[228]. The provinces of Burdwan, Midnapore, and Chittagong.
[229]. February 6, 1765.
[230]. February, 1765.
[231]. This man has been before mentioned. He was justly objectionable to the British government on account of the various intrigues and treasons in which he had been detected; and was imprisoned at Calcutta for his correspondence with its enemies during the reign of Cossim Ali.
[232]. Vide Mill's British India, vol. iii. p. 318.
[233]. There is some confusion in Mr. Mill's account of this transaction (vol. iii. p. 330.), from that accurate historian having overlooked the fact, that the appointment of Nujum-ud-Dowla was managed by Mr. Spencer and his council, Mr. Vansittart having previously set out for Europe.—See 3d Report of Committee of 1773, p. 21.; and Scott's Hist. of Bengal, vol. ii. pp. 439-447.
[234]. An exception must be made of the deposition of Meer Jaffier: Suraj-u-Dowla, and Cossim Ali respectively forfeited their authority in consequence of their unsuccessful attempts to destroy the power of the English.
[235]. 1763.
[236]. 1764.
[237]. Vide Parliamentary Reports, vol. iii. p. 312.