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Grd'n:pr is extremely Imp:iy to ad I tlle
hi, iwri.ret 441,4riii-tion with the c..sailu.:t Poiliae;7,
Military Auditor Gerl•ral. to the r.Telterl rgti.uon wle,t
he ha, gx,m of hi, approbation of that Vk n
other capacitito.
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TAB Bitilllls.ll PRESS.

• LON DON,
TiItRsDAY, OCTOBER

We have received, by the fleet front India, a
gular set ies of Bengal Gazettes, to the close of ti
late important contest in the East. The Trcii..
which terminated it, were first given, rec:emi.4l,,
in this Paper. Upon that subjeft, w. have, thee'-
fore, nothing new now to add, except sime
operations, which will be found impor:::n:, Jr.!
'accessary to complete our history of that Sr., .1
campaign. These Gazettes come down only to
Ist Feb.; but we have received, we believe,
elmtively; Madras Papers to the 23d of Mard-
which bring down ti:o Bengal news to the WI of
March, and the Ceylon news to the 1;h. The'
contents, which ate interesting, are given in tls
preceding columns. Major General MacooW A 1.,
has joined the Staff in India, end is succeeded itt
the command of the Ceylon army by Maj.::
%Yearn.

Captain Room, of the Admiral A Zit, attired
yesterday at the India-House. He came home tel
board the Colonic. Upon his arrival at Ber.g
with his second and third Officers, a Court t..f
Was held upon him, upon the I sth of Fra
bruarys for the loss of Lis ship, taken by t!
Par/e4s French privateer, and he WAS most he.
nourably acquitted. At that time, the captute of
any letters on board was totally unknown to him I
and,. otitis arrival here, he was astonished at the
pnbl/tation in the 11.,:iirear, of which be had the
lila notice from the London Prints. He sturs•
howl try that the Letters so published were these
sent down after the dispatch ; and that he had e,
strojed the Company's dispat;:hcs, and all ler:7i
which he conceived to be of any conieaer.:c. As
his condua is the subjeft of general conver,e.:.
the following account, as it was given by Wan
in evidence before the Court of Enqn;ry id
India, will be read with interest : "We kit
Portsmouth on the 2Sth August, 150 J, and on tl••
Si of January, in Lat. 0, SO South, Lon. g 2 East.
we perceived an enemy from the mast bead. We
made press of sail, frequently altering our touts.
to avoid her, as she appeared to be of considerable
force. She continued, however, to chase us till this
9th, when we found, that zt daylight she had get
within gun-shot. It being now impossible to rare
from her by superior sailing, we tlioaght we mi;d,b*,
by a manceavre, carry away law mat,, as sbe seemed
determined to come up with us. We, according!),
hauled our co was up, end turned all hands ra
quarters. be enemy now got on ti:e 4,2!i4')
weather beam, and the alias commenced. It
was soon, however, observed, that our shot fell
short of her, while the enemy's, from superlotity
of metal, had their full dia. An attempt WAS
made to close, but the enemy prevented it by keep
ing his wind. I now found, with concern, that all
resistance was vaits,•and. would only tacrifirt the
lives of my crew, 'who were'still Willing to fig:a to
the last ; and, having called a meeting of all my ‘.
Seers, felt myself under the mortifying necessity of
hw ling down my colours. Nothing could exceed
toe gallant condunevinced by my officers during :!,:
adion, and their application and perseverance
ring the sis days chiee, when neither officers cr :: •

quitted the doito a 7. we wished to take advaista,;
any trifling shift of mind that might enable us .1
avoid the enemy.
6' I cannot conclude this account. without ackn
ledging the services of Maw MORICL. anti t•.
readiness, both he, and the rest of the Pos.eng—
*hewed, in coming forward in d:fence of the •
Though exposed to a rhea iful heavy fire ft., . •

enemy. I am happy to ad.!, that out 10,.

a:nouwei to four killed and w ,unJeJ ; ac

thee, however, I have to lament, that Capt. NI. I. •
was kiled, and Captain A mnav a-11131A dango!.) •
ly ; one warn:an lost his arm, and the bo uswaia w •
slightly wounded. The enemy had twr s..ver.'•.-
wounded. I must Ivy, in justice to the Car i•.. •
the Prybe, that he muted us with great politei.e,

In addition to the above, we learn that Ca:`
Roosts landed in Bengal on the eth i"-hru.;.,
and that he was conveyed thither on haarsi a
tngnese ship, which f.ll in with the French p..'
teen, soon after the capture of the Armi,c;
The P.fm&s carried thirty-two guns, well motiete.o
AnJ the *lin had only sixteen small gills,
carronadcs: the highest praise Wli
Bengal urnt the c train and crew, for .:sir g,:.
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pal to a f■igate hi force, Well manned, and car-
rying such superior metal.

At the time the atlion commenced, the ships were
about a mile and half distant, and the Aplin fired
alternately, round, grape, and doubled-headed shot.
The Court, in their decision, stated, that the
conduct of Capta:n Rocca% in making so spirited
and gallant a defence, was highly honourable to
himself, his olicers, ship's company, and passen-
gers, who supported him ; and that not the least
blame could attach to him for the loss of his ship.

The gallant Admiral CosNwALLts arrived on
Manday at Torbay in the Pills Is Paris, along with
the Primer George, Prince, San Josef, (Posy, Prwerss
Royal, Tesseraire. and Plan&gelid, in all eight ships
of the Channel Fleet. Their return is variously ac-
counted for. Some say, that the system of the per-
manent blockade of Brest is given up, and that, for
Ole winter months, only a few frigates are to
watch the enemy in that port ; others presume, that
t'le ships have been driven off their station by the
severe gales of Sunday right.

We have heard, from very respeCtable authority,
that the late money brought bane in our men of
war from Spain is destined to pay off in !Tolland
several loans, and the interest upon others, all ne-
gotiated by the house of E. Caocsst and Co. bank-
ers, at Amsterdam, and that the greatest part has
already been remitted to Holland in bilis. The
Trove house has authorised the cashiers, Messrs.
Cove VAN MISROIP, and 'V.:I-ream:lr., at Amster-
dam, to liquidate the sums due on this account,
and to pay all the dividends of interest. Their of-
fice has been open for th tt purpose ever since the
first instant. There is therefo-e, as we supposed,
no troth in the story, that this money was destined
for 80/Llamas.

It is reported that General Ifewer's appoint
meet, 11 Barrack Master-General, will be in the
asMt* of neat Saturday. His request to be exone-
rated from the responsibility of a public accountant
is said to b- so far agreri to by Government, that
Mr. Gocerswoon, for a salary of two thausand
pounds a year, will be the accountant to the Bar-
rack Oce, and, OF coarse, the responsi!sle person
for the finances of this office. General De LANcr,
the late Barrack Muter-General, has retired,
understand, upon a pension of else pounds a day.

A Court of Directors WAS vest-irday held at the
East India House, wiien the important dispatches,
received by the ships lately arrived, were read.
The Court adjourned at six o'clock till this day.
The Priam e► Irerr Fast jndiaman, which part d
from the Fleet off the Cape, is supposed to have run
for Madagascar. Doubts are entertained of her
safety, and policies were yesterday done upon her at
Lloyd's at thirty guineas.
Some apprehensions were yesterday entertained
is the City for the safety of the Europe, 14,14, Castle-
reagh, and Prelim, and several country ships, which
were to sail from Bengal t e end of March.—
Two French frigates were at -the Mauritius, fully
manned, reran an American left that place; but it
is supposed their not arriving at St. Helena, prior to
the departure of the ships lately erme to England,
was owing to their dipatch having been delayed
from India.

The Jamaica fleet had a passage of eleven weeks,
with very stormy weather. It was scpor ed at Do-
ver, bu. we hope without foundation, that one ship
Lad foundered, and that three had been taken.
We hope that the following account will prove
ineorrefi: Tbe New Yuri Consterreiti Adrertiser, of
the 45th of April, says. " We have information
from the best authority, that the yellow-fever is pre-
valent on board a fleet of British ships at New Pro.
vidence."

The French frigates, which have been so long
cnoped up at New-York, have lately shewn some
symptoms of an intention to put to sea i but
we fear there is little hope of their venturing to
leave the prAedina of a Neutral Port. while there
is a chance of their meeting with any thing like an
equal British force.

The last ACCOUiIIS from St. Domingo are various :
aecordiog to some, the Blacks are in a state of open
war with each other, and many of the Cbie:i have
declared themselves independent of Dessattries ;
hue others stiae, that be had collelted a large
force, and was on the point of making an attack
upon the town of St. Domingo.
The Gentlemen of the Law have been in a vio-
-1 lit bustle this week past, getting their deeds ready
'or execution, previous to the commencement of
e rew Stamp Duties, which take place this day.
c Temple and Somerset-House have been like
besieged.
A le;:er from Deal received yesterday mentions a
rarnour, that two battalions of the Guards ar.: ex.
rcaed to embark shortly on board some tran ports
the Downs. We are not able to state, at present,
whether the report he well or ill-founded. The re-
mainder of the Boulogne squadron is still in the
Dowas, taki:.g in provisions and stores.
A letter from an officer on board one of the block-
ading squadron off Ostend, dated October 2, says
Since we were last here, the enemy have again
gathered strength at this port. There are here at
present three prawns, 12 sehorn?rs. and about 40
Idlers. The prawns are those which were disabled
in the aflion Sir Sy:stain' Sm :Tit had with them in
the summer, and whkh have been up the canal of
Bruges tn tic repaired. Tl.ev Are now Heady ready for
"e 2-, the schooners are supposed to he pert of the
blushing flotiila, which did not get farther than this
port before the wind became ne,serly. The schayts,
according to every appearance, :must have come
Na ugh the canals. We now begin to d-üb: very
mach wit:thee the Carziean will make his attempt