7. A more probable explanation is that the name is a corruption of an
alias, Summers, assumed by the deserter.
8. Kasim Ali Khan is generally referred to in the histories under the
name of Mir Kasim (Meer Cossim). Mir Jafir was deposed in 1760, and
his son-in-law Mir Kasim was placed on the throne of Bengal in his
stead by the English. The history of Mir Kasim is told in detail by
Thornton in his sixth chapter, and also by Mill.
9. Probably 'Gorgin' is a corruption of 'Gregory'. This name may be a
corruption of 'Georgian'.
10. Mill observes upon these transactions: 'The conduct of the
Company's servants upon this occasion furnishes one of the most
remarkable instances upon record of the power of self-interest to
extinguish all sense of justice and even of shame. They had hitherto
insisted, contrary to all right and all precedent, that the
government of the country should exempt all their goods from duty;
they now insisted that it should impose duties upon all other
traders, and accused it as guilty of a breach of the peace towards
the English nation, because it proposed to remit them.
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