addressed by Mr. Dundas to the Chairman of the Court of Directors
on the subject of Lord Hobart's pretensions to a mark of the
respect of the Company in the event of a change in the Government
of India.

To whatever situation I may be destined, whether to Madras or
Bengal, the maintenance of Lord Hobart's credit and reputation will
always be a leading object of my wishes; and I trust, before I
leave England, that I shall have the satisfaction of receiving your
advice with respect to the most effectual mode of combining the
accomplishment of that object with ideas, in some degree different
from those which have governed the policy of Lord Hobart's
administration at Madras in more than one material branch of the
public service.

I am, Sir, with great respect and esteem,
Your most faithful and humble servant,
MORNINGTON.

LORD MORNINGTON TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.

Hertford Street, July 19th, 1797.
MY DEAR LORD,

I assure you that I felt no difficulty or delicacy whatever in
communicating your letter to Mr. Pitt as soon as I received it, and
I flatter myself that throughout the whole of the arrangement
relative to India I have never been found deficient in any mark of
regard for my old friend Hobart's interest or honour. Mr. Pitt
authorized me to inform you that he would very soon write both to
you and to Lord Hobart; and to that letter, whenever you receive
it, I must refer you for the detail of facts on which Mr. Pitt is
more competent to afford explanation than I. I must however
declare, in justice both to Pitt and Dundas, that I see nothing in
the conduct of either to justify the least suspicion of any other
than the most cordial sentiments of good-will towards Hobart. I
have said the same thing to Mr. Sullivan, whom you will probably
see, and stated the grounds of my opinion at large. Mr. Pitt does
not appear to admit that Lord Hobart's interests ever have been or
can be made matter of negotiation. He says he has acted in the
whole transaction, and will continue to act, conformably to his
sense of public duty, and his unaltered feelings of friendship for
Lord Hobart, to whom he will not fail to give a full statement of
all his conduct. I believe Mr. Dundas's view of the subject to be
nearly the same; but not being