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CXCIII.
Agent and Council to tlio Presidency.
Honouram.b Sir and Sirs,
Under tho 7tli instant Wo are favoured with your Commands of the 19th MoT«menu«f
ahipi.
April and 25th July last by tlio Rovongo, Captain Nosbit, wliioh arrived hero
tlio 9th instant your original packet for tlio Hon’ble Company's enolosed
therein, and a packet received horo at tho same time from Surat were
dispatched to Aleppo under the 10th by a pair of Messengers express, and
the Duplicate shall follow them in a few days agreeable to your orders.
2. Our quiet situation in this Gulph rendering the Eagle and Dolphin at
present sufficient for all our purposes, the Expedition Cruizer, Captain Hall>
was under orders for returning to Bombay and should have departed from
hence under tho 10th Instant, had not the Admiral of the Revenge, and the
above despatch to Europe prevented her. She is however now dispatohed to
you at the same time we submit to your Honor’s etc., consideration the propriety
of her being immediately returned to us, as in all probability we shall be under
the necessity of sending the Eagle over in January or February next with a
large consignment of raw silk, and we think our situation renders a guard
ship necessary at this Place, the Revenge shall follow her under the 31st
Instant, and Lieutenant Adam Sheriff, when you ordered to Bombay will
proceed on her.
3. The Admiral Pocock, Mr. William Magee Supra Cargoe, which arrived
here from Bengal under the 7th ultimo, with a Cargce of Pieoe Goods, departs
in Company with the Expedition, and sails for Bengal. At Mr. Magee’s
Request one of the under officers of the Revenge acts as second Mate on board
her, but is to take the first opportunity of returning to the Marine at your
Place.
4. We have not received any letters from Schyras as since the date of WarUky>repa».
our last Respects of the 31st of August per Drabee. Private advises from Persia Khan! *rim
however mention that Carem Caun is making great warlike preparations and
had advised an additional army of 80 thousand Horse and 20 thousand Foot,
but the cause thereof is not yet certainly known : some are of opinion thi sarmy
is to be sent into the Northern parts of Persia, near the Caspian Sea, in order
to guard those frontiers, and to prevent the Disturbances which might other­
wise happen there from the Turkish and Russian parties ; others say that he
is apprehensive of an attack from Ahmad Shaw the famous King of the
Afghans, who was some time ago reported to be dead. Ahmed Shaw hath
till lately supported Sliasook Shaw a blind Desoendent, of Shaw Nadirs, in
possession of Mosched, in opposition to Carem Caun. Having some disputes
with Sharook, he has taken Mesohed from him by force. The approach of
his army therefore is thought is the cause of the Caun’s apprehension, tho.
the Caun’s assistance had been asked by Sharook and refused it is said also
that' Carem Caun has repeated his positive orders against the Exportation of
speoie from Persia, on pain not only of its being confiscated but on pain also
of the confiscation of all the Owners other effects a Caravan to Bushire in
whioh was speoie to the amount of 500 Tomaunds was stopt by the Caun’s
orders, the Money seized, and the Owner thrown into Prison.
5, Hossein Caun, who expelled Meer Mahana from Carraok, and who is
at present Governor of that Island, and Bunderick, has wrote to the Agent
offering him his friendship, assistance to our ships and aFaotory at Bunderiok