A printed copy of Lord Clive’s speech in the House of Commons, 30th March 1772, on the motion made for leave to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of the affairs of the East India Company and of their servants in India and for the due administration of justice in Bengal. The speech constitutes Clive’s defence to the following charges that were levied against him: a monopoly of cotton, a monopoly of diamonds, frauds in the exchange and in the gold coinage, a monopoly of salt, betel nut and tobacco and the peculation of revenues. It includes details of Clive’s accounts (receipts and disbursements) in India taken from his books kept by Mr. Verelst (pp. 38-39) an account of the Company’s investments from Bengal for the seven years preceding and subsequent to the acquisition of the Diwani in 1765 (p. 50), an account of the Company’s revenues and the civil, military and other expenses, 1765-1771, (p.52) and an interesting insight (from Clive’s point of view) of the life of a Company servant (pp. 43-45).