VII. That, on the said Warren Hastings's representation of the
transaction aforesaid to the Court of Directors, they did heavily and
justly censure the said Warren Hastings for the same, and did convey
their censure to him, recommending relief to the suffering prince, but
without any order for sending a new Resident: being, as it may be
supposed, prevented from taking that step by the faith of the treaty
made at Chunar.
VIII. That all the oppressions foreseen by him, the said Warren
Hastings, when he made the article aforesaid in the treaty of Chunar,
did actually happen: for, immediately on the removal of the British
Resident, the country of Furruckabad was subjected to the discretion of
a certain native manager of revenue, called Almas Ali Khan, who did
impoverish and oppress the country and insult the prince, and did
deprive him of all subsistence from his own estates,--taking from him
even his gardens and the tombs of his ancestors, and the funds for
maintaining the same.
IX. That, on complaint of those proceedings, the said Hastings did of
his own authority, and without communicating with his Council, direct
the native collector aforesaid to be removed, and the territory of
Furruckabad to be left to the sole management of its natural prince.
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