Memoirs of the Revolution in Bengal, Anno Dom. 1757Watts, William, active 1737-1758
History
Memoirs of the Revolution in Bengal, Anno Dom. 1757
Watts, William, active 1737-1758
East India Company -- History; India -- History -- 1526-1765; Plassey, Battle of, Palashi, India, 1757
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,
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