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ay have with other powors, each is to defond himself, the Ohaub being ao
near and powerful an enemy to Bussora, sooms to be at present the principal
object; on that account a9 well as to recover satisfaction of him for the Losses
wo have sustained. We suppose you have represented the affair very fully to
our President and Council of Bombay, and that you have long before now
reooivod their orders. Always remember that the Promisses or even writings
of Porsians or Arabs will be no longer Validity, than their interest coincedes
with them.
We are,
Your loving friends,
THOMS ROUS, &c“.
London ;
The 2« March 1768.
CLXXX.
Agent & Council at Basrah the Hon’ble Thomas Hodges, Esq re., President and Governour
Sect Council at Bombay.
Hon’ble Sir and Sirs,
1. Our last respects were dated the 26th August, were conveyed to
Bushire by the Madras Merchant, and thence to Bombay by tbe Bombay Grab
the duplicate of thorn, in case of failure of the Original, you will find in the
ship to ship Diary now transmitted your Honour, &c£, by the Nancy Snow
Captain Price.
2. The transmitting our Diary and General Books by this conveyance Skipp^ alleged
and the sickly season with which we are contending, we hope will sufficiently
exculpate us for the brevity of this address—In our Diary under the 24* instant
is a letter to our Hon’ble Employers, which comprises the whole of the
occurrences of this Agency to that date, to which we humbly beg leave to refer—
that letter however has rocourse to sundry papers relative to Mr. Skipp’s con-
duot as late Warehousekeeper and Accomptant at Bussora, which papers are
also particularly entered in the Diary; on ^his account we think it unnecessary
the sending you another copy of them.
3. In duty to our Hon’ble Employers we have suspended Mr. Skipp
the Hon’bie Company’s service, for breach of trust and breach of orders;
at his own request therefore he now proceeds to Bombay on the Nancy, in
order to clear his conduot to your Honour, &oi» this he informs us he hopes
to do to your satisfaction : his Account Current with the Hon’ble Company is
now enclosed, he has requested to settle it with you ; we have readily consented,
as the Hon’ble Company we fear will be very considerably indebted to him
on account his 2i Sohiras Embassy; this account it would be rather inconve­
nient to him to adjust at Bussora. Under the 27th instant you will observe
his reasons for not signing the Abstract Charges to our General Books an afEair
much too immaterial to be insisted on by us; the Agents remarks thereon are
in the same Consultation.
4. Though our Diary now transmitted, may in fact be considered a full letter Skipp**
of all occurrences at Bussora since the It. August to this date, of oourse since Kian’» tr o $> p*
march to Gcnowo.
our last to you, your Honour &c-i, might perhaps be displeased did we not,
like heads to chapters, just touch upon those occurrences; this therefore we shall
now do. The 8ehiras negotiation brake up, Mr. Skipp under the 3* October
returned, and tbe Caun’s troops marched to Genova ; notwithstanding this, w e
are firm in opinion not a man will ever leave the Continent, and that the march,
is only calculated to deceive; at the same time to deceive as irreproachably as