revailed through the country, and totally disturbed all
order and justice in it. He says, "The Begum's ministers, before my
arrival, with the advice of their counsellors, caused the Nabob to sign
a receipt, in consequence of which they received at two different times
near fifty thousand rupees, in the name of the officers of the Adawlut,
Foujdarry, &c., from the Company's circar; and having drawn up an
account-current in the manner they wished, they got the Nabob to sign
it, and then sent it to me." In the same letter he asserts "that these
people have the Nabob entirely in their power."

My Lords, you see here Mr. Hastings enabling the corrupt eunuchs of this
wicked old woman to draw upon the Company's treasury at their pleasure,
under forged papers of the Nabob, for just such moneys as they please,
under the name and pretence of giving it to the officers of justice, but
which they distribute among themselves as they think fit. This complaint
was soon followed by another, and they furnish, first, the strongest
presumptive proof of the corrupt motives of Mr. Hastings; and, secondly,
they show the horrible mischievous effects of his conduct upon the
country.

In consequence of the first complaint, Mr. Hastings directs this
independent Nabob not to concern himself any longer with the Foujdarry.
The Nabob, who had before declared that the superintendence of all the
offices belonged to him, and was to be executed by himself, or under his
orders, instantly obeys Mr. Hastings, and declares he will not interfere
in the business of the courts any more. Your Lordships will observe
further that the complaint is not against the Nabob, but against the
creatures and the menial servants of Munny Begum: and yet it is the
Nabob he forbids to interfere in this business; of the others he takes
no notice; and this is a strong proof of the corrupt dealings of Mr.
Hastings with this woman. When the whole country was fallen into
confusion under the administration of this woman, and under her corrupt
ministers, men base-born and employed in the basest offices, (the men of
the household train of the women of rank in that country are of that
description,) he writes to the Nabob again, and himself confesses the
mischiefs that had arisen from his corrupt arrangements.

"At your Excellency's request, I sent Sudder ul Huk Khan to take on him
the administration of the affairs of the Adawlut and Foujdarry, and
hoped by that means not only to have g