STATE PAPERS. 
tish government has been uni- 
formly regulated in its relations 
-with the Nipaulese, by the most 
scrupulous adherence to the prin- 
ciples of justice and moderation, 
there is scarcely a single dis- 
trict within the British frontier 
throughout the whole of the ex- 
tensive line above described, in 
which the Gorkahs have not 
usurped and appropriated lands 
forming the ascertained domi- 
nions of the Honourable Com- 
pany. Questions originating in 
the usurpations of the Nipaulese 
have arisen in Purnea, Tirhoot, 
Sarun, Goruckpore, and Baricilly, 
as well as in the protected terri- 
tory between the Sutlege and the 
Jumna; and each case might be 
appealed to in proof of the mode- 
ration and forbearance of the Bri- 
tish government, and the aggres- 
sive and insolent spirit of the Ni- 
paulese. It will be enough, how- 
ever, to advert in detail to two 
instances only, namely, those 
which have occurred in Sarun and 
in Goruckpore, which more par- 
ticularly demonstrate the sys- 
tematic design of the Nipaulese 
to encroach on the acknowledg- 
ed possessions of the Honourable 
Company, and in fact have been 
proximate causes of the war. 
In the former district (Sarun) 
they have at different times esta- 
blished their authority over por- 
tions of the territory of Betteah ; 
but the British government abid- 
ing by those principles of modera- 
tion and forbearance so conspicu- 
ous in all its transactions with the 
Nipaulese, contented itself for a 
considerable period with remon- 
strancesand representations, trust- 
ing that the justice of its cause 
would become apparent to the Ni- 
paulese government, and produce 
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the proper effect on the mind of 
its Rajah and his Ministers. 
The repeated complaints of its 
subjects, and the occurrence of 
a new instance of encroachment 
in the Tuppah of Nunnore, form- 
ing a portion of Betteah, which 
Jed to an affair in which Subah 
Luchinger, an officer of the Ni- 
paulese government was slain, at 
Jast induced the British govern- 
ment to depute one of its Civil 
Officers on the spot, where he 
was met by Deputies from the 
State of Nipaul, in concert with 
whom proceedings were held and 
evidence taken for the purpose of 
ascertaining the claims of the par- 
ties. The result left no doubt of 
the right of the British govern- 
ment, and of the unjust and vio- 
lent procedure of the Nipaulese. 
A more striking proof of the 
spirit ofrapacity and unjustag gres- 
sion by which the Nipaulese were 
actuated, cannot be adduced, than 
the fact; that after having agreed 
in the investigation referred to 
above, and after the actual depu- 
tation of officers by each govern- 
ment, the Nipaulesesuddenly seiz- 
ed an additional tract of country 
belonging to the Company, at a 
very short distance from the scene 
of their former aggressions. This 
violent and unjust procedure would 
have warranted an immediate de- 
mand for restitution, or even the 
actual re-occupation of the lands 
by force, and it may now be sub- 
ject of regret to the British go- 
vernment that this course was not 
pursued. Far, however, from re- 
senting or punishing this daring 
outrage as it deserved, the Bri- 
tish government resolved to per- 
severe in the amicable course 
which it had pursued in other 
cases, and permitted Mr. Young, 
