second Letter... to pox, Containing the Final De- cision... on the Charges Brought Against Rajah Be by Sing By John Scott UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES SECOND LETTER FROM MAJOI SCOTT ro MR. FOX, CONTAINING THE FINAL D E C I 3 I O N OF T$ Governor General and Council of Bengal ON THE Charges brought againft RAJAH DEBY SING. LONDON; PRINTED FOR JOHN STOCKDALE, OPPOSITE BURLINGTON-HOUSE, PICCADILLY. M DCCLXXXIX. [Price One Shilling.] * V-3 A fr SECOND LETTER TO MX. FOX * iWTT THE very favourable reception with which my laft Letter has been re- ceived by the Public, induces me to take to the liberty of addreffing you once more, in confequence, of the advices lately received " from Bengal. In the laft year, I had recourfe to every official document which the India Houfe afforded, and to every other pofiible chan- nel of information that could enable me to ftate, fairly and correctly, the whole ftory of Deby Sing. A final judgment was pro- .nounced in Bengal, in the month of No- vember laft; every material upon which A 3. that 3548S4 ( 4 } that judgment was founded is in England, at the prefent moment : I have not written a word which is not fully juftified both by the evidence, and the decifion of the Go- vernment of Bengal founded upon that evi- dence ; and I moft anxioufly defire," that the ftrideft examination of every aflertion that I have made may take place, being confident that there is not a line in my laft Letter which will not ftand the teft of the moft critical fcrutiny. You will be pleafed to recoiled, if you have done me the honour to perufe my Letter, that as to any argument which I ufed, the guilt or innocence of Deby Sing was a matter of the moft perfect indifference. Had his guilt -been eftablimed, after fo fevere a trial, Mr. Haf- tings's opinion of the man would have been fully juftified. If, on the contrary, he had been acquitted of all the charges, as he has been ( 5 ) been of the moft material of them, it would have proved, that Mr. Haftings had formed an erroneous judgment of the man, in com- mon with every other member of the Go- vernment; for all were equally (hocked by the horrid relations contained in Mr. Patter- fon's reports. The only fad of importance is this, that neither Mr. Haftings, nor any one Engliih gentleman, appears to be in the flighteft degree implicated in the crimina- lity of Deby Sing, and of courfe Mr.Burke's ftatements were wholly unfounded. I can now affirm with confidence, that the following fads are fully proved : i ft, That Mr. Haftings did not origi- nally appoint Deby Sing to be farmer, or fecurity for Rungpore and Dinagepore, and that Mr. Burke had clear evidence upon this point when he fpoke laft year in Weftmin- fter Hall. 2dly, 2dly, That when the infurre&ion in Rungpore broke out, and an enquiry in- to the caufes of it was ordered, Mr. Haf- tings himfelf propofed the removal of Deby Sing, from a conviction that no fair en- quiry could take place while he remained in office. 3dly, That Deby Sing is proved to be innocent of almoft all the dreadful cruelties imputed to him. r 4thly, That the moft dreadful of the cru- elties imputed to him, had, to ufe Mr. Shore's expreffion, no exiftence whatever. ^J And 5thly, That if the whole had been true, to the utmoft extent of Mr. Burke's original relation, it would be impoffible for tlie ingenuity or malice of man to impute the flighteft blame upon Mr. Haftings, or to make him a participator in the crimes of which Deby Sing was accuied. A i Thefe ( 1 ) Thefe fads being true, the proof of them being eftablifhed beyond the power of ca- vil or contradiction, I am juftified in faying, that Parliament has been difgraced, de- graded, and difhonoured, not only in Great Britain, but throughout Europe ; fmce there is hardly a remote village in any part of the Continent, which the deteftable ftories of the nipples, and the torches, have not reached. The refutation, I hope, will ex* tend as far as the mifreprefentation : I, for one, who feel for the honour of my coun- try, will fpare no pains to refcue it from the unmerited flander which Mr. Burke has uttered againft it. It has pleafed Providence to continue to us for twenty-four years the pofleffion of a fertile and extenfive empire in India, con- taining, upon the moft moderate computa- tion, twelve millions of people, famed, as Mr. Burke once faid, for all the arts of life,, while we were yet in the woods* ( 8 ) woods. A certain Party in this country have thought it right, for fome political purpofe or other, to reprefent this as a defolate, ruined, depopulated country* groaning under the feverity of Britifh op^ preflion, and injuftice. The confidence with which thefe affertions are made is moft ex- traordinary; they are as contrary to fact, as to common fenfe. It has been my con- ftant endeavour to convince the nation of what I know to be true, that population, and agriculture, have greatly increafed dur- ing our government. If the fat could ad- mit of a doubt, it would be cleared up by a document received in the laft week from Bengal, which fpeaks fp ftrongly to the common fenfe of mankind, that 1 fhall apply it to the juftification of my former aflertions. Sir John Macpherfon, after the departure of Mr. Raftings, appointed a gentleman of intenfe application to a very confiderable office ( 9 ) office in the revenue branch of his admini- ftration. In the courfe of his refearches he has, on the 3oth October laft, written a long letter to Earl Cornwallis on the fait plan eftablifhed by Mr. Haftings in 1 780 ; and after fpeaking of it in warm terms* and taking notice of the annual confump- tion of fait in Bengal, as appeared from evidence many years ago, he has the fol- lowing paflage : " NEVERTHELESS, though fuch evi- " dence might be confidered as decifive " proof of the fads fet forth in the period 14 ftated, it by no means feemed appli- " cable to prefent circumftances. A lapfe " of fifteen years, under the lenity of , the '* Englifh government, had certainly ope- " rated a very material change in the ftate " of things. Greater fecurity and freedom " in agriculture, manufactures, and com- " merce, increafed confiderably the popu- tl lation of the country, with the wealth " and profperity of its inhabitants; an ad- " ditional confumption of all the necefla- B " ries " ries of life was a natural confequence, " and fully evinced the improved condi- " tion of the Britifh provinces." Permit me now to ftate to you the fove- v ral documents which have the flighteft re- ference to the ftory of Deby Sing. i ft, The evidence delivered to the Com- t/ mittee of IVJanagers by Mr. David An- derfon. 2d, The feveral letters and confultations between the month of April and May 1781, when the farms were granted to Deby Sing, and February 1 783, when the infur- xedion broke out in Rungpore. gd, The papers and minutes relative to Mr. Paterfon's deputation, and Deby Sing's removal from all official trufts, on the pro- pofition of Mr. Haftings, 4th, The feveral reports of Mr. Pater- fon, the Committee of Revenue's remarks upon them, and the proceedings of the Supreme Council. ( 11 ) 5th, The appointment of three Commif- fioners to inveftigate the complaints upon oath. 6th, The voluminous reports of the" CommifTioners. 7th, The abftraft, and remarks, of the preparer of reports. 8th, The feveral petitions of Deby Sing, earneftly praying for a decifion. 9th, The feveral minutes of Mr. Shore, Mr. Stuart, and Earl Cornwallis, previous to their final judgment. loth, The unanimous opinion of the Governor General and Council, which finally clofed the whole proceeding. Mr. Shore has examined every charge with the utmoft care and attention. His minute is very long, very interefting, full of important information, and clofes in the following manner ; B 3 Bengal Bengal Revenue Confutations, the 26th November 1788. (Extratf of Mr. Shores Minute.} T CANNOT conclude without an addi- tional remark, that there never was a caufe which appears to have been ' more thoroughly inveftigated,or more impartially conducted. Every member of the exifting government at the time*, it is notorious, had formed a decifive opinion againft Deby Sing, in confequence of Mr. Paterfon's reports ; and the meafures adopted were conformable to thefe fentiments, and calcu- lated to fhew that, if proved guilty, he had no mercy to expect. It was under this de- cided and avowed difapprobation of Govern- ment that the Commiffioners reluctantly undertook an inveftigation of this caufe. Their proceedings, in my opinion, do equal credit to their integrity and to their under- ftandings. Facts are not left to bare afler- MeO". Mailings, Wheler, Macpherfon, and Stables. tion ( '3 ) tion for fupport. Every charge (and fome not fpecifically pointed out to the Commif- fioners) is examined with fcrupulous accu- racy ; and wherever evidence could be ob- tained, it has been fought for, and brought forward. The proceedings are not fum- mary, but voluminous and minute; and if the conduct of any Zemindar or farmer in the country were to pafs an inveftigation of the fame nature, I may venture to aflert that he would not be deemed innocent. The tranfa&ions in Dhee Jumla being wholly unconnected with the proceedings in Rungpore, I have followed the example of the Commiflioners, in confidering them feparately. Their report is fo full, clear, and decifive, that I (hall content myfelf with referring to that in fupport of my opinion, which is, that Deby Sing, fo far / from being culpable in any inftance alleged againft him, appears to have been mode- rate in his demands for rent, attentive to the complaints preferred, and to have pu- nimed nifhed the perfons proved to have opprefied the Ryots, on their complaints. I am happy alfo to remark, that many of the worft accufations preferred againft him appear to have had no exiftence whatever. Kerperam and Ramnarain, Deep Chund, and Bafdeo Dofs, merit exemplary punifh- ment; and I regret that the two former only are fubject to the power of the Board. (Signed) J. SHORE. Dhee Jumla is the diftrict in which thofe dreadful cruelties were faid to be per- petrated, which Mr. Burke detailed, as if they had been facts proved and fubftan- tiated by evidence. I never had the flighteft correfpondence with Mr. Shore, directly or indirectly, relative to Deby Sing; nor in- deed was it poflible that he fhould have read in November in Bengal, a Letter that I was writing at Margate in September ; yet it is remarkable how precifely that gentleman ( '5 ) gentleman coincides with me: I have faid, that the moft dreadful of the cruelties ftated by Mr. Burke never 'were commit ted at all: Mr. Shore fays, " I am happy to remark, that " many of the ivor/l accufations againft him " appear to have hud no exljlence whatever? Upon a review of the whole proceedings V every rational man will conclude, that Mr. Haftings and his Council in 1783, Sir John Macpherfon when he was Governor General, and Earl Cornwallis fince that period, and the Gentlemen who compofe the govern- ment of Bengal, have fhewn the moft laud- able and anxious defire to do ftrict and im- partial juftice, after the fulleft and com- pleted inveftigation of the fubjecT:. The re- ^ flections, therefore, which Mr. Burke threw out upon Mr. Haftings, and the Members of the Supreme Council, upon Mr, Anderfon, Mr. Shore, and the Commiflioners who examined the whole upon oath, were illi- beral, unjuft, and ill-founded. A reference to Mr.Gurney's notes will fhew you, that if 4 thofe ( 16 ) thofe reflections were juft, the folemn en- quiry that took place was a mere farce, or- dered folely for the purpofe of protecting Deby Sing. I fuppofe there never was a country upon earth in which delegated power has not occafionally been abufed ; but never were greater pains taken to detect abufe of power in any country, than were taken during the adminiftration of Mr. Haflings, when he fuppofed that the oppreffions of Deby Sing excited an infurrection in a diftant province. But the difference between Mr. Burke's mode of proceeding and Mr. Haftings's is this : The latter, though he formed a de- cided opinion againft Deby Sing in his own mind, ordered an inquiry ; the former meets with accufations on a fubject that has no re- ference to the caufe before him, but, as they are calculated to make a temporary impref- fion, he eagerly feizes upon them, details them as facts eftablifhed by proof, applies them to Mr. Haftings, endeavours to excite the ( '7 ) the popular indignation againft him, though he knew that if all the fads fhould here- after be proved, they could no more affect: Mr. Haftings than they could injure me. I will not detain you longer, Sir, than juft to obferve, that no Englifh gentleman of any rank or ftation appears to have been in the flighted degree involved in any one of thofe acts which are deemed reprehenfible in Deby Sing ; and that when the magnitude of the charges which were preferred againft him are confidered, it is a matter of aftonifliment that he fliould have been fo innocent in all the moft eflential points ; but whether he was innocent or guilty, acquitted upon fome charges, and fined for his conduct in other inftances, does not fignify one ftraw to Mr. Burke, or to me. The refult of the enquiry does infinite honour to the British admini- ftration in Bengal ; every ftep taken in the courfe of it, by Mr. Haftings and Sir John Macpheribn, does equal honour to them ; and I defy Mr. Burke to bring proof of the C flighted i8 flighted attempt, ordefire, in any oneEng- liihman, to fupprefs, mutilate, or garble one tittle of the evidence upon this great caufe. To conclude ; every fentence in my former K/ Letter is now confirmed, and I have fairly convided Mr. Burke of aflerting, in fome inftances, what he knew to be unfounded at the time he afierted them, and in others, of ftating ads of great enormity as fads proved and eftablifhed, which, upon the moft fo- lemn inveftigation, turn out to have had n& . exiftence whatever. I have the honour to be, S I R, Your moft obedient, Humble fervant, JOHN SCOTT. ( 19 ) RESOLUTIONS of the Governor Ge- neral in Council, on the Report of the Commijfioners deputed to inquire into the Caufes of the In- furre&hn in Rungpore, during the Adminiftration of Rajah Deby Sing. TN paffing a decifion upon a caufe of fo complicated a nature as that before them, the Board cannot but exprefs their fenfe of the difficulties attending it. With- out recapitulating the particulars of tranf- aclions which have already been fo minute- ly difcufled, they fhall premife fuch general obfervations only as may point out the principles on which their judgment is formed. The Zemindars of Rungpore, although the complainants againft oppreffion and extortion, can by no means be confidered C 2 as as entirely innocent, iince the very facls which they impute to others, are proved in part to have been pradifed by therri- felves, long before their connexion with Deby Sing. On the contrary, it is clearly eftablifhed, that they were cruelly and oppre (lively treated in 1188, and feVerely ufed in 1189. Although much of the criminality al* leged againfl Deby Sing is not fubftantiated by the inveftigation of the Commiflioners, his conduct is by no means innocent, ad- mitting even a diftindion between his own ads, and his refponfibility for the conduct of Hurram : To affign to him the culpabi- lity of every fpecific act of cruelty exer- cifed by Hurram, under the circumflances of the evidence before the Board, would in their opinion be unjuft ; he is certainly chargeable, for every inftance where know- ledge and connivance can be proved, or 8 inferred, ( -21 ) inferred, and may be fo in fome degree where they are prefumable from the na- ture and notoriety of the ads committed. In what he himfelf did, as far as thofe acts are criminal, there can be no doubt of his refponfibility. With refpecl to Hurram, the proofs are fpecific; and he, as the moft culpable, merits the greateft punifhment. In addition to thefe confiderations, the length of time that has elapfed fince the caufe commenced, the confinement and de- gradation of Deby Sing *, and the lofs fuftained by him in his property, by the mode in which fecurity was demanded and taken, are alfo to be weighed. The Board having confidered the whole, refolved as follows : ift, That the purchafes of -land made by Deby Sing in the name of his houfe- * In the adminiftration of Mr. Haftings. 'hold ( 82 ) hold Bramin, Deby Dut Doby, and by Cofhaul Chund, be declared invalid, and that the lands be reftored to Zemindars, the proprietors thereof, without any compen- fation. sd, That all the purchafes of lands made by Hurram in his own name, or for himfelf in that of others (thofe of Kank- neah excepted, fold by order of the late Committee of Revenue), be alfo annihilat- ed; and that the lands be reftored refpec- tively to the Zemindars, the proprietors thereof. 3d, That Deby Sing be compelled to repay to the other purchafers of land fold in liquidation of the balances of 1 188 (with an exception of Kankneah), the amount of their feveral purchafes, and that the lands be again reftored to the Zemindars. The pofleflbrs are not to be made anfwer- able for their colle&ions during the time. That '3 That the reftitution of the lands take place at the commencement of the enfuing Ben- gal year. 4th, That the mortgage bonds be declared invalid, and if exifting, that they be deftroyed. 5th, That Deby Sing be compelled to refund the following fums improperly de^ manded and taken by him : Aumalnamah Fee, 2911 i 8 Ruflbom Muftagerry, 1175 033 Chundeh, - 393 Batta on the Narrany Rs. 18108 10 13 i Excefs of Batta in two Per- gunnahs, 799 15 2 2 6th, That Deby Sing be compelled to pay to Gunganarain Gomaftah of Colly Perfhaud, Zemindar of the four annas di- vifion of Carjehaut, the fum of 1000 S* R s , as as damages for the feverities ufed towards him. 7 th, That Deby Sing be made refponfible for the Charges incurred on account of Mr. Paterfon's deputation to Rungpore, from the date thereof, viz. the lyth Feb. 1783, until the appointment of the new commiffion on the I4th April 1784. ttiohi _ 8th, That the amount which Deby Sing is ordered to refund, be deducted from the fums which he has depofited as a iecurity for the balances of Rungpore on account of 1 1 88 and 1189; and that the remainder, after fuch deductions, and after fatisfying any claims of balances which the Govern- ment may have againft him on account of Dina'gepore for 1188 and 1189, and for Rungpore on account of 1188, be returned *;<3 13OJ IL ' idswni wra uft bv 9 th 9th, That Hurram be compelled to re- fund to the Zemindars the amount of Le- waie Rozenamcha, refpedively deducted from their payments in 1 198, and Surjana- rain, the amount received in 1189. loth, That Hurram be immediately taken into confinement, and do remain con- fined, without any diftinction, with the other prifoncrs in the Foujedarry gaol of Rungpore, for one year, and that he be releafed at the expiration of that period, and required to leave the diftridts of Rung- pore and Dinagepore, and never to return to them, under pain of being apprehended and committed to the Foujedarry gaol ; that meafures be immediately adopted for obtaining from him the feveral fums for which he is declared refponfible by thefe refolutions, by the attachment of his pro- perty if necefiary ; and that he further t>e declared for ever incapable of holding any D charge ( 26 ) charge in the collections, or any office un- der the government whatever. nth, That Hurram be further com- pelled to pay the following fums to the feveral perfons upon whom he inflicted the punifhments of the eauttah, charch, chon- geree, and rnoradkhannee, viz. Rupees. Seeb Chund Chowdry, - > 400 Gour Mohun, Gomaftah of the Ze- mindar of Carjeehaut, - - 400 Bowanny Sircar, Gomaftah of Seeb Chund Chowdry, - - 200 Kefhenchund Goopt, Gomaftah of Bamandangah, - - 200- Kaltoo Chowdry, Gomaftah of 34- Anna divifion of Futtepore, - soo Jogul Dofs, Gomaftah of Tepah, - 200 RamkhTen, Gomaftah of Pangah, - 200 Govind Mozundar, Naib to Gour Mohun, - - - 2oa Hurlott, Gomaftah of the Zemin- dar of Kankneah, - W^< 200 7 1 2th, ( 37 ) 12th, That the fums which Dehy Sing is required to refund by the fifth refolution, be paid to Government, and carried to the credit of the Zemindars of Rungpore, in> part payment of the balances due from them on account 1189; and that the re-. xnaining balances, after deducting the fums above-mentioned claimed from the Zemin- dars of Rungpore for 1188 and 118^, be remitted to them, and that they be declared releafed from all further refponfibility for them. ooc 1 3th, That Derjanarrain be releafed from his confinement, upon exprefs condition that he never returns to Rungpore or Di- nagepore, under the penalty of being com- mitted to the Foujedarry gaol if he fhould be found in either of thofe diftri&s. 14th, That Rajib, Surdar of Buddutta; Keena, of Cutchua j Coneh, Sircar and Go- paul of Dimlah ; be alfo releafed, and re- D 2 quired 354824 quired to leave the diftrids of Rungpore and Dinagepore, and never to refide in them, under penalty of being apprehended and committed to gaol. 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