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TIII SUN, : I-12ND ON, MON I),A . Y - MORNING,: .AITGVST He , eis the letter relerred t i,i the_ foregoing.extract " Captain Hand's Reply to the Questions proposed by the Sattara Commission Ist. I have occasionally, ' , luring some years, csrrespondsd . With of Balla S a hib. Th ese c ommunication', however, have been T oi r t a io e n u s r lh ely al p e rivate nature. With his Highness or his other re had no correspondence. "2d. Something appears wanting in this question. About a month ago, however, I was writing to l3alla sahib, and I stated, having heard reports of same disturbance likely to occur be tween the Raja and Government, , hat I trusted there was no foundation for the reports, but that, as a friend, I mentioned this to him. _ " 3d. To this letter 1 received a short and rather vague an swer, saying, as I understood it, that he did not know what I Meant or alluded to in my letter. • " 4th.. I hav e no o r iginal letters relating to the before-men • honed ease, or a ny others of any kind, in my possession. When _read,, I usually threw them in a corner of my room , from whence they were removed by the hamall in the course of cleaning the house. I have never kept copies of any letters, not thinking it necessary. " I think it necessary to add, for the information of the Corn - Mission, that about. fourteen or fifteen days ago, on my return ing from riding, 1 was salaamed to by two men, who said !tale Sahib had sent his salaam, and they had come to see me I told them I was then going to dress and breakfast, and to come elle, wards, and had a sea ill note from Balla Sahib merely sending his salaam, and to speak to the bearer. I asked one, who was a Brelein, what he had to say? He commenced a long story, which I understood was regarding the Government having attached some two or three villages belonging t o t h e R a j a ' s Jaglieertlars. I told hint I did not know anything of tl e case, that Government knew best ; at the same time, if the matter was refe , •red properly through the yesident, it would no doubt be settled to their satisfaction. Lunderstood him to say. it had been referred without success. He commenced talking about other matters, which . I stopped, and told him, whatever he had to say, if brought before the Government in the regular channel through the Resident, would be settled immediately. I told him 1 had nothing to do with these affairs. He said he merely wanted my advice. He had some Mahratta papers with him, which he occasionally referred to. He leit this I believe, next day, and called to !Wake a salaam before going. He wrote, at my request, a few lines to Balla Sahib, stating that I had spoken to him. I had never, to my knowledge, seen the man before. H.s companion was a Mahratta, whom I did not know. Before leaving, I sakest him as to the truth of the report regarding some misun derstanding between the Raja and Government. He said he !thew of none, and did not believe there was any. I told him I was glad to hear so; said that in writing to Balla Sahib a few days before I had told him of it. I have heard nothing since. (Signed) ALEX. HAND. " Captain Second Grenadier Regiment, N. I. Sholapore, Oct. 16th, 1836." Now, Gentlemen, be good enough to go back to page 71, and sea li „ee what comments the Commissienet make on this document. 'e:.. e' venture to say the annals of the Inquisition and the Star se: • Chamber corr.biued, will not furnish anything mere artful Its el than this paragraph. Every inference• against the Raja, that ' , could by human ingenuity be drawn from this transaction is it ' 4 , , b lade out. The conspiracy is taken for granted. The back -ttardness of the Brahmin is on this hypo hesis, "easily ac qe, Itoanted for." Balla Sahib is a " cousin" of his Highness NI: (Mark 0 and commander of his forces. And as Ce p tain 7e er e s Hand's replies are dated the 16th of October, the letter he addressed to Balla Sahib must (pray mark the must) have been ee written about the time alluded to in the Brahmin's conversation With the native officers. A month before the 16 th of October Its te . carries us back to the 16th of September.' On the 27th of ; 4 '4,- • '. B cpteraber the Soobadars meet Untajee at the perfum er's, but ", s e , • he says nothing of this letter ; no, not a word. On the 30th • nfleeptember and let of October, Untajee mentions that the ! j e s , is downcast in consequence of a le.ter from Sholapore. 1 LIS is the " highly important" exception to the vs hole of what the B ra h m i n it being expressly admitte.t by the Commis ,. !loner' that there was no proof that anything besides was au , thorised by a n y oth e r person. And where is the proof that this Was authorised ?: 'I here is not a tate on the record. The Brah min stated that his Highness was downcast. Be it so. This the subtle Brahmin might have learnt in a thousand ways if true, for the Raja had enemies in his palace. And if true, what does it amount to? It is not unlikely that such a report would cause the Raja to be sorrowful, well knowing the implacability It! his enemies. It therefore follows, say the Commissioners, the veracity of the native witnesses is proved in one of the cir cumstances they related. This was indeed a godsend to the Commissioners. It proves, too, that intercourse and commu nication existed between Untajee and some one at the palace. Most marvellous this ! As to the appearance of the Brahmin and Alahratte at Sholapore, I leave the matter where I find it, and the letter of Captain Hand, to speak for itself. There is nothing whatever in the affair which • in the smallest decree affects the Raja. Yet these upright Commissioners deem it highly important. The Commissioners next proceed to report upon the verbal and written statements of the Raja, and here, the evidence of the witnesses, I must express my astonishment and indignation at the manner in which that part of it is drawn op which follows from the present point. 'lt would occupy too much time to go fully irate this portion of the subject, but I cannot pass it by. Let me remind the Court that they have In their hands the instruction to this Commission, dated Poona, October 10, 1835 (p. 135, par. 5). Let gentlemen turn to that document, anti they will learn that " the !ale object of the Government is to discover the truth, th roug h th e me di um o f a just and impar tial. investigation, and that the Commissioners were to prosecute their inquiries with this object and in this spirit." go back to the Report (p. 71), and we are told bs the C0m .... Irs iwi l i ttier ? that they had considerable difficulty in drateirg his t e a attention to the charge against himself, anXit was .‘tore wher e the . e gave a distinct denial. We turn to (p. 123) of the kindl.aterview is described at leegth, and we find nothing * * ”" Mr. Willoughby recapitulated the evidence. a 11 ' , Highness heard all very quietly, and then gave general denial to the whole story." Again (t'. 124), through out the wh o l e o f this i nterv i ew, which lasted about three hours, 4 hit Highness evinced the utmost readiness and self-posses sion." Turn to the Report, and you read , " the change which took place in hi s Hi g hness's spirits was singular. At first he was greatly depressed; latterly he was quite the reverse." Now turn to page 124, and read—" He was at first embar rassed ; but it was only the embarrassment natural to a person In his situation." So what was natural on the 26th of Octo ber was singular on the 6th of November. Puling these two things together, they read thus—his Highness's behaviour on the occasion was singularly natural. But 1 read them sepa- Neely, and I say that this passage, taken with others, stamps the epoet as a dishonet one, and proves that it was dictated by a feeling mot unfriendly to the Raja. Suffer me to remind Yule of the extra-official Report of one of the Commission. The Raja came in : I shall ',ever forget the scene. He came 114 leith the proud and high dignity of a Sovereign. He cer tainty thought he was a prisoner." This is G. neral isolltvickts vertion. Take another specimen Hig- • nests appealed to Col. Lodwick regarding the improbability of his using such language as that attributed to him by the Soobadars, as to sending him to Calcutta, eec. On page 123, We find the response to this appeal. Col. Lodwick observed, " he was on his oath, and he could decidedly say that he never had had such conversation." But, say the Commissioners, "his having used such language is not more improbable than that part of his proceedings of which we consider the evidence ja conclusive, and that it is unworthy of further remark." We shall look presently at the conclusiieness of the evidence affect ing the Raja in the matter of the Sepoys. Take another proof of the males animus of this Report.---" At no stage of the pro ceedings did his Highness evince the slightest interest in the fate r,: Govind Row." fhis is a cruel and unwarranted impu tation gratuitously cast upon a noble-minded mail. Govind Bow had been arrested, charged with taking part in the con 'piracy in which the Raja himself was the most important.per sonage. The Raja knew full well that he was the mark aimed at. He felt convinced, that if the evidence of the base fabri cators of the plot was rejected, and he did not doubt, as I shall show you, that it would be, that he himself would stand ab solved, and that all his friends would be safe. 1 his is seen in the manner of the Raja after his examination before th e Commission. He understood perfectly the nature of the conspiracy, and he gave the Commissioners credit for similar sagacity. From the time he was Made acquainted with the nature of the evidence, Ws mind seems to have been at ease, for he telt confident he could show she motives in which it originated as well as the unworthy elietacter of those who had given it. Therefore, after the Conference had terminated, his Highness's spirits ineritased, and he laughed and joked at some observations in regard to the pawn (and well he might), and after the usual courtesies,' the meeting concluded. Yet this confidence its his own inuo eenee and the consequent acquittal of his friend, is tortured by the Commissioners into evidence of a want of proper interest in th e fate of his Minister, Gorvind Row. 1301 this is not doing full justice to the Raja, for if, while con,cious of his own inno cence, he considered the Minister; Govind ftw, guilty of taking patt in the conspiracy, these was truly no special reason why be shou'd betray any koully interest in the late of one'Who ha :1 wickedly leagued with i.is bitter enemies to betray him. However therefore you view the matter you see no it.ieti fication of the wataCiniolinuation thrown out in the Report. 1 his, then, is ens)! her proof of the malus animus of the ommissioners. The 'next paragraph in ills eteport disposes of the Raja's written Pcsk,lence, for the insertion of which they almost fear they may be blesned. Some of the papers they deem irrelevant. I have gone through the paper, thus cavalierly and sneeringly dis missed by the Commissioners. I have given them my best attention. I have ries!' from the perusal of them with profit and instruction, and I cannot help thinking that Mi. Willoughby would have done well to have stunted them with care, and given. the readers of his Report the benefit of an analysis of them, I own that had he done so, the rest of hit Report would have gone for nothing. That may have been the re: sun be did not do so. 1 o.n th it such is my opinion. 0 ' The paper recorded on the 29th ultimo is the only one descry- Wg of much attention. In many parts it is very obscurely et pressed, but its general purport is to poi n t out the extre:ee im , probahility Of les highness en; ging in a contest with the British Governoient ; the g reat benefit he hiss derived from, and the friendship he feels toeards, the British Government; the frequencies of intrigues and conspiracies in this country ; 'mot it concludes by making three proposals as a test of the aincerisy of his feeliegs, which we interpret to signify that his Highness Is prepared to place all his passe sea at our disposal. It is, however, remarkable, that all direct attention to the specific charge againet his Highness (namely, the interview with the native officers et hi, palace) is studiously avoided. With reference to this paper it may be further observed, that had the case entirely depensed on the testimony of the native officers, we should hie felt ourselves compelled to deliberate *pan presumptions and probabilities. Our remarks, however, en the evidence will show that we are not obliged to have re course to such an uncertain mode of determination ; and inex plicable as we admit his Highness's conduct to have been, and ignorant as we confess ourselves to be of the object he had in view, we cannot resist the strong body of evidence by , which the case against him has been to our minds established. 1 bus t'ey most summarily dispose of his Hiidghness's written defence. Yost have seen how they got r of hisemortal of this. Now, then, to deprive him of the_h rs gis po t consenting to be conf ronted with the witnesses N roo dggainst him. Let him speak for himself He had perie'et reSieenee on the Commission. Hearing he evidence from the Csunirni"; n was the same as hearing from the w it. already said, and I nesses. The,' will repeat what they shall say, No ; theefore of whit use t h v a o v u e ldit be ?'' (p. 123.) He has not the benefit this the Report. Speaking of the the overthrow of the English, he report of his conspiring for • ".'re that could induce me to said (123), " What friend have a. act as stated, or what force? My self saw, when I was rescu ed . from the hands of the Peishwa by General Stim:i,* a largei dbi)d-oe7, of Mahrattas fly from a few Sepoys, therefore what rout.. We consider the question he requested might be put to lJntajee very remarkable, namely, " Who began this proceeding. the Brahmin or the Maharaja?" as it tends to the impression We had pr e viously entertained, that his Highness had become the Brahmin's dupe. The circumstance is thus related. p. 124 : 'His Highness then wrote the name of the Brahmin Untajee. Be inquired what was his caste; and on being told he was a Chitpaun Brahmin, his Highness observed with some warmth, ' That is the Peishwa's caste. I shall never be able to remain in this country : I must go elsewhere ;' referring to the intrigues of these Brahmins against him. He also requested the eotn /Mullin particularly to ascertain from the Br .hmin Untajee who first began this conspiracy (fittoor)." There is nothing here shout the Brahmin or the Maharaja. That question does mot so st :rid in the evidence. The words would seem to be interpolated to bear out the inference, and to say the least are very suspicious. The question seems a most judicious one as it mantle on the record. Who began this conspiracy? Let it be traced to its source. Let me know the first mover. But no, the I. oimmissioners will have it that it tends to the impression that the Raja found he had been duped. . ^- ,` : • , .Theemanif , st design of this forced induction is to show that , the Raja was personally concerned; that he had entered into ! the plot, and was at last part and parcel of the conspiracy. I Nothing in the proceedings warrants this. His Highness's spirits are referred to. In close connexion with this we . have what is not reported. The Commissioners. doubtless, knew their own reasons well enough. His Highness evinced, throughout the whole of this interview, which lasted about three hours, the utmost readiness and self-possession. He was first embarrassed; but it was only the embarrassment natural to a person in his situation. Latterly he argued with clearness and acuteness, took notes and asked questions, and certa=inly did not evince the slightest appearance of aberration of mind. • He requested a Mahratta copy of so much of the depositions of the two Soobadars and the Brahmin as affected himself, which I was not, at the time, objected to, but which he never got. After the conference had terminated, his Highness's spirits in. creased, and he laughed and joked at some observations that were made in regard to the presentation of pawn. Does this, I ask the Court, look like guilt? Is there anything in this interview that speaks .to the prejudice of the Raja? For myself, 1 say I find nothing. Now for Untejee's answer to the question put to him the next day (p. 125), but not put as dictated by the Raja, unless that is left out in the statement of what. he really slid say, which we find here and in the Report. The B alimia Untajee is recalled, and interrogated by the Commission as fillows " Who first commenced this conspiracy? Did you begin it or did the Maharaja? The Brahmin, after about an hour's evasion and prevarication, during which he told several different stories, states that lie concocted the plot out of revenge, be cause a claim which he had to a well, on which he had expended 200 rupees (201.), was not attended to. Fer four years he had been seeking justice, which had been denied him. He frequei ted the camp. and endeavoured to interest Captain Hand in his service, but all to no purpose. At last it occurred to him, that by hatching a conspiracy of this kind, he and his claim would come before the Sanb-log. Heaven threw the Soebadars in his way, and he deveved them. He did not tell them of his claim, and they believed his story to be true. The two meetings at the Dewan's and the one at the Raja's actually occurred. It was merely to snake their salaam, and the alleged conversation never took place. The story he men tioned about the Mogul was false, but he did mention that a person had come from Scindia." What is the effect which this statement is calculated to produce upon every unprejudiced mind ? Comment is needless. I leave it to produce its effect upon the consciences and verdict of those who hear me, and upon the minds of the public of this country. How triumphant is the case 'of the Baja at this point. The very question which was put, not as the Raja requested, who begun the plot, but, as a leading one, "did you or the Maha raja ?" The answer to this question exonerates the Prince, and places the witness before us as the very worst of men. But I shall presently prove to you that even this confession of Un tajee'e is rejected, in so far as it is calculated to be of benefit to the Raja. Bear what I have read in mind, as it is referred to in a subsequent part of the Report, of the men who would have had unbounded satisfaction in coming to a differen conclusion. Among the papers handed in by the Raja is a series of deposi tions illustrative of the atrocious character of Untajee, which proves him to be a man with whom the Raja could have no in tercourse in the remotest manner, without belying his whole 1 life.— (See page 160, also 126.) The Raja's &Rem-, referred to so very briefly in the Report, is well worthy of consideration. i His Highness is evidently impressed with the opinion that the Commission will have sagacity enough for him to refer to the characters of the originator, and the actors, and to his own cir cumstances and past life, in order at once to dispel the last lin gering idea of his being a party in the business : " His Highness the Raja, accompanied by his brother and Balla Seib, Senaputtee, visits the Commission of his own ac cord, and delivers in the following Memorandum with three packets of papers. The latter are recorded with Appendix H. " Translation of his Highness's Memorandum concerning the Garee Untajee, the sentries (Sepeys), and Coosia, &c.—The whole of this affair as it appears to stand, as also some ex planation relative to the conspirators, as well as regarding the story of the sentries (Sepoys), now before the Commission (Sahib -19g), is in substance as follows : " It will be seen by reading the statementsAsent) and exa mining the witnesses, what low men are capable of undertaking. This affair has been very much exaggerated, but it cannot enter into the minds of the English Government for this reason. No conspiracies of this kind occur under the English Government, they only happen here, theref ire the English Government does not suspect such things, but the suspicions are now stated. This is not the fit time for entering into any conspiracy against the English Government. It is not like the time of the war with Bajee Row, and when his army was in this country, and it is not as I had not seen such things. How it fared with Bajee Row when slip sed to the British Government, that I have my sett seen. There is no such enmity bet seen our Governments as there was between Bajee Row and myself, though this people would make it appear so, but nothing has been taken or given since I was rescued from Bajee Row's army. I have riot con spired with ans of his followers or with ans of his forte, or in any other way. When the English trootts came I stood still with my relations and Bulwunt Row Bhonsla Senaputtee, and since then and up to this time how have I conducted myself, and what friend but the English Go-eminent have we had from the time of the Shaw Alaharaj until now, and how many enemies great and small do I make here ? And on account of my friendship with the English Government many people are my enemies. When all these circumstances are considered, then the English Government will be satisfied ; and in order still further to satisfy the English Government, I propose as follows : Ist. Let the English Government propose anything, whether great or small, and see if it shall not be done. 2d. Let all my pro perty, of whatever kind, be demanded, and see if there be any demur. 3d. Let an arrangement be made according to the custom of the English Government as a further assurance. More than this I cannot say in the way of assurance. When I knew the result of this affair then will I speak my mind to the English Government. There is no 'difficulty on my part. Consider this well. The t•nglish Government has made me what 1 am, and in future it will make me : there will be no complaint on m 3 part. My only care is for my character and honour, and beyond this I have no desire. Understand this, and do according to your wishes. I will not contest any thing with the English Government, with others I might do so; but when disputes arise instead of friendship, how can friendship remain? If it be determined to make me more or less than I am, all is in the hands of the English Government. I have nothing more to add." " 'The witnesses who appeared on the part of his Highness may be divided into three classes. " Ist. Persons to prove that conspiracies are of frequent oc currence in India. These may be passed over witheut remark, because the fact may be admitted without affecting the merits of the case, since not the slightest proof has been adduced to prove that, in the present instance, a conspiracy of any kind has boen formed against his Highness. " 2d. Persons to prove that the Brahmin Untajee, and the servant Coosia, are men of bad character, and consequently unworthy of belief." The bold assertion at the end of the first paragraph is some what startling, in the face of Untajee's declaration on page 125, that the whole was a plot concocted from motives of revenge; that it occurred to him that by hatching a conspiracy he could bring his claim under notice, and that heaven threw the Soo badars in his way. In the face of what the Commissioners say, that " intermediately between July 31 and September 8 the Raja became the dupe of the Brahmin, aided by Govind Ros"—en the face of what is the impression of the Com missioners, that " the Raja had become the Bra min's dupe—in the face of what Untajee declares, that the Raja " never talked treason at the interview alleged to have taken place,"—yet, in the face of all this, we are told by the Commissioners, who would have had unbounded satis faction in believing in the Raja's innocence, that there is " not the slightest proof of a conspiracy against the Raja." Now, let :is see what they said about the witnesses. First for Untajee:— " With regard to the accomplice Untajoe, we are quire ready to admit all his Highness has urged against him; for, on the face of our proceedings, he appears to be a man of the most worthless and - unprincipled character. He was under exami nation on three different occasions ; twice at the instance of the Commission, and one at his own request. lie was guilty of the grossest prevaric ition and deceit, and we have attached no weight to his uncorroborated testimony. On his first and third examination, although we believe him to have been guilty of concealment and evasion, we are of opinion that his stns e meets are mixed up with a considerable degree of tru li ; but we do not give entire credence to the story he gave at. his second examination, that he himself had concocted the whole affair out of revenge, in consequence of his not Waving obtained redress in some dispute which occurred several years ago regarding a well." With what unswerving con sistency do these impartial inquirers after truth reject whatever has a tendency to demonstrate the innocence of the Raja— , with what ingenuity do they bring into prominence every circumstance that could, even by the most malicious ingenuity, be tortured into proof of the haja's participation in theieffair, or of evil designs against the Govern. ment. Coosia comes next. We admit - , say these honest reporters—these upright searchers after truth—these generous, English, Special Secret Inquisitors upon the conduct and cha tamer of " the model of Indian Princes"— we admit that Coosia committed a petty thing sixteen or seventeen years ago- We admit that he had a missive for revenge, in consequence of the violation ofa pledge of pardon to a brother-in-law, who was I executed. Nevertheless, the reasons urged against him by his Hishness can in no way affect his testimony; and in the evi dence of Coosia we place the most implicit reliance. (See pp. 72, 73.) The Commissioners are next. called upon to look at the evidence of the Soobadare. The lteja, as will be seen in the Appendix, had furnished evidence that the testimony of the native should be rejected, on the ground that, in consequence of circumstances theiein narrated, the 23d regiment enter tained feelings of dissatisfaetion and dislike. Any individual who will take the trouble of looking carefully into this part of the proceedings, will be satisfied that the Raja assigned very string grounds why the testimony of the Sepoys should be re ceived with great caution. See . how tile Commissioners deal with this:—" We think it very probable that some feeling of dissatisfaction may, at the time, have been excited against his Highness, on account of the removal of the huts of a detach ment at Maliableshour, under the circumstances stated in Cid. Lodwick's evidence. (Page 75 of our proceedings.) We think this, however, was most likely confined to the detachment itself; that it never extended to the body of the regiment, al though it is in evidence that Soobadar Goober Alissur, who was then commandieg the escort of the Right Hon. the Governor (in the spot, wrote to his Adjutant on the subject. But we do not eet cattachell conceive much importance that it toh have e h is influencedcircumstance , the a c n a d n c d a li n e; coul d " thinks," and " most likely s," and " cannot conceives," " of the native officers. How strangely these we contrast with the maxim laid down in our own country that the Judge should be on the prisoner's side, and always allow him to have the benefit of the doubt. Now mark what follows : " Before we proceed to the remaining branches of our Report, we beg to state that, the leading facts of the case having been established to our satisfaction, we do not deem it necessary to enter into an analysis of the evidence of the two native officers and the Havildar, or to compare it with that contained in the depositions taken by their officers. A process of this kind would undoubtedly detect various discrepancies, omissions, and additions, on the part of the witnesses; but only such as, we think, might be expected from persons narrating events oc cupying a period of nearly three months, and consequently not, in our opinion, affecting the general merits of the case.' Sir, I shall leavelo others who are fully prepared to show the nature of these discrepancies, omissions, and additions, the task of showing what they are, and of proving that they refer to eircumstances which men in all countries, but more especially in India, could not be' guilty of if - speaking the truth. Let me now draw your attention to another specimen of the unwearied labours and strict impartiality of the Commissioners, who would have had unbounded satisfaction in coming to another conclusion. The passage lam about to read is one intended to set forth the circumstances in favour of the Rajs, that they my come under the notice of Mr. Willoughby' , sg erior alit, is a g e nerous task, as weil as a plain (ItStlr now . ~ mark how it is performed. When reading it, I w as streM Y f4g4pded of a certain person in sacred history, who, who ., h e ' oete nempeseing the ruin .of a just and in man, led his enemies to the spit, and dis covered wester," and kissing *him• c n o;i s y lt e h t o io u n gh of w t e ht. I :y ee er n e t d birtl by saying — '` keen, reluctantly cempeded to declare our milt to the extent specified in the ceding lief e remarks, we deem it necessar here to notice cumstances apparently in hie favoner, not only to show that they have not ,escaped our own ebseryatien, but that they may b e (m oldered by ottr snperiors. There are, Ist, the insa as far as can be seen, the absence of plan or o bje ct which . nese nits of the attempt , any definite his Wish could benefit e 'writ Sattara. 2d. His Highness's deliver from the seduction of doe regiment of native troops, and this regiment about t • o u p, without any demur, his Dewan and the perfumer, and so the Commission. 3J. His Highness's i l e y ea at e theanrrahentge " On these pointsithe following remark; occur to us. lst. • Although we have failedto elicit any proof of communication between his Highness and other native powers, it would not be therefore safe to conclude that none has actually occurred His Highness has, of late, been governed by men of bad cha racter; and it is impossible to say how far they may not have succeeded in persuadi ng hi m th a t other posters are engaged in similar attempts to seduce our troops, and thus have led him into making the same attempt. It may also so happen that his Highness's designs have been discovered almost as soon as they were formed, and consequently that they have been crushed in the bud before they had time to be sufficiently deves loped. 2tl. We may remark, that his Highness's conduct may be interpreted in two ways : Ist, As a proof of his innocence 2d, As a conviction, On his part, of inability to resist the demand, and the desire to avoid the unfavotuable inference which non-compliance would have given rise to. On the third point we would offer the trite remark, that admitting the plea to its full extent, it can only be available in a case of doubt. We apprehend, however, that his Highness'scharacter, as pour frayed in these proceedings, will be found to differ most essen tially frOm that which Government has been led to form from the Reports of former Residents; and although we are not pre pared to state that anything like insanity has been established against him, the anecdotes related of his Highness by the per son alluded to at page 6G of our Proceedings, and confirmed by the Resident, prove the grossest credulity and superstition on his part, which we think may have influenced Ids conduct. We also learn from the best authority, that at the time the present Raja was established on the Sattara throne, both Lim self and his family entertained the most extravagant ideas of their own c.insequence, and that their expectations were most proportionate, so that, fur a time, the bounty they experienced was not duly appreciated.'—( Grant Duff's " History of the ' Alahrattas," vol. iii., p. 483.) Here Captain Grant Ditff is I called in to condemn the Raja for what lie wrote within a few months after the Raja came into cur hands. • Now let us look at the honesty with which the quotation is made, and we shall have fresh evidence of the mains animus which actuated the Commissioners in writing their Report. In the extract they have made, they tell you, that " both the Raja's family and himself entertained," &e. What if I shall show you that it was not the Raja, but others, who exhibited the propensities referred to ; and that it was the Raja who curbed those propensities, and acted implicitly upon the rules of economy laid down by the Resident ? The ungarbled text reads thus:—" The Raja was in his 27th year, intelligent and well disposed, but bred amongst intrigues, surrounded by men of profligate character, and ignor an t o f ever ythi ng exce pt the etiquette and parade of a Court." Now, then, who was it en tertained the views referred to by the Commissioners? %Vas it the Raja? No; for Capt. Grant Duff says, it was his family who " entertained the most extravagant ideas of their own con sequence, and their expect ations were proportionate ; so that, for a time the bounty which they experienced was not duly appre ciated." But respecting the Raja, we are told that "on being informed what Isis allowance would he, the first year of Isis administration ended without the ex penditure of a single rupee in excess of the amount assigned him.—(Cheers.) Here, then, you have a direct evi dence of an intention, on the part of the Commissioners, to misrepresent the character of this distinguished Prince, by omitting to record what he actually said, and by attribut;ng to him qualities which he never displayed, they bring the readers of thee. Report to a false conclusion, and compromise the duty they were called upon to discharge. But you must be pre pared for far more proof than I have given you of the disin genuousness of the men who sat in judgment upon the Raja. "Perhaps in this passage a key (a false key) is his Highness's conduct may be found. Time may have weakened the grati tude he may once have felt to the British Government for having restored him to liberty and a throne, and forgetful of what he was, and of the source from which he derived all that he now possesses, he may Lave been led, by family bride and a weakened intellect, to think of the much more extensive king dom which belonged to his ancestors ; and having once nou rished the dangerous thought, he may have been gradually led, by the designing men who. now surround him, to entertain false hopes, and with this object may hive conimenced by assailing the fi.lelity of our troops. Be this as it may, whatever were Isis Highness's former feelings towards us, it is quite evident an estrangement has latterly taken place, not only from Govern ment, but from its representative. .Colonel Lodwick states this change to have occurred as recently as fifteen months ago, and attributes it to some disputed points that had arisen between the Government and Ins Highness regarding his jagheerciars, in consequence of which his Highness is stated to have prepared an embassy to England. Another intortnant, whose accuracy of information has more than once been verified (Ballajee Punt), states this to be the consequence of the Raja having been released from control by Colonel Robertson, and to his being afterwards in some degree restrained. Without wasting further time in conjecture as to the motive which may have in fluenced his Highness's conduct, we beg to conclude by ob serving, that the existence of estrangement, and withdrawal of all confidence from the Resident, as well as causes of dissatis faction with Government, are apparent; and these have, no doubt, operated upon his Highness, in the absurd project he seems to have entertained." Now, just review these passages (which are but one paragraph), arid are prefaced by the an nouncement that they are to set forli what can be said in favour of the Raja. 1. Though there is no proof of communi • eatisn with native powers, yet "it would not therefore be safe to conclude that none had actually occurred 1" This certainly is much in favour of the Raja. "As the Raja has of late been governed by men of bad character (I should certainly say so at this time), it is impossible to say ' how far they may not have succeeded in persuading him that other powers are engaged in similar attempts to subdue our troops, and thus have led him into making the same attempt." Quite imp issible Mr. Willoughby. This is favour the second. The grammar, the perspicuity, the generosity, and the argu mentativeness oft his passage, are equally conspicuous 1 Again— " 'though he delivered up the perfumer and Govind Row when demanded, yet it may have been from a conviction that he could not resist, and from a desire to avoid an unfavourable in ference. Favour the third. Again—" His Highness may have bad tithes hostile designs ; but they may have been discoveted almost, as soon as found, and, consequently, they may have been crushed in the bud before they had time to ripen." Certainly. This is favour the fourth. Again—" His Highness had a good character." He had. "We apprehend, however, that his Highness's character, as pourtrayed in these proceedings (and especially in this Report), %Nil he found to differ most essentially from that which Government had been led to form from the Reports of former Residents." You are right, Mr. \Va.. loughby. You have essentially altered the character of the llaja, wherever you are believed. Favour the MTh. The Report now proceeds with the utmost gravity to discuss the question whether the, conspiracy ext ended beyond Sattara. !'here is something sublimely ridiculous in this. After the most wretched plot that ever called . for inquiry had been fully traced tea beggarly Brahmin, already branded as a perju rer, a prevaricator, and a purloiner, of twenty• five years stand ing, and in constant and full practice. Mr. Willoughby pom pously advances to the consideration of whether seindin, Holear,the Raja of Negpore, Caintainin Row, Kolpoorkur, and the Governments of Goa, t helepoor, Tanjore, Russia, and the Ilabshee, were in league with the Raja. of Sattara. The Go vernor in Council had written to say that," with the exception of what the Soobadars had said, they had no information that could induce them to suppose that any native powers were en gaged in the plot." Mr. Willoughby himself says—" We have not been able to elicit the slightest direct evidence that the conspiracy extends beyond Sattara," and owns to the utter absence of any dorumeatary evidence on any part of the sub ject. Nevertheless, the subject is entitled to some share in the unwearied industry of the Political Secretary. You have hearth one story of may-be's, and may-have-been's, and probe hies, and possibles —take another. " A reference to our proceedings will show, that we have not succeeded in elici ing the slightest direct evidence that the conspiracy extends beyond Sattara ; and yet we can hardly be lieve that a Prince so deficient in meant and resources as the Raja of Sattara, could have acted in the manner he has been proved to have done, without having previously communicated with more powerful states, and without having been persuaded into the belief that they were of the same mind, and engaged in the same object as himself. If this be not the case, no rU onger proof could be required of the alleged insanity of his Highness than his having commenced to tamper with our troops without having received assurances of aid from other quarters." " It will he observed, that the Brahmin, 'on his first exami nation, alludes to his having been in communication with a Mogul emissary from Hyderabad, but that on his last exami nation he confessed that this was a fiction of his own, admit ting that he did inform the native officers that he was in league with a Vakeel of Sindia's, which we believe to be a fiction also. The Brahman further admitted that his statement that emis saries had been seat to the different stations under this Presi dency to gain over the troops, was likewise false ' • and we are disposed to believe this to be the case, from the fact that no such emissaries have been discovered, notwithstanding the Sat tara plot was detected as far back as the Ilst July last." But mark— " It is in evidence that the Raja of Sattara interchanges presents and holds friendly intercourse with the 'Oodeepoor and Tanjore Governments, but with the knowledge and sanction of Government. It is probable that, under the cover of this intercourse, treasonable communications may have been made, a , d that the agents through whom it has been conducted, aware of the hostile feelings of his Highness tow :rds us, may have given exagge rated accounts of similar hostile feelings existing in the minds of other native rulers, and may have persuaded him that they are disposed to combine against us. We more particularly refer to the agent Sewanund Shastry, whose history is briefly alluded to in the eleventh paragraph of Colonel Lodwick's letter to Government dated 18th August last. The person has been twice deputed by the 1 , ajaof eattara to Oodeepoor, and is at the present moment high in his favour and confidence. consider hen to be a very likely person to have been em ployed on such an occasion, and that it is probable the com munications alluded to by the informant, at page 66 of . our Proceedings ' as having passed between his Highness and the ex-Raja of Nagpore, now at Joudpore, may have been con ducted through this man's agency." Sir, I should use strong language (perhaps so strong as to fall again under your cen sure,) if I attemved to characterise such writing as this. There it stands, a scandal and a disgrace to our po litical administration in India. It shall not be my fault if it excites not the public abhorr, , nce of the people of this country. Happy should I be to close this black book upon this page ; but there is snore, and however loath some and s ickening it is, I will go through with it. Our colleague, the Political Secretary, will disclose the name of our informant. This is Ballajee Punt Nathoo, who had not to rob for his living because pensioned for his service to us in the betrayal of a former master, and who is the lago of the play—should he be required to do so, the same, under the instructions of Government (vide Appendix II), not having been recorded? His sources of information are evidently good, as his statements, in one or two instanees, have been verified by the event. He has received a very high character from the Resident. This hereon states, that within the last twelve months the Raja has communicated with Moodhoojee Bhonsleh, the with Hyderabad, and Oodeepoor, and el-iiaia of authoritiesNag"re the adds, that about the 18th October, his Highne s s burnt a letter with ' at Goa. He further that had been brought from Moodhoojee Bhonsleh by Sewanund Shastry. We do not place implicit confidence in this informa tion, beeau=e it was obtained from the Raja's brother, who, al though ostensibly on friendly terms, is believed to be at enmity with him. We think, however, that were this clue communi cated to the political authority at Ajmere, and an inquiry in stituted, some light might be thrown upon this mysterious case. It will be seen, that during the second interview between the native officers and the Dewan, a person came in and took apart in the conversation, who, the Brahmin stated was a relation of the ex-Raja of Nagpore, and that at his last examination the Brahmin confirmed this statement, and added, that his name is " Appa Sahib Mareek." We are informed that there is such a person at Sattara, and he is alluded to in Colonel Lod wick's letter of the 7th October, as having been sent to the Residency when the Dewan was given up ; but as neither of ti e native officers could recognize him as the person who came into the room, there is no evidence we can rely upon to identify him. We d eem it p ro p er t o d raw t h e attention to the following extract from the i n f ormat i on a ff or d e d us by the aobnoutthethausethnodriatyn embassy bthasesyßatjoa's England,brother. and" ii nj ui l e )e ss rs , His written a letter to his agent in Bombay, that if he fails to ob tain redress there, lie must go over to the Russians ten them that his kingdom is one of fifty-six crores of rupees, that they must bring an army and reinstate him in this raj, and that he will ultimately repay their expenses by instalments," This was told by Ballajee Paut Nathoo to the Commissioner on the 2'2d October, 1846.—( P age 114.) This letter is written its Persian, and is signed by the Raja. It may, probably, bg deemed expedient to institute an inquiry into this matter. We cannot, of course, give credit to such a wild and extravagant gory, or imagine that his Highness would entrust any agent • with inch undeniable proof of his hostility towards u; hutawe consider some light is thrown on the feeling which exists at the palace by such a plan being even whispered. What renders the story more incredible is, the eircumstacce that Split Meer, the agent to whom the letter is alieged to have been given, has since been discarded. Here, then, is another insidious and crooked attempt to strengthen the impression, which it seems the one great aim of this Report to produce against the un fortunate Raja, who seems to have been utterly bereft of friends in the hour of his great es t nee d, an d to have the very worst of his enemies in hi s own h ouse h o ld, and nearest to his own bosom, even his own. flesh and blood. Let us probe this matter as far - as •we can, and see if • the inquiry does not • cover • all concerned with confusion, except the Raja hi mse lf. O n pa g e 283 of the Ist vol. of Sattara Papers, will be f oun d a Mi nute by the Governor Sir Robert. Grant, referrin g t o the subject this letter, saii by Mr. Willoughby to be written in Persian, and signed by the Raja.. Mind Ali.. Willoughby rays no more, though you will find he knew much more. The minute of the Go vernor treats of certain documents inclosed in a letter to the Geyer: or from Culonel Ovens, the Acting Residait' at Sat tara, and,dated the••24th of Norecnber, 1837: The Governor, after dismissing other documents, says---" I now come to the most important one, namely, one b ear i ng date on the sth of October, alleging to have b een sent to C o l o nel ()vans by A ppa Sahib, the brother of th e R a j a. N or d oes Colonel Ovens seem to have any doubt of it s aut h ent i c i ty . We have seen that the first time this lette r i s ment i oned i s b e f o re the Corn . missioners oti the 22d October, 1836. The story is told by the Brahmin Ballojee Punt, who says his information was de rived from Appa Sahib, who also says, " the Raja is mad," and every tittle of whose evidence seems to have been dictated by a desire to produce the conviction that the Raja was an enemy to the British Government, and wholly unfit to govern the pi incipality of Sattara, because " his head was turned." Let this be borne in mind. On the sth of October, 1837, one • year subsequently, Colonel ()vans receives a letter froin Appa Sahib, who eriminates himself, while he, at the same time, extenuates the net, and plainly points to himself as the future ruler of Sattara. This man is now the Raja; Bal!ajee Punt is his minister, with another pension of 1,0001. a-year from the British Cove, nment, and Colonel Ovens is the admirer and • vindicator of both. Let us now examine this letter. " 7. The paper is vaguely written ; but it contains one state ment, criminatory both of the alleged writer and the Raja, which deserves attention. In reference to the two agents whom it is understood that the Raja was about to depute to England, the writer says, ' the R a j a gave copies of the treaty and other papers to Syud M eer an d Ib ra him, and in structed them thus: 'Represent first to t h e C ou rt of Directors in England. There, should it not b e e ff ec t e d according to our desires, represent to the King's durbar. There, if it should be decided that we have full powers i n our own country, and, that the Bombay Council should have no so vereignty over us, it is good; if not, communicate with the Rooswalla (Russians) and adopt means for their army to come down here.' Having said so, and having prepared a foul draft of a yad of stipulations to be passed to the Rooswalla, my brother put his sign- manual life. ila Out of this fear I d I not put it he would that monom%annt have d madem taken l my e. put it ; and I became fully persuaded - that moment, that by such acts the Raja would no t c ontinue.' "8. The alleged writer takes credit to hi mse lf f or having communicated to the Sattara Commission th e f ac t, th a t a l e tter me put minx.in to the above effect had been written by the Raja' and on re ference to the 10th paragraph of the Report of the Commis sioners, it will be seen that such a communication is referred to as having been made to them on the authority of the Raja's brother, although the Commissioners, writing at a period when the intrigue had been very partially detected, are disposed to treat the information with incredulity. " 9. Lieutenant-Colonel Ovens states, that this singular do cument was brought to him by a confidential agent, named Eshwunt Raw Foujdar, with the declared object of having it transmitted to Government, and that, at the time of delivering it, the agent made verbal representations to the same effect with the contents. The Acting Resident likewise states, that Alps Sahib does not appear to have been otherwise concerned in the wild designs of the Raja, than in the instance to which he thus pleads guilty. " 10. In weighing the claims of this statement to our be lief, it is impossible not to observe that there are two circum stances which, taken by themselves, materially detract from its credit. First, the writer acknowledges that enmity has long existed between himself and the Raja. Day by day,' he says, • the enmity of my brother has been increasing, for he suspects me of being in combination with the British Government.' Secondly, he anticipates the possibility of the Raja's dethrone ment, and avowedly aims at succeeding him. •If my brother,' he observes, ' has done anything wrong, that it may be for given out of mercy, and that the raj be continued firm, is my only wish. Perhaps, in order not to continue my brother on the raj, if an arrangement be contemplated, I am an heir, acd 1 sin not concerned in any improper acts; if my brother has done any, therefore, the British Government will place me on the throne. I have this confidence ' " Every right-minded man would have spurned such a wretch as this. Yet this is the man who is said to be "grossly abused s,th here and in India." Let us see if he is the pure and spot less creature. Look at him when a boy. Captain Grant Duff has been quoted against the ex- Raja ; mo't unfairly quoted. A garbled extract has been cast into the witches cauldron, to " make the medly slab and good." I will give you one complete in all its parts. "The name of the younger brother (of the Raja) is Serajee, familiarly, Appa Sahib. He is an obstinate, ill-disposed lad, with ,very low, vicious habits, which all the admonition of the Raja (mark that, gentlemen), cannot get the better." 'Tis said as the twig inclines the tree will grow. So it has been shown to be in tits case of your protegee, Appa Sahib. What says the Gallant Director, General Robertson :—" In the number of his Highness's enemies, lam sorry that I am obliged to class the personage now on the Gadee at Sattara. A. year ~r two before I left Sattara, I had twice a visit at mid night from a confidential atendant of his, to urge me, on the part of his master, to divide the princip•lity, and to assign one half to Apia Sahib. Though 1 distinctly told the messenger that Appa Sahib incurred the greatest risk, by preferring such a request, I still affected to consider the messenger as acting without authority, and warned him to beware of the conse quences that would result to him from my exposing his conduct. I said, that even if authorised by Appa Sahib, that person would when charged, deny hint, and that nothing could save him front destruction; and had I not thought that this person who only acted at the instigation of Appa Sahib, would have been the only !ufferer, I should at once have arrested hint and , sent hint to his Highness. As the proposition was not after wards repeated to me, trusting that Appa Sahib had abandoned the project as hopeless, I thought apart from considerations for the mere agent, that it would save much domestic jealousy and dissension by taking no further notice of the subject. now ever awaited the arrival of Sir John Malcolm, woo was soon I expected at Sattara, intending to shape my conduct by his advice. On my speaking to him, however, he told me that a similar proposition had ,been made to him since his arrival, and that he had met it in the same way as I had done. What says General Lodwick ? •• With respect to the Raja's brother, it is impossible to use terms that would sufficiently express my contempt for him ; he wanted both dignity and common decency of manner, and was universally despised. He became the chief informer against his devoted brother the Raj a, and accused him of crimes which I shall not shock the delicacy of this Court by naming. Yet this is the man you have placed on the throne." Now look at the part he took in his brother's dethronement. Here is a letter, dated Sattara, October 2, 1839, and is as follows : " One company of his Majesty's 41st regiment, two companies of the 21st regiment Native Infantry, and there companies of the 'ssth Native Infantry, being ordered to march to Sattara, at twenty-four hours' notice, we left Poonah on the 31st of August, and arrived is Sattara on the 4th of September. We received orders to meet the following morning on the parade, at two o'clock. The grenadiers of the 25th regiment, with the light company and some artillery, were ordered to march to the palace and take the Raja, whilst the 21st companies and the Nth regiment went to the Adawlut and Balla Sahib's house, to take him and look after his cavalry, who were fully expected to show light ; but nothity, occurred, nor could he be found. Ballah Sahib is commander of the Raja's force. We marched into the palace, and formed into line before the doors, arid men with lanterns were seen running about in every direction— it being scarcely light —to prevent the Raja attempting his escape, whilst Colonel Ovens, the Resident, and another officer, went into the palace to find the Raja, ac companied by the present Raja, Appa Sahib, who l e d them to his brother's bed oom, and showed them where he was ! The same day he was publicly proe':aimed. There was the loom. little Raja fast asleep when the Colonel found him. He immediately came out in his sleeping drawers and a piece of cloth thrown over his shouldere; he made no resistance. A palanquin was called, in which he was pla c ed, as well as his Com mander-in-Chief, Balla. Sahib, who was found in another room." The Report now draws to a close. The parties are re-assembled on the stage. The punishment of the Raja is modestly left to the Government. Govind Row is to be removed from Sattara, and so he was ; Untejee is to be imprisoned during pleasure ; he was soon set at liberty ; Pureshram, pardoned and set at liberts ; Coosha, to have fifty rupees, and a supernumerary peonship ; the Havitdar and Soobadars high praise, and honourable distinction, and the curtain falls. Here ends the Report. Well might General Lodwick express his regret at signing it without a protest. Sir, I would not be the author of that Report for all she wealth of which the Raja has been plundered, nor for all the honours you have in your power to b estow . Is it possible that this document can have passed under the review of the Court of Directors with out censure? Is it possible that the man who wrote it can be still Political Secretary at Bombay, and possessed of power to blacken and destroy others as he has done the Raja of Situate? Alas, it is sa, anti more! He has received thanks for the zeal, ability, and industry with which he compiled . this and other documents of a like nature, and for the opinions and conclusions to which he has helped successive Governor'. What shall be said of this Report? In style it is below contempt ; in argu ment it lacks the le .st approach to honesty or fairness. Its de sign, from first to last, is to prove the Raja guilty. In special pleading it out-does the Old Bailey or the Middlesex Sessions. Instead of being a fair unvarnished statement of the leading facts of the case, as brought out by evidence, it is full of per vet Siam, suppressions, interpolations, strained inferencele far fetched conclusions, feelings, surmises, possibilities, pro- Report. Or if one, it is a Report almost babilities, and insinuations._ It is not what it pro fesses speculations;nf of the ease. That acts opinions, and views of the writer, instead of bei n g what it shou ld have been, aatimple a part of the evidence wh ich, be y ond all co mparison, is the most of defective, which is full of fata ilescrepances and contradictions, at osconnected to exclusivelybe a n arrative o f the hthie mi is the part which dir ectl y implicates the Ra ja. You have al ready seen, while I h ave travelled a ser i es of d i sgust i ng examples, the studied and careful (I cannot say ingenious) manner in which every word and fact likely to tell in the l Court in favour of the Raja is sought to be explained and rea soned away. But look on the other side. Is any notice taken of the up stairs and down-stairs contribution; of the Soobadars, —None. Of their turban, or creed-turban, off-state ments?—None. Of the most important fact respecting the paion, said to have b een given?_ _Non e. Of the contradiction between the wr i tte n notes and the spoke n ev i dence ?—None. These, and as many more facts, which justice and truth re quired to be noticed in the Report, are left to be found out by laborious examination and comparison afterwards. Sir, ap point a Committee of three impartial men in this Court to of the proceedings of th at C • • prepare a Report Commission, and I venture to say that they they will find themselves compelled to prepar e one in almost every respect the opposite of one we h ave b efore us. In speaking thus I spe ak of thet Commissioners as public men, whose acts are open to public a nimadversion. Thdre are three signatures to this Report, and the three men represented by those signatures are responsible for the document. I have specially named Mr. Willoughby, because h e h as avowed him self the writer, and because he is speciall y referred to by Sir Robert Gra nd, as his chief adviser, and by Sir James Carnac also. But setting aside men and mo tives, and judging the Report by i tse l f, I give it as inv deliberate opinion that it ls unfair, u n j ust, gross l y par tial, and calculate d, if notdesigned, tc leave an impression on the mind exactly the reverse of that whi c h an i mpart i a l examination of the evidence would warrant, The Commission was appointed to investigate regret upon the conspiracy Wined at Sattar a a alleged to have tg , P ll • •pd other places, ‘Nith the view of seducing the native fromroops f rom • their ailegiance, and ultimately of siihver'ing the B ri tish power in India. Now, Sit, I say . the Report, tested he this its object and its end, is d a false Report s from beginning to en T he Report demanded by the evidence is this—i r e, the undersigned, have brought to an • • we were appointed to make, end the inquiry and have to report as follows .—We can discover no trace of a conspiracy with the view mentioned in Qtp instriletiOns. We have obtained evidence that a wicked an d Abaridoned man, al3rahmin, by name Un- L tujee, met a Sepoy of the 23d, whom ho bound by an oath not for four hours, L4ll. A. to reveal what Was about to be imparted. That the spldier.,.took • an oath which he'never intended to keep. That the Brahmin then told him of a combination to overthrow the British power, and implicated the Raja of Sattara in the conspiracy. For this statement, according to his own voluntary confession, there was not the slightest foundation. We find that at a se cunt; interview the Brahmin was himself deceived by a Havildar and a Subadar, acting under the instruction of English officers. That an interview with the Raja, at first promised on an early day, was long postponed. That the ivideuce taken to prove that it at last took place, is full of glaring contradictions and fatal discrepancies. That motives of revenge have been brought home to three of the prinicipal witnesses—namely, Untajee, Coosa, and the Soobadar Segoolam Sing. That we hare not been able to establish upon any evidence worthy of the least credit, that the Raja has at any time either entertained, avowed, or encouraged designs hostile to the British Government. That we believe the whole to be P plot concocted by enemies of the Raja to effect his ruin, and hold him to be an innocent man, worthy of the continued confidence and increased support of the British Government. That the promptitude with which he surrendered the accused individual, the readiness with which he attended the Commission, and the noble and dignified manner in which he deported himself throughout, are worthy of commendation and praise, and folly sustain the high character which for 18 years he has enjoyed in the opinion of successive Residents of the Bombay and Supreme Governments, and of the Court of Di rectors. We further have to state, that it is our deliberate opinion that had the Raja of Sattara been per mitted by the Government to have the aid usually available to accused individuals, in the presence and exertions of Counsel to cross-examine the witnessses in support of the charge, and the conduct of the defence, his innocence would have been still more apparent, end his enemies still more deeply branded with shame. That the nndersigned further believe, that if at any time prior to the appointmenr•-of the Commission, the Resident had been instructed to seize the con spirators, or to reveal their machinations to the Raja. his Highness would have been able to have crushed the plot, and to have manifested his own uprightness without the extra ordinary process of a Secret Commission in his own capital ap- I pointed by the Government of Bombay, Finally, we suggest that you should leave it to the wisdom and authority of the Raja to deal with those who have - sought to bring scandal and ruin upon him, and that the British Government should take such measures as are requisite to proclaim your un abated . confidence and esteem, and , re-establish him in the estimation and affection of the people 'of his country. Gentlemen. I shall now release yon from the painful necessity of • longer listening to my voice. I have detained you to a length which nothing could excuse but the importance of the subject, and your own unworthy conduct.—(oh, oh.) Sir, I shall offer no apology for the part I have taken in this de bate. When what I have said appears in print, I shall be amply justified in the eyes of every lover of justice and huma nity. —( Laughter within the bar.) In what I have done, I can appeal to my own conscience, and the All-seeing one above us, that I have been influenced only by a humble and dutiful sense of what I owe to the claims of everlasting vi:tue.—( Re ' newedlaughter. ) Gentlemen laugh. Bea so. They possibly season from themselves. I know myself, and I speak what Ido know. When I sit down. others will follow me. I know the nature of the statements they have to make, and I fervently trust they will renew the debate, and continue it until the morning dawns. —(Cries of " Hear, hear.")' Sir, I have myself sat up three previous nights, patiently dissecting the papers before the Court, which others, I am sorry to find, have not givin them selves the trouble to read; and I declare, upon my honour, that I have failed to discover in them the slightest trace of the alleged guilt of the Prince you have deposed. But what is my reward ? When I undertake to inform you on this subject, you turn a deaf ear, and I am met with taunts, and epithets, and threats, and every species of annoyance which the !most niscrueulous and obstinate upholders of injustice could employ.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," from Mr. Fielden. ) Yes, I have been met with taunts and threats, and every species of interreption.—(Greatlaugh ter within the bar.) 'Well, gentlemen, it is somethieg to be able to excite even your merriment on such an occasion. Yet, Sir, it is to my mind most melancholy and affecting, that in this place, whenever a man appeals to the higher feelings of our na ture—whenever he appeals to truth and justice, and to the immutable law of Jehovah—he is met by laughter and derision. It is well that in me you have one in whom these excite only pity and contempt. The heathen man and the publican coming into this Court, would be shocked at the levity with which every thing solemn and sacred is received. Were your conduct beheld by the peo ple at large, you would, as a•body, be a bye-word and a re proach. Gentlemen, you force from me these expressions of my feelings and opinions. I came here with no desire to be factious, or personal, or tedious. My time has been filched from me by the most unworthy artifices, and my feelings lacerated by every insinuation which opposition could suggest. —( Hear, hear.) But no more. 1 once more commend to you the cause which I have advocated. If you are wise, if you are just. you will even now yield to the dictates of generosity, and the demands of truth and equity. My part has been under taken at the promptiogs of my judgment, without fee, and e ithout, reward, and without either the expectation or the hope of a. higher compensation than I shall find in witnessing the success of my humble efforts. Sir, we will not yet despair. If we do not succeed here, we will go elsewhere ; and, from the Queen upon the throne, to the meanest subject in the land, whose voice can swell the tide of public opinion—a tide which, when it sets in, is powerful enough to sweep even you from your seats—we will make our appeal for the restoration of the Prince who adorned the throne of which you have deprived him ; and we shall look for the day, when what you would not yield to entreaty, shall be taken from you by authority. My prayer, my only prayer has been, that you would give the Raja of Setters the benefit of the new facts and evidence which we had it in our power to lay before you, and if you still deter mined to rob him of his throne, that you would at least restore to him his honour. Mr. Thompson sat down, have spoken upwards of eight hours. We have found it impossible to notice more than a very few of the interruptions offered to the speaker, some of which occasioned a considerable break in the argument, and led to digressions, a report of which might impair the unity and value of the address. ➢lr. NORRIS followed Mr. Thompson, and, having spoken The CHAIRMAN said that at that early hour in the morning 1 (quarter past one) he would not detain the Court with many observations. The discussion of that day had not altered his opinion of the case, but he thought it right, as aspersions had been east upon individuals, to state that their characters were as high as those of any honourable men. The principals of this conspiracy, the prirnum mobile as they might be termed, had been recommended for promotion by those well qualified to speak of their qualifications. The Honourable Proprietor (Mr. Thompson) had argued for the high char acter borne by the ex-Rajah of Sattara, and he (the Chair man) only claimed for the witnesses the same consideration. Staff-officers had spoken in their favour, and General Elphinstone, as well as others, had spokes of the calumniated individuals as well known and tried officers of the British Government. The Chairman referred to extracts of letters written by General Lodwick, respecting the conduct of the Raja and the oppressions of his people. lie (the Chairman) attributed the course taken by the Raja to obliquity of intellect. He had formed a company of women, armed them, and drilled them, to protect the palace from ghosts, which he supposed haunted it. This was one indication of obliquity of intellect. He (the Chairman) was firmly of opinion that the Raja was a convicted traitor.— ( Hear, hear.) As to the sword, it arrived in June, 1 ; t.:43d ; and in July the Report was received of the conspiracy formed by the Raja.. After a discussion • olmore than twelve hours nothing additional had been shown to alter the opinion as to the criminality of the Raja than had been adduced in the five da3s' previous debate on the same subject. The Chairman moved that the debate be now adjourned. A division was called for, when there appeared— For the adjournment Against it .. Majority .. 24 -.23 The Court then on the question adjourned at half-past one on Saturday morning, having met at twelve o'clock. The Court of Proprietors on this occasion sat longer than ever before remembered. THE LATE THUNDER STORM. Accounts continue to be received from various parts of the country of the disastrous effects of the tremendous and almost unparalleled storm of thunder and lightning which occurred on Weduesday,iright and Thursday morning. It appears to I.ave 'been pretty general, al though some places were partially and some wholly free free from the awful visitation. At Norwich the rain fell copiously, and some lightning was observed, but no thunder was heard. Uxbridge also was but partially visited. The fine old steeple of Devizes church was rent in twain, the works of the clock destroyed, part of the metal being melted, some of the bells injured, and part of the roof destroyed by some fragments of the steeple falling thereon. In consequence of these injuries it is understood , Divine service will not be performed therein on Sunday next. The damage is supposed to amount to upwards of 1,0001. INotresir—DEATH FROM LIGHTNING.-011 Friday an inquisition was taken before Mr. Wakley, at the Seven Stars, Non-road, Hammersmith, on the body of George Brill, aged 60 years, who was killed during the awful thunder storm on the morning of Thursday last. The Jury having been sworn aecrmpanie'd the Coroner to view the body, which was lying in one of the lower rooms on the premises. , It presented marks of the powerful effects of the electric fluid, which had struck the deceased on the right side of the head, literally tear ing his hat into shreds. It had then passed down the right side of his neck, down his chest, stomach, left thigh, and leg, and, then passed out on the inside of the left heel. The skin along which it had passed was exec ' . rioted as from burning, end the boot was burst open itud torn from the sole at the heel. On. their return to the inquest-room; the folloWing witnesses were examined;--. Thomas Alway, a labourer, residing. at No. 10, Cron. well's-buildings, Bradmore, Hammersmith, riefooked that he knew the deceased, who was a labourer the roads, and lived at Turnha.m-green. On Thnrsdny morning, about ten minutes before six *loch, while passing along the New-road, he discovered the.deceased lying on the road, on his face, near to the end of Farm-lane, with his coat tails turned up over his head. He was quite dead. Witness did not see him fall, but' there was a heavy flesh of lightning, followed by thunder, 4 4AiMite or two before, which turned witness completely round, which, in his opinion, must have struck deceased and killed him, Thomas Weaving deposed that he was standing at the gate of the yard of that house on the morning in ques tion, when he saw the deceased pass a iang, and in lees than five minutes afterwards he was called on to assist in removing the unfortunate man, Ito noticed as he carried him that there wgi stol4o blood on_deCeased's left heel. The Conoweß said the effecte'of the lightning were so apparent on the head, stomach, and heel of the deceased that there could be no doubt as to the. correctness of the evidence given by the witnesses „ It was most remark able that in such an 4rff4i and terrific storm no other life Should have heed sacrificed ; and it was extraordinary that, during the three years of his office, ho believed that was only the second or third ease of the kind, amongst a population of 4,000,000 persons. The Jury immediately returned a Verdict of " Died from the effects of lightning." "Is not Cowes a scoot plaoe F" said a gay lass a‘: she tripped across tbe parade lay the side of a dashing gentle man, ,‘ At is indeed," he replied, " but is it to be wondered at when we consider the sweet things we have here." " Sweet things!" sighed the lady, considering herself at least one of theso, if not the sweetest of the whole, and very naturally ex • peeing a compliment, or perhaps something more; and where is the lass that would not ?—but we are all born to disappoint. ments, and so was the lady, for the yachtsman replied— " Sweet things, yes, look at those twelve large ships, they are •all leaded with sugar." " Sugar " " Yes, sug ar ; they con tain at the least x , OOO tons; that place must be a sweet place to which so many sweet things are brought." The gentleman stepped into his boat--the lady tacked and stood ter home. Rain and squalls. METROrouTAN BENEFIT SOCIETIES' ASTLUNI.— The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor has become a Vice. President of this excellent Institution, and subscribed 101. to its funds. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. • MIDLAND CIRCUIT—Derby, July 28. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON. ) PKMONATION AT AN ELECTION. -THE QUEEN V. JOHN BUCKHALL. Mr. Miller conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Clarke, with whom was Mr. Kearsall, appeared for the defendant. The indictment charged the defendant with perjury, and giving false answers to the questions directed to be put by the Reform Act, at the election for the southern division of Derby shire, on the 13th July, 1841. ' Mr. CLA rtKE, on the part of the defendant, said his client was a respectable butcher and farmer, living at. Barrow-upon- Trent ; the property for which he voted was his own. His father, who possessed it before him, had- been dead four years, and he should prove that a claim was made to have the de ' fendant registered soon after his father's death, but that Mr. Corden, the Secretary to the South Derby Conservative Society, bad given the name of Thomas instead of John to the overseer when he made the claim. He should also show that when a voting card was sent to the defendant, addressed to him as " Thomas Bucknall," he went to Mr. Corden, and told him that he could not vote, and did not wish to do so, as his name was not Thomas. Mr. Corden. however, replied that he had a right to vote, as he was the person meant on the register, and it was his (Mr. Corden's) fault that the wrong name had been given. He should show that the defendant had been called Thomas generally, and also Sampson, and George, as well as John. —( Laughter.) When he went to vote, he was asked if his name was Thomas Bucknall, and he said, " No ; Samp son."—( Loud laughter.) The Learned JUDGE here suggested that if Mr. Clarke could.proVe such facts, it was useless in go on, as the defendant Was charged with " wilful and corrupt perjury," and if it were shown that he had been advised by Mr. Corden that he was. entitled to vote, the charge could not be made out against him. Mr. CLA RKE then called Mr. Corden, who proved the Learned Counsel's statements. On cross-examination, he said that he had not made the claim at the request of the defendant. It was usual for the Conservative Society to make claims for persons on whose support they could calculate, without con sulting them, or having their authority. Mr. MILLER thought it right to state that his clients were entirely in the dark with reference to the facts which had been proved. The Learned J U nee—lt would have been more prudent and better advice to have told him that he ought not to vote, rather than to hare endeavoured to make him believe that he was right in doing eo.—The defendant was'then acquitted. This trial terminated the business of the assizes. LEICESTER, JULY 29. Mr. Baron Parke opened the commission here last evening. There are 32 prisoners for trial. The business at nisi prius is very light, there being only nine cases entered, five of which were disposed of in about an hour. • There are nine cases on the borough calendar ; amongst which are one of'murder, one of cutting with intent to murder, and one of manslaughter. The remainder ate larcenies. NORFOLK ClRCUlT—lpswich,ly 28. The Commission of Assize for this, the last county on the Norfolk Circuit, was opened to .day. The whole population of this beautiful town seemed to be assembled on the road from Norwich to meet the Learned Judges, and the scene was gay and animating in the extreme. The people of Ipswich appear duly to appreciate the advan tages which have accrued to it from the transfer of the Summer Assizes Warn Bury, and the change is unquestionably one of very great benefit to the suitors and the public. 'there are between thirty and forty prisoners for trial, but their offences, with the exception of one of forgery, one of stab bing, and two of burglary, are of the commonest description. NORTHERN Cf RCUlT—Lancaster, July 28. CROWN COURT.—(Before Lord DENMAN. ) Peter Whittle, a steady-looking man, of about the age of thirty, was indicted for the wilful murder of his wife, Sarah Whittle, at Preston, on the 7th day of May last, by cutting her ihroat with a razor. Mr. HuLToN, in stating the case to the Jury, said that the prisoner was a married man, a spinner by trade, who had lived with his wife in the house of his father and mother at Preston. He had two children ; and at the time of the offence charged in the indictment his wife was in a state of pregnancy. About one o'clock of that• day the prisoner, the deceased, his mother and sister, were in the house together, when the prisoner, without' any previous warning or provocation, suddenly cut his wife's throat, and then his own. She died almost immediately, but he recovered, under surgical treatment, and was now here to take his trial. Ann Whittle, the mother of the prisoner, a respectable look ing woman, clad in deep mourning, deposed that she resided with her husband at Preston. The prisoner, the deceased, and their two children lived in part of the same house. On th - e slay of the fatal occurrence the prisoner and his family had been inning in their awn parlour, and after dinner the deceased cane into witne:.s's room, and sat down by her, sewing. No dispute had arisen, nor any unkind word passed, when sud denly she- heard something fall like a broom on the ground, On turning round she saw the deceas e d as if f a i n ti ng . Th e prisoner 'was then just going through the door into the kitchen. She called after him, " What's to de with Sarah ?" and at the same time saw the blood running 'down her neck. The deceased staggered to the door and fell. At the same time she heard her daughter shriek out, in the kitchen, "Oh, Peter, don't do that," and, running to the kitchen, witness saw the prisoner sitting in an arm chair, with his own throat cut. A surgeon was immediately sent for, but the poor woman died in a few minutes. The prisoner was taken to the hospital. Some other witnesses were examined on the part. of the pro secution. Lord DENMAN in summing up the case, said it was one of great difficulty to him; but if the Jury thought that the pri soner was not at the time in such a state of mind as to enable him to know what he was about, and to see the consequences of his own act, they would give their verdict upon that ground. The Jury retired for a considerable time, and returned with a verdict of Not Guilty, on the ground of insanity at the time. The prisoner was ordered to be detained during her Majesty's pleasure. WESTERN CIRCUIT—Exeter, Ali, 27. THE QUEEN V. AMES. Sir T. WILDE, who was speCially retained for the defendan in this case, came into Court this tnerning and spoke to Mr Jutice Wightman as to the time of taking the trial. The Learned JUDGE said he would give up two days and a half to it, but not more. The circumstances attending this case are so peculiar that some obaervations upon it are required. It is an indictment gut up by subscription against a gentleman of fortune, who has recently bought some property in the neighbourhood of Lyme, for obstructing and blocking up a foot-path which ran through some portion of this property, and was one of the great attractions of the watering-place of L 3 me. The case first cause on before Mr. Justice Colet idge, et the Assizes for this county : some year or two since ; and after the case f or th e p rosecu ti on had been brought to a cose, that Learned Judge told the Jury that if they agreed with hint in opinion there would at once be an end of the matter, because in his opinion the prosecutors had failed in making out such a case as entitled them to a rer diet. The Jury said they did not agree with the Learned Judge. Mr. Justice Coleridge then ob served, that perhaps they did not understand what the real question was, and he then explained the law of user to them, but still the Jury were inflexible, and would not give a verdict of acquittal. His Lordship then said, that if the case proceeded, it would occupy a great length of time, and might detain them in Court nearly the whole night ; but the Jury would not give way, and his Lordshiy said that be should, therefore, at once discharge them, as he must go on to Bod min. The parties concerned in the prosecution continued still to keep up the subscription, and, contrary to expectation, were enabled again to come into the battle-field, and th e case came on again last spring, before Mr. Justice Erskine, when, after a lon investigation, a Special Jury returneesdalisvieardrigietht the right • the defendant, thereby, for the moment, tab of the public to this foot-path. The defendant went to the Court above, and obtained a rule for a new trial ; and it was understood that it was to come nn at the present Assizes, yet the subscribers are told that there is not sufficient time to try their right, and that they must enter into a fresh subscription in order to bring the case on next March, when most unques tionably they must of necessity be told that the time is still tem short, for on this Circuit in the spring it is with very peat difficulty the Judges can g e t h ome i n t i me for E aster 1 erm. The postponement is the ge nera l su bj ect of remark and conver sation, and persons are not measured in the terns they use. . OXFORD ClRCUlT—Stvfford, July 27. Nisi PRIUS COURT.—(Before Lord Chief Justice TINPA 1..) MACKAY V. STONIER. This was an action of trespass for false imprisonment, in width Mr. Godson, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. Yardley, ap peared tor the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Ludlow and Mr. Lee for the defendant, who had pleaded " Not Guilty" ,by statute. The plaintiff was a publican and boat-owner, and the defen dant the Superintendent of the Police at Stoke-upon -Trent. It appeared that the plaintiff was taken into custody by the defendant on Monday night, the 27th of September, on a charge of receiving deal boards, knowing them to have been stolen. He' was placed by the defendant in a. small cell, his lags fastened by chains to an iron ring fixed in the floor, skid was kept so =tined until Thursday, the 30th of the sane month, The stipendiary Magistrate for the Potteries, who lived within a mile of the station, and who sat on the Tuk day and Wednesday at places nearer to the station I 'an Tunstall, from whence the pl a i nt i ff was taken, and ho was actually at the station-h ouse on W Wednesday,n e - sday, in is judicial capacity, was neve r a p p li e d to by the defendant! t o I, hear the charge pretended to be preferred against the plaintiff. However, on Thursday, in cc.usequ'nees of his stro ng and in dignant remonstrances. he was, taken before the Magistrates atrl nation o discharged, nu evidep"ze being offe re d. Th e cross-exami- f the witnes,as for the plaintiff, tended to show that the cell above aP,Mied to, which was the only place provided by the PoliuO Commissioners of Stoke - upon-Trent for the con veldeP.be of the constables in keeping their prisoners, was so Insecure that strong measures were necessary to he taken t to detain them in safety. After the commencement of the present action, at the last Spring Assizes, a bill was found against the plaintiff as a 4- oilier of 'stolen goods, on which the plaintiff was tried at the present Assizes, but the Learned Judge stopped the case. Mr. Sergeant Luntow took several formal objections (which were overruled) and then addressed the Jury for tile defendant. Ilia Lannsmp, having summed up, the Jury consulted for a (Ow moments, and in finding a verdict for the plaintiff, added that they would leave it to his Lordship to fine the police what he should think fit. The Lord Chief Justice declined exer cising the discretion thus placed in his hands, and the Jury, on 1 reconsideration, assessed the damages at 201. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.' I BO W-STREET. On Friday two persons of very genteel appearance, one of the name of John Perkins, described . as a'• gentleman," re siding at' 3, Queen-street, New-cut, and the other Edmund t Gill, a tailor, of 14, St. James's-place, and 85, Edgeware road, were placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with stealing . from•the per s on o f M r. H enry Peckham, of Cleevels place, Stockwell, a diamond pin of the value of 15/., under the following circumstances : 'f he prosecutor, who appeared very unwilling to give evi dence, said that he lost his property at an early hour in the morning, and it was subsequently found in the possession of mac of the prisoners ; but as it had been restored, he thought the charge would hardly amount to felony, and he understood the prisoners were on their way to his residence to restore it, he being at the time of the occurrence rathenthe worse for liquor. Mr. JARDINE said he certainly would not have his property restored unless the Court was informed of all the circumstances. He would, therefore, hear what the constable had to say. A police-constabl e stated that between five and six o'clock that morning, whilst on duty near Charing•cross, the prosecu tor, who appeared perfectly sober, informed him that the pri soners, who had stolen his property, had gone towards West minster-hridge ; he immediately procured a cab, and having o.Yertaken the prisoners near the Itls.rsb-gate they were searched, and the pin produced was found in the possession of Perkins, who said that he had lent 10/. upon it, but that fact was posi. tively denied by the prosecutor, who said that he had merely , p i, ri h so e n n er t s h , ey an i d m a m s e t d h i e a y te a ly dm ra i r r i ed aw th ay e b p e i r bast showedrssakfas i t t w t i o th a t e h m e wi 3 tl l i r i. . t JA noise inquired of the prosecutor whether he intended ;buti het c o o lN i r c r t ignhott's say Coulee_ how e e to state what he knew of the matter ?—The prosecutor sa id h e knew nothing at all about it , except that he met the pri soners k en fa t st together J erm yn-street, and the bre yn a • house, Charing-cross, to t•-nu oro .„ l e tter to iiacv had . the h 3 c 4 ` maolst the c cor ; Sahib is afo0 0 b Or' ateti the late ) intist ha y, J . htnin's csi 0, a fi o rs t, ) 11 0 :s. in one of oo to o eci vo )urse u , e ct m 170 e c stited that or under what circumstances the pin was taken. If the psis sOners had any demand upon him, he could have given a cheque for the amount; but they told him he had lost some money at play,. through his partner, of which circumstance he knew nothing, having been asleep at the time. Mr. JARDINE inquired whether the prisoners appeared to be actin g in concert at the time. The prosecutor replied, that he was quite sure they ware. There was a third person with them, and the moment he demanded his property in the presence of the officer, Perkins gave it up, saying he was going to his (witness's) house to leave 'lt there, as he had In the early part of the morning obtained his address. He never saw either of the prisoners before. The constable 'said, that when he took the prisoners into custody, they offered him iCts. if he would not say anything about it.. M'Gill denied that any money was offered, except by the prosecutor, Who wished to reward the constable for his exertions. Mr. JARDIN'i said it was too serious a case to be disposed of at once. He should therefore remand the prisoners fwr a few days. The prosecutor was also bound over in the sum of WI. t,7 appear andgive evidence at the next examination. flail was offered for the future appearance of the prisoners, but Mr. Jardine refused to release them. CLERK 111.: A well-dressed young man, named Whelan, was charged with attempting to stab Mary ilitford, and with olitructing Police-constable Webb, whilst in the execution of hle duty. Saturday morning at two o'clock the constable heard cries of murder from a house in Wed-street, and on reaching the place found the prisoner with an open knife iu his hand, which he closed when he saw the constable. Th e f ema l e d eclared lie was going to murder her. The prisoner refused to tell the Magistrate what or who be was. First be said be was a mason and afterwards a elerk from an Irish counting-kouse. Mr. GREENWOOD, ilowever, determined on finding out; the secret by sending him to prison until competent bail could be had for his future conduct. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE. LEEDS, JULY 29.—The in quiries for foreign wool this week have been rather less extensive than during the fortnight or three weeks pre vious, but without any assignable cause ; the descriptions chiefly in demand at present are the middle and lower qualities. • ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, JULY 29.—Our re port of this branch of trade during the present week does not vary materially from that of the previous one. Sales have been limited in extent ; prices are quoted without any alteration. YORK WOOL MARKET, JULY 28.—This day the supply of wool was rather large, and many buyers were present. Several lots changed hands without any material altera tion in price. Best quality 125.," 12s. 31. to 12s. Gd. per stone ; Ewe Ils. to Us. 6d. ; Locks 7s. Gd. to Bs. ; "Moot Wool Gs. to 7s. The buyers fur the future have agrcesi to attend only every other week. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, Jl7l, V 29.—We are un able to report any improvement in the wool trad e . Very few sales can be effected in any description either of long or short wools, and last week's prices are barely sustained. DONCASTER WOOL MAR K ET, JULY 29.—The quantity of wool offered to-day was rather larger than last weel:,, but scarcely so many buyers. The trade was not so, brisk, but prices were about as last week.—Super Hog, 13s. to 13s. 6d. ; Hog and Ewe,. 1 ts. 9d. to Us. 6d. c Ewe, 10s. 6d..t0 11e, 9d. ; Locks and Cots, 7s. to P, s ; 60. per stone. HULL WOOL MA KET.—PreparAtiOßS for the E as t Riding . Agricultural Meeting at Beverley yer.terday, ' added to the operations of the hay field—whj : h are o f paramount importance at this moment—caused 'a very slack attendance of sellers on Tuesday, but. intiraations were received from several that their produce Ar.,s reserved for next week. The very short supply caused a--trifling ad i•ance in prices, which,- however, was reluotantly ' sub mitted Herold. . . TRADE OF LEEDS.—TiIe markets at our Cloth Halls on .Saturday „were about an average of those during the, last few weeks, but on Tuesday therp:was as little bus;,- ness done as on any market day during the year. Pri(*a are without any alteration. There have been irkr .bbyers - in the town this week than for some time - pa st, and though they purchase very sparingly, it has car.sed a little improvement in business in the warehouses., w e are, hewever, warranted. in stating that there is 'Ate t half the business doing that is usually the case at thls TRADE OF HOLMFIRTIL—Trade does nut imywove i n this neighbourhood, as the supporters of Government would have the country believe; on the other' hand, it gets worse. We make this statement after having mat'.e extensive inquiries of both merchants, ma.nufacturr.rs, and workmen, connected with the district. such warm facturers as are partially employing their wurkmeu, state that it is to a loss ; and many are determined, unless things speedily. improve, to stop their works aleo,y e t.b er , Some of the'dOmestic clothi ers are str i v i ng to bet half a cake by forcing sales, just to keep their ow'.t families in work. Such of the clothiers as have no 'machinery of their own to go out of repair, and who have conside ra bl e stocks on hand, have given over makin4; and there are many workmen who have now been three and font. months wholly unemployed. More wool has been put. chased during the last fortnight than on several past, but not with an intention of bringing it into work at present. BRADFORD MARKET. THURSDAY. —The attendowe of -b ed buyers to-day in the Piece M ar k e t i s a fair aw eiwe ; the demand for ,plain and fancy goo d s rat h er i xivprov, but no better prices obtained. The yarn trailAtontimws very similar to our last report. W e do u , A, l earn that any improved prices have been r e4 r, %e d nor is it likely that spinners will incre, Their ' , lperations until there is a change in their favrydr. The better supply of wool in this market, notieff.a last wee4.is fully supported. The sales during Om Week are unimportant, chhily ari ing front the clitfr, , tat position of tbe si.inner, who catp.io'L realise the cost of production. Prices remain about, ti k e same as last week.—Leeds Mercury. e L ed tB3 tOl i i MONEY MARKET and wry N. 141 Vs. CHRONICLE.— m The number ot emigrants fro the ' United Kingdom durin g the )list year was al mos t 119,000, about 33,000 of vinotn, New Z ea l an d included, went to the Australian, sett l ement. The im:tortance to the now depressed :English manufacture r o f suc h an se. cession to the .popukation of these col on i es , may be esti mated by 4 .:ne ftvel: that in ten years to 1840 t he exports rim t'ne Cllfited Kingdom to the A ustra li an colonies, ' ad incr ease d f rom a d ec l are d value of 398.471/. tn, 2 , 0 0 ) .,3851. And yet in 1840, th e ent i re population ~,E, itiose colonies could barely have excee d e d 130,000 soykir,. Nor let it be imagined that this vast amount mer e ly - re . presents a transference of so muc h E ng li sh capitl, ) , on which no return was made. Th e colonists, who i sent to the English market l ess th at three niir,ions o f pounds of wool, were ten ye ars subsequently w raise and send ten millions of pounds to the 4a . ,ne mart. 'Within the same period, also, 17,000 tuns of 'spermaceti oil were exported by them to. Great Britair.. :In the first of this series of years our ofommerce with Australia gave employment to 70 ships, with a tonn a ... ft of 24,686 tons. In 1840 it employed c'99 ships, with * * tonnage of 108,000 tons and upwards. The aggregate amount of exports from the Uliited Kingdom to all parts of the worin in 1840 little exceeded 51,400,0001. The evidenee . which the official vibles of trade supply, of so large ft proportion as 2,0far,,000( o f these exports being to _Australia, would scent 'to indicate how much, by attention to our colonies, tb e exports of the United Kingdom might be increasekund within a period not exceeding that in which the wool of Aus tralia has increased from hundreds to tans of 'thousand of pounds. PRESBYTERY OF ARBROATH. The Non-Intrusionists of the . * Presbvteq of Arbroath appear to be determined to drive out all who differ from them in opinion. Their persecution of the Reverend Mr. Carruthers, of Kirkden, "on the pretence of drunken ness, has displayed a virulence sinful amongst any class of men, and doubly so amongst those v, ho pro , fess to be the Alinisters of the Go,pel of Peace. We know Mr. Carruthers well—have known him longer than any of his calumniators—and we lu.itate not to say that them is not a more temperate minister in the Presbytery of Arbroath, no, nor a mor e s i ncere Chris tian. lie is a man naturally of a delicate constitution, am ). had it not been for his very temperate ,mode of 'living, he must long since have gone the way of all the earth. Were he to swallow as much intoxicating drink in one week as many of his reverend accusors do daily after dinner. the six months granted him by the Pres bytery would send him to his long home. A quiet un offending man, and beloved by the great majority of his parishioners, is the Rev. David Carruthers, and had ht, chosen to be a Non-Intrusionist, the facto of drunkennoAt had never been raised against bins. The Bev. James Lumsden of Barry, who has earned for himself so unen viable a notoriety in connection with the case of George Key of Barrythe " Barry brutality "—leads th e van. agtunstMr. Carruthers. We sincerely hope that the Rev. Mr. Carruthers will soon be restored to perfect health. and that his enemies will be foiled in their attempts to injure him.—Dundee Chronicle. LLOYDS' SHIPPING 1.0 '.•; no s, ut.v 30.—Wind this day at noon wiable. Dalai,, JULY 29. Wind N.N.W., moderate.—Sld. Planta genet, Calcutta; Dcrwent, Hobart Town; Greyhound, ales: Albert Edward, Mauritius; Anna Carlotta, Rio Bebe. De merara; William Wooll e y, B er bi ce ; Wellington , New York ; Astea, America; Lady C amp b e ll, an d Frederick. Quebec. PonTsmoUTII, 31.7 EY 29.—Wind N. N. E. —Sld. Southamp ton, Bengal. Pi.vmuctir, Jci.v variable.—Arrd. off, /Va. helmine, Buenos Ayres, for Havre. Orr DA RT3LOUTII, JULY . 29.—Anglesea, Rowland, Rio, tar Antwerp. SUNDERLAND, JULY 28.—Arrd. William Bippon, Storey, Riehebucto. Orr DuNcitNass, Jt; 26.—Dankberrileia, Damzer, Duardw, Jurx 27.—Sid. Ann, St. John's, New Brunswid. Orr CoRK. Juts 27.—Rosebank, Montgomery, Quebec. LlvaarooL, JULY '_9. —Wind N., light.—Arrd. Dan, Copiapo ; Portlaud, Robinson, St. John's, N. R. ; B e ,_ Cape lirichi. A rr d off, ;iam Vrovost, Bahi a ; P. H jamin Hart, Douglas, Alontreal. Sid. Fanny, Afri ca; F a d Pwi' .' of 0 v ( e ) r a e k i gi i , . Storm Kitty , and Swiftsure. The Frankli n, f rom Liverpool to Ne - o; Orleans, struck on the Balan ce roc k s, near Nassau, ° D C e a an ie ., u \ tt'a 'e ; Vera heart Cruz. Sovereign, Previous to 27th ult.; but came oil without much damage, after being lightened. A batque was seen ashore on Florida Reef, I n dian Key, 4th inst., with several wreckers alongside. The Fanny, Gallilee, hence to Africa, has put back leak y, having been ashore at the mouth of the Ribble. DUMFRIES, JU LY 25.—Arrd. Diana. c awan, St. Jellies, New Brunswick. WHITEY, JULY f.19.---The schooner Indus try, ) I (we of 0 Shields, has put in here with loss of stanch i ons and bulwarks, and other damage, having been in contact, last night, withthe ha schooner rapid, which lost her bowsprit, ' and is supposed la havelrun for Scarborough. Fiaa FRO M SP ON l•• • 'A NEOUS COI.tEUSTION AT SEA.—Tile Oriental arrived at Buenos Ayres, from Liverpool, took fire at sea, from the spontaneous combustion of part of the cargo, and the remainder is supposed to be considerably damaged by the immense quantity of -water poured into the hold to extin guish the fire. Some members of the dramatic profession are en deavouring to get up a benefit at the Op era House in aid of Mr. Yates ' s amiable widow and her orphan son, who,w e regret • 10 hear, are left in very moderate eircumstances.--Draniatic ahit Atv4ival Review. - I