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rince of nod Chi. Is iii %%lic.e quit t. reglect to dOUOI ri OCT of oily which.. if Floositirtr. :;hurcb." op of Goa, Metropolitan of the East, will be ladled. if it be deemed expedient. In that let written on the spot, in the Convent of the postillions at 1:;13.1, he adverts' to the facts he witnessed, and to the information he had re ed from the Inquisitors themselves ; and lie es the Archbishop to recommend to the Court 'orttigal. to refrain front usurping any longer a itual power in the British States ; and to en four to repair the injury done to Christianity iugh the crimes and long duration of the Itiqui in, by the invni.xliate otZlition of that tribunal. Archbishop is requested to exert his own hority in reforming the abuses iii the Colleges icia. for the education of the Priesthood, and rousing his Priests to begin the study of the Iv Scriptures, awl to cease from mixing the pure with !whim superstitions, and from welt:ll4l7 irrout Christianity to the subjects of the British remittent. tare el' the M tegaret brig, tram Caleatta; by a French r.sateer to the wuthw.trd of Illascoote, on the sth of Te rtiary, iv,. The particulars of this capture will •p -air from the for...w.na extract frogs the lo=-book, intik hicb we bare bait &yawed. rRV'T PROM Tin MUG MAR.:ARCT's LOG-BOOK, FittlPM CALCUTTA, SOUND TO BUiSOILAK. ilonday, February 8, 1808, at 1 p. m. the small lei that was seen in the forenoon to nin.lward .ding to the S.E. wore and stood down towards 1,,0n our weather quarter. 'laria t ; a suspicious ie:arance, we tired a shot.at her, either to tack dose no nearer ; when she shewed English co w, and sled nearing us ; we fired a second , t .vnien site hoked a French ensign and idiot, and tired a shot at us, when we name tely opened our tire of round and grape, sod untied a mooing action fur upwards of three trs ; finding she neared us, taste up imfoie the A to get our stern-chasers to bear upon her ; m her well-direeted fire she hulled us to tee, and a nurnlier of shut thron- 4 11 our sails &c. In evening the breeze fre:hening, we kept the otkour Rtt trter, with all sails drawiii4, eudea iring to initk.l oar escape in the night, altering course as the leirid shifted, flowerer it being tr moonlight, he olaserved all our Lions, aittl day-light she bore N.W. distance about one eau l a ltdf. At 10-20 a. es. falling light airs, swept un (dose to us, whets we 4/Nerved her 'its foil of Europeans, and finding it impossible mike further resistance for the safety of the ship I cargo, was ruder the necessity of hauling down colours to the French imperial felucca Em )seawa,. Mons. L. Bouvet, Couitaateler, front Isle of France. When we first saw the etoetriy—Tioruhay e N. N. E. alt 63 miles distance from the Lrest shore te or 14 league's. (Sigucd) 11. Wt Ls 01, Commander. )11 taking possession of the Margaret, the French ▪ in4tantly chsligeil •rssels, and proceeded to Isle of France on borrd of the Margaret, giv up the felucca to Capt. Wilson. n addition to the above particulars, we learn, t the privateer had previously taken a vessel ▪ Cinch, the crew of which had been secured board the felucca, by ibeing placed in irons he. . But this circumstance nut having brew made own to Captain Wilson, when he and the !Jar et, crew were put on board, no provision was flu by him aoinst an attack which the Catch ,ple made it!tion him 11114 his crew, and in which y succeeded. 11:.fire they had bcea un board tc, the Catch people rushed up the fore hatch ;,armed with pikes and creeies, and overpniser- Captain Wilson and the crew, •and driving them he forecastle, kept them there for six days nn allowance ofabout a pint of water, and a small 'bon of biscuit, for the twenty-1 . ..0r hoary. - 2.autisin Wilson and the rest afterwards got on ire at Danou. CAYES Of ELEPHANTA AT BOMBAY. (Fr.. The Crs&u Cani:l.) PF OF • LETTER FROM THE REV. DR. BU CHANAN, TO W. T. 'WWI', LSO. BOMBAY. )E•R SIR—In the hope that you will prosecute r purpose of directing the attention of govern it and of the public to the preseut state of the nple of the Elephanta, and to the means of its ie:Tation, I beg leave to offer my contribution id of the laudehie design. Then I visited the Eleplianta, last week, and 'pared it with the accounts of former travel , I perceiv...l that thee:mem awl figures were in ate of progressive aid raid dilapidation: and ems to me reliable, that when a few more pil shall line fallen i!s, the whole temple will he •whelined in the ruin of the bisperinciimbelit tntain. r I may °Ter an opinion on the means of pre atiou which are praetienlile, 1 would soggy-4, 'hat the dilapidated pillars be rebuilt entire of stone, its three block., of grAnite of the u►oun , after the original made! ; the decayed bow.' he columns still *Lauding to he stmogly eased the saute stone; and the broken limbs and ire. of the figures to 10P restored after the au ity of the drawings and descriptions of the ear travelkm he year of the repair, nod the motive of the• ertakid*, to he insershLl in deep characters on wall of tile curers. he solid stone floor to he desred of rubbish (in e places it is tun feet deep), that the continuity he reek, with the buss= ui the columns, may ear. he oralero wnll, toetnsint.: the front, to he dour,, to throw more lo_Cot on the holy of plir-e, and a r4lilig subdituted at a greater IIaCP. nr ti :ores to hr frellently e!eaned and dried u cloth. who:lt will hare the efteLt of giv:itz them a kind of enamel. and preserving their sur face from the corroding effect of the moisture. Means to be devibed for preserving the cave from inundation during the *mina! rains. 'Steps to 1* cut in the rooky for easy descent to the cavern of cold water. The jungle in front of the cave, and about its edges. to tx.: cleared, and the aperture of the menu tam, on each side, eularged, to give more air and light. l'he road up the hill to be widened, and cut in steps in the rock ; as is usual in the asceut to other religious plates in I-Ludo:dam At present, the access to the Elephatita is very difficult, being through lowly a mile of steep and painful road. The old Elephant himself, 011 the side of the hill, .to be renewed, and • a young elephant placed on his back, agreeahly to the first drawings. These drawings I can *Ollll you from Europe, if you can not procure them iu India. • And, lastly, an appropriate building to he erect ed on the beach, tit the entrance of the valley, for the accommodation of visitors. Here may lie de posited, for the immediate reference of travellers, those volumes which contain the notices and opi- . Moos' of the learned concerning Elephants. This building night he occupied by the military guard which the llomluy Government has recently %La belled on-the island, to preserve the cavern from further injury. Other improvements will suggest themselves to you ou thespot. To presert.e to futumages this grand monument of ancient sculptUre, perhaps the most ancient in the world, and to exhibit it to mankind in some what of its pristine beauty, is u nMle undertaking, and worthy the countenance of every man who loves to embellish science unil lamas life ; for the temple of Eleoliauta is perhaps a grander effort of the ingenuity of man than the pyramids of Egypt. If the expense of the work is to be defrayed by the subscription of individuals (though 1 consider the preservation and repair of the Elaphanta to be truly and properly a public and riationul coneern), I beg you will do sue the honour to apply to it the inclosed sum. Every ehristian traveller can assign a reason for wishing that the prinneval emblem of the Trinity in Unity, at Eh:Aare:4 may remain entire during the ages •sif the world.-1 temaiu, dear Sir, with much esteem, yont faithful and obedient ..rvistit,* Hon. Compan', s%.p tbarltua, •C. BUCHANAN. off GA. Feb. Mi. t sos. • SP4Nti: I PAP Li?S. if Goa, nearly three tlioa Priests, t upwards of two huadnsd an& fifty Chu- f ;hushes. This is'the hierarchy whirl Alinus the Christiaii Church iu the4Bart; f t power lb silent ly increasing wider the • ieverittnent of the English, where *faith; suffers the &lowish superstition to Co.'' • minion with udeuriug activity in every t f Riadostsin. • Tres is the . !Wien - cbte= t inch looks out wiih , enNiety for the arri- eitarte, 4 , the great restorer of the atho s i." Dr. 811C11311A11 . 1 Letter to the Arch- PROC tAT lON . • OrIi!MUT. C.ISTINOi TO 1 . 117 L Avnti.VsliNs. VALICANI' J 14.00, of pa triotism has, in siren days, hu-st fart %% it .stich brilliancy. that it t144-consuinun the hipie.sueo•of the tintion. You desire to be free, and in a moment you found a protecting Government, and au antic, ans.- ious for battle and for triumph. Those Legions of Vaudois, who, for a time, stir prised some of your cities, which they delivered up to plunder : thomi insolent men, puled up with the vietorii:: they had gained over nations that were not united ; who sold by whllestile the plunder of Europe; and laid waste the most fertile hi Ids with hie hod sword, have felt what the love of country aad religion can do. Valiant Atidalusians, yours is the glory of Ma re go, of Jena , owl of Austerlitz. The Nines that adorned the brows of those coaquerors are at your fact. Immortal glory to the hero who has renewed in the Sierra Morena the exploits of Fabius Ma:l iners! Our children will say--. , Castanet has tii iiniphed over the French, and his glory did not till the houses of our father; with mourning."—Un fading laurels to the brave who destroyed the inso lent oppressors of the human rave ! Blessings upon the wise Government that defended our rights and prepared our triumphs ! Yet you aro notliitlabisians alone, you are Spa niards—Ely, children of Spain! fly to your brethren on the Ebro, the Douro, and the Xuear; fly to break the chains of the captives of the Togo*, of Mantanares, end of Lot:wept. Blot out from the Spanish *oil, even to the last footstep of thelei perfidious wretches— 1 venee in their blood the iiimlts they have offered to the shade of a weak mil cowardly Government—Fleur you not the rte, of the murdered on the ‘2d May ? bo you hot keen to the lamentations of the op pressed? Are }on not moved by the secret sighs of our Ferdinand, weeping his separation From his countrymen ? War and venzeaiice I—Tremble, tyrant of Eu rope, upon your throne, where you are covered with all sorts oft runes. Valiant Andalusian's ! think no sacrifice too great that is to recover your King. and restore your ins &pendency. You possess a country. Be a great nation—Follow the paths of glory and of virtue, ohich, imelzr the God of Armies, have - led you'to this first victory ! MADRID. JULY 30. In the middle of the night. Joseph Bonaparte set off, and took the road to France, accordiaig to pre parations prvviously made. Some say, this precipitate flight was occasioned by the surrender of 'Dupont, with a considerable number of prisoners ; ethers think. that it is the result of the discovery of a plot of two French Ge nerals. The truth is, that this morning, more than 3000 left this capita! on the road to France. The fact i* certain, the renew doubtful. We hope that tu-morrow there will Dot bee Frenchman here. 11AgIZAPIAI., JULY 31. We hear that Bessieres is retiring hastily upon Burgos. Tins i i i considered as most favourable.— Some stir it is the effect of the entrance of our army into Madrid, and of the flight of Joseph Bonaparte; others, that some revolutionary 111:1VPIlltIlib hare broken out in France, and that Nupf,kon has been seized. °doers, with more probatr:!ity, consider it ass the effeet of the defeat of Dupont and Modal. (Supplement t 72e Seri& Goserfte, July Jo.) Copy oleo official tyrtiele iwertett in The Sala -111(811C4 therefor! of the ‘6th of July, by onlef of tlw Gotron.toder-in-Citief. General eersto:— " His Excellency General (-siesta Wu received (Ana the Jams of !Nevi* Ihr mei-wont of the dufeat arid aurresider of General Do4oai's arms. The cfgeeas erre r.Uoweil to Ise? 11mi/swords, nail to take thil% nM porenoialtio sigh thew clothes. This condition ess enflorred in ettuateioenoe glib* scandalous conduct of the Eters+, awl ilie plunder they every where committed." THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18. The Alcmene, of 32 gnus, Capt. TIREDILgTT, • ou Monday, at Plymouth, with dispatches, after a passage of four days from Corunna. The Alcmene confirms the report that JOSEPH BON A.. PARTS and all the French had left Madrid, and were retreating to France ; lie only remained in that city a few days, the whole of which he em ployed in plundering the churches, &c. General CASTANOS is in possession of a letter written by Bo b] APARTE, addressed to DUPONT, ordering him to quit his situation, join another division of the French, and, with the united force, attack the army of Gallicia under General BLARE. The Alcmene spoke on the 13th the Expedition from Portsmouth, under Sir 11. BONNARD, es corted by the Audacious, all well, 100 miles S. W. by W. off Ushant. The following is an extract from a letter dated on board the Audacious, at Sea, 13th August" I take the opportunity of a brig's speaking us to send you a line. We are nil in high preservation, though moving en slowly ; and unless the wind changes, 1 cannot say when we shall reach our destination. It is now directly in our teeth, though we are happily considerably to the Southward of thhant. Three days fair wind, and we should be clear of Cape Finisterre." We have received Corwin's' Papers to (lie 9th instant. (rola which we have made some extracts ; imOng which is a Proclamation issued by .the Kal lant General CASTAXO6, subsequent to the surren der of DUPONT. There were great rejoicings on Sunday at Bou logne, in celebration of 1130NAPAGTE'i The rockets were semi in the evening from .1)orr flying in the airy ip every direction on that part of the Freixli coast; The peOile — aail Aye troops at Boulogne know nothing yet of hi, disiniceftil flight from Bayonne, alai tl.iit of JOiEPli from 'Madrid, ith the dcleut of the French urine in Spaiu. A Bulletis from Itinnimuillet, announcing these events, wouht certainly encograga them to under take the Tong threatened invasion .of England ! ! "f he Spaniards have now strewn t 0 all the natiohs of Europe what an united people condo. Notwithstanding seine ambiguities and apparent contradictions in The Gazette of Tuesday eveniag, which would rcflect upon the perspicuity of Cap tain WHITTINGHAM. if he litc-ally composed the Rwport transmitted by Sir II _w bsr.neuer.r, its contents mint be perused with general exultation. JOSEPH BONAPARTS'S retreat from "Madrid. and the circumstances that obealiciociasalLos. aircom.- ponied it, thmtpillry liiiirkeetter.to . -tettt otr equal siittini.4, prove aa;ertlwletsitge appre-hen *ions which' hart' toompelleil this short-lived Mc : narch so soon to transfer his Royal person and re sidence nearer his Imperial brother. If JO*EPH Maly did, as our Gazette states, take the road of Segovia, he must probably have been impelled by the desire of plundering the palaces of the Es curial, and of St. Ildcfnisso o _as lie haul previously done by the pally,' of the metropolis. lint he must necessurily pass through the defiles of the monistaiiies of Gemelaraina oo that route, which, it was seine time ago asserted, were occupied by the Patriots.. or BLASIEREA4 his force or his position, we are left in total ignorance. lie probably covers the flight of Jost:en, and he commends the oniv considerable body of French troops new acting to the west of the Ebro. If we may farm, front our imperfect materials, any conclusion as to the ulterior views or intentions of NAPOLEON. it would appear s that having 6641,1 him the three provinces of Biscay. Navarre, and Catalonia, which are under his cotetroul, he minens to make a stand in Old Castile. Bongoes would become, in that eyelet, the seat of Jteseetes Government ; as it was repeatedly, &ming the war of the succes sime, in the beginning of the last century, the resi dence of I 'n: t.t r V. and of his Court. Front Burgos, it is no doubt presumed, that Jossett may always reach Bayonne, without clanger of being intercept ed by his unnatural subjects, who still continue insensible to the blessings of his administration. The scene of 'facilities will, in all probability, he now transferred to the province of Old Castile. If CUESTA and Bt.sxx can advance from Astorga, through the kingdom of Leon, while Cascraxos penetrates through La Mancha and New Castile, towards Burgos. the contest must soon come to a decision. Leaving, however, for the present, the consider ation of these events, as well as the results of Sir AKTUVII ‘VELLErLsv's Expedition, relative to both which, a few days may enable us better to judge, it is natural to turn our attention towards the great and principal actor. We must presume that the Corsican has king ago reached leis eapital, where lie will sunpiestiona!,ly find ample occupa tion. All his precautions, and all the severity of Foucus4 aided by the interdiction of every spe cies of intercourse between the Continent and this polluted country, will not long suppress or con ceal the disgrace of his arms beyond the Pyreaets. Itle will read in the countenances of his subjects, the capitulation of Baylen, the surremlzr of Ro,. sum, stud the flight of JOSEPLL Hit wAI had his own disquietude re-echoed from liMiand, c„t from Germany. Louts uiel JE ROM tremble on their usurped thrones., and &ult.( yate the, sp. proaching or the posaiblsl fate of ilk ir eider h e .,. ther. But it is from Austria that AL..N.sealtii,. may naturally expect some manifestatio n of content, or omne reclamation of the tultiltui.at st the articles of the treaty of Tilsit. T h e mainea is favourable for such an interference; Anti meanly we may conceive of the military, as well es of the final cial, and the moral abilities. of that Go vernment, yet NAPOLEON cannot, while his tms.:.. are capitulating, or retreating in couNishai a rupture with the Court of Vienna as a sul t j eet o r itislidereoce. Far from despising or courtin g it, we conceive that he will be desirous of avoiding and averting it, if he can accomplish it without loss of reputation. Malty circumstances, on the other hand, Ini,ltt estah!ti Austria to contend with better chontetcs. success, cam ui the three lest wars. .‘ There is tide is the affairs of men ;" and it seems now to be stgoinst the Corsican. He cannot leave Frau,: exposed to the Euglish oust Spaniaids, in order to return to Vienna and Austerlitz. Ha will be fortr. nate, if he can retain possessiou of three or boar provinces of Spain, without marching Isis ironic into Hungary or Bohemia. His enemies Might appear at the gates of Bayonne, or of Perpignan, while he woo gone to gather laurels on the Dims:lA. He is too wise, under existing circumstaim,s, ti repeat that experiment. Even from the humi liation and extinction of Prussia, sney emi nently arise the !salvation ef Germany, and the successful exertions of Austria. The low; rivalities between Berlin and Vienna ar era tense —The enmities that existed between l'ist• DERIC and itlAttl.l TIIE4E,A, are forgotten. S;• lesia, that perpetual source of jea!ousy on o.e hand, and of apprehension on the other, is !Ramie the prey of the lion. Naeoutoe, trampling co every condition of the 'peace of Tilsit, holds thin unfortunate province under his iron gripe, cud treats the wretched isdnibiticits as slit, t TiCeilarc Wawa)! himself, who so lately com manded an army bf t.vt; hundred t .ou.aud men, with which, in Decenther, 1003, he might have changed the destiny of Europe, is become a fugitive, scarcely daring to trust his person with in his own nominal dominioui. Like Outwits the Twet,yettat Dm:notice, he is forgotten a; Ku itigsberg;•:wlitle Berlim•and Potzdam, and Sins So.uci, — are tyrannized by Freuch Generals, mud loaded with French exactions. Such a King, and such a:state, can no longer impress Austria with terror, nor hang as a weight on her counsels sind operations. Even Russia may think the inns etc of tier own subserviency a.,d subwis nu to IioNA• r4irrt, to be full ; and may, from bcisig his itastra• anent, become his opponent. These are the circumstances in which NAPOLEOII stands. They are very critical ; and IDUbt beceuat hourly more so; when we consider the situation of JIINUT. of BESSIERES, and of the beaten troops that have lost their reputation before Sarugoa.a and Vaientiti; above all, when we content: late the pw. sition of Don Josue's, the Catholic King, who is carrying Ins virtues to the land from whence he cause. Vainly may the Corsican Tyrant look hark upon the eminence from which he has precipitated himself. it is irrecoverable. Hr must go forward; and we believe his difficulties will augment at every step. A few days, or weeks, must necessarily draw up the curtain which at present covers the East and the North of Europe. We have received Dutch Papers to the 7th inst. containingextracts from the Pans Papers to the yd. On the Iritli last, several horses belonging to illuair pieced through Frankfort, on their way, it was sae posed, to :Naples, and BONAPARTE arrived at Tail loose 011 the _nth. The Paris Papers endeavour to persuade the good people of that city, that tie tie comas of the reverses sustained by the French iu Spain are Al Case. The following extract from the Journal de l'Enopire, of the 2d inst. way afford a specimen of this sort of imposture " For some time past various reports have been propagated with regard to Spain and Portugal. It has been asserted that the English have obtained some advantages in these two kingdoms; but the iineertaiiity and contrariety of these report. vfotil.l alone be sufficient to expose their improbability. —lt is true, that the English, according to the , : usual custom, have eodeavonred to excite distort:- but it•ia also certain, that all their etff'rt• to make themselves masters of the ports and Ar c of Spain have again and again beeu fnistatted.— We learn from authentic information, that they are n ot in possessiim of one harbour or fleet. In. Por tagal they have not succeeded better. They hare dared to make propositions to the Russian Admi ral lying iu the Tagus, but time were rejected with aeon. and indiguation." The First and Second Reports trots the Com• mittee of the House of Commons, on the Laws luting to Lotteries, hare been printed. Among t' several regulations recorumen•led 5,t the Aro, suggests, in case it shall be thii,itht espesir•a to continue State Lotteries, mit , " the nniu.t • thereof in melt year should lie• bilhitei to two terie•, of act more than 30,nu0 /lieltets each tht somber o ten, the preset eight for cue that the nuaul inguld he um Coiurniasioneg cloue of ti as Ow Lotter:, armlet undr !mt . that one foal . Ilrat daps The Steam Acts for reg and prcventin ro•nation it in for the 'suer it concludes w the Lottery ii ruiner are co f re g o u v r i , :;: t i a i :r e i n :aii ci e h n i urd calawitie baneful a sou is so burden dnetive; no the chances au hole where ti: ia 4. 411i1 destr The uppen dence upon the testinionl tint: r. and tern Offl , e-ke every t)OO,OU the people I Re( tor of St. Ordinary of I IVagibrEale, V rinu • illetil.lCCl Lottery prod o The Fourtl Distillation of ed. It recon his sugar bel calculations fining in the that totAer be rinteuts to pi .ys, •re •boe • .rodet.ticsa o Yesterday, rived in town, the QULF.N., the Dukes of At trio o'cli tee, wlich w The Duke of Carden, trio th,,,t. Lard He Tiw t.%ii to Hiv MAJ A The Rev. Mr. Colosel ' , le CI q'• Aut.& Cesu Mr. Nita cerdiogo of bt No Coonci 'ZESTY loft to o'clock. Ye‘terdAy I Grave the DN The Duke leave. London, }'este►d ty 1 the Natality 1 is an eler,nt '1 he liisho l Jrary a Moot puoiic eye. It wets rep. 1 , 4 11.15 bet We believe U the Mentor, for days fro.s could to that view; to her .11 The Candi, Louth, WM) t fri gkteS , and board 4000 at. Ayres, winch Clots at Of BERti. f ir► long, we wide roline, and arc The follow dia, in additit pultheati 'n Per Windham and Mrs. Breese Per Castle E Lieutenant-Colo Rawlins, J. Shun titbron, &qrs.; Sir Altl'HY togthilig et ( 16th nit. from elusive, the transports dit the 30th and troops and hen baste landed, was caiculatet; barked. 'They write , Isntry of a sitt; I.sve sporting Lye Itl Engle against Frenel v.:red on Lot! knowledge of seGiisly to brie twNe sent out eight or telt En of LOIS: Itltd, ile tfrrett