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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, Sept. 22.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at a Quarter before
Four o'Clock. '
Sir E. KNATCHBULL took. ,he oaths and his seat
for the Eastern Division of the County of Kent, and the
Hon. Mr. Duncombe for the Northern Division of Lan-
cashire. '
Captain SOUS presented a petition from the City of
Westminster, praying that the toll might be taken off
Vauxhall-bridge.
Mr. MASTERMAN presented petition from cer-
tain inhabitants of London, praying the abolition of the
toll on the Metropolitan Bridges.
WA OF SATTARA.
Mr. ALDAM presented a
petition from Sir Charles
Forbes and other East India Proprietors, members of
the Society of the Friends of India, praying the
House to inquire into the case of the Raja of Sattara,
who had been accused of conspiring against the British
authority in India, carried off in the middle of the night
from his palace, and was still detained a prisoner. The
petitioners prayed the HouSe would interfere to induce
the East India Company to take some steps to reinstate
the Raja on his throne, if it should be found that he had
been unjustly deposed, as the petitioners believed.—Laid
on the table.
The following is the Petition above alluded to:—
" TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PAR-
LIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
" The Petition of the British India Society ; a Society
whose aim it is to make known the condition, and to
advance the Welfare, of their fellow subjects, the Na-
tives of India, in the belief that .111sy can thereby best
promote the interests of the Btiti'ils,"„Ampire :
" §llQw9ll ~T-114,,,tberes4tas latel,.urre
of a native Prince of India,' the Raja of Sattara, who
has been violently dethroned, and, with his family,
exiled by the British Indian authorities ; a case in
which the welfare of the natives of India at large, and
the honour and interests of this empire, are deeply con-
cerned ; for which reasons your petitioners beg leave to
submit to your Honourable House some of the facts of
the case, as established by evidence, namely—
" From his accession in 1818, until the year 1836, this
Prince was held up by the Government of Bombay, the
Governor-General of India, and the Court of Directors,
as an example to all Native Princes. Four successive
Political Residents at his Court attest, by their personal
knowledge, extending through nineteen years, the just-
ness of this praise.
" The traveller in the Deccan, whenever he passed the
boundary line which divides the territories under the
dominion of ;he East India Company from those under
the dominion of the Raja, had ocular proof presented to
him, in the plenty, the contentment, and the happiness
he every where beheld, of the wisdom and justice, the.
moderation and beneficence, of the Raja's rule. His.
subjects blessed his name. On the 29th December,
1835, the Court of Directors of the East Indip Company
addressed to him the following high panegyric :
" Your Highness--We have been highly gratified by
the information from time to time transmitted to us b'
our Government, on the subject of your Highness's
exemplary fulfilment of the duties of that elevated situa-
tion in which it has pleased Providence to place you.
" A course of conduct so suited to your Highness's
exalted station, and so well calculated to promote
the prosperity of your dominions, and the hap-
piness of your people, as that which you have
wisely and uniformly pursued, while it reflects
title highest honour on your character, has ini•
parted to our minds the feelings of unqualified satisfac-
tion and pleasure. The liberality also which you have
displayed, in exeepting at your own cost various public
works of great utility, and which has so justly raised
your reputation in the eyes of the princes and people of
India, gives you an additional claim to our approbation,
respect, and applause.
"'lmpressed with these sentiments, the Court of
Directors of the East India Company have unanimously
resolved to transmit to you a sword, which will be pre-
sented to you through the Government of Bombay, and
which we trust you will receive with satisfaction, as a
token of' their high esteem and regard.
" With sincere wishes for your health and prosperity,
we subscribe ourselves, in the name of the Court,
" Your Highness's most faithful friends,
(Signed) " WILLIAM STANLEY CLARKE,
Chairman,
" JAMES RIVET CARNAC,
Deputy-Chairman:
" This letter, and the sword unanimously bestowed upon
the Rolla, were withheld from him by the Governor in-
Council of Bombay, Sir Robert Grant, for no reasons
that have been openly avowed.
"In 1832, the Raja complained of an infraction of treaty
by the Bombay Government, who denied his paramount
sovereignty, guaranteed to him by treaty, over one of
his Vetisiatories, and seized upon the latter's jag-
heer or estate:- The- Raja, -tesliciteds a -*roue to the
Court of Directors of the East Inel.a Company, or to the
framer of the treaty, the Honourable Mountstuart Elphin-
stone, pledging himself to abide by the decision of those
authorities. The reference was repeatedly promised. At
the end of four years, the Raja discovered the reference
had never been made, while the Bombay Government had
seized upon another ja.gheer. Feeling himself deceived, op-
pressed, and aggrieved, and despairing of redress, the Raja
declared his intention of appealing to the Home 'Autho-
rities, by his MYR agents a right to which he was
entitled from the hour he became a dependent Prince.
On the representation of the Resident he relinquithed
this intention at that time, But, from that time he was
treated with open insult by the Governor in Council.
lie was apprised of the letter and sword sent to him by
the Court of Directors j both these testimonials were
intentionally withheld; while his own annual present and
letter to the Governor in Council were returned, the •
letter Unopened, The Resident art his Court, General
Lodwiek; prophetically warned him of the fate of his
predecessor; Bajee Rao, a prisoner for life at Benares,
cod his stihjuets foretold that he would be de-
throned. The means to tic throne him were at
Mind: the Baja was a Mahratta. His throne was.raised
till the Kiln of the Peishttah; a Brahmin. The Bombay
Gbverninent Were oiiieially apprised by two Governors
Who Visited the DeetanA Sir John Malec:llin and the
Right fitinbinithle the Earl of Clare. that the caste
of Brahmins had for years been agetsing the Raja
of enbrlnons alines) all false, for the purpose of
effettifig his do*nral: the information of a
Brahmin; named Untajee, one tlf most abandoned
'of men; the Raja was accused of basing tampered with
the allegiance of 6vo native British °fears, Upon the
receipt of this information, the (law-itch, of Bombay
sent to the Resident at his Court a paper ofhitifts, stig,
gesiing that the native b &et's should ask to see the Raja
him they had heafd theft' pat elf the plot bad been
discovered—beg that he would protect them, elthei by
advancing mtmey to escape with, or a pass under his
hand aliciseal, to insure them service—that if he gave them
money the evidence would be strong; if a paper, convincing.
If, .however he should kite them tip to the Resident,
with loud complitiots oaf talltinny, In this CM the Resi-
dent Was to pretend to secure them ; and susPieinti huh*
hushed, an opportunity would be afforded of securing the
principal agents,' This device failing; from the charac-
ter, of the Resident, the tioteritor in Cbtiticil sent a
secret Commission to Sattara, the Raja's capital,
to try him upon the charge on the evidence of
his own subjects. The Commission received secret and
anonymous evidence, and evident@ admitted to be per-
jured. The Commission refused to cross-examine the
witnesses I anti, by eapress order from the Governor
in Council, rejected a proposal made by the Resident,
that an agent should be present on the Raja's behalf.
The Resident? who 11193 made one of the members of
the Commission, declared that the evitithn was tit-
terly worthless,
for the purpose of dethroning the
Itaja, Thie 1.10144 $ retitere,d;,anti was succeeded
by another member of the Commission, Cule**l ©rims,
who had adjudgedithe Raja to be guilty: By his treaty,
the Rajit was hound lb cOnsillt ivit4lttha be guided by,
the itesidetit in all things: The Gov allti ifi ()outwit
irittruted the new Resident to be distant and reserved ,
irl 01, lilt ebittintinieations4, with the Raja and
this officer reported; that httd ebeeked tho ad-
van* tb Riga, htid made of throwing himself into his
lands;' The firSk,tict Ut tills *Went.; eanetiorallyy
the Lloernor--in-Counel,
, i
favoured adherent., Gotind Rao, Who was under mii coil,
strain! Pbotiab, tb tnOtt sblitary confine/Tim in a
distant fort teat deht obsek ‘ll. tti
tihki
hoped that hits Measure may induce hii RqsseSl
mother, and his other friends, to come forward and dis-
close all they know as the only means of assisting him.'
Govind Rao, not a British inibjeett but a subject of Sat-
tara, was confinetifor three years, without charge and
withotit then follbited; wren the law:hidden of
Govind Rao's mother, and implicating lief b*n 0414 ti
fresh accusation against the Raja, spreading over twelve
India.
The Governor in
and indemnity'
years, of having conspired with the Viceroy of Goa, to
procure thirty thonsend troops from Portugal, in order
Ctooudlrmivile thoeffirterditi.ibsl `liberal of
rewards
to
whomsoever should gite evidence against the Raja, while
he denied ail ald doehael to the letter, and intercepted
his correspondence.
"The necessity or provieg the Raja to be guilty is made
app rent ilit tibvk,itibt iti Council, in his minute of the
Stu Matey, 1838, as follows
"' L Ltdar these circumstances, it.cannot be denied that
the character of the Bombay Government is almost as
deeply committed on the event of the present discus-
sions, as that of the ruler of Sattara. We owe it to our
selves to show that we have not acted lightly, or harshly,
or credulously ; that, from first to last, we have had no
object but the discovery of truth, and have taken no mea-
sures but such as that object justified.'
"A host of Brahmins appeared, and declared to the truth
of the charge: the chief of them, Balkoba lielkur, being
a leac'er of gang-robbers, to whom the Governor in
Cour cil granted a free pardon, in order that he might
give evidence. Of this man, the Governor in Council
bought, for the sum of 400 rup?es, or 40/., the docu-
mentary proofs
of the accusation, which had be-
longed, he said, to two Brahmins, who had died more
than twelve months before, and which, he averred, were
pawned to an obscure inhabitant of the Goa territories
for 900 rupees, or 901. These proofs, asserted to be
genuine by the Governor in Council, comprise certain
letters from the Viceroy of Goa to the Raja. The Vice-
and now Lord roy, a nobleman of high birth,
Cham-
berlain to her Majesty the Queen of Portugal, has, under
his own hand, declared to Joseph Hume, Esq., late a
Member of your Honourable HouSe, that the pretended

letters ascribed
.to, him are utter forgeries. Upon
the Raja asserting his entire innocence of all these
. charges,.and. offering, and desiring, to surrender up his
dominions until he proved his innocence, the Governor
of Bombay. Sir James Rivett Cameo, Bart., in person,
presented for his unconditional signature a new treaty,
in the preamble of which he was required to acknow-
ledge his guilt as the price of retaining his throne.' The
Raja thrice firmly but respectfully declined ; - sav-
ing, as reported by. the Governor, ' that he would
consent to anything except to abandon his religion, or
acknowledge that he had been our enemy.' The Go-
vernor was inflexible ; and, although the Raja had
offered to surrender hs person into the hands of the
Governor—although his whole army consisted of but
1,500 irregular horse and foot—a body of British troops
was marched in the dead of night to Sattara, his palace
was surrounded, his chamber invaded by the political Re-
sident and another officer, headed by the Raja's
own brother, Appa Sahib, now his. successor ; he was
dragged from his bed, thrust almost naked into a palan-
quin, his cousin Balla Sahib, the Commander of his
Forces, thrust into it with him (an indignity so extreme ,
and revolting, that Balla Sahib jumped out, and walked
seven miles barefoot by the side of the palanquin), and he
and his family hurried off to Benares, under such cir-
cumstances ot'unnecessary cruelty, that Balla Sahib died
on the road ; a halt being first denied to his wife,
when she was seized with child labour, and after-
wards to Balla Sahib himself, when in the pangs of
death. Upon all these acts—upon the accusations pre-
ferred'against the Raja in the manner above related—
upon his .condemnation, unheard, on evidei.ce obtained
by such. means ' and of such a character—upon • the
raising to his throne of a brother, whose title to that
throne was earned by accusing him of the crimes• of
which that brother acknowledged himself to be guilty—
AtifiljThida,the couliscation of the Raja's private property,
in violation of a'solemn Pre'dge--,--.ii, inajoqiy-of tke: f"!ttri-.
of Directors of the East India Company have bestowed
their • warm commendation ;' and a majority of the
Court of Proprietors, chiefly composed of the same Di-
rectors, have twice refused • to interfere with their
Executive.' Wherefore, in the name of outraged hu-
manity—of justice trampled upon—of faith violated—of
British honour- tarnished in the eyes of the civilised
world—and-for the safety of the British empire in India,
endangered by such conduct—
" Your Petitioners pray that your Honourable House
will interfere ; that you aid cause an impartial inquiry
to be made into the case of the Raja of Sattara. ; that
if wrong has been done to him, your Honourable House
will restore him to the throne, which it is declared he so
worthily filled ; and that in justice to the natives of India, as
well as for the honour of the national character, you will
take steps to prevent in future the perpetration of such
acts as these.

" And you petitioners will ever pray.
(Signed). " CHARLES FORBES, Bart.
" Chairman or the British India Society.
" London, Sept. 16,1841."

Sir G. CLERK gave notice that on Friday next, on
going into Committee of Supply, he should nulve cer-
tain resolutions to make good the supplies granted to
her Majesty in the last Session of Parliament.
Captain BOLDER() gave notice that in Committee of
Supply on Friday next, he would move the Supi.lemen-
tary Ordnance Estimates.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD gave notice, that it be an
instruction to the Committee on the Poor-law Commis-
sion Bill to insert clauses to the following effect
That it shall not be lawful for the Commissioners
from the date of the passing of this Bill to declare the
formation of any new Unions in districts which are not
already placed under the Act of the 4th and sth of
IVilliam IV., c. 76.
" That it shall not be lawful for th*4 Commissioners to
disallow, by any general or other order, any payments
which shall be made by the authority of the Board of
Guardians for the relief of any poor person or their fami-
lies out of the workhouse, notwithstanding any power
given to the Commissioners by the said recited Act to the
contrary."
The SPEAKER informed the House that it had been
reported to him that the sureties for prosecuting the
petitions against the returns for Carlow (county) and
Carlow (city), Downpatrick, and Waterford, were unex-
ceptionable ; and that the sureties in the case of the peti-
tion against the return for Carnarvon had not been per-
fected.

Sir W. FOLLETT presented a petition from two
officers of the Court of Exchequer, praying that com-
pensation might be awarded them for the loss which
the Administration of Justice Bill would cause.

On the motion that the Order of the Day be read,
Sir R. INGLIS said he would take that opportunity
of correcting a mistake which had been fallen into else-
where. On the other evening he presented a petition
from Mr. Adam Murray. of Parliament-street, in which
he complained of the defective state of the law, under
which an official assignee, named Abbot, had become
bankrupt, to the great detriment of theztitioner. In
another pla-ceinflaginfiitirostk' 'appear that lie. Murray
was a bankrupt. That was not the case ; so far from it,
he was a gentleman in very excellent professional em-
ployment.
On the motion that the House go into Committee on
the Royal Gardens Bill,
Mr. PROTHEROE said, although he had had
an opportunity of seeing the plans at the Woods
and Forests Office, his objection to, the build-:
ing of villas on the site of the Gardens remained
in full force. The backs of those villas would
abut on the best part of the Royal Gardens and the
Palace; and even if the latter were in the dilapidated state
which some represented, still at some future time it
might be found desirable to build another in place of the
present one, and those buildings would very much dete-
riorate the situation. He admitted that the new roads
would be a public convenience, but not so much so as to
counterbalance his objections to the villas.
Sir R. INGLIS cordially concurred in some of the
objections of his Honourable Friend. He did not
think the House had any right to abridge the
privileges which any successor of her present
Majesty ought to enjoy in Kensington Palace or grounds.
It appeared to him that the amount which would be
saved was so small that, unless it was the particular desire
of her Majesty, they ought not make the sacrifice that
was proposed.
The Bill then went through Committee, and was or-
dered to be read a third time on Friday next.
FROGMORE LODGE BILL.
This Bill went through Committee, and was ordered
to be read a third time on Friday next.
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BILL.

On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL this
Bill was read a second time.

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (RETIRING
ANNUITY OF VICE-CHANCELLOR) BILL.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL having moved a
.glanse empowering her Majesty to grant the yearly sum
oe to any person who might hereafter vacate the
ee-Chancellor under the provisions of this
office of lr.!
Bill, the Bill went Lli.rougli Committee.
FOREIGN b .1-10 PS BILL.
This Bill was read a third time dpassed.
- LUNATICS BILL.
The Report.ttti the Lunatics Bill was received,
gad the
Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-mot.:9w.
EXPIRING LAWS BILL.

'This tip was read a second time, and was ordered to
be committed on Pticlay next.
POOR-LAW COMMISSION BILL

On the motion that the Poor• law Commis en Bill be
read a second time,

Dr. BOWRING' said, before the Bill went through
this stage he wished to state one or two reasons which
induced him to pursue a different course with respect to
this measure from that he had pursued in respect to
the Corn-laws. lie had not been able to understand
what course the Right Hon. Baronet proposed to pursue
with respect to that particular question. He had said
much very eloquently and very gracefully, but it had
enabled neither his enemies nor his friends to dis-
cover what were his views ; and from all he had heard
he feared it was not intended to abrogate those laws
11 produced such mischievous effects upon the coun try.
With regaru to !he. Poor-law he trusted the Right Hon.
e time be able to suggest such
Baronet would at a futa.:7
illteratiois and modifications as Auld satisfy all parties;
that Ithlist economy was still kept in vied, the Bill would
he made the instrument of removing as much .!zuffering
as possible, and of cresting as much happinsss as re
consistent with the neeessnty control. With these vie: 's
he certain:,; should not object to the continuance of the
Chinni ,
Mr. itoivrixt sai it was as little his intention as
that of the Ham 11einher who had just spoken,
to oppose any obstacle to the ctiitinnance of the Corn.
mission. But he thought it was dedflike for the Right
Roth Baronet below him (Sir R. Peel), to suggest some
Stlatigernent for enabling Hon. Members, who *di.
desirous of doing so, to express their opinion. He
trusted the Right lion. Baronet would appoint a day for
that purpose.
Sir ROBERT PEEL said that the proper time for
discussion would be when the House resolved itself
into Committee. He had stated the other night
that the proper way would be to give notice
of an instruction to the Committee to frame enactments
corresponding with the views which might be enter-
tained. Be thought it would be for the general conve-
nience of the House that that discussion should be taken
on a more distant day than the present, and Friday next,
when the House would resolve itself into Committee,
would be the most fitting occasion. He would take this
opportunity of correcting an erroneous impression
which had gone forth with respect to the Irish Poor-
law. It had been stated that in consequence
of the change of Government a material alter-
ation would take place in that Bill. As this
impression tended to counteract the beneficial operation
of the Bill, he would state that in the main outlines and
enactments of the Irish Poor-law no change whatever
was contemplated.
Mr. WAKLEY said it was extremely desirable that
Hon. Members who objected to the working of the
existing law should have an opportunity of stating what
changes they desired to see effected. Ho had never ex-
pected to be called upon to vote for the continuance of
the Poor-law Commission. He certainly thought that
Commission the most inconsistent authority which
was ever established in this country.—(Hear.)
The conviction of every hour showed him that a more
. mischievous or dangerous enactment, as regarded the well
being of the nation, never emanated from that House. The
t Right lion. Baronet proposed to continue the power of
the Commissioners for six months longer than the period