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London, England, 1846-09-02 00:00:00

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A public meeting was held last night in the theittl '6
of the Literary Institution, Edward-street, Portman,
square, to consider the wrongs of the ex-Rajah of
Sattara, and the claims he had on British justice.
JOHN WILLIAMS, Esq., having been called to the
chair, said his brother electors in the borough of Mary.
lebone had done him the honour to call on him to pre-
side over that meeting, and he did so with great pleasuirer
as he always did if he thought he could be the instru—
ment of good. He said this meeting originated in a.
meeting of some of the electors of Marylebone, who
were convened to hear the tale of the wrongs of the
Rajah, and who from what they heard on that occat3ion
were desirous that others should be made aware of
the same facts. He said the Rajah was a native Of
the Marattah nation, and illustrious for his descent.
In 1818 the fortunes of war had put him in the power of
the British Government, but in consquence of an agree-
ment with the British he was established on the throne
of his ancestors. For 18 years he conducted the affairs of
his territory in a manner to gain the applause and call
forth the commendation of tue Indian authorities. Is
1836 the Rajah appealed to the sovereignty of England
against an infringement of his sovereign rights, and hi&
enemies then preferred a charge against him of con-
spiracy, which charge was entertained by the Bombay
Government. The Rajah requested a copy of the de-
positions against him, which was promised to him, but.
that promise had never been redeemed. In 1838 two
other charges were preferred against him—one of con-
spiracy with the governor of Gela to expel the English—
the other with having corresponded with the ex-Rajah
of Nagpore, but no evidence hay ever been adduced
against him. In 1839 he was requested to sign a paper
acknowledging that he had acted treasonably to the
British Government; he refused to sign the document,
and thereupon was dethroned, banished, and stripped of-
his private property. The Earl of Auckland, the late
Governor-General of India, and Sir Robert Grant, both -
agreed that injustice had been done the Rajah in not
having put him on a public trial, so as to give him an
opportunity of meeting his accusers. But, he said, he
would not detain the meeting when others were to ad-
dress them better able than himself.

PRICE SD.

Mr. G. THOMPSON then came forward amidst great
applause to address the meeting. After entering TIPon
thegeography and history of the Maratah country, he said
it was not till 1817 that this country was fully subdt.ied
under the British power ; and at that time the Prime Bei-
nister of the Rajah, afterwards of Sattara with his com-
panions in arms, was overthrown. The Rajah was then
under age, but the Governor-General of India, the
Marquis of Hastings, thought it proper to set him on
the throne of a small principality called Sattara. This
was done in 1818 ; in 1819 a treaty was executed be.
tweerl him and the British Government ; for 18 years
after this he had ruled with a wisdom which drew forth
the approbation of the authorities in that country. Es
said the gentleman who would follow him, Bungo 13s-
pojee, was the Ambassador of the Rajah of Setters, a
man who, for honest uprightness, for talent, and for
zealous devotedness to his:exiled sovereign, deserved and
received the confidence of all who knew him. He said
this of him though he was present, as, from his ins-
perfect knowledge of the language, he did not under-
stand the just eulogy which was being pronounced.
upon him.

BUNCO BAPOJEE then came forward to address the
meeting, but said, as he could not use the English lan-
guage with ease, he would hand over a written docu-
ment which he had prepared, and which he hoped would
be read to the meeting. The document stated that he
appeared as the representative of an injured and an
exiled sovereign, on whose behalf he appealed to the
British people.—(Cheers.) He was acknowledged neither
by the East India Company nor by the Government ; he
could have no communication with the one or the other ;
but he appealed to the nation, knowing the power of
popular opinion. He then referred to the particulars
which had already been stated to the meeting concerning
the previous history of the Rajah and his 18 years' rule.
During that time the East India Company had thought
so well of his policy at home, and his faithfulness to
them, that they sent him a letter of approbation, ac-
companied with the present of a splendid sword. A.
translation of the actual letter, the terms of commen-
dation from the British authorities, was read to the
meeting. He said the Rajah had appealed to the au-
thority of the Directors of the Company. He after-
wards sent an agent, but was dethroned ultimately on
the representation made to a secret commission. There
was the evidence of Major-General Lodwick to show
that there was subornation and other vile means em-
ployed to ruin the Rajah. The Prince had never toes
allowed to see a copy of the depositions made againA
him. General Lodwick, who refused to join in the plot,
was dismissed, and Colonel Ovens appointed to carry
out the nefarious scheme. Bungo Bapojee then referred
to the letters on which the charge of conspiracy. against
the Rajah had been founded before this commission, and
said the documents were now proved to have been
forgeries, concocted for the purpose, some of which
were signed under the effect of terror. One of his at'-
cusers was discovered now to be the captain of a gang
of robbers, who was paid 50/. for his evidence. Other
documents, purporting to have been received from the
Government of Goa, had been declared by that Govern-
ment to be forgeries. The Directors of the East India
Company admitted the documents to have been forged,
and a British barrister had declared, on examination of
the evidence, that it was a mass of subornation and
perjury, whilst no English lawyer had yet stood forward
to sanction the decision of the Bombay Government.
Under all these circumstances, the Bajah had deterudedad
to make this his last application to the justice of the
British people. lie then stated that this was one of a
number of meetings propoEed to be held in all parts of
the country. _ _

A list of forged seals and documents, purchased by
Lieutenant Charles Ovans, ex-resident at Sattara, of a
gang of robbers, for the sum of 40/. and a free pardon,
which were produced in evidence against the Rajah of
Sattara, was then read, and excited profound disgust.
Mr. GEO. THO3IPSON then addressed the meeting. lie
said he had been in the habit, for six years, of bringing
the question before the India House. He said that the
Directors were never able to substantiate a single charge
against the Rajah. His very accusers believed him to
be a noble and enlightened prince; illustrious for virtue,
and untainted with a shadow of crime. The gentleman
then gave an animated description of the birth and an-
cestors of the Rajah of Sattara, of the institutions of
his country, up to the time of the collision with the
English power; and of the defeat of the Marattahs, when
the infant Rajah and his mother were taken prisoners.
He then showed the superior education and moral attri-
butes appertaining to the Rajah. In 1821, Captain
Duff, his tutor, notified that he was competent to rule
Sattara. Instances were then adduced of his prudence
in the management of his monetary affairs. He parti-
cularly alluded to a noble instance of liberality exhibited
in the declaration of the Rajah—that every individual in
his dominion should be educated. He entered into a
minute detail of the circumstances which first brought
on a collision between the Rajah and the East India
Company, in a very eloquent strain; observing that it
had been admitted, even by the Court of Directors,
that the principle document against the Rajah was a
forgery, and that the evidence in proof of its being forged
was withheld from the Government by the British:political
agent at the Rajah's court. He then gave a humiliating
description of the interview between Sir Charles Grant
and the Rajah, in which the duplicity of the former
was such as to make General Lodwick, who was present,
to blush crimson for his countryman. He said the
chief evidence, of the charge of conspiracy with
the native governments against the Company's power
had been given by two sepoys, in the British army,
then stationed at:Sattara. These men had entered upon
a plot to ruin the Rajah, at the instigation of a Brahmin,
and took the most sacred oath which a Hindoo could
swear that they would preserve inviolable secresy. These
two men had subsequent interviews with an officer of
their own troop, to communicate first hints, then fuller
statements, respecting a treasonable combination be-
tween the Rajah and the native powers, saying that they
ih,ar n
chef! d
This
private
testimony and
confidential nwfiadse nfot iravlllirndteedr interviews wths
ewith
Bombayth e
Government, and proceedings against the Rajah were
immediately founded upon it ; the result of which was
as had been already stated to the meeting. For the past
six years the Rajah had been incessantly labouring to pre-
vail on the Indian authorities to give him an opportunity
of rebutting the evidence ; but the only answer he
could get, was, that it was inexpedient to
re-open the question. Ile then stated that several gen-
tlemen, British residents at the Rajah's court for a long
series of years, Generals Briggs, Robertson, and Lod.
wick, had laboured with him in the same cause, but all
in vain. He said if any charge that lie had urged on the
' attention of the meeting was found incorrect or false, he
was liable to be committed to Newgate for libel, but he
reiterated every charge, and challenged disapproval.
He then made a stirring appeal to the British public,
adding that he hoped he would not appeal to them in
I vain to redress a flagrant wrong, committed and per-
sisted in by the Indian authorities.
Some other gentlemen afterwards addressed the meet-
ing, which, after thanks had been voted to the chairman,
broke up.

MR. GREEN, JUN.'S ASCENT AT BERLIN.—The Berd
lin papers contain elaborate accounts of the ascent of Mr.
Green, son of the celebrated aeronaut, in a balloon 38 feet in
diameter, and 67 feet in length, from the top to tho bottom
of the car. This is about a middle size between Mr. Green,
sen.'s, large and small balloons. The spot frk m which the
balloon ascended was granted for the purpose by the King
of Prussia, who honoured the expedition with his patronage.
About 40,000 spectators assembled to witness a sight which
in this part of the world is a perfect novelty. Among the
most distinguished were the young Prince of Prussia, the
Prussian Ministers, and all the foreign ambassadors. Mr.
Green was accompanied by Count Schafgotsch and Herr
The balloon alighted on the plain of Gross-Beeren,
and it is a remarkable coincidence that this was on the anni-
versary of the victory gained on that spot by the Prussians
I over the French. The balloon has been designated the
" Gross-Beeren Balloon," on account of this circumstance.
Our ambassador, the Earl of Westmoreland, showed great
attention and kindness in assisting Mr. Green in this novel
enterprise. Mr. Green purposes to make similar visits to
other German cities.
INQUEST.—Yesterday the inquiry was again resumed
at the Eight Bells public-house, Greenwich, to investigate
the cause of the death of Catherine Donovan, whose muti-
lated remains were picked up off the College Wharf on the
,2d of last month, an account of which has already ap-
peared. James Barry, a tailor, living in Tottenham-
court-road, gave evidence to the effect that Oa last Easter
Sunday he, in company with three other parties, named
Wallace, Grant, and Evans, met a young woman, and after
drinking sonic beer went out to the Hungerford pier to go to
Greenwich. It then happened that a plank, on which
the deceased female with six or seven other persons were
standing, gave way, and the whole were precipitateodt
ou_,
the river. A gentleman apparently dead wasectlelnegy t
d oung
and also a female, but he did not see the deceased
reyd
woman again. Wallace and Grant's testin _
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drowned."al,hi
Theelltaniga, tamH. Labouchere left town on Monday
for ir