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to decay ; but in 1S01, it became an object of more serious attention. Upon the approach of the British fleet, it was hurried into a state of tolerable defence, though unfurnished with either breast-work, or powder magazine.— However three furnaces were completed for heating balls, and the battery being fortunately made like a horse-shoe, with a tolerably large harbour in the centre, showers of shells, which would otherwise have annoyed the garrison very materially, only whistled by their ears, and buried themselves in the water. After the battle the East India Company fur­ nished government with a large quantity of cot­ ton, in bags, and many individuals collected empty sugar bags, they were filled with sand, which, with the cotton bags, made a most ex? cellent breast-work all round the garrison.— In two days every thing was disposed to meet whatever danger might occur. During the armistice of fourteen weeks, the battery had assumed quite anew appearance; walls Avere raised all around it, each gun was fitted on a new carriage, made after an excel