A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV. And an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive in the years 1755, 1756, 1757; including a correspondence between the admiral and the nabob Serajah Dowlah ... Also, a journey from Persia to England, by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron: description of most of the trees, shrubs, and plants of India ... also a copy of a letter written by a late ingenious physician, on the disorders incidental to Europeans at Gombroon in the Gulph of Persia ... / By Edward Ives.
- Edward Ives
- Date:
- 1773
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV. And an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive in the years 1755, 1756, 1757; including a correspondence between the admiral and the nabob Serajah Dowlah ... Also, a journey from Persia to England, by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron: description of most of the trees, shrubs, and plants of India ... also a copy of a letter written by a late ingenious physician, on the disorders incidental to Europeans at Gombroon in the Gulph of Persia ... / By Edward Ives. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![[ '46 ] *757* Bengal us. Befides thefe inftances of his ill dirpofition towards us, it is to be remarked, that although four months were elapfed, the material points of the treaty were not fulfilled and even his folemn engagement to reftore to the company the villages which of right belonged to them, was evaded, without framing an excul'e for fuch an atrocious breach of faith. The EngUfi) in this fituation faw no other remedy for their prefent griev¬ ances, nor any other means of preventing the fatal blow of extirpation, which was to be expefted on the arrival of the French army, than by op- pofing openly the man. who was thus planning the ruin of the company’s affairs, and only waited for the return of the fquadron to the coaft of Coro- mandely to effed it. This point was much agitated in the council, and can- vafled with all that caution and circumfpeClion, which a matter of fuch Gonfequence required. It certainly was a very difficult and dangerous meafure, and perhaps would never have been carried into execution, had not a moft fortunate incident liappened, which almoft infured fuccefs, Serajah Dozvlah^ after his taking Calcuttay had behaved with fuch in- folence and cruelty towards his own fubjecls, that feveral of the Grandees or confiderable perfons of his court entered into a confederacy to depofe him. He had difplayed the feverity of his nature in fo many inftances, as to ftrike an univerfal terrorand from the ficklenefs of his difpofition, no man who was near him, and in his power, could think himfelf fafe. Meer Jaffier Ali Khan^ a man of great power and influence, (and who had mar¬ ried the fifter of Serajah\ predecefTor and ^v2ind^2iX.\\tVy.Aliverdy Khan) con¬ cluded the defign of depriving Nabob oC that power, he had fo egre- gioufly abufed-, he was feconded in it by RoyduUuby general of horfe, and by Jugget-Seet^ who was banker to the Nabob, and efteeraed the rlcheft merchant in all India. Thefe three leading men foon communicated their defigns to Mr. Watts the EngUjh refident at the Durbar or Nabob's court, and he to Colonel Clive and the fecret committee at Calcutta. The chiefs there did not hefitate long about coming into the fcheme. Great dexterity, as well as fecrefy, being neceffary in executing the plan for a revolution, the.whole management thereof, was left to Colonel Clive, and. to Mr. Watts>, To avoid fufpicion, it was neceffary that Mr. Watts ffiould not be obferved to have frequent intercourfe with Jaffier: he therefore entrufted one Omiehund a Gentoo merchant with the fecret, and through. him carried on his correfpondence with Meer Jaffier. Omiehund was a man of the deepeft cunning and moft infatiable avarice, and ftrongly fuf- pefted to have been the principal perfon that fomented the late troubles againft the Englijh, in hopes of pecuniary advantages to himfelf:- Mr. Watts not fufficiently know the man till too late. Omiehund, after the plot was fo far advanced, that a treaty was juft on figning with Meer Jaffier, unreafonably demanded a quarter pxart of all the Nabob's treafure, which,was fuppofed to amount to 64 Crore, or 80 millions fterling.. His](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30410678_0172.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
