nd by whom?

3d. On what account was the sum of one and half lacs given to the
Governor-General, which you have laid to his account? Was it in
consequence of any requisition from him, or of any previous agreement,
or of any established usage?

The Governor-General objected strongly to Mr. Goring's being present
when the questions were put to the Begum; but it was insisted on by the
majority, and it was resolved accordingly, that he ought to be present.
The reasons on both sides will best appear by the copy of the debate,
inserted in the Appendix.

The Begum's answer to the preceding questions, addressed to the
Governor-General and Council, where it touched the substance, was as
follows.

"The case is this. Mr. Goring, on his arrival here, _seized all the
papers, and secured them under his seal; and all the mutsuddies [clerks
or accountants] attended him, and explained to him all the particulars
of them_. Mr. Goring inquired of me concerning the arrears due to the
sepoys, &c., observing, that the nizamut and bhela money [Nabob's
allowance] was received from the Company; from whence, then, could the
balance arise? I made answer, that the sum was not adequate to the
expenses. Mr. Goring then asked, What are those expenses which exceed
the sum received from the Company? I replied, _All the particulars will
be found in the papers_. The affair of the three lacs of rupees, _on
account of entertainment for the Governor and Mr. Middleton_, has been,
I am told, related to you by Rajah Gourdas; besides which there are many
other expenses, which will appear from the papers. As the custom of
entertainment is of long standing, and accordingly every Governor of
Calcutta who came to Moorshedabad received a daily sum of two thousand
rupees for entertainment, which, was in fact instead of provisions; and
the lac and an half of rupees laid to Mr. Middleton's charge was _a
present on account of an agreement entered into by the Bhow Begum_. I
therefore affixed my seal to the account, and forwarded it to Mr. Goring
by means of the Nabob."

In this answer, the accounts given to Mr. Goring she asserts to be
genuine. They are explained, in all the particulars, by all the
secretaries and clerks in office. They are secured under Mr. Goring's
seal. To them she refers for everything; to them she refers for the
three lacs of rupees given to Mr. Hastings and Mr. Middleton. It is
impossible to combine together a clearer body of proof, composed o