» -fl • Foreign Intelligence. E A S T 1 N D 1 E. S. > The new Nabob of Arcot hat fhewH a difpofiti- c ' on to conttft the authority of Ac Englith Q took a speedy and decided course, and r give him to understand -that he expe£ted him to maintain ihe relations that had so happily subsisted between his Father and the Company, with regula rity ; and a* a test of this, demanded that he ftiould order his Troops to keep within the limits which c they had formerly occupied ; and there wa4 no do jbt'but- this would be complied with implicitly. The Dutch Ordnance found in the garrison of f Cochin is -very considerable ; it confilts of 200 .pieces of cannon, Ijoof which were mounted ; they-arc for the most part brass. It is added, that tire re are about 4000 (land of arms, and proporti --osate aftim-unitioa with fix months provisions, un touched. At a place on the Island of Ceylon, called Ta- j .pia, and which had fuitendered to the Forces com manded by Colonel Stewart, was found 140 pieces j of ordnance, and 70,000 lbs. of powdei. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, March 12. ' Every thing remains tranquil, and nearly in the fame state as when I last. wrote. We have had ru mours here of a French fleet having left the Medi terranean to pay us a visit ; 'f they come, they will meet a warm reception ; the garrison ie in excellent health, ar.d capable of. refitting greater fojee than it is probable France will, or Holland can, fend ajpaiuft us. A most extraordinary circuwilance occured here a few days ago. The Gotteaburgh, homeward .bound Indiaman, of Gottenburgh, richly laden, by forae unaccountable accident was wrecked in cur harbour. The night was remarkably light and fe- Tene ; the crew were saved, but it is believed the greater part of the cargo will be 1011. Tippoo regards with jealousy our increasing do minion in this hemisphere, but he is too weak to of fer impediments. The iutercourfc between him and Lord Hobart has the appearance of cordiality aad Frieqdfhip. January 20. The King of Candy has entered into a Treaty of Axnity and Commerce with the East India Company, and,dispatched Ambaffadorsto Madras to ratify it. MUN A R, January 5. On the redu&ion of Jaffratatnatn, a Gnjiall de taebment was sent against this« Fort whic:; is situ ated in the Eallern pact of che Island, and com '«iands theGulph of the fame name. The Dutch, •on our approach, -surrendered. Colonel Stewart '"«* now -preparing the fieg-e of Colombo, where 'he enemy has assembled a considerable force are determined' on resistance. Our army ojmpvifes 8000 effective men. The appearance c/ Admiral Elphir.ftone's fl<*et will, I presume, ind' ce a change of fontiment. -Our troops are «ma* a hly healthy. LONDON, AprPi6- Twenty ton? of ox-bones wot last week imported into Liverpool, from JJublin ; for the purpose of dif -tillation. " r r,rr-^r"" rrrTfr T r9m Omagb (Ireland) April 8. « On Saturday last Thos. Riehardfon, Esq. and Mr. Ben. put on their trial for the alledg ed crime of being Untted Irishman- ! ! They flood, charged upon the oath of Robert Robinson, with acon fpiracy to join the Catholics 0! Ireland,for the purpose of overturning the government and constitution of th e •country. " Robinson produced swore that he had been ' in for the aboVe purpose, aid that he had attended meetings bf Uhitcd Irifntnen -where Meflrs. Riehardfon and Brown were present—he con fefled however, that he.had since made an affidavit that he had*b«n terrified by the Orange men, and suborned hy Mr. Armftrung of D'jngannon, vho had promised a reward of -150 guineas to lodge examinations a gainst the United Jrifhmen and that every word he had sworn in said examinations .was ntterly falfe and un true. On being asked which of the affidavits he would nowftandto, he said he would ftantl Hy the first- After a variety of contradictory testimony, the honour able Jtidge (Jultice Kelly) ordered him dowji, and the pnloners not thinking it necessary to produce any \fi£nefifs to refute so ridiculous a charge, f» ill fup portad, Justice Kelly, cnarged the Jury/-who in three minutes., returned a vcrdiil of Not Guilty. Two other persons who had been committed upon the fame charge, were instantly liberated without trial. " This being the firft attempt made in Ireland, to punifli men for promoting harmony among the differ ent religious perfusions, and flopping tlie progress of that ianaticifm which has disgraced the county or Ar magh, and its impotence appearing in so conlpicnous a manner, caused the raoft universal joy in every counte nance. Should we ever live to fee the day when the promoters'of brotherly love and affection among Jrifli inen were ounifhed at criminals ; then indeed it would "be full time to lay that this is " the land qf tonnenterj— the place of the damned' Sunday morning, about three o'clock, a most cruel and Inhuman murder was perpetrated on the body of Mrs. Ann Sawyer, wife of Mr. Wm. Sawyer, the King's Barge Master, at his house, Bishop's Walk, Lambeth. The villains had fitft broke open the house, and packed up all the valu ables they could find, but Mis. 5. hearing a noile in the house, had got up to fee what was the mat ter, when they knocked her dawn, flatbed her in {itveral places, and put one of her eyes out ; this noise awoke the servant, and she 'got up and called the watch, when they all made off in a bpat with afft their booty. On Wednesday evening, as a man was palling by a recruiting ferjeant, beating upfot recruits near the ObiJifk, St. George's Fields, he remarked, " He '.vas a ftrnngc figure to wear a fworif." This obfer- so incensed the ferjeant, that he immediately ran his sword into the unfortunate man's body. He hied much,«nd was carried away for surgical affif tjnee." The ferjeant was taken into' custody. tin Saturday last, the Lord Ctiancellor finiflied the motion, refpefling the Lead mine, in which the Ear.: of Pomfret and Sir Charles Turner are con cc-m-d. • His LorJfliip rcfufed to niter the verdict of 1704, which fixed th.elimits j but ordered a new (Tue tohe tried at common law at th" next \oil k Assizes, refpeding the general light to Vhe proper- c •v of the mine. This cattle has been ninety-three n yei's in Ktigation J Saturday's Gazette was in the ufuai flile of tno t dein gloiy ! With five columnd us army promoti ons, and two banking houfc3 among the c rupts to—applaud the deed 1 The contraflors for the barrack dung ought to c be carefully watched. A]l contraftoi s are liable io f become rogues, and thefc new ones may double their profits by bribing the furgeops to put 'he ; corps under a course of physic. 1 State Papers.—Tlie term given to articles of i this nature by the Indians, is peihaps tfcs best ex planation that can be given of their true mean- < ing—they aallthem Palsrers. 1 Sir Wm. Dawes, Archbilhpp of Yoik, was ve ry fond of a pun. His clergy dining with him, I the firft time after he had loft his lady, he told i them, he feared they did not find-things in so good ] order as they used to be in the time of poor Mary ; I and, looking extremely forrowful, added with a deep | sigh, " She was indeed, Mare pscificum !" A cu rate, who pretty well knew what she had been, cal led out, " Aye my Lord, but - do not wonder that the Directory have treated :e note of our minifteis as a piece of Jesuitism, caleu -0 lated only.to deceive the worlij. ,e Deterring farther observations till ministers have „ explained themselves to parliament, we have deeply r . to lament, that Britain is doomed towafte the re if maißder of her blood, and treasure, for the fake of r * German princes, and German territories, for these a it appears are the only bars to negociation. By the excellent speech of Mr. Francis, in the debate of Monday last, we learn the adraii&le fyf j tcm, by Mhich the unhappy negroes in the Weft _ Indies aie governed. The attempt to meliorate their f.tuation has totally failed. The house (not !l with (landing the compliment paid by Mr. Fox) a ft « ed in charadcr, and rejected the motion without a 1. divifioD. On the above qccafion, we cannot biii admire ft Mr. Pitt's prudence,in being totally silent as to the 1- -charge of insincerity, brought home to him in'fuch e plain language by Mr. Francis. When the minis :- ter, however, expressed his conviaion, that the le n giflature would ftiorily abolish the trade, did he im is agine there was a firgle person either in the'houfe d or on; of it, simpleton enouah to credit him ! 1- Mr. Wilberforce, it ought to be noted was ab sent, during the above debate. [Cam. int. J April 5. Ie A beautiful hunter had his two fore legs and his la neck broken, last week, near Dublin, by bein? r- forced upon a leap of a stone wall, for a wager of iy half a pint of tsjhifley between two grooms. The \e cruelties of man to the auimals him, as f- the borfe does, and prcteft and love him, as 'the <% does, are among the most horrid parts of his d hillory and character. Ie The hair-powder tax fell c£led. Hundieds have given over the £1 use of powder since last year, and what can be ex w pc£ted now I—The majwity of those who have ta ken licences, -rtmahkn fe11,.-, *r poW on the wrong W* of//,, to hule the bonoraj.' maris of lime! Man v. of th« gectlemen JikewiU" ! .*ho fcave taken out licence*, |J r P c, '« ) to hide the AeftOtpj' the.bead i Contrast. —How-jntich is maa the creature o, circtlntftancV Sn fter of fixtyfjx of them, that on any one line'be 'ing repeated he can tell the psalm ; the verse, and procecd through the whole wit fount committiiijSflhe flighted mistake. His memory is so quick that be gets off twelve or thirteen v. rfes in an hour, and "remains afterwards in fail pofTeffton «f them. ALEXANDRIA, July 14. J T e had a very severe gull of trind on Tuesday af ttinoun, accompanied with rain. During the blow afawtookthe weft end of jhe Prcfbyterian Meet ing Howfe, fo-ced in the gable eiid, and tore off full two the roof, part of which r ellon a small frame dwelling, and did it material isjurv ; the remainder of the rooAhat was blown oft, with several pieces of heavy timber, were driven agaijitt the houses on the oppofue fide of the Street. The gallery at that.end of the house, was emirely thrown down, wliiiAl in its fall ciufhed the pews below it. Tbcrt.was 110 damage done in any other part of the town, exeeptthe blowing in of a few fathes and lights of houses which lay in the diie&nw of this vein. The Rev. Dr. Mnir very providentially cfcaped, being in the house at the time ; and it is laid, had but a few moments before the aocide: t happened, removed over.!o theeafl end ofit< From an Englif: paper. THE EXPENCE 9T ECONOMY. DO you know, Mr. Editor, that I am in the : Jjigh road to be ruined by economy. Never did a pay so dear in otder to save moivey, and it is t* e th e C fy that you and others haiie i set up Ebcnft-ts^j-cjt lam fairly driven out > of my ow.i am the laughing stock of ■ all my neighbours. -pi : '/i-h itiull know that I hav4 the good for:une to enjoy the bed wife in the world ; she is a patten, 1 to all her acquaintance ; she looks into every thing : herfelf, is quite notable, a great manager, an cx s cellent market woman, and hnows the cheapest {hop ■ in town. 1 his is not only a great eomfort as well • as saving to ourselves, but a great convenience to - our friends; for when any of them want to buy a - gown, ura ponnd of raifin6, they are sure not only i to confuft my wife, lut to take her with them, for : fear they should be imposed upon, and the kind foul - is every day upon her feet trudging into the city t with one fWend or another, becaufe'really in the r citv things may be bought for—half this , ' you is true, f rom the extraordinary , b. __,ains that she conflantly makes. But, Sir, to my misfortune, I need not tell you, Sir, who have. so well described the present scarci ty, that every feeling heart is anxious to lefTen the s confumpuon of wheat, and to make as great a sav ing as pofliblf of bread in these hard times. The number of fabftitutes for flour which have been - fugged by the ingenious Sir John Sinclair, Prefi i dent of thp Board •! Agriculture, and others, r (track my wife very forcibly. " Dear me," she f said one morning atbreakfatt, " how fmiplethe re e ceipt is, jult one half floOr and one half potatoes ; i 1 declare I will try it, and then we (hall make our own bread, and what a saving that will be ! It is I but having a little cast iron oven put up at the fide i of the kitchen grate, and it will be the melt con ■ vrjenl and handy thing in the world ; il will bake - a pie, or a few tarts upon occasion ; and you know, > .-ny love, it wiU keep your leg of mutton hot and - torn fort able any Wrap that you should happen to be s detained Lloyd's. What do yon think of it, ray ' f?A Vu", a " ° pi,,ion of m ? own on any e fubjeft of this kind. My wife is fovereigu out of "!, M CO ?" n H" h r eUfc ; Which is only territory. My far, fays I, « , olf koow beft _ h ely the duty of every one to leff.n the contraption ' f Wh s t ' "d/ you think a mixed bread wiU an • fwer, I would have y eu try it ; but, my love, r'f I T l°lT ke . yOUr S nd lend the ■ '° at to bakehouse, and not buy an oven till you fee ho # u answers." "Oh-dc ?r , no, by no : means; now that n always yaur way. My God ! - trust abaker wuh an experiment when he is to be xttl T CU ' bm lfU 'No. 1 thank c you. \\ hy he would burn it on purpol'e." There t .. no arguiug with my wife, she is so clever; and - befidee, when once she takes np a thing, (he finds 1 !T™"l advantages in a minute, that did no, her at firft, tha£ the fecortd reafo»s a.e ofte. c more forcible than the original inducement. This : as the cafe about the little call iron oven, 1 a was thought of only for the fake of this bread but such a vanety of uses for au oven cam S - crowding upon hermind that /he wondered how • we had ever been able to go on without an oven. S An oven would save 4tfdf in two months in the ex A\ dedar;d ' for h£l ' Part, - .hat liked baked meat as well as roast, and when " eVC ,l' IT ;"' the chi,dr « could do very well With a bit of beef ft a Ice pie, or , baked fho" s derot mutton ; and, besides, a call iron oven was * f ' heraw fold at an auction J s When I came home to dinner mv vrifi-1 11 with great jov, that she ha 1 , l mc< f bricklayer and the e she had only paid , 'J,V ■™ 33 as new ; .here was no , " f ] '\ Rmi " - about it, and It «a- rn, 1 ■ ' crac k , • Aa - r ru:e charmrrg ; th.r- wa s only one thing tha" fihe d'H r.ot know how to ma. oa „ e , there was nm rnom Uji tjje the hfe-for u,°o'ven without she was flire, if the bi ifkJayer' iv'U ntjt bic<> an vs. !,av; contrived ir folUcfupw : But, harr* Jhe copper, it was not wanted often, it might be pat in the lit tie back cellar under the coifming-hpuit. It w. ..„i < !*eeafv, the bricklayer to carry up a tW. I % [ saw ihe had fettled tliewlule pltti, and :lie enter ■aincd me during dinner \vith the prep.-i'aitioas (he [ had mads for our new bread. She OS Aire, flic I fa id, that potatoes woujd be dear, Leraufe every body was going to eat them, ? '■$ toe Hfecl I the precaution to buy in as many a& (he thought would serve us for the winter. " Go" : God ! r.'.y dear, they vv.iii where can you &ep th ' " I warrant yi u I'll h d joom,' fays :u~, " and ag to their spoiling I lianlyver for them ; ho*v ;]o I preserve pears till the month of Jv.ne. and fureiy they are more drlicaic than potatoes." I know how clever my wife is at tbefeihing? ; her pteferv, s are excellent, and there is not a week-but tome of our friends are forced to fend to us for a pot or two, wlien their own aieall spoiled ; and my wiff alway* takes care to have enough ofl that very account. W«l),fir, next day my wife begged of me o '[oe a; the coffee-houfe, because 1 km iv he kitchen would be quite taken up with the bricklayer, aijd (he was determined to lose no time, sot (he 'would have a loaf to put in as soon as the oven was few} ' Well, fir, I went >v Slaughter's coffer-houle, ainl ♦old fry friends how neccft'ary it was for eve-v !jo dy to set an example in thefc ba'd times of eating i mixed bread, and that 1 was d'.-ter miiied tointo duce it in my own family. Indeed 1 said mv wile was actually about it. " Aye, Mr. C-tkelwj," said a neighbour, •* you are the man to lead urthe way ; y«u have a wile that k:>ows how every thing ; I'll be bound tfcat toe makes bread At for a prince if ihe lets about it." This is the way, Mr. Editor, that all my friends speak about my wife, the has got fii'h • name for cleverness. So 1 went home quite full ofourwewbread—No, quite dated I m«9B, sot ok, Mr. to this day. and it • 0* weeks ago since we began to bake, I have not got a bellyful of home made Dread. I 'filh I had time to go through all our experi ments. One time our loaf would not rife, another time it would not come ou{, it ftuckfaft to the bo. - torn, it wanted fait, it had two much fait,it w.'.s too wet, it was too dry, it -was fome'l'mes qirte dough, but in general it waslnirnt to a cinder. It went on this way far the firft week ; my wife anc I conld not dife'over the reason. We had tried po tatoes in every way ; we had.bailed them, rn filed ttum, pulveirfed them, poured water after xv, over them to make them white ; we had reduced (I fay we, for being a national object, 1 was to take a part, befideF, I own I was a little on tne alert, for I promih d n friends at Slaughters to bring them a loaf) 2olfes. of potato.s to 2,' and had made excellent starch of it, though "ve'cuuld not make bread. We had consumed half the ftc.k of potatoes that was to serve us all w:• u•, w'htuj getting a single loaf thn-t was eatable. My wj/e cried for vexation ; (lie was fCi'e thru miift be son • thitig in the matter that we iriit of, for (he knew as well how to make bread a r y I in England ; but (he would find it out before Oie i lept- v — • ' ■ An old who had now turned lL t.r f flnr, of our acquaintance, was called in, rot becaule (1(4 did rot know as well as any baker in E nc h,c» to make bread, but there be fdme knack, i# managing the ovenihat (! e was unacquainted. something in the way of hea:mg i:, pr of putiing the in i', or of raking it out. In llirit, for onee (he would take adyitc. " 1., ,'d, Ma'am" fays the floue fatlpr, " it is no wonder y.>u could not fuccced : why Ma'am, you have got one of thrfe kickshaw iron ovtns. Eord-bWts you, thry do'nt anfwtr. They'd burn all the bread fu the world before they'd bake it. There's no doing any good with an iron oven" My wife wss flruck dumb, but yet (lie was fatisfied ; {he was completely acquitted ; the fault did not lie with her j but, how ever, it would be easy to alter it, a small oven might be built for a mere trifle on the good old plan ;and an oven I accordingly got. But mark thCconfcquences. The ki i hen chim« ney |»-ss torn down, ( and foi'ne how ar other the flue was injured. It was tmpoffible to live in it for fjnoke. My maid gave us warning (he could not live in it, and 1 vvas forced to dine at the coffee-houfe every, day. My wife, however is a woman of resource ; the applied to an ingenious mechanic who has great - ' 10 chjmnies j this man has invented a fine appa ratus for a kitchen } <• las a ratige that does every thing; it boils, roa.ts, stews, ar.d bakes all by the fame fire, and the expense is nothing, for it saves itfeif in fire in a twelvemonth. Nothing would fa tisfy my wife but to have this new fafhioned range, and accordingly, at an expence of more than 50).' 1 have got my kitchen metamerphofed, and I am making mixed bread at no allowance. My wife has got into the way ; the cast iron o ve„ on the new pl nn succeeds to a miracle ; and I should be quite happy,g t were notfor the expend • But really Mr Editor, there is nothingJoK iconom) , I calculate that, every quartern loaf of bread which ! make co(U me half a c*wn ; and 18 no T t , th . e wor!1 '«< sometimes wc all cr et the ' Rnpes ; I believe my apothecary's bill will come to >«»"»»». i»«di ■ fion for th; apoiherarj. ; an(t n . e afe a || ; again without venturing, however, to fay so -f Mv°LF lS ° ld btC3d f-nvhe baker. , this nnt S ' 1 j ) T UrS V f somehow or another fourd erin,lv h ?' y ,0 he P i|: -' « afl< me toa nf t , hundred weight ofpot'ato,® ® , r,C i; MI ;. . a " d *e very flour factor that dlo L m y the Laugbourne Wild ffoffce-Houfe, that ifthis saving went