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FUTTY GHUR. 
his nephew, has acquired amongst the English the title of Richard 
the Third. He was suspected of wishing to carry the resemblance 
still farther ; but as the Prince is still alive, we will suppose the 
suspicion was unmerited. The Prince is of a noble Patan family. On 
coming of age his income was but very small. He paid a paishcush, 
or tribute, to the Nawaub Vizier, of four lacs and a half; and, after 
other out-goings, he did not receive 60,000 rupees per annum. 
His uncle had secured to himself a much better income, during 
his regency, by grants in the name, and under the seal, of the former 
Nawaub, which he had the leisure and time to prepare. The paish- 
cush having been ceded to us, with several provinces, by the 
Nawaub Vizier, the young man applied to Mr. Wellesley for pro- 
tection against his uncle. This was granted ; and the accounts were 
investigated, or rather supposed to be investigated, by Mr. Mercer. 
The regent refunded about 40,000 rupees, instead of at least a lac, 
and paid in a balance of 30,000 more. The state of the country was 
then most wretched: murders were so frequent at Furruckabad, 
that people dared not venture there after sun-set ; and the work- 
men, who came out to the cantonments, always retired to their own 
houses during day-light. This was represented to the Nawaub by 
Mr. Wellesley in the strongest manner, and he was recommended 
to cede his country to the British, they covenanting to treat him 
with all possible respect, and to pay him the whole sum which 
they should receive after the expenses were defrayed. The real 
motive was to root out the multitude of robbers, who, from this 
rendezvous, plundered the whole country. He made slight ob- 
jections, and seemed to fear that the residue would be so small 
that he should not be able to sustain his dignity. At length he 
