, after he has robbed innocence, after he
has divided the spoil between Gunga Govind Sing and himself, gets the
party robbed to perjure himself for his sake,--if such a creature is
capable of being guilty of perjury. We have another razinama sent from
Nuddea, by a person nearly under the same circumstances with Radanaut,
namely, Maha Rajah Dirauje Seo Chund Behadre, only made to differ in
some expressions from the former, that it might not appear to originate
from the same hand. These miserable razinamas he delivers to you as the
collected voice of the country, to show how ill-founded the impressions
are which committees of the House of Commons (for to them they allude, I
suppose) have taken concerning this man, during their inquiries into the
management of the affairs of the Company in India.

Before I quit this subject, I have only to give you the opinion of Sir
Elijah Impey, a name consecrated to respect forever, (your Lordships
know him in this House as well as I do,) respecting these petitions and
certificates of good behavior.

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"From the reasons and sentiments that they contain," &c.[9]

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The moment an Englishman appears, as this gentleman does, in the
province of Dinagepore, to collect certificates for Mr. Hastings, it is
a command for them, the people, to say what he pleases.

And here, my Lords, I would wish to say something of the miserable
situation of the people of that country; but it is not in my commission,
and I must be silent, and shall only request your Lordships to observe
how this crime of bribery grows in its magnitude. First, the bribe is
taken, through Gunga Govind Sing, from this infant, for his succession
to the zemindary. Next follows the removal from their offices, and
consequent ruin, of all his nearest natural relations. Then the delivery
of the province to Debi Sing, upon the pretence of the arrears due to
the Company, with all the subsequent horrors committed under the
management of that atrocious villain. And lastly, the gross subornation
of perjury, in making this wretched minor, under twelve years of age,
bear testimony upon oath to the good qualities of Mr. Hastings and of
his government,--this minor, I say, who lived three hundred miles from
the seat of his government, and who, if he knew anything at all of his
own affairs, must have known that Mr. Hastings was the cause of all his
sufferings.