HISTORY OF MAURITIUS. 
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and be guilty of any outrage and irregularity, he shall be immediately apprehended, 
and sent to the general of the Ftench army, in order that he may punish him agree¬ 
ably to his own customs. This article was not brought forward. 
Should these propositions be approved by the republic, we request the leaders of 
the mother-republic to transmit speedy intelligence thereof to our king, by a small 
"vessel, in order that his highness, in person, may set on foot a formidable and 
victorious army, to meet that of the French in the neighbourhood of Mirjaun, which 
place is near to Goa. Oh, French nation ! with a view to the mutual interests of 
the parties, our king intended to‘send several letters under his august seal and signa¬ 
ture, with four sirdars of high rank, for the purpose of negotiating, in a ship belong¬ 
ing to the Khoodadaud Sirkar, to the chiefs of the mother-country : but the appre¬ 
hensions of the enemy, and the unfavourableness of the season, prevented this 
design from being put in execution. A standard of the republic was, however, 
quickly prepared, and set up in the camp of Lally; which his majesty caused to be 
saluted with three thousand guns. * 
Ripaud and Mons. de Bay can bear testimony to this fact: and whereas our 
king has declared, that he will thus support the standard of the republic ; O French 
nation! if ye will but consent to these propositions, you need not hereafter fear 
your enemies. Turn your thoughts only to the protection of your island, for our 
king will keep the English so employed and embarassed, that they will be unable 
to turn their attention towards you. Further, Zemaun Shah, king of the Afghauns, 
and the greater part of the Indian powers, are united with our king for this pur¬ 
pose, and will not cease until they shall have driven the English out of India. 
O Protector! t 
Supporter of the world—Health! 
* Here follow the names of various implements of war, probably meaning ordnance, muskets, 
and rockets ; but the usual appellations being changed according to Tippoo Sultaun’s system, it 
is not known what species are here designated. This alludes to the ceremony of consecrating the 
national flag, of which a detailed account is given in the journal of the sittings of a jacobin club, 
which had been established at Seringapatam, under the auspices of M. Ripaud. This curious 
paper, in which the Sultaun is styled le Citoyen Tippoo, was found in the palace at Seringapatam. 
f An invocation to the Deity, 
