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Common terms and phrasesaffairs Ameer appeared arrived attack authority battalions Berar Bhurtpore BOOK British government British troops camp Carnatic cavalry chap chieftain circumstances Colonel command Commander-in-Chief Company Company's conduct connexion consent Court of Directors declared defence Despatches detachment districts dominions Dowlut Rao Sindiah effect enemy enemy's engagements English government establishment European evil Excellency Excellency's expense favour force French frontier Governor Governor-General Governor-General's Hindustan Holkar honour hostile Ibid immediately infantry interests Khan lacs letter Lord Cornwallis Lord Hobart Lord Lake Lord Mornington Lord Wellesley Lordship Lucknow Madras Mahratta Mahratta empire measures ment military mind ministers Mysore Nabob native Nawab negotiation Nizam object officers Omdut ul Omrah opinion Oude Papers persons Peshwa Poonah possession prince principal proceeded proposed proposition provinces Raja of Berar received regard render Resident revenue rulers rupees says the Governor-General Seringapatam Shah Sir John Shore sovereign Sultan supra territory tion Tippoo treaty of Bassein vakeels Vizir whole Popular passagesPage 173 - His excellency engages that he will establish in his reserved dominions such a system of administration (to be carried into effect by his own officers), as shall be conducive to the prosperity of his subjects, and be calculated to secure the lives and property of the inhabitants. Page 76 - Mauritius, from whence forty persons, French, and of a dark colour, of whom ten or twelve were artificers, and the rest servants, paying the hire of the ship, came here in search of employment. Such as chose to take service were entertained, and the remainder departed beyond the confines of this... Page 38 - It is an intricate question of law and of policy, and the limits of this article preclude us from entering into it. But even Mr. Mill* acknowledges that it is impossible to read the Governor-general's minute, recording the transaction, and not to be impressed with a conviction of his sincerity. And the Court of Directors, in their letter of the 5th of May 1799, after a long commentary... Page 93 - I will go (said he) and drag him to the breach, and make him see by what a set of wretches he is surrounded; I will compel him to exert himself at this last moment." He was going, and met a party of pioneers, whom he had long looked for in vain, to cut off the approach by the southern rampart, " I must first (said he) shew these people the work they have to do," and in the act of giving his instructions, was killed by a cannon shot. Page 464 - Its transference to England is an abstraction of Indian capital for which no equivalent is given ; it is an exhausting drain upon the country, the issue of which is replaced by no reflux ; it is an extraction of the lifeblood from the veins of national industry which no subsequent introduction of nourishment is furnished to restore."! Page 162 - I am satisfied that no effectual security can be provided against the ruin of the province of Oude, until the exclusive management of the civil and military government of that country shall be transferred to the Company, under suitable provisions for the maintenance of his Excellency and of his family. No other remedy can effect any considerable improvement in the resources of the state, or can ultimately secure its external safety and internal peace. Page 125 - I do not believe that any such description of men exist at Lucknow). In the place of the armed rabble which now alarms the Vizier and invites his enemies, I propose to substitute an increased number of the Company's regiments of infantry and cavalry, to be relieved from time to time, and to be paid by his excellency... Page 162 - I am satisfied," says Lord Wellesley, " that no effectual security, can be provided against the ruin of the province of Oude until the exclusive management of the civil and military government of that country shall be transferred intact to the Company, under suitable provisions for the maintenance of His Excellency and of his family. Page 76 - In this Sircar (the gift of God) there is a mercantile tribe, who employ themselves in trading by sea and land. Their agents purchased a two-masted vessel, and having loaded her with rice, departed with a view to traffic. It happened that she went to the Mauritius, from whence forty persons, French and of a dark colour, of whom ten or twelve were artificers, and the rest servants, paying the hire of the ship, came here in search of employment. Such as chose to take service were entertained, and the... Page 73 - You cannot imagine me to be indifferent to the transactions which have passed between you and the enemies of my country; nor does it appear necessary or proper that I should any longer conceal from you the surprise and concern with which I perceived you disposed to involve yourself in all the ruinous consequences... 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