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remains of the Revenue to his own private use or that Lord
Macartney’s Government should receive it for the purpose of a
war waged and carried in defence of the Province. Etc.—MS.
of his Letter to Hastings, i p. 4to. Fort St George, n May
1782. About Dr Konig, one of the ablest naturalists his Lordship
has ever met.-—MS. of his Letter to Hastings. nj pp. folio.
Fort St George, 22 May 1782. Criticising the demand of Sir
Eyre Coote for more power, the critical position of the British
in India. “ These are most serious times, it imports but little
what can befall an individual, but the fate of millions depends
upon resolves. Perhaps at this moment the foundation of our
Empire in India may be loosened to the bottom or rivitted for
ever by a motion of a finger of your Government. You have long
known Sir Eyre Coote from personal intercourse ; me, you can
only know from literary correspondence and general report. . . .
The power is in your hands our Constituents have lodged it there,
& I am sensible that it is a painful pre-eminence they have given
you.” Etc.—Another MS. of the above. 17 pp. 4to. Endorsed
by Lord Macartney : “ This Letter was never answered.”—
Hastings (W.). A.L.s. 4 pp. 4to. Fort William, 5th Jan. 1782.
To Lord Macartney. Mr Anderson has concluded a Treaty of
Peace with the Plenipotentiary of the Mahratta State. Then
follow the 17 Articles of Peace. Highly Important. Together
with a contemporary copy of the letter.'—Macartney (Lord).
MS. of his Letter to Hastings, i p. 4to. 24th June 1782.
Several packages have arrived from England for Hastings but
they are not forwarded as a French Frigate, which has already
captured vessels, is in the offing.—Hastings (W.). L.s. pp.
4to. Fort William, 24 July 1782. To Lord Macartney. A
request in favour of Capt. Larkins and his ship the “ Warren
Hastings ” to redirect the ship to Bengal.—Hastings (W.)—John
Macpherson—John Stable. Ls. by the three (the Governor-
General and Council of Bengal). 10 pp. qto. 19th Dec. 1782. To
Lord Macartney, President and Select Committee at Fort St
George. Protesting against the resolution to destroy and evacuate
the Negapatnam fort and expressing surprise that such a decision
should be made before approaching Hastings’ Government. Etc.—■
Hastings (W.). A.L.s. 9 pp. qto. Fort William, 13th April 1783.
To Lord Macartney.
“ I was greatly surprised to read in the late general Letters from
the Court of Directors very severe Expressions of their Displeasure
grounded on my private and confidential Letters to your Lordship, ’ ’
written with the sole object of assisting his Lordship’s govern-
ment. “ If you disapproved my advice, if my opinions appeared
erroneous in your Judgment of them, there could be no use in
communicating them, & as the Communication of them might
injure me it would have been an ill Requital of Confidence to make
it without Consideration of the Consequences ; it would have
been criminal to make it in such a manner as might expose me to
the Resentment of my Superiors ; but if used for the purpose of
drawing a criminal accusation from it, or of contrasting your own
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remains of the Revenue to his own private use or that Lord
Macartney’s Government should receive it for the purpose of a
war waged and carried in defence of the Province. Etc.—MS.
of his Letter to Hastings, i p. 4to. Fort St George, n May
1782. About Dr Konig, one of the ablest naturalists his Lordship
has ever met.-—MS. of his Letter to Hastings. nj pp. folio.
Fort St George, 22 May 1782. Criticising the demand of Sir
Eyre Coote for more power, the critical position of the British
in India. “ These are most serious times, it imports but little
what can befall an individual, but the fate of millions depends
upon resolves. Perhaps at this moment the foundation of our
Empire in India may be loosened to the bottom or rivitted for
ever by a motion of a finger of your Government. You have long
known Sir Eyre Coote from personal intercourse ; me, you can
only know from literary correspondence and general report. . . .
The power is in your hands our Constituents have lodged it there,
& I am sensible that it is a painful pre-eminence they have given
you.” Etc.—Another MS. of the above. 17 pp. 4to. Endorsed
by Lord Macartney : “ This Letter was never answered.”—
Hastings (W.). A.L.s. 4 pp. 4to. Fort William, 5th Jan. 1782.
To Lord Macartney. Mr Anderson has concluded a Treaty of
Peace with the Plenipotentiary of the Mahratta State. Then
follow the 17 Articles of Peace. Highly Important. Together
with a contemporary copy of the letter.'—Macartney (Lord).
MS. of his Letter to Hastings, i p. 4to. 24th June 1782.
Several packages have arrived from England for Hastings but
they are not forwarded as a French Frigate, which has already
captured vessels, is in the offing.—Hastings (W.). L.s. pp.
4to. Fort William, 24 July 1782. To Lord Macartney. A
request in favour of Capt. Larkins and his ship the “ Warren
Hastings ” to redirect the ship to Bengal.—Hastings (W.)—John
Macpherson—John Stable. Ls. by the three (the Governor-
General and Council of Bengal). 10 pp. qto. 19th Dec. 1782. To
Lord Macartney, President and Select Committee at Fort St
George. Protesting against the resolution to destroy and evacuate
the Negapatnam fort and expressing surprise that such a decision
should be made before approaching Hastings’ Government. Etc.—■
Hastings (W.). A.L.s. 9 pp. qto. Fort William, 13th April 1783.
To Lord Macartney.
“ I was greatly surprised to read in the late general Letters from
the Court of Directors very severe Expressions of their Displeasure
grounded on my private and confidential Letters to your Lordship, ’ ’
written with the sole object of assisting his Lordship’s govern-
ment. “ If you disapproved my advice, if my opinions appeared
erroneous in your Judgment of them, there could be no use in
communicating them, & as the Communication of them might
injure me it would have been an ill Requital of Confidence to make
it without Consideration of the Consequences ; it would have
been criminal to make it in such a manner as might expose me to
the Resentment of my Superiors ; but if used for the purpose of
drawing a criminal accusation from it, or of contrasting your own
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