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London, England, 1805-05-30 00:00:00

INTERCEPTED CCRRESPONDENCE.

(Continued from our Paper of yeerrlay.)

TREATY oF PRACS WITH DnWLUT ROW SCINDIAH.

With the acc-impliihment of that objt-Et was
aombined the immediate elle& of our itr.cetres in the
by detaching from the nacre's of Scindiah his
tributaries and dependants, and by obtaining their
co-operation with the Britifh forces. Of the engage-
ments entered into with the Chiefs of Indianan, and
Eknowledged by the conditions of the 9th article of
tile treaty of peace with Scindiah, thole that princi-
pally ;contribute to the accomplifhment of the hal
oisje,a of our political operations in Indollan, are the
treaties concluded with the Ranah of Gohud and
the Rajah of Jyenagour.
tt Ott. By the treaty with the former, the ancient
pr.ffeffirms of the Ranah of Gohud are reflored to the
rzprefentative of the family under the protection and-
ttliirantee of the Britiih Government. This Chief is
to fiT nil]) a fubfidy for three battalions of
troops, in the proportion of nine lacks of ru-
t.ces yearly. The poffellion of the fourth of Gwali-
or, which commands one of the principal inlets into
the north weft part of Indollan on the f nith tide, is
in a pe, :1' t.arincr transferred to the Honoura-
ble Company ; and the Britith Government pc.ffeffes
the privilege of ttationing its troops in all the forts ar
pofittons in the tetritories of the Ranah, whenever the
Bri (; v— eta ihAll them it necelfary, except,
however, in thole of Gohud.
•' _9. the Ranah of Gc hod is bound to employ
all her forces and the whole of her power, in conjunc-
tion with the Britilh troops, againit whatever power
may attempt to dilturb the pnifdlions of the Hon.
Company ; and in cafe of war, to employ her troops,
and make them aCI under the advice and direction of
the officer commanding the armed force of the Com-
pany.
With a view to preferve in the hands of the
:Mita!) Government the means of reprelling the in-
•reace of difTrntions tending to produce a war, which
would require the interpofition of our military
power, for ale defence of the poffeffions of the Ka-
n.th, the Dritith Government referves to itfelf the
tie In of aainz as foie arbiter in any difpute that may
Arile l,etween the Ranah of Gohud and any other
State or Chief.

4, 51. The Ranah of Golpid having been refcued
from prifon and from want, and reinflated in the
Foal:Rico of her hereditary Rates by the affißance
and protedkn of the Britifh Government, it will ap-
pear evident to your Honourable Committee that the'
Ranah of Gohud is intcrelled in the higheß degree
to preferve her attachment to the Company ; and
that the Britith Government may at all times avail
ittelf of the favourable advantages held out by the
local pcfition. the force, and the refourccs of the ter
ritoiy of Coh,ud.
" 52. The treaty concluded with the Rajah of
Jyenagour is founded on the bags of reciprocal af-
ance againit external enemies. The Rajah of hena-
gnur is bound to employ all his military force and
all his refources, in order to repel any attempt at in-
!ration of the poffefgons of the Honourable Company
in Indoßan, and a reciprocal obligation is impofed
on the Britifh Government, referring, however, the
right of deciding what difputes may arife refpating
the means of preventing war.
" 53. The Ranah moreover binds herfelf, in cafe
of a war, to at with all her forces in concert with
the Britifh forces, and that in the manner that gull
be thought moi efficient by the officer commanding
the Britifh forces.

" 54. On the other hand, the Bran Government
is bound not to intermeddle•in the internal affairs of
the Government of the Ranah, or to exad any tri-
bute whatever from her.

" 55. By this engagement the Rajah of Jyenagoor
is releafed from the payment of the ordinary tribute
which Scindiah raifed from him, and is protected
trom all csaaion for the future, and from all invafion
on the part of that Chief, or of any other foreign
Sr.oe.

" 56. There important advantages which refult to
the kajah of Jyenagour from the alliance with the
Honourable Company, cannot fail of fee uring his at-
tachment to the interetts of the Britifh Grvernment.
By virtue of the obligationmf that engagement, a de-
tachment of the troops of the Rajah of Jyenagour has
h-en employed in conjunelion with a Britifh detach
ment under the command of Colonel Monfon, in
I 4 log Jefwunt Row Holkar from the frontiers of
Indoftan.

.4 57. A fimilar treaty has been concluded by his
Excellency the Commander in Chief, with the accre-
dited agent of the Rajah of Jodepour, and this treaty
has been ratified by the Governor General. The
Rajah, however, of Jodepour on the return of his
agent, refufed to ratify that treaty, the engagement'l
therefore has keen confidered as null. the Rajah
of Jodepour in withholding his ratification, was
guided probably by the fear of the immediate relent-
ment of Jefwunt Row Holkar who then occupied a
pofition near the territory of Jodepour. Since the re.
treat of Jefwunt Row Holkar, the Rajah of Jodepour
expieffed his earneft with to conclude the treaty of
alliance. The Governor General, however, did not
deem it expedient to renew the engagement. The
detail of this bufinefs will be communicated to your
Honourable Committee in the difpatch to which the
fira paragraph of this letter refers.
" 58. The engagements with which his Excel-
lency the Commander in Chief has entered, agreea-
bly to the orders of the Governor-General, with the
Rajahs of Mackery and Bhurtful (as fisted in the
ec:th and following paragraphs of our difpatches of
the r:th April, 1804), and which are alto acknow.
I—lited and confirmed by the 9.h article of the treaty
of peace with Dowlut Row Scindiah, are calculated
on the fame principles as thofe of the alliance with
the Rajah of Jodepour. The Britifh Government
guarantees thefe chiefs in the independent poffeffion
of their refpetlive territories, on condition of their
co-operation with the Britifh troops in repelling the
-.ovation of an enemy, and of lubmitting in every
cafe their difputes to the decilion of the Britifh Go-
vernment before they engage in ho!lilities.
" 59. The local volition of the territories of there
Chiefs is well calculated to lirengthen tile barrier
which the diltri&s of Gohnd and Jyenagour prefent
againfk the attempts of an hollile invafion.
4, Co. The fyltem of alliance eflabliffied by the
in Indi- affords the means of
degree, the Gra tattles

of the difordet and Confoflnn which had fo long aif-
Imbed the territories of Indonan, and given encou-
ragement tri the vile ambition, the habits of pillage.
a.id the indefatigable violence of the native Rates
Indi4an and the Deccan. Had there diforders
can-
tinned, they might have affefted the tranquillity and
the faLty of the poliefrions dependant upon the Corn.
pang. In drying up the frunces of the difrenti ins
amongli the petty Rates of Indult:in, and in protta-
ing them from the ambition and rapacity of their
more powerful neighbours, thefe hates will be fur-
ceptible of encouragement, and will be in a fituation
to cultivate the peaceful ills in the independent en-
joyment of their rerpeCtive rights.
6. 6t: The extent and effeel of this fyftem will by
degrees foften the turbulent fpir it of the native flues
of India which border cn our van empire; and therame
policy rromifes to eftablifh the men folid fecurity for
the prorperity of our rich poftetlions, in the concord
and tranquillity of the circurnjacent powers.
" 411 thefe different treaties having been for-
mally recognired and confirmed by the conditions of
the 911 article of the treaty of peace with Dowlut
Row Scindiah, the advantages which refult from
there engagements may be justly confidered as corn-
pi ifed amongil thole of the general pacification.
" 63. The tenth article of the treaty of peace with
ficirchah relates to the proteeton accorded to the
ruhjcas of Dowlut Row Scindiah, who Rill remain
under his audio' ity, in order to guarantee them
againll his resentment, for having rnanififled a dif-
petition to kennel the Britifh caufe. This ftipulation
was indirpenfible to the maintenance of our good
faith.

" 64. The t ith article of the treaty, which en-
lures the territorial rights of the Peilhwah in the
tsva, alfo eftablithe's the Britifh Government as ar-
bitrator in cafe of differences ariling upon the fuh-
jet of thole rights, between his nighnefs the Pei&
wah and Dowlut Row Scindiah.

65. In treating with Dowlnt Rnw Scindiala on
the fubjet9 of the re-eflablifhment of the Peifhwah in
the territorial rights, in the province of Malwa, our
guarantee and aflignment of thole rights were natu-
rally eflablifhed in that flipulatium Yet it was an
evident principle of policy to render the Rates of the
Pei(hwah as diliindt as pothble, and to (hut the door
to any intrigue to which any friendly intercoorfe, or
any diftgreement might have given birth on the part
of the hlahratta Durbars.

" 66. By the 121 h article Scindiah renounces all
pretenfion on his Majefly Shah Allum, and engages
to abltain from intei tering in the affairs of that So..
vereign.
" 67. Your Honourable Committee is not unim
formed, that the late Madajie Scindiah, after having
refcued the unfortunate reprefentative of the Hnate
of Tamerlane from the fanguinary violence of Go-
lawn Kadir, obtained from his Majefly the office of
Vakeel el Mutluk, or fitft Executive Minifler of the
hI igul Government, for his Highnefs the Peifhwah ;
and that he was himfeif named to fill the funflions of
that office tinder the title of Delegate, and that Scin-
diali fuccecdvd to the office of Delegated Vakeel el
Mutluk, and to the power which his predeceffor had
over the perfon and family of the aged and unfortu-
nate Monarch of Delhi. By a lucky intrigue M.
Perron had obtained the employment of Commander
of the fortrels of Delhi, where the Royal Family has
its refidence, and thus he fecured to himfeif the per-
fon and nominal authority of the Emperor.
" 68. Notwithflanding his Majefly's total depriva-
tion of power, dominion, and authority, almoff all
the flaws, of every clafs of people in India, conti-
nue to acknowledge his nominal fovereignty. The
current money eflabliffied in every Rate is coined in
the name of Shah Allum. Princes and perfonages
of the higheß rank and family (till bear the titles,
and difplay the marks of dignity which they have re-
ceived, themfelves and their anceftors, from the
Tnrone of Delhi, under the recognized authority of
Shah Allum; and his Majefly is Rill confidered as
the fole legitimate fource of filch honours.
" 69. 'I he pride of the numerous claffes of Mut
fulmen in India, h fatisfied with the recognition of
the nominal authority of the illullrious reprefentative
of the Houle of Tamerlane, over the territories which
heretofore formed the vaR and powerfid empire of
Mogul ; and the Muffulmen are (till difpofed to ac-
knowledge the legality of pretenfions or demands
which emanate offenfibly from the authority of the
Imperial mandate.
" 70. binder there circumflances, the perfon and
authority of his Majesty Shah Allum, may ferve as
a dangerous inftrument in the hands of any Rate poi
i Ceiling fufficient power, energy, and judgment to
know how. to avail itfelf of it, in the execution of
Come projeA of aggrandifement and ambition.
" 72. Tile Mogul has never been an important or
dangerous itiftrument in the hands of the Mahrattas:
but the increafe of the power and influence of M.
Perron and the French party,,which was augment.
ing in Indoflan, gave a new appearance to the fitua-
tion of the Mogtl, and this unfortunate Prince might
have become a powerful aid in the caufe of France in
India, under the direAion of French agents.
" The intention with which the Government of
France prepared itfelf to refume its ellabliffiments in
India, in virtue of the conditions of the treaty of
Amiens, were not equivocal, and were manifefled by
the number and organizatiop of the Raff and fuite
that accompanied the officer named to exercife the
principal authotity over the eflabliffiments reftored
to the French in this country by the peace. There
is not the leaf( doubt that the intention of the French
Government was, after the peace, to raife on the
foundation of its eflabliftiment in India a military and
political (late ; to (trengihen and augment it by all
peflible connettions with the native powers, and by
all the means of indefatigable intrigues and fyltema-
tic ambition. It is eafy to convince one's fell, that
the fyflern of introducing French adventurers into
the armies of his native dares, for the purpofe of im-
proving their difcipline and their force, prefents the
moil prompt and efficacious means to eftablifts the
influence and authority of the French over thefe
Rates ; and to form by little and little an indepen-
dent power, territorial and military, in the midst of
a foreign Rate. The extent and increafe of this fyflem,
would, without doubt, have continued, as long as
the peace held. the principal objeA of the attention
of the French Government in India ; and confidering
the facilities which would have been prefented to
the views and projeAs of the French by the extent
of the territorial and military power, and the inde-
pendence eliabliffied under the direftion of M. Perron,

Saturday !aft, Mr. George Laint; • of Trinity-fguare, to Mira
Brooke, daughter of Mr. Brooke, Bell Yard, Temple Bar.
Saturday, at hi.. hook, Manchefter-fguare, Benjamin Bathurft,
Fig. Secretary of Legation to the Court of Stockholm, to Mift
Call, daughter of the late Sir John ('all, Bart.

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