Rnltts nf 3Jnbia

EDITED BY

SIR WILLIAM WILSON HUNTER, k.C.S.I., C.I.E.

M.A. (OXFORD): LLD. (CAMBRIDGE)

LORD CLIVE .1!on~ HENRY FROWDE OXFORD U KIVEIlSITY PIlESS W AIlEROVSB AKEM CoRNEa, E.c.

MACMIU.AN & CO., 66 FIFTH AVENUB RULERS OF INDIA

By COLONEL G. B. MALLE SON, C.S.!.

~.xfor~ AT THE CLARENDON PRESS: 1893 V2- I L · L'7 C3

C.rfot& PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

BY HORACE HART. PRINTBIl '1'0 THE UNIYBRSITY PREFACE - THE following list represents the works of the last century which I have consulted to write this Life of LoTd Clive: Orme's History of I'1ldostan (original edition); The Siya'I"U-Z Muta-akherin of Ghulam Husain Khan (Review of Modem Times), translated copy; Cam­ bridge's War in India (containing the Journal of Stringer Lawrence); The Memoir of Dupleir£ (in French); Grose's Voyage to the East Indies; Ive's Voyage and Historica1 N a1'1'ative; Transactiona in Indiafrom the commencement of the French War in 1756 (published in 1786); Caraccioli's Life of Lord Clive; Vanaittart's N a1'1'ative of the Transactions in Bengal; Ironside's Narrative of the Military Transactions in Bengal in 1760-1; Verelst's English Government in Bengal; some numbers of the Atriatic Annual Register; Kindersley's Letters; and Scrafton's Letters; and, for the earlier period­ that displaying the period immediately preceding and following the dawn of genius-the recently written extracts from the Madras records by Mr. G. W. Forrest. Of works of scarcely less value published during the present century, I have consulted the admirable volumes by Colonel Mark Wilks, which bring the History of Southern India down to the storming of Seringapatam in 1 799; The Journal ofCaptai'n Dalto'n, 6 PREFACE one of the heroes of Trichinopoli, written at the period of Clive's early victories, but only given to the world, with a memoir of his career, in .1886; Lord Stanhope's History of England; Malcolm's Life of Olive; and above a.ll, that mine of wealth to a searcher into the details of Clive's services in Bengal, Colonel Broome's History of the Bengal .A'l"my. Colonel Broome was my intimate and'valued friend. He knew more about. the history of the rise of the English in India than. any man I ever met. He :\lad made the subject a life­ study. He had read every tract, however (lId, every. letter, however difficult to decipher, every record of the period up ~o and beyond the time of Job Charnock, and he was a past-master of his subject. He had col­ lected an enormous mass of materials, the more bulky of which were dispersed at his untimely death. But I have seen and handled them, and I can state most positively, from my own knowledge, that every item of importance culled from them is contained in the a,dmirable volume to which I have referred;and which was published in' 1850. There is, alas, only that volume. Colonel Broome had set apart a vast mass of materials for his second, and had resolved to complete the.work at Simla, to which place he was proceeding for the summer of, I think, 1870. But, in the course' of transit, the box containing the materials was myste­ riously spirited away, and I have not heard that it was ever found. From the nature of the documents collected I cannot but regard the loss as irreparable.

G. B. MALLESoN. CONTENTS - CIIAP. PAGES L EABLy YEABS • 9-J 5

II. SoUTIIlIBB INDIA. ur 17# 16-3.

m. How THE WAll ur THE KABNATIIt APJ'BC'l'ED THB FBENcn AlID EBGLISH SBT'l'LlI1IBB'l8 '3-31

IV. How THE FORTUlIIES 011' RoBERT CL.tvII WERE AII'l!'EC'l'ED BY THE H08TILITIlI8 BB"l'W1IElf THE FUlIIeH AlIID EBGLISH ur SoUTBBBlII INDIA • 3'-41

V. CL.tvII DECIDES II'OR THE CABEEB 011' A SoLDIEB 4 3-50

VI. Tim FmsT YEAR 011' SoLDIERING AT TRICHl1ll0POLI AlIID ABOO'1' 51-59

VII. 'Tim SWELL AlIID DASH 011' A MIGHTY WAVE' 60-74 vm. CLIVE 1111 EBGLAlID; AlID IN BENGAL 75-89

IX. Tim BATTLB 011' PLAS8EY 9G-l06

x. How CLIVE DBAIJr WITH THE SPOILS 011' PLASSBY: HIS JlBALINGS WITH MfB JAII'AlI; "WITH THE PRIlIICBS 011' SoUTBBEN INDIA; WITH THE DuTCH 107-137

XI. THII SEllOlIID VISIT 0" CL.tvII TO ElIIGLAlIID 138-J48

XIL Tim RlnGlII 0" MnmULB ur BENGAL J49-15 8

XIlL To PuBInIlllG 0., BUGAL 159-170 8 CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGES XTV. THB POLITIOAL AND FOBllIGN POLICY OP LoBD CLIVB: HIs A.Rllr-ADIlINISTBATION AlID ITS OONSE­ .QUENOES •

XV. To RETURN OP THE CONQUEROR-STATESIIAN, AlID THB REcEPTION AOCOBDBD TO BIll Br HIS OoUNTBr­ IIBN: HIS STRUGGLES; AlID HIS DBATH

INDBX

NOTE

The orthography of proper names follows the system adop~ed by the Indian Government for the.Imperial Gautleer of India. Tha~ system, while adhering to the popular spelling of very well-known places, BUch as Punjab, Poon&, Deccan, &0., employs in all other cases the vowels with the following uniform sounds:- a, as in womlJIl: d, as in father: " as in km: (, as in intrigue: 0, as in cold: fl, as in bull: d, as in r"ml. INDEX

ADAII8, Major John, defeated his pilgrimage to MaIda, 113, Mfr IUsim at K'tw', 156: at 193: returned to his business Gheria, 156: stormed strong . in Calcutta.. 113, 193. posi~ioo of Undw' NaJa, 15i: AIfGRIA, pirate ehief at Gheria, his dea~h, 157 : fonght agaiUBt 77: his plunderings, 77: Com­ Mfr KuiJo, ISo. modore Jones seat to attack, 77 : AmIAD SHAH, succeeded on the defeated by Watson and Clive, death of his father, Mohammad 78_ SMh,44- AlrwAR-UD-DfIr,Suspected poisoner AIB-I-AKBABf, Blochmann's, qUI>­ of Khoj' Abdullah, 28: ap­ ted, 118 •• pointed provisionally Naw~, a AIX-LA-CBA1'IILLB, P ...... of, 40, guar,lian of the yoong prines, IIIId··,42 • Saiyud Muhammad, 28: SUB­ AKBAR, mentioned, Ii, 85, pected mnrderer of the' young 118 ... prince, 30: Naw'b of Aroot, ALi VARDI KHAIf, Governor of 31 : appealed to by Dupleix, 33 : HiMr, 85: battk of Gheri'- 85: attempted to prev~ot hostilities, proclaimed himself S6bahdar, 34: eapture of Madras took 85: died, 85: sueeeeded by hiB him by surprise, 36: tried to gmndson, Sinj·od-da~ 85. regain Madras, bu.t failed, 39 : ALLAHABAD, occupied by the finaJJ.y regaioed Madras, 41: English, 1!07, 174: conference slain, 45. at, 174: clauses of Clive's d ... ABcoLA, story of the bridge of, maud at, 17+ compared to the battle of ArDi, AJm6B, Anwar-ud-din dereated 57· and slain at, 45. ABCO'I', Dost .Ali at, 24: Safdar AlnmICA, war with colonisl8 of Ali proclaimed Naw~ at, 25: North, zag. M~ Ali declared himself AlmrOIlAllD, Calcutta merehant, Naw~ at, 2,/ : Ni~m-u1·M1ilk 86: negotiated for C1i ve and with his army entered, 28: his allies, 86: betrayed Sinj­ Saiyud Muhammad murdered od-da~'s confidence, 87: d ... at, 29: left almost nndefended, maoded 20 Iakhs of rnpee8, 87 : 52: taken by Clive; 53: at­ his name omitted from false tacked by the French, 54 : docolDent by Clive, 87, 134- French dispersed by Clive at. 135, 193, 202, 20+ 211: in­ 54: siege of, 55: strong garri­ formed by Mr. Scratt.on that be BOD placed in, 59: Arcot men- ..... "! receive IIOt~, lI,p tioned/ 183. . ·~I4. INDEX

ABHAGON, English Settlement on BAYLEY, Mr., Robert Clive's uncle the Corollllmdel Coast, 18. at Manchester, !j, ABllBTBONG, Captain, at Couucil BuCHI!B, Mr., Member of Select of War, 93: arrested by Clive, Committee, 191. I I.oj.: acquitted by oouri-mB.rtial, BENARBB, occupied by the English, 114· 157: interview between Clive, ABllY ADlllNlSTBATION', 17<)-90. General Carnac, and Nawab­ ARNI, battle of, 56-58: French Wazfr of Oudh at, 173: Zamfn. defeated at, 58: itsro1er de­ dar of, 175. clared for Muhammad All. BENGAL, Clive in, 85: state of 58- affairs in, 133: Clive's achieve­ AsAP J AlI, title granted to the ments in, 133-6: position of family of Chin Kilich Khan, Bengal, 173. l'l. BHAGiBAm, 92. Asiatic .AnntuJl lltgister, quoted, BIDERRA, Dutch defeated by 39 fl. Forde and Knox at, 131. AUBANGZEB, died in 1707, 16: BruR, Ali Vardf Khan, Governor placed the Slibahs he had oon­ of, 85: Governor of, rebelled '!.uered under a Stibahdar, or against Mrr J afar, lIS : Clive chief, 17: mentioned, 85,173. and Mrr J afar at, 117: seat of A.urora, frigate, in whic1r Super­ saltpetre manufacture, II7 : visors sailed, lost, 199. Mrr Jafar yields it to East India Company, II8. BA.1-BAJ, fort near Maiapur, taken BUAPUB, king of, sold Pnduc1reri by Clive, 83. to the French in 1673, named BAKAB ALi, Governor of Vel1ore, afterwards Pondicherry, 20 : 23· Muzaffar Jang, Goyernor of, BAKIIsm, Simj-ud-daula's Com­ 44- mander-in-ehief, 86. BIsNAGAB, Raja of, granted a BAKBAR, hattie of, 157, 181. .mall portion of land, called BlNKiPuB, military cantonment Cbennapatanam, to the English, of'Patn&, 185: Sir R. Barker 18,19, commandant at, 185: .ring­ BLACK HOLB of Calcntta, 78, 79, leaders anested at, IS6. 85,133. 13APl'.!, Clive encamped at, Ill. BLOOIIIlANN'S .A.in-i-..Hbari, quo­ BABDwlN, revenue of, granted ted, Il8 .. money to Clive, II7. BoscAWEN, Admiral, in oommand :3,iRH, Clive and Mrr Jafar of fleet, 39: laid siege to Pondi­ marched to, 1I8. c1rerry, 39: sailed for England, BARKEB, Sir R., commandant at 40 • Bankipur, 185: arrested ring_ BoUBDONNAIS, M. de I .. sent in leaders at Banktpur, 186. command of a squadron, 33: BABNI!TT, Commodore, in c0m­ landed at Madras, 35, 194: mand of squadron, 33: died, captured Madras, 35: treaty, 34- 35· BATH, Clive went to take the Britannia, ship on board whic1r ,waters at, 30<). Clive returned to England, 191. BATTA, 179: Mtr Jafar's donble BROOO'S HistMy of the :JJeru;al batt&, 179: discontinued, 180, Army, 90", 95 ft., 96 •., lSI: double batta at AlJaMb£

led attacks on Clive, 201, lli7: ceded to the English, 203-9. 174· BUBSLBII'S, Mr., school at Market CIlAIJDA SAHIB appointed Diw'n Drayton, to which Clive went by Saadat-ull4-Kb4n, 23: sent when he W88 eleven, 10. with Safdar Ali to capture BUSSY-CABTELNAU,C3pturedGingi T.ichinopoli, 2.p remained 88 for the French, 47: avenged Governor, 24: went to Arcot, the death of MU2afl'ar Jang, to do homage to Safdar Ali, 25 : and caused SaJabat J aug to be suspecting danger, left his proclaimed successor, 48: re­ family at Pondicherry, 26: tained at Dupleix's court, 60 : kept up the siege of Trichinopoli overtures with Simj-nd-dauIa for three months, 26: sur­ at HaidaraMd, 87. rendered, 26: taken off in cus­ BUTB, Lord, Mecretary of State, tody, 26 : at 841ka, 31 : 143 : Prime Minister, 143: released, #: Naw'b of Areot, Clive's suggestions to, 1#: in­ 45: marched to Tricbinopoli, dignant at Clive's opposition, 46: retreated to Pondicherry, 145, 47:· besieged Trichinopoli, 51: Bent troops to join his son, Raj' CALCUTTA, Black Hole of, 78-g: 84hib, at North Arcot, 54: de­ Manikchand, Governor of, 8 I : feated, 56--8: his army still in surrendered to Clive, 82: Wat­ position before TrichinopoIi, but son took poBBe8llion and handed much weakened, 59 : murdered, keys to Drake, 82: Select Com­ 73- mittee of, 87: Council of, 165, CHANDRANAGAB, taken by Clive, 179,180. 84: Clive's troops stationed at, CALLIAUD, Major, Commander of 90: Dutch defeated at, 131. tbe Forces, 137: fonght against CilAl'I1A, in BiMr, meeting at, the King of Delhi and defended 175· Pam" lSI: aummoned to at.­ CHARLBS VI, died in 1740,31. tend Council, 151. CHBNNAPATANAK, granted to the C.umBIDGB'S Waf'illlfldia, qnoted, English by theRaj' of Bisnagar, 43 11• 18-19: renl\llled Madl'lll!, 19: CAllPBBLL, Captain, at Count-il of Fort St, George built, 19 : War, 93. Madnw raised to a Presidency, CABBY, Mrs., among the prisoners 19: population at the end of in the Black Hole of Calcutta, 17th century, 19: coostitution 79· of the town in 17#, 19. CABNAC, General, 157: placed by CaIN KlLlca KHAN, took steps to Clive at head of army, 159, make the Stibahd4rship heredi­ 166: DIet Cli ve at Benares, tary in his family, 17,23: ob­ 173: fought against Mir Kasim, tained titles of Nimm-lll-M ti1k 180. and Asaf J'b, 17:· ruler of CARBTAIBB, Capt.-Lieut~atCouncil Deccan, 18. of War, 93, CIVIL SBBVIClI, reformed by Clive. CABTBB, Mr., Member of Select 160,169-7°. Committee, 191. CLABBIIOIfT, bought by Clive, CABTIBB, Governor after Verelst, 202. 201 and "- CLADD, Captain, in eommand at CHAIIPION, Colonel, 187.· Devikota, 50: at Trichinopoli, CIlAJJ4B, occupied by the English, 51. INDEx

C~ Robert, arrived at Madras .. turned to Fort St. David; 49: as a writer in the oervice oC the volnnteered to go with ·Mr. East India Company in 1744, Pigot to accompany a force 9, 10, II, 30: his early years with provis.ions to Trichinopoli, not promising, 9: born at 49: went-as far as Verdachelam, Syche, 9: 8ent· to his uncle, 49: returned to Fort St. David, Mr. :Bayley, . at Manchester 49: determined to become. a when three yeara old, 9: sent . soldier. 50: Governor of Madras to school at Lostocke, 10: re­ gave him the commission of mond to Marke~ Drayton, 10: captain, 50: directed him to brief experience of public school­ go·to Devikota with troops and liCe at Merchant Taylors', 10: join Capt. Clarke, 50: and private school in Hertfordshire report from Trichinopoli to Mr. till .appointed writpr, 10: his Saunders, 50 : Clive impressed character at his several school-, by the depr&l'sed condition of 10: belonged to a • fighting the native prince and English caste,' 10: learned to lead, J 0 : soldiers, 51 ; resolved to remedy liCe of an attorney ,listasteful conditions, 51, 52 : returned to to him, 10: duties and life oC Fort St. David to consult Mr. a Writer not congenial to Clive, Saunders, ~2: despatched to 12-13: left England in 1743, Madras with 200 soldiers, 52 : 13: delayed at Rio for nine 300 sipaM., 53: reached Kan­ months, 12: insulted a superior chipuram, 53: went on to functionary, 13: ...... ulted by Arcot, 53: defeaterl the natives' the Rev. Mr. Fordyce, 14: re­ at TImed, 53: sent for guns from garded as a qniet member of Madras, 53: guns .intercepted society by his superiorS, 15: at Kanchfpuram, ~3: marched Mr. Morse, Governor at Madras, to .ave the guns, and in his befriended him, 15: state of absence the 'enemy attacked India when Clive· arrived de­ Arcot, 54: brought the gilns scrihed, 16-30: Clive's fortunes into the fort and the enemy aifected by the hostilities he­ dispersed, 54: siege of Areat, tween the French and the 55 : t.ook Timed, 56 : marched English, 32-41 : conspicuous in to Ami to attack Raja Sahib, the first siege of Pondicherry, 56: dispersed the enemy, 58: 39: retired to Fort St. David, marched to Kanchfpuram and 40 : joined the expedition to ·took possession, 58: returned Devikota as a volunteer, 42: to Madras and then to Fort St. under Majnr Lawrence stormed navid, 59: Duplei" attempting Devikota, which was ceded to to reconquer Arcot, Clive was the East India Company, 43 : sent with troops to meet him, 63: situation when Clive returned reached Vendahir anrl marched from Devikota descrihed, 45- on to Kanchfpuram, 64: after 48: appointed Commissary of the a short halt, proceeded to Kit­ }'orces, 48: ill and ordel'ed for veripak. where the French were a cruise, 48: on hi. return he concealeJ, 64, 6S: battle, 66: equipperl a force for Trichina­ Clive won, 66: balDed Dupleix. poli, 48: accompanied a larger 61': returned to Fort St. David, fOl'ce to Volkonda, 49: objecting 67: prepared to. go to Tri­ to Captain Gingen's commands chinopoli, 67: despatcherl by .and mismanagement he 're- Lawrence .to occupy' Samia- INDEX

;"eram, 68: . his engagements of' the' Dutch, -13°-.: Clive's . with d'Auteoil, 68, 69: Clive achievements inBenglll, 133-7 : BUJprised at s..u.mveram; 70: leaves Bengal 1760, 137: defeated the enemy, 73 , 73: Clive's second visit to England, captured Paichanda, 73: forced 138-48: Clive's letter to Mr. d'Auteuil to IIUl'l'eIlder at Vol­ Pitt, 139-41 : Clive's fame as a konda, 73: 9!ive returned to soldier, 141: did not receive Fort St. DaVId, 73: proceeded a waTm welcome, 142: ill to Madras for ~, 73: married health, 142: made an Irish. Miss Maskeleyue, 74 : left peer, 143: 'not a supporter of MRdras on sick-leave, 74 : the Bute Administration, 143 : Clive in England, 75: Com of Mr. Lawrence Snlivan, enemy Directon gave him a great of Clive, 144: SulivaR's ob­ banquet, 75: voted him a dis­ jection to the don... tion of the moud-hilted sword, 75: . stood j:lglr to Cli... e, 145: Clive voted for S~. Michael, returned as against the Peace of Paris, 145 : sopporter of Mr. Fox, 76: uu­ Solivan tried to exclude Clive seated, 76: retumed to India, from a seat in the India House, 76 : appointed Lieut.-Colonel, 145 :,. Clive defeated, 146: dis­ and named Governor and Com­ turbance in Calcutta caused a mllnder of Fort St. David, with panic in the India House, 146: succession to the Governorship Clive urged to oooept the office of Madras, 76: took troops to of Governor-General, 146.: fresh India with inatroct.iona to con­ election by the Com of Pro­ vey them to Bengal, 76: Clive prietors, and Clive returned, and his troops attacked and 147: Clive's proposlll regarding destroyed Gheri", 78: went the j&gir, 147: Clive started , 1II0ngtheCoromandelCoastback fo. India, 148: Clive-appointed to Fort St. David, 78: Clive Vansittart to succeed him as sent to the H6gI1, 80: landed President of the Council in near Mai"pur, marched to Baj­ BengIIl,149: disturbances arose baj, 81: surprised in the night about the successor to Miran, by Manikchand, Governor of who had died suddenly, 150--1 : Calcutta, 8.: Clllcotta sur­ war broke oot, 156: Clive re­ rendered to Clive, 8.: Admiral tumed to Calcutta, 157: re­ Watson took po_ion, 8.: modelled the· army and the (''live stormed Htlgl1, 83: tresty Civil Service, 159-60: presents with the Naw£b, 84: conquered from the N ati ves to Civil Ser­ Chandranagar, 84: C1ive'sdeal. vants' prohibited, 161: Clive's ings with Sinj-ud-daola, 85-88: dealings with the corrupt fac­ preparations for war, go: the tion, J 62-3: his attempts to battle of Plasaey,. 91-106 : inJprove the Company's trade, English loss smlll!, 105: Clive's J63-5: re-constitution of the flreat victory, 105,106: Clive's Calcutta Council, 165-6: the dealings with Mil' J afar, log­ Select Committee, 166: hi. II, 115-'3: with Aminchand, attempts to reform civil ad­ 113: spoils of P1assey disputed, naui8tration, 166-7 .: Clive JI 3-7: created Mansabdar, JI8 : hated, 167: his good in1luence his dealings with the Princes over the younger members of of Southern India, 133: the the service, 169: Clive's tour Dutch invasion, 124-30: defeat northward, 171.: Clive's instrue- INDEX

tions to the young 8tibahdar at Council of War, 93: sent with MurshidaMd, 171, 172: he a detachment, after P1assey, proceeded to Benares, 173: 105· after an interview with Nawab­ COOTB'S Narrative, quoted, 97 ft., Wazir, they proceeded to Alla­ 103ft. baMd to confer with 8Mh COPB, Captain, mentioned in the Alim, 174: Clive's demands, account of the assault against 174: Nawab-Wazir granted Clive by Mr: Fordyce, 14 : a.ll except the one regarding commander of Force sent to factories, 174-5: the meeting help ex-Raja of Tanjore, 42: at Chapra, I 75 : league fonned sent to Trichinopoli, 48. against MaratM aggression, COBlfBlLLB, Captain, at Council of 175: question of the English War, 93. frontierdiecUBSed, 175-6: Clive's CoRNISH, Admiral, on the .Arakan views regarding the Stibah, the coast, 127. English to keep in the back­ COROIlAl!lDBL COAST, English Set­ ground, the power to be in the tlement at Armagon on the, hands of the Subabdar, 176-7: 18. , Lord Clive's Fund,' 178: COUNCIL 01' W AB, 92-3: question Clive's anny administration, submitted to, 93. 17g--89: 'double batts,' 179, CoUBT 01' DmBOTORS feted Clive 181-2: conspiracy in the army, on his return to England, 75-6 : 184--9: Clive's mode of sup­ appointed Clive Lieut.-Colonel, pressing it, 189: Clive resigned and uamed him Governor and in 1766, and returned to Eng­ Commander of Fort St. David, land in 1767, 191: his persecu­ with succession to Governorship tions, 193-6, 201--9:' visit to of Madras, 76: Clive's letter to, Paris, 196: on return to Eng­ 98, 105-6: appointed ten men land found he was elected to manage affairs in Bengal, Member of Parliament, 197: 119: coustitution of, 138: dis­ afillirs in India unsatisfactory, puted Clive's right to the jj{gfr, 19S-20I: attacks on Clive, 142: granted to Civil Servants 201--9: his acquittal, 309: went right to private trade, 163: to Bath to try the waters, 209: summary of the state of Bengal went abroad, 21 0: returned to by, 166-7: batt", I7g--81 : cur· England, 210: his death, 210: tailed their allowances, 180, comments on the life of Clive, 181: received Clive well in 211, 212. England, 196: sent out super­ CLIVE'S Ettidence before the (Jom­ visors, 199, 200. mittee of the H()fJ,88 of (Jom­ CODDALORB, Mr. Fordyce assaulted mon" quoted, 97 ft., 134 ra. Clive at, 1+ CLIVE'S Report to the (Jourt of CUDHORB, Captain, at Council of Directors, quoted, 97 ra. War, 93. CocHnr, independent territory, 17. COHIIIBBARY 01' FORCES, Clive ap­ DABBOL, Commodore Jones re­ pointed, 48. called from, 78. COOTS, Major Eyre, nominated DAHALCIIBRKI, pass in the Karn£· Governor of Calcutta by Ad­ tik, 25, 45. miral Watsan, 83: Clive objected DJ.ODPUB, 94: meeting between to the nomination, 83: sent by Mir Jafar and Clive at, 105: Clive to occupy Katwa, 91: at entire force united at, 105. INDEX

D'AuTBUIL, .en' by Dl1pJeix to pending war with England, 33 : take Law's place, 68: ap­ ordered to join M. de la Bour­ proached UMtur, 68: surprised donnais, 33 : urged to arrange Clive, 70: defeated by Clive, with the Govel1lment of Madras 73: retreated to Volkonda, 73: that the two IOttlements should surrendered to Clive, 73. preserve neutrality, but not DBCOA1l', territories belonging to, granted, 33: he appealed to 17: territories independent of, Anwar-ud-din, 33: hostility 17· stopped in the Karnll.tik, 34: DeMfJe Batlla 0/ India, by took Madras, 36: sole director Colonel MaUeson, 65 n., 130 n., of French interests, 36: sent 155 -. a small force under Paradis to DELHI, sack of, 16, 30: 8irll.j-ud- 1'elieve Madras, 37: slaughter dauJII.'. overtures to Court of, at St. Thome, 37: tried to expel 88: Muhammad 8Mh, Emperor the English from all their settle­ of, 30: King of, threatened re­ ments, 38 : siege of Pondicherry, bellion against Mlr J Mar, 121 : 39: directed the defence, 39: invasion of, 151: defeated by attempted to toke Trichinopoli, Calliaud and Knox, 151 : Mfr 60: sent Law in command of Kuim died at, 158. troops, 60: unsuccessful, 61: DEVIKoTA, English tried to p088ell8 nrged RII,j£ Sllhib to proceed to the Fort of, 43: Clive oent to reconquer Areot, and, if possible, join Major Lawrence at, 50. attack Madras, 63: attacked DHAKA. in rebellion against Mfr Punamallll, 63: marched to Jafar, Il5. Kanchfpuram and Vendahir, DIAMOND BABBOUB, Dutch vessels 63: Rll.jll. Sothib's army met by at, u6. Clive at KII.verip'k, 64: Clive DISBAELI, Ioaac son of, mentioned, surrounded by the French, 65 : 10: life of an attorney as dis­ defeated by Clive, 66: sent tasteful to him as to Robert d'Auteuil to replace Law, 68. Clive, 10. DUToB, monopoly of Vade with DoBT ALi, appointed to succeed the Moluccas, 134: various SMdat-ullll. Kh8.n as Nawll.b of conquests in the East, u4: the Ka.nuitik, 33: IOnt his son Dutch-Indian Company, u4: to captnre Trichinopoli, where settlement at Chinsurah, 124: he was llain, 35 : bis son pro­ negotiations with Mfr J afar, claimed Nawll,b, 35. uS: Dutch Beet approaching DBAU,Mr.,Governor at Caloutta, HlIgli, u6: Clive demanded 78: fled to the BligH, 78. explanation from them, 126: DBA YTON, Market, .Be Market invasion of the, 136-30: com­ Drayton. pleto defea_ of, 131. Duw RAM, BH Rll.jll. DuJII.b Rll.m. DUMAB, M. Benott, Governor. Ea,.ly Ret!orth fit Brim" India, General of French possessions by Talboys Wheeler, quoted, in India, 2l: at Pondicherry, 177 and fl. 35· EAST IllDJA. COIlPANY, Clive, DUPLBIX, M., sncceeded Dumas writer in th.ll Bervice of, 9, 10, as Governor-General of French II : BiMr saltpetre manufacture po_sions, n, 33, 60, 194: reo farmedby,n8: Directorsot, 164: ceived instructions frum the Diwll.n of the three Provinces, Directors on account of the im- 172 • 220 INDEX

EATON, Dr., private ""hool a~ FOR'!' &0. DAVID, Board at, 14: Lostooke, to which Clive was English officials from Madraa sent till he was eleven, 10. escaped to, 38: Clive helped to ELLIOT'sHWUw!l ofIndia, qnoted, defend. 38: French tried to 30 fl., 44 fl., 100 n., 176 .. take, 39 : Clive appointed ELLIs, civil officer, prepared to . Governor of, 76. seize Patn£, 155: defeated. Foa... Sr. GEORGB, built at 156• Madras, 19. Et:iden« before the C_mitte8 FORT WaLlA](, built by Job of tloe H0U8e of CO ..71WrI8, by Charnock in the reign of King Clive, quoted, 96 ••, 97 n., 134 •• William IIl, 119. Ems ComB, Major, He COOTE, Fox, Mr., Clive a snpporter of, 76• F AcrORlBS, not to be established FBAm, M. St.. _ Sr. FBAls. by the East India Company in FuNCK CoLoNY, ,,~ POIldicherry, Oudh, 174: Nawab-Wazfr's 20: on the Malabar cow and . opinion of, 174-5. at Cbandranagar, in Bengal, F A.lZUAn, occnpied by the Eng­ n. lish, 157· FuLLKR, Mr.. seconded amend­ FALU, Major Kilp3triek with ment to the attack against Clive, troops at, 80: Admiral Wat­ 208. . eon's squadron at, 8o: Dutch attack off, 129. G.l.UPP, Captain, at Conneil of FA1IlNs in the three Provinces, War, 92. 199-201• GEORGE II, King, his opinion oC FISCHI!B, CaptsUo, at Council ..C Clive, 41: his death, 143- War, 93- GBBBIA., fort at, 77: headqua.rtel's FLETCHBR, Sir Robert, Com­ of A.ngria, pirate chief, 77: manrlant at Mnngir, 185, 187: taken by Watson and Clive, tried by court-martial and 78: Ali Vardi Khan's battle at, eashierecJ. 189: his pamphlet, 85· 197· GBULAx HusEN, He CBlImA FORDE, CoI01lel, sent by Clive to 8AmB. Vizag3patam. 1&2: united with GINGBNS, Captain, sent to Vol­ Raja's troops, 122: expelled konds, 48: mismanaged affairs; French £rom northem Sirkars, 49: in command at Trichinopoli, I u ~ took their fortress, 12 2 : 51. secured the influenee for the GINGI, fortreas of, 47: captured English, 132: fought against by the French, 47. the Dutch, 128: occupied :sarn". GOLKOIfDA, Nizam-ul·MtIlk re­ gar, 129: marched toShiriram­ tired to, after taking Trichina­ pur, 129: Knox joined him, poli, 28. 130: defeated Dutch, 131: GRAP'l'OI, J)uke of, ", head of appointed Supervisur, 199. Ministry, 197: resigned, 197. FORDYCR, Rev. Mr., his assanlt GBA!f1', Major, at Council of War, against Clive, as reported by 9~· . the Board at Fort St. David, GBAlIIr, Captain Alexander, at 14: .uepended, i 4- Council of War, 93. FORRBSr's Records of tloe MadrtUI GRKIfVILLB, George, 198 : Clive a Pruitkftcy (ISgo), ,I.., 40 n., supporter of, 19B: his death, 4111., foG A., sa .. 19B. INDEX 221

GBIJ'PIlI', A.dmiraJ, commanding l!rDu HOUSlI, Sulivan excluded squadron, 39- Clive from seat in, 145: pro­ GWALUB, importan~ town near prietors forced ~be Govemor­ Poodicherry, 38. Generalship of Bengal on Clive, GUlIDLAJUIDIA, river in Madras, 146: sent a ne... covenaut to 17· Calcutta, 161: refused to in­ crease salaries, 165. H.unAB ALi, invaded Madras, Ins's YO!JOfI' aM Histo,ieal 198 ,201. N arraUf)e, quoted, 94 ft., 97 ft. H.uUA1LABAn, overtures between Siraj-ud-dauU and Bossy a~ JAGiB, conferred on "Cliv~, 123 87· H.&.sTnfGS, Warran, mentioned, and .. : di'l'uted by Court of 194: lim Govemor-General of Directors, 142, 145-7· JALAJlGi, river, 91. India, 201. JENNINGS, Captain, at Council of H1IBBB, Bishop, qumed, 37 ft. HIGH-BOAD from HUgH to Patoa W ..... 93· JOlDlSTONB, Gideon, received made by MughaJ. Government, Mr. money for secret services, 161. go. JONBS, Commodore, sent to attack Hidtwy of Englaflll, by Lon!. Angria, 77: recalled fro ... Dab­ S~ope, 202 ft. hoi, 78. Hidtwy of Indo8taft, by O"?,,- quoted,20" " HWor!l of I.dio., by Orme, KALIr!, Mr. Watts at, 92. quoted, 95 ft., 109 a. KALPI, English victory at, 157. Hulory 0/ Indill, by Elliot, KANCBiPUBAK, Clive on his way quoted, 30 a., 4+ ft., 100 ft., to Areat balted at, 53: guns 176 ft. intercepted at, 53: siege of, 58 : Hi8tory of the BtRfIal Army. taken by Clive, 58. by Broome. quoted, go ft., 95 ft., KAmf.bl.K, territory of the nee.; 109ft. can, 17: not immediat.ely under Hwory of the PreruTo ito the Slibahdar, 17: territory India, by Colonel Malleson, entrUsted to a Na...a., 17: its 36 ... . boundaries, 17, 18: invasions HOLLA1fD, "124- 81)d war in the, .1-31: Khoja HOLWBLL, Mr~ in charge during Abdullah, Nawab of the, 28. Clive's absence, 136-7. KABRA, Engli.h viL-tory at, 157: Hon HALL, the residence of Mr. held by the English, 174- Bayley,... hereClivew88brough~ KAsI)[]IAzAB, Mr. Watts, English agent at, 86: 6iraj-ud-daula '·ti . shi HUGLI,~P, 9- nver,lngt. ves m ps on sent an army to Plassey, in the the, 78 : Major Kilpamck sent island of, 88 and ft.: troops at, with ~ps &II, 79: Watson and n6,1I9' " ('1ive sen~ "I/. 80. KAslI'UB, seat of gun-factory, 83 : HUGLi, town, stonued by Clive, Clive at, 83. 83: revenue of, granted money K.bw4, Major Eyre Coote sent to Clive, II 7. : to occupy, 91 : battle of, 156. KAV1IBIPAK, battle of, 64-6, 183, I.d06lan, HWory of, see Hiltory 211 : Clive defeats the French of IndoMa ... andallies, 66: occupied by Clive, IlrDU passed to the Crown, 178. 66 •. INDEX

KHOJA. ABDOLLAH, proclaimed Clive to occupy Samiltveram, N awltb of the :K:arImtik, ~8: 68. poisoned, a8. LAWRENCB, Lord, quoted, 16 n_ KILPATRIOK, Major, sent from LB BEAU AlB, Captain, at Council M&dr&a to the Hligli, 79: of War, 93. reached F<a, 80: at Council Letters, by Scrafton, quoted, of War, 92: in command of 160n. troops at Plassey, loa: marched Life of CU"e, by Malcolm, against St. Frais, loa: joined 103 n. . by Clive, loa. . , LoBD CLIVB'S Furo,' 178. KIsHANGABH, revenue of, granted LoSTOCKB, private school where money to Clive, II7. Clive was educated till he was KNox, Captain, fought against eleven, 10. the Dutch, 128: defeated the LOCAS, Captain, mentioned in the Dutch, 131 : fought against the account of the assault against King of Delhi and defended Clive by Mr. Fordyce, 14. Patnlt,151• LOOKNow, occupied by the English, KOIL!»t, French attempted to 157· intercept Lawrence at, 67. LOSHINOTON, affixed Admiral KOLBON, River, 68, 69. Watson's name to f&lse docu­ ment regarding Aminchand, LALOUDI, mud fort of, taken by ~94· Clive, 68. LALLY, Count, sent to Pondi­ MA'AJ/UZ KHAN, Bon of Anwar­ cherry, 120: marched to Tan. ud-din, sent to demand Madras, jore, .120: recalled BusBY, 120: 37: encountered Dupleix at successes achieved by, 120, 194: .M&liapur, St. Thom6, 37: de­ left northern Sirkirs unpro­ feated, 37: taken prisoner, tected, 121. 45· LASOABS, with Clive at Plassey, MADHUPUR, Clive despatched 90,95. Watts and W &Ish to, I II : LAW, of Lauriston, sent by Du­ Clive marched to, III. pleix to Trichinopoli, 60: unsuc­ MADRAS, Robert Clive arrives &8 ceBBful, 61 : fought gallantly at a writer in the service of the Pondicherry, 61: replaced by East India Service in 17« at, d'Auteuil, 68: defeated by 9, 30 : Mr. Morse Governor at, Clive at Paichanda, 69-73: IS, 33: originally Chennapata­ surrendered, 73: sent by Clive nam, 19 : granted to the English near Chandran&gar with troops, and re-named Mad1"&8, 19: Fort 84. St. George built, 19: raised to LAWRENOE, Major Stringer, in Presidency in 1653, 19: popu­ command at Fort St. David, lation at end of 17th century, 40 n.: took a force to Devi­ 19: constitution of the town, kot.., with Clive as lieutenant, 19: English trading colony, 20: 43: stormed Devikota, 43: French colony, ao: taken by the treaty, 43: returned to Fort French, 35 : ,-estored, 41. St. David, «: joined Clive, 67: Madraa Preaidencg, Records of, started with Clive for Trichino­ by Mr. Forrest, mentioned, 14. poli, 67: entered Trichinopoli, 40n., 41 n., 50 ... , sa n. 68: assisted by Morltri Rita and M..uJ.poll, Watson and Clive at, the D&lwai of Mysore, 68: sent 81, INDEX

MALOOLIl, Sir John, mentioned, Min ,JUAB, In command of Sir"j­ I,U: quoted, 169: Life of ud-daul"'s forces, 79: joined eu"., 103 fl., 143 fl., 198 fl. Clive, 86: quarrelled with Simj­ MALDA, Aminchand's pilgrimage ud-daua, 88: reconciliation, to, 113. 88: swore fealty and to fight MALIAl'uB, battle between French against Clive, 88, 91: bis inter­ and English at, 37. view with Mr. Watts, 92: MALLEBoJl'a, Colonel, HiBt&rg oj renounced Watts as a spy, 92 : the French in India, 36 fI. : threatened to destroy the EI!g­ DecUrifl. Rattlu of India, 65 fl., !ish, 92: favourable despatch I30n., ISS fl. from, 94 : position of his troops MAJiCBBSTIIB, Clive sent to his at Plassey, 97: his interview uncle to be. brought up and with Sir"j-ud-daul", 100: lin­ educated at, 9. gering of his troops, 103: re­ MAJlIKOBAJID, Governor of Cal­ quested an interview with Clive, cutta, 81: maTChed to Baj-baj, 105: escorted to the camp 81: retired, 82. to be proclaimed S6.bahdM, MAJiSUBPI!T, pagoda of, taken by 107: his conditions and agree­ (''live, 68. ments with Clive, 107-8: noble MAR!TBAs, took Trichinopoli, 25: family in BihM, 109: officer of iuv...oon of, 25, 26: yielded Ali Verdi Khan, 109: married Trichinopoli to NizMu-ul-M1Ilk, Ali Verdi Khan's sister, 109: 28: overtures with Siraj-ud­ Bakshf of the army, log: took daul", 87: Mar"tM ditch, 108: Calcutta, 109: bis meeting with defeated at battle of PlHlfpat, Clive, IIO: went to Murshid&­ 173: advance of, 183. bad, III : received Clive, III : MABKAB, the Armenian, com­ proclaimed S6.bahdM, 112: ap­ manded a special brigade, 154 ; plied to Clive for assistance, sent to Pat.Im, 155 : drove the II5,121: hisarmyatRajmahal, Eng!ish out, 155: took English II6: attempt to coerce Bihar, prisone.. , 156. II6-8: met Clive, II6: at MABKET DnAYTOJI, Clive sent to PatM, II7 : marched with Clive Mr. Borslem's school at, 10. to BMh, u8: returned to MABTIJf, Francis, leader of the Morsbi~bad, lI8: treasury French traders on the Coro­ exhausted, 12 I: conferred the mandel coast, 20, Zl: died jolgir of the Zamfndari on Clive, 1706,20. 13 3 : forced to resign, 153: to MASKlILBYJlB,Miss, married Clive, reside under English protection, 74- 153: displaced by Mfr K~m, Memoi,.. of Capt4'" Dalton, 153: restored by the English, quoted, 49 fl., 51 fl. 158, 159: his death, 159. 160 : MEBCBAJlT TAYLOBS', Clive spent bequeathed money·to Clive, a short time at, 10. 178: formation of Lord Clive's MiBAJl, BOn of·Mir Jam, II9= Fund,178. arrived with an army at Mur­ Min KASDI, son-in-law of Mfr shi~b&d, 132: struck dead by Jafar, 119,152: envoy of Mir lightning, ISO. Jarar, 152: wished to succeed Min AsAD, appointed Diw"n in Miran, 152: bis bribery suc­ place of CMnda ~ib, 24: cessful, 152; Mir Jafar to be taken prisoner by the Mar"tWls, displaced by, 152: proceeded to 25· l'atu, 153 : instslled as S6.bah- dar, 153: good ruler, 1.53: to Trichinopoli, 45: rival of removed his fortreB8 to Mungir, CMnda sahib. in the Deccan, 153: reformed his army, 154: 45: at ,Trichinopoli. 51: his abolished transit duMes, ISS: . treasury exhausted, 5 J. prepared for war, ISS: his MUHAMMAD RiZA KHAN, nomi­ army under Markar set out for ·nated Deputy-Naw~b, 161, 168. Patn~, 155 : drove the English MUHAMMAD SHAH, Emperor of away, 155: sent Samru· to Delhi, 30: died, 44. Baksar, 156: intercepted the Mum, Captain, at Council of War, ~nglish and beat them com- 93· pletely, 156: defeatedatK~tw~, MUNGiII, Mir Kuim removed his 156: defeated at Gheri~, 156: capital to, 153: Sir Robert on the fall of Pat"a, took refuge Fletcher at, 187: mutiny at, at Oudh, 157: defeated at Bak­ 187-8. s"r, 157: died at Delhi, 158. MUNRO, Sir Hector, his victory at Mill MADAN, Sir~j·ud-daul&'s Baksar, 157:. occupied Benares, general, 97: killed at Plassey, Ch~ and AllaMMd, 157: (00. overran Oudh, 157: occupied Mill MBHDi KHAN, commanding Lucknow and Faizabad, 157: Mil" J "far's troops, ISS : went defeated enemy at Karra and to Muogir to report to Mil" KaIpi, 157: Naw~b-Wazir of Jafar, ISS. Oudh surrendered himself to, MOLITOIIB, Capt.-Lieut., at Council 157· of War, 93. MUBAnBAGH, paIace of, Clive at, MORARI RAo, famous Mar~tM . III. Hoidier, left to guard Trichina­ MURSHID.A.sAn, capital of Simj­ poli, 26: sent to help Clive at ud-daulli, 78, 85: bankers and Arcot, 55: marched with Clive merchants of, join Clive, 86: to Arni, 56: defeated the Mir Jafar's interview with Mr. French, 57, 58: assisted Law­ Watts at, 92: Clive entered, rence; 68. I II : treasury of, granted MORSB, Mr., Governor of Madras, money to Clive, II7: Clive at, IS, 33: befriended Clive, IS: 171. declined proposal from the MURTIZA ALi, Governor of Vel­ French Governor that the two lore, 2\': poisoned his brother­ settlements should. preserve in-law, 27: proclaimed himself neutrality, 33: demanded in Naw~b, 27: his flight, 27: vain for protection from Anwar· present at the l'Oyal wedding, ud-dln,35· 29: sudden disappearance, 30 : MosBs, Mr. Levy, mentioned in suspected murderer of the young the account of the complaint of Prince, 30. the assault of Mr. Fordyce MUZAl!'FAR J ANG, elaimed succes­ against Clive, 14- sion to the Deccan, 44: Go~emor MUGHAL DYNASTY receives a blow of B!japur, 44: enlisted service from which it never rallied, 16, of Marll;tMs, 44: proclaimed 85, 173: high-road from HligU himself Slibahdlir of the Deccan, to Patna, 90. 45: ml\rched to Trichinopoli, MUGHAL, Great, called on Clive 46: at Tanjore, 46,47: retreated to help repreBB the rebellion of on Pondicherry, 47: taken his son, 123 • prisoner, 47: releaserl, 47: .MUHAMMAD ALi, forced to flee acknowledged Slibahdlir,. 47 : INDEX

a1ain on bis way to AurangaMd, OllAB BIliG. sent to escort Mir 47· Jafar to Clive's camp, 107. M YSOBE, an independent territory, OBlIlIi, Mr.• quoted. 20 n., 30. 17: sent an army to assist 81 .... 95 n., 96 ..:, 103 .... 109 n., Muhammad AU, 54: assisted no ... Lawrence at Trichinopoli, 68. OUDS. overtures of Siraj.ud-dau1a to the Nawab-Wazir of, 88: N ADm SBU, invasion of. 16, 17, N awab-Wazir of. threatened ~5. 30. 85· rebellion against Mlr J afar, NIliGAPATAM. squadron cruised off. 121: Nawab-Wazlr of, protects 34· and aid. Mir Kasim, 157: NAPIIIiB·s.SirW .• Peninsular War, throws himself on the mercy of quoted, 60 ... the English. 157, 159: Clive's N arratitle.· Sir Eyre Coote's. dealings with Nawab-Wazir of, quoted. 97 ft.. 103 n. 171, 173-8. N AsiB J ANG, son of N1zam-ul. M61k, succeeded in Southern P AlCBAIfDA. taken by Clive. 73. India. 30, 44: slain by bis own P ALlIIEB, Captain. at Council of levies. 47. War.93· NIliWOASTLB. Duke of. 143. P ALHYBA.S. Cape, 80. NIliWCASTLIIi. Dowager Dnchess P ALTi. town on the Kasimbazar of. sold Claremont to Clive. river. 91. 20~. PAllfPAT. battle of, mentioned. NIZAlI-UL·MULX. title granted to 16. 173. the family of Chin Kilich Khan. P ABADIS, sent by Dupleix to 17: Nawab of the Karuatik, relieve Madras, 37: entered 18: Subahd.tr of the Deccan. Madras,38. 23: objected to tbe appoint. P ABKEB, J ohn Neville. tried by menta in tbe Karuatik made by court-martial, 189; reinstated, Saadat-ull&-Khan, 23: gave the 189. Maratbas permission to attack P AB8BAW, Capt.-Lieut., at Council Tricbinopoli. 25: entered Ax­ of War. 93. cot with a large army, 28: PATII"'. capital of Bihar. Clive marcbed on to Trichiuopoli, 28 : accompanied Mir Jafar to, n7: compelled the Marathas to Clive entered and subdued, 123: yield, ~8: proclaimed hi. own Mir J afar conferred jagir on commander Khoja Abdullah to Clive at, 123: Patna stormed, be Nawab of the Karuatik. 28 : 151: English plunders at, 155 : Nawab poisoned. ~8: he ap­ Mir Kasim died at. 158. pointed Anwar-ud-dln, provi. PBACIii 011' P ABIS. Clive voted sionally. and to act as guardian against. 145. to Saiyud Mubammad. 28: died, PURAGE. Clive raised to an Irish. 44· 143· N OBTB. Lord. Chancellor of the Penifl8l1Zar War. by Sir W. Excbequer. 197: First Lord of Napier. quoted. 60 ... the Treasury, 198: his Bill, PIliYTOII. Commodore. commanded 2OC-I. squadron on Commodore Bar­ 'NOBTBIliBII CmoABS,' territory of nett's death. 34: cruised pfF the Deccan. 17. N egapatam. 34: aailed for Trin· NUJJI-UD-DAULA, Nawab.Na:.im, comalee.34- 17 2• PlGOT,Mr.,sentwitb provisionB.49. p INDEX

PITT, Mr. (afterwards Lord Vellore, 55: defeated at Ami, Chatham), Secretary of State, 57-8: took Punamallu, 62: 139: Clive's letter to, 13!n repaired damage at Kanchi­ Clive describes Mfran as unfit puram,62 : encamped at Venda­ to succeed, 139, 150: points IUr, 62-3: quitted Vendal6r, urged in the letter, 140: Pitt 63: in ambush at Kaveripak, unable to answer the letter, 64: remarkable battle of Ka.­ 141: Pitt's opinion of Clive, veripak; 64-6: defeated by 141: resigned, 143: Lord Privy Clive, 66: retreated to Sering­ Seal, 197: resigned on account ham, 68. of ill health, 197. RAnwlAL, Sirai-ud-daula dis­ PLASSIIY, army recalled by Clive covered hiding at, II 2: Mfr hom, 84: Siraj-ud-daula Bent Jatar and Clive at, 116. an army to, 88: Clive's army RIo, Clive delayed for nine reached, 94: battle of, 94-106, months at, I2: Clive picked 183: spoils of Plassey, 107-17 : up a little Portuguese at, 12. effects of the spoils, 136. RUMROLD, Captain, at Council of PONDICHERRY, French settlement, War, 92. 18: French squadron anchored off, 34: Dumas, Governor of, SAADAT-ULLA KHAN, Nawab of as: siege of, 39-41: English the Karnatik, 23: died in 1732, officials from Madras sent as 23: appointed Dost Ali, his prisoners to, 38 : siege of, 39 : nephew, to succeed, 23: Bakar armies of Chanda Sahib and Ali to be Governor of Vellore, Muzaffar Jang retreated on, 23: and GhuIam Huseu or 47: Law'distinguished at siege Chanda Sahib to be Diwan of,61. afterwards, 23. PBAGIlUTIO SANCTION, England SAFDAB ALi, son of Dost All, upholder of, 31. sent to capture Trichinopoli, 24: PROPRIETORS, (;ourt of, 145-7. proclaimed Nawab, 25: per­ PURNIAH, Raja of, rebelled against suaded Marathas to advance }fir Jafar, 114-5: went with on the Karn8.tik, 26: siege of Clive to MurshidaMd to make Trichinopoli, 26, surrendered, peace with Mir Jafar, u6. 26 : sent his family to Madras, 27: took refuge at Vellore, 27 : RAGHUJi BHONSLA, leader of the poisoned by his brother-in-law, MaratMs, 25. 27: his son proclaimed Nawab R.tJA DULAn R.br, joined Clive, by the army, 27. 86: position of his troops at SAlYUD MUHAlIHAD KB1N, son of Plassey, 97: treacherously ad­ Safdar Ali, proclaimed Nawab, vised Siraj-ud-daula to flee hom 27: Anwar-nd-dfn appointed Plassey to Murshidabad, 101: his guardian, 28: murdered, 30. Finance Ministel', 107, IJ4: SAL"bAT J ANG, proclaimed Slibah­ retired to his pala.ce, II4: dar on the death of Muzaffar refused all intercourse with Mir Jang,48. J afar, 114: reconciliation with SALLUSTIAN MOTTO, quoted, 16. Mir Jafar, 117, 168. SALT MONOPOLY, 164, 165. RAJA 8AmB, BOil of Chanda Sahib, SAMIAVBRAM, occupied by Clive, in command at North Areot, 68: battle at, 69-72: Clive'. 54: joined by the French, 54 : victory, 73, 183, 211. .mege of Areat, 55: retreated to SAJOIU, Armenian, in command of INDEX

a special brig&de. ~53-4: ient hia army to KMimbazar. 88: to Baksar. 156. Clive 88nt declaration of war to. SAIIII"ABAz. IOn ot; at Dill". in 91: at Plassey. 95: fled to rebellion against Mfr Jafar. MurahicKb8d. 101. IU: ws, IIS. COV\!l'ed hiding at RltjmaluQ. SATABA. CUnd. S8hib, prisoner lIZ: made over to Mfr Jaf..... at, 26. 31: Mozaffar Jaog pro- 112: interview with MfrJafar. ceeded to, 4+ II2: stabbed,IU. SAUNDBB8, Mr., Governor of Fort SIVAJi, bnilt a fort at Gheri", 77. St. David, 49: sent Clive under S)flTH. Captain F •• 187: at Mun- Mr. Pigot to take provisions to gir,187. Trlchinopoli, '49: gave Clive his SIIlTH, Colonel. 186: commanding captaincy, 50: seni him to De- at Sorltjpur. 186: nominated vikota, 50. Commander-in-chlef by Clive, SCOTT. Colonel, nominated Com- 191. mander, with Clive aa second. SHlTH. Major. 186: commanwng 77: his death. 77. at AllaMMd, '186: arrested SCBAftON, Mr.. sent to escort officers. 186. . MfrJafar to Clive's camp, 107: STANHOPE, Earl, quoted. 192,209, informed Aminchand of false 210 and "., 2II: HuWr!/ of document, I I 3: appointed Snper. England, 203 ft. visor, 199: Letter., quoted. STAlfLEY, Mr., proposed an amend- 160 flo ment in the atca.ck against SELECT CoHlUTTllll appointed, 147, Clive. 208. 161, 191 : opposition of, 166. ST. FBAI8, Mons., commauding SBBl!I'GHAH,islandtowhichFrench Freneh at PlasseY,96 : formerly retreated from Trichinopoli, 68, member of Council of Chandra- 69. nagar, 96: commenced action SET, banking-hoUBe of the St!t at Plassey. 98: remained when family. 168. Sirij-ud-danl" fled. 101: met SHAll' ALfM:. troops of, repnlsed by Kilpatrick, loa: retreated. the invasion of BiluIr, 153: 103: his final resistance and installed MIP K£sim as Stl.bah- death, 104- dItr, 153: Clive's dealing with, STlIBLl!I'G. Mr.. private school in 171 : his capital occupied by the Hertfordshire, where Clive went Mgh'ns, 171: meeting with on leaving Merchant Taylors', Clive at Allah"Md, 174- until he waa nominated writer SIW-UJ>.DAUL!, Stl.bahdltr. 78: in the service of the East India ..,ized factory ai KUimMzM. Company. 10. 78: marched to Calcutta, 78 : STYClIIE, Robert Clive bom at, 9. took possession, 78: Black . SUIlAH, province, 17, 166, 177. Hole of Calcutta. 711-9: Mor- SUBABDAE, chief of a stl.bah or ahidltMd capital of, 78, 85: province, 17: Nizotm-nl-MtI.lk, grandson of Ali Vard! KMn, Stl.bahdltr of the Deccan, 23: 85: overtnres to BUBBY at on his death struggles for sue- HaidarltMd. 87: to the Man- cession, #-7 : Ali Yardf KMn. thU. 87: to Delhi, 88: to Stl.bahdltr of Bengal, Bibltr and Naw£b-Wufr of Oudh, 88: Orissa, 85: Sirij-ud-daul" sue- quarrelled with MIP Jam, 88: ceeded him, 85: attempts to reconciliation with MIPJafar to dethrone the Slibahdltr,86. light againn Clive. 88: sent SULIVAN,Mr.Lawrence, Chairman p~ 228. INDEX

of Court of Directors, 1# : Ud.TUB, d'Autenii at, 68. enemy of Clive, 1#. 303: ex­ cluded Clive from seat in the V AlISITTABT, successor to Clive, India House. 145: elected at . 136, 149: his character, 149- Court of Proprietors. 145: his 50: bribed by Mfr Kasim, 152 : candidates for second election forced MfrJafar to resign, 153: defeated. 147. appointed Snpervisor, 199•. SUHNEB. Mr., accompanied Clive VBLLOBB, Safdar Ali took refoge to Calcutta. J 48. 159. at, 27: Murtiza Ali, Governor SuB.!Jl'uB,Colonel Smith stationed at, a7. a.t.186. VBNDALUB, French encampment SYKEs. accompanied Clive back at,6a-3: French quit, 63: Clive to Calcutt.... 148. 159: agent at at, 64. Mursbid,u,ltd. 166: member of VBRDACHBLAM, the point to which Select Committee. 191. Clive accompanied the troops with provisions for Trichinopoli, TACITUS, quoted, 139- 49- TANJOBB, troops sent from Fort VEBBLST, appointed Governor by St. David to ·help the ex-Rltja, Clive, 190, 196, 198. 43. VIZAGAPATAIf, Colonel Ford at, TROME. St., battle at, 37. 122. THURLOW, Attorney-General, snp. VI2IADBUG, harbour of, 77. ported Burgoyne in his attack VI2IAlIAGBAIf, letter to Clive de­ against Clive, 205. manding troops from Raja of, Thnrnf, Clive's victory at, 53: 121. Clive takes the fort of, 56. VOLKONDA, Clive sent under Cap­ Tra718actiona i10 India, quoted, tain Gingens to, 48: surrender 156 and ft. of d'Anteuil at, 73. TBA v AlICOBB, independent terri­ Voyage afld Historical Narrtrr tory, 17. tiw, by Ive&, quoted, 94 "", TBlOHINOI'OLI, kingdom claimed 97"" by the N awabs of the Karnatik, 18: death of the ruler of, 24: W AGGONNBB, Captain, at Council captured by Dost Ali, 34 : of War, 93. Chanda sahib, Governor of, a4: W ALBR, sent with Watts to Mad­ taken by the MaratMs, 35: hupur, 1 II: Clive's secretary, siege of, a6: surrender of, 36 : 140: charged with the letter to yielded by the Marathas to . Mr. Pitt, 140. Nizam-ul-MUlk, a8: Clive es­ WANDIWABH, Saiynd Muhammad corted troops on their way to, Khan and his mother sent to, 49 : sent with Major Lawrence a7· to report from, 50: besieged by War .. India, by Cambridge, Chanda sahib, 51: La.,. in quoted, 43 "" command of French troops and WATSON, Admiral, in command sipahis before Trichinopoli, 61. of squadron, 78: destroyed TBINOOIfALBB, the English squad­ Gheria, 78: sent to the HugH, ron sailed away from the French 80: arrived at Falta, 80-1: to,34- anchored at Maiapur, 81: nominated Major Eyre Coote, UNDW! NALA, taken by Major Governor of Calcutta, 83: took Adams, 157. possession himself, 8a: banded INDEX

keys to Drake, 82: obj""ted to Clive to demand apology from sign false document" regar

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SUPPLIlHENi'ARY VOLUIIlER • .A. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INDIA.N PEOPLES, by 8m WILLIAM WILSON HUNi'ER, K.C.8.I. Twentietll Edition; 78th thousand. Price 38. 6d. [Published.] JAMES THOMASON: and ths Britiah Settlement of North­ WeBtern India, by SIR RICHARD TRUPLE, Bart., M.P., formerly Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, and Governor of Bombay. Price 3s. 6d. [Published.] ilDpinions Of tbe i>teSS ON SIR WILLIAM HUNTER'S 'DALHOUSIE.' I An interesting and exceedingly readable volume••••• Sir William Hunter haa produced a valuable work about an important epoch in English history in India, and he baa given us a pleasing insight into the character of a remarkable Englishman. The II Rulers of India" series, which he haa initiated, thus makes a succes.ful beginning in his hands with one who ranks among the greatest of the great names which will be associated with the subject.'-The Tim68. I To no one is the credit for the improved condition of public intelli. gence [regarding India] more due than to Sir William Hunter. From the beginning of his career as an Indian Civilian he baa devoted·a rare literary faculty to the taak of eulightening his countrymen on the subject of England's greatest dependency •• -.• By inspiring a small army of fellow-labourers with his own spirit, by inducing them to conform to his own method, and shaping a huge agglomeration of facts into a lucid and intelligible system, Sir W. 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But in this volume we are made to feel as we must bave felt if we bad been on the spot and seen the murderer" fastened like a tiger" on the back of the Viceroy.'-Dai.11l N_,. Leading Article. . iDpiniOns of !be Wtess Olf MR.W.S.SETON-KARR'S'COR~ALLIS.'

• This new volume of the .. Rulers of India OJ aeries keeps up to the high standard eat by the author of .. The Marqu.... of Dalhousie." For dealing with the salient P88llllgl!S in Lord Cornwallis's Indiau career no one could have been better qualified than the whilom foreign secretary to Lord Lawrence.'-7'MAthetlRulers of India Series," published at the Clarendon Press at Oxford •••• Of Cornwallis it might be said he transformed the East India Company's servants from merchants to administrators, and determined to place them above jobbery, whieb he despised.'-TluJ Indepflflllent. • We have already expressed our sense of the value and timeliness of the series of Indian historical retrospects now issuing, under tbe editor­ .hip of Sir W. W _ Hunter, from the Clarendon Press. It is somewhat I.... than fair to say of Mr. Seton-Karr's monograph upon Cornwallis that it reaches the high standard of literary workmanship which that series has maintained.••• Hi. accurate and lucid summary of the necesai­ ties which dictated Cornwallis'. policy, and the methods by which he initiated and, to a great extent, effected, the transformation of our rule in India from the lines of an Oriental despotism to those with which we are now familiar, is as attractive as it is instrllctive.'-The lMerG'7I World. SIDpinions of tbe Il!'tess OB COLONEL MALLESON'S • DUPLEIX.' 'In the character of Dopleix there WB8 the elemen~ of greatne88 that contact with India seema to have generated in so many European minds, French as well as English, and a broad capacity for govern­ ment, which, if anffered to have full play, migh~ have ended in giving the whole of Soothern India to France. Even as i~ was, Colonel Malleson shOWl how narrowly the prize Blipped from French grasp. In 1783 the Treaty of Versailles arrived jun in time to save the British power from extinction.'-TimeB. , One of the ben of Sir W. Rnnter's interesting and valuable aeries. Colonel Malleaon writes oot of the fnln688 of familiarity, moving with ease over a field which he had long ago surveyed in every nook and comer. To do a small book as well as this on Dnpleix has been done, will be recognised by competen~ jodges as no small achievement.. When one considers the bulk of the ma~a1 oot of which the little volume has been distilled, one can still better appreciate the labour and dexterity involved in the performance.'-Acad"",y. , A moat compact and effective history of the French in India in a liV.le handbook of 180 pagea.'-NOfiCOfIfontiw. , Well arranged, locid and eminently readable, an excellen~ addition to a moat osefnI senea.'-Record. .

COLONEL MALLE SON'S • AKBAR.' 'Colonel Malleaon'" interesting monograph on Akbar in the "Rulers of India" (Clarendon Preas) should more than satisfy the general reader. Colonel Malleson Vaces the origin and fonndation of the Mnghal Empire; and, as an introduction to the history of Muhamma­ dan India, the book leaves nothing to be desired.'-St.Jamu'B GGuIk. 'This volume will, no doubt, be welcomed, even by experts in Indian history, in the light of a new, clear, and terse rendering of an old, bui no~ wom-oot theme. It is a worthy and valuable addition to Sir W. Runter's promising senea.'-.Athencsm.

C Colonel Malleaon has broken gronnd new to the general reader. The story of Akbar is briefly bot clearly told, with an account of whM he was and what he did, and how he fonnd and how he left India. ••. The native chronicles of the reign are many, and from them i~ is atiII possible, as Colonel Malleaon has shown, to conatrnct a living portrai~ of this great and mighty potentate.'-Scota 0"-'-".

C The brilliant historian of the Indian Mutiny has been assigned in this volume of the aeries an important epoch and a strong personality for critical study, and he has admirably fnlfilled his task. ••• Alike in dress and style, this volume is a fit companion for ita predec888or.'­ Manchuter Guardia.. ilDpinions of tbe Jl!)tess 011 CAPTAIN TROTTER'S 'WARREN HASTINGS,' 'The publication, reoently noticed in this place, of the "Letters, Despatcb.... and other State Paper!l preserved in the Foreign Depart­ ment of the Government of India, 177.-1785," has thrown entirely new light from the most authentic sources on the whole history of Warran Hastings and his government of India. Captain L. J. Trotter's W ABRBlf HAsTI1lGB, a volume of the " Rulers of India" series, edited by Sir W. Hunter (Oxford, at the Clarendon Press), is accordingly neither inopportune nor devoid of an adequate 1'a.",.. a: 8tre. " The present volume," says a brief preface, " endeavours to exhibit for the first time the actual work of that great Governor-Genenol, as reviewed from the firm stand·point of the original records now made available to the students of Indian history." Captain Trotter is well known as a competent and attractive writer on Indian history, and this is not the first time that Warren Hastings has supplied him with a theme.'­ fieTimu.

I He has put his heat work into this memoir ••• Captain Trottees memoir is more valuable [than Sir A. Lyall'.] from a strictly historical point of view. It contains more of the history of the period, and it embraces the very latest information that casts light on Hastings' re­ markable career ••• His work too is of distinct literary merit, and is worthy of a theme than which British history presents none nobler. It is a distinct gain to the British race to be enabled, as it now may.. to count tbe great Governor-General among those heroes for whom it need not bloah.'-8cotBma•• , Captain Trotter has done his work well, and his volume deserves to stand with that on Dalhousie by Sir William Hunter. Higher praise it would he hard to give it.'-NetO York Herald. 'This is an able book, written with candour and discrimination.'­ LutU Mercury.

I Captain Trotter has done full justice to the fascinating story of the eplendid achievements of a great EngIiabman.'-MaschsBtw Guardia••

I This neat little volume contains a brief hut admirable biography of . the first Governor·General of India. The author has been fortunate in having had access to State papers wbich cover the ped"od of the entire rule of Warren Hastinge.'-ThB NBtOCastle Clwonicle. • In preparing this sketch Cor "The Rulers of India," Captain Trotter has b!"i the advantage of consulting the "Letters, Deepatcbes, and other State Papers preserved in the Foreign Department of the Government of India, 177.-85," a period which covers the entire administration of Warran Hastings. The present volume, therefore, may truly claim that it " exhibits for the first time the actual work of the great Governor-General. lIB reviewed from the firm stand-point of original records." It is a book which all must peruse who deehe to he .. up to date" on the 8ubject.'-T-w GkJbe. IDpiniOnsof tile ~ress or

VISCOUNT HARDINGE'S I LORD HARDINGE.'

• An exception to the role that biographies ought not to be entrusted to near relatives. Lord Hardinge, a scholar and an artist, has given us an accurate record of his father's long and distinguished services. There is no filial exaggeration. The author has dealt with some con­ troversial matton with skill, and has managed to combine truth with tact aud regard for the feelings of others.'-TAe Saturday Review. • This interesting life reveals the first Lord Hardinge as a brave, just, able man, the very soul of honour, admired and trusted equally by friends and political opponents. The biographer ••• has produced a most engaging volume, which is enriched by many private and official documents that have not before seen the light.'-Tie Ann-Jacobin. • Lord Hardinge has accomplished a grateful, no doubt, but, from the abundauce of material and delicacy of certain mattera, a very difficolt task in a workmanlike manner, marked by restraint and lucidity.'-TM Pall Mall Gazette. • His son and biographer has doue his work with a true appreciation of proportion, and has added substantially to our knowledge of the Sutlej Campaigu.'-Vallity Fa"'. • The present Lord Hardinge is in lome respects exceptioually well qualified to tell the tale of the eventful four years of his father's Governor-Generalship.'-TAe Time.r. • It contains a full account of everything of importance in Lord Hardinge's military and political career; it is arranged ••• so as to bring into special prominence his government of India. and it gives a lifelike and striking picture of the mAn.'-Academy. . 'The style is clear, the treatment dispassionate, and the total reault a manual which does credit to the interesting aeries in which it figureol-' -TAe Globe. • The concise and vivid aocount which the son has given of his . father's career will interest many readers.'-TM MOf'IIing Post. • Eminently readable for everybody. Thehistoryia given succinctly, and the unllDblished letters quoted are of real value.'-Tks Oolonu. and I Mid. 'Compiled from public documents, family papera, and letters, this brief biography gives the reader a clear idea of what Hardinge_, both as a soldier and as an administrator.'-Tie MtJfIC4e:Jt",. Examiner. 'An admirable sketch.'-TM New York H",.tJU. • The Memoir is well and concisely written, and is accompanied by an excellent likeness after the portrait by Sir Francis Grant.'-Ti. Q1I6en. ON

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR OWEN BURNE~S "CLYDE AND STRATHNAIRN.'

'In" Clyde and Strathnairn," a contribution to Sir William Hunter's excellent" Rulers of India" series (Oxford, at the Clarendon Press), Sir Owen Burne gives a lucid sketch of the military history of the Indian Mutiny and its suppression by the two great soldiers who give their names to his book. The space is limited for so large a theme, but Sir Owen Burne skilfully adjusts his treatment to hi. limits, and rarely violates the conditions of proportion imposed upon him.' ..• 'Sir Owen Burne does not ~onfine himself exclusively to the military narrative. He gives a brief sketch of the rise and progress of the Mutiny, and devotes a chapter to the Reconatruction which followed its suppression.' ••• '-well written, well proportioned, and eminently worthy of the .eries to which it belongs.'-Th.. Times. 'Sir Owen Burne who, by association, experience, and relations ,..;,th one of these generals, is well qualified for the task, writes with know­ ledge, perspicuity, and fairneBs.'-Sawrday Review. , As a brief record of a momentous epoch in India this little hook is a remarkable piece of clear, concise, and interesting writing.'-The Colonie. and India. 'Sir Owen Burne has written this book carefully, brightly, and with excellent judgment, and we in India cannot read such a book without feeling that he has powerfully aided the accomplished editor of the series in a truly patriotic enterprise.'-Bombag Gazette. 'The volume on "Clyde and Strathnaim n has just appeared and proves to be a reaJ.ly valuable addition to the series. Considering its size and the extent of ground it covers it is one of the best books about the Indian Mutiny of which we know.'-EngZi8hman. , Sir Owen Burne, who has written the latest volume for Sir William Hunter's " Rulers of India" series, is better qualified than any living person to narrate, from a military standpoint, the story of the suppres­ sion of the Indian Mutiny.'-Dailg Telegraph • .' Sir Owen Burne's book on "Clyde and Stratbnairn" is worthy to. rank with the best in the admirable series to which it belongs.'- Manchester Examiner. . 'The book is admirably written; and there is probably no better .ketch, equally brief, of the stirring events with which it deals.' Scotmlan. 'Sir Owen Burne, from the part he played in the Indian Mutiny, and from his long connexion with the .Government of India, and from the fact that he was military secretary of Lord Strathnairn both in India and in Ireland, is well qnalified for .the task which he has undertaken.'­ The Athenthe times; and that is the task which Mr. Keene has so well fulfilled in this concise. yet attractive. little volume. '-Tho Globe. • In this brief nionograph Mr. Keene goes over the ground already va­ versed by him in his" Fall of the Moghul Empire. OJ But the particular work which gives Sindhia his place in Indian history ••• is here made more clearly manifest,while the book deals almost as mnch in general his­ tory as in biography .• It is valuable as bringing out the originality as well aa the greatness of the unacknowledged ruler of Hindnstsn ••• The book is interesting ••• and forms a valuable addition to the series.'-Scotlllomt. , Mr. Keene tells the story with knowledge and impartiality, and also with sufficient graphic power to make it thoroughly readahle. The recognition of Sindhia in the "Rulers OJ series is just and graceful, and it cannot fail to give satisfaction to the educated classes of our Indian fellow-subjectB.·-Nortli Brilisli Daily Mail. • This is probably the most romantic volume in the whole series, and the Sindhia's difference in attitude towards De Boigne and Warren Hastings is very interestingly stated. The history of the foundation of our Indian Empire receives much elucidation from this admirahle volume.' -Lit"e1Jlool Meraury. 'Mr. H.G. Keene. C.I.E., M.A•• has added a very acceptsble volnme to the popular half-crown series of works on former potentates in England's vast Indian dependency. : • From the signal defeat of the Marathas at Panipat, in 1761. in which engagement Sindbia, after fighting valiantly, very nearly lost his life, until his death in 17940 his varying fortunes are traced. The important affairs in which he figured 80 prominently, as also the intrigues and machinations that were directed against him. are re­ corded. whilst tbe desirable effect of his policy in assnaging the fierce passions and civilising the habits of the people is depicted. The volume bears incontestable proofs of the expenditure of considerable research by tIle author. and sustains the reputation he had already acquired by his "Sketch of the History of Hindostan.·.. -Freeman·. Joumal. • Among the eighteen rulers of India included in the scheme of Sir William Hunter only five are natives of India. and of these the great Madhoji Sindbia is, with the exception of Akbar, the most illustrions. MI'. H. G. Keene, a well·known and skilful writer on Indian questions, is fortunate in his subject, for the career of the greatest bearer of the historic name of Sindhia covered tbe exciting period from the capture of Delhi. the Imperial capital. by the Persian Nadir Shah, to the occn­ pation of the same city by Lord Lake. ••• Mr. Keene gives a lncid description of his subsequent policy. especially towards the English when he was broD~ht face to face with Warren Haatinga. The conclu­ sion of his hostility to 01 was the real beginning of his own political career in India.'-TM Daily Graphic. ON • SIR HENRY CUNNINGHAM'S 'EARL CANNING.' • The life of Earl CaDDing. the Viceroy of the Indian Mutiny, affords an excellent subject for a biographer who knows his bnsiness, and therefore we need hardly say that .. Earl Canning." by Sir· H. S. Cunningham, X.C.I.E.• is an admirable contribution to the series of tbe "Rulers of India" edited by Sir W. W. Hunter (Oxford, at the Clarendon Press). Sir Henry Cunningham's rare literary skill and his knowledge of Indian life and affairs are not now displayed for the first time, and he has enjoyed exceptional advantages in dealing with his present subject. Lord Granville, Canning's contemporary at school and colleague in public life and one of his oldest friends. furnished his biographer with notes of his recollections of the early life of his friend. Sir Henry Cunningham has also been allowed access to the Diary of CaDDing's private secretary, to the J oumal of his military secretary. and to an interesting correspondence between tha Governor·General and his great lieutenant, Lord Lawrence, Of these exceptional ad­ vanto.ges he has made excellent use, and the result is a biography eecond in interest to none in the series to which it belongs.·-The Timu. • Sir Henry Cunningham's .. Earl Canning" is a model monograph. The writer knows India. as well as Indian history, well; and his story has a vividness which none but an Anglo-Indian could sa well have imparted to it. It has also the advantage of being founded to a large extent on hitherto nnused material.'-The Globe. • Sir H. S. Cunningham has succeeded in writing the history of a critical period in so fair and dispassionate a manner as to make it almost a matter of astonishment that the motives which he has so clearly grasped should ever have been misinterpreted. and the results which he indicates so grossly misjudged. Nor is the excellence of his work less conspicuous from the Iit<>.rary t~n from the political and historical point of view. The style is elear and vivid. the language well chosen and vigorons. the disposition of details and acceBBories strikiug and artistic, and, indeed, 'Onder whatever aspect the work be considered, it reaches the high standard of workmanship which, froUt the outset, has been a distinguishing feature of the series.'~ GtasgOfD Herald. • Sir H. S. Cunningham was fortunate. in a literary sense. in the particular Viceroy and period of Indian history allotted to his pen in the important and valuable series of biographical volumes on .. Rulers of India." heing published at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, under the editorship of Sir William Wilson Hunter. In Etkrl Ca ....ing. fust Viceroy of India. Sir H. S. Cunningham had a subject sufliciently inspiring to all who admire honour, courage, patience, wisdom, all the virtues and qualities which go to the building up of tbe character of an ideal English gentleman; while the episode of the Mutiny. culminating in the fall_of Lucknow, lends itself to the more picturesque and graphic description. Sir H. S. Cunningham has treated his subject ade­ quately. In vivid langnage he paints his word'pictures. and with calm judicial analysis he also proves himself an able critic of the actnalities, causes, and results of the outbreak, also a temperate. just appreciator of the character and policy of Earl Canning.'-The Oourt Journal. Q ON MR. DEMETRIUS BOULGER'S 'LORD WILLIAM BENTINCX: • The " Rulers of India" series has received a valuahle addition in' the biography of the late Lord William Bentinck. The mbject of this interesting memoir was a soldier as well as a statesman. He was mainly instrumental in bringing about the adoption of the overland route and in convincing the people of India that a main factor in Eng_ lish policy was a disinterested desire for their wclfare. Lord William's despatches and minutes, several of which are textually reproduced in Mr. Boulger's praiseworthy little book, display considerable literary skill and are one 'and all State papers of signal worth.'-Dailg TUB­ graph. • Mr. Boulger is no novice in dealing with Oriental history and Oriental affairs, and in the career of Lord William Bentinck he has found a theme very much to his taste, which he treats with .dequate knowledge and literary skill:--'-T4e Times. • His frontier policy was conciliatory, but full of foresight. ms minute on the subject of Afghanistan and the advance of RD88ia in Asia may be read with advantage to-day, nearly sixty years after it was written. Similarly, his observations ou the armies of India have lost by no means all of their force, and Mr. Bou1ger has done a public service in printing the document.'-Dailg Newll. • How all this was effected has been clearly and forcibly set forth by Mr. Boulger. Though concisely written, his memoir omits nothing really esaeotial to a thorough understanding and just appreciation of Bentiuck's work, and of the results which flowed from it, even after he had ceased to be at the head of Indian affain. Mr. Boulger's estimate of the statesman is emineutly fair and dispassionate, based on a thorough knowledge of his administration in all its details. Altogether the little work is a valuable additiou to a most nsefol series.'-GlaIgo.. Herald. • Mr. Boulger writes clearly aud well, and his volume finds an ac­ cepted place in the very useful and informing series which Sir William Wilson Hunter is editing 80 ably.'-Independent. • Lord William Bentinck occupies a distinct place amoug Indian Governors-General. His rule may be regarded as the commencement of an epoch. Mr. Boulger has not to tell a stirring story of war and conquest, but the record of Lord William Bentinck's domestic reforms, by which he began the regeneration of India, is as deeply interesting and certainly as well worth studying as any chapter of preceding Indian history. Mr. Boulger has produced an excellent brief hiStory of the period, and a capital life of the Governor-General. The volume is one of the series of" Rulers of India," and none of them is better worthy of perusal'­ TMScotMlta .. • :Mr. Bou1ger, it should be added, has done his work with care and judgment.'-Globe. ' ON SIR LEPEL GRIFFIN'S' ItAN.JIT $INGH.' , Sir Lepel Griffin treats his topic with thorough mastery; and his account of the famous Mah:trltja and his times is, consequently, one of tbe most valuable as well as interesting volumes of the series of which it forms a part.'-Tlae Globs. , We can thoroughly praise Sir Lepel Griffin's work as an accurate and appreciative account of the beginnings and growth of. tbe Sikh religion and of the t.emporal power founded upon it by a strong and remorseless chieftain.'-Tke TVrnes. 'One of the best books recently published on any Indian queation.'­ Tke MancAuter Guardian. 'The reading public has here the essence of all that is worth know- ing ahout the period!- Tke Glaagow Ev8ning N 61/).. . 'From first to last it is a model of what such a work should he, and a classic. The book is one of the most interesting historical sketches ever given to the public, and illustrated througbout by a unique acquaintance with the subject, and exquisite point.'-Tke St. Stephen'. Review. , Sir Lepel has done justice to one of the most interesting and pic­ turesque episodes of Indian history. In every respect, but perhaps most of all from the point of view of the general reader who does not wbolly subordinate enjoyment to instvuction, the volume is a most acceptable addition to the series.'-Tke Glasgow Herald. 'Tbe monograph could not have been entrusted to more capable handa than those of Sir ~epel Griffin, who spent his official life in the Punjaub, and is an expert in all the knowledge appertaining to a thorough acquaintance, practical and bookish, with that province. This is an excellent sketch of Ranjit Singh, his people, and his short-lived kingdom.'-ThB Scotsman. , At once the shortest and best history of the rise and fall of the Sikh monarchy.'-Tke North British Dail!J.Mail. 'An excellent piece of work-candid, discriminating, and well­ balanced.'-The Yorks,..,.. Post. 'Not only a biography of the Napoleon of the East, but a InminoUB picture of his country l the chapter on Sikh Theocracy being a notable example of compact thought. For grasp of subject, careful treatment, and charm of narration, this volume is second to none in the series. It may fairly be said to "speak volumes," and possesses an exceptional value as being by our chief anthority on Punjab mattera.'....;.7'he Liver­ pool Mercury. 'The career of no Indian ruler since the Moghul Anrungzebe and the Mahratte Sivaji presents a finer subject for the historian; and it would be difficult to find a writer better qualified than Sir Lepel Griffin to deal with snch a snbject.'-The St. Jarru;s', Gazottt1. , A truly masterly account of Ranjit Singh and the short-lived Sikh monarchy of Labore.'-Tke World. , The sketch is in every respect a masterly one, and proves its anthor to be capahle of produciug sumething on a larger scale that would be unsurpassed among histories of our great dependency.'-The Literary World. Q2 wplmomi Ot tOe wre$$ ON MR. J. S. COTTON'S 'MOUNTSTUART ELPHINSTONE.' 'Sir William Hunter, the editor of the series to which this book belongs, was happily inspired when he entrusted the Life of Elphin­ stone, one of the most acholarly of Indian rulere, to Mr. Cotton, who, himself a scholar of merit and repute, is brought by the natnre of his daily avocations into close and constant relatione with scholars. ••• We live in an age in which none but speciaIists can afford to give more time to the memoirs of even the most distinguished Anglo-Indiaus than will be occupied by reading Mr. Cotton's two hundred pages. He has pel'­ formed his task with great akill and good sense. This is just the kind of Life of himself which the wise, kindly, high-souled man, who is the subject of it, would read with pleasure in the Elysian Ficlds:-Sir M. E. Grant Duff, in TM Academy• • To 80 inspiring a theme few writers are better qualified to do ample justice than the author of" The Decennial Statemeut ofthe Moral and Material Progress and Condition of India." Sir T. Colebrooke's larger biography of Elphinstone appeals mainly to Indian speciaIists, but Mr. Cotton's &lighter sketcb is admirably adapted to satisfy the growing demand for a knowledge of Indiau history and of the personalities of Anglo-Indian statesmen which Sir William Hunter has done so mnch to create.'-T.\6 Times. , This is the story of a brilliant life, brilliantly told. Mr. Cotton has a crisp style, a wide knowledge of Indian history, and a strong sympathy for his hero.'-The Pall Mall Gazette. • Mr. Cotton's" Life of Mountstuart Elphinstone" is one of the most readahle of the valnable volumes that have appeared in the series of "Rnlere of India." Mr. Cotton has avoided tediousness by the con­ densation of matter, and has secured the interest and close attention of his reader by a bright and nimble style which carries him along with quite exhilarating rapidity, yet withont skipping the really salient features of the period.'-The SC()tsman. 'Mr. Cotton has evidently performed a congenial task in writing this excellent little biography, for he has produced a volnme 80 pleasant to read that it can scarcely be the reanlt of labour against the grain. He has given us an account of the public career of a man who, though he declined the post of Governor-GilneraJ. wcIl deserves to rank among the ahlest .. Rnlers of India." and of those literary pursuits which occu­ pied Elphinstone's spare time during his period of office, and bore good and abiding fruit both in his despatches and his historical work:-TM J OIIrnal of Ed.catioto. -. • 'The author has evidently taken great pains to make the book what a monograph of the kind ought to be; and those who are familiar with Anglo-Indian history during the early part of the current century will appreciate the praise we offer when we say thai he has succeeded in making it worthy of its subject.'-TM World. . ' A masterpiece of skilful and sympathetic workmanship•••• Such a life conld acarccIy be told without exciting interest: told as it is by Mr. Cotton, it combines aU the qualities of that oft-abused word-faa­ cination.'-TiB Queen. MR. MORSE STEPHENS' 'ALBUQUERQUE.'

• Mr. Stephens' able and instructive monograph ••• We may commend Mr. Morse Stephens' volume, both as an adequate summary of an important period in the history of the relations between Allia and Enrope, and as a suggestive treatment of the problem of why Portugal failed and England sncceeded in founding an Indian Empire.'-Tke Ti71l8ll. . 'Mr. H. Morse Stephens has made a very readable book out of the foundation of the Portuguese power in India. 'According to the practice of the selies to which it belongs it is called a life of Monso de Albuquerque, but the Governor is only the central aud most important figure in a brief history of the Portuguese in the East down to the time when the Dutch and English intruded on their preserves ••• A plea­ santly-written and trustworthy book on an in~eresting man and time.' -Tke Saturday Revieu>. 'Mr. Morse Stephens' Ailnt!luerque is a solid piece of work, well put together, and full ofinterest.'-.Tke Atken_m. , Mr. Morse Stephens' studies in Indian and Portuguese history have thoroughly well qualified him for approaching the subject ••• He has presented the facts of Albuquerque's career, and sketched the events marking the rule of his predecessor Almeida, and of his immediate successors in the Governorship and Viceroyalty of India in a compact, lucid, and deeply interesting form.'~Tke Scot8man.

SIR ClIARLES AITCHISON'S 'LORD LAWRENCE.'

'No man knows the policy, principles, and character of John Lawrence better than Sir Charles Aitchison. The salient features and vital principles of his work as a ruler, first in the Punjah, and afterwards as Viceroy, are set forth with remarkahle clearness.'.;..., ScotBman. 'A most admirable sketch of the great work done by Sir John Lawrence, who not only ruled India, but saved it.'-Manckester Ezaminer. . • Sir Charles Aitchiscn's narrative is uniformly marked by directness, order, clearness, and grasp; it throws additional light into certain nooks of Indian aft'airs; and it leaves npon the mind a very vivid and complete impression of Lord Lawrence's vigorous, resourceful, discerning, and valiant personality.'-NlltDcaBtk Daily OkronicZe. 'Sir Charles knows the Punjab thoroughly, and has made this little book all the more interesting by his account of tbe Punjab under John Lawrence and his suborQ.inates.'-YorklMre POBt. IDpinions of tbe Jl!)ress ON MAJOR ROSS OF BLADENSBURG'S • MARQUESS OF HASTINGS.' 'Major Ross of Bladensburg treats his subjec~ skilfully and attrac­ tively, and his biography of Lord Hastings worlhily sustains the high reputa~ion of. the Series in which it appears.'-The Times . .' This monograph is entitled to rank with the best of the Series, the compiler having dealt capably and even brUliantly willi his materialS.' -EngUsh Mail. • Instinc~ with ioterest.'-GZasgow Evening New,. , .As readable as it is instructive.'-'"Globe. , A truly admirable monograph.'-GZasgow Herald. , Major Ross haa done his work admirably, and bids fair to be one of the best writers the Army of om day has given to the country•••• A most acceptable and entrancing little volume.'_Daily Chronicle. 'It is a volume that merits the Ilighest p~a.ise. Major ROBS of Bladensburg haa rep~nted Lord HasUngs and his work in India in the right. light, faitlifully described the country as it was, and in a masterly manner makes one realize how important w.... the period covered by this volume.'-M"anckeBter Gourier. 'This excellent monograph ought not to be overlooked by anyone who would fully learn the history of British rule in India.'-Manchester Examiner. MR. S. LANE-POOLE'S 'AURANGZiB.' 'There is no period in Eastern history so foll of sensation aa the reign of Aurangzfb•••• Mr. Lane-Poole tells this story admirably j indeed, it were difficult to imagine it better told.'-NationaZ Ob8B'T1ler. 'Mr. Lane-Poole writes learnedly, lucidly, and vigorously•••• He draws an extremely vivid picture of Aurangzfb, his strange ascetic cbaracter, his intrepid courage, hiB remorseless (lverlhrow. of his kinsmen, his brilliant courl, and hiB disastrous policy; and he describes the gra4ua1 decline of the Mogul power from Akbar to Aurangzfb with genuine historical insight.'-Time8. 'A well-knit and capable sketch of one of the most remarkable, perhaps the most interesting, of the Mogul Emperors.-Saturday Review. '.As a study of the man himself, Mr. Lane-Poole's work is marked by a vigour and origi;nality of thought which give it a very exceptional value among works on the subject.'-Glasgow Herald. 'The most popular and most picturesque account that has yet appeared ••• a picture of much clearness and force.'-Globe. , A notable sketch, at onoe scholarly and interesting.'-Englisi MaiZ. 'Noone is better qualified than Mr. Stanley Lane-Poole to take up the history and to depict thll character of the last of the great Mogul monarchs•••• Auraogzfb', career is ever a fascinating study.'­ Home New8. 'The author gives a description of the famous city of SMh JaMn, its palaces, and the ceremonies and pageants of which they were the Bcene ••• , Mr. Lane-Poole's well·written monograph presents all the most distinctive featurllS of Aurangzfb'soharacter and career.'-Morning Post. ON TROTTER'S • EARL OF AUCKLAND.' 'A vivid JICClOUIl~« the ca1l8e8, coDdD~, and IlOD8I!CJ1reIlceB of "the eoortJ.y, fraiU..... and mrrighteous" Afghan War of 1838.'-81. Ja_'. Gteett& . • To write Boch • mooograph was • thankl""" tUk, bnt it has been accomplished with entire soccesa by Captain L. J. Trotter. He haS dealt calmly and clearly with Lord Anckla.nd's policy, domestic and miliW'y, with its financial results, and with the general WuleDCY of Lord A\ICkland's rule.'-Yorhhinl Pod. 'To this disbeasing sWy (of the Fnst Afghan War) c;.ptain Trotter devoiea the major ponion of his pages. He ~ it well and forcibly; bot is drawn, perhaps nnavoidably, into the discussion of many topics of COIlVoYerl!}' which, to some read_ may seem to be hardly 88 yet fiDaIly decided. ••• It is only fair to add that two chapters are devoted to "Lord Auckland's Domestic Policy," and to his relations with .. The Native States of India ":-Tie Tome&. • CapQia Trotter's Barl of Awklarul is. most interesting book, and its excellence 88 • condensed, yet InminomJ, history of the ·fust Afghan War deserves wazm reoognition.'-8cot8fJ1a...

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he had taken. The Raja found his master in a state of great agitation. The English were showing them­ selves in the open; his own men were giving way; hope was vanishing quickly. Instead of encouraging the Subahdar to fight it out, the treacherous Raja gave . fuel to his fears, told him the day was lost, and urged him to flee to Murshidabad. . In an evil hour for his dynasty and for himself, Sinij-ud-daula yielded to his persuasions, and, ordering his troops to retire within the intrenchment, mounted a swift dromedary, and fled, accompanied by 2000 horsemen, to his capital. It was then two o'clock. The first hour since Clive's conference had been marked by the heavy rain: the second by the repulse of the Subahdar's horse­ men; the following up of the repulsed attack; the con­ versations of the Subahdar with his two treacherom; generals. By two o'clock the enemy's attack had completely ceased, and they were observed yoking their oxen preparatory to withdrawing within the intrenchment as the Subahdar had ordered. There re­ mained only on the ground that body of forty gallant Frenchmen under St. Frais, whom I have described as occupying the ground about the larger tank, that nearest to the grove. The post was an important one, for from it the English could have taken the retreating enemy in flank, and have inflicted heavy loss upon them. St. Frais was nearly isolated, but he, too, had seen the advantage the English would derive from occupying the position, and, faithful amid the faithless, he, with the gallantry of his nation, LORD CLiVE which were to follow,' In case of their,' the native princes, 'daring to be troublesome,' they-a body of '2.000 English soldiers-would' enable the Company to take the sovereignty upon themselves.' After detailing how the transfer would be easy, and palatable, rather than otherwise, to the natives generally, Clive proceeded to represent that so large a sovereignty might possibly be an object too extensive for a mercantile company, and to suggest that it might be worthy of considera­ tion whether the Crown should not take the matter in hand. The points he urged were the following: First, the ease with which the English 'could take absolute possession of these rich kingdoms, and that with the Mughal's own consent, on condition of paying him less than a fifth of the revenues thereof.' There would remain a surplus of two millions, besides most valu­ able productions of nature and art. He dwelt, secondly, on the influence in Europe which would thereby a.ccrue to England, and the enormous increase of prestige and of the advantages which prestige conveys, on the spot. He added that a small force 9f European troops would be sufficient, as he could enlist any number of sipiiIDs, who 'will very readily enter our service.' This letter he transmitted by the hands of. Mr. Walsh, his secretary during the campaign ~f Plassey and the year following, and whom he describes as 'a thorough master of the subject,' , able to explain to you the whole design and the facility with which it may be executed.' Mr. Pitt received the letter, but was deterred from LORD CLIVE

For the moment Clive's defeat was crushing, and he prepared to meet the consequences of it. His oppo­ nents did not delay to show their hands. Again was the question of the jag!r mooted. The eminent counsel employed by Clive gave an opinion that the Court had no case. However, the Sulivan party persevered. Just on the eve of the trial, however, there came news from India which produced a revolution of opinion in the Court. The reports from Calcutta showed that the combined avarice, greed, misgovernment, and tyranny of the civil authorities left by Clive in Cal­ cutta had produced a general uprising; had almost undone the great work Clive had accomplished; that there was no one on the spot who could be trusted to restore order; but that unless such a task were com­ mitted to a competent man, the possessions of the Company in Bengal would be in the greatest danger. This intelligence caused a panic in the India House. Instinctively the name of Clive came uppermost to every lip. The Proprietors were summoned to meet in full Court. Panic-stricken, they forced upon Clive the office, not merely of President, but Of Governor­ General, with very full powers. That their conduct regarding the jag!r might not be pleaded by him as an objection to accept office, the Proprietors passed a resolution that the proceedings regarding the jag!r should be stopped, and that the right of Clive to it should be officially recognized. This was indeed a triumph. The policy, reculer pour mieux sauter, had been eminently justified. LORD CLIVE three provinces the English possessed the richest parts of India. It was surely good policy, he argued, if he could by treaty with his neighbours, and by occupying the salient points which covered them, render them unassailable. After some preliminary conversation with the Nawab-Wazir, Clive found that it would be necessary to proceed to Allahabad to confer there with the titu­ lar emperor, Shah Alim. He found that prince full of ideas as to the possibility of recovering with the aid of Clive his lost possessions in the north-west. Nothing was further from Clive's mind than an enter­ prise of that character, and, with his accustomed tact he soon convinced the two princes that it was necessary first to settle the English frontier before discussing any other subject. He then proceeded to develop his plan. He demanded the cession of the fortress of Chanar to the English; the provinces of Karra and Allahabad to the Emperor, to be held, on his behalf, by the English; the payment by the N awab-Wazir of fifty lakhs, for the expenses of the war just concluded; an engagement from him never to employ or give protection to Mir Kasim or to Samru; permission to the East India Company to trade throughout his dominions, and to establish factories within them. The N awab-W azir agreed to every clause except to that regarding the factories. He had observed, he stated, that whenever the English established a footing in a country, even though it were only by means of a commercial fac- THE POLITICAL AND FOREIGA' POLICY 175 tory, they never budged from it; their countrymen followed them; and in the end they became masters of the place. He then pointed out how, in nine years, the small factory of Calcutta had absorbed the three provinces, and was now engaged in swallowing up places beyond their border. He would not, he finally declared, submit his dominions to the same chance. Recognizing his earnestness, and having really no desire to plant factories in Oudh, Clive wisely gave way on that one point. He carried, however, all the other points. It was further arranged that the Zamindar of Benares, who had befriended the English during the war, should retain his posses­ sions in subordination to the Nawab-Wazir; that a treaty of mutual support should be signed between the English, the Nawab-Wazir, and the Subahdar of the three provinces; and that should English troops be required to fight for the defence of the Nawab­ Wazir's .country, he should defray all their ex­ penses. Subsequently at Chapra, in Bihar, Clive met the Nawab-Wazir, the representative of Shah Alim, agents from the Jat c~iefs of Agra, and others from the Rohilla chiefs of Rohilkhand. The avowed purpose of the meeting was to form a league against Marathli aggression, it having been recently discovered that that people had entered into communications with Shah Alim for the purpose of restoring him to his throne. Then it was that the question of the English frontier was discussed. It was eventually agreed that one