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If 7wa w MI TOUR TO L.4lloltli. V r i~ • 1 legs religmaa. t TIMIS( ludic*. •t This day is published, TIIF: FIRST l'A ILT of iIISTORIC ANte: DOTES mid SECRET mr.voins of the LEGISLA. Tali. UNION between GREAT-RRITAI N mid IRE LAN D. By Sir JONAIi UARRINGTON, One of His Majesty's Commit-M.lms, ' Judge of the High Court of Admiralty of Ireland, and Member of the late Irish Parliament, for the cities of Tam and Chighte. This Work will comprise a Memoir of Irish Affairs, prin cipally fur the last tummy years—(Gorr 1750 to tauis).—Sod particularly of the Union, traced from its must remote causes to those of its tinal completion.-11 will also comprise - the in terestieg Ent of the Irish Volunteers—Abe declaration of Is dependence by the Irish Parliaineut, in 17eg--thr Regency —sad the 'triad:ion—interspersed with Anecdotes and Cha racters heretofore unpubilslied. A. this is iisteuded to be us a curious Record of the causes and eta of two reptiguant Revoluti 44444 ill owe country, within a period of eighteen years, it w ill necessarily embrace many subjects, and distinguish many kadsug Characters . The Author, therefore, will eudeavour to autlivoticate this Memoir, by actual proofs, ultra within his reach—and (when such are out of his power) to direct the reader to proper sources, whence intbritiation may he derived, so fir as the iodine of such • History, or the course of such an undertak iog will amanita In the of Publication wSll he given, a great bomber of Portraits of the remarkable C h aracters both of Holland and fielaud ; alt migrated by - Mr. Heath, from Origioal Paintings yr Drawings by Hamilton, Sher, Coniuterford,ese with many firs-sietilet of Cenci P, and other curious documents, and Vig• alms of remarkable Events. The whole nily form an interesting mil cetiun of Political 'Transactions, in many of which the Author bore a cousider nblc part ; and will snake known to posterns the Characters and the Prsons of the most remarkabie Political Actual during these eventful periods. This Work, printed (in Parts) to Imperial Quarto on the il finest Vellum Paper, bot•presse, and executed in the very best style, is intruded to be published every two months, lift the whole is completed. The first part is eintoliaslimi with au elegantly-engraved Titk Page and Viva:tie : also with Ports sits of Marquis Cornwallis, Earl oft:lam e Earl of Moira, laird Edward Fitzgerald, J. P. Curran, Esq. and E. K. Hush, Lath part will contain six or eight Engravings, and a pro. port tunable quantity of Letter-prep. Tim exact Number of Parts cannot as yet be determined ; but will lir continued, sues to make two complete Imperial Qum to Volumes. ith the last part, the Appendix and !Index will be given gratis. 'The price of each Part ton being &limed) will be nue GUAM ; anti fur Proof Impressions (the fist hundred), the Letter-Fin is printed ou the burst elephaut drawing paper, 'ran liainesa earn All persons aruding their names to Mr. G. Robinson, Nu. Is, Pateruiister-rues, Lund ttt t will have their Rooks and Prints delivered according to the date stud miurity of suck application. (Continued from THE iintri,u PRLSII of Thursday last.] " MADRAS. MAY O. " On the 19th I arrived at ('inhale, passing Iliwlwl , its my route, a town, like must others in this part of the country, walled to, and baying a liege citadel, much resembling in appearance those ancient English castles, formerly the strong-holds of the feudal Barons. hlulana, and all the coon try lime: between it aid LTintiala, are dependencies of 014 Cour and ltoop Coat., reliats of Goorbak bah Sing and Lel Singh, the Deceased Zemindars of • those districts. They can bring into the field be tween 7 and MVO fightiug men, horse and foist. Their families reside in a well-built citadel, sur rounded by a brick wall, with round bastions. The i town is large anal populous,' the houses are mostly built of bitrut bricks. The Street are so very mar., law, us se urcely to afford room for the passage of an elephant. The country between Nlulaiiis and,,, appears fertile, and is extremely well cute,. tivoted. llama inquired why the more powerful • Ze • idars dill nut reduce the weaker to their sub.'', jectioti, I was told list they had no desire to est. teed their poesessioes, or to cause coin motions by. such stets of injustice, and that they were content with the territory that they already possessed. " At lumbal•, I met the usual kind attention. Ou my arrival, I bud a visit from the llewan, de puted on the part of the Ladies of the citadel, po litely requeatiug to know, if I would allow them to order dinner to he prepared for me. The inha bitants throughout fists country, and us far as the Sntledge, bear a high character for hospitality and kindness to strangers. Their benevolence is not 'lammed by bigotry or prejudice, and disclaims the distinctions of religion or complexion. They are particularly attentive to travellers of all caste or countries. The chief of every torsi' mike* a peint of subsisting all poor and needy travellers, from his own funds, a part of which is set aside for that purpo.e, anti, when that fulls short, from an in creased number of indigent claimants, their wants are supplied by a subscript Mu, made from the prin cipal inisalsitanis of the place. It is very pleasing to travel through the towns and villages of this country. 'flay inhabitants receive tive• stranger with MI air of welcome that peeposaemes him in their favour. They are, at the same bine, cour teous and respectful, contrary to what the traveller experiences in 31ussulman towns, where he is looked npon with contempt, and regarded as an unwel come intruder. The character of the &Vila had been represented to me in a very favourable light, and my own observations confirmed all that I hail hexed in their favour. They are just and amiable in their social intercourse, and atfectionate in their domestic relations. Due quality, particularly, raises the character of the Sikh above all other Asiatics, and that is, their higher veneration fur truth. Both as a people, and as individuals, they may be considered as much less addicted to the low artifices of evasion, lying, or dissimulation, than any other race of Asiatics. Implicit depend ence may be placed upon their promise. in all matters either of public or private concern, and if a &Ilk% declares himself your friend, he will not disappoint your confidence : if, on the other hand, he bears enmity to any one, he declares it without reserve.—Upon the whole, they are a plain, manly, hospitable, and indostrinue people ; and uy far the best race I have ever met in India. They have all the essential qualities of a good soldier ;—in their persons they are hardy anal athletic; of active ha. bits, patient, faithful, and brave. They are strong ly attached to their chief , , and will uever desert them, white they arc well treated. ss Ou the 40th of April I roarchiedeo Patala, in a southerly directiati.—The country 'con • es open, and pretty well cultivated, but without masa go trees, there are, however, large prerul• trees ',Pout the differ( of re lieges, and also hedges of the jow,f growing to middling-sized trees, which, ' to the European eye, hare a novel and pretty appear ',trice. There ...bedva are cut by the natives. asiod Commonly used for fuel. Although the soil of this part of the country ia• so favourable to the production of gnat', the crops were by no means so full and laxuriont , tie in the Company's territories. From inattention 'an the part of the laud-holders, together with the unorgaintied state of the uoutitry,which being held in petty independencies, and beyond the Sufi - edge, in Jut4rer and Jaida'd, is only partially cultivated. The royutts raise no more than suffiCieut for home coistimption; wherees, under proper management, n large surplus might be raised for exportation. The country, though fertile, is uncommonly dry, and irrigation hecuilics iteceSsary to insole a pleu tiful harvest; yet wells are only seem near towns and villager, where they water their crops ; but the distant fields, when ploughed and sown, are left to take their chance of the weather, notwitlistand. lug the simple and ingenious method they employ to draw their water, and, consequently, they pro duce low end itc inty crops. The water is drawn up from the wells by what we call the Persian wheel. %lilt- this piece of mechanism is so mimed, I know not, and here, where it is in very general use, the natives do not assign its invention to the Persians, but claim it as their own—they call it raleuti. One of these ninth' I examined particu larly ; it was worked by two bullock-, and gave a constant supply of water. it was constructed with Utree wheels, two of which ware placed vertically, +Mil the third horismitally. The former were sized on an axle, over which the governing or horizontal wheel was turned by the passir„.e of the bullocks; it had 42 pots, each holding 511 quarts of water, all fastened to a circular cordage, close to emelt other; these descending two or three cubits into the water, were filled iu succeinion ; and on passing, their horizontaddireetion, at the top of the well, emptied themselves into a wooden receiver; whence the water was conducted by a trough to the different channels of divergence. In some places two re hints are worked at the same time, on opposite sides of the well ; and in this way they water a considerable apace io a short-time. The receiver is placed within the wheel, but has no connexion with it. Water is fouud throughout this country at a depth of from ten to IS cubits from the surface. " Pateata is a place tf considerable extent, sur romuled by a mud wall and ditch, but neither af fording auy great defence. The lbsjali Sahib Singh was strengthening the framer by au additional wall of unborn' brick, three feet thick, to guard against the attacks of his enemies. His place of reta&ticie is within the towu. in a !Made! of chewy and lofty' appearance. It is a square fort, built of burnt brick, with curtains and round bastiams, in which, lam told, he has three or four plans. At this place there are several little monuments of deceased Sikhs, some of them hearing inscriptions of the name, age, Ste. of the deceased, which do not here denote the person interred to here been a self-de voted Suttee, as is generally the ease where such monuments itp;iear in other purls. That practice does not prevaii in this part of the country. These monuments are built over a small part of the body, %per reducing it to ashes, and the remainder is thrown ion the nearest riser, to the margin of which lluudoo bodies are carried to lie burnt. The bodies sire never thrown into the river, without the previous ceremony of burning, in any part of the Punish. A Christian musician, named Paris, late muster of I the band in the 4th native regiment, was this day rltilled by two Sikles, in en affray originating about A N prostitute of the town. He was what is called a 'days cast man, and had deserted from his corps, on eocount of debt. He was here called Captain and had the command of a small body of font, in the Rajah's service. The two men who killed him were immediately confined, and their property con fiscated. Paris, however, was the aggressor, he had not only given the first abuse, lint wounded nue of the Confiscation of property and impri sonment err in general, as heron: noted, the only im nishinents inflicted for wilful murder. This,perhape, in most countiaes, might render e • sof that asii guniary nature more frequent : here it does by no means appear to have that effect ; and the penalty is found to be sufficient; for murders, 1 believe, are far less frerpient than in any country equally po pulous, which 1 think a ouritiettig proof of the geind-follooship suL,u.hu among the inhabitants of these countries, end °Ethic general character they bear for moderation and good manners. " On the , 24tla I arrired at Iliad:emirs. The direct road from Umbels to this place is by Raje. poor and Sirhand. I was this day 'informed that Slinjeli-ul-Mulk, King of Kandahar and Cebu', haring marched to the country of Littee. appointed Sheer Irlohnnimu.l Khasi. Visier, who, taking ad vantage of In. absence, raised to the Musoud une of Zeman Shah's soils, cud disclaimed any further obedience to the King's authority ; but the ma. aware of the Vizier's treachery, wrote privatety to Shujah-nl-Mullt, pressing his immediate return, to prevent the Vizier's proclaiming himself King. The King obeyed the summon,, came speedily Beek, and put the Vizier to death. Ahdallah Khan, son of the Vizier, ■nd Salmi, of Cabmen, in conse quence of his father's murder, resolved to throw off lOsvillegiance Ito the King, ■nd sent an invitation to Rajah ltunjert Singh, to march his army to his support, offering hint considerable pecuniary re compense. " "Mackewara is a small town, within four miles and a half of the Sutledge. whose course ran under it about 12 years ago, hot bas since taken a distant and more northerly direction. .4 On the 25111, I crossed the Sutledge. or as, anciently called Sistruillira (Ituilh, implying blood in Sanscrit) where a bloody battle was fought, and arrived at Baboon. This riser seems to hove its source in the hills, bearing from this about north east, mind flows in a south-westerly direction, thruugh a fair, open, claintpitigii country. Its banks are very low, and it bears the aprearance of a fine canal, running in two channels ; the first fordable, and in breadth about 100 yards, and the second 350 yards across; the wider is deep, but not rapid. There are 20 boat, at the gamut, of rude construction, but well adapted for crossing artillery ' and cavalry ; on our of which both my elephants crossed with ease. They are each capable of coo t g hones, the meal rule into them, at once, without &amounting ; they resemble, in figure, what we call ari oblong square, with a prow at one end. without which they %mild look more like tubs LON DON, SATURDAY. OcToasa 7. Nothier are transpired, yesterday, respecting Mr. Ptsiteitvoes adiniiiistretion. The belief that Marquis Wwt.Losi.r:y will decline * connection with it. Ow ground. The Ministerial Journals which announced that Lord MELItiLLE was sent for, have contradicted their statement. They have loco long feeling the pulse of the piat)lic uimn this oielicoe subject. The four missing ships of the last homeward bound East India fleet, uut having yet arrived, nor any accounts to be relied upon respecting them, great fears are to he entertained for the safety of most, if not all of them; the whole fleet having been exposed to a most tremendous hurricane in the latitude of the Mauritius, in which many of the ships, which afterwards arrived, were fur some time in a most perilous situation; some of them having been upset by the violence of the wind, but fortunately righted again. The Cafratia, one of the utilising ships, had been seen in the greatest distress, all her ivasts gone, having broached -to. and the sea making a fair breach over her. The Lady Jame Dundas, another of the saissing ships, had experienced, a:: was supposed, consi derable daMage in India, having been ashore for soine time in Casings Hay. 'Ll'e understand, that on board the Lady Jane .19nisdas were embarked General 1114)owat.t., late Commander-in-Chic on the Madras Estsiblisliment, Lieutenant-Colonel Carrzft, Late Adjutant-General, and Major BeizEs, Assistent Adjutant-General; all a6wisons had been suspended frem their situations by the Governor of Madras, at the commencement of the late dis putes between that Government and the military. The two latter of these gentlemen had taken their passage on board an American ship as far as Point de Guile, in Ceylon, where the homeward-bound fleet were to rendezvous, from which piece, it is ascertained, they again embarked for Englund ou board the Lady Jame Dundas, one of the unfortu nate missing II pa. On the ioth of April Is,t , arrived at Point de Guile, the brig Martha, under Acheen colours, Capt SAIIIVEL SCOUT, from Maldiva the tosith March, bound to Acheen.—Passengcr, Mr. W. SIPEEDI:IO, late Chief Mute of the brig Ceres.— While at the Maldisar, a French National corvette arrived there fru* a cruise up the Persian (Mph, and on the Malabar coact. him had made many captures, anion; which was the brig Ceres, belong ing to Penang, with a valuable cargo on bawd, bound to Bombay ; the corvette is called the kn treprenahte, Captain Luny r ; she is a brig, grab built. having a poop, very taunt-masted, ann chews Arab colours ; site left the Meldiras 9.31 Feb. and teas supposed to Ise bound to the Mauritius. as her people were in a usutinous state. According to recent accounts from Cadiz. a re port was very industriously spread through by the emissaries of NAPOI.IIOII, that. it the French were beaten by the Britisb.army, the country was to be taken puseaseioa of in the name of the King of ENGLAND. On the tit h of last month, the return of the sick in the hospitals at Waleheren was 9798. On the rth the deaths were 411 r; on the 25th only 9; and no new patient* had been admitted during the two lola days. The inference is. that the disease. *lnds lute so dreadfully afflicted our army. is on the de crease. Lord WILLIAM RINTINCK. it k said, hxs de clined the office of Secretary itt War. Some docks are about to be constructed between Shoreham and Lancing, which will probably (train the low lands in that neighbourhood. The ship mentioned i n the French Papers to he on shore, near Cherbourg, is supposed to be the Peggy, Smirif, from Antigua. The Magistrates far the County of :Middlesex dine together ou the inst. Tickets ale two guineas each. Another pretty Expedition !—A few week! since twelve sail of the hue were ordered to he fitted at Portsmouth for prison ships; after they had been partly fitted for that purpose, another order di rected them to be titttil os stone ships, to he sunk at the mouth of the Scheldt ; and now they are nearly tad& stone-ship s of, they are untied to re main in stain (pia; by which it is supposed the sapient scheiste of sinking them is abandoned.— Marty thousand ponads. expense hos heel' thus thrown away in fitting. the slaps and altering them attain, agreeably to the sterna orders ! But t h is is not the whole of the loss and grievance : the whole number to be sank woe ticantylive sail of tie /ins; the others t.N.re biting Out at other ports ! * 7, c • F _ CHELTENHAM. OCT. 5. His Royal flightless the Duke of Gloucester ho•-• noureil the Assembly with his preseuve, Olb day evening, which, for the time of year, wits as fully attended us we ever recollect to have witnessed. On Tuesday his Royal Highness %scut to•the Theatre—Richer performed the whole of his *ini mitable 11311111ZUVreS, with his accustomed ease and elegance, and was cheered with the warmest plau dits of his Royal Highness, who appeared hiAly satisfied, us well as of a very genteel and groaacti audience. The Busy Body cud Tke Turnpike Gate were performed with unusual spirit, and wear tiff with great eclat. This caviling Miss Jameson appears in the cha racters of Julia Pagintr, In Tyre Way So get marrifa, and the Blisd Buy, iu the Fame, tor her uwi, benefit. Arrivals His Serene Highness the Prince of Orange, the Rie.t" Hun. Earl Sutfolk, Lurd Mouutsandfurd, MAjur-Gslirs ..t Ganime!, Colonel Le Merchant. Cul. Maensmata, Majw Thesiger, Major Cap:, Capt. and Mrs. tritcilly, Captain F J. Heard, Capt. Hatton, Capt. Head., Capt. Hunted, Cap tain Butler, Captain Fleming, Um J. Ss,vadur, Mr. sad Mrs. liuddingtuts stud family. Yesterday morning, Ills I%IA-trATIr, Priaces•es AUGUSTA, Had SerniA, accompanied by Lord CAMDEN, Lady ELY, Gtioeral Frizanr, and (VG. nel TAW LOlt, retie in Wirdsor Great Park, and re turned at twelve o'clock. Yesterday "nor 1111 l g Earl CASIDEN arrived at Windsor, and had on audience of His MAJESTY. Ile afterwards rude out with His MaJosto and the Palomino. Sunday oiorning host, His Serene Highness the Prince of Orange attired at the Volley of R u ck s Jon, at Linton, from Ilfracombe, he spent Sunday and greet part of Monday, iii viewing the grand picturesque scenery of the Valley of Hock., Lyinouth„ and the various Cataracts.—flis High ness ;as highly gratified with the beautiful scenery in *mud near Linton.—Monday evening lie proceed ed by the way of Lord King's lodge, to Dunster. Has Royal Highness the Dotted Sussix quitted Berkeley Csstle on IVednessi.iy the 27th, leaving all who had the honour of his acquaintance delight ed with his condeverusion, and the characteristic aincenity of his manners. His Royal Highness had entirely recovered his health and spiritS: Lady CHARLES BCNTIsiciL will leave town, to- morrow, for Chatham, to join his Lordship, who is there with his regiment. Ludy GEORGE CAVENDISH left Latimers, yes terday, for Eastbourne. Lord Mossots, we are sorry to state, was consi dered much worse yesterday. The Duke of PORTLAND Was not so well, last night, as on the preceding night. Lady CAROLINA Work returned yesterday to Dorchester -house, from Ham. General BaineNßlOn gave la grand dinner yester de! at his house in Audley-srouve, to several 'bi bles& officers lately arrived in town from Flushing. fhePORTVGLIRSE AlllrASS•oollretiirned to town yeAterday from Worthing. Mr. Sheriff Woon's new carriage has been built by Mmteat.v, in Welbecl•-street. It is exqui sitely beautiful. It cost 13001. Mrs. T. DIRDIN had an excellent house for her benefit. last Monday, at Birmingham ; the gross receipts, we understand, were more than 4501..--. The popularity of Mrs. V., who is a favourite per farmer, and the unrivalled talents of Mr. BRAMAN * who sang some of his most admired pieces that evening, could not fail of drawing ft crowded house. Mrs. T. Distien will make her debut, this night, at the Cheltenham Theatre, for the benefit of MARSHALL ; She will perform the part of the fe male Prieuner, in Mrs. Isictinat.o:s celebrated Co medy of Such Things etre, and in the Muoical. Farce of The Quaker. Mr. BAIINIAiTRIt was to perform his secsnd Budget, hen night, et Canterbury, for the amuse ment of the Ladies and Gentlemen of that - city. Mr, CANNING'I wound had nearly proved The ball 1 nisei' clone to the Pope's-eye. The rioters ut Covent-Garden justify them selves on the precedent of the two liight•Hononr able Secretaries of State, neither of whom has toren yet taken up for their breach of the peace, pith intent to commit warder. When WART, the actor, saw an orange upon the Stage, he Took it op, and said, " Th is /solo dvil unsafe 1. But how would he have expressed hie in dignation, could he have seen, on Wednerhir night, an English actress, pelted by en English. audience, and at a time when every father, husband. mid brother, must be most anxious for a woosaii's safety! .• The age of chivalry" is tone; unit ul though 1(01111oPI MARE called ac "u Nation of shop keepers," do not let BONAPARTE cull Us"O 'Olio* of savages." During the scufae, last night, in the Pit of Co vent-Garden Theatre, two !brooms were forced riga:lust the spikes of the orchestra, and much hurt. One of them, a flue young man, shout iiireteen years of age, son of Mr. LORIMER, Silk-dyer, in the Strand, received two wounds on the hack of his thigh from two spikes, which ' , tarred several inches. llc was with great difficulty hrnii4lit out of the place, and carried home in a cisitli to his father's house, where lie was attended lry STANTON, of the Strand. TO:- wounds ate very serious, and the young man wa in great a gony last night. The other person was wounded by spikes in the beck. Many persons have partook of Thirty, Twenty. and Ten Thousand Pontiff Priers, &t. at IksatisaT and Ca.'s Offices, but this year the adventurers may reap the fruits of their elinnees in en improved way, by participating of Eighty. Sixty, 41.11 Forty Thousand Pound Prizes, Sty. amid that in time course of a few. hours. This Novel tootle of ()row ing the Lottery is sanctioned and supported by those who were ieei tt Ueol to Lotteries, beCaUlle it has a beneficial effect trip promote the rest pus-• chaser's enlace, and prevent all alien uoilertak ;opt. 'nor iirmatad for awl Shim , i , lerearrr daily, at the ititi.rststUi.lied Slaty Lotto. A OlEto' of fluatisse and Co. tu , Coroi,“;, surd f,t. Mar i ga lioraugh. F F It than ; they are 90 feet long, 1.1 broad. and the .ad r 14 Melte', with bottoms of six planks thick; each plink I S inch. The river, during the rains, is full one mile and a half broad. The dis tance, Irons the Jumna to the Sutledge, is six stages, being 60 of their cobs, each measuring 2,600 ordinary paces. " On the 26th of April I marched to Mukoond poore, diatunce 12 miles; the road very good, and the country open. There are no mango trees at this place, nor any other shelter for tents. This village is willed iii, and is held in jugeer by a per son mimed Sahib Singh Rider, who has prohibited shooting within his demesnes. 'file present is their harvest season; and although the hand is covered with the crop. the Rajah's cavalry not 0017 prefer riding through the corn-fields. to following the mime of the road, but help themselves, without ceremony, to bundles of ripe corn, to feed their horses ut the journey's end. This they do, whe ther in their own country, or their neighbour's ; a practsce authorised, they say, by their master." (To be costitmed.) THE BRITISH PRESS.