Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-19
The Nawab of Bengal.
From the London Daily Telegraph May


Of eminent degree and dlgnlUJ'-ll'
Highness Syud MunsoOr Ullee, Ma
wab Nazim of Bengal, Behar, alfc
Orissa. These titles survive in the
person of our distinguished visitor
from date when they were borne h3
a line of rulers each of whom wasi ~
point Of authority, wealth and spien'
dor, every inch a King" It's true
that the predecessors Of his fiighneSs
were at no time independent s0Fer-
eigns; they held their magnif1ccen'
fiefs under the Mogul Suzerains reign
ing at Delhi; but no feudal Duke OF
Europe was ever more. prac1caliy au,
toerafic. It was Sural-ud- d-Dowlat, ana
not the MoguI, with Whom we fought
for the Delta Of the Janges, ana 70
whom " John Russell, for the last ,i
India Company did homage me
HnaaI ancestor of his HighneSs was
that same Nicer lJaffier Ali Khan who
Dlayed the traitor to his Nawab i0r
our sake. and thereby helped to win
she batd1e of Plassy, for when service
~ rallacpd him on the throne OF the
= /Senosed SOubadhar. And, although
fha mower of the house OF Nicer
Jafiier has long since completely
departed, its royalty still I'M
orers in the superb hospitaliUles
and nrincely establishment at Moor
bad-the city Of our visitor. No
11a iD India rankC higher in an as
sembly Of native magnates man oyuu
MunsOOr; at all durbars his place Is on
the dais: and NicerOys, IN addressing
the representative of the proud throne
N Bengal, style him Ny dear
friend " and " NaWab Sahlb, or eG-
altad station" We cite these things
To show that both historically and
DersonaIlv the MuSsulman Prince who
fs among US has every claim upon the
respect Of the people, and the atten-
tion of those who represent them in
fha Government. 1t is as disgraeeful
30 triae with the appeal of such man
tor hearing as It would have been 10
insult Jugurtha at Rome, or TO mock
the OrIeanists in England The very
majesty of his memories makes such
a visitor important; and those jour
mails which have INDUCED their mp
nancy or ignorance, at The expense OF
an Eastern gentleman OF the very
highest rank and accomplishments,
only help to make England vulgar IN
the eyes OF the world, without aiding
Us TO answer the suit which the NaWab
presses against the Government OF
India, and which, whether rightly or
wrongly urged, must have, from the
ruIeS of his country, a prompt, re-
snactfiII and well-cOnsidered decision,
The case which the NaWhb has
crossed the ocean to lay before ner
Majesty and the people OF England Is
developed in the clOsely-prlnted vol
ume before us. He IL descended, as
we have said, from Nicer Jadier, who
was DIaced upon the titular throne OF
Bengal by the victorious hands OF
Give. That was in 1857; In l765 the
Grand MOgul Shah Aalum made over
Bengal. BPhar and Orissa to the Brit
5sh- uDon condition that they provided
for the NiZamut, and paid tribute OF
t1eutv-six Iakhs. In lT70 MObarrak-
ud-DOwlah was put upon the throne
bv the company, and they made an
agreement with him to pay 3, loi ,y9l
r,IDees. or e3l8, l99, to the Aiz-
amut ftforever," which the Board
of Directors at home instantly
cot down to sixteen lakhs, or el6O,OOO
uer anuum. A further sum Of E36OO
Der annum, and deductions from the
capital. were eXacted; so thst, IN lS45,
the NaWab's Income stood at El4b,VU0; /;
but he was then induced, upon repre-
seutatiOns which have not been full
filed. to make over a large portion OF
his revenue, and at present he receives
from the Indian Government only
ga. 300 q ypar-the balance of the six
teen Iakhs which were guaranteed IN
IT7O going to his family, and to the
- NiZamut Deposit Fund. Lord
Dalhousie wrote off this last fund as
book debt, bearing no INTEREST," took
away the salute of nineteen guns 10
which bis Royal Highness had
right; discontinued his annual allow
ance for hunting, and made hIm SUD-
iect to the jurisdiction Of the Courts,
IN consequence OF an occurrence re-
specting which the NaWab declared
himself wholly innocent. Two camp
followers in the retinue Of his High
ness were beaten 10 death within lfty
wards of the tent of the NaWab. The
Investigation appeared TO Lord Dal-
bOusie to present his Highness as
having been Indifferent tO this dread
ful deed; but the Sudder Court acqult-
ted the officers of his establishment
yCb,J we're involved, and the we'll
known humanity of Syud MunsoOr
makes the charge against him almost
incredible. The upshOt OF all these
lyrqrazaind is. that the Nawab presents
4 claim against the British Govern
ment which, il strictly summed up,
would amount to upward of eighteen
millions sterlingi He asks no more,
however. under the head Of pecuniary
restitution, than a fair and reasonable
appraisement OF the amount unjustly
stIbtracted from the Nizamuti but
with that concession he sues for
other points Of justice; !. A re-
cognitiOn Of the hereditary rank,
dignity. and privileges to himself
and his successors, so long as UHey
continue to remain faithful 10 the
British Government. ,. A guarantee
that the titular dignity, social pres
tige. and private rights OF his family
shall not in future be invaded by the
officers of the Indian Government.
And 3. An admission that the NaWaD
Nazim, whoever he may be, Is here
after to have the entire control Of I1e
adairs Of the Nizamut.
Such IS the case Of the Prince. The
Indian Government reply that even
under the fiTman Of Shah Aalum the
Office of the Nizam was practically
abolished, and that theDceforth the
successors of Nicer J9tfier concluded
in each case a personal contract WIN
their pensiOnaries. In ms way
treaties were made with Syef-ud-DoW-
lat and MObarruk -ud-DOWlat, and
''for ever" meant no more than the
life Of the existing beneficiary. Fur
thermOre, no appeal can be made to
the original 'deed Of gift" Of the Mo-
gul Empire, because that empire has
ceased to exist; and thus, putting
aside all imperial and ancestral
grounds Of claim, the tinally-ex-
pressed opinions of the Government
are made known ia a dispatch writ
ten by Sir Charles Wood in 1864,
wherein he says-''I am Of opinion
that the future position Of the Nawab
Nazim's sons should be fixed and
defined with as little delay as possible.
Your Excellency is aware that this
Government is fully sensible Of the in
convenience of perpetratiDg in this or
any other family line Of titled sti-
Dendiaries without power and respOn-
sibility, and without salutary employ
Tnent. etc, etc. 1t would seem to be
the wish of the Nawab NiZam that
his sons should be trained to some
useful occupation. l should be glad Il
arrangements could be made Tor
enabling them to become useful MEM
bers of society. The accumulatiOns in
the Nizsmut Deposit Fund might
afford permanent ~ endowment to a
certain extent" 1t is in protestation
against the views here disclosed that
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