'History of the Province of Gohud' [‎26r] (51/72)

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showed the impression which existed in the Governor*
General's mind at the time of Treaty, and that it would
have been proper in the Ministers of Scindiah, if they meant
to deny the existence of the Rana of Gohud, to have offered
objections at that moment against the name of any such
person standing in the Treaty; but the fact was, that as the
country of Gohud (in whatever manner formerly held by
Scindiah) could not but he considered to come under the ex
ception of the ninth article y which expressly specified those
countries which lay to its (Gohud's) south, it could never be
claimed by the Maha Rajah, should it appear to have been
guaranteed to any Eajah or other chief coming under the
description of persons stated in the ninth article of the Treaty
of Peace."
Again, on the 23d March 1804, the Agent, Sir John
Malcolm, reported that he had received a copy of the Treaty
" concluded with the Rana, and that he had informed Scin-
diah's Minister that he had received this Treaty since his
last interview. By it the British Government had guaran
teed to the Rana of Gohud the country of his ancestors,
including the Fort of Gwalior, which the Rana had by the
same Treaty ceded to the British Government; that the
guarantee was made after the British Government had
acquired a double right to the disposal of these countries—
first, the right of conquest; second, that which they derived
from a Treaty with Ambujee Anglia, by which they were
ceded to its authority. That the subsequent breach of his
engagement by Ambujee never could be considered to de
prive the Company of any advantage which they were to
derive from these engagements, far less occasion that Govern
ment to break a Treaty which it had entered into with
another State on the confidence of Ambujee's faith. From
such a state of facts the Ministers would observe that Maha
Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah could have no right to either
the restoration of Gwalior or Gohud under the stipulation of
the Treaty of Peace. That the ground taken by them, that