Padshah Begam, the first and only surviving wife of the late Tipu Sultan, is awarded a pension of 200 rupees 'per mensem' and cloth money of 150 rupees 'per annum'.
William Abbott, a merchant of Madras, accepts a large bribe from Nalapa, an inhabitant of Mysore, to lobby on the latter's behalf in England for a change in the Mysore Government - the Madras Government take grave exception to Abbott's conduct and order his expulsion from India.