The capture of his grabs had brought him to reason.

He laid all the blame for recent hostilities on the General of the North, and a peaceful accommodation was come to with the Council, Matthews being disregarded.
In spite of Matthews' failure to destroy the Madagascar pirates, the presence of his squadron in Indian waters impelled them to seek safety in the West Indies, and henceforward they ceased to be dangerous to the trade-ships of India.

The Madagascar settlements lingered on till they died a natural death.

Angria, too, had been tamed by the slaying of his commodore and the capture of his ships.

For years the sea-borne trade of Bombay had not been so little subject to molestation as it was for the next three or four years.
Matthews had sent home two of his ships, remaining, himself, to do another year's trading, during which he lost no opportunity of worrying and insulting the Company's officers.