After all engagements were completed, the new subadar commenced his march towards Hyderabad, accompanied by a force of 300 Europeans, and 2000 sepoys. The French troops had, by their recent conduct, established with the natives of India a high military reputation, the maintenance of which could not have been entrusted to abler hands than those of Bussy, who was nominated to the command of the subsidiary force with Muzuffer Jung. That prince, however, was not destined long to enjoy the happy turn of his fortune. The Patan nabobs who raised him to the throne, cherished expectations which he could not gratify; and their turbulent spirit, not brooking delay, broke out into rebellion. In an attempt to reduce the insurgents, Muzuffer Jung was slain. The disastrous consequences which this event was likely to produce, were averted by the judgment and decision of Bussy, who instantly proclaimed Salabut Jung (the eldest of the imprisoned sons of Nizam-ul-Mûlk) Subadar of the Deckan. That prince, grateful for his unexpected elevation, confirmed all the engagements which his nephew had contracted with Dupleix, and the army continued its march to Hyderabad. It has been necessary to say thus much regarding the different princes of the Deckan, from their connexion with the scenes which took place in the Carnatic, and which it would be impossible to understand without the explanations which have been given. For the present, we leave Bussy and his force to the prosecution of the first great enterprise of an European power in the interior of India. The detail of the remarkable scene of warfare and of politics which awaited that extraordinary man, in the territories of Hyderabad, is foreign to the object of this memoir. We return, therefore, to the narration of events in the Carnatic, which becomes a more pleasing task, as our countrymen now ceased to be eclipsed, as they had hitherto been, by the brilliant characters both of the French military commanders and statesmen. FOOTNOTES: [15] Saturday Morning, Dec. 28th. 1728. [16] Probably old style, and therefore 1729, N. S. [17] Probably the name by which he designated his aunt Bayley. [18] Manchester, June 9. 1732. [19] His object is said to have been to get a smooth stone which lay on this projecting stone spout, for the pleasure of jerking it.--_Biog. Brit._ art. CLIVE. [20] The Rev. Mr. Smithwick related this anecdote to me in 1827. [21] Mr. Gilbert Davis confirms this anecdote, as having been told him at Shrewsbury, upwards of forty years ago. [22] Dated Fort St. George, Dec. 10. 1744. [23] _Biog. Brit._ art. CLIVE. [24] Orme, vol. i. p. 68. [25] Ibid. pp. 70, 71. [26] Biographia Britannica (2d edit.), art. CLIVE, written by Henry Beaufoy, Esq. M. P., from family papers and information: see also, Chalmers' Biographical Dictionary. [27] Biographia Britannica (2d edit.), art. CLIVE.