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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

TOSTMOUTR, JULY 7.
Arrived the Yetins, Perk, from New York, in 28 days ;
after landing passengers she proceeded to the eastward.
Sailed the Hossein on a cruise, and the Tiber frigate to
the westward.

TOTIPLIIII, JULY 6.
The brig Young Regulus, for Malabar, with cosh% got
as the Gnu Rierks yesterdsy ; she has since come uff !with
damage.
HARWICH, JULY 7.
Arrived the Reaufoy par Let, with a mail from Hollow!.

LivntruoL, JUf.Y 6.

Sailed the Theodpia, for Calcutta; Triton, for the Isle of
Finuce •' Belgrave, fur Rio Jaueiro ; Oriou, fur Jamaica;
Efisabetb, fur St. Domingo ; Montagne, fur New York, and
several other outward.bouud ship.
GRAVESEND, JUIN 7.

Arrived the Aunilale, MINNA, fiiini Grenada; Queeu,
Heiih, from Honduras ; Eliza, Fuwlvr, (•rum Leghorn ;
William, Novi, (rum New Yurk ; and the Enterprise,
Mutters, (ruin Tarragona.
Sailed the yisionsi, Smelt, fur New York ; Dorothy, FA.
munch., fur Hamliurgh ; and the Mary, Gunton, fur St.
John's,

nuLL, JULY 11.

GREENLAND FISHERY.

The first arrival from floe fishery is this morning,. The
Priam of Heald, Captain Todd, 'mired So the Ilunstorr
from Greenland, a full ship. Capt. 'rods! has not seen any
ship ranee 31 May, up to that date he reports as follows:

Fisk. Fisk.
The North Briton...". 8 Duncombe
Jane
Aurora 3 Walker
Exmouth . 1 Nribilllll... • ..... •• • • I
Lorsl Illarhotn 1 laird 1
4ildcr• •• • •••.. 1 Shamatiu

COAL M AIM ET, JULY S.
ships at Markel. Ish ipa Sold. Prier.
. _ _ .

V} Newcastle lSt.— 37g. NI. to 44. 3J.
3 Suoderh,o.l
1 Stunt Lvid

711:: ,

(runVonieft (pm our Throw 4 Thrgalay 44.)

We meet in th- Dative nutty with m ray
jw.t;,,,e., tit .1111,iilivIrratkle attachment to tlw sew.
vice to whirl* they lielong. •Ainotog these titolow call
Ise snore reinarkalde than that of Sod Dona
coliitsaurlaut of the Tanjore coov.ilrv, who war nt
prisooer by Tippoo 17$t. charm.-
ter of thi• disoinginalwil officer was well known to
lots enemy, awl the highest k and station were
oll'eretl to tempt hint to toter nolo the employment
of the -lute of Mysore. ilia steady refusal 11. r..
binned his being. treated with PUell ligMlf, and woos
atteiiileil, a% iii. ft'llllW 10111(1 rase British
oilricer-1 Ilium:tit, with site!' slaiiger to lii. lilt, that
they, frisin .s geavrou• feeliiig. eotiteinidatitsic hi.
cotioldion as is Malionietlau aqui a moire or hub,.
it. iii some essent poi ists diikrent from their own,
reconotnended him to sal:vitt the odors of the Soda
tan ; but the firm ollegtato.-e of Syitil Ibrahim
would admit or tuo coimoroun:e, awl he treated
every overture :14 sill 1114 Ult. 1114 virtuous multi-
firm provoked at I.s.t the veronsal sentinent of
'Novo° ; tort when the prisoners were
released in 1761, the cur mionilatit wets rennived to
tlanigPsia tie the is !!!!!! tr fortre,4 of Cowry
Droog. %%here he 'mutilated 1114 exioeoce. Ilia
sister. who hail left her home. the Commie, to
sltare the captivity of her brother, was sulorgnein ly
wounded isi the 'stunning of Selitiol.misam. She
however fitrtuitatrly recovered, and the Got eromieut
of Fort St. ( feorge granted lies. a !tension
of Iill~•-
two pagodas and a half per mouth, or 25111. iser
A fffff UM, being the full pay of a native
of cavalry. A tomb was alio rrectill at the fussy
where Syud Ibrahim died, and floverimient es).
dowed it with an estalslishinein .ittrio,os
t sin is fakeer or priest, and to knelt two lawns con-
tinually burning at the shrine sit this faithful
suldiet.

Among the many instances of she eecee which
pride in themselves, soul the notice of their stye-
riots, inspire in tins class of hoops,we may slate
the conduct of the first Initiation of the Bth regi-
ment of infantry, winch became, et the commence-
merit of his career in India, a favourite cor;,s of
the Duke of AVellingtotr. They were with huts on
every service and the men of this corps used oriel
to cell themselves I, Wellesley kit Patten," or \Vets
lesley's Battalion, and their conduct on every occa-
sion was CUlCulattql to support the proud title they
had assumed. A staff officer, after the battle of
Assaye, saw a number of the Nlithomerlatie of this
battalion assembled apparently for a funeral ; he
asked whom they were about to muter? they men-
tioned the names of live commissioned and non-
commissioned officers, of a very distinguished fa-
mily in the corps. "We are going to put these
brothers" into one grave," said one of the tarty. The
officer, who was well acquainted with the individuals
who hid been slain, expressed his regret, and was
about to offer some consolation to the 1,1 'ors, but
he was stopped by one of the meri—" There is no
occasion," he said, " for such feelings or expres-
sions: these men (pointing to the dead bodses) were
sepoys (soldiers), they have died la the performance
of their duty: the Governmetst they served will
protect their children. alio will soon fill the ranks
they lately occupied."
In 1804 the subsidiary force in the Deck•in, com-
manded by Colonel Il.dsburton, was enclosed be-
tween two rivers, which became saddesly so swollen
as to cut off their supplies of provisions. It was a
period of general famine, and the t:(ltutoul,icution
was cut off with the grails dealers, from whom Alone
they could expect a stipple. All the rice Ur camp
was found to be hardy sufficient for live days
slice, at a very reduced rate, to the European part
of the force. Issues to the sepoys were stopt, but
while they were left to the scanty subsistence they
ini4lit be able to procure fur themselves, they were
appMrsted the sole ;;cards over flint grain, from all
share in which they were from Het:essay escluded.
This duty was rerbormed with the strictest care,
and the must cheerful submission. Forturistely the
waters subsided, and au ample supply prevessted
their feeling that extreme of famine, the ',inspect
of which they had contemplated with au atteusioss
to diStiprOlt, and a composure of Wind, wbich
even astonished those best acquainted arth their
habits of order and obedience.

The tnett of the native infantry of Bombay are
of a standard very• near that of !Dadra•. The
lowet•t size taken is live feet three inches, and the
average is live feet live, hut they ;are rieirtst and hat tly,
and capable of enduring great fatigue upon very
slender diet.

Towards the close of the war a;th Tippoo, io
1781, the whole of the glace under General 3:4-
thews were made prisoners. The
of the advantages he might derive from the ave.,
sion of a body of well-disciplined men, made ev. ry
offer that he thought could leinj,t the English
sepoys into his service, lint in vain. Ile ordered
them to work upon his foitilieations, particularly
Cliitteldroog, which was very unhealthy. opal' a
sear (two pounds) of fuggy (a small grunt like mus-
tard seed), and a pine (about it ) per flay.
On this joittaiice they were rigidly kept at hard I
boar through the day, and in close conlitietnetit at
night, subject to the continued insults of their
guards; but neither insults, oppression, nor sick-
ness. could subdue their fidelity ; and sit the brace
of 174.1 fifteen limelreilt et. the natives of hubs.
who laid been made pris,.oeis tier the annuitants
of the coat of Altil.Wer, mulched a th,tat.tse of live
hundred tildes in Al alms, to ciall.mk on a voyage
of six or eight werk•, to trjoill the army to which
they belonged at Bombay. During the march from
ftlysore the guards of the Sultan carefully separated
those men, wbriiever they eneampeil, by is tank (e
large resersoirl or mane other supposed twill.
mouutable uluttublr. haat the lEttruprii:t prisoners.
utuotig ahm) stele their officers. Not a night
passed (st.e write
tinclion, who was a tettness of what lie states) that
some of the sepnys 'lid not elude the r,gilai.ce of
their r,uartli by swiiiiimilig at!rtlfa the tank, or by
prising the sentries, Ihat I hey might see tip-ir 'A-
ct-is, to whims they brought such small sums as
they had saved from their l.ittace.., begging they
would condescend to sweept the little all they had

• The tram •' Brutlorre" xteinla hi.lia II) It st cou•ing.

A Euil,iderable itumlirr of Ike sepuys taken with (hi:s-
nit Math, we load, at the hazeit/ of them heel, sou& tl,. it
cpcatte t • the Sotltau, and rtachtti Boinhaz thiough the
"Lt.t..tto ice

to 11113 ), but it'll ft pore tisuitaii and be, 1."
t ;iv.. "We rah Eve Tifton thitl (111,y gist
In 1797, Coptaist Prikeolottm, in Isis 11iiksty's
ship Brysioacr.secomparind by s ttttt r swat' vessels
sit star Ir-linigni4 to. Cnistwarry, took oorw..eoo
of cooowz, the elnef Duteis settleistelit MI the
postern isle of Titunr. Litittetiatit Frost, of the.
Ilitinbay Marine, roininaniltr of the luirepbt
crot.er, whit was to 101 •p. unite( (inventor of
( pinig. had taken a house on shore, *herr he es-
ported Captain l'altenharst to inert the I)ute!i
ivrrnor and •ussske arrangements for the futter.r
solo ti tt istration of the place. 'rite Malays had
formed a plan by which it was settler' that the
moment Captain l'aketthasat lauded to itttes: I this
meeting, they were to rise soul murder ill the Fig.
Itelloiro ml slime. Fortunately Something occorred
to iniloce Captain l'ackeolitim to defer his visit ;
hut lie sent his WO. and its raardsiort the b•ach
was the sigma for the comineticemeirt of the
sacre. Nearly twenty permits were slitin. A liege
pearly had rushed to Lieutenant Frost's
The Wail of his surgeon hail been struck off, situ
his own destruction seemi•il inevitable, when twit
sepoys of the Itionsbny nimble butt lion, whom Is.:
had Inndrd from his vessel, evil:owed to lino,
tt Save yoarself hy flight, we will tight arid die,"
at the same linte opposiog themselves to the fury of
the o.,:siloots mid gtring their tr• linter tune ti.
escape to N boat. The NeiNeyß, lartef a resistances.,
protracted us they could retailer it, weir slain, awl
their heads exposed on pikes explained their file to
lamenting companions is hoard the Intrepid.
Contain rakesiliam took prompt tool atdple vete-
geasice of this treachery ; lie diiental a heavy fire
upon the place, tinder which he lauded an efficient
tort:, t,itvii defeated the )1414y0, who 11,,1 after
losing two himdred men.
The first battalions raised in 11.-rigal were test
ciritipaiiits of 100 moo each. cnmtu.inded g
Captain with one I-Witten:sod, one Ensign, muse oit.s.
or two serjettnts. Each compory hail a at siirlairl
of the rause ground its the facings, with a dilr-reitt
device (suited to its sulmelar, or uative
of a sabre, a crescent, or a 'ilegger. The Com-
pany's colours. with the U1111)11 In One corner, were
coniest by the guest oliers. The first lontalialii
were known by the name of the Captain by who.n
they were commanded, and though. its 171i4,
tee!' corps received a numerical rank corresponding
with the tactual rank of their commandants at th.t
period, this did not prevent them from continuing
to Ire known miller !heir former spire-1;41Mo, or
from assuming the name of a ravaiirite leader; and
it is under these names (which
has faithfully preserved) that lie vet the history of
some of the must distinguished coi pi in the service.
Ile commences with an account of the 15th blvd.
lion, which lie 1111.01113 S lIS was raised at Calcutta ill
17.57, and called the Alatliews, 0111 ihe name of
its first comma, d. a.. Tins corps wise with Coloail
Ford, iii 1759, when that able officer, with three
hundred and forty-six Eino;leans tend fourteen
hundred sepoys, besieged Haul took by storm the
strong tortuous of 3lasulipatam, makin4 prisoners a
French garrison, who, both its Europeans and na-
tives, were nearly double his numbers. In this
dariog and arduous eutr.rpsize tie are told by the
historian of India th it " tile sepiiys (saki lost in
killed and wounded on the storm two hundred
men) behAverl with cultist tall wiry the Earl.-
peeisis both in the real and false ottackst.' lii 1761,
in the wars with the Vizier tif Chide, tie " !.11;;-
thewo," ishiels was with the free under c
nu-
utanl of Major Adorns, is stated, when the Cii -
pany's European regiment was broken by c y,
to have nobly supported his Majesty's s
mem. whose courage restored the action. Alo,or
Adams died shortly afterwards, s.rQ a gener.d 11111..
tiny of the whole force: bark place, in winch the
sepays at first joined, but were soon alter reclaimed
to dick dirty.

• Ortim'a 11:story or India. vol. iii.

(TT. be continued.)