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CONTENTS

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THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER XVI.

LORD CORNWALLIS'S ADMINISTRATION.-THE THIRD MYSORE War.

1786-1793.

Date.

1785 Sir John Macpherson's administration of twenty months
1786 War between Tippoo and the Mahrattas, in conjunction with

Lord Macarteny offered the Governor-Generalship; endeavours

to make terms, and is rejected

Changes in the system of appointing Governors-General

Lord Cornwallis appointed Governor-General

He applies to the correction of abuses

Numerous instances of abuse

1788 The salaries of the Civilians augmented

1786 Lord Cornwallis's arrangement with Oude

1788 He demands the Guntoor Sirkar of the Nizam

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The Nizam resigns it, and demands the full execution of the

treaty of 1768

1789 Lord Cornwallis's perplexity; his celebrated letter

Tippoo takes offence at this letter

He prepares for the attack of Travancore-Profligate conduct

of the Madras President

1789 Tippoo attacks the lines of Travancore

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1790 Lord Cornwallis forms a tripartite treaty with the Nizam and

the Mahrattas

Medows

1790 Campaign of 1790 conducted unsuccessfully by General

Bengal Division marches down the coast

Colonel Hartley's brilliant exploit

Lord Cornwallis captures Bangalore

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The Nizam's contingent reaches the English camp; descrip-
tion of it
Battle of Arikera won by Lord Cornwallis

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He is obliged to close the campaign, and retire for want of

provisions

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1790 Progress of the Mahratta contingent

1791 It reaches the English camp, as the retreat commences; its

grand bazaar

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Mahrattas extort 14 lacs from Lord Cornwallis

Movements of the Mahrattas, of the Nizam, and of the English

after the retreat

1792 Lord Cornwallis takes the field with a magnificent convoy

Siege of Seringa patam

Tippoo sues for peace; conditions of the treaty

Remarks on the successive proposals of public men to relin-

quish territory in India

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The normal principle of encroachment in native princes

The position in which the English found themselves placed in

India

Explanation of the augmentation of the British dominions

1793 Reduction of Tippoo's power

LORD CORNWALLIS'S ADMINISTRATION.-REVENUE AND JUDICIAL REFORMS.

1793 Question of the proprietary right in the lands; it is granted

to the Zemindars

Restrictions vainly imposed on the Zemindars regarding the

enhancement of rents

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Mr. Pitt determines to make the settlement perpetual

Result of the perpetual settlement

Lord Cornwallis's institutions for the administration of civil

and criminal justice

The Cornwallis Code

Unwise exclusion of natives from power

War between France and England; capture of Pondicherry..

1784 Lord Cornwallis embarks for England

1787 Progress of Sindia's encroachments in Hindostan

1788 He attacks the Rajpoots and is defeated

Appearance of the infamous Gholam Kadir on the scene

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1788 He puts out the emperor's eyes; he is himself put to death by

Sindia

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1785-1790 Sindia organises a force under French officers..
1790 He gains the battles of Patun and Mairta

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1792 Sindia marches to Poona and invests the Peshwa with the title

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Severe action between the troops of Sindia and Holkar

1786 Enlargement of the powers of the Governor-General

1788 Mr. Pitt's Declaratory Act for transferring power from the

Company to the Crown

Arguments for continuing the monopoly

Refuted by the experience of three-quarters of a century

CHAPTER XVIII.

ADMINISTRATION OF SIR JOHN SHORE, 1793-1795.

1793 Sir John Shore Governor-General

Guarantee treaty proposed by Lord Cornwallis, accepted by

The Nizam claims the aid of the English, under the treaty of

1790

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Sir John Shore refuses all aid

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1795 Nizam's European force under Raymond

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The Mahrattas attack the Nizam at Kurdla, and totally defeat

him

He is obliged to sign a disgraceful treaty

He increases his French forces, and plants them on the English

frontier

Remonstrance of Sir John Shore

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Revolt of his son and its consequences.

Madhoo Rao Peshwa, galled by the restrain's of Nana Furnu-

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vese, puts an end to himself

1796 Great complication of affairs at Poona in consequence
Bajee Rao at length becomes Peshwa ...

1797 Nana Furnuvese seized and confined

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pany's troops

Plunder of Poona by Sirjee Rao Ghatkay, at the instance of

Bajee Rao

1794 The question of the amalgamation of the King's and Com-

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1795 Mutiny of the Bengal officers

1796 The weak and injudicious concessions of the Government

1797 Sir John Shore superseded; Lord Cornwallis appointed Gover-

nor-General

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1797 He resigns the office six months after, in disgust

Vizier Ali appointed Nabob vizier of Oude

Sir John Shore discovers his spurious birth, and removes him

Oude considered by the natives a dependency of the Company

1798 Saadut Ali made Nabob vizier

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Sir John Shore created Lord Teignmouth, and retires to

England....

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CHAPTER XIX.

LORD WELLESLEY'S ADMINISTRATION. FOURTH AND LAST MYSORE WAR,

1798-1799.

1798 Lord Wellesley, Governor General; his antecedents

Extinction of the balance of power

The Coast army ordered to assemble

Opposition of the Madras authorities

Danger from the French force at Hyderabad

Zemaun Shah prepares to invade India....

Lord Wellesley's vigorous policy

Proposed alliance with the Nizam reluctantly accepted

Tippoo marches to the western coast, and is defeated.....

Progress of General Harris

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Creation of a new Mysore kingdom; the moving causes;