A History of the Mahrattas v2.c36.99

v2.c36.99

(April.)—On the 15th of April General Goddard was directed to endeavour to negotiate a peace with the Poona state, on the terms of the treaty of Poorundhur, but with an additional article expressly excluding the French from any establishment within the Mahratta dominions. In the end of May, (May.) when the Supreme Government had received and taken into consideration Mr. Hornby’s minutes of February and March, they sent more detailed instructions for their envoy’s guidance, and if peace on the terms proposed could not be obtained, he was then, if he thought proper, to adopt Mr. Hornby’s plan of an alliance with the Gaekwar, in which case alone the authority of General Goddard, as the Governor-General’s agent, was to be blended with and guided by the instructions of the Bombay Government. The only alteration in the authorized, from the proposed, plan was a restriction preventing the British authority from being engaged as a party between the brothers, Futih Sing and Govind Rao Gaekwar. The alliance was, therefore, to be formed with Futih Sing, the acknowledged head of the Baroda state, and no pledge given for reconciling their domestic differences.