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Monthly Chronicle.
An Engine has been constructed by a mechanic at Philadelphia , which throws Z 30 gallons of water in a minute , to the distance of 200 feet , i » . a direct line , or to any perpendicular object 1 S 0 feet high . The natives of New South Wales are infinitely more barbarous than the savages in any other part of the world . Tiie Abysinians or Eskimaux Indians have ' attachments to their women and matrimonial ceremonies , of which they are more observant than many European husbands ; but the inhabitants of New South Wales know neither attachment respect to kindredbut like the beasts of
or , tha fields , possess only that instinct which teaches them to propagate and preserve the species . Major Grosse now acts as Governor of Botany Bay , in the room of Governor Philips , arrived in England . With him came two natives of the country . By accounts received at the India House , which came over land from Bombay , dated the 13 th of February , state that thePresUency there had dispatched a Company ' s cruizer to Suez , to wait for a messenger , expected by that route from
Europe . These advices also notice the ambitious views of Scindia , a Mahratta chief , who is at the Court of Poonah , for the purpose of counteracting the influence of Tuetcojae Holcar , his rival . The following Company ' s ships were to sail : the Rose , on' the 15 th January ; Melville Castle , 25 th ; Busbridge , 12 th of February ; Bellmont , the 20 th ; Talbot , 28 th ; and the King George on the ist of March . The General Elliot was to be dispatched in a short time , with a cargo of pepper , saltpetre , and piece goods .
WEST INDIA INTELLIGENCE . KINGSTON , JAMAICA , April 13 . Yesterday afternoon arrived at Port Royal the French schooner Hirondelle , loaded with cotton and wine , and taken by his Majesty ' s ship Proserpine , in the bite of Leogane . The Penelope and Proserpine were Jeft watching two French frigates laying at StMark ' s
. . By an inhabitant of this town , who arrived yesterday from Cape Francois , we learn that war was proclaimed there about a fortnight ago against Great Britain and Holland , and that a French cruizer has already captured a . Durch vessel , from Curacoa , with 250 , 000 dollars and a very valuable cargo of merchandize on board .. The naval force at the Cape consists of two ships of the line . —A small frigate is at Cape Tiberoon . . The Endymion recently arrived with recruits for the Royals : off Antigua she
spoke a pilot-boat , and received information , that the Admiral and all the ships from that station , had sailed from Barbadoes , to wait the arrival ot" a fleet from England , and assist in the reduction of some of the French islands . In consequence of the quantity of beef and pork bought up by Government from the Irish merchants , amounting " at the beginning of February , to more than four--teen thousand tierces , an advance , of near forty per cent , took place on the price of both articles .
Provisions , and indeed every necessary of life , continue to advance in price . Insui-f . iice pn goods and vessels from London to this island has been effected at five guineas per cent . Twenty-five per cent , is demanded here on goods or vessels to and from America . A merchant ship is engaged to serve as a prison ship . The walls of the Bath prison are reported to be in a very ruinous condition . , The Hon . House of Assembly is further prorogued to Tuesday tlie 14 th day of May next .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
An Engine has been constructed by a mechanic at Philadelphia , which throws Z 30 gallons of water in a minute , to the distance of 200 feet , i » . a direct line , or to any perpendicular object 1 S 0 feet high . The natives of New South Wales are infinitely more barbarous than the savages in any other part of the world . Tiie Abysinians or Eskimaux Indians have ' attachments to their women and matrimonial ceremonies , of which they are more observant than many European husbands ; but the inhabitants of New South Wales know neither attachment respect to kindredbut like the beasts of
or , tha fields , possess only that instinct which teaches them to propagate and preserve the species . Major Grosse now acts as Governor of Botany Bay , in the room of Governor Philips , arrived in England . With him came two natives of the country . By accounts received at the India House , which came over land from Bombay , dated the 13 th of February , state that thePresUency there had dispatched a Company ' s cruizer to Suez , to wait for a messenger , expected by that route from
Europe . These advices also notice the ambitious views of Scindia , a Mahratta chief , who is at the Court of Poonah , for the purpose of counteracting the influence of Tuetcojae Holcar , his rival . The following Company ' s ships were to sail : the Rose , on' the 15 th January ; Melville Castle , 25 th ; Busbridge , 12 th of February ; Bellmont , the 20 th ; Talbot , 28 th ; and the King George on the ist of March . The General Elliot was to be dispatched in a short time , with a cargo of pepper , saltpetre , and piece goods .
WEST INDIA INTELLIGENCE . KINGSTON , JAMAICA , April 13 . Yesterday afternoon arrived at Port Royal the French schooner Hirondelle , loaded with cotton and wine , and taken by his Majesty ' s ship Proserpine , in the bite of Leogane . The Penelope and Proserpine were Jeft watching two French frigates laying at StMark ' s
. . By an inhabitant of this town , who arrived yesterday from Cape Francois , we learn that war was proclaimed there about a fortnight ago against Great Britain and Holland , and that a French cruizer has already captured a . Durch vessel , from Curacoa , with 250 , 000 dollars and a very valuable cargo of merchandize on board .. The naval force at the Cape consists of two ships of the line . —A small frigate is at Cape Tiberoon . . The Endymion recently arrived with recruits for the Royals : off Antigua she
spoke a pilot-boat , and received information , that the Admiral and all the ships from that station , had sailed from Barbadoes , to wait the arrival ot" a fleet from England , and assist in the reduction of some of the French islands . In consequence of the quantity of beef and pork bought up by Government from the Irish merchants , amounting " at the beginning of February , to more than four--teen thousand tierces , an advance , of near forty per cent , took place on the price of both articles .
Provisions , and indeed every necessary of life , continue to advance in price . Insui-f . iice pn goods and vessels from London to this island has been effected at five guineas per cent . Twenty-five per cent , is demanded here on goods or vessels to and from America . A merchant ship is engaged to serve as a prison ship . The walls of the Bath prison are reported to be in a very ruinous condition . , The Hon . House of Assembly is further prorogued to Tuesday tlie 14 th day of May next .