any number of men into Ireland, he will-do-us an essential mischief, and he is an ideot if he does not attempt it.perfectly tranquil.” It is equally contradicted by the extracts already given from the American papers, which daily set forth the anxiety of England respecting the disposition of the Continent, from which they have had no accounts for six months. These re. ports are the work of the Minister, who is now left no other means of relieving the weariness of the people, and of producing some diversion to the alarm with which the public mind is struck.No. LV.M H .to his SonC N,at Bengal.IAmignorant of the state of affairs in India, but they have not been very tranquil here of late. There have been frequent discussions, or more properlyspeaking, quarrels, between the Court of Directors and the Board of Controul, on the subject of the new college, and the enormous and useless expences which it occasions. This affair will be laid before a Court of Proprietors.It will give you pain to say all that I think, against the favourite establishment of the Marquis ; for I look upon this splendid College as very useless and expensive. I consider it as one of the striking examples of the evils that may result from having for Governors in India men of great family. They go into a country with which . they are unacquainted. Strangers to the localities, they think only of the short () time they have to reside in it. These persons are not indebted for their nomination to the Court of Directors, but to superior authorities at the west end of the () town.{) And one may judge of the number and the importance of the occupations which fill this short period; for it is losing one’s time not to have gained ,. in a few months.—See letter, No. XLV. from Lord Ch to Lord Bentinck.(ii) The Court is, in fafl, at the west end of the town.The consequence is, that they pay very little attention to the orders of the Court of Directors, and generally seek only to make themselves agreeable to those to whom they are obliged for such a. splendidsituation, and who can support them in it.tNo. LV.M.Rankento CaptainWilliamRanken,atCalcutta.Ifthe expences we are atj continue long, they will ruin our finances, and see no means of putting an end to them. We must be eternally, then, onthe defensive, while France swallows- up all the Continent.No. LVI.M.J. Lumsdento his Brother() at Madras.Brompton, near London, AugustI.I cannot finish my letter without telling you something relative to the horrible state of affairs in this country. We have just entered into a war with our ferocious and implacable enemies. This war differs so much from- all former ones, that we shall be obliged to fight upon our own territory. No person, thinks of doubting that Bonaparte means ro attempt() This Mr. Lumsden is doubtless the Secretary in Chief of the Government of Madras. The address does not give him the title.to invade us at all points, and every body agrees in saying that, however superior our naval power may be, it is impossible to prevent their landing, even in more than one place. I have never been one of those who have feared the issue of the event; but nevertheless, I own that the consequences would be terrible, if these ferocious banditti (for the French army deserve no better name) set their foot, and remain any length of time, on our coast. () I believe the mass of the people loyal. Discontent may, it is true, manifest itself among the lower classes in London, as well as in our great towns; but I do not think that it can ever be of great consequence. My only fear is for Ireland, where the standard of rebellion has been hoisted a-new. It is useless to anticipate the event, &c. &c.No. LVII.M.JohnBlahker,to Lieutenant-ColonelClose,at Madras.London, July, ,Theevents which you mention concerning the death of Paul, the forced passage of the Sound, the battle of the Nile, and last, the event of the st of March ; all hastened the peace which the Ministers precipitately concluded, to
