A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV. And an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive in the years 1755, 1756, 1757; including a correspondence between the admiral and the nabob Serajah Dowlah ... Also, a journey from Persia to England, by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron: description of most of the trees, shrubs, and plants of India ... also a copy of a letter written by a late ingenious physician, on the disorders incidental to Europeans at Gombroon in the Gulph of Persia ... / By Edward Ives.

  • Edward Ives
Date:
1773
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Credit: A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV. And an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive in the years 1755, 1756, 1757; including a correspondence between the admiral and the nabob Serajah Dowlah ... Also, a journey from Persia to England, by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron: description of most of the trees, shrubs, and plants of India ... also a copy of a letter written by a late ingenious physician, on the disorders incidental to Europeans at Gombroon in the Gulph of Persia ... / By Edward Ives. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 1.8 ] 1757* flourifh under your favour and prote(5^ion. Mr. Watts is now Tent to wait ■—V—^ upon y'ou, in behalf of the governor and council, and I flatter myfelf you will confent to the petitions he may have to make Thus by the fpirited and gallant behaviour of the two Englijh command¬ ers, the affairs of the company, which a few months before feemed verging on inevitable ruin, were not only quite retrieved, but put upon a firmer and better footing than ever; and the treaty would have been yet more advantageous than it was, had not the admiral and colonel, jufl: at the time of drawing it, received intelligence of a war with France^ which was foon after¬ wards fully confirmed by the arrival of Commodore James -f in the Re¬ venge ; and the French garrifon at Chandernagore was well known to confifl: of 500 Europeans and m.ore than a 1000 Sepoys^ which if they had then joined the: Nabobs mufl: have probably terminated in our company’s ruin. Confidering all circumflances, the treaty was honourable and advantageous for us, and the Nabob was in fome meafure punifhed for thofe unheard of cruelties which he had fo wantonly exercifed againft many innocent indi¬ viduals As foon as all difficulties with the Indians were thus happily removed, the next objed: that naturally prefented itfelf, was the reducing the French power in this province. The committee indeed, who had the diredion of the company’s affairs in Bengal^ took care to reprefent to the admiral, that as a peace had been concluded with the Nabobs this was the only opportu¬ nity he perhaps might ever meet with for ading offenfively againft thp Frenchy from whofe councils, great evils were ftill to be expeded. The admiral, who plainly faw the force of this reafoning, moft readily came into the propofal •, and nothing would have prevented his immediately commencing hoftilities againft the Frenchy had not fome gentlemen of that nation arrived at this time from Chandernagore with frefh propofals for a neutrality. Thefe were thought fo reafonable by many gentlemen of our company’s council, that for a while matters ftood in a ftate of fufpence, and * Thefe were for his confent to our attacking the French, + Mr. James's arrival in the Ganges, was very opportune, not only on account of the certain intelligence of the war with France, but by bringing with him in his own Ihip and two tranfports, a detachment of 500 men, which enabled us immediately to adl offenfively againft the French. His great merit in undertaking, and unremitting perfeverance in accora- plifhing, the paflage round from Bombay in that uncommon late feafon of the year, ought alfo to be particularly noticed; as well as his taking on the palTage Vlndien, a French Indiaman, laden with warlike ftores and provifions for the French fq^uadron then at the illand of Mauri¬ tius, which greatly diftrelfed them, and retarded their operations. :j: Upon the ratification of the treaty with the Nabob, the admiral fent home Captain Warrick with exprelTes of intelligence to the Secretary of State and the Admiralty.