ger proofs of the Begums'
defection than have been laid before us; neither can we allow it to
be good policy to reduce the several jaghiredars, and thus uniting
the territory, and the troops maintained for the protection of that
territory, under one head, who, by that means, at some future
period, may become a very powerful enemy to the Company.

"6. With respect to the resumption of the jaghires possessed by the
Begums in particular, and the subsequent seizure of the treasure
deposited with the Vizier's mother, which the Governor-General, in
his letter to the board, 23d January, 1782, has declared he
strenuously encouraged and supported, we hope and trust, for the
honor of the British nation, that the measure appeared to be fully
justified in the eyes of all Hindostan. The Governor-General has
informed us that it can be well attested, that the Begums
principally excited and supported the late commotions, and that
they carried their inveteracy to the English nation so far as to
aim at our utter extirpation.

"7. It must have been publicly known that in 1775 the Resident at
the Vizier's court not only obtained from the Begum, widow of the
late Sujah Dowlah, on the Nabob's account, thirty lacs of rupees,
half of which was to be paid to the Company, but also the
forbearance of twenty-six lacs, for the repayment of which she had
security in land, on the Nabob's agreeing to renounce all further
claims upon her, and that to this agreement the Company were
guaranties.

"8. We find that on the 21st December, 1775, the Begum complained
of a breach of engagements on the part of the Nabob, soliciting
your protection for herself, her mother, and for all the women
belonging to the seraglio of the late Nabob, from the distresses to
which they were reduced; in consequence whereof it was agreed in
consultation, 3d January, 1776, to remonstrate with the
Vizier,--the Governor-General remarking, that, as the
representative of our government has become an agent in this
business, and has pledged the honor and faith of the Company for
the punctual observance of the conditions under which the treaty
was concluded, you had a right to interfere, and justice demanded
it, if it should appear that those engagements have been violated.
And the board at the same ti