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London, England, 1802-09-08 00:00:00

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lIVDI4I 134,410*R5.

When the fame men conflitute, themfelves ac.
Infers, profecutors, jury, and Judge in their own
caufe, what iullice is to be expeaed from them ?
Let Britons judge, even from the cautious Rate-
menus of the accufers themfelves, whether the na-
tional charaler is not degraded and vilified by the
proceedings to which thefe paptrs allude ? The
following is an extras from a Report of Meas.
Webbe and Clofe, explanatory of their proceed-
ings at the Palace of his late' Highnefs the Nabob,
in their interviews or negociations with the Regents
and Taje ul Omrah:
" July 15, 18ot.
" In conformity to your Lordfltip's inftruaions
taT proceeded to the Palace of Chezitile, having
previoufly caufed a metlage intimating our ap-
Irma& to be communicated through the channel
of Lieut. Col. Macneil, to the principal Officers of
the late ]kabob Omdut ul Omrah.
" On our arrival at Chepauk, wt were received
by Nejecb Khan, Tuckia Ally Khan, Kadir Na-
was Khan, and Mr. Thomas Barrett, who intro.
duced themfelves as the principal officers of the
Government of his Highnefs Omdut ul Onirah.
tiejeclo Khan appeared to hold no diftin.t office,
but to have been a companion of the family fince
the time of Anwar ud decn Khan, and to have
been confulted generally on all occafions of inte-
tell to the Nabob of the Carnatic. Tuckia Ally
Khan was entridled with the military affairs of the
late Nabob. Kadir Nawas Khan, fupetintended
the general and internal departments of his High-
nefs's government : But the moil important de-
partment of his Highnefs's government, the admi-
nifiration of the revenues of the Carnatic, had
been entruaed to the charge of Mr. Barrett.. As
that branch of the Nabob's Government affected

snore particularly than any other the rights and
interefts of the Company, we judge it to be proper
to explain to your Lordthip, that Mr. Barrett is of
the loweft tribe of native Portugnefe, equally defli-
tute of education; manners, and knowledge.
I, We enquired whether any particular arrange-
ment had been made by the Nabob for the adn;u-
nifiration of the affairs of his Government, in the
event which had recently occurred ? and having
been informed that an authentic will, under his teal
and fignature, had been left by Omdut ul Ofinah,
we defired that it might be produced. Nejecb
Khan, who direCted the converfation, made the
nfual objeCtions, founded ofi the recency of the
Nabob's death, on the necefGty of allowing a hi&
dent interval of time for the ceremonies of the oc•

cation, and on the decorum of poftponing to open
the will until the heir appointed th?uld lie at liberty,
in conformity to the labial praThce, to attend to
the tradaaion of public bufineft. We replied,
that the Bridal Government was aware of tß"pit--
"railing ,ufages obferved by the Profellbri Of thf,
Mahommedan religion on all ordinary oceafitns
of this nature ' • that your Loidlhip could have in
With that. thole dages fhoulki be unneeeihriii
tranfgreffed ; bat that the affairs_of a greitt 0b
'eminent, on which our requeft was !blinded,
could not be regulated by the ordinary piaaice of
individual families. Having in confequtnce been
informed that the Nabob had appointed his re-
puted fon (Fadjul Ourrah, commonly called Ally
Hu(tain) to be his foleteir, We again urged the,
ueceffity of producing the will, and requefted that
the young manlhould be introduced to us.
4, The Khans having been joined by Mr. Bar-
rett, returned, affenting to our requeft; and, after
a than delay, the young man was introduced with
the will in his hand. The will having been °paned
rind read by Kadir Nawas Khan, was found to be
an authentic inftrument, expreffing in clear, dif-
tina, and explicit .terms, the will of the Nabob
Omdut ul Ornrah, dint his reputed fon (Ally 1-luf
fain) thould fucieed him in the potheon of all his
rights, poffeffions, property, and in the fovefeignty
of the Carnatic. The will alto appointed biliho-
sited Nejeeb Khan, Salar Jung, and Tueka Ally
Khan, to affift the reputed fon of Omdut ul Omrah
in the adminiftration of his affairs.

44 On the departure of Ally fluffain, we re-
quefted a private conference with the two Khans
only, who had been appointed by the will of
Omdut »1 Omrah, to affift the Counfels of his fon.
Aiterfome preparatory obfervations on the impor-
tance of the fubjed which we were defirous of
difeuffing, and on the confequent neceffity of
fuperfecling the ordinary forms obferved in private
families on fimilar occafions of adsfottune, we pro-
ceeded, with the concurrence of the Khans, to gate
the nature of the written documents difcovered at
Seringapatam. Nejeeb Khan expreffed the grate it
degree of furprize at this communitatiqp, Rtofifild
his entire ig• norance of the fubjear:and protefted
that it was impoinhle for tbe Nabob% Omdut
ul Ontrah, to cherijh the intentions. imputed to his
liighnefs. Some of the principal docntnents hav-
ing been produced, Nejeeb Khan afferted, that
they contained none but eipeegibni of civility and
compliment ; and that the Marquis, Cornwallis
had 'repeatedy enjojned the Nabob* ltisthornmed
Ally and Omdut ul Omrah, to cultivite 7t Menai
intercourfe with TipPoo §ultatin; that the teal! 1
tendency of the correspondence PrOchtied tvai
direded to that objea, in co nairmity to the in-
'nations of Lord Cornwallk and that the Nabob
Orndut ul Omrah bad 'recently add fled tint*Ft
to Lord Cornwallis on The fuhiek of tbecorgi
munications. particalii waindth of the ex-
pregions ufed by Omdut ul Chitral), in his letter
add:l:fled to Cholarn Ally Khan on the 14th Ma
burrum, t 209, having been pointed out to Nejeeb.
Khan, he obferved that it was nothing more than
an expreflion of cjvilitywhichmightbaie beep urea
on any ordinary occation. The copy of the
cypher having been produced, Nejeeb Khan took
the opportunity offaying that the Mooniby of the
Nabob was prefent, and cobld be examined With
to the authenticity of die laand-Wiiting ;
it:hough the cypher appeared, u was gated
, to be a paper of a very fecret nature, caku-,
to•provide for the tmnfadiqn of affairs of
iip.etance, it fkight Uve been cohiexed:
archives of TippooSnUaun by the asavaiAts

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.courfe between Tippoo Suhalm andlhe family of
the Nabob Mohammed Ally, fuch explanations
fhould be affotded, and• fuch anfwers given, as the
different cafes might require, and that, the proofs
being compared, the company might form a com-
plete judgment
" This difeourfe being apparently intended to
confound the obje& of our deputation, we {toted
to the two Khans, that in iiiifes of difpnted points
between independent powers, neither party could
ere& itfelf into a judge of the conduet of the other
party ; that on tWie queßions an appeal could be
made only.to the general practice of the nations of
the world; and that fuch differences could only be
decided-by the means .poifeffed by each party re-
lpettively to provide for its own fecurity ; that
with refpc to the prefent cafe, the irroft abundant
proofs were-in the poffelfion of the Britifh Govern-
ment of- the violation of-fhe alliance between the
Company and-the.late Nabob, and, particularly of
the exprefi itipulations of the Treaty of 1792 ;
that the Britifh Government being fatisfied of the
futhciency, of thole, proofs, had no intention of
confiituting itfelf a judge of the condtia of its ally;
but that, being prepared to appeal, if neceffary, to
the eftablifhed maxims of the public law of na-
tions,it ha d-refolved to demand from the late Nabob
Omdut ul Omrah fatisfaaion for his violation of
the alliance, and fecurity for its rigbte and inte-
tells againft the future operation ofhis Highnefs's
hoftile councils ; that the indifpofition, which had
terminated in the death of the Nabob Omdut ul
Omrah, had prevented the execution of the Go-
vernor-General's orders for this purpore ; that al,
though nis Highnefs's right to the fupport and
friendfhip of the Company bad been entirely cut
ofPby his violation of the alliance, the Britifh Go-
vernment being fill defirous of preferring the con-
nexion fo longlubfitling, would be difpofed to, ex-
tend thole fentiMents to the reputed fon of Omdut
ul Omrah, if an adequate fecurity could be cite-
Walled for the rights of the Company in the Car-
natic through the channel of an amicable acijuft-
ment. The two Khans repeated, that they were
ignorant of the exiflence of the fuppofed fecret in-
tercourfe between the Nabobs Walajah Omdut ul
Omrah and TipPOO Sultaim ; and Nejeeb Khan
in particular Rated, that from the,tenor of his in-
tercourfe with the family of the Nabob, as walks
from the expreihons of the will, he did' not. con-
fider hiinfelf at liberty; or in any way authotifed to
giie an atiftver upon Co momentous a cititftion,
without cOrifultitig and obtaining the coaeot of the
family' Arid Minifters of the late Nabob. We pro-
ceeded to ernlain (lowly and diftinetly to the two
Kirois the codifeofieafoning and the propofitions
conteined in the deelitratiOn tt'anfmitted from Ben-
jai, which the Khans having heard with great at-
tention, sre repeated thosarguMents founded on
thigtattice of nations, and on the right of the
Ooiertitient to provide for the fafety of its
interefts, and we demanded- to know whether the
Khans, on the part of Ally Huffain, were difpofed
to an adjuftmcnt of the claims of the Britith Go-
! vernment through the Channel of an amicable ne-
lgociation: . They profeffed the greateft degree ,of
refpea and attacinnent,to the Britifh taiternment ;.
(tared that they confidered theinfelves and the
Whole family iminuiiediate etifeetion ;
dwelt on the general irnPollSbility of their proceed-
ing by any other than amicable means in the let-
, dement of the affairs of the Carnatie or of the
:miffig: ndifferent:is with the Britifh Government ;
but carefully avoided a dire& anfarer to the pro-.
pofition had Rated off that &by& The day
being far advanced, the Khans took an opportu-
-
-nay of urging 0* neetritty of their attention to
the funeral oldie Nabob Omdut ul Oriirah, and
t 44. the preparations of removing the corpfe to Tri-
chinopoly. This plei was urged in fo forcible
Manner, upon the grounds of public deeornm, and,
of COnfideratiOn for the feelingi Of the family,.thst
we yielded without further difeuffion to the evi-
dent defire of the Khans to conclude the confer-
ence, without giving a pofitive anfwee to our pro:
pofition. .It was agreed, hoWever, that an inter-
view fhoold take pfiee on the evening of the next
day; at which the Khans tamed us they would be
prepared to give a fpecific anfwer to oar propoti-
tions, after confulting the family and Minifters of
the late Nabob npon the fubjeet of this conference.
" In proCeeding to take pate of the Khans, we
Aired them in the moil unequivocal terms, that
on the anfwer which they intended to give to our
propofttian would depend; whether the Britifh
vtitubent would acknowledge the claims of the re-
puted fon of the late Nabob Onttlat ul Ontrah to
the flipport of the Company, or whether the Bri
tilli Government fhould proceed to take filch mea-
1-tires as 'it might deem to be expedient for the fe-
entity of its rights and inter.gs in the Carnatic.
Jviv 16th.—At (even o'clock this-evening we.
psocwled, according to apmintment, to meet the
two Khant sit ih Mace otehepauk. :before we
proceeded to the dire* ohjea of the ebnikrenee,
we cinninunieated to Nejeeb khan and Tuckia
Ally Khan, a Perfian tratiflitiOn the declara-
tion. After Joetitfing a ettnliderable pact of the
piper, Nelieb Khan olArted, thatit contained
the 'ante rnattei as was explhined to him On the
preceding daY;• that he entirely eempreheaded
the eourfe hf the reafoitint, and that be did not
reqUiie any farther etplinirion eh the fttbjed. He
repeated his conviltion, that it was inipoiable for,
Onsdut ul Omrah to iii age in a cOrrefpowdenee
injurious to the &kWh mtereas; and Mated, as a
confirmation' of his beliefs die adhlrence of the Na-
bob to die pecuniary flipulation of his engagc•
mans, and the probability gist thefe means had
been utopia by his Hishnefs's enemies to injure
his repntadOn.
4, We proceeded to flue to. the ,Khans the incon-
veniences which bad been *unflawed from 'the
effets of a divided Government : the difficulty of
applying, ender fetch a fyllem, the refoarces of
the Cantatic to the exigencies of the public ler-
vice, and the impotfibility of introducing a regu-
lar form of internal Government, until die *felt,*
of the exilting fy4em &cold 'be corrected. We
then informed the Khans, that the only remedy
applicable to the errors Or the mien ;Govern-
: meat of the Cartage was, the fib on of roe
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appropriation of the. refouteet nt the Carnage,
during the Government of the Nabob, and under
the prellure of atual war, had been found from
experience to be incompatible with the objeas -of
the alliance ; and therefore the only. adequate
fccurity for the rights and interea of the Britifh
Government in the Carnatic; againft the danger:.
with which they had been menaced, was the entire-
and exclufive adminiilration of the Civil and Mi-
litary Government of the Carnatic. We-accord.
inip informed the Khans, that this condition
would form the bafis of the arrangement which it
was our intention to propofe to chem. Nejeeb,
'Khan obferved, that fuch a propofition was cal.'
culated to fruftrate the profeffed thjea of the ar:
rangemefit ; for if the entire•Government,of. the
Carnatic fhould betransferred to the hands of the
Company, 'the Ration of Nabob of the Carnatic
would be annihilated. We replied to the Khans;
that the condition now pmpored staual!y exifted in
the Treaties of 1787 and t 792; 914 that.althogir
the entire Civil and Military Government'of the
Carnatic had been transferred; mnieethe opera-
tion of thai condition, to the exclufive Adininiftra-
don of the Company, no doubt was entertained
that the rank and dignity' of Mahommed Ally and
Omdut ul Omrah, as the Nabobs of the Carnatic,
had been preferved; we therefore drew this con.
clufion, that 'the rank and dignity of the Nabob
.of-the Carnatic could not'be injured by extending
the operation of that condition ; and that the ob-
jea of propofing an amicable tikiftment, inftead
of proceeding to exercife the rights acquired by
the Britifh Government, was manifeftly founded
in the defire of preferving to the family the rank,
dignities, and fplendour of the Nabobs of the
Carnatic. The Khan% admitted this argument to
be conclufive, but without coming to any, de-
termination on the fundamental propofition hated
by us, appeared to be defirous of knowing the ge-
neral outline of the arrangement, which it was in
the contemplation of the Britifh Government to
eftablifh. We thought it expedient to fatisfy the rn, by
.defcribing the principal parts of the plan intended
:by your Lordthip and by the Governor General,
,in the event of ah amicable adju9ment of affairs
'but we apprized the Khans at the fame time, that
;the intended arrangements, with refpea to the fa-
may affairs and dependants of Omdut ul'Omrah,
would be regulated by the acceptance or rejeaion
of the fundamental propofition ; for in the one
cafe the Britifh Government would be at liberty
to confult the diaates of moderation, liberality,
:and friendfhip ; but in the other cafe it would be
compelled to adopt fuch meafures of precaution,
for the fecurity of its rights and interefts, as the
hoftile conduct of Otndut ul Onwah had juftified,
and as would be rendered neceffary by the perfe.
verance of his reputed fon in the fpirit of thorn
Councils.

" The Khansentered into a defultory eonverfa.-1
lion on the long fubfifting conned lion betvreeat the
Company and the family of the late. Nabob ; in
which they were more defirous of referring the'
pretenfions of Ally Huffain to the Ripulations
the Treaty of ty9a, than to the adttal cipcum.
Iftanses which had occurred. We thought it there-
fore not unneceftbry to Rate again, that the right
of Otudut• utOmralt to the ftipport of the Com-
r pony, was founded' on the exprefe letter of gar
Treaty of 1793 ; that the whole fpirit of the al-
liance having been vitiated previoufly to the
oftenfible couclufion of the Treaty of tyga, the
Nabob Omdut ul Ontrait had, by his own con-
da6i, annihilated the rights intended to be con-
veyed to him by that mftrument ; that confe-
qaently he left his reputed fon in his own condi-
tion • that having placed himMf in the relation of
a• public enemy, his reputed fon had fucceeded to
that condition ; that although the Britifh Govern-
ment had fulpended the exercife of its rights, it
acknowledged no other claim oft the part of Hof-
fain, and that therefore, in admitting him to
negociate upon any terms, it was ;gloated by ow-
tivesof generofity enconneßed with .any right in
the family of hfahommed Ally to refill its demand
for fecurity. The Khans made a civil anfwer to
the fubflance of this communication, but at the
fame time indicated, in the &one manner, that
they were by no means difpofed to accede to the
fundamental propofition of the intended arrange-
ment ; they Rated that it was a &Ned of fo much
importance, as to preclude them from giving an
afifwer without a full confultation with all the
branches of the family ; they therefore requefted
that they might be permitted to poftpone until the
next day their final anfwer upon the fubjed of the
two conferences.

ig In the aftual fituation of the family of the
late Nabob Omdut til Omrah, we confidered our.
felves at liberty to accecle to the requeß, under a
formal intimation to the Khans, that as the ar-
rangement of the affairs of the Carnatic could
not be, protraeed without material injury to the
internal tranquillity of the country, we should e -
pet to receive an anfwer fo determinate as to en-
able the Britith Government to proceed to adopt
the meafures fufpended by the prefent negociat ion.
We accordingly took leave of the Khans, with
an affurance that they would be prepared to deliver
a final anfwer the next day."

MITH.
On Sunday, in Hatiey-firect, the Lady of John Dolton, Efq.
M. P. of a daughter.

MARRItI).

Thurfday hit, at Kingfton, Thos. Price, Efq. to Mifs Smith.
Saturday hit, at St. Mary Aidermary, Watling-ftreet, Mr.
Batter, of St. Mary Axe, to Mifs Crook, late of Cloak-lave.
Monday, at St. Luke's Church, Old-ftreet, Mr. Jas. Erdalle,
of Finfintry-fquare, elddt fon of James Efdailc, Efq. of Upinin-
itet, Rffex, to hdfs Amelia Kennedy, of Bunhill-ros.., London.
On the zft Init. Robert Grleme, Efq. younger of Garvoclt, to
MI6 Jean Anne Aytoon, daughter of the late Willlarn.Aytoun,
Mfg. se..ev to the Signet.
At Glafgovr, on the loth ult. Mr. James Davidfon, manufac-
turer there, to Mifs Elizabeth Gardner, daughter of the late
Mr. William Gardner, merchant.

At Rome, on the tads ult. alter a long and painful flinch,
Cardinal GerdU, at a very advaneed age.
At Barbadoes, on the t7th of June hit, of a mortification of
the bowels, Henry Saint George B weroft, Efq. in the aoth year
of his age, Militant in the department of the CommilTary of
At:counts to the Fortes in the Leeward and fourth fon
to the late Hon. lishraird Beareroft, Chief Mice of Chatter,
lays Canard, &maces.

Preen the LOtibtMcliZET? r, sett. 7,

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

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Isd etiment of Foot.—Licutenatit-Generat !ann..; Ofe
from the 89th Foot, to be Colonel, vice o,heral the Fri
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Foot, to be Colonel, vice Ogilvie, ar.pointul td the eurntha.lni
of the 32d Fait:

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