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. the Lucia, trort Calcmta. has favoured'
us wfththe followtpj; rommirj -ot intelli
. gence : ';' ' ' V'u"
" The hews of tbfe warln Europe reach
ed Calcutta about the beginifmg of Ds
. cember in confequence of which, a num
ber of lailors were impreffed frqth thjr 7
; merican (hipping, fot "the Britilh Hup
Caroline, captain Page. A greVr-'u
v'ber of Auicricsn feattien hao defcru . ,.ieir
Ihips in the months of September,. tOb
ber'and November, ,and VoJn cred on
board the H m.'Corftbaiiy's fnV e Bom
bay, captair Haycvwhfre, hejliftiilare,
and proUrV vHhevuring :ne war.
v V Th Company had.concloded a peace
tAgf Uh W Mahpt ra,pew.et, .The war Was
-ror bat (hoti duration,', f hough extremely
... 'Obftiiiateoii the paftof the blade prices,
many hard baitlei were fought, in
which the flaughtcrwn both fides was Ve
xy confiderabla. In tne engagement
'-Scindiali, the Mahratta Chief, loft go pfe-'
ces of artillery. A number of European
officers fought under hiv ftartdard his
ioldicfS weie armed and cbihed in a (lyle
fuperior to that of their enemies, and the
Englilh troops found them much better
(killed in war than at any former period. ,
Several able and diftinguiflied Britilh olK.
" Kers fe'l in the courfe of ?he campaign,
By the peace, the Conpany have gaine I,
as ufua), iaHirge acceflion of territory,
befidci feveral Urong fortified towns, and
a good fhare f:plunder. r
" The event of he war feemed todif-
fufe agcoerarjsy among the inhabitants of
Calcutta, boih.wepcanl and natives,
and His .xcellecy the Governor had
.publicly received a congratulatory a'ddrefs
on the fubjcQ, fon-xhe principal inha
bitant! ot ifiefeitlement. About the be
ginning ot March the .palace anJ envt
rons were moll fuperbly illuminated.'
.The names of'" Lake and Wellbslev"
'were exhibited in fire works in various
poftiions, and a fplendid ball at .he Go.
vernmcnt Houfc clofed the 'fefli vines of
the night. An immjene throng, of all
'tions, huei and tQngnes.furrounded the
Plce.tn everr direction.' In (hort,' the
T0UT nblr was grand and fnteref
ting btyond defcripriwn.
" A rupiure between tto1aar, a Mah.
ratta Chief, and the Company was much
expede-t 1 an I it wat aifo yvUC,A it,..
would foon fall into the hands of the
Englilh. On this tubjja, however, no
iiirmife cou'd poffibly be formed from the
iiict't-8 of Calcutta j as not a fyllable
appears in them which has not previoutly
undergone tKanaination by the Chief Se
cretary to government who expunges
fuch articles a he thinks pit per.
' There ha hren a numbir of French
prifoners frm the lfle-of-Franct cruiling
in the Bay of Bengal, feveral of which had
lcn taken by EngIKh cruirers and fent
intoCalciiia. They had be en at Ben
cooten ind dctlrojred a quantity of pepper,
and feveal vcflels in the harbour.
" There had been two embirgoei on
all flipping at Calcutta, and un tic river
Hjlr, in confequence of the failing of
c.Loaipaur'i (hipa tor Europe,,,, .
Particular of tha capture anJ dflruc '
tionc.f Mike, a Maay ftitlrment
oa in: coaft uf Sumatra.
QH the' 13th of April, two large Eng
li'lli flu;ianMlfcrWb"gr"e to anchor
in Mi .ty toiAtt clofc in Dioret They
were wet! annedtr an t bad on board from
5 to 4o3Siboy -U(Joii, commamlcJ by
aSurojMali .!. crs., The eipf'i'n was
hi ltd oM at U:ncoolet. 1 he tNtnman
ifing t'tiKfi iin rtcdiatcl; mido thefolljw
Ing, dematt Ji i
1. That the n!lfl dlfulJ pat 1 00,00
c! tliri for 1 ha ildlrutiion ot a umilar ar
mament by the Ftcnch in i'ulo Hay j near
I'.cncoolen, ab'Mt fit months prtvloui;
hich ar.namcnt wis defined agfinU
Mikcy.
2. Tbitl fecon.1 100,000 dolls. fhouM
be paid for the lofs of a country (hip,
nrar MiV.ry, which the flriiilh alledged
had bem plundered by the M.li)t,
j, Tfy defnandef anothr too,vxi ttt
tv;e pence of the fecord fleet if eo btlore
the tort.
Thf fedcrnjrttli wcre a Mrtlfcd to the
Hief, l)aOo Stbt-lltorif aod olck P.
M. hird for a Hitinillvt tepljr. Te fet.
t'ement was totally tiupie pitcJ for defence.
No canttvn ij titoontid, and there were
n tr'Hpi to df ffr.d it. No anfwer htirg
IMuimJ at iSe ij j'jii.ttd hwur, th Kog.
lifh commenced the; attack by firing Oh
the town, from ail their teflelc. Many
natives were killed,-before a fingle . fhot
was returned. In the night they hove up
banks of 'fond, and planted a few cannon,
n-irilwtroing-efirrtthworneil
the fire, A warm engagement continued
for abootfjit hours. 1 he Englifh Ibft 'a.
boiit twehty tnen The Captain of one
of the briga Was wounded. The firll
(hot from Jhcre killed three men on board
of -one of tlw? fliipi. . finding little could
be 'done br Continuing 'in their veflVIs
5(the EngliA landed the IblUiers andattack-
j. co mo inicuwiunt;iii8. nere mere was a
brave'refiltance, but finally the Viitives'ar
bafndoned fhegroond, fling in all. direc.
into, the, pDJ'inry. Dattoo Sabell.
?. k.the Malay rajart, who bravely detco.
Z thj: placofciwas fuppofetl to bs mortal,
ly wounded. ;VTheng!i(h tnowetrcnc'hr
ed; them'felt'via turn, buil: fore ; affcf "
took pcifcrTion bf the country, and fearing
the natives might poifon all ht ttreams
and wells in that neighbourhood, landed
00 caiks of water 'from the hmi. Thcw
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I deltroyedthe rownof Makey, burning ail
tne nouiestft tfte grotlnd, and plundering
the natives of all the pepper tvhich !uil
been coll eftcii fur the Tea fon: Thequanti
ty is Glared to1 bt equal to five fhip loads.
The American velfcls in'poit took nft part
crn either fide. Afew (hot from rhe Eng
lifh vrffcls paired over them,' but did no
damage. Not having completed tlieir
loading, application was made afierthc
furrenderof the place 1 61 Ik Britilh rifii
dent for -permiffion to puVchafe pepper,
brtfthfc sfhtwer was that it was again.1 hie
inftru(ftions,f:nd rro pepper could be fol
'to foreigners
It w4!i be heTe 'neceflary onlv to male
a 'fingle cbfeYvation to prove that litis Uri
provoked attack has fallen on the Malays,
chiefl; in confluence of the Americans
vi filing their country and pordufing
pepper. Lai year it was publicly repor-ted-oathe
coift, that IbJonR s the Ame
ricans were fuftirred to 'trade among the
natives, ths Eugiifh (hips could get Little
or no pepper, and declaraiions was made
that it would be t.cctflary to take potrelfion
of the native pons, with a vw of ex
xludiitg all foreigners from any panicip.
t ion in the trade.
1th, therefore; prrtv evidcnl that pep
per murt in fiture, be either purchafed
throiieh Encfi h hands ai .i.inht
tiot be had at all at Sumstra, wfii;c the
fcngiilh can ktep pofTcnion. A fpirit of
iniverfal commerce hat feized this peop'c.
Thev wifh to engrofs the who'e traJe of
the Eaft and Weft. Indies, and to fix
bounj to even that ot Eur-'pe and Ameri
"V.A,a comri1TCal peopfe ourfelves,
wiftinj to come in for a fmaM Third at
leafl, of what may be called common
proprrty, we cannot and ought not to
wifh them fuccefsin any fcheme, which
feems to aim at feizing the whole com.
meicc of both hemifphcres.
One of the Englilh bris on her return to
Bencoolen, was fallen in withbf a French
prif a.ccr and fenTTo the I fle-of. France.
from a London pfF.R of itLr 7..
n h 'Verted In 'he Foreign papen that
Rulfians armed againO France, -anJ me
Jida'es an attack againft her on the fide
1 2 meni of an ma,T-nt from
!k 't'C 5" tnd ,hc Co-M'cr4tiu.i of
the Englilh fleet in the Mediterraneam
It is alfo fair! that Ruflia lus alrtady a
conGdcrabjc number of troops h the If.
liftds of ihe Adriatic; and hat fflueJ a
proclatmiion calculated to cultivate the
eftciraofihe people lit ihofe parts where
htr troops may.Bnd fo convenient a rcfl.
Ing place previous to their landing in
Italy .
By the Hamburgh mails which arrived
bnThurfday, were rccei red two letters
Irotn Berlini one nf which dates that the
Cabinet of J'cletfijurgh will certali.ly re
fufe td acknowledge the new Emperor ef
France. It if, however, added, that this
rcfufal will have ho effccl Opoh the other
Courii bf Europe. The fecond letter
informs us, thai the Eleclor of Baden has
entirely fct to reft the difcofllon that was
to take place in the Diet of Ratifhen,
on the fuhjeA of the violation of the ler.
rltoty of tbat Electorate' by the French.
Thm it appears that Bonaparte has in.
folenily dcclired to furnifh any ex plana
tionpfbil conduQin this affair.
On the id inflant, a boat was cbOmd
hr our fquidron to the wtflsrard of Bou
l'.pnc, at a greater dil'anee from the land
than that to which ft filing boat! go in ge
nrral. The fignal being made to chacc,
the Locuft taojeup with l er, and found
'ih her two deferters frorri thffFltnch ar
had taken a lifting boat from
'Portal at ten o'clock the evening 6c
vfore, With a View of joining our fleet then
at anchor in!Bbulogne Bay; but being uh
acu'aint'ed - with the artof-managing a
ooat, and having rowed againft tide ti4..
, me were aiinod'cxnamted, they drifted
to the fituation in which they were found
about three o'clock ih the afternoon. Ac
'cordlhg hi the accounts given by thefe de
fertefs there are one hundred thoufand
men'eiTcampedat Ambjetcdfe, Vimcreur
;nd on the right and left, of Etaplft ; and
' Boulogne thefe are ih the' harbuer and
"Without it one thoufand fl.:t-lvo(tomed
boats, lu?ge)f, bigs and tranfports. 'i
The 25th regiment of light infantry are :
flcampea behind Boulogne, anil perform
o mberfervicje than workthg in the'har;
JXHir ibd fort.. Wy Itate, .likefre,
that rrihoie preparations ate making fthr
fh'e invafion of ihis cfJUniry. ThcTefrels
have had on board there fhefe fen.ihonths
pafl, pieces of ordnance for land br; I
but they d hot know when the attempt'
"iiucmaae, i ny Coutradrtt the'rtr--'.port.'.of
'the coronation of Ponaparii, artd
airer: that 'he wiH not becfbw-ncilv -ft he
is, it is expected tht the 'people oaris
will revolt; even a great many cd his'6wh
countrymen are againft ft. One of thefe
defertets'faid he Was a drum-major of the
5th regiitieitt of artillery, the oiier was a
lerjcaht in thc fame'regi'mcnt, and hMh
fay they wire diiratished on being lifgra
?ed in the regimentiiHt on what atcoynt
we have not been able tolcarn ; they add,
that great difcontert prevails thrjjighuut
the whole army. , r
The fame letters 1ifpYm us that the r.
nemy has not bi'en ve'rv nhV..-' .
I)e making any difpofition for coming out
hut when our flee; is off Boulogne, thfre arc
jlwaysabo.it h.rty.fix brigs and feveritf.
fix luggers lying at anchor, under rotec
tton t 1 heir batteries. A great umber
6fToldiers have been ob'ferved eXactfmt
tonthecoall, but as far as our c uizers
kre able to judge, the troops feen n this
fide of the eminence behind Boulojn'e, do
n6t ekceedten tbooft'ndmen.
i The rumour of thvaTton is no reived-,,
and the apprehenfions of the public are
fnppofed id have the fancl?on of ike i
iiiter and the Government. Mr. Via
as indeed the original troaker, and ihc
try which wotind up the nation to fuch a
pitch of anxiety and energy when he was
oo will certainly be r'encwed as one bf
the mcahi of keeping him in.
The minor traft which Mr. IfoV
tlerly Vecornmended to the admiValty ik
low to bebiought ihtd tifc, and 10 fail
to the feveral depots to attack the enemy,
upon whorti, wc ate aflured, a vigor'oul
aflTaolt is fhortly to be rr.ade. They are
tdenyagethe Frcnthgun-boa Under ihe
protedion of the greater lhipsk - and it is
thought that thry will doubtlefs pretke
them to a general engagement. We have
only to obfervteuportihiiv that If they yen
tore too near the toad they will be capo.
tJ to the land batte'riesl md it cannot
be fuppofed tli it the French will haiard
llemlclvn out of their prufcclibn.
ItisimporfiSlelo fay wliether the chance
of mvafion, diminifhes or incteafc, ai we
have no fourcfe .of Jnfontiation .but. the
cccanonil report of a llotfp who hat peep,
ca into the harboursj and can, .it bed.
give but art impetfccl iccount ; tor, fute
ly, we cannot truft tb the intelligence of
the dercrtcrs o! Boblbgne, or to the eta.
gerations or dciUfions of the French pi.
peri.
It ii generally thought that the Brtft
fleet is prepared for fca, and will venture
on an attempt againft ' Ireland. Our
blockading fleet is not fo flrong but thai ihe
enemy win natard a meeting wna it.
July 14.
The French force no'w at IlaVre con.
(irtsof 140 gun-vcflels and boats, oJ which
70 lately came down the Seine Letters
Irom the Uritifh fquadron employed in
the blockade of that portrait, that ex.
ptflationi are entertained by ouroflicetii
of aa atterapt being fbortly made by the
enemy to force a pafTage along fhore.
A report prevuli at Dover that neatly
one hundred fail of the enemy's gun-bdsts
under conoy of a Hoop, nave wilhln thefe
ew day! back, effeaed their efcape from
Boulogne to Ckeiboorg. They proceed
ded fo near in fhore, that It wn impofhble
for our (hips either to intercept thetn or
in any material degree to interrupt thcif
progftfi. We trull that the fmall craft
now fitting out to annoy the enemy In
flal wttr, will be fitted out with all pof.
Able cirediiion,
A private letter! frorrt the 'ffaue f the
Iff itilf. fays, ivWe ' are uncettain how'
foon the ;epeditio4)'agaiiv(;:Jahd'wtlL
be underta ken, arthffU'gh evey thing "Is? '
ready, "and feyera regiirtchulW been,
embarked for rn(5re than i fox tw i't!on "
Aboard the fleet, in tlicrTe"xel' j.. oW
ther, hand nearly one :Jhiihd red nyercha"v
men.jput in reuiXiiv'n or hiredj Jaft Au
tumn, have been reltord to iradegradu-i'
ally; fo that ths.wholc number ofTranf
poris. attually employed and: at anch'cr in
the Tcxel, Ho not amoiirit'to mote itftin
eighty. The armed .'.Vc'ffels, -.'SsrtgaV,
gun-boats, and cutter, he. 'have beeri
augmented, ery where oh the "cwafl, oh
account tSf the 'reoeated atterhnf .iC-
Tnglffh crurVer's. in the "Meufe alone?
ter are ftitloheoV ddftion "td ihe num
bcr riipRrycrft May, t .".f . .
' the frturfVf.it 'fV w'. .l!
.nelder and in Wdrilr-HQltfind, 'eight f hot.
iuu arc cmDarKec, ine -remaioder are yet
encarbped,.'but "in 'filch a Hat e t'.iat theV
Titay be taken 6n board In a 'tVw
Tne camp near 'Utrcchr, 'under. CJtinera'i
Mormdnr, contains onfv'erii'hfn
fand trtetr, rrirtftl .'Frerich Wrrom one
.iwui.iiu me liunuicu rc ai nmiteraam
one tbbitfand two hundred it Rotterdam
and eight hundred at ihe 'Hag'Ue. '
' SeveraTcoros 'of French rrrnifte 'V
conferipts to the amount of fourteen thou
fand men. hav oa'ffed thWruuh Hnti ,k
jor Hanover withrn thefe lafl 'tour weeks.
: From the official arc Afin t rrVntlu Yii
bet6re Parliament it appfc'.-Vfi'. "ihil thi
whole net annual reveabe 'nf 1.iiin.t
mounts to k,Tio3.3ci, and that its anru.
al eXjenditurc, at eaff; jrs exr;enditure
fOr the l.ll Vat. a. mm. .'...'-.I ... 1 1 . .1
leavingan annual deficit of .3,795,240
And. wen Vre criifider t'he ai.x.e.y that
mutt have prevailed to make as good" an
appearance as pollibre, it is being by no
neans uncamird to piefume, that the a
mount of the annual eicpenditrtre is very
little; it any pt alh, lefs than dot:hle the '
arrfount of the annua! revenue. The new
chanceiror of the ekcherjuer has impofed
new taxes Which he.ha ellrman..!
1,00,0061. annnalproduce. Thi is id
dit more rhan a ToUrth to the rotal of iho
yretent. revenue-, and if fuch an addition, J
aflualiy collecYed, Mr. Folter will cct
tahily he regarded as a conjurer. This
pentleman has been fuppofed 16 under
(landihe principles f taxation, and in.
deed the whole bufinef ola nna'ncicr; buc
fuch i riippouYion is not very (irongly
torrbbbraud by the tales he has fcfectcdv
by the exptclationshe has held forth, and
particularly by ihc ohfcrVa'tions he madi
VeUtiVeto iheefTetff of his tak upon bank
botes, Wftich tax, he fall.at the fame time
hat it augmented the revenue, would
tend to keep the 'quantity, of the hank
paptr wiihm due bounds!!! On occa
Hons like this it is that tne Is ovcrpow.
ered with mclancholly VcflcflioV.s! What
but the immediate interpofitibn cl p'rovi.
dence can bring us Tate out of fuch hands?
1 end 10 keep ihe quantity of paper
within due boundi!" and that too at the
Very moment when ae is augmentVog the
jaxes one foutih, which aug'm'e'ntaiioa
"iirproduce agrearaugmentairou',"io the"""
quantiiT of circulatingrnediumihatmuflbe
made In bank notes. Nay', Ihe e(y tat
tipon the notes will clufein incitafe of
their Quantity and a depreciation In their
qulity, upon the fame principle that a
hfndy merchant would put water intd
na caftl if yuu were to irr.pote a tax tip.
on his liquor without permiulrg him 10
raife its nominal juice. There wanted
only this one obfc rraiion from Mr. Fof
ter 10 convince me that the Irtfh Treafur
had gained nothing by the recent change.
The new talcs raay, pcihspf, produce
Soo.bool, lome perUns ihink ihey will
produce goo.cc'ol. but tnere is nn one
imagines that ih j wlilai'd moeihsn6co,
cool. 10 the icvenue; hecaiife thry will ' '
ceraihly occafioni conHdenble falling off
ih the proJuce cf the old later Mrney
rnhn however be had, and loans miifl be
msdetnder the guarantee cf Great Drl
lain ; the cjebi will go on rapidly Increa
fmg on both f!dcs of the water,' and, if tha
prefent fhem coatinuti for five yea,
luppoflne the war to continue fo forg al
fo; the IrVtetrft of debt of Great, firi.
tain will fwallow up neatly, if not Oii'e
ihe whole vl bet tcven't.ll is begin
ninf to be the lafhion amrngfl ih parif
taos of the roiniflcr 10 throw ihe blame
of the financial diftrclTei ol Inland upon
the fboulderf of Mr. Aldington and hit'
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