The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-19 00:00:00

THE DEFALCATIONS OF SIR THOMAS

TUETON IN BENGAL.

Yesterday, a public meeting of the sufferers by the
recent defalcations of Sir Thomas Turton, the late registrar
et the Supreme Court of Judicature in Bengal, was held at
the London Tavern, kr the purpose of receiving the report
of a committee who were appointed at a former meeting to
wait upon certain members of parliament, and to solicit them
to move for a copy ol the report of the commissioners ap-
pointed by the judges to inquire into the loues sustained in
the registrar's office in Calcutta. The chair was occupied by
010101 E. SECTTLIWORTH,
The CHAIRMAN said he felt something like pride
in haying been the first to come forward to in-
troduce the transactions connected with Sir Thomas
Turton to the notice of the public. He believed
that a more atrocious and revolting cue was not upon re-
cord. There were very few of the representatives of the
sufferers in England. There were no lets than 2,000
claimants upon the estate, but not more than two score of
individuals in this country were represented at the present
meeting. He was horny to state that the committee ap•
pointed on the last occasion had been very successful in
all that they had undertaken—that all the documents they
required were now in their possession, and that the utmost
ewarteey hod been evinced towards them both at the In-
disarms and the Board of Control. Through the kind
limireasentality of Mr. Wortley. M.P., copies of the ne-
doeements had been obtained. and from these it ap•
that the deficit amounted to 90,0001. sterling. The
paragraph of the report of the commissioners exhibited
a Met extraordinary attempt upon the part of that body to
Oa a veil over the doings of Sir Thomas Turton. It was
dried by gewlemen holding high official situations at Cai-
tlin', sad yet it contained these words : .* Lastly, we desire
to draw Westin to the fact that although the prose
ameeme of the defalcations is very large, it is so divided
mass the various estates and trusts that the sums ab.
earested frem these are, happily lot the sufferers, in most
eases comparatively small. (Oh! oh!) Only on one
estate the loss exceeds 35,000 rupees; on another
25,000; on two other estates 20,000; on two more
16,000 ; ea four others, 10,000 ; and upon twenty-one
ethers, upwards of 5 000." In his opin‘ on, the commission-
ers had inverted the words of scripture, for " they had re-
plenished the rich with good things, and the pcor they had
sent empty away." (Hear.) The committee were now in
wpwition to proceed with the application to parliament for a
MU to obtain compensation for the sufferers ; and It would
be for the meeting to consider whether they would inner the
expense, probably about 3001.. of promoting that application.
He believed that of the 2,000 claimants upon the estate,
1,000 of them were the representatives of officers who
had fallen in the service in India. He did
not apprehend any very melons opposition to the bill in par.
liament ; and though his claim was not very large, not more
I then 6,000 rupees he would willingly put down 601., or
double that own if neoessary, to bring this most gross and
ahaminalde sue before the pethlic. He was determined that
the oemdwee of Sir Thomas Turton should be thoroughly ex-
pend hi some way or other. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. B. F. finurnawoltra, solicitor, stated that he had
I received the names of eighteen or twenty of the sufferers,
who were willing to co-operate in meeting the expenses of
the application to parliament, sad that he had no doubt
many others would contribute when the necessary circular
was gent out. He believed that Sir Thomas Turton had
jobbed with the money of the sufferers is the funds and in
Tarim. socionletioso, sad that he had mak a good portion of
it in this Haim Doak.
Same caaverestios ensued, in the come al which the ee-
-1 ferers present, who ware ale mere shoo half-a-dr:en in
number mama msaaimemly to be of opinion that the
'application eight to be ads to parliament, but that a feller
I meeting ought to be mareasd before any decisive steps were
takes.
It was eventually agreed that another meeting should be
sailed for the third of July at the same place, and that is
the meantime stagy of the report of the mameiedosers, and
also a deaCel tbe agreement respect's; the proposed spoil-
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