[147]. It is added that he was sent to school in a wig; but, as may be supposed, was soon quizzed out of it by his play-fellows.
[148]. 11th of March, 1758.
[149]. Clive sent sixteen thousand gold mohurs to his agents at Madras, Messrs. Orme and Vansittart, with directions to purchase diamonds as a remittance.
[150]. One of the bills on the Company was for 8000l., and the other for 32,881l. 12s. 2d. He advises his agents of these bills on the 9th of November and 23d of December, 1758.
[151]. Clive expected the bills on Holland to produce 183,000l., but, after a vexatious delay, they were paid with great deduction. His father states the loss upon this transaction as amounting to 10,000l.
[152]. I consider the statement of the Committee of the House of Commons, of Clive's receipts at Moorshedabad, to be exaggerated; but we shall have occasion to notice this statement hereafter, particularly the note annexed to it, in which it is asserted, in direct opposition to truth, that Clive's jaghire was obtained at the same period as the donation from Meer Jaffier. Mr. Mill copies the statement and note without remark. (Vol. iii. p. 326.)
[153]. The following sums appear to have been given or settled upon his relations and friends:—
| Present to his sisters | £10,000 |
| Present to Captain Maskelyne and others | 10,000 |
| Money vested to produce an annuity for his father, of | £500 |
| Ditto, his aunts | 150 |
| Ditto, Colonel Lawrence | 500 |
| To keep a coach for his parents | 300 |
| ——— | |
| Yearly amount of annuities | £1450 |
| Sum vested to produce the above | 30,000 |
| ——— | |
| Total | £50,000 |