In view of the losses he had sustained, Sumbhajee Angria now tried to patch up a peace with Bombay.  In order to test his sincerity, he was required, as a preliminary step, to restore the English prisoners he held.  Just then he scored a success against the Portuguese, from whom he captured two fine grabs and a convoy; so the negotiation came to a standstill.  But his fortunes were declining, his people were leaving his service, while Mannajee, protected by the Peishwa and the English, was increasing in power; so he again addressed the Bombay Governor, in a letter beginning ‘For thirty years we have been at war.’  But it was soon discovered that his object was to have his hands free to attack Mannajee, and his overtures came to nothing.  In May, 1743, he captured the Bombay ketch Salamander, off Colaba, but before it could be carried off it was rescued by some of Mannajee’s ships from Chaul, and restored to Bombay.  Very shortly afterwards, Sumbhajee died, and was succeeded by his half-brother, Toolajee.  The reputation of the English in Bombay was now so good, that a quarrel between Mannajee and the Peishwa was referred to them for arbitration.

The predatory policy of the Angrian family did not suffer in the hands of Toolajee.  Within a few weeks of Sumbhajee’s death, his squadron fought a prolonged action with the Warwick and Montagu, East Indiamen, and carried off five small vessels sailing under their convoy.  Commodore Hough in the Restoration, together with the Bombay grab, was at once sent down the coast, and found seven Angrian grabs with a number of gallivats, which he forced to take shelter under the guns of Severndroog.  A year later, the Princess Augusta from Bencoolen was captured by Toolajee, and taken into Gheriah.  After plundering it, Toolajee found it was too poor a sailer to be of use to him, so he allowed the Bombay Council to redeem it for Rs.8000.

Meanwhile, war with France had broken out, and the capture of Madras by La Bourdonnais dealt a severe blow to English prestige.  The restless Mannajee began stopping and plundering small native craft belonging to Bombay, with the intention, no doubt, of flying at higher game in time.  Reprisals were at once ordered, and a vessel of Mannajee’s was captured.  This brought him to reason, and the vessel was released on his signing a bond to make good the losses he had caused.  The loss of Madras was telling against the English, everywhere.  In Bengal the Mahrattas seized the Cossimbazaar flotilla bound for Calcutta, valued at four lakhs of rupees.  Mannajee still continued to be troublesome, till the Seedee, taking advantage of the situation, attacked and captured Thull, which kept him quiet for a time.