Restrictions on the Press in India.

(1) pp. i-vii, List of Contents to p. 194. (2) pp. 1-194, Correspondence relative to the expulsion of J. S. Buckingham from India 3rd Sept. 1823--5th April 1834, Letters to and from Court of Directors, Buckingham, Joseph Dart (Secretary to the Company) and P. Auber (Assistant Secretary to the Company). (3) pp. 195-222, Proceedings in the General Court relative to the above case 23rd July 1824 to 11th April 1826. (4) pp. 223 98, Correspondence relative to the postage of the Calcutta Journal 1819, Letters to and from Bengal and Madras Governments, J. S. Buckingham, C. Lushington, J. Hall (Postmaster-General), P. Treves (Assistant Postmaster-General), Capt. Dwyer, W. H. Trant, H. Shakespear, W. H. Bayley (Chief Secretary), G. Strachey (Chief Secretary, Madras). (5) pp. 299-416, Bengal to Court 19th March 1832, Libellous misrepresentations of the Hircarrah newspaper, Chief Secretary relieved of the revision of the Journals of the Presidency, Col. William Mouson's disavowal of any connection with the Letters complained of by the Madras Government, with Letters to and from W. H. Macnaghten (Secretary to Governor-General), A. Campbell, Capt. Jones, D. Hill, S. R. Lusbington, Herbert Compton (Advocate-General, Madras), J. Webbe (Secretary, Madras), C. T. Metcalfe, W. Blunt. (6) pp. 417-52, Memorandum by Sir John Malcolm on perusal of the despatch in the Secret Department from Madras, dated 12th April 1832, Control of the Press in India. (7) pp. 455-70, Extracts from remarks by Lord Moira. Mr. Ainslie (Commissioner of Bundelcund). Rawul Beiree Saul and J. Smith (Acting Collector and Magistrate of Vizagapatam), relative to the influence of public opinion in connection with the maintenance of the British power in India; pp. 471-503, Minute by Sir C. T. Metcalfe on the same subject 6th March 1830. (8) pp. 505-42, Extracts relative to persons sent home in 1795, viz. Dr. William Hill, alias Richard Matthews, a foreigner named Martin, John Adams, J. S. Buckingham. (9) pp. 543-62, Madras to Court 4th Feb. 1834, Proceedings in consequence of a seditious article in the Madras Gazette of 14th Dec. 1833, signed ''The East Indian Franklin,'' and an article in the Commercial Circulator intended to bias the Jury in the above case in favour of the Defendant, James William Branson, Editor of the Madras Gazette, Postponement of Advocate-General's proposal for registering and identifying Proprietors and Publishers of Periodical Papers. (10) pp. 565-96, Buckingham to the Supreme Government 16th Jan. 1820 (Original). (See H/533 (5)) (11) pp. 597-616, Printed copies of Articles in the Calcutta Journal, disapproved of by the Bengal Government, viz. Remarks on appointment of the Rev. James Bryce as Clerk to the Committee of Stationery, Freedom of the Press, Banishment without trial for Truth without disguises, Danger to the Native Press, The way to thrive, A few brief remarks on the recent act of Transportation without trial. (For the last see H/533 (2))

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