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London, England, 1842-08-01 00:00:00

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beer. oee pa, t of heir eveleiice. and 411-li, litre eatogeibil,
other there•tree;. itiee tesoive to set -mem tee .eleele as eieo,a
m re eseecially that e tech refers to the- gullt'uf the Brae
tee
plain English of this appears to be : —Had the evidence of tee,
men referred only to unimportant matters, me might rot !so
felt ourselves constrained to rceive it ; but. as it, referee°o
the gent or innocence of a Prince, who, for eighteen
had maintained an in, sullied reeutation, aed bait been gel
'ee
as a model to the Princes of Ind a—as it was 'likely to
his continuance on the throee—as beieving it would inere'o
lead to his di glace and ruin—therefore, though it would te,
given us unbounded satisfaction to have come to a eoric'is
conclusion, we could not reject in tote evidenceo
the meet important part of the whole transeeie,
I shall be ready to hear any other 01)4'tY
The Commissioners undertake to explain the reas Wool
disguise was assumed. It appears to me that there is ee
ambiguity here. The Raja was to be met—therefet.:ifoi
were to be disguised. The Commissioners do not conde-etl
to tell us why. In all the other proceedings there had
eet
remarkable want of caution. The Raja had made silbe 7,04
them in front of his palace—one witness says they attraei
the attention of all assembled—promised them a (1;0°1.0
garden ; but now, though the interview was after sunset, /le
must needs be muffled up in woollen-boated cloaks., re
Commissioners here kindly take it in charge to think roe/
witnesses, and wherever they are at fault, aid them en_
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or
own superior intellects, though it would have given then'
bounded satisfaction to have come to an opposite eone:' is!
4th Paragraph. The evidetice is confirieed by Untae,toe
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very remarkable manner. lentejee ! The '6 prevariebie
the " perjurer," the man on %%horn it was "he r° to,
place reliance," who is " totally undeserving of c• nsidee9, or
the " worthless and unprincip ed ' villain, for whom en 40$
sure of punishment could be too great." UntajeebeA c'e
this evidence, in a very remarkable manner. It weal" gat
given us unbounded satisfaction to have believed the, errinnocent—but, although we are not disposed to give fin,ebee
dence, and although Utitajee is the impersonation of fahei•
deceit, and villany, yet as his evidence confirms in a re-ve
able manner the evidence of the sepoys, we deem we
additional reason on that account to receive. it, and "eie
nounce the Raja guilty I 11 hat think you of logic likene d
sth paragraph. 'fine account of the Soobadars corresr get
a remarkable manner, " with one or two exceptions... bee
are four accomplices, influenced, as I verily believe, otiose!
revenge or hope of reward, or both, and because, their er
"with one or two exceptions," it is " provideetld
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"very remarkable," and " so remarkable !" Sirr'loo
strikes me as remarkably remarkable. Suppose the Inteof
had taken place, would it have been remarkable that 100
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counts of those who were present should correspond
mere
not here anticipate the proceedings of the Commission- s .0„e,
. pause to remark upon the language of the Consan'sl to'
This interview was ultimately sought with earneette•,oo4
importunity, and even reproaches, by the Soobadars, I
under the instructions of their officers. They rel'el'e-
their return They gave their depositions in the In.ree
They knew that their meeting with the Raja was the creof
stance most important. What was there, then, in the eelotr
stances of the case calculated to lead to even ‘• one or t:eto
ceptions." Don't fail to notice that these exceptions "00
explained. You are left in ignorance of their nature, eel
are passed over as trifling. The conviction is produce:ll3'a,
minds of the Commissioners, that it is a "real scene' I ,004
scribe. What, if I can show you that these excepli°l'.'ijecto
most important—that they completely destroy the whole e`ro
of these Soobadars that their testimony is corerediete,
irreconcilable on points of the simplest, yet most
kind ; and those likely to make the deepest imere''elle
natives of India? I beseech you to sit in jurigtneetd !tie
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=prej=prejudiced and impartial minds, and not 'to •be le
seer,
udicedconclusion that the evidence itself 'does not lot'
These exceptions, Sir, refer to dates, on which subject teeee
discrepancies inv riving a difference of 63 days. ,beet:,
the meeting with the Raja was up stein or down —"eh, 0'
was-alone or in company—whether the pawn he gave ti
the pawn used at the palace, or of a totally differeetwe]
whether he gave it the officers himself or it was givenkee
one else—whether the Raja wore a turbanornot--tir'bee'i
the exceptions which are thus lightly passed over, but .dott
any court in England, would at once deprive the eecele°,
the slightest degree of worth or credibility. No tee tieei
in this country going into a house and having an twisters
ti
under the most ordinary circumstances, could so eetntqopell
other as did these same native officers. The next tot, te
passage in the Report is worthy of your special attenhot
is this :—" The delay which occurred in bringingrJ
meeting with his Highness suggests the following reel, eerlog
Ist. That on the 31st July his Highness had not'tclijeq
to the meeting; 211. That he intermediately became an; 50
of the Brahmin, aided by the influence of his PI; tee
That the Brahmin was urged to bring about the mee'n.eire
native officers, acting under the orders of their OP:, tb
I beseech you to bestow your calmest consideration ios4o
particulars. Go back to page 66 of this blue book. „. pit!
there find—" On the 31st of July the Brahmin ea,T;,;e,
beenlines, and informed the Soobadars that he had been di
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the Dewan and the Raja to bring them in disguise to h
eces'e
ness, and that the following Friday (sth August),e,tore,/
pointed for the interview." Now let me entreat P),,,;i100'
with equal care the paragraph ehich immediately .0; f;
" The Brahmin, however, did not return tor many dg'ece‘e;
during the month of August only one meeting occurrefoa rbei,,i
t
the parties, when the Soobadars reproached Untaiee e
violated his promise, and he accused himself aerea,erae
heavy rains, adding that the Raja had been mush Bias eise,e
account of the death of a Vakeel, who had arrived on '0
from Oodeeponr." When does the a'leged intereiee
place ? On the 6th of September, thirty-t,dtb
111
after this meeting on the 31sf of Jule, an du
I four slays after the appointed time.
S'llat ' 0,11 Pr;
Commissioners say in reference to this? Thee' ofc tee 11,0
claim their belief that the Raja was utterly ignorantlet
eeedings of the atrocious demi-devil Uetajee• Mat
of °pt
are told, and commanded to believe, that on the st
thirty.nine day:, befere this alleged interview, thie3; %.`t,',eutlie;
house of Govind Row, and that the same evenineensee eel.%
• to the Raja's palace, and there whispered in the lisklef tee
which the Raja turned round, received the saleec'ee;, which
badars, and twice returned their salutations he
,s]eon„e deli
present witnessed ; and yet these same C;oirnts "it' is impose
rately tell you in the preceding paragraph, thfathe peeeeedie4/
to conceive that Untajee was at any stage nst the 11
in league or cellusion with the Soobadars g t this
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What yeti. conceptions may be I cannot tell ; but - bleeds.:
stage, of the inquiry lam free to confess my heart ee;
sae have described ;
pears entangled in the meshes of one of the most dialeiee,o
spiracles, from which no efforts are made to extricate cry'
English functionaries, who, on tee contrary, emploY
to draw the net around him, while they profess that ?tee at
have given them unbounded satisfaction to have aerl!ejoi,
conviction of his innocence. What do ;the Ccori-eilie
next say? "Between the 31st of July and ulethese;
September the Raja became the dupe of the deo ~i
aided by the influence of the Dewan. Here
Itaja's innocence is asserted down to a certelueveo
• He became the dupe of the Brahmin, aided by the In cher;s.o.
the Deccan." Host extraordinary! If in his heart he
and hat long cherished the feelings and designs imenteed Recd
how could he be the dupe of the Brahmin and Goeieresedo,
The charge sought to be established is, that the 1'2.0' etas!:
overthrow the English. That it was his ambition silo,.
mainspring; yet, now we are told that he was the. 1. tieckJ
mi erable and abandoned Brahmin, and his courtieeerieo
Row. But did it never occur to them, that the not% is
wretch who is said to be the ensnarer of his flighne9o
falsely state that he had done so? Las 1 this see‘nsiner'el
been absent from their minds. Sir, this is a Inestiereid
part of the inquiry, This charge is mixed with et eoeisue
have been told that the Raja was, for twelve years, , tettot
with the Viceroys of Goa ; that it was his own ainbitto,,eepoj
that led to all the mischief; that others were but the tvreA,
servile agents arid instruments he employed ; that Gehl
been a settled purpose in his mind to overthrow our
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ment, and that this intrigue with the native „feers ibis sl
Of his long-concocted plan. Have you no heard all ierei
and again ? Have not Grant Duff, and General
others, been quoted to show this? But now he is the t
lyingethieving, mendicant Brahmin. But listen to elte., ee.ol
" The Bramin was urged to bring about the routine el, 00),
tive officers, acting under the orders of their superiors, of
think you of this revelation of the plot? Now thene'
travelling the breadth of a hair from she content', et
the d
pages of the Report, how stands the fact ? linsZellT
min Untajee meets a Soobadar and reveals the pretene eve,
of the Raja. of Sattara. The whole is a lie. Conies, ell?
Soobadar takes a false oath, and proves himself :se 19
Confessed. The Adjutant commands Goolja 11'sceefflell
that most hated of all parts—the part of a spy. bseqr
They go into Sattara, and see the Raja, and are ea
told he is pleased with them and will give them a die'riar fy
front beginning to end. Lien one, and liars all. vote
true man is their victim. They meet at the house of t'Veee
keeper, named Pureshram, the nephew of the Demon! 0, Ail
1 his is in obedience to the instruction! of sueenet!
have entered into the plot. Tae Raja still inneeeo
darkness. the`
They are told :they are to meet the Raja enceed?
August. Another lie. The Brahmin absents lil
tonnd—is reproached—invents excuses, and finally Oe'ortos
of eeptember. Another lie. On the 14th, 00 e tht,
that the Raja is much pleased with them, and will gi° eity
dinner in a garden. The Rija, who they visited there
asks them to dinner. Gentlemen, this is the 0.0?
to the point we have now reached. What et eel
think of it ? What is your opinion foec"tee P.e°
• the evidence supplied in the Report itself Do net, this ,p'
fall fromour eyes even now ? See you not that
ieetsfe
infernal plot? Do you not burn with indignation 7-jaeldio
branded blackguards who are plotting he ruin.of the e td
Baja is ail the while in hi. enlace, as ignorant of they o,lot,
contrivances, as you are of what is now
palace of Samara, where the deep-dyed, self-convietees
ces
APlia Sahib, is revelling in the plural, rto which eel
helped him. See yet not these blooehouads on • it, end'
hituting down their royal game ? Yes, eon must see ere OY
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then the part of henest men. lie just, and tear tie
ing to the account of the Commissioners the eense""t eice4
in the following order :-1. Untajee, the dissembler, le eie
e
' cater, and perjurer • 2. Segoolam Sing, who takes a f'ersel
on the instant ; 3 Chunder Sing, who plays the 1,3140:h0e
adjutant ;4. Goolja Missar, who plays the part of °prey
The Dewan (as be is called) Govind Row, who
thing ; 6. The perfumer and procurer of dancing gineee'nreee
ram. Here you have it—plot and counter-plot--t"e eive
Untajee and PUreshram, leis nephew, versus the nhieie?
English officers—but all, versus the tlaja—the Raja etch°,
innocent, ignorant, unsu peciing—while these vile wr
ote ,f
contriving his ruin, and urging one another on to Pere 0117
greater celerity, the work on hand. he conduct os vatft!
parties fills me with disgust. Why was not the eine ear
seized, and the whole thing blown up at once 700
effort—eras made to ripen the plot, and ruin the Bail. /
port then p theroceeds as follows : P.lf
.6 consider the subsequent interviews between of `el
officers and the Brahmin, on the 14th, 29th, and 36thith)
!ember and the Ist of October, clearly proved; but,
et etree
exceptions, we consider the conversations of no neenelele oe
as far as the Brahmin is concerned, because we
er perte
proof that what he stated was authorised by any ete, thiei
beyond the presumption arising from the proved
ilheeo
had been previously employed as an agent by his 11 g to
the Dewan. •
•'f he exception we allude to is highly ;marr—.nt•, tasyr
interview of the Ist of October tine terahminetate',,e
Highness was downcast, in consequence of the rev' Ichotlyte
letter from Mr. Hand, at Sholapore, inquiring wht't eiso
asses existed at Sahara. Availing ourselves of th,0034

deemedcaiftio itH Hand,
,doutt yt
ht.;
2acli,dorressc.
ri t:ttiefdrioegratitiieretsmciena,
tl;ll°o*,,i
otoili. ),,,it,
apbeonudtixaF
mwoilul
tbe found that ofgeer'. nil II acknovde'lf"''
litcfinkt, he was' vt-ritii;:tto Ralla Sahli', roe
having heard 1 ta a
re.". ---- some' disturbances likely to 041;1i
twoen the Raja and the Government,' he trusted tero
no foundation for the repors, but that as a fiii-nd he 104 i
t'
this to him.'l/0
st the
o f the knowledgeaaffair
letterWe think it very probable that Captain /Lino's ,e
excited a suspicion at Sat tara that the eonspii acy ha . di
il o'
of his Highneassir,(
of the Brahmin to meet the native officers ts)Ward'' the:ceir
a)ifsndeGasusivelyenrhanic,mtictoetunetno,:,:inr:Lerviinia,titrea;:i3b.ckeihseii;b:rioecio:,
forces; and as Calittairt Hand's replies are dated the it.'te tie°
tolter, the letter he addressed to, Balla Sah.b must 11:0%,,r0i
Written ;bent the time alluded to in the Brahmin's
_;: to
tine with the native officers. It therefore follows: fi qe cie
the veracity of the native officers is proved in one of
...‘,' bon'
cumstances they relate ; second, that intercourse ands
~,ect,
nication existed between the Brahmin and soii e ntle ch,ai, sac'
with the palace, othervrise how could he haCP gilitcd t
a letter had been received,"