mitted to the Board, after I had attested it.--_Q._ Do you
remember at what distance of time after the receipt of the
intelligence respecting the distresses of the Khord Mohul that paper
was transmitted to Calcutta?--_A._ I cannot say.--_Q._ Do you
believe it was transmitted within ten months after the time it was
received?--_A._ I understood it to be a letter received just before
it was transmitted.--_Q._ Then you understand it was transmitted
as soon as received?--_A._ Yes, in the course of three days.--_Q._
Can you bring to your mind the time at which the translation was
made?--_A._ To the best of my recollection, it was in January,
1784.--_Q._ Whether the distresses that had been complained of had
ceased for above a twelvemonth before the distresses of the Khord
Mohul?--_A._ I understood they were new distresses.--_Q._ Then you
state that that account transmitted in 1784 was, as you understand,
an account of new distresses?--_A._ Yes."

I shall now refer your Lordships to page 899 of your printed Minutes.

[The Managers for the Commons acquainted the House, that they would
next read the paper of intelligence which had been authenticated by
Mr. Holt, in his evidence at the bar, relative to the miserable
situation of these women, which they meant to bring home to Mr.
Hastings.]

_An Extract of a Consultation of the 17th February, 1784._

"At a Council: present, the Honorable Warren Hastings, Esq.,
Governor-General, President, Edward Wheler and John Stables,
Esqrs.; Mr. Macpherson absent from the Presidency for the benefit
of his health: the following letter and its inclosures were
received from Mr. Bristow on the 8th instant, and circulated.

"'Honorable Sir, and Gentlemen,--I have the honor to forward, for
your further information, the inclosure No. 3; it contains a
relation of the hardships endured by the ladies of the late
Vizier's zenanah.'

(Signed) 'JOHN BRISTOW.'

"_Translation of a Paper of Intelligence from Fyzabad._

"'The ladies, their attendants, and servants were still as
clamorous as last night. Letafit, the darogah, went to them, and
remonstrated with them on the impropriety of their conduct, at the
same time assuring them that in a few days all their allowances
would be paid, and should that not be the case, he would advance