The Sun.
London, England, 1805-03-28 00:00:00

ffom the right of tltc captors Whl had defeatid the
telny's Troppi in the Little-of 'Del4l, and, in
constAuence of that glorious vi6tary, had captured
the City and Fortress of ;Delhi, occupied at that
-time by' a division of the Enemy'.s Artny. ' That
no circumstance apriared to warrant a suggestion,
that this deposit could have been
~interided fOr the
set vice of Hie MAjesty, although placed in the hands
:of the Chief Officer of. His Majesty's 'rreattry.--
That-the state-of Indigt'nee and tni%ery to which His
Majesty, .his Royal
_Family and
.Household, had'
long been reduted by.the Mabratta rower, excluded
the possibility of a supposition, that M. Drogeon
intended to contribute so large a stuns to relieve the
sufferings ofShah Aulurn and his impoverish,:o Court:
That the objea of the' deposit
,vvas .evidently to
elude the rights of the Conquerors, and to cover
the property, of the Enemy ire the,lrands of His Ma.
jesty's'Officers, and under the Royal.s44tne, with.
out the authority or knowledge of the 'Emperor, and
without any intention of relieving His Majesty's
urgent distress ,That under the conclusion, there.
fore, that the residue of the oOginal, suits of six
lacks of rapees, deposited, by ,M. Drugeon in Alm,
'hands of Shah Newaz Khan,
.cootinued, to be really
the public property of the. Enemy,.. lite eight of that
property appeared io the Governor General to have'
been vested in the British Government by the eon.

quest of Delhi.
Under these circumstances the Governor General
expressed his, entire approbation of the (';:ornmander
in Chief's condu(f.
'rite Governor General proceeded to observe, that
1415 Majesty Shah Aulum, having inteli pleased to
offer the Army as a donatiOn, the suns of money
claimed by his Excellency in right,-of conquest, the
C,)mmander in Chief could not have didined to ac-
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cep( that offer without injury. to His M.ijesty's dig.
nity, unless at the same time the Commander in
Chief could have. relinquished altogether the claim'
on the part of the British Government- to that part
Of the property of the, Enemy ; and that, in the
judgment. of. the Governor. General, the. Commander
in Chief would not have been justified in relinquish.
tug that claim,,without the express authority of the
.a.overnor General in Council.
The' Governor General further ,stated to the
Commander' in Chief, that the,Treasure in question
being law:ut prize, the Governor General could not
have deetned%himself warranted, in any stage of the
transaaitm (under the Fircomstances stated by the
Commander in Chief) to have authorised his Ex.
cellency to withhold the assertion of the claim of
the Briiish Goveinment to obtain the Enemy's pia.
perty from the hands in which i; had been concealed;
adding, 'that she limited amount of the sum, coot.
bined with the memorable events which attended
the conquest, would have rendered the Governor.
General peculiarly anxious to secure, for the pur.
pose of granting to the Army, a reward earned by
a degree of etertion and merit which had never been
surpassed. ' . .
The Governor Gerteral, therefore, by-those In.
strut'tions, authuriied and direded the. Commander
in Chief, to consider the Tteasures, amounting to
five lacks and forty thousand rupees* received as a
donation froM His Majesty, hut, being really the
property of the Enemy,, to be prize7money granted
by the authority of the povernor General in Coun.
ea to the Army, in testimony of the hi h sense
entertained by the Governor. General in,Cerecii
the discipline, perseverance, fotritode an 4.
pzeal,
displayed
,by that gallant Army. .
The Governor General, however, ,thoez,ht it ad.
visable to, take an opportunity of paying, an equal
-auto to the ,use of the Emperor, in such
,a manner,
as should be roost acceptable to His Majesty, a..,)ti
as should secure its due application to His. Makstity's
service.