The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-13 00:00:00

ject connected with Cul. IVA unix puts beyond all
doubt. As little CAU be doubted the cordiality
of his Lordship's reception by the Livery.

Sir R. WI r.son has resigned his situation under
Marshal BEKEsFURD, in the Portuguese service,
in consequence of the legion which he raised and
disciplined being no longer under his command.
TAM' Earl or CIIATII INC is expected to leave
London on Monday or Tuesday, t• proceed to
take the command of the grand Expedition.
Among the various destinations assigned to our
grand expedition, it b conjectured at Gnttenburgh
that it is intended for the Island of Zealand, to
proceed thence to Pomerania, to form a junction
with the Prussian army, and carry the war into
Westphalia, or reinforce. the Archduke CAARLSS,
as occasion may invite.
The present Expedition, from the strange corn.
position of the Staff, has been not unappropriately
called an expedition of abcorption. It certainly
will rid the country for a short time of a great
mass of dullness and stupidity. We should, how.
ever, have liked better if the country could un.
dergo this expurgation, without calling in the as.
sistanre of the enemy—and with somewhat less of
ex pence.
The Orpheus, arrived off Dover, sailed from
Jamaica the 20th May. On the Ist of June fell
in with the fleet, consisting of about 100 sail, all
well, except one brig missing; and parted with
the fleet the 7th June, in lat. 28, 30, long. 82.

The letters from India reach to the 1.1 of Fe.
brnary. At that time Gen. 51.At.coi.m's Eitpedi.
lion, which had been ready since the 18th of July,
still remained 1❑ port ; and it depended upon fur.
(her advices from Persia, as well as upon an an.
mer to a reference the General had made to
Calcutta, whether it would proceed or not. The
plans of Lord 111txTo respecting Persia had been
thrown into a state of complete embarrassment by
Sir 11. ,Inus having accepted of invitations from
the Courts of Teheran and Schiraz to proceed to
the litter place, for the purpose of there open.
ing negotiations—overtures, which Gcn. Mat..
coral had rejected with indignation, as derogatory
to the honour and dignity of the State he repre.
sented.

Accounts have been received at Bombay of dif.
ferenees having arisen between the British and the
Governor of Travancore ; of an attempt that had
been made to cut off the President, Colonel MA-
CATILAr, (against whom the natives of Travancore
are exceedingly exasperated); and of the Dewan's
troops having attacked the lines of our subsidiary
forced Quilton ; notwithstanding which, it was
rather expected that the dispute would be accom.
modated. On the arrival of the fleet, however, •
at Cochin, it found the Piedniontaise, with Co-
lonel Macaueiy on board, lying there, for the
protection of a few companies of seroys, that oc.
copied the place, and were surrounded oil all sides
by the Travanconians, in considerable force.—
Several skirmishes had taken place, in which we
had lost 40 or 50 men, and troops were lite-
rally confined to the limits of the demolished
fortificalions of Cocldti. Our force at Quilon,
under Colonel Citamet:us, had been attacked,
and had likewise attacked in return, with the
loss of about 145 killed and wounded. Many of the
enemy had been destroyed; but the commuuics.
Lion of our troops with the interior of the coon.
try was cut off, and we were dependent for pro.
visions and supplies upon Malabar, from whence
these were sent along the coast. It oas not per-
fectly known how far the Rajah of TRAVANCORE
himself was implicated in these proceedings, which
apparently originated with the Dewan, who had
assnmed the entire controul, and had called forth
the whole force of the country. Wd were evi.
dently at open war with this little kingdom, be.
longing to our oldest, and hitherto really faith.
ful Ally ; and our troops were marching, to sub.
due and conquer it, from all wiartcrs. The Ra-
jah of Openly having refused to join the Tra.
vanconianc, had beer put to death ; =id his sue.
censor, for the same cause, had suttered a Simi-
lar fate; but the third had concurred in the
views of the Travancore Dewan, and had with
his people taken up arms against us. Cap.
lain Facrs:, of the Picdmontairc, had de.
stroyed indiscrimirritely every vessel, of whatever
size or description, at Quilon, among which there
were, doubtless, several belonging to the Arabs,
and to the Northern parts or the Malabar coast.
Colonel MACAULAT had had recourse to the mea.
sure of enrolling and arming the Christian inha-
bitants of Travancore, in consequence of which
the Dewar) had issued an order to put all the
Christians to death, many of whom had suffered.
011 Cape Comorin, the Beet passed seven small
vessels, conveying the lflth Regiment, which
General MAITLAND had sent from Columbo to
Quilon; and at Calle, it was understood, that
Anjengo had been taken possession of by the De-
wan's troops.

In addition to the above unpleasant intelligence,
we are concerned to announce, that just before
the Earl St. Vincent left Ceylon, accounts of
some further occurrences had reached that island
from Madras, which we are sorry to state, were
likely to be productive of serious consequence•.
Several Officers, it seems, had preferred certain
ehargea.Mtainst Lieutenant - Colonel hluann.
Quitfter-Master-Ceneral, who had in conseqrtence
been put under arrest by General Marnowu.t..
The Government ordered the arrest to be taken
off, and the charges to be withdrawn ; but owing
to the greatest part of the Officers disapproving
of the latter measure, the General refused, until a
Court.martial had been held upon Col. Malmo.
A Cssetteil met, and the result was, that General
MacnowAt.t. was summoned to attend ; but he
declined, till he had first received a special order
for that purpose; and, on that being issued, he
delivered in a Protest against the conduct of the
Government. General MACDUWALI. has since
taken his passage for Europe in the Lady Jame
Dundas, after great difficulty in gutting away,
the Government having attempted to compel hies
to disembark. Many Officers have been suspend-
ed, who were considered by their acts as partizans
of General .MAcaowatt..