I am sorry that circumstances exist to subject me to be condemned
unheard for a time. I hope Government will not decide upon your report
until I have an opportunity of defending myself; which, according to
your letter, I must look for from the Adjutant-General of the army.
Until I received your letter this day, I never knew for what words or
actions of mine an apology was required; or I most solemnly deny ever
having given any opinion, in any way, regarding the Nizam's detachment
and its officers, that night, or at any other time, in your presence.
(Signed) G. G. MAITLAND,
Lieutenant of the Madras European
Regiment.
Masulipatam,
24th May, 1809.
No. XI.
_Copy of a Letter from the Officers of the Madras European Regiment
to the Adjutant-General of the Army._