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London, England, 1802-10-07 00:00:00

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TRANSLATION•,

OF A LETTER FROM TM/ EXALTED AND HIGH-
TITLED EDWARD LORD CLIVE, ADDRESSED TO
SOME OP THE MOST RESPECTABLE PERSONAGES
CONNECTED WITH THE FAMILIES OP ANWAR AND
WALLAJAH.

I have recently had the honour of receiving two
Letters fealed by Tome of the principal men of
rank belonging to the noble and dignified families
of the Nabob (the Repofitory of Forgivenefi)
Mahommed Ally Khan and the Nabob (the Afy-
lum of Mercy) Omdut Ul Omrah Behauder, and
have fully underflood their contents. It cannot
be unknown to thofe noble perfons that the Englifh
Government (continent and fuitable with the
dignity of its intentions, and the juftice and
equanimity of its protection, fo natural to, and
I infeparable from, that celebrated people) in the
fupport of juft and well-founded claims have been
obfervant of the path of rectitude and moderation
1 which, by reafun of the difaffeaion of the two
before-mentioned Princes, namely, Wallajah and
Omdut Ul Onirah, has become the more incum-
bent on the Hon. Company to attend to. Hence
have proceeded the juft and equitable intentions
before-mentioned, not from any concealed motives
of obligation towards the families of the two be-
fore mentioned deceafed Princes, but merely in
regard to the old and long-continued friendly in-
tercourfe with thofe Princes, and from the honour-
able and laudable defires of the above-mentioned
Government, to ellablifh and perpetuate the ancient
honour and dignity of thofe families in all parts,
and amongft all the Princes of Hindcoftan, in pur-
fuance of fuch their temperate eremite of authori-
-11 ty. The Englifh Government might have enter-
tained a well-founded hope that the regulations
defigned and finally eftabli flied for the maintenance
of the profperity of the Englifh nation in the Car-
natic, and in preferving the honour of thofe noble
families,would have been received with the fincere
and united approbation of every individual per-
fonage of the above-mentioned families ; it is ne-
verthelefs completely evident that thofe perfons
whole teals are affixed to the aforefaid writings
have manifefted every poflible and unreafonable
oppofition to the before-mentioned regulations ;
and the greater part of them have endeavoured
alto to promote their feveral diaina claims ; hence
they have proved that any arrangement or mode
that could have been adopted would be untatistae-
-11U:47. Finally, therefore, wheu the Englifh Go-
vernment refolved to exalt the Nabob Azeem Ul
Dowlah (whom Goo preferve I) to the Chieffliip
lof the emetic, a reafonable hope prevailed in
my mind that, after the rejection of thofe different
claims, the noble perfons of thofe families would
a(furedly have been anxious in defiring to fignify
their fincere and grateful compliance with, and
approbation of a meafisre adopted merely for the
exakation and advaatestest of Shea 'y of thatwales.
ado
oily. Wherefore, and agreeab e to the before-
mentioned confiderations, by my authority, and in
the name of the Englifh Government, at the pro.
per feafon I canted to be publifhed to rhofe per-
tons of quality the refolutions which the before.
mentioned Government had formed of inverting
the Nabob Azeem Ul Dowlah (whore life may
GOD prolong I) with the Sovereign authority, and
requefted they would be ready in the pretence at
the time of (eating the Nabob Azeem Ul Dowlah
on the Throne, by which attendance they would
be honoured and advantaged. But it is fully
• It has been esitatuary In addtelling the Native Princes to
write in the Pafian language, and to accompany fuck letter by
a venation in Eneila.

known to thole perfons, and indeed public to all
the world, that at the time of enthroning the Fa-
vourite of Fortune. of all thole perfons not even one
coat prfent, and from this circuit:lance there it the dear-
ly? proof of the sne inveterate enmity of [by; perfons
towards the Nabob Azeem Ul Dowlah (may
whore foul endure for ever !) and the molt unbe-
coming contempt of the authority of the English
Government ; and the decided difobedience of
Clore perfons with the moil pernicious defigns (and
which cap only tend to injure the claims of their
own families) have been alfo rendered moil un-
queftionahly evident. In purfuance of this public
avowal of enmity and dilaffeaion to the Nabob
Azeem UlDowlah (whore life may Gnu lengthen)
they have uncaringly manifefted their oppofition
to his endeavours and my admonitions, which
have proceeded from the role motives (,f increaf-
ing and cementing friendship and good unthrtt and-
ing on all fides. From the commencement of there
improper difputes I have obferved with much an-
xiety of mind their gradual advancement and irt-
creak, and with this view my relpedful exhorta-
tions were contained in a letter written on the ittli
of the month of Jemmadiul Awall, in the year of
the Hegira 1216, addrelted to the Sultaun Ulmif.
fah Be um, and which was defigned for the pur-
pore of exciting content and good will amongfi the
feveral individuals of thofe families with each
other; but this alfo has paired without any good
effeet, and difappointment upon dirappointment
has but increafed.

On obferving fo clearly there meafures of oppo-
fition and indignity towards the authority of the
Nabob Azeem Ul Dowlah (whom GOD profper !)
it muff be acknowledged that, f the Aaba before mention-
ed bad entertained in his heart a limilar Sgree of malevo-
lasce towards thofi prim: who have jO confpicuoufly
avowed their avyl cordial animyity towards him, it would
not have keen extremely unnatural. It is, however, in-
cumbent upon me ezprefsly to declare that the
Nabob Azeem Ul Dowlah Behauder has at all
times afforded to my* mind the moa complete and
fatisfaftory proofs of his willingnefs to renew the
terms of fricndlhip and affe&ion with every indi-
vidual of the families to which he is related.—
Thole perfons of rank before mentioned, whore
feals are impreffed upon the aforefaid writings,
have complained through me to the Englilh Go-
vernment of the violence and oppreffon of the Nabob
Azeem U! Dowlah, in the imprifinment of their pesfotu,
and the plunder of their property, when the Nabob
Azeem Ul Dowlah Behauder afcended the Throne
of the Carnatic, to fucceed to the rights of his an-
ceftors and noble forefathers, namely the preced-
ing Princes of the Carnatic. In like manner tie
rights before mentioned are, and have been for a great
length of time, under the fuperintending care and
direetion of the Englilh Government ; and it is well
known to every individual of thole families that
the Engin Government have not interfered with
the order and arrangement of the affairs of thole
defunft Princes, otherwife than in the way of -
frienclihip. If there was any one rime more than
another that particularly required the interpofition
of the Engin Government, it was on the occur-
rence of the death of the Nabob Ameer Ul Omrah.

Neverthelefs to fome of thofe noble palms be-
fore-mentioned it is known extremely well what
the &ceded Nabob Wallajali did on the occafion
of the before-mentioned event, in the exprefs exer.
cife of his own authority, conformable to the Muf-
fulman (or Mahometan) cußoms, without any
confideration of his exifting agreements with the
Englifh Governmentt, and the exifting agreements
moreover of that time accord with the prefent
agreements of the new treaty, by means of which
the Nabob Azeem Ul Dowlab has himfelf effec-
tuated a renewal of the balls of friendly intercourfe
with the Englith nation, and of the aggrandifement
and power of his own family. It is proper, there-
fore, that the Englith Government Jhould cogider a:
facred the rightsfliindated for in the 6d-ore-mentioned
treaty, and it is certainly the molt proper for me,.
to be careful to rejed every objedion to the rights
before-mentioned, and to refill any violation of the
Articles of Agreement, which are now firmly efta-
blifhed and confented to.—Under this contidera-
tion, therefore, I declare the fixed refolutions of
the Englith Government, to guard and proted
the rights of the Nabob Azeem ul Dosilah, ac-
cording to the terms of the before-mentioned treaty,
with honour and refped ; and in like manner I
promife, that at all times, the fupporters of the
authority of the Nabob zeem ul Dowlah wilt
controul that authority, whenfoeve, it may be
found, that the exercife of it is incontinent with,
and repugnant to the honour and dignity of the
Englith nation; it will, therefore, be ungneftion-
ably neceffary, if the Nabob Azeem ul Dowlah
thould really ad towards the protectors of his au-
thority, in the manner and to the extent as dated
in the forementioned writings, that in that cafe I
fhould 4/countenance fuch mode of ading, and finally
put a flop to fuch condud—a fpecies of authority
neverthelefs fo entirely fubverfive of the care and
prudeno of the Englifh nation, and fo incompa-
tible with any permanent intercourfe and friend-
fhip between the feveral perfons of rank of the
Palace of Chepauk, that its exiftence can fcarce be
imagined.—lt is alfo well known to me, that force
of the circumflances Hated in the writings before-
mentioned have been chiefly fermented and ftirred
up with much exaggeration by the excels of anger
and ill will; but, notwithftanding this imrrefikn
upon my mind, without neglecting the interpofi-
tion of friendfhip, / will enquire into from the Nabob
/keens al Dowlah and inveltigate thofe oppreffive
meaftues, as let forth in the aforefaid writings;
and, as loon as I have obtained a clear explana-
tion, I will again write to thofe noble perfons who
have put their feals to the before-mentioned writ-
ings.—Every reparation confiftent with the older-
vance of the real good faith of the Englith nation
will be made :—What further is necelfary to be
(aid ?

Written on the 11th of the Month Shabaun, in the year
ofthe Hegira izt6—..correfponding with the xBth De-
cember, in the year of Chrift tBox. •

This alludes to the conduit of the Nabob Wallajah, in
retains upon the Eftate and polio:floes of his fon the Ameer.
fhortly after his deceafe ; but it muft be remembered that the
lAmec died without making any dikolition of his property,
which in confequence became the eight of the rcigning &owe-
rcign, according to the Malionssidas adorn&

SKETCHES,

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NO( itAPH:CA'L and I.ITERARY.—BY VERITAS,

No. L GRANVII.LE SHARP, Efq.
Thc mutilated accounts of Mutt rims living cha
1:1Fo:rs fo frequently aced from, the pre's, is a
f.ilizet of just complaint. As an antidote to fuch
east, frivolous, or rathtr dangerous compofitions,
it is requifite to [late a few Plain fats refpeaing
i'och perfons; that while the coriofity which would
pry into Ftunily Sara, fhould be difappointed, the
laudable defire of being acquainted with the,
prominent traits in the charaaers of illuftrious
ccclefiaiiical, or literary charadlers, may
;;ratified. Such a plan is propofcd to be adopt-
c.; by the writer of tilde Sketches ; and he is happy
to introduce them with a brief account of a Gen-
:l-man whole amiable virtues and diftinguilhed
ll;nts have procured him no (mall celebrity.
UI Asi iLLE SHARP is grandfon to the famous
Di. SHARP, (afterwards Archbilhop of York), the
tiitlinguifhed champion of freedom and the Pro-
tenant religion, in the reign of that weak Monarch,
James the Second. He may be raid to have im-
bibed fentitnents of liberty from his infancy, and
to have been born in the cradle of Freedom.
Hence the whole of his life has beenbdevoted to
the caufe of fuffering humanity. If the chains of
ilavery have been broken, the children of bondage
owe their partial freedom (under PROVIDSNCI) to
Gitaarit.t.a SHARP. He was the firft writer who
painted in their proper colours the horrors of
the Slave Trade, and who, with a warning and
powerful voice, called aloud for its abolition.
The impreffion on the public was great and falutary.
The late THOMAS DAY, Efq. co-operated in this
great work, by writing his inimitable poem of
the Dying Negro ; and WILBIRFORCR at length
brought the &Ned before the Senate, and thus
compkated the etlifre of which Mr.'SHAR, had
laid the grit none. But hi; exertions were not
limited to our afftifted brethren on the burning
coaft of Africa : a zealous friend to the liberty of
.the fubjeet, Mr. SHARP was the author of many
pamphlets of a political nature, which had a ten-
. dency to guard againft any encroachments which
might be made upon the rights of the People but
his ideas on that fishje& were widely different from
thoki wild theories which have fence been diffemi-
nated by Demagogues and Political Incendiaries.
The Chriftian Religion has alf4; found in Mr.
SHARP ap able defender; his name may juftly be
added to thofe illuftriousLaymen (ADD( SON, WEST.
LITTLETON, JENYNS, BRYANT, &c.) who have
fpotstimrosey enlifled in the caufe of Chrillianity.—
.. hit.not singular that an eminent Divine fhnuld
1-hive omitted his name, when mentioning the
44 living Defenders of Chriftianity ?"—Mr. SHARP
is ellecmel an excellent Critic in the facred lan-
guag_es, and bas frequently been costfulted on dif-
--fesult.paffaKes of Scripture.—The key. Mr. But.*
GI ss, Prebindary of Durhilm, has recently pub-
lithed
a letter of Mr. SHARP to him, on the Greek
article, as ufed in the New Teftament, which, hy
.his learned ohfervations, tends greatly to eftablifh
the Divinity of CHART, in oppofition to the Uni-
tarians.
It is to be lamented that. the ftyle or Ntr. SHARP
is frequently beyond the comprehenfion of cum;
mon readers; had.he adopted a mode of writing
fimilar to that of Blatatata FRANKLIN, his works
would hsve acquired ter popularity..
The eftablifltment .57 Colony at Sierra Leone
was proje&ed by this Gentleman,. who has been
indefatigable in his endeivours to promote its prof-
perity.
In fine, the character of G RAN VI LLB SHARP, the
more it is-contemplated, the more admiration will
it excite. With fingular modefly fecluded from
the world, helms never ceafed to benefit k. With-
out aiming at the fleeting honours of a vain popu-
larity, et. wilting to have his name echoed by the
giddy multitude—as in his public, fo In his.private
a6ions, it is his 61 delight to do good bylealth"—
to adminifter (entices mottymoufly, and, to look up
to HEAVEN. alone for his reward.
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