tanding all these repeated complaints and
remonstrances, and the constant promise of amendment on the part of his,
the said Hastings's, minister, the supply was not more plentiful or more
regular than before.

LXIII. That the said Resident, Bristow, finding by experience the
inefficacy of the courses which had been pursued with regard to the
mother and grandmother of the reigning prince of Oude, and having
received a report from Major Gilpin, informing him that all which could
be done by force had been done, and that the only hope which remained
for realizing the remainder of the money, unjustly exacted as aforesaid,
lay in more lenient methods,[74] he, the said Resident, did, of his own
authority, order the removal of the guard from the palaces, the troops
being long and much wanted for the defence of the frontier, and other
material services,--and did release the said ministers of the said women
of rank, who had been confined and put in irons, and variously
distressed and persecuted, as aforerecited, for near twelve months.[75]

LXIV. That the manner in which the said inhuman acts of rapacity and
violence were felt, both by the women of high rank concerned, and by all
the people, strongly appears in the joy expressed on their release,
which took place on the 5th of December, 1782, and is stated in two
letters of that date from Major Gilpin to the Resident, in the words
following.

LXV. "I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2d
instant, and in consequence immediately enlarged the prisoners Behar Ali
Khan and Jewar Ali Khan from their confinement: a circumstance that gave
the Begums, and the city of Fyzabad in general, the greatest
satisfaction.

LXVI. "In tears of joy Behar and Jewar Ali Khan expressed their sincere
acknowledgments to the Governor-General, his Excellency the Nabob
Vizier, and to you, Sir, for restoring them to that invaluable blessing,
liberty, for which they would ever retain the most grateful remembrance;
and at their request I transmit you the inclosed letters.

LXVII. "I wish you had been present at the enlargement of the
prisoners. The quivering lips, with the tears of joy stealing down the
poor men's cheeks, was a scene truly affecting.

LXVIII. "If the prayers of these poor men will avail, you will, at the
LAST TRUMP, be translated to the happiest regions in heaven."

LXIX. And the Resident, Bristow, knowing how acceptable the said
proceeding would be to all the people