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MORNING SUN. 'been most disreipectfal in the Raja to omit sending, were returned. And when a large estate lapsed by the death of the Jagh eer d ar , w h o h e ld it o f the 11:pja on feu rini tenure, the B r iti s h Government took possession of itinformally. and in direct breach of the orders of your Honourable Court, which had admitted , that Oil lapses must fall to the Raja, by the terms of tie treaty. Such then were the measures which it was my fate to witness, and in which I was.called on to take part ; and I must confess that I shall ever consider it IT honour to have been found wanting in the tact and vigour, and dexterity,' that would have made me an efficient instrument for the execution of purposes for which history may, it is to be feared, affix a stigma on the British name." Again :—" I reported to Govern ment that, after the departure of the two other Commis sioners, his Highness returned to the usual mode of transacting business, by consulting the Resident on all occasions ; and with his usual spirit had again com mcmced upon his public works, for the mutual benefit of the States ; and on the eve of my departure, I informed Government, that in all affairs unconnected with the commission, the advice of the Resident had been attended to, and business transacted as heretofore." So much for the truth and sincerity of the Governor's litter. Another question I would propound is this. Have not the Government violated the pledge which they gave the. Raja, that if he would peaceably submit to dethrone ment, the whole of his private property should be se cured to him ? Have they not spoiled him of his cash, his jewels, his carriages, his flocks, and even a part of his wardrobe ? What says an Hon. Director, in his mi nute of dissent (Mr. Shepherd)?— " The Raja did submit peaceably ; and confiding in the assurances conveyed to him through the Resident, he left in the palace the whole of his treasure, and other property, with the exception of the jewels belonging to his two ranees, estimated at the value of two lacs, which they were permitted to take with them, and which the Court state that they were very properly allowed to retain. " The melancholy result of the Government's profes sions, and the Raja's confidence, has been the confiscation and transfer of the whole of his property to his successor. " The Court takes no notice of any of these details, the despatch, as it now stands, simply approves of the rejection of the ex-Raja's claim, as being one not ordi narily recognised in Native States,' and that, therefore, the property has been rightly adjudged to the present Raja. - - I am not prepafed from personal knowledge to con trovert what is here alleged to be the ordinary usage in - Is.Tative States, but the result of my inquiries of gentle men who have filled high and responsible situations in India under the Company, justifies me in questioning it; certain I am, however, that no such usage can be esta blished without resolving itself into an act of oppression and spoliation—the simple principles of justice cannot be destroyed by any precedent whatever. The Raja was to lit treated as an object of sympathy, not of punish ment.' He received also the pledge of the Governor, that his private property should not be interfered with ; can any usage or precedent justify the breach of this promise ? " Bat to return to the ground assumed by the Bombay Government, that the whole of the property was State property. Had, then, the Raja no private property what ever ? _ _ _ " I have quoted the Advocate-General's opinion on that point, and I would now request particular attention to the _Resident of Sattara's letter dated the 28th Sept. 1839, which states there were about seven lacs of rupees in hard cash, and about seven or eight lacs' worth of jewels and other valuables in the palace. In the eleventh paragraph of his letter he says, ' the whole of this pro -way t is claimed by the ex-Raja, but Appa Sahib Mahe re; (his successor) maintains, that about five or six lacs th 3 money is State property, and private property be longing to him, and also about two lacs' worth of jewels, and that the remainder only belongs to the ex-.Raja and the Jadie. " '9"ere we have the express admission of the validity o f the ex- Raja's claims from the party most interested He who was to be the possessor of in opposing ths.' ll- . all the property t ha: . ! could be designated State property, reluctantly admits the" the remainder,' amounting to about two lacs of hard cash, a zd six lacs' worth of jewels, belonged to the ex-Raja, and the of his family." Thus we find that by one act of spolii!ion the Raja wa..e . deprived of about 80,000/.'s worth of e` 4 private propety, according to the testimony of Appa J` lll h- When the dethroned Prince was on his way into exile, eels not his earnest request for a few days' halt, during the accoachement of his cousin and companion's wife, denied him ? Was not Balla Sahib, Senaputteee suf fered to die in his palankeen, and were not all the Royal entreaties fur a halt and assistance sternly refused ? Mr. Thempson here Quoted a. political despatch of the Court ,:,sf Directors, page 388, and said, " We have now, Sir reached the sad and fatal sequel of our story. I sla:.!. now retire to make way for others, who may easily evince more ability than I have done in the conduct of this case, !eta cannot feel more zeal, or a more intense anxiety, that :. 1- 1e decision of this Court may be such as will do credit to ;he profession which it makes of attachment to the welfare of the natives of India. I will put it to Honourable Directors whether, after the signal exposure of the worthlessue'.ss of every part of the evidence upon which the charges ag aast the Raja are founded, they can still believe him guilty, rat less they have evidence behind of which we know nothing. If, in their consciences, they believe him not guilty, then I implore them to do him justice, and to do him justice speedily. Should justice be denied here, it will assuredly be brought elsewhere. It will be brought in that Assembly which has clothed this Court with power, and arc bound to see that it is not abused." The Hon. Proprietor concluded with a fervent appeal to the Court, and took his seat amidst loud cheering. m i .. HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER, a Director, said he had already had an opportunity of recording his delibe rate opinion upon the question,. at a time when he had came fresh from the examination of the papers relating to it; and anything he might now say could give little additional weight or force to what he had then done. But on the present occasion he was called upon to vote, and he wished to state his reasons for the vote he was about to give. His dissent had been alluded to by seve ral Hon. Gentlemen, and one in particular had done him the honour of spending a good deal of time in comment ing upon it. It was, however, now upon record, and let it be taken, valeat quantum. He wished to offer his sentiments upon the subject now as briefly as might be, in order to bring the Court to a calm and dispassionate consideration of the question before them.—(Hear, hear.) He feared the Court had been led away in some degree by the impassioned eloquence of the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down.—(Hear, hear.) He regretted that that Hon. Gentleman had brought so much of that fervid eloquence which belonged to him to the present question, because when they were acting in their judicial capacity they should act with calmness. His opinion of a judicial functionary was, that he should render him self almost a living automaton, moved by no compassion, no feelings,. and no prejudices.—(Cheers.) He would not now go into the merits of the case, which had been most fully discussed in that Court for the last two days ; but he should place the whole merits of the question, and everything connected with it, upon the amnesty that had been tendered upon the last hour by the late Gover nor of Bombay to the ex-Raja of Sattara. Had the Governor been under the impression that the Raja was guilty of these crimes, it would have been his duty to withold any such amnesty. The terms were, " If you acknowledge yourself guilty, we shall treat you as an innocent man ; but if you persist in asserting your innocence we shall visit you With the severest punishment of guilt." Now, lie believed that the refusal of the Raja to subscribe to these terms was the strongest proof of his innocence.—(Cheers.) The ordniens of Lord Auckland had been quoted, but he (Mr. Tucker) could quote his opinion in 1837, where he treats the accusation as a petty and obscure intrigue. lie would now, however, come to the simple question before the Court. The motion of the Hon. Gentleman might be divided into two parts. In the first place, there was an averment of certain facts, and in these he should .concur, although not perhaps in the same language. 'The second division of his motion went to propose the anointment of a Commission. Now he would read a few propositions which he had put down in orde r th at h e might be precise, and it w ould show how far he would go if it were th o ught advisable to modify. the moti on . Hi s .first resolution was, that the Court, after a careful revi ew of all the proceedings in the case of the ex-R a j a of crime or political Sattara, was of opinion that no . offence justly involving , the position ofd he Prince, or the confiscation of his private property., ad . been e , t a his blished.--(Loud cries of Hear, hear. ') That . decided conscientious conviction as a public functionary. lie had carefully reviewed all the papers, and that was Isis deliberate conclusion. His second proposition was that that opinion was confirmed by the fact that at the last hour the Government of Bombay tendered to his Highness the ex-Raja of Sattara a general amnesty for his past conduct, from which it might clearly be inferred that it was not of a very dangerous character, and not such as would call for the penalty of deposition, or the confiscation of his personal property.—(Hear, hear.) His third proposition was, that that Court considered all the private property held by natives of India to be under the protection of the law, and that they could not be deprived of it otherwise than by the judgment of a Court of competent jurisdiction.—Cheers.) The Raja was in possession of that property, and he contended that they had no right to deprive him of it. He would re mind the Court that Lord Cornwallis established Courts of Justice in India to maintain the rights of native sub jects and the rights of personal property in every in- stance whatsoever. With that part of the question, there fore, he had no hesitation in dealing. But with regard to the latter part it appeared to him to be surrounded with a great deal of difficulty. The appointment for a Commission was proposed. A Commission had been ap pointed, and what had been the result ? Ex-parte evi dence had been received, but there had been nothing to satisfy his (Mr. Tucker's) mind of the Raja's guilt.— (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Now lie contended that it was for those who accused the Raja to make out his guilt ; and that, in his opinion, had not been done. He was not called upon to prove a negative.—(Hear, hear.) in his opinion the appointment of a Crlmmission would be nugatory ; it would be, in fact, a Commission to try the judgment of that; Court.—(Hear, hear.) That was a situation in which they could not place the Company or the Beard, of Control. There may have been errors on the other side, or he (Mr. Tucker) might have erred ; but he regretted that the Hon. Gen tleman who had last spoken should have fancied that there was orf that side of the bar any want of proper and honourable fealing•—(Cheers.) There was too much of interest—painf u l and romantic interest—around the whole case, and it should not have been enhanced by the Hon. Gentleraao, who could not forget that the Directors ac were the sworn instruments of justice, and had decided to the best of their abilities.—(Hear, hear.) The former Commission had failed, and there fore the would have been nugatory. It would end. in nothing, and would merely excite fallacious hopes in the mindsof Sir James es Ther of the Baja and his friends. were some very sensible observati Car nac's,ona tending to show the !mac • practical &faculties in the way of forming such a Commission, which would be I found in page 289 : " The difficulties in the way of the course firstTelerrea to appear to me very great. There is no ordinary tribunal to which the Raja could be -made amenable, and a special one must be organised, for the purpose of investigating the charges against him, if they are to be investigated. " A Commission has been proposed, and the expe diency has been suggested, of selectin g its members from the other Presidencies, excluding altogether persons serving under this Government. I think that, proceed ing to subject the Raja to trial by a Commission would be a course very much open to suspicion and misrepre sentation, however that Commission might be constituted. I know that, from the civil and military services of India, there would be no difficulty whatever in selecting Commissioners who would perform their duty without regard to anything but justice ; but I need not add, that in the conduct of States, as of individuals, it is most im portant not only to avoid wrong, but to make this avoid ance apparent, and to place the character of the State for integrity and good faith beyond the possibility of question. " For this reason I should desire, if practicable, to avoid the trial of an issue, in which the British Govern ment is a party, before a tribunal which must, of neces sity, be composed of its own servants." Now he did not know what authority they had to try an acknowledged Prince. He saw great 'difficulties there fore, in the way of any such proceeding, for all difficulties, had been done had been done according to law. The Act was final, and could not be revised by that Court. He trusted, therefore, the Gentleman who had brought for ward the motion would consider how far it might be judicious to persevere in it, because it was obviously im practicable, and could do no good to the cause of the Raja, whose case had excited so much interest.—(Hear, hear.) his proposition, although not free from objection, would be this, and he made it the more reluctantly, be cause he felt it would be attended with some public in convenience. That the Court strongly recommended to the Directors that steps be immediately taken to restore to the ex-Raja of Sattara the jewels, family treasure, and property arising out of his income, which on his de position was unadvisedly made over to his brother, the present Raja.—(Hear, hear.) Wheu the proposition for making over that property was brought forward, he (Mr. S.) had not the honour of a seat in the Council, or he should have concurred most cordially in the protest of his Hon. Friend. His last proposition was, that the Court being of opinion that the ex-Raja had been deprived of his property on insufficient grounds, would earnestly recommend to the Court of Directors to take into its favourable consideration the propriety of restoring him to his rights and dignities,"should any suitable occasion arise either by the death of the present Raja or other wise, and, in the event of want of heirs the succession might be secured to the ex-Raja as the elder branch of the family and his lawful heirs.—(Hear, hear.) Some thing of that kind was held out by Sir James Carnac in his minute, which would be found in page 309: " Finally, I have been supported in the view I have taken of tliis case, by the consideration thatif it is deemed erroneous by the superior authorities who will have to judge of it, the course of events will, in all human pro bability, afford a fair opportunity, in a few years, of rec tifying what may be deemed erroneous. Neither the Raja about to be deposed, nor his brother who is to 'be substituted in his place, have any children, and, at their advanced period of life, it is not very likely that they will hereafter have any, and I know of no other party who can claim the succession by hereditary right. It follows, therefore, that on the demise of the new Raja, the Sattara state would lapse to the British Govern ment ; unless, indeed, it shall be then judged expedient to allow this line of Princes to be continued by the Hindoo custom of adoption." He regretted that Sir James Carnac did not leave the question of succession open, that instead of elevating to it the brother of the ex-Raja, lie did not leave it to the public authorities of that country, who, his treason being decided upon, would have named his successor. Had that been done, the authorities in that House and the Commissioners for the affairs of India would have had it in their power either to replace the Raja if he were found innocent, or make some other arrangement, but unfortunately the door had been shut by the elevation of the brother of the Raja. He considered the elevation of the present Raja as a most unfortunate step, and one which constituted the great difficulty of the case, as in consequence of that step almost any remedial measure v ehich the Court might adopt would subject them to the charge of inconsistency. His opinion was well known, he had exgessed it before, and it was that the Raja was deposed on insufficient grounds. On the - Mode of remedying that evil, he did not profess himself compe tent to decide. He had merely thrown out these pro positions as suggestions which had occurred to him as the least objectionable mode of remedying those incon veniences, of setting the honour of the Raja right in the eyes of his countrymen, and of doing justice to them selves.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WEEDING was not surprised at the opinion ex pressed by the Hon. Director, because, if he recollected right, similar opinions had been expressed by that Hon. Gentleman in 1840. Hon. Gentlemen had called out for justice to the Raja. He begged of them to do justice to those who differed in opinion with them, and to do jus tice to the dead.—(Hear, hear.) He called upon them to do justice to the connection of that great empire with "tl'ngland, and to do justice to the beneficial results of that connection, the civilization and happiness of man kind. The Hon. Gentleman who had spoken last but one had taunted the Deputy-Chairman with attacking Court, because he reminded the Court the tha rights h t t h s e o c f o t.' t t o: Directors and the Board of Control had decided on any subj:.'et the discussion of that subject afterwards in that Court co,.w lead to no practical re sult, and that as the decision in po ilitical affairs was not vested in that Court, the agitation of sus7.4 subjects un advisedly might lead to an interference with V2e.ir privi liges by the Senate of England ; but what did the 5": Gentleman himself say shortly afterwards ? Had he not attacked the rights of the Court ? Did he not sal that if he could not get justice there he would go elie where ? Was not that telling them that their councils' , were of no avail ? It was saying that if the majority,' however largo, did not come to the conclusion' in which" the minority, however small, might concur, that minority would go elsewhere to seek to attain its ends.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that that was an act of presumption, which ought to be condemned by the Court. He was astonished to hear the taunts of the Hon. Gentleman to the Deputy-Chairman. The Hon. Gentleman had brought accusations against every one who differed in opinion with him. The authorities at home, the Governor-Ge neral of India, Lord Auckland, Mr. Wilberforce Bird; and the Government of Bombay, were all accused of in justice by the Hon. Gentleman ; and all he did to sup port these accusations was to refer to authorities, which authorities he (Mr. Weeding) took the liberty of gain saying. The Hon. Gentleman mainly relied on Mr. Shakespear, Mr. John Forbes, and General Lodwick. He was sorry to say that General Lodwick, whose' letter had been read to the Court, and who had been at one time the Resident at Sattara, had acted in a way which lie hoped no public officer in India would imitate ; and he trusted that General Lodwick would not act in such a way again. The Hon. Gentleman referred to the opinion of Mr. Shakespear, with respect to the communica tions with Goa, to those with the Raja of Nagpore, and to the Soubadars. Had the. Honourable Gen tleman read the statement of 'Mr. Shakespear's opinion on the question of the Soubadars ? Mr: Shakspear suggested to Lord Auckland the pro priety of further inquiry - on the subject. If papers were produced they were objected to, and if the evidence of accomplices was given, then it was said they were pri soners, and gave their evidence to recover their liberty, so that they would allow no evidence whatever, but would asperse all the witnesses who came forward against the Raja. Why should they doubt the evidence of the Soubadar. He was an unwilling witness, and there could be no reason to suppose he intended to deceive. On the subject of the guilt of the Raja, he would refer to Sir Robert Grant's minute of the sth of' May—a minute drawn up with the greatest statesmanlike pains and care by Sir Robert Grant, and after reading which, it was impossible to resist the conviction of the guilt of the Raja,if the subject was approached without prejudice. Gentlemen had mixed up a great variety of topics with this question, but the proper question on which to ask the judgment of the Court. was, if the Raja were guilty or not guilty. Two questions had been mixed up with this, fi rs t, if t h e C omm i ss i on o f Inquiry, ought to have been is sue d, or were properly constituted , and, Secondly, Butode if the amnesty ought to have been offered by Sir James Canine. That offer of an amnesty had a been assumed ! proof of the Raja's innocence. he of (llr. i rs eeding) thought that a most perverse m they reasoning.were Carnac. ItLet them see what an unjust judg ment . e is eforming of the conduct of Sir James tt faet, s t at i ng t h at w hil e Si r J ames Carnac de c l are d Carnac guilty of such conduct, co H i V e u c c o t ul , Raja of 'attara to be innocent he proclaimed him guilt d an n d o believetthe offer o Sir t h J e a mes am nesty originated in a said, why, if he believed much h higher motive. , It had been re instate him in power ? offer of the amnesty was wrong. -.r. Weeding) thought the He un r\ f' u iV , did he offer to ought to have been immediate He thought the Raja deposed. But it was evident that Sir James CarnacY proposed the amnesty, because he compassionated the po s w im er b t ecil f ity. Sir James Carnac said we have it in our l preserve our own safety, by putting the Raja ° • eneean lead ing•strings, so that he shall have no chance resum inglufto his criminal intrigues, and then mercy ma i) ) , be ex tended to him. Some gentlemen considered that the at tempts of the Raja, even if proved, were of so puerile nature as to be totally undeserving of notice. But at tempts of this nature, puerile as they might seem, in India especially were to be feared ; and on this subject he would read them a short passage from the minute of Sir Robert Grant, page 246 of the printed papers : " The Raja of Sattara is feeble as a statesman, and his talents for intrigue may be contemptible; yet a con jecture is possible, in which his power to injure us would be great. Let us suppose, for example, that one of his criminal speculations were rea lized, and that an army of continental Europeans were on our northern frontier. It might, in that case, make the most serious difference, whether the compact territory of Sattara, occupying as it does the heart of the Deccan, and traversed by some of the principal lines of communication between' different portions of our territories, was in our own hands, or in those of a secret but determined enemy. I pause not to consider for what good purpose such an arrangement of things is to be maintained, or to what extent the object originally aimed at by the creation of this subordinate power, which was that of conciliating the Mahratta race, is likely to be answered, when the very instrument of conciliation is our bitter foe; but I may be allowed to ask, whether, as rulers of India, our means are so great, our expenses so light, and our task so easy, that we can afford gratuitously to add to our difficulties, by entrust ing a considerable portion of the resources, on which we ought to be able to rely, to the keeping of confessed trai tors, and to comfort ourselves with the reflection that their treachery is neutralized by their imbecility ?" There could be no doubt but that the affair of the amnesty could not be considered as having been made in consequence of any doubt as to the Raja's guilt, but solely ont of compassion to the imbecility of . his Ininck "If he were if Sir James Carnac used goodpolicy in proposing the amnesty; ho should say : that he had net ; that it was a mistake, and that no amnesty ought to have been offered. In his-opinion, the territory of Sattara ought to have been resumed at once. He agreed with Mr. iSiorrisson on that head; that such a course of proceeding would have been less injurious to the people of Sattara, and better for our own Government: But that was not then the question. It had been offered, but it had been offered from motives of clemency merely. It had, however, been rejected, and the Raja had been re 4 moved, and in removing the ex-Raja of Sattara he conH sidered that they had only done that justice to India which it was their duty to do. It would be a sad thing to have another war spring up in the centre of India, deplorable not only on account of the loss of our own subjects which it would naturally entail, but on account of the interruption it would give. to the civilization of the East. He would ask the Hon. Gentleman who spoke last but one, do the papers contain sufficient evidence of the Raja's guilt ? To that question he (Mr. Weeding) would say " Yes, upon my honour." The Hon. Gentle man had said that Burke had appealed elsewhere for that justice which had been denied him by that Court. Mr. Burke had accused Warren Hastings before the highest Court in the kingdom, and the result of that ac cusation had been that Warren Hastings had been de clared not guilty. Perhaps the Hon. Gentleman would wish to have another seven years' prosecution against those who had deposed the Raja of kattara, and which, if instituted, he had no doubt would terminate in the same manner. The minute of the Governor of the sth of May proved the attempt of the Raja to intrigue with the Government of Goa. "Oh, but," said the Hon. Gentleman, " that had been discovered seven years ago. Colonel Briggs had spoken of it." Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON had not referred to Colonel Briggs. Mr. WrEDlNc,—Then the Hon. Gentleman referred to some other of the residents at the Raja's Court on the subject. Sir James Carnac's remarks on the cor respondence with Goa, set that question at rest; and they had the uniform consent of witnesses, fifty-one in num ber, with regard to the attempt to correspond with the Governor of Goa. It might be a silly attempt, but it had been proved, and had been adverted to by Colonel Lowrey, to whom he had meant to allude when he men ' tioned the name of Colonel Briggs. With regard to the second charge of carrying on a correspondence with the ex-Raja of Nagpoor, Sir Robert Grant's minute of the 24th May proved that charge to demonstration, It stood upon record that the ex-Raja had attempted to corrupt the fidelity of the native troops. Now, why should he (Mr. Weeding) take the opinion of the Hon. mover of the present question, in preference to the con viction of the Hon. Court of Directors, of Lord Auck land, of Mr. Robertson of Mr. Wilberforce Bird, of Col. Morrison, of Sir J. Carnac, of Sir R.G rant, of the members of the Bombay Government, and against the absolutely recorded signature of Col. Lodwick ; fbr Col. Lodwick had, by his signature to the Report of the Commission ers, testified his belief in the guilt of the Raja, and be cati.Se now, three years afterwards, he came forward and said : that that was one act of his life which he was sorry he had committed, were they to say they would not take his evidence ? He lamented to see the pamphlet which that officer had recently published. The publication of those papers was a breach of his duty.—(Hear, hear.) All his Sattara correspondence was confidential, and he had no right to publish it.—(Hear, hear.) If he had been , wronged, that Court was the tribunal to which he should have appealed.--(Hear, hear.) Had he done so he would have been heard impartially. He had no right to commit his employers and himself by the publication of that correspondence. It was the first instance of the sort, and he hoped it would be the last on record. But they were not content with accusing the authorities of injustice in deposing the ex-Raja, but they endeavoured to make it appear, that the Government had ap pointed as his successor a man not fit to govern. Let them read what Colonel Ovans said on that subject —(Hear, hear)—and he considered him as good an au thority as any person in that Court.—(Hear, hear.) The press had been at work. The Bombay Gazette had en deavoured to keep alive these proceedings, and large sums of money had been expended by the ex-Raja to give ef fect to these endeavours. As a proof of this he would refer to page 45 of the papers, section 7 : " In a letter dated the 23d ultimo, the Resident called our attention to a gross libel published in the Bombay Gazette of the 20th ultimo, against the present Raja of Sattara, to the effect that, on the day of his installation, he was so drunk as to require being carried on a board to his Palace by four men. We solicit the attention of your Hon. Committee to this communication, and to the remarks of Lieut.-Col. Ovans on this calumnious state ment, for which there is not the slightest foundation." Here was a proof of the length to which persons would go who had a bad cause to sustain. He was sorry that a gentleman who usually took their eccle siastical affairs under his cognizance was not present, to express his opinion as to the conduct of the Raja in the particular to which he was about to allude. He (Mr. Weeding) had been the coadjutor of that gentleman in his endeavours to induce that Court to put an end to the practice of suttee. They had been all anxious for it, and at length it had been accomplished, and the Board had come to the conclusion that it would tend to sustain the morality of the British subjects—lndia was not likely to shake their allegiance. For testimony to the humane character of the present Raja, he would refer to page 45, section 12, of the printed papers " The abolition of suttee within the limits of the Sat tarn State, in which heretofore it has been so painfully prevalent, will be hailed with satisfaction by your Iron. Committee and by every friend of humanity. We en tertain no doubt that the Raja resolved on this measure, from the knowledge which he possesses of the abhorrence with which the inhuman rite of suttee is held by the British Government ; but it will be as satisfactory to your Honourable Committee as it has been to us, to be informed that the act was entirely spontaneous .on the Raja's part, and consequently reflects the greater credit on him. On this subject the Resident reports as fol loWs In justice to the Raja, I deem it incumb en t on Me toistate • that the abolition of the rite of suttee was 'entirely voluntary on the part of his Highness. After stating to me personally, that he was aware of the light in which this rite was viewed by the British Govern ment, and the fruitless attempts hitherto made to sup press it here, he declared it to be his intention to follow the example of the British Government in suppressing it, and this declaration he has now fulfilled by public proclamation. After witnessing the harrowing scenes which I have done here, and seeing with my own eyes these miserable victims led down to Mahowlee to be sacrificed, and passing the gates of the British Resi dency without the power of interfering, I may, I trust, be permitted to express my heartfelt gratification at this complete abolition of this horrible rite throughout the whole of this country.' " Well, if that were the act of a drunkard, he should have no objection to see more of the native Princes of India indulging in a few glasses of wine. Instead of the guilty wretch he had been represented to be here, he was exhibiting the milk of human kindness itself. Now without any disparagement to other persons, he considered the testimony of Colonel Ovans on this point to be con clusive, and as one example was worth more than all the speeches in the world, he considered that the present Raja of Sattara had done more to abolish the suttee, than the most eloquent orator that had ever addressed that Court, and he for one honoured Appa Sahib for what he had done. He would take that opportunity of alluding to those who had called him drunkard. He believed young men might be found in society who might sometimes have exceeded the bounds of temperance. but they were not therefore called drunkards. On the whole, therefore, he considered that the offence of the ex-Raja of Sattara amounted to sedition in the first instance, and to treason in the next, and that Sir J. Carnac had acted wisely in removing him from his government, as an example to all who might attempt to revolutionize the country. Let them consider the great misery which must result from any attempts of that nature : how of necessity it must put an end to those merciful institutions which would ultimately raise India to a state of European civilization, and to the introduction of that religion which would put an end to idolatry. For these reasons he fully concurred in all the proceedings which had led to the deposition of the Raja of Sattara. Mr. SALOMONS suggested the expediency of adjeurn ing the debate, but was met with loud cries of " No." • General Lonwicx would not have addreSsed the Court on the subject when the qUeStionjiad been so ably treated by others, had-he po( felt it was in his power to offer them some information, more particularly on one portion of the subject. When he came to this country he came with a grievance. He had written a memorial to the Court on the , subjeet before he. left India, and he had given that memorial to'Sir Robert Grant before lke saiked, in ord4r that - he might detain him in India ithe7tb i diiPit Proper:— (Hear, hear.) -On' his voyage home Ile dad written another memorial on the subject. ',l'hoseAe morialg had' been presented to the Chairman and the Deputv-Chairman,• but they had never taken notice .of them until long afterWards,.and he had been treated with contempt by . all. He had called on the Chairman :and Deputy-Chairman, and had told them that he could de pose to important circumstances in reference to the Com mission. He came to tell the truth. The Deputy-Chair man had treated him occasionally with civility, and oc casionally not even with common courtesy. His life had been one of hardships and trials. The Hon. Gentleman who had last spoken had thought proper to impeach his conduct. He cared not for those imputations, and, he would refer to forty years' service as an answer to them. —(Hear, hear.) With regard to the publication of the correspondence, he wished to know whether every paper, secret or not, on the subject, had not been laid on the table of the Court ? What had been done then to sub ject him to censure in publishing those papers ? If this case were to be tried on the principles of justice the truth ought to be told. Now with respect to this Commission : when the Commission was assembled he said it was illegal to send such a Commission into an independent Prince's territory. Besides, the Raja had been treated with the greatest disrespect. The members of that Commission were actuated by the feelings of the Bengal Government, and entertained the strongest pre judices against the Raja, He would appeal to those present if it had not been the , custom for the' Residents to treat the Raja with the greateSt respect. . But' this custom was now deviated from, and why ? Because the Raja was considered as already guilty. With respect to this Commission they met and called officers before The re were numerous discrepa nnins in theirtee timony, them who d e p ose d t o f acts w hi c h seeme d t o b e impos sible.tes- timony, and he (General Lodwick) insisted on their being submitted to cross-examination. After some difficulty he obtained permission that they should be cross-examined on the last day, and -these were the facts attending the cross-examination. The H s e e n io Sb (Gene en o t o ra r r o d w w a c brought k; .1 t a q i s t t o o od him before: just a t hes he should have put before a Court-martial. He bad gg.. 4:41' ma ny Courts-martial, and knew what were proper ques , • • tions to. be put, as well as his colleagues. Both of them, however, started up and declared that he was bullying the evidence. The Soobadar looked confused, and his countenance sank, but.both of the other members of the THE SUN, I.ONDON, FR , DAN*, JULY 16, 18dt, . e , t COlll rnis4p,;tarted up and said there should be .no . -ckoss- I esatoination..., Another native .officer during his exami-. nation sat inilds chair with all the appearance of a dead man.s.sle.came out that he had kept a journal. This journal he suggested should be seized, and it was so, and brought . to, the Court, and the discrepancies ws re very great between that journal and the evidence he had given. The cross-examination of that witness also was not allowed. He had taken his notes of the evidence, and had expected that there would have been time to deliberate. On coming into the Court, however, the next day, he found the Report of the evidence ready prepared. He thought that extraordinary, and on inquiring the reason, the excuse given was that the Commissioners preparing the Refart had been obliged to go to Bombay, and would not have time to prepare it. He was astonished at this irregularity; but was pressed to sign it. He agreed to go over it, itiid objected to certain parts, and when he signed it- he thought the examination would last some time, and that he should be enabled to protest against it. He did wrong in signing it without protesting at the time—he acknowledged that he did wrong in signing it without protesting—(Hear, hear)—but he saw that any impediment he might offer would be useless,' and he had signed it to prevent his own Government from being turned into contempt in a native &Elio, where they had no right to send a Commission.—(Hear. hear, hear.) For nine months after the Commission had been signed he had been left as Resident at Sattara, but he had received no intimation whatever from the Bombay Government during the whole of the time. He had been utterly left to himself. He had frequently thought during that time whether he should resign or not. He had determined not to do so, and was glad that he had so determined, for on mentioning the circumstance to Lord Clare, his Lordship had said that if he (General Lordwick) had resigned he would have ruined himself. He had re mained at Sattara, but his feelings had been deeply wounded by the neglect with which he had been treated. During that nine months he had thought that the Go vernment had become ashamed of their proceedings._ At last a report came up that he was to be removed. He was astonished at that report, and when lie came to in quire the cause of his removal, he found that it was on account of his conduct on the Commission, because,he had suggested that a vakeel or advocate should be admitted for the accused. 'With regard to the ulterior proceed ings the Government had adopted no means of in dicating their intentions to him. During the time the Commission was sitting, he had stated to those about him his deSire of collecting informatior, if information could be had. But no informers came forward ; and why ? Clearly becauSe it was thought that justice, and justice; only, was the object of the Government. When the Raja had sent the present itwas by his (General Lod wick's) advice. If the Raja had neglected that advice it would have been a breach of the treaty. When the Resident was removed that was, positive proof of the anintus of the Government against the Raja, because everybody kne* that he was the friend flof the Raja. Whatever he (Colonel Lodwick) had done had beenlay the orders of the Bombay Government. The persons who had been seized had been seized Under the direc tions of the GoVernment, and no person had been seized without the directions of the Government. They all had heard of the character of Ballajee Punt. Two days after his removal had been notified to him a letter had arrived from the Chief Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, directed to Ballajee Punt, desiring him to go and assist the new Resident. Now, let them see the result of that. Every body knew the in timacy of Ballajee with the Raja's brother, —in fact lie was now Prime Minister of Sattara, and everybody knew that he was inimical to the Raja, and every vakeel before he (General Lodwick) left, told him that it was mentioned as a matter of course that the Raja was to be deposed. The people of Sattara then plainly perceived the animus by which the Bombay Go vernment was actuated, and that accounted for the swarms of informers that then came forward. All who remained faithful to the Raja became suspected. Infor mations were laid against his friends ; they were seized and confined, and all who could be of any use to the Raja were removed from him. It had been said that he had been entering into treasonable correspondence, with Meersag. Now if the Bombay Government had any information that this treasonable correspondence had been carrying on, why did they not seize the papers of Meersag or tape his deposition ? That would have been the natural course. He did not wish to give his opinion on the subject. He did not believe that the charges had been proved, Every one must admit that it was an ex parte case, and that the Raja had never been heard. . He would fain, if possible, draw a veil over the proceed ing, which he must designate as seething the kid in the mother's milk. He alluded to the seizing and shutting up of an unfortunate individual, and then taking his evidence. He might have been told that his mother was dying, and propositions might have been made to him, that he did so and so he would be released. Such things might be possible. With regard to the question of the Jagheerdars, that was a difficult question, and Lord Clare had been quoted, among others, as deciding against the claims of the Raja. But what said the Raja on that subject ? He said that if Mr. Elphinstone de cided he had no claim, he would persist in it thftt he would abide by the opinion of Mr. Elphinstone ' who must know the nature of the tre a ty, because lie had made it. Had they attempted to obtain the opinion of Mr. Elphinstone ?—(Hear, hear.) With regard to Lord Clare his Lordship had expressed himself subse quently, on regretting the decision to which he had come. His Lordship had said to him (General Lod wick), " I was wrong, and the Raja was right—we were all wrong, and, if necessary for the ends of jus tice, do not spare me." After that, he hoped they would hear no more of the authority of Lord Clare being quoted as against the claims of the Raja. They might all be in error at times, but when they had been so it was right to confess it.—(Hear, thews) The Deputy-- Chairman had thought proper to deprecate these discus sions, as tending to no good purpose. Sir J. L. LUSHINGTON rose to explain. He had not said anything that could be construed into a denial of the competency of the Court to entertain those ques tions ; on the contrary, he expressly admitted it ; but he had stated that they possessed no power to alter a reso lution of the Board of Directors after that resolution had been confirmed by the Board of Control. He had stated that he considered the power of the Court of Proprietors to discuss those questions was most valuable ; and that he could conceive a case in which the Court of Directors might bring forward such subject before a Court of Directors for discussion, but he ex pressed his fear that if the Court of Proprietors was made an instrument for the useless agitation of such subjects, they might, by some stringent enactment, be deprived of this valuable privilege. After a few words from Mr. LEWIS in explanation, General LODWICS proceeded—This was a question proper to be discussed in that Court. It was whether the Court would sanction an injustice, and the privileges of that Court could never be endangered by public dis cussion and an appeal to public opinion.(Hear, hear.) With regard to the question of suttee, it was true that the late Raja had not absolutely prohibited it, but he was so far estranged from the Brahmins that he had;before giving his consent to any suttee taking place, always had the victims before him, and offered to settle a pen sion on them if they would not perform it. He (General Lodwick) had not asked the Raja to prohibit suttees, because he had no instructions from his Government to do so, but he had no doubt that, if it had been wished, the. Raja would have prohibited them.—(Hear.) General BRIGGS said that he had been four years a resident at the Court of Sattara, and during that tire, having had opportunities of becoming acquainted with the disposition of the Raja, be had thought it his duty, before leaving Bombay, to put the Government in possession, in the secret department, of his opinion of his Highness the Raja of Sattara. It was not for him to ask for the production of the whole of that letter. It was communicated confidentially. He had done his duty when he .had sent it to the Govern ment ; and he thought he had no business to refer to or publish that _ letter.—(Hear, hear.) It had passed a strong eulogium on the Government of the Raja, but it also passed severe censure on several of his acts, and severe censure on several of his propensities. Consider able misapprehension existed with regard to the position of the Rata of Sattaras end 'particularly as to the origin of his' Government. -- (Hear, hear, hear.) It was true that the Government Of ' the Rajas of Sattara had bee c h usurped by the - PeigliWa ,in the same way that the Government of the Raja pt gYsore had been usurped by the 7MohammedanDynasty.: On the destruction of the Mohammedan dynasty in 1799, it had .been thoughtpolitically expedient to restore •to the Rajas the Govern ment Of Mysore. They had restored to thetivallitlie country over which they had formerly ruled, .the 'wit querors reserving to themselves only those p!opr ' 4 >f territory which had been added - to theßsia;liolf ; ' e during the usurpatio n o f th e Mohatinedaife"N w; it was a remarkable circumstance in the "Ckpf l ,the Rajts of Sattara, that the Peishwas alWays .freateiii t i hein with a deference and respect which would astonish some of the members of the Court. A stun. of money had been given on the occasion of the. marriage of the daughter of the Raja of Sattara to celebrate the nup tials. That sum was limited to 50,000 rupees, or about 5,000/. sterling, and that was at the time the Raja was imprisoned. Now 5,000/. seemed a large sum to expend on the marriage of a state prisoner's daughter. Even in the time of the late Peishwa, he used to apply to the Raja to confirm his appointments, and even for permis sion to engage in war he always solicited the Raja of Sattara. No honours were Conferred by the Peishwa, but by the Raja of Sattara. Individuals were brought to Sattara; a sort of mock ceremony was gone through; the Raja was supplied with money necessary rr for the pur pose, but all hon ours were con f ee d by the Raj a of Sattara. It was a curious fact, that when the late Peishwa of Agra catne to. .the determination of making war with the British lie asked permission of the Raja of Sattara, though this Prince was at the time his prisoner. —(Hear, hear, hear.) He (General Briggs) heard this from the Raja himself.—(Hear, hear.) And when he asked the Raja what answer did he give, the Raja burst into laughter; and 'exclaimed, " What could I do ?"—(Hear, and a laugh.) The ed uca ti on o f th e ex-RIO was left to the superintendence of his mother, a talented and am bitious woman, who carefully instilled into his mind the same sentiments of family pride and ambition which his father entertained. There was in that family an in tense hatred of the Brahmins, which descended from father toson, and which, nat being mitigated by the in structiori of his. mother, exhibited itself in mutual ani mdsities between blur and the order wben he was re stored lat the British Power. He was, however, fond of promoting learning, and when (as we understood the Gal lant General, who was ao imperfectly heard that he was repeatedly requested 'by Proprietors to speak up) he was unable to establish a college, on account of time oppositicm of the Brahnains, he established schools at the hoOse oftthe Resident, and took pleasure in superintend in, them.—(Hear, hear.) He could only add, that since the Raja hvas released from the superintendence of Cap tain Graht, he had religiously observed the conditions of the treaty, One of them was, that he should not inter fere with the religious feelings of the people. To this he adhered so' 'scrupulously, that even when he was ap pointed by two contending parties, to decide between ' them-on a question-which involved some considerations of religion, he. positively refused to do so, until he (General B.) suggested that the whole case might be made a matter of civil jurisdiction, if the parties were desirous that it(should be determined by the Rak t i.- The suitors acted upon that suggestion, and the affair was satisfactorily settled. Whereupon the Raja wept with joy,' that' he had satisfied the wishes of his subjects, without infringing on the treaty—(Cheers)—and he said " If I had even violated one condition, even in a little, I could not know to what it might lead."—(Cheers.) The lion: and Gallant Proprietor then went into a state ment of the Raja's revenue and expenditure, to show that he had conducted the finances of his state with eco nomy, and at the same time with liberality—especially in respect to .public works.—(Hear, and cheers. The Gallant Officer spoke in so indistinct and varying a tone that it was impossible to follow his details with any degree of connection.) From these details, however, he contended that the treasure which was seized in the palace after the deposition, belonged in right and justice to the ex-Raja.—(Cries of " Hear.) He (General B.) .was sorry to differ from so many Hon. Proprietors on the other side of the bar, but he had only come to state what justice required of hira.—(Hear, hear.) He had carefully read the papers, and had come to the conclu sion that the Raja was an innocent man..—(Loud cheers.) Whether innocent or guilty, he had had no trial.—(Re newed cheering.) Yet the Governor. General of India had, in his letter to Sir James Carlin, urged the neces sity of a trial before'the dethronement of the Raja should be effeCted.(Hear,'hear.) 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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. %1 rung 29 minutes after 11 1 Evening 0 minutes after 0. 44 , t t cg4) sVfi *--;.;: h "rr• '-: 6, .0',11., ~,.• ' 1 - -74.1.44 - . ' AmAo' . :' • ' li'.'4"--..,:4:;,,k, 6 ~.__s. ~ ~,,.''''''..._": J p". ' , ~, e% ';' ~,,fil it ...NT'. . ' ‘ wmie LONDON: FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1841, Some of our Liberal Contemporaries are now beginning, though it be rather late, seriously to attack the Corn-laws. They are endeavouring to show that it is bad husbandry to cultivate too many white crops, and that consequently the Corn-laws, which give a bounty on the growth of white crops, is injurious to agriculture. We are not disposed to enter the lists with our friends; but our view of the matter is different from theirs. Our Contemporaries write as if the importation of wheat alone were prohibited. But the importation of cattle is entirely forbidden, and in proportion as the wealth and taste of the people induce them to consume meat, the pre sent laws must be, at least, an equal encourage ment to the cultivation of green crops and the fattening of cattle as to the cultivation of white Crops. Such considerations, however, even if the ar guments of our Contemporaries were well found ed, seem to us more to concern the business of the farmer than the great public weal ; and for our parts we regret to see a question of the high est moral importance degraded into a question of fattening a few head of cattle, or growing a few quarters of wheat more or less. Of one thing, too, we are quite sure, namely, that the Legislature as a body knows nothing whatever of the best means of promoting agri culture, and therefore for it to attempt that by legislation ought not to be tolerated. It is alOo, quite plain that all the arguments of °lir - Contemporaries being directed against attempting to stimulate the production of wheat by a protecting duty, tell with equal fo'rce against that fixed duty of Bs. of which they are advocates, as against the sliding scale, which has given only a protection of less than 65., of which they are the opponents. Our Contemporaries, with these arguments, seem to us to have come too late to the rescue. The public mind has ripened, far beyond the influence of their feeble and watery sunshine ; more masculine and holder thoughts have seized the minds of men, aye, and of women too ; and the petty puerilities of a shilling or two diffe rence in the market-price of wheat in different countries, or of a few acres more or less being cultivated with one crop or another; are dis carded for the broad principles of justice. The Legislature is scarcely authorised by public opi nion to inflict death for great crimes, and it never can be authorised, therefore, to starve a single human being, much less thousands of •hu man beings, every year, in order (if such were the result, which it is not), to extend the culti vation of wheat, and increase the landlord's rent. When an individual, or a class, is endowed ex clusively with the power of making laws—when men can gratify their most selfish or their most savage lusts, by going through the form"' of writ ing a few words in a book, or promulgating an order, or getting - up a mock debate, it would he the height of folly in them to seek their gratifi cation by any other means than that of using this convenient instrument. If, for example, the Emperor NICHOLAS be anxious to banish any particular nobleman to Siberia, from crossing his path in love or war, lie may charge him with some offence, and legally keep his rival out of his way till the end of his existence. Now, for NICHOLAS, who possesses this legal means of gratifying his evil passions, to sally forth from his palace with his sword, fol- lowed by his guards, in order to seize such a supposed rival, and transport him by his own bodily strength, and the strength of his fbl lowers, would be considered madness. Ile can gratify his lusts after a certain methodised and organised manner; but they are not the less lusts, nor is he the less wicked, nor are his ac tions less evil. If, for example,: the gentlemen landowners of England can, by passing a certain law, extract from each man a portion of his income in the price of his food, would it not be silliness in them to go to the actual work of picking pockets to attain the same end? If the Anglican clergy be endowed by law with a large portion of the an nual produce of industry, and are elevated into the dignity of dictators to other men ; if they, by being so endowed with the produce of othermen's labour, are enabled to live in ease and comfort, and to wield a vast portion of political power without exacting fees or dealing. out spiritual ana themas; if they have ecclesiastical courts to compel men to obey their behests, what need have they of personal exertions to attain the same end? If they were to use violence would they not be regarded as mad, like the Emperor NICHOLAS, in the case above cited. A dominant individual, or a dominant class, which can attain its ends and gratify its wishes by making laws, would be inexcusable if it had recourse to other means. But those who have not the power of making laws as a means of gaining their ends, are driven to have recourse to violent and illegal means, which in the others would be objectionable. It is certainly very bad of the Catholic priests to threaten the people with spiritual penalties if they do not vote as the said Catholic priests would have them; but does nothing of the kind take place under Protestant priests ? The Established clergy hold many of the peo ple in the rural districts in such a state of pecu niary and mental bondage, that they never dare to think, even on any public matter, without asking leave of the squire and the parson, who are generally leagued together. The organiza tion of the Church by law, as the servant of the aristocracy, is so complete, that it works in the rural districts unfelt and unseen. Having such a power, which it quietly uses to the same ends as the Roman Catholic priesthood use their power, it would be mere silliness in them were they to threaten men with spiritual punishment on any special occasion, in order to obtain a vote. They know better; they have that power by law which the Roman Catholics have in spite of the law, and hence thei.e is a difference in their mode of action, but the nature of their power is the same, and so are the ends it is employed to attain. We have no faint recollection, too, that not many months ago, Mr. HETHERINGTON was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for merely publishing a book which expressed opinions not relished by the Protestant priests. It is true that the law was the instrument of punishment, but the law was framed and set in motion by the Protestant priests. There was in Mr. HETHERINGTON'S case no vague threat, it was the positive infliction of punishment. Other cases of the like kind might be enumerated, but of severer punishment. Per sons have been imprisoned eighteen months and two years, not because they did not vote as the English priests told them, but because they pre sumed even to think differently - - from those priests. We dislike and condemn the tyranny of the priests in Ireland, but we hate and re probate, to the whole extent of our strength, the greater tyranny of the priests in England, which is exercised in the name of the law, and, by Protestants, in the name of resistance to ecclesiastical tyranny. Some persons may suppose that there is a great difference in the cases, inasmuch as the law is on the side of the English priests and against the Roman Catholic priests in Ireland. We cannot see any difference unfavourable to the Catholics. They have not the law to work with, and therefore they act spontaneously on their own authority. The English priests shelter themselves behind the law. They add hypo crisy to arrogance. Having made the law their in strument, they have no reason to act personally ; but it is because the law in Ireland is not the in strument of the Catholic priests that they are obliged to act personally. This is all the differ ence between the two parties. The law maxim is, who acts by another, acts for himself; and while the Protestant priests cowardly slink behind an enactment, the Roman Catholic priests boldly exercise their power in their own way. We say this on the supposition that every thing reported of the Roman Catholic priests is true; but we must not omit to observe that the testimony against them, on which the Tories rest their abuse, is that of opponents and enemies, heated and chagrined by electioneering defeats. Were some of our Contemporaries, who are very forward in abusing the Catholic priests, not because they desire different objects from the Protestant priests, but because they use diffe rent means to obtain them, only to reflect that the Protestant priests have in the law an instru ment to gratify their lust of power or wealth, while the Catholics have no such instrument, they would not, we think, expend all their anger on the Catholic priests; at least, they ought not, and ought to reserve some of it for the Anglican priests. But one set of priests may, according to the proverb, steal a horse, while another, de siring the horse equally with his fellows, must not look over a hedge. One is our own priest, and we honour him as a divine, the other is the priest of some other man, and we treat him as the patron of superstition. To show how general is the disdain and contempt which the Tories entertain of the manufacturing population, we must mention that the Morning Herald yesterday, like the Quarterly Review, the Standard, and the Morning Post, spoke of the millions of the manufacturing districts as hav ing no right to exist, because they alarmed and endangered the Government. Instead of the Government being the servant of the indus trious classes, existing only to protect that pro perty which has no other source than industry, it has become their absolute master, entitled, ac cording to the showing of tlic Herald, to starve the manufacturers out of existence, or prevent them ever coming into being, lest they should en danger the Government. Unconsciously. the Tory scribe betrayed the whole secret of his party's policy. The multitude are to be sacrificed to the convenience of the few, and Government and law are the subtle instruments the Tories are to employ to obtain their ends. It now stands confessed on all hands that the Corn• laws are maintained to keep down the ma nufacturing population. Lord ASHBURTON- 7 .- poor sentimentalist—does not like to see the land covered with tall chimneys, and the rest of the Tories do not like to see the increase of a manu facturing population, it is so different from the scattered and obedient serfs they are accustomed to command. The quiet happiness of the work ing millions in their own way, the peaceful en joyments of their own comforts with their wives and families, their domestic bliss and their do mestic sorrows, are all to be put down by the Tories to secure the Constitution and the Govern ment. The Corn.htw, we repeat, is one of the instruments by which they hope to secure the success of their horrible and even hellish system. We invite special attention to the subject which has for two days engrossed the attention of the Proprietors of East India Stock and the Directors of the Company ; we refer to the inte resting case of the dethroned and exiled RAJA of SATTARA—a Hindoo Prince of ancient and high lineage, who has been deprived °fills power, his dignity, and his private property, without a trial, and upon testimony, which we think every candid mind, who examines the debate, will pronounce in the. highest degree unsatisfactory. It is, however, most gratifying to perceive that the debate has had the effect of bringing MORNING SUN. out one of the oldest and most infineriatorthe Directors, Mr. TUCKv.R, who yesterday announced that hi his opinion the RAJA had not been shown to be guilty of any act warranting his dethrone" ment, arid that he was prepared to do all the ins" tice which the circumstances cast.. mitted. He proposed that the RAJA'S character should be cleared; that-his jewels, moneY, an d other property should be restored ; and that he should be invested with the power of nominating a successor -to - the throne, on the demise at its present occupant. Should this be done, although we think full justice would not be awarded to ,t_qe l as t e ar x ib - uo ß mu A rp .T ei A ida , no tn y , e t h s h i behalf, e friends, ha lf, m ay who hav be e n si s d a e b r o e i d t the Governmentsand t a o br h t a ni ve , arneaddtialeleas:_sitoiziin,rbitell to 5 at home, by which they are likely very greatly- to profit in time to come. The debate is resumed to-day. We shall report the proceedings'and the result to-morrow. Besides the the ordinary Paris Journals of T u ;ct 4 ettrie Y;l e have received news from the French c apital'', ~,_, • -,,,,t 0 550e, day's date, with interesting intelligence filsint.s- - es. - t . 43 7 Madrid, Athens, Candia, and Constontino - durtit in of which will be found in another part of The 3, sma• ~.. French Government is at this moment isthEuriiirtir7 d great embarrassment as regards alike its' felOgil, tifi 4 .r, •, t ry mestic policy•. In the East it . knows "Jun ,_.,,, which way to turn ; and the riots , t i atierXrter he augur but indifferently for the chanpwcyc l iOte ing i, cr taxes which are to embastille Paris. Austria rig some advances to France, but it is doubtful•tivhetli the ba r are made to the nation or to soothe the it 4 lta bl , ll e e Sourr, whose title as Duke of Dalniatle'; "i''7 l% ks g _ . ,: METTEnstten has form a lly r e fused to reiso tit . ow l closer alliance with Russia has . beep,-; rqu‘. :'i ed ; but of what use would such an alliance Pe Wi n "; . !•., . • i ia s e , Egypt is no longer within the grasp of pr a nce, a , :. ; , s . hind is' 'ton pOwerful in the Mediterriiiledhiffirlit'" ,De' t ; PHILIPPE! lo think of seizing • Canislia , De', l. 7' -; a union between Russia and France woultillea u ., ' - iiii r d closer . alliance between England, , AuStv, l4, „ o f Prussia, and . the Porte, so that the bala39' It power would remain pretty _equally P° is : i. 0 bys may appear strange to moot such topics only 'l,, i verS, after the signing of a new alliance by the Five some but in truth we should not feel surprised to , learn itch a four months hence that the new treaty waS i !!t , filch it record of the past as the Treaty has superseded. Europe is in a state ()f Of jili rd' i P i ta ‘ f v , t , r i 3 ,: i ; tion ; and treaties" in the present day g,lvArt n ; „ - ,:d o ars, parchment eternity of peace on the part of - - r or , ea are little better than truces depending fur davativvery the general interest and national convenience. •'" b o g thing is done for, and in the name of the future it is when done, such is the rapid progress of events , that only sui PALMERST ON table to the past. . 'id the Lord 'S speech at Tiverton has stite atro• bile of the French press. They cannot deny thtv°e,„„ iti, cities imputed by his Lordship to the French 7 no r Africa, but they contend that they are not grestei efts so great, as those committed under the cornm a , l '! - i s 0 WELLINGTON by the British forces in India. Inr es t ie glaring—so monstrous a falsehood, that it requi r serious notice. A Leghorn letter, 2d inst., states that the n p r o i r t i t sb en si gli ge e of war Hazard, Captain Elliott, arrived in that preceding evening from Genoa, on her way to Malta. ..,';;. d helve" Swedish frigate Chapman had taken her departure bound. ' 0 : f Bad e ' The Cologne Gazette relates that the Margrax'n e ... ° tur ning, who has been recently taking the waters at Ems, ' ll ,... nce ss of a few evenings since, from the apartments of the Pit .. light Wasa to her own in the same hotel, perceived a glare s he inr , in the bed-chamber of the Princess's caughter, w hich " ...4310 4 mediately entered, and found in flames. wi t h thee utmost promptitude and resolution, she caught in her arms th, e 3 eut o f , Princess, who was still asleep, and carried her sa l sac danger. The people of the house, in ten minutes mer e' pi ter ceeded in extinguishing the fire. The accident aPP: c a l ,ils have been caused by a femme de chambre, who faint f affright, but was also saved without injury. ' i n the The following incident is said to have occurred tato, Loir-et-Cher, during the recent earthquake. A young s ._ ,as travelling on foot between Villefranche et Romorant;i t hat thrown down by the shock, and, when recovered, deelt ov er, it arose from her foot sinking into a hole. It was , ll° w here clearly ascertained that no such thing existed on the spot she fell. Peat' —ln order to repair the foundations of the church at e ," to devaux, in the Ain, it became necessary, a short time r o w St take up the remains of General Joubert, who wa s r for 4 3 Novi, in 1799, which have been derosited in the vault s l e ad years. They had been inclosed in three coffins-one ete'eged another of deal, and a third of oak. The two last were.°_, we en from time and damp, but a wreath of laurel placed . o t e s ' coh . them was still existing. The remaining coffin, with 1 and has tents, is placed in the choir till the repairs are finished, d rli e. been visited by the surviving relations of the General an merous other persons. blasting A few days ago, an English workman, who was, o f the a portion of the rock at the Col de Tourville, on the Imo 0 0, Paris and Rouen Railway, was struck by some of the frakr" and killed on the spot. • f; °lie A chemist, at Orleans, was a few days ago preeart t he fulminating powder, when, by an unforeseen accident n i f fu lly dread u process, an explosion took place, and he was so , a s be' lacerated in the head and face that, for some time, it "", ,s3 O lieved he was killed. On closer examination, howeveb f o re found that he was still living, but with one of his eyes ;:, ea' from the socket, and the other so injured as to f e nder " „ fl , probable he will recover the use of it. His lif e is ont,d al t - ias It is rumoured that the Municip a l C ounc il of r 3r- an d decided on levying a fixed Octroi duty u p on poultry, sea fresh water fish, and oysters. I fan; a The Municipal Council is said t o be conternin a j or iaec . i realisation of the original design of the co l oss al elephan t in 1813, but still remaining in pl i ste r o n the Place de la vas. a co t tille. Messrs. Soyez and Inge have tendered to make s an ia of it in bronze for 900,000 fr. The situation propo sed ! r : tla said to be the centre of the Rond Point at the DaT e tr ees' Trone, forming a monumental fountain, surrounded 1 4 t o 0 columns, and candelabra with lamps in the style of th i r ' * .o cc' la Concorde. On this occasion the sculptures of the to lumns at the Barriere du Trone would be finished. . fl a nd Mme. Jaquotot, the celebrated painter on in enamel, is returned from Italy, where she has bee she ha ) , employed in studying the master. pieces of Raphael. , t hat 0 ' brought back with her copies of his portrait of hinasene a ll of Pope Julius 11., and of his St. Cecilia, with otbeers,bi the which have been made in execution of orders giv a King. wi ll be The annual practice of the artillery at Vincennes to il, opened this week. Firing at marks will take place. '2 r o a r, before the Polygon, on the mornings of Tuesdays , Tu j and Saturdays, from 6 till 10. et me et ' -It is stated that the Council of Ministers, at its ne , iOO W ing, will take into consideration whether the a uthoriaa t b t o i le!' ' the Administration des Hospices to receive the pro Per pn Y o°o porcelaich jegy the Baron de Feucheres claims to be entitled to. In o n ' o 7 e ush of the death of his wife, shall receive the King's sig n & Cour' The price paid for the Hotel de Bragance, nitre celles, by the Queen Dowager of Spain, is 514) 00 ' o f pre' _ Surcines.—On Sunday, M. C., a gentlemanw o f hit perty, killed himself by jumping out of the %vial!? i s attri' apartment, on the Quat des Augustins. This suiew e idl i e d in buted to grief for the loss of his son, who was , do b e- Afcica, of which he had received intelligence a few ;:en to fore. The same day, a man, thirty years of age, wa: nest it, go from the shore at Puteaux to a raft of wood inoorei_toi i n to and, getting close to the water's edge, discharged aPt as was hisimouth. He effectually killed himself , but did 111; ct was a evidently his design, fall into the river. In his Pe e n ,i o us to paper, on which ass written, in pencil, " 1 wo % or ! to dle t . assist my parents ; but, being unable, I have reg e thea tre "' far from them."—Montmartre was on Sunday the , u 75, who two suicides, one by a woman named Dubois, en ag o L r.wo m o tn ei t; . threw herself i n to a w e ll, and the other by who suffocated herself with charcoal, involving her bap'', six months old, in the same act of destruction. .„ the de" When the last census was made, there were 'D ie , 4 _, or li partment of the Seine 72,000 persons having Pn' e '''' bi h ;di s°4 ‘ . censes to trade, but after deducting those of t- . atet it ()- seventh classes, artisans and journeymen liable to the P license duty, the number is reduced to 38,0 00 A letter from Vienna, sth instant, in the &a; o f the Upper Germany, says-" The subscription in four 01 tradesT e r e a, of National Bank of Athens is well supported by the dra elima'' our city. Baron Sins alone has signed for 200, 00 ° tuwa niee about 180,000 f. The crisis ;n the chases of public to : , 6 es' continues. All the railway shares have fallen. 17, ofti- plained by the emission of the 5 per cent. loan, an y , culty of obtaining discounts from the National Ilinti_. BO URSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, JULY 13 • La st first , Highest Lore!' price P r i ce Price. r,r,r ot .., !l5 60 "react L Her Cents -115 ... 115 05 ." 1 04 01 ... 1 ,1 gs 4% per Cents ..... .104 60 ... 104 6 ',! "' orr 25 ••• T- 6 5 4 per Cents 99 ee ... 99 2a ••• ~,' A 6O ... . 3 per Cents. ex. div 76 70 ... 76 70 ... 1. ..3183 .1.. n!, of France Latfitte Bank I,oont. Stares 1 :111 3 85 , ~ . , . .13 C 1 3 8 i 5 . ...1 - 6.'' 85 1 5 0 ~...51 F ( 3) ; ra s,onuf. Stares 5105 ...5105 • ~ 50 ... 'v' ,t. Hank • 767 50 ... 7,7 5 0 -1); .. fOi Belgian 5 per Cents. , u 11'2.3s ‘2. New Loan 1 1 ,2%. ... l' -2 ... , 2 ~. - 5 m o ,I , ...nish; Active 512 ... 22 ••• "5 "' Jill v" Passive 5 ... 5 "' ~ 90 ... , Neapolitan .. 102 Roman ..... 102 ... 102 ...W I N n . .19 3 RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles. LB 197 50 ... 197 50 ... 3 15 ' • • 315 B. B 315 ... 315 ••• ~ 1.- , • . 461 0 Rouen 3trasnurs: to Bale 237 50 ... 138 75 ... 2.„,„01 60 . 4 es . Orleans . 482 50 ... 482 LO ••• 4 .' ' DUTCH FUNDS.-AMSTERDAM, i l i t/ o LL: . 3 ows. 506 6'2 , Actual D,ibt, 2% per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. r A i : II e t " f a , i z ie • i t : S ecu v n n :s: a d , irt i : c i et. . 4 z 54 e i t p u e n r e c . en t lool3' WI 00 70:1 Ditto, ditto, 3% percent 74 ~ P 3/i Commercial Company, 4!., 2 .er cent • 16•275,, l ea Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. ...... ...- 1 6 1%, oN Loan 1857, 5 per cent. ............... Exchange on London, One month... ....... Two months .......• 1 ' , 3 "S Hamburgh, One month 3 ,) co Two months ........ Dutch Papers, July 14. JULY 0 ' BELGIAN I! UNDS—ZSIIV2BII I4 . 52i. Actual Debt,2% per Cent. ... . ... , 00 ,, Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cunt ......... ......... 92 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent '- ....• • 3per Cent. ....... .. 7 74 -------- ..".... Icy.% .(1:40) .................. ~, Loan of City, 1032, 4 per Cent. ............... ... y''.% Society of Commerce, 4% per Cent ....... ...••• /1 % : , ;,. ~ Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ........ ....-•••••• .... . , National Society. ....................... .......•••• ii p 5 Exchange on London (short) .................. —Brussels Papers, July 13. Three pt ,r Cents. .................. ..... .......... . .......... .„',;" .......... Je. 3.tclk. Silar:3 Fox! . per Cents. l €. e . Nt . a ., l . ll . i .. q . U . u . .................................................................... ............. i i . " l -Cl ,, 100% July 10 Bank: Austrian s i i : r S A , per s l . B . Cen t s.. li 1 . t ,. G . . ............................................................................................... 165 8 M Anglo. Russian Loan .................................... !,,-? 10 , .. , :1i Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Ctatilicate ...... ! , ,, , 7, , . pm ya Inscription, lstSe•iss ............................. -. .. ... ' Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4t h 9 7 % -- ........ , 0 Series Ditto in Certificates .... ......... ...... .......... ......• i',,g; 5 ,. 4 New 4 per Cent. (1840) ....... : ......................... 5034 ... 1100160 i, ''':;,: Dutch' Actual Debt, 2% per Lent ................. ....... ... Ditto 5 per Cent ............ ...... .., ..... per Cent ..... ......... .....: l ' i. ,;, ....03% NewBAN rwegian Loan, 1e534, 4 per C. 0..... .............. 16 . o n l g i s i t , : r.i ß ic,k o a itil i i s .I; .................................... .... ............ .... ....; 4 6 ; 1 175_ Spanish, New 5 Per Cents- - vll •••"____..... 1 Dublin and family arrived at Brussels this in rlawb way to C;erniany. BaussELs, ----r-- '-------7.— JuLY 12.--The . Aorch,...b.ls, ~~n~~ i Thirty.seven ~:-' 11 C a p a n. the 11 4 , th, ~'r