JB/109/289/001

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1829. Oct. 26.
For Petitions &c. Collectanea

Morn. Chron. Oct. 26, 1829.
Extract.

A general meeting of East Indians took place at
the Town-hall, Calcutta, on the 20th of August April
last, at which a petition to Parliament was
adopted, praying that they might be relieved
from various disabilities and grievances under
which they labour. The petition, among other
things, sets forth that the subjects of the British
Crown living in the East Indies are in many
cases destitute of any civil law to which they
can refer as a standard to regulate their conduct
in the various relations of society; that,
by the rigid interpretation which successive
Judges of the Supreme Courts of Judicature at
Fort William have given to the phrase "British
subjects", in the various Acts of Parliament
relating to India, they are excluded from
coming under that denomination, and are
consequently prevented from enjoying the
benefits of the law of England; and, by their
profession of the Christian religion, they are
equally debarred from the adoption of the
Hindoo or Mahomedan civil law. The petition
proceeds to mention many other disabilities with
respect to marriage and the criminal law, &
concludes by praying for the removal of them,
so that they may no longer be considered &
treated as a proscribed class.

Identifier: | JB/109/289/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 109.
Date_1	1829-10-26	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	109	Main Headings
Folio number	289	Info in main headings field	For Petitions &c Collectanea
Image	001	Titles	Morn. Chron. Oct. 26, 1829 / Extract
Category	Collectanea	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner		Watermarks	B&M 1828
Marginals		Paper Producer	Arthur Moore; Richard Doane
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1828
Notes public		ID Number	35944
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