The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-02-17 00:00:00

• :y,,•

243 T ilebIZS.
CALCUTTA. GU LITE ErrIIkOnDMAItY, At's. ?S.
Fort inufw., AR.
•
The Governor General in Connlil is nhPagegi t" Putt is %be
foil 'wing DfAttrition vriveb thel4.4uat Noble the
Governor amenl addrev‘ed to the. survi% nig relations and
attendants of the deceased Haukri Kholl,Pl 1014011,
sal or to the British Cerverninent Intro Ms 1414jesty the King of
PCXI'7I, an/ a rrarislati.in of which in the Persian laugwagit hat
be ;II irao.nnitti-.1 to Winibry, for the purp.se of being cutouts.-
tetthefcrs.ans attached to the Enarawv.

EpouterroNE,
Sec 4eGret. Sett. I's& and Fur. Dept*.

Declaration of Iris Excellency the Most plohlt the Governor
General, &c. &c.• &c. addrrued to ilse turviv-
Relations and Attendants of ?be deceased Haujee
Mulles! latatn, late Ambassador front ftS.Perlian
Majesty to the Governor General in Council.

The solicitude of the British Government of In-
dia to strengthen and improve the relations of amity
and honourable alliance with his Majesty the King
of Persia, has been manifested by the most signal
ads of systematic policy, and. has been publicly ac-
knowledged by all the States of Asia. The peculiar
splendour of the embassy which conveyed the testi-
monies of my respell and attachment to his Majesty's
presence; the extraordinary honours with which his
Majesty's Ambassador was received, alder my ex-
press orders, on his Excellency's arrival in the British
territories; the zeal and assiduity displayed by dae
Government of Bombay, and by all ranks of British
subjects at that settlement, to conciliate the good will
of the Persian Ambassador ; and the public prepara-
tions, condOled under my immediate and personal
direCtion, for his Excellency's reception with the
most dignified solemnity and honour, at the seat of
the Supreme British Authority in India, have af-
forded sullicient demonstrations to the world of my
high consideration for the dignity of the Persian Nlo-
narch, and of my uniform intention to evince that
unalterable sentiment towards the accredited Repre-
sentative of his Royal person.
. .

a Reviewing the.se iiicnntrovertible testimonies of
my anxiety to establish a friendly and honourable
alliance with the power of Persia on the most solid
foundations, his Majesty and all the States of Asia
will anticipate the deep affliction and anguish of
mind with which I have witnessed the sudden inter-
ruption of our bright and happy prospeas by a
disaster, which as far eluded the scope of human
prudence and foresight, as it surpassed the ordinary
extent of human calamity, and the comma vicis-
situdes of fortune. To this awful dispensation of
Providence, I submit with resignation, but not
without hope.
" In the most painful moments of my disappoint-
ment and grief, I have derived considerable conso-
lation from the reflex ion, that as I have hitherto
assiduously employed every possible effort to cul-
tivate a lasting friendship and harmony of interests
between his Persian Majesty and the British Go-
vernment, my amicable sentiments have been uni-
formly returned with equal cordiality by the auspi-
cious disposition of that illustrious Sovereign.
" A dreadful, unforeseen, and uncoatroulahle
calamity, has intervened to afflict both states with
mutual sorrow and consternation, and to retard the
completion of their reciprocal wishes; but not to
suspend their established friendship by groundless
jealousy and unjust suspicion; not to frustrate the
natural and propitious result of their united coun-
sels;
snot to destroy the fwits of their mature wis-
dom and justice; nor to dissolve those sacred en-
gagements, by which they had cemented the found-
ations of durable concord, secured the channels of
free intercourse and beneficial communication, and
enlarged the sources of their common safety, pros-
perity and glory. •
" Entertaining a due sense of the value and im-
portance of those engagements to both States, I
shall pursue, with unabated confidence and peva.-
verance, the policy on which the subsisting treaties
are founded, and the amicable and earnest exer-
tions, by which they were obtained. The pursuit
of this course cannot ultimately fail to attain success.
The calamity which we have suffered is a just
subject of lamentation; but its consequences arc
not irretrievable. From the reciprocal condolence
of the two States may arise new motives of com-
bined interest and additional securities of amity and
alliance. A zealous interchange of the offices of
humanity, a concurrent sense of common sorrow,
and the conscious certainty of mutual sincerity and
good faith, may lead to a more intimate union of
sentiments and views : and the temporary suspen-
sion of this imputtant embassy may tend to ensure
and improve the benefits of our actual connection.
Supported by these hopes, and relying on the
justice and integrity of the principles and motives
which have actuated the British Government, 1 trust
that the progress of our renewed intercourse with
your illustrious Sovereign will gr.:dually obliteratethe
remembrance of this fatal and -unparalleled disaster,
and will amply compensate to my mind far its aCtual
distress by th, final accomplishment of the same sa-
lutary plans of policy which had rendered a personal
interview with ye•.r lamented master. the object of
my most cordial sashes, and of my most anxious
expettation.
"To repair the severe loss sustained by his un-'
timely decease; to demonstrate my sincere respect
for his memory, and my unfeigned regret that he
should have fallen by a violent death, within the
British dominions, and in the immediate exercise of
tuitaions, which the laws asausages of all civilized
cations have reedered sacred, it is my primary duty
to administer to his surviving relations and attend-
ants every of of limn:inky and friendly compas-
sion, every attainable comforteutd alleviatiun of their
just grief, and every possible compensation fur the
injuries which they have suffered.
" In endeavouring to discharge this duty, I have
seletted an officer, who was recently vested with
the honourable charaCter of Envoy from this Go-
vernment to the court of Persia, and who now oc-
cupies the most confidential station in my family.
" That officer is direfted to .proceed immediately
to Bombay. and to afford you, in my name, such
effeetual aid and assistance, and such testimonies

of affeetionate commiseration, as may tend to miti-
gate your sufferings, and to console your afßiCtion.
a With the same views, I have provided the most
speedy means of offering to your Royal Sovereign
the respeCtful expressions of my sincere condolence
on this disastrous event, and of concerting with his
Majesty such measures as may condutt the embassy
to its original purpose, accelerate the favourable
issue of every depending question, and confirm the
subsisting ntrivia .hetween the two States, in

. • ' •s. g —00."^"'", • ...go • _ _