The Sun.
London, England, 1806-07-23 00:00:00

INDIA.

EXTRACT FROM. THE MADRAS COURIER,
JANUARY 15, I'Bo6.
Letters from Columbo mention the arrival of the
American Ship • Presideht,' of Salem, 'detained by His
,Majesty's Ship'Pitt, Capt. BATtivtisr.---:Captain B.
fell in with' this Ship,bn the 21:4 Nov, near the Isle
of FratiCe; to which place she Niias apparently bound.
She had made twO'voyages frorn the French Islands
to Batavia and the Molhccas, and had on boarda very-
'Valuable 'cargo,' consisting of 'spices, coffee, and su-
'His. Mijesiy's Ship Terpsichore, Lieut. Coi.usts,
'wain Captain, capthred, off the Isle of France, on
the igth'of•Noverinbet, the :French Brig .42 Helena;
she had arrived atColuMbo for adjudication.
- Letter.s' haVe alsb been'received,
.Which mention,
that two Portuguese VesselS, ,supposed to have Dutch
property on 'bOartt, had 'been seized by the Con-:
mandey of-a British. Ship at .B,..4laMbangan.
An American Ship, trading at ,RIO, in the Straits
inf-Alalacca, :Wass recently. attacked by the. Malay
hitbittits of that plaCe, Whb murdered the whole of
'tile Crew, excepting 'the 'Captain...and one of his
Mate , and (plundered the Ship of every article of
value.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM PRINCE OF WALES'S
ISLANb, DATED SEPT: 30, 1805.

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" On Wednesday the -18th inst. arrived in the
Harbour, M'adtas, His Majesty's Ship Blen,
heihz, Capt. AUSTIN BISSM.I., bearing the Flag of
Rear-Adriliral TROUI3RII?GE. On andhoring, she
\va's saluted with a complimeht of 5 guns, which
was immediately returned by her. The Bknheim
was accOrnPaniedby the fdllowing Ships, being part
of the laSt Fleet of Ihdiathen of this season for China,
HonoUrableCOmpatiy's Ships Camterland, Hope,
Coutts, Exeter, and Warley, having on board P. Dux-
DAS, Esq. Governor, and the other Members of the
hew Governmeut Of this Island.

" The Admiral, accompanied by the Honour-
able the Governor of Prince of Wales's Island, and
several of the Officers composing their respe6tive
Suites, landed (under an appropriate salute from the
Battery) precisely at half past six o'clock on Thurs-
day nioruing,
,at the new Wharf, where they were
receive 'by W. E. PHILLIPS, Esq. Secretary to
the Lieutenant-Governor, Major G., DICK, Com-
thanding Officer, of the Troops and the principal
Civil Servants and other Inhabitants of the Settle-
n et% and condu&ed to the Government-house,
through a street formed by all the Troops oft duty,
extendin, from the Wharf to the north end of the
Aditiraltr-liou.se druins beating, and fifes playing
Ride Prita nitiit, in honour of the gallant Admiral.
The next day '(Friday) being • appointed for
reading and publishing the 'reSpeaive Commissions
Of the Hon. the Governor and Council of the new
Government of this Island, the same was carried
into execution, with the customary forms and cere-
monies o,bserved on such occasions. The Commis.
'sion of Colonel N. IVVALts'rER, nominated by the
Court ofbireetbrs to command the troops on this
station, was not notified till the following day,
when that Officer assumed charge of the garrison of
Tort Cornwallis, with the usual military honours.

" Sunday, the 22d instant,- being the Anniveir-
sary of the Coronation of His BRITANNIC MAJESTY,
the Royal-Standard was displayed on board the Bien-
heim; at• sun-rise, and salutes from His Majesty's
Ships and the'Fort commemorated the event.
His Majesty's Ship Culloden, CHRISTOPHER
COLE, Esq. Commander, from Madras, bearing the
flag of his Excellency Admiral Sir EDWARD PEL--
LEW, Commander in Chief of the Naval Force in
the East Indies, anchored off the Government
House on the 23d. His • Excellency landed about
twelve o'clock, and was received with the usual ho-
nours. His Majesty's Ship Sceptre, Capt. .1. BING-
HAM, came ill company with the Culloden.
" Oil the 24th arrived .from a cruize His Ma—
jesty's Ships AlNon and Rattlesnake;- and, on the
25th, from Bombay, His Majesty's Ship Admiral
Sir .Edward Hughes, Capt. H. H. CHRISTIAN, with
the remainder. of the last Fleet of Indiamen and
Bombay Ships for China under her Convoy.
" The uninterrupted :stiecession of arrivals, for
these, some days past, has diffused an air. of busy
importanCe throughout the whole Settlement, highly
,charaderistic of the state to which,' with due atten-
tion to its commercial interests, it promises one day
to arrive; nearly 30 Sail of Ships, of different de-
scriptions, 'in which number the Flag-ships of, two
eminently distinguished naval charaders are in-
cluded; now grace the harbour, and form a picture
truly grateful „to the eye,. The harbour of Prince
of Wales's Island itself, naked and unadorned, is a
subjed at 'all times deserving the attention of the
marine painters; but when scattered with shipping,
it may safely vie.with the first naval port on this side
the Cape for,beauty of prosped.
." The Hon. Company's Ship Depaynes, Captain
ADDERLEY, arrived here from Madras, on the 4th
inst.--She left that. place on the 10th September,
in company with some 'other Indiamen bound to
Europe, and Was obliged to bear up for this port'
in consequence of having sprung a leak.
" Passengers in the Fleet of Indiamen arrived
under convoy of the Blenheim:

" Philip Dundas, Esq. Governor of Prince of Wales's
; I. H. Oliphant, Esq. First in Council, and Ware-
house-keeper; Alex. Gray, Esqs.. Second Ditto, and Super-
intendant of Marine; Col. Macalister, Third Ditto, and
Commanding Officer of the Garrison of Foot Cornwallis ;
H. S. Pearson, Esq. Secretary to the Government ; Thomas
Raffles, Esq. Assistant ditto ' • John P. Hobson, Esq. Ac-
countant; William Robinson,Assistantditio; Q. D.Thomp-
son; Esq. Sub-Warehouse-keeper and Paymaster ; J. Erskine,
Esq. .Assistant to the Superintendant and Marine Store-
keeper; Rev. Atwell Lake, Chaplain ; Wm. Dick, Esq.
lot the Bengal Establishment) Surgeon.—Ladies, Mrs. Dun-
das, Mrs. Gray, Mrs. Raffles, Mrs. Hobson; the Hon. Miss
Wedderburn, Miss Oliphant, Miss ROMP, and Miss Hut.
chins."