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EAST INDIES.

CALCIJ CFA GAZETTE.

Fate William, December 4, 1494.
GENERAL ORDERS,
By Major General Fraser, ~0.0 molding a Divi ion or the Gram.
Army, Camp near °Jog, Nov. 1404 .4
Ntajor General Maser retlinis his best thank; to the whole
of the troops under his na ninand, fur their steadiness aod gat.
!anti in attacking and defeating the who'c of the enemy's in
Pantry, end the rapidity and decision with wlah they coo;
the aseby's gins under a mast see*nner.arle.
To LifttllMlOnt Calorie! Mnii:on,, commanded the fir*
bripde, so gallantly led on he Ilis . jecty's r.'n R-Eirnco!,
he feels infinitely irsolehred Ala the vers gallant manner, :is
which he manned the Major GeneraN fiat success, in attack-
ing and taking po,seAsion of the encl.,. rim •
To Lieutenant Colonel G S R•awno, wbn commarei-d •he
second line, the o.l.ner G.oieral nters los hest u,anks for he
gallant manner in which t:e second,d t•ie first One in t e at-
tack of the village, rid afterwards in changing the en oy's
sans at the bead of his brigade, gallantly led on by the Elle.
pean regiment.

To Ceuteoant Colonel T. Brown, who, with a tmil: body
of cavalry, ke;rt a very largo hAy of the clumsy'. meg lar -ono
in cheek, and prevented them 'nuking the rear, prot&i d the
baggage, an I afterwards i online up and covering the it.ms
taken front the enemy, the Major General returns his be,t
thanks.
Maim General Frar-er Mgt Lieutenant Cdonel Hashed to
accept his b.--t th,nks fur the ludici,ss roan.", in which he
erested the different hathnies, and fur the able assistance and
dtreliuris he rare ins mg and diseh/lng the enemy's guu.
He beg. Lieutenant Co.iosel Ran *ill seee,rt his thanks fire
the able and }wheirres nornn,:r in which he hirooght up, •.vith
h s small brigade the whole of the barrage of the army, and
afterwards .rrov..d on to su:rport the Caegiry.
Major G-iteral Fraser Ends it impossiore to meets his Met
sense of cr,,hertion to the who'e of the Wraps h. had th- ho-
nour to command in the glorious ern, taf y.-sterloy. for Vas r
unuarelleled courage and bravery, 11/111C11 WIII never Oil rased
from his memory. •
The Majo- (:metal wi'l i re opt to the G•Wtitlf...
n C i.,ral, rod to in, Em..-llericy the Comm. ,d.t
in Chief, ttte whole of this .ird on.
J. MENZIE.S. Major of Seoul*.

At the meeting at Elv, a few weeks ago. Me.
Sarre): v. W 35 eleAeJ by a majority of one. an*:
sworn into the othce of Regisr-r of thsP Ctrpnrationa
in the room of the late wir. Cots, deceased; hot.
on an application to the Court of King's Bench of
Mr. CHRIST lAti, the other candidate, four of Mr.
Sarvaav's votes have been since daallowe.i, oa
which account the Corporation yesterday swore :it.
CII USTI AM also inn, tie nice of Register; and. it
is understood that these two Gentlemen are 1.. 'ry
the merits of their pretensions at the ensuing Assisi"
for Cambtidgeshire.
On Saturday last was played a Frantl Cricket
Match, between eleven of the Orris- rs of tfe Urn*.
house Vokrnteer Corps, and ekvcn of the kiar
Gentlemen, which was won by the lat;er h 7 143 ,
runs. Owing to the lateness of the hour, nnly one
Innings was played. the flamer gave it up: thor,
state of which was as follows;
Lloyd, bowled &Soo. 16 W. hake., hewlefl VO-4, 8'
Boohoo, bowled list-on. 26 R kiaterwt, b. bbaboye.q, A.
Ferrer, St. b *wird Hasa., 11 Lene,...„ r rer, 1
Wu:Antal), St b Basso, 23 Shall., cot net, •I
Dory, atter Sharp, 0 Rhode*, caugh. Farrar, 1
Ip‘w.ch, b 14 Dawaou, b. Stroke. •a•, 14
I,rsk.ae, trawled Harlon, 11 M. rryweather, b 0
s ear, baarle.l Ito .on, 7 C 0.., bawled Shake,oe
1i,.,..,, vinghtl4..ker, # A. malwairsausiniA".4l.:
A.lietwri, atinin,t 4 R lialawa„eamplot s'b-t..a, 4
Stanley, nut nut, 1! f. 1141.ion.ealaglit &Arne,
Ryes, &r. s Rytt, &c.
Total 141 I Total 41
Tuesday, in honour of His MAJESTv's Pirth-day,
the Royal S'andarJ was heisted at Portsmnu• ,
the usual places ; at 12 o'clock, the ruts on the/-
Platform were fired; and, ar one. the wreo of war
at Spithead gave each a royal salute, in honour of
the clay. The several mii.tia regiments, within se.
ven nr eight miles of the place. were assembled at
Portdown-hill, and tired a jim rl. j.sr.
The I (11((wing were the words of the teat front
which the Rev. Mr. Vans( preached his t•sccrle:.t
sermon on Tuesday last, for the Society for ti. as
to Africa and the East :

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" For atter that, In the warinm of GJal, .;.-
door knew not God, it nieleeri God by the tOriii.hiorilft of
preaching to save the,n that tnliove.-*
is taken from the I st Chap. of the First Episti,
of Paul to the Corinthians, and els: verse.
An uncommonly large and regular tenth of some
species of bulky animal, yet unknown, was, A Lev
weeks ago, toned by accident upon the sea-shore, at
Spurn Point, by a soldier belonging to the Lin-
coln Militia, The bottom part of it is rrste flat and
even, with alternate full and hollow black stripes
across ; its weight is 25 ounces ; measurement 12
in:hes and a half Mound ; and four inches long, not-
seithstandfng part of the grains..of which enter
have been fives were inconsiderately broken off
the person who discovered it. The upper part is
of various colours; and it is somewhat in f it m like
a small box iron. This curiosity is now in the pos.,
session of Mr. PIOT y, optician. Church-lane, lion.
Seven Prussian wele brought to the
Thames Pol:ce Office' on Tuesday, charged wits
riotous behaviour and gross misconduft, In leaving
their ship at Greenwich, a about the knowledge or
consent of their Officers, and going to tae Tao,
where they remained until an unseasonable hour.— '
Foreign sailors, by a late regulation, are not
lowed-to wander about, at large, alter o'clock.
Some of the Thames boats, apprised 4 this mis..
eonduft, surrounded the Prussian vessel. with ten(
to apprehend the Prussian Sailors when a stespet Ate
scut& ensued. The sailors drew their kreve., a,,d•
threw hand-spikes into the Theuies ~ass. At
length a revenue cutter came to their assi-t ince, aid
the refradory sailors wire secured, and ho ught to
the office. Two of them were discharged, and aye
re-committed for further examination.
A singular occurrence happened at Weedon-
Beck, N rthamptonahire, on Thursday last :-4
stock of bees, in the garden at the Wheat Nile.do
Inn, beginning to swarm, the landlord followed
them to some distance in the customary way, std
lag a warming-pan with a large key, the
sounds of which proved so powerfudy i•trao,l•l4 to
the humming tribe, that they aflualiy -warmest up. $
on his head and shoulders, and remained dierejlear
an hour, before the man was relieved from his Peril-
ous situation; which was at length effaeled, by hap'
placing his head over a hive, which was procured
for the purpose, and shaking them off ;
person, who had witnessed the
sitous of purchasing the bees,
er a guinea for them, which he .
would not take double the money
the honourable manner in which
him, net one a them having

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1 them off 'into it. A
s tr ar.saftion, was de.
and offered ti-e own.
e refused, saying. be
oney for them, atr;
lich they had valid
%tuns him.

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