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CHAP. xiii. 



j^alrs of India. — Retrospect. — Some Account of the Makratta States—^ 

 Form of Government — Extent of tfuir Empire—and Strength — Ambition 

 and Intrigues of its several Rulers. -^Policif of the Btitish Government in 

 fiegociating with thcm.-^Treatii of Poonah.'-'Ainbition of Scindiah — his 

 Hostility to tlie English — various Instances of— Marquis IVelleslcfs Pro- 

 jects to counteract tt.— Treaty zvith the Guckwar-^proposed Treaty with 

 the Peiih-xa — Obstacles to it — probable Views of France. — Statement of 

 the Force under M. Perron.~War subsisting in the Makratta Empire 

 hetrceen Scindiah and Hollar — Causes thereof — March of Ilolkar to 

 Foonah — opposed by the united Troops of Scindiah and the Peishxca — 

 the latter utterly defeafed-^Flight of the Pei.iuica — Claims the Protection 

 of the Bombay Government —^Treaty of Basscin. — Assumption of the 

 Peishtca's Government by Hulkar—^new Peishwa set up by him.-^British 

 Army of Observation assembled on the Mahratta Frontier. — Detachinent 

 destined for the Restoration of the Pehhica put under the Command of Ge- 

 neral Wellesley — the March'of the latter — enters the Mahratta Territories 

 — Retreat of Holkar— saves Poonah from being burnt and plundered by 

 his activity. — Restoration of the Peishxoa. — Proceedings of Colonel Collins 

 at Scindiah's Camp — great Insincerity of the latter. — Junction betxvecn 

 Scindiah and Bltoonsla — they negociate with Holkar — hostile Conduct — 

 Powers given to General IVi^llesley— fruitless Negociation between him and 

 the confederated Chiefs— real Views of the Confederates penetrated by 

 Gtn. IVellesley. — Negociations broke off. — The Preparations for War 

 commenced by the British Government, 



THE impossibility of obtaining time preceding, In nindostan; — 

 the requisite documents, from events which equal, in point of inte- 

 posscssions so remote as those which rest, any, that in the course of our 

 constitute the British empire in In- long service to the public, we hare 

 dia, within tin; year, necessarily had occasion to detail, 

 oblige us, to dofur our account of At the period when the great 

 the transactions which talic place in and comprehensive plans of the raar- 

 that country, until such sources of quis Wellesley, governor general in 

 information can be resorted to, as British India, had levelled the 

 present themselves at a subsequoiit throne of the Mysorean usurper with 

 period. We are now, therefore, to the dust, and rescued the Nizam 

 rail the attention of our readers, from the dangerous and rapid in- 

 to the events, wiiich took place in crease of the French interests in 

 the year 1803, and for some short the Deccan, (by compelling 14,000 



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