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Oaptial Cruizcrs, with tho Eagle or any 6mall Vessells that draws but little
water also four or more Gallivatts, which last will bo much wanted to pursue
him up the creek but which kowovor wo submit to Your better Judgment
* Roleaao of Captain Since writing the foregoing Wo ha vo the pleasure to acquaint Your
Philip* and
i Hon^- that the Chaub has released Captains Phillips and Holland with all
Holland of the
V ships captured. their officers, but first insisted that the Agent Should send him a Treaty of
Pcaco to be continued on tho Old footing botween the H.® C®.. & Him which
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fc was consented to, finding lie would not discharge the Gentlemen on any other
li. Terms & Enclosed wo forward copy thereof, but he will not deliver up tho Ships
ill
until Said Treaty is approved of and returned by Your Hon_r_ &c and having
acquainted tho Government with all these proceedings, they approved of our
Sending it to him, but desired we wouM look Said Paper as a Matter of Form
only calculated on purpose to got our People out of his hands, saying that as
thore was no reliance to be had on his promises, that he wou’d soon gone'as
aforetime9 to render the 'Treaty of no validity ; At tho Sametime we are daily in
expectation of seeing the Cruizirs said to he in the Gulph Mr. Jervis having in
Consequence of Our Lettor to him Concoruing the Tartar, sent an Express
immediately with a Lettor to the Commodore or Comm-jL in Chief directing him
to repair to Bussorah ; It is also intended by tho Gov J- that they shall go against
the Chaub as soon as our Force arrive, & tbe Basbaw has sent letters to desire
Own assistance in Joining them, which Your Hon^. & will judge by our situa­
tion cannot refuse complying with & if we did we must not expect any favour
from them. And as destroying the Cbanb is of the Utmost Consequences to
the Trade of this place and what the Turks cannot proBsibly Effect without our
assistance, we are of Opinion, suoh an Opportunity should not be lost when
our Ships arrive, not doubting Your HonJL & will approve our conduct therein
for tbe reasonsal ready given, and as the Gov.L are very- pressing with us to
Send for a Force, in case this report of our Cruizers shoud he contradicted We
request Your Hon-£- will comply there with as speedily as possible as mentioned
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in tbe foregoing.
Hon’ble Sir & Sirs
PETER EL WIN WRENCH i
Bati. Garden.
Bussoba ;
The 14th August 1765.
CLII
Extract from the Basrah Factory.
Diaby No 1_op 1765-67
Basrah September 1768
The Chaub in his letter to the Agent received the 25th July 1765 having
made heavy complaints against Messrs. Price and Shaw, imputing bis having
seized the Sally Snow from Madras and the Hon’ble Company's Sloop to
The Ktah’e reasons
for seising the
8*n »nd Fort *kia cause> aQd as security to himself for a fictitious demand he made on
wuLm. Their those gentlemen. The Agent being stranger to these transactions complained
claim to the
Maaghil estate. of by the Chaub, and having called on me to account for tho samo which from
my long residence here I could not but be acquainted with, the following is
a true state of the case whereby I doubt not but every allegation of the
Chaubs will be fully refuted and those gentlemen entirely exoulpated.
Imprimis “He accuses Mr, Shaw of having taken grounds called Magil
and Sillik and kept them by force in his possesion though they formerly