Jenks's Portland Gazette

SALEM. SEPT. 25.
NEWS FROM INDIA.

Yesterday arrived the ship Alive, capt. Nicholas, from Madras, who has favoured us with the following intelligence: That an overland dispatch arrived at Madras about the 2d of May, with the account of a rupture between Great Britain and the Northern Powers of Europe in consequence of which, all the ships in the road, under Danish colours, were immediately seized, to the number of six or seven; and Tranquebar taken possession of by the British on the 11th, and Serampore on the 14th of May: That a great number of the country ships were taken up by the government, to be employed as transports on a formidable but secret expedition, which sailed from Bombay, about the 1st of March having on board, as it was said, 10,000 European troops, but after delay, no more ships of war than was sufficient to convoy the transports:—That at the time he left Madras, it was generally supposed, though not publicly known, that this expedition was destined to the Red Sea, to act against the French in Egypt: That the native rear Cape Comorin seized this as a favourable opportunity, had revolted and in one or two instances had gained advantage over the British opposed to them, but that it was expected that the disturbances would soon be quelled.