I have shown your Lordships how he managed the private property of the
country, how he managed the government, and how he managed the trade. I
am now to call your Lordships' attention to some of the consequences
which have resulted from the instances of management, or rather gross
mismanagement, which have been brought before you. Your Lordships will
recollect that none of these violent and arbitrary measures, either in
their conception or in the progress of their execution, were officially
made known to the Council; and you will observe, as we proved, that the
same criminal concealment existed with respect to the fatal consequences
of these acts.
After the flight of Cheyt Sing, the revenues were punctually paid by the
Naib, Durbege Sing, month by month, kist by kist, until the month of
July, and then, as the country had suffered some distress, the Naib
wished this kist, or instalment, to be thrown on the next month. You
will ask why he wished to burden this month beyond the rest. I reply,
The reason was obvious: the month of August is the last of the year, and
he would, at its expiration, have the advantage of viewing the receipts
of the whole year, and ascertaining the claim of the country to the
remission of a part of the annual tribute which Mr.
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