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the utmost detriment to our lion’ble masters interest here and attended with
many inconveniences to their affairs. JPor this purpose the Defiance and
Salamander Bomb Ketch are now despatched to you and the Eagle Snow will
follow in a few days with a Merchant Ship on which wo have freighted a part of
the provisions sent you. On |these several vessels including the Seapoys already
gono in the Sobbay arc ombarked. One oompleat company of infantry Two
Offioors and thirty men of the Artillary and seventy-five Seepoys for an account
of tho Pay and Provisions to whom you are referred to the enclosed lists and we
shall now proceed to givo you such directions for the employment of this fo re®
and for your conduct in General as from the advices hitherto received appear
to us proper, tho as things may be circumstanced on the rccoit thereof, as to
render the carrying them into execution unnecessary it must in a great measure
be left to your own discretion to comply with them or not as may appear to you
most for the I Ion'ble Companys real and true interest, at the same time that we
shall rely on your adhering to them as far as ' ou consistently can and in case
of any deviation we shall expect to have very sufficient reasons assigned for the
same.
3. We havo very maturely and deliberately considered the situation of
affairs under your management and are unanimously of opinion it is by no
means proper to prosecute any further operations against theChaub, but in con­
junction with the Turks or Persians, at the same time we still think amicable
measures the best to be pursued if it is possible to bring him by that means to
suitable terms of accommodation, which from the Tenor of his Sons letter to
Captain Nessbitt there seems reason to hope he may and we would therefore
immediately on Keceipt hereof make another application to him in a proper
manner to know if he will come to terms, demanding an immediate and
Categorical answer, which should he refuse or decline treating, and you should
have no prospect of bringing affairs to a speedy issue, solely with the Turks, the
only eligible method which seems then to be left is to make a direct application
to Carim Caun for his assistance likewise, so as if possible to act in conjunction
with both, tho’ as you will observe on referrence to our Honble Masters
commands of the 22nd March 1765, they are averse to our entcriug into any
engagements of this sort. You are not to apply to the Caun if it is possible
settling with the Chaub without his assistance as nothing but the anxiety we
are under to put an end to the troubles and the little prospect there at present
seems to be of doing it by any other means, has induced us to give you a latitude
for that purpose which we flatter ourselves you will not be obliged to make use
of, but if contrary to expectation you should be, the proper method of applying
to him will be to send a Gentleman whom we recommend to be Mr. George
Shipp from Bussoia with a letter from the President now enclosed for that
purpose accompanied by a suitable one from the Agent urging our complaint
against the Chaub and desiring his assistance for obtaining redress & untill his
answer may be reoeived to those letters the vessels must be stationed so as to
effectually blook up those of the Chaub.
4. It is possible Carim Caun will not agree to assist us against the Chaub,
but on condition of our joining him against Meer Mahanna. This is what from
our Honble. Masters sentiments, we would wish to avoid as we cannot but
agree with them that such enterprises are no ways for their interest. You are
therefore to be very cautious in • your negotiations with Carim Caun so as to
avoid if possible giving him an opening for urging sucha requost, tho as the

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