FOOTNOTES:

[69] I have not complete evidence of this fact.

[70] This chiefly alludes to the officers of the corps.

[71] This was afterwards discovered to be a forgery.

[72] I mean not in two or three weeks.

[73] Taylor is an excellent steady officer, has great weight with the regiment, (particularly the men); and though he signed some papers, is, I feel satisfied, true to his country and the Government.

[74] There are two distinct measures now in progress; one, an appeal to Bengal; and the other, a plan to obtain, by operation of a combined nature, if they cannot by remonstrance, the repeal of the orders of the 1st of May.

[75] I sent Colonel Barclay a copy of my speech to the regiment on the 15th of July; and yet I am accused by the Government of Fort St. George of not making this communication.