The preceding facts are stated to the House, not as the foundation of an inquiry into the conduct of the Begum, but as they lead to and are therefore necessary to explain by what means a discovery was made of a sum of money given by her to Mr. Hastings. Mr. Goring's first letter from the city, dated 17th May, 1775, mentions, among other particulars, the young Nabob's joy at being delivered out of the hands of Munny Begum, of the mean and indigent state of confinement in which he was kept by her, of the distress of his mother, and that he had told Mr. Goring that the "Begum's eunuch had instructed the servants not to suffer him to learn anything by which he might make himself acquainted with business": and he adds, "Indeed, I believe there is great truth in it, as his Excellency seems to be ignorant of almost everything a man of his rank ought to know,--not from a want of understanding, but of being properly educated." On the 21st of May, Mr. Goring transmitted to the Governor-General and Council an account of sums given by the Begum under her seal, delivered to Mr. Goring by the Nabob in her apartments. The account is as follows. Memorandum of Disbursements to English Gentlemen, from the Nabob's Sircar, in the Bengal Year 1179. +--------------------+ |Seal of Munny Begum,| |Mother of the Nabob | |Nudjuf ul Dowlah, | |deceased. | +--------------------+ To the Governor, Mr. Hastings, for an entertainment 1,50,000 To Mr. Middleton, on account of an agreement entered into by Baboo Begum 1,50,000 -------- Rupees 3,00,000 When this paper was delivered, the Governor-General moved that Mr. Goring might be asked _how he came by it_, and _on what account this partial selection was made by him_; also, that the Begum should be desired _to explain the sum laid to his charge_, and that he should ask _the Nabob or the Begum their reasons for delivering this separate account_. The substance of the Governor's proposal was agreed to. Mr. Goring's answer to this requisition of the board is as follows.