo p s , an d t o ass i gn territory of the annual value of one crore of rupees for their support, and the honorary treatment of the Pa.dshah. " Art. 3. Prisoners captured during the war to be dealt with as both parties may consent. Native sbirescaptured to belong to theTtaja; European stores to be diiided betwes n both parties. " Art, 5, Qf Whatever new eotmsty may po taken, ex , • „.... elusive of that which was held by Muhdhow Row Nar rain, a third share is to be given to Portugal. " Art. 6. The Portuguese ports and country in the possession of the'English to be recaptured and made over to Portugal.. ". Art. 7. Refugees from the country of one party not to be admitted in the country of the other party without consent. " Art. 8. After war has commenced, should the Eng lish sue for peace, nothing is to be done except by mu tual consent, mid no, pence should be concluded sepa rately. " Art. 9. This tuhnameh is transmitted to you (Don Miguel), with other papers, through Don Manoel de Portugal e Castro, Governor and Capitan-General of Goa, in whom we have full confidence, in order to re lieve our ryots who have been much ruined by the Eng lish. "Art. 10. The Itaja to prepare and send any native l i stores which linty be required to the Governor-General. Friendship to continue between the parties for ever • and any other stipulations, o• tendin to the prosperity ofboth States,' to- be proposed by the e King of Portugal, and taken into consideration by the Raja. " Art. 11. No treaty to be concluded or negotiations entered into with any tigopoin or Native State, except with the sanction of the two State* or Portugal and of the Chutraputtee (Raja of Sattara). " Thf Mtn , Xo. 6 is not in its proper place, ti7 d should have been No: 5 ; for it must ha regarded as t; supplemental artiele of the treat' ; It 'is of MG AMR date its,7 ahti 8, tend iii it tJib 1 *fite; Wheti the intentions of the tuhnamehs (agreements) SeliiifAtOk Wit • to you are accomplished, in order that friendship nidY continue as long as the sun and moon endure, out of our own grace and of our own free will, we agree to grant yott ti tenpin WOO' fire lacs of rupees per annum.' " It certainly fequifed a gfeitt dew df efedujity to believe that that was the production of any mall :101S6A and he knew the Raja was a man of sense. It was said by these witnesses that these papers had been sent to Don Manoekand had then, by the Raja's desire, been kot baclC again ; bill It the Dito feared the existence of these papers, could it be believed that lid i oelii not have got them back himself, and destroy them? He (lit no such thing There could be no • doubt but that: these papers had been concocted by the Brahmins to'ruin. the Raja, and although Sir Robert Grant might belieVe thetti genuine ; lie (General Robertson) was sure . that I'M other person could do go: Let them look at the' letter. supposed to be written by the Raja when under the prehension that the plot would be discovered— " No. 9 is an original letter from the Raja to the Go vernor of Goa, dated the 15th January, 1835. It acknow ledges a letter from the Governor of the 15th May, in which he had written, •As soon as an answer comes from the principal place it will be communicated.' • The Raja then observes, Here the enemy has given' the news of the principal place, which has caused apprehensions and many suspicions, and the Vakeel has been written to to communicate. You being a perfect friend will do all that is conducive to my prosperity, but at present all things have assumed a different aspect, and the affair here being very delicate, at some time may tend to my ruin. Who are my foes is already known to you, there fore, in order that the intentions of the purpose here may not transpire at all, deliver up all the papers which may appertain here to the confidential Vakeels of this Go vernment. Nago Deorao and Eshwunt Row (Raojee Ito tenees). is lt not your wish that any mishap should befit' me. Being so convinced, anything which may give a trace to the enemy should not be done ; there fore, whatever is secret keep in your mind, and contri bute to my easiness (of mind). A communication of several paragraphs is addressed to the Vakeels, to which return replies, and I will adopt means accordingly.' In conclusion, the Governor is invited to attend the mar riage of the Raja's daughter; and the Rajah states that he is anxious for an interview,' and promises to make provision for the Governor's journey." This was a good way for them to account for their having these papers, but why had not the Raja had the papers sent back to him. All the information about Don Miguel, contained in the letters, was well known in India, from the communications with Goa and the Bombay papers. Throughout these transactions, it had been assumed that Nago and the Raja were one. Now, it had never been proved that Nago had been authorised by the Raja. The case had never been put upon the proper ground. The evidence was not authentic. The accused had never had an opportunity of entering on his defence. All this stuff had been received as gospel by the Bombay Government. The Raja had never had an opportunity of seeing it ; and, he would ask, who could believe it ?—(Cheers.) The whole originated in a reli gious dispute, and was a plot to ruin the Raja. The Brahmins, it was well known, would hesitate at nothing to forward a Brahminical object ; and the papers had been forged for that purpose. They knew to what an extent zeal was come to, even in this country. —(Hear, hear, hear.) Why, people were ready . to tear one another's eyes out. Catholic against Protestant, and Protestant against Catholic, and one sect against another ; and in Scotland the Pres byterians were ready to cut one another's throats. Sir R Grant admitted the existence of this zeal, and pathetically regretted that it was not exhibited for a better faith, and in a worthier cause. Sir R. Grant, in his minutes of sth May, said — . " No. 15 is also a remarkable document. It is headed in Portuguese and Mahratta, Instructions ;' and these are said to have been verbally communicated to the Raja's agents, and afterwards committed to writing by Dajeeba Waeed according to their dictation. It con sists of nine heads. " Ist. The Raja is recommended to turn his attentbn to the promotion of commerce. " 2d. To cause ten persons in each village to be in structed in cannonading and military discipline,' an nually to inspect them, and to treat them with honour anti distinction. "3d, To maintain a friendly intercourse with the ruler of Goa., through whom troops and stores may be landed ; for, it is added, this is the only door in this country for your people to Europe.' The Governor as sign reasons why he could not introduce the Raja to his titwcessor, namely, He is. not of .my rank, being a native of this country, standing in the favour of the Elder Master (Don Pedro).' " 4th. To keep always in view the preservation of 'unanimity among all Sawustanees and Sirdars (kings and chiefs), as far as the Sikhs. have intimated,' he says, to the principal station, that you are Master of all the Hindoos.' " .sth. To translate and read twice a-day, histories of Bonaparte—(Loud laughter)—and other valiant and intelligent kings and chiefs who distinguished themselves, and who, by their courage, overcame their enemies and contemporary states, and gained the highest glory.' " Elth. To establish a school like one at Goa. " 7th. Your Senaputtee, and the high Sirdars below him, should be taught our r discipline, and the books which exist regarding the managing of an army, after converting them into the Hindoo language. The books of your enemy can, if required, be procured : those and ours are of a similar description.' . . . . . "Sth. The Raja is advised to take into his service, some Portuguese soldiers of artillery and infantry, about to re turn home on furlough. It is added, however, but your enemy will take offence at this ; for, even if a few re main in your country, they will be found by them to be gerinidttble, therefore the matter is communicated to the Valieet . " 9th. To befriend Raojee Kotenees ; for when,' says the writer, I depart from my own country, it will be Obligatory on him to retire to a remote place, as I cannot introdlite him to the new Governor. I intend soon, ac cording to your wiEhes, to return to this country.' " The evidence in support of this document is as follows :—Da:;eeba Waeed says, • This is my hand writing, The matter which Don Manoel mentioned to litnitt and Raojee Kotenees to communicate to the Ma hark!, they both made me take down in writing.' Raojee Kotenees says, ' tht intimations which were to be made to the Raja of Sattara, from the Viceroy Sahib, these Were committed to a yad by Nana Waeed ; this is that ytie In his cross-examination Raojee further says, giikd *eM to Vingorla to the Viceroy, and conversed with did not go there, but Nago informed me, yids of their conversatiett were caused to be written by Dajßeba, Waeed, either at Arabn tir llybundur. These after Wards explained to the Raja, first by Nago tikffitb; dtiti getfonded by myself.' Hurry Hunt Patin% says, tVtlitherik ilttojee Kotenees said to me, Don Manoel, by way afiriStrattion, has made and given a yad for the Maharaj, but 1 tl.l tit it see the yad there. I see it now, and it is of the seine riattife as Raojee Kotenees mittioliki, And the Kotenees explained to the Maharaj in my prtistficei Morapunt Josee ovs, ' The matter written in them (15 ttiid It 9 was expfaii,:ed by Raojee l(otcnees to the Maharaj, in presence, in -1• 11 189fiz842 I think, therefore, that there can be littlf) tht.this paper is really founded on some verbal communiefittil 4013e* took place between the Raja's agents and the Governor of Go*, when the latter was making his preparations to return to EttrtYpe.” mij et bn Waeed might well say it was his haua-writ ink; it hen the whole was his own manufacture. In set , tivimids 1.014 199 of the minute of sth May, Sir Robert Grant said " In closing these reit ttflig respecting the oral evidence in this case.. I must observe that there is one witness to *hose testimony it does not apply. I allude to Bowlojee Sfaik KhaAiir, the only contumacious witness examined. ligtee With Colonel ivans, however, as I have already Oiiid; that the et Oduet of this person, when under exa minatiotl; only COh4fOris the ease the Raja • but, besides this, sonic answers escnped him, which confirm a part of the general narrative of the witnesses. , " I will quote the answers, and the questions to which MeV Are you, or are you not, acqtakinted with Nago DeofaciTfm.-ed?'—‘ lam acquainted with him; I knew him at Baroda.' .1?:14,you see him at Sattara, or not ?'—‘ When I know nothing, What answer should give,' " It do not, I think, put any force on this short inter bcfittirk; Who n I quote it as assisting to prove—first, tliat oiginally came from Baroda ; secondly, that the witness bac: ktittifiti Mtn ait Suttara; and, thirdly, that there were good reasong•for -his not wishing to disclose the fact of that knowledge; an which three points are so established by the rest of the evidence." oV,illO kfl`NY i4owlojee to be a O•aightfbrivard, le mindedsimp Mahratta witlier, of good character, and he came to a directly contrary conclusion from Sir Grant after reading his evidence. 'The meaning of his reply to the second question was undoubtedly that he had never seen Nago at Sattara, but the whole of his evidence was given in the most straightforward manner until they attempted to insult the man, and then of course he became indignant—one of these witnesses said Nago had been sent to Goa to establish the Swamee's 4 influence there, the meaning of which was evidently to establish his influence as a priest to get the people to give him fees for priests, always took care to do that. The Hon. and Gallant Officer then read the following extract from the evidence collected by Mr. Dunlop and Mr. Spooner, upon which he made a running commen tary, impossible to report, but attended with excessive laughter and applause. " 1. In continuation of my minute of the sth inst., I shall now submit and rClintrlt on the evidence which MORN ING SUN.; ha 3 been obtained by Dunlop in the Southern. Maliratta country, and by Mr. Spooner at ltutnaglwerY in confirmation of that obtained at Sattara, regarding, the intrigues of the Raja of Sattara with the Governer of Goa. dated 2. atc 2.T helAcltBin3g7,Rreesindretnedt ,att.hSatath hada been Sattara, e the 27th ju that a Kolapyoor Akbap in rnavees, by 3 name Raapa, t at Dharwar, was some years ago sent to Goa by ,1%, Nisbet, to inquire into certain intrigues then carrying, ' in a l on between that place and Sattara, and that it was sup posed he succeeded in obtaining the informatieUrequired.' He therefore suge•ested, that the Political netinrinterfn e Agent in the Southern Mahratta country should m be d 1 rested to procure fro this 'person a statement of, all that he khew of the transaction in question. " 3. On the same o...easion, Lieutenant-Colonel 0if,,1,J stated that he had been given to understand, that se/ papers regarclira, the Goa intrigue had fallen possession of Cliintanion Rao Sangleekur, and thatch e' might be obtained on application to Anhapa Sooorl..e.rd the Carbarry of Chintamon Rao. The paper Weie Sai to have been obtained by the late Swamee of 'Sehltesh wiir from Nago Deorao, and to have been gii'en by' the Swamee to Chintamon Rao. " 4. On the 3d August, the Acting Resident was caned on to state, whether, in his opinion, Mr. Dunlop silo ht houht communicate openly or secretly with the aabovePe s' and whether he had any reason to suppose thaf'the Baia of Sattara had held intercOursCitith"eihintianonll"l,)* rAett.:enan!-Colonel Ovans, on' Of& Atii:yed to this„ refoono4 uegative, stating; tlifie' ft ' sl4loiisB4 Matt the ppm' lit. 2 been made over nitt4e ity io'ititite, to bier! B‘{ In congetitigtikY, of this eornmn.l:2e'tith'iftit'a,aagui on the 16th of' the urns month, aliteu "1" e" obtain the documents alitide4- to, k I " 5. It is by this clue that the alre,borative,P9 . • 4vidili' • j' • ;vett, lifts been obtained at Dharwar. on fliti;Vt,'h Aff.. Thattlop, in entire ignorance ~Cof .:0,50' • '•,a, which &en elicite4 at Sattara, and)*P'-',4l44lAties, of the name's Of the prindpal ag,ents einplOtar:Wie;‘,f• intrigues, reported that he bad obtaiiiecli,ppr,siizo four papers, through the agency a qpl, Itat.,n4bun ttt"n”,.from the present Swamee of Stititit'sn, of lier grad that hopes had been held efillta,jl.,,,to' procuring an origitill thylee from the §l4r ,itaß the address of a. Portugties-e, who is 10•,1,, el.ce the country. before it was delivertal, 'of; fused way in which European names writ ten, by natives, AIL Dunlop said ho•-b',......ikertgo ett*ef'who aniglit,be indicated ; and the e(;rresi t", - . through the late Swamee, and the Sattara Raj" s unite t. Nago Deorao, was itlth Doctor of an equally 11 ligible name. r fret° "6. The first of these papers tfr, originAiiette. col! Nago Deorao to the late Swamee Of SttrtlieSllll excusing himself for having, in consequent-Ir, pro' gent occurrence,' proceeded direct to SattOt. ' lraake wising to visit Sunkeshwur on his return, ,8-r, it 4 known all that had pttssed, and proceed onwar 13,1. authenticity is proved by Hurry Punt Fatuck anufiring koba Kelkur, who both state it to be in the handw'ergo of Nana Fatuck, but begun and (alike% by N3g,':,e Oa" himself. The first of these witnesses sap, it• t.pa bf mined this letter : it appears to 'have beeit )vrita. it Nago Deorao to. the Sri Sunkeshwur Svvanieet do co in the handwriting of my son, Nona Fatuck. It i•'„4) '. in Vysaick (May) and in Sukey .1754 (A.D. 183'lealie the date of the letter Nago Deorao came to toot at Sattara, and from thence, as my son was sick, otb him to Revensidh for medical treatment. On tlie, son lihrawun 't (9th August) in the same year 111;0 died at Revensidh. The word Sidraj,' near :-"l‘v,,; the the words Hey Vidnyapunah' at the end, are 1'.'0,00 handwriting of Nago Deorao.' The second Ivl.,:,Taoa states, that lie and Morapunt Josee accompanieuturDCA Deorao to Sattara in May 1832, and that he r:e'leiter with him and Nana Fatuck- to Revensidh. Tit's hark is written by Nago Deorao to the Swamee ; the Si'nii writing is that of Nana Fatuck, and the words .‹,04 near Shri and Hey Vidnyapunah, are written by' Waeed.' „nloto t° " 7. The second paper is supposed by 31r. 117- contain the heads of the propositions whie," e. Deorao was empowered to make to the Portugne_.„s , vernment. It is only a copy, and therefore caws. looked upon as of any force as proof, though it beaa`laeli appearance of age, and comes from so reap the con source, that it affords grounds for suspicion in t"eet of nexion in which it stands.' Mr. Dunlop was TAttlie course aware, when lie made the above remark, preparation of a paper, very nearly resembling in de tents the one obtained by him, had been distinet?ti'ally' posed to by one of the witnesses at Sattara, who Ile of made a copy of it for the Swamee. (via, stair Evidence AA. 1, annexed to my minute of the (41 1838.) not the "8. The paper obtained by Mr. Dunlop is god identical copy which Wassodeo Shastry prepare,,_.o.4e• this may, account for its containing an additional a,' tief His evidence is as follows :—" I have examine" a„1 copy of the yad ; it is not in my handwriting, ni°l.o the know who wrote it. The article in this yad, enemies are defeated and our authority is estanb leares those who are at Brumliwurt (Bethore) and Peot is should be brought and delivered up to us,' was liaosi' the yad which I have alluded to in my former deo St tion, as having made a copy of it with my own Ill!he Sunkeshwur. The rest of the articles are stn riord those in the one which I copied.' When I first rf chi; the evidenCe of Wassodeo Shastry, his account ,i),irT agreement seemed wild and extravagant in "'llllte' tieme ; but, nevertheless, we now find its goefrotKi` curacy confirmed in a most remarkable manner, the source altogether independent of Sattara, and evidence obtained at that place." rt.llattt A PROPRIETOR begged to know when the Gentleman would find it convenient to conclude 7, General ROBERTSON could not say, but if 13„,1,,5,'0" Friend was tired he mightretire.--(A laugh. ''-'ofit, flutes of Sir Robert Grant were Merely a inass,re-ricia' ferences and conjectures.---(llear, hear.) He (Vjeareg Robertson) had spent hours and days over the ev',` r the and he could come to no other conclusion than t'itells--", whole was a Brahminical plot, and nothing.. :1000 (Cheers)—and that Sir Robert Grant suffered hi ht to be grossly imposed on. In page 188, paragrtirsettO it was stated that the Raja's correspondence w3sof the with a seal made by the Swamee, by order Peishwa.—(Hear.) But (as we understood the Officer) that seal was in the possession of the 131.51; 0.0 and not of the Raja.—(Hear.) General Roberts proceeding to read the next paragraph, when pl 4. A PROPRIETOR said, we have all read those poPt-o' rer General ROBERTSON had a most arduous dutY,cheers) form. He had to defend an oppressed Prince tie —and he was sorry to say that every one bad ne.• the papers, and that many would give their votorbenl• the question before the Court without reading Aare; —(Hear, hear, hear.) He could almosthe 110 with his Honourable Friend, with IV hOrn con' been perhaps too short, that it was desirable tt'a arca speedily to the conclusion of a debate which halo not pied the Court three days.—(Hear.) But he °hooter come to a conclusion without vindicating the c.,„e'ty.'" of the Raja from the charge of want of i' knee (Hear, hear. )a man who had a stricter regard for veracity t":it „ailtY Prince.—(Cheers.) If the Raja had been Pr°vetel'ild he would be the last man to protect him, as hen`'„,ithelt the foremost to defend him from condemnatle a trial.—(Hear, hear.) A brief explanation then took place betwemener Weeding and General Lodwick, in which the f°l.he hg pressed his regret that through misapprehertsiorladicta, erroneously accused the Gallant Officer of oet mself. id 4; hi Urf Sir HENRY WILCOCK then addressed the 09', not loud cries of " Adjourn." He said that it "t't s intention to detain the Court many minutes, 1: 01:- discussion might occupy another day he wish". btietV that opportunity of speaking his sentinlem:he Coritie when the short interval before the rising of '';:•1•. was insufficient for a more important SPettlfi gape would first read, from page 335 of the Print(' enter the the opinion of Lord Auckland, with which he agreed. ob' "In my minute of the 27th of Al' I'. 1'1,4; served, "rhe proceedings of the Continissi.%•, no doubt in my mind of the guilt of the seallsh ta extent, at least, of countenancing an ,atten'Pthe priti e from their ally ance. two native officers °f the sae' army ;' and iti was added in another part 'O'uld not r,,_ paper, `, I,Re no reason" why such treason je, At Or. coil upon those who contrived it, and be, to same time, a source .of additional strength to,vsto con!: It is now also my painful duty to state, thatlof the Gull! pelled to concur in the unanimous opinion priPciPtie vernment of Bombay, that the two Otheciall„,. t. charges preferred against the Raja, and sP.bcolie;4 first of them, appear, from the evidence ' the acting Resident at Sattara, to be full.). cstu s • its nan;_elY guthot " 1. His treasonous intercourse with the of nt G oa. ,taiA " 2. His treasonous intercourse with the al e-j. Nagpore. intrig"eleir " However wild and nearly incredible the r ef of leged these two cases seem to be, the P. efrag3 r and trr '• the existence appears to be no less clear India ft° lute That the Portuguese of Goa should NVIVSt sinintst desu the Baitish power ; that Appa, Sahib, living' n..1.0`) entibieore; and in restraint, should raise twenty lacn 11,e, Nagi.',ate Portuguese to restore him to the throne ontra_Joe that Portugal, France,_ and Austria, are _:_.4111 t,10,0 their battalions to the support of SattpVjirittra,o,o„... things may look rather like the dream or .v:,1„;, the ,tnect the overt machinations of treason. Yet 1',`.1.-,een firi;• rant ambition and malignity, of the Raja hao,ses ot4. prorn don",._oo character, a riro ,far tt:'eee anestaenre, tshpeereoul ations remains, and i fe deceitfullittle "It is shown, likewise, that the Raitch bavterly having a just sense of the favours is b heaped upon him by the British Govern the rti:a discontented with his position, that he 6rTeojeee..l of nal:greatness of the house of his ancestogn:_oo,itla':"„, he or his confidants and nearest partiiiz: ,hite't they b.O faith having been broken With them, a fill t„ his earli even the shameful ingratitude of ACeßS(l),.hicception A steady benefactor, Mr. Elphinstone, " of the' alsehood. stances' and " It is principally by these two eiric_llarn_.o troe,pa,p_o, high offence of tampering with our -%t]is.ll he tpct:tbie or - "I..tess, the insatiable and reckless ambition by. mita - rLII.• to be guided, which render anyo_ cse 'Y tins 'I I course of proceeding with him pr, .bogn with upo 'that think that the mode of dt_ are called „Ives., rendeind more direct and plain. ", of a considerations of pi the leg ' feel, by very strong c • It of the Raja t° witich cart pediency, to bring the gnudi most dust process tillable t(i. final proof, by the best and have beenolo°,l°- I.e devised ; and then, if he should from a ; trade. l to remove hurl irienty. exculpate himself, I • self to be on which he will nave show ti inn . -fed, by serving. have .yen which we are coin .ve but "9. The extent to d 1 Who a •n to ua s •r, ILlu"C' ktia to rantees 01 protectio see attentio ,t it formation against the Raja, meritsargument f°l. ,1Y in in a minor de,, as an __guth leave him ill th 9 p 055660,01.4.31 alb.