1835.] 



History of the Ramoossies. 



199. 



In a public letter, written for the information of Go- 

 rernment, it was mentioned that various attempts had 

 been made by the relatives and friends af the chiefs of 

 the Bund, to throw all the blame of the present disturb- 

 ance on persons high in the public offices at Poona^ and 

 other influential individuals in that capital. 



It was natural to expect, that these people would ex- 

 ert their utmost arts of cunning and intrigue, to effect 

 their purpose in the present instance as they had done 

 before. They persisted for nearly two months in mak- 

 ing the most insidious proposals, and asking for permis- 

 sion to seize the persons alluded to. To this it was re 

 plied, that they must give in writing the names of those 

 whom they declared to be the instigators of the present 

 insurrection, and that the information should be imme- 

 diately communicated to Government, that these per- 

 sons might be apprehended, brought to trial, and pu- 

 nished, if convicted; but at the same time it was careful- 

 ly explained to them, that Oomiah and his friends were 

 much mistaken, if they entertained the slightest expec- 

 tation at present of effecting any arrangement, as they 

 succeeded in accomplishing in the former Bund — for, 

 admitting the conviction of the persons accused in 

 Poona, it would not protect Oomiah and his associates 

 from the consequences of their misconduct whenever 

 they were caught ; or should they deliver themselves up, 

 they would be brought to trial, and would be dealt with 

 according to law. 



The near approach of the monsoon, and the expense 

 and inconvenience attending the employment of so large 

 a force as that in the field, induced Government early 

 in the month of June, to determine to withdraw the 

 troops employed against the Ramoossy Bund, with the 

 exception of three hundred men, v/ho were to be disposed 

 of, so as to check as much as possible, any acts of de- 

 predation. 



