‘Mirrors consigned for the King of Persia – Conduct of Lt. Maillard, Commander of the Company’s Cruizer Thetis in having thrown 35 cases overboard in consequence of the ship’s having sprung a leak on her passage from Bombay to Bushire, has been approved by a Court of Enquiry’
‘Mirrors consigned for the King of Persia – Conduct of Lt. Maillard, Commander of the Company’s Cruizer Thetis in having thrown 35 cases overboard in consequence of the ship’s having sprung a leak on her passage from Bombay to Bushire, has been approved by a Court of Enquiry’
‘Mirrors consigned for the King of Persia – Conduct of Lt. Maillard, Commander of the Company’s Cruizer Thetis in having thrown 35 cases overboard in consequence of the ship’s having sprung a leak on her passage from Bombay to Bushire, has been approved by a Court of Enquiry’
Date:
1814/1817
Description:
Abstract: This item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai].The item relates to an incident in which thirty-five cases containing mirrors for the Shah of Persia [Iran], while being transported on the
Thetisfrom Bombay to Bushire, were thrown overboard when the ship sprang a leak. It includes details regarding the request for and consignment of the mirrors; the findings of an initial investigation into their loss carried out by Henry Meriton, Superintendent of Marine; and the proceedings of a subsequent Court of Inquiry into the conduct of Lieutenant Charles James Maillard, Commander of the
Thetis.The title page (f 121) of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 5, 1819/20, Draft 100’ and ‘Examiner’s Office July 1818’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 121, and terminates at 154, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.