Indian Antiquary Vol 47

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[ JANUARY, 1918
Mr Camac is therefore amazed at, and cannot help thus publickly expressing his disapprobation of, Mr Bolts being permitted to remain so long with his Ship in our Harbour, particularly as his conduct since his arrival in India has not been such as to merit any indulgence from us. Having assumed a right of Dominion in the River of Delagoa, he ordered forcibly to be taken down the English Flag hoisted by the master of a vessel trading thither under our protection; he has been at Poonah intriguing with the Minister most adverse to us, in the hope of being able to purchase some Establishment in the Gulph of Cambay and privilege of trading, which must have been hurtful to our Interests; and we learn from the subordinacy of Tellicherry that the disturbances excited in that district by Domingo Rodrigueze are supposed to arise from a design of granting to Mr Bolts a License, which he is solicitous of obtaining, toform a Settlement at Bimliapatam.« In strict compliance to the Orders of his Employers, Mr Carnac has gorupulously avoided all intercourse whatever with Mr Bolts, but from his being still here after the expiration of more than three weeks, without any ostensible reason for it, it may be presumed every body has not been equally scrupulous, as there can be no other motive for so long a stay, but that he has a fair prospect of engaging some of our merchants in a contraband trade between this Port and the Factory he has set up in Delagoa River, whereby the Europe Staples may be introduced to this side of India by a new Channel, greatly to the detriment of the Company. Mr Carnac has strong reason for entertaining such a suspicion, as he has been assured by a free merchant of considerable credit that proposals had been made to him by Mr Bolts for engaging in this Traffick, 80 very advantageous as to prove a temptation too powerful to be generally resisted. 1st April 1778.
JOHN CARNAC. 2. Mr Andrew Ramsay's Minute respecting Mr Bolts. As it may be inferred from Mr Carnac's minute that persons in Authority have been interested in the long detention of the Austrian ship at this Port, Mr Ramsay, as a member of the Board, who has been largely concerned in trade, thinks it necessary thus publickly to declare that he has had no interest therein directly or indirectly, nor has he had the least intercourse with Mr Bolts, not even in the common civilities due to a Stranger, which, but for his particular Predicament in respect to the Company and their Servants, Mr Ramsay would otherwise most certainly have shown him.
ANDREW RAMSAY. Letter from the Council at TeRicherry to the President and
Council at Bomtay, dated 24 April 1778.47 Wo received information that Mr William Bolts in the Austrian Ship the Joseph and Theresa, arrived the 21st Instant at Billia patam, with an intention of taking in Pepper there.
As this proceeding of Mr Bolts is an infringement of the Honble. Company's privilegos of Trade, granted them by the Kings of Colastria, and that he might not plead ignorance thereof, we immediately wrote him a letter, acquainting him therewith, and which was sent to Billiapatam by our Linguist (interpreter ), who was directed to gain all the Information he could of Mr Bolte proceedings in general, and that in case he should discover Mr Bolts soliciting an establishment in any part of the Prince's Dominions he was
Baliapatam (Beliapatam) or Valarpattanam, near Cananom, in the Chirakkal fäläk. e Lettere Received at Bombay (1778), XLIV, 162-3.