Covering note from William Fraser to C.W. Boughton Rouse of the Board for India Affairs. Encloses extract of a letter from Ainslie to Carmarthen. Dated St James
Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Ainslie reveals the presence of a French-Egyptian commercial treaty to the consternation of the Ottoman Porte. Dated Constantinople
Extract of a letter from Samuel Manesty, British resident at Basra, to Sir Robert Ainslie. Reports movements of two French ships, the Amphitrite and the Prevoyance. Dated Basra, 9 October 1785 Received 13 December 1785.
Covering note from William Fraser to C.W. Boughton Rouse of the Board for India Affairs. Forwards letter from Sir James Harris, British envoy at the Hague, to Carmarthen. Dated St James, 24 December 1785 Received 24 December 1785.
Copy of a letter from Sir James Harris to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Gives details of a treaty negotiated by the Chevalier Truguet in Egypt. Dated the Hague, 20 December 1785 Received 24 December 1785.
Covering note from William Fraser to C.W. Boughton Rouse of the Commissioners of the India Board. Forwards extract of a letter from Ainslie to Carmarthen. Dated St James, 30 December 1785 Received 30 December 1785.
Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Ainslie believes that the commercial treaty was part of French strategy encouraging the Beys to seek independence from the Porte. Porte determined to restore ban on all Christian powers from using Suez. Dated Constantinople