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been made to the esteem, it would tend to the abolition of the
inhuman custom practised by the Suttees. When they wanted
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any benefit for themselves they were able to btain it, making
strong requests, but when the object was too put a stop to a
most inhuman custom, they did not put forth any requests at
erm-jarl9°-- I all. He believed the HinCloo women themselves were most
I anxious to get rid of the custom if they did not think they ware
acting in opposition to the Bramhins. He thought the Court
should make every exertion to put an end to the practiCes of the
Suttees.
Mr. WEEDING said that no sooner was a resolution come to,
condemnatory of Suttees, than the Government:of India and the
Council of India, in 1b29, declared it to be culpable homicide,
to encourage Suttees in any shape. After that, he thought it
v; as impossible
that this Coutt could refuse to accede to the
motion of the Honourable Proprietor, and he could not but
imagine, therefore,
that, if the Boni were to send orders to
their Council in India, requesting them to use every means,
short of actual force, to prevent it, rich me.tuy would, no doubt,
he attended with success. He know it was in the.r pewee to
reeommera. any • •
' thing • dhe considered it to be one of the
and
dotes of a paren' al Government to call on them to put an end
to such inhuman Free .
tiecs ( Hear ) Ile thanked the Hen.
Gentleman for bringing forward his motion, and he was, sure
her elajesty's Government would lend them its aid in superesa-
hig this practice. —( Hear. )
The CHAIRMAN said that, in several of the native States,
including Sattara, Nangpore, and others, Suttees had been
entirely abolished at the desire of the Government.—( Hear. )
Sir J. linoaNT said that, from information wlech he had
received from a Hindoo gentleman of high rank, he was happy
to state that Suttees were nearly abolished in many of the states
in India, and he trusted and believed that the time was coming
when they should !colt on Suttee merely as a matter of history
—a thing which had been, but which exis'ed no longer. Sir
J. Carnac, a name known to and honoured by that Board, had
addressed a remonstrance to several States on this subject, and
an answer had been received from a Raja staticg that he should
take means to prevent Suttees and burying alive. He thanked
the Proprieeer fur his motion, and he thought Sir Williem Ben-
tinck was also entitled to thanks for his exertions.—(Hear.)
The motion was then carried.
THE EX-RAJA OF SATTARA.
Mr. FIELDE r:. said that, in rising to refer the case of the ex-
Raja of Sattara, he believed that he owed some apo-
logy to the Board; but he did not mean to enter HOW
at any great length upon the subject. He regretted
the strong expressions which had been ploye
in the last discussion on this matter ; he regretted that it hail
taken place, because he believed it had occasioned the painful
necessity of bringing this matter again before the Board. He
was unlit Elite; to go into the merits of the ease, and to provoke
discus ion now.; he only wished that all the facts of the matter
and all the papers which the Directors had received should be
laid before the Proprietois. He therefore moved that the whole
of the further documents relating to the case of the ex-Raja of
Sattara, and lately submitted to the Court of Directors, be laid
before the Proprietors.
General LODWICK said he rose to second the motion, that
there might be no difficulty thrown in the way of the teodue-
tion cf the papers. He was then proceeding to explain •at
some length certain charges against him which
appeared
had
red
in the Bombay Times, when
The CHAIRMAN called the spea'ser tee order. He said the
motion before the Board was for the papers; he thought it was
unseasonable for the Hon. and %Bent General to enter into
any statements in defence of his conduct until those papers
were produced.—( Hear. )
General LODWICK said the Hon. Proprietor (Mr. Fielden)
had founded his motion upon what had appeared in a Bombay
paper, and he ( General Lodwick) believed he had a right to
reply to it. Ile knew there was an Hon. Proprietor in that
Court who would call fora letter written by him on the 9th
October, 1840.
The CHAIRMAN said it was quite premature on the part of
the Gallant General to enter into this discussion now. After
the papers were in the hands of the Proprietors, then would be
the time for the Hon. Proprietor.
Sir J. Law LUSHINGTON said he could not but consider
that it was premature to enter into any discusion now, or for
the Gallant Proprietor to enter into any defence which he
might think his condnet required. The question before the
Board was only for production of papers ; and they were not in
the habit of taking for granted everything that they saw in the
papors. If the Gallant General had any other motion to make
it sveuld be quite distinct ; but at present he could only say,
that if these papers were granted, then the Gallant General
mid enter into a vindication of his conduct, which might be
attacked in these papers.
Mr. HUME said lie thought that the Gallant General had a
most undoubted right to answer a charge made on his character
at any time.—(Hear.) lie was warranted in doing so, nay, if
he had not done an; he was sure there were individuals who
would say it was a shame that lie had not attempted to do so.
He (Mr, Hume) hoped, therefore, that the Gallant Proprietor
might be allotted to go on.—( Hear. )
Mr. WICRAM said he thought that the Gallant General had
first taken the proper course in seconding the motion for the
production of the papers; but there, in his (Alr. Wigram's)
opinion, he should have reeted.—(llear. ) Why did he go
further, and enter into what had been said of him by a Bombay
paper, when the Court had no power to interfere with that paper.
The Proprietor had a.sksed for certain papers, and the Directors
had no objection to produce those papers—(Hear, hear)—but
lie must submit to the Court that it would be better to wait for
the production of those papers before they entered into any dis-
cussion as to the correctness of the statements in the Bombay
newspaper.—(Hear, hear. )
.11.1 r. LEWIS said, would the Court allow him to say that the
mover of the resolution had just gone to a certain pint, and had
there stopped, that point being the most offensive. He said he
would not. read that ; but attention had been drawn to it, and
he thought it was right for the Gallant General to answer it.
Mr. WEEDING said then in his opinion every accused person
should be allowed a fair hearing._( Hear.)
General LODWICK said he should say nothing more on the
subject at present, but lie hop, d the Court would take his case
into consideration, and that he should have an opportunity -of
replying to whatever might be said against him.—( Hear.)
An HON. PROPRIETOR, said he was glad to hear Mr. Weed-
ing advocate, in such decided terms, a hearing for an accused
person.—( Hear.) lie only regretted that the ex-Raja had not
been allowed a hearing.—( Hear, hear.')
Mr. Hums said lie considered that there was a great deal
of injustice in not allowing General Lodwick to yindieete his
conduct.—( Hear,) He was glad, however, to hear 'sir.
Weeding say that he would give every man a hearing ; but he
would put it to the:. Gentleman, whether the ex-Raja tar
Sattara had ever been adowed a hearing before the secret
Commission ?—( Hear. hear ) And he would ask whether all
the rapers on the subject had been laid before the Proprietors?
He thougkt they had not.—( Hear. ) In looking into the
papers which bad been been produced he found a great mane, wanting. He would mention only one, which was of great
consequence. Allusion had been made to the discrepancies
in the evidence which had been taken before the Commission
in the ease of the ex-Raja. After the unfortunate man,
Govind Row, had been sent to prison,. because he would not
make such a confession as the Commissioners required, be wee removed to the felons' gaol, where he was detained in (skive confinement.
The CHAIRMAN said lie really thought that this was. quite
irrelevant to the motion before the Court, and he woe id beg.
to remind the Hon. Proprietor that there was a great deal of
business yet to go through.—( Hear. )
Mr. Hume sail, yes, lie dared to say that ihe Chairman
because he knew what he (Mr. Hume) was; going to say, had
called that irrevelant which lie (Mr. Howes
called relevant—
( Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN explained that he judged of what Mr.
Hume was going to say by what b":.: had already said.
Mr. HUME continued—Gev;:n Row was taken then to Ah-
mednugger, and sixteen o.e,estions were put to him ; and it
was said that there wee no hope of, obtaining anything from
him sinless he was suveieeted to solitary, confinement. He (Mr.
Hume) therefore wished to know whether those papers
which had come before the Court were the answers to those
sixteen questiores, given when the man was in " durance vile,"
and when what he did was to save his life ?—( Hear, hear.)
The CRAtamAN said, that all the papers which had been
received, 'by the Court of Directors had been laid, and in fu-
ture would be laid, before the Courts—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. HUME then gave in a memorandum of those papers
which appeared to be wanting.
. Mrs SALOMONS moved that the whole of the papers con•
meted with the Commission should be printed.
Mr. TwlNtNc said, how many thousand pounds would it
Cost?

Board were actuated by what tkey believed to be their sense
of public duty in their condiler respecting the individual
whose rase he (Mr. S.) now wished to lay before the Court.
The circumstances of it were there: Captain Charretie en-
tered the service of the Company when a young man. He
ent through all the gradations in their service, till he at-
tained the rank of Commander. Ile cominsncled
one of 41he Company's regular' ships during two voyages.
A singular train of mi,fortuces seemed to have followed him.
He (Mr. S.) had never heard of a man more persecuted by
fortune than was this individual, and he trusted the Court
would therefore, take a compassionate view of his case. He
(Mr. S.) on learning the nature of it had been so struck with
the injustice that had been donelsim, that he had resolved to
become his advocate and obtain, as he trusted he ultimately
would, justice though late, though tardy, still justice for the
man. The Court would bear in mind that after the Company's
Charter had been abrogated, they had surrendered their
trading privileges, and what was more substantial all their
commercial asset; the Court of Proprietors thought that it
would be but right and equitable to provide for such of their
servants as had formerly fulfilled their duties to the satisfaction
of the Company. A resolution was accordingly passed, that all
the persons who had been in the actual service of
the Company for five . years antecedent to the month
of August, 1833, were entitled to compensation. Now,
the ease of Captain Charretie turned upon the question whether
he was in the service of the Company :n August,lB2B, and it
was to show that he was, that he (.%lr. Salomons) now ad-
dressed the Court, and appealed to its judgment and decision.
At the time that Captain Charretie was in command of the
ship Bombay, he became the subject of a Court of Inquiry in
India, in consequence of some disagreement having taken
place on board that vessel between some of its officers and
officers of the army. The result of the inquiry was the
honourable acquittal of Captain Charretie. When .he re-
turned to this Country questions similar to those upon
which his' acquittal had been pronounced in India were
raised, and notwithstanding that honourable acquittal, an in-
quiry into his conduct was also established in England by the
Court of Directors. In so doing the Directors were no doubt
right. They owed it :to their high character and station to
satisfy themselves that their officer had not acted improperly.
Pending this inquiry it was understood that Captain C. could
not take the command of a ship, and he was not finally declared
eligible to a command till February, 18,29, six months after the
period which was fixed as the commencement of the time en-
titling an officer to compensation. When he claimed compen-
sation the Court of Directors inquired into all the circum-
stances of the case, and the result was, a recommendation from
them to .the Board of Control to have Captain Charretie re-
warded, inasmuch as he had, in their opinion, made out a case for
compensation. The Board of Control did not think proper to allow
his claim. A second applicationlwas made by Captain Charretie to
the Court of Directors, and a second recommendation, in conse-
qUence, was made in his behalf by them to the Board of Con.
trol, but that Board declared that as no new statement of facts
had been brought under consideration, they could not alter
their decision. The consequence of all this was that Captain
Charretie's prospects were blasted, in a great degree, by his
connexion with the East India Company, as he afterwards
found it very difficult to get a ship. Ile (Mr. Salomons)
would lay before the Court a paper which would enable them
to enter into the facts of the case much better than he cluld
state them. Ile would first, however, read some extracts from
he " Report and .Resolution of the Committee and Court of

question, and he did not see any eircum.tancrs that induced
him to alter his opinion. He should be glad to extend to the
natives of India the largest possible measure of liberty--
he should rejoice to see them able to tetter their circumstances
by going either to the colony of Mauritius, or to any other
).ortibn of the British dominions. But he had yet to learn that
they did better their circumstances by so emigrating; he had
yet to learn that they were able to judge on their ive soil of
the circumstances in which they 'were to be placed when they
..g4t.lis.,the distant country. In the first place they were
ignorant of the language of the parties who urxed them to
cmigrate, and ignorant of thelanguage of the country to which
they went, whether it was British Guiana, the Mauritius, or
any other part of tho world. They were ignorant of naviga-
thin, and of the situation of climates and colonies ; they were
ignorant of the kind of work they would be cal ed on to do ; igno-
rant of the particular nature of the contracts they entered into;
and more titan all, they were ignorant of the arts and strata-
gems of the planters, as individitaliland the practices of the
Colonial Councils, Assemblres,.and Governors of the country to
which they went. He, unhappily, was not ignorant of those prat
flees, and he could not look back without horror on the dreadful
scenes that had occurred at Demerara, and the scenes enacted
in the island of Mauritius, nor could he look forward to a re-
newal of those scenes without exceeding apprehension, for he
had not been put in possession of any arguments, which showed
him that there would• be a sufficient safeguard thrown around
these individuals for the preserratipt of their liberty on arriv-
ing in the Mauriqus- or the other colonies, or to enable them
to return to their own country if they should be uncomfortable
in their circumstances. There was also another feature about
this question lie believed that the greaterportion of those im-
ported from the British possessions in India were males, and
he knew that boils in the Mauritius and Den:mien, im-
morality had been extended to a very frightful extent by
the importation of an immense number of male la-
boUrers, unaccompanied by. any females. There was
a fearful disproportion of the sexes, inasmuch, as on
the sugar plantations, male labourers were more in request
than females. Over the island of Mauritius also, the 'Govern.
ment had less control; it was more unmanageable; they knew
less about it than any other colony. From all he could learn
with respect to that colony, they could exercise but a slight
control indeed over the influential inhabitants. They knew
that of all their fellow-subjects, the inhabitants of that
colons, had been the most rampant and eontumaciouS and
he had heard nothing of the colony which would' lead
him to rejoice at an importation into it of their
fellow-subjects front any part of the world. Un-
der these circumstances, he felt called on to exer-
cise his influence to protect these unenlightened, ignorant
men, and they would permit him to say, that it was a reflection
on this Court—it was a reflection on the Government of India,
it was a reflection on the Supreme Government in this country,
that there should exist in India a necessity for men engaged
in the growing of sugar and rice to emigrate at all
or to seek for leave to live as a boon in any part of the world.
He regretted that they should be obliged to leave their
native country, tempted only by the miserable prospect
of obtaining that which they ought to be able to obtain on
their native soil._( Hear.) 1-le had not that love for the colony
of the Mauritius which would induce him to put in jeopardy
the comfort and happiness and morality of the Hill Coolies, by
sending them to that island. He cared nothing for the fate of
that island ; there were other places in the world where the
natives might grow sugar, surrounded by their wives and
families and their childien'avhildren, and under the immediate
protection of amore merciftil Government than that which
Mauritius had ever known, down to this moment.—( Hear,
hear.) The measure might look exceedingly well upon
paper, but he judged of its effect by the result of the Order in
Council Of 1837, and by the actual treatment of the Coolies in
Demerara. Although a few might have been sent back to
India as decoys, and though the most had been made of their
evidence, yet he knew, from the most unquestionable testimony,
which he had received from highly respectable missionaries in
different parts of Bengal, that the emigration, let them call it
by what name they pleased, was nothing more than a system of
subtle and wicked trepanning. The British system of impress-
ment was not distinguished by more odious features than the
kidnapping Hill Coolies in India for the sugar plantations of
the Mauritius and Demerara. lithere were anything. in the
papers asked :or that was calculated to throw light on the
question; if placed in the possession of the members of the
Court, if it would extend their knowledge of the subject, or
'even induce them to pause in giving their consent to the clause
over wh ch they had some control, he would hold up fifty
hands, if he had them, in favour of it. He felt that the natives
of India would not be bettered by this emigration. It was his
wish to sea India prosper—( Hear, hear)—their slave colonies
had had their•day ; he was not going into what the proceedings
of that day had been, but lie thought they were not called on
to show any extraordinary sympathy for the planters of the
Maur.tius and Demerara, who had for ages been carrying on
their trade at the expense of the happiness and honour of
the human race. He wanted to see India prosper.—
(Hear, hear.) He should like to see the West Indies enjoy a
continuance. of their present prosperi. y, and the labourers enjoy.
ing, the it independence in the freedom of their own mountain
grounds; it was a proof of :he beneficial effects of emancipa-
tion. But he should also rejoice to see such a necessity in this
country for an enlarged growth of sugar in India, as should
compel the attention of the Court, and of her Majesty's Go-
vernment to the subject. He feared this Bill world be but a
second editiorrof the 13111 of Lord J. Russell, which was de-
feated some ses=ions ago, in the House of Commons, but which
was now promoted under other, and, for its being carried, more
:favourable auspices. He considered it an evidence that the
West Indian Colonial party was still paramount ; it was not the
Mauritius only that would benefit by the Bill, the West
Indies would also share in its advantages. That Court, therefore,
was bound to take care of the into' eats of India—rather than of
the interest of a few comparatively insignificant spots of our
empire.—((fear, hear.) For this reason he would say, let
them pause; he did not condemn the B 11 in tote, but he ob-
jeeted to it as far as regarded the fate of the Hill Coolies. If
they could speak the language of those who engaged them—if
they knew the nature of the' contracts they entered into—if
their choice was free and enlightened—if they were likely to
benefit themselves by going 'to- the country to which they were
'invited—he should be the lastman'to interpose a straw in the
way of their free and well-informed choice. But under the
circumstances, the Hill Coolies were not free agents; they
were the most ignorant of all the people of the country
they inhabited, and that Court had to decide for them. They
might as well talk of giving an idiot the right of choice when a
subtle, interested, smooth-tongued,-wily, well-paid recruiting
sergeant was abroad. He did hope; therefore, that they should
have placed before them all, the information it was in the
power of the Court to demand; and eta future time, when they
were in possession of that information, they might renew the
consideration of the question, and coma to a deliberate, enlight•
oiled, and satisfactory conclusion.

The CHAIRMA N said the Directors were fully aware of the
great importance attaching to this Subject. They were not at all
desirous of withholding from the Court any information they
could obtain on the subject. With' reference to the Co'onial
Passengers' Act, they were as desirous of giving that protection
to the Hill Coolies, which their comparatively unprotected situ.
ation required.—( Hear, hear.) He thought the observations
just made would apply to the principle of emigration to all court-
tries ; it did appear to him a great injustice to prevent the na-
tive of India from taking his labour and skill to other markets
where he would be better compensated than in the country
where he happened to be born. They were most anxious to pro-
tect those individuals by every reasonable measure that might be
suggested either by the Governor-General of India or by the
Government at home. He hoped, therefore, that his Hon.
Friend would not press his motion on the present occasion.
Mr. WEEDING said he did not ask for any thing impracti-
cable, but only for the dispatches of the Indian Government.
He then again read the resolution, and suggested as an addition
to it, the word,' " that. the Court be summoned at as early a
period as possible to take the subject into.consideration."
Mr. SA tomoNs thought the Directors could not for a mo-
ment hesitate to grant the papers moved for. In a matter of
so much importance as this, they ought to be very cautious.
There were difficulties enough connected with our Indian affairs,
but the greatest evil would be if the native Indians should come
to look upon us as the cause ef their being sent to foreigniands
to fill.the places of slave-labourers. He was astonished that
any objection should be entertained to the motion. Parliament
was about to suspend its sittings for a short time, and before
it should meet again nothing could be more advisable than to
hive the papers moved for laid before the Proprietors in order
that they might be enabled in the interim to discuss the ques-
tion fairly and properly, and be in a position to lay their
views on the subject before tbs.. Legislature when it
re-assembled after the Easter recess. He (Mr. Salo.
mons) had two objections against the deportation of the
Hill Coolies from their satire place. One was an Indian ob-
jection, the other an English one. The former was that these
people were incapable of taking care of themselves. They
were, too, not taken away in great masses, and though Mau-
ritius might be bent fitted by the importation of even a small
number of those labourers, yet the surplus labour in India de-
rived no advantage from so small a quantity of emigrants
being taken away. Thus India was benefited in nowise by
the measure. His English obtection was, that they legislated
here without its being possible that any appeals could be made
from private interests. How, he wanted to know, could
you ask the Americans to emancipate their slaves, when
you showed them that for the purpose of supply-
ing those plantations, which had been hitherto slave-
colonies with labourers, you were obliged to bring the free na-
tives of India to raise sugar in those countries, where alone it
could be done by persons accustomed to a tropical climate ?
Those who wished to Put an .end' to. the odious conduct con-
nected with slavery, should never cease their exertions till they
saw slavery abolished throughout the world. He had seen the
working of slavery, and he agreed with the Hon. Proprietor
(Mr. Thompson) in his opinion of its horrors. It was said-the
slaves were well fed—why, ,so. was his horse. They Were fed
well because it was the interest, of their owners that they
should be so. They ought to pause—to inquire—and have all
the papers before them, endue whether any modification could
be introduced in the Orders in Council referring to the matter.
Let them see, at all events, that the liberty and the health of
those labourers be provided for. He should have the greatest
pleasure in supporting the motion of the Hen. Proprietor.
The CHAIRMAN repeated that he or the Court of Directors
had no desire whatever to conceal any information upon the
subject, and he proposed to insert In the motion, in order that
other documents might be furnished in addition to these moved
for, the words " also any despatches of the Court of Directors
referring thereto." He also proposed to add, in compliance
wit li the suggestion of the Hon. Proprietor, the following words
at the conclusion of the motion, " and that the Court be sum-
moned at the earliest period possible, to take this subject under
consideration." There was no one more sensible d the im-
portance of the subject than. he (the Chairman) and his col-
leagues were. They had, for some time past, paid the greatest
attention to it, and would be rejoiced to find it properly adjusted.
Mr. MARTIN suggested that the papers should be printed for
the convenience of the Proprietors.
After a few words from Mr. Tiinstesosr and AIr,'WIDoiNG,
in support of the sugges
The CHAIRMAN said it was merely a question of expense,
and if the Proprietors entiseined to have them printed, the Di.
rectors, of coarse, would not offer any opposition to their being's°.
The motion, in its amended form, was then put from the
chair and carried.

ireetors awarding compensation to Captain Charretie,

as a

special case." The first extract to which he would call their
attention was as follows :
" The claim of Captain Charretie has:already been twice be-
fore the Committee and the Court, and rejected on the ground
that he was not in employ within the term of five years antece-
dent to the 28th August, 1833, the period when he ceased to
be employed being determined, agreeably to the decision com-
municated in the letter of the President of the India Board on
the Bth December last, by the date of the ship's clearance.
" It appears that the ship which Captain Charrietie com-
manded was cleared on the 14th of May, 1828, ard that the
usual investigation into the Commander's deviations and ac-
counts terminated in December following, but that, in conse-
quence of its being deemed necessary by the then Committee
of Private Trade to examine the proceedings of the Court of
which took place in India, regarding tho conduct of
Captain Charretie toe ards the military on the outward voyage,
his eligibility for a future command wail not determined un it
the 25th of February, 1829.
" Captain Charretie now alleges, that but for the time con-
sumed in the Committee's inquiry, which operated virtually as
a temporary suspension from the service, tie would have ob-
tained the command of the Vansittart, and would consequently
have been employed within the prescribed term 'of five years,
reckoning from the 28th August, 1833.
•• In support of his claim, Captain Charritie has enclosed a
certificate from the managing owner of the Vansittart, Mr Hare,
that early in January, 1829, the command of the Vansittart
was offered to Captain Charritie, and that the command of
her remained open until about the middle ( f February 1829, at
which period Captain Charritie net being released from the
position in which he was placed by the Court of Directors, the
owners were under the necessity of appointing another com-
mander, as the period of the ship's floaiini.7, was m)proachine,l
The time fixed for the floating of the ship was the sth March."
The next extract was.--" Your Committee having called upon
Captain Charretie fur further explanation, he has forwarded a
letter from the managing owner Of the Vansittart (tlr. Hare),
from which the Committee find that 'the resignation of Cap-
tain Dalrymple had been determined upon between him and the
owners at a much earlier date than that of his actual resigna-
tion ;' and that it was deciled by the 20th February, that
Captain Scott should succeed him, 'the delay in the presenta-
tion of Captain Scott being occasioned by the Court not
having previously accepted Captain D.drymple's resignation.'
He has likewise forwarded a certificate from Messrs. Scott,
Fairlie and Co. (who held a majority of shares of the Vansit-
talt, and by whom Captain Scott was presented) stating, • that
when Captain Charretie was in treaty for the command of the
Vansittart in the season 1829, it was to the best of their
'knowledge and belief, his decided intention to have proceeded
to sea in her ;' and that " they arc not aware of any other cir-
cumstance having prevented that negotiation being pressed to
a close by Captain Charretie than the situation in which he
was placed, by the Court of Directors having suspended his
eligibility to command.' "
The resolution to which he (Mr. Salomans) asked their con-
currence was as follows :
" Your Committee being of opinion that the circumstances
thus detailed constitute a special case, recommend that, subject
to the approbation of the Board of Commissioners for the affairs
of India, Captain Charretie be admitted to the benefit of the
compensation, and allowed an annuity of 2001. per annum from
22d April, 1834."
Since that resolution was passed in August, 1835, nothing
had been done in the case, and many circumstances had since
arisen to strengthen his case. He need not say that he entirely
concurred in that resolution, and he trusted the Proprietors
would support him in the course he was now adopting.
Ile bagged leave, before he proposed the motion, to hand into
the Court the testimony of several officeis and shipowners, as
to the opinion they entertained of Captain Charretie. The
Hon. Proprietor then read the following motion :—" That,
considering the resolution of the Court of Directors, held on
the 2d of September, 1835, in favour of the claim of Captain
Charretie to maritime compensation this Court do fully concur
in the view taken by the Court of Directors of Captain Char-
etie's claim, that as a special case he is entitled to maritime
compensation."
Mr. FIELDER said that he had great pleasure in seconding
the motion. He had only to refer the Court to their own
papers and Bye-laws to show that Captain Charretie was en-
titled to a compensation of 2001. a .ear. It was not the fault
of Captain Charretie that he did not spend the whole time in
the company's service, which would entitle him to compensa-
tion. But there was in addition a prospective provis:on aris-
ing from annuities, which was appropriated to officers who
did not come under the general rule for compensation.
The reason that Captain Charretie did not serve ten years
did not arise from any fault of his own. Ho would not
rely on the circumstances connected with the unfortunate
gentleman's case, though he knew that he had lost various
sums of money, and that his whole life was not a " comedy,"
but a tragedy of " errors ;" but, looking to the proceeding of
the Court of Directors, and the investigation which had taken
place before the Committee into the circumstances, he consi-
dered that Capt. Charretie was entitled to 209/. a year from April
22,1834. lie did not w ish to say anything disrespectful of the Board
of Commissioners, but ho was sorry to see that they gave no
r •won for the decision they came to, which was a practice at
variance with what took place in every department of the
country. He would not take up the time of the Court, feeling
the strength of the case, and he had therefore great pleasure
in seconding, the motion
Mr. WermiNc saiith it he considered the delay in the case
originated with the Court, for which Captain Charretie could
not be made responsible. Ile therefore thought he was entitled
to full compensation.
An How. PROPRIETOR said that every military manwas enti-
tled to his rank and pay while his trial was proceeding and, as he
might say that Captain Charretie was placed on his trial, he
thought he was entitled to kis allowance..
Sir T. CalipEr.i. considered that Captain Charretie was
equally entitled to compensation.
Mr. TWINING had great pleasure in giving his concurrence
to the motion, because he considered that Captain Charretie
had, under adverse and trying Circumstances, displayed the
greatest resolution and judement,, and had secured the pro-
perty which others conimitted to his care, under the most dim.
cult circumstanaes. Seeing that he had never wavered in the
Company's service, he thought him entitled to compensation.
The CHAIRMAN said the Court of Directors had no wish to
oppose the motion, which was then put and carried unanimously.
SUTTEES.
Mr, MARRIOTT said that the motion of which he had given
notice was founded on a statement taken from the United Ser-
vice Gazette of October, and which afterwards appeared in
the Asiatic Journal for December, p. 344. The Hon. Pro..
prietor then read the extract, giving an appalling account of
the destruction of a suttee in lolna. The Court had heard
enough of those horrid practices, and they were aware that
since the Administration of Lord William 13entinck
they had been abolished in their own dominions,
but they still continued in the territories of the
native princes, and he believed it only required strong repre-
sentations on the part of the Court of Directors, to have them
abolished in the dominions of those princes also. —( Hear, hear. )
The Hon. PropriOtor below him (Major Oliphant), was well
acquainted with those horrid practices which he strongly con-
demned) and it had been obserYed by Mr. Twining that they
should be put an end to at once. The practice of
the Suttees was very common formerly, as appeared
by papers in possession of the Court, which gave the
names and castes of 666" of those unfortunate beings
who devoted the rn*elves on the funeral pile. The Hon. Pro-
prietor then referred to the publication of Sir. Grant on the
snlieet; which was written in the year 1792. There was no
question now as to endangering their empire by an extensivd
of the Bible, because there were various sects of Christians in
India, and the Suttee system had been abolished in their own
territories. We must regret that Lord Auckland seemed de-
sirous to bind on them for ever' the payment of 'a tax
for the support of the Temple of Juggernaut. He did not
anticipate any objection to his motion, and, therefore, he would
not occupy the time of the Court. The Hon. Proprietor then
moved

The CHAIRMAN said, it would he a great expense.
Mr. HuatE said, he thought that the expense, when the
character of the Gallant Officer, and the character of the Com-
pany were considered, was a mere nothing.—( Hear, hear. )
A DIRECTOR said, he thought it would be proper that the
question, as to what papers should be laid before the Pro-
prietors, should be settled in the usual way—that was, to say
that the most particular and important documents should be
printed. He thought that if the whole of the proceedings of
the Commissioners should be printed, the compilation would,
probably, be just so much waste paper.—( Hear, and a laugh,)
Mr. HumE thought that in a case of so much importance,
the papers ought to be produced. Let two parties on either
side meet, and determine which should be printed.
Mr. Lewis said, he did not rise to oppose the motion of the
Hon. Proprietor; on the contrary, he thought that he had
acted with great zeal in bringing forward his motion. But he
wool.: ask, lisp was the previous conduct of the Court to be
reconciled with an accordance to this motion. When
the Raja of Sat a.ra applied to be allowed to vin-
dicate his conduct he was refused on the ground that he
was premature.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Lewis) rejoiced
that the Hon. Proprietor had made this motion, because it. re-
lated to the conduct of the Commission at Sattara and he was
sure that the more the public became acquainted with the facts,
whether they concerned the conduct of the Gallant General,
' who did everything to defend the unfortunate Raja, or whether
they concerned the evidence, consisting, as it did, of perjury,
taken when the witness was under duresse, or the conduct of
the Commission, the Raja would appear to be much ill-treated.
—(Hear.) He rejoiced, therefore, that this motion had been
made, and he trusted that properly to carry the motion into
effect, every letter which had been written to the Board of Di-
rectors, whether from Mr. Willoughby, or General Lodwick,
or Col. Oven's, would be presented to the Court. He would
therefore move, or he would rathcr submit, that the Hon. Pro-
prietor—lover of justice and no party-man as he was now—( A
laugh)—should add to his motion, that a letter to the Board of
•
Directors, datel December, 1837, and another dated October
9,1840, from General Lodwiek, should be laid before the Court.
The motion was then carried.
Mr. G. TIIO3IPSON •said that, as the motion before the
Court referred to the production of papers, he begged leave to
mention cue document which he deemed essential to the com-
pleteness of the case of the dethroned Raja. The document
he alluded to was the defence of the deposed Prince, from his
own pen, sent hither by the hands of his accredited agents,
which, singularly enough, had never been printed, although
the Hon. Director (Mr. Warden) had said that all the papers
necessary to a right understanding of the case had been laid
before the Proprietors.—( Hear.) He repeated it, it was most
surprising that when compiling a body of papers, purporting to
he a complete and impartial record cf the facts of an important
case, affecting the honour and fealty of a native prince, who
had been deprived of his throne on the alleged charge of infi-
delity to his treaty with the British Government, they should
omit the statement which the accused himself had furnished.
This, he (Mr. Thompson) was willing to admit might be an over-
sight, and if it was, the Court of Directors would he eager to
supply the omission. The hiatus caused by the omission of the
Raja's defence was not however the Only one. He must he
permitted to observe that in his opinion a more garbled assort-
ment nt evidence was never published than that which was
contained in the .first Blue book.—(Hear, hear.) Had the
Directors done their duty honestly in the first instanrer
the necessity of motion after motion for other papers_
would net have existed.—(l-fear, hear.) Much hadthber:
said of the justice of letting absent parties speak for
de-
selves and he therefore trusted that those.
posed the Raja would not deny to the
injured
time of their arts an oppportunity of planing tuts
by the Raja
explana-
tion before the public. The document
then ProprietOrs,
was in every respect worthy the attentiton
ofserious attention.
and woula amply repay the
most
cf printing these
whojred victim
Something had been said about.
documents; but
the whole of the six-
of which the Raja had been plundered,'ineindithat, out of the money
tntevidence lying in the Parlia-
mentary-1 be putt • for the
edification Office into hype, le
State Paper
calledupon to pronounce a ver-
dict of those who were
did on this question. The property of which the Raja
teen folio volumelsetofit manuscript nbuoscrnr

CASE OF CAPTAIN J. CHARRETIE.
Mr. sALoatows said, that In bringing before the Court the
case of this office', he considered he was but doing his duty
towards one of the Company's late servants, who had been,
he thought, very much injured by an act of the Board of
Control. He ( Mr. S.) did not wish to be understood as
entertaining or expressing any invidious opinion of that
Board, because he was sure that the authorities in that

" That the Honourable Directors be requested, in the case
of the Suttee which was lately permitted in the territory of
the Nizam, and in all cases of a similar nature, to recommend
to the foreign rulers the immediate abolition of that inhuman
and sanguinary rite, as the same has already been effected in
the dominions of the Honourable Company."
Major OLIPHANT said that as his name had been mentioned,
he would make a few observations in seconding the motion