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eight hundred (14,800) Rupees the other for six thousand (6,000) rupees
drawn on one Sultan David at Madrass as also an Invoice of Treasure laden
on the Jenny and had permitted Mr. Grondon to return on that ship
for the recovery of his health. By the last advices from Spahaun
they find it will he impossible to send more goods up country till a
renewal of their privileges are obtaiued, for the customers there had procured
an Order,for the payment of customs on what sent last year, which with diffi­
culty was staved off by tho help of a present to the Governour this with the
troubles every where in the Country bad induced them to put off tlicir design
of sending a parcel of cloth to Corrasoou, or indeed any where olso till tho
times are more settled and they see what turn tho King’s affairs are likely to
take. They had lately received from Hamadoon a rogom from tho King sent
by one Meer Ally Sultan directing them to assist in seizing Mahmud Toggy
Caun, which was accoinpanyed witli a Letter from the Sardar at Shyrash to
seize the Goveruour & Shawbunder and advising his haviug sent Meer Ally
Sultan and some forces but to do nothing without their advice, The Dutch
receiving a rogom and letter to the same purport immediately sent to Meer Ally
to come with his forces and he entered the town the 27tb at night with the
t King’s Choppars, but instead of having the King’s Orders to seize the Gover­
nour and Shawbunder they brought rogoms confirming them in their Posts
the Shawbunder went out to receive his but the Governour not going for
sometime they sent about forty people to attack his house, when'the Dutoh
began Gring on bis House and Fort, and our Gentlemen finding the Dutoh
design was not to deliver him the King’s rogom but seize him according to the
Sardars which they had an equal to do they sent to him and he delivered him­
self up to them the agent has wrote the Sardar that as they would not deliver
him the King’s room they had seized him according to his Commands. In a
Postoript they advise their having sold Mr. Craddock some Dates and enclosed
his Bill for the amount being rupees two thousand one hundred and forty one
( two quarters and ten reas (2,141-2-10).
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XLVIII.

i PUBLIC DEPARTMENT DIARY No. 17.
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Imported theSallnmander Ketch William Browne Master from Gombroon.
T Gombroon, Letter
* Cram. By her received a Letter from the agent and Council dated the 22nd July
acknowledging receipt of our’s by the Nancy Grab with a Packet enclosed for
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Tt ft the Hon’ble Court of Directors which was forwarded to Bussorah the 19th
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p June. That having received a Duplicated Letter from Messrs. Dorril and Graves
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u advising a warr being declared between England and France to give us early
War between
England and notioe thereof they had got the Commander of the Salamand to proceed with
France. Persian these advices and enclosed copy of his Majesty’s Declaration. The French at
demand (or cnatome
at Ispahan. Bussorah had no advices of the warr, nor at Aleppo when tho Messengers
oame from thence. That they had frequently urged the necessity of putting
the Hon’ble Company’s affairs on some footing with the Government to pre­
vent a stop being put to their affairs, as there were demands for arrears of
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i Customs and in their last mentioned an order which tho Custom matters at
Spahaun had obtained for paying Customs on Goods sent there last year and
which Mr. Pierson with difficulty and a present to the Governour staved off
but they on a seoond application procured an order for the English and Duto