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Mem. This letter is presented on a supposition that it is the same which is required by the 11th order of the hon. house, and therein described as having been shewn by Messrs. Webbe and Close to the Regents on the 15th July, 1801.

thanks and endless praises; and I beg you will present my respectful acknowledgments for his kindness and favours towards me. I have been from first to last endeavouring, that, through the favour of God, the degree of union between these two chosen of the Lord (meaning the nabob Omdut ul Omrah and Tippoo Sultaun) which is cal- To the Nabob of Arcot.-For some time past your culated to promote the happiness of God's people, highness must have observed, that although I have may daily be strengthened and cemented, and aeceived various communications from you with mutual friendship and attachment be confirmed relation to the internal govt of the Carnatic, and and established; and thanks to the Almighty, that to the general state of your affairs, I have not the system of harmony and union has acquired deemed it consistent with my public duty to return the requisite degree of stability and firmness, any reply to any other letters, which I have had (literally, that as it should be, so it is). Always the honour to receive from your highness, exbelieve me anxious for the news of your welfare, cepting those containing the usual interchange of and constantly praying for your health and happi- compliments between your highness and the Brit. ness. (Endorsement on the letter by one of Tip-govt; the cause of my silence is of the most seripoo Sultaun's moonshecs.)

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Received the 10th Rehmauny of the year Shaud, 1223, A. N. Mahomed, answering to the 9th Rejeb, 1211, Hegeree, (8th Jan. 1797.) Superscription on the cover.-Be it honoured by the respected perusal of Syed Gholaum Ali Khan Behauder, Musheddy (i. e. Mushud, a place in Khorosan.)-Be his favour perpetual!

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(A true translation.) N. B. EDMONSTONE. Extract from the Treaty concluded in 1787, between the English E. I. Company and the Nabab of the Carnatic.

ous nature, and has occasioned the deepest and most sincere regret to my mind. The success of our arms against the late Tippoo Sultaun has brought to light many important and extraordinary transactions. My determination on the subject of the proofs which I possess has been formed after the fullest deliberation; and after the most dispassionate review of all the circumstances of the case, I have communicated my final opinion to id Clive, with my positive directions to carry into effect, without delay, those arrangements which the nature of the case appears to me to require, for the security of the Brit. interests in the Carnatic. Ld Clive will enter into a full explanation Art. 15. Whenever the comp. shall enter into of all the evidence which has been discovered at any negociation wherein the interests of the Car- Seringapatam, and will also state to your highness natic and its dependencies may be concerned, the the purport of the instructions which he has represident in council of Fort St. George shall com-ceived from me. I request your highness to conmunicate the proceedings to his highness the na- sider Id Clive to be fully authorized by me to terbob of the Carnatic, as the firm ally of the comp.;minate the requisite arrangements, and under this and also the direction of the combined force of view of the question, I trust that you will not exthe country is committed entirely to the hon. comp.pect from me any interruption to the course of or their representatives. It is nevertheless un- those measures which I have judged to be indisderstood, that his highness shall be informed of pensably necessary, and which I have directed ld all measures which shall relate to the declaring of Clive to accomplish without further reference to war, or making peace with any of the princes and my authority. powers of Hindostan, so far as the interests of the Carnatic may be immediately concerned; and the name of his highness shall be inserted in all treaties regarding the Carnatic; and his highness will not enter into any political negociations or con. troversies with any state or power, without the consent or approbation of the president in council of Fort St. George.

No. 9. Copy of Proceedings of the Gour in Council of Fort St. George, on the signing of the Treaty between the Company and Azeem ul Doulah.

To his Excellency the most noble the Marg Wellesley, K. P. Goor Gen. in Council at Fort Will am.-My lord, Id Clive has had the honour of informing the govr gen. of the demise of his highness the nabob Omdut ul Omrah, the late nabob of the

Extract from the Treaty concluded in 1792, between the English E. I. Comp. and the Nabob of the Car-Carnatic, on the 15th inst. His excellency has

natic.

also been apprised by his ldp of the measures The said nabob shall receive regular informa- adopted by id Clive, in conformity to the separate tion of all negociations which shall relate to de- dispatches of the govr. gen. for establishing the claring war or making peace, wherein the said rights and interests of the Brit. govt in the Carcomp. may engage, and the interests of the Carnatic, on the permanent basis of territorial secunatic and its dependencies may be concerned; rty.-2. Those dispatches, and the result of l and the said nabob shall be considered as an ally Clive's measures for the arrangement of the afof the said comp. in all treaties, which shall in fairs of the Carnatic, having been communicated any respect affect the Carnatic and countries de- to us, we have the honour to acquaint your excelpending thereon, or belonging to either of the lency in council, that a treaty has been this dayconcontracting parties contiguous thereto; and the cluded, subject to the ratification of the govr gen. said nabob agrees that he will not enter into any in council, for settling the succession to the sounegociations or political correspondence with any behdarry of the territories of Arcot, and for vestEuropean or native power, without the consent of ing the entire civ. and mil. govt of the Carnatic in the said comp. the hands of the comp.-3. The separate dispatches of ld Clive will have explained to his excellency the govr gen. the cause which prevented his ldp from communicating to the late nabob Omdut ul Omrah, the nature of the govr gen.'s

(True copies.)

N. B. EDMONSTONE.

No. 8. Copy of a Letter from the Goor Gen, to his late
Highness the Nabob. [Written 28th May, 1801.]

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Azeem ul Dowlet Behauder has this day been instated in the musnud of his ancestors, as nabob sobehdaur of the Carnatic, with every mark of public respect from the Brit. govt, and with every practicable degree of splendour conformable to the usages of India.-9. It is our intention to dispatch the Whim packet immediately for the purpose of conveying to the hon. the secret committee of the court of directors our dispatches on the subject, which is now submitted to the govr. gen. in council.-We have the honour to be, &c. &c.

Clive, J. Stuart, Wm. Petrie, E.W. Fallofield, Fort St. George, 31st July, 1801,

No. 10. Copy of the Correspondence between the Gor Gen. and the Goor of Fort St. George, on the Subject of the Carnatic; from the Period of the Death of his late Highness Omdut ul Omrah to the Elevation of Azeem ul Dowlah to the Musnud.

No. 11. Copies and Extracts of Letters from the Geor Gen. and the Gov. in Council of Fort St. George, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, relative to the Revolution in the Carnatic, and the Assumption of its Govt by the Comp.

[As Nos. 10 and 11 are in substance a repetition of the foregoing papers, we think it unnecessary to give them.]

instructions, founded on the written and oral testiniony taken at Seringapatam; the subsequent demand made by ld Clive of an adequate security for the Brit, interests in the Carnatic, from the reputed son of Omdut ul Omrah; the positive and formal rejection by that person of an amicable adjustment of the affairs of the Carnatic, founded on the rights acquired by the comp. from his reputed father's violation of the alliance, and of the express stipulations of the treaty of 1792; the subscquent motives of Id Clive for opening a negociation with the prince Azeem ul Dowlet Behauder, for the purpose of reviving the alliance between the family of his highness and the Brit. govt, founded on the instructions of the gov. gen. to avoid the humiliation of the family of the nabob Mahomed Alli, if it should be practicable to obtain by negociation the security required for our rights in the Carnatic, and finally the terms of the arrangement which has been concluded by the deputies under the immediate authority of Id Clive: these points having been fully stated in his ldp's separate dispatches, we trust that it will be sufficient for us to refer the govr gen. in council to those dispatches, with the expression of our entire concurrence in the arrangements adopted by Id Clive under his excellency's separate instructions. 4. We have now the honour of transmitting to your excellency in council, an official copy of the treaty, which has this day been executed, and interchanged by us, with the nabob Azeem ul Dowlet Behauder; and we recommended that a ratified copy of the treaty may be transmitted to us with all practicable expedition, for the purpose of being delivered to his ghness.-5. The change ef circumstances arising from the conduct of Alli Hussein, and the persons appointed to assist his counsels, has rendered it necessary for ld Cliveliance between the contracting parties, and to estato introduce a correspondent change in the structure of the declaration transmitted to his ldp by the govr gen. We have the honour of transmitting to your excellency in council, a copy of the declaration, in the form in which we should judge it adviseable to publish that paper, if your excellency should deem the publication of it to be expedient.-6. It is our intention that a copy of the declaration in this form shall be immediately transmitted to the govr in council at Bombay, and to the residents at Hyderabad and Poona, for the purpose of communicating to them the grounds on which the succession of the soubehdarry of the territories of Arcot, and the arrangement of the affairs of the Carnatic, have been settled and established; but we shall use no further means for the distribution of that document, unless we should receive instructions for that purpose from your excellency in council.-7. In concluding an arrangement involving consequences of so much importance to the Brit. interests in India, it is impossible for us not to feel a degree of anxiety correspondent to the magnitude of the subject, until we shall be honoured by the receipt of the determination of your excellency in council on this transaction. In the mean while, anticipating with confidence the concurrence of your Idp's sentiments with our own, we offer our congratulations to your excellency in council on the conclusion of an arrangement, by which the rights and interests of Gt Brit. in the Carnatic have at length been fixed on the sold foundation of territorial secu rity. We have the honour to inform your excellency in council, that his highness the nabob

No. 12. Copy of Orders published to the Settlement of Fort St. George, dated 31st July, 1801, relative to the Treaty between the Comp. amd Azeem ul Dowlah, Proclamation.-1. Whereas the object of the connexion subsisting between the hon. comp. and their highnesses, heretofore nabobs of the Carnatic, was intended to cement the union and alblish, on a solid foundation, the security and rights of the said contracting parties in the territories of the Carnatic: And whereas the several engage. ments concluded for that purpose have failed to answer the intention of the contracting parties, whereby the form of govt throughout the provinces of the Carnatic has been subjected to changes iojurious to established opinions, to general confidence, and to permanent prosperity: And where. as the munsub of the soubadarry of the territories of Arcot having become vacant, his highness the nabob Walajah Ameer ul Omrah, Madar ul Mulk, Ameer ul Hind, Azeem ul Dowlah, Shewkal Jung Sepah, Salar Anwerodeen Khan Behauder, has succeeded by the hereditary rights of his father, and by the full acknowledgments of the hon. comp. to the possession of the said munseb: Wherefore his said hness the nabobAzeem ul Dowlah Behauder, and the said comp. being desirous of correcting such errors as have been heretofore introduced into the govt of the Carnatic, and of supplying the defects of all former engagements between the said contracting parties; and being also arxious to give full vigour and efficiency to the govt of the Carnatic, with a view to fix the rights of the people, and the interests of the state, on a broad and stable foundation, have mutually, and of their own accord, agreed, by a treaty hearing date the 31st July, 1801, that all former provis ons for securing a partial or temporary interierence on the part of the hon. comp. in the govt, or in the administration of the revenues of the Carnac, shalt be enurely annulled; and that in hieu thereof a permanent system for the

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exercise of the religious institutions and domestic usages of their ancestorsi-By order of the rt hon. the govr in council. J. WEEEE, Chief Sec. to Govt. Fort St. George, 31st July, 1801.

No. 13. Information submitted to the Hon. House of
Commons, in obedience to several Orders dated 11th
June, 1802, stating Reasons why the same have not
been fully complied with.

The papers required by the 3d order, are presumed to be contained in the documents numbered 1 and 2. The paper required by the 4th

quired by the 5th order in the same document. The attestation of the Mahomedan lawyers, and of the families of the nabobs Mahomed Alli and Omdut ul Omrah, required by the 6th order, have not been transmitted to the court of directors by the govt of Fort St. George; nor has the correspondence required by the 8th order, or the proceedings and minutes required by the 13th order, or the separate minutes required by the 15th, or the proceedings required by the 16th, been yet received. comp. have not any record in England of the will of the late nabob Ömdut ul Omrah, required by the 20th order.

No. 14. Copy of the Affidavit of the Physician of the late Nabob of Arcot, on the State of his Highness's Health; dated 22d June, 1801.

Maurice Fitzgerald, esq. physician to his highness the nabob of the Carnatic, having been apprised by the rt hon. Ed. Id Clive, govr in council of Fort St. George, of his Idp's desire to commu

collection of the revenue, and for the administration of civil and criminal judicature, under the sole and undivided authority of the hon. comp. shall be established throughout every village, purgunnah, and province, of the entire territories of the Carnatic.-2. Now proclamation is hereby accordingly made to all zemindars, jaggeerdars, talook dars, polygars, cavilgars, and inhabitants of every description of the Carnatic, that the hon. como. have, by the treaty above mentioned, acquired a perfect right to ascertain, determine, and establish rights of property, to fix a reasonable assessment upon the several purgunnahs and vil-order, is contained in paper No. 4; and that relages of the Carnatic, and to secure a fixed and permanent revenue, to be collected and accounted for by such officers as shall from time to time be appointed for that purpose by the said comp. And it is further published and declared, that the said comp. have also acquired a perfect right to establish courts for the due administration of civ. and crim. judicature, under the sole authority of the said comp. which said courts shall be conducted by officers to be appointed from time to time by the said comp. under such ordinances and regu-The lations as shall from time to time be enacted and published by the govr in council of Fort St. George.-3. And whereas his said highness the nabob Azeem ul Dowlah Behauder has divested himself, by the treaty above mentioned, of all controul, authority, or interference in the collection of the revenue, or in the administration of civ. and crim. judicature: Wherefore all zemindars, jageerdars, talook dars, polygars, cavilgars, and inhabitants of the Carnatic, are hereby re. quired to take notice of the same accordingly.nicate to the nabob of the Carnatic the arrival of And it is hereby farther proclaimed and declared, that the engagement now entered into between the contracting parties for the purposes above mentioned, are unconditional, and liable to no change whatever. Therefore the said zemindars, jageerdars, talonk dars, polygars, cavilgars, and inhabitants of the Carnatic, are hereby required to take notice, that the right and power of fixing and collecting the revenue, as well as of administering civ. and crim. judicature throughout the provinces, purgunnahs, and villages of the Carnatic, are vested in the said comp. alone, as long as the sun and moon shall endure.-4. Wherefore all zemindars, jageerdars, talook dars, polygars, cavilgars, officers, and in-ness, he the said Mr. Fitzgerald cannot take upon habitants of the Carnatic, are severally and collectively required, by virtue of the rights and powers acquired to the said comp. by compact with the present lawful nabob of the Carnatic, his highness the nabob Azeem ul Dowlah Behauder, to yield due obedience to such officers as may be appointed, and to such ordinances or laws as may be enacted by the said comp. alone, for the administration and govt of the territories of the Carnatic, and in all time to come.-5. Although the rt hon. the govr in council trusts that the experience whch the inhabitants of the Carnatic have already had, will have rendered it unnecessary for his ldp to explain the general principles of moderation, justice, protection, and security, which form the characteristic features of the Brit. govt; yet his ldp, in accepting the sacred trust transferred to the comp. by the present engagements, invites the people of the Carnatic to a ready and chearful obedience to the authority of the comp. in a confident assurance of enjoying, under the protection of public and defined laws, every just and ascertained civil right, with a free

a dispatch from the govr gen, in council, involving considerations of great importance relative to the affairs of the Carnatic, and of the govt of Fort St. George; and the said Mr. Fitzgerald being farther informed, that it is the intention of id Clive to solicit the nabob's appointment of an early period of time for the consideration of the object of that dispatch, unless the medical gentlemen attending his highness's person should be of opinion that such a communication would be attended with consequences injurious to the state of his highness's health: declares upon oath, that although from the actual state of his highness's ill

himself to swear, that the communication of id Clive's intentions above described would produce effects immediately dangerous to the existence of the nabob; yet, as a professional man, he can have no doubt, and accordingly declares on oath, his belief that the knowledge of the arrival of dispatches from the govr gen. seriously affecting the interests of the Carnatic, would tend to aggravate and inflame the dangerous symptoms which now threaten his highness's life.

M. FITZGERALD.
Sworn before me at Fort St. George, this 22d
June, 1801.
CLIVE.

No. 15.-Extracts from the Examination of certain
Persons, taken before Messrs. Webbe and Close, at
Vellore and Seringapatam, in May 1800, by Order
of Marq. Wellesley. Vellore, 3d May 1800.

Ally Rezza having been required by It col. Doveton to attend the commissioners, is accordingly introduced, and is informed of the orders of the rt hon. the govr in council, and of his Idp's authority committed to the commissioners, for the

and gravity; it will therefore be expedient for you
to deliver your sentiments and explanations, with
the degree of consideration and respect which is
becoming the occasion."-Ally Rezza acknow.
ledges that he comprehends and feels the force
and meaning of the foregoing exhortation, and
having himself perused it in the Persian language,
professes his entire readiness and desire to answer
all questions, and to give all information which
may be required, to the best of his power and
knowledge.
The Commissioners proceed to the examination
of Ally Rezza.

The papers marked [Nos. 14 and 15,] in the correspondence transmitted from Bengal, having been produced and read to the witness, are immediately recognized by him.-Q. What did Omdut ul Omrah communicate to you in the secret meeting which you held with him in the garden, subsequent to the 23d July 1793?-A. Omdut ul. Omrah informed the vakeels, of the probable rupture between the French and the English, and of the consequent attack on Pondicherry; he stated, that Tippoo Sultaun had a vakeel, Ram Row, at that place; that the keeping a vakeel at that time might give offence; and that therefore the nabob Walajah, from his attachment to the faith, made this communication to prevent any indisposition between Tippoo Sultaun and the comp; that these sentiments were communicated

purpose of conducting an enquiry into certain transactions of great importance, connected with the interests of the hon. comp.-Previously to the commencement of his examination, the following introductory explanation having been translated into the Persian language, is read, and explained to Ally Rezza.-" The consideration which the English comp. has shewn to the family of Tippoo Sultaun, and to the dependants of his govt, must have manifested to all descriptions of persons the liberality and moderation by which it has been always guided; and it must be equally evident, that having consulted the claims of humanity, as well as the dignity of its own character, in this distinguished manner, the English govt would meet with the utmost degree of regret and concern, any necessity which should compel it to modify the arrangements which have been made for the comfort and happiness of the dependants of the late Tippoo Sultaun.-It is however not inconsistent with this magnanimity, that the Brit. govt should exact from those who have accepted its bounty, the duties of attachment and truth, in all matters connected with its interests; and it requires no explanation to shew, that as the Brit. govt has the generosity to forgive, so, if necessary, it possesses the power to punish those who may wilfully depart from the duties which they owe to it. It is known to you, that after the fall of Seringapatam the whole of the records and papers, public, secret, and confi-from a regard to the welfare of Tippoo Sultaun.— dential, of the govt of Tippoo Sultaun, fell into He recommended, that after the departure of the the hands of the conquerors; and, considering hostages, the sultaun should appoint an ambassathe causes which produce the necessity of the dor at Madras, which would be attended with late war, it will be bvious to you, that the Eng. the best consequences, and stated that this was govt has been inquisitive to discover the arrange- not communicated from any partiality to the Eng. ments and councils, by which it was the intention but from good wishes towards Tippoo Sultaun.of the late sultaun to have effected his purposes of Q. What were the particular expressions of his enmity against us.-This enquiry has naturally led attachment to Tippoo Sultaun, which Omdut ul to the discovery of much important matter, and Omrah required you not to commit to writing, many original documents, plain as well as in cy- but to defer the communication of them until pher, relative to the measures and intentions of your return to the presence of your master ?— the late sultaun. Some of these measures re- A. Having repeated the substance of his answer quire the explanation, which it is known to be to the preceding question, Ally Rezza was about in your power to give: The Eng. govt has there- to explain the expression of the " Affair known,” fore appointed us to be commissioners for receiv- which is mentioned in the last paragraph of paing this information; and it will be your duty, as pers [Nos. 14 and 15,] but was interrupted.— well as your very near interest, reflecting on what Q. What answer did Tippoo Sultaun return to the is already stated, to give a faithful and just expla-said communication from Omdut ul Omrah, and nation. From the treatment which you have al- through what channel was that answer transready experienced, it will be evident to you that mitted?-A. The sultaun replied, that the va the Brit. govt places too just a value on the obser- keels were persons of ability and information, vance of fidelity, to impute to the servants of the and would conduct their affairs for the benefit of late sultaun any blame for being the channel of the sircar. The vakeels communicated the mesexecuting his orders or measures. According to sage after their arrival in the presence, that no the established practice of the law of nations; immediate observation was made upon it; that according to the principles of justice and reason, nine days after they fell under the displeasure of servants are not held to be responsible for execu- the sultaun, and that the intercourse between ting the orders of their sovereigns, as far as they them and the sultaun was in consequence disconmay be consistent with the public law, by which tinued. The only subsequent communication the intercourse between independant states is re- was on the subject of a letter from Bengal, relagulated; you may therefore rely on a liberal con- tive to the release of the English prisoners, and struction of your conduct by the Brit. govt; and to the war between England and France. Tippoo it is not the intention of that govt to deprive you Sultaun, notwithstanding the contents, fully diof any of the works of the public bounty which rected him, Ally Rezza, to prepare an answer, you now enjoy, unless by prevarication, or any and send it to the presence that it might be distreacherous attempt to conceal the truth, you patched.-Q. Did Tippoo Sultaun return any - should render yourself unworthy of the continu-answer to the letters, Nos. 14 and 15-A. Yes. ance of its favour.-From the manner in which He directed us to enquire into the particulars of this enquiry has originated, as well as from the the affair, to represent them after our arrival, - means adopted for carrying it into effect, you when he would act according to propriety.will perceive that it is matter full of importance] Q. Have you any recollection of receiving from

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Tippoo Sultaun, a letter directing you to commit to writing, and to transmit to the presence, the communications of Omdut ul Omrah ?—A. No. He wrote nothing more than the above.-He, Ally Rezza, says, that at the departure of the vakeels, Omdat ul Omrah made three obeissances; and directed them to assure the sultan of his, Omdut ul Omrah's regard, and to advise him not to break with the English; that he should not consider this communication to be a deviation from the principles of their religion, but that the true Islam consisted in preserving unity with the English.

should represent this wish of his highness, on their arrival at Seringapatam.-Q. Did you, according to the sultaun's orders, commit to writing the matter of a secret nature, which was communicated to you by Omdut ul Omrah?-A. I complied with the orders in the sultaun's letter.-Q. In what manner?-A. By writing to the sultaun the particulars of the professions of regard, which had been communicated by Omdut ul Omrah.Having again referred to Nos. 14 and 15, and 15, the witness is asked what answer he gave the sul taun -A. That he had been enjoined at his departure to postpone the communication until his [The paper, No. 13, is produced.] Q. Do arrival at Seringapatam, and that he would acyou recollect this letter?—A. Yes; and he wrote cordingly represent it in the presence.—Q. Why besides to the above effect.-Q. State the nature did Omdut ul Omrah defer this communication and object of the agreement, which was estab- till your departure? And why did he exact an lished through you, between the nabob Wallajah | oath of secrecy on the communication of this reand Tippoo Sultaun?-A. At the time of the de-gard and friendship for the sultaun A. Perhaps parture of ld Cornwallis, his ldp desired me to from apprehensions that this intercourse should be proceed to Seringapatam, and to communicate to known, and give displeasure to the English.the sultaun much matter of advice, containing Q. Did he exact a formal oath -A. No; he conobservations on the state of hostility, which had jured us.-Q. It appears that the nabobs Wallajah been protracted for a long time, from the early and Omdut ul Omrah stated, in the presence of descent of Hyder Ally into the Carnatic, and the Eng. gents, their regard and friendship for Tippoo action of col. Baillie: That Id Cornwallis wished Sultaun: Why should they be so anxious to conthe sultaun to preserve the relations of peace and ceal it in the private meeting-A. He repeats friendship; and desired that Ally Rezza should the same_answer, and can give no other explaproceed from Madras to Seringapatam, to repre- nation. The paper [No. 14,] is again produced sent verbally and fully the subject of this dis- and read.-Q. Reconcile the formality of the procourse. That at the same time the nabob Walla- ceeding described at the mosque, with the mere jah also made similar observations, with profes- professions of friendship? A. He acknowledges sions of his friendly disposition towards the sul- that the formality may be considered preparatory taun. On his arrival at Seringapatam, he, Ally to more important matter; but nothing passed exRezza represented the whole of this discourse, cept professions of regard, the propriety of keep. and, according to the orders of the sultaun, com- ing up a friendly intercourse, and an offer of mitted it to writing, which was delivered to him, settling some munsbon themselves, which they the sultaun: That Tippoo Sultaun wrote an an- declined in a suitable manner. Q. During your swer to ld Cornwallis, professing his disposition residence at Madras, did you understand that and wish to preserve peace and friendship; that there was any restraint on the intercourse of the the letter was very full on this point, and was ac- nabobs Wallajah and Omdut ul Omrah with the companied by presents to ld Cornwallis, govr hostages, or with the vakcels? A. There was Oakeley, Mr. Cherry, &c. He, Tippoo Sultaun, no restraint, they had but four or five meetings, also sent letters to the nabob Wallajah certainly; which were with maj. Doveton's previous knowbut the witness does not recollect whether any ledge. Q. Did maj. Doveton know of the meetwere sent to Omdut ul Omrah.-Q. In the preceding at the mosque? A. No; the vakcels told ing question, you were desired to explain the nature him that they were going to the mosque for the of the agreement established between Tippoo Sul-fatihah. In regard to the meeting at the garden, taun and the nabob Wallajah; in your answer you have not done so A. The agreement was to preserve the friendship established between the two durbars, the English and Tippoo Sultaun, as well as the intercourse of civility and attention. Besides this the nabob Wallajah, at the time of taking leave, presented khelats, &c.; and Omdut ul Omrah delivered a khelat into the hands of sir Chs Oakeley, to be given to the vakeels of the sultaun; which was accordingly done. Omdut ul Omrah told them that it recommended the pre-servation of friendship, peace, and attention. A copy of this letter was delivered to the vakeels, which they opened at Conditoor, [two stages from Madras,] and were surprised to find, that it contained nothing more than the ordinary expressions of friendship, and a list of the presents. The letter was delivered to the suitaun. The nabob :informed the vakeels, that it was his highness's wish to grant a jagheer for the private expences - of the princes, as well as of the vakeels: They replied, that it was contrary to the customs of their govt to receive those jagheers; but that they VOL. II.

they informed him that they were going to arrange their effects for the journey. Q. As Omdut uf Omrah had nothing to communicate but professions of friendship, why did the vakeels depart from their established custom by concealing from maj. Doveton the intended meeting at the garden? A. As the nabob Omdut ul Omrah intimated a wish of seeing them privately, they thought that the presence of maj. Doveton would be embarrassing to his highness. At my departure from Seringapatam on my return to Madras, Tippoo Sultaun communicated to me his desire of forming. a connexion by marriage between his own family and that of the nabob Wallajah. This message Í delivered by the sultaun's orders to Gholam Ally Khan; and on our meeting at the garden a second time I withdrew; a conversation took place between Omdut ul Omrah and Gholam Ally Khan. From him I afterwards understood that the agitation of the affair was suspended, until the entire completion of the treaty of Seringapatam, and the release of the hostages, in order that the disposition of the sultaun might be well ascertained SY

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