East Indies Series 4.

(1) Requests for Commissions to seize pirates for. p. 1, Plassey Capt. James Ward, Fox Capt. Alexander Hume, Earl of Holdernesse Capt. Robert Brooke, Norfolk Capt. James McConohie 1761; p. 5, Earl of Elgin Capt. Arthur Evans, Calcutta Capt. George Wilson, True Briton Capt. Thomas Crichton, Chesterfield Capt. Thomas Marchant 1761; p. 9, Boscawen Capt. Benjamin Braund, Royal Captain Capt. Nathaniel Tanner 1761; p. 35, General Lawrence Capt. William Scott 1761; p. 419, Tilbury Capt. Roger Mainwaring. Royal Charlotte Capt. John Clements 1761; p. 423, Essex Capt. George Jackson, Clinton Capt. Nathaniel Smith, Houghton Capt. Charles Newton, Grosvenor Capt. Watkin Partington 1761. (2) pp. 13-21, Company's ship Ajax taken by the French, Capt. Patrick Maitland to Court 12th March 1761, Robert James to Robert Wood 1st April 1761, List of French prisoners on board her. This includes Brig.-General Bussy (on parole) and Lieut. Cols. O'Kennedy and Murphy. (3) pp. 25-32, John Call, Engineer, to (?) Col. Draper 15th July 1760, Military operations in Coromandel, Original. (4) Advices from Bombay. pp. 43-7, 15th Oct. 1760, Coromandel affairs and shipping; 23rd Nov. 1760, English occupation of Surat, Shipping, Reinforcements sent to Madras; pp. 393-400, 4th March 1761, Majors Munro and Piers take Mahé from the French. (5) Advices from Madras. pp. 51-68, 31st July 1760, The French in Sumatra, Military operations in Coromandel, Naval affairs and Madras Council's disputes with Admiral Cornish regarding Booty, The Marathas, Major Caillaud in Bengal, Mysorean assistance to Pondicherry, King's officers refuse to recognise Madras Council's appointment of Capts. Joseph Smith and Achilles Preston as Majors; pp. 68-72, 27th Oct. 1760, Shipping; pp. 72-8, 3rd Nov. 1760, Siege of Pondicherry, Hyder Naig's rebellion in Mysore; pp. 99-100, 3rd Nov. 1760, Siege of Pondicherry; pp. 103-30, 3rd Nov. 1760, Madras Council's Dispute with Col. Monson and King's officers, Court-martial of George Samuel Fryer, a Company's Cadet, for desertion after enlisting in the 79th Regiment; pp. 137-41, 3rd Nov. 1760, Siege of Pondicherry, Relative rank of Cols. Monson and Coote, Diversion against Mysore; pp. 211-20, 4th Feb. 1761, Surrender and disposal of Pondicherry and Madras Council's dispute with Col. Coote, Dutch complaints of English breaches of their neutrality. (6) pp. 83-91, Advices from Council at Fort Marlborough 11th Aug. 1760, The French under the Comte d'Estaing (who had broken his Parole) occupy the English Settlements in Sumatra; p. 95, Comte d'Estaing's Parole 23rd Feb. 1759. (7) pp. 133, 175, 235-83, 289, Routine or Formal Letters. (8) pp. 145-8, 281-3, Letter from Muhammad Ali, Nawab of Arcot, to the King of England 3rd Feb. 1761. (9) pp. 151-5, Col. George Monson to Lord Holdernesse 30th Sept. 1760, Relations with Eyre Coote and military operations, Original. (10) pp. 159-63, Col. Eyre Coote to William Pitt 15th Oct. 1760, Military operations and claims to command the forces in Coromandel, Original; pp. 167-73, Coote's Correspondence with Madras Council 5th to 18th Sept. 1760; pp. 183-6, Eyre Coote to Pitt 3rd Feb. 1761, Original; pp. 189-90, Arthur Lally to Eyre Coote 15th Jan. 1761 (in French), p. 193, Coote's reply to Lally; pp. 197-8, 201-5, 207-9, 223-32, Capitulation of Pondicherry, Military Returns, Disputes between Coote and Madras Council; pp. 403-4, Eyre Coote to Pitt 21st Feb. 1761. Original; pp. 407-8, Lally to Eyre Coote 17th Feb. 1761 (in French). (11) pp. 179-80, Lawrence Sulivan to Robert Wood 17th June 1761, Deposition of Mir Jafar in favour of Mir Kasim, Original. (12) pp. 239-55. Two letters from Admiral Charles Steevens to Pitt 7th Feb. 1761, Capture of Pondicherry, Originals; pp. 259-79, Admiral Steevens correspondence with Council at Madras 27th Aug. 1760 to January 1761. (13) pp. 287-304, 411-6, Correspondence between M. Arthur Lally and the Council at Pondicherry 1760 (in French.) (14) pp. 307-86, Negotiations with the Dutch regarding their occupation of the English Settlements in Sumatra and the disputes between the English and Dutch in Bengal, 1760-61 (pp. 319-28 in French); pp. 427-33, Earl of Bute to the Directors 15th Dec. 1761, Dutch complaints of English action in Bengal; pp. 435-7, Lawrence Sulivan's opinion thereon 17th Dec. 1761, Original; pp. 439-48, Dutch remarks and Company's replies (in French); pp. 451-5, Company's reply to Lord Bute 23rd Dec. 1761.

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