The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-05-12 00:00:00

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TO TIM PROPRIBTOBB OF INDIA ITOCI.
taxon LCD finiTLZllll/01.
A Proprietors of the Possessions of England in the
I'S East; as Legislators ever an Empire of million of
square Mlles. nee a population ..f one hundred millions.
addiess yea : I appeal to you by.egery sacred tie. end the
awful responsibility attached to your jurisdiction, lease-
.dietely to look Into your affairs, and reflect Olathe condition,
welfare, and happiness of the unfortunate victims of British
stark, and ambition, now under vour controul; and to
think somewhat beyond veer dividend upon Stock, and who
shall, or shell not. be elected to the prodigious patronizing
and lucrative situation of an East India Director.
Individual circumstances have forced me upon your no-
tice; hut they are publte, and of highly interesting natere:
they are remarkable fo- audacity and wanton cruelty—fir
Ate vinistion of law and the rights of subjects—for mockery
of justkat and the denial or redress—and although more im-
mediately deinandine your serious
.consideration:—if na-
tional honour as considered, the attention of the count* at
toren.
A latter that I have addressed you. and just published by
J. Miltor, 69, Fleet-street, oriataina the complaint of three
NielmoOlieees if a Regiment fornsellilßehr al j•einemand,
who were wantonly abet at by a British 011-ter, while en-
joying ttte presnme I protectios, of their peeceeble habita-
tions ; and who, preeobas te his firing. SAW Meet, add order-
ed them to quit Vide. home. When they ran oat and remon-
strated with him for his Imprudence. he most unfeelingly,
grossly abased the wounded Ottkers, and cocking the re-
maining loaded barrel of his fewfine-piece, leveted it at the
breast of one of the party, who stood before him, bleedieg
copiously from 213 githsthot wounds in his face end breast,
end threatened to fires second time. Tue Adel correspoud-
edee on the ease with a British Magistrate, the Commander
In Chief, the Marquess 0-f dustings, and the Court of Direc-
tors, is also xi ten ; sod athlete:4s upon the conduct of pro-
ceedings adopted in India towards those Officers, in Violation
Of the law ; the refuse' of investigating into the complaint ;
sod the final ruin of the Officer., by dismissal from the ser-
vice, for daring to appeal for redress.
I would earnestly call your attention to a little pamphlet.
entitled, " Thoughts relative to ladle,- are. which 1 have.
published for the purpose of demonstrating rations 'bilges.
and the system of admiuistering jnstice in India. It contains
documents of Tart importance, most incontestibly profilt
the abject and miscrabte stale to width the greatest part of
India is reduced, substantiated by no less authority than
that of a despatch of the Court of Directors themselves to
their Government of Bengal.: and which only requires to be
read to fail every humane and nenetolent rabid with ten3a-
tious of horror, at the miseries that have befallen so large a
portion of meld nil for ages, under the mal-administration
of the East India Coaquiny ; and which loudly calls for re-
lardy and redress, by whatever means attainable.
It has often been echoed within the walls of the India
Douse in Limilenhall-street, that the fate of your India pos-
' sessions depends upon the upright and impartial adinlnistra-
tiop of justice. I believe it to be so ; and lament, with •
eons ietion of this maitre before their eyes, that more regard
has not been paid to It by your Directors. It sounds very fine in
the columns of s Newspaper, in an advertisement from the
India Rouse, '• that the inhabitants of British India have the
strongest claim to their protection, and that it is the le duty
to promote the prosperity of the vast population °v. whom
they preside ;" but how will those boasting explanatory ad-
vertisements appear, when contrasted with the protection
that has bees afforded the Native Olicert sod myself by the
same Directors ?

I remain. Ladies and Gentlemen,
liuur most otretllent Servant,
W. WHITE.
Late a Captain in the 15th Regiment of
London, May 10, 18'23. Bengal Infantry.

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