The Sun.
London, England, 1807-07-30 00:00:00

BRITISH REP7EIP:

Some Account of the Pub and a Seleaion from the
uppuldisked Writings, of the Earl of VAVARTN EY The
„latter consisting of Extriels from an .Account of the Rus.
sian Vinpire; a Sketch of the Political History of Ireland ;
trnd a lovrhaf.of I rithassy from the King of Groat Bin-
tain to .the I::itiperor of China ; with en Appendix to each
'Volume. by louN Bit,aa ow, F.K S Author of "" 'Era.
Arc 4 in China.'' " Southern Africa" and of "A,
'Voyage to Ccrchinchina."

As the chara6ler and transactions of the NABOB
of Arteor are likely to become the objeas of parti-
cular attention in any future enquiry into the Ad.
ministration of the MaeqUiB WBLLESI:XY, in India,
it is proper that the People of ibis Country should
be fully acquainted with the disposition and contluti
of the deceased Prince. The history of this extraor-,
dinary man is succinElly but clearly given'in the va-
leable work 1.40 re us; and we therefore submit the
following Extract to our Readers, entirely coinciding
with the ingenious Author in his observation, that,
froM all we have heard, the history of this Nabob's
clnaluet towards this Country is pretty nearly a his.
• tory of that of most of the other native Princes at
the same rank in India.
"'The treacherous condal of this faithful Ally
to. the Company Oa he affeds. to stile himself), in
exciting and encouraging its enemies, and corrupt-
ing its servants, was alone sufficient to deprive him
of any favourable. consideration ; for he was and had'
long been, its every senile of the word, a traitor to
the interests-of those to whom he owed every, step
of his present elevation, and every pretension to
rank and power. , Whatever these pretensions might
be at any other time fbr independent sovereignty, he
haA now made a temporary resignation of. them by
a voluntary at of his own, and a voluntary decla-
ration to the Court of'Diretors that he had 'done so.
His subsequent repeotance argued, no violence nor
unkindness in those to whom he had assigned. the
management ()chili country, but ficklettess of judg-
. spent and inequality of temper in him. His preten.
"sions, indeed Ivere not at any tithe ;rounded on the
best foundation. He first rose into notice by a train
(et sudden and unfortunate accidents to others. His,
father held a very subordinate Office under the Son-
halubtr or Viceroy of the Decan in one of the North-,
ern Circars, from whence' he was removed to the
command of the garrison of Arcot, in the room of
Abdalla, who, on the eve of his intended departure
trent that fbrtress, eas found. dead' in his bed. No
qiie doubted that th.s sudden accident, was brought
about, as Walian Jab expre's'ses it', a according to the
rule and practice of -Hindestau.' The government
Of this place had been d,!stined for Seid Mahomet,
youth net yet of an age fit to govern. This youth'
Was assassinated by the same roleand praClice, in the
presence o 1 hint who had succeeded Abdalla, and
to whose care he was entrusted. By these two gas
he:seated Itimse:f in the government, which he con-,
firmed to hold till, in the course of the contests
with opposite elaio.atits, and•tho avengers of young
Maliomet's death, lie fell bravely, in battle at Am-
ben... His ,eldest son,.. whilst pursuing his father's
eitorageous exampl-e, was taken prisoner in. the field,
but' the secOnd; Mahomet Ali, afterwards the Na-
bob Wallau Jah, secored himself by flight. With
ia-siogularaiod fortunate foresight of those accidents,
be had procured !row the Sonbandar of the Decan,
in preference to his eider brothvrn, a reversion to the
subordinate goVerninent of the Cardatic; or, with
a boldness and quickness .of address suited to the
occasion, andxhittm.teuanced by frequent • examples
in the contusion of the Mogdl Empire, he asserted
at 'once that lie had such 'a reversion; To 'this title,
' real -or pretended, whirl) however was generally be.
lieved to;be.a forgery, he had very little.in addition
to recommend his peetensicms. The authority was
• not siipported
.by reputation, troops, or ' treasure.
The people were attached to his opponents', the,fa-
mily of their .former Governors. ,f-le applied for
Atipport in coin to the French East India Company;
'they were engaged in different Views—those views
extended to the exclusiVe, possession of the country. .1
Their Repreaentative claimed -the lionoors 'and pri-
vileges of a Nabob in his own person, and the na -
bobship of the;Ctirnatie for Chunda. Saheb: The
English gain India Cbmpany saw they must either
'abandon the coast or dispute the'possession of the
try with titer Ettrope.in Their inter-
ference' was a matter of necessity, not of choice.
The constitutional authority of the Mogul was hid
in the anarchy,of4he times. It was, for that period,
a vacated dominion, which• converted occupancy:
into or right, Under such circumstances .Mahotnet
afteril,a'rds the Nabob WallarJab, 'accontpa,
hiedd the English troops. gave'thern,'
the assist-
ance of his advice, and he contributed the 'influence,
such as it vas,. of his' new But ;so. little "at
that time did he or the English think of conquering,
`merely for him, that 'the•Company's Colours %vote
itegniarty hoisted 'on the forts that surrendered to its
-arena..' :I afterwards, desired, not as a mailer of
right, but. to encreasshisauthority, and to' convince
the people of the'OtmploY'S esteem it r him, that
the flag of the CirearOratabehstitp might be hoisted
rin,t he country forts;: J3efore he joined :the Euglish
Lite dicl.npt,
,pett oaasaess a sin de village in any
part of the province : Izs'ench had conquered the
"wfiele, poasessed ' tO'"WirOle, garrisoned 'the forts
Wlth abet r ttopps,tandepile4led the revenues ;;.those
forts were afterwards retalwa, the French drbocto out,
and the whole...cowl/1T reeooquered, not by the Na-
,zibob,asor hisyeopte, but by the English alone, at a
vast expenCe ef,blottd and treasure. .After had
done this, nothing prevented. them fromikeeping the
whole, as'a depentiero c iuntrY, hut tbeir modera-
I, •
tion;winch was then' no leis sigwd than their vialor
They delivered thiSe. conquered
on
into tile' Nabob's adinitiistrdtiba . ; and, oh his part;
be was well `conteht to -beat the name only of Ma-
naginc.their affiirs in the Carnatic,'leaving,itr effeEt,
the power still in tiw' hatids the taneuerers.- -By
this short aketch, whieb .is true iu'everylaart, may ,
be, seen bow much idle deelatuation been
-.1)10)",,;,d, on'varionroCelsions, to impresa upon 'the
keilids of the Pnplic
:an idea that our Indian E'mpirc. .
%%Ili originally obtained bk-violeece and injustice to-
e. wards ahe nativea t bet cis 'it, was, in *kr obtained
by; oong4erilig thaw, who had seized it ,by violence,
and held kbyinaustice.
. ,
r Wirtfbjfie(l, of Nabob was uninterruptedly con-
tomedtitt3',l!ilahoteed Ali, 1:1j. sanatioWpt ihe
acid a geouine,commission for, the Nabob-