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yesterday) I found all their designs fully accomplished, Meer Hassain with
several other of my friends were killed* and the Company'8 house almost levelled
with the Ground, for this servioo its currently reported that the Dutch gave
Meor Manna two thousand Rupees and Shaik Ally Mossoom having also
received twelve hundred Rupees and four Sharols from them, sent his people
and struok the English Colours (which I had ordered the Corporal to hoist in
my absence) nnd had it not been publickly known that I had carried all my
valuable effects away with me to Bussorah my Cnrravansery would certainly
have been plundered by the Arabs, Meor Manna in Conjunction with a pack
of drunken Idle wretches who were his accomplices both in the murder of hi s
Father and Brothor, arc tho porsous under whose potty Tyranny this village is
'now oppressed, and from their loose indisoreet behaviour, there is no reason to
doubt that Revolution will soon happen, tho’ having provided myself at
Bussorah with arms for the soldiers I am in hopes to defeud my Habitation if
attaoked or at least to retreat from the place without any Considerable Loss,
more than what has been already sustained, from their demolishing the
Hon’blo Company’s House.
Thus I have fully made known to your W°r &c* the cause of my late
voyage to Bussorah and also the present state of the Government at this place,
Carem Oaun is in daily apprehention of Hassan Caun Cad jar's surrounding
him in Shyrash and Meer Hassan being killed, I have now no further prospect
of sucoess in this undertaking, as the Dutch by the force of their presents are
able to do just what they please with Meer Manna, I must therefore beg your
Wi &o£ speediest orders in regard to my further proceeding, for the people
look upon me to have been, in some degree, the occasion of Meer Hossain's
death, and Freally believe he would not have come to so untimely an end, had
he not been a man of too much obstinacy to break his promise with me
tho' the Dutch did all in their power to seduce him.

LXXVIII.
Public Department Diary with Index 29—1758,pp. 267-268.

Bombay Cattle, 17th July 1756.
Signed and delivered our Saling Orders to Captain John Cleugh of the
Drake Ketch, with our address to the Hon’ble the Court of Directors, as
Geosbroon, Letter
To entered in the Letter Books under this date likewise our letter to the Agent
and Council at Gombroon, Wherein we informed them our last was dated the
4th April and of our having reoeived theirs of tke 25th. That the Ho. Co.
bad advised us Via Madrass of their intentions to Cousign them on the Hector
which ship wou'd leave England at the usual time in March 500 bales of cloth
& 500 Bales of long Ells, ea of the latter containing only ten pieces we
directed them to continue their purchases of Carmenia wool and 6end their
Denutch of in Remains both of that article & copper by the Hector & Swallow on the
Auutut to Mr. latter being relieved by the Drake. That on the arrival of the Prince George,
Wood.
we should enquire into the depute between Mr. Shaw, the Supra Cargoe of
that Vessel, & the Other Bengali gentlemen, tell when we cou'd not judge of
the necessity for his going to Bagdad, but muoh disapproved his expences on
that account. We advised Mr. Hughes proceeding on this Vessel as assistant
to the Resident at Bundereek, whose salary had been paid to the 1st Instant