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India. 'I 



About a week ago a report ' 

 was raised in London which , 

 gained credit for one day, that 

 Seringpatam had been taken 

 bv lord Comwallis after 'a 

 bloody conflict, in which ma- 

 ny persons had been killed on 

 both sides. It now appears^ 

 that this was one of those da- i 

 ring fabrications that are daily ' 

 made in the metropolis for the 

 purposes of the Exchange Al- 

 ley. 



By the Thames frigate, 

 lately arrived from India, we 

 learn that Lord Cornwallis 

 was on full march towards Se- 

 ringapatam •, that he was col- 

 lecting artillery from all quar- 

 ters y and that Tippoo was 

 Strongly encamped on the road 

 to that capital, so that an en- 

 gagement may be expected 

 to take place before he reach 

 it. 



We also learn that a small 

 fort called Coembatore, which 

 was defended by the brave 

 Britill\ officer, Chalmers, was 

 carried by a detachment of 

 Tippoo's troops •, and it is ad- 

 ded, that the barbarians had 

 infringed the articles of capitu- 

 lation. We may expect that 

 something decisive has been 

 done in that quarter of the 

 world by the next dispatches. 

 Capture of a French frigate. 

 But the most alarming news 

 from India is the following ac- 

 ^.ount of the capture of the 

 prench frigate, the Resolae. 



chronicle. 



At any other time tins would 

 probably have been the occa- 

 sion of a war between the two 

 nations. Fortunately for the 

 tranquillity or Europe, France 

 is not at present in a condition 

 to go to war with us ; and the 

 businefs may probably be ter- 

 minated in a few remonstran- 

 ces j and apologies among na- 

 tion=, the stronge sris always ia 

 right. The particulars of this 

 account are as follow : 



In August commodore Cprn- 

 wallis, lying in Trincomalee, 

 d.spatched his majesty's ftiips 

 Thames and Vestal to the Ma- 

 labar coast, and going fhortly 

 after to Madras, sent the Mi- 

 nerva also, having received in- 

 telligence that some neutral 

 (liips, under Imperial and 

 French colours, loaded with 

 ammunition and ordnance 

 stores, from Europe, were to 

 arrive there for the use of the 

 sultan's army. 



Orders were given to the 

 separate commanders strictly 

 to examine all ihips they might 

 fall in with. He followed 

 himself with the Crown and 

 Phoenix fhortly after. Hither- 

 to no ihips that were descri- 

 bed to him had been seen. 



On the 2TitA of October, at 

 six in the evening, the com- 

 modore being on a cruise to 

 the northward, and the PhcE- 

 nix and Atalanta in Tillicher- 

 ry roads, two French fliips and 

 a brig were discovered in the 

 offing. It being the Atalanta's 



