The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-20 00:00:00

-711;:iaton7ai;oread the-letter addressed to 1%1 eksrs. Palmer
and .Ballird, in which it was stated. that the grou rid of the above
resolution was 'the following passage in the
,Calp(tfq ;Journal of
the 39th of August, page VS. .
‘, Our readers cannot. but recollect the subject of the paper
for which Mr. Buckingliarn was removed from. India. The
Mention of'. this
_event, is essential to our present argument :
and we hope we may.speak of it as a matter of history without
offence • as we shall express.no opinion on it either one-way
ortanatlier. If it were not absolutely necessary, we should-not
even allude to it; but in doing so, we shall not, for a momenty,
forget the `respect due to the establishecl,laWs and government
of the country. The article ikquestion, related to thenppoints
ment of Dr. Bryce, sigerk to the Stationary Committee; and
the part of it which is understood' to have been so offensive to
the gOvernment, ,as-to determind,Mr:"BuCkingham's transmis-
sion, was an allusion to the repOrt of Dr. Bryce's being the
author Of thaeletters, placed in connection with his appoint-
merit to his ieculiir office. Thus, it -apgears, Dr; ilryce's re-
puted antlioriship- and pluralities, were the cause of Mr. Buck-
mgharn's removal ; .and of the new lawswhich are in conse-
queka established for. the' Press. „But for him, this scociety
might' have continued
ages; nor have Veen deprived of, one of its members.—AVhen
those who watch with anxious ex'pectation the progress of irn-
provetnent in this country, and the spread ofthat Gospel which
c4nmissioned. to' preach,
Dr. Bryce coogder the effects of
these measures -.it will be for . them to award hiin the praise,
or censure, which. theY. thinkhe has deserved." . . • •
The letter -to the Magistrates stated, that, holdiri,c; Mr.
Sandys -and Mr.
.root reeptinsible for this article quoted, as
41r• SandYo Could not be subjected to any direct markt of 1
thedisjileasure of the government, suitable to the occasion and J
the nature of the offence, . which Would not egitally injure the .1
interest of the. share-holciersifl the property, but Mr. Anat.'
being native, of Great Britain residing in ,India without -
license, the • UovernOi-General in Council had accordingly re,-
solved that Mr. Arnqt should be sent to England.. In pursu
once of this resolution, the, Magistrates were directed to inform •
Mr. Arnot, that if he. should voluntarilY. engage to,proceed to
England and to embark on board a ship for that purpose, with-
in one month from the date, of the leiter, and should enter into
such security to. da SO eta might appear to the _Magistrates snffi:
cient for that purpere., :then the tiovernot-ticneral in Council,
would not subject .lii:n to the privations and inconveniences
*bleb would necessarily 'follow the enforcement of the process
authorized in the CIS'. section of the.s3d Geo. 111. cap. 155
for arresting or =tiding. to England persons found in the East •
Indies without a licence; and if he failed to giVe sueli securi-
ties, then the usual warrant would be prepared and. sent
_to.
them With-Mit-del-ay.
These doCuments having been read over, Mr. Arnot observed,
that, this being the first intimation he had received of the inten-
tion of the Governtnent to send him to the United Kingdom, he
Was of course. not provided-0-th any securities', 'nor prepared to
or not he thould'offet'any ; not knowing what Might
be •
the effect of his thus binding himself to leave the ccitintry.—
.For instance, if it could hOeonstrned into a voluntary departure,
lie might then be considered as acting dishonours* towards
those, with. whom _lto had e..ontracted ohhttations with the view
Of his permanently residing in India ; and rather than incur
such an imputation, he would•willingly submit to any hardship
that might be imposed upon him. ,fle desired, however, to know
the amount in which securities Would-be required, ardrequest-
ed that time might be given him to consult his friends on the
Subject. The magistrates having deliberated for some time,
informed him, that he would be required to.bindltimself under
is penalty of Sicca Rupees •11r,000; with two sureties' iii SIC&
Rupees s,ooo.each, to leave the country ; or to take the alter-
native of a charter-party passage. On his again requesting to
be allowed an opportunity of consulting with his fnendi, they
consented to permit him to depart on his giving his own per-
sonal recognizanees to „return and surrender himself in the
course of the afternoon, under a penalty' of Sa-: `10,000;
which he did accordingly. Mr. Arnot returned, in the evening
agreeably to stipulation: but the mti:tistrates having left the

* Mr. Argot was also Assistant Reporter; but the title of
Assiitatif Editor given him, merely sighified principal Alsist_
ant connected with the paper, the sole reiponsibility or Which
rested with the Editor. As it is impossible for any one
individual to attend to all the details of a daily publication of
16 quarto Fiag6i, it therefore becemes a matter of necessity that
the Editor should have Assistants.
e. Sandy* the Editor—beingboin in India, was not
liable to trancimisSion.
4- Note: The following- a literal copy of the 104tti Section
of the Act, on which the proceeding against Mr. Ainot was
fonndod

And whereas it may be, doubtful whether the. Governor- Ge-
neral of Fort' William in Bengal, or other perstins autho-
rized fake, arrest', and seize srich .persons as niiy lie
found within the East Indies, arid other limits of the said Corn-
pany's Charter, without licence or other lawful authority-for the
purpose, have power to rOnift or send any such person or per-
sons to the said . United Kingdom, except for the purpose of
being prosecuted fOr a misdemeanor : And whereas it may be
stiffictentin many cases to remit and send such persons' to' the
IlnitedKingdorn, without subjecting them to further punish-
ment;'. .t enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said
,Gov.-Gen. or iii his absence from his Government, the Vice Pre-
sident, GoVernor of any ache Company's Presidencies, the Chief
Officer of the said •Conipatiy's'reeident at any British settlement
in the East, Indies or parts-aforesaid, the Company's Council- of
Supercargoes at the town and factory of Canton, within the
skid town and factory, and upon the river of Canton, or other
part'of a coast" of China, and such other persons as May be
from time. to time especially_ deputed and authorised for that
purpoie by the Court of Directors of the said United Company,
AO take; arrest, seize; and, cause to be taken, arrested and seized,
'at anyplace or places Within the 'East Indies .or parts aforesaid,
and to remit and send ,to the United Kingdom,, on board any
.ship or ships of or belonging to or in the service of the said
Company, bound to-the United. Kingdom,, all such persons so
tieing found at any 'sixth place or places in the
.East- Indies or
pails aforesaid, without' licence or , other lawful'authorkty for
that purpose : and the masters or other persons lieving.the
command of all such. ships,' shall, ,and they are hereby au
rhietl' and required to received, and safely and securely' to .keep
all and every such person and persons who shall ,be sent on
Board' any ship Or. ships for the purpose aforesaid, until such
person or. persons shall belanded in some port or ports of the
United Kingdom : Provided always, that every person who
shall he so put on board any,such ship for the purpose, afore-
s4id, shall be entitled to be discharged in such port of the'
United- Kingdom; in which such ship shall be movedin safety,
as such person shall think fit.

office, he was directed to be in attendance at eleven o'clock,
next morning.
SEPT. e.—Mr. Arnot having again appeared this forenoon
Y Magistrate on duty, stated that he
s
bhadeformeaedier.,Preapwrnes,enthtae ntoionl
to the government;on the subject of
his transmission, which he hoped would be successful ; and he
therefore requested that the worthy magistrate would postpone
the matter till the result was known. He, at, the same time,
is/led with authenticated 'copies of the do-
cumentsthe reeelution anddirections of the govern-
ment requested
concerning to
containingb e furnished
removal ;
which, he said, would be neees--
sary previous to his giving the securities required on the pre-
ceeding day, as above stated, for his quitting the. counter;
since, without some authentic doeument to shew the precise
-nature of the charge aefinst him, for which this order had
'been passed, he could not ask any of his friends to stand seeu-
ritron his account ; as it might be supposed to be something
of'a very criminal and disgeaceful nature ; in which case, of
course, no one would allote eta name to stand along with his
in any shape; and .without- tome proof to shew whether the
charge was of this etature rr not—at present, it could only be
estimated from the amount of the punishment. On this repre-
sentation, Mr. Paton leXteeated that the copies should be
granted, and allowed :be iirnot to depart on the same recog-
nagain surrendering himself
SAME DAY.—Mr. Area, feeling considerable anxiety to
thizea next nces
day. a s before, on condition of
peruse the documents which contained the orders respecting
him,e-eturned to the Polfeeoffice in the afternoon, for_ the pur-
pose of ascertaining-if the copies were yet prepared as he had
been ledto expect ; and in that case to receive them. - At the
time of going into the office, there happened to he a full bench
of 'magistrates—(Messrs. Shakespeare, Paton, and-Birch, we
think, were those presentee-who entered into a new discussion
of the subject. Mr. Shaspeare thought Mr. Arnot had no
right to make his obtaining a copy of the papers, a preliminary
to his granting the securites required for his quitting the coun-
try. Mr: Arndt submittet, that it was-a reasonable request to
be.furnished.with copies papers so deeply-_ effecting his in-
terest; and endeavoured:Ai)_ shew, on . the
.grounds already
stated, that the possession of such co** roust facilitate the pro-
curing of the sureties recteired, by enabling hire to satisfy his
friends as to the true nature of his offence. Mr. Shakespeare
thought they might take flat upon his own word n%l r. Arnot
rejoined, that 'persons knclving the favourable light in which
every one regards his own conduct, would noteeerhaps suppose
him destitute of that partielity mere than others; and would
therefore act unwarrantable, weie they_ in rely entirely on his
ideas fora correct view of tie case. Irefine, that his conscience
would not permit him to ar4 any one to standsecurity for him,-
' until he could adduce some' unquestioiiable proof; such as the
above documents afforded, of the nature anti amount of his
offence. Mr. Shakespeare askieg, if Mr: Arnot . meant
by not giving. security, to resiet the orders of the Govern,
ment : the' latter replied that he had no idea of •any
thing like resistance; but as his sudden removal would blast
all is prospects —prevent thefelfihnent of his engagementede-
pending on hie continuancehere—aird ina wordeinvolve
imrnediateruin--he should do all he could by a representation
to'the.Ooyernment, to arreist his fate : but if this failed lie had
no rerned.y, and was at its disposal. Although, •under such eir-
eemitantes, he could not, voluntarily, beconie accessary to his.
own removal front the country—he
.woultie of course, submit to'
necessity. The :Magistrates decided that they were not warrant-
ed to givener. Arnot die-Copies required.;-and allowed him to
depart on his personal racoguizanccs, as before, on condition
that he should appear therteagail next forenoon. Mr. Arnot
-the Chief Secretary to the tiovernment, through whose office the
being refused copies front the Magistrates, addressed a letter to
papers had passed, requesting to be furnished with official
copies. •
SEPT. 6. Mr. Arnot having again appeared at the Police
Office this forenoon, wee; informed by Me. Paton the sitting
Magistrate, as tit:result of the representation above mentioned;
that the Government hadneeolved to admit of no modification
Of the orders respecting' -removal from the eteuntry, noti-
-41_41 their letter of. the Yee;;:et. The • worthy Magiateita aka.
informed Mr. Areot, that he was'authorised by tee Government
to famish him with copies of the documents required by him.—
On the subject of the sureties Mr. Arnot stated that be was pree
cisely in the sanie predicameneas before. On being refused
copies-yesterday afternoon at the Police, he hall made an appli-
cation to the Chief Secretary, but he had not yet received them.
Mr. Paton allowed Mr. Amok to depart till the evening, when
he promisee that official copies of the doeunien te required should
being incidentally made to Mr.
de Referenceeeenntry aithouta license, Ale. Arnot ob-
Abe in renotdsy being- for Lim.. liiitnn *
lierved that, froth the practice of. wan), ,years past, no notice
being taken whether persons have licensee or not, about whiCh
no one seemed to care any thinge. and the little security a lie
cease aneeds, provided the GOverniment be resolved to remove
an-individual from the country,--he laid no *tress whatever
Upon the possession of one.
However as eowartle the close of
'the Marquis of Hattings' administration sonic surmised the
possibility of different rules being acted upon at some future
period, he being desirous to
comply, with whatever regulations
or practices might become current, availed himself of the op.
portunity of a gentleman of influence
proceeding to England,
Who promised to use his interest to procure him the -fennel •
sanction of the authorities at home for his. residence in' the
Country. This he was therefore in hoped of ehottly receiving,
had his residence here been prolonged.- • .
SAME Arnot returned to att the copies which
had been promised him in the morning; and *as given to un-
derstand that the copies intended tt, be given him were 'mere
teafiscriptse--not in any manneratithenticeted. Thia not being
What he had expected, he declined receiving them, as
.they
should trot answer his purpose. He informed the witting ma-
giserates, Messrs'. Pawn and Also-1,,
that ete had prepared
another representation to the govermieent, which he hoped
would be more successful than the former, and requested they
Would postpone matters until the result should be known.
He was then allowed to depart ott his personal recognizance.
as before:

SEPT. B.—;Mr. Arita: informed the niaglitrate4, that his
Second representation to the government of date the Bth instant,
had been iiiven in, and in order to allow time for the resolution
• tbetion being known, they allowed him (
mtosep. lo.)
detparton his former
recognizanceS/pT,10..:--tillVlll%r.-Aedint a nedaY afternoon
ttentlect in conformity with his pro.
vise, when Mr. Paton. furnished him with official copies of the
documents, signed and sealed by him as a magistrate of Cal-
data, and .atlhe same time informed' Mr. Arnot, that be Was
authorized- to intimate to him that the representations'addressed
to the gotternment, had produced no change in their resolution,
respecting his immediate removal. Ile informed the magic.
&ate that no securities had been brought forward for the rea-
sons above stated ; viz. not having •been in possession .of the
Copies just then granted. . Mr. A rnot having received the above
intelligence, then asked if he was at liberty to depart ? which
question being answeTed by Mr. Paton in the affirmative, Mr.
Arnot left the office without being required to enter into any
flirther recognizance* to return. A warrant for Mr. ArnOt's
apprehension ;sing by that time-granted, orders were immedi-
ately after issued for his being taken into custody.
SEPT. 11.—Mr. Arnof addressed a letter to Mr. Paton, ask.
ing, whether, being now at list in possession of the doCumentS
he had required, securities would be accepted; and received
for answer, that the warrant had been Wwed for his appre-
hension, antfale.:securities wonld.not be accepted till he was in
Custody.
StPlt. 12.--This day, about noon, Mr. At'not WWI taken.
into custody at die entrance of' the Calcutta Journal office, by
two,ierjeants of Police, and conducted- before Mr.- Paton the
Magistrate who served him with the warrant of the Governor-
General for his-apprefiension-. When Asked, whether he vras
yet ready to give security to quit the country, Mr. Ar.
not answered, that being now deptived of his personal
liberty, he could not take upon hitimelf the responsibility of
such:an act. lie was then .conducted by the officers of Po-
lice to the Fort, .where he was transferred to the custody of
Lieut.-Colonel-Vauglian,• the Town-Major of Fort William,
Who lodged/14n in the-Strong Room, Royal Barracks, where he
was confined on the following warrant:—