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fon of confequence, nor can af- 

 fairs be adjiifted. Therefore, 

 if your Lordfhip pleafes, I will 

 nominate a pi;rion of confi- 

 dence, and, vefting him with 

 full authority, will fend him to 

 your prefence, in order that by 

 perfonal converfation our anci- 

 €nt friendfliip may griin daily 

 rtrength. Your Lordfhip muft 

 confider me detiroiis of your 

 triendfhip, and rr.aft aft in a 

 manner that peace may take 

 place between up, the difa^ree- 

 ments exifting be removed, and 

 the happinefs and quiet of man- 

 kind be eftabliil'.ed." 



Dated 22-! Rubany Saul Sut- 

 ty izi8 Mahomed, or the 

 20th Rejeb 1105 Hejery, 

 a7th March 1791. 

 To Tippoo Sultan. 



Written March 27. 1751. 



« I have received and have 

 underftood the contents of your 

 letter (recapitulate that receiv- 

 ed the 27th of March 1701)- 



* The mederation which al- 

 ways marks the charader of 

 the Britiih Government, and 

 rny own perfonal difpofition 

 and feelings, unite in making 

 me wiih mod carneftly for the 

 reftoration of the bleffirgs of 

 peace, as foon as a juft repara- 

 tion can be obtained for the in- 

 juries and lofles that the Com- 

 pany and its Allies have fuffer- 

 cd. 



• If the two Circars alone were 

 engaged in the prefent war, I 

 fhould not objeft to receive the 

 perfon of confidence whom 

 you defire to fend to n;e. and 

 I ftiould liften as favourably to 



your propofitions as the duty 

 of my ftation would admit ; 

 but fo direct and expeditious a 

 mode of negotiation is not now 

 in my power: for when I found 

 that by your difregard to all 

 my conciliatory offers, I muft 

 neceffarily be forced to engage 

 in a war, I entered into the 

 moft folemn treaties with Ni- 

 zam Ally Khan and with the 

 Pefhwa, declaring, that we 

 would afTift each other, and 

 that no one of the Powers 

 would liften feparately to any 

 advances from the enemy, with- 

 out fubmitting the terms pro- 

 pofed to the general conlidera- 

 tion and approbation of the 

 different partiej of the confede- 

 racy. 



' I cannotjthereforejconfiftent 

 with honour and good faith, 

 receive, in the firfl inftance, a 

 perfon of confidence from you, 

 for the purpofe of adjufling the 

 feparate terms of peace be- 

 tween you and the Company ; 

 but if you would think proper 

 to tranfmit to me in writing, 

 the propofitions that you are 

 willing to make, as a foundati- 

 on upon which negotiations 

 may be opened, for the refto- 

 ration of peace and friend/hip 

 between the Company, the Ni- 

 zam, and the Pefhwa on one 

 fide, and your Circar on the 

 other, I fhall, on my part, give 

 them the moft ferious con- 

 fidei:atiGn, and, after com- 

 munication with the other 

 members o^ the confederacy, I 

 fhall convey to you our joint 

 fentiments upon them." 



(Signed) Corncwaliis. 



rOr? account rf the importance of tJje intelligence from France 

 and India, it lyaj found nccejjary to gi've an additional half 

 jheet, lubich will be delivered luith next number.J ■' 



