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TIII SUN, :I-12ND ON, MON I),A.Y -MORNING,: .AITGVST

He, eis the letter relerred t i,i the_ foregoing.extract
" Captain Hand's Reply to the Questions proposed by the
Sattara Commission
Ist. I have occasionally, ',luring some years, csrrespondsd
.
With
of
Balla Sahib. These communication', however, have been
Toirtaioenusrlh
elyalperivate nature. With his Highness or his other re-
had no correspondence.
"2d. Something appears wanting in this question. About a
month ago, however, I was writing to l3alla sahib, and I stated,
having heard reports of same disturbance likely to occur be-
tween the Raja and Government, ,hat I trusted there was
no foundation for the reports, but that, as a friend, I mentioned
this to him.
_ " 3d. To this letter 1 received a short and rather vague an-
swer, saying, as I understood it, that he did not know what I
Meant or alluded to in my letter. •
" 4th.. I have no original letters relating to the before-men •
honed ease, or any others of any kind, in my possession. When
_read,, I usually threw them in a corner of my room, from
whence they were removed by the hamall in the course of
cleaning the house. I have never kept copies of any letters,
not thinking it necessary.
" I think it necessary to add, for the information of the Corn-
Mission, that about. fourteen or fifteen days ago, on my return-
ing from riding, 1 was salaamed to by two men, who said
!tale Sahib had sent his salaam, and they had come to see me
I told them I was then going to dress and breakfast, and to
come elle, wards, and had a sea ill note from Balla Sahib
merely sending his salaam, and to speak to the bearer. I
asked one, who was a Brelein, what he had to say? He
commenced a long story, which I understood was regarding
the Government having attached some two or three villages
belonging to the Raja's Jaglieertlars. I told hint I did not
know anything of tl e case, that Government knew best ; at
the same time, if the matter was refe,•red properly through the
yesident, it would no doubt be settled to their satisfaction.
Lunderstood him to say. it had been referred without success.
He commenced talking about other matters, which. I stopped,
and told him, whatever he had to say, if brought before the
Government in the regular channel through the Resident,
would be settled immediately. I told him 1 had nothing to do
with these affairs. He said he merely wanted my advice.
He had some Mahratta papers with him, which he occasionally
referred to. He leit this I believe, next day, and called to
!Wake a salaam before going. He wrote, at my request, a few
lines to Balla Sahib, stating that I had spoken to him. I had
never, to my knowledge, seen the man before. H.s companion
was a Mahratta, whom I did not know. Before leaving, I
sakest him as to the truth of the report regarding some misun-
derstanding between the Raja and Government. He said he
!thew of none, and did not believe there was any. I told
him I was glad to hear so; said that in writing to Balla
Sahib a few days before I had told him of it. I have heard
nothing since. (Signed) ALEX. HAND.
" Captain Second Grenadier Regiment, N. I.
Sholapore, Oct. 16th, 1836."
Now, Gentlemen, be good enough to go back to page 71, and
sea li„ee what comments the Commissienet make on this document.
'e:.. e'
venture to say the annals of the Inquisition and the Star
se:• Chamber corr.biued, will not furnish anything mere artful
Itsel than this paragraph. Every inference• against the Raja, that
',could by human ingenuity be drawn from this transaction is
it' 4,, blade out. The conspiracy is taken for granted. The back-
-ttardness of the Brahmin is on this hypo hesis, "easily ac-
qe,
Itoanted for." Balla Sahib is a " cousin" of his Highness
NI: (Mark 0 and commander of his forces. And as Ceptain
7eeres Hand's replies are dated the 16th of October, the letter he
addressed to Balla Sahib must (pray mark the must) have been
ee written about the time alluded to in the Brahmin's conversation
With the native officers. A month before the 16th of October
Its te. carries us back to the 16th of September.' On the 27th of
;4'4,-•'.Bcpteraber the Soobadars meet Untajee at the perfumer's, but
", se, • he says nothing of this letter ; no, not a word. On the 30th
• nfleeptember and let of October, Untajee mentions that the
!jes , is downcast in consequence of a le.ter from Sholapore.
1 LIS is the " highly important" exception to the vs hole of what
the Brahmin it being expressly admitte.t by the Commis-
,. !loner' that there was no proof that anything besides was au-
, thorised by any other person. And where is the proof that this
Was authorised ?: 'I here is not a tate on the record. The Brah-
min stated that his Highness was downcast. Be it so. This the
subtle Brahmin might have learnt in a thousand ways if true,
for the Raja had enemies in his palace. And if true, what does
it amount to? It is not unlikely that such a report would
cause the Raja to be sorrowful, well knowing the implacability
It! his enemies. It therefore follows, say the Commissioners,
the veracity of the native witnesses is proved in one of the cir-
cumstances they related. This was indeed a godsend to the
Commissioners. It proves, too, that intercourse and commu-
nication existed between Untajee and some one at the palace.
Most marvellous this ! As to the appearance of the Brahmin
and Alahratte at Sholapore, I leave the matter where I find it,
and the letter of Captain Hand, to speak for itself. There is
nothing whatever in the affair which • in the smallest decree
affects the Raja. Yet these upright Commissioners deem it
highly important. The Commissioners next proceed to report
upon the verbal and written statements of the Raja, and here,
the evidence of the witnesses, I must express my astonishment
and indignation at the manner in which that part of it is drawn
op which follows from the present point. 'lt would occupy too
much time to go fully irate this portion of the subject, but I
cannot pass it by. Let me remind the Court that they have
In their hands the instruction to this Commission, dated Poona,
October 10, 1835 (p. 135, par. 5). Let gentlemen turn
to that document, anti they will learn that " the
!ale object of the Government is to discover the
truth, through the medium of a just and impar-
tial. investigation, and that the Commissioners were to
prosecute their inquiries with this object and in this spirit."
go back to the Report (p. 71), and we are told bs the C0m-
.... Irsiwi
littier? that they had considerable difficulty in drateirg his
tea attention to the charge against himself, anXit was
.‘tore
where the . e gave a distinct denial. We turn to (p. 123)
of the kindl.aterview is described at leegth, and we find nothing
* * ”" Mr. Willoughby recapitulated the evidence.
a 11', Highness heard all very quietly, and then gave
general denial to the whole story." Again (t'. 124), through-
out the whole of this interview, which lasted about three hours,
4 hit Highness evinced the utmost readiness and self-posses-
sion." Turn to the Report, and you read, " the change which
took place in his Highness's spirits was singular. At first he
was greatly depressed; latterly he was quite the reverse."
Now turn to page 124, and read—" He was at first embar-
rassed ; but it was only the embarrassment natural to a person
In his situation." So what was natural on the 26th of Octo-
ber was singular on the 6th of November. Puling these two
things together, they read thus—his Highness's behaviour on
the occasion was singularly natural. But 1 read them sepa-
Neely, and I say that this passage, taken with others, stamps
the epoet as a dishonet one, and proves that it was dictated
by a feeling mot unfriendly to the Raja. Suffer me to remind
Yule of the extra-official Report of one of the Commission.
The Raja came in : I shall ',ever forget the scene. He came
114 leith the proud and high dignity of a Sovereign. He cer-
tainty thought he was a prisoner." This is G. neral
isolltvickts vertion. Take another specimen Hig- •
nests appealed to Col. Lodwick regarding the improbability
of his using such language as that attributed to him by the
Soobadars, as to sending him to Calcutta, eec. On page 123,
We find the response to this appeal. Col. Lodwick observed,
" he was on his oath, and he could decidedly say that he never
had had such conversation." But, say the Commissioners,
"his having used such language is not more improbable than
that part of his proceedings of which we consider the evidence
ja conclusive, and that it is unworthy of further remark." We
shall look presently at the conclusiieness of the evidence affect-
ing the Raja in the matter of the Sepoys. Take another proof
of the males animus of this Report.---" At no stage of the pro-
ceedings did his Highness evince the slightest interest in the
fate r,: Govind Row." fhis is a cruel and unwarranted impu-
tation gratuitously cast upon a noble-minded mail. Govind
Bow had been arrested, charged with taking part in the con-
'piracy in which the Raja himself was the most important.per-
sonage. The Raja knew full well that he was the mark aimed
at. He felt convinced, that if the evidence of the base fabri-
cators of the plot was rejected, and he did not doubt, as I shall
show you, that it would be, that he himself would stand ab-
solved, and that all his friends would be safe. 1 his is seen in
the manner of the Raja after his examination before
the Commission. He understood perfectly the nature
of the conspiracy, and he gave the Commissioners
credit for similar sagacity. From the time he was
Made acquainted with the nature of the evidence, Ws
mind seems to have been at ease, for he telt confident he could
show she motives in which it originated as well as the unworthy
elietacter of those who had given it. Therefore, after the
Conference had terminated, his Highness's spirits ineritased,
and he laughed and joked at some observations in regard to
the pawn (and well he might), and after the usual courtesies,'
the meeting concluded. Yet this confidence its his own inuo-
eenee and the consequent acquittal of his friend, is tortured by
the Commissioners into evidence of a want of proper interest in
the fate of his Minister, Gorvind Row. 1301 this is not doing
full justice to the Raja, for if, while con,cious of his own inno-
cence, he considered the Minister; Govind ftw, guilty of
taking patt in the conspiracy, these was truly no special
reason why be shou'd betray any koully interest in the late of
one'Who ha :1 wickedly leagued with i.is bitter enemies to betray
him. However therefore you view the matter you see no it.ieti-
fication of the wataCiniolinuation thrown out in the Report. 1 his,
then, is ens)! her proof of the malus animus of the ommissioners.
The 'next paragraph in ills eteport disposes of the Raja's written
Pcsk,lence, for the insertion of which they almost fear they may
be blesned. Some of the papers they deem irrelevant. I have
gone through the paper, thus cavalierly and sneeringly dis-
missed by the Commissioners. I have given them my best
attention. I have ries!' from the perusal of them with profit
and instruction, and I cannot help thinking that Mi.
Willoughby would have done well to have stunted them with
care, and given. the readers of his Report the benefit of an
analysis of them, I own that had he done so, the rest of hit
Report would have gone for nothing. That may have been
the re: sun be did not do so. 1 o.n th it such is my opinion.
0' The paper recorded on the 29th ultimo is the only one descry-
Wg of much attention. In many parts it is very obscurely et-
pressed, but its general purport is to point out the extre:ee im-
, probahility Of les highness en; ging in a contest with the
British Governoient ; the great benefit he hiss derived from,
and the friendship he feels toeards, the British Government;
the frequencies of intrigues and conspiracies in this country ;
'mot it concludes by making three proposals as a test of the
aincerisy of his feeliegs, which we interpret to signify that his
Highness Is prepared to place all his passe sea at our disposal.
It is, however, remarkable, that all direct attention to the
specific charge againet his Highness (namely, the interview
with the native officers et hi, palace) is studiously avoided.
With reference to this paper it may be further observed, that
had the case entirely depensed on the testimony of the native
officers, we should hie felt ourselves compelled to deliberate
*pan presumptions and probabilities. Our remarks, however,
en the evidence will show that we are not obliged to have re-
course to such an uncertain mode of determination ; and inex-
plicable as we admit his Highness's conduct to have been, and
ignorant as we confess ourselves to be of the object he had in
view, we cannot resist the strong body of evidence by, which
the case against him has been to our minds established.
1 bus
t'ey most summarily dispose of his Hiidghness's written defence.
Yost have seen how they got r of hisemortal
of this.
Now, then, to deprive him of the_h rs
gis pot consenting to be confronted with the witnesses
Nroodggainst him. Let him speak for himself He had
perie'et reSieenee on the Commission. Hearing he evidence
from the Csunirni"; n was the same as hearing from the w it.
already said, and I
nesses. The,' will repeat what they
shall say, No ; theefore of whit use thvaovueldit be ?'' (p. 123.)
He has not the benefit this the Report. Speaking of the
the overthrow of the English, he
report of his conspiring for • ".'re
that could induce me to
said (123), " What friend have a.
act as stated, or what force? My self saw, when I was rescued
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from the hands of the Peishwa by General Stim:i,* a largei dbi)d-oe7,
of Mahrattas fly from a few Sepoys, therefore what rout..
We consider the question he requested might be put to lJntajee
very remarkable, namely, " Who began this proceeding. the
Brahmin or the Maharaja?" as it tends to the impression We
had previously entertained, that his Highness had become the
Brahmin's dupe. The circumstance is thus related. p. 124 :
'His Highness then wrote the name of the Brahmin Untajee.
Be inquired what was his caste; and on being told he was a
Chitpaun Brahmin, his Highness observed with some warmth,
' That is the Peishwa's caste. I shall never be able to remain
in this country : I must go elsewhere ;' referring to the intrigues
of these Brahmins against him. He also requested the eotn-
/Mullin particularly to ascertain from the Br .hmin Untajee
who first began this conspiracy (fittoor)." There is nothing
here shout the Brahmin or the Maharaja. That question does
mot so st :rid in the evidence. The words would seem to be
interpolated to bear out the inference, and to say the least are
very suspicious. The question seems a most judicious one as
it mantle on the record. Who began this conspiracy? Let it
be traced to its source. Let me know the first
mover. But no, the I. oimmissioners will have it that it
tends to the impression that the Raja found he had been duped.

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.Theemanif, st design of this forced induction is to show that ,
the Raja was personally concerned; that he had entered into !
the plot, and was at last part and parcel of the conspiracy. I
Nothing in the proceedings warrants this. His Highness's
spirits are referred to. In close connexion with this we .have
what is not reported. The Commissioners. doubtless, knew
their own reasons well enough. His Highness evinced,
throughout the whole of this interview, which lasted about
three hours, the utmost readiness and self-possession. He was
first embarrassed; but it was only the embarrassment natural
to a person in his situation. Latterly he argued with clearness
and acuteness, took notes and asked questions, and certa=inly
did not evince the slightest appearance of aberration of mind. •
He requested a Mahratta copy of so much of the depositions of
the two Soobadars and the Brahmin as affected himself, which I
was not, at the time, objected to, but which he never got.
After the conference had terminated, his Highness's spirits in.
creased, and he laughed and joked at some observations that
were made in regard to the presentation of pawn. Does this,
I ask the Court, look like guilt? Is there anything
in this interview that speaks .to the prejudice of
the Raja? For myself, 1 say I find nothing. Now
for Untejee's answer to the question put to him the next
day (p. 125), but not put as dictated by the Raja, unless
that is left out in the statement of what. he really slid say,
which we find here and in the Report. The B alimia Untajee
is recalled, and interrogated by the Commission as fillows
" Who first commenced this conspiracy? Did you begin it
or did the Maharaja? The Brahmin, after about an hour's
evasion and prevarication, during which he told several different
stories, states that lie concocted the plot out of revenge, be-
cause a claim which he had to a well, on which he had expended
200 rupees (201.), was not attended to. Fer four years he
had been seeking justice, which had been denied him. He
frequei ted the camp. and endeavoured to interest Captain
Hand in his service, but all to no purpose. At last it occurred
to him, that by hatching a conspiracy of this kind, he and his
claim would come before the Sanb-log. Heaven threw
the Soebadars in his way, and he deveved them. He did not
tell them of his claim, and they believed his story to be true.
The two meetings at the Dewan's and the one at the Raja's
actually occurred. It was merely to snake their salaam, and
the alleged conversation never took place. The story he men-
tioned about the Mogul was false, but he did mention that a
person had come from Scindia." What is the effect which
this statement is calculated to produce upon every unprejudiced
mind ? Comment is needless. I leave it to produce its
effect upon the consciences and verdict of those who
hear me, and upon the minds of the public of this country.
How triumphant is the case 'of the Baja at this point. The
very question which was put, not as the Raja requested, who
begun the plot, but, as a leading one, "did you or the Maha-
raja ?" The answer to this question exonerates the Prince,
and places the witness before us as the very worst of men. But
I shall presently prove to you that even this confession of Un-
tajee'e is rejected, in so far as it is calculated to be of benefit to
the Raja. Bear what I have read in mind, as it is referred to
in a subsequent part of the Report, of the men who would have
had unbounded satisfaction in coming to a differen conclusion.
Among the papers handed in by the Raja is a series of deposi-
tions illustrative of the atrocious character of Untajee, which
proves him to be a man with whom the Raja could have no in-
tercourse in the remotest manner, without belying his whole 1
life.— (See page 160, also 126.) The Raja's &Rem-, referred to
so very briefly in the Report, is well worthy of consideration. i
His Highness is evidently impressed with the opinion that the
Commission will have sagacity enough for him to refer to the
characters of the originator, and the actors, and to his own cir-
cumstances and past life, in order at once to dispel the last lin-
gering idea of his being a party in the business :
" His Highness the Raja, accompanied by his brother and
Balla Seib, Senaputtee, visits the Commission of his own ac-
cord, and delivers in the following Memorandum with three
packets of papers. The latter are recorded with Appendix H.
" Translation of his Highness's Memorandum concerning the
Garee Untajee, the sentries (Sepeys), and Coosia, &c.—The
whole of this affair as it appears to stand, as also some ex-
planation relative to the conspirators, as well as regarding the
story of the sentries (Sepoys), now before the Commission
(Sahib-19g), is in substance as follows :
" It will be seen by reading the statementsAsent) and exa-
mining the witnesses, what low men are capable of undertaking.
This affair has been very much exaggerated, but it cannot enter
into the minds of the English Government for this reason. No
conspiracies of this kind occur under the English Government,
they only happen here, theref ire the English Government does
not suspect such things, but the suspicions are now stated.
This is not the fit time for entering into any conspiracy against
the English Government. It is not like the time of the war with
Bajee Row, and when his army was in this country, and it is
not as I had not seen such things. How it fared with Bajee
Row when slip sed to the British Government, that I have my-
sett seen. There is no such enmity bet seen our Governments
as there was between Bajee Row and myself, though this people
would make it appear so, but nothing has been taken or given
since I was rescued from Bajee Row's army. I have riot con-
spired with ans of his followers or with ans of his forte, or in any
other way. When the English trootts came I stood still with my
relations and Bulwunt Row Bhonsla Senaputtee, and since then
and up to this time how have I conducted myself, and what friend
but the English Go-eminent have we had from the time of the
Shaw Alaharaj until now, and how many enemies great and
small do I make here ? And on account of my friendship
with the English Government many people are my enemies.
When all these circumstances are considered, then the English
Government will be satisfied ; and in order still further to
satisfy the English Government, I propose as follows : Ist. Let
the English Government propose anything, whether great or
small, and see if it shall not be done. 2d. Let all my pro-
perty, of whatever kind, be demanded, and see if there be any
demur. 3d. Let an arrangement be made according to the
custom of the English Government as a further assurance.
More than this I cannot say in the way of assurance.
When I knew the result of this affair then will I speak my
mind to the English Government. There is no 'difficulty on
my part. Consider this well. The t•nglish Government has
made me what 1 am, and in future it will make me : there will
be no complaint on m 3 part. My only care is for my character
and honour, and beyond this I have no desire. Understand
this, and do according to your wishes. I will not contest any-
thing with the English Government, with others I might do
so; but when disputes arise instead of friendship, how can
friendship remain? If it be determined to make me more or
less than I am, all is in the hands of the English Government.
I have nothing more to add."
" 'The witnesses who appeared on the part of his Highness
may be divided into three classes.
" Ist. Persons to prove that conspiracies are of frequent oc-
currence in India. These may be passed over witheut remark,
because the fact may be admitted without affecting the merits
of the case, since not the slightest proof has been adduced to
prove that, in the present instance, a conspiracy of any kind
has boen formed against his Highness.
" 2d. Persons to prove that the Brahmin Untajee, and the
servant Coosia, are men of bad character, and consequently
unworthy of belief."
The bold assertion at the end of the first paragraph is some-
what startling, in the face of Untajee's declaration on page 125,
that the whole was a plot concocted from motives of revenge;
that it occurred to him that by hatching a conspiracy he could
bring his claim under notice, and that heaven threw the Soo-
badars in his way. In the face of what the Commissioners
say, that " intermediately between July 31 and September 8
the Raja became the dupe of the Brahmin, aided by Govind
Ros"—en the face of what is the impression of the Com-
missioners, that " the Raja had become the Bra-
min's dupe—in the face of what Untajee declares,
that the Raja " never talked treason at the interview alleged
to have taken place,"—yet, in the face of all this, we are told
by the Commissioners, who would have had unbounded satis-
faction in believing in the Raja's innocence, that there is " not
the slightest proof of a conspiracy against the Raja." Now, let
:is see what they said about the witnesses. First for Untajee:—
" With regard to the accomplice Untajoe, we are quire ready
to admit all his Highness has urged against him; for, on the
face of our proceedings, he appears to be a man of the most
worthless and - unprincipled character. He was under exami-
nation on three different occasions ; twice at the instance of
the Commission, and one at his own request. lie was guilty
of the grossest prevaric ition and deceit, and we have attached
no weight to his uncorroborated testimony. On his first and
third examination, although we believe him to have been guilty
of concealment and evasion, we are of opinion that his stns e-
meets are mixed up with a considerable degree of tru li ; but
we do not give entire credence to the story he gave at. his
second examination, that he himself had concocted the whole
affair out of revenge, in consequence of his not Waving obtained
redress in some dispute which occurred several years
ago regarding a well." With what unswerving con-
sistency do these impartial inquirers after truth reject
whatever has a tendency to demonstrate the innocence
of the Raja—, with what ingenuity do they bring
into prominence every circumstance that could, even by the
most malicious ingenuity, be tortured into proof of the haja's
participation in theieffair, or of evil designs against the Govern.
ment. Coosia comes next. We admit-, say these honest
reporters—these upright searchers after truth—these generous,
English, Special Secret Inquisitors upon the conduct and cha-
tamer of " the model of Indian Princes"— we admit that
Coosia committed a petty thing sixteen or seventeen years ago-
We admit that he had a missive for revenge, in consequence of
the violation ofa pledge of pardon to a brother-in-law, who was I
executed. Nevertheless, the reasons urged against him by his
Hishness can in no way affect his testimony; and in the evi-
dence of Coosia we place the most implicit reliance. (See
pp. 72, 73.) The Commissioners are next. called upon to look
at the evidence of the Soobadare. The lteja, as will be seen in
the Appendix, had furnished evidence that the testimony of the
native should be rejected, on the ground that, in consequence
of circumstances theiein narrated, the 23d regiment enter-
tained feelings of dissatisfaetion and dislike. Any individual
who will take the trouble of looking carefully into this part of
the proceedings, will be satisfied that the Raja assigned very
string grounds why the testimony of the Sepoys should be re-
ceived with great caution. See . how tile Commissioners deal
with this:—" We think it very probable that some feeling of
dissatisfaction may, at the time, have been excited against his
Highness, on account of the removal of the huts of a detach-
ment at Maliableshour, under the circumstances stated in Cid.
Lodwick's evidence. (Page 75 of our proceedings.) We
think this, however, was most likely confined to the detachment
itself; that it never extended to the body of the regiment, al-
though it is in evidence that Soobadar Goober Alissur, who was
then commandieg the escort of the Right Hon. the Governor
(in the spot, wrote to his Adjutant on the subject. But we do
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thinks," and " most likelys," and " cannot conceives,"
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of the native officers. How strangely these we
contrast with the maxim laid down in our own country that the
Judge should be on the prisoner's side, and always allow him to
have the benefit of the doubt. Now mark what follows :
" Before we proceed to the remaining branches of our Report,
we beg to state that, the leading facts of the case having been
established to our satisfaction, we do not deem it necessary to
enter into an analysis of the evidence of the two native officers
and the Havildar, or to compare it with that contained in the
depositions taken by their officers. A process of this kind
would undoubtedly detect various discrepancies, omissions, and
additions, on the part of the witnesses; but only such as, we
think, might be expected from persons narrating events oc-
cupying a period of nearly three months, and consequently not,
in our opinion, affecting the general merits of the case.' Sir,
I shall leavelo others who are fully prepared to show the nature
of these discrepancies, omissions, and additions, the task of
showing what they are, and of proving that they refer to
eircumstances which men in all countries, but more especially
in India, could not be' guilty of if -speaking the truth.
Let me now draw your attention to another specimen of the
unwearied labours and strict impartiality of the Commissioners,
who would have had unbounded satisfaction in coming to
another conclusion. The passage lam about to read is one
intended to set forth the circumstances in favour of the Rajs,
that they my come under the notice of Mr. Willoughby',
sg erior alit, is a generous task, as weil as a plain
(ItStlr now .
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mark how it is performed. When reading it, I
was streM Y f4g4pded of a certain person in sacred history, who,
who., he ' oete nempeseing the ruin .of a just and in-
man, led his enemies to the spit, and dis-
covered wester," and kissing *him•
cno;isyltehtoiounghofwte ht.
I:yeeernetd birtl by saying—'`
keen, reluctantly cempeded to declare our
milt to the extent specified in the
cedinglief e remarks, we deem it necessar here to notice
cumstances apparently in hie favoner, not only to show that
they have not ,escaped our own ebseryatien, but that they
may be (moldered by ottr snperiors. There are, Ist, the insa-
as far as can be seen, the absence of
plan or object which. nese
nits of the attempt,
any definite his Wish could benefit
e 'writ Sattara. 2d. His Highness's deliver-
from the seduction of doe regiment of native troops, and this
regiment about t
• o up, without any demur, his Dewan and the perfumer, and
so the Commission. 3J. His Highness's
ileyeaatetheanrrahentge

" On these pointsithe following remark; occur to us. lst. •
Although we have failedto elicit any proof of communication
between his Highness and other native powers, it would not be
therefore safe to conclude that none has actually occurred
His Highness has, of late, been governed by men of bad cha-
racter; and it is impossible to say how far they may not have
succeeded in persuading him that other posters are engaged in
similar attempts to seduce our troops, and thus have led him
into making the same attempt. It may also so happen that
his Highness's designs have been discovered almost as soon as
they were formed, and consequently that they have been crushed
in the bud before they had time to be sufficiently deves
loped. 2tl. We may remark, that his Highness's conduct may
be interpreted in two ways : Ist, As a proof of his innocence
2d, As a conviction, On his part, of inability to resist
the demand, and the desire to avoid the unfavotuable inference
which non-compliance would have given rise to. On the third
point we would offer the trite remark, that admitting the plea
to its full extent, it can only be available in a case of doubt.
We apprehend, however, that his Highness'scharacter, as pour-
frayed in these proceedings, will be found to differ most essen-
tially frOm that which Government has been led to form from
the Reports of former Residents; and although we are not pre-
pared to state that anything like insanity has been established
against him, the anecdotes related of his Highness by the per-
son alluded to at page 6G of our Proceedings, and confirmed
by the Resident, prove the grossest credulity and superstition
on his part, which we think may have influenced Ids conduct.
We also learn from the best authority, that at the time the
present Raja was established on the Sattara throne, both Lim-
self and his family entertained the most extravagant ideas of
their own c.insequence, and that their expectations were most
proportionate, so that, fur a time, the bounty they experienced
was not duly appreciated.'—( Grant Duff's " History of the '
Alahrattas," vol. iii., p. 483.) Here Captain Grant Ditff is I
called in to condemn the Raja for what lie wrote within
a few months after the Raja came into cur hands. •
Now let us look at the honesty with which the quotation is
made, and we shall have fresh evidence of the mains animus
which actuated the Commissioners in writing their Report.
In the extract they have made, they tell you, that " both the
Raja's family and himself entertained," &e. What if I shall
show you that it was not the Raja, but others, who exhibited
the propensities referred to ; and that it was the Raja who
curbed those propensities, and acted implicitly upon the rules of
economy laid down by the Resident ? The ungarbled text
reads thus:—" The Raja was in his 27th year, intelligent and
well disposed, but bred amongst intrigues, surrounded by men
of profligate character, and ignorant of everything except the
etiquette and parade of a Court." Now, then, who was it en-
tertained the views referred to by the Commissioners? %Vas it
the Raja? No; for Capt. Grant Duff says, it was his family
who " entertained the most extravagant ideas of their own con-
sequence, and their expect ations were proportionate ; so that, for
a time the bounty which they experienced was not duly appre-
ciated." But respecting the Raja, we are told that
"on being informed what Isis allowance would he, the
first year of Isis administration ended without the ex-
penditure of a single rupee in excess of the amount
assigned him.—(Cheers.) Here, then, you have a direct evi-
dence of an intention, on the part of the Commissioners, to
misrepresent the character of this distinguished Prince, by
omitting to record what he actually said, and by attribut;ng to
him qualities which he never displayed, they bring the readers
of thee. Report to a false conclusion, and compromise the duty
they were called upon to discharge. But you must be pre-
pared for far more proof than I have given you of the disin-
genuousness of the men who sat in judgment upon the Raja.
"Perhaps in this passage a key (a false key) is his Highness's
conduct may be found. Time may have weakened the grati-
tude he may once have felt to the British Government for
having restored him to liberty and a throne, and forgetful of
what he was, and of the source from which he derived all that
he now possesses, he may Lave been led, by family bride and a
weakened intellect, to think of the much more extensive king-
dom which belonged to his ancestors ; and having once nou-
rished the dangerous thought, he may have been gradually led,
by the designing men who. now surround him, to entertain false
hopes, and with this object may hive conimenced by assailing
the fi.lelity of our troops. Be this as it may, whatever were
Isis Highness's former feelings towards us, it is quite evident an
estrangement has latterly taken place, not only from Govern-
ment, but from its representative. .Colonel Lodwick states this
change to have occurred as recently as fifteen months ago, and
attributes it to some disputed points that had arisen between
the Government and Ins Highness regarding his jagheerciars,
in consequence of which his Highness is stated to have prepared
an embassy to England. Another intortnant, whose accuracy
of information has more than once been verified (Ballajee
Punt), states this to be the consequence of the Raja having
been released from control by Colonel Robertson, and to his
being afterwards in some degree restrained. Without wasting
further time in conjecture as to the motive which may have in-
fluenced his Highness's conduct, we beg to conclude by ob-
serving, that the existence of estrangement, and withdrawal of
all confidence from the Resident, as well as causes of dissatis-
faction with Government, are apparent; and these have, no
doubt, operated upon his Highness, in the absurd project he
seems to have entertained." Now, just review these passages
(which are but one paragraph), arid are prefaced by the an-
nouncement that they are to set forli what can be said in
favour of the Raja. 1. Though there is no proof of communi •
eatisn with native powers, yet "it would not therefore be
safe to conclude that none had actually occurred 1"
This certainly is much in favour of the Raja.
"As the Raja has of late been governed by men of bad character
(I should certainly say so at this time), it is impossible to say '
how far they may not have succeeded in persuading him that
other powers are engaged in similar attempts to subdue our
troops, and thus have led him into making the same attempt."
Quite imp issible Mr. Willoughby. This is favour the second.
The grammar, the perspicuity, the generosity, and the argu-
mentativeness oft his passage, are equally conspicuous 1 Again—
" 'though he delivered up the perfumer and Govind Row when
demanded, yet it may have been from a conviction that he
could not resist, and from a desire to avoid an unfavourable in-
ference. Favour the third. Again—" His Highness may have
bad tithes hostile designs ; but they may have been discoveted
almost, as soon as found, and, consequently, they may have been
crushed in the bud before they had time to ripen." Certainly.
This is favour the fourth. Again—" His Highness had a good
character." He had. "We apprehend, however, that his
Highness's character, as pourtrayed in these proceedings (and
especially in this Report), %Nil he found to differ most essentially
from that which Government had been led to form from the
Reports of former Residents." You are right, Mr. \Va..
loughby. You have essentially altered the character of the
llaja, wherever you are believed. Favour the MTh.
The Report now proceeds with the utmost gravity to discuss the
question whether the, conspiracy ext ended beyond Sattara.
!'here is something sublimely ridiculous in this. After the
most wretched plot that ever called . for inquiry had been
fully traced tea beggarly Brahmin, already branded as a perju-
rer, a prevaricator, and a purloiner, of twenty• five years stand-
ing, and in constant and full practice. Mr. Willoughby pom-
pously advances to the consideration of whether seindin,
Holear,the Raja of Negpore, Caintainin Row, Kolpoorkur, and
the Governments of Goa, t helepoor, Tanjore, Russia, and the
Ilabshee, were in league with the Raja. of Sattara. The Go-
vernor in Council had written to say that," with the exception
of what the Soobadars had said, they had no information that
could induce them to suppose that any native powers were en-
gaged in the plot." Mr. Willoughby himself says—" We
have not been able to elicit the slightest direct evidence that
the conspiracy extends beyond Sattara," and owns to the utter
absence of any dorumeatary evidence on any part of the sub-
ject. Nevertheless, the subject is entitled to some share in the
unwearied industry of the Political Secretary. You have
hearth one story of may-be's, and may-have-been's, and probe-
hies, and possibles —take another.

" A reference to our proceedings will show, that we have not
succeeded in elici ing the slightest direct evidence that the
conspiracy extends beyond Sattara ; and yet we can hardly be-
lieve that a Prince so deficient in meant and resources as the
Raja of Sattara, could have acted in the manner he has been
proved to have done, without having previously communicated
with more powerful states, and without having been persuaded
into the belief that they were of the same mind, and engaged
in the same object as himself. If this be not the case, no
rU onger proof could be required of the alleged insanity of his
Highness than his having commenced to tamper with our
troops without having received assurances of aid from other
quarters."
" It will he observed, that the Brahmin, 'on his first exami-
nation, alludes to his having been in communication with a
Mogul emissary from Hyderabad, but that on his last exami-
nation he confessed that this was a fiction of his own, admit-
ting that he did inform the native officers that he was in league
with a Vakeel of Sindia's, which we believe to be a fiction also.
The Brahman further admitted that his statement that emis-
saries had been seat to the different stations under this Presi-
dency to gain over the troops, was likewise false ' • and we are
disposed to believe this to be the case, from the fact that no
such emissaries have been discovered, notwithstanding the Sat-
tara plot was detected as far back as the Ilst July last."
But mark—
" It is in evidence that the Raja of Sattara interchanges
presents and holds friendly intercourse with the 'Oodeepoor
and Tanjore Governments, but with the knowledge and
sanction of Government. It is probable that, under the
cover of this intercourse, treasonable communications
may have been made, a, d that the agents through
whom it has been conducted, aware of the hostile
feelings of his Highness tow :rds us, may have given exagge-
rated accounts of similar hostile feelings existing in the minds
of other native rulers, and may have persuaded him that they
are disposed to combine against us. We more particularly
refer to the agent Sewanund Shastry, whose history is briefly
alluded to in the eleventh paragraph of Colonel Lodwick's
letter to Government dated 18th August last. The person has
been twice deputed by the 1, ajaof eattara to Oodeepoor, and is
at the present moment high in his favour and confidence.
consider hen to be a very likely person to have been em-
ployed on such an occasion, and that it is probable the com-
munications alluded to by the informant, at page 66 of . our
Proceedings' as having passed between his Highness and the
ex-Raja of Nagpore, now at Joudpore, may have been con-
ducted through this man's agency." Sir, I should use strong
language (perhaps so strong as to fall again under your cen-
sure,) if I attemved to characterise such writing as this.
There it stands, a scandal and a disgrace to our po-
litical administration in India. It shall not be my fault
if it excites not the public abhorr,,nce of the people
of this country. Happy should I be to close this black
book upon this page ; but there is snore, and however loath-
some and sickening it is, I will go through with it. Our
colleague, the Political Secretary, will disclose the name of
our informant. This is Ballajee Punt Nathoo, who had not
to rob for his living because pensioned for his service to us
in the betrayal of a former master, and who is the lago of the
play—should he be required to do so, the same, under the
instructions of Government (vide Appendix II), not having
been recorded? His sources of information are evidently good,
as his statements, in one or two instanees, have been verified
by the event. He has received a very high character from
the Resident. This hereon states, that within the last
twelve months the Raja has communicated with Moodhoojee
Bhonsleh, the with Hyderabad, and
Oodeepoor, and el-iiaia of
authoritiesNag"re
the
adds, that about the 18th October, his Highness burnt a letter
with ' at Goa. He further
that had been brought from Moodhoojee Bhonsleh by Sewanund
Shastry. We do not place implicit confidence in this informa-
tion, beeau=e it was obtained from the Raja's brother, who, al-
though ostensibly on friendly terms, is believed to be at enmity
with him. We think, however, that were this clue communi-
cated to the political authority at Ajmere, and an inquiry in-
stituted, some light might be thrown upon this mysterious case.
It will be seen, that during the second interview between the
native officers and the Dewan, a person came in and took apart
in the conversation, who, the Brahmin stated was a relation of
the ex-Raja of Nagpore, and that at his last examination the
Brahmin confirmed this statement, and added, that his name is
" Appa Sahib Mareek." We are informed that there is such a
person at Sattara, and he is alluded to in Colonel Lod-
wick's letter of the 7th October, as having been sent to the
Residency when the Dewan was given up ; but as neither
of ti e native officers could recognize him as the person
who came into the room, there is no evidence we can rely upon
to identify him. We deem it proper to draw the attention to
the following extract from the information afforded us by the
aobnoutthethausethnodriatyn
embassy
bthasesyßatjoa's
England,brother.
and"
iinjuile)essrs ,
His
written a letter to his agent in Bombay, that if he fails to ob-
tain redress there, lie must go over to the Russians ten
them that his kingdom is one of fifty-six crores of rupees, that
they must bring an army and reinstate him in this raj, and
that he will ultimately repay their expenses by instalments,"
This was told by Ballajee Paut Nathoo to the Commissioner on
the 2'2d October, 1846.—( Page 114.) This letter is written its
Persian, and is signed by the Raja. It may, probably, bg
deemed expedient to institute an inquiry into this matter. We
cannot, of course, give credit to such a wild and extravagant
gory, or imagine that his Highness would entrust any agent

• with inch undeniable proof of his hostility towards u; hutawe
consider some light is thrown on the feeling which exists at
the palace by such a plan being even whispered. What renders
the story more incredible is, the eircumstacce that Split Meer,
the agent to whom the letter is alieged to have been given, has
since been discarded. Here, then, is another insidious and
crooked attempt to strengthen the impression, which it seems
the one great aim of this Report to produce against the un-
fortunate Raja, who seems to have been utterly bereft of
friends in the hour of his greatest need, and to have the very
worst of his enemies in his own household, and nearest
to his own bosom, even his own. flesh and blood.
Let us probe this matter as far -as •we can, and
see if • the inquiry does not • cover • all concerned with
confusion, except the Raja himself. On page 283 of the Ist
vol. of Sattara Papers, will be found a Minute
by the Governor
Sir Robert. Grant, referring to the subject this letter, saii
by Mr. Willoughby to be written in Persian, and signed by
the Raja.. Mind Ali.. Willoughby rays no more, though
you will find he knew much more. The minute of the Go-
vernor treats of certain documents inclosed in a letter to the
Geyer: or from Culonel Ovens, the Acting Residait' at Sat-
tara, and,dated the••24th of Norecnber, 1837: The Governor,
after dismissing other documents, says---" I now come to the
most important one, namely, one bearing
date on the sth of
October, alleging to have been sent to Colonel ()vans by
A ppa Sahib, the brother of the Raja. Nor does Colonel Ovens
seem to have any doubt of its authenticity. We have seen
that the first time this letter is mentioned is before the Corn-
.
missioners oti the 22d October, 1836. The story is told by
the Brahmin Ballojee Punt, who says his information was de-
rived from Appa Sahib, who also says, " the Raja is mad,"
and every tittle of whose evidence seems to have been dictated
by a desire to produce the conviction that the Raja was an
enemy to the British Government, and wholly unfit to govern
the pi incipality of Sattara, because " his head was turned."
Let this be borne in mind. On the sth of October, 1837, one •
year subsequently, Colonel ()vans receives a letter froin Appa
Sahib, who eriminates himself, while he, at the same time,
extenuates the net, and plainly points to himself as the future
ruler of Sattara. This man is now the Raja; Bal!ajee Punt
is his minister, with another pension of 1,0001. a-year from the
British Cove, nment, and Colonel Ovens is the admirer and •
vindicator of both. Let us now examine this letter.
" 7. The paper is vaguely written ; but it contains one state-
ment, criminatory both of the alleged writer and the Raja,
which deserves attention. In reference to the two agents
whom it is understood that the
Raja was about to depute to
England, the writer says, ' the Raja gave copies of the
treaty and other papers to Syud Meer and Ibrahim, and in-
structed them thus: 'Represent first to the Court of Directors
in England. There, should it not be effected according to
our desires, represent to the King's durbar. There, if it should
be decided that we have full powers in our own country, and,
that the Bombay Council should have no sovereignty over us,
it is good; if not, communicate with the Rooswalla (Russians)
and adopt means for their army to come down here.' Having
said so, and having prepared a foul draft of a yad of stipulations
to be passed to the Rooswalla, my brother put his sign- manual
life.ila Out of this fear I
d I
not put it he would that
monom%annt have d madem
takenl my e.
put it ; and I became fully persuaded - that moment,
that by such acts the Raja would not continue.'
"8. The alleged writer takes credit to himself for having
communicated to the Sattara Commission the fact, that a letter
me put
minx.in
to the above effect had been written by the Raja' and on re-
ference to the 10th paragraph of the Report of the Commis-
sioners, it will be seen that such a communication is referred to
as having been made to them on the authority of the Raja's
brother, although the Commissioners, writing at a period when
the intrigue had been very partially detected, are disposed to
treat the information with incredulity.

" 9. Lieutenant-Colonel Ovens states, that this singular do-
cument was brought to him by a confidential agent, named
Eshwunt Raw Foujdar, with the declared object of having it
transmitted to Government, and that, at the time of delivering
it, the agent made verbal representations to the same effect
with the contents. The Acting Resident likewise states, that
Alps Sahib does not appear to have been otherwise concerned
in the wild designs of the Raja, than in the instance to which he
thus pleads guilty.
" 10. In weighing the claims of this statement to our be-
lief, it is impossible not to observe that there are two circum-
stances which, taken by themselves, materially detract from its
credit. First, the writer acknowledges that enmity has long
existed between himself and the Raja. Day by day,' he says,
• the enmity of my brother has been increasing, for he suspects
me of being in combination with the British Government.'
Secondly, he anticipates the possibility of the Raja's dethrone-
ment, and avowedly aims at succeeding him. •If my brother,'
he observes, ' has done anything wrong, that it may be for-
given out of mercy, and that the raj be continued firm, is my
only wish. Perhaps, in order not to continue my brother on
the raj, if an arrangement be contemplated, I am an heir, acd
1 sin not concerned in any improper acts; if my brother has
done any, therefore, the British Government will place me on
the throne. I have this confidence ' "
Every right-minded man would have spurned such a wretch as
this. Yet this is the man who is said to be "grossly abused
s,th here and in India." Let us see if he is the pure and spot-
less creature. Look at him when a boy. Captain Grant
Duff has been quoted against the ex- Raja ; mo't unfairly
quoted. A garbled extract has been cast into the witches
cauldron, to " make the medly slab and good." I will give
you one complete in all its parts. "The name of the younger
brother (of the Raja) is Serajee, familiarly, Appa Sahib.
He is an obstinate, ill-disposed lad, with ,very low,
vicious habits, which all the admonition of the Raja
(mark that, gentlemen), cannot get the better." 'Tis
said as the twig inclines the tree will grow. So it
has been shown to be in tits case of your protegee, Appa Sahib.
What says the Gallant Director, General Robertson :—" In
the number of his Highness's enemies, lam sorry that I am
obliged to class the personage now on the Gadee at Sattara. A.
year ~r two before I left Sattara, I had twice a visit at mid-
night from a confidential atendant of his, to urge me, on the
part of his master, to divide the princip•lity, and to assign one-
half to Apia Sahib. Though 1 distinctly told the messenger
that Appa Sahib incurred the greatest risk, by preferring such
a request, I still affected to consider the messenger as acting
without authority, and warned him to beware of the conse-
quences that would result to him from my exposing his conduct.
I said, that even if authorised by Appa Sahib, that person would
when charged, deny hint, and that nothing could save
him front destruction; and had I not thought that this person
who only acted at the instigation of Appa Sahib, would have
been the only !ufferer, I should at once have arrested hint and
, sent hint to his Highness. As the proposition was not after-
wards repeated to me, trusting that Appa Sahib had abandoned
the project as hopeless, I thought apart from considerations for
the mere agent, that it would save much domestic jealousy and
dissension by taking no further notice of the subject. now-
ever awaited the arrival of Sir John Malcolm, woo was soon
I expected at Sattara, intending to shape my conduct by his
advice. On my speaking to him, however, he told me that
a similar proposition had ,been made to him since his
arrival, and that he had met it in the same way as I had done.
What says General Lodwick ? •• With respect to the Raja's
brother, it is impossible to use terms that would sufficiently
express my contempt for him ; he wanted both dignity and
common decency of manner, and was universally despised. He
became the chief informer against his devoted brother the
Raj a, and accused him of crimes which I shall not shock the
delicacy of this Court by naming. Yet this is the man you
have placed on the throne." Now look at the part he
took in his brother's dethronement. Here is a
letter, dated Sattara, October 2, 1839, and is as follows :
" One company of his Majesty's 41st regiment, two companies
of the 21st regiment Native Infantry, and there companies of
the 'ssth Native Infantry, being ordered to march to Sattara,
at twenty-four hours' notice, we left Poonah on the 31st of
August, and arrived is Sattara on the 4th of September. We
received orders to meet the following morning on the parade,
at two o'clock. The grenadiers of the 25th regiment, with the
light company and some artillery, were ordered to march to the
palace and take the Raja, whilst the 21st companies and the
Nth regiment went to the Adawlut and Balla Sahib's house, to
take him and look after his cavalry, who were fully expected to
show light ; but nothity, occurred, nor could he be found.
Ballah Sahib is commander of the Raja's force. We marched
into the palace, and formed into line before the doors, arid
men with lanterns were seen running about in every direction—
it being scarcely light—to prevent the Raja attempting his
escape, whilst Colonel Ovens, the Resident, and another officer,
went into the palace to find the Raja,
accompanied by the
present Raja, Appa Sahib, who led them to his brother's bed-
oom, and showed them where he was ! The same day he
was publicly proe':aimed. There was the loom. little Raja
fast asleep when the Colonel found him. He immediately
came out in his sleeping drawers and a piece of cloth thrown
over his shouldere; he made no resistance. A palanquin
was called, in which he was placed, as well as his Com-
mander-in-Chief, Balla. Sahib, who was found in another room."
The Report now draws to a close. The parties are re-assembled
on the stage. The punishment of the Raja is modestly left to
the Government. Govind Row is to be removed from Sattara,
and so he was ; Untejee is to be imprisoned during pleasure ;
he was soon set at liberty ; Pureshram, pardoned and set at
liberts ; Coosha, to have fifty rupees, and a supernumerary
peonship ; the Havitdar and Soobadars high praise,
and honourable distinction, and the curtain falls.
Here ends the Report. Well might General Lodwick express
his regret at signing it without a protest. Sir, I would not be
the author of that Report for all she wealth of which the Raja
has been plundered, nor for all the honours you have in your
power to bestow. Is it possible that this document can
have passed under the review of the Court of Directors with-
out censure? Is it possible that the man who wrote it can be
still Political Secretary at Bombay, and possessed of power to
blacken and destroy others as he has done the Raja of Situate?
Alas, it is sa, anti more! He has received thanks for the zeal,
ability, and industry with which he compiled. this and other
documents of a like nature, and for the opinions and conclusions
to which he has helped successive Governor'. What shall be
said of this Report? In style it is below contempt ; in argu-
ment it lacks the le .st approach to honesty or fairness. Its de-
sign, from first to last, is to prove the Raja guilty. In special
pleading it out-does the Old Bailey or the Middlesex Sessions.
Instead of being a fair unvarnished statement of the leading
facts of the case, as brought out by evidence, it is full of per-
vet Siam, suppressions, interpolations, strained inferencele far-
fetched conclusions, feelings, surmises, possibilities, pro-
Report. Or if one, it is a Report
almost
babilities, and insinuations._ It is not what it pro-
fesses
speculations;nf of the ease. That
acts
opinions, and views of
the writer, instead of being what it should have been, aatimple
a
part of the evidence which, beyond all comparison, is the most
of
defective, which is full of fata ilescrepances and contradictions,
at osconnected to
exclusivelybe
a narrative o f the
hthie
mi
is the part which directly implicates the Raja. You have al-
ready seen, while I have travelled a series of disgusting
examples, the studied and careful (I cannot say ingenious)
manner in which every word and fact likely to tell in the
l
Court in favour of the Raja is sought to be explained and rea-
soned away. But look on the other side. Is any notice taken
of the up stairs and down-stairs contribution; of the Soobadars,
—None. Of their turban, or creed-turban, off-state-
ments?—None. Of the most important fact respecting the
paion, said to have been given?_
_Non e. Of the contradiction
between the written notes and the spoken evidence ?—None.
These, and
as many more facts, which justice and truth re-
quired to be noticed in the Report, are left to be found out
by laborious examination and comparison afterwards. Sir, ap-
point a Committee of three impartial men in this Court to
of the proceedings of that C • • prepare a Report Commission,
and I venture to say that they they will find
themselves compelled to prepare one in almost
every respect the opposite of one we have before us.
In speaking thus I speak of thet Commissioners as public men,
whose acts are open to public animadversion. Thdre are
three signatures to this Report, and the three men represented
by those signatures are responsible for the document. I have
specially named Mr. Willoughby, because he has avowed him-
self the writer, and because he
is specially referred to
by Sir Robert Grand, as his chief adviser, and by Sir
James Carnac also. But setting aside men and mo-
tives, and judging the Report by itself,
I give it as
inv deliberate opinion that it ls unfair, unjust, grossly par-
tial, and calculated, if notdesigned, tc leave an impression
on the mind exactly the reverse of that which an impartial
examination of the evidence would warrant, The Commission
was appointed to investigate regret upon the conspiracy
Wined at Sattara a
alleged to have tg,Pll • •pd other places, ‘Nith
the view of seducing the native fromroops from•
their ailegiance,
and ultimately of siihver'ing the British power in India. Now,
Sit, I say. the Report, tested he this its object and its end, is
d a false Reports
from beginning to en The Report demanded
by the evidence is this—ire, the undersigned, have brought to an
• • we were appointed to make, end the inquiry and have to report as
follows .—We can discover no trace of a conspiracy with the
view mentioned in Qtp instriletiOns. We have obtained evidence
that a wicked and Abaridoned man, al3rahmin, by name Un-
L tujee, met a Sepoy of the 23d, whom ho bound by an oath not

for four hours,

L4ll. A.

to reveal what Was about to be imparted. That the spldier.,.took •
an oath which he'never intended to keep. That the Brahmin
then told him of a combination to overthrow the British power,
and implicated the Raja of Sattara in the conspiracy. For
this statement, according to his own voluntary confession,
there was not the slightest foundation. We find that at a se-
cunt; interview the Brahmin was himself deceived by a Havildar
and a Subadar, acting under the instruction of English officers.
That an interview with the Raja, at first promised on an early
day, was long postponed. That the ivideuce taken to prove
that it at last took place, is full of glaring contradictions and
fatal discrepancies. That motives of revenge have been brought
home to three of the prinicipal witnesses—namely, Untajee,
Coosa, and the Soobadar Segoolam Sing. That we hare not
been able to establish upon any evidence worthy of the least
credit, that the Raja has at any time either entertained, avowed,
or encouraged designs hostile to the British Government.
That we believe the whole to be P plot concocted
by enemies of the Raja to effect his ruin, and hold him to be an
innocent man, worthy of the continued confidence and increased
support of the British Government. That the promptitude
with which he surrendered the accused individual, the readiness
with which he attended the Commission, and the noble and
dignified manner in which he deported himself throughout, are
worthy of commendation and praise, and folly sustain the high
character which for 18 years he has enjoyed in
the opinion of successive Residents of the Bombay
and Supreme Governments, and of the Court of Di-
rectors. We further have to state, that it is
our deliberate opinion that had the Raja of Sattara been per-
mitted by the Government to have the aid usually available to
accused individuals, in the presence and exertions of Counsel
to cross-examine the witnessses in support of the charge, and
the conduct of the defence, his innocence would have been still
more apparent, end his enemies still more deeply branded with
shame. That the nndersigned further believe, that if at
any time prior to the appointmenr•-of the Commission,
the Resident had been instructed to seize the con-
spirators, or to reveal their machinations to the Raja.
his Highness would have been able to have crushed the plot,
and to have manifested his own uprightness without the extra-
ordinary process of a Secret Commission in his own capital ap- I
pointed by the Government of Bombay, Finally, we suggest
that you should leave it to the wisdom and authority of the
Raja to deal with those who have-sought to bring scandal and
ruin upon him, and that the British Government should take
such measures as are requisite to proclaim your un-
abated . confidence and esteem, and , re-establish him in
the estimation and affection of the people 'of his country.
Gentlemen. I shall now release yon from the painful necessity
of • longer listening to my voice. I have detained you to a
length which nothing could excuse but the importance of the
subject, and your own unworthy conduct.—(oh, oh.) Sir,
I shall offer no apology for the part I have taken in this de-
bate. When what I have said appears in print, I shall be
amply justified in the eyes of every lover of justice and huma-
nity. —( Laughter within the bar.) In what I have done, I
can appeal to my own conscience, and the All-seeing one above
us, that I have been influenced only by a humble and dutiful
sense of what I owe to the claims of everlasting vi:tue.—( Re-
' newedlaughter. ) Gentlemen laugh. Bea so. They possibly season
from themselves. I know myself, and I speak what Ido know.
When I sit down. others will follow me. I know the nature of
the statements they have to make, and I fervently trust they
will renew the debate, and continue it until the morning dawns.
—(Cries of " Hear, hear.")' Sir, I have myself sat up three
previous nights, patiently dissecting the papers before the
Court, which others, I am sorry to find, have not givin them-
selves the trouble to read; and I declare, upon my honour,
that I have failed to discover in them the slightest trace of the
alleged guilt of the Prince you have deposed. But what is my
reward ? When I undertake to inform you on this
subject, you turn a deaf ear, and I am met
with taunts, and epithets, and threats, and every
species of annoyance which the !most niscrueulous and
obstinate upholders of injustice could employ.—(Cries of " Oh,
oh," from Mr. Fielden. ) Yes, I have been met with taunts
and threats, and every species of interreption.—(Greatlaugh-
ter within the bar.) 'Well, gentlemen, it is somethieg to be
able to excite even your merriment on such an occasion. Yet,
Sir, it is to my mind most melancholy and affecting, that in this
place, whenever a man appeals to the higher feelings of our na-
ture—whenever he appeals to truth and justice, and to the
immutable law of Jehovah—he is met by laughter and
derision. It is well that in me you have one
in whom these excite only pity and contempt.
The heathen man and the publican coming into this Court,
would be shocked at the levity with which every thing solemn
and sacred is received. Were your conduct beheld by the peo-
ple at large, you would, as a•body, be a bye-word and a re-
proach. Gentlemen, you force from me these expressions of
my feelings and opinions. I came here with no desire to be
factious, or personal, or tedious. My time has been filched from
me by the most unworthy artifices, and my feelings lacerated by
every insinuation which opposition could suggest. —( Hear,
hear.) But no more. 1 once more commend to you the cause
which I have advocated. If you are wise, if you are just.
you will even now yield to the dictates of generosity,
and the demands of truth and equity. My part has been under-
taken at the promptiogs of my judgment, without fee, and
e ithout, reward, and without either the expectation or the hope
of a. higher compensation than I shall find in witnessing the
success of my humble efforts. Sir, we will not yet despair. If
we do not succeed here, we will go elsewhere ; and, from the
Queen upon the throne, to the meanest subject in the land,
whose voice can swell the tide of public opinion—a tide which,
when it sets in, is powerful enough to sweep even you from
your seats—we will make our appeal for the restoration of the
Prince who adorned the throne of which you have deprived him ;
and we shall look for the day, when what you would not yield
to entreaty, shall be taken from you by authority. My prayer,
my only prayer has been, that you would give the Raja of
Setters the benefit of the new facts and evidence which we
had it in our power to lay before you, and if you still deter-
mined to rob him of his throne, that you would at least restore
to him his honour.

Mr. Thompson sat down, have spoken upwards of eight
hours. We have found it impossible to notice more than a
very few of the interruptions offered to the speaker, some of
which occasioned a considerable break in the argument, and
led to digressions, a report of which might impair the unity
and value of the address.

➢lr. NORRIS followed Mr. Thompson, and, having spoken

The CHAIRMAN said that at that early hour in the morning 1
(quarter past one) he would not detain the Court with many
observations. The discussion of that day had not altered his
opinion of the case, but he thought it right, as aspersions
had been east upon individuals, to state that their characters
were as high as those of any honourable men. The principals
of this conspiracy, the prirnum mobile as they might be
termed, had been recommended for promotion by those well
qualified to speak of their qualifications. The Honourable
Proprietor (Mr. Thompson) had argued for the high char-
acter borne by the ex-Rajah of Sattara, and he (the Chair-
man) only claimed for the witnesses the same consideration.
Staff-officers had spoken in their favour, and General
Elphinstone, as well as others, had spokes of the
calumniated individuals as well known and tried officers
of the British Government. The Chairman referred to
extracts of letters written by General Lodwick, respecting
the conduct of the Raja and the oppressions of his people.
lie (the Chairman) attributed the course taken by the
Raja to obliquity of intellect. He had formed a company
of women, armed them, and drilled them, to protect the
palace from ghosts, which he supposed haunted it. This
was one indication of obliquity of intellect. He (the Chairman)
was firmly of opinion that the Raja was a convicted traitor.—
( Hear, hear.) As to the sword, it arrived in June, 1;t.:43d ;
and in July the Report was received of the conspiracy formed
by the Raja.. After a discussion • olmore than twelve hours
nothing additional had been shown to alter the opinion as to
the criminality of the Raja than had been adduced in the five
da3s' previous debate on the same subject. The Chairman
moved that the debate be now adjourned.
A division was called for, when there appeared—
For the adjournment
Against it ..
Majority

.. 24

-.23

The Court then on the question adjourned at half-past one
on Saturday morning, having met at twelve o'clock. The
Court of Proprietors on this occasion sat longer than ever
before remembered.

THE LATE THUNDER STORM.
Accounts continue to be received from various parts of
the country of the disastrous effects of the tremendous
and almost unparalleled storm of thunder and lightning
which occurred on Weduesday,iright and Thursday
morning. It appears to I.ave 'been pretty general, al-
though some places were partially and some wholly free
free from the awful visitation. At Norwich the rain fell
copiously, and some lightning was observed, but no
thunder was heard. Uxbridge also was but partially
visited. The fine old steeple of Devizes church was
rent in twain, the works of the clock destroyed, part of
the metal being melted, some of the bells injured, and
part of the roof destroyed by some fragments of the
steeple falling thereon. In consequence of these injuries
it is understood, Divine service will not be performed
therein on Sunday next. The damage is supposed to
amount to upwards of 1,0001.
INotresir—DEATH FROM LIGHTNING.-011 Friday
an inquisition was taken before Mr. Wakley, at the Seven
Stars, Non-road, Hammersmith, on the body of George
Brill, aged 60 years, who was killed during the awful
thunder storm on the morning of Thursday last.
The Jury having been sworn aecrmpanie'd the Coroner
to view the body, which was lying in one of the lower
rooms on the premises. , It presented marks of the
powerful effects of the electric fluid, which had struck
the deceased on the right side of the head, literally tear-
ing his hat into shreds. It had then passed down the
right side of his neck, down his chest, stomach, left thigh,
and leg, and, then passed out on the inside of the left
heel. The skin along which it had passed was exec'.
rioted as from burning, end the boot was burst open itud
torn from the sole at the heel. On. their return to the
inquest-room; the folloWing witnesses were examined;--.
Thomas Alway, a labourer, residing. at No. 10, Cron.
well's-buildings, Bradmore, Hammersmith, riefooked that
he knew the deceased, who was a labourer the roads,
and lived at Turnha.m-green. On Thnrsdny morning,
about ten minutes before six *loch, while passing along
the New-road, he discovered the.deceased lying on the
road, on his face, near to the end of Farm-lane, with his
coat tails turned up over his head. He was quite dead.
Witness did not see him fall, but' there was a heavy flesh
of lightning, followed by thunder, 4 4AiMite or two
before, which turned witness completely round, which, in
his opinion, must have struck deceased and killed him,
Thomas Weaving deposed that he was standing at the
gate of the yard of that house on the morning in ques-
tion, when he saw the deceased pass a iang, and in lees
than five minutes afterwards he was called on to assist in
removing the unfortunate man, Ito noticed as he carried
him that there wgi stol4o blood on_deCeased's left heel.
The Conoweß said the effecte'of the lightning were so
apparent on the head, stomach, and heel of the deceased
that there could be no doubt as to the. correctness of the
evidence given by the witnesses „ It was most remark-
able that in such an 4rff4i and terrific storm no other life
Should have heed sacrificed ; and it was extraordinary
that, during the three years of his office, ho believed that
was only the second or third ease of the kind, amongst a
population of 4,000,000 persons.
The Jury immediately returned a Verdict of " Died
from the effects of lightning."

"Is not Cowes a scoot plaoe F" said a gay lass a‘:
she tripped across tbe parade lay the side of a dashing gentle-
man, ,‘ At is indeed," he replied, " but is it to be wondered
at when we consider the sweet things we have here." " Sweet
things!" sighed the lady, considering herself at least one of
theso, if not the sweetest of the whole, and very naturally ex •
peeing a compliment, or perhaps something more; and where
is the lass that would not ?—but we are all born to disappoint.
ments, and so was the lady, for the yachtsman replied—
" Sweet things, yes, look at those twelve large ships, they are
•all leaded with sugar." " Sugar " " Yes, sugar ; they con-
tain at the least x,OOO tons; that place must be a sweet place
to which so many sweet things are brought." The gentleman
stepped into his boat--the lady tacked and stood ter home.
Rain and squalls.
METROrouTAN BENEFIT SOCIETIES' ASTLUNI.—
The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor has become a Vice. President
of this excellent Institution, and subscribed 101. to its funds.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. •
MIDLAND CIRCUIT—Derby, July 28.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)
PKMONATION AT AN ELECTION. -THE QUEEN V. JOHN
BUCKHALL.
Mr. Miller conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Clarke, with
whom was Mr. Kearsall, appeared for the defendant.
The indictment charged the defendant with perjury, and
giving false answers to the questions directed to be put by the
Reform Act, at the election for the southern division of Derby-
shire, on the 13th July, 1841. '
Mr. CLA rtKE, on the part of the defendant, said his client
was a respectable butcher and farmer, living at. Barrow-upon-
Trent ; the property for which he voted was his own. His
father, who possessed it before him, had- been dead four years,
and he should prove that a claim was made to have the de-
' fendant registered soon after his father's death, but that Mr.
Corden, the Secretary to the South Derby Conservative
Society, bad given the name of Thomas instead of John to the
overseer when he made the claim. He should also show that
when a voting card was sent to the defendant, addressed to him
as " Thomas Bucknall," he went to Mr. Corden, and told him
that he could not vote, and did not wish to do so, as his name
was not Thomas. Mr. Corden. however, replied that he had
a right to vote, as he was the person meant on the register, and
it was his (Mr. Corden's) fault that the wrong name had been
given. He should show that the defendant had been called
Thomas generally, and also Sampson, and George, as well as
John. —( Laughter.) When he went to vote, he was asked
if his name was Thomas Bucknall, and he said, " No ; Samp-
son."—( Loud laughter.)
The Learned JUDGE here suggested that if Mr. Clarke
could.proVe such facts, it was useless in go on, as the defendant
Was charged with " wilful and corrupt perjury," and if it were
shown that he had been advised by Mr. Corden that he was.
entitled to vote, the charge could not be made out against him.
Mr. CLA RKE then called Mr. Corden, who proved the
Learned Counsel's statements. On cross-examination, he said
that he had not made the claim at the request of the defendant.
It was usual for the Conservative Society to make claims for
persons on whose support they could calculate, without con-
sulting them, or having their authority.
Mr. MILLER thought it right to state that his clients were
entirely in the dark with reference to the facts which had
been proved.
The Learned J U nee—lt would have been more prudent and
better advice to have told him that he ought not to vote, rather
than to hare endeavoured to make him believe that he was right
in doing eo.—The defendant was'then acquitted.
This trial terminated the business of the assizes.
LEICESTER, JULY 29.
Mr. Baron Parke opened the commission here last evening.
There are 32 prisoners for trial. The business at nisi prius is
very light, there being only nine cases entered, five of which
were disposed of in about an hour. •
There are nine cases on the borough calendar ; amongst
which are one of'murder, one of cutting with intent to murder,
and one of manslaughter. The remainder ate larcenies.

NORFOLK ClRCUlT—lpswich,ly 28.
The Commission of Assize for this, the last county on the
Norfolk Circuit, was opened to .day. The whole population of
this beautiful town seemed to be assembled on the road from
Norwich to meet the Learned Judges, and the scene was gay
and animating in the extreme.

The people of Ipswich appear duly to appreciate the advan-
tages which have accrued to it from the transfer of the Summer
Assizes Warn Bury, and the change is unquestionably one of
very great benefit to the suitors and the public.
'there are between thirty and forty prisoners for trial, but
their offences, with the exception of one of forgery, one of stab-
bing, and two of burglary, are of the commonest description.

NORTHERN Cf RCUlT—Lancaster, July 28.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Lord DENMAN. )
Peter Whittle, a steady-looking man, of about the age of
thirty, was indicted for the wilful murder of his wife, Sarah
Whittle, at Preston, on the 7th day of May last, by cutting her
ihroat with a razor.

Mr. HuLToN, in stating the case to the Jury, said that the
prisoner was a married man, a spinner by trade, who had lived
with his wife in the house of his father and mother at Preston.
He had two children ; and at the time of the offence charged in
the indictment his wife was in a state of pregnancy. About one
o'clock of that• day the prisoner, the deceased, his mother and
sister, were in the house together, when the prisoner, without'
any previous warning or provocation, suddenly cut his wife's
throat, and then his own. She died almost immediately, but
he recovered, under surgical treatment, and was now here to
take his trial.

Ann Whittle, the mother of the prisoner, a respectable look-
ing woman, clad in deep mourning, deposed that she resided
with her husband at Preston. The prisoner, the deceased,
and their two children lived in part of the same house. On
th-e slay of the fatal occurrence the prisoner and his family had
been inning in their awn parlour, and after dinner the deceased
cane into witne:.s's room, and sat down by her, sewing.
No dispute had arisen, nor any unkind word passed, when sud-
denly she- heard something fall like a broom on the ground,
On turning round she saw the deceased as if fainting. The
prisoner 'was then just going through the door into the
kitchen. She called after him, " What's to de with Sarah ?"
and at the same time saw the blood running 'down her neck.
The deceased staggered to the door and fell. At the same time
she heard her daughter shriek out, in the kitchen, "Oh, Peter,
don't do that," and, running to the kitchen, witness saw the
prisoner sitting in an arm chair, with his own throat cut. A
surgeon was immediately sent for, but the poor woman died in
a few minutes. The prisoner was taken to the hospital.
Some other witnesses were examined on the part. of the pro-
secution.

Lord DENMAN in summing up the case, said it was one of
great difficulty to him; but if the Jury thought that the pri-
soner was not at the time in such a state of mind as to enable
him to know what he was about, and to see the consequences
of his own act, they would give their verdict upon that ground.
The Jury retired for a considerable time, and returned with
a verdict of Not Guilty, on the ground of insanity at the time.
The prisoner was ordered to be detained during her Majesty's
pleasure.

WESTERN CIRCUIT—Exeter, Ali, 27.
THE QUEEN V. AMES.

Sir T. WILDE, who was speCially retained for the defendan
in this case, came into Court this tnerning and spoke to Mr
Jutice Wightman as to the time of taking the trial.
The Learned JUDGE said he would give up two days and a
half to it, but not more.

The circumstances attending this case are so peculiar that
some obaervations upon it are required. It is an indictment
gut up by subscription against a gentleman of fortune, who
has recently bought some property in the neighbourhood of
Lyme, for obstructing and blocking up a foot-path which ran
through some portion of this property, and was one of the great
attractions of the watering-place of L 3 me. The case first cause
on before Mr. Justice Colet idge, et the Assizes for this county :
some year or two since ; and after the case for the prosecution
had been brought to a cose, that Learned Judge told the Jury
that if they agreed with hint in opinion there would at once be
an end of the matter, because in his opinion the prosecutors
had failed in making out such a case as entitled them to a rer-
diet. The Jury said they did not agree with the
Learned Judge. Mr. Justice Coleridge then ob-
served, that perhaps they did not understand what the
real question was, and he then explained the law of user to
them, but still the Jury were inflexible, and would not give a
verdict of acquittal. His Lordship then said, that if the case
proceeded, it would occupy a great length of time, and might
detain them in Court nearly the whole night ; but the Jury
would not give way, and his Lordshiy said that be should,
therefore, at once discharge them, as he must go on to Bod-
min. The parties concerned in the prosecution continued still
to keep up the subscription, and, contrary to expectation, were
enabled again to come into the battle-field, and the case came
on again last spring, before Mr. Justice Erskine, when, after a
lon investigation, a Special Jury returneesdalisvieardrigietht
the right
•
the defendant, thereby, for the moment, tab
of the public to this foot-path. The defendant went to the
Court above, and obtained a rule for a new trial ; and it was
understood that it was to come nn at the present Assizes, yet
the subscribers are told that there is not sufficient time to try
their right, and that they must enter into a fresh subscription
in order to bring the case on next March, when most unques-
tionably they must of necessity be told that the time is still tem
short, for on this Circuit in the spring it is with very peat
difficulty the Judges can get home in time for E aster 1 erm.
The postponement is the general subject of remark and conver-
sation, and persons are not measured in the terns they use.

.
OXFORD ClRCUlT—Stvfford, July 27.
Nisi PRIUS COURT.—(Before Lord Chief Justice TINPA 1..)
MACKAY V. STONIER.
This was an action of trespass for false imprisonment, in
width Mr. Godson, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. Yardley, ap-
peared tor the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Ludlow and Mr.
Lee for the defendant, who had pleaded " Not Guilty" ,by
statute.
The plaintiff was a publican and boat-owner, and the defen-
dant the Superintendent of the Police at Stoke-upon-Trent.
It appeared that the plaintiff was taken into custody by the
defendant on Monday night, the 27th of September, on a charge
of receiving deal boards, knowing them to have been stolen.
He' was placed by the defendant in a. small cell, his lags
fastened by chains to an iron ring fixed in the floor, skid
was kept so =tined until Thursday, the 30th of the sane
month, The stipendiary Magistrate for the Potteries, who
lived within a mile of the station, and who sat on the Tuk-
day and Wednesday at places nearer to the station I 'an
Tunstall, from whence the plaintiff was taken, and
ho
was actually at the station-house onWWednesday,ne-sday, in is
judicial capacity, was never applied to by the defendant! to
I,
hear the charge pretended to be preferred against the plaintiff.
However, on Thursday, in cc.usequ'nees of his strong and in-
dignant remonstrances. he was, taken before the Magistrates
atrl
nation o discharged, nu evidep"ze being offered. The cross-exami-
f the witnes,as for the plaintiff, tended to show that
the cell above aP,Mied to, which was the only place provided by
the PoliuO Commissioners of Stoke-upon-Trent for the con-
veldeP.be of the constables in keeping their prisoners, was so
Insecure that strong measures were necessary to he takentto
detain them in safety.
After the commencement of the present action, at the last
Spring Assizes, a bill was found against the plaintiff as a 4-
oilier of 'stolen goods, on which the plaintiff was tried at the
present Assizes, but the Learned Judge stopped the case.
Mr. Sergeant Luntow took several formal objections
(which were overruled) and then addressed the Jury for tile
defendant.
Ilia Lannsmp, having summed up, the Jury consulted for
a (Ow moments, and in finding a verdict for the plaintiff, added
that they would leave it to his Lordship to fine the police what
he should think fit. The Lord Chief Justice declined exer-
cising the discretion thus placed in his hands, and the Jury, on
1 reconsideration, assessed the damages at 201.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.' I
BO W-STREET.
On Friday two persons of very genteel appearance, one of
the name of John Perkins, described .as a'• gentleman," re-
siding at' 3, Queen-street, New-cut, and the other Edmund
t Gill, a tailor, of 14, St. James's-place, and 85, Edgeware-
road, were placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with
stealing.from•the person of Mr. Henry Peckham, of Cleevels-
place, Stockwell, a diamond pin of the value of 15/., under the
following circumstances :
'f he prosecutor, who appeared very unwilling to give evi-
dence, said that he lost his property at an early hour in the
morning, and it was subsequently found in the possession of mac
of the prisoners ; but as it had been restored, he thought the
charge would hardly amount to felony, and he understood the
prisoners were on their way to his residence to restore it, he
being at the time of the occurrence rathenthe worse for liquor.
Mr. JARDINE said he certainly would not have his property
restored unless the Court was informed of all the circumstances.
He would, therefore, hear what the constable had to say.
A police-constable stated that between five and six o'clock
that morning, whilst on duty near Charing•cross, the prosecu-
tor, who appeared perfectly sober, informed him that the pri-
soners, who had stolen his property, had gone towards West-
minster-hridge ; he immediately procured a cab, and having
o.Yertaken the prisoners near the Itls.rsb-gate they were searched,
and the pin produced was found in the possession of Perkins,
who said that he had lent 10/. upon it, but that fact was posi.
tively denied by the prosecutor, who said that he had merely
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wi3tlliri.
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howe
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to state what he knew of the matter ?—The prosecutor said he
knew nothing at all about it, except that he met the prisoners
kenfatst
together
Jermyn-street, and thebreyna•
house, Charing-cross, to