Records of Fort St. George Letters to Fort St. George 1740

Hon'ble sir and sirs We receiv'd this morning the honour of your letter of the 22d of August new stile on the subject of the four deserters of your garrison lately come hither ancl of the murder they were suspected to have committed and have heard with atten. [...] This serves purposely to acknowledge the receipt of youriiluplicate of your letter of the 10th April with the accompanying packet for the President and Council of Bombay which we forwarded the next day. [...] About this time that is abouT the May a greet many brass fellows who are of the Left-hand castrais'd fresh 'disturbances at Cuddalore by entering in a riotous manner into the pandall end house of one Arnacharmn of the Right-hand cast (the passing through which pandall by the loeft-hand cast was one of the 1st causes of the differences between the casts) in which tumult the wife of Arnachalum lo [...] Thus I have laid before you the steps that I have thought necessary to take to put an end to the disturbances occasion'd by a difference between the casts and Vencatatchalum and ethers deserting the bounds and have also represented some of the insolent actions Vencatatchalum has committed of late by abusittig beating detaining and robbing our inhabitants and leave it to your consideration what [...] came out of the house into the pandall whose father immediately fetch'd him in again and that he this informant went in with him and that he put his son up in a roam ; a.little after which Vide Lingo came into the house to them and was followd by many of the bilass fellows who laid hold on the said Vide Lingo and laia!t him ; presently after which they went out of the house into the pandall;