Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letters.

(1) pp. 1-671, Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letters August to October 1798, viz.:-- (2) Letters from Lieut.-Col. William Palmer, Resident at Poona, to the Governor-General. pp. 1-3, to Sir John Shore 22nd and 25th March 1798; pp. 9-157, to Sir Alured Clarke 7th April to 9th June 1798; pp. 161-86, 239-72, 279-312, 319-424, 463-509, 519-23, 531-53, to Earl of Mornington 12th June to 28th Oct. 1798, on Affairs at Poona, the Peshwa, Daulat Row Sindia, Nana Farnavis, relations of the Peshwa and the Nizam, proposed triple alliance between the Peshwa, the Nizam and the British against Tipu Sultan, British proposal to expel all the French from the Peshwa's dominions. (3) pp. 189-92, 195-222, 275-7, 315-6, 427-30, 431-3, 435-42, 447, 511-6, Earl of Mornington to Lieut.-Col. William Palmer 8th July to 10th Nov. 1798, Instructions as to his conduct at Poona. (All of these, except the first (on pp. 189-92) are printed in Martin's Despatches, but in a few instances Martin has omitted certain paragraphs.) (4) Letters from the Earl of Mornington, pp. 225-9, to the Peshwa and, pp. 231-6, to Dowlut Row Sindia 8th July 1798, inviting unity and co-operation against Tipu Sultan. (Not printed in Martin's Despatches.) (5) pp. 451-3, The Peshwa to the Earl of Mornington 20th Sept. 1798. (6) pp. 455-6 and 461, The Nizam to Tipu Sultan 10th Sept. 1798, Asking an explanation of his behaviour in allying himself with the French. (7) pp. 457-9, Letter proposed by the Resident to be written by the Peshwa to Tipu Sultan. (8) pp. 527-8, Palmer to Jonathan Duncan (Governor of Bombay) 3rd Oct. 1798. (9) Capt. Paris Bradshaw, Resident with Sindia, to the Governor-General. pp. 555-97, to Sir Alured Clarke 5th April to 16th May 1798; pp. 599-671, to the Earl of Mornington 4th June to 14th Aug. 1798.

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