Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

BOSTON, September 20.

From India—the latest.

By an arrival yesterday at Salem, in 115 days from Calcutta, papers were received to the 14th of May. In the following note, which accompanied the papers when forwarded to us, is a good summary of their contents.—

Messrs. Young & Minns,

I herewith send you several Calcutta papers, this day received by the Ketch Eliza in 115 days passage. You will find in them, the conditions of the surrender of Columbo, in the Island of Ceylon, which however exhibits nothing interesting to Americans; An account of a fleet having sailed again the Spice islands; and information, that with a little coercion, the disputes between the company's troops had been put an end to.

To shew the great improvements made in the navigation of our country, it may not be amiss to inform the public, That the Ketch Eliza has performed two successive voyages to Calcutta, in less time than has heretofore been thought possible: and both these voyages entirely against the Monsoon having to beat into the bay of Bengal, and out in like manner, the season changing while they lay in Port She had also to pass the Cape of Good Hope each voyage, on her return in the middle of winter. The first voyage was effected in 9 months and 14 days—the last, in 9 months and 6 days, including a Stoppage at the Island of Bourbon
CALCUTTA, May 14, 1796.

The Kensington, an American ship, arrived from Madras on Wednesday. The Insurance is now so high in Calcutta, tho' perhaps not more than adequate to the different risks, that it must be a very profitable trade, which can afford to pay it.

MADRAS, April 2.

On Thursday evening arrived and anchored in the roads, the American ship, John of Boston, capt. Folger : She left the Downs, the 19th of October, and the island of Madeira, the 10th of December.