1796.) 
firelocks, part of which were intended 
for the fophy of Perfia. 
The French officers appear to be held 
in great eftimation by the Turkith go- 
verniment, and have been of fignal uti- 
lity, particularly in the introduftion of 
the new tactics. The f{pirit of improve- 
ment, and particularly in the military 
art, which now appears to pervade the 
Turkifh empire, will probably reftore, 
in fome meafure, its former energy ; 
and, indeed, the bad neighbourhood in 
which this ancient empire is fituated, 
calls for fome extraordinary exertions to 
fave it from utter ruin. 
West INDIEs. 
The difafters which the Britifh troops 
experienced on the continent, probably, 
induced the miniftry to direét their prin- 
cipal military exertions towards the Weft 
Indies. After long and unfortunate de- 
lays from weather and adverfe winds, 
feveral reinforcements arrived, and the 
moft fanguine hopes were entertained of 
their taking noffeffion of the iflands be- 
longing tothe enemy. Intelligence was, 
however, received in the courfe of the 
prefent month, which has confiderably 
abated thefe expectations. The Englith 
were repulfed by the French in an at- 
tack upon Fort Leogane in St. Domingo; 
and general Abercromby, by a letter 
dated St. Lucie, May the 4th, informs 
the government, that the troops undei 
his command had made an attack upon 
Morne Fortuné in that ifland, but from 
feveral untoward circumftances, the plan 
failed in the execution, and the troops 
retired to their former pofition. He adds, 
Weft Indies... America... Eaft Indies. 
> 
that as Morne Fortuné was then in a- 
refpectable ftate of defence, it would re- 
quire time dnd much labour to ercct the 
neceffary batteries to reduce te, 
General Abercromby difpatched, fuon 
after his arrival, a party of troops againft 
the Dutch fettlement of Demerary, and 
in this expedition the Britifh forces were- 
fuccefsful. An Englifh fquadron arrived 
upon that coaft on the 21ft of April, and 
on the 22d the governor capitulated, and 
the troops under general Whyte took 
poffetfion of the place, with confiderable 
ftores, and feveral merchant fhips richly 
laden. The neighbouring colony of 
Berbice foon afterwards followed the fate 
of Demerary, 
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AMERICA. 
Of the difapprobation which was tef- 
tified by the congrefs of the United 
States of America, to the treaty between 
Great Britain and America, our readers 
are already informed. With refpeét to 
the people at large, however, their fen- 
timents appear to Rave been much di- 
vided. While the treaty was under con- 
fideration, feveral numerous bodies of the 
inhabitants fent petitions to their repre- 
fentatives, fome in favour of the treaty, 
and others againft it. It appears that it 
was then the general fenfe of the majority 
that it was a difadvantageous treaty, but 
that the préfent fituation of affairs ren- 
dered it neceffary to be ratified for the 
prefent. After along debate in the con- 
erefs, it was determined to be on the 
whole objectionable ; but upon a motion 
for carrying the treaty into effect, the 
numbers were 51 to 48 in its favour. - 
East INDIES. 
In the beginning of June, the propri- 
tors of India ftock were fo much alarm- 
ed at fome recent intelligence from the 
Eat Indies, that a depreifion of ten or 
twelve percent. fuddenly took place in 
that ftock. 
The caufe of this unwarrantable alarm 
was faid tobe letters brought from Ben- 
gal by the American fhip, major Pink- 
ney, importing that a mutiny had avifem 
among the native troops in India, and 
that the Britifh government there was in 
imminent danger of fubverfion. ) 
The whole of this rumour feems to 
have originated from the difadvantages 
under whicg the company’s troops labour, 
in comparifon with thofe-in the king’s 
fervice; but the differences between 
them, we underftand, are about to be 
-adjufted. 
A very extraordinary account has been 
received from the Eaft Indies, of the 
capture of the Triton Indiaman. From 
what has tranfpired, we learn that about 
twenty Frenchmen procured poffeffion of 
a {mal}! veflel refembling a pilot boat, and 
by that means were enabled to come clofe 
to the Triton, which they boarded. 
They killed all the men who were upon 
deck, and then fired down the hatchways, 
killed and wounded feveral, and after- 
wards completely fubdued the crew, and 
took the Triton under their own direc- 
tion, ‘i his intelligence, however, is not 
univerfally confidercd as authentic. — 
an MEMBERS 
