Indian Antiquary Vol 47

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

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APRIL, 1918 ]
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believe that all East India Speculations would soon be laid aside in this country if they were not supported by the Assistance of Eaglishmen and other Foreigners, and the Facility they find of fitting out Ships from English and other Foreign Ports. Next week I shall have the Honor to transmit some Notes on the Account which Mr Bolts has lately presented to his Creditors on his stopping Payment.
P.S. Some Presents for Hyder Ally (Haidar Ali] are getting ready at Vienna, of what kind I know not, but believe the bulk small. Letter from Mr Green, Consul at Trieste, to Mr Secretary Foxt,
dated 23 June 1783.32 The Subscription of florins 400,000 for the Expedition of the Ship Cobentzel for Bangal and China for Account of Mr Bolts and the Triestine Society as it is called (not the Imperial Asiatic Company ) is now full, and the Ship is to be fitted out in all haste. Hyder Ally has given Commission for 150 Tons of Iron which is to go in this Ship. A messenger is to be dispatched by the Way over land to the Coast of Malabar. A Manufacturer named Martin, at or near Marseilles, gives Mr B. credit for a large Quantity of Cloth for this Voyage ; a Person at Madeira offers him 200 Pipes of Wine for half ready Money and half credit at Thirty Months. Mr Berthon of Lisbon writes to him that if he cannot immediately succeed in his Project here, He may find better Friends at Lisbon.
Letter from Consul Green to Mr. Secretury Fox,
dated Trieste, 11 July 1783.33 Mr Bolts Ship, the Cobentzel, is to sail about the enl of August for the Coast of Malabar, from whence she is to go to China. A Messenger will set out in a few days with Dispatches for Mangalore, where he is to wait the arrival of the Ship.
The great Ship building at Fiume for the Imparial India Company 31 will not be ready for Sea till December next.
Letter from Consul Green to Mr Secretary Fox,
dated Trieste, 25 July 1783.35 The Ship Cobentzel is to carry the Presents from His Imperial Majesty to Hyder Ally, Part of which I am told will consist in some Porcelaine of Vienna and some Brass Cannon. The Present which Mr Bolts brought from Hyder for the late Emprese was Shauls and Diamonds, supposed to be worth about Thirty Thousand Florins. The Company hopes by the Favor of Hyder to be able to procure a Cargo of Pepper on the Coast, to bring home which, a Ship is to be bought there.
Letter from Consul Green to Mr Secretary Fox,
dated Trieste, 18 August 1783. 36 Two Days ago a gentleman named Campbell set out from hence with Dispatches from Mr Bolts and the new Association called the Triestine Society, for Hyder Ally and for some Correspondents at Bombay. Their Ship, Coben zel, will be ready to sail from hence in about three weeks. She is to touch at Marseilles to receive a Quantity of Broadcloth, at Madeira for a large Quantity of Wine, and, I believe, also at Cadiz for some other Articles. It is pretended that She will be at Mangalore in the Month of May next, but I am told by some who understand the Nature of the Voyage and the Course of the Seasons that She cannot arrive on the coast of Malabar till some Months later. Some
33 Miscellaneous Letters Received, vol. 73, No. 12. 33 Miscellaneous Letters Received, vol. 73, No. 54. 31 See in fra letter of 29 Sept. 1783. 55 Miscellaneous Letters Received, vol. 73, No. 72. #6 Miscellaneous Letters Received, vol. 73, No. 121.