refentment, and faid that he was as defirous as his enemies to quit a connexion fraught with fo much jealousy and difcontent. Accordingly he immediately removed, and encamped all his force at fome diftance from the army of Salabadjing, giving out that he intended to proceed to Mafulipatnam. At the fame time he dispatched letters to the government of Pondicherry, requefting them to fend to that place with the utmoft expedition all the force which could be fpared from the fervices of Coromandel. At the fame time Salabadjing, now entirely governed by Chanavaz Khan, likewife difpatched letters, which were followed by an agent, to the prefidency of Madrass, requefting that they would immediately fend a body of troops to affift in expelling the French out of his dominions. The very day that the French troops quitted the army of Salabadjing, Balagerow fent a deputation of his principal officers to Mr. Buffy, congratulating him on his feparation from fo perfidious and ungrateful a nation as the Moors; thefe were his expreffions and folicited his alliance, propofing that the French troops fhould act as auxiliaries to the Marattahs, as they had to Salabadjing, and proffering the fame allowances to the troops, t fame emoluments to Mr. Buffy himself, and as great advantages to the French company, as had been granted by that prince. Mr. Bully declined to aceept this offer, by the obvious excufe of his dependence on the orders of Pondicherry; and began his march. Nevertheless Balagerow, with a spirit of chivalry of which a little now remains in the eastern, as in the weftern part of the world, detached a body of 6000 horfe with orders to accompany Mr. Buffy until he should think himself out of the reach of purfuit or interruption from the Soubah's forces; and to leave nothing wanting to the confummation of this politenefs, this cavalry was commanded by a general of the firft diftinction amongft the Marattahs for his riches, and of the higheft repuration, next to Balagerow himself, for his military talents. His name was Holcar. The French force was 600 Europeans in battalion, scoo well-difciplined Seapoys, a well-appointed train of field artillery, one troop of Huffars, and one of dragoons; which with the Marattah cavalry, were more than able to cope with the whole army of Salabadjing. After eight days march without any appearance of oppofition, Mr. Buffy difmiffed the Marattahs, making grateful acknowledgments, and fome prefents to Holcar and Balagerow. But he was mistaken in his fecurity; for Chanavaz Khan receiving by his fpies and fcouts very expeditious information of the departure of the Marattahs, immediately detached 25000 men, 1291 horfe and foot, under the command of Jaffier Ally Khan, in pursuit of the French troops. Orders had also been previously countries to obftruct their progrefs; but fent to all the chiefs of the neighbouring none of these ventured the rifque, until they came to the diftricts of a Polygar, named Maladirao, fituated near the bank of the Kriftna, about 90 miles to the fouth-weft of Hyerabad; who, confident in the thicknefs of his words, and the perplexities of the ways which traversed them, haraffed the line of march for fome hours, and killed fome men, amongst whom an officer of reputation named La Martiniere. Marching on from the woods without intermiffion, they found the Kriftna fordable, and paffed it without delay; and just as the laft, picquet the van of Jaffier Ally Khan's army appearhad got over, the river began to fwell, and ed on the other bank; where they were detained 15 days by this interruption, which permitted the French troops to proceed at leifure, and without further moleftation. What remained of the march to Mafulipatnam even in the shortest road was more than and inhospitable country. Sicknefs prevailed 200 miles; and through a very embarraffed amongst the Europeans, the ftores of ammunition were not fufficient for any long continuation of service, provifions failed, money was ftill more fearce, the Sepoys began to murmur and defert for want of pay; and Mr. Buffy knowing that thefe diftreffes could no where be fo well redressed, as by means of the connexions which he maintained at Hyderabad, turned his march to this city, and arrived there on the 14th of June, fent by Salabadjing from Sanore arrived at Ahout this time the letters and the agent Madrals. Nothing could be more acceptable to the prefidency than this invitation; for fince the disappointment of the expedition, which the company had projected to be carried on from Bombay, they defpaired of having another opportunity of ftriking at French influence in the northern parts of the existence of the English on the coaft of CoDecan; on which, nevertheless, the very romandel feemed to depend. They, there, fore, with great alacrity, affured Salabadjing of their intentions to comply with his requeft, and were on the point of ordering a detachment of 300 Europeans and 1500 Sepoys to take the field; when in the middle of July they received letters from Bengal, informing them of the greateft danger that had Eaft Indies; to retrieve which from utter ever threatened the company's eftate in the perdition required nothing less than the exertion of the utmoft force that could be fpared from the coaft of Coromandel. (To be continued.) Hiflories Hißories of the Tete-a-Tete annexed, or Memoirs of the Fortunate Fortune Hunter, and the Diminutive Hunch Back. T must be allowed that the men of Ireland, either from infinuating powers of mind, fafcinating perfons, or an agreeable confidence that recommends them to the ladies, are the most fuccessful Fortune-Hunters in this country. The Irish are neither fo volatile as the French, nor fo ferious as the English, but poffefs a happy medium of temper, with a turn for humour and aptaefs in wit, that always render them agrecable companions. As yet luxury has not impoverished their conftitutions, nor has commerce narrowed their minds; of courfe, when they firft appear in London, health sports in their faces, and their actions are marked with liberality, which never fails of attaching the notice and approbation of the ladies. The Irifh are gallant from education, politeness to women, and caution against infult from men, being early inftilled into their manners, fo that the fame fpirit which infpires them to purfue the object of defire, emboldens them to repel the approaches of their rivals; and it is certainly a characteristic of the country, that its natives in love and in war fhew more ardour in foreign countries than when at horne. Our Fortune-Hunter cannot boaft many mental accomplishments, but his perfon and face are unexceptionable, and with these recommendations, a modicum of Latin, and a few pounds in his pocket, he made his firft appearance in London. As his prefent affluence may hereafter introduce fome of his defcendants into pubic fituations, we fhall take a retrospect of his family, not merely to indulge the curiofity of our readers, but as a record which may hereafter ferve the efficacious purpose of hambling upftart pride and of reftraining jafolence, qualities with which our Fortune Hunter is amply fupplied. His father was of the lower clafs of attornies, and had long worked in the fervile ca pacity of a clerk before he was initiated into the regular profeffion of a practitioner, by which however he would never have been able to raife a fubfiftence for a wife and feveral children, if the prolific brain of his spouse had not compenfated for the fterility of his understanding, and obfcurity of his original fituation in life. This ingenious female poffeffed a good perfon, good face, a confummate fhare of forwardnets, by the aid of which the formed a connection with feveral young perfons in gay life, and had the addrefs to take in it a young gentleman of independent fortune, y one of her daughters. Upon the this gentleman's revenue ap pearances were kept up for fome time; but our adventurer having finished his ftudies at the university, or rather having diffipated the time he fhould have studied, and finding himself, without intereft, and without friends, refolved upon changing his ground; and an adventure which occurred foon after, put it into his power. A rafcally foreigner, who had been bred a valet, became intimate with the family of the pettifogger, under the character of a German Count, and as fuch was introduced by his wife to a lady of good family who poffeffed about two thousand pounds, and who being of that age when women begin to defpair of hufbands, was eafily perfuaded into a marriage. In the negociation of this honourable business, the Fortune-Hunter and his father took very active parts, and having received five hundred pounds, as their dividend, of the lady's money, the FortuneHunter was fent to London, where he entered an Inn of Court.. Law, however, was but a fecondary object, play was the medium through which our hero viewed his future profpects; and feon after his arrival in London, having taken a trip to the continent, in company with a, notorious black-leg, he won a few thoutands. Being now enabled to make a figure, he refolved to push his fortune by marriage; and though, as has been obferved, nature has not endowed him with mental qualiâcations of any confiderable extent, yet his per fon and face are well formed to please the ladies, the one being athletic and well proportioned, and the other handsome and ruddy; it was no wonder that, thus accompiifhed and poffeffing a confiderable fare of cunning, he was able to impose upon the weakness of a young female. Having difcovered a lady, heiress to a confiderable fortune, he carried her off, after a thort fiege, and her father foon after dying, he now enjoys not only affluence but a feat in a moft refpectable fociety. Some time before his marriage, our hero had ftruck the eye of a tradefman's daughter. Her father was rich, and fhe was his only child. Deformed in mind as in body, the lavished the honeft earnings of her parents in the indulging of her paffions, among which, thofe of an amorous nature were moft predominant, except when the applied to her bottle, which the often did with fuch affection, as to deprive her of every fenfation. Our hero's first connection with this difgufting female, originated in pecuniary motives, yet, ftrange as it may appear, with all her imperfections on her head, the fafcinated him into an attachment, that fill grafps his affections; and he often fecludes himlelf from the world and the arms of a virtuous woman, to enjoy her converfation, and meretricious embraces in private. Her father being dead, fhe is now mistress of a confiderable fum, and of courfe is able to indulge with a variety of lovers, a circumftance not unknown to our hero; a circumftance at which any man of delicacy would be difgufted; but our hero is a man of the world, luxuriant but not nice. The latty is of a fimilar difpofition, and being totally deftitute of morality and religion, places her great felicity in felf-gratification, for which however, on account of her plainnefs, fhe is obliged to pay liberality. Narrative of the late Transaction respecting the Bufinefs of the Prince of Wales. N Sunday the 29th and Monday the 30th of April, an intimation was given at Cumberland-houfe by the duchefs of Gordon, that if the Prince had no objection, Mr. Dundas would be glad to have an interview with his royal highnefs. On this be ing communicated to the prince, he fent back word he was ready to fee him when ever he fhould call at Carlton-houfe. Accordingly, on Wednesday the 2d of May, Tate in the evening, Mr. Dundas had a long general converfation with the prince, which ended with Mr. Dundas's requefting that the prince would permit Mr. Pitt himfelf to wait upon him. To that his royal highness affented; and Mr. Pitt, in conformity, was with the prince at Carlton-houfe the next day (Thursday) for more than two hours: in this long converfation, the prince ftated ail his circumftances fully to Mr. Pitt, who then promised to lay the fame before his ma jefty, and to return an answer as speedily as poffible. Mr. Pitt, from thence went immediately to the king, and the fame evening a cabinet council was held at nine o'clock, which fat until midnight; when an answer in writing, by his majesty's command, was dispatched by Mr. Pitt to the prince, informing him in general terms, that in cafe his royal highnefs thought proper to withdraw the motion intended to be made the next day in the houfe of commons, every thing fhould be fettled to his royal highness's fatisfaction. Agreeable to this, the motion was the next day (Friday) withdrawn by alderman Newnham, as being no longer neceffary, after which, to the infinite furprize of the houfe, the minifter rofe up in his place, and fid that he could not fee, for his own part, that the motion was then either more or lefs neceffary than it ever had been; and added (in anfwer to Mr. Rolle's queftion) that no terms of any kind were fettled, but that matters remained precifely in fatu quo. This ftrange proceeding being related to the prince, his royal highness, the fame night, wrote a letter with his own hand to Mr. Pitt, requiring an immediate explanation of his extraordinary fpeech delivered that day in the house of commons, Mr. Pitt, in answer, requefted leave again to wait upon his royal highnefs. Accordingly the minifter went on Saturday at noon to Carlton-houfe, and had another long conference with the prince, in which his royal highnefs (in order to prevent any more miftake) gave to Mr. Pitt, in writing, his pro pofals, which were in fubftance, viz. ft. The prince of Wales to have his debts paid off, in part at least. 2dly. To have a fum granted fufficient to finish Carlton-houfe. 3dly. To have fuck moderate increase made to his annual income, as may be fufficient to prevent his running in debt in future. With thefe propofitions Mr. Pitt took his leave, and on Sunday difpatched by a fpecial meffenger to Windfor to the king; who on Monday last returned his anfwer figned in form by his majesty's own hand. This anfwer was on the fame day (Monday) delivered by Mr. Pitt to the prince at Carlton-houfe, and is nearly to the following effect, viz. ft. That his majefty was glad to find the prince of Wales ready to fubmit his accounts to infpection. · 2dly. That it would be neceffary for the prince, not only to afcertain the whole amount of his debts, but alfo the particulars thereof, with an exact account how each debt was incurred. 3dly That the prince fhall engage not to run in debt in future. 4thly. That upon the specifications above required, would depend his majesty's determining upon whether he should agree to the payment of the whole, or any part of the prince of Wales's debts. 5thly. That his majefty cannot think any increase of income neceffary, fo long as the prince of Wales fhall remain unmarried.-This anfwer cannot be fuppofed to have been in any way fatisfactory to the prince of Wales. However, nothing was faid upon the bufinefs in the houfe either on Monday or Tuefday, and nothing on thofe days was done further than that the prince on Tuefday fent his commiffioners, colonels Lake and Hulfe, with Mr. Lyte, his treasurer, to Mr. Pitt, with all his accounts, &c. for the inspection and the information of his majefty. Several negociations now took place between his royal highness and the king, through the medium of the minifter, and on Monday the 21st instant, the following meffage |