New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-17

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80 - ~ rsncv Of tke tatAidE OF has subsedt
n,,ss hut vbsther ssy tress re6eiveo no@
authorities, il i. difficult foe e .en az o.
are gtrs1 ally rsfcyTcd 70 ne i'"'''
ton and information"
Among the cases Of complaint from natives, we
End the following:
a., wear. as our peasanum principal paddy or
,ioe crops failed for want Of rain, we were unaoo W
nav A. usual Wien the jamabundy was msoe "o
claimed remission on accourt OF the losses ,oyr
to the terms Of the agreement entered inio ~ o =!
ma when Mr. Eden was our collector As this remis-
,iop was not allowed refused to take our puttabs
The tahsildar then commenced TO compel US 70 pay
with great severity from the month oil June 10 August
ard others pa :ed in charge OF persons VINO ased
b take d in the SUM- There we were made to stooP
and stones were pct on backs, and we were Kept
in the burning sand. After O'clock We were lei 10
90 10 our rice Such like Ill treatment was continued
durrg three months duting which wesonetiines went
10 give oar petitions 10 the collector VINO refused 10
t,ke them We took these petitions and appealed 10
the Sessions Court who transmitted them TO tue couec
tor Still we got no Juice. 10 the month OF Septem-
ber notice was served upon US and twenty hve DAYS
after our property was dist aimed and afcerward sold
Beside what have mentioned, our women were also
IL treated the kittee was put upon their breasts
A native Christian states in reply to questions
put by the Commissioners "When European or
native regiment passes through, all the ryots are
pressed to bring in provisions, &c, for nothing,
"snd should any of them ask for the price OF the
"artices, they are severely tortured There fol-
lows the case of Brahmin, in which he, With 9TH
era CT bis own village and Of the neishboring vii.
lagos, was called on by the Tahsildars to furnish
planks, charcoal, firewOOd, &c, gratis, taat ne
might carry on the CoIeroon bridse.work; on re-
fusipp be ia seized BY twelve men and maltrested in
various ways. He adds
81 presented complaint 10 the Sub-CoIector, Mr..
w. Cadtll but be made no inquiry anu 'oLo NY ovi
plant AS he is DESTROYS Of completing cheaply tue
oleroon bridge work at the expense OF the poor anu
Of acquiring good name from the Government, what
ever may be the pature OF the murder conhl''ea ny
the Tahsildar he takes 70 cOgnizance OF II.
The light in which illegal practices, carried to
the last degree of eXtortiOn and violence, were
looked upon by the highest authority is best shown
BY the case of Mr. BreretOn, the Commissioner IN
charge of the Loodhisna District in the Punjaub in
$50 According TO the Report of the Chief Com
missioner for the Pupjsub, it was proved that " in
matters under the immediate cOsnizance or d.
rection of the Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Brere-
L" ton himself, the houses of wealthy citizens had
- been causelessly searched; that property seized
" On such occasions was detained for heightened
periods; that many parties were thrown into
"pIstn and lay there for weeks, without charges
l." berg exhibited against them; and that the laws
" relating to security for bad character had been
applied with sweeping and Understanding Sc
"verity. That the Deputy Commissioner had
been followed about from district to district by
Z" certain police officers and informers, whom he
"employed wherever he went, and that these men
=. had been the main authors of mischief In his
minute on the case, Lord DalhOusie says:
owe have irrefragable proof-proof, indeed, unds-
puted by Mr.. BreretOn himsef-thst that officer has
been guilty Of each item In the heavy catalogue OF
irregularities and ilegalities with which the chief
Commissioner has charged him, and which have
brought disgrace portion Of the British admin
i.traton and have subjected large number Of Brit
sh subjects TO gross injustice, to arbitrary impson-
ment and cruel torture"
Lord DalhOusie proposes "to mako great public
"example," and consequently, is Of opinion that
Mr. Brereton cannot, for the present, be fifty in
q" trusted with the authority of Deputy Commits
siorer but opght to be removed from that grade
" to the grade Of q first class Assistant" Thsse
extracts from the Blse.Bo0ks may be concluded
with the petition from the inhabitants Of Ta!ook in
Csnsra. on the NIslabar coast, who, after Stating
LnaL trey utu pItscutCu sC'oioi PSSsoe' - wa
Government to no purpose, thus contrast their
former and present condition:
"Whie we were cultivatipg wet ard dry lands,
hill Tracts low tracts and forests, paying the lght as
sessment fixed upon us, and thereby enjoying uan
quillity aLd happiness under the administration OF
Rance, Bhadur and 1ippOo, the then Crcar servants
levied an additional assessment, but we never paid IT,
We were not subjected to priyatons, expressions OF
ill-,.spes in collecting the revenue. On the surren-
Der of this country to the Honorable Company they
devised all sorts Of plans to squeeze out money from
US With this pernicious object in Wow, they Invented
rules and framed regulations, and directed their col
lectors and siyi judges to put them in execution But
tie then collectors and their subordinate native Of
iicals paid for some time duo attention to our grew
apces and acted in consOnance with our wishes. On
the contrary the present collectors and their subOr
dipste officials, dtsfr0as If 06tGRtRg promotion
am account rbotecr gect the welfare and interests
OF the people in general turn deaf ear to our grev
aLces, and subject Us 10 all sorts OF expressions"
We have here given but a brief and mildly
colored chapter from the real history of British
rule in Irdia In view of such facts, dspassionate
and thoughtful men may perhaps be led to ask
whether people are not justified in attempting to
eSpel the foreign cOnquerOrs who have so abused
their subjects. Aud if the English could do these
things in cold blood, is it surprising that the nsur
gent Hndoos should be guilty, in the fury Of revolt
and conflict, of the crimes aud crueties alleged
against them