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A Pow — EAST INDIES. CALCUTTA, MARCEI 12. The brig Lady Rolla, (Mr. Astell Commander), arrived on Thursday last from the coast of Pedier, which place she left on the 17:h ult. We are con cerned to .hear by this arrival, the melancholy fate of Captain R. Jones, late Commander of that vessel, who was drowned in attempting to go on shore in blowing weather, at Boroong, on the coast of Pedier- The following are the particulars of this unfortunate circumstance : AMERICAN PAPERS. CORRESPONDENCE AnnapoliA, August IS, 1811. • . With heartfelt regret I have to communicate the dreadful accident which happened on the 31st of Ja nuary last, on which day we anchored at Boroong.— Capt. Jones wishing to go on shore, left us that day in the long-boat. is On the following day, February 1, at seven A.M. a sand-pan belonging to the King of Acheen's crui ser came alongside with an Officer and three lascars, and informed me that the long-boat was swamped, by the violence of the surf, on attempting to land.— The Captain of the cruizer and his Officers used every exertion to save the men who were then floating on the bottom of the boat ; but am sorry to say, their efforts were ineffectual. Captain Jones and one las car unfortunately perished. The others were carried on shore in a state of insensibility, and narrowly escaped sharing the fate of their comrades. " Upnn this I went on shore, to see what could be done ; •nd, with the assistance of fishermen, we pic ked up the body of Captain Jones on the second day, ;almost as far down as Pedier, which we buried as de. cently as possible. The lascar could not be found." Private-letters, received by the Andromeda, com municate the seizure of a large quantity of treasure Isy the Chinese Government, under an attempt to elude the order prohibiting its exportation. The circum stances attending the transac►ion are said to have ex- cited a considerable degree of irritation. On Friday last a melancholy occurrence took place un the river, opposite to Chinsnrah, in consequence of the violence of the Bore•kA boat, having on board, between 20 and 30 sepoy •olunteers, with their wives and followers, proceeding to Barrackpore, having been upset. whereby eighteen persons unhappily pe rished. The rest of the people were saved with the greatest difficulty. JETWEEN THE GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND AND WILLIAM PINCKNEY, ESQ. OUR LATE MINISTER AT THE COURT OF ST. JAMS'S. " Annapolis, August 10, 1811. 44 Dear Sir—At this important crisis in our foreign and domestic concerns, nothing can be more desirable than procuring correct information for the people ; with this view, therefore, I have takeq the liberty to address you, respecting the conduct of our Govern went in the late negociation with England.. It must be known to you, that every exertion is making by the federal party in this State, to impress a belief, in the minds of the people, that the general Government has never sheen an honest disposition to settle our differences with England on honourable and fair terms ; and that French influence, in our Cabinet, is the cause of our present embarrassments. To you, ihen, Sir, who have been the acting and active Minister in this negociation, I look with the fullest confidence for an honest and candid developement of 'facts, and knowing the high estimation in which you are held by the unprejudiced citizens of your native State, I am certain that your statement of facts will be confided in, and your opinion duly appreciated—, will you, therefore, have die goodness to answer, as .00n as your convenience will permit, the following queries.—Have you ever discovered, on the part of our Government, a disposition to delay an accommo dation with England, en terms honourable to the nation ? On the contrary, has it not manifested an ardent desire to settle our differences On any terms that were not incompatible with our rights as an in dependent nations Have you, in any situation, under any circumstances, had reason to believe that an ac commodation with England did not take place in consequence of French influence, or French partialityi sincere respect, I remain your friend and fellow-citizen. (Signed) gg EDWARD LLOYD. ' To W. Pinckney, Esq." " Dear Sir—l had this morning the honour to re• ceive your letter of the 10th inst. and hare no hesita *Zion in giving an explicit answer to it. " The suggestion that the Government of the Unit ed States is under 4 French influence' is so extravagant in itselt, and does so much violence to probability,: that it can have no title to credit, unless established I by the clearest evidence : but I am not acquainted with any, even the slightest evidence, in support of that suggestion, and of course do not believe that it I has the smallest foundation in truth. My opportunities of knowledge have not been inconsiderable, and I can say with perfect sincerity, that, so far as the con duct of our Government towards France and Eng land has fallen under my observation, it has appeared to me tb be the fair result of pure American views, and the fruit of an unmixed American spirit. I have never had any cause to suspect, and I never have suspected, that, severely as their patience has been tried by the unexampled 'wrongs inflicted upon us by the belligerent parties,. it has entertained an undue Rrejudice against either, indisposing it to just and rea sonable accommodation ;and I feel entirely confident tient its single object in its transactions with both has been to maintain, as they ought tube maintained, the undotibied rights, the honour, and the prosperity of opytoontry.. h my character of American Minister at London, I have seen nothing from our Govern- Mthit which did not attest Jlie purity and integrity of 4'5 motives, and an honest / and anxious regard for the piiblic good. Whether the system opal which it has acted in she midst of those unprecedented a;tliculties•l with which the injustice of others has surrounded it, • Was the best ar.d wisest that could have been adopr- I ought not to undertake to say ; bag may he ; permitted to say, that as its servant I seconded that 'srateria . with pleasure, because I apprcvcd it. Your 4iceliency will not expect me in this letter to enter _lab details, forbidden by cousiJei ations of • delicacy and duty connected with my late mission.—.-I have the honour to be, with sincere respect and esteem, your Excellency's most obedient humble servant, • (Signed) WM. PINCKNEY. " His Excellency E. Lloyd, Governor of Maryland." NEW YORK, AUGUST 20. A writer, under the signature of Phocion, has ap peared in the National Intelligences-. His view of the situations of France and England is candid and liberal. From his Essay we extract the following passage : " Should Britain be compelled to relinquish her maritime pretensions and her attempt to monopolize the commerce of the world, she must unquestionably descend from her present rank, but she would still subsist as a great and respectable Power. Her po pulation, her resources, her skill in arts, her attain ments in science, and the manly virtue of her people, entitle her to an eminent place among nations. To destroy her would be to put out one of Me eye: of the world; and to with her destruction, would be treaeon ' against humanity." netrate into the plain, and the Spanish divisions pre vented from getting in one body into the Moria mountains, two remaining on the left and one on the right. On the 11th the head-quarters were in Ca , rabaca, and Generals Quadra and Lardizabal's di• visions four leagues distant. On the 12th they joined but were reduced to about 4000 men, owing to ex cessive fatigue and want of food. By another dispatch of the same date, it appears, that the enemy bad reached the pass of Luinbreras. The dispatch of the 13th, from Alcantarilla, in the territory of Murcia, expresses General Freyre's hope of being joined, the next day, by the Ist divison and General Lardizabal's, and shortly after, as announced by the Chief of the Staff from Las Aguilas, by the 2d and 3d, which had come down by the mountains along the coast—all of them somewhat reduced in numbers from the causes mentioned above, but not from any dispersion or disorder having taken place. On the same day, the cavalry was between Bullas and Cehegin. A body of 1000 French horse and a few toot, which had approached Lorca at seven in the morning, had been compelled to withdraw by the I fire of the Castle. VILLANUEVA DE GELTRU, AUGUST 21. The Superior Board of this Principality has been in Berga, and the head-quarters in Ripoll, ever since the 15th instant. Our troops are come back from French Cerdagne with a considerable booty. Palamos is putting in a state of defence, while we are waiting for a favourable moment to make ourselves masters of Rosas. That port affords a safe asylum to the shipping in stormy weather, and may be protect-31 by a small garrison. GIBRALTAR, SEPTEMBER 7. General Ballesteros is arrived at Algesiras. His I division, which is reported to be one of the finest la. l the Spanish army, is 3500 strong, and, with such troops of General Begines' division as are left behind, will make up a total of about 6000 men. Soult entered Malaga on the 30th of last month, with an inconsiderable body of troops and several carts of wounded. The following is the report made by Mr. Vance, surgeon to the tortes, upon his return from Cartha. gena and Alicant, whither he had been sent by H. E. the Li Governor, ascertain the nature of VINCENNES (INDIAN TERRITORY) JULY O. On Tuesday evening last, a Militia Officer, with ten men, arrived at this place from Kaskaskia, with dispatches from Governor Edwards to Governor Har rison and others, for the Secretary at War, to be put in the Post Office here. The information brought' ' by this command is extremely unpleasant—and we fear, there is little room to hope that a rupture pith the Indians can be avoided. After the murder of the men mentioned In our paper of the 10th ultimo, one man had been killed, another mortally wounded in Woodriver township, above Cahahkia. It is aho certain, that an Indian was mortally wounded on the Mississippi, above St. Louis, in an attempt that was made by, live of them to board a ferry-boat, in which a party WAS crossing that river. But the most distressing news is, the account of the murder of three whole families, on the frontiers of Randolph county, in the Illinois—This news had not reached Kaskaskia, when the above party left that place—however, we fear, it is but too true. No doubt exists but that these hostilities proceed from the Slur wanee Prophet. It is believed that the banditti of Putawatamies and other tribes of the Illinois river are entirely devoted to him. ,he Lieutenant-. to . CINCINNATI, JULY 20. A Gentleman of veracity arrived in this town yes- the diseases said to prevail in those cities: , terday, directly from Fort Maiden, Upper Canada, His Majesty's brig Richmond, at Sea, se via Sandusky, who informs that he saw a large num- ptember 1, 1811. bar of Indians from the Mississipi, collected at the In obedience to the orders of his Excellency Lieu former place, receiving presents from the British.— ; tenant-General Campbell, and the instructions I re- And at Sandusky, a white man had been found in ceived from you, to proceed to the ports of Cartha the woods near the United States stores, murdered, gena and Alicant, for the purpose of ascertaining the stripped, and scalped. Three strokes of a tomahawk nature of the diseases said to prevail in those places, had penetrated his skull. I have now the honour to inform you, that, after making the most minute investigation in the Leze- EXTRACT OF A LITTER PRoM A eENTLEMAN ZAS- retto, City and Royal Hospitals in Carthagena, I have KAMA, TO 1113 FRIZNII IN FRANKFORT, LENTuc DATED JULY 4. e no hesitation in declaring, that the same disease ex ists there at present which prevailed in the years 44 Alarms are very considerable in this quarter, at ; 1804 and 1810, and which, with some variations, 1 this moment, and indeed danger appeals of an at- ! have witnessed so many Europeans fall victims to in tack from the Indians. Several war parties have been the West Indies. into the settlements of St. Clair county, in this terri- I The patient is generally attacked suddenly with tory ; four men have been actually killed, one woun- cold shiverings, pains in the head, hack, loins, ded, and a young woman taken prisoner, but fortu- and thighs—the skin becomes excessively hot—the nately has been retaken, besides a considerable num- pain of the head increases, particularly over the or ber of horses, together with other property. The ac- bits of the eyes—the eyes themselves appear to the counts from all quarters say the Indians are for war..! patient as if forcing from their sockets, have a par- It is the opinion of Governor Edwards, Governor titularly red or fiery appearance, and the. whole Harrison, General Clarke, and the Sub-agent at Chi- face appears considerably flushed — a continual rest caga, that a grand attack will be made on some part lessness prevails, the patient constantly throwing him ot our frontiers by the Prophet, who has, it is repor- self from one side of the bed to the other—at this pe ted, several hundred Indians, at this time, embodied riod the pulse is very frequent, seldom under 120, for that purpose. i and generally much more. Considerable irritability " The traders who have returned from the Lakes, of the stomach always prevails—the vomiting at first are of opinion that we shall undoubtedly have a war of a bilious appearance, and sometimes only the drink with the Putawatamies, Saukies, part of the Shawa- that has been swallowed ; but, as the disease advan nees, and about half the Kickapoos, and some other ces, assumes a darker colour, and lastly depositing a small tribes residing on the Wabash and Illinois river, grainy sediment resembling the grounds of coffee.— Oar Militia are put in motion ; but for want of From this stage of the disease no patient has been ob arms and proper equipments, could not be effective served to recover—and, in those cases that have ter-1 in case we have an attack. The frontier settlements minated fatally, or assumed the most serious appear. are building blocle•houses for their safety, and many antes, suppression of urine has generally taken place. families have crossed the Mississippi river, and some On the first attack, the tongue has generally a white have removed to Kentucky. Seven al scouting parties appearance, which gradually becomes darker, with are now out ; accounts say, the road from this place a brown streak in the center, and towards the close to Vincennes, is waylayed ; that parties of Indians of the disease, becomes quite black, furred, and dry. were seen on it is confirmed by the post-rider. When the disease has advanced rapidly, the patient I have received the Brigadier General's orders to often becomes delirious on the second day, and dies either furious or comatose on the tithe', and some have my company in readiness, 'and be prepared for aeour of duty, which will probably be in a few days." times the sth ; but, when the crisis has taken place on the 7th day, the black vomiting has been always most frequent. In some who have died, comatose on the ith day, considerable quantities of pure blood have been vomited up. Sometimes the patient, after walking about and declaring himself well, has died perhaps in a few minutes. About the third day, the eye loses its red appear. ance, and becomes tinged with yellow, after which it gradually extends to the face, neck, breast, &c. and, before death, generally assumes a lead or putrid-like appearance. The pulse, previous to this, has sunk considerably, and seldom strikes oftener than SO to 60 times in a minute. Hemorrhages from die nose, mouth, ears, and bowels, have frequently happened ; and vibices have sometimes made their appearance, as well as deafness, and glandular swellings. On the first attack, the patient is generally costive; but, previous to death, diarrhea often takes place, and what is voided has always a black, putrid ap pearance, and excessively fetid smell. All these symptoms have not made their appearance in the same patients ; but I have observed the whole in the numerous cases which presented themselves in the Lazaretto and other hospitals in Carthagena. The disease has not been confined to any particular part of the town, nor is any person exempt from it, who has not had it in the years 1804 and 1810. I must beg leave to observe to you, that the num ber of deaths that has taken place (a diary of which I inclose) has net been exclusively occasioned by the yellew fever. The bilious remittent prevails here also ; and in the Royal Hospital I observed many of the soldiers labouring under what we call the Jail fever, which they must have brought with them from the army, where, I understand, they have undergone much fatigue, and suffered great privations, both in food and cloches. The number of deaths may appear trifling for a to n, the population of which is generally catculateu at 36,000 souls, the estimate in 1806 ; but when you codaides that the (ever last year reduced this number GIBRALTAR PAPERS. CADIZ, SgrTEMBER 9. It is positively said that Lieutenant-Colonel Manso has obtained advantages over the enemy, and re-oc cupied the position of Monserrat, which our people had abandoned after the loss of Tarragona. The third army, which, in consequence of the late occurrences, had fallen back upon Murcia, occupied the position of el Palmar, Alcantarilla, and la Anora, coveting that city and its territory. Letters of the 17th of last month state, that from the state of things, and the dispos:tions which'were making, it was inferred, that the army was going to move again, and to march back to the kingdom of; Grenada. The occurrences alluded to in the above paragraph ? ' are related in extracts from General Freyre's dis patches to General Blake, dated the 9th, 10th, 11th,' 12th, and 13th of August, of which the following is the substance : The dispatch of the 9th from the Venta del &Ill,' General Freyre's head-quarters, states, that the enemy having pushed between 7 and 80(X) men as far as the environs of the Venta, sending a column of from 4000 to 4:5(X) to turn the right of the Spanish army, they succeeded in it—General O'Donnell, Chief of , the Staff, who had marched to the assistance of that wing with the tomtit division of the fourth army, having been defeated oh the Zajar with a pretty con-1 siderable loss. he dispatch of the 10th from Cullar de Baza, mentions that the army is pursuing its retreat—and that the division which had tought on the Zajar was falling back in the direction of Lorca. During the retreat of the army, the cavalry who covered it under Brigadier Loy, was attacked - near Lasvertientes by a superior force of the enemy, and gave way ; in oonsecoence of which,' the latter were enabio4 so pe considerably, and that tipsy prase who had ti., means of escape has left at this year. leavi ng ;; ;t 1„, more than a population of 9000 in the city, most of whom had the disease upon former occasions, you will be able to form a more just idea of the m• eta. lity. Tise physicians cannot account for the disea* making its appearance this year at Carthagena ; but I have good reason to suppose it might have remain. ed clamant during the winter, till roused into scrims again by the summer's heat : and I am more dispot. ed to favour this opinion, from the circumstance of their using so little precaution last year ; neither de. sta oying the bedding, clothes, or other furniture liable to preserve contagion, of any of the people who died of the disease, as they had done in the year 1804 ; and I am sorry to observe, that they have gained little by experience, as they pursue the same, system to the present moment. The winds for several months have blown from the Levant, and the thermometer has generally ranged from 82 to 84 and $6 degrees, o n Fahrenheit's scale. In Alicant there is not the slightest degree of con. tagion existing at present, nor does it appear to hays been so tree ti um disease of any kind, at any period, for a series of years hack. In the town of Elche, about four leagues distant, the yellow fever is said to have made its appearance, in consequence of a soldier from Carthagena, with five or six people who assisted him in his illaess,ha y . ing died after a few days' sickness. But the _comma nication with that part of the town they resided i• having been cut off, sickness and mortality are said to have ceased ; and, as a cordon was placed between the two towns, and a most rigid quarantine establish. ed, had I availed myself of ocular information, I should not have been admitted into Alicant again. In Murcia, the capital of the province, and distant. about 13 leagues from Alicant, the disease has made, its appearance with much more serious effects. It ie also said to have been carried there by some refugees from Carthagena ; and the Junta of Alicant Lava placed it in a state of quarantine. in the same man ner as that of Elche. However, as the cordon is placed so far from the city, and little attention p..id to persons coming from the eastward, together with the number of people rushing there from the various places near Cartli:igena where the French have made their appearance, 1 am strongly of opinion that that place will not long be able to escape. I feel myself much indebted to Majot-General Roche and die British Consul at Alicant, for the as sistance they afforded me in every thing relating to the object of my mission. The Junta were equally disposed to render me every assistance. In Cart ha. gen.' ralso experienced every attention from the Go. vcrnor-Vveneral, Consul, and Physicians constituting tie Board of Health, that the service I was emplovea upon could possibly require —I have the honour, Ste. (Signed) R. Y. V waca, Surgeon to the Forces. Win. Yysts., Esq. Deputy Inspector ot Hospuels; DIATHS PROM ATV JULY TO 29Tii ALot;sr, 11:GLUM'S. 1511. July 49 12 August 1 4 August 14 54 August 22 17 su /1 7 11 IS 14 2.5 19 91 6 5 7 15 II fie Ili August 1 7 9 7 17 5 2: 119 2 5 10 16 18 20 21 3% 3 2 11 7 19 22 117 20 4 4 12 90 24.1 2 211 20 5 5 10 90 al el S 20 463 PROCLAMATION. Head-quarters, Gibraltar, September 4, 1911. Whereas an alarming fever has broke out at Carthazena and other places on the coast of Spatn within the Mediterranea H. E. the Lieutenant-Governor has found it necessary to cut off ull communication with Spain, by sea and land; hereby cart on the ialsabitan , s to come forward,aseooservators of the public health, as they did last year ; and such as choose to volunteer eats duty, as weU as to keep improper persons out of the prri. son, will take the trouble to send in their names to the Tow s , Major. Fourteen days quarantine from all ports of Spain artibia the Mediterranean, and ten days from those to the westward, ao far as Ayartionte, are to be performed by an vessels, to be roe honed from the day of their anchoring in this bay. Ferry-boats, plying-boats, and bum-boats are to be fail up, except sack am may be found necessary by the Pratique Minter and those are is have a health guard. Night-fishing is to be discontinued Nord further orders, and the fishermen and boars to be mitered by the Pratique Master night and morning, and to be accompanied with health guards. The above regulations, which are adopted to preserve the health of this garrison, are to be most strictly obey el—ny command. (Signed) JOAN ROTlLliablll, gee. PRIVATE LITTER. " GIBRALTAR, SiPT• 8.01.1 r accounts from Cadiz come down to the kth. The Papers bring a series of official dispatches from General FREYRE to Gener:-.1 BLAKIL, respecting the defeat of the fourth Spanish army at Baza ; they are five in number, s' :e last of them dated the 13th of August. In substance the all agree that the army was defeated ; that the French at the time they attacked the m ,iu b.dy of t'le army at Baza, sent a strong division of 7.'00 men to turn the right wing, in which they succeeded ; and that the Chief of the Staff, General J .szen O'Dozzt.L. moving with 5000 men along the Znjar to support it, wa:,. defeated with great loss, and compelled to re treat; in consequence of which the whole army was torced to move towards Murcia • that the cavalry .1: under the command of General 0Y took up a posi tion at LasVertientes, to enable the different divisions of the army to form a junction, but being attacked by superior numbers, were forced to give way ; and the French were thus enabled to penetrate to the plains, and prevent the divisions from taking the passes of the Mountains of Maria. Notwithstanding this, however, the different divisions continued their route to Marcia without the slightest dispersion, but diminished in number, owing to fatigue and want of provisions. On the 12th, at seven o'clock in the morning, the enemy made their appearance before the city of Lorca, with 1000 infantry and 300 Ca valry, but the fire of the c istle compelled them SOOlB to retire. The army was collected in the city of Mur. cia, and wai about to advance again with some rein. fircements received from Valencia. We remain wiih the gates shut, as wtien I last wrote, nor is there any likelihood of an alteration, as a Medical Gentleman is just returned from inspecting the sick in the diffe rent hospitals at Carthagena, who reports, that the existing malady at that place' is the same'as that of 1804-5 and 18W, without the smallest symptom of variation."