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Excerpt from Statement of Facts: Delivered to the Right Honourable Lord Minto, Governor-General of India, &C. &C., On His Late Arrival at Madras <p>General Macdowall's complaint against my successor, for having pursued a very different line of conduct, with Sir G. Barlow's reply, is upon record; and, as one asserts what the other denies, people will judge according to their Opinions of the individuals. The general's complaint was thought, by those who were in certain habits with him and the government, to be well founded, and that he did not experience those attentions to which his rank and situation entitled him. Pre vvious to General Macdowall's departure, it was proposed by Sir G. Barlow (upon a misconception as it afterwards appeared) to remove him from the command of'the army; and the measure -3vould have been carried into effect, if' I had not prevailed in persuading the governor to require a 'more explicit declaration of the general's inten tion; whichhe gave, and shewed.that we had put -an erroneous construction on his letters. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.