AND CORRESPONDENCE

OF THE MOST NOBLE

(RICHARD MARQUESS WELLESLEY, '

K.P.; K.G.; D.C.L.

SUCCESSIVELY GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND CAPTAIN-GENERAL OF INDIA ;
BRITISH AMBASSADOR IN SPAIN; SECRETARY OF STAte for foreIGN AFFAIRS;
AND LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND.

COMPRISING NUMEROUS LETTERS. AND DOCUMENTS, NOW FIRST
PUBLISHED FROM ORIGINAL MSS.

RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

1846.

DS 47573
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LONDON:

Printed by S. & J. BENTLEY, WILSON, and FLEY, Bangor House, Shoe Lane.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER I.

The Governor-General meditates the Occupation of the Portuguese

Settlement of Goa.-Geographical Position of Goa.-Its Importance

to the French after the Loss of Mahe.-Designs of Tippoo Sultaun

upon the Portuguese Territory.-Marquess Wellesley opens Com-

munications with the Governor of Goa.-Occupation of the Place

by the British.-Description of the Old and New City of Goa, or

Panjim.-Letters of Earl of Mornington to the Viceroy.-Sir Alured

Clarke to his Lordship, respecting Goa.-Earl of Mornington to

Joshua Uhthoff, Esq., British Envoy-to Col. Sir William Clarke.—

Marquess Wellesley to Joshua Uhthoff, Esq.-General Wellesley

to the Envoy at Goa.-The Governor-General sends a Public Em-

bassy to Persia.-Negotiations.-Treaty concluded by Captain

(afterwards Sir John) Malcolm.-Communications with the Imaum

of Muscat.-Benefits expected therefrom.-Secret Inclinations of

the Imaum-Private Letter of Lord Clive to Marquess Wellesley,

communicating the fact that the Imaum of Muscat had sent an Em-

bassy for Arms, Ammunition, and Military Stores, to the French at

the Mauritius

CHAPTER II.

Negotiations with the Nabob of Arcot.-Marquess Wellesley

proposes a new Treaty.-Disorders in the Government of the Car-

natic.-Position of the Nabob in reference to the East India Com-

pany. The Nabob refuses to alter the Treaty of 1792.-The

Conclusion of the War in Mysore.-Presents the Assumption of the

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Government of the Carnatic, under the Treaty of 1792.-Papers

found in Seringapatam, criminating the Nabob, and proving his En-

mity to the English.-Examination of Mr. Mill's suggestion, that

the documents were forged for a Fraudulent Purpose.-Their Genu-

ineness.-British Officers and Gentlemen not such mere creatures

of Government as to consent to be the Instruments of Infamous

Transactions. Summary of the Charges against the Nabob.-Lord

Wellesley delays Proceedings till he had submitted the Correspon-

dence and whole case to the Home Authorities.-Their Opinion.-

Proceedings deferred, in consequence of the Illness of the Nabob.-

His Death.-Lord Clive's Negotiations with Ali Hussain, his Son.—

His Fickleness and Obstinacy against Lord Clive's Plans.-Lord

Clive supports the Pretensions of Azeem, another Member of the

Family.-Azeem placed on the Throne.-Treaty with the British.-

Arrival of an Imposing French Force at Pondicherry after the

Peace of Amiens

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CHAPTER III.

The Red Sea Expedition.-Foresight and Energy of the Marquess

Wellesley.-For Seven Months without Intelligence from England.

-Sends a Force to annoy the French in Egypt.-Writes to Sir

Sydney Smith.-Aden.-Opinion against it.-Letter from Admiral

Blankett respecting the Sheriffe of Mecca.-Blankett's Death.-

Marquess Wellesley's views respecting the Red Sea.-Expedition to

Batavia.-Colonel Wellesley declines Command.-Colonel Cham-

pagné appointed.-Unfavourable News from Egypt.-Batavian Ex-

pedition countermanded.-Letters to Sir Sydney Smith.-No Intel-

ligence from Europe.-Preparations against Batavia resumed.—

Battle of Marengo.-Marquess Wellesley alters his Plans.-Assem-

bles a Force at Trincomalé.-Colonel Wellesley appointed to the

Command.-Letter to Colonel Champagné.-Urgent Letters to Hon.

Frederick North, and to Lord Clive.-Colonel Wellesley's energetic

Preparations.-Letter of Marquess Wellesley to Colonel (afterwards

Marshal) Beresford.-Expedition against the Isle of France.—Colo-

nel Wellesley to Command.-Admiral Rainier refuses to coöperate.-

The Admiral's Secret Letter.-Ships captured by the French.-No

Advices from England.-Resolves to resume the Batavian Expedi-

tion and demand the Assistance of Admiral Sir Roger Curtis against

the Mauritius.-General Baird appointed to the chief Command.—

Letter of Marquess Wellesley to the Governor of Batavia.-Hook's

Account of the Appointment of General Baird, and of his stormy

Conversation with Marquess Wellesley.-Remarks on Hook's Ob-

servation, that the Claims of General Baird and Colonel Wellesley