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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m*thode. t 2 3 t a 4 5 6 ■Jite*.. AiiJ' .V!* ,li^~ji A.'./. ;.„Vj/» .V- -;".... •■.'^•«i* ■>=•«■ ..•*... >5* -< BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIH ' I OF ALEXANDER BALRYMPLE, Esq; LATE HYDROOR/.PUER TO THE AUMIRALTY. " Skilful to trace The Nautic course from varied place to pi tec ; Guardian of Cummerce, on the trackless 'leep. From ihoals and quicksands, and the rocky steep. - •An6n. THE vast importance of hy^rographi'cal accuracy to the maHner and his trust, of Mhatever description^ dirlecting his course through hiddeu ^ahgi^rs over distant seas, warrants the claioi of bio- graphical distinction, in all whose genius and industry have ehablea them to m^kc the rieirest approaches to truth, for that the positive Nckoning is rarely fouiicl, may Be inferred from the varied state- nients of different 6bservcrs, and would probably from the obserTations of the same observer at different times. The ines. timable value of that diligence arid skill whibh hate ascertained the existence of those secret barriers ahd' Impediments to thie seamao'S progress, theretofore fatal to the lives and properties of the unwary, and traced the path of safety to future adventurers, entitles the man who has so exerted them fo a gratitude commcii. suratc with the beneficial otfccls of such exertion, and which may be termed almdst Uhiversatj for to whom do not the advantages of foreign commerce reach, or where is the exception, nie'diutely considered, of loss in the wreck of its adventures. Of those to whom the world is thus emihcntly indebted, is the much. respected subjcbt of our present memoir, the late Alexander Dalrymple, Esq. d man whose life secmS to have been a iscries of labours for the public good. This gentleman was born at New Ilailes, near EuinburgH, the seat of his father, Sir James Dalrymple, Bart, auditor of the Exchequer, on the 24lh July, 1737, which was also the forty, ^fth anniversary of his father's birth, and was tha seventh soH f98\>. «Pr«ii. Vol. XX XT". A A Pncffjo N. W. History Dept. p~'Ov:nciai_ library VlCTOiiiA, d. C. e OffTf 178 VAVAL BIOaRAPlIY. ca of Sir Jamci, by Lady Cbriitian, daughter of ihe Earl of Hading<« ton, a lady of most excellent character^ ant^. the mother of sixteen children. Of these, the eldest, Sir David Dalrymple, became one of the Lords of Session, by the title of Lord Hailes, and dis. tingttished himself in the literary world by many excellent and useful writings. James attained the rank of lientenant-colonel in the army ; Hugh died a captain in the royal naTy ; and John was repeatedly Lord Provost of £dinbnrgh. At an early age, Mr. Dalrymple was taught geography by his father, who enlivened his lessons by narratives of his own travels la' Europe. But his general course of education was administered by Mr. David Young, of Hadington, whose school was at that time in high reputation, and Mr. Dalrymple was considered as a- good scholar. At the age of thirteen he lost his father, a loss irhich is generally attended, more or less, with derangement in the family system. . IVhat had been the views of Sir James as to the future disposal of bis son, or whether he had made up his mind on the subject, does not appear ; but the inclination of the latter having been biassed, by perusing Nieuuoff's Voyages^ and a novel of that, time, called Joe Thomson, he felt a strong desire to go to^ the East Indies, a desire which seems to have been providen. tially gratified by the following means :— The Hon. Genera) St. Clair having married Sir James's sister, then relict of Sir John Baird, Bart, in 1752, the general's intimacy with Alderman Baker, Chairman of the East India Company, enabled him to obtain from him the promise of an appointment for his nephew, as a writer in the Company's Service. In consequence of this promise, Mr. Dalrymple left Scotland in the spring of that year, and arrived in London, accompiiniod by his brother. Sir David. The only qualifications requisite at that time for such an appoint- ment were, writing, and a knowledge of merchanVs accounts, and for the competent acquisition of these, Mr. Dalrymple was placed at the academy of Mr. Kinross, at Four-Trce-Hill, near Enfield, for some months previous to hir appointment. Under this gen- tleman, he received not only his especial tuition, but much general , instruction for his conduct through life. The time limited was, however, far too short for him to acquire that full proficiency that night warrant a positive certificate from Mr. Kinross, as to faift i THE LITE AI.EXAKBSR DALEYMrLK, ESQ. 179 capability of keeping a set of mercbant'i-books, and a demur wat made) that the terms of the certificate wu not sufficiently direct ; more -was, howerer, not insisted on; and Mr. Dalrymple was, on the 1st of Notember, 1763, appointed a Writer in the East India Com|«ny*8 Service ; and on the 8th of November stationed on tlie Madras establishment ' • £arly in the following year his friend Alderman Baker disqua<* lifted; and it probably was in anticipation of this erent^ that a prematurity both of the requisite abilities and of age was ▼entured, for by the regulations of the Company, the person appointed was not to be under sixteen years of age, whereas Mr. Dalrymple wanted a few months of it ; and the conscientious principles of Lady Dalrymple strongly opposed the impositioa such as it was, agaiRSt the assurance of Alderman Baker, that thn ipirii of the regulation was merely to prevent the admission of infants, and did not render the diffsrence of a few months a pre* eluding objection. Mr. Dalrymple's family having no other India connections, there was a kind of necessHif for their plea, and Mr. Dalrymple, as we have above stated, received his appoint- ' ment. . >•■ j , • • . The following anecdote is worthy of record as a good moral document :— Mr. James Baird, then of Downing.strcet, and afterwards of Soho-square, an army agent, carried Mr. Dalrymple some time previous to his leaving England, one day to Chelsea, where Mr. Baird visiting Sir John Trelawney, then a very old man, they were invited to stay dinner. Mr. Dalrymple having drank a glass or two of wine, passed the bottle. This the old man took notice of, and said, to this effect :— ^' Voung man, I am very glad to see that ; always judge fur yourself, and you will do right ; few men act wrong uf their own inclination, but by following example^ and wanting the resolution to judge for themselves, when example ought to be followed, and when not." ■ • -i ■ : ■ About the middle of December, 1752, Mr. Dalrymple embarked at Oravesend on board the Suffolk Indiaman, commanded by Captain William Wilson, and on the same night the ship took fire In the gun-room^ but was fortunately discovered in time, and extinguished without much injury. Another difficulty had presented itself in the •utseC of 47419 y > NAVAL BXOaUArilT. Ml'. Dairy mple's undertaking: the captain having three lap^r^ cargoes going as passengers to China, vras unwilling to receive him*; General St. Clair was, however, destined to befriend htm even in' the last stage of his departure, for being (he particular friend of a Mr. Wilson, afterwards Sir Thomas AVilsci, who was the inti- mate friend of Mr. Richard Lewin, the chief mate, and subse- quently the successor' of Captain Wilson, that gentleman by thi« gradation of in^fluenco was ihduecd^to consent to the reception of Mr. Ddlrymple, but left him to the kindness of Mr. Lcwen for his accommodation on hoard, who gave him at all times the use of his caWn. • . ; On the S6th of December,- the Suftblk sailed from (he Downs, and having made a fortnight's stay at the Caj^c of Good Hope, arrived at Madras on th© 1 1th of May — ^^a day since memorable by the death of three great men — the famous William Pitt, Earl <)f Chatham ; George Lord Pigot, and the lato unfq^rtuoale Mr. Perceval. . . > C4pta4n'i Wilson's longer acquaintance with Mr. Dalrymple, made him 'less, indilfiircnt -to his interests; we find that nut only during the voyage to Madras, but during the remainder of his llf6, Captain Wilson's kindness to INlr. DalrympLc was that of a parent. At Madras he made his house a home to him ; which wa^ the more acccptdiblc, ina,smu(;h as his l^tti^'rs o£ recjammendation were of littie benefit to }}im, and left him nearl}^ as much, an uo* I^efriended stranger as he woyld have been without the^i. He had a letter froiri Lor^, Northcsk, who had been in India, to the Governor, Mr. Saunders, but ^yhich was a mere letter of comply, ^lentarj introduction^ from ageqtleman to a gentleman, personalty unacquainted with each o^hcr. Those to whom hi>! other letters werO; addressed were rUher dc^d or absent, with the exception of one, who, he was told by Mr. Charles Bourchier, then Secretary to thjB Gpvernor, was so abandoned to drunkenness, that a con. nection with him would be a disgrace. , ; It was now that the insuIHciency of bis quali6cation,s was to pro- duc|P;it$;e^cct. The Secretary's oifice, which was the only school where a, gai^»ral kuo\rlcdge of t!ic (J!!ompany's affairs was to be learned, rec[uired better penmanship than l^x. Dalrymple could produce ; and he was accordingly put under the Storekeeper) >ffbere nothing \ras to be learned \voi;^h learning, and where hft I i k TUB LATX ALCXAXDEll BALRYMPLE, ESQ 181 Ihiro*; |en in' of a inti. labso. thi« Ion of n for be of i, «Nra8 secluded from the notice of persons in superior station!} and by consequence, from anj chance of advancement. And here lil^e his Guardian Genius, General St. Ciair was again destined to rescue him from his difficulty. Lord Pigot was a]>pointcd to succeed Mr. Saunders as Governor, and came down for that purpose from Vizagapatam to Madras, in October, 1754. Tc that nobleman, Mr. Dalrympic had a letter from his brother, Admiral Pigot, who was intimate in the family of General St. Clair, recommending him strongly to his protection ; and so kindly did that nobleman comply with hrs brother's desiras in favour of Mr. Dalrymple, iliat perceiving the primary obstacle to Mr. Dalrymple's progress, viz, a bad hand-writrog, he himself condescended to instruct him ; and eflectually taught him in a short time to write, with ease to himself j a good and fluent hand ; and so much like his own ordinary writing, that he often mistook it for his own. Mr. Dalrymple was now removed to the Secretary's Office, and under the favourable auspices of the Governor's patronage. ' There must have been in Mr. Dalrymple a power of mind, or a fascination of manners, that made up all deficiencies in the more immediately necessary qualifications for the business before him. We have just seen the condescension of Lord Pigot to teach him a mode of writing that might justify his pretensions to employment. M'"e have now to relate the friendship of Mr. Ocme, the historian, who being then a member of council, and accountant, endeavoured to obtain for him the appointment of sub-accountant uudcr him, and on his ignorance of accounts being candidly acknowledged, said it should be no objection, as he would himself qualify him in that respect. This gentleman's friendship resulted from the cir- cumstance of Mr. Dulrymple's having written a note to him as Commissary, in behalf of an officer whose aflairs he had then ihif. management of. The office of sub-accountant was both honorable and advantageous, inasmuch as by the Company's regulations, after balancing a certuin number of sets of books, the person occupying that station was entitled to any employment at the sub. Ordinate's that became vacant, not occupied by a member of Council. This appointment, however, did not take place, but he ever after retained the friendship of Mr. Orme, and the Advantage of a free access to that gcntlctnan's library, an advantage I m MiVAl BIOttRAVHT. ioubly citlmable from the rarity of books, and the excelleuce of Mr. Orme'fi lelection. r < < ^ In this library, Mr. Dalrymple met with Bo u vet's Voyage^ in French ; what the peculiar attraction of Bouvet's voyage was to Mr. Dalrymple, who was then totally unacquainted with the French language, we know not; but it induced him to acquire, by his own industry and the help of a dictionary, enough of it to tnable hlw to translate it. It appears that Mr. Dalrymple, when ft boy, was possessed of surh an antigallican spirit, that although compelled to go to a French school, in Edinburgh, previous to his leaving Scotland, he would not learn French. The conciliating character of Mr. Dalrymple obtained him, while in the Secretary's oiTicc, the active friendship of Mr. Dupre, the secretary, by whose interest and solicitation Mr. Dalrymple was at length appointed deputy secretary, with the prospect o^ the secretaryship in succession. In this station, we see the zeal of Mr. Dalrymple verging upon ambition ; for it appear:i, that while examining the old records, to qualify himself, by a knowledge of them, to fill the office of secretary, he found the commerce of the j^astr"' ^'^ands was an object of great consideration with the Comr and the attainment of it became the immediate object of his aspiration. It rarely happens that impressions of this decided nature, to which some do not scruple to apply the term inspiration^ occur unattended by circumstances favorable to their practical efficacy. His old friend, Captain Wilson, arrived at Madras about thin time, commander of the Pitt, of 60 guns, having been appointed by the East India Company commodore of all their ships and vessels.* * The circumstance wliicli obtained this diitingiiished mark of the Compaii^'a favor drs«rvfs to be conimemurated. The Sutfoli<, Captain Wilson, as senior officer, cuiiiiuodore ; Houghton, Captain Walpole ; and Godolphin, Captain Hulehiusuu ; were, on their passage home to England from China, encountered by a French ship of the line and a large frigate, otF the Cape of Good Hope, in the niglit, and exclianged some sho.t : Captain Wilson endeavoured to get away ; but finding the French ships outsailed the Indiaroen, in the morning be made the sig- nal for the line, and bore down upon the French. M. de Soupirc, second in command to General Lully, waspo board, the ship of the line. On seeing the 'English bear down, he desired the French captain to pursue his voyage, without engaging further. The captain remonstrated, qnestioniag his authority to inter* fere, and drclaring they were but merchant ships, incap«bleof defeadtDg tbeai» I I to 1 M THU LATE ALEXANDBB DALRYBIPLE) SIQ. 189 The commodore htd on board Sir Willism (then Colonel ) Dnper, and part of his regial«nt. The Pitt was destined for China; and Itence arose a nautical question, which ultimately led to the prose- cution of Mr. Dalrymple's design. In the course of hii Toyagc to Madras, Commodore Wilson had been considering in what manner his passage to China might be effected at that season ; and the result of his reflections was, that the same principle by which ships went to the Malabar coast and Persia from Madras in the south, west monsoon, was applicable in a passage to China ; viz, by crossing the line, and taking advantage of the contrary monsoons that prevail at the same time in north and south latitudes. That as the ships from Madras stand to the south-east with the south- west winds, till they get into the south-cast trade in south lati. tu^e, and then stand westward till they arc to windward of their intended port, when they cross the Line again into north latitude ; it appeared to Commodore Wilson, that the north-west winds would, in south latitude, carry him far enough eastward to maka the north-east wind a fair wind to China. On his arrival at Madras, the subject was revived, and Mr. Dal. rymple's opinion requested, which concurring with his own, Commodore Wilson proposed to Governor Pigot his departure for Ch'.na, agreeably to his plan thus conceived. Mr. DalrympU was now again consulted by the Governor, and again delivered his opinion, which he warranted by explanatory arguments iu favour of the plan ; and Commodore Wilson was despatched by the Governor to China, but left to his own discretion as to the route he should pursue, the Governor being unwilling to take the responsibility of the Commodore's success, by giving him a positive order to prosecute a course of navigation under circumstances of but conjecturp.l cifect. I lelves agaiii«t so superior a force. M. Sonpire produced his aathority to com- mand ill the absence of General Lnlly and Count D'Apsrfae, and ordered him to pursue his voyage ; declaring, that he did not question their being merchant ships, but as it appeared they were determined to defend themselves gaiJant!^, an accidental shot might disable his ship, and entail fatal disappointment on the expedition to India, of which that ship made a purt, and that che prize of some merchant ships was of no consequence to the King of France. Thil convejs a forcible lesion against dospunJencj, as the escape of the Tpdiamen arose entirely from CtipMia W! sun's good c9UiJu|(. I- i 4 181 NATAL OlOORAPIlir. The Voyage was, howcTcr, performed to the adrantage of ()ie Company, and to the credit of Commodore Wilson's jiidgmcntj who was rewarded by a presentation from the Conipany of a gold medal. The circumstance i^ highly worthy of reco 'd in the Naval CiiiioNiCLE, and is not irrelevant tu the subject of our memoir, for it was in the discus.«Mig of this question, thai Mr. Dalrymple seized his opportunity to propose to Governor Pigot his first fitcp for the recovery of the commerce of the Eastern Islands, and he receiv.il permission to go in theCuddalorO schooner to the eastward, on a voyage of general observation oil his part, although the destination of the vessel was particular. But in the mean time, the siege of Madras, under the French general, Lally, was commenced, and carried on from the middid of December, 1758, to the 17th of Fcbruairy, 1759,* at which * During tlie siege of Madras, Mr. WilliAm Roberts, who had been a suprn< cargo to Manilla, wns killed b^ u shell : in his collection were some Sjianish Ili l6rieRof the Philipines : these Mr. Dalrj'niple purchased ; and although entirely ignorant of that language, with the assistance of a dictionary, taught himself it tufTiciently tu obtain much informuiioii concerning thosa parts, particularly con- cerning Sooloo. ](t ought, peHiaps, to be observed, that during the i>iegc of Madras, tlie first collection of the South Sea Voyages was made by Mr. Dalrymple, as it shews buw little influence that siege had on people's minds at the time ; not that this was the p\;ciliar situation of his mind, but it was the sense that pervaded wiiii almost eVery body, even the Black people^ who were unconnected with martial affairs; this the two following instances will coiifum. The Shaff bury Indiaman being a very bad sailer, and consequently retardinf! the fleet that was bringing the troops to the relief of Madras ; the sick wt-re put on hoard ofTCe^inii, and tliHt ship was left to make the best of her way by liersL-It', no idea being entertained that this ship could reach Madras before the (leet ; however, by accidental winds it so happened. There was then in Madras ruad, the Ilaerlem, a 50 gun ship, which the French hnd taken from the Dutch, though then at peace, and a French frigate. Mr. DuIrytiipU* wiis s^nl off in a Massoolah, whicii is the boat rowed by Black people, used for passing tiie snrf at Madras, with orders to the Shaftsbury,then coming into the road : when he got on board, the French frigate came to attack her ; upon this the boat's crew, instead of endeavouring to get away, which they might easily have dune, came on board the Shaftsburyi^ and asked Mr. Dalrymple if they should go to the guns ; the frigate fired a broadside, wliich being returned by the Shuflsbury, inc frigate fired a fevr guns more, and sheered off. Some otiier boat people, early in the siege, were sent to carry the ladies from Madras to Sadras, a Dutch fort a few miles to the southward ; when the boats reached Sadras, they found tlie French had seized the Dutch fort. Tlie French loaded the boats witli shot, &c. for the assailants at Madras, putting a ""ew French men into the boats, to take care of the ammunition. The boatmen •.vore unarmod, but UJpJ' coiicerted togeilicr, and look an opportunity of sel?;i'^ I THE LATE ALEXANDER DALHYMPLE, 1 SQ. 185 of tlie gmcnt^ r a gold in thfli of our , thai and a .ir their good services. These little incidents shew the temper and dispoiiition prevnihiig at that period, whea uur guod fitith wus as cons|'cuous in India as our courage. >. i^&\). Cproii, Vol. XXXV. I) fi I I I ili 111! 1 186 SATAt BI06IIAPMY. iprevious to th« embarkation of Mr. DalrympIC) the GoTcmor presented him, without any prior intimation, with an instrument, Assigning to him whatever profits might accrue from the threes fourths coDcern ; thus evincing his friendship for Mr. Dalrymple, and his own disinterestedness, in the undertaking he had Mnctioned. Mr. Dalrymple proceeded in the Winchelsca as far as the Strait of Malacca, which was there joi led by the Cuddalore, Captain George Baker, she having been despatched thither a few days before the Winchelsea. On the 3d of June, Mr. Dalrymple em- barked on bo"ird the Cuddalore, in the Strait of Sincapore. Mr. Dalrymple having never published any connected journal of this voyage, we shall confute our notice of it to his transactions at Sooloo, we believe then first visited by the English, which were the chief result of his voyage. The government of Sooloo is by the Sultan, and a national council, in which the nobility and orankies, or commons, meet to deliberate ; but the authority is vested in three officers of hereditary succession ; viz. the Sultan,^ Dato Bandahara, who represents the nobility, and Oranky Mallick, the popular representative, and all matters uf government are determined by the concurrence of two of the States, of which the people must be one. Under sanction of a treaty made with the Sultan, Mr. Dalrymple entered into a contract with the principal persons of the country, the obligation of which on his part was, that a cargo should be brought on account of the East India Company, and on theirs, that it should be received at 100 per cent, profit, and a cargo pro- vided which should yield at China a profit of another 100 per cent. At the head of this contract, on the part of the Indians, Mas Dato Bandaraha,* a man greatly esteemed by his dependants, and powerful by their number, and his influence with the nobility. * The person then filling the hereditary office of Bandahara, was a? conspi- cuous for Ihe probity and eialted justice of his character, as by his diMinguislicd rank, of which, whilst Mr. Dalrymple was at Soulou in 1761, an occasiun occurred for Bandahara to exert ; there were at this time two Chinese junks in Suoloo Road. In the cargo of one of them tiie Sultan had an interest ; the other belonged entirely to Chinese merchants, of Anioy. The Sultan, who was very avaricious, in hopes of getting money from the Chinese, or thinking;, perhaps, that it would be more advantageous for the sale of the cargo in which he was coaccvued, laid aa finbargu on the ot4i«r junk ; Bandahara and Oruuky Mallick THE LATE ALEXANDEU DALRYMFLE, ESQ. 187 rernor iment, I three- rmple, |e had Strait )aptajn |w days >le em. As security to Mr. Dalrymple, the Bandahara made every one, whether of the nobility or people, who chose to participate in the cargo, sign an instrument, specifying to what amount they engaged to deliver goods in return. The rates of the goods to be delivered in return was scttleil, and they bound themselves to make up any deficiency there might be of 100 per cent, average profit in China, claiming for themselves any surplus that might arise above 100 per cent. Having concluded this promising negociatior, Mr. Dalryrople. returned to Madras on the 28th of January, 1762. He imme- diately laid a statement of his proceedings before the Company's administration, which were of course approved ; and en the 2d of March following, Mr. Dalrymple was commissioned to provide the cargo with all possible expedition. The prospect of such certain profits induced a desire in many individuals to undertake the voyage as a private adventure; but the representation of Mr. Dalrymple to Governor PIgot, that as the expences hitherto had been the Company's, whatever profit might accrue should be thcir's also, prevailed as a reasonable and valid objection against them. Mr. Dalrymple's own expences in the voyage amounted to 612/. which were repaid him by the Governor and Council, and the expences of the Cuddalorc for provisions, wages, repairs, &c. in a voyage of three years, did not amount to more than 4000/. The cargo being completed, it was arranged for the Hoyal George, Captain Skottowe, to proceed with Mr. Dalrymple to Sooloo, with part of the cargo, and an Indiaman to follow with the remainder. But, in consequence of Mr. Dalrymple's recom- mendation, the London packet, just then arrived from England, was substituted, as being less expensive to the Company, and interfering less with other arrangements, the iloyal George being remon&trited witli the Sultan on the impropriet3' of iliis behaviour tu inercliaiits. but without ellect ; upun which Bandahara, and Oranky Mullick, with Panglecma AlilahRm, a pc't-cnn of a military order, consonant to antienl knightiioud, went on board thu Cliina junk, in whicli Ihu Sultan had an interoiit, and brought lier rudder on shore ; inforniing the Saltan, that iliey wcnild detain the one, if he obstructed tlic departure of the otiur ; tins well-timed inlerlcrfiice had its due eiTect, and both juuki proceeded without furlhcriuuleiitdtion, uu their vuyagci home. ii|t! i 18^ NATAL BlOCttAniY. ^ranted to carry back to Bencoolen the Company's servants on that establishment, who had been made prisoners by the French. The London was, accordingly, on the 10th of May, 1762, appointed to convey the cargo to Sooloo, and fifteen military coffreys wore ordered on board , and on the 31st. Mr. Dalrymple "Was, by commission, appointed captain of the London. Advice of this voyage had been sent by the President and Council, in a letter to the Court of Directors, dated 17th April, 1762, in which Mr. Dalrymple was stated as '' a man of capa^ city, integrity, and unwearied application." Of Mr. Dalrymple's project and proceedings, the late Admiral Kcmpenfclt* (then captain to Admiral Pocockf-) writes to that gentleman, in a letter dated on board his Majesty's ship Norfolk, in Madras Road, 1st April, 1762 :— *' The Company have a fair field open to them to estabh'sh their trnde upon an advaiiuigeous fooling ; hut I apprehcritl it will require a nice judpncnt and dextrous inanageniciu to cflect this, in such a manner as not too much to nhuin and raise the jealousy of other European States. It must nut be hy atteuipliii}; to ingross much, but by a moderate and judi* cious choice of what trade they take to themselves, and of the places they establish setlienicnts at. *• 1 find \\c may, if we pioase, have a share ni the spice trade, without interfering wiih those islands tiie Dutch have settleiyciits at, as in the soiith-easi part of tl'.osc seas arc many islands, probably not known to the Dutch, abounding with spices ; sonic of them jnoducing cinnamon equal to that of Ceylon, besides scveinl other couimodities for coinmcrrp. Tlnso discoveries have been made by a young gentleman of this seftleinent (Lai- vyni])lc) ; he is lately returntd here, having been absent amongst these islands three years, in the Cuddalore bcl.ooner, to make discoveries and observations. Mr. Pigot was very l)ripi>y in his choice of this young gtntle- man for f uch a service, as lie is a person of a good education, quick parts and tiilents naturally adapted for such an employ. His observalious have, been far from superficial; he has penetrated deep^ in his inquiries, and directed them to such objects as most concerns the interest of the Coin- ])any to know, lie is now going amongst these islands in the Royal George with a cargo, to coioniencc the e»tnblis!imcnt of a trade v\ hich uiay, in time, prove the source of great profit to the Company. " While this iieiulrnian was out upon this discovery, he was at Manilla, on the island of Lupon ; lie learnt there, by his acquaintance with some * For nu'iaoir and portait of Afiiniral Kempenfell, see 5S. (J. vol. vii. p. COb. t ^iJe jB.d Vol. viii. p. 441. for a portrait and memoir. <:i rut LATE ALCXANDER DALllYlirLE, ESQ.. 189 [rants on Vench. , 1762, military ^alrymple lent and [th April, of capa- Admiral :s to that Norfolk, Iieir trnde uire a nice iiier as not States. It e und judi* places they le, widiout ', as in the own to the un equal to cf. TIhso nent (LaU •ngM tht'se iveries) and inggiiitle- iiick parts itioijb have iiiries, and " the Com- al Gcorct- :h nuiy, in It Manilla, with some i. i». C6b. of the Jesuits, that" they are at present possessed of a fund of 123,000 dol- lars, for prosecuting discoveries, and establishing settlements in those pnj-ts lying t» the southward of the Moluccas; a track that we know nothing more of than that there is land, but whether continent or ialand nt» discoveiics jct have reached far enough to determine." The Governor and Council of Madras, in their instructions to Mr. Dalrymplc, dated 7th of June, 1762, say : — " We do not stipulate any commission to you, for your care and trouble in this voyage, being persuaded that your good and faithful services will meet with a more ample reward from our musters than we think ourselves authorised to promise you : we shall not fail to pive ihem a just informa- tion of your proceedings, and recommend to you a full confidence in (heir generous consideration of your zeai, as the surest way to obtain their favour." From this time the whole interest of Mr. Dalrymple's exertions became the Company's ; even the adventure in the Cuddalore was maf^c over to the Company, and Governor Pigot repaid by them the amount of the outfit. In this instance, however, the docu- ments before us are not sufficiently explicit. We were told, that one-fourth of that concern was made over to Captain Baker, and that the profits of the Governor's three-fourths were formally pre- sented to Mr. Dalrymplc; we find no account of its success — the profits would hardly be made over, and the loss would surely not be accepted. Had the success of this voyage been commensurate with the exertions made to obtain it, there can be little doubt that all partio>i would have been proportionally gratifipd ; but to that success the very first step was adverse in its consequences, and it would aj)poar from what is stated, that a certain ambition, or vanity, or self- gratificafion, had also its share in the motives of Mr. Dalrymplc for recommending the substitution of the London packet for the Royal George, the larger vessel for a smaller ; but in the Royal George Captain Skottowe must have commanded, in the packet Mr. Dalrymple could himself be captain. Another cause of failure was, that the Indiaman which was to follow, not being able to find her way to Sooloo, carried the remainder of the cargo to China, from whence being sent to Manilla, it was thence sent to Sooloo, and imprudently delivered before the former account was settled. To these causes it is; finally to be added, that Mr. Dalrymplc, on his arrival at Sooloo. found many of the 1^ MAVAL BIOGRAMIY. '.i' m principal inhabitants swept off by the small.pox, and the rest dis- persed : the cargo to be received Ihcncc was unprovided, and to add to this, of itself sufiiciciit cause, the honest, conscientious, Bandahara, had died soon after the departure of Mr. Dalrymple the preceding year.* In this unexpected state of affairs, Mr. Dalrymple, instead of that ready and profitable exchange which he was prepared to commence, had new arrangements to propose and accede to; the result was, that one half of the cargo brought in the London should be delivprci' to enable the Suoloos to provide goods for the expected Indiaman. The Indiaman did not arrive — the London was not large enough to receive the goods they had provided — and the necessity of her departure left them no alternative but that of delivering the remaining part of her cargo, as an appeal to the honor of the Sooloos, to make good their engagement to the extent of the present delivery. Thus were the Sooloos in possession of all, to return something. The object of the voyage was not, however, wholly lost; Mr. Dalrymple obtained a grant of the island of Balambangan for the East India Company, and took possession of it on the 23d of January, 1763, in his return to Madras. Mr. Dalrymple's project having thus failed in its first practical adventure, was now to be again considered in a general view, the most easy and most flattering part of all projects, and he was advised by his friends to make a full and formal representation to the Court of Directors, in order to obtain the aid indispensably necessary to the success of any future intercourse with the Eastern Islands: Mr. Dalrymple accordingly determined io proceed to England for that purpose. But the President and Council, rc&ponsible for the expences of * A few (lajs before tlie death of tliis good man, he sent for the Linguist whom Mr. Dulryniple had cnplojred, and who had remained behind at Suoloo, asking if he thouglit the Enghsh would certainly come again. The Linguist declaring that it was not tr be doubted ; Banddhar.i thereupon expressed hit concern, saving, that it would have mad» him very hnppy to have lived to have tten this contract faithfully performed on their part, and the friendship with the Englisli established on a firm footing. The Linguist obseved, that they were nii equally bound. Bandahara replied, that although this was true, all had not the same disposition; and perhaps none else the power of enforcing the due cxec'utir loftheir engagements; but that he was resigned to the Divjnk vVill ( rest dig. and to :ientiuus, alrymplc istead of pared to 3 to ; the London Is for the e London dcd — and ut that of eal to the the extent isession of oily lost; )angan for the 23d of t practical view, the id he was station to ispensably lie Eastern roceed to xpenccs of nguist wlioitt I at Suoloo, riie Linguist xprcssed hit ived to have hip with the hey were all I had not tlie ing the du« 'iVh WiiL I THE XA.TI: ALEXANDER DALRTMPLC} ESQ. 191 the toy age and adventure, perhaps, not willing that Mr. Dal- rymple should leave the affair in such a state of derangement, without some farther exertion for its adjustment, thought proper that he should again visit Sooloo, in his way to China in tha Neptune ludiaman, and from China to embark for England. On the 6th of July, 17G3, Mr. Dalrymple sailed in the Nep- tune, and after a tedious passage, arrived at Sooloo on the 7th of September, which left the ship but twelve days of the time limited for her departure, and which were insufficient to receive all the goods provided i*^ payment of the cargo left by the London. In the meanwhile, many of the gords so provided had been loaded in Chinese junks, the Sooloos hating given up the expectation of anjr ship's arrival. But notwithstanditig Mr. Dalrymple had before his eyes the present disastrous state of his trading concern, he did not lose sight of the means of its future prosecution. On the 19th of September, the day of his departure, he obtained the additional grant for the Company of the north end of Borneo, and south end of Palawan, with the intermediate islands. Mr. Dalrymple had been authorized by the President and Council to enter into a further contract with the natives of Sooloo on the Company's account, upon the assurance of a ship being sent the succeeding year. This contract Mr. Dalrymple did not think proper to make, a<> the old account was still in arrear ; instead, therefore, of a fresh contract, he enjoined the Sooloos to provide the adjustment of the balance, in goods for that ship to receive. The Sooloos were now in the condition of unaccredited mer- chants ; and Mr. Dalrymple conceived it expedient to call at Mf'nilia in his way to China, to acquaint the Company's adminis. tration there with the state of affairs at Sooloo. Here he found the old Sultan of Sooloo, who had fled from the Stpaniards for English protection, and who now urged Mr. Daliywple to return with him to Sooloo, under the notion that his presence would greatly contribute to his restoration j promising liberally in return that every thing that could tend to the advantage of the East India Company should be done. 'J'his liberality of promise in the pre* sent adverse state of affair^ at Sooloo, induced Mr. Dalrymple to desist from his intention of returning to England by way of China. i ii'i ! ' i >'ii \m 192 IfAVAL 0IOORAPIiY< . Orders arrived during Mr. Dalrymple^s stay at Manilla, for the delivery of that place to the Spaniards, and for the short time prr- Tious to its evacuation by the English, Mr. Dalrymplc was requested by the Members of the Council to accept the Govern- ment, the Spaniards having declined any communication with the Government, under the presidency of the Deputy Governor, Mr. Drake, on account of certain imputations against that gentleman. * ' Mr. Dalrymplc conceived it his duty to accept the office, bnt the King's officers refused to acknowledge the appointment, alleging that Mr. Drake hai' abdicated the government, and had not the authority to make it. The Company's agents, therefore, having protested against them, and embarked the Company's treasure, left them responsible for all consequences, and retired to Cavite, on the SOth of March ; on the llth of April, the place was delivered up to the Spaniards, and Mr. Dalrymplc, with the garrison of Manilla, proceeded to Souloo with '!>c old Sultan, iu the London Packet. The transports with the troops having taken their departure for Batuvia, Mr. Dalrymplc, on the 8th of June, 1764, sent the London Packet to Balambangan, in expectation of the ship from Madras, himself remaining in a small galley at Sooloo, being the only European there. The conduct of the old Sultan was consistent vrith his promises, for being restored to his government, Rlr. Dalrymplc received from him, and the principal otficcrs of the State, on the 29tli of June, a grant for the Company, of the northern part of Borneo, from Kecmannecs on the west siJc, to Towson Abai on the north-east. The conduct of the government at Madras was less punctual. Notwithstanding the assurance given to Mr. Dalrymplc in his instructions, that a ship should be sent to lialambangan, no ship arrived. Mr. Dalrymplc proceeded thither in the galley, and planted there many cocoa-nut and fruit-trees ; he then returned to Sooloo, not a little disappointed by this neglect on the part of the Madras Government, which was the more inexplicable, as the Pitt had arrived in January, 17(j4, with the favorable sentiments of the Company, dated 13th May, 17G3, thus expressed: — ''Par. 18. We now direct, if you tiiid a residence at Snoloo is feasible, that Mr. Dal^iiiplc be upiioiiiicd our iieiident there, if Lc tliooac* a. THE LATE ALEXANDER OALUYMPLE, ESQ. 193 1, for tfie time prc- mptc was ; Govern- 1 with the jrOTcrnor, aiiist that )ffice, but )ointment, , and had therefore, company's md retired , the place with tho Sultan, ill [)artnre for , sent the I ship from being the i promises, leived from h of June, nco, from urth-east. i punctual, pic in his 11, no ship alley, and 1 returned the part of >Ic, as the sentiments ) is feasible, : cl)uoac» it. Although there may not be an immediate prospect of any considerable profits by trade, yet, by a residence there, opportunities may be bad of exploring those parts, and striking out some advantages very beneficinl to the Company ; and from what we have observed of Mr. Dalrymple's con- duct in this aiTnir, we make no doubt of his acquitting himself in the said Station fully to our satisfaciou." Being thus left without the mean« of improving the advantages he had obtained, Mr. Dalrymple left Sooloo in the London Packet, aud reached China on the 22d of November. At Canton, Mr. Dalrymple became acquainted with the Com* pany's favorable sentiments of his project, and he was induced to hasten his return to England to obtain a more firm and immediate support in the prosecution of it ; but unfortunately for his expec- tations, Mr. Sullivan, under whose ascendancy in the Direction the favorable opinion of Mr. Dairy m pie's proceedings had been stated to the government at Madras, was no longer in the adminis- tration of the Company's aiTairs, and his successors viewed the plan with less ardent expectation of advantage from it. Whether Mr. Dalrymple did at that time folly state to the Company the advantages which an intercourse with the Eastern Islands would produce, docs not appear, although it is more than probable that he did, for on what other ground could he per* sonally solicit the aid of the Company ; he, however, in the year 1769, printed, and, in 1771, published them, in a pamphlet, entitled, " A Plan for extending the Commerce,^^ Sec. Wt' iire now arrived at (hat period of Mr. Dulrymple's life, when the appointment was lir^t talked of which more especially entitles him to a place in our Ciiuonicle, that of Hydrogra})her to the Admiralty, an office then first proposed, and as we learn in the following way : — Mr. Dalrymple had agreed to accompany his friend, the Hon. Thomas Howe, to the Downs, on board the Nottingham Indiaman, of which he had got the qommand after the loss of the Winchclsea in Bengal River. In the passage from Gravesend, Lord Howe accompanied his brother and Mr, Dalrymple; and it being observed in conversation, what a loss and shame it was, that there should be no Hydrographici} Oificc established in this country, Mr. Howe asked Mr. Dalryni. pie if he should like such an otTue. Mr. Dalrymple replied, if hf /?9at?. (■ .-it NAVAL BIUCIlAl'liy* did not go back to India, he should like it very much. Some time after, Lord Howe called on Mr. Dalrymple, who happened to be from home ; but meeting in i!io street a few days after, Lord Howe informed Mr. Dalrymple, lliul in consequenci: of what had passed with his brothvr, he had urged Lord Egmont to estabiiijh such an office, and liad informed his Lordship that there was a very proper person in his eye, whom he would name if such an establishment took place. Lord Howe said he had called on Mr. Dalrymple to say that Lord Egmont had recently informed bim his Majesty had been pleased to approve of the oifice, and promised to assign 500/. per annum for that purpose. Tho appointment, however, was destined for a more distant day. There seems to have been a little cross.dealing on the occasion. It was evidently the intention of Lord Howe, that Mr. Dalrymple sl ould be the person appointed, that gentleman having mentioned the affair to a person in the royal navy, he immediately applied to Lord Egmont, and obtained his Lordship's promise in his own behalf.* Mr. Dalrymple having communicated to Earl Shclburne, then Secretary of State, his collection of South Sea Voyages, when it was proposed to send persons to observe the Transit of Venus, in 1769, he was thought of as a proper person to be employed on that service, c".d for prosecuting discoveries in that quarter. Mr. Dalrymple accordingly accompanied the Surveyor of the • Whether lliis was the cause of opposition, and a consrquciit postponement of the oflice, dues not appear; hut the following anecdote may tend to prove that Mr. Dalrymple might not be equally an object of patronage with Lord Egmont and Lord Howe :— Manilla being captured by the English in 1762, Captain Kem- pcnfelt brought home the adniirnl's despatches of that event. The Enrl of Egmont, who then presided at the Admiralty', was intent on prosecuting disco- veries in the South Seas, and applied to Cuptuin Kempenfelt for information on the subject : that gulidut olTiccr, with the liberality so distinguishable in his ciia- racter, iuslrad of recommending himself to the attention of the First Lord of the Admiralty, by the informution he had received from ftlr. Dalrymple, without any jrcsurve or confidential coiiiinuaicutioii, but merely in conversation, told the -Earl of Egmont, that all he knew on the subject he liad learned from a gcntie- nian, wlio wasexpvcted liome, ofTcring to introduce him to his Lordship when he 'arrived. The Earl of Egmont desired him to do so; and Captain KempcnMt : called on Mr. Dalrymple, after his return to England, ond informed' him of>tiie ^arl of Egmont's desire to see him, with an offer to introduce him;, }vh\ci\ ilr. Dalrymple declined, as his friend Lord (then Sir George) Pigot and the Earl «/■ Bgtnonl vere at Variolice. ,jl).>,'(! ag!' cle sh( the pc'i vlt lot bi( wal THU LATE ALBXAXDER DALRYMPLE) ESQ. 105 cll. SORTC ) happened days after, cc of what i^ginont to that there atne if such (1 called on y informed office, and jose. Tho listant day. c occasion. . Dalryrople ; mentioned ttely applied c in his own burnc, then ges, when i|^ of Venus, in v :m ployed on hat quarter, eyor of the tnstponemcnt of id to prove that 1 Lord Eginunt ;, Captaiii Kem- :. The Earl of >secutiM<' cliiico- information on iab!e in his cli^- 'irst Lord of the r^'mple, without ritation, tt)ld the d from a gcntle- ordtliip when tie tain Keinpcn^eit Tiued' iilin of^tiie ice him;.,,w^i^i {ot and the Earl Navy to ctaminc two vessels which were thought fit for the pur- pose, and by his judgment one was puichascd. But the command of her was destined to other authority. Admiral Ilawke, then At the head of the Admiralty, was persuaded that ho would be liable to parliamentary impeachment if he employed any but a naval officer, and the objection of Mr. Dalrymple to undertake the Toynge in any other capacity than as chief, being insur- mountable, tho en<;.igoment on his part was decidedly termiiiated. Arrangements wt-ro proposed that the officer should be enjoined $0 receivf in->tr>ic>ioiis from him, and his promotion was to depend on his o! t L (A 10 i: !-J 81 F 9ll 1 I, 1 D 1 i -f. / iloo «•;»; NATAL BIOGIIAPIIV. site course of administration would liavc insured the stability of the Settlement, at a cost less than the amuunt paid for port charges at Canton, for two years. The judgment of every projector is naturally biassed by his sanguine expectations of .<no the latter o's under- the pursuit a profitable rce of the lan gainful tion of his to the due d accuracy, to publish part of the it the India ; Indiiiroan, French, lad led him ^d his claim cnt of Lord rge, he was 1 to make a ras Council Irymple, in uested to be ith, and he nominated returned to ^as ordered ir conduct the 8th of THE LATE il^EXANDSR DAtRTMPLE, ES«. 107 April, 1779} he was appointed Ilydrographer to the East India Company, with a condition that it should not invalidate his pre- tensions at Madras. ' Mr. Dalrymple's appointment as Ilydrographer, was not con. fu-mtid until the 19th of July, on which day, in a letter to the Court, he stated his expectation, that should it be his wish to return to Madras, they would appoint him — the letter was ordered to lie on the table. Whether Mr. Dalrymple had any intentions to return at some future time to Madras, or whether this stipulation was nothing more than a wary policy, to commute his interest there for com- pensation at home, in 1784, when the India Bill was brought into Parliament, Mr. Dalrymple, in consequence of a clause pre- cluding the Company from sending persons back to India who had been a certain time in England, represented its annulling tendency in respc(;t to the reserved condition of his acceptance of the Ilydrographical appointment. A clause was accordingly inserted, precluding that measure, unless with the concurrence of three, fourths of the Directors, and three-fourths of the Proprietors. This was, however, not satisfactory to Mr. Dalrymple, who con- ceived it to be putting him on the footing of a delinquent. The candour aod liberality of General Courts were urged against hit objections, and as suflicient to remove all doubts of consent, should it ever be his wish to return to Madras. But Mr. Dal. rymplo was not inclined to have his matter of right transmuted into a matter of favor, and replied, that however safe he might be in the justice of the Court, as it would be a high station that would induce him to advance his claim, the object might be of sufBcient magnitude to excite high interest against him, and he should be borne down by numbers. It was then intimated, that on an application from the Court of Directors, the minister would consent to an exception in his favor; but when, on the 27th of July, Mr. Dalrymple addressed the Court of Directors to make the application, it was resolved not to make it, as the clause of exception was thought to have sufficiently provided for any claim he might have. A notion prevailed at the time, that alliiough this was the avowed reason, another motive for ri^fusul was, that such an exception, if granted, would be in cUect an appoiDta)cnt by act of Parliament. It is evident. lUB NAVAL DIOORAPUT. hbn'crer, that the Court of Directors wished the affair to remain a matter of favor raihcc than of right, while Mr. Dali^ymple thought his claim could not be rendered too positive. 'I'hc clahn certainly stood recognized by the resolution, but Mr. Dulrymple, to givu it publicity, petitioned the House of Commons, the House- of Peers, and the Sovereign. "•'•' The time at length arrived when the value of the claim vrai UH, and (hu claim asserted. The employment of Ilydrographer, whether as more congenial uith his inclination or genius, or con- sidered as more profitable than an inferior station at Madras, had' been hitherto preferred ; but on Mr. llussel, his senior in the' Company's service, returning to England, from whom he learned- that it was intended to re-establish the government in a civil 8er«- vant, Mr. Dalrymplo applied to the Court of Directors for that' appointment. It is not an easiy matter to wrest favors from the* hjuids of those who arc to confer them- «r is it always the best policy to insist with superiors, to the fui id of ttii ich office of rocks, no niorK ninriti/iie what Qit he good has6r to oo often lourisJi • t geniiia Under the direction and superintendence of Mr. Dalrymple, the purposes of the institution were fully effected, to the extent of the plan laid down. Many plates wer« cngrarcd towards forming a complete collection of charts for the use of the royal navy ; and several memorials were presented by him, suggesting measures of improvement and expediency. But whether by liis public zeal he gave any private disgust, or by private reprehension drew on him- self, either true or false, charges of public consequence; whatever may have been the cause, Mr. Dalrymple was, on the 28th of May, 1808, dismissed from his situation as Hydrographer to the British Navy, and on the 19th of June died broken hearted; at least, in the opinion of his medical attendant, the vexation of his dismissal was the cause of his death. Mr. Dalrymple was in the 71st year of his age at th?* ^imc of Lis death. In addition to the faint outlines we have given of his active life^ ■we subjoin the following catalogue of books and tracts, written by Mr. Dalrymple, exclusive of his nautical publications, extracted from that deservedly popular periodical Miscellany, tlio Euro- JPEAN Magazine, in which a comprehensive memoir of Mr. Dal- rymple was published, October 180'J, and to whijh, by the kind permission of thu proprietor, Mr. ^jpi^unk, we have been princi- pally indebted, in :ae draft of our own. Catalogue of print edBiohs and Tracts, hy the /m^cAlexanderDalrymI'LE. Those marked * were never published . Thti>e marked f m^t sold. (1.) Account of Discovtries in the South Paeific Ocean before 1764. 8vo. 1767. (2.) t Memorial to the Pniprietors of East India Stock. 8vq. 1763. (3) + Account of wliat has passed between the East India Directors and Alcxantier Diiirj-mpie, as first printed. 8vo. 1763. (4) Account of wliat lias passed— Do. — Do.— as puhlislicd. Bvq, N.B. It is dated 1769, by a ridiculous custom of printers, to date publica- tions, printed towards tlie close of the year, as if in che year ensnin-^. (5) Plan for extending; the O/muierce of this Kingdom, and of the East India Company, by an Establishment at BalambangHn — N.B. Altlioug^t printed in 1769, it wa' lot published till 1771. ■■'■=' (6) • Letter concerning the pro^ftsed Supervisors. 20ih June; 1769. 8vo. (7) Letter concerning the proposed Supervisors. SUih June. 1^S• 3d July, 1769. 4to. 17D 14 202 KAVAL BIO(^rv.VPIlSr. (8) SecondLetter— Do,— 10th July, 1769. 4lo. 1700. (9) Vox Populi Vox Dei, Lord Weymouth's Appeal to the Gctier*> Court of India Proprietors, considered, 1 Ith August. ?.S. 19th Augustt, 1769. 4to. i7ea. (10) Historical Collection of South Sea Voyages. 2 vols. 4to. 1770. 4to. 1771. (11) + Proposition of a benevolent Voyage to introduce Corn,&c. into New Zealand, &c. 4to. 1771. (12) Considerations on a Pamphlet (by Governor Johnstone), entitled, " Thoughts on our Acquisitions in tiie East Indies, particularly respecting Bengal." 8vo. 1772. (13) General View of the East India Company's Affairs (written in January, 1769), to which are added some Observations on the present State of the Company's Affairs. 8vo. 1772. (14) t A Paper concerning the General Government for India. 8vo. (15) t R'ij^lits of the East India Company.— N.B. This was printed at the Company's expense. 8vo. 1773. (16) Letter to Dr. Hawkesworth. 4to. 1773. (17) * Observations on Dr. Ilawkesworth's Preface to 2d edition. 4to. 1773. An Opinion of Sir David Dalrymple, that there was too much aspe- rity in this Reply, retarded, and the death of Dr. IIawkes>woith, prevented the Publication. (18) t Memorial of Doctor Juan Louis Arias (in Spanish). 4to. 1773. (19) + Proposition for printing, by subscription, the MS. Voyagts aud Travels in the British JMuseum. 4to. 1773. (20) A full and clear Proof that the Spaniards have no right to Balam^ bangan. 8vo. 1774. (21) An Historical Relation of the several Expeditions, from Fort Marlbro' to the Islands off the West Coast of Sumatra. 4to. 1775. (22) Collection of Voyages, chiefly in the South Atlantic Ocean, from the original MSS. by Dr. Halley, M. Bouvct, &c. with a Preface concerning a Voyage on Discovery, proposed to be undertaken by Alexander Dal- rymple at his own Expense ; Letters to Lord Noith on the Subject, and Plan of a Republican Colony. 4to. 1775. (23) t Copies of Papers relative to the Restoration of the King of Tan- jour, the Tmpiisonment of Lord Pigot, &c. Printed by the East India Com- pany, fur the use of the Proprietors. 4to. 1777.— N.B. In this Collection are many Minutes of Council, and some Letters by Alexande dalrymple. (24) t (rivcral other pieces on tlit same Subject, written by Alexander Dalrymple, were printed by Admiral Pigot and Alexander Dalrymple, but not sold ; those particularly by Alexander Dalrymple are 4to. 1777, (25) Notes on Lord Pigot's Narrative. (26) Letter to Proprietors of East India Stock. 8th May, 1777. (27) Account of the Transactions concerning the Revolt at Madras. SOth April, 17/7. Appfpdix. (23) Letter to the Court of Directors. 19th Junr^ 1777.— Memorial— I'Jth June, 1777. Bt. Di tio an yi THE LJLTE ALEXANDER DALRYMPLE, ESQ. 20S tiie Gciiertt 19cli AugUit, 4to. 1770, 'orn, &c. into lie), entitled, ■ly respecting s (written mi present State rndia. 8vo. as printed at edition. 4to* > mucli nspe- h, prevented 4to. 1773. ^''o>agts and It to Balam- from Foft 1775. )ceaii, from concerning anrier Dal. ubject, and ingofTan- iidia Com- i Collection ")alryniple. Alexander ymple, but 1777. 77. ■t Madras. Icmorial— (29) + Account of the Subversion of the Legal Government of FOTt ^t. George, in Answer to Mr. Andrew Stuart's Letter to the Court of Directors. 4to. 1778. (30) Journal of the Grenville, published in the Philosophical Transac- tions. 4to. J778. (31) Considerations on the present State of Affairs between England and America. 8vo. 1778. (32) Considerations on the East India Bill, 17G9. 8vo. 1778. (33) State of the East India Company, and Sketch of an equitable Agreement. 8vo. 1780. (34) Account of tiie Loss of the Grosvenor. 8vo. 1783= (35) lieflections on the present State of the East India Company. 8vo. 178S. (26) A Short Account of the Gentoo Mode of collecting the Revenues on the Const of Cororaandel. 8vo. 1783. (37) A Retrospective View of the Antient System of the East India Company, with a Plan of Regulation. 8vo. 1784. (38) Postscript to Mr. Dalrymple's Account of tiie Gentoo mode of collecting the Revenues on the Coast of Coromandel; being,— Observations made on a Perusal of it by Moodoo Kistna. 8vo. 1785. (39) Extracts from Juvenilia, or Poems by George Wither. 24mo. 1785. (40) Fair State of the Case, between the East India Company and the Owners of Ships now in their Service, to which •are added — Considerations on Mr.Brough's Pamphlet, concerning East India Shipping. 8vo. 1786, (41) A serious Admonition to tlic Public, on the intended Thief Colony at Botany Bay, printed for Sewell, Cornhill. (42) Review of the Contest concerning Four New Regiments, gra- ciously offered by his Majesty to be sent to India, &c. 8vo. 1788. (43) * Plan for promoting tl e Fur Trade, and securing it to this Country, by uniting the Operations of the East India and Hudson's Bay Companies. 4to. 1789. (44) * Memoir of a Map of the Lands around the North Pole. 4to. 1789. (45) An Historical Journal of the Expeditions by Sea and Land, to the North of California, in 1768, 1769, and 1770, when Spanish Establish- ments were first made at San Diego and Monterey, translated from the Spanish MS. by William Revely, Esq. to which is added— Translation of Cabrera Bueno's Description of the Coast of California, and an Extract from the MS. Journal of M. Sauvague le Muet, 1714. 4to, 1790. (46) A Letter to a Friend on the Test Act. 8vo. 1790 (47) The Spanish Pretensions fairly discussed- 8vo. 1790. (48) The Spanish Memorial of 4th June considered. 8vo. 1T90. (49) + Plan for the Publication of a Repertory of Oriental Information. 4to. 1790. (50) * Memorial of Alexander Dalrymple. 8vo. 1791. (51) Parliamentary Reform, as it is called, improper, in the prespii^ State of this Country. 8vo. 1793, 504 WAUTICAI. ANECOOtES AND SELECTIOKS. (52) '^iT. Fox's Letter to his Worthy nnd Independent Electors of West- minster, fully considered. . 8vo. 1793. Printed for Stockdale, Pic« cadilly. (53) + Observations on the Copper Coinage wanted for the Circuri. Printed for the use of the East India Company. 8vo. 1794. (54) Tlie Poor Man's Friend, 8vo. 1795. (55) A Collection of ^^nglisli Songs, with an Appendix of Original Pieces. 8vo. 1796. (56) • A Fragment on the India Trade, written in 1791. 8vo. 1797. (57) Thoughts of an old Man of independent Mind, though dependent Fortune. Bvo. 1800. Printed for lieynolds, Oxford-street, (58) Oriental Repertory, Vol. 1st. 4lo, Aprd 1791 to January 1793, (59) Oriental Repertory. Vol. 2d. 4to. (not completed.) N.B. There arc some other pieces printed by Mr. Dalryraple, which from want of a copy to refer to, cannot be particularised j especially a Tieatise of Practical Navigation. NAUTICAL ANECDOTES AND SELECTIONS. I ' nrvENUE cvTTEns. • Hfi'urn to an order of the House of Commons, dated Feb. 20, for a copy of the Treasuri/ Minutes, or Correspondence between the Treasury and the . Revenue Boards, relating to the Revenue Cutters, since Jan, 1, 1815. No. I. — Copy of Treasury Minute, of Feb. 2, 1815. MY Lords read the several reports from the Commissions of Customs and Excise, stating the ^reat increase of smuggling, and suggesting further measgrcs for its suppression ; also the account of the annual ex- pense incurred in maintaining the revenue cruisers and preventive boats, together with the statement of seizures made by them up to the latest periods, and various other papers. My Lords also particularly advert to the correspondence of the revenue boards in the years 1808 and 1809, when the system of inspection nowr iij force was established under their lordships' authority, for the better controul of the officers employed under the commissioners of customs and cxcis-e, for ihe prevention of smuggling by water. LTpon a careful consideration of these documents, my lords ca« fEntertnin no doubt that this system has proved, to a certain extent, bene- ficial in checking those limited attempts at illicit traffic, which have been made during the latter years of the war. My lords have, however, suf- ficient evidence before tliem of tlie increase of this extensive evil, and of the immediate necessity fur the adoption of oilier measures, to protect tho legal commerce and realise the fair revenues of the country. This neces. tity is the more urgent, because, in addition to tbe enormous increase, ond the mure dating character of the smugglers let loose by the termiuition of »>" I • tors of West- >ckdule, Pic* the Circar$. i of Original 8io. 1797. i;li dependent anuary 1793, •) ymple, which ; especially a noNs. 'or a cony of isurjf and the 1, 1815. >. iof Customs d suggesting le annual ez- cntive boats, to the latest rly advert to i and 1809, i under their )loyed under of smuggling my lords caii xtent, bene- 1 have been lowever, suf- '• evil, and of ) protect the This neces. ncrease, and rmibition of