East Indies Series 2.

(1) pp. i-xii, List of Contents. (2) pp. 1-10, 16-8, 27, 102, 112, Routine and Formal Letters, Shipping, Trade, &c. 1756-57. (3) pp. 11-3, 19, 31, 59-63, 103-11, Company's Requests (with connected correspondence) for Government assistance in India 1756; pp. 80-7, Plan for the support of the British possessions, Trade and Privileges in the East Indies with an Estimate of Expense 14th Jan. 1755; pp. 88-96, Madras Council's proposals to Bombay for effective action against the French, viz. a strict alliance with the Marathas against the French at Golconda and Salabat Jang 30th Nov. 1755. (4) pp. 14-5, H. Fox to Col. Adlercron 8th June 1756, Declaration of War with France; pp. 116-9, W. Pitt to same 27th Jan. 1757 ordering his return; pp. 42-58, 71-5, 77-80, 121-7, Col. Aldercron's disputes with the Madras Council; pp. 202-42, Col. Adlercron's letter to Henry Fox 21st Nov. 1756 with complaints against the Madras Council; pp. 243-6, Correspondence of Col. Adlercron with Admiral Watson 26th to 27th Sept. 1756. (5) pp. 23-6, Government to the Company noting that as the King of France has a principal share in the French East India Company, that Company's ships are so constructed as to be readily converted into ships of war, and advising the English Company to follow the same plan of construction 10th Sept 1756. (6) pp. 28, 128-37, Letters from Alexander Drummond, Consul at Aleppo, 27th July 1756 to 25th Jan. 1757; pp. 128-37, Company's request for Government enquiry into Dutch (and Venetian) interference with the Company's correspondence via Aleppo 4th May 1757. (7) pp. 32-8, Letter from Duval de Leyrit, Pondicherry 21st Oct. 1755 (in French); pp. 32-8, 44-5, 64-77, Disputes with the French in India 1755-56. (8) pp. 39-40, Attempt of the Embden Company to trade at Madras 1755. (9) pp. 40-2, 64-71, 75-7, Affairs of the Country Powers in India, Muhammad Ali, Salabat Jang, Mysore, Tanjore, Tondiman and Poligars 1755-56. (10) p. 97, General view of the Charges and Expenses of the Company for three years before the war with France broke out in India and for six years since the restitution of Madras 1755; p. 98, Account of the East India Company's troops in Coromandel 28th Feb. 1756. (11) pp. 99-100, Dates of despatch of information of the outbreak of war 29th April to 22nd Sept. 1756. (12) Requests for permission for Company's ships to seize pirates. Worcester Capt. Edward Tideman, Fox Capt. Alexander Hume p. 101; Hawke Capt. Richard Drake, Latham Capt. John Foot p. 120; Tilbury Capt. Roger Mainwaring, Osterley Capt. Frederick Vincent p. 410; Pitt Capt. William Wilson, Dispatch (or Admiral Watson) pp. 411-2, 1757; pp. 113-5, Company's petition to the King to pardon the pirates Matthew Keys and Benjamin Jenkins 26th Jan. 1757. (13) p. 110, Extirpation of the pirate Angria 1756 (see Col. John Biddulph ''Pirates of the Malabar Coast'' and R. G. Gordon in Times of India Annual, 1924). (14) pp. 138-9, Admiral Charles Watson's Despatch to the Earl of Holdernesse 13th Oct. 1756 with (pp. 192-201) [Capt. David Rannie's] Narrative of the loss of Calcutta (about 4,000 words, printed in Hill's Bengal, III, 383); pp. 337-52, do. do. 31st Jan. 1757 with (pp. 353-7 and 380-91) Correspondence with Sirajud-daula (printed in Hill's Bengal. Vol. II, passim); p. 358, Casualty List for attacks on Budge Budge and Hugli; pp. 359-62, Capt. King's Account of the taking of Hugli (about 900 words, printed in Hill's Bengal, II, 201): pp. 368-76, do. do. 24th Feb. 1757, the peace with Siraj-ud-daula (printed in Hill's Bengal, II, 250): pp. 392-400, do. do. 31st March 1757, the capture of Chandernagore and Capitulation of that town (printed in Hill's Bengal, II, 309): pp. 402-9, do. do. 14th April 1757, precautions taken for safety of the Settlement (printed in Hill's Bengal, II, 309). (15) pp. 148-86, 186-90, Correspondence between Admiral Watson and the Madras Council 12th July to 4th Oct. 1756 regarding the Bengal Expedition. (16) pp. 182-4, Decision of the Madras Council to recognise Roger Drake and the surviving Members of Council as the Company's representatives in Bengal 30th Sept. to 2nd Oct. 1756. (17) pp. 256-67, John Zephaniah Holwell to Council, Bombay, 17th July 1756 (printed in Hill's Bengal, I, 109); pp. 268-78, Extracts of letters from Messrs. Watts and Collet to Court, dated Chandernagore, 16th and 17th July 1756; pp. 279-85, Extract from Council, Bengal, to Court, dated Fulta, 17th Sept. 1756, The quarrel with Siraj-ud-daula and Loss of Calcutta (printed in Hill's Bengal, I, 214). (18) pp. 286-8, 294, Letters from Madras Council and Select Committee to Court, 13th Oct. to 20th Nov. 1756, regarding steps taken for the recovery of Calcutta. (19) pp. 289-90, Robert Clive to Secret Committee 11th Oct. 1756, Acceptance by the Madras Council of his offer to command the expedition to recover Calcutta (printed in Hill's Bengal, I, 232). (20) pp. 295-336, Brief relation of the succession of Nabobs in the Province of Arcot from the year 1700. (21) pp. 363-7, Correspondence between Admiral Watson and the Bengal Council 1757, Possible neutrality of the French, Declaration of War on the Nawab. (22) pp. 377-9, Capt. Thomas Warwick's (of the Thunder) Account of the attack on the Nabob's Camp, 5th Feb. 1757, i.e. battle of Chitpur (about 500 words, printed in Hill's Bengal, II, 253).

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