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London, England, 1845-12-16 00:00:00

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N"AtIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE.
,4nEAT LEAGUE MEETING in GOVENT-GARDEN
MEAT RE.
The COUNCIL of the NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE
L's to announce that the AGGREGATE MEETINGS of the
LEAGUE, in the Theatre Royal, Govent Garden, will RE-COM-
.ENCE To-MoasoW EVENING, the 17th of December.
GEORGE WILSON, Esq., will take the Chair at Seven o'clock pre-

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Tin 'Meeting will be addressed by Rieha,d Cobden, Esq., mr.;
John Bright, Esq., M P. ; and W. J. Fox, Esq.
Tickets of admission to all parts of the house may be had as usual
at 67, Fleet-street.
Seats will in future be reserved for all farmers who may make ap-
Alieation at the Offices of the League, 67, Fleet-street, up to the hour
tneeting; and their attendance, whether favourable or opposed to
Free Trade, is especially requested.
To application for tickets by letter can be attended to.

F CENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION
„ COMPANY'S splendid and powerful first-class STEAM-
are appointed to leave the Custom House er Tower for-
-1"_;AMIII:JRGII, carrying her Majesty's Mails —Every Wednesday
;ad" Saturday Morning.
ROTTERDAM, carrying her Majesty's Mails—from Blackwall Pier
..-ve-ry Wednesday and Saturday at Ten, Morning.
ANTWERP—From Blackwall Pier—The Soho every Thursday,
Ten, Morning.
aAVRE—From St. Katharine's Wharf—Dec. 20th, 25th, and
suth, at Eight, Morning.
From London Bridge 'Wharf, for-
-2STEI-D—Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning.
IiOULOGNE—Every Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.
CALAIS—Every Thursday and Sunday Morning.
iYROLL—Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning.
ARMOUTII—Reduced Fares—Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur-
'47l ett Six, Evening.
From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, for—
tnlen, E vNßUßGening.H—Reduced Fares—Dec. .oth, 24th, and 27th, at
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From Downe's Wharf—Reduecd Fares—for—
?EWCA STLE—Every Saturday, at Eigig, Evening.
, nitIGIITON and DIEPPE—Every Saturday, Dec. 20th, at Three,
4fternoon; 27th, at Tef,, Morning.
To and BOULOGNE—The Magician—Daily.
,D) secure Berths, for Freight and Bills containing hours of
',7_Parture, fares, &c., apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard-street ; 37,
-neat-circus ; and 35, Leadenhall-street,

EAS I' HOUSE, OcT. 29,
ullE COURT ofINDIA DIitECTORS 1845.
of the EAST
INDIA. COMPANY do hereby give notice,
,That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY
f. I be held at their House, in Lcadenhall-street,!on WEDNESDAY, the
41, December next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon.
JAMES C. 3IELVILL, Secretary.

P EAST INDIA DECEMBER , 1845.
jr
at COURT OFHOITSE
DIR'ECTORSIO of the EAST
chat INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
tl,ita,!`at a PROPRIETOR of EAST INDIA STOCK has given notice
,) at the Quarterly General Court of the said Company, appointed
iiii7 held at their Home in 1,CMIC1111:111-Street, OR WEDNESDAY, the
14'4,111st:int, he will PREFER CERTAIN CHARGES AGAINST
Z'enant-Colonel CHARLES ()VANS, late Resident at Sattara.
statement of the charges intended to be made was delivered in
7"th,
same Proprietor at the last Quarterly General Court.
~,At the same Proprietor has also given notice, that at the same
at 8-'erlY Gene: al Court he will move that, " Whereas on the 25th
telaoidernber, 1819, a treaty of perpetual friendship and -alliance was
lliteded between the IlonouraV e East India Company and his
. ,noss Maharajah Pertaub Sheen, the Raja of Sattara;
is ~„ Od. whereas, his Highness Pert
m a Sheen so conducted himself
liks " ally of the East India Copanytili, that on the 29th December
Lip4the following tette/was unanimously agreed to by the Court la,
, tora ;---..
,
ii, „ , Your' Highness,—
like 7e have been highly gtalititd by the information, from
Jeet,,,;o time transmitted to I.la by our Gorernment, on the sub-
ilts,4":_Your Higlinesa'a exemplary fulfilment of the duties of that
a, 7'i situttiou in which it has pleased Providence to place you.
i_tlas,;,,Turiie of conduct so suitable to your Highness's exalted at:l-
- '5O Well Calculated to promote the prosperity of your do-
wisei,7B, Xel the happiness of your people, as that which you have
lartivkraid uniformly pursued, while it reflects the highest honour oa
Iliti,P'araeter, has imparted to our iniuds the feelings of unqualified
likyLtetion and pleasure. The liberality, also, which you have dis-
kali' hl executing at your owns cost various public works of great
140, and which has so justly ised your reputation in the eyes of
41aitorlienees and people of India, givas you an additional claim to our
.. anon, respect, and applause.
Lot Impressed with then Sentiments, the Court of Directors of the
sas„:l.lala Company have unanimously resolved to transmit to you
Niiia, Which Will be presented to yriu through the Government of
'tee and which, we trust, you will receive with satisfaction, as a
°. °f their high esteem and regard.
leki/ith sincere wishes for your health and prosperity, we subscribe
'eB, in the name of the Court,
. "' Your Highness's most faithful friends,
" ' W. S. CLARKE, Chairman.
544,
" ' J. R. CARNAC, I)eputy.'
thud Whereas, in 136, certain enemies f his Highness the Raja
c•A'lra did conspire to effect the ruin and dethronement ef that
' e rt •
Preferring false charges against him to the Bombay
•"Pme
tk. -..sci -1 ,
: ots whereas, when these charges, and the evidence in support of
-: had,saaso been forwarded to the Court of Directors, and had been
as ''l.ll b
h., eot y them, it was the decided opinion of that body that it
14
'let OttlY a waste of time, but seriously detrimental to the cha-
ttt:',. the Government, to carry on any further inquiry into the
tf Alad
I, h 0,,. whereas this Opinion was communicated to the Government
Zart,,,T: and the Government of India, in dispatches from the
7h „`„. "zectors, dated respectively the 13th June, 1838, and the
the. AiTPr3', 1839
hit,6, ahereas Sir James Rivett Carnac, on his appointment to
~,Or Governor of Bombay, received its instructions from. the
h,."'aist.a, -nrectors to dethrone, or otherwise to punish, the Raja of
. 01 hin„,mit, on the contrary, Was empowered to suppress all flu,
-"Z tp ','r3'' into the charges that had been made against the Raja,
4,...aCisign the Matter to entire oblivion ;
ooh til'hereas Sir James Carnac did, in a minute, recorded by
Cala , a 19th June, 1839, propose that the Resident of Sattara
ea (4;7_ instructed to assure his Highness of the desire of the Bri-
e_ tirrt,7rornent to maintain the relatio-s of amity with him ; arid
7:40,....!er declare,• ' That the British Government had nothing to
A,;..it the Raja, and could afford to act with generosity
thlar whereas Sir James Rivett Carnac did, at a personal inter-
-0&t thse: ,the Raja, on the 23d August, 1839, inform his Highness
Zs.. ' 'Mportant violations of the Treaty had been proved against
lat„ lit. oi.
Proper ' the sth Article, in having, daring a series of years, held
1a..2a, r,"wilnUnications with the Goa authorities ;
'Lk A ‘'ftlie same Article, in having held a clandestine intercourse
b,.4 id Pl'a Sahib, the ex-Raja of Nagpoor ;
''‘i,, t z,totf,hriving tampered with the native offillcers of the 23d Regi-
t,Aita ,e Infantry ;
e.. 4- whereas Sir James Rivett Carnac, did, at a subsequent in-
-s`Ble L" the 27th August, peremptorily require the Raja to sign
thith4ticles, to which the following preamble was affixed, viz. :
,Itt.,hUrn4l,,tioll having been received by the British Government
aosV wt,—,,,',gimess, misled by evil advisers, had, in breach of the
14le t `,,11 placed you on the throne, entered into communications
4,,,1c10ne British Government an inquiry into these accusations
Clnth_ -rod Indispensable. This inquiry has satisfied the British
kicrit that your Highness has exposed yourself to the sacrifice
ab„Plie,,,,oe and protection. Nevertheless, moved by considerations
Iss'arnen,"l. towards your Highness and your family, the British Go-
,,,asi,„` has resolved entirely to overlook what has passed on the
aim, ea. nditions, namely, Ike. &c. ;
ate ins " nereas the Raja of Sattara did, at these interviews, de-
c.,,,mioh s!r-tire and absolute innocence, and earnestly implore per-
eq.;, 'a be p
at a„.. -eard in reply to the charges which his enemies had
a,'"-aist him, and in refutation of the evidence in support of
It4:4Fi 4, did ahoy express his willingness to submit to any con-
',final hi did
did not require him to abandon his religion, or to ac-
'', t 4,1 in violation of his conscience, that he had been the enemy
Am "eh Government ;
itrt'.4des whese-_,
„,., aa for the sole reason of having refused to sign the
Zseral7,LPreamble submitted to him, he was, on the sth of Sep-
kOe 4 iss,au, and by the authority of Sir James Carnac, forcibly
104e4rsoner and dethroned, and a proclamation issued by the
-I!sili oa_cleelaring his brother, Appa Sahib (his bitter enemy), the
44. Sattara ;
. Itu Whereas, by the 3d Geo. 111., chap. 52, sec. 43, it is enacted
onto
orst an not be lawf co
ulr the Government of Bombay, &c., to
- st_to be,...7,11e any order formm acing hostilities, or levying war,
Itlee (ertiate or conclude any treaty with any Indian prince or
unti it `'Pt in cases of sudden emergency or imminent danger,
p-Zty), thall appear dangerous to postpone such hostilities or
C!ritt Imless in pursuance of express orders from the Governer-
-747 nio Council, or from the Secret Committee, by the
Itau-
it.,ikik,..t,ite Board of Control ;'
tp,:! t anereas it is further enacted, in section 42 of the same Act,
s..aelit :,7411 not be lawful for the Governor-General in Council,
e2tot.,, ~,,e express command and authority of the Court of Di-
s 7. ~,trsi or, of the Secret Committee, by the authority of the Board of
15i:01e;,.5 any case (except where hostilities have actually been
5,,, datie-"1, or preparations actually made for the commencement of
sti_eoltin.i°, against the British nation in India), either to declare war
70 dte .:ettee hostilities, or enter into any treaty for retain
411s.._Itts.;11.
e..-aa, the--That the dethronement of his Highness Pertaub
aSi.,:k sao,itia of Ssittara, under the
and`cirumstances now set forth,
. tat ion of the above statute, was, therefore, an illegal

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.