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General Orders, Bomhaij,4>tli May, J 784. 



" The honourable the President and select committee, 

 in testimony of the just sense they bear of the brave and spirited 

 defence of the fortress of Onore, as well of the regular conduct 

 of the troops, since the cessation of hostilities took place, until it 

 was evacuated on the conclusion of the treaty of peace, return 

 their thanks in particular to captain John Samuel Torriano, whose 

 conduct on this command reflects on him the highest honour; 

 and to all the officers, and men in general, who lately composed 

 that garrison." 



To these testimonies of approbation in India, the Court of 

 Directors in England were pleased to confer a Major's brevet- 

 commission on captain Torriano, and to express their approbation 

 in the following paragraph of their general letter to the governor 

 and council of Bombay. 



" We have considered of jour representation in favour 

 of captain John Samuel Torriano, the senior officer of artillery 

 upon your establishment; and from the peculiar circumstances of 

 his case, and as a reward for his gallant services in the defence 

 of Onore during the late siege, we hereby direct that you grant 

 him a Major's brevet-commission, to bear date from the 14lh of 

 September, 1784." 



I now take leave of the Onore manuscripts: in a military point 

 of view, I cannot expatiate on their merit; nor whether I have, 

 in particular instances, too much dilated or abridged Mr. Cruso's 



