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I shall not trouble you with the particulars of the next or the succeeding meeting on the day fol lowing'; for you will:tind them circumstantially re.. lated in the Journal of the Regent, which I have direfted to he forwarded with this. You will After I had concluded what I had to answer, his Lordship replied, " That I was extremely badly advised ; that I had sacrificed my best in terests to specious. appearances, and that I should rue the rejeaion of his proposal ; that it was the very s last time that he should address me on the, subje&'—and with a few words of form, he de parted the tent. I have taken some pains to acquaint you with . the foregoing:circumstances, as well by myself, as by the more detailed accounts of the Regents, as they tend to chew the true grounds of the disagree ment which existed between me• and the. Govern ment ; and which have been made the pretence of dispossessing me of a throne to which, by personal right, as well as by the will of my Royal Predeces sor, I was lawfully and indisputably imitled. From,the detail, in which you are in possession, yoti will readily perceive the policy on which the Madras ,Government have aaed ; ',that they had an ambitious-design from the beginning, of posses sing themselves of the whole Dominions of the Carnatic—a design which the circumstances of the times seemed peculiarly to favour. Apprthensive, however, ..of the opinions'of the European and Asiatic World, they determined on arriving. at their ends.by means the least alarming and suspi-' LONDON : Printed by BU CHAN A N INPAI ILLAN, (of Bqw 7 Stree,t, Coveht-Gard:T At the SUN.ChFICE, No, It a, Strand ; where Advert itemr7to, order, Being informed on the 29th, that a public notifi cation had been made through -the different streets' of 'Madras, that the Atneer's son would be placed . on the Musnud on the 3ist inst. under the influence of Government, I immediately addressed the ,Go vernor, with the advice of the Regents, on the'sug ‘gested measure, and proposed to accept the terms which had been at first offered. A measure which my mind revolted at ; but which seemed to•be manded by the trying exigencies, of the moment and I felt'confident within myself, that if my offer had been accepted, that the liberality . of the British Nation would' have never held me.bound by con.: ditions which had been so compulsorily imposed on me ; or would have ameliorated a situation which had been produced by means I,Vhich neither Honour nor justice could bear'to contemplate; My addresS was wholly and totally disregarded. I cannot repeat the scene which followed ; that insulted every noble feelirT, and outraged every right. I have endeavoured, under the , mortifying events which have, happened, and 'tlie variety of sensations which have possessed me, to acquaint you of the unhappy situation in whiehl find myself ex posed, and I am afraid that I have ill succeeded. I need. not endeavour to 'impress you with the horrors of the situation to, Which I feel myself re- • . ); and Published by WILLIAM ARMIIIFF. SCRII s !';, (of Flon7c-ferry-road;. WestAntitcr); for the Pater,Leti : m for the Editor, &c, "(host-paid;, must be itddrec,i, • By Mr.'I3,URT; - if% On,Saturday the toth day ajuly next, at Four o' Cl ftioc ° the Afternoon, at the King's Head Inn in the city 4` wick, unless sooner disposed of by Private Contra , } ; A • Very . a..sirable ESTATEi lying at S' lll° .v ti cbi IX. in - the County of Nerfolk„(about 6 miles from ilor - ,• if ie• nosy, in the occupation of Mr.., Charles Layton, the tor, consisting of a, -good substantial Dwelling-hou sep barns, stables, coach-house,- bullock-shed, and oth er cc i ' , nient bitildiugs, all in complete repair, and z A• 5 cart'; P. of arable, meadow, and marsh land, water.anti the whole ly'nlg in a ring-fence, and- w i t h ou t either r ,r.i t kle s foot-path running through it, together with the ,Great Arising from the same. hv Also 3z A.• 3 'R 3t P. of Com Mon Land; set out "na-i ' n Commissioners under the Salhouse Inclosure Ad , 3.- t tended to he annexed to this Estate. • • e l 'he A lso . - a double Teriement . , so situated as f o be a con v to Abodelbi a Steward or Bailitr, or at a small eXpence to converted into a Farm-house ; and twodouhre Cottt.g'' AT kme. River navigable to Yarmouth bounds one side °,,iipes Estate, 'op tit:, Ban'is, of which are several gopd st b rici'" agd, a brick-kiln, with a very' excellent vein °: 1 earth ; Egtate .-lies in 'a very .pleas ant part .oht 'County, - is well-timberal, and has the exclusive qg h fs ii fishing , aud shoot ng on three Broads, well stocked and wild-fowl ;in nehrlibourhood are several . 0 00' ;lieu's "Seats, with good Roads, and Game of all D esclll- A 4 ',, 11' The situation of: this. Estate commands peculiat„ o c‘i'"; tages, both for thol'esidence of the' Gentfeman and in . `: 50 .5: 0 `" p4tion of the Farmer or Merchant. Immediate ro, " 111 ‘ may be had. - - • j ./, For further Particulars apply to Mr. Aclam L a ; N 0; 'J o Attorney-at-Law, Norwich ; Mr. Richard Gil aar" ' of 511 Holborn-court; Grays' , lnn, London, ; (Where rd4' s st ,,,var y, Estate may beseen),'or. to. Mr. Henry Burton, Lan" - at Langley, in Norfolk. - CI - Z . The Steward at :the'r!o•fse_wal sliev: the r .•„. _ . „ . consequence, he had no manner of right to dispose of it by will ; yet to shew . Ehat the Company had every-disposition to. serve and proteft the son, whom his Highness had so favoured, ,they were folly in clined- to mace .a very liberal provision for him, on cond r ition.of his previous surrender of all the domi nions which : had been nominally willed, to him. — The Regents being present, .were as much moved as myself, at the extraordinary communication which had been just made to us, And although we' were fully convinced, that no unauthorized correspondence had ever taken place.between his late Highness or his . Predecessor, with the Sultan of the Mysore, yet we were so much agitated and affliaed at the serious manner in which the charge was preferred, as not to be able to afford a cool and dispassionate answer. After stating our internal impressions, that neither of the - respetie3 Personages to whom allusion-: had been made, could have been engaged, in a clandes tine communication with any Foreign Power in en mity' with the British Interests; and our great mor tification at the proposal which had been offered, as founded on that supposed fat—we begged for a 'few days consideration of the terms which had been suggested, which was conceded to us, after some discussion. - ' Every inquiry was made in the interval,, to as certain the correspondence, which had at anytime taken place of the nature already mentioned, when. no vestige could be traced, which Could throw the slightest stigma on the venerable names which had been implicated in so unfortunate a charge. The only correspondence which had ever occur ed between the parties in .question, and which could have given rise.to the suspicion entertained .by the Company, happened at the instance of the Earl Cornwallis; after the termination of the war so successfully concluded by his Lordship against the late Sultan ; arch related to a family -connection, .which, fsom;well known circumstances, never took place. 'This correspondence naturally produced mutual communications of courtesy on : several do niestic events, which - concerned either of the par ties personally, as occasions happened ; but nothing that could affea any _interests conaeded with na tional or public' considerations.. The Regents, at the conference on the next evening, being confirmed in .their first'impressions of the rectitude of his late Highness's conduit, in the -particular referred , to, stated in perspicuous terms, the steps which they had pursued to inves tigate the truth of the accusation which had been alledged to. have been contained in • the letter of the Marquis of Wellesley ; and, that they had found, on a full investigation, that there was not the smallest foundation for the charge which had been urged ; but, on the contrary, that the only correspondence which. had occurred between his Highness ancrthe late Sultan, had been carried on with the knbwledge and consent of the Executive Local Government, and had been forwarded offi cially by them ; and in proof of this assertion, re ferred the Commissioners to their own immediate Records. . -The Regents then expressed their concern, that 1 the matter 'of thii accusation had not been made known and enquired into in •the life-time of his late. Highness, when it might have been -fairly and can didly explained and answered. This circumstance alone led them to hope . ..that the Company did not seriously believe that a correspondence of such a description had in reality .happened ; though' .they might have felt themselves authorised in requesting an explanation concerning it : and under this con viftion, they could not but conclude that the terms. proposed to them at their last conference would be given up, as they were applicable to a situation of things which dig not exist. • . The Regents next professed themselves most ready to receive any proposals which might serve to promote a good understanding in resped to the existing engagements, or might render them more sonvenient to either of the subscribing parties ; though they were not sensible how they could be improved : at the same time they were apprehen sive that a new arrangement might give rise to dis cussions which had been long set at rest by the sub sisting Treaty. The Commissioners still. stood on their first grotind, and insisted,. in peremptory language, on the proposal.which they hag before made. Seeing there was no possibility ,of diverting theM entirely from this object, the Regents considered of an ex pedient, which, .in- their expeaation, ; might have induced the - Commissioners. to have foregone their proposal, at least in the extent in which it had been moved. Being well aware,. from an intimate knowledge of his late Highness's affairs, that the preceding Governors of Fort Saint George had looked for possession of the Tinevelly and some of •the- - adjacent countries as more convenient to-their alfairs -;• and sensible that the present Government, from the- nature of the . proposal made, had simi_ lar views, though in a more extended shape, they -determined, under .the peculiar. circumstances in which they stood, to meet their desires,. as much -as they could, consistent .with their own honour and the interests which they had been- given in charge. With this intention,, they proposed to deliver, into the_ .hands of the Company, for their entire management and cthstroul, the whole of the Tinevelly .and Madura - Provinces to the Southward,' and Ongole and Palnand to the North ; on the con dition-that the Prince of the Carnatic should be al lowed, in his•PeriodicalKists, the 'amount •rent of • such distrkls, agreeable. to the schedule-No. 2, an . vexed .to the ;treaty of 1792, being a-yearly sum equal to the full. amount of thesubsidy claimable by the Company, by.virtue of such treaty., To the proposal of the Regents, the Officers of Government gave a short reely—". That it would not in any way do "—and that nothing short of the demand which had been 'macle,.-could be accepted or considered. In consecinence of this disposition on the part of the Commissioners,. the Regents request. ed a; further time to refieCt, and were indulged to the next day. - _ ieOiltanticipate, that although the Regents have been disposed to' have rendered up more of the coun tries, (which really was the case), on a like condi tion with those 'already tendered by them, they could not unworthily bring themselves to- make an unqualified and unconditional surrender of those rights, which it was • their duty to proted• and guard. The meetings; therefore, to which I have last requested your-attention,. passed withooteffed. Seeing that the Regents were inflexible in their duty, and conceiving from my want of lenowled4e, in public concerns, that I might possibly be render ed an instrument, a I cannot burcOnsider, to my own undoing, the Commissioners at the last con ference, and towards the conclusion of if, sent a note to Lord Clive, who thereupon appeared at the Palace ; but instead of going to the apartment, where Negotiations had hitherto been carried on; his Lord ship went to the tent of Col. M'Neil, in charge of the Troops about the Gardens, and immediately re quested my attendance on him. I cheerfully complied with his Lordship's iequest and went to the tent. His Lordship thenaccosted me with seeming kindness, and begged "I would Well consider the Company's professed terms, which, if then negleded, would evade my accept ance for ever ; that they were now offered for the last time; that a liberal allowance should be Made out of the collelions, (but which his Lordship did not particulariSe) if I would listen favourably to his proposals.; but that if I did not incline' to them, that I should be reduced from the 'gran deur which awaited me, into an humble and pri vate station."—l observed to his Lordship " that I was not acquainted with matters of so high con. cern : that I was indeed an utter stranger to busi ness ;, that my royal predecessor liad wisely com- Mitred me to the care and attention of others, and had recommended my 'conformity to their ad vice ; that in respect to my father's will, and to the persons to whom my affairs were trusted, I could not think of answering for myself theimpor tan; propositiont made to me ;—but, from regard to his. LOrdship's charatter, and to the interests which he represented, I was inclined, not only to giVe my ready attention to what his Lordship communicated, but would advise ,the Regents, (if it were compati ble with their honour and. my own safety) to over look any formal diculty which might stand in the way of their acquiescence ; for this purpose, I would beg leave to acquaint, them with what had, passed, and would appoint an early day when his Lordship should have my answer."—His Lordship Observed that he would wait on me again the next day, at the same place, and took his leave. • In consulting with the Regents and the Cawns, and Omrahs of Empire, before whom the whole of what had passed at the preceding conferences was laid, Lwas fully advised of the dangers to which my affairs and family might be exposed, by the acceptance of terms so' disreputable, and so vague: an advice, which I had no reason to sus pect of prejudice, or infidelity, and by which, after the most mature consideration, I was determined to govern my condud. Accordingly •when tfie Governor came the next evening, acquainted him ingenuously, " that I could not accede to the offer which he had yesterday the- goodness' to make me; •. that I had every personal good wish for, the prosperity of the Company, and for the real and substantial interests of the British Nation, which I had been taught to admirofrom my earliest years, but that I could not sacrifice my own and my fa mily's rights, for any supposed benefit to the Com pany, or any provisional good which I was given to exped. Besides, the mode of surrender Aiaatal, and the ground on which it professed to be founded was such, that I co.sld not adopt it, without ren dering a credit to suggestions, highly dishonourable to those whom, by duty and religion, I was bound to honour and revere. I had already shewn an inclination to attend to the Company's requisi tions, in so far as they could be ,attended to ; and was much induced by my own sentiments, to extend the proposal which had been made on my behalf, even to a greater latitude, on the principle of the footing on which it had been made. My motives, therefore, for the non-acceptance of his Lordship's offer, could admit of no doubG . That I had the highest personal consideration for his Lordship, and would hope that the frank and explicit answer, which I had now given him, would not occasion offence." While I was delivering what I had to say, a number of Troopers rode round the tent with drawn swords; and an unusual guard of Seapoys were post ed at the door, whO traversed constantly to and fro, and a certain .degree of cOnfusion seemed to reign around. 1 endeavoured, nevertheless, to preserve a coolness and consistency of demeanour, requisite for the occasion ; and have to thank Heaven, that my reason and fortitude was not to be shaken by a cir cumstance, calculated to ,move them; and which, from after-prattices, I am sorry to add, that I can. not but imagine, was contrived with that view. doug. They, thertfore,firsL6etnok themstlves - to him whom' they well , _:-knew, if- he could be brought to consent, conk! give_ not only effect and legality' to their•unbounded views ; hut 'they„soon experienced, from the wise precautions of his, pre decessor, that he Was not left a. ready InStrument to their purposes (though not indisposed:in senti ment to: accept any 'reas - onable terms); and judg_. irig from the latter circumstances (which shewed a pVancy of character)-that he'might yet be made What • the Government desired to see him; they endeavour-- ed by prbmises, allurementS„ and threats, to mould him to their wishes. Bur seeing' in the event, that their_stratagems failed:while their ambition re mained unabated, they resort' to other expedients, that 'seemed to promise, if not a more .honourable,- at least a more succesful- issue, Their ambition. still exhibited is . . original mixed cflaraCter ; it pos sessed not any of that daring; o'en, and dazzling quality, which:leads the, world tci overlook the means in the splendour of the event ; ..but a lofty and towering mind, with a diminutive and half aes,.. sdred spirit, which aiTeas, but carr neVeeperfed a gieat or admirable achieiement. Disappointed in their first expectation, the Go-. vernment sought to accomplish their object by the instrumentality of the next immediate Prince to the Musnud of the Carnatic; -and unmindful of theorder and succession, and .of the. disposition : of his late : Highness, did not scruple to open negotiations with hilit for filling the Imperial Seat.- Rut I Shall not trouble you at any length on the many subterfuges, used on this occasion ; or of the measures adopto, through an oblique medium, of obtaining their 01i_ ginally intended end. On the z3d of July, (about eight days after the demise ,of his late Highness,) the Commissioners Of Government, whom I have had so often occasion to Mention, sent for Hussain ne Dowlak, (son-of . the Ameer, and nephew of his late Highness,) to the tent of Colonel M'Neil, and entered into' a Confe rence with him for some hours. They repeated their visits' every day, some times bringing with them large supplies of money, until the instant, when the Ameet's son was removed with great ceremony, and under * strong escort of the. Company's cavalry, to a house provided for him by the Government ; which place, a treaty was de vised. and executed, alienating, as I am toll, the whole territories and countries , of the Carnatic, to the possession Of the Company. During the time, even when these transaClions were passing, several representations were made to me, through Colonel IVl‘Neil, of the favourable disposition of GoVernment to me, and of the which would be lost by my refusing to meet their wishes ; that he was well assured that the Ameer's son. would readily - accept any terms which the Government should graciously grant to ".him ; but as I had delivered my sentiments publicly • to - the Officers of Government, and at ()pep conferences, I declined to hear any private . proposals ; and so infOrmed the Colonel, observing - at the time, that I implicitly believed whatever he told me respecting the Ameer's son ; for I well, knew that he would - receive what the Company would be pleased to give him, in lieu of the ter ritories of the Carnatic; for he Would ,be receiv ing every thing,' when he - had'nothing in reality to return. I need not acquaint you, (for it is a'common con sequence df the policy Lhave.licen describing), that every, means were used to spread dissentions in the family, and provoke counter-claims, in order to give the Government a colour for interference ; and notwithstanding the variety of contending in terests, which this stratagem put in motion, I am happy to say, that a sense of justice finally prevailed, and that there was but one opinion as to the suc cession, which ought to be consulted, and but one sentiment of the conduit of Government as to the measures adopted by them. And thinking that the united sense.of the Family and of the 'Mahomedan Lawyers might'have had a weight and influence, I inclosed two written in struments to the Government, declarative of their sentiments, on the as which Government were about to sanaiOn. Copies of which Papers. are in:. closed for your further, ,information. And hearing shortly after, that Government in tended to-place the Arneer's son on the . Musnud at all events and 'at all consequences,. I requested the Regents, in a public letter (a copy of which accom.,, pames), to address the Right Honourable the Go vernor in Caudell on the subjea of my affairs, re capitulating what had passed at the conferences with - me and them, professing our joint wishes to form such an alliance with the Company, as might ensure our mutual interests, and begging that they would open a negotiation with us in writing, .and in a direst way, which they had always previously declined; and we would endeavour to satisfy their expel tations as far as .our-means would allow. But to the address of the Regents the,Government did not return an answer. • I.lllCesl. :;3"."(Z. t) Vic - 1 re to vour ,, C ive - s Innii gratiletir and - Col! sad - and .iniser" rezerse of it arid loiskest coridi' tihn of c rjticli humanity is capable . ! but, even t" meanest 'subjea of the very worst Governmen t / pssesses blessing, .which my "fo'ittine and fate I;irlii'dl He owns the gratifying sensetion'of I.o l °` v/ in t , : himself safe amidst the . society :of his fellows.' .1,,a,1as ! ve no ftiendly nor kins.ily. ty ; none of those relations anti - 'ties 'which are to secure the Coing . )rts and happines's of life- - a li• unir,, as it were, in the siirn of the people of the. Carnatic, I ani delivered into the hands- of an my, who has but one at to execute—to ,finish 11 15 career. . , .• . . . If I fair of -your . aaive ser:rices, your z ealous and strenuous support, there' is but one short step to inevitable' destrustion ; let ine intreat 'and hI . that 'you_ take the immediate time to CP " the-removal of the ills which are about to ove-r . r From the dista'nce which interVenest. froni my ignoranee-'of the fit 'and prbper means of remedy, antr•from my sensibility of, .the injuries with which I am severely galled,: tknow not.wi?'" r course to try. In your judgment, experience, au" . cooler cteterthindtion,.l confide and rest. 'tNGLISH LOTTERY, Begins Drawing August 2,-.1 . 802, f • And consists of only zg.,000 Tickets, instead 0 60,090. - The lowest Prize is 191. and, the Prizes to be paid in Sterling Money. - There are two Prizes of zo,oool. each--tw t ° • of ro,oool.—two of s,oool—twooi of r,o6o l ..—and 7069 Prizes from cool. t(!A9 I - ---* The Tickets, Halves, Quarters; Eighths, and SI teenth stamped Shares, are' sold and registered 1 1 Mr. NICHOLSON, at his State Lottery Office, 1\10. 1 "' Cornhill; London ; where the foliowing Pt r.ions - r e ; ceived between Twelve and Thirteen Hundred 'Pounds each, for the Sixteen Sixteenth Shares ° I. the Ticket No. 17,993, drawn a'Prize of 20, 0 c ° the 7th ,of last r viz.—Mr. Sutton, of ' 4 : farthysa, near Cardiff, Wales ; a-Club.of Trade s g7 ) , - and Gentlemen's Servants,' held at Mr. Ryan's , t i.; Hotel, Sr. James's-street, Bath; Mr. Haric oc i ' .., Taylor.. and Sexton of the Abbey Church; Mrs. Martha Cainpart,' Daliton; near Hacknq, - '; g Club at Deptford; Kent, 'at . , Mr.• John 131.1 . teher,Nw ; a Club also at Deptford, held at.. l " ( ; 4: Smith's, the Fishing Smack; Mr.-Davis, deJlec i l r. old clothes, No. , - Gravel'ilane, Houndsditch Beadle and Michael Wood, Dartford, Kent ; I.Yi rs • Castle, Tanner, Long-lane, Southwark ; Mr.Creiler' Shbemaker, at the Kirk-gate, Leeds ; Miss Cdrre r ! Newbury;..Berks ; • Mr. Reid, at .Dundee 1 5 t5 ' Hawkins, at Stamford, Lincolnshire ;, Tradesni all in Holborn ; a Gentlern in at Birmingham, and. 3 Lady: in Bond.stre.et,,—. B. The three last ire , '" tioncd have desired their names not to be traa c 20,198, a Prize . of 2,6051. toTts" 7 Gantlemen; 'Merchants, ; and , in foqfiel Lotteries a 'very greatpropurtion- - of the CaP it3 Orders from the Country, post-paid, accompanie with 'good Bitls, , Post'Office Orders,--Bank S ; c 5 .? &c. pttnually, attended to. • - • •} SKIP• NA-O:S%. • • .GRA'vz - srgir, juNr.'tdi • Passed by--the Jessie, West, front lipurdeaux ; I°` ll7 l.' Prefon, - atal St. toSeph;' from Charleston ; PUtier, 'front - Jamaica ' Mary, Todd, from Str.vrna ; bler; liafrisSbn, front S'tockhOltii •Margareti : Trieste; front".Pallas, Dajday, frb . Naples ; ; Nelly; and Expedition,' Gran", from Petell i ,. l- N. Alert; Hill, allot Adventure, —., fro'l)autzict nit Sailed— M the ary, Crou rry ey,-for Madeira - HoPe, . - 40 ,, chell, for. Mogadore; ,Comfort,;, for Q i c y, , and "Tarries, Lin'cligreen, Tor ,South Carolina ; Bee, for Ndples ; and Good Hope, --, for Itogerdain. , MARRIED. ' ' On MondaY last, 'at St. Mary's, Nottingharn, by Dr. Haines, the Hon. and Kay. Walter Httt.:lii;..ion As` s ) A.: to Miss Haines, eldest daughter of the Re - v: Dr. lian:ies, • car cf St. Mary's, Nottingham. DIED. - EA' On WedneSday last, at the seat of 'James Bourchier at Link: liqkliainstect, Hems, Walbank Cho" - Esq. of Cariaey Eod;te, in he Couny of . of near' t Henley; t Mrs. Fisher,. 1 " - Mr. William Fisher„ . • o p STUCK.`,, YES T,E Bank Stock *lB4 • Navy per Ceikt. shut ; per Cent.. i 797, to. 41- 1 ,4 I risk ; per Cent, tool ,tpetCL;nt,C_orn. . ; . pct Cent. Red. 73,1-11- ; per Cent. Con. shut Ditta.SCrip, • - • I;:nitt 1., Ann. toy t 6 Ditto Short Ann. 5 Ditto Scrip Al3£ Y. India Bonds Ex•die.q. 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