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by him transmitted , and as therein prescribed , ( not having then even received their Lordships directions so to do , and which are also silent on that head ) I have to request you will please to intercede with their Lordships to use their influence to remove any culpability that may reflect upon my conduct for this omission ; in which , if I have erred , it has been through defect of instructions , and my inexperience in the receipt of such kind of orders . On the successor his Majesty ' s arms at Trincomale and Fort Oostenburg , and on receiving the account of the same from Malacca , I took upon me to order
salutes to be fired by his Majesty ' s ships then in port "; and on the 13 th instant , at the suggestion of my Lord Hobart , I directed Captain Lambert , of his Majesty ' s ship Suffolk , to fire seventy-eight guns , funeral wise , on the melancholy occasion of the'death' of ' h ' is Majesty ' s faithful ally , his Highness the Nabob Wallajah , late Nabob of the Carnatic , ( the forts of St . George , by his Lordship ' s orders , paying the same honours ) that particular number of guns being appointed as corresponding to those of the years of his late Higiiness ' sage ; which I trust their Lordships will approve , and notify to the Board of Ordnance , to be allowed in the several
Gunners monthly expences . - Please to acquaint their Lordships , that the Presidency here have just received accounts of the surrender of Manar , in the Gulph of the samenarae . . ' . ' ¦• : " I have the honour to be , & c .
PETER RAINER . . To Peter Rainer ,. Esq . Commodore and Commander of his Majesty's ships employed in the East Indies . Sm , ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ I ARRIVED here on the 15 th inst . with his Majesty ' s ships under my command , the Ewer and Carnatic transports , and a part of the Convoy , having parted company with his Majesty ' s ship Resistance , in the night of the 13 th , between thje Sandheads Pakenham
. Captain joined company again in Malacca Road ort the 77 th in the morning . ¦¦•' .- ¦ - ' : : - By the inclosed letters you will see that we were obliged to commence'hbstilities , which began by the Resistance . firiiig a few guns at the Constantia . ( a Dutch Indiaman run into the mud ) which-she returned , by firing two guns , and then striking her colours , From the great assistance afforded me by the boats from the China fleet , & c . I was enabled to land all the troops , with two six-pounders at the same time . -They left the ships at seven P . M . on the 17 th ; arid reached the
shore by nine P . M . At half-past nine P . M . ah Officer came on board the Orpheus from the Governor , to surrender the place on our terms ; they then delivered over St . John ' s Post , a commanding' worft , ivell furnished with cannon , about 1300 yards from the fort , and 200 from the place of conference , to a subaltern , with a party of our grenadiers , and we entered the fort with the remainder of the Britishdetachment . The garrison being thus completely in our power , and unconditionally , further than the . securing of property , the Dutch guards were permitted to remain armed at their posts , until the Governor , whom we then to his house
accompanied , gave , in hiYown hand-writing-to Major Browne , adetail of the guards , which were then relieved by the . British troops . From the anxious desire of complying with his Majesty's orders ' we have agreed to the inclosed capitulation , and every thing now appears perfectly quiet , and all parties reconciled . I-have the honour to be , & c . & c fee . ( Signed ) HENRY NEWCOME . Orpheus , Malacca Roads , August 25 , 1795 . PRELIMINARY ARTICLES .
Tne measures adopted by the Dutch Government of Malacca subsequently ti > the amicable proposals tendered by the Naval and Military Commanders of " the British forces , by the agency of Mr . Forbes Ross McDonald ,, appointed by Commodore Peter Rainer , commanding the British squadron in India , and Colonel
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From The London Gazettes.
by him transmitted , and as therein prescribed , ( not having then even received their Lordships directions so to do , and which are also silent on that head ) I have to request you will please to intercede with their Lordships to use their influence to remove any culpability that may reflect upon my conduct for this omission ; in which , if I have erred , it has been through defect of instructions , and my inexperience in the receipt of such kind of orders . On the successor his Majesty ' s arms at Trincomale and Fort Oostenburg , and on receiving the account of the same from Malacca , I took upon me to order
salutes to be fired by his Majesty ' s ships then in port "; and on the 13 th instant , at the suggestion of my Lord Hobart , I directed Captain Lambert , of his Majesty ' s ship Suffolk , to fire seventy-eight guns , funeral wise , on the melancholy occasion of the'death' of ' h ' is Majesty ' s faithful ally , his Highness the Nabob Wallajah , late Nabob of the Carnatic , ( the forts of St . George , by his Lordship ' s orders , paying the same honours ) that particular number of guns being appointed as corresponding to those of the years of his late Higiiness ' sage ; which I trust their Lordships will approve , and notify to the Board of Ordnance , to be allowed in the several
Gunners monthly expences . - Please to acquaint their Lordships , that the Presidency here have just received accounts of the surrender of Manar , in the Gulph of the samenarae . . ' . ' ¦• : " I have the honour to be , & c .
PETER RAINER . . To Peter Rainer ,. Esq . Commodore and Commander of his Majesty's ships employed in the East Indies . Sm , ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ I ARRIVED here on the 15 th inst . with his Majesty ' s ships under my command , the Ewer and Carnatic transports , and a part of the Convoy , having parted company with his Majesty ' s ship Resistance , in the night of the 13 th , between thje Sandheads Pakenham
. Captain joined company again in Malacca Road ort the 77 th in the morning . ¦¦•' .- ¦ - ' : : - By the inclosed letters you will see that we were obliged to commence'hbstilities , which began by the Resistance . firiiig a few guns at the Constantia . ( a Dutch Indiaman run into the mud ) which-she returned , by firing two guns , and then striking her colours , From the great assistance afforded me by the boats from the China fleet , & c . I was enabled to land all the troops , with two six-pounders at the same time . -They left the ships at seven P . M . on the 17 th ; arid reached the
shore by nine P . M . At half-past nine P . M . ah Officer came on board the Orpheus from the Governor , to surrender the place on our terms ; they then delivered over St . John ' s Post , a commanding' worft , ivell furnished with cannon , about 1300 yards from the fort , and 200 from the place of conference , to a subaltern , with a party of our grenadiers , and we entered the fort with the remainder of the Britishdetachment . The garrison being thus completely in our power , and unconditionally , further than the . securing of property , the Dutch guards were permitted to remain armed at their posts , until the Governor , whom we then to his house
accompanied , gave , in hiYown hand-writing-to Major Browne , adetail of the guards , which were then relieved by the . British troops . From the anxious desire of complying with his Majesty's orders ' we have agreed to the inclosed capitulation , and every thing now appears perfectly quiet , and all parties reconciled . I-have the honour to be , & c . & c fee . ( Signed ) HENRY NEWCOME . Orpheus , Malacca Roads , August 25 , 1795 . PRELIMINARY ARTICLES .
Tne measures adopted by the Dutch Government of Malacca subsequently ti > the amicable proposals tendered by the Naval and Military Commanders of " the British forces , by the agency of Mr . Forbes Ross McDonald ,, appointed by Commodore Peter Rainer , commanding the British squadron in India , and Colonel