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Bombay Gazette Office, Aug. 23, 1824.
SlR*-I have had the honour to receive your letters of the
16th, 19th, and 21st instant, the last indicative of surpnse at
the non-receipt of a reply to the one of the 19th, and commu-
-nicating to •me the expectation of the Hon. the Governor in
Council, that the apology, which has been required of me, will
be handed up in sufficient time to allow of its being sub-
mitted for the consideration of Government, and, if approved,
returned, to be published in the Gazette of Wednesday the 25th
instant.

I beg that you will have the goodness to assure the Hon.
Board, that my silence is not to be attributed to a disregard of
the call you had been instructed to make on me, or in any dis-
respect to Government; and I cannot but indulge the hope that
the Hon. Board will ,give me credit for the sincerity of this
declaration, when it recollects that your letter of the 19th inst.
had not been more than eight and forty hours in my possession
when that of the 21st was delivered to me; and that I had in
the interim to deliberate and determine on a matter deeply af-
fecting my prospects in life, and on which it was of the utmost
importance to my future welfare that I should come to a right
decision.

I can safely and with perfect truth assert, that I entered on
the consideration of this, to me, momentous question, with an
earnest and anxious desire to meet the wishes of Government,
to the utmost of my power; and I trust that the Hon. the Go-
vernor in Council will. in reference to the difficult situation in
which I have been placed by his recent commands, excuse the
detail which I find it neccessary to enter into at this time, in
explanation of the causes which prevent my compliance with
•
his wishes to their full extent.

The Honourable the Governor in Council, having been
pleased to intimate to me in the second paragraph of your let-
ter, of the 16th, that he considers the statement of the Su-
preme Court to be conclusive on the subject of its own pro-
• ceedings, and that he cannot admit the production of any tes-
timony on a point which he considers- as fully establishet and
to repeat this intimation in your letter of the 19th, with the
further declaration, that he can allow no statement supported
-by the authority of that Court to be called in question,
it is in vain for me to offer any thing to the notice of Govern-
- ntent, in explanation of the alleged mis-statement in my paper
of the 11th instant, or, indeed, to advert in any manner what-
ever to the proceedings therein detailed. But„I must, in jus-
tice to myself, take leave respectfully to state, that on under-
.taking to publish the proceedings of the Court—a task of no
.ordinay difficulty in this country—l was influenced by a de-
sire to render my paper interesting and useful to the public,
and a belief that so long as I felt, in my own conscience, that
my reports were substantially correct, and that I could offer
satisfactory proof of their being so, I could never incur the
,:ensure of Government, or render myself liable to punish-
meet by any legal tribunal,- -I now learn, for the first time,
that I have been mistaken in these suppositions, and that the
Ace:oration of the Supreme Court is considered conclusive
by the Honourable the Governor in Council, in all matters
connected with its own proceedings ; thereby precluding any
hope of exculpation or justification on the part of those who
may, like myself, have .the misfortune to experience its dis-
,pl,,:asure._

Had I been aware at an earlier period that such was the
.opinion of Government, I certainly never would have exposed
.myself to the risk, which, it appears, I have unconsciously
incurred for some time past; and I confidently appeal to the
justice and liberality of the Honourable Board, in support of
my hope, that it will not give retrospective operation to a deci.
sion which it was not in my power to have anticipated, and for
which, consequently, 1 have been altogether unprepared.
It is far from my desire to seem to offer resistance to the au-
thority of Goverment on any occasion : my habits and in-
=clinations forbid such a course ;—and in the present instance
it is more particularly my interest to conform to its wishes ;
but feeling that my situation at this moment is one of peculiar
.difficulty, and conscientiously believing that my report of the
proceedings of the, fith instant does not deserve the character
-which the Court has attributed to it, and confirmed in the opi-
nion by the testimony of many of the most respectable persons
in the settlement, who were present as well as myself on that
occasion, I really feel myself at a less how to draft an apo-
l(agy, which.l could hope to be satisfactory to the Honourable
l:cerd.

But if the Honourable the Governor in Council will do me
-the favour to allow of one being transmitted to me, in such
terms as he play think adapted to the circumstances of the
,case, savinic my conscience, it shall have the best and most at-
tentive consideration on my part, and shall be published with-
, out delay:Of:it prove, as I trust it will do, of such a nature
as I can give to the world consistently with my character as a
Gentleman; and. a.man• of veracity.
In the meantime, as I have ascertained that some conversa-
tion took place in the Court between the Bench and Bar, sub-
sequently to Mr. Irwin's moving that Mr. Shaw's recognizances
-might be entreated, 4Pld that Mr. Shaw's being allowedto an-
swer may, perhaps, be the indulgence to which allusion is
made in your letter-of the 19th instant, Ide myself the hon-
our to enclose a statement of that conversation, taken down at
-the moment; and shall be happy to give it a place in my
next paper, with an expression of regret for its omission in that
• -of the 11. th• instant, if its insertion in Wednesday's paper
meets the approbation of the Honourable Board.
I have the honour be,-Sir, your most obedt. Servant,
C. J. FAIR.
Mr. Iwatti moved that the recognizances be entreated.
It was granted, and the motion paper handed• to the officer
=by Mr.-Irwin.

Air. ADVOCATE-GENF-14.11L stated, that perhaps he was in
-coudition to she cause in the first instance, and lie would be
entitled to do so. But he would only take the liberty of saying,
that Mr. glivf had never any intention of declining to answer
the interrogaiorlds: he only wished to have the opportunity of
appealing to the Court first, to know whether they were legal
and such as he was bound to answer, and he acted in that re-
spect by advice of Counsel. He had, now heard the order of
Court, to which he of course deferred, and he was ready to.an-
,
Swer immediately.
Mr. Justice Cit.,trEns —I think, as it appears that Mr.
Shaw acted by advice of Counsel, he is not, perhaps, to be
-considered as contumacious, and I think he may be allowed to
answer.
Mr. lawn( asked if costs should be paid, and suggested that
,pexhaps the Court would hold that the King could not receive
Mr. Justice CHAMBERS said no. I believe it is a rule that
"tile King neither pays nor receives casts.

G. D.—To C. J. Fair, Esq., Editor of the Bombay Gazette.
Sir—l am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
-of the 23d instant.
2d—The Governor in ,eolincil car" perceive, in the sub_
_stance of this letter any trace 'of the matron which is conspi-
mons in the language.
24—The expectation that you would be alloyed to dispute
atitOrily
,(11 the Court co a point of fact relying to its. own

proceedings, and to refute its statement by the counter state-
ments of some Gentlemen, among the by-standers, appears to
the Governor in Council so unreasonable and so inconsistent
with the dignity of a Court of Justice, that he cannot believe
you to have seriously-entertained it ; he therefore regards the
declaration, that you would never have :undertaken to fur-
nish reports, if you had not eXpected, to be allowed that
mode of justification, as rathey' a fresh mark of disrespect .to
the Court, thanitionid for, overlooking that formerly com-
plained of.
4th—The Governor in Council cannot discover in your re-
plying to his desire that you would send a draft-of an apology
for his consideration, by requesting that he would propose one
for your's, any sign of that anxiety to miet the wishes of Go-
vernment, which is professed in another part of your letter.—
The Governor in Council observes, that.you have in this letter
acknowledged a considerable omission, that on another point
your accuracy in taking down the proceedings is opposed to the
direct assertion of the speaker, who was a Judge on the Bench;
and that the publication of your opinion as to the feelings of the
Judge, even if it had been correct, was obviously neither re-
quisite nor -respectful. He is therefore ate loss to conceive on
what groundyou can refuse to acknowledge that your report
was inaccurate, and to express your regret thatit.was calcu-
lated to produce an impression unfavourable to the•spirit and
temper of the Court, and an appearance of disrespect on your
part to that Tribunal. _ _

sth—The-GoVeraor in Council expects that whatever apo-
logy you make may be so explicit, as effectually to remove the j
impression above alluded ta; and ha directs me to inform
.you, that unless such an ap?logy is 'immediately transmit- j
ted to tie, he will proceed, without further notice, to remove
you from this country.-1 have the honour Xo be, .Sir, your
most obedient Servant,
J. FA.RISII,3- Sec. to Gov.
•
Bombay Castle, Aug. 24;11r4• •
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Bombay Gazette Office.; Auguit 25,1824.
,James Farish, Esq. Secretary to Government.
Snt-.4 am honoured with your letter of yesterday's date, in
reply to mine of the 23d inst., and having been so unfortunate
as to add to the displeasure of Government, in every endea-
vour I have hitherto made to explain the difficulty of my situa-
tion, and remove the disapprobation of the Honourable Board,'
I shall abstain from doing more on this occasion than enclos-
ing an apology to the effect you require, in the 4th and-sth'
paragraphs of your letter, now under reply: and which T am,
ready to publish either in an Appendix to my Paper of
this date, or an Extra Gazette, if the Honourable Board should'
so desire it. I regret extremely that it *as not in my power
to trizlsmit this document so immediately as appeared, to be
expected by your present communication, and can only assure
you, as I have done in a former instance, that' the delay has'
not arisen from disrespect to the Honourable
,the Governor .in
Council, or disregard of his commands.—l have the honour to
be, Sir, your most obedient Servant,

C. J. FAIR.

Copy of proposed Apology :
In publishing a continuation of the Report of the Proceed-
ings of the Honourable the Supreme Court of Judicature on
the 6th instant, which have been already noticed in the
Gazette of the 11th instant, the Editor begs to state for the
'information of his readers, that the conversation which this
continuation details, took place, after he supposed the proceed-
ings to be closed, in so low a tone of voice as to escape his no-
tice at the time, and that it ices not brought to his knowledge
till a very recent period. The Editor avails himself also of this
opportunity to add, that be has been informed froin high autho-
rity that his report was in other respects inaccurate, and calcu-
lated not only to produce an impression unfavourable to the
spirit and temper of the Court, but an appearance of disrespect
on his part to the tribunal ; he feels it therefore incumbent up-
on him publicly to disclaim any such intention, and td express
his deep regret, that an impression of the nature hi has men-
tioned should have been created, by the statement published in
his-paper of the Ilth, which it was his duty and his desire to
make as correct as possible.
G. D.—To C. J. Fair, Esq. Editor of the Bombay Gazette.
(SIR—I am directed by the Hon. the Governor in Council to
communicate to you that your letter of nth instant, and its en-
closure, has been laid before him in Council, and I have re-
ceived his directions to inform you,•that the apology offered by
you is entirely unsatisfactory.
2d.—l am directed by the Iron. 'the Governor in Council
to represent to you that the inaccuracies and disrespect com-
plained of are stated in the enclosure to your letter, as informa-
tion received from a high authority ; but that every admission
of the• truth of the information is avoided with marked care,
and that the only effect of the apology, if published with the
sanction of Government, would be to confirm the impression
produced by the former publication, and_to establish the right
of Editors to reflect on- the personal conduct of Judges, without
exposing themselves to the imputation of disrespect to the
Court.

I have it, therefore, in command from the Hon. the Gover-
nor in Council, to declare and notify'to you that you have, in
the judgment of the Governor of this Presidency, forfeited
your claim to the countenance and protection of the Govern-
ment of the Presidency of Bombay.; and 1 am by the same au-
thority directed to declare and notify to you, that, by order of
the said Government of Bombay, of the date of this day,. thl
permission to remain in India, which was communicated to you
in Mr. Secretary Henderson's letter of tho 9th of Jan. DV,
is withdrawn ; and also that by the same order any certificate
or licence heretofore obtained lay you, or which may already
have been granted you, orunder which you may have, before
the date of such order, claimed to reside and be in the East In-
dies, is declared to be void, from the 34tth of this present month
of August, which order I do accordingly hereby declare and
notify to yqu ; and t have it also in command, from the Hon.
the Governor in Council to declare and notify to you, that
frotn and after the said 30th of this month, you will, if resid-
ing and being in India, be deemed and taken to be a person
residing and being in the East Indies without licence or autho-
rity, for that purpose, and that you will be proceeded against
according to law.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant,
J. FA RISH, Secretary to Government.
Bombay Castle, August 28, 1824.
Bombay, August 29, 1824.

James Farish, Esq., Secretary to Government.
Sir—l was honoured last evening with your letter of that
date (28th inst.), advising me, in reply to mine of the 25th,
that the Honourable the Governor in Council has been pleased
to declare my licence to reside in the East Indies to be void
from to-morrow, the 30th of this present month of August,
and that from and after the said day, I shall, if residing and
being in India, be deemed and taken to be a person residing
and being in the East Indies without licence or authority for
that purpose, and that I shall be proceeded against according
to law.

To this decision of Government I have of course no alterna-
tive but to submit myself without reserve ; but it is of so much
importance to me to know whether I am expected to embark
for England, by the first opportunity that offers, or if a reason-
able period will be allowed me to settla my affairs in this
country, that I trust I shall stand excused for requesting you
will have the goodness to obtain for me the necessary informa-
tion on these points, in order that I may not, by a longer resi-
dence in India than the, Honourable Board may think expe-
dient, seem to infringe the orders you have been directed to
transmit to me on this occasion.

I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant,
• C. J. FAIR.
G. D.—To C. J. Fair, Esq., Editorof the Bombay Gazette.
SlR—Having this day received the commands of the Ho-
nourable the-Governor in Council of Bombay to afford my legal
assistance in carrying into effect their resolution of yesterday,
to send you to the United Kingdom on board the Honourable
Company's ship London, except on conditionof your giving
sufficient security before the 31st instant, that you will embark
and proceed to Great Britain on or .before the 30th of Novem-
ber next; I beg leave to know, with as little delay as practi-
cable, whether you are willing to sign and execute a security
bond with a condition of the tenor aforesaid, and whether you
are willing to give securities (and who they are) to meet the
proposition of remaining till the 30th of November.,
2d., I:nder a full consideration of the circumstances of the
case, I do not think I can propose a lower penalty than twenty
thousand rupees for yourself, and ten thousand rupees for two
good and sufficient securities, (tirilo must be inhabitants of
Iltinbay), that you will, in the event of your acceding to the
offer of Government, quit India on or before the 30th of next
November.
3d. It has already been officially notified to you, by Mr. Se-
cretary Farish's letter of yesterday's date, that in the event of
your ref Using to give the security now required, you will he
sent on board the Honourable Company's ship the London,
Captain Sotheby ; I therefore need not again urge the neces-
sity of an immediate answer to this letter.—l have the honour
to be, Sir, your most obedient servant,
W. A. MORGAN, Company's Solicitor.
Bombay, 29th August, 1824.
P.S. I am further directed to inform you, that the condition
of the security bond is to be, that you are to leave India when-
ever required by Government so to do, on or before the 30th of
November next. W. A. 111 ORGAN.
Bombay, Aug. 31, 1824.

To J. C. Fair, Esq., Editor of the Bombay Gazette.
' SIR-1 have the honour to enclose you a copy of a letter from.
Mr. Secretary Farish to my address, and to request your im-
mediate answer.as to the subject marker therein contained.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant,
J. R. SNOW Senior Magistrate of Police.
Bombay Office of Police, 30th August, 1824.
G. D."---To J. R. Snow, Esq., Senior Magistrate of Police.
Six—Tam directed by the Hon. the Governor in Council to
transmit, to you the. accompanying Extract.from the ',Proceed-

ings of Government dated the 28th inst., in conformity with
which 31r. J. C. Fair, the editor-of the Bombay Gazette, is to
be sent to the United Klugdorri. on board the Hon. Company's
ship London (Capt. Sotheby commanding),- which ship will
sail on or about the 3d of September next, under the provisioris
of the Act 43 Geo. 3. c. 255, s. 104, should he reside and be in
the East Indies after the 30th of the present month (Aug).
2d. I convey -the commands of the Hon. the . Governor in
Council that you give effect to the resolution of Government
now communicated to you, acting in all respects according to
the advice of the Hon. Company's Law, Officer.,
3d. You will, however, let Mr. Fair know. that he will be
permitted to remain at Bombay for the apace of three months,
from the 31st of this month, viz. until the 30th day of Novem-
ber next ensuing, if he-chooses to give security, that he will
embark and proceed to the United Kingdom, at -the end of that
time; and the Hon. Company's Solicitor has been directed to
have bonds ready for signature with such penalty as he may
deem sufficient, to be executed by Mr. Fair if he should prefer
thatrourse. _

4th. Notwithstanding your having given this intimation to
Mr. _Fair, and his having assented to that course, the measures
for sending him on board the Hon. Company's ship London are
not,to be suspended by you, and you will be pleased to inform
him, that unless the Company's Solicitor reports that he (Mr.
Fait) has executed such a bond as the Hon. Company's Soli-
citor considers in all iespects binding and sufficient for the
purpose, he, Mr. Fair, is still to be sent to the United Kingdom
by the London.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obe-
dient servant,
(Signed) J. FARISH, Secretary to Government.
'(True copy)
'J. R. SNOW, Senior Magistrate of Police.
Bombay Castle, 28th August, 1824.
W. A. Morgan, Esq. lion. Company's Solicitor.
SIR--I have to acknowledge the receipt under yesterday's
date of,your letter of -the 29th, advising me of the instructions
you had received from the Hon. the Governor in Council re-
specting the carrying into effect of their resolutions of the 28th,
for my transmission after the, 30th instant to the United King.
dome and propoiing to me certain conditions, on complying
with which this resolution will be suspended for a time, and
permission given me to remain in India until the 30th No-
vember next, subject, however, according to the postscript of
your letter, to the contingency of being obliged to quit this
country on or before that period, if required to do so by Go.
vernment.

For the fulfilment of this engagement you require security in
the penalty ,of twenty thousand rupees for myself, and ten
thousand rupees for two good and sufficient securities, who
must be inhabitants of Bombay.
It is now my,cluty to state, that the security you have thought
it right to require of me is of such a nature and amount, that I
feel it not only impossible to comply with it in my own per-
son, but equally so in respect to the few friends I have at this
place, and that I must in consequence prepare myself tbr the
only other alternative left me, that of embarking to the United
Kingdom in any ship, in which the Government may be au-
thorised to order me to proceed to that quarter.
As it has always been far from my desire to seem to offer any
opposition or evasion to the orders of Government, I trust that
it will not require me to hold myself in readiness for embar-
kation, without giving me twelve hours' notice, and that in the
:the mean time, my word of honour to oppear after such notice
has been served upon me, and will be received as sufficient se-
curity for my appearance.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your
most obedient servant, C. J. FAIR.
J. R. Snow, Esq. Senior Magistrate of Police.
Bombay, August 31, 1824.
SIR-1 have been honoured with your letter of yesteiday's
date, handing me a copy of one from Mr. Secretary Farish to,
your address of the 28th of the month, and Ftake the earliest
opportunity of advising you that 1 have been obliged to inform
the Hon. Company's Solicitor that it is quite out of my power
to furnish security to the extent and of the nature he requires,
and that I am consequently prepared to embark in any ship to
the United Kingdom, on which the Government may be autho-
rised to order me to proceed to that quitrter.
As the execution of this latter part of the Honourable Board's
coismands appears to rest with you, it may be adviseable for
me to state, that 1 hope you will consider my word of honour to
attend you for the embarkation at any time you may direct,
after my receiving twelve hours' notice of your wishes, as a suf-
ficient security for my appearance when required.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
C. J. FAIR.

To C. J. Fair, Esq.
Stß—l am duly honoured with your communication of yes-
terday's date, and rest perfectly -satisfied with the assurances
you have given me.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most
obedient servant, J. It. SNOW,

Senior likagistrate of Police.
Bombay Office of Police; Sept. 1, 1824. ;
G. D.—To C. J. Fair, Esq. Editor of the Bombay Gazette.
SIR—In reply to your letter of
.yesterday's date, I -am di-
rected to inform you that the senior Magistrate of Police has
received orders to send you to England
_on board the Hon.
Company's ship London,..which will sail on or about the 3d
instant- but that if before the sailing of that ship you give full
and sufficient security tb embark, whenever you are required to
do so, you will not be ordered to leave India for three months,
or until the 30th November next, unless you give new ground
of offence in the interim.-1 have the honour to be, your most
obedient servant, J. FA RISH,
Bombay Castle, Aug. 30, 1924. . Sec. to Gov.
James Farish, Esq.. Secretary to Government.
Bombay, Sept. 2, 1824.
Srit—l had yesterday the honour to receive your letter of the
30th ultimo, in reply to mine of the 29th, informing me of the
directions that had been issued to the senior Magistrate of Po-
lice, for my embarkation in the Hon. Company's ship London,
but that if before the sailing- of that ship I give full and suffi-
cient security to embark whenever I am required to do so, I
shall not be ordered to leave India for three months, or until
the 30th November next, urless I give new ground of offence
in the mean time. The Honourable the Governor in Coun-
cil will doubtless have been informed that I had, previously to
the receipt of the letter now under acknowledgment, been
called on in one from the Honourable Company's Solicitor of
the 29th ult. to enter into securities, which I found it impos-
sible to comply with, and that I had in consequence expressed
my readiness to surrender myself to the senior Magistrate of
Police whenever required. .
I have since been made acquainted with the orders that have
been issued for my transmission to the United Kingdom, on
board the Hon. Company'S ship London, as a charter-party
passenger, and having failed in my endeavours to obtain a cabin
and accommodation at the Commander's table, at my own ex-
pence, I find myself reduced to the necessity of proceeding on
a long, circuitous and uncertain voyage, limited to ship's pro-
visions and accommodation only, and subject, of course, to all
the privations of a common soldier or sailor, for a period of ten
I
or twelve months at the least, contrary, apprehend, to the
intention of the Legislature, unless the Hon. Board will so
far modify the terms or security formerly required of me, as to
accept my personal bond, binding myself to proceed to Eng-
land in such other ship as the Government may consider itself
authorized to send me.

I take the liberty to repeat, what I have already stated to
the Hon.' Company's solicitor, that I have never intended
either to opposdor evade the orders of Government on this oc-
casion, and I trust, therefore, that the proposal which the cir-
cumstances I have mentioned have rendered it necessary for me
to make at thii time, will be, deemed satisfactory to the Hon.
Board.

I have the honour to be,. sir, your most obedient Servant,

C. J. FAIR.

Captain J. B. Sotheby, commanding the H.C.S. London.
Stu—Understanding that orders have been issued to the
Senior Magisttate of Polices, Mr. Snow, and yourself, for my
reception on Board the Honourable Company's ship London,
as a Charter Party PdS!,enger to the United Kingdom, and con-
cluding that I shall in consequence be limited to ship allowance
and accommodation, I shall esteem myself obliged by your in-
forming me, if vou can make arrangements for receiving me at
your table, and accommodating me with a cabin during the
period I may be retained on board the ship under your com-
mand, for which I am ready to make such remuneration as you
may think just and proper.
I am, Sir, your most obedient Servant, C. J. FAIR.
Bombay, Ist Sept. 1824,. 5 p.lll.
To C. J;Fair,
SIR—In answer to your letter of yesterday's date, I beg to
state to you, I cannot conveniently offer you a cabin or the ac-
commodation at my table which you request.
I am, Sir,'your obedient Servant,
Sept. 2,1824. J. B. SOTIIEBY.

To C. 3. Fair, Esq.
SlR—May I request the favour of you to attend at my office
to-morrow (Saturday), at 11 o'Clock, to embark in the Hon.
Company's ship London, agreeable to your promise. Should
your coining to my office not be perfectly agreeable, I shall be
most happy to meet you at any other place you may wish.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble Servant,

J. R. SNOW,
Bombay Police Office, Sept. 3. Senior Magistrate Police.
G. D.—To C. J. Fair, Esq.
Slit—Under the circumstances represented by you, I am di-
rected to inform you that Capt. Sotheby has been directed to
accommodate you on the footing of a Subaltern Officer, and to
allow you a cabin 7. 6. by 6. 6. abaft the main mast, and to be
admitted at the Captain's table. I have the honour to he, Sir,
your most obedient humble Servant, J. FARISH, Sec.
Bombay Castle, 3d Sept. 1024.
G. D.—To C.. 1. Fair, Esq., Editor of the Bombay Gazette.
Stn—Capt. Sotheby having represented the absolute impos-
sibility of alloting you a cabin until the troops on board the
Lon,don are disembarked at Calcuta, that part a the arrange-

meet, communicated to you in my letter of yesterday's date,
will not have effect until that period, and in the. mean time you
will have accommodation in the steerage.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
• Your most obedient Servant,
J. FAIRISH, Secretary to. Government.
Bombay Castle, 4th September, 1824.
James Farish, Esq.'Secretary to Government.
Bombay, 4th september, 1824.
Sin—l was honoured last evening with your letter olyester-
day's date, advising me, that Captain Sotheby haul been di-
rected to accommodate me with a cabin, on the tooting of a
subaltern officer, and to be admitted to the Captain's table, and
1 am this moment in receipt of your further letter of this date,
infbrining me that Captain Sotheby having represented the
absolute impossibility of allowing me a cabin until the troops
on board the London are disembarked at Calcutta, that part
of the arrangement will not have .effect until that period, and
that I shall in the mean time have accommodation in the
steerage. _ _

Situated as I am at this moment, I must, of course, comply
with any directions that. Government may think fit to issue re-
specting me, but I must at the same time take leave re-
spectfully to observe, that I cannot but feel that the alteration
just made known to me will materially diminish the comforts I
had hoped to experience under your letter of yesterday, and that
it is in itself a measure, for which I was but little prepared at
thislate period.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant,
C. J. FAIR.

G. D.—To C. J. Fair, Esq.
SIR—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of yesterday's date, and to inform you that arrangements have
been made, in consequence of which, Captain Sotheby has been
ordered to allow you a cabin.
- -1 have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant,
J. FA lIIS 11, Secretary to Government.
Bombay Castle, sth September, 1824.
11. C. ship, London, 6th Sent. 1824.

J. R. Snow, Esq. Senior Magistrate of PoliCe.•
Sin—l request that you will do the last favour to cause the
accompanying. letter to be sent to Mr. Secretary Parish, on
your return to the shore. Permit me. at the same time to re-
quest your acceptance of nay thanks for the considerate manner
ner •in which you have executed the unpleasant duty with
which you have. been charged in respect to my person.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, J. C. FAIR.

James Farish, Esq. Secretary to Government
Stn,--Following the orders of Government, and the warrants
of the Honourable the Governor, of the Ist instant, to the Se-
nior Magistrate of Police, and Commander of the Honoura-
ble Company's ship, London, I am now a prisoner on board
that ship, and although I have considered it desirable on every
account not to any sort of resistance to the authority of Go-
vernment, or to raise any question of law at this place, which
might disturb the peace of society, I should be wanting in
justice to myself, if I were not thus to avow My belief, that
the whole of the proceedings against me on this unfortunate
occasion; are illegal, and more particularly my transmission
to the United Kingdom in a ship not bound direct to that
quarter.
I desire therefore to enter my protest against those proceed-
ings before I leave this harbour, lest silence should be con-
strued into an acquiescence in their propriety, and operate to
my prejudice hereafter, in the endeavours which it will be my
duty to make, to obtain redress from the proper authorities in
England, for the injuries which I consider myself to have suf-
fered, and to be still suffering from the acts in question.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
J. C. FAIR.
H. C. S. London, Bombay Harbour, Sept. 6, 1824.