Extract of a Public Letter from Bengal. Argues that the overland route was established as much for private as public intelligence. Includes list of Secret, Political, Public and Revenue departmental correspondence sent via the overland route.
Extract of a Commercial Letter to Bengal. Complains, citing an example of silk left in a warehouse, that private individuals know more about Company trading than East India House does itself.
Copy of statement of postage receipts on private letters by the Basra mails and of the expenses incurred, 1 May 1800 to 30 April 1802. Copy verified by George Osbourne. Dated Bombay Castle
Copy of letter from William Jones, Sub-treasurer at Fort St George, to the Chief Secretary to Government in the Public Department. Encloses statement of sums received on account of overland postage, January 1798 to November 1802. Examined by Robert Abercromby. Marked "No.5". Dated Fort St George,...
Translate of a firman lately issued by the Ottoman Emperor. Confirms conditions of permitting consuls from Christian nations reside and work in Ottoman lands.
Letter from Lord Elgin to the Company. Highlights the lack of secrecy between Vienna and Constantinople and states that Sir Home Popham's attempts to establish a consul in Cairo, without permission from the Porte, has itself endangered the success of obtaining that objective. Marked "loose papers...
Copy of letter from Lord Elgin to Lord Grenville. Complains that Austrian post not only open letters but frequently withhold them. Has appointed a monthly messenger to Vienna. Marked "2." Dated Constantinople
Copy of letter from Lord Grenville to the Earl of Elgin. Temporarily approves arrangements for monthly messenger to Vienna but requests estimates of costs involved. Marked "3." Dated Downing Street
Copy of letter from Earl of Elgin to Lord Grenville. Reports the willingness of the Governor General in India to send an Indian force against the French in the Red Sea. Marked "4." Dated Constantinople
Copy of letter from the Earl of Elgin to Lord Grenville. Gives examples of the types of expenses which would be incurred by the establishment of a monthly messenger to Vienna. Marked "5." Dated Constantinople