East Indies Series 3.

(1) pp. 1-4, Journal of the Military Proceedings of the Company's troops sent to Bengal under Lieut.-Col. Clive 16th Dec. 1756 to 7th Jan. 1757, In Col. Adlercron's letter 21st Feb. 1757. Omitted in Hill's Bengal. (2) pp. 5-7, Admiral Watson to Lord Holdernesse 16th July 1757, Defeat and death of Siraj-ud-daula; p. 9, Treaty with Mir Jafar (printed in Hill's Bengal, III, 453). (3) Despatches of Admiral George Pocock to the Earl of Holdernesse and to Mr. William Pitt, signed in his own hand. pp. 11-3, 22nd Aug. 1757, Death of Admiral Watson; pp. 19-20, 27th Aug. 1757; pp. 51-65, 18th Nov. 1757; pp. 67-88, 18th Nov. 1757, with correspondence regarding Watson's share of the Nawab's present; pp. 89-94, 10th Jan. 1758; p 95, 13th Jan. 1758; pp. 99-107, 13th March 1758 with Fleet Casualty List 12th Dec. 1756 to 9th Feb. 1758; pp. 191-220, 22nd July 1758; pp. 221-2, 22nd Aug. 1758; pp. 233-7, 9th Oct. 1758; pp. 241-3, 7th Dec. 1758; pp. 249-62, 19th Dec. 1758; pp. 253-4, 31st Jan. 1759; pp. 265-89, 22nd March 1759; pp. 291-314, 19th April 1759; pp. 327-32, 6th June 1759; pp. 335-63, 12th Aug. 1759; pp. 409-39, 13th Oct. 1759; pp. 443-5, 19th Oct. 1759; pp. 503-5, 8th Jan. 1760, French capture of Gombroon, Death of the Mogul (Alamgir II); pp. 523-37, 11th Feb. 1760; pp. 559-65, 25th Feb. 1760; pp. 567-70, 22nd Sept. 1760; pp. 601-2, 22nd Sept. 1760, Supposed conspiracy to betray Goa to the French. The Despatches are accompanied by the following papers, viz.:--pp. 71-3, Robert Clive and Select Committee, Bengal, to Admiral Pocock 15th Sept. 1757 with reply; p. 77, Roger Drake and Council, Bengal, to Pocock 10th Oct. 1757; pp. 81-3, Henry Doidge to Pocock 30th Oct. 1757; pp. 85-8, Proceedings of Council of War at Madras 30th Sept. 1757 under Admiral Watson; pp. 145-7, 212-3, Capitulation of Fort St. David by Alexander Wynch to General Lally 2nd June 1758; pp. 201-5, Proceedings of Madras Council 26th June 1758 regarding the use to be made of Admiral Pocock's squadron; pp. 207-9, Proceedings of Council, Fort St. David, 1st June 1758 regarding the defenceless state of the place; pp. 227-8, Letter from William Bodle, Resident at Negapatam, to Pocock 12th Aug. 1758; pp. 253-4, Letter from John Caillaud to Pocock 27th Dec. 1758; p. 257, Letter from Mr. Vanistart 15th Dec. 1758; pp. 287-9, Proceedings of Council of War at Madras 10th Oct. 1758 under Admiral Pocock; pp. 295-300, Madras Council to Pocock 16th Feb. and 1st March 1759; pp. 331-2, 22nd May 1759; pp. 527-33, 1st and 5th Jan. 1760; pp. 303-5, Lally to De Leyrit 14th Feb. 1759; pp. 307-9, Capt. Richard Kempenfeldt to Pocock 3rd March 1759; pp. 353-6, Letter from Major Cholmondeley Brereton to Pocock 28th May 1759; pp. 357-8, Col. Forde's requests to Salabat Jang; pp. 507-73, Letters from Alexander Douglas and William Nash at Gombroon to Governor Bourchier of Bombay 22nd Oct. 1759, with Articles of Capitulation for the Factory to the French; pp. 539-42, Capt. Josiah Price to Admiral Cornish 25th Dec. 1759; pp. 547-9, Capt. Walter Alves to Governor Pigot 9th Oct. 1759; pp. 605-21, Correspondence between Pocock and the Viceroy of Goa, 1759. (4) pp. 15-8, 35-9, Letters from Col. Adlercron 29th June and 23rd Oct. 1757, Military operations and disputes with the Madras Council. (5) pp. 23-5, John Payne to Mr. [Robert] Wood 4th March 1758, enclosing a letter from the King of the Burmans to the King of England proposing Amity and Trade; pp. 547-9, Letter from Walter Alves of the Snow Victoria 9th Oct. 1759. Massacre by Burmans of William Henry Southby and other English as well as natives at the Negrais (about 800 words). (6) pp. 29-33, Letters from Madras to Court 13th Oct. 1757, Dangers apprehended from the French; pp. 131-44, 20th May and 10th August 1758, Naval engagements off the Coast of Coromandel and movements of M. Lally; pp. 145-7, Capitulation of Fort St. David to the French 2nd June 1758; pp. 499-501, Summary of Advices from Madras up to 16th Feb. 1760; pp. 59-60, Madras Council to Admiral Watson 15th Sept. 1757. (7) Requests for commissions to seize pirates p. 43, Essex Capt. George Jackson, Valentine Capt. William Fernell 1758; p. 47, Pocock Capt. Thomas Debuke, Royal George Capt. George Beamish 1758; p. 109, Calcutta Capt. George Wilson, Ajax Capt. George Lindsay 1758; p. 323, Norfolk Capt. Pinson Bonham, Duke of Richmond Capt. Benjamin Godfrey, Lord Mansfield Capt. Alexander Macleod, Neptune Capt. John Purling 1759; p. 369, Earl Temple Capt. William Foster, York Capt. Peter Lascelles; p. 643, Hawke Capt. George Kent, Prince Henry Capt. Charles Haggis, Pitt Capt. Joseph Jackson, Royal George Capt. Nicholas Skottowe; p. 651, Worcester Capt. Edward Tiddeman, Osterley Capt. Frederick Vincent, Prince George Capt. Lorenzo Collins, Warren Capt. Alphonsus Glover 1760. (8) p. 112, Return of his papers to Lieut. Alexander Peyer Imhoff 23rd Feb. 1759. (9) pp. 115, 123, 127, 471, 487, 495, 597, 647, 655, 659, Routine or Formal Correspondence 1759-60. (10) p. 119, Company's request for Major's Brevet for Capt. John Fraser, nominated as Commander-in-Chief at Bombay, to enable him to hold Court Martials 11th April 1759. (11) p. 149, Intelligence of the French fleet from St. Helena 23rd March 1759; p. 153, From Copenhagen 26th May 1759, Capture of the Grantham off the Cape of Good Hope 4th Jan. 1759; pp. 157-67, From Madras 20th May 1758, the French off the Coast of Coromandel and their failure at Nellore; pp. 171-8, Letter from Capt. William Martin to William Pitt 3rd June 1759, Original; pp. 179-86, Letter from Robert Palk to same 3rd July 1759, Original; p. 471, Robert James (Secretary, India House) to Robert Wood 10th July 1760, Arrival of Clive on the Royal George; p. 475, from St. Helena 10th July 1760; p. 479, from Leghorn 11th July 1760, Emperor's proposed trade between Leghorn and the East Indies; p. 483, from Amsterdam 26th Aug. 1760; p. 543, from Delhi 1st Jan. 1760, Maratha defeat at Panipat; p. 659, from Batavia 23rd April 1760, Loss of English Settlements in Sumatra; p. 663, from Bombay 27th May 1760, Surrender of French Settlements in Coromandel; p. 667, from Fort Marlborough 6th and 21st Feb. 1760, French capture of Natal in Sumatra; p. 675, from Amsterdam 19th Nov. 1760, The French in Sumatra; pp. 685-6, from Bombay 27th May 1760, Reinforcements sent to Madras. (12) p. 187, Protection for the crews of some vessels used by the Company against being pressed refused 30th Aug. 1759. (13) pp. 245-7, Richard Tiddeman to John Cleveland, Bombay 22nd Nov. 1758. (14) pp. 315-7, Stringer Lawrence to William Pitt 22nd Feb. 1759 (signed in his own hand), Siege of Madras. (15) pp. 319-20, Lally to the Council at Pondicherry 14th Feb. 1759, Severe remarks upon the French Company's Officers (in French). (16) pp. 373-7, Company's request for English soldiers rather than raw Highlanders unable to speak a word of English. (17) pp. 381, 389-405, Company's request for Colonel's Commissions for Majors Brereton, Monson, Caillaud and Eyre Coote 27th March 1760. (18) p. 385, Col. William Draper's praise of Majors Brereton and Caillaud 28th March 1759. (19) The Dutch attempt to establish themselves in Bengal in 1759. pp. 447-53, Extract of Letter from Council, St. Helena 10th July 1760; pp. 455-67, Memorial of Facts relating to the Disputes with the Dutch in Bengal 10th July 1760; pp. 539-42, Letter from John Price, Master of the Monmonth Ketch 25th Dec. 1759 (about 1,200 words); pp. 573-86, The Dutch Expedition. (20) pp. 491-2, Company's requests for Convoy 22nd Sept. 1760. (21) pp. 551-5, Letter from Eyre Coote 13th Feb. 1760, The Wandiwash Campaign, Signed in his own hand; pp. 589-90, Narrative of the Battle of Wandiwash (about 400 words). (22) pp. 594-5, State of H.M.'s Squadron as left for Admiral Steevens. (23) pp. 623-39, Letters from servants of the Embden Company at Serampore. (24) pp. 679-81, Company's request to Pitt for the recovery of Sumatra from the French. (25) p. 683, Capt. William Fernell of the Valentine to Court 12th April 1760, recommends that the new passage from Batavia to Canton and back, discovered by Capt. Wilson of the Pitt, should, for political reasons, not be used. See Hill's Catalogue of the Orme Manuscripts, 67 (16), p. 121.

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