TO 
RICHARD, MARQUIS WELLESLEY, 
K. ST. P. AND K. C. 
LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE BRITISH POSSESSIONS, AND 
CAPTAIN-GENERAL OF THE BRITISH FORCES SERVING 
IN THE EAST INDIES. 
My Lord, 
Permit me to dedicate the following Work to your 
Lordship, as a small tribute of gratitude, for the nume- 
rous acts of kindness with which I have been favoured 
by your Lordship, and your unremitted exertions to se- 
cure my safety and comfort, under circumstances which 
rendered such services doubly valuable. 
A strong, and^ I trust, a lasting sense of such kind- 
ness, calls for this public and explicit acknowledgment ; 
and there is a peculiar propriety in addressing this Work 
to your Lordship, by whose great political talents, 
promptitude and decision, the extensive and important 
Empire of India has been preserved from the secret 
