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We have advanc'd Lieut. Hall the Sum of 200
•n «i. . rupees on Acct. of bis
Lxpences; & having communicated all Occurrences at this Agency have only
> further to add that we propose addressing Our Ho. Masters speedily after this’
Dispatch when wc shall acquaint them of Our resolutions
on the answers that
will be given by tho Mussalocni to the sovoral points that, Mr. llallamby ia
Charg’d with :
We bog leave to Congratulate tho Ho : the President on his appointment
from the Ho: Compy: to the Chair of Bombay & remain with
the greatest
respect
i Ilon’blc Sir & Servts.
S Your most Ob»»dt. and most Humble Servts.
PETER EL WIN WRENCH
DY.MOKE LYSTER
GEO: SKIPP
BiSSORA
23rd October 1766.
P. S.—Since closing the_foregoing a letter from Mr. Marley to the Agent
was rece’d also one from the Bashaw Copysof both which are enclos’d for Your
Honor, &c.: perusal :

To
LIEUTENANT JOHN HALL.
SlB,
The Right Ho : the Agent & Council having appointed You to proceed
to Bombay in Charge of the Ho Co :packet now enclos’d for the Govr. & Cl: I am
directed by them to Order You to repair on Board the Bushire Trankey they
are sendg: on this Occasion taking Charge thereof and proceed in her after
receiving your dispatches immediately down the river & make the best of
your way to Muscat without calling at Bushire or any other Port if it can be
avoided with safety, between this & Muscat, where on your Arrival deliver
the accompanying Letter for Narraton, who is therein Order’d to Supply
You with a Boat for your proceeding to Bombay, but as he may be dilatory
about it You are to see that no time is lost, & be as expeditious as possible
in your departure from thence, leaving the Bushire Boat with Narraton

CLXIII.
To
The Right Whl. Petee Elwin Wrench, Esqre.,
Agent foe all affairs of the Britsh Nation in the Gulph op
Persia and Council at Bussora.
Gentlemen,
Letter from 1. We wrote you last the 23rd November and on the 27th came to hand
Bombay to
Basrah. your letter of the 23rd October to which and those not yet answered we shall

2. The situation of affairs at your place, and the defeat of our forces in the
Ski ) attack of the Chaubs redoubts, gives us the greatest concern and renders it
tTbe^epukd absolutely necessary to take the most speedy and effectual measures for retriev-
Sfainz to conclude ^ credit and bringing matters to such an issue as will admit of our force
an agreement
with Karim Khan. being returned to the Presidency, the long detention of which in the Gulph is of