VI. For the Effects plundered from the Gentoows, Mussulmen, and other Subjects of Calcutta, Twenty Lack of Rupees shall be given.
VII. For the Effects plundered from the Armenian Inhabitants of Calcutta, I will give the Sum of Seven Lack of Rupees. The Distribution to be made of the Sums allotted the Natives, English Inhabitants, Gentoows, and Mussulmen, shall be left to the Admiral, Colonel Clive, Roger Drake, William Watts, James Kilpatrick, and Richard Becher, Esqrs. to be disposed of by them, to whom they think proper.
VIII. Within the Ditch, which surrounds the Borders of Calcutta, are Tracts of Lands belonging to several Zemindars, besides which, I will grant to the English Company Six hundred Yards without the Ditch.
IX. All the Lands lying to the South of Calcutta, as far as Culpee, shall be under the Zemindary of the English Company, and all the Officers of those Parts shall be under their Jurisdiction; the Revenues to be paid by them in the same Manner with other Zemindars.
X. Whenever I demand the Assistance of the English, I will be at the Charge of the Maintenance of their Troops.
XI. I will not erect any new Fortifications near the River Ganges, below Hughley.
XII. As soon as I am established in the three Provinces, the Sums as aforesaid shall be faithfully paid.
Dated the 15th Ramzan, in the
Fourth Year of the present Reign.
The perfect Harmony that subsisted between Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, and the intire Confidence reposed in them by the Select Committee, was upon this Occasion, as it had been often before, the principal Source of that Alacrity, with which every thing was undertaken. A Train was immediately provided, a Detachment of Fifty Sailors, with a full Compliment of Officers, appointed to assist those who had the Direction of it; and Instructions were given for stationing a Twenty Gun Ship above Hughley, to keep the Communication with the Army open. These Steps were absolutely requisite, and others of a like Nature were prudently contrived, and chearfully performed, by the Officers in the King's and in the Company's Service; the Select Committee did their Business in Silence; and though there was a warm Spirit of Emulation, yet the least Spark of Envy or Jealousy never appeared, though so many Corps of different Kinds were serving conjunctly in the Expedition. This, as it was truly singular, was also remarkably happy; for no Exploit of this Consequence was ever begun or prosecuted in a more critical Situation, or where any untoward Accident might have more easily occasioned a Disappointment. The Forces that were to be employed, tho more numerous than in the preceding Operations, yet were but a Handful, in comparison of the Suba's Army. Meer Jaffeir, who had separated his Corps of Troops, was again joined with the Suba, but without any real Reconciliation on either Part: Yet this, however, was sufficient to raise a Doubt, how far any Dependance could be formed upon his acting; and what followed, plainly shewed that Suspicion was not ill founded. There was no small Danger of being surrounded by these superior Troops, and if the Communication with the River had been intercepted, the greatest Difficulties might have ensued. Besides these, the rainy Season was just coming on; so that, all Things taken together, and the Hazard that was to be run being maturely weighed, the Moors embarked in this Design had not the smallest Reason to repine at the Price they paid for our Assistance; as on the other hand, their own Safety, and the large Stake for which they fought, being considered, the English had great Encouragement to exert themselves with that steady Intrepidity which they did. Mr. Watts, from what he knew of the Suba's natural Disposition, and what he had observed with respect to his Forces, and those who commanded them, formed so true a Judgment of all that might happen, and had previously acquainted the Select Committee with these Sentiments, that there scarce fell out any Thing in the Progress of this Expedition which was not foreseen, and in regard to which therefore the proper Precautions had not been taken.