118 HISTORY, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. prive him of the opportunity of rendering a public fervice, was äta tended by a notorious leader of oppofition and the proprietor of a Jacobin paper. The former had the audacity to queftion an officer of the City Light Horfe as to the caufe and motive of his attendance; but the answer which he received was admirably calculated to check fuch impertinence, the end and object of which were too obvious to be mistaken, and to teach him that in the fuppreffion of a lawless rabble no diftinction will ever be made between a fenator and a fhoeblack. The latter, by way of co-operating with his friend, had the temerity to publifh in his paper the treafonable hand-bill, which the Lord Mayor had been fo laudably anxious to fupprefs, and for the discovery of the author of which a very confiderable reward had been offered. It is needlefs for us to obferve that the republication and confequent circulation of this atrocious libel, fubject the proprietor of the paper to the fame punishment which the law prefcribes for its original author. Its republication, too, was accompanied with some suitable comments, in which it was plainly afferted, that the TAXES had enhanced the price of every article of life; that there was a real fcarcity; that what had been faid on the Bench, refpecting monopolizers and foreftallers was grofs and iniquitous calumny; that every Sheaf of corn had been brought to market; that no wheat was left on hand; that the foreign wheat was fo damaged and unwholesome as to have occafioned an epidemic in the country; and, laftly, that the millers are all defiitute of corn. To characterize fuch obfervations, in which falfhood and malevolence feem to difpute the pre-eminence, would be an ufelefs tafk. It certainly requires no vigour beyond the law to fix their character, to define their tendency, and to reward their author. TO CORRESPONDENTS. WE fhall be happy to hear again from X. Q. S. We never faw the work recommended to our attention by " a Conftant Reader." "The Recruiting Officer's Speech" is received and will be noticed hereafter. Mr. Walker's Letter to Mr. Boëttiger, inferted in Wieland's New German Mercury will appear in our next., Robur ab jufto is intended for insertion in the fame Number. ERRATUM. OUR Readers are defired to correct a mistake in the Review of Mr. Bingley's Tour round North Wales, P. 410. Vol. VI. where the Mona Antiqua of Rowland is quoted inftead of the Cambrian Register, as the authority for a curious account of a fect of Welh Methodists. ANTI-JACOBIN Review and Magazine; &c. &c. &c. For OCTOBER, 1800. (c FALSO LIBERTATIS VOCABULUM AB IIS USURPATUM, qui PRIVATIM DEGENERES, IN PUBLICUM EXITIOSI, NIHIL SPEL NISI PER DISCORDIAS HABEANT." TACITUS. ORIGINAL CRITICISM. ART. I. A View of the Origin and Conduct of the War with Tippoo Sultaun; comprifing a Narrative of the Operations of the Army under the Command of Lieutenant-General George Harris, and of the Siege of Seringapatam. By LieutenantColonel Alexander Beatfon, late Aid-de-camp to the Marquis Wellesley, Governor-General of India; and SurveyorGeneral to the Army in the Field. 4to. Pr. 438. G. and W. Nicol. London. 1800. THE HE laudable moderation obferved by Lord Cornwallis, in the treaty which he concluded with Tippoo Sultaun in 1792, was inadequate to produce any other effect on the mind of that vindictive and fanguinary tyrant, than to augment, if that were poffible, the implacable enmity which he bore to the English; and to encrease his thirft for revenge. The war in which this country was engaged with France, afforded Tippoo an opportunity, which he would not suffer to escape, of making` application to the French for military affiftance; and, though at peace with us, without the fmalleft ground of complaint to alledge against the company, fo little attention did he pay to K NO. XXVIII. VOL. VII. the the obligation of treaties, that he did not hesitate to declare to M. Malartic, Commander in Chief of the French poffeffions in India, that, as soon as he should receive the aid which he required, he would declare war against the English. The British government in India obtained very early information of the views and defigns of this Prince; and the judicious conduct of the Governor-General at that alarming and critical period, a conduct in which moderation and firmness, promptnefs and decifion, wifdom and vigour, were equally confpicuous, cannot be too much admired, nor too loudly commended. The origin, progrefs, and termination of this momentous conteft, the iffue of which has fettled the British power in India on a much more folid basis than its most fanguine friends could have expected it fo foon to acquire, are detailed in the volume before us, with accuracy and precifion. The whole fyftem of the tyrant of the Myfore is fully expounded; and the relative fituation, power, and policy, of the neighbouring States are unfolded in an able and luminous manner. Colonel Beatfon had the beft poffible means of compofing an authentic hiftory of thefe extraordinary tranfactions. Engaged in the expedition himself, and honoured with the confidence of the Governor-General, he combined the advantages of perfonal knowledge with the benefit of official communications, that few contemporary hiftorians are able to obtain. As one irrefragable proof of the hoftile projects of Tippoo, we fhall extract M. Malartic's proclamation. "MALARTIC's PROCLAMATION. "The French Republic, one and indivifible.-Proclamation, by Anne Jofeph Hyppolite Malartic, Commander in Chief and Governor General of the Ifles of France and Reunion, and of all the French Establishments to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope. "Having for feveral years known your zeal and your attachment to the interefts and to the glory of our Republic, we are very anxious, and we feel it a duty to make you acquainted with all the propofitions which have been made to us by Tippoo Sultaun, through two ambaffadors whom he has difpatched to us. "This prince has written particular letters to the colonial affembly, to all the generals employed under this government, and has addreffed to us a packet for the Executive Directory. I. "He defires to form an offenfive and defenfive alliance with the French, and propofes to maintain, at his charge, as long as the war fhall laft in India, the troops which may be fent to him. 2. "He promises to furnish every neceffary for carrying on the war, wine and brandy excepted, with which he is wholly unprovided. 3. "He declares that he has made every preparation to receive the fuccours which may be sent to him, and that on the arrival of the troops, the commanders and officers will find every thing neceffary for making a war, to which Europeans are but little accuftomed. 4. In a word, he only waits the moment when the French shall come to his affiftance, to declare war against the English, whom he ardently defires to expel from India. "As it is impoffible for us to reduce the number of foldiers of the 107th and 108th regiments, and of the regular guard of port Fraternité, on account of the fuccours which we have furnished to our allies the Dutch; we invite the citizens, who may be difpofed to enter as volunteers, to enrol themselves in their respective municipalities, and to ferve under the banners of Tippoo. "This prince defires alfo to be affifted by the free citizens of colour, we therefore invite all fuch who are willing to serve under his flag, to enrol themselves. "We can affure all the citizens who fhall enrol themfelves, that Tippoo will allow them an advantageous rate of pay, the terms of which will be fixed with his ambaffadors, who will further engage, in the name of their fovereign, that all Frenchmen, who fhall enter into his armies, fhall never be detained after they shall have expreffed a wish to return to their own country. "Done at port North-Weft, the 30th January, 1798. "MALARTIC." (Signed) The following letters from Bonaparte, foon after his arrival in Egypt, prove, firft, that he was well-difpofed to co-operate with Tippoo-Sultaun; and, fecondly, that one object of his expedition to Egypt was to attack the British dominions, with a view to destroy the British power, in India. "No. VII. "The originals of the following tranflations from General Bonaparte were communicated to Captain Wilson at Mocha; and the tranflations were by him tranfmitted to the Governor in Council at Bombay. FRENCH REPUBLIC. Liberty. Equality. "Bonaparte, Member of the National Convention, General in Chief, to the moft Magnificent Sultaun, our greatest friend, Tippoo Saib. "Head-Quarters at Cairo, 7th Pluviofe, 7th Year of the Republic, One and Indivifible. "You have already been informed of my arrival on the borders of the Red Sea, with an innumerable and invincible army, full of the defire of delivering you from the iron yoke of England. "I eagerly embrace this opportunity of teftifying to you the defire I have of being informed by you, by the way of Mufcat and Mocha, as to your political fituation. K 2 "I would "I would even with you could fend fome intelligent perfon to Suez or Cairo, poffeffing your confidence, with whom I may confer. "May the Almighty increafe your power and destroy your ene mies. (Seal). (Signed) BONAPARTE. True Tranflate from the French, (Signed) Francis Wappers, Translator. Tranflate of a Letter from General Bonaparte to the Sheriff of Mecca, written in Arabic, without date, and received at Judda, the 17th February, 1799. "You will be fully informed by the Nocqueda of this Dow, how tranquil and quiet every thing is at Cairo and Suez, and between those places, and of the tranquillity which is established among the inhabitants. Not a fingle Mameluke oppreffor remains in the country, and the inhabitants, without dread or fear, employ themselves in weaving, cultivating the ground, and in other trades, as formerly; and, by the bleffing of God, this will be daily increafing, and the duties on merchandize and the taxes will be leffened. The duties on merchandize are now the fame as they were prior to their being raised by the Mamelukes; the merchants have every affistance granted them, and the road between Suez and Cairo is open and safe, therefore do you affure the merchants of your country, that they may bring their goods to Suez, and fell them, without dread or apprehen fion, and may purchase in exchange for them fuch articles as they may wish. "I now fend you a letter for our friend Tippoo Sultaun; oblige me by forwarding it to his countries. "A true Tranflation, S. WILSON." "Copies of the above letters were given to my Monshee for me, by Shaik Soliman and Mahomed Ameen, the fheriffes firft vifier and 'firft fecretary. " (Signed) "A true copy. S. WILSON." "N. B. Edmonstone, "P. T. to the Government." When every attempt to obtain a fatisfactory explanation from Tippoo Sultaun had completely failed, the British army was ordered to take the field; and the skill and energy displayed in their operations perfectly correfponded with the characteristics of the councils which had given rife to them. Our readers will readily concur in the justice of this obfervation when they learn that hoftilities were only begun on the 22d of February (1798), and that on the 4th of May, Seringapatam, the capital of Tippoo's dominions, was taken by ftorm, and his whole empire fubdued. In fhort, we know of no event in military hiftory that can be compared with this; which reflects the highest honour on every perfon concerned in planning it, or in carrying |