Star.
London, England, 1803-10-05 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPiNG.

We are happy to announce the arrival in the River
of the Mangles, Hannah-Maria, and Cambrianc from
the EA. Indies. A letter from an officer on board
the. Mangles, informs us, that fhe failed from Bengal
the 28th of March, and left the Cape of Good Hope
the tft of July., There had been a ferious mutiny
among the Dutch troops, but it was fuppreffed for
the time by an increafe of their pay. Several Dutch.
(hips, with rich cargoes, from Batavia, were about
to fail, bound to Holland, and feveral more were'
expelled to arrive daily. About a month before the
arrival of the Mangles, a French fquadron of men of
war and tranfports, for Pondicherry, full of troops,
had touched at the Cape ; after their departure, Go.
vernor JaNsou went up the country among the Cal.
free ; every article at the Cape is extremely high,
and much difaffeetion among the inhabitants to their
own Government. Prior to the arrival of the Man-
gles at St. Helena, (he paffed one of the Dutch flripi.
Left St. Helena the 24th of July. The Admiral
Rainier, Captain LAY ; and the Cambrian, Captain
GORDON, left St. Helena the 2tf of July ; the Tra-
vers, Captain Sault DIMS, was expected to fail a few
days after. No account of a war had reached the
Cape or St. Helena, when the failed. In lat. 9. N.
and long. 23. W. fpoke the Favourite, whaler, Capt.
PFRRY, 24 days from the Lizard, who gave informa-
tion of the war between England, France, and Hol-
land. It is fuppofed that the Dutch Indiamen will
proceed north about, by the Orkneys.
The fillowing official communication has lately
been received by the Company's Ihip the TRAVERS,
from Bombay,'dated fo late as the 2d of April. The
return of the Hon. Company's' cruizer Tsasbure,
under the command of Lieut. Dosir, of his Majef.
ty's navy, affords us an opportunity of flatting fuch
particulars as have been received of the very gallant
and fpirited exertions of the Commanders, Officers,
and crews of the feveral veffcls who lately left Bombay
harbour on a cruize to the Northward. The prin-
cipal object of the expedition has been moil filly and
completely effected, in the defirudion of every veffel
and boat to be found in the harbours and reedit of
the piratical-plunderers who have In long annoyed
and interrupted the merchindize of that coati. The
fubfequent attack on the for, of Bate, whillt it dif.
played the moll heroic and determined courage of
the final! party by whom it was undertaken, was at
lafl obliged to be abandoned, from the advantageous
pofition of a numerous enemy, who could not how-
ever prevent our troops from a regular and orderly
retreat, and even keeping them in check while they
withdrew.

The fire fervice performed by the (hips was on the,
28th of February under the walls of the caftle of
Bate Illand, where they effesled an anchorage through
the narrow channel between the point of Somia
Bland, and Sandy-point of Arrura Illand. In this
taffage the enemy fired at the (hip, from a gun on a
Ede fandy hillock to the northward of Bate town.
and afterwards from another gun on the oppofite
(bore. The gun on the Artura (bore was filenced
after a few (hot from the (hips, while the other con-
tinued, and lodged one (hot under the main chains,
and another cut the main-top fail fheet of the Tea.
MAT!. A third gun afterwards opened from a rocky
ihill above the fort, clofe to the water fide: here, how-
-1 ever. the (hips anchored, and having opened a heavy
fire on the hill, the enemy were Coon obliged to de-
fat the pot!. The Teignmouth and Pattamar an-
chored abreaft the fort, and opened a fire on it.
Boats manned and armed were then difpatehed to
burn Come boatshauled up under the rocky hill, while
the (hips kept firing in fuch direCtions on the fort and
ihill as were calculated to cover the boats, which loon
returned, after fully performing the fervice, without
loft. The boats were again difpatehed to dertroy
Ifeveral more veflels hauled up under the walls of the
fort, while the fire from the (hips was dire led at the
fort, to cover the operation of the boats. At this
time the enemy opened and kept op a very heavy
difcharge of mufquetry on the party belonging to the
boats, who, notwithftanding proceeded in their ob-
'jai of burning the veffels, confining of one brig and
21 Or 23 (mall craft of various defcriptions. In this
fervice one man belonging to the Fox was killed( and
four wounded.—Mr. Pll7'llt Raintaa, and thing
Lieutenant Mauonam, were of the number of the
latter.

On the aft of March another difpatch of boats was
ordered to deftroy fix or feven vac's Rill remaining
under the walls of the fort. The enemy opened their
fire of mufguetry and one gun ; but the fervice was
performed by burning all the craft to be foand under
the fort, which, including thofe deflroyed on the laft
oceafion, makes the number of thirty yodels, of va-
rious defcriptions ; feveral of the men were here
wounded.

After cruizing for tome time off the Wands, it was
refulved to make an attack on the fort of Bate, and
for that purpofe the fhips having come to an anchor
under the walls, a raft was confiruded to convey the
artillery deflined for the ferrite on (bore' which was
effected. The party which landed with the field
pieces confined, in the whole, of 237, officers, feamen
and feapoys included, drawn from the (hips Fox,
Teignmouth, and Ternate, and the armed Pattamar;
the whole under the command of Captain Vassiow,
of the Fox, and the following Officers: Lieutenants
Dom, HAM:MASON, DAVIS, FLINT, and Cozziaa ;
Metfrs. RAINIER, CAMIIIOM, and GRIST, Mid(hipmen
of the Navy, and Lieutenant thriven, of the Bom-
bay Marine.
The party marched up the brow of the bill with
their two field pieces, towards the tort, under an in-
ceffant fire of mnfquetry from the enemy. which was
oppofed from the Mips keeping a connant and well
diredled fire on the fort ; but in addition to the de-
fence from the walls, filch mutt have been the num-
hers of the enemy, that they made a (ally upon the
party, who were obliged to retire, effeding their re-
treat in good order, and afterwards direding their
field pieces upon the (allying patty, which compel-
led them to give way in their turn.
It is with fincere regret we dote this account by
mentioning the officers and men who were killed and
wounded in the ferrite ; among the latter is Captain
VASHON, of the Fox, in the tight breaft ; and Lieu.
tenant Donis near the fame place. Lieutenant DA.
'V if, of the Fox, was wounded by a ball which en-
tered his left cheek, pairing through by the neck.
Twelve feamen and one (early were killed, and thir.
ty-feven wounded, but of the latter, we are happy to
learn, many are in a fair way of recovery.
Among the party who rallied front the fort one

Etiropean was difeernible. Who appeired to hate
been wounded in the anion ; and it was afterward,
known that live or fix Frenchmen were within the
fort* and dirated their operations.