settlement of the affairs of the Carnatic, or of the existing d fferences with the Brit. govt; but carefully avoided a direct answer to the proposition we had stated on that subject.-The day being far advanced, the Khans took an opportunity of urging the necessity of their attention to the funeral of the nabob Omdut ul Omrah, and to the preparations of removing the corpse to Trichinopoly.-This plea was urged in so forcible a manner, upon the grounds of public decorum, and of consideration for the feelings of the family, that we yielded without further discuss on to the evident desire of the Khans to conclude the conference, without giving a positive answer to our proposition.-It was agreed, however, that an interview should take place on the evening of the next day, at which the Khans assured us that they would be prepared to give a specific answer to our propositions, after consulting the family and ministers of the late nabob upon the subject of this conference. In proceeding to take leave of the Khans, we assured them in the most unequivocal terms, that on the answer which they intended to give to our proposition would depend, whether the Brit. govt would acknowledge the claims of the reputed son of the late naboh Omdut ul Omral to the support of the company, or whether the Brit. govt should proceed to take such measures as it might deem to be expedient for the security of its rights and interests in the Carnatic.-July kõch, At seven o'clock this evening we proceeded, according to appointment, to meet the two Khans at the palace of Chepauk. Before we proceeded to the direct object of the conference, we communicated to Najeeb Khan and Tuckia Ally Khan, a Persian translation of the declaration. After perusing a considerable part of the paper, Ncjeeb Khan observed, that it contained the same matter as was explained to him on the preceding day; that he entirely comprehended the course of the reasoning, and that he did not require any farther made only to the general practice of the nations of the world; and that such differences could only be decided by the means possessed by each party respectively to provide for its own security; that with respect to the present case, the most abundant proofs were in the possession of the Brit. govt, of the violation of the alliance between the company and the late nabob, and particularly of the express stipulations of the treaty of 1792; that the Brit. govt, being satisfied of the sufficiency of those proofs, had no intention of constituting itself a judge of the conduct of its ally: but that being prepared to appeal, if necessary, to the established maxims of the public law of nations, it had re solved to demand from the late nabob Omdut ul Omrah satisfaction for his violation of the alliance, and security for its rights and interests against the future operation of his highness's hostile coun cils; that the indisposition, which had terminated in the death of the nabob Omdut ul Omrah, had prevented the execution of the gov. gen's orders for this purpose; that although his highness's right to the support and friendship of the company had been entirely cut off by his violation of the alliance, the Brit. govt being still desirous of preserving the connexion so long subsisting, would be disposed to extend those sentiments to the reputed son of Omdut ul Omrah, if an adequate security could be established for the rights of the company in the Carnatic through the channel of an amicable adjustment. The two Khans repeated, that they were ignorant of the existence of the supposed secret intercourse between the nabobs Walajah Omdut ul Omrah and Tippoo Sultaun; and Nejeeb Khan in particular stated, that from the tenor of his intercourse with the family of the nabob, as well as from the expressions of the will, he did not consider himself at liberty, or in any way authorized to give answer upon so momentous a question, without consulting and obtaining the consent of the family and ministers of the late nabob. We proceeded to explain slowly and dis-explanation on the subject. He repeated his con. tinctly to the two Khans the course of reasoning |viction, that it was impossible for Omdut ul Omand the propositions contained in the declaration rah to engage in a correspondence injurious to the transmitted from Bengal, which the Khans having British interests and stated, as a confirmation of heard with great attention, they stated that they his belief, the adherence of the nabob to the pedistinctly comprehended the object of the decla-cuniary stipulations of his engagements, and the ration, and the force of the reasoning; they ad- probability that these means had been adopted by inted the conclusions drawn from the facts, pro-his highness's enemies to injure his reputation. vided the facts should be true; but at the same In order, however, that the conclusion drawn time strenuously asserted their disbelief of the from the propositions stated in the declaration, and hostile intercourse with Tippoo Sultaun, imputed the consequent determination of the Brit. govt, to the nabobs Mahomed Ally and Omdut ul Om- might be fully understood, that passage of the rah.--After a desultory conversation on this sub-paper was read, and distinctly explained by us to ject, in which the two Khans insisted on the rea- the two Khans. We proceeded to enquire whesnableness of their entering into the defence of ther the Khans were prepared (according to the Omdut ul Omrah's conduct in regard to the several result of the conference of yesterday) to enter into points stated in the declaration, and in which we a friendly negociation, for the establishment of an repeated the arguments founded on the practice of adequate security for the right and interest of the rations, and on the right of the Brit. govt to pro- Brit. govt. The Khans replied, that the whole vide for the safety of its interests, we endeavoured family of Omdut ul Omrah was under the protecto reduce this very long conference into the result tion of the Brit. govt, and that it could feel none of a single proposition, by demanding to know but friendly dispositions towards the company; whether the Khans, on the part of Ally Hussain, at the same time, however, they persisted in de. were disposed to an adjustment of the claims of nying the proofs of the violation of the alliance by the Brit. govt, through the channel of an amicable | Omdut ul Omrah, on the foundation of which the negociation. They professed the greatest degree demand of the Brit. govt rested, and, by a strange of respect and attachment to the Brit. govt, stated inconsistency, proceeded to enquire the condi that they considered themselves and the whole tions on which we proposed to establish an ami. emily to be under its immediate protection; cable adjustment of our claims on the family of the cwek on the general impossibility of their pro-late nabob. We proceeded accordingly to state cod ng by any other than amicable means in the 'to the Khans the inconveniences which had been referring the pretensions of Ally Hussain to the stipulations of the treaty of 1792, than to the actual circumstances winch had occurred. We thought it therefore not unnecessary to state again, that the right of Omdut ul Omrah to the support of the company, was founded on the express letter of the treaty of 1792; that the whole spirit of the alliance having been vitiated previously to the ostensible conclusion of the treaty of 1792, the nabob Omdut ul Omrah had, by his own conduct, to him by that instrument; that consequently he left his reputed son in his own condition; that having placed himself in the relation of a public enemy, his reputed son had succeeded to that condition; that although the Brit. govt had sus experienced from the effects of a divided govt; the difficulty of applying, under such a system, the resources of the Carnatic to the exigencies of the public service; and the impossibilty of introducing a regular form of internal govt, until the defects of the existing system should be connected. We then informed the Khans, that the only remedy applicable to the errors of the present govt of the Carnatic was, the substitution of one permanent authority, in lieu of the fluctuating auinorty which had hitherto subsisted; that the appro-annihilated the rights intended to be conveyed priation of the resources of the Carnatic, during the government of the nabob, and under the pressure of actual war, had been found from experience to be incompatible with the objects of the alliance; and therefore the only adequate security for the rights and interest of the Brit. govt in the Carnatic,pended the exercise of its rights, it acknowledged against the dangers with which they had been no other claim on the part of Hussain, and that menaced, was the entire and exclusive admi- therefore, in admitting him to negociate upon any nistration of the civil and military govt of the terms, it was actuated by motives of generosity, Carnatic. We accordingly informed the Khans, unconnected with any right in the family of Mathat this condition would form the basis of the homed Ally to resist its demand for security. arrangement which it was our intention to pro- The Khans made a civil answer to the substance of pose to them. Nejeeb Khan observed, that such this communication, but at the same time indicated, a proposition was calculated to frustrate the pro- in the strongest manner, that they were by no fessed object of the arrangement; for if the entire means disposed to accede to the fundamental govt of the Carnatic should be transferred to the proposition of the intended arrangement; they hands of the company, the station of nabob of the stated that it was a subject of so much importance, Carnatic would be annihilated. We replied to the as to preclude them from giving an answer without Khans, that the condition now proposed actually a full consultation with all the branches of the existed in the treaties of 1787 and 1792; and that fam ly: they therefore requested that they might although the entire civil and military govt of the be permitted to postpone until the next day their Carnatic had been transferred, under the ope- final answer upon the subject of the two confèrration of that condition, to the exclusive admi-ences.In the actual situation of the family of the nistration of the company, no doubt was enter-late nabob Omdut ul Omrah, we considered ourtained that the rank and dignity of Mahomed Ally selves at liberty to accede to the request, under a and Omdut ul Omrab, as the nabobs of the Car- formal intimation to the Khans, that as the arnatic, had been preserved; we therefore drew this rangement of the affairs of the Carnatic could not conclusion, that the rank and dignity of the nabob be protracted without material injury to the inof the Carnatic could not be injured by extending ternal tranquillity of the country, we should exthe operation of that condition; and that the ob pect to receive an answer so determinate as to ject of proposing an amicable adjustment, instead enable the Brit. govt to proceed to adopt the of proceeding to exercise the rights acquired by measures suspended by the present negociation. the Brit. govt, was manifestly founded in the de- We accordingly took leave of the Khans, with an sire of preserving to the family the rank, dignities, assurance that they would be prepared to deliver a and splendour of the nabobs of the Carnatic. The final answer the next day.-July 17. We proKhans admitted this argument to be conclusive, ceeded to the palace of Chepauk at three o'clock but without coming to any determination on the in the afternoon, according to the appointment of fundamental proposition stated by us, appeared to the preceding day. Nejeeb Khan and Tuckia be desirous of knowing the general outline of the Ally Khan proceeded to inform us that the whole arrangement, which it was in the contemplation of family, and the ministers of the late nabob, had the Brit. govt to establish. We thought it expe- been assembled for the purpose of deliberating on dient to satisfy, by describing the principal parts the proposition stated by us on the preceding day; of the plan intended by your ldp and by the and that the result of their deliberation was a congovr genl, in the event of an amicable adjustment viction in their own minds, that, notwithstanding of affairs but we apprized the Khans at the same the decided terms in which our proposition was time, that the intended arrangements, with re- communicated to them, the Brit. govt would still spect to the family affairs and dependants of Om- be disposed to accept a modification of the terms dut ul Omrah, would be regulated by the accept-required for its security in the Carnatic. They ance or rejection of the fundamental proposition; accordingly produced a contra-projet, which they for in the one case the Brit. govt would be at desired might be submitted to your Idp's consiliberty to consult the dictates of moderation, libe- deration. A translation of that paper is annexed rality, and friendship, but in the other case it to the report of this day's conference.-We inwould be compelled to adopt such measures of formed the Khans that we possessed full authority precaution, for the security of its rights and inter- from your ldp and from the govr genl, for rejectests, as the hostile conduct of Omdut ul Omrah hading, on the part of the Brit. govt, any proposal injustified, and as would be rendered necessary by consistent with the extent of the security already the perseverance of his reputed son in the spirit of required, and that our proposition for vesting exthose councils.-The Khans entered into a desul-clusively in the hands of the company the entire tory conversation on the long subsisting connec-administration of the civil and military geverntion between the company and the family of the ment of the Carnatic, contained the basis on which late nabob; in which they were more desirous of alone the proposed arrangement could ɓe ferăn, lend tained from the Khans the appointment of a time for our receiving, from the reputed son of Omdut ul Omrah, his own determination on the proposition communicated to the two Khans. The interview was at length fixed for the next day. Appendix to the Third Day's Conference.-Translation of a Paper delivered by Nejeeb Khan Behauder, Salar Jung, and Mahomed Fukia Aly Khan Behander, to Mr. Webbe and Lt. Col. Close, on the 5th Day of Rubee ool aul 1216 of the Heygra, In as much as we are jointly employed in a business of trust, and are desirous of adhering to the will of our late lord and master, we have ac We reminded the Khans of the importance which | they had, at an earlier stage of the conferences, attached to the extent of this proposition, and of their considering their authority insufficient to decide so momentous a question. We warned them that the interpretation they were about to give to the will of Omdut ul Omrah, involved them in a heavy responsibility to his reputed son, which the terms of the will itself did not justify; and we stated for their consideration, that whatever might be the result of these conferences, the effect to be produced on their own interests could bear no comparison to the effect to be produced on those of Ally Hussain.-The Khans replied, that the subject of the evidence discovered at Seringa-cordingly considered with great attention the matpatam, had been agitated in the Durbar for more ters which have been stated on each side during than 12 months; that measures had been taken our conversations; and although we do not refor justifying the conduct of Omdut ul Omrah, member, word by word, what has been urged which they asserted to be innocent of any treache- by each party, we yet recollect the substance of rous intention towards the Brit. govt; that our what passed. You explained to us that marquis propositions, containing the fundamental basis of Wellesley Behauder, had shewn himself disan amicable arrangement, had been fully discussed pleased with the intention of the conduct of the and debated; that they (the Khans) had fully con- late nabob, in maintaining a correspondence with sidered the nature of the au hority and of the Tippoo Sultaun, the late ruler of Mysore; and responsibility which the will of Omdut ul Omrah that in consequence the son of the late nabob,. devolved on them; that they were prepared to we mean our present benevolent and gracious give a decided answer on the proposition, and master, had forfeited his right to the protection uí that the paper delivered to us contained, finally the company. We cannot, gents. speak posi and unequivocally, the only terms on which they tively as to the writings alluded to, but from our could accede to our arrangement of the affairs of knowledge of the temper, disposition, and senthe Carnatic by negociation.-Our endeavours to timents of the late nabob, we are impressed with accomplish an am cable adjustment being thus de-a full assurance that he was incapable of acting feated in limine, by the formal rejection of your contrary to his own dignity, and the engagements Idp's fundamental propositions, we should have of his alliance, which he ever respected; and felt ourselves justified in bringing the negociation indeed we ourselves know that he never corresto an immediate conclusion; but knowing the ponded with any power in Hindostan, unless by earnest desire of your dp and of the govr genl, to means of the company; and the company were obtain the security required for the rights and in-well acquainted with the correspondence which terests of the Brit. govt in the Carnatic, by an did take place, and which consisted only of let amicable negociation, and considering the pro-ters couched in warm expressions of congratulaposal of the Khans to be so extravagant as to be undeserving of serious attention, we judged it to be our duty not to exclude the reputed son of Omdut ul Omrah from an opportunity of declaring his genuine sentiments upon a point of so much interest to himself, and of relieving himself from the effects of the infatuated or treacherous coun tion or condolance. If, besides the correspondence of this description, any writings have come to light, containing the matters of which you have read to us a short abstract, we apprehend that they have originated with evil persons, for the purpose of shaking the friendship and union so long established between the late nabob and the cils of his appointed advisers. We therefore in- company. Nor do we believe that the company, formed the Khans, that in a question which ap-on mature consideration, can hold it to be true, peared to relate exclusively to the interests of the nabob Omdut ul Omrah's reputed son, we were desirous of receiving from himself a declaration, which would determine his future situation, either as the acknowledged nabob of the Carnatic, or as a mere dependant on the bounty of the company. The extreme anxiety which the Khans discovered in attempting to evade this demand, confirmed in our judgment the expediency and necessity of persisting in it. It would be tedious to detain your ldp with a repetition of the various subterfuges urged by the Khans to avoid a compliance with this request; all founded on his youth, (he is nearly 18 years old), his insufficiency to conduct a conference, the fears of his mother, and the recency of his father's death. It was not without a very long and tedious conversation, that we ob * This contradicts, in the most direct terms, Nejeeb Khan's expressions of surprize on this subject, in the first conference, that the late nabob engaged in a correspondence contrary to their interests; and, adverting to the amicable and friendly behaviour observed by the company till the last moments of the nabob, the whole world will be impressed that they entertained no such suspicions; and with us it is matter of regret, that at a jancture when the nabob is deprived of the means of justification, his reputation should be publicly injured. But, gents. without dwelling on these matters, we consider ourselves as being honoured with the office of agent on the part of the present heir, according to the will of his illustrious father; and we hate to observe that you, gents. have seen that will, and been made acquainted with the power which it has vested in Sahib Zahah, the present her. The said heir, according to the law and rules which hold amongst us regarding succession, is found to inherit the whole of the rights and state of his father, and is in every respect the true hereditary successor of his father. In this case he has specially derived protection from the the heir, as well as ours, to promote the true Mahomed Tuckia Ali Khan Behaudder. Translation of Propositions from the Heir.---Art. I. He cedes to the comp. sovereign authority over the Poligars; but the comp. shall give credit for two lacks sixty thousand seven hundred and four star pagodas, on account of the Poligar Peishcusb, in the kists of the nine lacks payable each year. Art. II. The heir grants full authority to the comp. to collect the revenues, &c. of the following districts :---The revenues of these districts are detailed below, but they amount to more; viz.--Tinnivelly, 4,06,508 s. pagodas. Madura, 64,945 ditto. Ongole, 13,534 ditto. Palnad, 24,657 ditto. The amount of these two articles, including the Poligar Peishcush, is 8,54,848 s. pagodas; and this sum being deducted from the 9 lacks payable each year, leaves a balarge of 45,152 s. pagodas. Art. III. The sum of 45,152 s. pagodas, which is the balance of the 9 lacks allotted to defray the expence for the defence of the Carnatic, and the sum of 6,21,105 s. pagodos, which is allotted to discharge the debts of the nabob Walajah, ac treaty of 1792 A. D. and we have held ourselves effects of which have been witnessed by the bound on his part by the said treaty from the mo- comp. and by us. We hope that in these propoment we entered on this great charge, namely,sitions we have strongly demonstrated the will of the care of the person and govt of the said heir. Gents. without adverting to any of the contents of the above treaty, you have, on the part of the gov. gen. Behauder, demanded of us, who are the agents of the said heir, either to deliver the heir aforesaid and his kingdom, entirely into the hands of the gov. gen. or to communicate our inclinations respecting such an arrangement as would be assented to by the gov. gen. We were happy, gents. that you did not insist on an immediate answer to your demand; as in the interval that has taken place, we have minutely considered your demands, as well as the trust that has been confided in us; and we apprehend, that when you made the said demand, the treaty of 1792 A.D. was not in your contemplation, for the said heir, successor to the said nabob, is clearly included in the treaty aforesaid. In this case the said heir has become the protector of the agreements and stipulations of his illustrious father, and has succeeded to the right, to benefit by the stipulations of the comp. contained in the said treaty; and we are ready to abide in the fullest manner to every point that he has agreed to therein. We have not said that we were unwilling to agree to any treaty besides that abovementioned; on the contrary, we are prepared to hear any demands that may be proposed, and to exert ourselves to the extent of our ability for the purpose of adjusting them. We do not perceive much defect in the means long established by the treaty, for promoting the security and union of both sides. In every event, if it can be modified for the interest of the comp. the aforesaid heir will be happy at all times to attend to any wish that you may communicate; nor would we say that we should consider ourselves fortunate in being the means of adjusting so desirable an arrangement. We must infer, that you could scarcely hope that the demand, at which you hinted at the first meeting,cording to the treaty, will be paid to the comp. and so clearly explained at the second, that it could not be misunderstood, would be accepted; as, gents. you well know that we, who are charged with the care of the country, and the affairs of the heir, have no authority to engage in such disaffection and faithlessness, as to deliver up unconditionally the whole rights and property of our master, and commit him and his family, in a state of want and subjection to the company. We cannot therefore comprehend the substance and meaning of your demand, more than that it occurs to us that you have proposed a heavy deimand to us, in the first instance, under the idea, that it might be diminished at future conferences; and that you might ascertain our sentiments touch-failure, in the payment of the kists stipulated in ing a fresh agreement for renewing the friendship the 3d art. then those parts of the treaty of 1792 and union that has so long subsisted between the shall be carried into effect, which relates to the comp. and the nabob of the Carnatic. Gents. districts detailed in schedule of No. 2 of the said with the view to meet the just wishes of the treaty, and which, according to the 2d art. of this comp. we have considered the objects and advan- paper, have not been transferred; and with the Aages which were often mentioned to the late exception of the matters modified as above, the nabob, and we have resolved to act in conformity whole of the articles of the treaty of 1792 shail to them to the extent of our ability; and regard-continue in full force. The heir, out of his reing them as the best foundations for an arrange-gard and friendship for the comp. will make over ment, we now present a separate paper, containing a few correspondent propositions; and in the event of their being approved, they may be easily inserted in the treaty of 1792, A. D. The happy yearly by the heir; and shall be discharged in ten equal kists, from the 1st to the 15th of each month, from the beginning of September to the month of June; and on the debts of the nabob Walajah being discharged, the payment of the sum of 6,21,105 s. pagados shall cease, and the sum of 45,152 s. pagodas only, shall continue to be paid yearly, agreeably to the stipulations of 1792; and the whole of the contents of this paper shall be considered as referring to the said treaty. Art. IV. After the discharge of the above debts, the heir shall liquidate the new cavalry loan, and he will not only acknowledge that debt, but also the interest due on it. Art. V. In the event of to the comp. as an act of favour, the whole of his rights, touching the pearl fishery. July, 18th. Having personally communicated to your lordships our suspicion, founded on the 1 anxiety of the two Khans to prevent our interview with the reputed son of Omdut ul Omrah, that their conduct might not be conformable to the wishes and intentions of that person, your idp authorized and instructed us to communicate to Mr. Fitzgerald (the confidential physician of the late nabob) who had personal access to his high-assisting him; and that the object of his own ness's reputed son, the actual existence of the councils was not separate from that of the Khans. govr gen's orders, and your Idp's positive deter- | According to the plan previously arranged by mination to execute those orders, for the purpose your idp for this probable event, we made known, of obtaining an adequate security for the rights without farther delay, your idp's intention of and interests of the British govt in the Carnatic. holding a personal conference with Ally Hussain Such parts of the govr gen's orders as were suf- (previously to the final adoption of the measures ficient to remove all doubt on this subject, were then in your Idp's contemplation).—This comaccordingly communicated to Mr. Fitzgerald, from munication was unexpected, and the Kilans erhis excellency's original dispatches. It being ne- deavoured to evade it by repeating the excuses cessary, in conformity to this intention, that ar- they had used at the former interview; but, being ther time should be allowed for the operation of assured that your Idp's orders in this respect adthis indirect communication, the interview ap- mitted of no excuse, the Khans ret red at the pointed for to-day was postponed; and reason same time for the purpose of preparing the equ exists for believing that (as far as the opinion of page of Ally Hussain. During this shost interval, Mr. Fitzgerald was allowed to have effect) the re- the young man, with much apparent anx.ety in puted son of Omdut ul Omrah, as well as his two his manner, whispered in a low tone of voice, advisers, Nejeeb Khan and Tuckia Ally Khan, that he had been deceived by the two Khanswere, in the course of this day, apprized of the Ally Hussain accordingly proceeded, without actual circumstances in which they stood, through farther communication with the two Khans, to the channel of a confidental person, who could the tent of the officer commanding the troops at have no interest in augmenting the appearance of Chepauk, at which place we had the honour of a the danger, which actually menaced the imme- personal interview with your Idp.-After the first diate interests of Ally Hussain. Although this ceremonics of the meeting had subsided, the transaction forms no part of our public negocia attendants of Ally Hussain, including Nejeeb tion, we have judged it to be proper to include it Khan and Tuckia Ally Khan, were directed to in the official report of this day. It will demon- withdraw, and the tent was rendered entrely strate that no care was omitted, which could con- private. Before your ldp's intention in this inciliate the mind of Ally Hussain, and of his ap- terview could be entirely explained, Ally Huspointed advisers sain interrupted the conversation by expressing July 19th. We proceded about noon to the his sense of your idp's consideration. He thea palace. We enquired whether a further conside- proceeded to state, of his own accord, that the ration of the subject of our conferences had conferences had been conducted by the two Kans created in the minds of the two Khans any altera- without his participation in their councils; and tion of their sentiments delivered at the last in- that he disapproved the termination which had in terview? They replied, without hesitation, that consequence been given to the negociation.—in it was not the intention of Ally Hussain to recede consequence of this avowal, the entire substance from the terms communicated to us in a written of the conferences was recapitulated to Ally Hus paper at the last interview: We then stated our sain, the nature of the proofs of the violar on of belief, that under that declaration they were pre- the alliance was distinctly described, and the expared for the serious consequences of the alterna- tert of the security required by the Brit, gət tive, frequently described to them. The Khans concisely explained. Ally Hussain, after staing replied, with much apparent composure and re- that he comprehended the whole of this rapor solution, that they were prepared to meet those tant question, declared himself ready to conclude consequences, on their responsibility, under a an arrangement with the Brit. govt, on the bass perfect reliance on the protection of the comp. of the proposition communicated by us to the and on its adherence to the existing engagements. two Khans. He then proceeded to make enquiry We reminded the Khans, that it was useless to into the secondary branches of the arrangement recur to the stipulations of the treaty of 1792, the in your Idp's contemplation, particularly with revital spirit of which had been annihilated, and spect to the provision for his personal expences, that the violation of Omdut ul Omrah's engage- and to the extent of his power over the public ment had constituted the right of the comp. to treasure of his father, which he considered to demand the security now required. The reputed be large. After a desultory conversation of some son of Omdut ul Omrah being, at our desire, in-length, interrupted by the importunity of Nejeeb troduced according to the former appointment, Khan, Ally Hussain proposed that a treaty should we excused our intrusion on his grief, by explain-be prepared by us, upon the basis of vesting the ing our unwillingness to receive from any person but himself the final rejection of a proposition, made with great indulgence to him, on the part of the Brit. govt, and involving consequences of the greatest importance to his immediate interests. We then stated, in a succinct manner, the nature of that proposition, with the conclusive July 20th. According to the appointment of rejection of it by his appointed advisers; and ex-yesterday, we proceeded to the palace of Chepressed our desire of knowing whether the mo, pauk; and Ally Hussain having been introduced tives of the Khans for thus rejecting, at such apparent hazard to his welfare, the friendship of the comp. were conformable to his own sentiments and resolution, He replied (the Khans being present) that he considered them to have been appointed by his father for the purpose of entire civil and military govt of the Carnatic m the hands of the comp.; and stated, that be would be ready to execute the instrument, with or without the consent of the Khans, at another separate conference, which was appointed for the next day, within the lines of the Brit. troops. |