CHRONIC LE, 
manuscript books, containing a vast 
body of information respecting In- 
dian affairs. 
By the mode which, in future, 
will be adopted for arming the ships 
in the service of the Kast-India com- 
pany, they will nearly supersede the 
necessity of convoy. Ships of 1200 
tons will carry 40 pieces of ord- 
nance, and men in proportion ; 
and ships of 800 tons will be armed 
with 36 guns. 
So few rainy days within a 
twelvemonth have not been experi- 
anced in any year since 1762, as 
during the last 365 days; from 
which extreme drought many incon- 
veniencies have occurred. At Pe- 
vensey, a flock of sheep, consisting 
of 300, being, after long thirst, dri- 
yen to a pond, drank so immode- 
rately, that upwards of 100 of them 
died almost immediately. 
22d. ‘The commerce of the north 
of Germany begins to take a difler- 
ent direction. ‘The rivers Elbe and 
Weser being shut against the Eng- 
glish, they have resorted to Lubeck 
for carrying on their trade with the 
states of the empire. 
23d. The distress occasioned in 
the city of Hamburgh by the block- 
ade of the Elbe, becomes every day 
more apparent. Upwards of thirty 
suicides have been committed here in 
the space of a week. ‘The stagna- 
tion of commerce increases hourly. 
The port, which formerly displayed 
a forest of masts, now resembles a 
desart. No vessel can enter the 
Elbe; nor will the English suffer 
one to go out. This state of things 
may last for a long time. The 
French are determined not to quit 
the left bank of the Elbe; and the 
English, not to raise the blockade. 
It is certain that the Russians will 
preserve their neutrality in the Bal- 
tic, and that the coast of Elsineur, 
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and other points, will not be occu- 
pied by foreign troops. 
The late overland dispatches from 
India, announce the assassination of ° 
the Jeypour Rajah by a priest, who 
had ingratiated himself with theprince. 
The murder was not discovered for 
some hours, when the assassin was 
pursued and taken. He was tied to 
the foot of an elephant, and tram- 
pled to death. The Jeypour Ra- 
jah was at the head of a powerful 
confederacy, and constantly involved 
in hostilities with the Mahrattas. 
24th. The following cause was 
tried at the Trim assizes, in Ireland. 
It was that of Bryan Connor, for a 
certain assault on a little and un- 
commonly interesting girl, under the 
age of fifteen years, and of Judith 
Connor, his wife, for aiding therein. 
It appeared, from the evidence of 
the girl, which was also strongly 
corroborated,, that these diabolical 
wretches enticed her into a hollow 
part of a field, near the duke of 
Leinster’s demesne, where the wo- 
man tied her with whip-cord, and 
was present while the husband per- 
petrated the fact. ‘The jury, in two 
minutes, returned a verdict of guilty 
against both. They were executed 
on the Monday following. 
26th. A court martial held on 
captain Barlow, M. P. for Coven- 
try, honourably acquitted him of 
every charge. 
Early this morning, a fire broke 
out in a little wooden house, in St. 
George’s fields, inhabited by widow 
Cox, and her daughter, who carri- 
ed on an extensive carpet and rug 
manufactory A neighbour saved 
Mrs. Cox and her daughter, but 
the whole property, very consi- 
derable, was destroyed in half an 
hour! 
At Whitehaven, Wm. Knott, ina 
fit of passion, threw a knife at his 
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