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On the 31ft of January thofe flupendous 
and beautiful works, the London Decks, 
were opened for the reception of veffels. 
About rr o'clock, in thé forenoon, the 
brig Perfeverance, Captain Clark, belong- 
ing to Mr. Davis of Liverpsol, was towed 
into the bafin, She was decorated with the 
colours of ‘all nations; and a difcharge of 
¢annon announced her entry into the dock. 
The DireGtors of the company, the fur- 
veyor of the works, the fecretary, and 
feveral of their fricnds, were on the dock. 
A prodigious number of perfons were af- 
{embled to behold this very fine fight. 
The Calcutta Gazette contains an ac- 
count of a gallant piece of fervice per- 
formed by part of our troops in India, On 
the 16tho* May, laft, Lieutenant-Colonel 
Don tock the Fort of ‘Rampoona, by 
forcing the gates with caniion. A batta- 
lion of the enemy were pofted outfide of 
the works; but, by a fkilful movement, 
the communication between’ thefe troops 
and the fort was cut off, and moft of 
them, together wiih thofe who fled from 
the fort, were cut to pieces, on the plain, 
by the 3d regiment of cavalry, command- 
ed by Major Doveton. This great 
flaughter was owing to their refufing quar- 
ter, on condition of laying down their arms. 
The enemy-s force was about” 1,100. 
There were about fifty of them killed on 
the works, and in the town, and nearly 
four hundred by the cavalry. ‘The lofs on 
our fide was confiderable, for the fmallnefs 
of the party. The following is the detail 
of it :—Europeans, ose lieutenant, one 
corporal, one gunner, and one matro{g 
wounded: Natives, two havildars, one 
naick, and nine fepoys killed; two 
jamindars, four havildars, one naick, 
‘thirty-four fepoys, and eleven lafcars 
wounded. ‘The wounded officer is Licu- 
tenant Borleau: his wound is flight. Oa 
the 21ft of May lait, a body of predatory 
horfe, amounting to five thouland, made 
all incurfion into the province of Bandel- 
cund. Adetachment of feven companies 
of Sepoys, a troop of native cavalry, and 
the park of artillery, under the command 
of Captain Smith, had proceeded to at- 
tack a fort, about five miles from Koach. 
On the morning of the 22d the predatory 
horfe cut of part of this detachmenr, 
potted in the pittah of the fort. Tris 
party, confilting of ‘two companics of 
Sepoys, two officers, two ferjeants, two 
corporals, four gunners, forty matroffes, 
of the artillery, with a proportion of laf- 
cars, were killed, excepting one hundred 
and thirty wounded natives, who returned 
to Licutenant-Colonel Fawcet’s camp, on 
State of Public Affairs in February, 1805. 
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the 24th. ‘Phe predatory horfe alfo cap- 
tured two howitzers, two twelve-poundcrs, 
one fix-ponnder, and all the tumbrils be- 
longing to the park, Captain Smith, with 
the remaining five companies of Sepoys, 
retreated with the lo(s of one man only, — 
to Lieutenant Colonel Fawcet’s camp. 
The fame horfe afterwards attacked the 
town of Caipie, and attempted to crofs the 
Jumna, bur were repulfed with lofs, by 
two companies of Sepoys, under the com- 
mand of Captain Jones; and were defeated | 
near Koach, on the goth of May, by Co- 
lone] Shephard, commanding a party of 
troops, lately in the fervice of Ambajece 
Inglia. They have fince entirely evacu- 
ated the province cf Bandelcund. , 
Sir Thomas Trowbridge: is appointed 
commander in chief of our naval force in 
India ; Sir Edward Pellew retains a com- 
mand on one fide of the peninfula. 
FRANCE, 
In the fitting of the Legifiative Body, 
of the isthof Ploviofe (February 4.) the 
Counfellors of State, Segur, Begonen, and 
Defloles, laid before the Aflembly a copy 
of a letter written by Bonaparte to the 
King of England. ‘The letter addrefles 
Ais Majetty in the ftvyle of ‘* Sir, and 
Brother.” It begins with ftating, that 
Bonaparte is called to the throne of 
France by Providence, and by the fuffrage 
ef the Senate, the people, and the army ; » 
it plainly acknowledges that England and 
France may contend for,ages, but main- 
tains that they only abufe their power ;. 
and that their‘ governments do not fulfil 
the mot facred of their duttes, in continu- 
ing the conteft. Bonaparte fays, he does 
not confider it as any difgrace to make the 
firt flep; and conjures his Maiefty not 
to deny himfelf the happinefs of giving 
peace to the world, nor to leave that {weet 
fatista€tion to his children ; the prefent 
moment once lof, he fays, all his efforts 
will not be able to terminate’ the war. 
His Maejetty, he aflerts, has gained more 
within ten years, both in territory and 
riches, than the whole extent or Europe. 
The war, he fates, is without an object, 
without any prefumable refult to his 
Majelly. ** The 
large,’ he goes on to fay, ‘* for our twa 
nations to live in; and reafon is fufficient- 
ly powerful to difcover means of recon- 
ciling every taing, when the wilh of re- 
conciliation exifts on both fides.” 
M. Segur made remarks in the Aflem- 
bly, after the reading of the letter, which 
were in the ufual French ftyle. 
On the 15th of January, there was a 
grand gala in the Leg flative Affembly, 
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