My Lords, we have read to you a letter in which the Court of Directors have described the disorders of their service, the utter ruin of it, the corruption that prevailed in it, and the destruction of the country by it.
Burke references a letter detailing the corruption and ruin caused by the service, emphasizing the severity of the situation.
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