The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-27 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE.

Ye kertlay a quarterly general wart of the
ten at Eat luta tax* was had at the soap
is
loiedemaellatreet. B.r ALKLAXDIA GALLOWAY is tba

Tie misslis of the lest court wen reed and onsfined.
T o 02.1111 IMAM misdated the .out that be bad re-
mind a Mb* Meg Dalbeesie, seirmowleding the
d the Indelleme that were passed
_ed and 24th et
the end el
die ssesee eel tbe gement en, es the
&FL d —TM loner was reed as ews: M
Simi, ose 4th
To the Resestable Cams of Di Jneen%l ,161 Y.
Ike.
' liemeneeble Sin,-1 ban bad the honour et toceiving the
ensistfeem whisk were posed by yen hemesrable 'mut as
the lisa, sod by the gamed end aka
the 24th ApeiL
The neeistiese have bees wassesisated te the mead
aeon refined se therein. sad ban in pahlkhed in ome-
n! niers se the army fait& Oa my own part. I bee
Mai7lto impress see imp geadismien web whisk I
.1100thei Ile dbelogniabed emir et ihe apposhalies et
these when heirsthe Moen le men
neel labluissimethe myself, Memorable dericuovdma ehaiset
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The =Anti is stud that nada esemoste wed
penis welsh had Wm plowed to Pediment den die
hit gnu* end, he
laid ea the }reprises& hale.**
die et widsb mod/ he read by no ark Tbe tithe weft
real memedlegly. The Chairman seat mid, that is pew
eon eta sodellem adsgied at • fresor seam vitals porn
ramie to Me Oingemtersie7=ea Milberg OM AIM&
awls wen hid ma the table.
Mr. P 11212 OOR sell be legged to withdraw the
bl!owisi esedion of whin he had gins modes !
• That in be laid betas ddeCiport anima of any press
sugrZNl =alk4l/2=lloll snide &Raines the
min et of ear Holy Scriptures,
within like miens 'of *ls °spiny."
That a. be ma sell the ditties el the Insulin body to
the state of oar gads is India."
" That the sieiset or papers dm* lying on the Pro-
=table oeseeesing tee 'upsides of Captain Peter
has Main. is 1826, —y ow be printed, and
dosed he the Mai et the P
The reams at his wkhdra:Lissitae resoletrons was that
he had to "thud a seesmseslyaeet at Islington. He would
Wog them imamd es the old Nun day.
The =AMMAN mid ths bee. reprints might with-
draw has ressistiose altogether Mho pleased, bat he objected
to the system of postponing seethse them out court to an-
other as It led Se very greet fammessiesce.
Mr. GORDON then withdrew his resolutions altogether.
Mr. PIRLDRR was glad that the chairman would no
longer allow motions to be glass notice of and then with
drawn or adjourned from time to time.
Mr. LBWIN then rose to bring forward the following
resolution :
" That the Court of D:reetore be requested to take inch
measurer as may be necessary to instruct the local govern-
ments of India to insert is the articles of war for the native
army a claw, conveying the same privilege to the native
array, of &minding aphis of the record, as is now enjoyed
by the European soldiery ander the articles of war framed
by the British legislature, 4th October, 1848."
He would take that opportunity of stating that he could
not bring on the following resolution until the next court
day.
" That the Court of Directors do lay before the Court of
Proprieton the proceedings of the g 1 court martial held
on Sheik Alli, • private of the B company of the 30th Regt.
of Madras Native Infantry, held at Yellen on the Bth Nov.,
1812, together with a copy of the judgment of the Marqui
of Tweeddale, reissuing the prisoner, on the ground that he
be bed been permitted to mans to his duty after the offence."
Also :
"That the order of Lord Gough, the Contreanderiin-
Chief of the Army is Indio, pasted under date 13th Much,
1844, with the Baas eon,. sed with it, be placed before the
Coact at Proprietors."
The same proprietor has given notice of his intention
to *bait the following motion at the said quarterly
teener* cwt. via. :
" That the Court of Directon of the East India Company
do lay beton the Court of Proprietors a copy of the papers
placed been the authorities of this country which led them,
as stated by the late chairman, to cinfirm the proceedings of
the military authorities of lliadno, ia the case of the Bth
WO. of the Madras Light Cavalry."
Mr. LBWIN then brought forward the first resolution.
He stated that the facts to whisk he should call the attention
of the court were briefly these—Seventeen soldiers of the
8* Regiment Madras Light Cavalry were placed on their
trial, cheesed with mutiny and convicted, of whom two
were shot, one acquitted, thirteen banished for life, and one
pardoned. The mutiny originated in an order of the g
nutmeat to withhold from the Semi their accustomed
stipend, which order, it was alleged, originated in • mistake.
No one, he said, bad however been called upon to account
for that mistake. The hos. proprietor here went into • long
history of the proceedings that to* place at the ocean us,
and, in referees* to his other resolutions, he said he should
withdraw them until to could see what effect a little further
agit.tion of the matter would have in India.
Mr. SULLIVAN, in supporting the first resolution, read
long *streets from a mensorisl presented in 1848 from the
parties who had suffered by the court- martial held on the
sepoye, and eharemerised the whole i roceedioge as illegal,
oppressive, and Indust.
Capt. SHEPHERD (the deputy-chairman) said the whole
queens was brought before the wart twelve ninths no.
when the proprietors were swanned' in their opiates that
the question ought net to be entertained. The Mo. pre-
prietor was vow going over the same ground, and behests'
charge* alpine absent pumas who had no opportunity of
defestignemselne.
Mr. SULLIVAN mended the motion.
Toe CHAIRMAN said he thought the whole wired=
now before the wart had been fully met and completely
answered 12 synths ago, when, instead of listening to 108'1
ezparts stateliest', the court ansainsously deprecated any
further discussion, because • general feeling prevailed that
such discussion was improper,
.as it would tend to iaterfere
with the discipline of the Indian army. Nothing could be
more prejudicial to the interests of the ureic* than such
'pent ee es those which had that day. been addressed to the
court. He would not go into the particulars of the case, as
stated by the mover of the resolutions. If he did
so it would be very easy for him to prove that every
act of the Marquis of Tweeddale had been considerate
end humane. H. thought the discussion of such questions
should be deprecated, as calculated to disturb that good feel.
lug that now existed between the native troops and the go-
verament of India.
General BRIGGS expressed an opinion that the case was
ono that called far public inquiry.
The CHAIRMAN said the court had ns power to alter
the articles of war, and therefore the motion was altogether
useless. He defended the legality of the proceedings of the
court-martial
A PROPRIETOR said that a paper which had been re-
cently published la India sontaind • most complete nfuta-
tin, of all the charges that had been brought against the
Marquis of Tweeddale.
Mr. LBWIN, in replv, said he would never let the sub-
ject drop until justice had bean done to the parties whom he
represented.
The motion was then put and unsaved by a considerable
majority, there being only four hands held up in its favour.
Mr. LEWIN salted (as we understood) if the court in-
tended to oppose the bill that would be brought into par-
liament with regard to Sir Thomas Teuton's defalcations.
(Part of this gentleman's remarks were very inaudible.)
The CHAIRMAN replied that he knew very well the
course the directors world have to take, but it was net his
intention to go into the subject till the time arrived. Sir
Thomas Tanen was appointed by another court, and not by
the t one, and with the former rested the re.
•
Mr. SIITLIVAN rhea gave modes of a ladies for the
prodeetios of espies et ell the nerespondence relative to the
court martial Mid es the Mot Sept., 1844, on certain eepoys
of the 6th Cavalry Begimein.
The CHAIRMAN said the boo. proprietor had already
spoken on the subject to which he now alluded. Re was at
liberty to bring forward any mod* at any of the quarterly
courts, but he hoped that mart would support the directors
in their refusal to publish information of the kind now al-
laded to, and which could not bat be attended
by the utmost WeiliTleieSee to every one Mee
sad be pregnant with the unmet evil towards the
nations el India whop nearest the has wain= now pre-
tended to advoclte. He amid tell Ms is. Mood thee he
might rest strode that the native 'silken of ills wools*
swim kiss or einem else is maids' use ewe Laing*
es
kail boon heed that day towards the Isaias ahem.. h
was hie Inot 'plain that the soldkre here spin et wall
rise to haw easing to do with either et the Me pude-
ow
wits bed net win ea this as well as on a imerems-
lies. Re hoped this weed be an additional WOWS he the
onet eit the inters in their retard to give Fin-
MrWon documents. (Hear, hear.)
. SULLIVAN unionised that it WY the plan of the
orders to interfere whoa illegal Ws were committed by
their invents.
The CHAIRMAN agreed to the principle, but the court
el
Onsters were sot at liberty to inters» in the eases
alluded to.
Mr. SULLIVAN asked if it were understood that his
seder el modes would sit be 'published in any way.
The CHAIRMAN replied that the hos. proprietor could
nisi it forwerd.
Some slondies leek penis reaped to the bylaw which
regulated the 'Meg sedoeseintlems, he whin Mr. W 151).
Ins, Cepa. II
.esPones. sod deers, hew:oksct ; bat no dr
did Wmpess was gives to the ohainsma
Midi nesse to pubs* the sedge of the has. proprietor, but
es
to the supplies*, perms required, • decided negative
stprepitors
Theythe uderity then present.
CHAIRMAN adIG. Senna's motion had bees
nosind, end ell he could my was, that everythisp consistent
with the law wean be dose is respect to it.
4 I The cowl then adjourned.
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LATDIO THE FOUNDATION STONE OP Till NEw
Cm Pastes AM NOLLOWlLY.—Yestorday the arremesy of
laying Iliv ihemitissi name of the New City PAWS, about
Is be emsehil et Holloway in lieu of the 011tspar-street
per,
was peribimed by the Lord Mayor, mated by the
eidemes, mad several of the enemas essecil. Is
Wof the lamp growded state of Offrapar-strest
MA the illinsuity oh slassifying the primmen
;he setra ef samosa ave determined to erect a
I sew mail eteardiggly • pine of graved of the extent
of shoat 14 sires has teem selested et Park-road, Holloway.
Tb==will cover sheet 12 sees of round, affording
to 'best 400 prisoners, to be clasallsd
Is sp, sad to be epos the separate system ; al
ro re▪
dlii
um far the governor and chlain. will
he a towenrr of 140 feekitt be applied as a
ap
ventilating There shaft.
The sztrenta length wla be 330 feet and the depth 'hint
400 feat