is shewn in the Governor-General's letter to General Lake,* and the intended resignation of the Marquess Wellesley of the Indian Government, is announced in his Lordship's letter to the Court of Directors, dated 1st of January, 1802.† Goa, to prevent its intended occupation by the French, was garrisoned by British troops.‡ The murder of the Persian ambassador at Bombay (20th of July, 1802), and the Governor-General's declaration to the surviving relations and attendants of that noblemang is detailed as below. The papers relating to Ceylon,|| and several other matters referring to the Governor-General in his public capacity, required insertion in the present work. The army engaged in the war in Mysore presented to the Marquess Wellesley a star formed of the diamonds captured at Seringapatam; it was declined by his Lordship on public grounds; the army presented it to the Court of Directors, under whose authority the Governor-General accepted it.¶ The prize taken at Seringapatam was very considerable : the Governor-General ordered the immediate distribution of a large part of it among the troops employed in the war, reserving however the ordnance, ammunition, and military stores until the pleasure of his Majesty and the Court of Directors could be received.** It was proposed by Mr. Dundas and the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the East India Company to grant £100,000 out of the sum thus reserved to the Marquess Wellesley. His Lordship declined this proposition as injurious to the interests of the army.tt A pension of £5,000 * No. 168. Letters, Nos. 38, 39 and 167. ** No. 14 and 15. + See 166 and 172. § Letter, No. 130, and p. 668. Nos. 52, 170 and 171. tt Nos. 75, 76, and 93. per annum for twenty years was afterwards granted to his Lordship.* The King was graciously pleased to express his Majesty's royal pleasure at the co-operation of the Indian army with his Majesty's forces, and those of the Ottoman Porte in Egypt, and the Grand Seignior conferred the order of the Crescent on the Governor-General and on Major-General Baird.t The third volume will contain the account of the Mahratta war, down to the peace with Scindiah and the Rajah of Berar.§ No. 108. + Nos. 185 and 186. ‡ No. 187. § The Editor has much pleasure in renewing his thanks to N. B. Edmonstone, Esq. for his continued kind and most valuable assistance in the preparation of the present work. Mr. Edmonstone's aid has been more particularly useful on account of his having filled the important offices of Persian Translator, and Secretary to the Government in the Secret Political and Foreign Departments with so much credit during the greater part of the period of these memorable transactions. London, August, 1836. ERRATA. p. 12, fourth from bottom-for of read to. -24, letter, No. XIII.-for Lord, read Earl of. -52, letter XIX. fourth line from end of letter-adventures may be, read adventurers may become. -56, letter XXI. line 8-for gave, read give. -80, last line-for or union, read nor union. -83, line 10-for has, read had. -86, line 9 from bottom-for most, read more. -91, line 5 from top, for into, read to. -129, line 10 from bottom-for of forward, read of the forward. -162, end of 3rd paragraph-for. put ?. -184, last line but one from bottom-for Most Noble, read Right Honourable. -231, paragraph 4, line 17-for those, read they. -244, line 6, reverse bracket. -452, letter CXV. line 10, after India, omit semicolon. -640, line 19 from top, for Governor, read Government. 107 416 . 436 |