BOMBAY. 
The strict attention that is paid in Bengal to the conduct of the 
Cadets on their arrival, unfortunately does not exist at Bombay, 
and the consequence of the neglect is melancholy. On their landing 
they too often are obliged to live at the tavern, not having any fixed 
place of abode, where they not only run in debt, frequently to the 
blasting of their future prospects, but by the facility of access to 
wine and women, sow the seeds of those complaints which after- 
wards carry them prematurely to the grave. Varsovah had been 
chosen as a residence for the Cadets, but in 1804 the fever broke 
out there, and they were obliged to be removed to Mehum, but 
not before numbers had perished from the unhealthiness of the 
climate, and, it is said, from the want of proper regulation in the 
establishment, the young men having been permitted to bathe 
when they pleased, and expose themselves to the effect of the 
night air. 
It was at one of the country houses in the vicinity of Bombay, 
that the unfortunate accident of the death of Hadjee Khaleb Khan 
took place in July 180^. He had arrived only a few days before as 
Ambassador from the Persian Court to the Government of India, 
when a dispute arose between some of his Excellency's followers 
and the sepoys who guarded the house, in consequence of one of 
the former's insisting on entering a part of the garden, which the 
Ambassador had ordered to be kept private. The sentinel, in 
obedience to his orders, refused to permit him, when the Persian, 
who was drunk, at length drew his sword, and, being joined by his 
countrymen, a regular battle ensued. The Ambassador, who had 
retired to his couch after having himself too freely indulged in the 
pleasures of the table, arose on hearing the tumult, and rushed out 
