264 COCHINCHINA. 
VII. In the event of his most Christian Majesty being re- 
solved to wage war in any part of India, it shall be al- 
lowed to the Commander in Chief of the French forces to 
raise a levy of 14,000 men, whom he shall cause to be 
trained in the same manner as they are in France, and to 
be put under French disciphne. 
VIII. In the event of any power whatsoever attacking the 
French in their Cochinchinese territory, the King of Cochin- 
china shall furnish 60,000 men or more in land forces, 
whom he shall clothe, victual, &c. &c. 
Beside these articles, the treaty contained some others of 
inferior importance, but all of them, as might be expected, 
greatly in favour of the French. Adran was promoted to the 
episcopal see under the title of Bishop of Cochinchina, and 
honoured with the appointment of Ambassador Extraordinary 
and Plenipotentiary to that Court. The command of the troops 
intended to be embarked on the expedition, which was put 
under the sole management and direction of the Bishop, 
was meant to be conferred either on M. Custin or M. de 
Frene. The Bishop was desirous that Conway, the Governor 
of Pondicherry, should have the command ; but Louis XVI., 
it seems, had taken a strong aversion to this officer, as being, 
in his opinion, an immoral, unprincipled character, and a 
proud, haughty and restless man. " Mons. d'Adran," ob- 
served this good Monarch, " you suffer yourself to be led 
" away in favour of Conway : believe me, he would occasion 
" you much uneasiness, and probably frustrate the views of 
