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Caun’s Jotters which he has done and reminded the latter of his promise to
get our Rogoms renewed if we furnished them with shipping which they say
they are far from expecting and only look that step in order to know the
PorsiauB* intentions towards them. That when the Robert arrives if Thomas
Oaun continues his solicitations for ships they will sell her to him for the
money they can get in hopes by sotting a great price on her that he will be
tired of thinking to keep up a marine force in the Gulph when he finds it
attended with so groat an expense. They reply to the several par” of our
Hon’ble Masters’ commands relating to that age noy, which being chiefly
remarks on the exponsos, they assure us all possible frugality is observed*
They say that a9 Bpahaun Factory is withdrawn & their garrison sent awayt
they hope their settlement will shortly become a gaining article to the
Hon’ble Company. As the Persians were concluding a peace with the Turks s between^ he Turk*
they believed they should have no occasion to recall M£ French or to hinder j™1
any ships going to Bussorah and they also hoped the Persians would not want will not be recalled,
the assistance of their ships against the Turks, but should they demand them
for that service they are resolved not to comply & will, if possible, get out of
their power by retiring on board. Four days after the date of their
advices they received a letter from Mirza Togghy promising to get their
Rogums renewed and enclosing one from Thomas Caun acknowledging the
service they had done him in carrying Seffy Caun Beg to Sciudy & desiring
them to come to an agreement with Mirza Togghy about supplying him with
shipping and after that they received advices that Mirza Togghy’s son was
coming down to Gombroon with only one hundred and eighty men whose
errand they believed was to negotiate the affair of buying ships or to enquire
into the reason of assisting the Turks at Bussorah, but as they apprehended he
will endeavour to extort a present from them they are resolved to be upon
their guard & when the Caroline is despatched to lade what they can of their
Effects with three months’ provisions on board the Galleys and if they find
they have good grounds for their apprehensions they will retire on board
themselves and write to Mirza Togghy’s son and the Gov£ that they are
resolved to leave the settlement unless Thomas Caun will confirm their ancient
grauts and privileges & they will also write to him & wait his answer
which they think mu6t open a treaty & at once discover his inclinations
towards us, for to remain any longer under the uncertainty they now do after
having so often threatened to leave the place will be only exposing the Com­
pany’s affairs & their own persons to more insults & oppressions and in the
end they will bo forced to retire. However they will, if possible, wait to know Prospects of
the event of a General Council of the Governors of provinces, Cities & Chiefs tei^eiwteda*
of tribes he has summoned to meet him at Casbin with whose advice and con- Klng'
sent he designs as he pretends to establish a form of Government to be
observed over the whole empire. The kiug, it is said, is to be present but whether
he is to be reinstated in the Throne or not is not declared, the most reasonable
of the several conjectures upon this head seems to be that Thomas Caun after
having made a long Pration of the services he has done the nation by the
wonderful success that has attended his Arms will demand their opinion, who
they think the properest person to sway the Empire the King or himself as
regent in expectation that the people (as no doubt they will with one voice)
through fear immediately elect him king, which they think he will readily
accept of & seat himself in the Throne & when he has done that *tis
reasonable to suppose he will govern in a different manner from what he has