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i This 'Day is peblished, a new Edition, being the Eighth, in 2 Vol. psst Sm. price Its. boards, 1. 4 - ILEMENTS OF CRITICISM; r.a By HENRY HOME, LORD KAIMI'S. With the Author's last Corrections and Additions. Hinted for Ventor and Hood, 31, Poultry. This Wwk, which went through Seven FAitiotisduroig the ituthor's lifestirne, has for these wetly years been remarkably sr tier ; it is still considered by Scholars as the best Work us the subject of the Selles.Lerres. This Div Is mildished, it R•u pries 64. in bierds, eIINFIE RURAL SABBATH, in Four Books; 1 and other Poems. B• WILLIAM COMM. Printed by William RUllller and Co. fur George and Wm. PAL MA ; and James Aspeme, Cornhlll. JUDGE JOHNSON. This Oak's published. in Ova. price 44. 6d. sowed, published, T lAL of Mr. JUSTICE JOHNSON, in the Court of King',. Bench, Ireland:—Containing the Arguments of Counsel aid Opinions of the Jarlges in the Case of the King v Mr. Justice .1011115011. Accurately taken in short hand, and pith Lilted he authority. Duhlio : Printer! lor Gilbert and !ldges And sold in Lout- NI. by lalin Murray, d 2, Fle.:t-street and Julia !larding, St. Jaines's-street. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—WIDNESDAT, MAacoo 27 Control were heard respecting the Scotch Appeel•—• Andrew 'ane. writer to the signet, motile (or Sir Andrew Cathcart, ~ f Carletirm, Bart. v. Aeliihald Earl of Cassilia, and other.— %it. Mr. Horridly, as leading Coun.al for the Appella.ir, at e m.iderable length ; after which, the farther hearing was ad journed t•ll tominnow. The Bill+ norm the tattle were forwarded in their none/tire stages; among these, the Add nal Legacy Duty BM was read a strond time, and committed frig to meirmw ; and the Cirmnsittee. cm the Rill to authorise the Oefori and Cambridge Colkgea to purchase NdV1111•011., was tempo. od till Friday. Certain aceminia, directed wa hr laid annitally before rarlia momt. from the 1...w40n Fiollf and Meal Company, were pre- I toted, acrd mmo private hoariness disposed of; after which an Adjournment took place. 11011sp: OF COMMONS. Mr. W. DIUKINSON presented at the Bar se veral Papers. pursuant to order, relative to Sir H. .Popham.—Ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. . Sir J. NEWPORT, pursuant to notice, moved, that it be an instrultion to the Committee on the Bill for the Lunatic Asylum in Dublin, to make provision for th., produdion annually to Parliament of a statement of the condition of County Infirm aries, and of all Hospitals, &c. of Royal Found:s lim. or receiving Parliamentary bounty in Ireland. Sir. ALEXANDER ohjeded to it, on the ground that something more than a bare assertion of an individual sbould be produced, before Parliament should be asked to throw an indire& slur or cen sure on the Trustees of having misapplied the funds of the cnarity. This produced a short conversation between Mr. BASTA Tin a who supported the motion, and Mr. Rosa, who was of opinion, that the Hon. Baronet's ()hie& might be obtained in a shorter way, by moving that the accounts expended for those chari ties should be subjea to the revision of Parliament annually. Sir J. NEWPORT acquiesced in Mr. Rose's Lisa • and withdrew hit motion. The Neutral' Ships Bill, the Foreign Ships Bill. the Customs Duty DiII, and the Excise Duty Bill, were severally read a second thne. and ordered to be eemmittid to.morrow. Lord C STLEREAGH gave notice. that he . ward,' to-morrow move for leave to bring in a Bill for a Committee to take into consideration the sevc:al Afts of Parliament relative to Bengal. Mr. JOHNSON from the Oflice of the Chief Secre tary of Ireland. presented at the bar an Account of the siomi of Money advanced for Seamen's Wages to I.h January. 3R/15. Ilse Committees of Supply and Ways and Means were postponed to Friday. Mr. ROSE brought up a Bill for amending and continuing, for a time to be limited, the Mt of the :'.7th of the King, relative to the Treaty with the United States of America ; also a Bill for grant ing Licences, according to the Order of Council. for pet-witting the import and export of Goods in Neu tr-al M , ;ns to and from Spanish Ports, which were read a first and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. Mr. DUNDAB brought up a petition from the inhabitants of Ardrossin, in the County of Ayr, against the Corn Bill-- . Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. FOSTER moved, pursuant to notice, for leave to bring in a bill to amend certain aqs to re strain the issue of silver notes and promissory small notes in Ireland. He said, his reason for bringing in this Bill was, that the Bank of It. land had de termined to issue a small coinage in silver to obviate the necessity of these silver notes. Mr. MARTIN (of Galway) said, that as the two Conntries ought in all circumstances to be assimi lated as neatly as possible to each other, he wished the private bankers might he pet mitted to issue one, twit, three, &c. up to five pounds, the same as in England. Mr. FOSTER said, he wished to keep the Irish smal and dlvcr notes distina from that question, and the Hon. Membcr miLlit bring it forward when ever he chose. Mr. MAY said, that as the Right Hon. Gentle man liad mentioned an intention of the Bank of are• land to issue silver tokens. to relieve the necessity of silver notes, be would be glad to know the nature of them. Mr. FOSTER answered, that the dollars would be the same as those in England, at ss. each, and that it would be divided into small parts of so low as NM and sd. each.--Leave granted. Mr. FOSTER den moved for leave to bring in a Bill for amending the Ad of 37 of the King, for making good the roads in Ireland, and for render ing the conveyance of letters there the more secure and expeditious.—Granted. Also. for leave to bring in a Bill vs amend the Ads relative to spirits so far as relates to permits for —.nee of spirits under four gallons.—Granted. 'ANCR 1S I"IOR HOUSE HILL. ,G proposed to postpone the second he Pancras Bill to this day se'nnight. was, a considerable difference in opi• the inhabitants, which he hoped would that time ; and if it was not, he should further interference in it. '.A wished it to be postponed to ittht. hoped it would not be deferred for more than a week, as, if the differences were not settled in that time, he thought they never would. After a few words from Mr. liaaNcis, the Bill was postponed to this day fortnight. The innkeepers Additional Rates for Quartering Soldiers was brought up, read a first time, and or dered to be read a second time to-morrow. Adjourned. INDIA. LETTER Fkol4 AN OFFICER OF WICOI CANE, DATED AGA t t AUGUST 15, TO HIS TIMID IN LONDON. My last told you of the misfortimes of Monson's detachment, it brought them, I think, to Chambulla nulla, near the Lakuire Pass, they were there detain ed for ten days, suffering incredible hardships, the Meenas annoyed them most dreadfully, and the orosped of positive starvation compelled them to hazard the crossing. In this, about one fourth of the whole perished. They were, for the most part, camp followers. Upon the 27th, they reached Rampora. In the whole camp there were left only three small flys of tents to shelter all the Officers; and from the 10th, until their arrival at Rampant, it hardly ever ceased raining. The Officers and men have lost every thing they had ; many of them their wives and children. Few of the Officers brought to Rampora any property beyond what they adually carried on their backs. At Rampora I hope they are safe; but, I can tell you, that were llolkar a man of enterprise, they would not be in a worse place, for no provisions were laid in there, and a few thousand horse would effedually stop all kind of supplies from reaching him, unless they were ac companied by a very strong force ; but be appears inadive, and has not, thank God, crossed the Chumbullee : were he to do it now, Monson could not be saved. The praises bestowed on Monson, by General Lake, met the public eye at a most unfortunate crisis. 'lite benefits to be derived from Wingluis appeared the phantom of his own brain; when put to the point they vanished. I am sorry for Mon son ; he is much blamed. • He must &terve some of it, but again it is said, he attributes all his mis fortunes to Col. Murray. Ile (I mean Monson) must have been wrong. He left his provisions too far ; he was advanced 100 miles beyond liana. I believe him a gallant fellow ; but I ,eestion how he feels when loaded with re sponsibility, but any thing would have been better than what he has done, than what his 4 happened to them. Had they all perished in taking Kaffee, it would have born nothing to the hardships they have encountered, to the injury their flight has done the state, to the disgrace it has brought upon our arms. When Colonel M. commenced his reti eat, he order ed HingluiseGhur, to he evacuated, and the garri son to proceed to Kaffee; it consisted of a Com pany of Sep:ls, and two Subalterns. lhey ar rived at a Kallee, and were delivered up to Holkar by the Rajah. He made the Sepoys pile their arms, and dismissed then, ; the Officers he kept, and treats well. A small army is now getting:ready ; it is, I sup pose, to cover the country should Ilolkar attenipt to invade ; but that I do not imagiue be will do, therefore no army will take the field, but which will be headed by It gallant Commander in Chief. It appears extraordinary that, notwithstanding the ex perience we have had of the inefficacy of our army to defend our extended conquests, together with our late mislartunes, and tile host of foes which now appear rising against ta:„ there is no encrease to our army. Have lately obtained :he most positive proof of every man of any power in our country being in absolute alliance with Holkar. Ido ant like our situation; our treasuries are empty; our magazines are exhausted ; the army to take the field is in want of every thing, and there is nothing neater than Calcutta. Military economy will drive us from the countr), sooner than powerful legit ns could do. The civil service ought to be cut; it is twee a much more advantageous lir.. than ever. limy have more power, more grandeur. I saw a lad, DOI titre years in the countr y, Lot year dire L :tg the Commander in Chief himself :o take a particular fort. His Excellency would not attempt it, until authorised by him. '['here is a report that Sirjohn does not go hi me. I do not believe it : and there is also :t r port that General Wellesley is to have a general command of all the troops in the conquered country ; this think snore proboble. I wish most sincerely, not only on my own, but the public account, to see you assisting General Lake during the ensuing campaign : it will not be a fighting one; it will be against our supplies, and one of devastation. IXTRACT FROM ANOTHILt LIITTER, DATeD SEPT. 22. The fate of Monson's detachment has been a most disastrous one. On the 21st ultimo, in the evening, he left a strong garrison in Rampoora, and with the remainder of his detachments, making born 1,500 to 2,000 &clocks, and with two howit ices, he commenced his retreat towards this plain. This measure he was compelled to adopt ; he had not sufficient supplies for the whole in the fort, and the army of Holkar, with a prodigious train of ar tillery, was in sigh•. He wished also to favour the junaion of six battalions of Scindars, who had agreed to join, and who had 21 guns. The lye poor Rajah bad also sent a force to his assistance, but the vicinity of Holkar deterred their approach. Early in the morning of the 22d he anived at the river Burnasso. It had been fcrdahle the day be fore, but had, without any fall of rain, overflowed its banks. When he reached it, it was near a mile broad,and rapid, upon it there were only two boats. On the 24d, he cross .d part of his baggage. his treasure, and six companies of Sepoys. The enemy on this day appeared, but attempted nothing. The nest day was vinpLyed in crossing his hoops, &c. still he did not experience any interruption horn the ene m7, although they appeared in vast numbers. Cap tam Nicholi, with the treasure, &c. moved on tow ards Coocheant Glair. On the morning of the 24th, the river was fordable in every place, and the enemy, in large bodies, were seen crossing both above and Below oar detachment, on the !tam pons side. Monson remained with the second bat talion, which was supporting the pitgiiets. This battalion was about six hundred strong, and the piciptets consisted of five companies, tomplsted to one lr:rr•.dred men each ; about tea o'clock the enemy's carali y charged this body, and were re pulsed with great loss. The infantry and artillei ) of the enemy arrived about twelve o'clock, and opened a heavy fire upon our party ; they at lengt:. charged, but were again beaten back. Monson saw therewas nothing left for itbut to return their charge. and he led it with great gallantry; he beat the ene my oft in every quarter, and got possession of eight guns, some of them eighteen pounders ; but as the) had carried away the limbers and every thing be longing to the guns, he could make no use of there, while cannon opened upon him 1:om every rpiarter ; he was compelled to quit his prize. The enemy followed him, and completed the defeat of this gal lant party. Of the second battalion only one of-. ficer and 127 men were saved. His Aid-de-Camp and Persian Interpreter were killed ; he himself was wounded, as were most of the officers with him; the number killed was 1 '2, among whom were the gal lant Major Sinclair and Capt. Crockatt, whom you must recollea at Cawnpore. As soon as it was dark he marched off from this batik of the Bannapa, with his detachment, leaving one of the howitzers. Early next morning, the 25th, he found himself surrounded by the enemy, who continued to charge him during the whole of that day, without making any impression upon his line. About ten o'clock of that night, he reached Coocheant Ghur, after a march of fifty miles. He found Captain Nicholl had arrived at this place early in the morning ; from him he heard, upon his arrival, the Commandant of Scindiah's battalion had sent him a message, de manding his treasure and guns, and, upon his non compliance, had attacked him. Capt. Nicholl re treated into the town of ConcheantGhur: theyor.ened ten guns upon its ruined walls,and repeatedly charged and entered the town ; but always found a gallant resistance. Upon the approach of Monson, those battalions, with all their guns, drew off and joined Holkat's troops. I ought to have mentioned that Bilker, on the 24th, brought up fifty-two guns against Monson's piquets, &c. The enemy reached Coocheant Ghur at the same time with our detachment. Next morning, the 26th, they appeared in immense numbers, having taken up positions all round the town, completely investing it. About twelve o'clock at night of that day, Monson moved out ; he had not gone above a cuss, when a furious charge was made upon that part of the line where the I 2th regiment was. They heard them coming on, and in silence received their fire, until they were close upon them, when they gave them a volley, which did such execution that this party never appeared again. While at Coocheant Ghur, he received a summons from Holkar, to which lie returned no answer, but his emissaries succeeded too well in corrupting our sepoys. A grenadier company of sepoys march ed over to him. During the whole of the 27th, he was occupied in repelling the charges of the enemy. Towards the evening, a most determined one was made, with about 14,000 horse, he charged the four sides of our square, Monson says, and so do seve ral officers who were in Tippeo's wars, with more gallantry than ever they had seen his cavalry charge; they were received with great firmness, many were received open the bayonet, and it is computed, that upwards of 500 men wese killed, and a few of ours cut down. Near Hindoven the detachment halted, and next day, the 28th, got through the Brunner Pass, the enemy still continuing to distress us ; he had with him six-potinders, which were im mediately opened, when it was found necessary to halt the part of our column, for the rear to close up ; and upon such occasions the enemy generally charged. On this side of Brunner, where Monson halted, Holkar had brought - up a great number of guns, and he commenced a very heavy cannonade, which compelled our detachment to move off. They were still followed, until they arrived at Jutt y pore, survey twelve toss from Agra ; there they remained the whole of the day, and moved onat night. in the confusion occasioned by marching through a town at sight, the different corps were separated, and Monson himself was left with four or five Officers, to pursue his march. The corps, in this situation, did not wait for them ; who, from fatigue, could not keep up, hut pushed on. Some brought in their colours with only 50 men; but in this march, we suffered a severe loss. The people of the country rose and cut up our people coming along in small numbers. At this moment men are coming in, some without their noses, others wanting both their hands The wounded Officers had never been dressed. I never witnessed so horrible a sight as I beheld that morning, the wounded and sick Officers upon horses, clinging round their necks, unable to keep their seats, exhausted from die fatigues they had undergone. The enemy followed our party to within two cots of the walls of Agra. In the course of :he 30:h and 31st. abort one half of the number of men who marched from Rampoora, arrived, many of them wounded, the rest had fallen in the different aelions, or had fallen into the hands of the enemy. The distance of the Brunassa River to this place is near a errs, and this march was per formed in five days ; the circumstances under which it was performed are more extraordinary than the rapidity of it; until they reached Branner, the troops had nothing meat but the green hulk of the Bajina ; at Branner they got some grans, officers and men filled their pockets with it, and had only that to sub sist upon until they reached Agra. This march may, with propriety, be called a battle of five days, for there was not an hour without aetual fighting or some alarms. Dr. Burgh, and Lieuts. Rowning and Harris, lost their detachments near 'rutty Pour, were taken, and have been put to death by the most cruel tortures. It is a most serious disaster, that the whole coun try is now in arms, and Hulkitr exulting, within ten toss of Agra. He has put in his aumils, and, for the time, has taken possession of the country ; we have now nothing but enemies, from this to Crojein, and every power has aided in a manner so decidedly inimical, that we shall now be under the necessity of subduing them. On the other side of th , Junitia, I find the country there also in arms, and all my supplies for the arn'y stopped. The Commander in Chiclwill be here immediately; but sinless he leaven the country, which has shewn an eagerness for re. volt, without a musket, he can collect no army. I do not know w! , At Holkar's intentions are, I think he will ),;.: .0 Delhi. It is now said he is waiting for his infantry and artiflery : lie has about 175 pieccs of cannon, «t 1 I Linde! :an I they are served nearly as well as ours; he has 44 battalions and 25,000 horse. The papers containing the correspondence be. tween the British Government in India, and the Moout. at Delhi, were yesterday distributed in the House of Commons. We have copied from therm a letter from the GOVERNOR Gs.sen AL in Council, to the Secret Committee, dated the 12th of April, 1801, which may be considered as a summary, or report of the whole correspondence, and coniequent ly renders it unnecessary to detail the letters, as be. ing, in &a, only an appendix to the statement of the GOVELNOR GENES AL. A report prevailed yesterday that some distutb ance had broken out at Gibraltar, but we were not able to trace it to any authentic source. Yesterday, about two o'clock, a Privy Council WAS held at Lord MULOR AV eS Office, at w:sich Sir JAMES CRAIO and the Russian AMBASSADOR At tended. The Council did not break up till past four. Yesterday, a Quarterly General Court was held at the East-India House, when the usual accounts were laid before the Proprietors, in conformity to the bye-laws. After which, Mr. hours Ausia spoke on the subject of the seminary about to be es- Lablisited for Writers, at llertford•Castle The Court, which was but thinly attended, adjourned sine du-. It gives us a particular satisfaction to be author ised to Assure our readers, that the late report, rela tive to the defeat of Genetal Lord LAKE, is entirely without fountintion. Yesterday a Court of Direaors was held at the East India House, when the following Commanders took leave of the Court, previous to departing for their respe.flise deginations ; viz. Capt. Wit.. .tare Kay, Retreat, Madeira and Bombay ; Capt. CRAILBS GRAH•SII. 'Tigris, Madras and Bengal. The Court adjourned at six o'clock till this day. The American ship Ulysw, Captain klvrFross, ' from Virginia, arrived at Liverpool, was boarded on the '2lst inst. of the Swale., by a French schooner privateer full of nun. By a Gentleman who arrived yesterday from Rotterdam, we learn, that the English prisoners of war experienced great hardship from the severity of the weather, and their allowance of provisions be ing very scanty, eighteen English sailors broke out or gaol at Fellingham, when they secured some boats ; one of which sunk, when nine of them were drowned, the other was picked up by a neutral ves sel, which landed him in Wapping ; the tate of the other boat is unkrriwri, it is supposed she is gone to the bottom. _ . It is stated in an article from Naples, that the French fl.:et was very much damaged ; that many of the ships returned to port with the loss of their m.:sts; And that a line of battle ship,which one of our frigates chased into a Corsica.; port, had got on shore, and was completely wrecked. The High Sheriff of the c.nity of Cork has waited on Mr. Toot, JONES to inform him, that be is no longer in charge of the General of the dis triß, bin that his dame will appear on the Calendar at the next Assizes s of course, Mr. Jonas is about to be liberated. . the report to some of the Papers, stating that a Mutiny had arisen on hoard the Ekeprime Frigate, and that the cre.v, having confined their officers, had carried the vessel into a French port, laden with an immense quantity of dollars, taken out of the prizes captured in the Mediterranean, has no foundation. 'llse EKeptietrao Frigate is cruising off the Western Islands, and has not been near die Me diterranean. The latest accounts from Stockholm, dated Marck 14, mention, that the Chevalier de Rem AUSON about to set off for London, as Ambassador frets the COM( of Sweden, in the room of the Baron de c emir LIM, who leaves this country, to the regret of our Ministers, on account of ill health. Government, we understand, have received cer tain intelligence, that the Rochfort squadron is des tined for the East Indies. Private a.lvices state, that the Emperor of Act. rata has fully sandioned the arrangements rclattre to the new Sovereignty of Boa trARTS in Italy. It is asserted that the Court of Naples has gists to France the most positive assurance of its incri mination to remain neutral, and promisel rot t.i supply the English fleet in the Mediterranean stt'.h aoy provisions, and also to provide for the main tenance of General Sr. Cy R'S army. A printed paper, laid on Tuesday before the Home of Commons, contains a copy of the Kt sesWattant , dated 3lst July, 11304, granting an additional talus of 1,5001. a year, over and above the yearly salar y 3,0001. to Viscount Mese t. Le, as Lord P itsy Seal of Scotland; also a copy of the Kiero's War rant, granting a lease to the Honourable Joss Hors and others, of the Fee Duties, and (*h . !' rents, and arrears of rent, in the Lordships of Fite and Strathern, in trust for Viscountess Met for life, at the yearly sum of 51. 13s. 4J.; 30th July, 1803. An account of the rents flexed, from which it appears, that they AA cAA geabe.. 9001. a year. Viscount's. M ILVI LI./ also rece l el a balance of arrear to the amount of 3,5,431. Enloe to the date of said lease. , .. and icc 'Van° Amoal Ye of W, Cone Mud TI in 1 dear Tashi 98th Isle i io S 4 Dr E. at L has forts but beac on chili yeti at E Go •eu ed yni bra mu aid me per exe Tir i Le) ter. PA of ter conveyance of si T. PAN Mr. BYNG residing of the I His re.iion wi t s. 616 n Winntig the h.. settled by tha vothdraw all fni Mr. CALCR ilia day fiertnii: trY Nll 4 1 ! .e 4 • 1.. ; 'Ti: BRI'FISII Pi4EiN LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 28. In ur preceding columns are given two letter LAD bath of them from Officers of high rank in India, On They contain several new and intere..ting par t i cu . at 11 10 1 lars concerning the unfo r tu nate expeu i tton and r. first treat of Colonel MoN Y ON. So far, h owever, as they figure. impute any blame to that gallant Officer, we do u. A E g yptia wish to be considered as giving any opinion of oth r er de ; own. The o ffi cial account of the campa i gn is idea already before the public ; but, in awe of so mud. It was interest, it would not become an impartial print to lirth.r‘e withhold any new information comin g f rom so re, which spatable a quarter, although it should differ in the fins some points from the account in the Gautte. licacia e Joao As i other b) of Fite int L vittt. Ct ; dAtt4 in s is iir , T 4 teab * : Fa reCtillt4 St: 31. dU e W 1.1 ma