The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-19 00:00:00

RAJA OF SATTARA.

Mr. C. ANSTEY was not going to bring old topics before
the House, but a new topic, which had arisen within the last
six months. A petition had been presented by an Hon.
Member (Mr. Hume) in relatiOn to an infant, the lawful
heir of the Raja of Sattara ; which petition, though printed
and sent to Mr. Greville, had not been duly brought before
the Privy Council by Mr. Greville, the Clerk et the Council.
The petition was to obtain the settlement of claims not of a
political character, but to obtain restitution of private pro-
perty bel nging to,• the late Raja of Sattara, taken posses-
sion of by the British Government, on the mistaken assump-
tion that the Raja died without heirs. The infant, the sub-
ject of the petition, who had been adopted and recogn'sed as
the heir of the Raja, sent a petition to the Privy Council,
which petition was not presented by Mr. Greville, who in a
note informed the petitioner " that the matter of the peti-
tion being of a political nature, did not come within the
Jurisdiction of her Majesty's Privy Council." This proceed-
ing of Mr. Greying was in the nature of a denial of justice,
and the conduct of Mr. Greville called for the consideration
of the House; and with the view of bringing the matter un-
der the notice of Parliament he should move a resolution to
the effect "that the matters of complaint set forth in the pe-
tition of the infant Raja deserved the serious consideration
of that House." He contended that the petition contained
nothing at all relating to political questions, but referred
solely to matters of private and pecuniary interest. But,
assuming that the petition did relate to political matters, it
would be found, on reference to the Act of Parliament, that
it was competent to her Majesty's Privy Council to enter-
tain petitions which had relation to political matters. As
he could not understand the course taken by the Clerk of
the Privy Council, or believe that Lord Lansdowne was
aware of the letter written by Mr. Greville, he would move
to call attention to the alleged obstruction offered to the
claims of the infant Raja of Sattara in the denial of a hear-
ing before the Court of Privy Council, complained of in the
petition to this House of the next friend of the said infant,
presented on the 14th inst.; and to move a resolution on the
subject.i,
The motion not having been seconded fell to the ground.

ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL.
The order of the day for the adjourned debate having been
read,

Mr. BLEWITT wished to make one or two observations
en this most impolitic measure. He regretted that on this
question the Noble Lord at the bead of the Government had
avowed feelings and opinions utterly inconsistent with the
liberal tenor of his previous career. It was with great
sorrow that he had witnessed the Noble Lord coming forward
on this question, and, in the sober garb of woe, proceed to
rake up all the crimes imputed to Papacy in the early
times of our history. He for one would not be a party to
brand as mummeries any religious ceremonies practised by
his fellow-countrymen. The bombastic tone of Dr. Wise-
man's manifesto had not in the least disturbed him. Atter
reading it he slept as soundly as before, unvisited by any
apprehensions of either purgatorial penance or inquisitorial
torture. He could not believe that any insult was intended
to the Queen, or any injury to the Constitution, by the
late act of the Pope. It ought not to be forgotten that the
Romish Church was an episcopal church, incomplete unless
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bering nearly eleven million souls? The duty of the ope
in such a case was clear. The Hon. Member for the Univer-
sity of Oxford, in his work on Church and State, affirmed
that a Mahomedan, conscientiously believing his religion to
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to their bishoprics. The bishops whom the Pope had ap-
pointed claimed none of these things, yet the Noble Lord
maintained that their appointment was an insult to the
Queen and an aggression on the independence of the nation.
He was as loyal as any other subject of her Majesty; but be
did not in this instance feel himself called on to join in pass-
ing a law against imaginary affronts and problematical mis-
chieft.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for the city of
Oxford had said a great deal about the introduction of the
canon law, but he was of the opini ‘n expressed by Sir M. Hale,
that the strength of the canon law in this kingdom could
only exist either by consent of the Parliament. or in some
particular cases by immemorial usage, and that it. would no
wore be binding here than our law would in Italy. If the
present Bill were passed it would certainly be evaded. An
attempt was made in 1 748 to force the Scotch Highlanders
to wear breeches, but they evaded the law by going clad as
before, and carrying the breeches over their shoulders.—(A
laugh.) Some equally subtle evasion would be found to de-
feat the object of this 13i11, and as it would only create irr
tation and annoyance, he readily supported the motion that
it be read a second time that day six months.
Sir R. LOPES said that but for the very strong speech of
the Hon. and Learned Member for Plymouth against the
Bill he should not perhaps have troubled the House with any
ob3ervations on this occasion. But living in the immediate
neighbourhood of the town represented by the Hon. and
Learned Gentleman, and knowing the almost unanimous
feeling of the inhabitants of that town, he felt called upon to
say that the sentiments which had been expressed by the
Hon. and Learned Gentleman were totally at variance with
those of the bulk, if not with thou of the whole of the OM- I