The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-12-28 00:00:00

NACU,
7 ;
DEAL, DEC. 26.
Sailed the Timaien frigate, and a gun brig, on a
cruise off the-Freneh coast;. Ctifqeee sloop of war,
for West-Gate Bay ; and the °nat.: sloop of. war,
for Sheerness.
Arrived the Champion frigate, from off the French
coast, and remain in the Downs with the rest of the
ships as per last.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 2s.
.Arriccl the Fuss store•ship, from the Eastward.
Sailed the Peetty Los armed ship, with a convoy,
for Cork ; Urania frigate, and the Nautilus sloop
of war, oil a cruise.

Came in the data, Rernardes, from Gottenburgh,
bound to London. Wind Easterly.

•Y R, DEC. 20.
On Friday last the Nltune, Neil, of this port,
from Quebec, with timber, staves, and hides, arrived
in this bay, for orders; she was to have proceeded
for Greenock, but a strong north west gale coming on,
they had to beat about and use every exertion to
keg) her from running ashore. Early on Saturday
morning, when off the Heads, she missed stays
twice, and drifted on a rock, where she stuck for
*bout three hours, when the rise of the tide swung
her of. While on the rocks her bottom receiv7d
some injury, and she made so much water that they
were obliged to run her ashore opposite to the Low.
omen. A great part of her cargo has been taken out.
Witt was floated off to-day, and is now lying at the
lbar, and it the weather continues moderate, she will
be got iaso harbour to-morrow.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
6 saru, I)kC. 26.—r.tsed by the William st3re ship,
I/0111 (is►rutar ; City ot l.ondnn, Darn:Lon, from St. l.w it ;
♦ruldntni•, Stukeny, from Oporto; j.mar
Lkadrnan, lion. Charente ; VTON R•becea, Cotter, And the
Geode Z.ittr, Raman, lean Eniliden.--Sail,d the 144Vi4111,
Willa, for Surinam; W .11istu, Atkinson, tor St. 'Cite's;
and the R.sager, Anderson, i.sr

EAST INDIFs.

The following is an extract of a letter from an
Officer in the East India Company's service, dated
Camp Kooch, Hundlecund, April 7
" The 19th of January the corps left Purtubghur,
to join the army in this quaver, which was expeded
an have been attacked by a very large force under
Aumeer Khan, a Mahratta Chief. We joined this
division of the army in eleven days, having marched
in that time about £2O miles, which was very bar-

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4:
There are
camp followers and cattle.
are no inns to be met with in India, but
A are under the necessity of carrying with us sup.
plies and necessaries for several months expenditure.
About the time we joined this army the dreadful at-
talk very soon blew over, and ever s nce we have
been marching and countermarching, hut no enemy
to be met with. This country has lately been ceded
to us by the Peishwa. The original holders of the
lands are in general our allies, who keep them, pay.
ing to the Company the same tribute that they had
paid to their head (the Peishwa), which they gene-
rally avoided fulfilling, they having very large bodies
of troops of their own ; and, unless compelled by
' twee of arms, he got little or nothing. It is the
Iblest country I have ever seen, not even exceptirr
Bengal ; the natives have only to open the ground,
, and sow their grain, which repay s them in great
abundance. What is strange, they have few reser-
voirs cr wells to water their fields. In every other
pan of India, unless their grounds ate constantly
i supplied with water, their crops generally fail ; hut
lit is unpleasant to think, that if a failuie of the an-
nual rains should take 'place, a famine must be toe
. consequence.
• - .Karely a hut is to be seen throughout the
whole of this country, unless immediately under the
pmtedion of a fort, whete all their villages are set
down, and where they take refuge from the numer-
oils bodies of Pendarries (banditti horsemen), who
are constantly layin;.; the inhabitants under coutribu-
tn-n, and plundering the country.
•‘ The heat, in my opinion. is very oppressive,
Ithe thermometer in my tent, a very large one, is at
101, and when exposed to the sun, 128, which is
"dry
barrassing to us Europeans."
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