The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-17 00:00:00

powerfully supported by the other Native Gayer= er its.
Thur Honourable Committee are aware that the Govei n-
ment of SartWS Is one of our own cr3ation, and th tat
the present Raja was raised by us from a prison to • a
throne. His revenues do not exceed fourteen J'ac s of
rupees per annum, and his military resources are e(
temptible, and totally inadequate for the enterpris e
tmdertaken. We must, therefore, believe that is 'as-
sociated with other Powers anxiously desiring to sl 'lake
off our rule ; and we infer, that he looks to his H igh-
ness the Nizam, Scindia, and other native chiefs, to de-
clare against us, when their plans had been brough tto
maturity."
We must believe that he is associated with of her
Powers ! Must believe it ! It would appear that no
liberty of belief was left them. When the itaja was cal Jed
upon to give up those men, he did so at once :
" On entering. Colonel Lodwick observed th el, his
Highness appeared much agitated ; but, on:expiainii ig the
nature of his visit, and requiring certain persons to be
given up, his Highness denied all knowledge of an y at-
tempt upon the fidelity of British troops, and expressed
his firm belief that the result would establish the in mo-
cence of those accused. _ _

" On the Resident's requiring that immediate op-
ders should be given for their apprehension, his Highness;
assured him that, within the space of two hours, they
should be made over to him." _ _

The Hon. Proprietor who had last addressed th.&
Court had said that that was a bad feature in the I:l:ajtes..

He quite disagreed with him, and he could sot.
conceive anything that afforded a stronger proof of the,
Raja's innocence.—(Hear, hear.) The Bombay GD-
rernment bad desired that the parties should have mo
communication with the Raja, and the only communes
don they had was in public.
"The readiness with which the Raja complied wit
our demand to surrender the accused parties appearet
to us remarkable, and involved the case in greater un--
certainty ; more particularly as our Resident had re--
ceived private letters from the Resident at Hyderabad.
and the Lieutenant-Governor of Agra, stating their total.
disbelief of the concurrence of the liizam, on the one-
hand, and of Holkar and Scindia, on the other, in any
plot against our Government."
With regard to the Commission it appeard to be a.
secret one, but why was the Raja excludea from
it ? They obtained the evidence from the 'Raja,
and although they affected great anxiety about his .rlig-
nity, they did not ask him whether he was guilty or
not. After the examination had been completed, two Of
the Members waited upon him with a letter from the
Governor requesting him to attend the Commission—he
did se. And here he would ask, was it not usual to Write
out the minutes of the proceedings in the language of .the
natives? The evidence in this case was written in Eng"'
lish. The Baja, however, attends, and they read over
to him the evidence of the Soobadars, which they said
was all that concerned him. Now, he denied that that
was all the evidence that concernedhim. He contended
that copies of all the proceedings should have been given
to him that he might inquire into them, and then come
forward with his answer, his defence, and his evidence
to rebut them. The whole case, in his opinion, should
have been conducted by the Resident. The British
Government, however, decided upon the evidence
on one side, on evidence upon which he would
not hang a dog.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.)l
Sir Robert Grant appeared throughout to act rather as
an advocate than a judge. He rejected everything
that made for the Raja, and everything against him he
received as gospel. Now with regard to the evidence of
Ballajee Punt Nathoo ; that man gave evidence against
the Raja, but there was not one word about the conspi-
racy in it. It was all, however, a godsend to the Com-
missioners, as it might tell against the Raja, and yet
when the Raja came it was carefully kept from him.
That man appeared to be acting as the friend of the '
Raja, and next day he was found coming with a message
from the Raja to the Commissioners. He (General Ro-
bertson) recollected very well obtaining a village worth
3,000 rupees a year, at the solicitation of the Raja, for
the very person who was styled the tried friend of the
British Government. The Hon. Gentleman who had
last addressed the Court had said that the authorities in
India were blind to all the proceedings that had been
going forward. But how could they discover that which
had no existence ?—(Hear, hear.) He maintained that
it was all false.—(Cheers.)
An Hos!. PROPRIETOR—What is Major Anderson's
opinion ?
General ROBERTSON knew Major Anderson very well,
but he did not value his opinion at all.—(Hear, and a
laugh.) The fact was, there was a manufactory of lies
at Sattara, and one man was paid 50 or 100 rupees
every year, and thought it necessary that he should earn
the money, by manufacturing a new set of lies every
year. • The Raja was also charged with seducing his
brother's wife. Now, the fact was, that the brother was
such a beast, that his wife would not stay with him.
He doubted if the Raja had ever heard anything about
the Goa affair, except, perhaps, these designing
people might have. endeavoured to enlist him in
their cause. Then the petition of Sujabee came to the
Government : that was another godsend for them.
That was not sent down, he believed, until after Colonel
Lodwick had been removed. Colonel Ovans' despatch
proved the endeavours of these people to work on the
Government. Govind Row Dewan was conveyed to
Ahmednugger from Poona.
" The absolute necessity of putting an end to the
erroneous expectations of his release, in order to
obtain the important information which Geerja-
bee and the parties named by her may be able to
communicate, fully warrants his being placed under
greaterpepymal restraint and stricter guard ; and under
the injunction, that every attention be paid to his comfort
and convenience compatible with those objects,. he will
be subjected by the remeval to no hardship, of which a
person, convicted as he has been, can with reason com-
plain.
The following directions were issued for his treatment
at Ahmednugger
" The usual warrant should be addressed to the
Judge of Ahmednugger. That officer should be in-
structed to place the prisoner in strict confinement, and
to prevent his holding any communication with any per-
son besides his personal attendants, or those in whom the
Judge has confidence. Every attention, compatible with
the above object, should be paid to the prisoner's comfort
and convenience.
" The Judge should be further informed, that it is
not unlikely the friends of Govind Row at Sattara and
Poona will endeavour to communicate with him by letters.
and that he should quietly adopt measures to intercept
any communications of this kind and forward them to
Government."
He was sent, but there could be no doubt that in his '
confinement he had communication with his friends.
There could be no doubt but that the Brahmin, when
placed in the strictest confinement, could hold communi-
cations with his friend. They might be conveyed to
him in his rice, or in a hundred different ways ; it was
impossible to prevent it. He heard how things were
going at Sattara, and got his lesson from thence. It
would have been much better to have brought him to
Sattara and entrusted him to the care of the Resident.
He (General Robertson) believed that Govind Row
Dewan had been interrogated during his confinement,
and, if so, how could they attach any weight to his evi-
dence ? Shortly afterwards another native came forward
to give evidence against the Raja. They considered this
eat and important evidence, well calcutated to es-
-5-' ^ Bala guilt. Now that fellow was a SCOIIII •
tablish en at the head of a gang to rob the trea-
• that would do anything—one who
drel. He had
wawa
iiiiittimmore
pap,_ to-dayrob to-morrow.
f3/I_,fi,_, vc" a kir', -rs to-a and
Iwo
pspers..in possession impli-
a he had pawned
This feller gAti,
eating, After POP* ikgrbtitftliVß he a.-
the papers for 900 rnly
believe that any person could be foul who wk:Yld give
si just st if at::•body would
him 900 rupees for a tuft of papers.—(hear, heir, Pmd
a laugh.) After a time, however, he gave them tsp, ann
got a good price for them. It was a common practice
in India to manufacture papers.—(Hear, hear, hear.)
When he was in Candeish there had been a rising 1,
at Benlow. It had been put down, but at that
time proclathations were scattered all over the
country; bearing the Raja of Simard?, signature. They
had been every one of them manufactured. No one ever
suspected that the Raja of Sattara had anything to do
with it. The men had been brought in and tried and
condemned. While he was in Candeish a circumstance
had occurred which proved the extent to which the ma-
nufacture of forged papers was carried in India. lie had
conducted an investigation into about 1,700 cases, of
persons who were in the annual receipt of pensions or
charitable allowances. A large sum had been paid 'on
properly his.
by
account of arrears of their pensions for four years, told
in the fifth year one of the persons who came up to
re-
ceiveman,
Ihv
bi hispension b
the
as
pensionuswasual accompanied by
was
pcp
to an investigation and into an examination of the
on which this claim to a pension papers
Was founded,
and it turned out that the "whole was a for-
gery from beginning to end. The
discovery
of these forged certificates led to an investigation into
the whole of the 1,700 cases. He had conducted it him-
self during his leisure time, he had
case, and of the 1,700 cases 200 were
supportedexamined
) into
iy every
seals and false documents.—(Hear, hear)
There was a
documents in India, regular manufactory of false * • and as
to false seals they could get them made any where. Any
goldsmith would cut one in a giffy —(Hear hear, and a
laugh.) The evidence of the t • vas
truth of those papers -
attested—by whom? Why, by a gang of infamous rebels.
The greater part of them were Brahmins. He had stated
that the hostility of the Brahmins to the Baja was a
religious hostility. They knew how inveterate that feel-
ing had been in this country in the darker ages, when
men burnt one another on account of their religious
dif-
ferences. There was a great deal of that feeling sub-
sisting at the present moment in India. The Brahmins
were decidedly offended with the Raja, and he would
appeal to all those who had been in India if there
en'e•veths
any men in existence who would go togreig3trearhrnins.
cheat,
in support of their religion than the
and commit
(Hear, hear.) They would lie,
every sort of outrage, if they thongcould in any
ht they
manner forward the objects of their religion' . To show
e Raa, he
the hostility which the Brahmins bore to
th
which,
when Residejnt at
would read part of a letter w
from lare, shortly after
Sattara, he had received
d the government.g [The
his Lordship had assumed the
of an official
Gallant Gentleman her
him from Lord Clare, dated Oct.
despatch received by
It his Lordship stated that between
14, 1831, in whißra
Brahmins had waited upon him in a
2,000 and 3,000
state of
excitement, to presont a petition complain-
ing of the great conduct of the Raja of Sattara. His ord-
he had told the Brahmins he could not
ship stated that
a
interfere, as the j
R ah was an independent Prince, but
Resident eak to the Raja on the sub-
he directed the
that Poring that he (Lord Clare) was
ject, and to assure
at all times glad to uphold the Raja's dignity.] He
(General Robertson) would bear testimony to the sincere
Clare
desire of Lord Cl always to uphold the Raja's dig-
nity.
Notwithstanding the disputes that might }cave oc-
curred between _them - on. the subject of the jagheers.
hs
Highness was always treated with the greatest re-
spect, and on one occasion, when he came to visit Lord
Clare at Poona, 7,000 troops were turned out to re.

case.