The family were not alarmed with any noife from mifs's apartment; and Mr. Monro was fast asleep in his own bed the next day at ten o'clock.'

Having lived with his dear Polly for a good while, he chances to discover that he admits the carefles of a friend of his own; whom he challenges, fights with, and both are severely wounded; however they recover and are reconciled; Polly being proved to be a strumpet, and left in very miserable circumnftances. Young Monro is foon after married; and the book closes.

All the characters of this piece (Polly excepted) are very amiable, and there wants a contraft to fet them off. The language has fome incorrectneffes; but is very tolerable: and upon the whole, these two volumes appear to us to have more merit than the common run of fuch pieces generally have.

ART. VII. An authentic and faithful Hiftory of that Arch-Pirate

Tulagee Angria. With a curious narrative of the fiege and taking of the town and fortress of Geriah, and the destruction of his whole naval force, by Admiral Watfon and Colonel Clive. To which is added, An account of his predeceffors, the Angrias, who, for upwards of forty years, have carried on their depredations in the Eaft Indies: The methods they took to obtain and preferve the power of fovereign princes, and to be a terror not only to the European traders, but to the Great Mogul himself. Alfo a full account of their dominions, forts, harbours, and forces by fea and land, and of the several attempts made by this nation to fubdue them. In a letter to a merchant in London, from his brother, a factor at Bombay, who was prefent in the late expedition. 8vo. Pr. I s. Cooke.

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Pradari & vivere rapto. VIRG.

HERE is nothing that fo effectually raifeth the curio. fity and attention of mankind as those sudden viciffitudes of fortune, which as it were in a moment reverse the state of empires, and change power, fplendor, and fuccefs into misfortune, poverty, and ruin. Those petty fovereignties indeed, which, like Angria's, were raised by rapine, and in open violation of laws both human and divine, as they rife with

great rapidity, generally fall with equal precipitation; and it is doubtless matter of greater aftonishment, that this fuccefsful ruffian should so long have continued his depredations, than that he is now totally overthrown.

The author of the piece before us is a factor at Bombay, who has tranfmitted to his brother a faithful account of the late expedition, in which he himself was prefent, which reflects fo much honour on the perfons concerned in it as cannot fail to render it interefting to an English reader. The pamphlet is written in a plain and fenfible manner, and gives us a very agreeable detail of the methods taken by Angria and his predeceffors to establish and maintain the power of fovereign princes, to commit hoftilities on almost every nation with impunity, and to be a terror not only to the European traders, but to the Great Mogul himself.

Tulagee Angria, the unfortunate hero of these memoirs, is, it feems, by nature, by fortune, and by birth, a truly great man, being defcended, as we are informed by our author, from a moft illuftrious race of thieves, who have diftinguished themfelves, for upwards of a century paft, by rapine and plunder, and by their extraordinary abilities in thofe noble fciences erected a new monarchy in the territories of the Great Mogul, whofe armies they often routed, and whofe power and authority they held in the highest contempt. The first of the family who makes any figure in hiftory was, (according to this writer) one Sambo Angria, a bold, enterprifing, hardy fellow, a Caffree, or Coffree, born on an island in the gulph of Ormus, and a Mahometan; who about the year 1650, by his conduct and courage, raised himself to the highest rank in the army of the

South Raiah on the coaft of Choul. Purah Angria his fon, by the Raiah's daughter, fucceeded him in the command; but quarrelling with his father-in-law, engaged in the service of the

The Raichs are Viceroys of the Pagan provinces under the Great Mogul, who pay him an annual tribute; and are moreover obliged to mount guard, in their turns, at the imperial palace at Delly, and to bring their troops into the field when fo required to do. Thefe Nabobs and Raias frequently make war on one another, without afking leave of the Mogul, and pretend fometimes to abfolute independency, and the former have been likewife depofed by the people they governed, who have fet up others in their stead, without recurring to the imperial court for a ianction of their proceedings.

the Nabob his enemy; after which he again changed fides, and returned to the service of the South Raiah, whose fifter he mar ried, and by whom he had two fons, Purah, and Connagee. Angria (father of our hero)-Purah was flain, valiantly fighting, in the year 1686, against the Mogul's forces. Purah the eldeft fon died young, and Connagee was prefented by his uncle to the island of Kaneray. The island of Kaneray is not above a mile and an half in circumference, and is almost one entire rock : It lies juft in the mouth of the Harbour of Bombay, at about three leagues distance, bearing due fouth from the anchoringground at that place; fo that no fhip, boat, or veffel, can pass or repass without being attacked by Angria's grabs; the fort is fo difficult of accefs, that it seems to be impregnable, it has always a good garrifon, and in it are kept all manner of stores for its fupply, and that of the inhabitants, in case of an attack.

By the poffeffion of Kaneray, Connagee Angria, who, in imitation of his father, had married a fifter of the young South Raiah, foon became terrible to the trading ships, and being refolved to enlarge his poffeffions by land, got together a pretty confiderable army, conquered along the coast as far as Dabul, and took Geriah, where the Portugueze had formerly built a ftrong fortification, which he immediately ftrengthened, fo as to make it one of the most formidable places on the coast of India.

Geriah is about 12 hours fail from Bombay; has a very strong castle, walled with ftone, and is, in form, an irregular hexagon, owing great part of its importance to the difficulty with which the channel of the harbour is found out. In the year 1712 Connagee Angria was master of an extent of territory on the continent of 120 miles in length, and 60 in breadth, great riches, and a formidable naval force. He therefore affumed all the state and ceremony of a fovereign prince, gave audiences and received ambaffadors from the neighbouring ftates. His army was the conftant afylum to all men of ability and boldness, of every country and profeffion; by which encouragement it was full of English, French, Dutch, and Portugueze, whose crimes, or whofe adventurous difpofitions, had driven them from the European fettlements.

Connagee took Alabeg and the island of Hanaray from the South Raiah, his brother-in-law, being, like other great men, infinitely above paying any regard to the ties of kindred or the bonds of natural affection. The Raiah's forces therefore were all cut to pieces by Angria, who afterwards, the old Raiah dying, entered into treaty with his fon, and joined him in an attack upon the Great Mogul, against whom he carried 50,000 men, and obliged the merchants of Surat to raise 800,000 rupees, on the receipt of which they drew off their forces, and left the city at liberty. A truce was foon after made between the Mogul and Angria, who by thefe land wars had enlarged his dominions, and increased his treasures to a very great degree.

Connagee's fuccefs enabled him to distinguish himself afterwards by feveral naval exploits. The account which our author gives of Captain Chowne and his lady has fomething too interefting in it to be omitted; we shall therefore give it in his own words;

In the beginning of the year 1714, Mr. Chowne, appointed governor of Carwar, and his lady, who was big with child, < failed in the company's yacht, under the convoy of a small man ♦ of war, to take poffeffion of his government: they set sail, but had scarce loft fight of Bombay, before Angria attacked the two veffels, with his grabs, who maintained a sharp and bloody battle. Mr. Chowne, having every thing at ftake that was • most dear to him, and fighting in the cause of liberty and beauty, defended his vessel with unparallel'd bravery, till his right-arm was shot off; and, it happening unfortunately that no furgeon was on-board, he bled to death in his lady's arms, ⚫ and the yacht was taken by Angria, and carried to Kanaray; but the frigate, named the Defiance, got off, and carried the melancholy news to Bombay, and the prefident and council paid Angria 30,000 rupees for Mrs. Chowne's ransom. I cannot help faying a few words in relation to this young lady, who, tho' a perfect beauty, and adorned with every valuable qualification, was remarkably unhappy during her abode in India. She was daughter of Captain Cooke, chief engineer to the company, and was, from fordid confiderations, married to Mr. Hervey, governor of Carwar, upon her first coming into the country, tho' fhe was only fourteen, and he in years, and much deformed. Mr. Hervey died in about a year after

his

his marriage, leaving his young widow all his fortune. Soon • after she married Mr. Chowne, whofe unfortunate death we < have mentioned, and he, when dying, begged, if fhe ever 'altered her condition, fhe would accept of Mr. William Gifford, one of the council at Bombay, for her Husband. In ⚫ about half a year after her delivery from Angria, fhe married Mr. Gifford, who, being fent as governor to Anjango, was cut off by the natives, and Mrs. Gifford, after a great many 'difficulties, went to England with Commodore Matthews."

At the redemption of this lady, a truce was concluded between the English and Angria, and again at the arrival of governor Boone at the latter end of the year 1715.

In the year 1717 Connagee Angria was attacked in his ftrong caftle of Geriah by no less than nine English fhips, with 1250 men, with 2500 European foldiers, and 1500 Seapoys and Topaffes, under the command of the Captains Gordon and Stanton ; but without fuccefs. They loft 500 men, and the caftle of Geriah was declared to be impregnable. Governor Boone made another attempt the next year with the additional force of three fhips; but was obliged to retreat with great lofs, and retire to Bombay. The prefident of Bombay was alfo repulfed by Angria in 1719. Admiral Matthewus was then fent out against him in 1721, with four men of war, containing 800 men, which joined by the Portugueze composed an army of above 5000, who encamped upon the fands near Angria's fortress at Alabeg; the Portugueze general of the north, however, behav.. ing like a coward, our forces were routed by the pirate, and our artillery and ammunition seized; after which we had nothing to do but once more to return with shame and ignominy to Bombay.

Thus fortunate and invincible was Connagee Angria, who ravaged and plundered the English, and other nations for a long time with impunity, and died full of glory (that kind of glory which arifes from fuccefs) and ftill fuller of riches, in the year 1734, after making (to use our author's words) a refplendent figure in India for upwards of 30 years: he left behind him heirs to his fortune and courage, who emulated his atchieve、

ments.

Sambagee Angria, the eldest son of the famous Connagee, fucceeded his father, and carried on the fame noble trade of