The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-24 00:00:00

CASE OE THE RAJAH OF SATTARA.

'Mr. D. SaLoatotis said, before bringing on the im-
portant :notion which stood next in older, he must ex-
press
his regret that the subject of it was not taken up
by one who had more influence in the Court, and who
was more acquainted with the politics of India, but the
papers relating to the case having been laid on the table
of the House, on his motion, and as he thought it neces-
sary that the Proprietors should express their opiniOn
on the question before it was taken up by the House of
Commons, which it soon would be, he had thought it his
duty to bring it under discussion, and he wes then pre-
pared to state his opinion from the voluminous papers
which had been put into the hands of Hon. 'Members.
But they need not feel alarmed, for it was
not his intention to lengthen his speech in
proportion to the voluminousness of the Papers. They
were all aware that the India Government had set up
the Rajah of Sattara, and bound him by a, treaty, but
the English were surely as much bound by it as he
was. It was not to be entirely a one-sided one. It ap-
peared that some questions had arisen with respect to
the violation of this treaty. The Court of Directors
had on that, as on every other occasion, acted with
the strictest justice, and he (Mr. Salomons) must say,
that if any evidence were required as to the desire of
the Directors. to study the interest of the natives of
ladle, it appeared en the • face of that document.
Any person who read the treaty could not for a moment
doubt the impolicy of the Government of Bombay.
The Court of Directors did not break the treaty.
He (Mr. Salomons) did not say who broke it ; but there
was much ground for the belief that the Engish authe-:.
rities had broken the treaty. •The Rajah, to whom he I
had occasion frequently to allude, had expressed lija
tention of sending some persons %AIPIiPY .t°
enable him to 4111 ;N44 after that-pro-
jeCted embaasY f!,:u ititege(tcOnsptraeY Wm brought Under
the attention of the antborities, The NnspiraPY Waa of
a very undefined nattwoc' miff wtt§ §414 to invnive an at •
tempt to meddle with the officers of 4 native regiment,
and draw them off from their allegiance. When the
• matter was investigated it appeared of so ridiculous a
ttattiP mid§9.egnlrletely without Uri object that it was
impoasihte f-Onaa 4!13r m 84414,44 upon it, He (Mr.
Salomona) had read the evidence of the Rajah himself,
and he Mt himself hound to say that he never met evi-
dence which seemed snore foil of truth, Mr,
Salo-
mons then read to the Court the minutes • of
Mr. Henry Shakspeare on this subject, wherein that
gentleman stated that he could not agree with the
Bombay Government, that it was expedient to adopt a
middle course, in this instance, if the Rajah were guilty;
that he was not satisfied with, the evidence achlueed, and
that he would, therefore, acquit him altogether rather
than adopt Half measures of punishment, even if he (the
Rajahiwere guilty. Mr. Salomons then went on to say
that, when the evidence was read coolly and dispas-
sionately, it would be seen that there was no foundation
whatever for the charge against the Rajah. But the Go-
vernment of Bombay had made up their minds that the
Rajah was guilty, and that if the evidence was not suf-
ficient to convict him of treason, it was sufficient to
shoW that he • was an individual capable of. com-
mitting it. When the subject was brought again
before the Governor-General, he again bogged the autho-
rities at Bombay to desist, Ho (Mr. Salomons) had
there two minutes which would lay before them the
whole case, and put them in entire possession of the
I facts. They were two letters from the Chief Secretary
of the Governor-General of India to the Chief Secretary
of the Governor of Bombay. The first was dated Octo-
ber 2, 1837, and stated that his Lordship in Council was
of opinion that the evidence that accompanied the com-
' munication from Bombay, respecting the delinquency of
the Rajah was insufficient, and that his Lordship's opi-
. nion of the danger of becoming involved in. an indefinite
inquiry, had every appearance of being realized, and that
the evidence of the alleged intercourse. with the ex-
Rajah of Nagpoor, was in the highest degree vague
and unsatisfactory. Now, that was the opinion
of the Governor-General. It would appear that
the Bombay Government were desirous of getting rid of an
individual, whom ;hey, no doubt conscientiously,
thought a
guilty man, and they communicated the documents to
the Governor-General, who, after carefully examining
them, declared that he placed no belief in them, and
thought them of not the least importance.—(Hear,
October, and in this the Governor-Genr7;;;
ao
dt
ds
such The other letter was dated a few days after, on t 1; 16th
pNi‘n,eiroenn, went again
asthmatetthwe
over thosime ground, and ex,presa 'still more strongly
thatbatie
nh had
been
• satmakemoi
his Lordship in Council, There
was a postscript to that
ipthroteleieedaipnpgrso
paper, in which the Uovernor-General stated that he had
lately received certain
:communications relating to the
.. subject, but that those communications did not alter his
opinion-of .the ease. Now it appeared to him (Mr. Sa-
lomons) Oat nothing could be more creditable to Lord
AuelelatiU than the wisdom and the moderation displayed
by him upon the occasion, as appeared from all the docu-
Ments which emanated from his Governmenqupon the sub-
ject. Ho would next read a despatch from the Governor-Ge-
neral, dated July. 10, -1830.. The despatch, -whiCh was
read at knell) • expr
9 essed the belief of the Governor-Ge-
neral that the investigation into which the Government
of Bombay had entered should he brought to a speedy
conclusion, and that any attempt to protract the proceed-
ings would be highly detrimental to the ehaiacter of the
Government. There was another despatch,. dated June
13, also addressed to the Governor of Bombay, in which
it was stated that any protraction of the investigation
would be seriously injurious to the public interest, and
that despatch was signed by Messrs. Lushington, Jen-
kins, and others. There was besides a despatch signed
by the same names, in which they stated that they
saw no reason to dissent from the opinion which had
been previously expressed by the Court of Directors.
The Hon. Director proceeded to say that he did not wish
to cast any censure upon the memory of Sir James Car-
nac, however much he might disapprove of the course
he had pursued upon the subject under their considera-
tion; and he (Mr. Salomons) felt much regret in alluding
to his conduct, while he could not give it his unqualified
praise. There were a number of other minutes, which
he did not think necessary to read, all to the same effect
as those which he had gone through. It appeared that
every means was had recourse to, on the part of the Go-
vernor of Bombay, fur the purpose of criminating the
Rajah, and that a great excitement had been excited,
merely for the purpose of ruining a poor Indian Prince.
The next minute he would refer to, was one from the
Governor-General, bearing date December 23, though,
perhaps, that arose from some mistake, and it appeared
the real date must have been September the 23d. In
that 'despatch the Governor-General expressed his dis-
approval of any investigation, which, by being too much
prolonged, would create a belief of the severity of the
British power, and would lead the inhabitants to sup
pose at the Government was influenced by a feeling of
vengeance towards a native Prince. The charge of in-
terference with the Sepoys, which had been brought
against the Rajah, did not justify the course which had
been pursued. The Hon. Proprietor then read an ex-
tract with respect to the treasonable intercourse which had
taken place between the Nabob and other Rajahs in India.
On being applied to by the Bombay Government, the
Rajah was disposed to refer to the opinion of that Go-
vernment. There- was one point in reference to this
matter, which he was very desirous the Court should
bear in mind. The Governor-General in Council was
exceedingly anxious that the Rajah should have an oppor-
tunity of meeting the charges which were brought
against him. The evidence was nearly all circumstan-
tial,—very little of it was direct. The Rajah was kept
entirely in the dark as regarded the accusations which
were made, and the Governor-General wished that they
should be brought under his notice, that he might offer
whatever explanation he pleased. In the interval be-
tween the death of Sir Robert Grant and the arrival of
Sir James Carnac, the affairs of Sattara were again
reviewed by the Supreme Council ; and while he must
admit that it was the opinion of all the members of the
Council that the Rajah had been guilty, as far as the evi-
dence was concerned, the witnesses were of a very low
description, and there was scarcely any of the evidence
given which ' was not liable to suspicion.
A • new actor entered upOn the scene. Every
one of the Proprietors would agree with him in
their personal esteem of •Sir James Carnac, that he was
a most attentive Director, and a most kind-hearted man.
The handsome testimunal which he had received from
the native population, showed that if kindness of heart
had been the only qualification necessary, a person
better adapted to further the interests of India could
not have been selected by the Court. But he, Must also
state, in reviewing the conduct of Sir Janies Carnac as
he found it detailed in the evidence laid before the
Court, that that was precisely what had led to his mis-
conduct in his intercourse with the Rajah. It was a want
of firmness in carrying out his own views—a, desire to
reconcile things which could not be reconciled, pro-
. posing a half measure instead of fully carrying out the

views of the Court, whi had led to the failure of
the attempt.—(Hear, heal!) When Sir James ,C.-,rnie:
arrived in India he found all the authorits prepared to
depose the Rajah ; he himself being free from those pre-
judiceS which were rife in Bombay. He seemed, after awhile,
to yield to the influence. of the atmosphere which he was
breathing, although no stronger evidence was adduced
than had existed previous to his embarkation ; he ap-
peared
unable to bear up firmly against those influences
which were operating to the prejudice of the accused
person. After some little hesitation, with a view of
bringing, the matter to a conclusion, he proe(;eded to
Sattara, doubtless with the intention of serving the
Rajah, in compliance with the feelings which had been
expressed by the Court.—(Hear, hear.) This failure
was to be attributed to his attempt to mix up the ques-
tion of guilt and innocence. If, instead of this, he had
proceeded upon the principle that, regardless of guilt or
innocence, it was the part of an enlightened and powerful
State to bury his deeds in oblivion, he would have suc-
ceeded in his attempt. He pursued a devious Middle
path, and that was the cause of his failure. Shortly after
his arrival, on the 19th of June, 1839, in India, Sir
JamesTarnac made a minute of three Courses which
might be pursued towards the Rajah ; first, to sub-
ject the Rajah to a formal trial, and if he were guilty to
visit him with punishment; to proceed in the mode in
which national wrongs were ordinarily redressed by
taking possession of his territories ; and, thirdly, by ad-
dressing to the Rajah such remonstrances as might ap-
pear expedient, -passing over his past offences, in the
hope that the exercise of clemency would give rise to
better feeling. Then he proceeded to say, that neither
the Rajah nor his adherents were yery forMidable, or
that they had nothing to fear, and that they could afford
to act with generosity. He was sure every one who
read or heard such sentiments would cheerfidly respond
,to them. Then came the interview I?etweet 'Sir:jamee
Carnac and the Rajah :
" The Raja came to the Residency accompanied by a
small retinue. The interview-was strictly private. No
one was present on the part of his Highness ; for, by his
own request, the only person who came with him was or-
dered to leave. Mr. Anderson, Lieutenant-Colopel-
Ovans, and Mr. Willoughby, were present throughout,
this conference,

" I commenced by informing the Rajah, that I had
anxiously and carefully considered the whole of the pro-
ceedings in his case, and had, in common with all other
authorities to whom they had been submitted, become
fully satisfied that, misled by evil counsellors and low
andinterested advisers, he had, on three occasions, ma-
nifested hostile intentions towards the British Govern-
ment, I reminded his Highness of the peculiar circum-
stances under which he was rescued from captivity, and
invested by the British Government with the so-
vereignty over his present dominions ; that this was a
pure act of generosity on the part of the English Govern-
ment, not founded in any right of possession, since, owing
to the unprovoked hostilities of the Peishwa,the whole of the
Deccan had become ours by conquest, but simply from a
feeling of consideration and compassion to himself alai -
'family, as the representatives of a fallen but Rnec.---
ower:
ful dynasty ; that his Highness must
to that, by
the conduct he had pursued, 110,
forfeited all the ad-
vantages which had . - ,
and in -."-e‘• uerived from the Treaty of 1819,
of which he became the head of the .Sat-
- 1.:!..14, state : that, notwithstanding, the British Govern-
ment were willing, on certain conditions, to bury the past
in n4liVioia, and that, at considerable persmial inconveni-
ence, I had come in person to Sattara, to endeavour to
rescue himself and family from impending ruin. I in-
formed the Rajah that I was his sincere friend, and anxi-
ously desired to effect such an arrangement as would re-
store friendly relations between the two states. Finally,
I recalled to his recollection the warning long ago given
to him by his friend, Mr. Elphinstone, against placing his
trust and confidence in Vakeels and low and intriguing
.agents, and earnestly urged him to discard from his
counsels the numerous agencies he had esta-
blished, and entreated him not to throw away this
the only opportunity which could be afforded to him, for
becoming reconciled to the British Government ; for,
that, he might rest assured, 'however his agents might
endeavour to persuade him to the contrary, that I lied
come invested with full powers to decide filially- on all
pending questions, and that the terms which I should
offer to him bad already been submitted to, and approved
of by, the Governor-General of India, and that the Home
Authorities had placed the settlement of all these ques-
tions in my hands, consequently he might fully depend
upon my having been vested with full powers.
" During this address, which I delivered firmly but in
conciliatory language, the Rajah evinced a considerable
degree of impatience, and frequently interrupted me by
abrupt declarations that he had committed no breach of
of alliance. When I had concluded, he stated, that he
regarded me as his friend and well-wisher ;. asserted,
that the accusations against him originated in the in-
trigues of his enemies ; that as long as the British Go-
veniment entertained the idea that he had cherished hos-
tile designs he could agree to nothing, but this idea being
removed, lie would agree to anything 1 proposed ; that
he would consent to anything, except to abandon his re-
ligion or to acknowledge that he had been our eneu6r ;
that he would receive my conditions, reply to them, and
vindicate his conduct generally. Finally he obserVed,
that if I had not leisure to attend to him personally, he
could communicate what he had to say through the Re-
sident."

Now. .as a - man, this raised Sir James Canine in hi.
estimation. He must have known that his coP',lsi
would be canvassed at home ; yet, like an ho".l:st man,
he put down almost his very thoughts—eve-:;. word of it
spoke the language of truth ; but, A a statesman, he
could not give him the same
rra-':!.=-(Cheera.) Was it
any wonder that the Rajah 's choler should rise when
charged in such plain la7.guage with great crimes. He
remembered the stor; of two friends who quarrelled. A
mutual friend b'ught them together for mutual explana-
tion, but,:e first salutation of one of them was, " If
you I am come to make any concession, you are
..amnably mistaken."—(A laugh.) That seemed to be
very much the character of Sir James Carnac's concilia-
tory language. •
The DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN hoped the worthy Proprietor
would read the rest of the minute. With great tact he
read only such parts of the papers as suited his views of
the subject.
Mr. CLARK thought it was very bad taste to interrupt
any gentleman in bringing forward a case; if he omitted
anything unfairly he left himself open to correction from
those opposed to him.
Mr. SALomoNs did not think the observation was
either just or deserved, but he had no hesitation in read-
ing all :—" In reply to this, I repeated my former obser-
vations, and said that I had come not to Prolong, but to
terminate these :discussions, which had now occupied a
space of three years, and which had ended in satisfying
the highest authorities, that his Highness had repeatedly
violated the terms of the treaty he had entered into with
the British Government ; that, had I come to Sattara to
inflict the penalty. incurred by these violations of the,
treaty of 1819, further inquiry might perhaps have been
considered expedient, but that as I had come to over-
look, and not to punish, this was quite unnecessary.
The case, moreover, against his Highness having been
established by a chain of evidence, both oral and docu-
mentary, which from the manner and circumstances
under which it was obtained could not, in My opinion, by.
any- possibility be materially shaken by any other evi-
dence, and all that I should require from his High-
ness was, that henceforward he would act strictly and in
good faith according to treaty with the British 'Govern-
ment, and assent to two or three other conditions yen-
tiered necessary by the detection of his misconduct.
' -These observations were at intervals supported by Mr.
Anderson, who inflamed the Rajah that the evidence pro-
duced against him was so strong and convincing
that the highest authorities in India had, without
exception, concurred in thinking that the penalty pre-
scribed in the fifth article of the Treaty should be un-
forced against him, and that he strongly advised his High-
ness to attend to the friendly suggestior.s of the Governor,
who had come to Sattara to give hima second time the raj
which he had justly forfeited. It was with deep morti-
fication and regret that I remarked that these observa-
vations produced no effect whatever on his Highness. In
order, therefore, that he might at once beCome fully ap-
prised of all the conditions of the proposed amnesty, I
deemed it advisable toput into his hands a Mahratta memo-
randuM, in which they had been embodied. Having
perused this, and apparently with great earnestness, the
Rajah returned the memorandum, and at once said he
would not agree to my conditions, asking me to
mention what violations of the Treaty he had been
guilty of. He was then informed that three important
violations of the Treaty had been proved against him :-
Ist, of the sth Article, in having, during a series of
years, held improper communications with the Goa
authorities. 2d of the same article, in having held a clan-
destine intercourse with Appa Sahib, the ea-Rajah of
Nagpore. 3d. Of having tampered with the native offi-
cers of the 23d Regiment of Native Infantry. The
only observation made by his Highness related to the
od of these charges, and was very remarkable. My con-
viction being that the Rajah felt at the moment conscious
of his guilt, I had stated, that some of Appa Sahib's ori-
ginal letters had fallen into the hands of the British Go-
vernment, and inquired whether he could deny the fact
of those letters having been sent to -him. He did not
deny, as would have been natural on the supposition of
innocence, but evaded a direct answer by ohserying, that,
"The circumstance of receiving letters did not constitute
guilt on the part of him who received them. A letter
from a person does not establish guilt against the party
to whom it is addressed. Where are my answers ?
Thereis Mr. Anderson : he may receive a letter ; but
this would be no proof that he answered it, or that he
committed any fault in receiving it.'
" I closed this conference by informing the Rajah, that
the Resident would wait on him the following day, with
a correct written statement of the conditions on which
friendly relations between the' two states could alone be
restored, and that his Highness would be required to sign
'these, as a supplement of the treaty of'lBl9. The Rajah
assented to receive the Resident ; and when he was
about to take leave, I again earnestly exhorted him se-
riously to reflect on the consequences of his rejecting the
very
moderate 'terms offered for his acceptance, to dis-
card the crowd of interested agents now in his confidence,
and warned him that, if he rejected my terms, he could
only Wine himself for whatever might be the result. On
stepping into his carriage, the Rajah made a kind of apology
, for the dismission he had occasioned ; but turning toward
the Resident, and looking at the paper of conditions
which he had returned to the Resident, he observed :
Yeh Kaghuz oopur toomko izar howengee ;' which was
I interpreted to signify a threat, that he (the Resident)

would be injured on account of that paper. A very con-
siderable change occurred in theitajah s manner and de-
meanour towards the end of this interview. When we
first met he was cheerful, and embraced me and all the
gentlemen present with apparent cordiality. As the
debate progressed, however, and more particularly to-
wards the close, he became sullen and gloomy, and spoke
but little, and it seemed that he had, . for the time, en-
tire!), lost command over his feelings. From the re-
sult of this, my first interview, I almost despaired of
accomplishing the object of my visit to Sattara."
Rajah's second interview with the Governor, 24th

• August.
"At this conference the same gentlemen were present
as at the first. After a few preliminary remarks, I ob-
served, that I was exceedingly sorry to understand, that
the. Rajah still persevered in his-resolution not to accept
the proffered amnesty on the. lenient terms proposed ;
and again informed him, that these terms were final,
and that the consequences of rejecting them would
be fatal to his interests. His Highness's reply was
much to the same purport as that made to the Re-
sident, and an unqualified refusal. With reference
to the first condition, he said he never would sign it ;
adding, that he had positively declined to sign the ori-
ginal treaty from which it was taken, three separate
times. With regard to the second condition, he stated,
he bad no objection to offer ; and, in respect to Ole
third, the Chitnaves was nothing to him ; but, in regard
to the fourth and last condition, although he had no in-
tention to injure the persons alluded to, he never would
sign the guarantee on their behalf.

_.
" I again exhorted his Highness to chance his resolu-
tion, and asked him what confidence could be placed in
his future intentions, when he absolutely refused to re-
enter into an article of the treaty by which he was
already bound,. or in his professions of a determination not
to injure the witnesses against him, when he declined to
disavow in writing an intention of this kind. was supported
in my argument by Mr. Anderson, who entreated his
Highness to take warning by the fate of the ex-Peishwa
Bajee Row, which had passed under his own observa-
tion. To this remark the Rajah observed, that his road,
and that followed by Bajee Row, were different. On
which Mr. Anderson replied, that the two roads, though
different, might come to the same end, and that similar
consequences would result in both instances.
The Rajah's further remarks were of ft very desultory
nature.. In allusion to his agents, he said he never con-
sulted any-one, but acted entirely for himself. He said,,'
that he was aware the British Government was just. !
and had no desire to obtain possession of the territ
which it had originally bestowed on him, huf. -
was willing to resign it into their hands. - that he
admitted,
that he had incurred considerable ex-i He
said
e-s,l a detailed
account of which wag in his poser,*
lon. wd he was
innocent of what he was acctw.•
ed, and that he had proved
the Soolaadars to he fob -
by Colonel Lodwick's own
standing,admissl 11.0— • the conference ended on the under-
amnP ..at the Rajah had definitively rejected the
~„y on the terms offered."
Mr. Salomons then proceeded to read the Rajah'
third and last interview with the Governor, August 26.
"My .hopes were again excited by receiving a mes-
sage from the Rajah, signifying his desire to visit me
at the Residency, to which I immediately assented. He
came about au hour afterwards, and after a few com-
plimentary observations, be requested a private inter-
view, to which I agreed. Accompanied only by Mr.
Anderson, we retired to a private room, and after a short
time, at the Rajah's request, the Resident was soon
after desired to join in the conference which ensued.
his Highness then said that the object of his visit was to
give me certain papers which he held in his hand. I
asked him what was the nature of their contents, and
whether he would not personally explain them to me.
He replied, that this was not necessary, but that he
wished me to look at them, and judge for myself.
After a few more observations to the same effect, the
• Rajah invited me to visit him at his warrah (house or
palace) ; to which I replied that I should be most
happy to accept his invitation, and to restore all the
former relations of amity and friendship, provided he
would follow my advice, and accept and sign the amnesty
tendered to him. I added an expression of my hope that
I might still have the opportunity of visiting him at
the Dussera festival, in the month of October, by his
compliance with my wishes on the present occasion. I
urged the necessity of compliance by every argument
that' occurred to me. I pointed out that the conditions
prOpoled were of the most moderate description ; that I
had ventured to depart from the stern orders of the Go-
vernment of India with the view of preserving him, and
that unless he signed the conditions no confidence could
be reposed upon him for the future. In conclusion,
asked his Highness to state what particular part of the
terms he objected to, and from the tenor of his re/4 it ap-
peared quite evident that he was resolved to sign noiiew
agreement whatever. It, was pointed out lo him that the
principal' article was merely a repekltion, verbatim, of
the second article of the existing *Meaty; but- he replied
that he wanted no new treaty 'whatever, as subscribing
to it would subject him to similar demands hereafter,
He was told such would not be the case provided he
acted up to the term', of the alliance with the British

Government, '3..1 again informed him thatit m;;; my
anxious deairr, to re-establish friendly relations with him.
Iu all4r.g to the vakeels or agents employed in Born-
baY. c'r.d England, the Rajah said he had not spent much
."Y‘,ney ; but spontaneously made two admissions—namely.
that he had expended about 65,000 rupees on a ship pro-
vided by Dr. Milne to keep open his communications
with England, which ship was now employed in the
China trade ; but, he gravely assured me, sending her
to China was with no hostile intent. He likewise said
that he hail lately ser.t 2,500 rupees to his agents at
Poona, for Capt. eogan-2,000 rupees for expenses, 2,500
rupees for the rent of a house. This afforded me
another opportunity of pointing out to the Rajah the
useless expense of his employing agents ; but he re-
plied, they were merely employed to represent his case.
His Highness after this repeated his desire that the
British Government should itself assume the entire
charge of his country, for that he did not wish to retain
it if the condition of holding was his signing my terms.
I inquired of him whether he fully comprehended the
arrangement I contemplated in the event of his persist-
ing in refusing ; and he replied, that he did so, as the
Resident had informed him yesterday, that I proposed
placing his brother on the Throne, and to remove him
from Sattara to Benares, or elsewhere : but that this
course of proceeding would be oppressive, and contrary
to all the customs and usages of India, though he did not
desire the raj. After some further remarks, as to the
necessity of the Rajah following the course pointed out to
him, the conference, which occupied about two hours,
• terminated at the Rajah's request, and he returned home."
He would next read an extract from the Minute of
the President's fourth and last interview with the Rajah
on.the 27th of August :—" Information having been re-
ceived by the British Government that your Highness,
misled by evil advisers, had, in breach of the treaty
which placed.you on the Throne, entered into communi-
cations hostile to the British Government, an. inquiry
into these accusations was considered indispensable.
This inquiry has satisfied the British Government that
your Highness has exposed yourself to the sacrifice of
alliance and protection. Nevertheless, moved by consi-
derations of clemency towards your Highness and your
family, the British Government has resolved entirely to
overtook what has passed, on the following conditions,
namely :—FirSt, that your Highness now binds yourself,
strictly, and in goo 2 faith, to act up literally to all the
articles of the treaty of the 25th September, 1819 ; and
• especially to .the second article of that treaty, which is
as follows :—` The Rajah, for himself and for his heirs
and successors, engages to hold the territory in subordi-
nate co-operation with the British Government, and to
be guided in all matters by the advice of the British
Agent at his Highness's Court.' Second, that your
Highness binds yourself to pay your, brother, Appa
Maharaj, whatever allowances he has heretofore
received, and to put him in possession of all his private
property ; and, should any dispute arise on this subject,
the same is to be referred to the Resident for adjust-
ment." Mr. Salomons then proceeded to say that he
thought he had read quite enough of those documents.
The DEPUTY CHAIRMAN said he was now satisfied that
Mr. Salomons should pursue his own course in this
SALOMONS then Went on to say that he had no corre-
m mallltter.
r .
.sponde nt whatever in India; whatever his opinions on this
subject might be, he had formed them from the documents
which he had read, and from those in the Proprietors'
room. If his
.opinions were
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en
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one side oNfraathereccoollueic.
alone was ac-
b;Vhen it wrong
he
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at
heard evidence of a conversational. nature, it was too
much, even if the Rajah were guilty, to ask him to sign a
been
tdocumenthe
situation admitting
thisi of soPlevrintrue lift.h lat uut-o
his ililaa:l-(ei
to that document?—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr .I‘)3 ) would not
much
hther he was guilty or not; he could. not sa •
ssoay
that it wits difficult
had been brought before IL;
difficult to decide, but it certainly seemed
to him (Mr. Salomons) that he was innocent, and
if he had signed the document what would have been the
consequence ? He (Mr. S.) said that it would be a de-
reliction of duty on their part to have kept the terms of
that document and have kept a convicted traitor, one
convicted under his own seal and handwriting, on the
throne.—(Hear, hear.) But when the Rajah found that
he
.had never had an opportunity of answering the
charges against him, and yet that the first article of the
treaty was one acknowledging his crime, he rejected it
at once, and he (Mr. S.l said that this was the course
which would be taken by a man acting under the con-
viction of his innocence.(Hear, hear.) That appeared
to him (.Jr. S.) to be the difficulty in which they were
noW placed. He assured the Court he thought the sub-
ject: one of great importance. To the Prince himself it
might be comparatively immaterial, but as it affected the
administration of justice he (Mr. S.) could not possibly
understand how any Englishman with English ideas of
justice—how any English Government should have at-
tempted to carry on an investigation of this kind, in-
volving neither innocence, nor guilt, clemency nor jus-
tice.—(Hear, hear.) He was sorry that such an act
should have been done by such a man as Sir J. Carnac,
but there it was. He was pained to give the opinion he
did, but it was not an extraneous opinion ; it was founded
on the documents in his hands, and he could not in jus-
tice, in fairness, in common honesty, whatever might be
the interests involved, avoid coming to the conclusion
that the Rajah was at the present moment an innocent
man.—(Hear, hear.) But admitting that it were other-
wise, if they were to convict the Rajah of a breach of
one article of the treaty he might convict them of an an-
other. If they came to the letter of the treaty he could