Star.
London, England, 1801-10-07 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

The &(f fleet of EaR India (hips engaged by the
Court of Direftors for the Company's fcrvice this
feafon, are ordered to be afloat on the 6th of No-
vember. They confifl of the Csvrox, a new fhip
of 'zoo tons, and the THemss, configned to Bom-
bay and China; and the- AsNisros, dcllined to
St. Helena and China. The follov ing arc alro
ordered to be afloat on the 2; ft of November, to
that they be in the Downs on the t oth of January,
tBoz, viz.

A New Ship, Captain Prefentt ; the ClothedTer and Waimer
CAM, for Madras and China ; and a Ntw Ship, Captain Man-
sur, far St. Helena and China.

The under-mentioned are appointed to be afloat
at the following periods:—

The Lady Burgers, Lady Jane Dundas, Marquis Wainer,
and a New Ship, Captain Meadows, for Coat and Bay ; to he
afloat on the sth December, and in th, Downs on the asth of
January.

The Walthamftow. Bengal. Lord Nelfon, and a New Ship,
Captain Pierer, the f cond Cuail and Bay fleet, znd a New
Ship for Madras and the hlo'uceas ; to be ajiont on the 4th
January, 1802, and in the Downs on the 23d February.
The Royal Charlotte, Glatton, Drunfwick, Ceres, Cuffnells,
and a New Ship, Captain Jones, for China aired ; to be afloat
on the illth January, and in the Downs on the tub March.
The Earl St. Vincent and Sir Edward Hughes, for Bombay;
and the Britannia, for Madras and Ceylon ; to be afloat on the
ad February, and in the Downs on the 24th March.'

An account jug received from 13,:ngal informs
us, that another French rivateer infeas the bay
of Bengal, and has captured Come veffels. :'he is
called la Glorie; her Commander's name is not
known. This veirel is fitted out from tht He of
France, and is Paid to be a prime faller.

DISTRIBUTION OF ►RIZE MONFY.—The BORDR-
Laos and Sitantipit, for the taking of the Phoenix.
(the BORDELAIS and SHANNON fltaring by agree-
ment) will be paid on Friday, the 16th inl)ant, at
Plymouth.

His Majefty's Ihip MELEAGER, Of 32 wins, the
Hon. Capt. Cirri., we are lorry to be inA,rmed,
was loft on the 2la of June laft, in the Gulph of
z ico. The Officers and crew were happily lived,
awl are arrived at Jamaica in the A►OLLO.
The Mercury, RICH AIDS. from Z:tnte td Lon-
don, is captured by a Spinith privateer and leve-
ral gun-boats, and carried into Algefiras, after a
fpirited refiflance.
The Brilliant, LE ITCH, arrived on the Ift of
Odober, off Girvan, in Ayrfhire, on her way to
Liverpool, in 39 days from Barbadoes; fpoke on
the zd of September, in lat. 32, long. 60, the Hope,
of Lancafter, from Antigua for Liverpool; on the
12th, in lat. 41. 30. long. 47. the Roebuck, from
Briftol to Philadelphia; on the 13th, in lat. 40. 30.
long. 46. the American (hip Union, from New
York for Liverpool ; and on the 29th, off Lough.
fwiller, the William and Charlotte, from liZ2ebec
for Liverpool.

According to accounts from Kempten,-it ap.
pears that all the foldicrs in the Aufirian fervice
who had unfitted only for the term of the war,
have been difcharged.
Private letters from Cadiz afrert, that Vera

Cruz is blockaded hey the Enlglifh. It is not how-
ever fupp.lfed that they are in furncient force to
make themfelves miners of that important place.
A letter lately received from Fort William, in

Bengal, fays, a.fharp adion has been fought be- -
tween a party of the Mahrattas and a rlrong Lindy
of Goands, in which the former were obliged to
retreat. It appears that the Mahrattas confifted
only of Soo, who were divided into two bodies,
of 400 each. The Goands being apprifed of their
numbers, colleted together a number amounting
to 3000, who waited the very near approach of
the enemy, and, after a (Ingle difcharge of their
weapons,rufhed impetuonfly upon them with their
war-knives, difperfing them almoft inftantly.l
A letter lately received from Calcutta. informs
us, that the new King of Alfam, whole acceffion
appears to have been owing to an extraordinary
caufe, has feized upon all the facred treafures
which had been regarded by his ancellors as in.
violable. The fpacious and magnificent temple,
which contained intenenfe treafures of gold and
'Ryer in the city of A zoo, has been claimed by
the King as a rigl.t, in confequence of their having
been depofited there by his forefathers. It has been
the cuflom for the Kings in that country to be
but ied with all their jewelsland a quantity of fpe-
cie ; for though they think that inch as lived good
lives in this world will have a fuflie.ieney of all
necelTaries in the other, yet their fuperilition lead 4
them to believe that the wicked fuller hunger and
other miferies. There people aniv very powerful ;
they have not bowed the h; ad of flibmillion and
obedience, nor have they paid tribute cr revenue •
to the moll powerful trahlarc)i, but t:.ey have
embed the ambition and checked the conquells of
the moll vidorious Princes of I tindoilaa.

Letters from Conßantinorle, received by Mr.
Maxwirs, on Friday, menti in that a rumour had
i reached Biafora)), ttating,, that the Rajah of Jey-
poor and his allies had been ag.in attacked by the
IHahratta army, and, after a kyr' e and faiigninary
confli&, driven from their works into the open
country, whither they were followed by the blab-
ratta Cavalry, feconded Ly -^
of Major l'axst AN. The col
der favour of the night, rah
unexpededly chccked 'he pi
fuers, and by a bold ai d
obliged the NA:Li-At:6s, is tb

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the ve:ci an•batt:Clions
lliecci he detr4teirPt!oirncce:' aurtdn.
)rngrel% of their pur-
-1 mafterly malieurre,
Stir turn, to girt way.