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A, N..oy. p 7.
Amb; riP7 Great Britii.
received der. fromehis Con!, ,
:y. He bad intended to Pass Ile winter at Vienna ; but he ni
red, embark at Tr test, on law:
.nd thence proceed to Corti:.
lentheim Steinfurt. hitherto 4
tin the regiment of the Arcli-Dt,k,
been appointed by His Ntij •tt.,
: regiment of Kerpcn.
:nt a note to riris, relative tom
sh Charge dr Alihtres, Si Geary?
wrial Ambassador to the Couiit.4"
Lodron, imperial accredireo.
Sweden, have arrived he4e.
t. His Imperial M tie:sty ~ v.
-eign Ministers, at which
n of Wurtentberg ph,'
ogni„ing the hereditary
tur late Ambassador at Copenii.
le saute capacity to the Col:r. of
f 6 guns and 117 men. has ar.
.of irmine, and an Eny,:ish ig
men has moot cal by its side,
I.NILS OF THE MAINE, NOV.
'ices from &labia. M. Vehuscni.
it to the Hereditary Prince cl
aples, to invite lam to return to
offer of a yearly appendage 4
tee residence in one of the elec.
chosen by himself.
death of the Lady of the Cow
.t, on the 14th of aflober,

Venice, that in the ensairg
camp will be formed at the
e visited by His Imperial Ma.
aatioa, Nov. G.
of the Italian Republic has ap.
to attend the eoronatina of the
at Paris, consisting of the Coon.
the other Counsellors, Wallets
t Committee,. two person from
olleges, and one from each of
3.
Meizi, has been invited to Cm,
ench Emperor ; it was, how-
le feeble state of his health will
lug a journey to Paris.
term. 9.
e is arrived at Toulon to take
fleet lying there, on board of
of troops will be embarked,
de.tined for an attack on Cit.-
iisoo is greatly reduced by 6e

111111101t1D. NOV. 3.
tilts from Cadiz, General Mo-
overed from the yellow fever.
lot, a counfrj place in thit

roper has spread to Cord
rom the s est, but wi
In general it is lean.
nee bon] the coast it ass •
er. A rain, during two
diminished, the mertalky.
1111.40 A, OCT.:
ing come to this city friar;
most of them been Atti,
ate died.
:ainst any person from
he city has been renewed in
and the cordon has been re-
, however, the deaths env:not
eons daily.
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rtORILSCC, liOV. 10.
I inst. WAS not free from the
t the sth and 7th cm:tonna:mei
Governor Larding, prohibit-
leaving the town wid.ont A
ittee of health. This corn-
likewise published a noti.:e
ey had tAken an the establish-

surritu, Nov. 10
!erdAr dir 1.2,,unt de :,;re A 7
rt.anl is nun in :Li.

srriso tI
about ha:f past era-, 't'.,r
it on b )ard a rot b‘re ..chic:.
the Royal Yacht
f trouratile tweeze carried the
to halo= ;but the wind soon
414 y the Yacht Amodio was
agues from this port.

1.01,110 t ar., Nov. SO.
of the Eug blockedirr
mouth of the Elbe, have :e-
-ra to suffer no vessels w e.,; r
as ate in immediate clang

•crctl. Soy. 27.
rarkisb Envoy bore. M. •••

orders trmn Cour
request the mediatio:: o .::e
restoration of a good
and the Po.tt

here, Count Metternich, has
uriet from Vienna, ordisi to
ussian Cabinet the conielctit
man Irnserial M.sji.sty, wits
decisive measures a iopted
to the arrest cf S.r G nu-
inn to declare, that /I , las-
ted his ambassador A:
es-operate with the M ircitus
the release of Sir G. :Lau-
nen, has t!ready been ob•

relay, M. D'Ottbril, the late
* at Pans, arrived here tram
I by M. M. Saykoti, Laura-
this day pi:needed ca
•gh.


By the arrival of the Ttgri,, Captain Graham,
we have received an account or a very gallant ac-
non between an English cruiser, the Trilhe!mina,
and a large French privateer, in the Indian Seas.
lb.! WWI-chains, Captain Lambert, mounting 18
nine-pounders, and having cin board 120 men,
cruising off Trincomalee, on &e 11th of April last,
sell in with an enemy's vessel off Friar's Hood,
which bore down to attack him. The enemy had
13 ports on each side, and appeared a very superior
sailor; but the gallantry of British tars was never
known to give way to an enemy, even when her
force and equipment doubled their own. The ene-
my reconnoitred the Waage/mina, by going three or
four times completely round her. She then com-
menced a warm close anion, which was kept up
with great spirit for an hour and a had.
The Frilheintura at this time had her fore-top-mast
shot away, and nearly the whole of her rigging
damaged, when she poured a complete broadside
into her antagonist, which caused her to bear up,
and stand away. Captain Lambert hal twelve men
wounded, one of whom is since dead. The boat-
swain lost his arm in the affirm.
Much credit is due to Captain Ltrabert, his Offi.
errs, and crew, for their gallant conduet on this
occasion, in defending themselves against an ene-
my if such superior force, well manned and equip-
rd
From the description of the eneno:'s ship, it was
generai:y believed at Madras that it v-as the Psacske,
ike vessel that captured the Aim:re n. She re-
ceived considerable damage in the afti,:n, and Ca?•
uin tarnhert had no doubt but she must have im-
mediately bore away to the rirst port to rest.
The Frenchman mounted 4b twelve-pounders on
her main deck, It: twenty-four pound carronades on
her quarter-deck and forecastle, and two cohorns in
her poop.
The engagement was at half cable's length dis-
tance, and from the gallant aAivity manifested by
the OfiiLchnirre, there is no doubt bur the slaughter
on hoard the enemy muss have been great.
The eacmy's escape could not he prevented, the
WO:el:Nina having only her foresail and tuizen-top-
sail left ; her main-top-mast being shot away. ten
shot in her foremast, and nearly the whole of her
standing and running rigging carried away.
14114DRAS Col:lM,R—frior 4, 1804
Accounts have been received from the Isle of
Trance, that the Piyeh., French privateer, had re.
turned in a very shattered conditionolrom her en-
,y +gement with His Majesty's shop Wil:re/wine: the
b. coed Captain, two Lieutenants, and thirty men,
were kin:elit and thirty-seven Officers and men
badly wour•ded.
CEYLON GA'

A►un, 1884

On Saturday last His Esc..llency the Governor
arrived at St. Sebastian's, from Aleppo. His Ex-
itelier.cy's arrival was announced by a salute of tine.
teen guns from the fort. On Monday, at nine in
the morning, His Excellency came in state to the
irn. The streets were hoed by the troops of the
'garrison, between 'shwas his Excellency walked to
the Gnueenment-house, where he held a levee, which
was very numerously attaneed.
lityllirence has been received f-nm Batticalna.
dot on the 276 akin. a large body of t::e enemy,
consisting of one hundred and eleven NlAlays, ten
ran Lama's, eight iten CaFries, and more than three
tboarand armed Candians, entered that province,
advaneeal to Nay Mit Afilnile. Licut. Arthur
inson, ('ommandant of the Fort, went tint imnac-
- rely tit 'nett them, with part of the pArl ism, but
y would not wait his arrival. and fl-d with pre-
nation b"yond !lie!t• own limits. not having time
commit any essential depredations in our country.
Thirty-six of the abovementiotted M days and six
Benz:a Lascars, who were of the number of those
tauten at Candy, casein over to 115, and represented
'note Candian country in a state of great misery
nd terror. This misery and terror have been great-
• encreased, and all preparations made by the Can
.an Government for a general invasion of there
-evinces completely frustrated by the spirited in-
ir.ions lately raw* into their own territories. Lien-
:rant Porcine. conwaarniant at Oatlam, catered
ate Candian rnentry. near hi• garrison, on the 14th
alt. and surpri .cd a great quantity of grain and
cattle, the latter of Which, and great part of the
former, he was able to bring down in safety
to Putlarn, and eattrely destroyed the remainder.
Capta'n Biackhall, Conunandant of Negumbo. and
Mr. Campbell. Agent of Revenue, at Chilow,
entered the Seven Corks lay consent. near their re-
sneffive stations, on the 1 ith tilt. and having joined
lie tr F)ender+, where thy principal magazines woo!
cillectect, p-occeded to Borillam, and thence re-
turned by Dainhadtniia to Negurnbo, where they
at "n the inhh, having destroyed all the grain
wf.ich i-ad been collected in that populous and fertile
country, to the computed amount of 800,0e9 Par-
I air 4, without Lint casualty, notwithstanding the
eri-etrn badness or the roads. and the continued,
Iris concealed tire of the enemy from the Jungle.
Sung atter the return of Captain Blackhalt to
Negurnbo. Eitstn Fcnil.tone. of the Catfree
Corp.. was sent with a small detach neat from
that garrison to cnranlete the work of di strac-
tiou in the country awe immediately in the vicinage
of our frontiers. which be executed wilt the greatest
sulliviyy and success. On die 13th ult. Captain
And:ew Ma:pheroon, of the Madras Volts:neers.
entered the Candian Province of Saffregans from
Nambepane, and Lieut. Rossi, of the Malays, the
Province ct the four Cones. film .‘irsavalia. and
met near Alavetta on the Inch, having completely
destroyed all the provisions which sere collefted,
and uesolated the whole country which lies on oor
frontiers, between the rivets if Coln rith a and Cattura.
The tirst Adigaar had, about the same time, pro-
ceeded with a very considerable finze from Baton-
ghedcre to Columns, in the ionention of lavadog the
province of Hamra. bat retreated precipitatity, on
the approach of Captain Madge, Commandant. et
the garrison of Mauna; who, passing the Candian
limits, laid waste the whole Cod.rina Cork, and
returned to Lis station on the 13th inst. Much as
we lament the destrudion made by warfare, which
the condul of our cruel and perfidious enemy has
tendered necessary, we can't-A best rejoice at the
success which has attended our effort for our pre-
servation, and their annoyance : and we mist, that
the : eased healthiness of the beascu, which we ex-

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peen, after the violence of the prese:.t monsoon is
abated, will, under the blessing of Provi,lence,
enable us to convince, by still more striking ex-
amples, the wreiched subjeds of the present usurped
and tyrannical Government in Candy, that its weak-
ness is fully equal to its authority.
COLt4‘lllo, APillt 17.
His Excellency the Governor having adJressed
the following Orders to be poblishe.l to the Army
in Ceylon, they are accordingly pulkshed in Mili-
tary Orders :

GOVERNMENT ORDERS.

" The Governor has received the greatest satis-
faction from the complete success which h is attended
the judicious arrangements made by the Com-
mander of the forces, for annoying the enemy in
their own territories : he requests the Major General
to communicate the assurances of his
high approba-
tion to Captain Andrew Macpherson, of the Madras
Volunteers, Captain Edward Madge, of His Ma-
jesty's 19th Regiment, Lieutenant Rossi, of His
Majesty's Malay Regiment, and Lieutenant Purdon,
of Ills Majesty's Ceylon Regiment, Ensign W.
Erskine Campbell, and Ensign Fnulstone, of the
Caffree Corps, and more especially to Captain Ro-
bert Blackhall, of His Majes:y's 51st Regiment, for
their spirited exertions in the different invasions
which they have made into the Candian dominions.
" He further requ:sts the Major General to be
pleased to make his acknowledgments to Lieot.
Johnston, of His Majesty's 19th Regiment, for the
prompt and complete expulsion of the enemy from
the important distria of Butricaloa."

The Purser of the Tigris arrived at the East-In-
dia I louse, early on Saturday, with important (hi-
p itches from the Government abroad.
The Tizvit sailed from Bengal the ‘22d June, And
touched at Madras, which last place she left on the
22c1 of July ; she arrived at St. lielena, the sd of
Otaober, and sailed I-em thence the tith of that
month. She brings the following important Ship
news:
The Lady Jane Dundae, Lir.: Nelson, and Prince.:
Charlotte, arrived at Madra, the Idth, and the
firvinetorek, Mariana sf Ely, and Canton, the 20th of
July.
The Afartheontee qf Exeter did not arrive there
with the fleet, having separated from them on their
passage nut.
The Sir Edward Ifughe,, Capt. Ba-row. being
leaky, sailed from Madras to Itomhav on the 19th
of June, for the rtvpose of being docked and re-
p tired
The Lard Velrille and Earl Spencer left Bengal
for Madras rile 4th of lone.
Th.- IV ,s, ..?7,4 from C'-ina, and the If ygb
frrim Bengal. were safe at Prince of Wales's Island.
The Morningtoo, Captain Kelso. and Army, coun-
try ships, from Bengal, were left at St. Helena.
The Athve, whaler, sar ei from the •Aa:n.i three days
before the Ti :-iv. for England.
The fr.ltr.vink; .sa co% eel !;,t of the Passengers
by the Ttgr's :
Len, •rint Lou,„-e of H,i Majestes 51.4 Regiment.
Maele"d, of 1414 Maje.ty's Malay Regiment.
Mr W. Mats and Thnma'
Chi 't n--•Ma.ter James Lockhart, and Henry and James
F},moth...me.

I I.e Tzris brings home all the impo7tant Papers
relative to tit.: Lite war ; but, we understand, no
further accounts have been received by net ,
ing the proc edings against Holitar.
We Are scrry to state, :hat no further a-counts
have been received by ;he Tigris, respelling the
Capt. Price, though it is still consi-
dered she is safe
The Hnn. Major-General WELLSiLLY and .1.
on their arrival at Bombay the I h ..f
March last, after the briliiant atchievements agaiasz
the Mahrattas, were accompanied by the vakeels of
Doss tut. Kao SCISDIA, and the Rajah of Ca..
LA room r. The folLsviag is a correct list of those
persons of rank in the servile of these Chieftains:
Ye, .avo Row, G oirti Rnw, S.l,ldia't VAlrerl; Nemo" Illy.
nr, S,nd.attew R•ow G-kr!ah,Sutremro, tiPrCripoore Rajah's
; Govind Row, LAM Ramchundtr, and Maypin Rcw.
Government immediately fitted up a house in the
most elevant st el: for the rccepti an of these strangers,
agreeably to the manner and castom of their owr.
country, And they seemed highly satisfied with the
marked attention that was every where shewn them.
ThePharerx, Capt.Pßrri r, arrived at Tranquebar
from the Isle of France, and sailed from thence the
ith March, by which ship the following intelligence
was received at Bombay :
'6 That at the time of departure of the Monis only
one prive had arrived, a ship of about toO,, tons,
from Bengal. 'llse Avant, had no: been heard of,
nor was there any ship of war or privateer at the
island Money was very scarce, and provisions of
every kind erremely dear."
A private letter from Dublin, of the Ist instant,
says,--6" Yesterday Judge Jou ssot; was arrested by
a Bow-street officer, and this day he gave bail to
stand his trial for a libel against Lord HAIIDWICKt.
Judge °sooner, and others, but his state of health
is so bad mat I think he will not be able to go to
London."
The Mb, 201 b, and 95th Regiments, embarP

last week at Cork, for the West—lndies ; it is gene-
rally believed they are to form part of an espe mien
against Martinique. The officer who is to have the
command is not vet mentioned.
The 69th Regimei.t embarked on Thursday last
at Portsmouth, to relieve the 13th, at present quar-
tered at Malta.
Admiral Cos vw • tits has returned with a part
of the fleet under his command, hut was preparing
to resume his station when our Correspondent closed
his letter. As Admiral GANTNEAVIIt and General
AUGLILLAU, the Naval and Military Commanders
at Brest, are troth called, with other slaves, to at-
tend the Usurper's coronation ceremony, we do net
suppose that the Fiench sett will set sail during
this short absence of our blockading squadron.
The G sette of Saturday night contains an Order
in C.,nnzil. prohibiting the exportation of gun.
pow der, and any sort of arm, for six months from
the 6:h inst. It also offers a rewari of 5001. for the
apprehension and bringing to justice the persons eon-
earned in writing and sei.ding anonymous letters to
Mr. Six Los TssomPSON, of Upper Thames-street,
c. al-merchant, threatening hi: destruaioo ; and Inc
apprehending the persons concerned in sinking four
barges, laden with coals, lying at the wharf of the
said Mr. Tionru,s, on the Sthh uh.

.011■11Allitta.
ortrmstatisessma


LAW.
COURT OF KING's BENCH. Weirmnislaa, Doc. S.

Sittings at Nisi Praa, before Lord EL L Ll,l BOROUGH,
and a Special Jxr q.

CRIM. CON.
',Ems is V. DENNIS.
This was an Aaiun to 'recover damages against
the Defendant for Criminal Conversation with the
Plaintiff's wife.
Mr. CU MOOD. as junior Counsel fur the Plaintiff,
opened the pleadings. The declaration set forth
the usual counts, and the damages were laid at
20,0001.
Mr, ERSKINE stated the case of the Plaintiff
nearly as follows :
a My Los J, and Gentlemen of the Jury,
t. In this case, I arts as Counsel for the Plaintiff,
and you perceive the pa: ties in the cause are of the
same name ; but how wi:l it shock you. -.then I in-
form you they are brothers. It is nr:cli to be la
mented, Gentlemen, that, in such eases as the
present, the Legislature has not provi.ted some fur-
ther punishment than that of pecuniary damages ;
it is to be regretted that such monstrous offenders as
this Defendant cannot be brought into a Criminal
Court of Justice, there to meet the punishment due
to their crimes.
t, The Plaintiff had been Lieutenant Colonel of the
43d Regiment of Foot : in the month of July, 1737.
his regiment was quartered at Windsor; he being
then an Ensign. At this time he saw the lady to
whom lie was AfterwA:ds married. She was the
daughter of Francis Gina win, Esq. at that time Re-
ceiver General At Calcutta, in Bengal, from whence
Miss G. had been sent. to England for her educa-
tion. A mutual attachment took place between
them ; which, as the consent of the Lady's friends
to a union could not be obtained, soon led to a jour-
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racy to Gretna Green. They were afterwards pub•
licly married in St. James's church. 'Flte King
heard of this match, of the reludance of the Lady's
friends to it ; and it was in consequence of a be-
nignant wish expressed by His Majesty they we:e
reconciled. 'this wish was conveyed to them by
General Marsh. I i she same year the regiment was
ordered to Ireland, where, in the society of his wife,
for several years he enjoyed an uninterrupted scene
of happiness. All this time, his brother, Philip
Dennis, who was also in the army, was abroad with
his regiment ; but in the year 1794, he received a
letter from him, informing him of his arrival in
England from Jamaica. He then, for the first time
of his life, left his wife, and flew to England to
meet his brother. With fraternal affection he re-
ceived him with open arms, and brought him with
him to Ireland ; took him into his family, and treat-
ed him with friendship, generosity, and regard. In i
the year 1797, his regment being ordered to the
West Indies, he was obliged to embark with it, and
leave his wife in England, under the protection of
this very brother (who was then on the recruiting
service), for, in what better guardianship, what
more sacred trust, did he suppose he could have left
her ? a brother, who, to the ties of blood, had still
many additional obligations rendered to him by this
unhappy Gentleman. On his arrival in the West
Indies, he found, from various letters, that his wife
had left Devonshire, where he had purchased a
house for her, add was going about from Bath to
Bristol Wells, and from one watering place to ano-
ther. She complained much to him of being In a
declining state of health; but she proved pregnant,
and was soon after delivered of a child, of which be
was not the father. Ths was not the whole of his
misfortunes; for, happening to have some disp.ttle
with Captain Cameron, in the island of Martinico,
he was challenged by that Gentleman, which chat.
I.e had the fortitude to refuse ; for this he was
brought to a Court Mortal, and most honourably
acquitted. Captain Carnersin, not satisfied, pursued
him, called him a scoundrel and rascal; in conse-
quence of which, a blow ensued, they fought, and
Captain C. was k lied on the spot. This obliged him
to quit his regiment, by which he lost 6,0001. and he
returned ta England. Some time after, lie memo-
tialed the Commander-in-Chief, and His Royal
I lighness appointed him to the honourable situation
of Assistant Barrack Master General, and he is now
stationed at tiewcastle.upon-Tyne.
" About this period h: observed a coolness and re-
serve in his wife's condud towards him : on coming
to town they went to Flaggern's Hotel ; where, in-
:mad of retiring along with him to rest, she used to
set up until his brother returned home. He re-
monstrated with her upon this, and she replied that
it was usual for her to de so during his absence
abroad, and his brother expected it : he was a little
disturbed at this, but went to bed as usual. One
night, however, he awoke, and striking his watch
found it was three o'clock ; he went down stain,
and saw his wife with a candle in her hand, coming
out of a room, while he perceived his brother going
out of another door on the opposite side, when he
went in agony to his bed : he reflected on what be
had witnessed; the circumstances were too strong
not to rouse his jealousy and suspicion. He taxed
him with his infamy, and what was his answer ? In
a seeming paroxysm of rage, he cried, " What !
Sir, are you so base as to suspect Your own bro-
ther r was a pond plea, Gentlemen ; for in
truth there is something so abominable, something
so immoral, 'o unnatural, so foreign to the hearts
and principles if the people of this country, and it
is so impossible to suppose such a violation of all
laws human and divine, that it is not to be wonder-
ed he was nit easily open to suspicion ? But. Gen.
tlemen, the evidence I have to Lay before you will
open such a scene as is scarcely credible in a cirri.
lised nation ; the gentleman who was present at
their marriage, the doctor who attended her in Ire-
land, the servants, all, all will thew his conduct as a
husband, her conduct soon after his brother's return
from the West Indies, and his own departure for
that country, leaving A brother in this sacred trust ;
they will also shevr,-how, he fulfilled it, by living in
a constant course of adaltery with the partner of his
bosom. •11,nse sort of cases, Gentlemen, disturb
public happiness and ttanquillity, they shake the
very foundation of all confidetee among men : and
it is greatly to be regretted, that the perpetrators of
such enormities are not tried by the criminal laws,
ansl receive a just and capital punishmcr.r."
Major Highmore was then examined : he depos-
ed that he was present at the marriage of the Plain-
tiff with his present wife, who was Olen Miss Mary
GI adwin ; they were married at St James's church,

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