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Common terms and phrasesadvantage affairs allies Ameer Khan appeared arrived attack authority battalions Bhurtpore BOOK British army British government British power British troops camp Carnatic cavalry chap chiefs chieftain circumstances Colonel command Commander-in-Chief Company Company's connexion Court of Directors declared defensive alliance Delhi dependent Despatches detachment dominions Dowlut Rao Sindiah effect enemy enemy's engagements English government establishment European evils Excellency favour force French frontier Gohud Governor Governor-General Governor-General's Hindustan Holkar honour hostile Ibid immediately infantry Jeswunt Rao Jumna letter Lord Cornwallis Lord Lake Lord Mornington Lord Wellesley Lordship Madras Mahratta Mahratta empire ment military mind ministers Monson Mysore Nabob native Nawab negotiation Nizam object officers Oude Papers party peace persons Peshwa Poonah possession princes proposed proposition Raja of Berar received regard render Resident revenue rulers rupees says the Governor-General Seringapatam Shah Sir John Shore sovereign subsidiary Sultan supra territory tion Tippoo treaty of Bassein vakeels Vizir whole Popular passagesPage 169 - 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 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... Page 158 - 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 93 - 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, ' show those people the work they have to do,' and, in the act of giving his directions, he was killed by a cannon shot*. Page 123 - 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 38 - 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 80 - General, an army more completely appointed, more amply and liberally supplied in every department, or more perfect in its discipline, and in the acknowledged experience, ability, and zeal of its officers, never took the field in India. Page 90 - In the letter of Lord Mornington it is written that the clearing up of matters at issue is proper, and that, therefore, you having been empowered for the purpose, will appoint such persons as you judge proper for conducting a conference and renewing the business of a treaty. Page 88 - The Governor-General, Lord Mornington Bahander, sent me a letter, the copy of which is enclosed — you will understand it. I have adhered firmly to treaties. What, then, is the meaning of the advance of the English armies, and the occurrence of hostilities ? Inform me. 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