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

MORN ING SUN.;

ha 3 been obtained by Dunlop in the Southern.
Maliratta country, and by Mr. Spooner at ltutnaglwerY
in confirmation of that obtained at Sattara, regarding,
the intrigues of the Raja of Sattara with the Governer
of Goa.
dated
2. atc
2.T helAcltBin3g7,Rreesindretnedt
,att.hSatath hada been Sattara, e
the 27th ju
that a Kolapyoor Akbap in
rnavees, by 3
name Raapa, t
at Dharwar, was some years ago sent to Goa by ,1%,
Nisbet, to inquire into certain intrigues then carrying,
' in a l
on between that place and Sattara, and that it was sup-
posed he succeeded in obtaining the informatieUrequired.' He therefore suge•ested, that the Political
netinrinterfn e
Agent in the Southern Mahratta country should m
be d 1
rested to procure fro this 'person a statement of, all
that he khew of the transaction in question.
" 3. On the same o...easion, Lieutenant-Colonel 0if,,1,J
stated that he had been given to understand, that se/
papers regarclira, the Goa intrigue had fallen
possession of Cliintanion Rao Sangleekur, and thatch e'
might be obtained on application to Anhapa Sooorl..e.rd
the Carbarry of Chintamon Rao. The paper Weie Sai
to have been obtained by the late Swamee of 'Sehltesh-
wiir from Nago Deorao, and to have been gii'en by' the
Swamee to Chintamon Rao.
" 4. On the 3d August, the Acting Resident was caned
on to state, whether, in his opinion, Mr. Dunlop silo ht
houht
communicate openly or secretly with the aabovePe s'
and whether he had any reason to suppose thaf'the Baia
of Sattara had held intercOursCitith"eihintianonll"l,)*
rAett.:enan!-Colonel Ovans, on' Of& Atii:yed to this„
refoono4 uegative, stating; tlifie' ft ' sl4loiisB4
Matt the ppm' lit. 2 been made over
nitt4e
ity io'ititite, to bier! B‘{
In congetitigtikY, of this eornmn.l:2e'tith'iftit'a,aagui
on the 16th of' the urns month, aliteu "1" e"
obtain the documents alitide4- to,
k I
" 5. It is by this clue that the alre,borative,P9
. • 4vidili'
• j' • ;vett,
lifts been obtained at Dharwar. on fliti;Vt,'h
Aff.. Thattlop, in entire ignorance ~Cof .:0,50' • '•,a,
which &en elicite4 at Sattara, and)*P'-',4l44lAties,
of the name's Of the prindpal ag,ents einplOtar:Wie;‘,f•
intrigues, reported that he bad obtaiiiecli,ppr,siizo
four papers, through the agency a qpl, Itat.,n4bun-
ttt"n”,.from the present Swamee of Stititit'sn, of
lier grad that hopes had been held efillta,jl.,,,to'
procuring an origitill thylee from the §l4r ,itaß
the address of a. Portugties-e, who is 10•,1,, el.ce
the country. before it was delivertal, 'of;
fused way in which European names
writ ten, by natives, AIL Dunlop said ho•-b',......ikertgo
ett*ef'who aniglit,be indicated ; and the e(;rresi t",
- .
through the late Swamee, and the Sattara Raj" s
unite t.
Nago Deorao, was itlth Doctor of an equally 11
ligible name. r fret°
"6. The first of these papers tfr, originAiiette.
col!
Nago Deorao to the late Swamee Of SttrtlieSllll
excusing himself for having, in consequent-Ir, pro'
gent occurrence,' proceeded direct to SattOt. ' lraake
wising to visit Sunkeshwur on his return, ,8-r, it 4
known all that had pttssed, and proceed onwar 13,1.
authenticity is proved by Hurry Punt Fatuck anufiring
koba Kelkur, who both state it to be in the handw'ergo
of Nana Fatuck, but begun and (alike% by N3g,':,e Oa"
himself. The first of these witnesses sap, it• t.pa bf
mined this letter : it appears to 'have beeit )vrita. it
Nago Deorao to. the Sri Sunkeshwur Svvanieet do
co
in the handwriting of my son, Nona Fatuck. It i•'„4) '.
in Vysaick (May) and in Sukey .1754 (A.D. 183'lealie
the date of the letter Nago Deorao came to toot
at Sattara, and from thence, as my son was sick, otb
him to Revensidh for medical treatment. On tlie, son
lihrawun 't
(9th August) in the same year 111;0
died at Revensidh. The word Sidraj,' near :-"l‘v,,; the
the words Hey Vidnyapunah' at the end, are 1'.'0,00
handwriting of Nago Deorao.' The second Ivl.,:,Taoa
states, that lie and Morapunt Josee accompanieuturDCA
Deorao to Sattara in May 1832, and that he r:e'leiter
with him and Nana Fatuck- to Revensidh. Tit's hark
is written by Nago Deorao to the Swamee ; the Si'nii
writing is that of Nana Fatuck, and the words .‹,04
near Shri and Hey Vidnyapunah, are written by'
Waeed.' „nloto t°
" 7. The second paper is supposed by 31r. 117-
contain the heads of the propositions whie," e.
Deorao was empowered to make to the Portugne_.„s ,
vernment. It is only a copy, and therefore caws.
looked upon as of any force as proof, though it beaa`laeli
appearance of age, and comes from so reap
the con-
source, that it affords grounds for suspicion in t"eet of
nexion in which it stands.' Mr. Dunlop was TAttlie
course aware, when lie made the above remark,
preparation of a paper, very nearly resembling in de-
tents the one obtained by him, had been distinet?ti'ally'
posed to by one of the witnesses at Sattara, who Ile of
made a copy of it for the Swamee. (via, stair
Evidence AA. 1, annexed to my minute of the (41
1838.) not the
"8. The paper obtained by Mr. Dunlop is god
identical copy which Wassodeo Shastry prepare,,_.o.4e•
this may, account for its containing an additional a,' tief
His evidence is as follows :—" I have examine" a„1
copy of the yad ; it is not in my handwriting, ni°l.o the
know who wrote it. The article in this yad,
enemies are defeated and our authority is estanb leares
those who are at Brumliwurt (Bethore) and Peot is
should be brought and delivered up to us,' was liaosi'
the yad which I have alluded to in my former deo St
tion, as having made a copy of it with my own Ill!he
Sunkeshwur. The rest of the articles are stn riord
those in the one which I copied.' When I first rf chi;
the evidenCe of Wassodeo Shastry, his account ,i),irT
agreement seemed wild and extravagant in "'llllte'
tieme ; but, nevertheless, we now find its goefrotKi`
curacy confirmed in a most remarkable manner, the
source altogether independent of Sattara, and
evidence obtained at that place." rt.llattt
A PROPRIETOR begged to know when the
Gentleman would find it convenient to conclude 7,
General ROBERTSON could not say, but if 13„,1,,5,'0"
Friend was tired he mightretire.--(A laugh. ''-'ofit,
flutes of Sir Robert Grant were Merely a inass,re-ricia'
ferences and conjectures.---(llear, hear.) He (Vjeareg
Robertson) had spent hours and days over the ev',` r the
and he could come to no other conclusion than t'itells--",
whole was a Brahminical plot, and nothing.. :1000
(Cheers)—and that Sir Robert Grant suffered hi ht
to be grossly imposed on. In page 188, paragrtirsettO
it was stated that the Raja's correspondence w3sof the
with a seal made by the Swamee, by order
Peishwa.—(Hear.) But (as we understood the
Officer) that seal was in the possession of the 131.51; 0.0
and not of the Raja.—(Hear.) General Roberts
proceeding to read the next paragraph, when pl 4.
A PROPRIETOR said, we have all read those poPt-o' rer
General ROBERTSON had a most arduous dutY,cheers)
form. He had to defend an oppressed Prince tie
—and he was sorry to say that every one bad ne.•
the papers, and that many would give their votorbenl•
the question before the Court without reading Aare;
—(Hear, hear, hear.) He could almosthe 110
with his Honourable Friend, with IV hOrn con'
been perhaps too short, that it was desirable tt'a arca-
speedily to the conclusion of a debate which halo not
pied the Court three days.—(Hear.) But he °hooter
come to a conclusion without vindicating the c.,„e'ty.'"
of the Raja from the charge of want of
i' knee
(Hear, hear.
)a
man who had a stricter regard for veracity t":it „ailtY
Prince.—(Cheers.) If the Raja had been Pr°vetel'ild
he would be the last man to protect him, as hen`'„,ithelt
the foremost to defend him from condemnatle
a trial.—(Hear, hear.)
A brief explanation then took place betwemener
Weeding and General Lodwick, in which the f°l.he hg
pressed his regret that through misapprehertsiorladicta,
erroneously accused the Gallant Officer of oet
mself. id 4;
hi
Urf
Sir HENRY WILCOCK then addressed the 09', not
loud cries of " Adjourn." He said that it "t't s
intention to detain the Court many minutes, 1: 01:-
discussion might occupy another day he wish". btietV
that opportunity of speaking his sentinlem:he Coritie
when the short interval before the rising of '';:•1•.
was insufficient for a more important SPettlfi gape
would first read, from page 335 of the Print(' enter
the the opinion of Lord Auckland, with which he
agreed. ob'
"In my minute of the 27th of Al' I'.
1'1,4;
served, "rhe proceedings of the Continissi.%•,
no doubt in my mind of the guilt of the seallsh
ta
extent, at least, of countenancing an
,atten'Pthe priti e
from their ally ance. two native officers °f the sae'
army ;' and iti was added in another part
'O'uld not r,,_
paper, `, I,Re no reason" why such treason je, At Or.
coil upon those who contrived it, and be,
to
same time, a source .of additional strength to,vsto con!:
It is now also my painful duty to state, thatlof the Gull!
pelled to concur in the unanimous opinion priPciPtie
vernment of Bombay, that the two Otheciall„,. t.
charges preferred against the Raja, and sP.bcolie;4
first of them, appear, from the evidence '
the acting Resident at Sattara, to be full.). cstu
s
• its
nan;_elY guthot
" 1. His treasonous intercourse with the
of
nt G oa. ,taiA
" 2. His treasonous intercourse with the
al
e-j.
Nagpore. intrig"eleir
" However wild and nearly incredible the r ef of
leged these two cases seem to be, the P. efrag3
r and trr '• the
existence appears to be no less clear India ft° lute
That the Portuguese of Goa should NVIVSt
sinintst desu
the
Baitish power ; that Appa, Sahib, living' n..1.0`) entibieore;
and in restraint, should raise twenty lacn 11,e, Nagi.',ate
Portuguese to restore him to the throne ontra_Joe
that Portugal, France,_ and Austria, are
_:_.4111 t,10,0
their battalions to the support of SattpVjirittra,o,o„...
things may look rather like the dream or
.v:,1„;, the ,tnect
the overt machinations of treason. Yet 1',`.1.-,een firi;•
rant ambition and malignity, of the Raja hao,ses ot4.
prorn don",._oo
character, a riro
,far tt:'eee
anestaenre,
tshpeereoul ations
remains, and i
fe deceitfullittle
"It is shown, likewise, that the Raitch bavterly
having a just sense of the favours is b
heaped upon him by the British Govern the rti:a
discontented with his position, that he 6rTeojeee..l of
nal:greatness of the house of his ancestogn:_oo,itla':"„,
he or his confidants and nearest partiiiz:
,hite't they b.O
faith having been broken With them, a fill t„ his earli
even the shameful ingratitude of ACeßS(l),.hicception A
steady benefactor, Mr. Elphinstone, "
of the'
alsehood. stances' and
" It is principally by these two eiric_llarn_.o troe,pa,p_o,
high offence of tampering with our -%t]is.ll he tpct:tbie
or - "I..tess,
the insatiable and reckless ambition by.
mita - rLII.•
to be guided, which render anyo_ cse
'Y tins 'I I
course of proceeding with him pr,
.bogn
with
upo
'that think that the mode of dt_
are called
„Ives.,
rendeind more direct and plain. ", of a
considerations of pi the leg '
feel, by very strong c •
It of the Raja t° witich
cart
pediency, to bring the gnudi
most dust process tillable t(i.
final proof, by the best and
have beenolo°,l°-
I.e devised ; and then, if he should
from a ; trade.
l to remove hurl irienty.
exculpate himself,
I • self to be on
which he will nave show ti inn
. -fed, by
serving. have .yen
which we are coin .ve but
"9. The extent to
d 1 Who
a •n to ua s •r, ILlu"C' ktia to
rantees 01 protectio see attentio ,t
it
formation against the Raja, meritsargument f°l. ,1Y
in in a minor de,, as an
__guth
leave him ill th 9 p 055660,01.4.31