No. II.
Copy of a Letter addressed to Lieutenant Nixon,
Adjutant of the Madras European Regiment.
Dear Sir,
I previously intimated to you, and some of the other officers of the corps, that I would not report what passed on the 7th instant at the mess officially. That I mentioned the circumstances privately, I acknowledge, knowing that if I omitted to do so, other accounts would soon reach Madras. I have now stated the circumstances officially to head-quarters.
Yours truly,
(Signed) J. INNES, M. E. Regt.
Masulipatam,
24th May, 1809.