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in concert with him, the depend- 
ing claims in that quarter,no prac- 
tical measure having yet resulted 
from the inquiry conducted by 
Mr. Young, 
Major Bradshaw, soon after his 
arrival, renewed a demand which 
had been made by the British go- 
vernment, but not enforced at 
the time, for the restoration of 
the twenty-two villages of Gun- 
noar, previously to any examina- 
tion of the question of right. 
This demand was acceded to bythe 
Nipaulese, and the villages were 
re-occupied by the officers of the 
Honourable Company, subject to 
the ultimate disposal of them, ac- 
cording to the issue of the intend- 
‘ed inquiry. The Governor-Ge- 
neral in Council, after due de- 
liberation, now conceived, that, 
in point of fairness, nothing 
more could be required than that 
the Commissioners of both go- 
veroments should meet for the 
purpose of discussing the ques- 
tion on the basis of investigation 
actually closed, and of supplying 
any defects which might be consi- 
dered in that investigation by fur- 
ther inquiry on the spot. This pro- 
posal being made by Major Brad- 
shaw, with an offer to produce 
further documents, they de- 
clared they would not meet 
him, nor hold any communi- 
cation with him; and, revok- 
ing the conditional transfer of 
the reversed lands, demanded 
that Major Bradshaw should in- 
stantly leave the frontier. The 
British Government finding - all 
conciliatory proposals rejected 
with insult, ordered the troops to 
march, and the Nipaulese forces, 
and the public officers of that go- 
vernment, retiring on the ad- 
vance of the British troops, the 
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civil officers of the Honourable 
Company were enabled to esta- 
blish their authority in the dis- 
puted lands. 
The commencement of the 
rainy season shortly rendered it 
necessary to withdraw the regular 
troops, in order that they might 
not be exposed to the periodical 
fevers which reign throughout 
the tract in that part of the year. 
The defence ofthe recoveredlands 
was, of course, unavoidably en- 
trusted to the police establish- 
ments. The apparent acquies- 
cence, however, of the Nipau- 
lese in what had taken place, left 
no room for apprehension: espe- 
cially as no real violence had been 
used in obliging the Nipaulese to» 
retire from the district. On the 
morning of the 29th of May last, 
the principal police station in 
Bootwul was attacked by a large 
body of the Nipaulese troops, 
headed by an officer of that go- 
vernment, named Munraj Fouj- 
dar, and driven out of Bootwul, 
with the loss of 18 men killed and 
wounded. Among the former was 
the Darojah, or principal police 
officer,who was murdered in cold 
blood, with circumstances, of pe- 
culiar barbarity, in the presence 
of Munraj Foujdar, after surren- 
dering himselfa prisoner. Another 
police Tannah was subsequently 
attackedby the Nipaulese troops, 
and driven out with the loss of 
several persons killed and wound- 
ed. In consequence of the im- 
practicability o£ supporting the 
police Tannahs by sending troops 
into thecountry, at that unhealthy 
season, it became necessary to 
withdraw them, and the Nipau- 
Jese were thus enabled to re-oc- 
cupy the whole of the disputed 
territory, which they have since 
