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e to reveal what was about to be imparted. That the st ildier took
t au cath which he never intended to keep. 'f hat ti e
_Brahmin
s then told him of a combination to overthrow the Br. tish power,
, and implicated the Raja of Sattara in the conspi racy. For
i this statement, according to his own voluntary ,confession,
there was not the siightest foundation. We find thu tat a SC-
C91“1 interview the Brahmin was himself deceived by a. llavildar
and ,a Subadar, acting under the instruction of English oTheers.
! That An interview with the Raja, at first promised on an early
4 Ay, era; long postponed. That the evidence taken to prove
a/ at it a: last took place, is full of glaring tont radiations and
fa al discrepancies. That motives of revenge have been brought
in me to three of the prinicipal witnesses—namely, Untajee,
Ct rose, and the Soobadar Segoolam Sing. That we have not
bt en able to establish upon any evidence worthy of the least
tet edit, that the Raja has at any time either entertained, avowod,
m encouraged designs hostile to the British Government.
'I hat we believe the what,le to be a plot eneeocted
b yr enemies of the Raja to effect his ruin, and hold him to he anit, norent man, worthy of the continued confidence and increased
no -Dort of the British Goverment. 'that the promptitude
with which he surrendered the accused individual. the readineses
with which he attended the Cornmiss:on, and the noble and
elignific d manner in IN hie]) he deported himself throughout, ate
worthy of commendation and praise, and fully sustain the high
character- which for I s years he has enjoyed in
0 tie opinion of successive Residents of the Bombay
au id Supret to Governments, and of the Court of Di-
re ne, s. II e further have to state, that it it
ou, • deliberate opinion that had the Raja of Sattara been per-
tah ted by the . ;overnment to have the aid usually available to
ace used itelividuiais, in the presence and exertions of Counsel
toe Tass-examine _the wittiest st s in support of the charge, and
the conduct of the de: fence, his innocence would have been still
mo: e apparent, and he, enemies still more deeply branded with
sba me, That the iiticasrsi)poitiltnn
gnerf)ucrltherofbetliheeve,
cothis
i,i,fifina.t
,at) time prior to the all
the Resident had been instructed to seize the con-
tint ators, or to reveal tbetr machinations to the Raja,
his Highness would Lave been able to have crushed the plot,
anti. to have manifested his own upri.glitness without the extra-
ordinary process of a Secret Connni:sion in his own capital ap-
poinbial by the Government of Bombay. Finally, we suggest
that you should leave it to the wisdom and authority of the
Rap to deal with those who have sought to bring scandal and
•uilt upon him, and that. the British Government silo* take
Itch measure's as arc requisite to proclaim your nn-
.bated confidence and esteem, and re-establish him in
t he estirnation arid affection of the people of his country.
1 I ientlemem. I shall note release you from the painfal necessity
o f :ringer listening to my voice. 1 have detained you to a
, I to :h which nothing could excuse but the inportance cif the
s sbje et, and your own unworthy conduct.—(oh, oh.) Sir,
X she ll offer no apology for the part. I have taken in this de-
Nina When what I I ave said appears in print, I shall be
a nipl3 - justified in the eyes of every lover of justice and huma-
n ity.- -( Laughter within the bar. ) In what I have done, I
ca Q a ppeal to my own conscience, and the All-seeing use above
us. , u'h at 1 have been influenced only by a humble and dutiful
se re ‘ of what I owe to the claims of everlasting vitae.—( Re-
ne we, dlaughter. ) Gentlemen laugh. Be it so. They possibly reason
tri I; n themselves. I know myself, atid I speak what Ido know.
WE
.et , Isit down, others will follow me. I know the nature of
the st atements they have to make, and I fervently trust they
wil t renew the debate, and continue it until the morning dawn,.
—( Cries of " Hear, hear.") Sir, I have myself sat up three
pre %ions nights, patiently dissecting the papers before the
Cot trt, which others, lam sorry to find, have not given them-
seth Yes the trouble to read; and I declare, upon my honour,
the t I have failed to discover in them the slightest trace of the
alle god guilt of the Prince you have deposed. But what is my
re. and ? When I undertake to inform you on this
sal ject, you turn a cleat ear, and 1 am mot
ait h taunts, and epithets, and threats, and every
spe eies of ann•yance which the most unscrupulous and
obi !Mate upholders of injustice could employ.—(Cries of " Oh;
oh; " from Air. Fielder.) Yes, I have been met with taunts
ant 1 threats, and every species of interruption.—(Great laugh-
ter within the bar.) Well, gentlemen, it is something to be
a& eto excite even your merriment' on such an occasion. Year,
Si: ,itisto my mind most melancholy and affecting, that in this
place, whenever a man appeals to the higher feelings of our na-
tut e—whenever he appeals to truth and justice, and to the
urn nutabie law of Jehovah—he is met by laughter and
dot ision. It is well that in me you have one
mn whom these excite only pity and contempt.
Tll e heathen man and the publican coming into this Court,
w al ald be shocked at the levity va ith which every thing solemn
at tt . sacred is received. Were your conduct. beheld by the pro-
p. le at large, you would, as a body, be a bye-word end a re-
p r 0 nth. Gentlemen, you force from me these expressions of
a ty feelings and opinions. I came here with no desire to be
f, actions, or personal, or tedious. My time has been filched from
rr eby the most unworthy artifices, and my feelings lacerated by
ea ,cry insinuation which opposition could suggest.—(Hear,.
in ear.) But no more. I once more commend to you the cause
w' iich I have advocated. If you are wise, if you arc just,
yo u will even now field to the dictates of generosity,
ar, d the demands of truth and equity. My part has been under-
ta ken at the promptings of my judgment, without fee, and
vii t hoot reward, and without either the expectation or the hope
of a t higher compensation than I Filiall fund in witnessing the
suet mess of my humble efforts. Sir, we will not yet despair. If
we e lo not succeed here, we will go elsewhere ; and, from the
QUI men upon the throne, to the meanest subject in the land,
' whc use voice can swell the tide of public opinion—a tide which,
whe n it sets in. is powerful enough to sweep even you from
) cut r seats—we will make our appeal for the restoration of the
Pi-ii ice who adorned the throne of which you have deprived him ;
and we shall look for the day, when what you would not yield
to ra I treaty, shall be taken from you by authority. My prayer,
arty e ally prayer has been, that you would give the Raja of
a'att ara the benefit of the new facts and evidence which we
ha #
it in our power to lay before you, and if you still deter-
mi,, end to rob him of his throne, that you would at least restore ai
to In in his honour.
a.
Air Thompson sat down, have spoken upwards of eight to.!
bouts. rid.
very have found it impossible to notice more than a
very fat .c of the interruptions offered to the speaker, some of ~tsll
which a ecastoned a considerable break in the argument, and - a jo
led an d...giessiens, a report of which might impair the urity
,0,,i,
• ' c and -value of the address.
.'
Ai,.
.1%74, teats followed Mr. Thompson, and, having skew 'rift
,-
for four hours, , -:- 1.i:.; f.),57

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Ti .e Cl:Alit-mAs said that at that early hour in the mornippf,'-;4,-•m „is
(qua rter past one) he would not detain the Court with makik-. ••111 A '"
ob srs 'rations. The discussion of that day had not altered 'fiiil-1 virl
opi ion of the case, but he thought it right., as aspersimasphri utll ioI starts
had been cast upon individuals, to state that their ei,aracier4 tin° rtes tYIT
were as Ugh as those of any honourable men. The principals
of this tralspiracy, the primum mobile as they might be Eid 111°Ii
termed, bat' been recommended for promotion by itiesitt-t+elragf "rd anon P'
qualitird to speak of their qualifications. The Hoirchat " "n 57.12 lee' Tlffg
Proprietor (2y Ir. Thompson) had argued for the high'ifl instna of trWit
the ex-.llajah -of Sattara, and he .1(' 1(.5 t'`‘.s(4...'"'"?' 3".".
man)n onlye
cbiya
.ed for the witnesses the urns consider!
‘k. trisrnuatruotoritat
Ste T- officers isa.l spoken in their fitonr, and Gerit•iar 1"1 w9a;4"19721-11-
Elp itrinstone, FIX well as others, had spokes of flig""g" "t/Itui°l4 tint
calumniated indiiicittals as well known and tried- offiticiell no i"" dtv.
of ;he British Government. The Chairman referred kr 1°9%1°01 ot,it
extracts of letters rtritteri by General L'Assiek, respeetine,,"'T 3o `"'"1"(1
the conduct of the Raja 'and the oppressioies of his -Peaple. nom
He (the Chairman) attribeted the course taken by the 'ehttßif
Raja to obliquity of intellect. He had formed a entripany
of wc men, armed them, and drilled them, tot protect the
palarre from ghosts, which he supposed haunted it. This
was one indication of obliquity of intellect. He (the Chairman)
war firmly of opinion that the Raja was a emovicted traitor--
Ole:ay, hear.) As to the sword, it arrived in Jurte„ tgi ;
and in July the Report. was received of the cons-iiraev' formed
by the Raja. After a discussion of more than' twelve hours
nothing tidditional had been shown to alter the opinion se- to
the .criminality of the Raja than had been adduced in the fines
days'. previous debate on the same subject. The Chairmat
moved that the debate be now adjourned.
A div ;skin was called for, whelk there appeared—
For the adjournment
24
Against. it
Majority
The Court then on the question adjourned at half-past one
on Saturday morning, having met at twelve o'clock. The
Court of Prop.-ietors on this occasion sat longer than ever
before remembe.red.

1679X!17

RALL. WAY RETURNS.
We extract from the Railway Abigazine the sums re-
ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain
for the week ending ant the day of the month prefixed
to each. The return ircludes the money received for
passengers, parcels, carrilges, horses, mails, and mer-
chandize :
Week Miles Total.
ended Name of Railway. Opened. £. a. d.
July 23 Birmingham & Derby Junct. 48 1,401 4 6
22 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 t',091 0 8
16 Brandling Junction 25 05 8 0
22 Chester and Birkenhead ..
24 Dundee and Arbroath ...
23 Edinburgh and Glasgow
24 Eastern Counties ..... .
23 Glasgow and Ayr . 40 1,493 II i
23 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenoek 221 1,453 9 1
23 GrandJunct., Chester &Crewe 113 9,083 12 2
23 Great North of England
24 Great Western
Hayle
23 Hull and Selby .... ......
2:3 Lancaster & Preston Junction 20j 570 1 0
22 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 5,250 6 1
23 London and Birmingham.-- 1121 17,788 8 8
28 London and Blackwall ......
23 London and Brighton
Ditto Shoreham Branch
26 London and Croydon lOl 528 4 6
28 L,ndon and Greenwich 34 885 9 0
24 London and South Western
21 Manchester, Bolton. and Bury 10 530 0 101
25 Manchester & Birmingham ... 25 530 3 11
23 Manchester and Leeds- 5l 4,801 5 0
23 I.lidlanii Counties
23 Newcastle and Carlisle
`2.1 Newcastle and North Shields 7 456 15 4
24 Northern and Eastern
23 North Midland
2:1 North Union
23 Preston and Wyre
25 Sheffield and Manchester 7 256 8 10
28 South Eastern
24 Ulster
23 York and North Midland 2B 1,756 0 10 •

BRUSSELS & GERMAN PAPERS.
Buns:,Ft.s, JULY 29.—The following is the project of law
presented to the Chamber of Ilepre,entatives, by the Minister
for Foreign Affairs, in consequence of the convention just con-
cluded wish France, relative to the importation of linen and
thread:—

" Leopold King of the Belgians.
" Seeing the 63d Article of the Constitution, which is 83
follows :
" • Treaties of commerce, and such as may impose a burden
on the State, or bind the Belgians indivfdually, are not valued
till after they have rec. ived the as:tent of the Chambers.'
" We have decreed, in ecncert with the Chamber, and order
as follows :
" Art. 1. The Commercial Convention concluded between
Belgium and France, signed at Paris tin the 16th of July, 1840,
is approved to be executed according to its form and tenor. -
" Art. 2. The Kingmay extend to other States the reductions
stipulated by Art. 2 of the said Convention, with such clauses.
conditions, and reservations as his Majesty shall judge to be
necessary or advantageous to his country.
" Art. 3. The present law shall be binding the day after its
promulgation."
The King and Queen will not return from Paris till the end
of next week.
We have never had at Brussels any
l example of such brilliant
success as that of Mademoiselle RacheThe receipts on the first
night of her performant e amounted to 7,500 francs, and en the
second, 8,300 francs, that was
'SOO francs in two evenings.
BERLIN, JULY 18 —The col'ei etions made fur the establish-
ment of our hospital and a srh3os'o at Jerusalem, Jerusalem, from German
Protestants, amounted to 4•1,0 '
dollars.
It is proposed to make a railway to traverse the whole
country of Moldaviat thefr north to south, so that the southern
terminus would be
a
0. E harbour of Galocz on the Danube.
JULY 27.—According to the annual returns
r the population of the several rovinces of the kingdom, as
laid before the last
assembly
of
the Provincial Estates,
amounted, on the Ist January, 1842, to 2,199,638 souls;
1840, to 2,660,450—Increase, 39,188.