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St 471 i PAPERS. FAST•INDIA AFFAIRS. Wehave obtained a copy ofthe papers prefented to the Houle of Commons, from the EaR India Company, concerning the late Nabob of the Car made. They are in number eighteen, and confift of Copies of Initruitiops to Lieutenants-Colonel M-Nst I. and BOWbSR, relative to the Rationing a party of troops at the Palace of Chepauk. There then follows the Report of Mefrrs. Webbe and Clore, explanatory of their proceedings at the Palace of the late Nabob, in their interviews with the Regents and Taje ul Omrah. It Rates that the Nabob, by his will, expreffed in clear and diftine terms, that his fon, Ally Huffein, lhould fucceed him in all his rights, poffeffions, •property, and in the Sovereignty of . the Carnatic. The Report Rates the lubjee of the conferences, in which the Englifh Agents urged that proofs were in pofrcillon of the Britilh Government, of the late Nabob's violation of the alliances with the Com pany, and that it had determined to demand fa tisfaition for fuch violation, and fecurity for its rights and interefts again ft the future operation of his Highnefs's hoftile Councils, but that the indif poloion, which had terminated in the death of the Nabob Omdut ul Omrah, had prevented the , execution of the Governor-General's orders to that I effect. Then follows a Copy of Lord Cornwallis's Treaty between the Company and his Highnefs the Nabob Mahomed Ali, dated 1792, and the Treaty with Azeem ul Dowlah, in Olot. To there are added, the declaration of the Governor of Fort St. George, dated 311 i July, leo t, Rating, that the Nabob Omdut ul Omrah, maintained a fecret intercourfe with Tippoo Sultana, the deter mined enemy of the Britifh name,founded on prin ciples, and direeed to (Neils, utterly fubverfive of the alliance between the Nabob of the Carnatic and the Company; that the Britifh Government, adher ing to principles of moderation and forbearance, had never:bele& endeavoured, by as amicable ad jultment with Ally Huffein, the reputed fon of the Nabob, to obtain that fatisfaeion and fecurity which the hoftile and faithlefs conduit of his father, bad entitled the Britillt Government to demand ; but that by the advice of the perfons appointed by his father's will to Ala his Councils, he had per fisted in opposing a determined refittance to this demand, and therefore that neceffity and felf-de- J . :nee required that the fon of Omdut ul Omrah fh..old not he permitted to retain poffeffion of re urces dangerous to the tranquillity of the Britifh Government. The Appendix to this Declaration contains copies of the alledged correfpondence with ' Tippoo Sultaun, and the key to a cypher found, . among the records at Seringapatam. Thc next important Paper is a copy of the Cor refpondence between the Governor General and the Governor of Fort Saint George, on the fub jeit 01 the Carnatic, from the death of Omdut ul Omrah to the elevation of Azeem ul Dowlah to the Multurd. In this is Rated the failure of every endeavour at conciliatory negociation with the reputed Son of Omdut ul Omrah. To this fuc ceeds :he letters from the Governor General and the Governor in Council of Fort Saint George, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Direc tors, relative to the revolution in the Carnatic, and the affumption of its Government by the Company ; the orders publithed to the fettle anent of Fort Saint George, dated 311 t July, t Bot, relative to the Treaty between the Company and Azeem ttl Dowlah, with feveral other docu ments conneiled with the fakir% There are alfo copies of examinations taken before Meffrs. Webbe and Clore, at Vellore and Seringapatam, in May, ;Soo, by order of the Marquis Wsta.zsolv, re fpeitin4 the pretended correfpondenee betiveen Omdut ul Ontrah and Tippoo. The lag docu ment is the letter from Hair= Ally, the Son of the Nabob, to his Agents, James Stuart Hall and Samuel Johnftone, given in the Star force time ago. He exprefsly denies the exigence of any unjuittfi able Cori efpondence between his Father and the Sultaun of Mylore. He defires his Agents, the Gentlemen above-named, fief to betake them felves to the Sovereign—the very belt of Kings and of men, and prefent his humble addreffes, then to his Royal Highnefs the Prince. of Wales, who bad always evinced a very particular regard for the interells of his family. There high and auguß Perfonages, he lays, will want no inducement to lend their utmoft aid to repel oppreflion fo flagrant and fo indefenfible, as in his unhappy cafe. Next to the Board of Controul and the Court of Direc tors ; and latily, to the Houfe of Commons. He truth his lois will be only temporary ; and that as his cable is just, the ALMIGHTY will render it profperous. 641 ch the general outline ofthe P a p ers , w hi c h . wi'l fo important a difcaoa in the coking 'Salim) of Parliament. coir 4)5 INSTRUCTIONS TO LIEUT.-COLONEL MAC 111.119 DATED STH 'AND 6TH JULY, 180 E, &C. TO LItUTINANT•COLOWILL M•CIISIL. " Si It••••• 1. The precarious Rate of his Highnefs the Nabob's health being fuch as to indicate the probability of his Highne('s early difrolution, the Right Hun. the Governor in Council has judged it expedient, for the prefervation of order, to Ration a-party of troops at the Palace of Chepauk ; and his Lordatip, relying on your prudence and clic cretin's, has ben pleated to appoint you to the command ► f the troops. 4 , 2. The detail will confill of three companies of his Majelly's Scotch Brigade, five companies of the 1 R battalion 4th regiment of Native Infantry, a fob 'ltem and 3o Europeans, and one company of Native Artillery with four fix-pounders, and 3t. troopers from the Governor's body guard. A farther portion of the garrifon of. Fort St. George will be held in readinefs to join you, if occalion thould render that meafure necefary. 66 3. The principal objea of your care being the prefervation of order within the Palace.ofChepauk, at the period cf the Nabob's diffolution, the Go vernor in Council directs you, after fecuring the firft gate of the garden, to march the detachmen. to the principal gateway of the Palace, and take Oren ,n of it. - - - will be made to the Nabob fufficlently early, k hoped, to - prevent any alarm in his Highnefs's mind ; and the expedition and fecrecy a ith which it will be executed, will probably prevent any oppofition or confufion. " s. Having taken pefreffion of the principal gateway, it will be neceffary to make a difpofition of your force for maintaining that pofition. . " 6. In carrying this part of your orders into effea, the Governor in Council defires you to ufe every degree of conciliation and refried towards the immediate family of the Nabob, and towards the confidential Officers of his Highnefs's Govern ment. By an adherence to that mode of condua, the Governor in Council expeas that no difficulty will occur ; but if, notwithaanding this modera tion, you Ikould be oppored in the execution of there orders, with refpea to poffeffing the gateway, you will, after making the belt explanation of your orders which circumilances will admit, to the Nabob's Officers within the gateway, remain 30 minutes, and if, after the expiration of that time, you 111211 have received no communication from Major GaAs?, the Military Secretary of the Governor, you will obtain poffeffion of the gateway by farce. " 7. After having eftablifhed yourfelf at the gateway of the Palace, you will con fi der the bell means of reftraining the intercourfe of perfons with the interior of the Palace ; but as it is impoffible to defcribe, with fufficient accuracy, the different pallages through the external wall of the Palace, I am dire&ed to inform you, that when the event of the Nabob's death !hall occur, it will be your duty, to the extent of your power, to prevent the introduition of any partizans into the Palace, to reßrain any apparent commotion, to protea from violence the perfons of the Nabob's immediate family, and to provide the beg praaicable means for preventing his Highnefs's property and trea fure from being removed from the Palace. In executing this part of the order, you will obferve that the Governor in Council does not confider the brothers of his Highnefs to conflitute any part of his immediate family ; and you will endeavour to refrain them, by force, if neceffary and praaicable, from entering the Palace until tome arrangement of affairs than be made. " 8. As loon as may be prafticable, after taking poffeffion of the gateway, you will endeavour ti afcertain what number of armed or unarmed meta may he within the walls of the Palace, and you will caufe that number to be fo far diminned as you !hall judge neceffaly to the tranquil execution of there orders; you will particularly endeavour to expel from within the walls of the Palace, all fuck armed men as may not be in the im mediate fervice of his Highnefs the Nabob; upon this point you will make an early report, and it is the intention of the Governor in Council to furnifh you, at the earlieft poffible period of time after the death of the Nabob, with more detailed inflruaions for the guidance of your condua. " 9. It will be obvious to you that the Governor in Council confiders the trun now repofed in you, to involve confederations of the 47eateft delicacy and importance, and his Lordflup direth me to ezprefs his confident expeaation, that your condua in the difcharge of it will be fuch as the nature of the cnnjunaure, and the fituation of his Highnefs's family, demand from the liberality and dignity of the Bridal Government. " to. During this fervice, you will addrefs im mediately to the Governor fuch communications as may become necetrary, and obey fuch orders as you may receive direftly from his Lordihip. " I am, Sir, &c. &c. &c. " Fort St. George, (Signed) "J. WIBBE, 51h N T , 1801. Chief Sec. to Govt." TO J. WilSt, 11314 CHIEF MILITARY TO GOVERN* HINT. 44 SIR, (RETRACT.) " I requeß you will be pleated to inform the Right Hon. •the Governor, that, agreeably to his Lordihip's inftruaions, I marched the troops placed under my command for the prefervation of order at Chepauk, through both the gateways leading to the Palace ; of thefe gates I took poffef fion, and I have placed guards at three other gates leading through the exterior wall. The commu nication which the Right Hon. Governor was pleated to make of his Lordship's intentions, teemed to have confiderably reconciled the Nabob to the mature itfelf; but he was very much averfe to guards being placed within the interior gate. As there feemed to be no immediate neceffity for Ra tioning guards within, and as the Nabob was to much averfe to any being placed there, I judged it fit to accommodate his Highnefs's inclinations as far as poffible : I have therefore placed tentrieir only at the gate, and the body of the troops dote to it on the outfide. There is no kinclof commo tion whatever within the Palace walls, and there is every appearance of tranquillity being pteferved. T have the honour to be, &a. (Signed) " 0. MACNEIL, Chepauk, July 5, 1130 r." 41 Lieut.-Colonel." TO LIEUT. COL. MACNEIL, COMMANDING A DETACH• MINT AT CHIPAUK. (Extract)—" Sir, I have received your letter of this date ; and am directed by the Right Hon. the Governor in Council to exprefs his Lordfhip's en tire approbation of your confenting, under the cir cumftances you have Rated, to withdraw the Guards from the interior part of the gateway of his Highnefs the Nabob's Palace. It is under- Rood that the principal part of the Nabob's tree fure is depofited in the apartments of his Highnefs's Sifter, the Boody Begum ; and lam siire&ed to communicate this intelligence to you, in order that your attention may be particularly directed to thofe apartments, in carrying into execution his Lordfhip's orders for preventing the removal of the treaftue from Chepauk. I am, &c. • (Signed) J. Wasik, •• Chief Sec. of Government. " Fen Bt. George, Jays . , 1801." _ . TO j. WEBB Bp Mk t (EAMO ).." Sir—l have taken 'itch mean. Lions as i think will render it altogether impoffible for treefure, (nnleti in. very Snail fumy, or in co. iiriti'd6elies) to' be carried out of any part Of the raieg..........maziasaagka Nes pernifflon to apprise the Nabob, that Con veyances of that defcription are not ezpegted to be fent from the Palace ?—I have the honodr to be. (Signed) • " DAN. MACII am, Lieut. Col." TO• LIEUT. COL. MACNEIL. _ ge Sir—ln reply to your letter of laft night, I am direded to acquaint you, that until his High nefs the Nabob {hall expire, the Right Hon. the Governor in Council does not confider it expedient to impofe any rearaint on the egrets of covered Palankeens from the Palace of Chepauk ; but af ter that event Ilion have happened, you will pre vent the iffue of covered Palankeens from the Pa lace, until you than have received further orders from the Governor in Council. In iffuing thefe inftruaiono, the Governor in Council confines the operation of them to the -period of time during which order than prevail in the interior of the Pa lace ; but if any commotion should arife previoufly to the death of the Nabob, you will take effeaual meafures for rearaining the ifibe of treafure, by any mode of conveyance whatever, until you (hall receive the farther directions of the Governor in Council. If, previoufly to the death of the Na bod, you (hall have reafon to ftifped an attempt to carry treafure from the Palace, without his High nefs's confent, you will alfn in that event reftrain the iffue of it, until the Nabob's confent null be obtained for the pall'age from the Palace. '• I am, Sir, your obedient (errant, (Signed) J. Wailes, Chief Sec. to Gov." " Fort St. George, 6th July, 1201." COPT OF INSTROCTIOWII TO MESSRS. WENDS AWD CLOSE DATED JULY 15, 1801; WNEN MET PROCEEDED TO TUE PALACE Of TEE LATE NABOB °MOUT UL COMAE. TO JOSIAH WIESE, ESCX : , AND LIEUT. COL. CLOSE. 44 Gentlemen—ln confcquence of the death of his Highnefs the Nabob Omdut ul Omrah, it is my earneft defire, founded on the Inftruaions of his Excellency the Governor General, that a com plete adjuftment of the affairs of the Carnatic should be made with the leaft prafticable delay.— The nature of the evidence which has been obtain ed of the violation of the alliance by the Nabobs Mahommed AIR and Omdut ul Omrah, and the conrfe of reafoning upon the condition in which the family of their Highneffes has, by that difco very, been placed, in relation to the Britifh Go vernment, are fubjeas fo familiar to you, that any particular inftruatons from me with regard to the principles, or to the detailed confiderabons of the queilion appear to be fuperfluous. It will be fuf ficient for me therefore to (late, that the death of the Nabob has produced no change in the princi pies by which it will be proper to regulate the conduit of the Britith Government towards the family of his Highnefs But in the application or thofe principles to the :Lanai (late of affairs, I judge it to be of the greaten impoi-tance to the national charaaer, as well as to the critical (late of our affairs, that the arrangement of the affairs of the Carnatic ihould be adjuiled by an amicable negociation. I accordingly depute you to conduit this Negociation, and hereby authorize and em power you to exercife your own difcretion for the purpofe of carrying into effea my intentions, and the ;Orations of his Excellency the Governor General. The Officer commanding the Forces at Chcpauk will obey fuck orders as he may receive from you. I am, &c. (Signed) CUM " Fort St. George, isth July, /Sm." EXTRACT OF A DECLARATION OF THE commit CIF FORT ST. GEORGE, DATED 31ST JULY, 1801, BY AND WITH Tat AUTNORITY OF all EXCELLENCY THE MOST NOBLE TIIII 00VILANOR GIINZRAL IN COUNCIL. " An alliance of the moil intimate union and friendfhip has long fubfifted between the Hon. the Englifh Eaft India Company, and the Fami:y of their Highnetes Mahommed Ally and Omdut ul Omrah, late Nabob of the Carnatic Payen Ghaut —By the aid of that alliance his late Highnefs Mahosnmed Ally was enabled, under Nov man c 1, to fupport his pretenfions to the polfeffion of the Carnatic at the death of his illuftrious father, to defeat the power of his enemies in arms, and fi nally to eflablith his authority in the Government of Arcot and its dependencies, on the foundations of the Britifh power. " For the defence and proteaion of the valuable poffcffions thus acquired by the united arms of the Englifh Company an 1 the Nabob of Arcot,various treaties and obligations have been eflabliihed, by which it was intended that the interefts, fecurity, and power of both parties in the Carnatic Payen Ghaut lhould be cemented and identified. In con formity to the faith and fpirit of thefe engage ments, the Hon. Company has invariably applied, not only the refources derived from that alliance, but•the whole power of the Britifh Empire in In dia, to maintain the Government of the late Na bobs of the Carnatic againft all their enemies, and has caufed them to be acknowledged by Foreign States as the Allies of the Britifh nation. By thefe means, and by the unabated exertion of its whole power, the Englifh nation was enabled, dur ing the war which continued from the year 1780 to the year 1783, to fupport the pretenfions of the Nabob Mahommed Ally, and to refcue his domi nions from the violence of Hyder Ally Khan, and of his fucceffor Tippoo Sultana, who, by the af (Mance of the French nation, had been enabled to conquer a confiderable part of the Carnatic, and to ettablilh their authority over the greateft part of the territorial poteffions of the Paid Nabob. [The declaration then continues to Rate, that a treaty was entered into in 1787, to prated the i territories of the Allies, for an annual fubfidy that the Englifh Company charged itfelt with the adminiftration of the civil government, in addition to the military defence of the Carnatic : that at the conclufion of the war in 1792, the Britifh Government reftored the civil government to his Highnefs, thereby manifefling the ftriaeft adhe rence to the ftipulations of 1787; and that th, Governor-General, upon the reprefentation of Mahommed Ally, relieved his Highnets from the burthenfome terms of that engagement, for the purpofe of promoting the *tranquillity, intereds, and comfort of the Nabob Mahommed Ally.] " With this liberal view of the principles of the connexion eftabliiked between the Britifh Govern ment and the Nabob of Atcot, an indulgent mo dification of the treaty of 11787 was framed; and bt 'a fubfeqiient treaty, bearing date is the month r or ul me t the pecoaisry oostrihutiOsi of bit Righters the Nabob of the Carnatic, toward s t h 4 general defence and proteCtion of the rights an d poffeffions of the Allies, was diminifhtd from fifteen to nine lacks of ftar pagodas. The f p irit Oae moderation by which the Britifh Councils were guided in refpea to this alliance, was unevi vo . eally ma.nifefted by a farther ftipulation, for the purpofe of fecuring to the Nabob Omdut ul Omrah, the fon and prefumptive heir of th e N a : bob Mahommed Ally, the fucceffion to the terra. tories of his father, on the terms and condition s or the treaty of '1792. Under thefe eireumflances the Britifh Government might juftly have required from the Houfe of Mahommed Ally, not merely the exalt and rigid obfervation of the treaty of 179 a, but a zealous and cordial attachment to the fpirit of an engagement, under which the Nabobs of the Carnatic have found the moil ample pro. teetion, accompanied by the moll indulgent and liberal conftruCtion of every flipulation favourable to their feparate iriterefts, and by the molt lenient relaxation of thofe penal articles, the obligati on roefdwbhylevhiotlhattlirn violating n a e rt fr i e c s ie h o a f d th r e ef T pe r d ea ii t • y e e l o y Nf i a n i: c o9u6kr relative to the grants of Tuncaws, or affignments of revenue on the dithilts pledged to the Corn. pang. It is with the deepe ft concern that the G. vernor in Council is compelled to declare, that thofe ancient allies of the Company, s Mahommed Ally and Omdut ul Omrah, hare been found not only deficient in every active duty of the alliance, but unfaithful to its fundamental principles, and untrue to its vital fpirit. In th e full enjoyment of the moll abundant proofs of the moderation, indulgence, and good faith of the Hon. Company,.the Nabob Mahommed Ally and the Nabob Omdut ul Omrah, aCtually commenced and maintained a fecret intercourfe with Tippoo Sulaun,the determined enemy of the Britifh name, founded on principles and dire led to objets ut terly fuhverfiee of the alliance between the Nabob of the Carnatic and the Company, and equally incompatible with the fecurity of the Britill.. Powe r in the peninfula of India. After the fall of Se. ringapatam, the Britifh Government obtained poffeffion of the original records of Tippoo Sultaun: the correfpondence of that Prince's Amballadors, during their refidence at Fort St. George, in at. tenclance on his tons, the hoftage Princes, in the ears 17g2 and 1793, ellablifbed fu ffi cient ground of apprehenfion, that their Highneffes the late Na bob Mahommed Ally and the late Nabob Omdut ul Omrah, had entered into a fecret intercourfe wi h the late Tippoo Sultaun of a nature hoftile to Britifh inrerefts in India. The enquiries of the Britiih Government have been fince &eat:a to afcertain a fad fo intimately connoted with the fecurity of its rights in the Carnatic. The "refult has eftablilhed the following propotition. by a feries of conneded, written, and oral teltimony. itt, At the very period of time when the Na. bob Mahommed Ally appealed to the genernfuy if the Bridih Government for an indulgent modi. fication of the treaty of 1787, his Highntfs had already commenced a fecret negociation for the eltabiiihment of an intimate intercourfe with the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun, without the knowledge of the Britilh Government, and for purpofes evi dently repugnant to its fecurity and honour. 2d, The Nabob Omdut ul Omrah (who was empowered by the Nabob Mahommed Ally tone gociate the treaty of 1792 with the Britifh eernment, and who aClually negociated that treat? for himfelf and for his father) was aaually em. ployed at the fame period of time, under his fa. thcr's authority, in negociating for himfelf and for his father the terms of the faid feparate and fecret inter,courfe with Tippoo Sultan. " 3d, The tendency of the faid intercourfe was direEted to the fupport of Tippoo Sultaun in vic tory and triumph over all his enemies. " 4th, In the month of December, t 792, the Nabob Mohammed Ally imparted fecret informa• don to Tippoo Sultaun, regarding the fentiments and intentions of the Britifh Government in India, with relation to the hostile views and negociation of Tippoo Sultaun at the Courts of Poonah and Hyderabad; and on the Sid intelligence of the war between Great Britain and France in the year 1793, the Nabob Mohammed Ally imparted lead information to Tippoo Sultaun, refpeaing the views ant pwer of France in India and in Eu rope, and re o fpeaing the intended operations of the Britifh Forces againft the French ',DM:Mons in the Carnatic. And the Nabob Mohammed Ally conveyed to Tippoo Sultaun fecret admonitions and friendly advice refpeiling the molt favourable feafon, and the molt propitious (tate of ci-cum ftances, for the violation of Tippoo Sultaun's en gagements with the Hon. Company. " sth, The Nabob Omdut ul Omrah was em ployed by h 4 father, or one of the Agents, to con vey fecret intelligence, friendly admonition, and feafonable advice to Tippoo Sultaun, throtigh the confidential Agents of Tippoo Sultaun. who were furniflted with mann:lions from the laid Sultaun of Myfore, to receive fuch communications from the faid Nabob of the Carnatic, and from the Nabob Omdut ul Omrah: • " 6th, A cypher was compofed and atlually in troduced into the feparate and fecret correfpon dence between the Nabobs Mohammed Ally and Tippoo Sultaun; the original key of the laid cy pher, difcovered among the records of Seriogapa i m tam oo , n i llt s ee in ( t ( h )r e sheaenredt-awryri)tinogf theof Nthaehochoni‘fild:iinatrnia. med Ally and of the Nabob Omdut ul Omrah; and the Cod cypher was delivered by a contiden. tial agent of the Nabob Omdut ul Omrah to th e Ambaffador of Tippoo Sultan!), for 'the' cN prer s purpofe of being tranfmitted to Tippoo Sultatin. " 7th, The terms employed in the laid cyplieT• particularly and it thole intended to th to designate Nan and iztiheßr itil ' h Government the vlahratta State, united in a defensive league againft Tippoo Sultaun, contain the moll pov.er tul internal evidence that the communications Pio pored to be difguifed by the laid cypher, were of thm o o f ft th h e ol i t i l d e t a en u d ia e n n c c e y , t a o n t d he ca i i n c t ula ere t l e ts and ob jectsd t:i pro mote the caufe of Tipoo Sultaun in oppofit ion to that of the faid allies. " Stb, The Nabob Omdut ul Omrah , u nder his j Own hand•writing t in the month of Aquas 1794, • he Nabob of the Carnatic, towards th 4 ence and protedion of the rights and of . the Allies, was diminillacd from ne lacks of liar pagodas. The fpirit of by which the Britifh Councils were efped to this alliance, was unevi vo ,„ felted by a farther ftipnlation, for the fecuring to the Nabob Omdut ul e fon and prefumptive heir of the Na. rimed Ally, the fucceflion to the terfi. father, on the terms and condition s or of . 1792. Under thefe circumftanees Government might juftly have required [oufe of Mahommed Ally, not merely ad rigid obfervation of the treaty o f zealous and cordial attachment to the engagement, under which the Nabobs tam have found the moll ample pro. :ompanied by the moil indulgent and trudion of every flipulation favourable arate iriterefts, and by the molt lenient of thofe penal articles, the obligation teir Highneffes had refpedively incur. sting the article of the Treaty of 179 2 , the grants of Tuncaws, or affignments on the dithilts pledged to the Com. s with the deepeft concern that the Go. Council is compelled to declare, that nt allies of the Company, the Nabobs d Ally and Omdut ul Omrah, hare not only deficient in every active duty nce, but unfaithful to its fundamental and untrue to its vital fpirit. In the lent of the mofi abundant proofs of the t, indulgence, and good faith of the pany.the Nabob Mahommed Ally and Omdut ul Omrah, aihnlly commenced tined a fecret intercourfe with Tippoo determined enemy of the Britifil name, I principles and direted to objects ut- rfivn of the alliance between the Nabob natic and the Company, and equally Ile with the fecurity of the Britiff. Powe r nfula of India. After the fall of Se. a the Britifh Government obtained ethe original records of Tippoo Sultaun: iondence of that Prince's Ambatladors, refidence at Fort St. George, in at. In his tons, the hoflage Princes, in the and 1793, eftabliihed fufficient ground nfion, that their Highneffes the late Na- mmed Ally and the late Nabob Omdut had entered into a fecret intercourfe rte Tippoo Sultaun of a nature huftile to interefts in India. The enquiries of Government have been fince dire&4 n a fad fo intimately conn,aed with y of its rights in the Carnatic. The eftablilhed the following propotition. by conneCted, written, and oral teltimony. tt the very period of time when the Na. named Ally appealed to the genernfity jilt Government for an indulgent modi. the treaty of 1 , 78 , f. his Fliohn-fs had