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ILITIACT FtOM PAPERS LATELY listtESTE• TO
He ItOrSt or coormoll. Itgt.•Tli.o TO PAST
INDIA AFFAIRS.
Mo. 17.—Such Pens of the following Letters and Papers Is
retire to the apprehended linemen of 11.adoeteii, by Zee.
maim Muth.
',ethos from -teethe') Dniicari, Earl. Geveronr of Bombay,
to the See et Committee if the Curt of Do eters ; lord
resreo,yey, 3d No•:ember, 1798, and 14th October,
100:
Minute of Governor Duncan, nn Bonshav Secret °imita-
tor," of 28th November, 1800, with the Paper therein
referred to :
L from Governor pitmen to the Secret Committee:
dated Bth August, 1801:
Letter tram the Resident at Lneknow, to the Governor-
General; dated teeth August, 1798, with ite met...urea :
Letters from Major-General Stuart, to the Resident at Lock-
now ; dated respectively, 41st August and sth September,
1798:
Letters from Major-General Sir James Crate, to the Resi-
dent at Lucknos.;.dated respectively, 2Sth August and
Srh Decernbrr, 1798:
Letters Croon the Binge! Governr•ent, to the Secret Com.
miner ; dated respectively, 3d October and 24th De-
cember, 1798 :
Letters from the Governor General to the Secret Commit-
tee; slated reseectivelv, 12th February and 31 and sth
September, 1799; 25th January, 7th March, and 9th
June, 1800.
Extract Letter from Jonathan Duncan, Er Governor of Whal-
ley, to the Secret Committee, dated 3d November, 17911.
Pere. 9. Apprehensions having been long entertained, orld
reports still per vailine, of Zematin Shads preparing for a ese
rious invasion of India, which lie had indeed some time age
animuoiced to the Government-General, and it becoming
thence an object of great political importance to counteract, by
every anea.ury in our power, au expedition so adverse to your
titterers, I esailed myself of a suggestion that Mehedi Ali
Khan made to me on this subjel, about the dare of his de-
parture, founded on his cenfidence of bring able to excite the
present ruling power of Persia so far against this invader, as by
rendering him apprehensive for the security of his western
postessions, to damp, if net altogether to erevenr, his ardour
for the expedition into ludo; and having censulted the G.-
senior-General on this head, his Lordship has, in consequence,
by a letter dated the Bth ulti1711.),1110t only expressed his acqui-
escence in the measure, but also signified, that as the prubaiii.
lay of the invasion f India by Zemamen Shah seems to in-
crease, Mehedi Ali should lose no time in commencing his
operations at the court of Baba Khan, or of whatever poison
may be in the exercise of the sovereignty of Persia ; his Lord
she,, adding, that it would certainly be a very desireble object
to excite such an alei in in that quarter, as may either induce
tire Shah to relinquish his projected expeditiurt, or may reseal
hint should he here actually embarked tn it.
Extreft of a Letter from Jonathan Duncan, Esq. Governor of
/Samba!, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Direc-
tors ; dated 14th tettnber, 1800.
P.S. Accounts were yesterday received here, at well from
Pona, as (instil the resident with Dowlut Row Sciardia, of the
intended renewal of an attempt MI the part of Zcetaun Shah
to enter Lahore, having, as us reported, for this putpo,e, in the
month of August, commenced his preparetinne by advancing
his betrays to Pciloawer, whither it was stated to be his view
shortly therea!ter to follow.
Minute of Gemertior Duncan, on Bombay Secret Consultations
recellth November, 18100, with the paper therein referred to
Tire Governer delivers in a paper of intelligence COMELY..
nieated by Ilajy Kulleel Khan to Captain Juhn Malcolm, on
the 14th September, 1880, as highly corroborative as well of
the cerise of the event abovementioned, as of the reported
peace between Zernaun Shah suit the Court of Persia, and no
lass illustrative of the determined enmity which Zemaiin
Shah appears to have imbibed against us enhasiced, as it would
appear, by his ascribing to our measures, during tire lest two
years in Persia, the effeftuel obstruction of his original designs
against us, wherein were (as he would thus appear to base no
scruple in arowirg) comprehended the arrogant, and, no doubt.
bOWICins, pretension of haying otherwise, ere stow, conquered
one cueiety of the British dominions in India.
• Abstract of Secret lotelligence, communicated by Ilasy Khuleel
Khan, et A kleed, the 14th September, 1300.
lettere the King marched to Khorassaa, he made Hag, Ibra-
hire, his Vizier, write, as from himself, to Wuffarlar Khan,
the Vizier of Zernauri Shah, mad stated, that it would be better
to suppress the lame. of war, by an accommodation rounded
sit j tone, ;—that the Persian King had undertaken the aeute
of the Prince hlehmegid, who was Zenner) Shah's elder bre-
titer, on a principle of honour; but he was far from having
any intention of placing that Prince on the throne of Cahill ;
that tee would be contented if Herat and its province was
waded to klelimood An answer was received to this letter,
mbereisa Wuffadar than stated his convielion that the cresion
Of Herat, which was required, was only a pretext for • war,
which tine Persian King made at the instigation of the Eng-
lish, who were infidels; and that f his Sereereign had not been
prevented for two seasons invading their territories in India, lie
would already have conquered half of them.
This letter contains many arguments calculated to Mime the
enormity of tree believers destroying each other to gratify
infidel&
A reply was sent by Hajyr Ibrahim, stating that, wowing a
frieadeltip fur the English was one motive among others for
the Persiari Monarch's conduti, all sensible men knew that re-
ligion was liege considered in poliVes ; and that his Sovereign
would nut be satisfied until Herat was ceded.
When the King had taken the Fort of Nlusennan, and ..vas
besieging Subsewer, an aitswer was brought from VeThiradar
Khan, by a revealable Afghan, who was charged with genre
heti shawls as a present to Haje Ibrahim. Is this letter W Ora-
dar Khan stated, That, sit condition the Persian Monarch would
aeaurdus the cause of Prince Malintood, mad enter into en-
eag..nienta not so attack the Afghan territories, but leave Zs-
maim Shah at I iteote to pursue his designs upon India, that the
Attila') Prince would desert the Khevassan Chiefs, mud give tip
the whole of that province to within a few miles of I lyre, to be
taken possession of by the Persian King; end that the weak-
ness and divided state of the Chiefs of Khorassan, pvecluded
all ilea of their making • fruitless opposition, mare that Zs-
maim Shah had openly declared, they could se Linger depend
urine him for support.
By advice of Hai, Ibrahim, the King of Persia Is said to have
acquiesced tu this proposal, as afford. rig the only hopes of get-
hug a speedy poeseseien of the Province of Khorassan, the nu-
merous forts its which, offer almost insuperable obstacles is a
speedy reduction of it be there. The Keig, however, reposes
the seencratie• to be solely conduced he Ilejy Ibrahim ; and
eireemstaireste give regime to suppose he will deny that Mi.
sister's &churnr to cook I tide any such egreement, the moment
he has reaesul the,/ advantages he emetics loin it, which are
principally the distress and subaliseeti of mime, if net all, the
Klioraseen Chiefs.
There are two certain facts that strongly corroborate the
truth of this account.
1. That a few days after the arrival of the Afghan with the
last letter, the King sent for Prise. Meteineue, told hint he was
forced, by the edvaecel state of the se.noo, to go to Telerate,
and could do neatens till nest year; that it was better the
Pointe should go to reside the whiter ,t Teams of torslitra,
and that he would sand orders to the • A 0101441 in that
quarter, torrid hint in attacking Herat. klehosood departed,
secretly much disgusted, ands meow at Tulius.
8. The Ling left Subsawer, and Zeinau Within a
dry eel smith ether, a eireuinnance that eeuld hardly have sec-
coned withnut a peruser. undervauding.
The Kieg of Persia has left a strong garrison of infantry in
Messinnan, arid also a Imo, pan) of horse, who have orders to
meets conetaet iecursioas in the districts of Set4awar and
Niiilllll4llll., to districts the inhab.tants, mil secure thus reduction
of thine Inns next swami.
When Zernaun Shah left Hetet, he took along with him
Znnaun Khan, the Governor, a chief of great rank and influ-
ence anicrog the Atelier's, and indeed almost the wily power.
tul Churl remeiising, the Vizier Wuffedar Khan having oh
mimed t !la,: death of the others.
Zern sun Sin marched towards Caed,har, by an sere-
, (pleated mete, toasirg his son as Governs. of Herat.
Thus far Hajy Klieelleal Khan says he has learned from
able serreriroudentv.
Tespurt (whit sweats ecnifirmatien) that arrived yeet-rday,

• Them COWS pay tate Kau' I•mJ.ul raaed.aoa.

”Lases Ott Z*lnatin V. fitit'e: Ole Pirt.,treir, war f
had Kier' I.i. I:h'. Lad made Ins tatcape, to.
we! witched a fort where many of Ins adherents Stele s,rn 1,1c.t.
whence I.e had written to It, P:111Ce MlllOlOll. twat-
. toes ; and that the latter, in eno.rya.wce, %stilt the Co:wird
Tubua, was ntarehtil towards that (tootle?.
(Signed) JOHN MALCOLM, Envoy.

(To b.! continued.)

MEETDiGS OF CRIMIToKS AT GUILD/FALL. •

Try•YeltßOir U. 111,
Most, Lt•vv, Vill•••44, Mitkiles•rx, siterehant • 311
Lr. i Samuel I.irg•ng and Vlrtlisni Henry Lioung,
Green 1,-ttsice-4ni.,l,ondno, .11uttlIA•lia 3 11
Steohen Hoole, Tottenham ic.iort road, Middlesex,
hardware man 3 II
. .
Jolui Altrey the younger, Car,balton, Surrey, car-
penter 3 ii
. .
. .
Humphrey Richard Jones, Tv oe-sti t et, Finsbury •
square, Middlesex, ciiiiteclialwr
Richard Pratt, Greenhill's-rents, Middlesex, cabin-t-

3 II
3 10

maker . .
John Johninn, Dog row, BethualL green, Middlesex,
horse-dealer . .
George Stee.linan, and John M'Lean, Lamb-street,
Clirittchurdt, Middlesex, potato,ine,elusits - 3 Iry
John Willi; the elder, now or late or Wapping street,
St John, Wapping, Middlesex, grocer 3 13
William Rift, Blackmait,street, Southwark, Surrey,
liiieti-draper . 3 1
. . C
Arles James, Careaton•street, London, ribbon ma-
nure:hirer • 2 II
William ileashaw, late of St. Catherine,, near the
Tower, London, coal-merchant 2 13
. .
Fdward Read, Ilford, Essex, carpenter 2 Ite
William Farmer, Gloucestat-cimrt,Whitecrcrss-street,
htrktlesex, victualler . .
John Jones, Threadneedle-street, London, wane.

3 It

! II

house-min
Ely 11.ttornler, of the GrandJunctionWharf,White•
hi.,,,. 1.0401. m. and of Higligmte, Noliddle.et, curl-
merchant . t l
Da.id Revd, Wapping thgh-street, Middlesex, viz-
tualleo 1 II . .

2 111

DIVIDENDS.
Peter Wo..lward, now or late of mg-street, Cheap

s.dc, London, warehoure man
Jehn Collisoii, I litchiii, Middlcsex, merchant
k Jean Vander Hoeven, Bury-court, St. Mary-
Loudon, nierel.ant . It
John Field, Watford, Hertfordshire, miller lt
Thomson, Serle-street, St. Clement Dante,
Middlesex, masin,r 3$
William Winch, Tothill-strect, Westminster, hl4l.
dtesex, butcher . 10
CERTIFICATES.
Henry Loftits Hodson, of the town of Huntingdon, in the
county of II untingdor, merchant, dealer and chst!quan.
William Sims, of Newgate-market, London, carcase-butcher,
dealer and chaprotau.
John Smith anJ Robert Smithies, of Poul, in the county of
York, paper-makers and enpartners.
Mattl.ew Whit late of-Fatsburyyquare, in the county of
MiOdlesei, merchant.
George Back, of hush-lane, in the city of London, dealer Ma
RChari Clare, of Miditurst, in elm county of Sussex, seri-
.
James Finder the Younger, late of Clipstone-street, in the
p risk of St. Mary la- bonne, in the county of Middlesex,
carlienter amid joiner, dealer and chairman.
James .krhohin, of Hart-storm, Cr utca erhttiars, is the city of
Loud nt, wine-merchant.
Edward Taylor, of Clapham, its the county of Surrey, bulk!,
dealer and chapraan.

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DEATHS.

T.ately, deservedly lame-meiby hr. family and aequaintan..7e,
Mr. John Lew, smile years a Cleik rn Ha Ms;satfe yard at
Woolwich.
Lately, at M rlmerhy, in Cumberland, aged 84, Mr. John
Ste., hither of the Rev. Mr. Slee, of the soma place. M•.
See .as polarised of a most intrepid mind, and he exploit,.
tirongh they so id not, perhaps, be recorded iii the page of
hiriory;. yet, in his native place, have been lone looked lep.':l
by the holiest rustic's, with more admiration, than the acho- re-
merits of those in mere exaltml spheo.s. In the rebellion
1;43, our hero great,' distinmiished hunretf. Being at i•
period, ona of the Train:mod. for the counts., than lying • t
Carlisle, he Yeti teerml •ra go and reconnoitre the rebels, n
were approaching Carlisle ;--tin•ing discovered their admire:l
party below Longtown, ha oat the very person that took ill, ,-
ter•rnaster arena, and brought him prisoner to Carlisle. Af-
ter the city was surrendered to the enemy, the Trainbands
were escorted by the Rebels to Low lit-Act, where Mr. S'ee
proposed to ho romp s, unarmed, to fall upon the It --
bela, and take them prisoners; which proposition, howeser,
they would not agree to. He therefor* made hr. escape to
Peurith, where lie imained until the return of the Rebels ;
and the morning after the action on Clifton Muer, lie, with a
party of thirteen, agreed to go and view the scene of action.
On tiimr way thi:lier; they ilisenvererl three of the ?teak wan•
dermg in the field ; whom they resolved to take, but op •
nearer approach, their coinage failed them; in the mom viLe,
the enemy hail ILA. Mr. Sire immediately pursued then. e,
with no othiv arms than an old sward. Th. Rebels arcing
whom they had to moiterid with, made • wand, and all of
thenisnanped their piece* at bun. Wonderful to relate! They
all mooed fare. Mr. Sleet still advancing, ruttier' in amoireet
them, in ids them all prisoneis, and brought theist to the N.loie•
hall at Pernith Ilut Mr. Rice's generotity eras equal to 1.1
courage;—he promis.ll to protect them with his life; anti ac•
troll:. fought thine battles in their defence. The fame or oh*
eircimnance soon reached the ears of the brave Duke of ChM-
berland, who sent for him, and presented him withal. app. i.•t-
mem in the Duke of Moritagues Troopers (a very veinal+. eL
tuatlon at that time), where he continued till the mem: it
was disbanded. While this corps was king at TOM, the ell,-
ket of our humble narrative frepiendy did dons averting Reis'
prisoners there. Aniungrt them, Wee one of the nnm, whim
he took prisoner, as mentioned befient;-•-•his ina. was very re;
markable for alea)a crying out, ohesi hr saw •,.r ogre, " -
moo, if it had no been Mr you, rd no' been here."

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