Beatson, Alexander: A view of the origin and conducts of the war with Tippoo Sultaun: comprising a narrative of the operations of the army under the command of Lieutenant George Harris, and of the Siege of Seringapatam (London, 1800)

OF THE WAR WITH TIPPOO SULTAUN.

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Mysore, to the heir of Tippoo Sultaun ; and at the same time,
determined him to grant to the families of Hyder Alii and Tippoo
Sultaun, a more rminihcent maintenance than either had enjoyed
during the late reign ; and to provide with the same liberality, for
all the Mahomedan officers, and chiefs of the state, who had sur-
vived the Saltaun, and for the families of all those who had fallen
in the course of the war.
For the accomplishment of a settlement founded on the prin-
ciples which have been detailed, the Governor-general issued a
special commission on the ^th of June, appointing Lieutenant-
general Harris, the Honourable Colonel Wellesley, the Honourable
Henry Wellesley, Lieutenant-colonel William Kirkpatrick, and
Lieutenant-colonel Barry Close, commissioners for the affairs of
Mysore, with the ample powers specified in the commission.* It
was the Governor-general's intention, immediately after the fall
of Seringapatam, to have proceeded thither for the purpose of
superintending the settlement of the affairs of Mysore ; but as the
favourable state of the country had rendered his presence there
unnecessary, the commission was accompanied with instructions,-^
directing the commissioners to proceed without delay to lay the
foundations of the new arrangement; and for the purpose of pre-
cluding the intrigues of the natives, and of all the great interests
which were in suspence, the commissioners and their secretaries
were enjoined to take an oath of secrecy, in order that no part of
the plan might transpire, until the arrangements for its accom-
plishment had been completed..
* Copy of the commission. Appendix, XLIII,
t Instructions to the Mysore commission. Appendix. XLIV,