The Ilbert bill : a collection of letters, speeches, memorials, articles, &c., stating the objections to the bill

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THE ILBERT BILL.
A COLLECTION
LETTERS, SPEECHES, MEMORIALS, (£c.ARTICLES,
STATING THE OBJECTIONS TO THE BILL.
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PACE
Letter to the Times from Hon. Mr. Justice Stephen,
K.C.S.I., March i, 1883 7
Meeting in St. James's Hall 14
Leading Article in the Times, June 26, 1883 . . .43 in the SatVrdav Review, ]v'^y. 188330, 47
Letter theof Judges of the High Court of Calcutta. 52
Petition to the Houses of Parliament (from India) . 70
Her Most of Englishwomen in India to
Gracious Majesty the Queen . . . ... .90
India (from Anglo-Memorial to Secretary of State for
Indian AssociATiuN, London Committee) . . .94
106Deputation to Secretary of State for India, July 26, 1883
the Times Alexander Arbuthnot,Letter to from Sir
K.C.S.L, July 188327, 127
Times Mr. Dacosta, 1883Letter to the from July 27, 129J.
at Limehouse, August 1883 130Meeting 2,
LaurenceLetter to the Times from the Right Hon. Sir
Peel 143
the Ilbert" Bill, for EnglishA Plain Statement about
Readers 145
-List of Members of the Anglo Indian Association,
London Committee 153PREFACE
The Executive Committee of the Anglo-Indian Association,
which has been formed in this country for the purpose of
Criminalprocuring the withdrawal of the Indian Procedure
Amendment Bill, commonly known as the Ilbert Bill,Act
it advisable to re-publish in a pamphlet formhave considered
against the Bill which was presented tothe Memorial the
Secretary of State for India on the 26th July last, and the
speeches made by the members of the Deputation on that
theoccasion, protest of the English Judges of the Calcutta
High Court, the Petition addressed to the two Houses of
Parliament by Englishmen resident India,in the Petition
addressed to Her Majesty the Queen by Englishwomen in
India, some of the speeches made at the meetings held in St.
James's Hall and at Limehouse, and also some of the leading
articles and letters which have appeared in the newspapers on
the subject of the Bill. The object which the Executive
Committee have in view in re-publishing these documents, is
to present the arguments against the complete formBill in a
for.the information of Members of Parliament and of other
acquainted with thepersons desiring to make themselves
of persons, of longreasons which have led a large number
and varied Indian experience, to regard this Bill as an
measure.unwise and uncalled-for