The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-17 00:00:00

BILL.

A conference was appointed to confer with the Lords
on the subject of certain amendments introduced by the
Lords in this Bill.
The conference having been returned,
Sir G. GREY announced the result thereof to the
ifouie.

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General MORRISON made some remarks upon the
subject of the Raja of Sattara, which were perfectly in-
audible in the gallery. The Gallant Member was under-
stood to give it as his opinion that the Raja had been
justly deposed.
Mr. WAKLEY thought that the case ought not to be
allowed to rest as it now stood. The people of this
country would not tolerate it much longer. The present
rule of this country in India, was a moral miracle, and if
the lloine allowed the high character of that Government
to be tarnished, there would soon be an end to their ex-
tensive dominion in the East. What a position was it
for a man like the Hon. Member for Montrose, who, for
30 years had been the most indefatigable reformer in
this country, and who was mainly interested in obtaining
a reformed 'louse of Commons, and placing the Noble
Lord at the head of the Government, to stand up in his
place, night after night, and beg of the Noble Lord,
whom he had placed in his situation, to grant a full and
fair inquiry into the subject. A statement had been made
by Captain Cogan to the effect that the President of the
Board of Control (Sir J. llobhouse) had stated to him
that he would do all that lay in his power to support the
conduct of the Government in this determination, and
that he had written to the Governor-General of India,
giving his intentions to dismiss from office every indivi-
dual who expressed an opinion unfavourable to the con-
duct pursued by the Government. It surely could not
be possible that a member of a Liberal Government
could act thus, but such was the effect of injustice on the
part of the Government.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said this case had been very
carefully considered bysiSrilzßohoebretrtGraGrnat asntw, and after
thatcareful consideration,
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inquiry into the matter. Already the fullest inquiry
for re-opening the case. He was not dispose
had taken place, and he could see no reason whatevertto
enter
again into the merits of the question.
chargeS made
iril°bl3y Captain J. LIOtiSE
Cdeogfeannd.ed himself against the
Mr. OSBORNE deprecated the course taken by the
Hon. Member for Finsbury, in making public the sub-
stance of a private conversation between Captain Cogan
and the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Con-
trol. If such a course were to be generally adopted, an
end would soon be put to all public and private confi-
dence. lle would have no objection to unite himself
with the Hon. Member for Finsbury, as one of the twelve
who would oppose voting a single shilling till justice had
been done to the Raja.
Mr. WAKLEY explained that the statement he had
made was made on the authority of the printed report of
the proceedings of the Board of Directors of the East
India House.

Mr. B. ESCOTT thought that the Raja had not yet
had a fair trial, and it was an act of monstrous injus-
tice on the part of the Government, to refuse to him a
fair trial.
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