COLLECTED FROM THE FAMILY PAPERS COMMUNICATED BY THE EARL OF POWIS. BY MAJOR-GENERAL SIR JOHN MALCOLM, G.C.B. F.R.S. &c. IN THREE VOLUMES. WITH A PORTRAIT AND MAP. VOL. I. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. MDCCCXXXVI. My Lord , This Life of your illustrious Father is dedicated to your Lordship, in the conviction that, had the Author been spared to complete this, his last and favourite work, he would have thus endeavoured to testify his gratitude for your unvaried kindness, and his a

The present work was commenced in consequence of the possession of a body of unpublished documents, which, having been preserved among the family records at Walcot, were thrown open to the author by the friendship of the Earl of Powis. These consisted chiefly of the whole correspondence of Lord Clive, containing the originals of nearly every letter which he had received from the time when he first filled a public situation in India, down to the period at which he finally quitted that country; wi

Before resuming the narrative of Clive's life, and accompanying him on his last visit to India, it will be necessary to take a general and concise view of the events which had occurred in that country during the short period of his absence. It would, indeed, be impossible, without such a review, to understand the nature of the scenes in which he became engaged, or the motives and grounds of the measures he adopted. He was succeeded in the administration of the affairs of Bengal by Mr. Vansittart