The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-05-19
ASIATIC NEWS.
Calcutta, on. rs.

| CALCUTTA, CI. s.
| tits noticeable, that the l,teG Enro,-,n
adv'ces that have reached either Bombay. Ma
dra' or Calcutta, are thofe received via An,sri
lea. s
We have been furnifhcd with a-numb,r q,
late New South Wales papers. brought from
Speney, By captain FORFEIT we have copied.
mo this days paper, few articles OF inte,
sence.
The crops OF wheat and maize in the different
tettements IN New South Wales, had fi,ff.red
comfortable damage from mutual heavy and
long continued rains, which cauied the rivers to
overflow: the country in many di(tri2s was COM
pletely inundated
| Iip-pa-he, one Of the principal chiefs of
Ncw-Lealand with FIVE of his fons, made a voy.
aget to Sydney, to pay a viit to governor kim.
He was received with every mark of attention bv
the government, and by TIL: ladies and officers
OF the fettcment
HIS maJefty's brig the lady Mellon was fitted
dp FOR the accommodation of Tp-pa-he, ard
at'er remaining two or three months with go.
vernon King, he embarked on board the LADY
Melon On hs return FOR New Zealand l.: March
or April Taft, loaded with prefe,,s from the CO.
vernment, and the different families in Sydney.
!, nc cnisf was overwhelmed with gratitude for
inc ATTENTION and numerous favors he received !;
ana would carry TO his native land very favor
able impreh:on of the Britilh character, WHICH.
IN the fsqnsl, may be productive of much ma :.
tiohai good for in ;het remote and hitherto
nt'e Eequchted region. car dfccrn nsw
iources ct wealth. a1d maritime profprrity. open.
cd to the enterpr'ins fons nf C B.
whale fi!hsry has been recently efah,iibed
on Inc coat cfNew Zealand, and promfts foee6i.
~ 10 r!ie 10 great Importan9c. An intcrconrf.
mas heen opened with the natives on the fca.
""'es' wh" are repreiented IA much more h,I-
1SH lrf. Il, al,
fo'aioes and ether ufrfuI European Vegetables.
introduced smcng them OF late years, hv fome
OF the Eng!iih f:ps, are found To thrive alton
iih'he'y' and the natives, contrary To expcfta-
ton, are attentive to their cultivation thew al
reaoy raIie comfortable quantities for their own
fuppIy.
DEcEmBER 10.
The official notification of the death OF The
f'n' or Deih' tormsrly called the Mngul En-
perorJ arrived on Saturday Iatl, At O'Clock.
wnen funeraifalute was firedfrom the ranps-ts.
OF Fort William, according 70 the riual form,
10 minute guns, extt njing to rs, being the rum
per OF years of age attained by the deceafed
kiss.
royal fa!ute fucreeded, in commemora,;on
oi The acceiiion Of a. kbar Shah, frcond fon of
Shah Alum, to the throne Of Dehi.
The demiir "f the late king of Hindoffau, and
the immediate inccsflion to the throne. have oc-
cahoned no tumult or commotion whatever.
yer 80 meaiure of precsution, four troops of
cavalry, marched from Aliyghur for Delhi foon
after the receipt ofthe intelligence.
The lately deceafed king poGrGsd an ener.
getc mind, though irrefoiuie, indolent. and
unfortunately prone to yield 20 the counfeIs of
o'ners'-When following his own undated
Judgment, Shah Alum uniformly eynced him
ieif Inc friend ard faithful ally of the Engli(b
government and if was from this prince thar
in 1875, lord Give obtained the Pbiru,ay,.
continuing the Eat India company, perpetual
Dewan collector of the revenue7 of the great
and opulent countries of Bengal, Behar' and
Orlfa. The misfortunes that attended Shah
Alum, fubtcqucntIy TO that event, and the III.
aovird msatures of quitting Allahabad, were
10 De attributed entirely to the influence Of Nah
ratta coun!eis. The revolution efeSfed NV
GolIaum Mshommed, in 1894, when the nm
fortunate king was inhumanly deprived of hi.
eyes, mutt be freih in the memory of the ma.
Jority OF our readers TT was not in 1894.
out ~ l7ol--and Gollaum Kader, not Mahom.
med. -'-"'''''-
1t IS confolatoryto reflect that this prince.
nnea' defendant of the houfs of Timur. after
aier'es OF years, ignominiou0y pafTed undcrthe
controul OF a foreign power, wasrefored IN in.
dependence and the exercfe OF his Eovereign
authority by the wiidon, the Juice, and va
Jour OF that nation 10 whole fuccef:fuI ETA.
ointment in Hindofan, he had himfeIf 70 ful.
| ly contributed.