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nations, and that he could not interfere without authority from his government.

"I therefore conceived it to be my duty to persevere in my intentions, which I did by presenting a duplicate of my petition. "But to my great astonishment on the 28th I had it notified to me by the secretary of the prize court, that the ship Triton and Cargo was condemned a good prize to Messrs. D'Forrest and Co. owners of the brig Tupac Amaro.

"A ship presented an opportunity for 'a passage to the Cape of Good Hope, and it not being convenient for Mr. Crisp to accompany me, he will therefore endeavour to obtain the copy of the proceedings of the condemnation of the ship Triton and cargo, and forward them on to Calcutta for the information of the underwriters. "We have the honor to be, &c.

"DAVID PROODFOOT,

"Chief Officer and Navigator." "P. S.-The reputed owner of the Tupac Amaro, David C. D'Forrest, Esq. is an American, formerly Consul for the United States of America at Buenos Ayres."-" MAY CRISP."

The following is the copy of a statement relative to the unfortunate loss of the Admiral Gambier in the Mozambique channel; and the kind treatment which the crew experienced from the chief of the island of Johanna.

Johanna Bay, Aug. 8th, 1817. To all whom it may concern." These are to certify that the free trader Admiral Gambier sailed from Portsmouth on the 15th of March, 1817, and arrived at Madeira on the 26th of the same month, and having put letters on shore, sailed the same day for Ceylon, passed the Cape of Good Hope on the 24th of May, fell in with the Bridget of Liverpool, bound to Bombay, kept company together till near the entrance of Mosambique channel, when owing to bad weather we parted on the night of the 7th June 1817. I then proceeded through the Mosambique, and on the morning of the 20th June, 1817, at 12 25. a. m. the ship struck on the reefs of Juan de Nova, and although every exertion was made to save the ship and cargo, it proved ineffectual, and we were

obliged to abandon her, and take to the boats, viz. pinnance, jolly boat and gig. "The crew and passengers consisting of forty in number embarked in them and proceeded to this island, where we arrived on the 27th June, 1817. On our landing were received with open arms by the king Sultan Allowic and family: all the inhabitants of the town, on hearing our case, caused refreshments of every kind to be brought to us, provided houses, &c. and hauled up our boats to secure them from the weather, since which myself, officers, and passengers, have daily eaten at the king's table, and likewise provisions, of every kind, has been sent to us; the king and inhabitants of the island, vieing with each other, who should shew us the most attention, though they could but ill afford it. am proud to say no country in the world could exceed the hospitality of this island, and I am convinced, at any time, should the like unfortunate accident occur to any other ship, they will meet with the same treatment. The king Sultan Allowie has a great desire for all ships passing to call here, as he is at all times very glad of intelligence, as also to see European subjects. Small arms, &c. are always an acceptable present, being much wanted for the protection of the island against the Madagascar people, who are constantly coming over and destroying their plantations, and taking away the inhabitants, thereby reducing them to the greatest want and misery. The French ship Titus having arrived in this bay on her way to Chandernagow and Bengal, Capt. Beck has kindly received on board for a passage, and being now about to sail, I cannot leave this island, without once more expressing the sincere gratitude esteem, and friendship I entertain for the king Sultan Allowie, his family and all the inhabitants of this hospitable island, and as the only remuneration I could give in return, I have presented the king Sultan Allowie, with the jolly boat of the late ship Admiral Gambier. I trust and hope any person, who may design to read this, will not only see but feel the obligation we have been under to these inhabitants, and thereby return them by any small presents or supplies they can spare. (Signed) ROBERT BRASH,"

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HOME INTELLIGENCE.

In the House of Commons, on the 29th Jan. last, the Speaker informed the members, that he had received from the Marquis of Hastings a letter, acknowledging the receipt of one from the late Speaker, transmitting to his lordship the vote of thanks of the House on the 6th

Feb. 1817. In this letter the noble Mar

quis stated that he had no pretensions to the honour conferred upon him, beyond his earnest anxiety to uphold the proud trophies raised by the valour of his countrymen in the regions of India. He offered his tribute of respect to the House for the honour they had done him, aud acknowledged with peculiar thanks, the

flattering manner in which the Speaker had communicated to him the vote of the House. The noble Marquis further stated, that he transmitted to General Sir David Ochterlony and the other officers employed in the Nepaulese war, the thanks voted to them on the occasion.

Feb. 2. The dispatches were finally closed at the East-India House, and delivered to the pursers of the following ships, viz. London, Capt. W. Campbell. and Princess Amelia, Capt. E. Balston, for Madras and China. Passengers per London,-for Madras, Mrs. Casaniajor and child, Messrs. Charleton, Beaver, Turner, Bonham, and Gordon, cadets, Per Princess Amelia,-for Madras, Gen. Trapaud, Lieut.-col. Cosby and lady, Capt. Wallace and Lady, Lieut. D. Allen, Mr. A. M'Lean, writer, and Mr. J. Milner.

Feb. 4. The dispatches were finally closed at the East-India House, and delivered to the pursers of the following ships, viz.: Dunira, Capt. M. Hamilton, and Castle Huntly, Capt. H. A. Drummond, for Bengal and China. Passengers per Dunira,-for Bengal, Mr. R. C. Glyn, factor, Mr. R. Barlow, writer, Mr. J. Poulet, free mariner, Mr. H. Fendall, and Messrs. Pemberton, Reade, and Stewart, cadets. Per Castle Huntly,-for Bengal, Messrs. Assist.-surgeons Heynes, Beattie, and Ramsay, Capt.-lieut. K. Powney, Mr. D. S. Napier, Messrs. Heming, Hurst, Goodlad, and Hamilton, free mariners, and Messrs. Hamilton, Brown, and Symons, cadets.

Feb. 6.-A Court of Directors was held at the East-India House, when Capt. T. F. Balderston was sworn into the command of the ship Asia, consigned to Bengal and Madras.

Feb. 18.-A Court of Directors was held at the East-India House, when the following captains were sworn into the command of their respective ships, viz. Capt. Dalrymple, to the Cabalva, and Capt. Templar, to the Perseverance, both for China direct.

Feb. 25.-A Court of Directors was held at the East-India House, when the following commanders took leave of the Court previous to departing for their respective destinations, viz. Capt. Kay, of the Marchioness of Ely, and Capt. Harris, of the Prince Regent, for Madras and Bengal.

Sir James Mackintosh, M. P. late Recorder of Bombay, he been appointed Professor of Law in the East-India College, Herts, on the resignation of E. Christian, Esq.

The Waterloo, which has arrived from Madras, whence she sailed on the 8th Oct. last, brings intelligence of the death of Capt. Henry Fitzclarence, Aide-de-Camp

to the Rt. Hon. the Governor General, and second son of H. R. H. the Duke of Cla-. rence, in the 22d year of his age.

Mr. William Hunter Smault is appointed to act as attorney to the Company, till the arrival of Mr. Poe.

Letters from the Cape of Good Hope, dated 6th December, state that fourteen of the mutineers and convicts who sometime ago succeeded in taking the English merchant ship Elizabeth, and proceeded to sea (afterwards wrecked), had been taken by the natives, and were sent to the Cape prisoners.

In the chamber of deputies at Paris, on the 14th Feb., a petition was presented from M. Saleles, merchant, in the Isle of Bourbon, who protested against the violation of his property by the agents of the English government. The petitioner had fitted out a galliot privateer called the lottery. On the 6th of April, 1810, the lottery captured, on the coast of Sumatra, an American brig, called the Welcome Return, and the capture was regularly proved, conformably to the ordinance of the 17th December, 1807, relating to mentral vessels. The 17th of the same month, and the 13th of May following, she captured two English brigs, called the Buchanan and the Favourite, These three prizes were carried into the port of St. Paul long before the surrender of the Island. The commissioners of the Navy took the necessary steps for protecting petitioner's property, and the requisite documents were sent to the prize court in the Isle of France. On the 9th of July, 1810, the Island capitulated and the last article of the treaty ordained" That the laws, customs, and religion of the inhabitants, and all private proverty whatever, should be respected and secured." J. A. Saleles confiding in the faith of this treaty, left in his magazines piastres and all kinds of merchandize arising from these three captures. Some days after, Messrs. Reed and Stones, nominated prize-agents, placed their seals on the doors of the magazines. He remonstrated in vain with the English authorities. At length the treaty of the 20th of November was concluded. This treaty established a commission to liquidate claims and indemnities acknowledged in favour of the subjects of the two governments; but this commission, although formed, and on whose registers the object of his present claim was duly inscribed, had not yet commenced their operations respecting the claims of the French subjects on the English government. The chamber referred the petition to the minister of foreign affairs.

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Vienna, Jan. 21.-" The Porte has adopted measures to engage the Pacha of Egypt to abstain from certain acts that may be regarded as acts of sovereignty, but they have hitherto not been successful. The Pacha does not fail to make very rich presents to the Grand Seignor. We are informed that his son, who for some time had been very successful in his expedition against the Wechabites, has lately met a check, and that his troops have been routed."

Paris, Jan. 31.-" According to the latest accounts, Egypt is in a flourishing condition; but the Pacha does not appear to conceal his pretensions to independence. He has raised his army to 80,000 men, without reckoning Arabs and Arnauts. These last, who are very much attached to him, form his guard. All his forces are estimated at 100,000 men, but it is probable that this is much exaggerated, for how could the revenues support this number of troops? It is certain that Europeans of every rank flock to the Pacha, and that he gives them the most flattering reception. French officers obtain the preference, and all his artillery is commanded by them. They exercise it every day in the European manner, The Pacha has purchased two frigates at Calcutta, to serve for protecting the commerce of the Red Sea. He has built one at Alexandria, and he is trying to purchase one in Sweden. To support his expenses he has endeavoured to concentrate all the commerce of the country in his own hands; he forces the inhabitants to deliver up to him the produce of their fields and of their industry, at a very low price, which he again sells to the merchants at double value. He has established commercial houses in the principal cities of Europe; but this system of commerce is too disadvantageous to foreign merchants to have it last long. The Pacha still seeks to attract European manufacturers, principally Swiss, and he has sent some young men into Europe to be brought up in the European manners, and instructed in the arts and sciences. He is now causing money to be coined with his own likeness. Ahmed, Bey of Soliman, a Mameluke Prince, who resided in France before the war of 1814, and who has since retired to Vienna, has embraced the Christian religion, and received baptism in that capital on the 16th of the month.”

Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, Feb. 2.-Maxwell v. Bailey and another.This action was brought to recover the sum of £515, alleged to be money had and received by the defendants for the use of the plaintiff.-Mr. Scarlett, in stating the case, observed that the plaintiff, Mr. Murray Maxwell, was a captain in the navy, and had, on various occasions, sig

nalized himself in the service of his country. He commanded the Alceste frigate, which had recently taken out the embassy to China, and, when the Alceste was lost, his calm and temperate conduct, by which he saved the crew of that vessel, was more honourable to him than even the fame he had acquired in many victories. The defendants were eminent navy agents, and the present action was instituted to recover from them the sum of £515, which had been paid over to them on account of the capture of Surinam, which took place in the year 1804. The expedition against Surinam was commanded by Sir Samuel Hood, who appointed Messrs. Bailey and Co. as prizeagents, and in that capacity they had received the sum in question, which they now refused to pay, on the ground that they had accounted for it to the agent of the plaintiff. Evidence was called to prove the facts stated by the learned counsel.-For the defendants witnesses were called, who proved that the money had been paid over to Mr. Maxwell, an agent at Barbadoes, on account of sums advanced by him for the use of Capt. Maxwell; and it was also given in evidence, that this had been done with the cognizance of the agent of Capt. Maxwell in London, who had given the defendants a receipt for the sums so paid.-Lord Ellenborough held that the plaintiff was bound by the act of his ostensible agent in London, and, under his Lordship's direction, the plaintiff was non-suited."

Feb. 21.-Arrived at Portsmouth, the Phaeton frigate, Capt. Stanfell, from the Mauritius, the Cape of Good Hope, St. Helena, and Ascension, which places respectively she left at the following dates :

19th November, 23d December, 8th January, 13th January.-His Excellency Governor Farquhar, suite, and family, are passengers by her from the Mauritius, and Commissioner Puget and son (formerly from Trincomalee), from the Cape; in all, eighteen passengers. Sir Arthur Forbes, Bart. and Lieut. Jenkins, 12th regiment, late aides-de-camp to governor Farquhar, are come home with him. The Cadmus, Dent, and General Stewart, sailed from Port Louis (Mauritius), for England, on the 25th of October, and had passed the Cape. The Elizabeth was to sail in a few days for London, and the Chandernagore for Havre. There had been no recent seizure of slave vessels in the neighbourhood of the Mauritius. The Slave Trade had been abolished by the native powers of Madagascar (which island was the great source of supply), by their municipal laws, in conformity with a treaty concluded between the King of Ova and the government of the Mauritius, Captain Stanfell (of the Phaeton), who had been indefatigable, zealous, and active

in co-operation, for effectually suppressing the Slave Trade in the Eastern Seas, and Mr. Pye, agent for the British government with the Madagascar States, carried into effect this most important measure. When the Phaeton was at St. Helena (8th of January) Bonaparte was generally believed to be in good health; but he had not been visible for some time to strangers. The Marquis of Wellington, from India to Portsmouth, having some troops on board, left St. Helena on the 6th of January. There was no homeward-bound ship at the island when the Phaeton left. It is understood the Phaeton has been ordered home to be paid off.

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Feb. 2. At Leyton, the lady of Joseph Cotton, Esq. Deputy Maste of the Trinity House, and a Director of the Hon. East-India Company. July 16. D. C. Ramsay, Esq. the Hon. Company's Resident at Mocha, and of the Bombay Civil Service.

Feb. 10. In Norton Street, Mary-le-bone, Lieut. Col. Ward, of the Bombay Establishment.

13. In Bedford Square, in the 78th year of his age, Sir Wm. Fraser, Bart, F. R. S. and one of the elder brethren of the Trinity House.

-18. At Caversham, near Reading, the Rev. Wm. Kingsbury, formerly of Southampton. 20. In Baker Street, Portman Square, Lady Impey, relict of Sir Elijah Impey, laté Lord Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Calcutta.

H. H. Pelly, Esq. of Upton in Essex. Jan. 28. At Edinburgh, Sir John Carmichael Anstruther, Bart. of Anstruther and Carmichael, and son of the late Sir John Anstruther, of Bengal.

Jan. 29. At Stoke Green, near Windsor, Mrs. Ellerker, the widow of Major Gen. Edw, Eller. ker, of Ellerker, in Yorkshire, and of the Hon East-India Company's service, Bengal.

25. At Lee, in Kent, Mr. J. M. Thornhill, late of the Hon, East-India Company's service, Feb. 9. At Edinburgh, Mrs. Jane de Morgan, relict of Duncan Buchanan, Esq. late Surgeon in the service of the Hon. East-India Company. 19. S. Garth, Esq. late Surgeon of the Hon. East-India Company's ship Providence,

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TIMES appointed for the EAST-INDIA COMPANY'S SHIPS of the SEASON 1817-18.

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