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EXTRACTS !ROM CALCUTTA }APRS! TO THS
-1$ of "se AWL..

Osi the 19; le or J iii i .ery 11w expedition that hid
hi-eee preparing at P. Tout! took its departure with
Su. Siloam:l' it 011,-, for. JAM.% in the..Struta of
'Sloe:more. Major Faispilear embarked with the
expTelitiole; to realesienenser the tromps that are ren-
plan ed. The vessels which 1111 l pose. it are the
Indiana, emit. Pearl (liaviog Sir Stainfsi'rel Ratan,
on board); the P.ewdtiss. and Matt) (Itruiserskihr
Me'cary. Bententenk, brig Ganges; int! seltoonee
Enterprise. When they passel Itlalacts, the,
DO.Cis Clover 1111 l reit sent out two prows in to .k
alter and watch them. meal it is utirteretood that
their anipearit..ce mosirenrista have esc:tid
ti
gloat sisal or striun‘ 'the Duvet;.
This step, obit+ irktris the
bli,hinent of a stew ars,ll-oriesit. uncle, be
mrtit of '1C111'04414 lilt stint/neer' the Duiok that
we are at last resubmit( in !oak' to oniowiiiistereili
in the eaatern masts and tuber thew' in adva,•ce
more cautiously than they hay. highs:Ste dour, in
their rtideavnues to ameba au absolute irepoutferse
slice iti that qn tetir,
A. wove as Sir Stamford returns from Johore,
whirls it• isexperied will he very epreslily, ibr second
reeve/ lino said steel few Athirst. Two ships- i 6
Marefiip!,e,ss of Willeiley. aril
Mary. Anne, 0.1.1:111 Webster, have been already
taken ois by the Penang novrromeist for chili ger-
vic'e The terms on which they are engaged are
6 500.rutwes eaThrtiouthly. Itsimour is said to
Ise
very busy at Penang with legated to what stiestiAtirei
err in contrmplatimis respecting the soyereigeity of
Adorn. The general belief, however, te, *hit
Shell A.llesm„ the depose.i well he 'rein:oldest,
and we 61e1 the wish reprolied in silditinint dirt he
may he replaced no such a footing' that neither
Syed Hlusseiee'e wealth our his treachery may be
again able to shake his.authoeity.
In a peivate.letter from Melucca, dated the.tillt
Jemmy, we mart
with the.folloWing.parsgrsph
" trade goes on the mitts' grey, with this dgfer-.
eller, that Omni! Ito distinction paid to
Bair-s. hr
same duty being levied on gootheAnliateyer hotfoots
they ukny Z3e ifisrOtd onyie.w!re exacted fruits
British ships when nor fag was tissue."
From Marbles it is.stated, that ass angeneettatiou
of the army there itsimatediotely to take.phsce ; two
new regiments are to he. raises, soul additiou
to be made of cme Major,Csptaiii, sod one.
Lientemmt, to each regiment of cuvidrs.
A Ceicutta Paper of the lit!h March says—" A
private letter from. &Oil hiforms its of the
capture of two .native etiFels, ladeu wish cotton,
on their pious* fronp, Ouserat down to B
off the [shoed of Din. An Arab ettiti that soiled
from hence. in November last, ur.der, the name of
the Afortgoisa, grab-built, but wearing Eetelish.
colours, and colons:ended by Kra bah Aker!, is
s.id to have hero captured also by these pirates.,
She belongs, we believe to 4 Mohammedan suers
chant, of Calcutta, Sheikh Gholsoto Hussein, mid
she had passe(' the port of Bombay to Safety. but
was ruptured. ;According to the report that I es reach-
ed us, Omni 60 or 70 miles to the northweed of it.
The writer observes., that this information made
uo
sensation at Bombay, although there was one of the
fastest soiling vessels of the Bombay marine then
lying at the mooring chain in the hasbour, from
which she might twee slipped and proceeded to the
re-culture of she. prize, and probably have saved
the lives of the crew, who are sometimes inhumanly
butcheredun the moment of their bring taken
prisnumt, and at others reserved for more tedious
torture.
The forbearance of the Bombay Government to.
wards these ensrund.ers is not only astonisliiieg and
unsecontooldr, but may deserve • much harsher
epithet; ise England we know what character would
be given to a great unveil port suffering the boots of
contemptible pirates almost to blockade its, own
harbour, and effectually to interrupt the commerce
between it and its oe 111 l t marts ofsupply.
Letters from the camp at the station of Potful
Kole, dated the 17th of February lust. have ;elicits
ed Calcutta, describing the progress of the division
of the army in that quarter.
One of the redone'''. tinder the command of
Major Lucius Robert O'Brien. of the sib native
cavalry, was destined to he service of reducing the
States of Hurry end Purtabglier. The first of
these was easily sccomplislied ; but the latter.
wheels See the country of chrie Sah, pre
considerable cousiderable obstacles, as it is described to_ be our
of the wildest tracts ituaginuble. The invading
column succeed-d, however, in penetrating to
,the
strong bold of this Chief. and mucking him thre.
Chyle Ssell himself escaped iu.the uction,, bathos
of his teeplwas fall into the hands of the coo.
(turners; and the Chief saw his affoires wearing ml-
together 110 iumPuiciotts au aspect, that be.had sent
lit a tender of bit IllaffCiadfr to the British Cow-
foamier.
The.troops that had been engaged were to re-
tut n with, their leader to Chumming,. as the ohject in
which they had bee, employed teas completely at-
tamed. "

THE Cd Ph OF GOOD HOPS.

Letters have heel) received from the Cape of
Good• Hope 4446th May, with enclosures to a late
date fi cm Ceylon, ihere tranquillity wasia so great
a measure tpietorrel that almost ail the troepe
which
had Streit KW there from balsa bad returned. Front
Nose letters we select the fiillurattig
uotelligvncr ;
The naval sioreship I liek, Coptioe Wt.tt.uht
FbAa-
ItiSON, arrived at the C.spe of Good from
Cork, the sairhtlr of May, sod was to proceed imme-
diately so die ibisittl of Ceylon. The Fret l'eaders,
Irwegiwe. and Agoirert, were sit thecasie at the same
time; tites4 have on hoard defarlonetsta of the
45111 regimoot, to he stationed at the Omar salami,
The i)itainfitss mato of cur, I-Irar. Captain 6011.
00ii Min it she Cape of Good Hope Abe toi4ldle
of
Mbfr •haviog on board .Mapir-General Sir go•
WARD Balton sold suite. for Colima. Lieutesamt-
Colotsel Waagier..4 the 'Kugel .itisreptera, •vraa
iikraist(at that •plitee, .0 fits soil W
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la-Cluspelle."
We hatiereceivid..olintut st the same:titate, the
itinerary of the Empeepr of Russia and of the
Kiug of Sweden, towards Time.. The Emperor
will art out adopt the:caul of July to whit Archangel
and roeeed to Finland by Sardobol anti Couple.:
and adiniace as for • as Tome°, His Majesty will
!rvim iMbo. sad room by fielsiothevii to
etasybitiai, Ariaog, if *Nalco. whose. de*

A letter from Valpsraito. elated :Way 4. states.
that Lord COCHRANE has excluded from his block-
ade the port ut Ils)ta. and left it free for whale
ships to enter fur •utrplies. Lord CoCHRANE hid
taken the island of Ssii Lorenzo. and had captured
a number of small vessels, winch he hied converted
into bomb -vessels. and lice and explo►ion ships.=
The same letter with. that Copt. Mimes and the
crew of the Cesseek•were suit detaiued as-priteeete
. at the Gulf et Valltoruia.

Paris Papers of Wr4lnesclwy and Thursday
have arrived at onr Office. The elections peer
excite a very lively interest in the political citch
the capital, and the inuring!y are, of course, tte
engaged in the controversies cane by the I.
and fears of the contending parties. Alitesil;
forettioat and moat iinpnront of the combat.,
we find M. DE CU ATEAUBRI AND, who, ia
long article published io Stippleineots to
/oared/ des Debate soil the Gazette de Jr 4
censures the 1,4 w of Elections with great sere
This law, he calls a deplorable law ; a law deso
tire of the monarchy ; a law at once silly so

romorregell such practicer. Site has aro?, too, of the winless 'rue,. ~...,„,—........
thee the people of this country, had the Government column iancceedad, however. in penetrating to the she was to inflict the malady which had befallen the The plague coutinues tt= ravages i
o 11°' ' 'Wool. ! towards the cud of September. it cousiii:• ie- 14 1•1•4 r• ••
01s;s1,07rd the same incliitation, have been well strong hold a this Chief, and ettaclfing him there.
woman. The duck being violently pressed, screamed. Of the 36 .patiesits in the hospital of !'era, II i war, 20 gas boats, Isa inumports, and 22,000 iota, %%ma lam
eoeugh disposed to hart wrested the Tiornles.from Citric S..h himself escaped idthe *Owls hut two
:ipso', by 11 wespon vets irlift.-reut front negotietiou„ of his nephews fell "two the hands of
.die coo• and it wiWthert said that the charm was effected. hate died. and there are 27. patients at. the Seven ! a large unite of artillery; all one *maids haws bean a- its
nod to have liken ample itidemnity in Mexico, as cursors; and the Chief saw his affiirs wearing al- The sick *mm. whose at had passed, recovered Towers. • haultea to supply as fur the spirit of ibe trommot
/ell es Florida, fur Swinish spoloti. nu one e - together so ionueeicions an aspect, that he had sent her senses, and every one was convinced of the Trsoquillity is at length restored; the Capitan lis out such as to augur will for the stiere.a of so de-
co-e, tr. But the alternative of 0..1. with Spain has in a tender of hie surrender to the British - reality of the witchcraft, when •• physician arrived, Pasha. who h I
•at HA, doling the late commotion% of ,
1 beeu ominously aud sedulously avoided t and • mender. and declared that the woman had suffered a simple the Ii i displayed
....sii.omes, the sane zeal ns the pain- . hy the trooys, have beta ...moved ia culifuquratee of' sic
• i tent so eapedition ; rainy Gvittral otlicirs, esteemed
th
Treate has beets framed, in cooformity to lier eft- The.troops that bad been engaged WV! to Ce..
, titatvt's inform:twos, quite as fevourable to Spain two with their leader to Chopper', as the oiiret iu netvous attack, and thus rescued the old fruit- vim! Agas, has been disgraced end denoted. Ills I event., and relitaevil by others mnre &vulva ki timecoort.
re
r.
A& ohie could have expected. That Treaty, under which they had beea eirsployird was completely at- woman from the halide of the multitude. who were flightless has sent him its emir to Smyrna. Abdul. i The roads of Eturmadura are iuseeure, and the Portugeeet
i There is still much agitation to the kingdom of valeoemt-
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such carcurnstatices, it is ecarcely possible site will towed.
o- . going to treat her with severity. ti
f:. 14 ratify.
. Af, alter this view of the subject. people will antia ..-• •. . • --- -
THE CAPIi OF GOOD HOPE. 4 letter from Mahon, in the Island of Minorca. Cll:pliiidebnimsralls"e'loGicicie7ldendi hitihme.e.ii"eiscifi:fil honour, ' under
pretence of covering the fivittirrs againt be
it
i Gamines, beer formed a coition tium A:tio•itla to Elysti•
from Madrid that there was Imli ly waited op riwatt
• ciliate an ultimate refusal to ratify the Treaty, lei ....—......-- dated the flatli of July. says, " Vice-Admiral, the visited Pera and Coal, ill/peered at the Adis& !We hear 1.1
Count de Javier'. arrived here yesterday in the ship rally in great meg. ificence. aticl. clurre all, gave • !
i; I ~ the fact of the promotiou of Don Lin. de
this •I Letters have been received from the Cope of gases of the It a hill, containing in large let ti
*Peak for itself. it ii not to be sul'11"`" that thie I Good'Hape of •16th May, with enclosisres to a late of war Ls Caere., He is to join the Eintlish ship splendid proof or his activity words :—" This house to let ft tat Jamatal
• Mimi a Spain would elevate, to the highest office i date r,cra- Ceylon, There tratiquillity wareis so greatin castrieg St 2 (I Ski ! 1;20°7:or
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. liechliorty coruntaudsol by Vice•Adluiral Fee- principed etuiincers to be straeglel.
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boil IS: 01111 W% is. his gift. a man who hod just Ritmo- mantle. for the protection of the navigation of There is now at Trued°, au English frigate and
!4 , rit I a foreeigss nowt ))))) which bad reaulted its a
; a inraatire tenured that almost ail the troops which
bad keen Iritit there from baba bad returned. From
the Mediterraiteau. and. to make to the Barbary a brig, commanded by Sir E !ward Pellew, ,on of I!
Paris Papers of Wednesday and Thursday a
' i I Trerty so odious, that the Savert4o unsullied to these letters we ...lee' the follawtog nitelligence:—. t
t . mouth. 'flie destmotiou of these,
ships is ! have arrived at our Office. The elections we D
;eject it. ' The naval atoreship /lick, Cattli'll WidalitAlle Haiti Regencies the intimation commauded by the Eu- Lord Ex 5
excite a very lively iiiterest in the political caw f
It .• "Plir time limited by the Treaty, within which, Pisan, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope. from martin Powers esseinbied. in the Cooed* of Aix. taut known. 1 the capital, and the jituriialr are, of couple, o'y 1
on iiiiiificaiiim, it shall perenaptinily 1 ' I boils pat- i Cork, the middle of May, and was tsr proceed insme- I,i_rinspette.” - 4 l 4l
4 , ties, is currently reported to by viz oroutlia ; which dirtely to the inland of Ceylon. The Fret Traders. A letter from 'Valpornito. dated May 4. mote,. I engaged its the controversies caw ,it by the lo ...
We belie received. .ahnost at the same-tint,. the that Lord COCHRAN E has excluded front his block- I
'even still expire shunt the 24 Ir of this mtith. if ',elegem. laud NoitierS, were at thecusie at the emote , , •. • ' .
" Mornay. of the sul or of Rossi* sod of the ode the port of Papa, slid left it free for whole . and fears of the conteintnig parties. Amon I
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- .11 ti; %aloft that de the Gore/mm.o of the flint • etara2o Ali' a.•have on board detarlainents of the
art rat] e . y. . • . i •
IrorsiS7itliLesu'reoLcon 1 forme:nit and moat imporvint of the comma .. I
LleriltidSliatee;en Its pin. MM. to he bound by it. ilsth regosteat, to be stationed sit the above island. 1 King of Sweden. towards Torneo. The Emperor stalikiprsuttuheenitseturnfioi
.rdaliCioiclandn,A.anpetuhresdil ! wioengfindaehtilc.leDpSuCtollisei:trrUjilliestAtiNpopi,,winlemtp,olot: e
I i is •S paorettaxedate, that• the private letters era. The Pinioriess mini of war, 110 a•. Ceplein 601- will set out shout theencloiluly to visit ArChangel,
o number of email vemels. o Inch he hied converted 4
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' I ariveilt iss **cis, front Madrid.' give ao tombola to eotti seal at the Cape of G 411.11 Hope the middle of
mils luilvi.,,g
on board
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jor.oeoirld Ste , so. and. prom... ed to Fallow! by Sardobol and Couple. ' Amnia/ dais Debate soil the Gazette de If f•
Hie majesty
will. into
,r i boon:
be-Ivettarerlia'rirl*es,d thatfi:e and
balillidnre I
mud sowasce as far •as Twlrr.to..
allailintoe •Stiot'4lA:Telsety testi rot be Maio& ~.
.. I ! ceimurea the Lies of Elections with great sere y. i
Thal elfeeetweirtimeabstot ticenprerouseit Ike Kiwi wAao BAitucs atoll suite. for Colima. Lieutenant- -.-T
!. 1g...u)..41b0. and retort" by tielsiasherg to crew of the Coeur. kneere soli deiningd airrisseen I This law. he calls a deplorable law ; a law deal
ioteosissestila SofyilantOts. of Joted in .-Ftonda.4 A • Cteliwei Wa4corr..of the 'Kopf lialsopirrs .was ire
. 61,11.1 ms .tvilw ideittiOsed• by the Trinity. will iskterislat that•plice. on 10 wily is .10400iimi
.01, ,0•41181414.91$ ''flit, *swedes!. whose de* .at the Gulf of -Lahroruia. tive of the monarchy ; a law at once silly 'l-
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