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hopes of bringing this Chaub to proper torms, wo would willingly embrace
pacific measures; but consistent with your credit, they are not in our power,
your inlorcst is our only aim. It is with the greatest roluctance, we beg leave to
nssurc Your Honors, that we find ourselves under the necessity of applying to
Garin Caun for settling the tranquillity of this Gulf; it is certainly in his
power to do it. The Turks are afraid to attempt the reduction of the Chaub
without the Caun’s permission, and this permission has not yet been granted.”
As the only alternative then and that alternative also, recommend* d to us
by our superior at Bombay and Carim Caun being most pressing to havo all
gentlemen sent up to him to adjust all our disputes and actually to pay us all
our losses out of his own treasury as the Embassador has assured us. We havo
ordrered Mr. Skipp in cousequenco of the Governor and Council’s recom­
mendation in case it was necessary any gentlemen should be sent to hold him­
self in readiness for that service and in a few days Defiance is to convey him
to Bushire whence he will proceed to Shiraz. In our next address we arc in
great hopes wo shall be able to render Your Honours accounts that will bo
more satisfactory, the suspense we are in ourselves at present puts it out of
our power to send Your Honors any certain advice. Wo are in the greatest
hopes this application will be attonded with all the advantages we could wish
for, the Turks are very solicitous for it and whilst they throw such large sums
into Your Honours’treasury, for the payment of Horljoo Eusuph’s debt, and the
maintenance of the fleet, it behoves us to humour them, whenever it can be
done with propriety, they consider us now, owing to our fleet at the Haffar, as
a kind of canner between Bassora and the territories of the Chaub, and we
doubt not are in earnest in the preparations they are making for the march of
their army against the Chaub, as soon as ever they are acquainted with the
determination of Carim Caun. Thus affairs with the Persians, Turks and
Chaub are situated at present.
In our instructions to Mr. Skipp we shall strictly adhere to the orders we
have received from the presidency regarding them, in their letter by the
Defiance under the ISth January 1767, as they seem so well cultivated for Your
Honors interest in this Gulf; we do not insert them here as they must have been
sent from the Presidency.
Your Honors’ cruizcr the Deponce arrived hero the 2Sth of March, from
Bombay and Bushire and the Eagle the 31st immediately from Bombay ; the
former we have resolved detaining in the Gulf untill we know the result of
Mr. Skipp’s negotiation with Carim Caun and the Eagle we are returning
immediately to Bombay with all our Sick, wounded and unfit for duty. The
Bombay Grub, Salimander ifowiiand part of the small craft are stationed off
the Hollar for the blockade of that river and the remaining small craft are
cruizing between the mouth of this river and the Bar to protect the safe import
and export of the small merchant vessels to this place.
The Hon’ble the President and Council of Bombay having appointed
Mr. Henry Moore, A gent for your Honors’ affairs in this Gulf, he arrived here
on the Eagle, and has received the charge of this factory from the factors.
Mr. Moore accordingly takes this earliest opportunity of assuming Your
Honours of his best endeavours for your credit, and interest and humbly solicit?
the honour of your confirming him here.
The Mercantile affairs under our management have received no alterations
6incc our last address, excopt the receiving 50 bales of Perpts from your Pactory