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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



By the succe>^s of this timely, vi- 

 gorous, and brilliant enti-rprize, tlic 

 ■war was brought to a speedy con- 

 elusion. The rajah of Bcrar, 

 awakened to a sense of his danger, 

 determined upon an immediate and 

 separate peace, ■without waiting to 

 consult the wislics or opinion of his/ 

 ally; and, without the loss of a 

 day, dispritclu'd an embnssador to 

 the camp of general Wcliosley, at 

 Deogaum, in the vicinity of his re- 

 ceiil conquest ; aiid the negotiation 

 for a treafy of peace immediately 

 commenced, and was concluded 

 and signed on tlie part of tlie I'ritish 

 governmcnf, A;id the rajali of Berar, 

 on the 17th of Dec. 1S03. 



On the part of tlie rajah it was 

 agreed, first, to renounce all ad- 

 herence to the confederacy formed 

 against the Britislt government, be- 

 tween Scindiah, himself, and other 

 chiefs ; and to engage to give no 

 assistance to those chiefs, should 

 they continue the Avar: secondly, 

 to cede to the comi)an)', in perpe- 

 tual sovereigniy, tl.e province of 

 Cuttack, including the fori and 

 distri6t of Balasore ; also all the 

 territories, the revcTiues of which he 

 had previously col lec'ted in conjunc- 

 tion with the nizam, together with 

 all those situated to the westward 

 of the river Wurdah : and lastly, 

 to engage never to take, or retain 

 in his service, any Frenchman, or 

 the subjec't of any Eurojiean or 

 American state, the government of 

 which might be at war with the Bri- 

 tish government, or any British 

 subject, M'hether Indian or Euro- 

 pean, without the consent of that 

 government. 



The British government agreed, 

 that the forts of Noruullah and 

 Gawil Ghur should be restored to 

 the rajali of Berar, together with 



the distrit^s dependent upon them ; 

 that the river Wurdah, from its 

 source to the Godavery, should be, 

 the boundary between the domi- 

 nion's of the nizam, and the rajah 

 of Berar ; that no aid or counte- 

 nance should be given to any dis- 

 contented relations or subjetls of 

 the rajah, who might fly from, or 

 rebel against his authority ; and fi- 

 nally, it was agreed, that in order 

 tile more efi'e^lually to preserve the 

 relations of amity and good under- 

 standing betweca tlie contra(^ling 

 parties, that accredited ministers 

 from each government, should con, 

 stantly reside at the court of the 

 other. 



This treaty, ratified by the rajah 

 of Bcrar, on the 2r)th o I December, 

 and transmitted to Calcutta, was 

 speedily followed by one with 

 Scindiah. That restless prince, 

 finding that no chance existed of I 

 gratilying his ambition and revenge 

 at the expence of the British go- 

 vernment ; having exhausted his 

 resources and expedients, and with- 

 out an ally : sent instrn^ions to his 

 embassador, (who still followed go- i 

 neral Wellesley's army.) seriously | 

 to open negotiations for a durabl' 

 and delinitive treaty of peace: to 

 v.hich measure that ofiicer acceded. 

 By his firmness and decisive tone^ 

 (he treaty was concluded in a few 

 days, and on the 30th of December, 

 1803, a peace between the Bri- 

 tish government and Scindiah was 

 signed in the English camp at Surge 

 Angengaum. Its principal condi- 

 tions were as follow. 



On the part of Scindiali it was 

 agreed, first, to cede to the com- 

 pany in perpetual sovereignty, all 

 his forts, territories, and rights in 

 the Donab, together with all his 

 forts, territories, rights, and inte 



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