The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-12 00:00:00

SPAIN.

[The following- appeared in our Third Edition of
last night]:--
Accounts from Madrid of the sth instant state
that the QUEEN was to leave at midnight on the 6th
for La.Granja. General NA.RVAEZ was to follow on
the 9th or 10th, and the Minister of the Interior on
the 15th, after which period all the members of the
Council will be united at La Granja. General Count
MIRASOL took possession on the sth of the Captaincy-
General of Madrid. The deficit in the Bank of San
Fernando was calculated at about 20,000,000 reals.
The bank, however, was in a condition to meet all its
engagements.
The Fornento, Barcelona journal, of the sth inst.,
announces that CABRERA had positively entered Ca-
talonia, at the head of twenty horsemen, and that
he had been seen a few days before at Borreda.
The Journal des Debuts publishes the following
letter, dated Catalonia, 4th inst.:—
'° It appears, from an official report, that the three
columns, commanded by Brigadier Manzano, Colonel
Zauch, and Lieut.- cigonel Bufill fell in, on the 28th ult.,
at three o'clock with 500 Montemolinists, com-
manded by Cabrera, Boquica, Casten, and others. The
engagement took place near Samales, a village situate be-
tweea Barcelona and Matano, within 30 kilometres of the
former and 20 of the latter. Cabrera and his followers
occupied two steep hills, easily defended, from which
the Queen's troops dislodged them at the point of the
bayonet, after various movements, which lasted upwards
of six hours. The Montemolinists lost twelve killed,
whose bodies were found on the field of battle,
thirty wounded, and twenty prisoners ; they
had besides five horses killed. The Queen's troops,
consisting of detachments of the regiments of the King
and Union and of the battalion of chasseurs of Alba de
Tormas had but one soldier killed and 11 wounded—two
of them were officers. Cabrera and his partisans assem-
bled again on the 30th on the heights of Monseny,
within five myriametres of Barcelona. It is assured
that a high personage. supposed to be the younger
brother of Count do Montemolin, accompanies incog.
the celebrated chief. It is added that Cabrera,
who wears a splendid uniform of a Spanish Gene-
ral and a -.white beret, never speaks to that person-
age without uncovering himself, and that everybody, the
chaplains included, treats him with the greatest respect.
Fears are entertained that before a month the insurrec-
tion will have assumed a formidable aspect. Several new
bands have appeared on different points."

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(YESTERDAY.)
HOUSE OF LORDS.

GROUP No. 4. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND
LINCOLNSHIRE (Humber Ferries Improvement at
Hull and New Holland).—Case and opposition further
• considered.
GROUP No. S.—CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD (Power
to Purchase Steam-boats).—The opposition of the
City of Dublin and other steam-boat companies fur-
ther considered. It was proposed that the power con-
tained in the Bill should be conferred upon the company,
so far as they related to the carrying of passengere;
but that they should be restricted from enjoying the
light goods traffic between this country and Ireland. Of
course this proposal was rejected by the promoters, and
the case was further considered on its merits.
GROUP No. b.—GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK,
.AND AYR (Revision of Maximum Tolls).—The object of
this Bill is to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock,
and Ayr Company to revise their existing tariff of
charges. Case opened.

ELECTION COMMITTEE.
DUBLIN.

The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds' ma-
jority- was resumed yesterday, and in the course of
the day the petitioners succeeded in striking off four
additional votes.

COLONIAL BANKING COMPANY.
The general half-yearly meeting of the shareholders
in this company was held yesterday, at the London
Tavern; A. Colville, Esq., chairman of the company,
in the chair.
The report, which was read by Mr. CALTERT. the
secretary. deprecated generally the course of legislation
for the West India Islands which the Government has
,adopted, and ascribed the inability of the directors to
declare a dividend to the commercial adversity endured
by the colonies in consequence. The debit side of the
account showed a circulation of 207,726/. 6s. Bd.;
the deposit and liabilities are 773,9681. 95.; the
amount of paid-up capital being 500,0001. On the
other hand the assets are in specie, 198,07 51. 10s.; bills
discounted and purchased, 622,1331. 2s. 5d.; due to the
bank in the colonies on cash credits and current ac-
counts, 174,9301. 18s. 9d.; due to the bank in London on
bills remitted, cash at the bankers, &c., 483,542/. 98.9 d.;
balance of bad and doubtful debts, 6,175/. ss. 4d.; the
bank premises, and other property at home and in the
colonies, being valued at something more than 18,0001.
The CHAIRMAN having spoken particularly of the
state of commercial depression in the colonies, and having
gone through the other items of the report, stated that
the profit on the bank's operations was 20,458/. 7s. 2d.,
which, though a sum amply sufficient to make a hand-
some dividend, the directors considered advisable, in the
present state of the %Vest India interest, to carry to the
general fund. They, therefore, declined proposing any
dividend whatever.
This course being approved of, thanks were voted to
the chairman and directors, and the meeting was dis-
solved.

SPORTING.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sia,—The victory of Surplice on the Epsom Downs
has not altogether decided the fate of the St. Leger.
Springy Jack is quite as elastic as ever, and, if anything,
in better condition now than he was on the Derby day;
this added to the shape, size (about sixteen hands),
strength, and splendid condition of the new arrival from
the " gem of the sea," which, by the way, if his late
owner is to be believed, will do that" Justice to Ireland"
and to the Duke of Bedford at Doncaster which so
delighted the Irish division in '44 and '45.
'I he above three, in addition to Loadstone, Flatcatcher,
and one or two obscures, are all that are likely to con-
tend for the northern championship.
The Flying Dutchman's running during the past week
proves him to be a flyer indeed, and at all times "over
the flat," will be found a most dangerous opponent; but
on a close inspection I was inclined to think his staying
qualities over a hilly course to be rather inferior than
otherwise, and should consequently give the pas to his
stable companion Elthiron for the Derby spin.
Of the dark division engaged in the Derby of '49, I
should select Uriel, Rebecca colt, Saucy Dick, Nunny-
kiek, and John Bull, as the best to winter on.
The Liverpool meeting this year is not by any means
up to the mark, which may be attributed to various
causes, among others the death of Mr. Etty, the late
clerk of the course, whose indefatigable exertions of
late years have so well seconded the plans of Lord G.
Bentinck in rendering the Liverpool a first-rate meeting.
The 200 Sovs. Produce Stakes, has out of twenty nomi-
nations from Derby cracks, Honeycomb, The Flying
Dutchman, the Rebecca colt, and Chantrey. Were they
all to run, I should expect to see them pass the post in
the order placed, but I believe Honeycomb, the colt,
and Chantrey will be absentees, thus leaving the Flyer
alone in his glory.
The Sefton Stakes to Miss Orbell.

PERUVIAN BONDHOLDERS,
A rneetirpg of the holders of Peruvian Bonds was held
yesterday at the London Tavern, to hear the state-
ment of a proposition which has been made to the com-
mittee of the South American Bondholders' Association
by the Government of Peru. Mr. Robinson, chairman
of the association, took the chair.
The substance of the proposition was, that the pay-
fa:ll.st of all principal and interest should be postponed
till the year 1850—that the arrears of interest should
be c.-Lpitalised— that the whole should bear interest at the
rate of three per cent. per annum, commencing from Nov.
30, 1849, such rate to be increased half per cent. per
annum yearly, till it reached six per cent.—that the old
bonds should be cancelled, and DOW bonds issued, which,
i,l4n lieu of the present lien upon the Customs' duties,
afloat(' be secured on one-third of the money received
by the Peruvian Governments for the payment for guano.
This proposition the chairman said had been maturely
cons,dercid by the committee, and they had unanimously
resolved to advise a rejection of it in tote, as it was
neither ' more nor less than an attempt to evade
all pres:mt responsibility with just as much
uncertainty of payment in future to the bondholders as
they now eodurod. Nevertheless, the committee were
net there to dictate, but to state the case as it stood, and
to co-operate with the bondholders.
Mr. SNEEPER hoped that a counter proposition would
be made to the Peruvian Government, agreeing to
the capitalisation of the arrears of interest and the
rate of dividend to the shareholders, but requiring the
security proposed now in addition to that already
held; but Mr. Alderson explained from the original do-
cument which contained the proposition, that such
was altogether incompatible with its terms, and Mr.
Poules denounced the proposition as being in the highest
degree unjust, inasmuch as the arrears were to be alto-
gether cancelled, for 1001. on each 1001. stock, when, in
taat they amounted to 1501., and in the time to come the
bondholders, after the sacrifice, would be just as unsafe
as' at present.
DI reply to a proprietor, the CHAIR3f4N stated that
this proposition had been made before the arrival in
Lima. of Mr. Addams, who has been sent out as the
agent of the British Government in Peru, that he had
been told only last evening by Lord Palmerston that he
had given that gentleman instructions to press for the
liquidation of the bondholders claims as forcibly as
possible on the Peruvian Government, and the com-
eived that it would be Unwise to
m
take any step which might interfere with Mr. Addams'
proceedings.
After some further conversation it was decided to
takd this course, and thanks havingbeen voted to the
chairman and committee, the meeting separated.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS

The Mersey_ Stakes to Strongbow or Elthiron with a
start, in their absence to Mr. Green.
The Derby Handicap to Christopher, Sagacity, or
Betty Swipes.
The Foal Stakes to the Crazy Lad.
The Match between Uriel and Fitzpatrick to the
former, in a canter. _ _ .

lITIMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
TIIE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1848.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases •.• 3348
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ••• ••• ...
Turbercular Diseases._ ••• •.. '216
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 94
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ••• ... 2
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
76
Respiration ..• ••• ..• ..• ..•
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
-o

of Digestion... •••
Diseases of the Kidneys, &C. ••• •••
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. .• •
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c. ••• .•.
I talformations... •••
Premature Birth ••• ••• •• •
Atrophy •• ••• ••• ••• •••
01,.1 Ago ••• ••• ..• ••• •••
Sudden
Vioilance, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance
Cattsets not specified

... 13

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES

Ponulatien Average weekly Deaths
Enumerated, Deaths, 1843-7. in the
1841. Five Springs. Week.
giVegt Die ',..13... 300,711 .. 143 ... 160
lc:A-ill D—triets.. 375,971 .. 182 ... 191
it 3itrg.l Distr.ots 373,653 ... 171 ... 161
8 -
t 1`...r 'jets ... 392,444 ... 199 ... 220
,somt,_ .Districts.. 501,190 ... 248 ... 238

..... 1,948,369
••• •••
yemales ..• •••

... 9;0
... 492
... 478

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females ...

... 675
... 607

...1,282

The Liverpool St. Leger to Flatcatcher.
The Aintree Stakes t;-:, Hard Shot, Strongbow, or
Rowland, the last two for first and second places.
The Liverpool Cup, with twenty-one acceptances, will
have about fourteen starters, viz.:—
st lb st lb
Chanticleer, 5 yrs 9 2 Pillage, 4 yrs
Cawroush, 5 yrs
Grimston, 5 yrs
Montpensier, 4 yrs
Jovial, 4 yrs . . 7 2'Utterburn, 3 yrs
Executor, 4 yrs 6 9 Sylvan, 3 yrs
Ulysses, 4 yrs ... 6 7 Prince Charley, 3 yrs 4 7
The four first at the finish, ought to be Glen Saddel,
All's Well, Cawrouch, and Ulysses; Glen Saddel or
All's Well fur victor ; the other two being close up.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
Tuesday morning.

dia, and aullers aro disposed to tualto s, further cloms64-
sion in the value; buyers on the other hand make sales
with caution. Red Trinidad can be obtained at 3Ss to
425, and grey 35s to 38s. None at present has been
offered at public sale. For Foreign there are few buyers,
and holders are sellers at 32s to 34s per cwt.

ofnee h tkieiaed a:, alesa they placed the
possession of the land in Ireland upon a better footing
than at present, anarchy would be the result, and the
property they possessed would be destroyed. He quoted
the cases of Spain, Norway, and France to show that
great advantage would accrue from the subdivision of the
laud into small farms, and the creation in consequence
of a small class of farmers, no matter of what religion.
The v due of land in Ireland would be thus increased—
' (Hear)—and the crop also. Irish landlords owed a great
debt of gratitude to the Solicitor-General for bringing in
this Bill, which would receive his n'arm support.--(Hear.)
Mr. HERBERT should support the Bill, as he be-
lieved the fair and reasonable rights of the landlords
of Ireland would be protected by it. If they did not
take advantage of this Bill, he believed the time would
come when they would have no rights to protect.
Mr. F. O'CONNOR tendered his thanks to the Solici-
tor-General for the alterations he had introduced into
the Bill since it had been brought down from the House
of Lords. It would be a happy thing for Ireland if
there were not a solicitor in any part of that country.—
(A. laugh.) He condemned the Irish landowners for
coming to that House for stringent measures, when those
measures might have been rendered quite unnecessary
by the proper discharge of their duties.—( Hear, hear.',
lie was glad, however, that during the present session
one measure, at least, had been introduced which was
calculated to ameliorate the condition of that country.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD supported the motion for
going into Committee. He approved of the principles
of the but he objected to seine of the details.
Sir GEORGE GREY said if the discussion came to
a conclusion at the present sitting, he should propose
that the House should go into Committee on the Bill on
Thursday next at twelve o'clock.
Mr. CALLAGHAN opposed the Bill, which he said
had created a great deal of surprise and dissatisfaction
in Ireland.
Colonel DUNNE opposed the Bill. It was per-
fectly void in principle, and had not the approval
of the highest legal authorities either in this country
or in Ireland. It was a curious and singular circum-
stance that the Attorney-General had been absent
during the whole of the discussion upon this Bill. That
discussion had been of the utmost importance, for in the
first place it had shown the imperfect state of the exist-
ing law, and in the next it had shown that the Bill, in-
stead of amending the law, was calculated to increase the
difficulties which at present attended its operation. There
was no country in Europe to which the Bill was less ap-
plicable than Ireland. It it were passed it would have to
be administered and carried out by lawyers, and would
therefore neither facilitate the transfer of property nor
cheapen the process by which that transfer could be
effected.
The amendment proposed by Sir Lucius O'Brien was
then withdrawn, and the House went into Committee
pro forma upon the Bill, Mr. BERNAL in the chair.
The preamble was postponed, the Chairman reported
progress, and then obtained leave to sit again on
Thursday.
CORN MARKETS (IRELAND) BILL.

TEA.—To day a good amount of business was trans-
acted privately, chiefly in Congou, and at dull rates.
It is difficult to obtain sound clean under Sd per lb.
RICE.— To-day more inclination was shown to do
business in East India Rice, and privately several par-
cels were sold. At public sale 750 bags 1,000 pockets
Bengal were sold. 2,000 bags Madras went -at 8s to
8s 6d for middling pinky white, and 5s 6d to Ss for
damaged. These rates are all 6d per cwt higher.
SALTPETRE—To-day there was little desire evinced
to do business in rough, and on the part of holders a de-
sire was shown to sell; the market was also well sup•
plied. Of 1,785 bags Calcutta offered at public sale, a
small part only sold at a reduction on former rates of is
per cwt. Of Madras 547 bags were all bought in. For
British Refined the market is dull. Nitrate of Soda is
little wanted.
SPIRITS,—There are sellers of all kinds of Rum upon
lower terms, as export orders are trifling, whilst home
dealers operate_ with caution, and there is an extensive
stock. We quote proof Leewards at is 7d to is Bd, East
India proof is 4d to is 6d, Demerara 28 to 38 per cent
over proof 2s 6d to 3s, Jamaica good and fine quality 33
to 37 per cent over proof 3s 9d to 4s sd, middling and
good middling 3s 5d to 3s Bd.
INDioo.—The market for East India is in an unfavour
able position, especially as regards the better qualities.
There is a great want of export orders, and the home
trade are very cautious in their proceedings. The
quarterly sale commenced this day, and the quantity
declared amounted to 9,208 chests, of which 1,120 chests
have passed the sale this day. The attendance of ex-
port and home buyers was very small, and the biddings
were far from being animated. Importers have, gene-
rally, given strong support to their Marks by buying in
a large proportion.
COCHINEAL.— This afternoon there was not much
desire evinced to do business, and 200 bags of Mexican
at public sale were only in part sold at 3s 5d to 3s 9d
for silvers, which are about former rates, but blacks sold
at 3s 6d to 4s Id, which is Id lower.
TALLow.—There are sellers of Russian on the spot
upon reduced terms, yet on the part of the trade little
desire has been manifested to do business, and 44s
to 44s 6d is the value of fine P. Y. Candle ; a further
reduction is expected to take place. For delivery in
the last three months of the year, sellers are
willing to accept 43a, but few buyers are to be met
with. Of home made there is a good supply with
only a limited demand, prices have fallen to 43s 6d to
44s 6d nett cash. There is no decrease in the supply
of other kinds of Tallow, and lower rates are accepted,
but the parcels offered at auction were nearly sold.
Rough Fat is freely offered at 2s 6d per stone.
OILS.—The imports of Fish Oils are upon an enlarged
scale, whilst former rates are Rot supported, ex-
porters and home consumers not having shown
much desire to do business since this day week.
Southern is less required, and must be called rather
cheaper, whilst few sales have been made in the private
market. At auction 103 tuns were sold. Cod has been
dealt iu with caution. For Sperm the market has a
dull aspect, and as there is a plentiful supply,
prices continue to recede. The best British (hl
cannot be quoted above 781. per tun. In
the value of Linseed Oil we have little variation to
make known, but the home demand has become limited,
and few export orders have been completed. Rapeseed
Oil has been dealt in with caution, and prices keep upon
the decline. For Palm prices do not improve on ac-
count of heavy arrivals.

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF LORDS, July 11.
Their Lordships met at Five o'clock.
PAYMENT OF DEBTS BILL.

The Payment of Debts out of Real Estate Bill passed
through Committee.
SEDUCTION BILL.

The Bishop of OXFORD moved the third reading of
the Seduction of Females Bill.
Lord BROUGHAM objected to the Bill as going
much further than was intended—much further than the
Bill which had been sent up from the House of Commons
two sessions since.

The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL supported the mea-
sure.

Lord DENMAN thought that the measure was not
calculated to carry out the object intended, but would
become merely a means of enabling persons to extort
money. The law at present was sufficient to punish
persons guilty of those crimes which this Bill sought to

punish.
Lord CAMPBELL despaired of their Lordships be-
ing able to frame any Bill which would remedy the evil.
To legislate against simple fornication, without any ag-
gravating circumstances, would not be attended with a
good effect. There were cases which it was most de-
sirable to punish, which their Lordships could not in-
clude in any Bill. His Noble and Learned Friend had
referred to Berlin as a place where they would not suffer
bawdy-houses to exist; but of all capitals for licentious-
ness, it was the worst. It was worse than Paris, worse
than Vienna. He feared the law could not do more than
it had done.

The Corn Markets (Ireland) Bill then-went through
Committee.
The House then adjourned till Half•past Five o'clock.

The SPEAKER resumed the Chair at Half-past Five.
Lord D. STUAIIr presented a petition in favour
of Parliamentary reform.
Mr., DUNCAN presented a petition from Aberdeen
to the same effect, and also praying for a reduction in the
national expenditure.

Mr. O'BitIEN presented a petition from Middlesex in
favour of vote by ballot.
THE RAJA OF SATTARA.

Ell Omaimi4sloo, duty' it
should be to inquire, not only into the conduct of the
particular individual named in the motion, but into the
acts generally of all parties concerned in the deposal of
the late Raja of Sattara, and into the chime of his sur-
viving relations up-n the property, territory, and Go-
vernment, which had lapsed by the death of the ]ate
Appa Sahib. From the beginning it had hi-en
his (Mr. Thompson's) constant desire, that instead of
that question having to be determined by the vote of a
tieneral Court of Proprietors in one place, or a large
assembly, by a debate in the House of Commons in an-
other, it should be submitted to the calm, patient, and im-
partial examination of persons wholly disinterested, free
from improper influence, and capable of judging between
conflicting evidence, and of duly estimating the opinions
of parties more or less biassed in their feelings and
judgments. Still cherishing that desire, he would say
no more on that occasion than should appear to him to
be necessary to establish the necessity for such a tribu-
nal, and to prove that there was a tuna fide case for such
an investigation. Finally, ere he went into the details
of the evidence, he would state, that punishment was
not the end he had in view. Free from all vindictive
feeling, he sought the redress of the wrongs of those
whom he believed to have been injured, the restitution
or rights, as he conceived unjustly forfeited, and the
correction of errors and abuses in the administration of
the Government in India which not only inflicted grie-
vous injury upon the natives of that country, but im-
paired the influence, by lowering the character of Bri-
tish authority amongst the countless millions there sub-
jected to its sway. Colonel Ovans as an officer in the
Indian army, after holding various posts, was appointed,
in June, 1837, to the situation of political resident at the
Court of his late Highness the Raja of Sattara. For
the sake of brevity, he (Mr. Thompson) should pass
over the circumstances attending the removal of Colonel
Lodwick, the predecessor of Colonel Ovans, and merely
state, in passing, that it was obvious, upon the face of
the printed papers, that the former officer was removed
from his residency in consequence of his known disin-
clination to take an active part in those secret and dis-
honourable proceedings which had been already com-
menced with a view of criminating the Raja of Sattara.
The duties of a political resident at the Court of Sat-
tara were those of a friendly adviser of the ruling
Princes, and he (Mr. Thompson) was bound to say, that
kw better selections could have been made than those
which had placed near the person of the late Raja such
gentlemen as Captain Grant Duff, Major-General Briggs,
the late lamented General Robertson, and his immediate
successor General Lodwick. During the whole period
of their administration of political affairs at Sattara—an
administration commencing in ISIS, and extending to
the middle of 1836—50 straightforward and confiding
had been the conduct of the Raja, that not a single se-
cret communication had ever been recorded amongst the
proceedings of the residency; a fact which he (Mr.
l'nompson) believed was without a parallel in the his-
tory of British rule in India, It was of importance that
he should state to the House, that General Lodwick was
removed from his post at Sattara, on the plea that he had
lost, to some extent, the confidence of the Prince, and that
't was necessary that some gentleman should succeed him,

Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON then rose to bring
forward the motion of which he bad given notice
with respect to the case of the late Raja of Sat-
tarn, and to move for a Select Committee to inquire
into the conduct of Lieutenant Colonel Charles
Ovens (uf the Bombay Army), while British Political
Resident at the Court of Sahara; and into the pro-
ceedings of the Bombay Government, and the Court
of Directors of the East India Company, in re-
lation to certain charges preferred against that
officer. The Honourable Member observed,
that ho was anxious to merit the indulgence
which he ventured earnestly and respectfully to solicit at
the hands of the House, by proceeding at once, as briefly
as possible, to state the reasons which induced him to
bring forward the motion of which he had given notice.
He (Mr. Thompson) wished, at the outset, to disclaim
any personal ill-feeling towards the Gallant Officer whose
conduct was the subject of the proposed inquiry. His
private character was, as far as lie (Mr. 'Thompson)
knew, unreproached and free from suspicion. He
had received no injury at his bands, nor did tie
(Mr. Thompson) behove that that gentleman had
ever meditated any towards him. He had no one
cause for incliiidual resentment against that officer,
nor was he conscious of cherishing any sentiment ap-
proaching. to personal animosity. It was as a
public man, and is servant of the State, that he had
then to do with Colonel Ovens. It was on public
grounds, and on public grounds solely, that he referred
to him in the Parliament of Great Britain, and deemed
it his duty to impeach certain of the acts done by
that officer in his official and responsible cha-
racter. But it was not ,simply the conduct of
Colonel Ovens that he (Mr. Thompson) was there to
arraign; still less was it upon Colonel Ovens exclusively,
or even as the principal offender, that he thought the
censure of that House and of the country ought to fall,
and would tall if the inquiry sought was granted.
Through Colonel Ovans a higher and more important
duty was then endeavoured to be discharged,
namely, that of arraigning the conduct of those
to whom that officer was, and still is, immediately
amenable—whose commission he had long held, by
whose orders be was placed at Sattara, and by whom
his conduct had been repeatedly sanctioned, approved,
and rewarded. Nor was it merely to obtain an inquiry
into the acts of those under whom Colonel Ovens had
served, that the present motion was brought
forward, although the conduct of the East
India Company, and her Majesty's Government, in
the administrulion of the affairs of a vast empire like
that of. India, was, of necessity, a subject of the highest
importance ; but it was because that conduct was inse-
parably linked in the present ease with the melancholy
tate of a distinguished Indian sovereign, with the observ-
ance or breach of a solemn treaty, and with the disposal
at the present time of a throne without an occupant, a
principality without a ruler, and a numerous people with-
out a prince; and, further, because that conduct was con-
nected with whatever Is valuable to the British name
and character in India, with the principles of national
honour and good faith, and with the mainte-
nance of that opinion in the minds of the
people and princes of the state, which could
alone constitute a lasting foundation for British
dominion in that distant part of the world. It was due,
however, to his (Mr. Tnompson's).own feelings that he
should state that he had long cherished the hope of being
relieved from the necessity of undertaking so painful a
duty as that which he was then endeavouring to dis-
charge. That necessity he fondly trusted would have been
removed, by a reconsideration, on the part of the Indian
Government in this country, of the decision now fully
admitted, to have been prematurely arrived at, in the
case of the late deposed Raja of Sattara. In common
with many gentlemen, whose judgments were far more
entitled to respect than his own, he had always
felt convinced that a reconsideration of the case of
the Raja of Sattara—due weight being given to all the
facts which had been disclosed subsequently to that
Prince's deposal—would not fail to issue in the reversal
of the heavy sentence carried into execution against
the accused. The hand of death having recently re-
moved both the Prince deposed in 1839 and the one
subsequently exalted in his place, the hope to
which he (Mr. Thompson) had referred, obtained fresh
vigour, .from the belief that as the Raja had left an
adopted son who, besides the circumstance of his adop-
tion, stood next in succession to the vacant throne,
as the nearest in lineal descent, and as no politi-
cal or other impediment existed to render it diffi
cult or inexpedient to declare that person the Raja
of Sattara, that therefore justice would be
done, as far as the present state of the case admitted,
by the acknowledgment of the rightful heir, the re-
storation of the deposed Rsja's family to their native
country, and the preservation of the territory of Sattara
to the family of Sevajee, in accordance with the
express terms of the treaty of 1819. That hope
had, however, been considerably weakened by the in-
ability of the friends of the Raja's cause to obtain,
either from the Court of Directors, during two meetings
at the India House, or from her Majesty's Minister at
the head of the Board of Control, any assurance
of an intention to recognise the claim of the
'individual who, according to ilindoo law, stood towards
the deposed Baja in a relationship as near and as sacred
as that of a child born of his own body ; and they had
even failed to obtain so much as an intimation
of the intention of those authorities to consider
favourably the claims to which reference had been
made. The treatment, too, which that Prince had
received from the agent of the Governor-General at
Benares, had, so far from furnishing any grounds of en-
couragement, been of a nature to induce his friends to
believe that the supreme authority in India was not
favourable to the recognition of the rights of the
adopted son, And 'there it would be necessary that
he (Mr. Thompson) should distinctly connect the
inquiry which was sought by the present motion with
the future fate of the surviving members of the de-
ceased's. Raja's family, and the disposal of the titles and
territory which that Prince for so many years pos-
sessed. Within the last few days it bad been
asserted, that the Raja being still held to be
guilty of the acts charged against him, was, there-
tore, incompetent to bequeath any political right to his
heir, and that consequently the adoption he had made was
null and void, so far as constituting any ground
fur recognizing his heir. It became, therefore,
necessary to revive the question of the guilt or inno-
cence. of Pertaub Shean, so that by placing that
Prince in the position, as respects his character, which
he occupied prior to the charges brought against
him they might give validity to the act by which
ho nominated as his successor on the throne the youth
whom they were anxious to see taken into
alliance with the. British Government. The inquiry
which he (Mr. Thompson) asked for would, he believed,
fully answer that end, and by resulting in the entire vin-
dication of the late Raja's character, remove every doubt
respecting the right and title of his living son to succeed
to the state and dominion of which his father was, as he
(Mr. Thompson) firmly believed, unjustly deprived.
Even at that, the eleventh hour, he (Mr. Thomp-
son) was willing to forego the right which he
possessed of making certain statements to the House,
and of reading various extracts from the blue books
then upon the table, if her Majesty's Government,
whose own conduct and motives were necessarily in-
volved in the case, would consent that the whole matter
should be referred, either to a Committee of that House,
or if such a tribunal should be unable to pursue its inves-
tigation at sufficient length during the residue of the

Lord NELSON thought the Bill was at least worth a
trial.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said that it was with
very sincere regret that he was compelled to express his
assent to the opinion of his Noble and Learned Friends.
He thought that the object of the Bill was impracticable.
If there were any means of meeting the real grievance
without touching that which it was impracticable to
prevent, he would cordially support the measure.
The Earl of HARROWBY thought that juries, being
fathers and husbands, might safely be trusted with the
trial of these cases. If the Bill failed it could only be
for the want of a definition of the word seduction, which
could easily be remedied.
Lord CAMPBELL and other Noble Lords speaking
two and three times over in explanation,
Earl GREY complained of the irregularity of the de-
bate, as their Lordships were not in Committee.
The Bishop of OXFORD said he was anxious to have
a decision of this House upon it, and he would press for
that division. A Bill passed for Birmingham, in 1845,
had proved eminently successful, as well as in many
places on the Continent, particularly in Coblentz, where
it tended to lessen the number of illegitimate children—
of patients in the hospitals—and, in point of fact, im-
proved the general condition of morality. He thought,
therefore, that the objections thrown out against the
measure—that it was utterly impossible to carry it into
effect, and would promote the evil it was intended to
suppress—were utterly without foundation.
Their Lordships then divided, when there appeared—
For the third reading • 2l
Against it
Majority
Their Lordships then adjourned.

who had the power to win back that confidence, and
cause the communications between the resident and the
t uler to be as free and unreserved as they had always
been before the misunderstanding which had occurred
on a question relating to the Raja's power over certain
feudal chiefs. This fact it was of importance should be
borne in mind by the House, while he (Mr. Thompson)
proceeded to notice the manner in which Colonel Ovans
commenced his official duties at Sattara, which he did on
the 16th of June, 1837. The first act which he (Mr.
Thompson) had to allege against that officer—an act
contrary alike to the letter and the spirit of the
existing treaty—was committed on the day be-
fore specified. The charge which he (Mr. Thomp-
son) had preferred against Colonel Ovens was, that
bAng bound by treaty to give his advice to the Raja for
the good of Sattara his state, and for the maintenance
of the general tranquillity, did, on the very day of his
arrival at Sattara, on the 16th of June, 1837, and of his
assuming office as resident and commanding officer of
the British troops, authorise his staff officer, Captain F.
Darack, to pay to one Bhow Leley, a man Col. Ovens
had never seen, and of the " worst character," the sum
of two hundred rupees for the production of certain do-
cuments purporting to criminate the Raja, and also to
give to the said Bhow Leley a written assurance that he
should be further rewarded, in proportiob to the services
he might render; and that when Bhow Leley failed to
produce such documents at the time appointed, Colonel
)vans authorised Captain Durack to give him another
trial; which acts of Colonel Ovans were a subornation
of evidence against the Raja, a gross violation of his
duty as resident, and such as proved him to have come
to Sattara as the unscrupulous enemy of the Raja; fur-
ther, that these acts were concealed by Colonel Ovans
from the knowledge of his Government.
Sir J. HOBHOUSE—Whose statement is that?

Total ...

.110TAL ORTHOPAIDIC HOSPITAL.—We are happy
to announce that the benefits to be derived from this ex-
cel %lent institution have been recently extended to the
put \tic by the addition of three beds, making now a total
of i ,irty-six beds. The Rev. George Kemp has also
beeu stately appointed chaplain to the charity.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 11.
ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL.
(Continued from our Afternoon Editio❑ of yesterday.)
Sir JOHN WALSH opposed the Bill, believing that
the House or a Committee of it was not the proper
tribunal for settling the question. He admitted it was
desirable to facilitate the sale of encumbered estates—
(Hear, hear)—but as this Bill would constitute a very
serious invasion of the rights of individuals, and
open a door for the admission of fraud, he
felt it his duty to oppose it. After the
stringent measures they had passed of late, with
respect to land in Ireland, it was most unjust now
to bring forward a measure which would have the effect
of wresting property from the hands of many of the land-
lords of Ireland. It would have the effect of destroying
the stability of investments in Ireland, and prevent the
increase of that trade which they were so desirous to
awaken.

Mr. G. THOMPSON—It is my charge against Col.
Ovans. In the first place, he would prove the commission
of 'the act itself; and here he would refer to a letter from
that officer, addressed to his Government, on the 24th of
June, detailing most minutely his proceedings since his
arrival at Sattara, but containing no allusion whatever
to the important event which had taken place on the 16th
of the same month. Charged by his instructions to give
the Government the fullest information relating to the
alleged intrigues of the Raja, he nevertheless omitted to
inform his Government of the important fact that he
had authorised the employment of an individual, who
had stated his ability to obtain certain treasonable docu-
ments, which would establish the guilt of his Highness.
lie (Mr. Thompson) would request the attention of the
House to a most important document, addressed by the
Raja of Sattara to the Government of Bombay, on the
17th of July following. Cognisant as he (Mr. Thomp-
son) believed the Raja was at that time of the existence
i,f secret machinations to effect his ruin, he, nevertheless,
offered, in a document which then lay before him (Mr.
Thompson), to resign his power and kingdom into the
hands of the Government, in order that the friendship sub-
sisting between himself and that Government might not be
interrupted, and expressing, moreover, his willingness
to retire into obscurity, if he might be thereby spared
the disgrace which secret accusations were calculated
to bring upon him. That conduct was in perfect keep-
ing with a similar request, preferred in 1836, when first
accused, and again in 1839, when offered the restoration
of the friendship of the Government, on condition of
admitting his guilt. That most important letter was
sent to Bombay; and there was a minute, recorded by
Sir Robert Grant, the Governor, dated July 21st, in the
same year, in which he stated that " he did not think
any notice should for the present be taken of that com-
munication, which he thought betrayed the Raja's un-
easiness, arising from a consciousness of guilt. The
acting resident should be requested to follow up the in-
quiry he had so ably commenced. The Raja never
received so much as an acknowledgment of the receipt
of that letter, still less any expression of the opinions
of Government respecting it. But to return to the
means taken by Colonel Ovens to obtain evidence
against the Raja. In a voluminous defence, which
Colonel Ovans had deemed it necessary to
furnish to the Right Honourable the Presi-
dent of the Board of Control, in anticipation of the
motion then under consideration, there was found an
admission of the fact that that officer did employ the
person referred to, and in the manner described, but
Colonel Ovens denied altogether the accuracy of his
(Mr. Thompson's) charge of having concealed such act
from the knowledge of his Government. It had been
proved that his letter of the 24th of June contained no
reference to that act. He (Mr. Thompson) would show
the House that the first information furnished by Colonel
Ovens to his Government of having taken so extraordi-
nary a step as that of employing a servant and subject of
the Raja to obtain evidence to criminate his own Sove-
reign, was extorted by the fortuitous discovery of his
having done so, through the confession of the guilty man
himself of the compact into which he had entered with
the resident. He (Mr. Thompson) had before him a
letter, addressed by a highly respectable European, Dr.
Milne, late Medical Superintendent of Bombay, to the
Governor-General of India,
calling his attention to cer-
tain transactions connected with the secret proceedings
against the Raja, and, amongst them, to the
affair of Bhow Leley and Colonel :Ovens. That
letter was dated the 18th of September, being
more than three months subsequent to the 16th of
June. Having to pass through the hands of tee Bombay
Government, on its way to Calcutta, it was copied in
the Secret Department, together with its enclosure, and
forwarded to Colonel Ovens for his remarks thereupon.
Down to that date, the Bombay Government bad re-
ceived no single syllable of intelligence respecting the
affair. From that letter, and its enclosures, it appeared
that the man Bhow Leley made certain confessions to his
Highness the Raja of Sattara, of the manner in which be
had been tampered with by Colonel Ovens and his staff
officers; and that his depositions, with other documents,
were forwarded to Dr. Milne, to be used by him as he
might think fit in his communication to the Supreme
Government. In his letter of the 18th of September,
Dr. Milne called the especial attention of the Governor-
General to the circumstances referred to: On the receipt
by Colonel Ovens of a letter from his own Govern-
ment, dated the 21st of September, he thought
it necessary to furnish the information he had
previously withheld, and accordingly they found
a letter from him, dated the 27th of De-
cember, confirming the truth of Bhow Leley's state-
ments, and enclosing a letter from his own staff-officer,
Captain Durack, giving a detailed account of his nego-
tiations with Bhow Leley, and of his finally having paid
him, by the order of Colonel Ovans, 150 rupees, as an
instalment, and given him a certain promise of future
reward, according to the services he might render, con-
nected with the secret prosecution of the Raja. He
(Mr. Thompson) would leave the House to determine
the character of the act thus proved to have been done
by Colonel Ovens; to say whether the charge of con-
cealment was not made out, by the fact that it was not
till after the lapse of more than three months, and then
only in consequence of the accidental discovery of the
secret steps he had taken, that he acknowledged his
connexion with a man whom he had never seen, for
the purpose of obtaining evidence wherewith to accuse
the Raja of treason to the British Government.
He (Mr. Thompson) left the House, too, to say
whether or not such conduct did not prove
that Colonel Ovens was the enemy of the
Prince towards whom he was bound by treaty
to act the part of a friendly adviser, and whether
the means which, in that instance, he adopted did not
deserve to be designated by the term with which he (Mr.
Thompson) had designated them, " unscrupulous." It
was for the House, too, to say whether, in their judg-
ment, British officers were legitimately employed, when
they were thus entering into secret combination and fel-
lowship with persons like the traitor Bhow Leley, and
whether the publication of such facts as those which had
been detailed throughout India, was likely to beget in
the minds of the princes of that country the confidence
and respect with which they would be inspired towards
these who represent the British power at their respective
courts. The second charge was, " That Colonel Ovans

Mr. B.' OSBORNE said, the speech of the Ho-
nourable 'Gentleman was an able and excellent one
if the interests of the mortgaged proprietors of
Ireland were merely to be considered ; but if the
vast interests of the commonwealth were to be weighed,
his speech was one-sided in the highest degree. The
Government had, he thought, acted most fairly and with
the best motives in bringing in this measure. To
show the necessity of such a measure, he might
state that the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Sadlier)
was the real owner of several estates in his (Mr.
Osborne's) neighbourhood, though he had not the credit
of being so. He complained that so much of the time
of the House was occupied in the discussion of
Irish measures, which ended, after all in nothing.—
(Hear, hear.) For instance, this very Bill had been
mentioned in three Queen's speeches, and yet it had
been put ofF from time to time, and its principles had
been materially altered from those in which it was in-
troduced: it was like a new Bill tacked upon the end of
the old one, and he feared if it were passed in this House
it would not receive the sanction of the House of Lords;
yet he was glad to accept it as far as it went. He ob-
jected to the references named by the Bill to the Court
of Chancery in Ireland. All who knew the chicanery
and delay of that office, the vast amount of business
that it had to discharge, must be dissatisfied with this
principle.—(Hear, hear.) Therefore, however much
they might object to the appointment of Commis-
sioners, he considered that the institution of such
a body would tend much to facilitate the sale of en-
cumbered estates.—(Cries of " Hear.") Their great
object should be to make land cheap. Now ho had ob-
tained the opinion of two eminent lawyers on the Bill,
and they agreed in stating that this Bill would not tend
in that direction.—(Hear.) Unless they lessened the
stamp duties necessary on the transfer of es-
tates, great reluctance would continue to exist
on the part of many to try property. Great good would
accrue if landlords were allowed to sell their estates in
small portions. The landlords of Ireland were not worse
than those of England, but their position prevented
them from doing all they wished. The number of
persons interested in property in that country
were so numerous that no valuable improvements could
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on an estate and been buried in a hill, in consequence
of not being afforded the necessary releif out of the
Court of Chancery. The estate in consequence fell into
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murder of Major Mahon and others arose out of estates
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of the land in Ireland upon a better footing should be to inquire, not onl the ( down to the period of the Raja's dethronement in the of Colonel Ovens. The Hon. Member for the Tower
t. nt, anarchy would be the result, and the particular individual named i,
the month of September, 1839, systematically intercept, and !leallets had himself admitted that that gallant officer's
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-)owns pi eossessed would be destroyed. He quoted acts generally of all parties cc of cause to be intercepted, the whole of the correspondence character stood very high ; and, in the papers laid upon
'ger. the sin, Norway, and France to show that the late la tja of Sattara, and . r- of the Raja, his servants and his friends ; and that Cel. the table, there were documents from every department
ng, i gret, g, ould• accrue from the subdivision of the living relations up, n the prop .- Ovens did convert such systematic intercepting, opening, of the Government of Bombay with which Colonel Ovens
TEA.—To day a good amount of business was trans- I laud -is, and the creation in consequence verement, which had lapsed let • and perusing of the said correspondence, into a means of had been connected, bearing the strongest testimony to
acted privately, chiefly in Congou, and at dull rates. lofa se mere, no !natter of what religion. Prince zappa Sahib. From the counteracting aid defeating every endeavour which the his high and honourable character. But the Hon. Mem-
It is difficult to obtain sound clean under Sd per lb. \ The va 'eland would be thus increased— his (alr. Thompson's) constant Real made to obtain a hearing, and to make known his her for the Tower Hamlets was not content with attack-
RICE. To-day more inclination was shown to do 1 (Hear)- 1. Irish landlords owed a great that question having to be determi case to the British Government ; and into a means of se- ing Col. Ovens. He had also charged Sir R. Grant, the
iness in East India Rice, and privately several par- debt of g 'icitor-General for bringing in General Court of Proprietors in o eretly calumniating the friends of the Raja to the Bri- late Governor of Bombay, a man of tried honour and
were sold. At public sale 750 bags 1,000 pockets this Bill, ve his "arm support.--(Hear.) assembly, by a debate in the House tish authorities." The admission of Colonel Ovens, in integrity, and the Council and Government of that Pre-
I were sold. 2,000 bags Madras went at 8s to Mr. HE,
port the Bill, as he be- other, it, should be submitted to the et his own defence, which had been referred to, sidency, with being suborners of perjury and forgery.
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'or middling pinky white, and 5s 6d to Ss for lieved the i eights of the landlords partial examination of persons wholl) of the practice alluded to in the second charge Now he (Mr. Elliot) would ask the House if they could
These rates are all 6d per cwt higher. of Ireland e ' it. If they did not from improper influence, and capable e against that officer, rendered it unnecessary to for a moment believe that persons of such high character
'RE—To-day there was little desire evinced take advantak, ved the time would conflicting evidence, and of duly estim adduce any evidence in its support. He (Mr. Thompson) and position in India could be guilty of these crimes ?
es in rough, and on the part of holders a de- come when the •to protect. of parties more or less biassed in ti was anxious, however, that a Committee of that House, This was a most monstrous accusation, and the person
nto sell; the market was also well sup. Mr. F. O'CO, -kits to the Solici-
.judgments. Still cherishing that desire or some equally competent tribunal, should pronounce who made it was bound to show that, in preferring such
'5 bags Calcutta offered at public sale, a tor-General for adroduced into no more on that occasion than should at its judgment upon the morality, as well as governmental a charge, he was not actuated by motives of pecuniary
old at a reduction on former rates of is the Bill since it h, 'a the House be necessary to establish the necessity to, policy, of such acts as those resorted to by the Bombay interest or of personal animosity. Now he (Mr. Elliot)
'ras 547 bags were all bought in. For of Lords. It woe Ireland if nal, and to prove that there was a bona fici, Government and their servants, in the prosecution of an had been anxious to ascertain what had been the avoca-
market is dull. Nitrate of Soda is there were not aso euntry.— an investigation. Finally, ere he went ie inquiry into the conduct of a person standing in the re- tions of the Hon. Member for the Tower hamlets in
(A laugh.) He co. era for of the evidence, he would state, that pun
lation of the Raja of Sattara ; and to say whether such ludia. The Hon. Member had been, he believed, the
'
sellers of all kinds of Rum upon coming to that House those riot the end he had in view. Free from ai proceedings were fair and just towards those who were paid agent of the Raja of Sattara, and he thought that
rders are trifling, whilst home measures might have •ary feeling, he sought the redress of the wren, thoroughly ignorant of the means adopted by a Govern- circumstance was sufficient to excite some suspicien with
'en, and there is an extensive by the proper discharge '. s, whom he believed to have been injured, the went, whose governmental machinery was co-extensive regard to the charges he had made. lie (Mr. Elliot)
'wards at is 7d to is Bd, East lie was glad, however, of rights, as he conceived unjustly forfeitec with India itself, and who, by resorting to such means, . held in his hand a statement which he had received from
)emerara 28 to 38 per cent one measure, at least, le correction of errors and abuses in the araninis, offered a premium to disaffected and malicious indivi- a gentleman who had met the Hon. Member for the
', good and fine quality 33 calculated to ameliorate th he Government in India which not only inflic duals to bring about the ruin of innocent, unsophisti- Tower Hamlets in India, and who seemed to have been
Ito 4s sd, middling and Mr. S. CRAWFORD el injury upon the natives of that country, cited, and confiding persons. Colonel Ovens did not well acquainted with his movements. That statement
going into Committee. He 11 the influence, by lowering the character deny that, in the course of his own secret correspond- referred to another agency in which the Hon. Member
die is in an unfavour . of the Bill,' but he objected to thority amongst the countless millions thei once, he had expressed freely his opinions upon the had been engaged; and he (Mr. Elliot) thought, if he
'he better qualities. Sir G EORGE GREY said -, its sway. Colonel Ovens as an officer character and conduct of these who, from the could show that the Hon. Gentleman, in conducting that
trs, and the home a conclusion at the present as ety, after holding various posts, was appoi purest motives, attempted, although unsuccessfully, agency, had not been quite so accurate in his statements
oceedings. The that the House should go into C '7, to the situation of political resident a to render service to the Raja during the long as he ought to have been, he might infer that the Hon.
i the quantity Thursday next at twelve o'clock. de Highness the Raja of Sattara. period of his relentless persecution by the Bombay Gentleman might have been somewhat inaccurate in the
a 1,120 chests Mr. CALLAGHAN opposed ti, svity, he (Mr. Thompson) should p Government. He (Mr. Thompson) was happy to say, statement he had made on this occasion. His informant
'ante of ex- had created a great deal of surpri
'dices attending the removal of Color that not one line could be quoted from amongst the ac- stated, that on the return of the late Baboo Dwarka-
e biddings in Ireland. •censor of Colonel Ovens, and meret cumulated papers which had been laid upon the table of nauth Tagore to India from his first visit to England
ee, gene- Colonel DUNNE opposed the . 't it was obvious, upon the face o that House, showing that any British officer, or other he was accompanied by Mr. G. Thompson, as a sort of
ying in fectly void in principle, and had t the former officer was removed European, was ever connected with the case of the Raja itinerant philanthropist; that Mr. Thompson happening
of the highest legal authorities either nsequence of his known disin. of Sattara, except in the most virtuous, loyal, and ho- to see an advertisement circulated by the King of Delhi,
such or in Ireland. It was a curious and . .. part in those secret and dis- pourable manner, or that they ever tendered to him any calling for tenders of services from parties desirous to
an stance that the Attorney-General ha oth had been already corn- counsel, but such as was in strict accordance with the ob- proceed to England to advocate his claims before the
'ding the Raja of Sattara. servance of the treaty he had entered into with the Bri- Home authorities, offered his services; that Mr. Thomp-
-1 during the whole of the discussion upon te
discussion had been of the utmost importai
.ut, at the Court of Sat- fish Government; or, in fact, did anything on his behalf son undertook to proceed to England as his Majesty's
edviser of the ruling that was inconsistent with their duty to their own Soya- vakeel, his Majesty undertaking to advance 5,000
first place it had shown the imperfect state e
.g law, and in the next it had shown that
's bound to say, that reign, or the safety and honour of the British Govern- rupees, or 5001., for the expenses of his journey to Delhi.
,
ad of amending the law, was calculated to ii, made than those went. He would also as confidently affirm, that during Mr. THOMPSON begged to ask who was the author
tildes which at present attended its operatic •e late Raja such the years that the practice of intercepting letters pre- of the document ?
-
o country in Europe to which the Bill was
general Briggs, veiled, no line ever came into the possession of the Bri- Mr. ELLIOT would give the Honoarable Gentleman
than Ireland. If it were passed it would
is immediate tish Government, furnishing the least evidence of the the name of the writer afterwards. His informant
•
istered and carried out by lawyers, and hole period Raja himself, or any of his friends, entertaining feelings of proceeded to state that the King of Delhi agreed to
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neither facilitate the transfer of propert ttara—an hostility to British rule in India. On the contrary, give Mr. Thompson a salary of 12,000 rupees a year,
e process by which that transfer coot ding to every such intercepted document demonstrated the and that a written agreement to that effect was
tiding earnest anxiety of the Raja himself, and of' his agents and drawn up ; but on Mr. Thompson's arrival at
nent proposed by Sir Lucius O'Brien se se- friends, for a strict, but open and fair, inquiry into the Allahabad he intimated his wish that a house
and the House went into Committe
he whole conduct of his Highness, during the period of his might be prepared, for his arrival at Delhi. The palace
Bill, Mr. BERNAL in the chair.
connexion with the British Goveanment, and of the de- of the late Begum Sumroo was with some difficulty pro-
s postponed, the Chairman reported sire, above all things, of the accused Prince himself, to vided for Mr. Thompson, who also required the King to
obtained leave to sit again on
maintain undisturbed and untarnished the friendship he provide both table and servants, besides making a sub-
, had for eighteen years avowed and exhibited towards his sequent demand of 200 rupees a month for table ex-
'TS (IRELAND) BILL. re European allies and protectors. Should the inquiry penses during his journey from Calcutta. Mr. Thomp-
land) Bill then went through lea
asked for be granted, it would be made abundantly ap- son subsequently demanded and obtained a further ed-
it NV parent that the system of intercepting letters alluded to vance of 1,000 rupees a month for the period of his
till Half-past Five o'clock. who did lead, in a multitude of instances, to the prevention, sojourn at Delhi, which was most reluctantly paid by
cause on the part of the Raja and his friends, of the success the King. On Mr. Thompson's arrival in England he
'hair at Half-past Five. i uler of his efforts, which would, had not such illicit inter- submitted his Majesty's claims before a duly assembled
' a petition in favour been be ception not taken place, have issued in the revelation of meeting of the proprietors, at which it appeared, from
on a qu a conspiracy existing to bring about the ruin of the the outlines of the debate received by the mails, that
•tion from Aberdeen feudal ch. Raja. The House would be at no loss to judge of the Mr. Thompson made use of such intemperate-'and in-
• a reduction in the borne in a helplessness of the unfortunate Raja of Sattara, who by discreet language as to call down upon him the severest
proceeded t
such a practice was unable to effect any of the just rebuke of the chairman; but by the same mail Mr.
ea Middlesex in commenced ends which himself and his friends had in view in Thompson forwarded te King of Delhi a newspaper
the 16th of e
their correspondence with each other. At every step it called the Indian Advocate, supposed to be edited by
Thompson) h would be found that secret artifices had been resorted himself, containing a full report of a totally different
to bring contrary alike to for the purpose of frustrating such ends, and of mis- version of the debate. The statement added, that he
'a notice existing treaty representing the objects and designs of such communi- accompanied it with a letter from himself, claiming great
of Sat fore specified. cations. The next matter to which he was desirous of credit for complete success, and reminding the King of
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quire soil) had preferr, calling the attention of a Committee of that House was the promised remuneration; that the King sent to Delhi
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glee being bound by tre the manner in which Colonel Ovens obtained certain directing a royal salute to be fired in commemoration of
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"al the good of Sattara evidence against the Raja, to which evidence great im- Mr. Thompson's victory, but that the commandant of
of the general trans portance had been attached. He (Mr. Thompson) re- the :palace guards pointed out that all the reports of
arrival at Sattara, on tarred to a confession, so called, said to have been made the debate that he had seen gave quite a different view
assuming office as re's
by a person of the name of Govind Row, occupying the of the case from this very peculiar report; that fur-
'e) British troops, auth
t—ha ttot other
the
er
hundred rupees for
e said Bhow Leley
situation of Dewan, or Minister, to the Raja of Sattara. ther explanation followed, and the salute was
rack, to pay to one 1
This individual was implicated in the first charge never fired, nor did Mr. Thompson pocket another
never seen, and of th
brought against the Raja, of attempting to seduce two stiver of his Majesty's money—(Alaultaehu)g—h
ha
native officers in the British service from their allegiance. King's reply was, that he waited the official confirmation
purporting to trip When accused of that charge by the Resident, the Dewan of Mr. Thompson's success—(A
was instantly delivered up by the Raja. When the in- copies of the report of Mr. Thompson's version of tho
a
"archer rewarded, in quiry into the charge ceased that person was continued a debate were sent to several natives of rank, probably
der; and that who prisoner, in a state of mild restraint, at Poonah, with an eye to their becoming profitable customers.
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documents at the a British station. Whilst there, Colonel Ovens That the King having conferred the title of ambassador
ed Captain Derac commenced his duties at Sattara, and prosecuted his in- upon Mr. Thompson, and thereby enlisted him, as he
of Colonel Oval.
quiries into the authenticity of a certain document to imagined, in his sole employ, was much annoyed on find-
t the Raja, a g which reference would presently be made. He (Mr. ing that he also became the paid agent of the late Raja
cl such as prove Thompson) would show that the information Colonel of Sattara, as well as by Mr. Thompson forwarding from
rupulous enema Ovens sent to his Government relative to that document England repeated demands for large sums of money, said
ere concealed was wholly false. He appeared to have thought, how- to be required for copyists, though the 1001. per mensem
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is Governmen, ever, that a confirmation from Govind Row of the truth was, under Mr. Thompson 'e own handwriting, to cover
Vhose stateme of the charge which that document contained, was im- all demands except the reward for ultimate success.
is my char, portant; and he took the following means of getting it. The gentleman who had put this statement into his (Mr.
would prove t He made such a representation to Government as led to Elliot's) hand was Major Angelo, who was commandant
Auld refer to permission being granted by Government to send the of the palace guard at the time ; and he would be ready
ernment, or. prisoner from Poonah to Ahmednugger, seventy-four to confirm the statement if the Honourable Member
proceeding miles distant, there to be kept in solitary confine- should get the Committee.—(Hear, hear.) The
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to allusioe went. He next obtained permission to dispatch a secret Honourable Member on a former occasion gave the
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n place oi. emissary—a man who had already given a false account House to understand that the Raja of Sattara was
struction of the origin of the document, the truth of which placed on the throne as his right, and that the Govern-
. relatint Govind Row was to confirm. That agent remained a went in India was not authorised to remove him for
loss omitconsiderable time with the prisoner, until at last he made a breach of treaty. The fact, however, was that the
fact th him willing to sign a previously prepared paper erimi- country had been conquered by the British, and it was
vidual, lotting his prince; and the judge at Poonah, Mr. Hutt, entirely at their option to place over it anybody or no
'able de was then called in to attest and forward it to Govern- one, and, if anybody, whom. They chose Pertaub
'light'. went. I will prove that this paper was extorted by in- Sheen, who, on having the territory ceded to him, en-
of t, timidation. I will demonstrate that it was wholly false, gaged, "to hold it in subordinate co-operation with the
',y th I will show that Govind Row was detained in prison for British Government, and to be guided in all matters by
the two years after he gave it, notwithstanding the opinion the advice of the British agent at his court;" also "to
tp- of the Supreme Government that he was entitled to his forbear from all intercourse with foreign Powers, and
se liberty. The depositions, declarations, and petitions of with all persons not rendered by these articles subject to
this prisoner, made since his liberation, shall be pro- his authority; to have with them no connexion or corre-
duced and my charge fully sustained. There were many spondence; any affairs that might arise with them
other charges into which he might enter, if not fearful relating to his Highness to be exclusively con-
ey multiplying his accusations beyond the ability of the ducted by the British Government;" and it was
friends of Colonel Ovens to reply. There was one other added, that " this article was a fundamental condi-
charge, however, to which he must allude—the fabrication of the agreement, and any departure from it, on
Lion of the document ascribed to the mother of Govind the Raja's part, was to subject him to the loss of all
Row, and the concealment for eleven months of the the advantages he might gain by the agreement." Now,
evidence showing the true history of that paper. In a he was charged with having opened communication with
few sentences he (Mr. Thompson) could put the House the Portuguese settlement of Goa and with the ex-Raja
in possession of all the material points of the case. A forged of Nagpore, with having endeavoured to corrupt native
petition was received by the Government of Bombay, in officers in one of the Bombay regiments, and with reins-
March, 1837, and confided to Col. Ovans in the following ing to be guided by the advice of the British agent. The
One
of tehiehmg h e
was
o ta IlsoopAn.
iir,
.ion that the Raja Member
sa
ks
pa rJune, with strict orders to discover the writer. Colonel lion. Member, unable to deny that there was ample evi-
()Vans, from time to time, sent letters and documents to dence to prove these charges, had resorted to the old
his Government, professing to give a minute history of Indian expedient of charging perjury against every wit-
h e hade , appealed
formerly
was
of the papers appeared,
nished from his own lips an account of every a member of the Bengal Government, and a judge of the
wit-
the origin of the petition, and all the circumstances con- ness, and forgery against every document—(Hear)—and
n
netted with it, save the discovery of the person of the charging honourable men in high office with being su-
actual writer, whose name, however, he supplied. When burners of perjury. It was monstrous that any one should
lie had succeeded in bringing his Government to believe stand up in that House and make such charges against
i et
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as ra.)h T
imnortehe
t ha n
a genuinenessfort
fortnight
h tt
rhe, edbeforepetition,
the real faoy
w hoo
therent o
elapsedn.l
rie
afutnotor r-
nut t
o
such men.—(Hear,)
two persons
guy.
fact connected with it, but laid before Colonel Ovens highest court of appeal; but the Hon. Member ought to
documents which proved, beyond the shadow of a doubt, have stated that Mr. Shakespeare died three years before
that everything previously said of it to the Bombay the inquiry was completed.— (Hear.) The other was
Government was entirely false. General Lod wick, the resident at Sattara, and who was
Mr. REPTON here rose and moved that the House a member of the commission to inquire into the charges.
be counted. But General Lodwick, being examined before that
Strangers were ordered to withdraw. Upon counting commission, proved that the Raja had appointed an
the Members, it was ascertained that there were suffi. agent to proceed to England to represent his claims to
cient to form a House; and, upon our return, we found the home authorities, and that his Highness would not
Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON proceeding to state consult him (the resident) according to the treaty; that
that, to avoid a motion similar to that which had just the Raja considered himself an injured man—(Bear)---
been made, he would draw his remarks to a conclusion. and was misled by a few interested and bad advisers.
He (Mr. Thompson) had made some of his charges so He was evidently a man of weak mind, Lot likely to bear
long ago as 1843, anxious that Colonel Ovans, if he up against intrigue; a witness, in whose veracity
could purge himself from them, might afford him (Mr. General Lodwick said he had as full confidence
ever
Thompson) the opportunity of admitting his error, and as in any native of India he knew, gave
if not, that the late Raja might have the benefit of the an account of the Raja being-
promised an intro-
discoveries which had been made into the means taken to duction to the ghost of his deceased ' elation—(A.
effect his ruin. The inquiry now sought for was de- laugh)—and being led to believe that he didr see and von-
mended, in justice to Colonel Ovens, who could only be verse with the ghost. The charge of intrigue with other
effectually cleared by an investigation before a patient powera.was thoroughly sifted by competent men such
and impartial tribunal— in justice to himself (Mr. as Mr. Robertson, a member of the ' Supreme Govern-
Thompson), who desired the opportunity of proving all anent, Mr. Bird, and General Morison, who was now a
he bad said—in justice to the profession to which the Member of that House, and who assured him (Mr. Elliot)
accused belonged —by the Government under whose that he carefully went through the whole case,and never
orders the acts alleged had been done, and for the sake was more convinced of the guilt of any one. As to the
of the reputation of the British name in India and Raja having no trial, it would have been a gross 111 • dig
throughout the world. Should the inquiry be refused nity to place him at the bar of a criminal court. His
by her Majesty's Government, the House would, he offence was a political offence, and the inquiry was made
(Mr. Thompson) trusted, acquiesce in the mo- as it always was in such cases ;it was the description
don. Eulogiums on Colonel Ovens would be no of inquiry to which the Company's servants were
answer to allegations such as those which had been laid subject.—(Mr. Thompson dissented.) There was &
upon the table, with a tender of ample proof in support positive regulation to that effect. A commission was
of every one of them. Justice required that these appointed to institute an inquiry on the spot, the only
allegations should be sifted, and the evidence to sustain difference made in this case being that the Raja was
them be fully heard. That evidence would be exclusively allowed to remain there while the investigation went
official and Parliamentary, and open to the most rigorous on.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member spoke of the
scrutiny. He (Mr. Thompson) sincerely thanked the destitution of the Raja's family; why the Ranee was in
House for their protracted attention to his address while possession this moment of 1,0001. a year, and her
discharging a painful duty, and he ventured to antici- daughter of 5001. a year, and it we said that he left
pate a vote in favour of a full and fair inquiry. 43,0001. in cash and jewels.—
(Hear.) He chose to have
Mr. HUME seconded the motion. European agents at Bombay, and that agency establish.
The question having been put, went caused his ruin.—(gear,) The fact was, h as 0
had before stated
Mr. ELLIOT said that having spent the greater part l. 1 , that the Raja became involved in
of his life in the East Indies, he might be allowed to offer diioeultaes in consequence of placing himself under the
a few observations on the motion of the Hon. Gentleman.
guidance
of designing men—European agents. The
He begged to direct the attention of the House to the evils resulting from the practice of Dative princes having
course which the Hon. Member for the Tower Hamlets recourse to European agents was forcibly depicted in
(Mr. Thompson) had pursued with reference to this dispatches written by Sir John Malcolm, Mr. Elphine
question. That Hon. Gentleman had brought forward stone, Sir J. Carnac, and Colonel Ovens. The test-
a motion g relatin • to this subject on the 6th of April ; the named gentleman stated that up to 1839 the Raja of Sat-
debate was adjourned ; and the Hon. Gentleman, after tars had paid 36,000/. to his European agents at
having deferred the resumption of the debate from one Bombay alone. It was unnecessary for him
night to another, had now dropped his original motion, to occupy the attention of the House for a
and had proposed a new resolution, in order that he might Longer period. His object had been to show the House
have an opportunity of making another speech, before that it they wished to inflict the greatest curse possible
the accusations contained in his former speech had been on the people of India, it was only necessary to give en!
replied to. The Hon. Gentleman asked the House to couragement to complaints of this description. Any die-
enter upon an investigation which, according to his contented person in India might find an agent to act for
own showing, was utterly impossible; for the Hon. him in this country. If the Hon. Member for the Tower
Gentleman had proved by his own statement that it was Hamlets had a pecuniary object in view he might well
impossible to obtain evidence of the circumstances to apply for this Committee. The Hon. Member had
which he had Thereferred.
lion. Gentleman accused shown in a letter which he wrote what he expected if he
Colonel Ovens, an officer of the highest possible charac- succeeded in the case of the King of Delhi.
ter. who had received the marked approbation of two Mr. G. THOMPSON denied that he had written a
Governors of Bombay, of two Governors-General of letter of the description alluded to.
India, of the Court of,laast India Directors, and of three Mr. ELLIOT said that the fact had been communi-
Presidents of the Board of Control, with having been cated to him on authority in which he placed confis
guilty of subornation of perjury and forgery. He (Mr. dence. The Hon. Member might not remember the
Elliot) considered that an Hon. Gentleman who pre- circumstance, he had no doubt, that he wrote a letter 10
(erred charges of this nature was bound to show that he the King of Delhi, asking for the remuneration which
was free from any personal feeling in the matter, that the Hon. Member deemed himself entitled to for bin
he had no pecuniary interest in bringing it forward— services.
(Hear, hear)—and that he was not actuated by any per- Mr. G. THOMPSON—I deny it.
sonal animosity. The Honourable Gentleman had Mr. ELLIOT.—The Hon. Member had perhaps for-
told them he could prove the charges he had gotten the circumstances; it was some time since it
made against Colonel Ovens, but he had not referred occurred. If the Hon. Member should succeed in ob.'
to the defence of that Gallant Officer which was taining the Committee he might go back to India ter
contained in the papers laid upon the table. It morrow, and return in a year with 100,0001. in his
was impossible for him (Mr. Elliot), in consequenceof the pocket.—(A laugh.) Only let it be known that the
length of that defence, to attempt to go into it ; but he lion. Member had succeeded in appointing a Con'
would endeavour to test the accuracy of the statements inittee to inquire into and set aside the decisions of all
made by the Hon. Member for the Tower Hamlets, and the constituted authorities in India, and the Honourable
upon which he had charged the most base and disgrace- Member might not only enrich himself it' he chose, bat
ful crimes against a gentleman of high position and do more towards ruining the British power in India
repute. lie (Mr, Elliot) would, in the first place, ask the than could be effected by any other means. Only fa'