The Sun.
London, England, 1802-02-16 00:00:00

SPECLVEN ORrEKT AL'COMPSS IT 10

EXTRACT. or A LETTER ADDR ESSI-.1) BY-RIS HIGHNESS
ONID1:1" UL OMERAH CATE NABOB OE THE
CARNATIC, TO THE RIGHT.HON. LORD CLIVE.. TRANS-
LATED FROM THE ete.sl.A.N rnE NABOVS OWN HAND

WRITING.

.4 It is then the most important duty of my life, a duty
which I owe.tpnly friends, and to the world, to my honour
and charader,as a man and as a Sovcieign, to detail to your
Lordship the oppression and injury, and the insuiti and disgrace
which 1 have sultio-ed.by the servants of the Company, and to
demonstrateto your Lordship, and to the world, that if I
fail in my engagements, and that my Country•be assumed in
conSequenee; the limit is not mine, and that.nry disgrace and
ruin will be occasioned 5.9/4,v by the conduct of the servants
of the Compa.v. ,Nor will I. suiFer Without comp Faining. I
will approach the thrnite of that wise, just, and merciful
'Prince, ivh9.gOverns his vast Etnpires with the.mild hand of
a tender parent, and frdra him, my Father and my Protector,
.1 will ask justice, and),(-Our.LordshiP -kno.b.4 that I shall not
ask in v in.. I will appeal to the British Nation, WhoSe can-
dour an .
'`generosity 1 •arn welt acquainted.-with, who ac-
knowlec -T•.! no. j,,,,-,,i becinil the laws by which they are gO-
verned, and who are ever ready to espouse the cause of the
oppressed; they will listen to my grievances with the ear of
• attention and the feelings of benevolence ; nor will they re-
main inactive in my behalf.—Every, consideration which is
dear to mein life prompts and' urges me to make these une-
'quivocal avowals to your Lordship. Hitherto I have con-
fined myself to entreat!es and
.sopplications' and which by
. many may be regarded 'as to linmitiating, andbelow the rank
I hold in life ; but to my own breast •1 stand acquitted: my
motives were the,most pure and honourable, arid I was en-
couraged to hope that they would have had due weight with
your Lordship, and-procured a redies-s of those grievances of
which-Pcomplained ; and I repeat that it would have attbrded
toine the highest gratification to receive at your Lordship's
. hands that'Satistadion which 'I felt thyself cotripelled to so
-
• licit, and to which my stztiyings are justly entitled. But,
instead of redress, your Lordship has not taken any notice of
my complaints, and my wrongs are permitted to accumu-
late. ~ , .

" When these truths shall meet the consideration of the.
impartial, will it not de said, that finding me piaaLia./ in my
kists and the fulfilment of my engagements, are delineated
by the Treaty ; there did not appear Any prospect? of acquiring
the possession of my Cduntry, and. that therefore the servants
of the Compaly were allowed to destroy my authority, to insult
and dirgraee me, to imprison and scoarge my People, to prevent
SOUCUIS and Merchants front having any transactions with
the C rear; to.put a stop to my revenues, and procure
isupro-
per'testimony againSt me.
" ad,. A Husbandman had a rich and extensive garden, fair
as the face of Nature, planted with- tall and majestic trees,
whose fruit hung in vast clusters, like strings of amber,
tinged by the ruby's brightest hue-: ,a river, delicious as the
streams of Sarnerkand, flowed throngh it, marginedlaY- the
most delightful verdure, adorned by bowers that diffuseddilo-
riferous sweets, which, like the musk of K.oten, perfumed,
the air. The Husbandman had a lage family and nuineroin
dependants, and from the produce of the garden they enjoyed
the gaieties of profusion, beneath the 'wide-spreading vine of
Contentinent.. A Stranger from a tar distant Country ap-
peared iiiiougst thent:: the door of hdspitality was opelie4 to
him, aril he was welcorancl with the embrace of sincerity.
The Husbandman addressed the Stranger, and his laligU:lg
was devoid:of guile ; you shall, reside With us, and we Will.
he brothers.: Our interests shall be one, and we will reci.tro--
cagY assist kach other ; a poriicn of ihiS garden shall he your's,.
and from the remainder, which Providence has blessed with
abundance, you shall lave a share of the choicest fruits in,
count-lon with us.

. .
" The Strariger Wiled the. inttruinent of joy, and sung in
praiSe of generosity and friendship, of candour and sincerity
but, .alas I 'the words of the Stranr flowed not front the
heart. In the neighbouring towns'he soortfOrmed:connexions
which rendered him powerful, and he folloWed the guidance
•of ainbition. He cOMplained to th&Husbandanan, that the!
cornpad which had been tormed between them had been de-
parted front ; that the servants of the Husbandman had com-
mitted. outrages and violence Against his people and: posses.;
sinus, and that in order to create security against future depre-
dations, the separate authorities should' be united in one, and
that he -should hold the reins. The Husbandman heard with
sorrow the sug-,;estions of the Stranger, and he thorn of af-
fliCtion pierced him to the souk ; he placed, in his view the
occurrences of former times, and pressed on his consideration
the unsolicited kindness Which he had received, when acci-
dent introduced theM to rife knowledge of each other. The
Stranger heard the l usbanduiap with indifference, and treat-
ed him with contempt. The dwelling of the Husbandman
was no ter the mansion of sec uric, ;
_the Lieple of the
treesCJl were
deprived of their fruit, ere they had been touched by the hand
of maturity. Scarcity and want stalked through the once
enchanting spot, and the vine of contentment withered and
decayed.
" The Strahger viewed the dreary change with ex/drat/on
and rriumpb, omit charged the Husbandman With misconduct
and abuse ai pgwer. The tongue of malevolence dwelt on
the theme • and the world, in recounting the misfortunes of
the ilusbar: ' dman spoke of his miseondual and his abuse of
power, and exclaimed, "he is justly punished." The
Husbandman's anguish bast forth, and he said—The 'chil-
ling blasts of calumny have destroyed the fait • blossoms of
my fame, and the. voice of friendship is heard no more with-
in my habitation. Th 4, s,,n of my glory, by its, lengthened
shade, shews how nearly it has approached tne region where
darkness commences, •and where all is horror. My generoi
sity has proved injurious to my prosperity,---my. sincerity has
procured reproaches, and the friend of my: bosom turns
against me with a hostile hand: Crushed are all my Jtopes,
and the prospea of happiness vanishes from my sight—the
rose has fallen, and the stalk, with all its thorns, alone re-
mains M my hand. -What, cad 1 write more?
"My Lord, complain complain !;---1 complain !"

SHIP NEI VS .

.f. 1.1.7.4,11.7714", FEB. 13

Saila this ci:ly—tile Venus, Rees, for Bristol ; Resolution,
DavictS;'for Newport; Good Intent, Grenville,. for Bristol;
Tauntem, Owes, for Liverpool ; and Eliza, Brooking, for
Leghorn.
Arrived—the Sarah, Brokensha, frdm Cowes ; Martin,
Newport, Waterford; and Robert and George, Beman, from
Southampton.

GRAVESEND, FER. 14.

Passed by—L'Egypiienne Frigate, from Gibraltar; Thais,
Pearson, from Hambro' ; Bush and Dragon, —, .frorn. Bre-
men.

Sailed—the Harriot, King, .for India; Champion, 1--„
Jamaica Planter,. Dewell, BrUnswick, Drysall, Earl St.
Vincent, Hutton, and Raikes, NeWton, for Jamaica;; Hat-
riot, Shaw, for Lisbon ; Creor.ge; Henderson, for Baltimore ;
Brunswick, CArr tor .Martinique; Hope, Nelson, for. St.
Croix ; and British Tar, Tod, for Dublin.