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Governor-General, all the Englijh, and many of the faithful na- 

 tives, to make a hafty flight for fecurity within the walls of 

 Cbunar-gar. That this Aiiineldar was a conliderable perfon is 

 evident, for the quarrel arofe from a demand being made of 

 him of an aid of two thoufand horfe. After the flaughter, 

 Cheyt Sing was refcued, and a general infurredlion broke out in 

 the provinces of Benares. 

 BiojeglrFort. On this he fled over the Ganges to his fort BidjegWf above 

 fifty miles to the weft ; there he ufually lodged his treafure. 

 He ftaid there no longer than to remove part of his treafure, 

 and removed to a more diftant place, leaving his mother to de- 

 fend the place. Bidjegur is feated on a lofty hill, in a country of 

 his moftly cloathed with timber. It would have been impreg- 

 nable had it not been for an adjacent hill which wholly com- 

 manded it. The BritiJJp colonel fent to reduce the ])lace foon 

 compelled it to furrender. The mother of Cbeyt Sing, and 

 other ladies found in the fort, were treated with the utmoft de- 

 licacy. Cbeyt Sing had left behind him in treafure to the value 

 of three hundred thoufiind pounds. Our commandant in- 

 ftantly divided the wealth, and founded the divifion on a letter 

 of Mr. Hajlings, in which he fays very loofely, that he conii- 

 dered it as the property of the captors : Surely they were fully 

 cleared. Mr. Broome has written an admirable pamphlet in 

 vindication of Mr. Hajiings from the articles of impeachment. 

 Never was a broom fo deterlive, for, excepting in a few in- 

 ftanccs, it has not left a fpeck of the pus atqiie vene-niim fi) 

 plentifully befpattered on the Governor-General by the moll: 

 eloquent of Britify orators. He amazes with the verfatility of 

 his language ! 



Mr. 



