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London, England, 1811-04-22 00:00:00

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dos. We stated' in la* that the celebrated fortress
We noticed last week the arrival of several 11 itish of blamer had fallen into the bands of Scindialotili;
vessels, with the French captured frigates, from the ter a very short siege; and that this unetpected•stio. •
Isle of France. They left that Island on the lath cesswasoheoeselt of stratagem, by which thegteateic
January. Previous to that time, the 'troops which part of 'the. garrison was brought over to the interest
came from India, and assisted in the reduction of the ofalito besiegers,- and induced to receive their attack
Island, bad sailed on their return to Madras, le'aving with blank cartridges only. The event took place
a British force in the island of about 5000 men. They I about the I.sth ult. The mock combat was of eon- '
embarked in the CORNELIA' CLORINDE' PSTCHE,DORIS, siderable duration, and maintained with much eppa.
and CORNWALLIS frigates. General Asettenosinv ia- ' rent obstinacy on both sides; until at length Scindi- •
tended to leave the Isle of France on the 12th of Ja- ; ah's troops surmounted every difficulty and entered
duary, in the HESPER sloop, fOr Madras : the corn- the breach in bloodless triumph, . .
island would then devolve on Major-General WARDS. I " The Prince, however, was not long allowed t, •
l'r heNtsus, Capt. BEAVOR ; STAUNCH,' and FAR:alums i enjoy his success undisturbed. Early in October, a
kehooner, were going on an Expedition to Tamatiive,- new muthey'broke out among the-remaining regular •
i on the coast of Madagascar, and from thence to the ; corpeof his army. Three battalions, formed% belong.
Mallie and Amirante Islands. Their Object was to lin to jacob's brigade, who had for a long time been i
'destroy the batteries at Tamatave (where the French i detached on service, and whose pay' was much in ar-
ships used to refit and victual, when they could not I rear, entered the camp in a state of extreme disorder,
get into the Isle of France), and to change the current 1 and breathing only fury and revenge. They were
of their commerce among the islands—the French ' presently joined by five other battalions, belonging to
having hitherto obtained from them salt-fish, fine co- the main army. in the first instance, Scindiah suc-
coa-nut oil, and tortoise-shell. There is not a French ceeded in gaining over some of the leaders ; bnt nu
[ship remaining in the Eastern seas ; and there is not sooner did these attempt to use their influenCe whfs
to be a French subject there, who is not willing to the men, than they were instantly massacred. Mean-
promote
trade and commerce with the colonies of this while, some other bodies of repliers had been dis-
country. The Ceylon and Windham, recaptured East sinned, under a suspicion of disloyalty ; and united
Indiamen—the former with a cargo from Bourbon, . by the indignity in a common eause with the insurgent
and the latter with a cargo from the Isle of France, battalions, they also joined, the mutiny. The few
battalions of 'infantry again, -which continued true to.
were to 'sail shortly for England. All the French
their standard, refused to lend any aid towards re-
prisoners had sailed for Morlaix in the ships lured for
that purpose. The Emma, with General Menge and during their brethren to submission. The mutineers
family on board, was lying at Ascension when the accordingly were carrying every thing before thesis.-
Ceylon touched there. They took post in a mountainous part of the country.. .
A French national schooner, with dispatches from on a spot accessible only by two narrow passes..e.
There they were surrounded by the Prince's cavalry,
Bonaparte,' was taken at the Isle of France on the
6th January. The moment she appeared in sight, who were ordered, to reduce them by famine, and who'
the French colours were hoisted on the forts, by in the course of a few days actually began to distress • '
which she was decoyed in, instantly taken possession them considerably. The infantry, however, took the,
of by the boats of our ships, and her dispatches secu- resolution of forcing the passes, in which they corn-
red.pletely succeeded, and escaped from the oil. To add.
Among other transactions to which they ye-
to Scindiah's'mcirtitieation, he was deserted about the
lated, General Decaen was informed that his gracious
Amster had been pleased to supersede him in the same time by two of his principal Sirdars, who quit,
command of his valuable possession of the Isle of tad his service in disgust.
_ France ; that the Artetnise, Nereide, and Hortense ,p Perhaps, however, the most important political
frigates would leave France a fortnight after the event which has lately occurred in Hindostan, is the
schooner, with reinforcements for the island; and that death of the Princess of Oudipore, by poison. This
Captain Dupere, of the Bellone, had been appointed Lady, it seems, had for some years been the great
aiMember of the Legion of Honour for his action source of contention and discovd among. the RjaFoot
with the Portuguese frigate Minerva. States. 'flie family of the Rana of budipOre being ,
The Illustrious, Nisus, Eclipse, and Staunch, were
accounted more ancient and honourable than_ that O.
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left at the Isle of France by the Iphigertia ; the Scipion, any other Hindoo Prince, his„alliance was naturally
Admiral STOPFORD, Phcebe, Boadicea, Astrea, and sought by the neighbouring. potentates of Jaypore
Racehorse, were at the Cape. and Joudpore, who both asp:rid to theland of this .
Princess. The rivalship of these •two .Rejaiis pm-
theThe Illustrious would soon return to India. When
dated a war, in vibich Scindiah, Iltilliare A.meet
Iphigenia left St. Helena (the 28th Feb.) the
Grampus, with the homeward-bound China fleet were Khan, and all the native Chieftains in that quarter'
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daily looked for. Captain T. Gordon Caulfield, of have at one time or other taken a part. The con
the Iphigenia, has been eight years absent in India, test, however, has at length been terminated. in the
in the service of his country. manner above related. The poison was administered
to the Princess by her own aunt, and with the know-
It was expected that the Expedition against Java
ledge of her father. Report adds, that the. whole
would be ready to sail from Madras about the middle
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of last month. The force to go against it was to con, scheme was secretly contrived by Ameer Khan
who, finding that the Rana of Oudipore (now entirely
sist of 20,000 men. General Hewitt was to have the
in his power) was tot far-eugiged to the Jaypore Re-
thought to be very valuable. jab to retract, and resolved that his own ally, the RA-.
Captains Lucius CURTIS, GORDON, WILLOUGHBY' jab of Joudpore, should 'Mk b disgraced by tite tri-
and LAMBERT, who lost their ships off the Isle of
umph of his rival, suggested this expedient, aOtheonly
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France in gallantly contending with the enemy, c.:me mode of at once settling all their pretensions, andl
home in the above ships. terminating the ten years war which this second He-
An
estimate has been made of the prize-property
lea had excited."
taken at the Isle of France ;and, we understand,
disr

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. : The . Ispatches were finally closed on Saturday at
the East India House, and delivered.io,the pursers of
.thefollowing ships, viz.
For Bombay and China—Dorsetshire, R. H. Brown; Scaleby,
Castle, T. Harrington. .
For Madeira, Madras, and Bengal—Cambridge, C. Murdock ;
James Sibbald, J. Blanchard.
For Madras and Bangal--Europes, Captain Gel,tou ; Baring,
Captain J. Catnegie ; Lord Melville, J. G. Crabb ; Devonshire,
Captain J. Murry; Streatham, Captain (.Dale; General Stuart,
Captain J. Jameson ; Devaynes, Captain O. Brooks ; Ocean, Cap..
fain T. M' lawn.
YILESENGERS ET STILATUAIL—AIeX. Wright, Esq. sen. mer-
' chant, and family; Messrs. Bataan and Bayne, free • mariners ;
' Messrs. !size. and Wright, cadets.—To Madras: Li•utenant-
Colossel Patrick Walker and family, Messrs. Goodrich, Stratton,
Buttner, and Bridges, cadets.
Br jean Macon. t.e.-...T0 Bengal 1 Mr. Patrick, free marl-
, ner.—To Madras: Mr. Taylor, assistant surgeon ; Messrs. Milne,
I Fletcher, Macdonald; and Young, cadets.
Br DIVONSHILL.—To Bengal : Melia. Skipton, Harding, '
Vincent, Field, aid Sainey, cadets.—To Madras: Rev. Thos.
Wetherhead, chaplain • Major Samuel Dalrymple ; _Lieutenant-
I Colonel Wilkinson, Messrs. I .ewis, Rooke, and Waters, writers ;
I Messrs. Swabia, Prendergast, and Smart, cadets.
1 By GENERAL STUART.—TO Bengal: Messrs. Stuart and Prin-
igle, writers ; Messrs. AVaddington Pearson, and Black, free ma-
, riners ; Misses Elliott, Dowdewell, Becher, Stuart, and Dunbar;
Mesdames Donaldson, Guthrie, and Macdonald; Messrs. Pat-
' ten and Al, chinson, cadets..—To Madrai: Messrs. Huddleston
land Vaughan, writers; Mesirs. Davvoitre, Newman, and Ma-
thias, cadets.
I By DZVATnts.—To Bengais Misses Hoare and Smith.
By Evaoer.—To Bengal : Mr. Woolley, assistant-surgeon :
Mr. Brown, free mariner ; Captain Penny and Lady; Messrs. '
Terranear, Place, Willa'', and Hutchinson, cadets , To Madras,
Mr. Crnikabank, assistant-surgeon; Messrs. Gnifenhooire and
'Watherspoon, engineers. *
BY Sea WILLIAM PNLTLNET.—To Bengal: Mr. SrPok,
writer; Messrs. Davis and Laird, tree mariner,; Captain Hea:k-
cote and Lady; Ma. Raw:ins ; Misses Lucas and Shepherd; Mr.
Heaver, cadet.
• BT BALING. —To Bengal: MEM. Lance and Dewar, verfteri;
I Messrs. Spilsbury and Murray, assistant surgeons ; Hiatus Faro-
-1 wall ;.Meurs. 10,3` Lead and Carnegy, cadets. To Mad : Majar
Daniell and family; Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. 1 ariott and
family ; Messrs. Neilson, Mann, and Hunter, assista surgeons ;
Messrs. M`Fsrlane, Taylor, :lellock, mut William/, cadets.
BT JAMES SIIISALD.—To Bengali Liemenantfiatterson and
Lady ; Mr. Hay, free mariner. To Madras : Meallames Scott and
Hudson; Messrs. Burch and Hudicscon, cadet.!.—To Madeira:
Messrs. Sktetridge and Gordon. •
By CANSLIDOC.—To Bengal: Messrs. l4lckman and Carter;
sadets.—To Madras: Lieut. French; Id Keighley, cadet.
By OCEAN.—Lieut. Eldert9ti ; Mr.l spaud and faindy ; Miss
Lane ; Mr. Routledge, cadet. .
By SCALEIT CASTLIC.-10 Dam' .y: Messrs. Reeve, add
Torin, sexier, merchants 010 Lr, Re e, Jon. merchant ; Mr. H.
Baiille, writer; I.ietit. lielosiali d famtly; Mr. Hendersonots-
ristant-surron ; Mr. Farb= and daughter; Mks Show;
Messrs. Addison, Dur.top, Jervis, and Jopp, cadets.
By Dm:wants ..- -To ibay : Lieuta D. and J. Jones,
manners; Mrs. an Mks y; Messrs. NIXON Evans, Ste-
phenson, and Say, cadge. ' „
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it does not amount to oae-fouith of what had been so
sanguinely anticipated.
The Sir Francis Drake, Captain. HARRIS, lately
captured a Dutch corvette on the coast of Java, the'
crew of which were, at their request, landed on that 1
Island. During the same cruiee, the Sir Francis
Drake fell in with eight Malay prows. Capt. HARRIS'
sent a boat to examine them : if they were armed, it
was his orders to capture or destroy them ; if they
were employed only in the peaceful pursuits of corn-1
merce, they were not to be molested. The Malays
'made no resistance to the examination, but, on the
I contrary, enticed four of the men below, whom they
instantly murdered, cut them in quartets, and hung
their mangled remains up in the shrouds ! Captain
HARRIS, highly exasperated at this treacherous and
cruel murder of four of his brave crew, stood the Sir
Francis Drake closer to the shore, and fired at them,
till not a vestige of them was to be seen. The who'e
of the crews, consisting of not less than 400 of these
barbarians, who were not killed by the shot, found a
grave in the sea.
The letters from India, by the Anne Botany Bay
ship, possess some interest.—The plan for rescuing
the native Princes from their former place of confine-
ment, was confided to only a few partizans, who
were to have carried it into executio.' on the eve of
their removal. In the event of the young Princcs'
escape, their cause would have been supported by a
number of Zemindars, who were making prepera.
dons, to take the field on other grounds. The vigi-
lance of Government frustrated the plan; and the
death of Angaputty Doo, the head of the confederacy,
dissolved the union of the disaffected Chiefs.
Scindiah, according to leiters received at Bnmbay,
from Agra, has been defeated before Roopnaghon,
in the Jeypore Rajah's territory, whither he had gone
to enforce a
,demand of ten lacks of rupees. Betides
the loss of 1000 men, all his field-pieces and camp
equipage fell into the enemy's.hands. Pie his since
received a formal caution not to pursue his predatory
warfa -e within nine coss of the British frontier. ~
The King of Ave has applied to the Bengal Go-
vernment for assistance in quelling a rebellion existing
in the western provinces of his dominions ; but the
request was of course not complied with.
Gopaul Sing, whose depredations have rendered
him odious, is said to be hemmed up in the province
of Bundlecund, where he has (disbanded most of his
followers, and mores occasionally from one fastness
to another in the hills and morasses.
Since the Isle of France has fillen into our posses-
sion, the particulars of an attack meditated by :he
late Government, upon our possessi.ms on the Cgnti-
nent of India, have transpired. The Dewar of Cochin,
it appears, had engaged, for a stipulated sum, to fa-
cilitate the landing on that coast of a French force,
which was to he joined by a number of disaffected na-
tives, commanded by Officers who had formerly served
under Tippoo Sultan.
FROM THE CALCUTTA JOURNAL OF OCTQBER 29.
o We learn from the Lahore Ukbars, that Saujah-
u/-Moolk has beta again driven from his dominions,

Cotter M*ei tr.—Thia day the fresh arrivals of Wheat make
but an liwaniderable sal ply, and sale 4 in this trade named at
little varist .rt-wßarley to short supply, and filar
.at last prices
—Malt bff oty sale--Whitr Pcal lower—Grey, and Beans or etch
sort like/ isa at little fluctuatiort-t-Tbere are not many fresh ar-
rivals of Oats, hot a tolerable remaining supply, ran of last
week)! asT vale, upwards of 420,C0D quarters ittasales abysm( also
lan pricet—Flour without satiation. •
Average Price of Corn in Logland anti Wales from the muss
I,4ling dap 13:1 of April, 11111. • .
Wlteat. Rye. .Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease.
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• 1$ 11 I 46 3 I 37 4 135 11. It 3 6 1 441 11
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