Retrofped of Domeftic Literature.—Political Econemy, €&c. , 6S 
Scindia. The caufes of the war with 
Scindia were confined to the military 
movements, and to the holtile language 
and conduét of that chief and of his allies. 
The deftru&tion of M. Perron’s force ne- 
ceflarily became a primary obje&t of the 
war, commenced on diltinét grounds of 
complaint againft Scindia.” 
The war that thus feemed to have been 
rendered neceflary, was carried on with 
great prudence, fpirit, and fnccefs: the. 
ftorming of the fortrefs Ally-ghur, by 
Lieutenant-Colonel Monfon, gave a very 
obvious preponderance to the Britith 
arms, and the fubfequent battle of Delhi 
obtained completely every obje&t for which ~ 
the war had been commenced and carried 
on; the unforiunate Emperor Shah Au- 
jum fent to General Lake, immediately 
after the action, to exprefS his anxious 
defire to place his perfon and authority 
under the protection of the victorious 
arms of the Britith Government. 
é\n anonymous author has publifhed 
fome “* Brief Remarks on the Mahratta 
War, and on the Rife and Progrefs of the 
French Eftatlijiment in Hindoftan, under 
Generals de Boigne and Perron.” 
The account here given of the military 
operations is much lefs full than in Lord 
Wieilefley’s * Notes,” and, of courfe, lefs 
‘ interefting : the Governor General’s com- 
mencement of hoitilities is then juftified 
ina fummary manner. After all that has 
been faid and rumoured refpedting the 
juitice and the policy of the Mahratta 
war, the quetftion may be refolved into 
four fhort and fimple prepofitions :— 
Firft, Had not the Peifiwa, who js an 
acknowledged fovereign prince, a right 
to enter into an alliance with a foreign 
ftate, provided the terms of fuch alliance | 
did not trench upon the privileges, terri- 
tories, and eftates, of any cf the feudal 
chieftains of the Mahratra Empire? 
Secondly, Had not the Britith Govern- 
ment a right to enter into an alliance with 
the Peifhwa, provided fuch treaty did. 
not invade the lawful intereffs, or the pof- 
feffions of other ftates,.or of the feudal 
chieftains of the Mahratia Empire? 
Thirdly. Had the confederated chief. 
tains, Scisdia and the Rajah Berar, a 
right to make war on the Brittthh Govern. 
ment, becaufe their meditated {chemes of 
trealonabie agereflion again{t their lawful 
fovereign were counterasted, and likely 
to be fruftrated, by the treaty in quel-> 
tion? 
Fourthly, and la%ly, Would it not 
have been incumbent on the Governor 
Geaeral, even had the contederated chief. 
tains aéted otherwife than they did, and 
not fought the quarrel, to have inifled on 
Scindia’s difmiffing the French officers,, 
and difbanding the French army? Or, at 
leaft, to have coerced and modified it in 
fach a manner, as to prevent its becom- 
ing an inkroment of our deftrugtion inthe 
hands of France? 
To thefe propofitions it is eafy to reply ; 
and, in common juftice, the only anfwer 
that can be given is obvious. But, lay- 
ing afide the re'ative rights of the Peifliwa 
and feudal chieftains, the latter gquefion, 
is of fuch magnitude, as to render it the 
imperious duty of the Governor-General 
to protect the Empire committed to his 
charge; and by all juftifiable means in 
his power, to eftablith Britifa i: fluence 
paramount to that of France throughout 
the Mahratta Empire.’ 
The ample title-page.of the foilowing 
work fuiheiently explains whet may be 
expected from the perufal of it: ** The 
prefent State of Peru:” compriing its 
Geography, Topography, Naural Hif- 
tory, Mineralogy, Commerce, the Cuf¥ 
toms and Manners of the Inhabitanis; the 
State of Literature, Philofophy, and the 
Arts; the modern Travels of the Mit 
fionaries in the heretofore unexplored 
Mountains, Territories, 8c. & 
This work, which is embglitied by a - 
great many engravings illuérative of the 
coftume cf the country, is ftated to be 
drawn up from eriginal and authentic do- 
cuments, chicfly written and compiled in 
the Peruvian capital, 
Mr. O‘HaLtitoraw has puStithed an 
** Introduction to the Biftory of Ireland.” 
This book dees not bear a very high cha- 
raéter ; the too credulous author having 
given as hiftorical facts the legendary tales 
of ignorant and fuperftitious Monks, 
Mr. CauLFizLp’s ** Hiffory of the 
Gunpowder Plot”~bears much internal 
evidence of authenticity: Mr. C. how- 
ever, has omitted to refer to the fources 
whence he obtained his facts. 
POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICS, &¢. 
“ The Policy and Intereft of Great Bri- 
tain with refpe? to Malia, fuimmarily 
confidered.” Ynis {mall traét is written 
with great ability, and evinces confidere 
able Knowledge as to the bearings and re- 
lationfhips ot itates and empires. The 
author, indeed, carries his ideas of the 
importance of Malta to Great Britain far- 
ther than molt writers on. the fubjeét. 
Confidering it as he does, as another Gib- 
raltar, a pais of Thermopy'z, be ieems to 
regard the very fate of England as ar- 
tached to the rock of Maita: a rock, fays 
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