CALCUTTA.

Jan. 1, 1815. This day (Sunday) in the College Hall, Tank-square, Calcutta, divine service was performed for the first time, in India, according to the established forms of the church of Scotland, by the Rev. Dr. Bryce, who delivered an appropriate discourse, and afterward read the charter drawn up by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, for regulating the constitution of that branch of the said church now established in 'India with the sanction of the Hon. Court of Directors.

On the 17th Dec. last, the inhabitants of Chittagong were alarmed by an unwelcome visitor, whose movements were accompanied with melancholy effects. This was a tigress, discovered first among some cattle which were grazing at the mouth of the river. As soon as she was observed, the natives assembled with all speed, and advanced in defence of their cattle. Irritated by this attempt to deprive her of her prey, she sprung furiously on the person that approached nearest to her, and wounded him severely. The immediate attack, however, of the crowd was successful, in rescuing the man from her grasp, although not until he had been lacerated so dreadfully that little hopes are entertained of his recovery. On this the tigress, finding herself hemmed in on all sides and without any way of avoiding the multitude except by the river, immediately took to the water, and swam with the flood tide about five miles, closely pursued by the natives in their boats, until she landed under a tree in Mr. M'Rae's dock-yard. Here she laid herself down apparently much fatigued; but, before the people in the yard could get their fire-arms ready she had considerably recovered her strength. Several shot were fired at her and two of them penetrated her body, one of which lamed her. Rendered desperate by this, she advanced against her new opponents, and singling out a Mr. Earle, an European gentleman in the yard, who was only provided with a cutlass, she sprung upon him before he could make use of his weapon, knocked him down with her forepaw, seized his head in her mouth, bit off a considerable part of the skin of his forehead, and wounded him in several places. After this, she sprung on a native, fractured his skull, and otherwise lacerated him so dreadfully, that the poor fellow died next day. She then entered a thicket of jungle close by, where she was allowed to remain unmolested.. As this occurrence took place on a holiday, there were

very few men in the yard, else she might have been killed on the spot; yet this may be perhaps regarded as a fortunate circumstance, as greater injury might have been otherwise sustained.

On the morning of the following day, she had got about a mile further from the water-side and near to the Sepoy's village. Here she was again surrounded by about a thousand natives, when, although she had been much lamed on the preceding day, she sprung furiously on several of them, and wounded one poor woman so dreadfully as to occasion her death. A fortunate shot however laid her prostrate, and prevented further injury. On ascertaining her dimensions, she was found to measure eight feet from the nose to the tip of the tail, and to have stood about four feet high. Her forefoot above the ancle was thirteen inches in circumference.

Feb. 10. The ship Greyhound, from Madras, brings the distressing intelligence of the total loss of the hon. company's late ship Bengal, by fire, in the roads of Point de Galle, in the island of Ceylon.

23. The official report of the destruction of the hon. company's ship Bengal by fire, has been published at this Presidency. The Bengal had on board, in her magazine, at the time of the fire, forty barrels of gunpower; and the flames spread with such rapidity, that she must have inevitably blown up before the greater part of her crew were removed, but for the fortunate circumstance of the powder being secured in patent copper cases, owing to which the explosion did not take place until after the ship had sunk.-There were many women and children, belonging to the invalids from Madras, on board the Bengal; all of whom were sent off before the people finally abandoned her.-Capt. Beatle of the Surrey, was for some time in imminent danger, and had nearly shared the same fate with Capt. Newell;-he was at last obliged to throw himself from one of the anchors into the sea, but was fortunately picked up by a man of war's boat.

A gentleman who remained on board until after the females and children had been removed, thus describes his escape :

"I now prepared to leave the ship, and could not get away for a long time, as no boat would come near us, the guns being shotted, and the fire raging on the gun-deck. At length, with the loss of my shoes and hat, I got into the Bengal's boat, and went under her quarter, to try to scuttle her. There, however, we were even more uncomfortably situated than

on board, as a gun was just staring us in the face, at the distance of about two yards, with the cabin about it, and the gun-carriage itself, on fire. At length, our boat got so full of people, that I jumped into another along-side, and thence into a country canoe, which pushed off from the ship just as the stern exploded, from the saltpetre catching fire in the hold. I had hardly got on board the nearest ship (the Astell) when the masts, yards, sails, &c. of the Bengal, in short the whole ship, was in a blaze; and very soon after she sunk."

BENGAL MARRIAGES, &c.
Marriages.

At St. John's Cathedral, Capt. J. R. Parish, to
Miss Emily Clerk.

At Coolbareeah, Jas. Robertson, Esq. to Mrs. E. Phillips.

At Cawnpore, Lieut. M. White, of H. M. 24th dragoons, to Ann, second daughter of Major Milue, of the same regt.

At St. John's Cathedral, Capt. J. W. Ellis, H.M. 66th foot, to Ann, eldest daughter of the Rev. H. Shepherd, presidency chaplain.

At Cawnpore, Major-gen. Need, on the Bombay staff, to the daughter of the late Col. Grant, of H. M. 49d foot.

At St. John's Cathedral, Mr. John Watson, to Miss Ann Brydie.

Lieut. T. Maddock, 7th N. I. assist. sec. to the Military Board, to Harriet, eldest daughter of Benj. Comberbach, Esq.

Mr. G. A. Sheppard, to Miss Ann Byrne.

W. H. Oakes, Esq. to Miss Fitzgerald.

Mr. J. Calmon, to Miss Mary Ann Mackay.

Mr. J. R. Kennedy, to Miss Ann Harris.

Mr. W. H. Fleming, to Miss Jane Shobrooke.

Deaths.

Mrs. Saxon, relict of the late G. Saxon, Esq. of Bartaparrah.

At Cawnpore, the infant son of Capt. Ferris, of the Artillery; and at the same place, the lady of Capt. Ferris.

At Barelly, Lieut.-col. P. Grant, 13th N. I.
On his passage to Cuttack, Rd. Case Cecil, Esq.

MADRAS.

May 2.-The new church on Choultry plain was opened on Sunday morning for the first time; when an appropriate sermon was delivered by the Rev. E. Vaughan. The building is a beautiful specimen of Ionic architecture. The organ, remarkable for the fineness of its tones, was recently received from England.

The following is an extract of a letter from Goa, the capital of the Portuguese settlement in India, dated the 8th June, in answer to a paragraph which appeared in a Bombay paper, expressing apprehensions that the Inquisition was about to be re-established at that place - You must have seen some time ago a remark, in the Bombay Gazette, upon the papers of the holy office of the Inquisition at Goa not having been burnt, agreeably to the orders or desire of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, and which was published at the same time; I have now the pleasure of acquainting you, that these documents were committed to the flames on the 25th May; and it may be worthy of notice, that they were of so voluminous a nature as to take three days in consuming them. I am told there Asiatic Journ.-No. I.

were 14 chests of a very large size, full of them, and 37 sacks. It is scarcely possible to describe the general feelings of joy and satisfaction which this event has diffused throughout all classes of society here; for, had the papers in question remained in existence, so long would the people of this settlement have trembled under the dread of its re-establishment and with every reason, because it was abolished in the year 1774, at which time the papers were not destroyed, and it was afterward re-established; however, they now feel satisfied of its utter extinction. The burning of those papers took place on the very day eight years of the present Viceroy's arrival here, and may be, perhaps, considered a memorable event of the Government of his excellency the Count of Sazedas."

June 27.-Yesterday, at noon, royal salutes were fired from the fort and Chepauk palace, in honour of the success of the British arms, under Major-General Ochterlony, and of the cession of the province of Kumaoon to the British authority.

The Right Hon. the Governor-General gave a grand military dinner on Tuesday to his Excellency the Commander in Chief, on his return from the camp; and on Thursday his Excellency gave a party at the Ameer Bang, which was attended by a numerous circle of the rank and beauty of Madras.

His Majesty's ship Tyne sailed on Sundry for Trincomalee, having on board His Majesty's Naval Commissioner of Madras. -The Termagant accompanied the Tyne to get some repairs.

Several changes and promotions are about taking place in the fleet. Capt. Harpur, of the Tyne, has been appointed to the Wellesley, new 74, just finished at Bombay, and daily expected to come round to Madras. Capt. Allen of the Hecate, has been posted into the Tyne : and Lieut. Campbell, of the Minden, is to be appointed to command the Hecate. The appointment to the Hesper, vacant by the death of Capt. Biddulph, has not yet been filled up,

Letters from Calcutta mention that considerable sickness prevailed among the troops in Napaul.-Considerable sickness likewise prevails among the troops recently engaged in the Candian war.

Letters from Bengal mention that the 53d regiment is ordered to proceed to Calcutta immediately; and on its arrival at that Presidency, the 60th regiment is to proceed by water to Dinapore.

July 4.-The whole of His Majesty's ships which were in the roads, with the exception of the Minden, have sailed for their several destinations. The Cornwallis, Leda and Hecate, have sailed on a cruise to the eastward; the Salsette for Trincomalee. His Majesty's sloop Ocean, Capt. Prior, from the Cape, has sailed VOL. I.

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with dispatches far Calcutta. Capt. Fitzclarence proceeds in her, to join the staff of the Governor-General. His Majesty's sloop Tyne returned to the roads on Friday from Ceylon. The Ceres, which sailed from Calcutta so long back as the 17th April, and for whose safety apprehensions were entertained, has arrived in the roads.-A meeting of the inhabitants of this presidency was held at the Exchange on Thursday, for the purpose of taking into consideration the expediency and propriety of laying before Parliament, in respectful petitions, the grievances instanced here by the operation of the New Post-Office Act.

The following is a statement of the rates at which bills on Madras and specie sold at the public sale, held at the General Treasury, on the 3d June:-Bills on Madras commenced selling at 73, closed selling 73 fanams per pagoda.-Gold star pagoda, 75 fanams each.

Births.

The lady of Henry Taylor, Esq. commercial resident at Vizagapatam, of a son.

At Tellicherry, the lady of A. Wilson, Esq. of a daughter.

At Calicut, the lady of W. Sheffield, Esq. of a daughter.

At Brodie castle, the lady of Lieut.-col. Colebrooke, of a daughter.

At Trichinopoly, the lady of Lieut. J. W. Mallandine, 18th reg., of a son.

At Secunderabad, the lady of Lieut. Elderton, dep. paymaster and postmaster, of a son.

At Cuddalore, the lady of G. Gowan, Esq. of a daughter.

The lady of J. A. Casamajor, Esq. of a daughter.
At Bangalore, Mrs. Ahmuty, of a still-born child.
At St. Thomé, Mrs. Barrett, of a daughter.
At the Presidency, the lady of the Hon. Sir Fran-
cis Macnaghten, of a son.

At Jaulna, the lady of Capt. J. H. Collett, 7th light cavalry, of a son.

At Chingleput, the lady of Baron de Kutzleben, cantonment adj. of Wallajahibad, of a daughter. The lady of Lieut. Rundall, of a daughter. At Royapetta, Mrs. Aurora Fermier of a son. At the Presidency, the lady of C. Maidman, Esq. of a daughter.

The lady of Major Prendergast, military auditor gen, of a son.

At Poonamallee, the lady of J. W. Martin, Esq. surgeon H. M. 17th light dragoons, of a daughter. At Seringapatam, the lady of J. G. James, Esq.

of a son.

At St. Thomas's Mount, the lady of Major Blair, of Artillery, of a son.

Deaths.

Mr. Thomas James Gepp. At Tranquebar, Lieut. F. Wickede, of His Danish Majesty's service.

At Pondicherry, Ann, the infant daughter of Lieut.-col. Fraser.

In camp at Akowla, Capt. James Hamilton, H. M. 1st foot; and Adam Dow, late Serjeant Major of the Madras Horse Artillery.

At Amee, Caroline, the infant daughter of Lieut.col. Gurnell, 2d vet. batt.

At Bellary, Col. G. Martin, commanding the ceded Districts.

At Brodie Castle, the infant daughter of Lieut.col. Colebrooke.

Persian Gulf state, that Mahomed Ali Pacha has completely defeated the Wahabee troops under the command of Faysull, brother to Abdulla Ben Said, the Wahabee Chief. The action took place on the 15th of February; 4,000 of the Wahabees were killed and many prisone: s taken, Faysull being nearly numbered among the latter. The town of Turba situated in the Nedjed territory, and only three days' march from Derjah, the Wahabee capital, has surrendered to the Turkish forces, which are rapidly advancing to Deriah, with the determined object of reducing the Wahabee power and placing the Turkish garrisons in all the forts on the western side of the Gulf.

Births.

At Colaba, the lady of Lieut. Morrison, of a daughter.

The lady of Lieut,-col. Mignan, of a son.
Marriages.

Capt. J. R. Carnac, to the eldest daughter of the late W. Richards, Esq. of Penglaise, Cardiganshire.

T. Allport, Esq. to Julia, youngest daughter of Murdoch Brown, Esq. of Calicut.

Lieut. J. T. Eliis, 9th regt. to the daughter of Lieut. col. G. W. Mignan.

Deaths.

Eliza Eleanor, second daughter of J. Leckin, Esq. Capt. Thomas Williams, of the country service.

PRINCE OF WALES'S ISLAND.

Penang, Dec. 3, 1814. Yesterday a session court of oyer and terminer, and general gaol delivery was opened. We have pleasure in remarking that not more than five bills were presented to the grand jury; one of which has been ignored, three found, and one left for examination. It is a pleasing observation, that crime is fast approaching to its goal, and that halcyon days may again visit this once happy isle.

Death.

Mr. A. B. Bone, printer of the Governm. Gazette. CEYLON.

Columbo, Jan. 10, 1815. Yesterday's extra-gazette contained the proclamation issued by his excel. the governor in council, announcing the renewal of hostilities with the King of Candy. His excellency intends leaving Columbo this evening for Avisahawelly in the Hewagam Korle, the river of which place forms the boundary-line between the British and the Candian territories. It is from this point that the attack on the forces of the King of Candy will first commence; the enemy, under the command of the first adigar, occupying a fortified post at Ruanwelle, a distance of about ten miles from Avisahawelly.

At Gooty, Ensign Alex. Macdonald, 15th N. I.
At Arcot, Lieut. Prager, H. M. 25th light dragoons.

BOMBAY.

covered with cocoa-nuts and various flowers.

The square in front of the palace was very handsomely illuminated at night; and groups of boys, dressed as dancing-girls, were exhibiting in all quarters.

Marriage.

The Hon. J. Rodney to Antoinette Eliz. Reyne.
Deaths.

Major Willerman, dep. quarter master general.
At Trincomalee, Lieut. Gardiner, H. M. 19th reg.
MAURITUIS.

July 19,-We are in great distress here, in consequence of a contagious malady, raging in Port Louis, and which has deprived us of many English officers of rank and reputation. The mortality of the town for the last month was 150 persons. Some say the disease, resembling in its symptoms the yellow fever of the West Indies, has been introduced from Batavia; but the probable suspicion is, that it has been imported with the numerous slave-vessels, which land, with impunity, at night, close to the port, their unhappy victims from Madagascar and Mosambique, and which Mr. Power, so much to his honour, has laboured to prevent, notwithstanding all the obstacles and persecution that he met with. The Ariel sloop of war, Captain Ross, has arrived here from Cork. She came with orders not to surrender Bourbon; but that island was surrendered on the actual day she left Cork.

CHINA.

Advices from Calcutta of the 23d of March last, state, that at the period of the departure of the ship Success from Whampoo, the intercourse between the supra-cargoes and the Chinese govern-ment, which, but a few weeks before had been re-opened on an apparently sure footing, was likely to be again immediately suspended. The cause of the threatened rupture is understood to be, a haughty and contemptuous answer to the remonstrance against the conduct of the Viceroy of Canton, which had been -forwarded to Pekin by the Secret Com.mittee. The reply of the Emperor is represented as couched " in the most insolent and cutting terms," and abounding in the turgid bombast current in Eastern courts. After asserting that to the bounty and kindness of his Sublime Majesty is entirely owing the privilege enjoyed by the English of residing in the "mansions of the celestial hemisphere," the letter declares, that the English are a litigious and ungrateful race, delighting in broils, and insensible of the blessings showered upon them. Further, that as a return for the valuable articles exported by them, they have introduced into China only articles of luxury, the effect of which has been to corrupt his Majesty's good subjects. In conclusion, he tells the supra-cargoes, that if they are dis

contented with the mild and paternal protection of the Chinese government, the wisest step they can take is to withdraw themselves from the country.

But little is said, in the letters of the same conveyance, regarding the Chinese markets. There is little demand for opium, which has risen to 13,000 dollars per chest. Jalone cotton is quoted at 12 tale per pecul, and Kuchowra at 11-12.

JAVA.

Batavia, Feb. 25. A meeting of the Java Auxiliary Bible Society was held on Monday morning last, at the rooms of the Literary Society, at Ryswick, the Hon. the Lieut.-Governor presiding; when a translation of part of the New Testament into low Malay dialect was submitted for examination to the directors, as a specimen of the work, which is in great progress. May 29. We have had one of the most tremendous eruptions of the mountain Tomboro, that ever perhaps took place in any part of the world; this mountain is situated on the island of Sumbawa, and is distant from Batavia not less than 550 miles. We heard the explosion here distinctly, and had some of the ashes. It was totally dark at Macassar long after the sun was up; and at noon, at Sourabaya, the sun succeeded in enlightening the good folks so far as to allow them to see some yards around; the ashes lay at Macassar, which is 250 miles from Sumbawa, 14 inches deep. Capt. Fenn, of the Dispatch, and Capt. Eatwell, of the Benares, who have visited the island since the eruptions, both declare, that the anchorage is much changed, and that they found the sea for many miles round the island so completely covered with trunks of trees, pumicestone, &c. as materially to impede the progress of the two ships. Capt. Eatwell says, he was told that a village of rice was inundated, and had three fathoms water over it. Great numbers of the miserable inhabitants have perished, and others die daily. The crops of paddy (rice) have been utterly destroyed over a great part of the island; so that the situation of the unfortunate survivors will be really pitiable. Weltvreden, May 30. A few days since, a dreadful volcanic eruption took place in the island of Sambawa, situated to the eastward, which has been attended with the most destructive consequences. At Sourabaya the atmosphere was in entire darkness for two days, so as to give the appearance of midnight. At this place, which is at a considerable distance, the ashes discharged from the crater fell in heaps. The noise produced by the awful visitation was beyond description, and caused a sensation among the inhabitants peculiarly afflicting. The sea rose