...and to preclude all consideration of the claims of the creditors. The settlement of the Carnatic is, perhaps, the most salutary and useful measure which...adopted since the acquisition of the Dewanny of Bengal. The justice of the transaction is as unquestionable as its policy; and I confess that I never expected...

...him, with all the conditions attached to it by the British government. Within a few days a treaty waa drawn up and signed, by which the respective rights...that prince, under which provision was made for an increase of the subsidiary force maintained by the Company for the defence of his dominions, and the...

...British government. AVithin a few days a treaty was drawn up and signed, by which the respective righls of Azim and the Company were defined and settled on...that prince, under which provision was made for an increase of the subsidiary force maintained by the Company for the defence of his dominions, and the...

...assume the whole civil and military government of the Carnatic, ' perhaps ', as he himself declared, ' the most salutary and useful measure which has been adopted since the acquisition of the diwani of Bengal '. One-fifth of the revenue was paid to the new Nawab, who was allowed to retain the...

...The Governor-General was not the man to miss it. He wrote later that the seizure of the Carnatic was "perhaps the most salutary and useful measure which...adopted since the acquisition of the dewanny of Bengal". In a letter from Fort St. George, dated September 19, 1798, Colonel Arthur Wellesley tells his brother,...