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E4S7' INDIES.

MkeIIASOIAY 10, 1003.
Thy Itijpont state of Jaypoor is said to be at
this moment threatened by both the principal
1114bratt4 poorro; {init more porticultrly by Am-
ount Rio tiolkar, who, it would seem, is onre
more capable of contlikting the concerns of his
lorernnient in person. Anicer Khan is with hint.
on the books of the linlee.

Scindia is said to he engaged at present in ad.
jusaing a dispute between the Kel!Adair of the
Partreso of llhoongee and the Zemindara of the ad-
boining country; an appeal on the subject having
een made to him, through the medium of their
respective Vakeels. The place of his encampment
is within 40 milts of Jaypour. _ _ .

MAT 15.

We stated in our last, on the authority of a
malice newspaper, that Sonjahul. Moolk was like.
ly to be immediately called away from Peshore
by an insurrectiou in the neighbourhood of He-
ra', which has recently assumed a very formidable
aspect. It now appears, however, that the
danger wns considerably nearer. Mahinoud Shah,
half brother to His Majesty, and a rival can-
didata for the Mooned, having collected a
very powerful rebel force in the north, had
actually mask himself master of Candithar, and
(it the date of our last accounts) was understood
to be in full march against the capital. The news
had excited very great consternation at Court; and
it was the general opinion, that the most energetic
measures would he necessary, and that iu ail like..

lihood the Shah might yet have to fight another
battle for his crown.
A diplomatic mission from the Seiko, consisting
of
.16 perilous, arrived at Attack, in the Meer end
of February. charged with pow coaraaaaicwtioua
.to the Court of Caked. Four of the unsistrer had
actually reached t'eshore.
CALC4ITTA. Argil. 4.5.
The embassy to the Court of Cobol continued
to receive the most courteous hospitality and re-
spect--On the 13th March, Mr. Elphiortone had
a private audience of His Majesty. at which he was
received with much politeness. and was repeatedly
urged by the king to accompany him on his iu-
Waded voyage to Cahill.

OTAHEITE.

EXTRACT TRAM ♦ LETTER, DATED SYDNEY, NEW

SOUTH WAILS% JULY 17, 1908:-

Arrived the Mercury colonial schooner, Thomas
Reiby, master, from Otalieite. with a cargo of
park, the whole its high preservation.—She sailed
from hence the 10th of December last, iu company
with the King George; went together to the Bay
or Islands, for refreshments, and separated the 3ti
of Jaritsary, in latitude 33.'40. ; the King George
hound for the Frees; on the 04th of February she
came to ouches, in the bay of Matavai ; and, having
completed her eargo among the islauds, in two
mouths, on the 9.3tk of April took her departure
from Mites ; on her return to Port Jackson, made
Norfolkisland the let of June. aril left the tith.—
She found the American ship Amethyst, Captain
Smith. at the Islands; frop whom site fortunately
received a supply of salt--amt which she bad taken
from hence having sunk a full third part from its
ori4inal quantity; which, but for the circumstance
a her obtaining an occidental supply, must have
been productive of serious disappointment to the
owners. We are sorry to learn, that Captain Smith
Mad lad several of his people among the Islands,
who deserted his slip from an iodination of living
among the natives; to whose friendly disposition
toward the English Mr. Iteiby was particularly
indebted for the accomplishineut of hi. object iu so
short a period.—Mr. B. did not at first see King
Potnarree, for whom he took from rimer a gold
time-keeper, sent hither to be repaired ; and
which lie wain of aecessity, obliged to deliver to his
mother.

The Mercury was hove down at Ulitesa ; and, *port
this occasion, was moored, as the chiefs affirmed, to
the very tier, which had, upon the like occasion,
been made choice of by Captain Cook. for heaving
down the Resolution; and to bring to recollection
the more strongly that great circumnavigator's vi-
sit to those islands. • chid; named Maher, pro-
duced • medallion of His :11aljesty, which In, lather
had received as a present from Captatu Cook ;
width. after some solicitation. be at knoll Kart: to
Mr. Iteiby ; the reversed side. represtrwmg tan
ships.. troweled by the words—Resolution mud
Adcersture, ISOCCLIIII. This medal W cotender•-
hly larger than a crown piece. and was originally
gilt; but which, from the length of time, beitia
years. is now overly worn off.
By the order of Laboor, the head chief at Uli-
tea, a store-house, 100 feet is length. awl SO in
breadth. was built for the reception of the dire-
Ary's stores. the building of which wars completed
in a day sad a Ina; so aaaaa uerous were tile work-
meat.

Upon leering the island. the vessel stand towards
Manjeea, an island to the south-west of U litre, the
people of which seem perfect strangers to every Lace
of people but their own.--In their dress and colour
they differ little from the Friendly Islanders, but
owing. perhaps, to the total waist of intercourse
with civilised visitors, their manners are ferocious.
o their aspects are forbidding. These people ane
said to be much above the toolonary.size. robust, and
very musculor. On the Mercury's approach, 60 or
60 canoes went out to inert her, each canoe havisig
only one men in it, armed with a long spear
and several short ones. As soon as she came to,
which was about two miles from the shore, they
went along-side, end entreated the hands to get
n arer, which. together with their repeated efforts
to decoy them Soto the r mums, produced a
oa of their views, and, io cons nonce, the scl -
nei's vcople got ready to defend theinselve HI ease
°launch.

Their numbers prodigiously increasing. every
precaution we. used to prevent ally f getting
on board; they appeared to have no kind of know-
ledge or Are arm-, which they saw without eino.
tiou. They demanded every moveable they saw
on deck, and were understood, as their language
differed little, if at all, from that or the Otaheitans.
The pigs on board they insisted upon having, fre-
quently praised the size of the Mercury, and re-
quested to know whose canoe she was? But at
length becoming imitative, a number grappled
with the bowsprit rigging, end esideuvoored to pull
her ill towards the shore, while others were rodeo-
voliring..by main strength, to pull the bolts from
the sides, for the sake of the iron, with the value of
which metal they were doubtless made acquainted
by Captain Cook.
As they had not any articles for barter, and the
Mercury had not expended the whole of her trade,
Mr. Iteiby offered to purchase some of their spc..rs,
as they were ingeniously carved; but none of them
would they upon any account part with ; at length
they began vehemently to threaten the people on
hoard, if they continued to object to going on
shore; many had spears in their hands; and one,
who had taken a long spear up, with much seem-
ing composure, while speaking to a seaman in the
maim chains, of the name of David Clarke, in-
stead of offering it for hurter. as was expected
to be his intention, made a sudden plunge at
the belly of Clarke ; who received the spear
through his right hand, and into the left groin,
about an inch. The unfortunate man fell upon
ri.teiving the wound, and was with difficulty got in.
A generul disposition of attack was now manifested,
and talf-defence became a duty:—two musketoons
were immediately discharged among the foremost ;
and we are not sorry to observe, that the whole
contents of one were lodged in the body of Clarke's
unprovoked assailant. Their consteruation at the
noise they heard may easily be conjectured : they
staid not to examine the cruise of the explosion;
bust, taking to their paddles, in a few minutes reach-
ed the shore, where an immense nmulser were as-
sembled; and the Mercury took leave of this little

inhospitable island, which is in about 21. 38. S.
and 138. IL E. long.
It is mach to he lamented, that even the Friendly
Islanders should still retain their cruel riotous 0,
seicriticing huiaan beings to their superstitions.—
On this subject we copy the following extract from
a journal on board the Mercury:—" loth of
March, at t p. es. saw the nativts at Hubaine mur-
der a man, as a sat:rake, awl hung him up ill a bas-
ket, is a range with four other., who had buffered
the seine fate.-12th of Mardi, saw a canoe take in
the murdered bodies at Hubaine, to be conveyed
to Ulitea, a distance of eight or ten leagues, there
to be buried iu their grand asorai, or place of
worship."
On the lath of March, 40 or 50 canoes, with 20
to 30 men in each, arrived from other parts of Hu-
brine, to the bay, at which the Chief Omit corn-
-11114114111, to hold a consultation on the subject of the
nolabolams refusing to pay their yearly tribute,
which was usually paid in swine; and which refu-
sal, it was supposed, would be productive of au ins-
mediate war.
The distnasted brig mentioned last Sund■y to
be in sight off the Heads, proved to be the Boa
Cidadedo, from Palo Penang, the 3d of March, in
ballast for the Fejees, to procure is (logo of sandal
wood.—She was dismasted six weeks ago, on her
passage thither; since which, the Cupt. Mr. Demi,-
na, (formerly master of the Buffalo), died of ass old
complaint; and the Chief Mate, the only remaining.
European on hoard, died after she wits boarded on
Sunday last, by the Eadearour.
The above vessel was towed in by His Majesty's
colonial schooner Estramina, the supplies taken. by
winch were truly acceptable, as the brig had been
besting about thus coast for u;tkvards of a month, in
a distuasted and a distressed slate.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
SATURDAY, Summing 30.

The Duke of Bsurtswietc received, yesterday.
intelligence, by an Officer, just arrived, that the
Arini-.tice had been put un end to by the Austrians ;
that the Prus'.iun army, muter General Buictua.
hwl mart heal to co-operate with the Austrian forces,
■nd that the King of l'itust.t had litinself set off for
PeterNhur4h, to coacr with the Emperor AILEXA N•
DIM The news was considered as authentic
through the evening.

We regret to say, that all negociation for a new
Ministerial arrangement, may be considered itA over,
or, at least, as entirely susisentled fur the present.
Lord GREY remains in the country, and has de-
clined attending Mr. PERCEVAL'S 8111111110ns ; and
Lord GRENVILLE, although lie has arrived in town,
in deference to what he considered to be the im-
plied wish of His MAJESTY, has refused to meet
either Mr. PERCEVAL, or the Earl of Livuurnot..
Mr. l'Enccvat.'s letters to Lords GARY mid GRCN-
♦rr.t.s. sanctioned, as it is presumed, by His MA-
JEiTT, were verbatint the same, and requested their
assistance to extend and cot:Wine all A lininistration.
This was, in fact, a proposal fur a coalition. Mr.
PERCEVAL, we think, could not have expected that
it would have been successful. The two King's
Messengers returned with the answers, on Titans-
day evening ; and, about eleven o'clock at night,
Lord GRENVILLE arrived in town.—His Lordship
goes this day to Dropmore.

Lord GeEnett.t.e was at Carlton-House as early
as nine o'clock yesterday morning, and remained
with the PRINCE for nearly two hours. Mr. SHE..
nioAti had afterwards a very long audience of his
Royal Highness; and, in the course of the morn-
ing, the PRINCE also saw his Royal Brothers, the
Dukes of CLARENCE and CUMBERLAND, and hii
Serene Highness the Duke of BRUNSWICK.

Dispatches were recrked yesterday et the Fos
reign Office, from Spain. They were brought
by the Cadi4 nickel, istsJ are not I.IIIIIIOSM to be
of importance.

A Cadiz Mail has arrived with letters and
papers to the 13th instant. It is stated in an
article, dated the t tth, at 14evillv, that Gerona has
been relieved by a division of BLAKE'S army, which
'nuke the enemy's line, and entered the place with
military stores and provisions. General D'Aoou ET,
the French Governor of Navarre, having *Merril
four Spaniards to be put to death, on a charge of
hating murdered a French serjeant and merchant,
the Spanish Gener.il, commanding in Arragon, or•
tiered four Frencinnen to he executed in retaliation;
■nd threatened, that, for every Spaniard »ordered,
in future, by this French, lie will order two French-
men for execution. Mr. Fittftit. late Minister from
England to the Supreme Junta at Seville, had his
audience of leave on the 34th last.

The Earl of LP/ earwig. hes transacted the
biniiness of the three Secretaries of State, since
the duel between Lord CASTLEREAOIIII Ord Mr.
CANNINU.

I.etters were on Thursday received in town from
Bayonne, dated the Ith imitviit, and front Bustr..
deaux. dated the tith. They state, that the roads
from Bourdeaux to Bayonne were covered with
troops, destined to reinforce the Frc:;.:O army in
Spain. It is said that 440400 Inui;,ad arriv►d at
Bayonne.