Letter from Charles Cornwallis, Eye, to John Shore, Baron Teignmouth, 1794 September 7 : autograph manuscript signed.

Saying that he has only just received Shore's letter from January 14th; writing "The death of Scindia [Madhava Rao Sindhia], of which we have received accounts over land, will nearly remove every political difficulty of your Government, and the rectitude of your measures will insure success in all the internal business of the Country;" discussing the violent and unstable situation in France and saying that the French "still carry on the war with a vigor and energy that is scarcely to be conceived, and when one set of Butchers are themselves slaughtered at Paris, the army pays the same deference to their murderers as they had before done to the villains whose heads they have cut off;" saying that the British have had success everywhere, except on the Continent, "where nothing but disgrace has attended us ; but I think our misfortunes there have been more owing to the incapacity and misconduct of our leaders, than to any peculiar merit or good behaviour of the enemy;" commenting further on the cost of the war and the "contemptible" opposition in both houses; adding "I believe I may safely say that nine tenths of the Nation at large are most heartily disposed to support the British Constitution;" discussing the appointment of Jonathan Duncan as Governor of Bombay; saying Henry Dundas informed him of his intention to put Duncan in the position and he supported the idea, "knowing as I did the importance of a good Government in our new acquisitions on the Malabar Coast;" explaining that a group of people in the Court of Directors worked to defeat Dundas's plan, "wishing I suppose to get a Governor who would be more attentive to their private recommendations and jobs, than to the measures that would be most likely to promote and secure the happiness of the individuals and the permanent interests of the Company and of Great Britain;" adding that Dundas has said he will block any such appointments, so Duncan is likely to prevail in the end; referring to the importance of paying "immediate attention to the military establishment of India;" saying he collected all the information he could on the topic before his departure and will be presenting to Parliament his "plan for new-modelling the Indian Army" soon.