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London, England, 1844-02-09 00:00:00

by the Ameers : no rain had fallen for six years, an--
that the reduction of taxation which had taken place.
had secured to us the affection of the people ; that five
months before our conquest every Beloochee had
• strutted about armed, but that now none except the
chiefs were armed.) Sir Charles Napier had been ac-
cused of insult;ng the Ameers, while it appeared from
thos, letter, that although he had disarmed the Beloo-
chees generally, he had returned to the chieftains their •
arms, because he did not wish to wound their honour.—
(Hear, hear.) The letter then went on to state that
Sir Charles Napier was endeavouring to get rid of the
military tenures ; to give the iagheerdars a property in
their jagheers, which they did not possess under the
Ameers, and to turn the military chieftains into farmers. -
The' body of the Sindian people were glad to escape
from the tyranny of the Ameers. Colonel Pottinger
• bore evidence to the happy effects ofour conquest of Sinde.
The inhabitants were becoming industrious, and labourers
from Kandahar were flocking into Sinde to obtain employ'
ment. Would it be just after all to the Sindian people to
• bring back the Ameers ?—(Cheers.) He agreed with
, the Noble Lord that every consideration should be paid
to them, that everything. that could be done should be done
to alleviate their misfortunes—(Cheers)—but he could
not consent to the restoration.—(Cheers.) The Noble
Lord had spoken of the sons of Tippoo Sail). It should
be recollected that their father had been slain in battle,
and that they had lost a throne. The conquest of the
country was a fatal necessity, but the same kind treat-
ment which they as captives had received from the
Marquis of Cornwallis the Ameers, he doubted not,
had received from Lord .Ellenborough.—(Cheers)
He was convinced that they had not been subjected to •
more restraint than was absolutely necessary to prevent
them from escaping and returning to Sinde.—(Hear.)
He believed that he had travelled over most of the topics
which had been alluded to by the Noble Lord. He had
shown that the negotiations of Lord Auckland with the
Ameers had been conducted with unnecessary harsh-
ness and cruelty. He believed that the position of Lord
Ellenborough had been one of the greatest difficulty,
but that he had adopted the wisest course of policy that
he could have pursued. He believed that the steps which
Lord Ellenborough had taken were the fatal, but necessary,
consequences of the policy which had been pursued by
his predecessor.—(Cheers from the Ministerial benches.)
The people of Sinde were glad to escape from the rule
of the Talpoore family ; and he believed that the people
of England would never consent to place the Sindians
again under the cruel tyranny of the Ameers. The
subject was one of immense importance; and he hoped It
would not go off without a vote. If the House nega-
tived the proposition of the Noble Lord, then his (Mr.
Roebuck's) resolutions could be submitted seriatim, and
the House would decide upon each step which had been.
taken—they would decide first, whether the policy or
Lord Auckland was right or wrong ; secondly, whither
the policy of Lord Ellenborough was right or wrong ;
and thirdly, whether it would he right to restore these
unhappy Princes who had by force of arms been cow
polled to surrender their territories.—(Cheers from the
Ministerial benches )
Mr. EMERSON TENNENT considered the House
most unsatisfactory trilannal for the decision of questions of this
nature. In order no come to a proper judgment on the sub'
ject. Hon. Members should have given all the papers relating
to the ease, nut only an.attentive perusal, but a careful coloi'
deration ; and he thought the House was scarcely qualified to
decide, considering that those documents had scarcely bee°,
one week before them. The Noble Lord and the Hon.• se"
Learned Member for Bath had both gone into a mass of details
to which he did not think it necessary to allude. There weas
no necessity for alluding to the early policy of Lord Aucklanw
The justitication of the policy of the present Govertierai
General rested not upon the condemnation or the acquitth
of Lord Auckland, but upon the circumstances whie t
had occurred since he had assumed the Government
of India.—(Cheers.) By those alone was Lord Ellen't,„
borough to be judged.—(Loud cheers.) With regard to 1""
polic, of Lord Auckiand, that had been completed in
and the deth"onement of the Ameers had been occasiee_A
by their conduct since that period. The Noble Lord In
*Lauded to what he called the previous meritorious conduct,
the Ameers in relation to this country—he could trt
low the Noble Lord step by st'p, and could show that
throughout those negotiations the conduct of the Alu,e,„e-
had been marked by the same treaehery and false'
hood which had led to their ultimate downs
'!•
Noble Lord alluded to the treaty of 18043, when
country took every security to strengthen themselves gets ~
the attempts of Napoleon. About this time Colonel Potror e
appeared in connection with these negotiations. and he nor,
than once expressed his unwillingness to proceed in col'le
quence of the conduct of the Ameers. The presence of 6e
thousand men was necessary to compel the Ameers to obsegi
the provisions of the treaty. Then came the treaties of La
and 1834, which conferred mutual advantages on both sides:
but the Ameers were unwilling to permit, not only any Errs,
but any European agent, to reside in the Indus.—Cri,e-;
hear.) Then came the treaty of 1e36, when Runjeet Song
threatened to destroy the country, and when this country inter'
posed. Then they received a British Resident, but they.eutere d
f
into negotiations with the Durbar of Lahore for the purPege 4't
opposing British interests. The Noble Lord had referred to 111_,
hebelieved was an apocryphal letter of Col. Pottinger's,
there was nothing to showry tphat Col. Pottinger ever p kinds
ed
such a document, and there was external evidence of all Id,
to show that he did not. No one living so well understood the
character of the Ameers as he did. He would be able to shoo;
from the correspondence of Col. Pottinger, that the Angel/
were a wicked and vicious race, and that they even predict's'
the fate which overtook them in their destiny. (The 110°.
Gentleman then quoted several passages from the
' corcespondeoCf
of Col. Pottinger, to show that the Ameers were unworthy oe
being trusted and full of perfidy.) With regard to the troll
of 1839, there were circumstances to prove that it was not Cal'
culated to be oppressive, and was not even unpopular in
Sinde. For two years after the treaty, and when there
was time to consider its operation, Noer Mahomed, one of
the enemies of British connection, applied to have a similar
treaty and even submitted to be placed on a similar footing
with those who were parties to the treaty of 1839.—(Heor
hear.) Sir Charles Napier, writing in 1842, says, that the
treaty, if rigidly adhered to, would render the Ameers more;
rich and powerful, and even more happy than they were before
but it was rendered abortive by violence on the part of the 04:
and by bad faith on the part of the others. It sr° wk.
justice, not only to Lord Ellenborough, but also to Lord There
land, land, to insist upon those effects of the treaty of 1839. ' i"eite
was nothing whatever in his correspondence to show that
provisions had been set aside by the British Governine!„,
:A
whilst on the other hand the Ameers of Hyderabad euteryi
upon a persevering course of violence to violate the treaty to
was but justice to the policy of Lord Ellenborough et
say that he was bound to defeat the machinations •
agoing to destroy British connections, which had bee
es
put into more active motion in consequence of the reverses
they had met with in Caubul, The Noble Lord then ref Wt
with great confidence to the testimony of Major Outran], w_`,"„
as a resident in the counrry, had every opportunity of obseoo,
ing the conduct of the Ameers. The Noble Lord had the
mitted a most material error in supposing that some 0f
re
Ameers only were guilty. He (Mr. E. Tennent) tgere
pared to show that all of them had been guilty, though ard
might be some shade of difference in their conduct with ref_ jo
to this country, and that the conduct of the Government r
It
every single instance approved by Major Outran' hbuse weas
was quite true that Major Outram mentioned that there , that
difference of feeling existing among the chiefs, but he seLetlost
the entire family were promiscuously involved in the trap g that
of which the British Government complained. He says hut
at first the Meer Soojah professed open friendship for the good
when the crisis arose, he became hostile to them,_ and washieer.)
associated with the rest of their enemies.—( Hear' re OW
Major Outram said that all the Khans of Hyderabad *gem. les*
scions of their guilt, and that all of them were. more the°
guilty of treasonable practices. The Hon. Gentlenouerbieh
referred to the correspondence of Major Outralni ought
suggested the measures which the Government d
to pursue with regard to the Ameers who battled tlO
peded the commerce on the Indus, and viol eheo.
treaty which had been agreed upon betty stated
These, then, were the facts of the case ; that not (as tion ofe
the Noble Lord) on a mere opinion, or a mere eke ed
treachery by the Ameers, but on proof of falsehooate: 0 at
crime, the Governor-General had taken such roeaeu_ority for
once awarded punishment for the past and promised.ene-eity. I
the future. The integrity of the Ameers was an
_l_2b:Notouti•
appearance only—it was. external but totally un" :lions
The treaty had been signed without any one of itspattaelt,
being even objected to, and at the same time we were do
UP 'to thatt
we do P
by ten thousand armed Beloochees, stirred
by the Ameers themselves, which led old 0-
action, than which a more brilliant or glorious one c° The
country' __A
be found in the annals of thi, or any other
eiteoorag_
enemy was signally overthrown—those who hed__, Bard of
and brought it into existence, were subjected,
.a!_wre`oard toof
subjected, to imprisonment. Now one word wlt",oreers, _t
the transaction of depriving the families of the.a:ght Wit%
their possessions. He (Mr. Tennent) tin, that o 1
Major Outram was the last man in the worh, he beir
to make any complaint on that subject. ides
sing,
t let
the very individual who started the ideo
wing,
so
misconduct and merited chastisement. In e. It t
him say one word in regard to Sir Charles NereienoeeFhe,
obvious on the face of events that he was perfect_lloed f
the charges which had been attempted to be fast%eoey 0: the
the
and that he was called upon to act upon the esoll whifrooe.
moment.—(Hear, hear.) There was one point_ ofthe eat)
Noble Lord had strongly appealed to the feelingsmr..Telkitio
It was in reference to Meer Soojah. Why, he( of a If vise
was prepared to prove that a foul murder Soojah insi•
officer had taken place, and that Meere,_ eatue,,ritish
a party to it. This Meere Sooja", other o' t the
diously to Major Outram, warned him and found °lt
officers of their danger, and' next morning was
of officer.
head of the very assassins who had murdered e t Xee. bietut`rh'e
had been asserted by the Noble Lord and the y
work - be
a. •tory
for Bath, that treachery and design were ever e tar' b°
English in India, on purpose to get hold of Mor,sed. avow_at of
more power than that which we already P
fiat
the OW; „i
denied this, and he most strongly asserted t _ result toy
Sinde, from first to last, had not been tP",.nt the
scheme or preconcerted plan whateve!to_juvenhorrooZi,
tural consequence of events. On behalf of
ri,,rtlred, another
especially, he could declare that he neither way t
that
nor practised any scheming whatever!ad this tiute,pga
proved by his own declarations, made from honour with voisou-
with all the native chiefs who ket faith and
and °ell te
jot/net:ha, on.
the • enstne rt
able concession made. With regard
land, every friendship should be exercisedte
amendment
tr po
t:on before the House, and also to the am
to
give
_aert,. to
Member for Bath, he was not pupas d
11authorised, 11070. thl
to either of them.—( Hear.) . 3 sent out baci
state that in all the instruction injueci d eoe
borough the strongest
r.,
guidance of Lord Ellen
with every reap c'' r bee I
been given to treat the Ameers
cus ii•aan,d e
sideration consistent with their safe t
personal comfort,
...,,tteeeda
• was made for their
thotreati° irr
Every provision
rank. Tweet -four
to,
regard was paid to theird
for their maintenance,and
91rgb
per annum was awarded
way that might in tncr„torsTft
terference was made in any_orta
As to their of "e"
degree impair their
could hold
out no hope
the f:t
to liberty, he could h
incompatible with
rei_ht re'
—for it was whollylselin.
a The House from rie
tore peace and tranquillity of .
would never be debarred rZerri't
assured that the Ameers .
ht desire to haves Par°
ot
comfort er enjoyment they mil
;ht
• for it .wes to to re;
compatible to p
with their safe custody t the
was would' perm) . 10.
the •• h authorities ;utrig ' ale
supposed that -rive .
former treachery, • wog.
turn to the scene of their
much t° soaoo
had cost us SO Gent e he
crime, only to repeat what it
(The Ho°' he titue t
with and suppress.—( Hear, hear.)
' gallery ell t- sad a
who turned his back on the r.eporters
gd throughout,
indistinctly hear
was speaking, was most ind
ectse t(r
times was wholly inaudible.) • C. Napier diatel/
Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE and Sir
gheee inimed
the
gether, but the latter Honourable M
ass ddressed the
before
gave way. Sir John Hobhouse said,rti
h 10 the k), a
ho
self to the arguments, or, rather, _,e. but..a
Hon. and Learned Member for Bath (lure whit,
hei:4
must take the opportunity of referring tohisse to.
(Sir JohnViloofos
fallen from that Hon. Gentleman as toe
boo
and to the this
then in the House, and of making ear w_e_oloo.
t
an apology for not being in his placethat a?, 3.
But, in Inking „sing
subject was under discussion,
himself that, having
he mast be permitted to say for