Johnson;
ruined by his private agents, Major Davy and Major Palmer; ruined
equally by them all; and at last declaring in a tone of despair, "If you
have a mind really to keep Major Davy and Major Palmer here, why, I must
consent to it. Do what you please with me, I am your creature; for God's
sake, let me have a little rest."
Your Lordships shall next hear what account Hyder Beg Khan, the Vizier's
prime-minister, gives of the situation in which he and his master were
placed.
_Extract of a Letter from Hyder Beg Khan, received 21st April,
1785._
"I hope that such orders and commands as relate to the friendship
between his Highness and the Company's governments and to your will
may be sent through Major Palmer, in your own private letters, or in
your letters to the Major, who is appointed from you at the presence
of his Highness, that, in obedience to your orders, he may properly
explain your commands, and, whatever affair may be settled, he may
first secretly inform you of it, and afterwards his Highness may,
conformably thereto, write an answer, and I also may represent it.
By this system, your pleasure will always be fully made known to his
Highness; and his Highness and we will execute whatever may be your
orders, without deviating a hair's-breadth: and let not the
representations of interested persons be approved of, because his
Highness makes no opposition to your will; and I, your servant, am
ready in obedience and service, and I make no excuses.
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