The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-03 00:00:00

Mr. Butt—l am not on my oath. I wish I was. But I
state—So hell) me G it is untrue.
Sir Jame's Graham- -Mr. C dley has stated that in July,
iB:"}6, he s to you on the authority of the Aweer, that
if you succeeded in gaining hire the reiteration of his lands
he would give you 5,0001., and that you said you would be
satisfied. Is that true ?

Mr. Butt--It is positively untrue.
By Sergeant Kinglake—Until the proposal was made to
him to go to India he had no money arrangement with
Mr. Coffey or any other persons relative to the Ameer's
claims. It was about the 31st of June that the pro-
posal was first made to go to India. Mr. Coffey spoke
to him about it in the ab.ence of the Arnow.. The
Ameer had spoken to him about going out as his agent,
whereupon he laughed. When Mr. Coffey spoke of it
witness told him he could not afford to go as he had
something to do at home. Mr. C ,ffey s aid, " Oh, he
means to give you 10,0 )01." On the following day the
Ameer came to him, and Mr. Coffey interpreted what he
said, which was to the effect that the kmeer was deter-
mined not to go to India without llr. Butt under existing
circumstances, and that he was willing to give him 10,00
That was the l'first time that he treated it as a serious
matter.

Mr. Sergeant Kinglake read portions of Mr. Coffey's
evidence bearing upon these points, to which Mr. Batt
replied that there was not a word of truth in it.
Sir J. Graham—Did you state to Hr. dangles that if
the Court of Directors did not maice the concession which
you proposed on the part of Ali Moored, it would be your
duty to bring the matter before Parliament !
Mr. Butt—Unquestionably not in any conversation.
Sir J. Graham—What was the object of your communi-
cation?

Mr. Butt—To obtain a speedy answer.
Sir J. Graham—Mr. Mangles state i that what he un-
derstood you to say was, that if the Court of Directors did
not make the concession you demanded on the part of Ali
Nfooral, it would be your duty to bring the matter before
Parliament. Is the fact correctly stated by %lr. Mangles ?
Mr. Butt—l told Mr. Mangles that unless the case was
arranged it would be brought before Parliament. I made
that statement on the authority of Mr. Vernon Smith. I
am almost certain that I never said I should bring the
matter before Parliament myself.
Sir J. Graham—Had you the control of the Parliamen-
tary proceedings at that time f
Mr. Butt—l might have assumed them at any time I
liked.

By Mr. Bright—An appeal to Parliament was contem-
plated throughout the proceedings in the event of other
means failing. He suggested that the matter should be
brought before Parliament directly he heard of the case.
From the beginning he thought the appeal to Parliament
was the only plan to be adopted, and any other course
would only be a waste of time. It was upon that
point mainly that he (witness) differed from the other
advisers of the Anaeer. There was no other tri-
bunal that he knew of than- Parliament after appeals to
Cannon-row and Leadenhall-street ha I failed. Neither
Mr. V. Smith, Mr. Mangles, Sir J. Hog, nor any other
Tytrson ever comp' d tha he hid put a pressure upon
them in zeference to the Atneer's claims, which he had no
right to put. Menacing such persons would be the most
certain way of securing failure.
Mr. George Hastings Otway, Q.C., said that he knew
Mr. Butt. After Trinity Term, 1857, he ha I some con-
versation with him about going to India. Mr. Butt told
him of some In lien prince who had cone to England to
obtain a restitution of his territory, and that he was
anxious that some person of char: ctor should go with him.
He told him that be was to have 10,000/. ; and he advised
him to go. Mr. Butt also spoke to Dr. Stokes ou the sub-
ject.

Mr. David Boys, a member of the Irish bar, said that
towards the latter end of lune he had a convers tti•tn with
Mr. Butt, at his house in Duidin. Mr. Butt told them all
who were assetu bled there, that he had au offer to go to
India with a native Prince, to advocate his claims there,
and that he was to have 10,0001. Mr. Butt coasulte t Dr.
Stokrs on the subject.
Captai❑ Keys, an officer in the Indian army, said he
remembered a conver-ation bAween Ali liLoorad and Mr.
Butt in the first week of July, 1857. Mr. Butt told him
to ask the Ameer whether he had sent a message that Mr.
Coffey had been ctwating him. The A.tneer said, no. Mr.
Butt then asked him whether it had been represented to
him that money bad been spent on his behalf for the
purpose of securing Parliamentary influence, and the
Ameer said it had. ILA. Mr. Butt then told him that
if any one made such represe❑tations to him they
would be false, and if money was so spent it would ruin
his cause, and that if it was done Mr. Butt would have
nothing to do with him. The Ameer repli'd that he was
not so deficient in sense as to believe such tales as that.
Mr. Butt then caused the Ameer to be asked whether Mr.
Coffey still retained his confidence, when the Ameer said
he did.

By Mr. Bouverie--Nothing was said by the Ameeraboul
any p:►ywent to Mr. Butt.

16.. James Coffey was called and examined by the
chairman—He and his two brothers, with Mr. Butt,
were engaged in the Ameer's case. He never had any
conversation with either of his brothers in reference to
remuneration to be given to Mr. Butt for his services
on behalf of the Ameer. He never heard that remunera-
tion was proposed to be given to him until within the
last fortnight. In July, 1857, Mr. Butt told him that
he had an offer to go to India with the Ameer,
and he concluded that it was a resent arrange-
ment. He told him that he was to have 10, 001., but
witness did not hear anything that induced him to
conclude that it was part payment for past ser-
vices. In none of his conversations with his brother
Edward was there any reference to pay,nent for Mr.
Butt's past parliamentary services. The witness went
into a long explanation of a letter he had written to
his brother Edward complaining of his conduct, and
showing that certain matters had been concealed from him
by Mr. Butt, a knowledge of which induced him to change
hie opinion, and to exonerate his brother from blame.
Mr. Butt was recalled, and was examined by Mr. Ser-
geant Deasy, in reference to the pecuniary charges against
Mr. Edward Coff. y, made in the evidence of previous days.
He said he had not a very accurate recollection of what he
said at the Board of Control, but he was under the impres-
sion that he said he had been to the Board of Control, and
mentioned that he had received those sums which Ali
Akh bar had said had been appropriated by Mr. Edward
Coffey. That explanation he had given to Mr. David
Coffey.
The 'hairman inquired whether there was any more
evidence, and Mr. Roeb..ck and Mr. Deasy both said they
had nothing more to produce. Both gentlemen, after con-
sultation, waived their right to address the corn ittee.
Sir J. Graham then announced that the inquiry had
closed, and that the committee would meet to-morrow
(this day) at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of drawing up their
report, but that the public would not he admitted.
The committee then adjourned at half-past five o'clock,
until this day at noon.

From the London Gazette of Lait Ni ht.

ST, JAMES'S PALACE, FEB, 23

The Queen has been pleased to appoint George John
Earl De la Warr to be Lard Chamberlain of her Majesty's
Household, in the room of John Marquess of Breadalbane,
K T., resigned.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 26.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.

Orlando George Charles Bridgeman, commonly called Vis-
count Newport, to he Vice-Chamberlain of her Majesty's
HouseL old, in th • room of the Right Hon. Ernest Augus-
tus Charles Brudenell-Bruce, commonly called Lord Ernest
Bruce, resigned.
ST. J IMES'S PALACE, FEB. 26 .

The Queen has been pleased to appoint, to be Lords in
Waiting in Ordinary to her Majesty—
James Walter, Earl of Verolam, in the room of James,
Earl of Caithness, resigned.
George Augustus Frederick Charles, Earl of Sheffield, in
the room of Thomas, Lord Camoys, resigned.
William Henry, Viscount Strathallan, in the room of
George, .1.,,Td Rivers, resigned.
Henry Francis, Lord Polwarth, in the room of Henry
Manners, Lord Waterpark, resigned.
Edward, Lord Crofton, in the room of George, Lord de
Tabley, resigned.
William Bateman, Lord Bateman, in the room of Frede-
rick Temple, LDrd Dufferin and Claneboye, resigned.
Richard Henry Fitz Roy, Lord Raglan, in the roam of
Richard, Lord Cremorne, resigned.
BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, FEB. 26.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Mo t
Honorable, Marquess of Easter, 1(.G., to be Lord Steward
of her Majesty's Househol i, in the room of the Right
Honourable Edward Granville, Earl of St. German's,
G.C.8., resigned.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right
Honourable Claude Hamilton (commonly called Lord
Claude Hamilton) to be Treasurer of her Majesty's House-
hold, in the room of the Right Hon. George Augustus
Constantine Phipps (commonly called the Earl of Mul-
grave), resigned.
The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the Right.
Hon. George-Cecil- Weld Forester to be Comptroller of
her Majesty's Household, in the room of the Right Hon.
Valentine-Augustus Browne (commonly called Viscount
Castlerosse), resigned.
WHITEITALL, FEB. 27.

Tho Queen has been gralionsly pleased to direct letters
patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the
dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Bri-
tain and Ireland, unto the Right Hon. Sir Frederic
Thesiger, Knt., Chancellor of that part of the said "United
Kingdom galled Great Britain, and to the heirs male of his
body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of
Baron Chelmsford, of Chelmsford, in the county of Essex.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 27.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland unto the Right Hon. Win. Goodenough Hayter, of
South hill Park, in the county of Berke, and to the heirs
male of his body lawfully begotten.
pleased to dirtct letters patent to
WHITEHALL, MARCH 1.
and pm t-
. ,eoffrey, Earl of Doerbeyh;aitihees
The Qduuenendeirtatshbe
be passe eGenreat Seal, constituting
big the Right Hon. Edward
Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli ; Henry Georg
Gordon Lennox, Esq. (commonly called Lord Henry
George Charles Gordon Lennox) ; Thomas Edward Taylor,
Esq.; and lienry Whitmore, Esq., to. be Commissioners
for'exectiting the offices of Treasurer of the Exchequer of
Great Britain, WHITEHALL, Lord Hih
MARCH Treasurer
lof behind..

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed undtr the-Gloat Seal, granting to the Right
Honour,ble Benjatnin. Disraeli the (Micas of Chancellor
an Under Ti °satirer of ber Majesty's Exchequer.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 1.
The Queen has been pleased to grant the office of her
Artjesty'a A vocate for Sootlaud to John Inglis, Esq.,
Dean of tho Faculty of Advocates.

At the Court at Buckingham Pal:ice, FtbrilL:sy -26.- —Her
Maj,,ty• having been graciously pica,e,i to de]iv. r th
custody of the :peals of the Duchy and a c)it•ity
Lancaster to the Most Noble Joules, Duke of Montrose,
the Ooth of Chaim, llor of the Duchy of Lauca,ter was thin
day, by her Majesty's command; -administered to him ac-
cordingly.
MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE, FEB. 26.
The Queen has been groeiously pleased to appoint the
Right lion. John William, Earlof Sandwich, to be 'Master
Of hiir Majesty's Buck Hounds, in the room of the Right
Hon. John Geo. Brabazon, Eorl of Beseborough, resigned.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the
Right Honourable Charles John, Lord Colville of Culloss,
be Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to her Majssty, in
he room of Lore,. Alfred Paget, resigned,

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Cul.
the Honourable Alexander Nelson Hood, Scots Fus tier
Guards, to be Equerry in o,,iinary to her Majesty, in the
room of Major-General Buckley, resigned.
CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 1.
MEMBER RETURNED TO BERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

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