inhabitants of Ramnaut? he said, The town was taken by storm, but not plundered by the troops; it was immediately delivered up to the Nabob’s eldest son.—­Being asked, Whether great riches were not supposed to be in that palace and temple? he said, It was universally believed so.—­Being asked, What account was given of them? he said, He cannot tell; everything remained in the possession of the Nabob.—­Being asked, What became of the children and women of the family of the prince of that country? he said, The Rajah was a minor; the government was in the hands of the Ranny, his mother:  from general report he has heard they were carried to Trichinopoly, and placed in confinement there.—­Being asked, Whether he perceived any difference in the face of the Carnatic when he first knew it and when he last knew it? he said, He thinks he did, particularly in its population.—­Being asked, Whether it was better or worse? he said, It was not so populous.—­Being asked, What is the condition of the Nabob’s eldest son? he said, He was in the Black Town of Madras, when he left the country.—­Being asked, Whether he was entertained there in a manner suitable to his birth and expectations? he said, No:  he lived there without any of those exterior marks of splendor which princes of his rank in India are particularly fond of.—­Being asked, Whether he has not heard that his appointments were poor and mean? he said, He has heard that they were not equal to his rank and expectations.—­Being asked, Whether he had any share in the government? he said, He believes none:  for some years past the Nabob has delegated most of the powers of government to his second son.—­Being asked, Whether the Rajah did not complain to him of the behavior of Mr. Benfield to himself personally; and what were the particulars? he said, He did so, and related to him the following particulars.  About fifteen days after Lord Pigot’s confinement, Mr. Benfield came to Tanjore, and delivered the Rajah two letters from the then Governor, Mr. Stratton,—­one public, and the other private.  He demanded an immediate account of the presents which had been made to Lord Pigot, payment of the tunkahs which he (Mr. Benfield) had received from the Nabob upon the country, and that the Rajah should only write such letters to the Madras government as Mr. Benfield should approve and give to him.  The Rajah answered, that he did not acknowledge the validity of any demands made by the Nabob upon the country; that those tunkahs related to accounts which he (the Rajah) had no concern with; that he never had given Lord Pigot any presents, but Lord Pigot had given him many; and that as to his correspondence with the Madras government, he would not trouble Mr. Benfield, because he would write his letters himself.  That the Rajah told the witness, that by reason of this answer he was much threatened, in consequence of which he desired Colonel Harper, who then commanded at Tanjore, to be present at his next interview with Mr. Benfield; when Mr. Benfield