of terror, for which the superstitious inhabitants assigned various causes. At Gressey the visitation proved fatal only to birds, of which many were, on the return of light, seen dead in all directions -having been suffocated by the floating ashes; we are in possession of a specimen of this impalpable powder, evidently a volcanic production, several bags-full of which fell on the small space of the Catharina's deck. Gressey and Tagal are reckoned to be two hundred miles asunder.

September 5.-During the whole of last week, the weather has been unusually stormy and boisterous. The wind has generally blown from the westward, but has hitherto been attended with little rain. On Tuesday night, during a heavy squall, the ship Commerce, Capt. Dolge, parted from both her anchors, and was driven out to sea, but she returned to the roads on Saturday morning. A detachment of his Majesty's 86th regiment is, we understand, to embark on board the Commerce on Wednesday, for Masulipatam.

On Wednesday evening, the trading brig Endymion, Capt. Salustary, anchored in the roads, having a detachment of his Majesty's 73d regiment. She formed a part of the convoy under protection of his Majesty's ship Thais, and left England on the 5th of April. At the Cape she was taken up, together with the Union, Hibernia, and two other ships, to convey his Majesty's 72d regiment of foot to Bengal.

The Hibernia anchored in the roads yesterday morning. She sailed from Simon's Bay on the 9th of July. The Governor of Tranquebar sailed from the Cape in the Danish ship Elizabeth, on the 4th of April. The Endymion has had a very tedious passage from the Cape, having sailed on the 7th of July, and has experienced very bad weather. She was compelled during the passage, to throw overboard all her guns. She is expected to proceed on her voyage in the course of to-day.

His Majesty's 53d foot arrived at Benares, on their voyage to Calcutta, on the 3d ult. and again sailed for that Presidency on the 6th.

We find Captain Charitie and the passengers of the Cornwallis, left Calcutta to join the ship at Saugur on the 14th ult. and she was expected to get to sea the first springs, so that her arrival at Madras may be looked for about the end of the week. She will probably sail again in prosecution of her voyage to. England about the 1st proximo.

The Mary and Mornington are the next ships under dispatch from Calcutta, for England.

The Hon. Company's ship Cuffnells

proceeded on her voyage from Penang, for China, on the 14th June; but no intimation is given, either of the arrival or departure of the Royal George. The Hon. Mr. Petrie, we are happy to find, was completely recovered from the severe indisposition under which he laboured; at the date of the preceding advices from that settlement.

His Majesty's ship Wellesley, Captain Harpur, which has been equipping with great expedition, is nearly completed for sea, and will sail, it is said, for Trincomalee on Sunday next. The whole of the naval establishment hitherto stationary at Madras, will be removed to Ceylon early in next month.

Major-Gen. Taylor has left this Presidency to take the command of the cen tre division of the army.

We learn from Calcutta, that the Go vernor General was to reach that Presi dency early in October. Prince Fujjih Hydur, the eldest son of the late Tippo Sultan, died the 30th July, at Russapugla.

No less than ten American vessels ar rived in ballast at Calcutta, in the course of July, for the purpose of obtaining cargoes at that port.

Appointments and Promotions.

June 9.-Major V. Agnew to resume the office of superintendant of family payments.

Mr. W. Baird, an assistant-surgeon on this establishment, is admitted to the service, arrived at Madras on the 11th of April.

3d regt. N. I. Capt. H. H. Pepper to be major; Capt. Lieut J. Tagg to be captain of a company; Lieut. J. Wilson to be captain lieutenant; and J. Jones to be lieutenant, 'n succession to Little deceased; date of commission 1st May,

9th Regt. N. 1. Ensign C, Maxtone to be lieutenant, vice Bagot, deceased; date of commission 28th April.

15.-Lieut.-Col, C. M'Kenzie, of the engineers, nominated surveyor-general of India,

Assistant-surgeon Mr. Christy to the medical charge of the Zillah of Cuddapah.

His excellency the commander-in-chief having returned to the presidency, Lieut. Gen. Wetherall is relieved from the duty of conducting the details of the army.

Lieut.-Gen. Wetherall having received orders to return to England in consequence of his late promotion, the right hon. the Governor in Council is pleased to signify, in general orders, his approbation of the conduct of that officer while serving on the staff of the army of this presidency.

Major-Gen. Taylor to command the centre division of the army.

Lieut. W. C. Pridham, of the 9th r gt. of N. I. is permitted to proceed to Europe on sick certifi

cate.

Capt. E. Osborne, of the 2d regt. of N. I. to be major of brigade in the centre division of the army; date of appointment the 29th ult.

Appointed to the Military Institution. Lieuts. W. Stokoe, H. Matthews, W. R. Thompson, S. W. Steile, J. M'Donald, J. Grimshaw; Ensigns W. Mathias, R. Gibbings, J. Gibbings, W Cuningham.

Re appointed to the Military Institutions Lieut. Mintell, 10th regt. N. I. who was obliged by sick. ness to leave the class of 1810, to which he was formerly attached; that officer will join the class of 1814-16, without delay.

Cornet Russell, of the 6th light cavalry, and Ensign Fergusson, of the 4th N. 1, appointed members of the Clothing committee.

Assist. Surgeon Stevenson to do duty with H, M. 25th drag. and to join the detachment at Arcot.

29 Mr. A sist.-Surgeon W. F. Newlyn to the medical charge of the Zillah of Madura.

Mr. C. Searle, assistant-surgeon on this establishment, admitted to the service, arrived at Madras, 8th May, 1815.

Mr. Conductor Payne to be adjutant to the 4th N. vet. bat. vice Wilson, decd.

Lieut. H. E. Fitzclarence, of H. M. 22d light dragoons, to be an extra aide de-camp to his excellency the commander-in-chief.

Fort St. George, July 17.-The Right Hon. the Governor in Council is pleased to make the following promotions ;

6th Regi, N. 1. Capt. Lieut. T. Chambers to be captain of a company; Lient. W Tytler to be captain lieutenant; and Ensign Hugh Mitchell to be lieutenant, in succession to Kennett, deceased,

9th Regt. N. I. Ensign C. M. Robertson to be lieutenant, vice Bertier, deceased.

24th Regt. N. 1. Ensign H. L. Harris to be lieutenant, vice M'Intosh, deceased.

2d Regt. N. I. Ensign J. B. Mercier to be lieutenant, vice Brodie, deceased.

Lieut. John Watkins to act as adjutant to the 5th regt. N. C. during the absence of Lieut. Hindsey on other duty.

Lieut. Stephen Martin to be quarter-master to the 8th regt. N. C. vice Jones.

Capt. Lieut. G W. Poignaud, of artillery, to be brigade-major to the artillery with the Hyderabad subsid ary force, yice Mackintosh.

August 4.-Brevet Major Dalrymple, of H. M. 80th regt. is appointed to the command of Poonamalee, vice Burdett, proceeding with his regt. on service.

The Rev. Wm. Roy is appointed military chaplain to the garrison of Masulipatam.

Capt. R. G. Wilson, of the 14th regt. N. I. to adjust the accounts of family payments, vice Finiss, proceeding with H. M. 36th regt. on ser

vice.

Assistant-Surgeon A. Campbell, attached to H. M. 84th regt. will do duly unde the garrison Surgeon of ser ngapatam until further orders.

Cornet Lockhart is posted to the 2d regt. light Cavalry.

Lieut. Col. and Col S. W. Ogg, from the 1st batt. 19th, to the 2d batt. 3d regt.

Lieut. Col. and Col. M. Wilkes, from the 2d batt. Sd, to the 1st batt. 19th regt.

August 31. Cavalry, Senior Major (and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel) John Colebrooke, from the 5th regt. cavalry, to be Lient.-Colonel, vice Neale, deceased.

5th Regt. Cavalry, Captain (and Brevet-major) Henry Mason to be major; Capt.-Lieut. E. L. Smith, to be captain of a troop; Lieut. Edward Herne to be captain-lieutenant; and Cornet R. Mansfield to be lieutenant, in succession to Colebrooke, promoted.

Captain F. Palmer, of the artillery, is permitted to proceed to sea on sick certificate.

Lieut. J. Widows, of the 16th regt. N. I. is permitted to proceed to Europe on furlough for three years.

The undermentioned Officers are permitted by the Hon. the Court of Directors, to return to their duty without prejudice to their rank;

Capt. John Duncombe, 13th regt. N. I.
Capt. C. Diring, 13th regt. N. 1.
Lieut. W. Hilton, 14th regt, N. I.
Lieut. W. Godlev, 25th regt. N. I.
Ensign W. G. W. Noble, 2d regt. N. I.

Mr. Surgeon A. Mackenzie, late a Superintending Surgeon on this establishment, is permitted to resign the service, in compliance with his request.

Mr. Surgeon T. H. Davies will still continue to afford medical aid to sick officers at St. Thome, and Mr. Assistant-Surgeon J. Underwood will continue in charge of the Male and Female Asylums and the College-Surgeons Ingledew, Jefferies and Currie, doing duty respectively at the Residencies of Mysore, Poonah, and Hyderabad, are also permitted to retain their situa tions.

The Governor in Council is pleased to make the following promotions, in order to complete the establishment of full surgeons;→

Mr. Senior Assistant-Surgeon W. S. Mitchell to be surgeon, vice Surgeon James, permitted to retire.

Mr. Assist. Surgeon K. Macauly, to be sur geon, vice Dr. Berry, permitted to retire. Mr. Assist.-Surgeon M, S. Moore, to be surgeon.

Mr. Assist.-Surgeon J. Gordon, to be surgeon. Mr. Assist.-Surgeon B. P. Longdill, to be surgeon.

Mr. Assist.-Surgeon G. Anderson, to be surgeon.

Mr. Assist.-Surgeon J. B. Pender, to be sur geon.

Mr. Assist.-Surgeon T. Willie, to be surgeon, vice Ainslie, permitted to retire."

Mr. Assist.-Surgeon J. Dean, to be surgeon, vice Ord, permitted to retire.

Mr. Assist.-Surgeon R. Hunter, to afford medical aid to the Residency at Tanjore, vice Mitchell, promoted.

Mr. Assist.-Surgeon R. Gibbon, to the medical charge of the Zillah of Chingleput, vice Macauly, promoted.

Mr. Assist.-Surgeon W. Jones, to the medical charge of the Zillah of Trichinipoly, vice Longhill, promoted.

Mr. Assist.-Surgeon S. M. Stephen, to afford medical aid to the Civil Department at Ramnad, vice Anderson, promoted.

August 24.-The Rt. Hon. the Governor in Council is pleased to appoint Lieut. H. H. Gore to be adjutant to the 2d batt. of artillery, vice Bell.

Mr. Surgeon C. M'Cabe is permitted by the Hon. Court of Directors to return to his duty without prejudice to his rank.

Mr. E. Shireff, cadet of artillery, is admitted on the establishment, in conformity with his appointment by the Hon. Court of Directors, and promoted to the rank of lieut. fireworker.

Lieut. B. Ronald, of artillery, is permitted to proceed to Bengal on leave of absence for four inonths.

Lieut. Cross, of H. M. 1st, or royal regt. to be fort adiutant at Poonamallee, vice Foreman, proceeding with his regt. on service.

Mr. A. Tait, assistant-surgeon, is admitted to the service.

Lieut. Col. T. A. Fraser, 11th regt. N. I. to reside at Pondicherry until further orders.

Brevet Major J. Fotheringham, superintending engineer in the southern division, is permitted to visit the Presidency on leave of absence.

Authentic information having been received of the death of Lieut. S. Leighton, of the 18th regt. N. I. on board the ship Julia, the Governor in Council is pleased to make the following promotion:

13th N. I. Ensign W. Watkins to be lieut, vice Leighton, deceased.

Lieut. H. Miller is admitted a lieutenant on the non effective establishment.

In consideration of the long aud meritorious services of Subad er Syud Cassim, of the 4th regt. N. C. the Rt. Hon. the Governor in Council has been pleased to resolve, that a palankeen, with the usual allowance of 20 pagodas per month, shall be presented to that Officer, and that a pension, equal to the half pay of his rank, shall be granted on his decease, to his nearest heir for the support of his family."

At Pullamcottah, the lady of Lieut. P.ckering, 17th reg. of a son.

At Ramnad, the lady of M. Cristy, Esq. of a daughter.

At the Presidency, the lady of Major Vans Agnew, of a daughter.

At Bangalore, the lady of Capt. Wilson, barrackmaster, of that station, of a son.

At Bangalore, the lady of Lieut. Col. Welsh, of a daughter.

At Cananore, the lady of Lieut. G, W. Budd, fortadjutant, at that station, of a son.

At Bellary, the lady of Lieut. Smith, of the 1st batt. pioneers, of a daughter.

The lady of Wm. Simpson, Esq. of a daughter.
At Trichinopoly, Mrs. I uttreill, of a da ghter.
The lady of Capt. Outlaw, 3d N. C. of a son.
The lady of Cap. Rancland, of H. M. 56th reg.

of a son.

At Secunderbad, the lady of Lieut. Col. J. R. Vernon, of a son.

At Bangalore, the lady of Capt. Wahob, of the Chicacole infantry, of a son.

At Ganjam, the lady of Lieut. Spry, 2d batt. 21st reg. of win boys.

Marriages.

At the Hon. Sir Francis Macnagton's, Charles Otway Mayne, Esq. Capt. of the H. C. ship Atias, to Emma, eldest daughter of the late Henry Taylor, isq. of the H. C. Civil Service, on their Madras establishment.

At Bangalore, Capt.rewe, Major of Brigade to the Mysore division, to Miss l'earse. At Bellary, Lieut. St. Lawrence Webb, H. M. 69th reg. to Eliza, second daughter of the late John Culloden, Esq. formerly of Dublin. Capt. Hugh Scott, Military Secretary to the Comnander-in-Chief, to Emma Jane, eldest daughter of Henry Harris, Esq. M. D.

At Bangalore, Lieut. Col. Richard Podmere, 2d batt. 10th reg. to Miss Denton.

At Madura, Charles Fullarton, Esq. to Sophia, daughter of the late Charles Maxtone, Esq. Madras establishm nt.

At Ganjam, James Fitzgerald, Garrison SergeantMajor, to Miss Elizabeth Paxton.

Deaths.

In camp at Akowlah, Lieut.-Col. George Neale. commanding the 2d brigade of light cavalry. A. Chicacole, Eusign Charles Hakervil, 2d batt. 2d reg. N. I.

At the same place, Lieut. James Walker Brodie, 2d batt. 2d reg. N. 1.

Cosmas E. Stewart, Esq. Purser of the H. C. ship
Lowther Castle.

At Ramnad, Mrs. Susannah Leonora Ficker.
At Cannanore, Augustus Ede, infant son of Lieut.
G. Darling, H. M. 30th reg.

At Vizagapatam, the infant daughter of Dr. C.
Rogers.

On board the Lowther-Castle Indiaman, on the voyage to Madras, Margaret, the wife of s. Parrock, Esq.

At Trichinopoly, Mrs. Catherine Frieze, wife of John Frieze, Serj. Major, 2d batt. 22d regt. N. I.

At Vizagapatam, Mrs. Fitzgerald, wife of Mr. Fitzgerald, master-attendant of that station. At the residency, Wm. Garrow, Esq. collector of Coimbatore.

Mrs. Gager, eight days after the death of a son. At St. Thomas's, Lieut. E. Bertier, 2d batt. 9th regt. N. I..

In Col. Doveton's camp, near Akola, Lieut. I.
Mackintosh, 1st vatt. 24th regt. N. 1.
Capt. 1. Kennet, 2d batt. 6th regt. N. I.
J. Nicholson Watts, Esq. Civil Service.

BOMBAY.

May 27.-The Bombay and China fleet, arrived this morning, found at the Cape thirty-eight ships assembled from Bengal, Madras and Bombay which were about to proceed homewards. The Upton Castle, formed part of this fleet; and we are happy to say that Mr. Money and his family had benefited much by their voyage.

List of Passengers-Per H. C. Ship Vansittart, Captain R. S. Dalrymple. Joseph Stavely, Esq. Barrister at law, Mrs. Stavely, two Miss Abrahams, Lieut. Macintire, Miss Wallace, Mrs. Tudor, Mr. Rob. Burrowes, free merchant, Mr. R. Cooper, do. Mr. F. Briggs, do. Mr. W. Home, do. ; Mr. C. Wells, 5 natives of India-40 Chinese, Capt. Wylde, 56th Regt. 6 subaltern officers-120 soldiers, of the 47th, 56th and 65th Regts.-12 women and 5 children.

The homeward bound Bengal fleet left the Cape on the 8th of April, under convoy of H. M. ships Cumberland and Malacca, the latter with Lady Hood on board.

Passengers-Per H. C. Charles Grant, Capt. J. Loch. Mr. Andrew Jukes, Mrs. G. Jukes, Mrs. Caroline Ewart, Mr. Edward Grant, Mr. G. L. Elliott, Mr. H. J. M'Heath, Mr. H. L. Osborne, Mr. C. Jones, Lieut. Robert Shepherd, Mr. A. Crawford, Mr. Wm. Richardson, Mr. J. H. Rouband, Mr. Geo. Broodie, Mary Williams, and Wm. Bacchus.

Passengers-Per H. C. S. Essex, Captain Richard Nesbitt. Captain and Mrs. Backhouse, Capt. Tandy, from the Cape of Good Hope, Mr. Patch, 17th light dragoons, Fr. Nason, H. Shee, writer, J. Jervis, cadet, Ensign Morse, H. C. S.

Per H. C. S. Inglis, Capt. Wm. Hay. Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Brooks, Capt. Brooks, Mr. Sage, Mr. Smith; Captain Parsons, Ensign Luttrell, and Ensign Sands, of the 47th regiment; Capt. Thompson, Cornet Thomlison, and Cornet Clarke, of the 17th light dragoons. Assistant Surgeon Shank, 31 men, 10 women, and 2 children.

Per H. C. S. Marquis Camden, Capt. H. M. Sampson. Mrs. Lukin, Mrs. Young and child, Mr. Le Gallies, Mr. O. Spencer, Mr. Hughes, 40 Chinamen, 120 H. C's. recruits, 8 women, and 2 children.

Per H. C. S. David Scott, Capt. John Locke. Mrs. R. Hackett, Miss M. Hackett, Miss M. A. Hackett, Mr. George Elliott, Miss H. M. Elliott, Mr. M. Stack, Ensign T. Say, Mr. F. M. Powell, Wm. Lowe, and Rob. Lowe, Bombay Marine. Mr. Richard Gilil, John Mitchell.

Letters from Egypt, of the 25th July, state, that his Highness Mahommed Ali, the reigning viceroy, who had undertaken personally the late expedition against the Wahabee Arabs, as well for the recovering the holy cities as for removing the obstacles which these marauders continually opposed to every channel of trade and commerce both by land and sea, has at length terminated it with complete success. After driving them from Mecca, Medina, and the ports along the coasts of the Red Sea, taking possession of their great inland capital Tarabe, &c. the strong hold on which they chiefly depended, he has effected their total defeat by pursuing them to the remotest

confines of their widely extended territory. Having thus secured the means of re-opening the long accustomed channels of commerce, he returns to his capital, from whence he has been absent nearly two years, to consolidate the advantages he has thus obtained, and devote his attention to the improvement of those ample resources with which his country abounds.

One of the best proofs which could be offered, perhaps, of the superior stability of the present government in Egypt to that of the Mamalukes which preceded it, is, that during the two years absence of the present Pasha in Arabia, accompanied by all the branches of his family as military commanders, and nearly the whole of his army, the most perfect nnd undisturbed tranquillity has prevailed throughout the whole of the country, from the sea coast of the Delta, to the cataracts of the Nile; while it is known that under the government of the Mamaluke Beys, the banks of the river were divided at every fifty miles into districts commanded by Arab Sheiks and petty chieftains, continually at war, as well as that the reigning Bey dared scarcely quit the citadel of Cairo before insurrection and tumult followed. The travels of Norden, Pocock, Niebuhr, Volney, and Savary, with all the still earlier writers on that country, give a picture of constant and general anarchy, and represent it as almost impossible to quit the banks of the river, or the edge of cultivation without being robbed and plundered, while the dress of a Christian was sufficient to draw down the insults of the lowest orders on the individual who wore it. At this moment, on the contrary, tranquillity and safety every where prevails; deserts are now passable, unattended, and unarmed, which were not then to be crossed in safety without a large military escort, and the dress of an European has became the surest passport to obtain accommodation, protection, and respect.

It is added, that the relations of amity are so strict at this moment between Great Britain and Egypt, that just previous to the date of the letters alluded to, a British officer of engineers had arrived at Alexandria in a brig of war, being charged with the superintendance of the erection of two hydraulic machines for irrigating the land upon the banks of the Nile, sent as presents from the Prince Regent to Mahomed Ali, and which have been received by him with great satisfaction, as a proof of the friendship and esteem in which he was held by his Royal Highness and the British govern

ment.

The commercial interests of India are deeply involved in the subjugation of the Wahabee power; every petty chieftain in

the Persian Gulf having been encouraged, under their countenance and protection, to carry on piratical depredations, which have been practised with a degree of barbarity revolting to the feelings of human nature.

By the persevering exertions of the Bombay government, the piratical hordes which had for ages carried on a system of plunder from the ports to the southward of the Newparag harbour have been subdued, and kept in controul by our occupation of the forts of Vingoria and Sindeedroog, which, with their dependant territories, have been ceded to us. By the adoption of the same line of policy to the northward, the uncivilized habits of the country, which has also for ages been addicted to piracy as a lawful means of subsistence, have undergone a salutary degree of reformation. No sooner, however, had these happy changes been effected by the vigilance and the vigour of the government, than it had the Joassmee tribes from the Gulf, quitting their own waters and swarming to the shores of Guzerat and of Mecran in search of their prey. For the greater part of the last season, the trade between Bombay and the northern ports was actually stopped by the presence of the Joassmee fleet on those coasts. The coasting trade in the Gulf of Persia has experienced a similar check. No doubt is entertained that the efforts of the government will now be applied to the suppression of the only piratical tribe now to be dreaded in this quarter of India.

Columbo, June 7.-We are sorry to perceive by a paragraph in the Madras Government Gazette of the 25th ultimo, copied from the Calcutta Gazette, that letters from Columbo have given circulation to statements relative to the Candyan expedition which in several material particulars are extremely deficient in correctness.

The account of prize-property for instance is enhanced very far beyond any possible estimate of its value. No such estimate has yet been or can be made; but one million of rixdollars would probably be considered a very large one.

What the author of the intelligence may mean by the close confinement of the late king, is not very clear; but if it implies the denial of reasonable opportunity to take air and exercise abroad,

whenever he may desire it, the account is exaggerated.

Equally incorrect is the statement of the cause of Major Davies's death, and upon the whole the letters from which the original paragraph is stated to have been taken, seem to have been by no means, of that kind, that deserved to be made the ground of a communication to the public.

In the Vice Admiralty Court, on Friday last, a case of considerable expectation and importance was decided. It was a claim made by the officers and crew of his Majesty's frigate Salsette for salvage on the Cornwallis of Calcutta, which had been dismasted in a severe gale of wind, and was brought into Trincomallie by the Salsette. The Court considering the exertions of the salvors to deserve very liberal remuneration, awarded seven and a half per cent. upon the value of the ship, cargo, and freight; which are estimated at upwards of 90,0007. sterling..

Statement of the rates at which bills on Madras, and specie sold at the public sale, held at the General Treasury, on the 3d instant :

Bills on Madras commenced selling at 734, closed selling 73 fanams per Pagoda. Gold Star Pagodas 75 fanams each.

10.-In our late Gazette there was a mistake in the remark upon the Malabar play at the King's House.-We understand the hero of the piece to be Alexander the Great. But the chief character was in fact the great Hindoo Rajah Arishantra, a most scrupulous lover of truth. His temptations to utter a falsehood are the subject of the play and the whole story is remarkably like the trials of Job.

On Thursday evening an entertainment was given at the King's House in the same Bungalow that was erected and decorated for the celebration of the King's birth-day-The same Malabar play was acted and several Malabar merchants and interpreters attended at the performance. There was afterward an exhibition of fireworks, a ball for the writers and their families, and a supper of one hundred and fifty covers. The governor and Mrs. Brownrigg remained with the company till a late hour.

28. The following are the prices at which bills on England and government debentures, and bills on Madras and Calcutta, were disposed of, at the sale, held at the General Treasury, on Saturday last the 24th instant :

Bills on England, commenced selling at 13 rixdollars (the pound sterling), closed selling at 124.

Debentures commenced selling at five per cent. above par, closed selling at 5 7-8 per cent.

Bills on Madras' commenced selling at 64 fanams the star-pagoda, closed selling at 74 fanams.

Bills on Calcutta sold at 64 fanams the star pagoda.

Deaths.

At Colombo, the lady of Lieut. Poɔk, H. M. 73d regt.. At Trincomalee, Capt. James Fitzgerald, commanding the grenadier company of H. M, 19th regt.

At Matura, Lieut. Robertson, H. M. 19th regt. At Colombo, Thomas Gerardus Holland, Esq. merchant in the late Dutch E. I. Company's service, Principal of the Commercial Office and Member of the Dutch Council,

SUMATRA.

CAPTAIN TORRICK, of the brig Jupiter, has been murdered at Neas by some slaves he had brought there. Some time ago his vessel was in the service of the King of Acheen, who paid a part of the hire of the brig in cloths. With these Captain Torrick proceeded to Prince of Wales Island, but the cloths were there claimed by the owners, from whom the King of Acheen had plundered them. In returning to the west coast, the Jupiter fell in with the Hyder Ally American privateer, the commander of which plundered her of every thing on board, taking away, even the greater part of the sails and rigging. The brig was given up to Capt. Torrick, who proceeded to Tadpaose. He was there assisted by, and entered into engagements with, the Chief Tookoo Kacheel, to whom part of the freight of the brig was made over for a fixed period. Capt. Torrick sailed, under engagements, but for a northern port, in order to procure pepper; meeting adverse winds, put into Neas. An agent on the part of Tooko Kacheel was on board, and this man is supposed to have instigated the murder: he, with the slaves who committed this shocking act, and the brig have been sent down to Fort Marlborough.

ISLE OF FRANCE.

WHEN the intelligence of the successful return to France of Buonaparte from Elba reached the Mauritius, a great portion of the inhabitants to the south-east of the island rose and declared in his favour. Such was the rebellious state that the government of India deemed it expe dient to send a British force to quell the disturbances. Accordingly, in August last, a small expedition was forwarded from Madras, consisting of the Salsette, Rose, and Streatham, with about six hundred troops on board. The expedi tion reached its destination about the middle of September. The troops were landed without any opposition, and the tranquillity of the island was speedily effected by securing all that were required of the ringleaders of the party :

"Hon. Company's ship Rose, Port