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V-VV'r ann. (ii It . huh Yearly J PUBLISHED (weekly) BY WILLIAM LOYLAN. I'W. t)fi.l T ANN - Fwit-Ji it' Vd.i off , RALEIGH, N. C.) MONDAY, KWEM3ER..4, jSc5. J, 1 1- ' i" FrsmMd'Cs Wtekly Msener, "FORTRESS OF BHUJiTPORE. The important: fortrefs of BhuTtpoTe is fituate in a fmall, . but one of the high eft cultivated diftric"te in India, the in habitant oLvvhidv are all of the fame tii bejc, cpnnejtdi eervcon fangui Tiiry or other relations with each other. The force with which Lord Lake fat down beforejhe town, did not exceed twelve iboufaiui men; and the works were of lb great "extent, that he was not enabled to mafque more than one quar ter of them. All the other parts or the garrifon had communication with the open country, and the adherents of the Rajah were Angularly brave and faithful. Thefe circumf tances are lufficient to account for the obftinacy of the defence ; and yet, notwithftanding the gallantry with which it was maintained, little doubt was entertained that the plao would fpeedily fall. . Lord Lake attack ed it at firft under nnny difadvantagesi being wholly unprovided with either mortars or a battering train. vThcfede ficiencies had feeen lupplied When the Belle failed from Bengal ; anditwan. expe&ed that the refinance of the Ra jah could be protra&ed much lo'nger. Lord Lake had full fix weeks before him, t $cel BhurtpofeVifter tjmtimc the per fodfea the land-winds would compel him to difccsii-j tinue 'the. feige. 4 Jtji probable, howe:: ver, that the, Rajal has, perceived theV danger of his fTtuaiioti, . and, that, fome modificatiou of the .original Tterms has' been acceded to us by him. Marquis Wellesly appeared in unufual fpirits at his levee on the failing of the Belle, and it was thence inferred by his jfriendsy that he had received fbme Tatisfactory. information from the fcene ot action. Were the Rsjah of Bhurtpore reduced, we underttand, there are none other of the Native Chiefs Arable of creating the fmallelt lirieafinefsMti the Government, ot India. " '" : V . Comment on India Affairs TnratttHmtflf vated the arts, when olir own anceflsrs ate acorns in their woods, are now be come the flaves of a corporation of mer chants, the hewers t wood and draw ers of water in their own land. The Eu ropean governments,' in their greateft vicitudes, cannot afford fuch ah exam- pleF r : FOREIGN. F,t $m LonJon ptipets received at, Philadelphia. LONDON, SEPT. 2 No Faom TBS Eugyum. man can underflahd the Politics of rlrpf; vvho dfs not recoiled the great uiilmchon which txifts between the tttttr; ( ftjie mGtlVntiiTrM ations are made under th- prctext of accornlifliing one ol jea wl)eri in faft they are intended for ano t'ier. One nation holds forth thVnrr- - peer era war lcr the purpefe of terrify mg another into an advantageous treaty of peace. Now a coalition is trumped Lake in five VuccefSve attacks upon the iort of Bh urtpore, the latt and ftrohg eft hold of the friends of Holkar. We f.nd it has been attacked and defended with equal obftinacy, and though very f avourable terms have been offered to the BTitifli army, it is the refolution of the Governor General, and Lord Lake, to accept nothing Ihort of anabfolure, un condkional funender. The Rajahj who I.olds'but againft our arms, is faid to have propofed paying the expences of rhe war, and making a further prefent to the army as a bribe to pacifioation, J but even thls has been refufed. Great treafure is concealed in Bhurtpore, and c ur Captains in India are better experi enced, than to receive as a gift what mult prefently Le theirs Ly the right of con. cueft. , ' ; Many however are of opinion that ai the war in India commenced from ambi t ion, it mult feek its indemnity in plun der, and that the inducement to thefrege of Bhurtpore was not fo much a defire to punifh a guilty arid I aithlefs ally, as to acquire a pretext to feize hisTealth by therlaw of arms. " -.; ' . It is one of the misfortunes of the Gd-. vei nment of India, that there is no fpee dy method of restraining, its ambition, or enquiring into the julticeof its wars : and it is , above all to be lamented that the ver' fpirit ot the government is pre datory and warlike,' and favourable fo the w orlFpLiTioFsbTtTict du& it. India is the land of conauefl.acoun- m vv hich every power but the native ; 'iicwe r, ha?ln.t ujh ha d a fway. "India r -ike i gypt, is doomed to be pofftfTd by iovert igjiv who haveno other connec tion wt th t f.e people but in f aftenin a ioteijm ) oke upon their neek ; jtfftl us that a Governor General no focner lets loot upon this land thai, he is filiedVjth vhefsme fpirit'cf ambition and ude,fir-' .f lis leaving behind Limine fame me tfirria's of c nqueltjand de!olation .Incli?, wUch2u'eeri tejed as merchants, f o his y i ta ?c n ? of t ranlepm its peacea ble' iiihal r:.m, by tbe'fecceffive acqui f;tior s rfGovfrnors Generals from the rera of : Lord Clive to thit of Ma; qu is Vvrcl'cCy,. is now ours from the mouth cf the indii; to theYOanges. A peo ple, U;o M ed in the cities,1 and cuhi- a r...- tr, ! . ' ' , 11110 a reiuaam ac- feme iT felt .id, refped to be coin- i JonlS iVv S Dineaneets. i harm from him the means of fefntance. friftare, arrived this morning at the Ad miraltyr vviih difpatches. His fhiphad been lent from Cork to Lord Neifcn ; but milling Iiiin, procesded to Admiral Collingwood, on Cadiz. he diipa'.h es ftate, that the combined fleets, con Mmg of 27 Jail of the line arrived at j , urore. Appearances are p, Cadtz on the aoih u,f. Admiral Col- the veryr.purpoie of deceiving fouifall of the line, venture 0 oppufe them they chafed him for afhoitlime before they entered Cadiz. As. foon, however, as "theyhd got in, he reiurn ed to hisTIIation," and re-ancliored with his four fail of the line off the harbour. On the 24th the turyales . fell in with Admiral Calder's fet w ithin .20 leagues of Cadiz, fo that he vpuld in all pro bability join Admir'al Colliftgweod the nexul ay, & the block ade of Caci iz wou Id then be tffeclually refum.xl. Admiral Bickerton is at Gibraltar with his fix ; fail of the line, and the-Carthgeiia fleet re main in port. Admiral licktrtoii will be able to prevent their jondion Willi the combined fleet, fhould they attempt ir.' Tuft as the combined fletis.failcd from renou.eignt large American imps, uiw der; convoy of 1 wc armed fhips, failed from Kantz for -'Cadizi laden . with ialt beef, polkj-and bbiicuit ; the Colpoys b? -igieli in wltlMhen inhe-nigritprs tXircd two, the reft feparated, and got between the Ifle of Dieti and the main. We flop the prefs to announce the ar rival of a fecond exprefs at the Admiral ty, withtlifpatches, fiatinp t,hafthe com lined fleet, after having arrived i t Ca diz,' has zgain put o lea, following' a northernly xourfe. . As we have mere than once had occafion to notice "the co u r fe fleered leaving poit proves no thing refpe&isg the reat deffination of a fleet : it is in every cafe neceflary ro ,ain an. offing, and, befjdes "a falfe cour i'e is often followed to decei ve an adveriary, il! darknefs enables thea to alter it with 3efs chance cf detection. to the Weft Indies, they lent forth a de coy vettil. futttd out with counterfeit itt.it.rs ana ciipatcnes, tnat they might ; lead Lord Nehon ihtou belief they were i bound-ro i-gypt. Such is an ilfuffrauon ot tne politicks of aim oft every nation in put on, for Where e& tnty relort to fraud.- Lvery court employs its decoy vtffil to lead a;tray the fagacity of the miniitcri or tne otner; -end l he "imp frinati'ons nf luad ot ammunjtion and "arfilitry: The cabinets of Europe are pleafed to call this by the fc.it names of 4 policy" of diplomatic (kill " Did truth hold the nomenclature, fhe would liamp it with djie names f ftrata;tm, fraud, mean hypooiiy or t:il:gnant cunning. ' !- '1 he two rroft important fulcds which trpagt at pJrtftiii. the i.(ttniori &r: agitate the heart of Lurope, -are the pro- babiiiry of at: invafion of Lr gland, and ol a C( 'iitinenisl war. Let any man pre ttud to examine tither of (ho!c events under all the lights which. the cabinets i Lurcpe pretend to furnifh, and he inufl at once rontefsliis ignorance and cnnfufion, 'i he Jate arrivals in Phiia- dejjpjijejfe croijghtus a vaft mafs of European inJ telligence-; of fadls as they have bee" aid to occur and of laborious comments upon them -, we have 'examined all of V uific tonnueraDieaitentjon, out we muff confefs ourfelves unable to pro nounce ,an opinipri on either of thefe'e vents. ri he duplicity of the cabinetscf Europe puts to flight tfemoft elaborate I reafoniiigsand the rnoft important fads. V e tiid not at fn It iuppofcthat Bona parte had formed any ferious. refolution of initmritig Gj eat Biitain. All his pre paratiens appeared to us to have no other objetVihan todiflratf the councils, the forces the indnftry of the. enemy. ' uvuiu uuiw mjic, jjowever nave co ; Forcerania4f;cm 3vedei),j,rf to march into the dominions or AmlH.J we are w ithout data- to deteimin?.j 2d. '1 he embarkation cf the: troops arj(' the movements Of - the Brett fleet w'evi not intended, lav th to etteci,' a crH . - - - j . . 1 roperation-witfrThc cmtjinecTlquacrori . but to prevent Ad miral Cornwallt' from fend inir to oirIts where thtv mmht be wanted, any connderabV'detach-l meit;. nh refpect to the cornbined fquadron, it is now probable that after having left Cadi z ' they' fel 1 'in with "SiV R. Calder's fquauron ,'6f 20 fail" of 'frjf line, and fuftaineg a c-osfierabledefdat. The arrivals a'V Mar bTehead'& Korfo with 'the-ftaEcment from the laft Enghfh papers that after they1 had left Cadiz they had fteered to the north, and that Calder was not more than 20 leagues from Cadiz, are fufHcient to give an air. of great probability to this cohjedture. What . was their dellination vvheh they were ffeering'to the north, we flial! not even pretend to cpnje&ure. One fad however is certain ; thai if the invafioii of England depended upon the co-operation of the combined fleet, the impor? tant defeat which it has lately fuftained muft compleatly intercept that event. 7 ri WJiethr there: is any probabilifyof sa mtmn,f(xmy be determined fry tfc 'pf&fpea Great BfiTaiand KdfEajirbut retciy circumftance which appcartcf lead 10 this event, , isfufcepiible of "a "different confb uclion. We are told, for inffance that RufTiais making Rieutoreparatioris by Tea and by land thai Jiie u forming: a fubfidiary treaty with England ;.nd a ' plan of operations with A uflria ; and I hence ir is concluded that RufEa and ') Auftria are about to engage m the war. iiut may not thefe feparations be atttj- buted to a different caqfe ? May it not fie the policy cf Ruflia to hold up thefe pft-. parations in lerrvem ? Ruffia has laid her fceptre upon Corfu & trie Seven Ifles : may ihe not to wifh to terrify Fiance in to an acknowledgment of her claim ?-r- May not France obtain the f rietfd fhipof Auftria by the donation ot a part otSwit We lately mcimoncd, that the jaujeifted the necc ff.it , means cf tranfport has proved f6 abundant in bpiin, th ir foreign gram had fallen 300 per cent. Accounts from Cadiz of the 3d of Au gulf ftate, that . there ivere upw ards of 40,000 barrels of. American flour in the, harbour, ;for, which no fale Could be ol) tained, although offered at prjjrie coll. Lord-Keith - has returned frorn Jhe Jexel, in the Edgar of 74 guns. Irijfs faid that there is lefsappearance than fdjr merlyof an intention on the part of th,c patch fleet to put loiea-" A Spanifh privateer, commanded by an American; named Hooper,- has cap tured"afhip of 4op tons, from Liverpool forNew-York, and a Dutch' brig from New-York forlthe Weft-Indies; as alfo a Berraudian veflel and feme o;hers. LMOUTHAug30.-V '.. "Arrived this day, the American fhip John & Alice, "capt. Barker, b rom Nor folk, 36 days; paffage, with tobacco i fpoke the Venus, br'd guns$ at which time there was at Tome dittance from her a fhp privateefot 20; guns, which ihe had chafed theuay , before for feveral .Eipur5yMtiw.hick.fhfc6udiiQt:(tmcp With. r . ing his army, v e then believed it to be his cefign f profiting by ;he firft favoura ble op per l unity a !.. d of landing a confi derbis torce pon the Lnglifh fliorcs.-. 1 wp event appear 3 to juftify tliis fup poflticn : the immenie accumulation of troops and trahfports on the coaft : This was one and the other was the movement of the 'i oulon & Brett Fleets, When we faw the Toulon fleet car efullv avoid ing an engagement . before Cadiz, and flying before Lord Nelfon in the Weft Indies, what, could w4e conclude but that their cbjecT: was to divide the Englifh fleet, co-operate with their fleet in' 13re(t and open a paffage for their troops to England f hen-we law the troops em; ST. PTRSBUIU?Hi Aug1!. - .The greateft warlike preparations aire making' in ail parts oL the Ruffian Em pire -a meffenger left the city yefterday f oir England,' who, it is-reported, is the bearer of the Treaty concluded between Kiillia, Sweden and England ; it is alfo, faid that ihe Piuffian mmifter.wdl leave this capital to day or to-inorroW. - the fleet in Breft collecEing its flfength, at the very moment when the combined fleet was in Eerroi,..wh zeuand, orawe ner into tranquility Dy the parade. 0 her ai mies t., .We nrufr conf efs that t he prolpecE of a coalition, between Ruflia, Great Britain, and Auf tria is ai prefent a More 'probabie event that ti e analogous eventsofthelaft year,i or ht. ieal inteieflsof Ruflia would ap pear to encourage. But we cannot yef iniplicitly rely upon the afpecV4of the" times. One fact leems to be certain, thar if a war on the Continent is'erio'l!y me-v ditaled by Ruflia, the advanced iEtle oE the feafon will prevent is being declared or will at leaft circumlcribe the rxinge of its f ury. Bonaparte will. take 'advantage ofthN interval of inactivity y and means may, be '' contrived for, withdrawing Ruffia; from the ir.rerefls of Great Britain, or of fowing' the feeds of jealoufy ana difaf fedicn, between the members of the co alition. ' : ' ' '.' -' ' .. ' -. . .- ' f CASSCs TAPERK RA'LEIGJI. HpHE fubffriler acjcnowledgeswUhrotitvJki J. the patronage heretofore received at the dne f hts tvpnefs, and eartiefty Joimts a ctntinuauce of the tvbl'ic fcviurj at the famk'.tme refpfifuff iH-t forms the Alemlers if ' theenutrtg "General s'Jemliff that he has tt ovideX "convenient pnA cw. 'm table: rooms for ihs acevmrradation of fucbas may be.. pleated tq favour him "juifk their comfany i and thai lurking th!ughcmtthwhobtr per dah and ' elude, but that this cbnjectufe'was about to be confirmed ? ' Lilten,-ho vever to the fpeculations of fome of the London prints? and you will find thefe two events now receiving a perfeclly different inter pretation. 1 ft.'J'he vait ! encampments wer principally intended, fay they, not they " funjifhed an excellent pretext for maintaining aarge army, which btTfnay parqh whin an djvhere he pleafes in the evefttof iondheiitalwar iIndeed fome of the fe)crtibTOught by the late arrivalsappear now to confirni this con-, jedture, for they ftate. that large detach ments . of troops are. drawing off . from the coaft. . Whither they are deflincd ; whither to fnatch Holftem from Den- their ferAfih at half pricf, ' AndLavinv a fnur acreht. -in the trecinSsoK IC con- J jtjg City, nvetl'ivc-.ertJ and fenced faivdl Sunder- 'Sdkt to keep the lhrfts -off tub JImlert as-:mys, iih 16 thave lwm under licit own eyes in rkoderatt terms. .-"-:'"''; " J' ' -'' ' " i' If plentiful prtvij'ms' of all I inds 'and every r, ertion k f seeommadate $itJ Yunih tlbt tabulated f -obtain their: comiU nance and give- fatisfaQion ,' ht i trufi hiiifcrliti' 'cfevK;-1:. - . petr:cassq. ' v Raietgi, Oaoletz; 8c 5 . v ; S v l- ! W- Fcr Scle'ot this Office. r- A few nuaiScrt of the UoBtLly Aathologf aodJBoftoo lleVkw.- r.rv'. .. ''f ' ' ' CarbB'erVRtfltW i Rxglflcr of ttc Ur' tatei. , x,. V ; A Sctinada the Revival of Religufi iu. tluV CouJtxy, t ' iht Rer. PirH Kice. ..4m-..
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