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with. Hi* Lordship, howovor, is nwaro that this request must bo considered with referenco
to information whioh Hi* ExcoUonoy may hnvo received from the Honorable the President
in Council and from other quartors, and His Excollenoy will bo requested t"> communicate hie
decision on the subjeot to tho Honorublo the. Governor in Counoil of Bombay, with whom it
will olso rest, on thi* statomont of His Lordship’s general views, to detormino to what extent
Coptain Ilennell’s reoommondition can bo prudently complied with from tho Indian Navy.
16. The Govornor-General trusts thnt whatever may bo tho rosult of Captain HonnoU's
late negotiations with tho other Maritime States iu checking tho progress of Egyptian
aggression, there is no immodiato fear for the security of our ally, tho lmaum of Muscat.
16. Tho Governor-General is not sufficiently acquainted with tho condition and position
of Bryme to be able to form a judgmont of tho expediency of extending our protection to its
Chiefs. Such a measure appears to go beyond tho principle on which our relations with
other Chieftains in tho same quarter have been established, and is of a nature to demand much
caution and oonsidorathn ore it is fiuallv adopted. The nssistanoo afforded to tho Sheiks of
Bryme as roported in Captain Hennolrs letter of tho 10th July is approvod, and it is to be
hoped that if thoy aro attaokod by Synd bin Mootluk, the authorities of Muscat will see their
own interest in affording thorn support.
17. His Lordship is happy to porcoive from Captain IIcnneH’s lottor of tho 9th July
that tho removal of Mirza Afsud from tho Government of Buehire is a-oribed to a desire to
conciliate tho British Government.
18. I have only further to add that tho Governor-General presumes that no opportunity
ib omittod of keeping Hor Majesty’s Consul at Cairo acquainted with all tho ocourreuces
whioh take place in the Persian Gulf,
I have the honor to be,
Sib,
Your most obedient, humblo servant,
A. F. MADDOCK,
Offg. Secretary to Government of India
with the Governor-General.
Simla ;
Tie lit Avguit 1839.
Sierit Dtpariatuf. To—I. P. Willoughby, Esq., Secretary to the Government of Bombay.
Sib,
I am directed by tho Bight Hon'ble the Governor-General of India to acknowledge the
—«• . SXfJR IrsgZiiiFgSit*
in the Persian Gulf of the dates therein noted with the expression ot the views of the Govern­
ment of Bombay on the state of our relations in that quarter.
2. Ihe Governor-General having already expressed an opinion on the different points calling
for special remarks and instructions in this correspondence, as communicated to you in my
letter of the 1st instant, I am directed to state that no further observations appear to be called
for in reply to the present reference.
I have tho honour to be,
Sir,’
Your most obedient, humble servant,
A. F. MADDOCK,
Offg. Secretary to Government of India
with the Governor-General,
Simla ;
Tii 12ti August 1839.

Bient Dtpartmi»1, To—I. P. Willoughby, Eiq., Seoretary to the Government of Bombay.
Sib,
I am directed by tho Right Honorable the Governor-General of fndia to acknowledge tho
receipt of your several letters noted in tho margin,
Volume 68—1061 of 1839-40, p. 487.
Letter dated 23rd December 1839. and their enclosures, relating to affairs at Muscat
and in the Persian Gulph.
h n 27th
n $i 28th „ two loiters. 2. In reply, I am desired to state that the Gov­
n „ Silt ernor in Council will be aware that the course of
mAnf• .1 t» . policy to bo observed in respect to the move-
?“!*“ ‘he Keypt'an. forces upon the shores of the Persian Gulph must be mainly determined
b, the instructions which may be received from tho authorities iu England. No recent