Star. — London, England, 1809-09-25 00:00:00

British army would break up about the latter end of last month. • Ally.li•objects which were contemplated by the formation of the late formidable army in Sirhind, being happily and satisfactorily obtained, the public interests in that quarter are established on an equita ble and more secure and permanent foundation than heretofore. Runjeet Sing, consulting his individual interest and general welfare of his people, wisely pre ferred peace and friendship with the British Govern ment, to an hostility as just in its ends as it must have proved irresistible in its means. MARCH 22,—Major General St. Leger's army con tinued, at the date of the latest advises, encamped in .Sirhind. Colonel Ochterlony's detachment continued in their encampment on the second inst. at Loodehan. . nth, and we understand ;hat :; military post will, in future, be constantly retained at that station, or at some neighbouring point on the left bank of the Sut hoe. . . • We learn by letters of the 28th nle. from Kernaul, that his Majesty's Bth. Light Dragoons,i under the' command of Major Johnston, arrived at koondagh Ghent from Cawnpare,. after a forced much of 27 days, without halting, the regiment is in the best pos s.ble order, and the men in high spirits, anxiously wishing. to cross the Jumna., and to proceed on their .march to Lahore His Excellency the Commander in Chief ordered a Special Committee to cast such horsevbelonging to this corps as seem unfit for actual service, and gave orders ler supplying the regiment with a remnant frontpelhi, winch had been already coniplited, and this meat can now take the field with more effective fighting men than any regiment of dragoons on this 'side.of India. APRIL 5.0-T-Dy letters received from General St. Leger's camp at Loodehannah, dated the 7th ult. we art informed that ill matters with the Seiks were then amicably and finally settled ; the two forts on the left bank of the Sutledge, namely Keire and Feride I Khote, which were demanded from Runjeet Sing, were given up, and are'possessed by the British. In oonsequence of this pacific arrangement, the corps of the army were, at the date of these letters, preparing to fall back to their respective cantonments. . Colonel Ochterlony, with a well-appointed force, amounting . to. 8000 men, will remain encamped in Londeliannah. The country in which Keire and Feride Rhote are . situated is a barren. sandy waste, without vegetation. Ocherlony's position it about Ave miles distant from the Ghaut of thee Sutledge. Colonel Gillespie, who commands all the cavalry IA the field, with six or eight draon officers, were preparing to set out.on a tour through the Maim- Mountains. and to proceed through tfieni to Hurd. war, where; at the ensuing horse fair, they are to sit as Committee for the purchase of:army horses. . The . head.quarters were expected to be removed from Kernoul to Meerut, about the end of March. Amur, ft.—At length, after much longer delay than had been foreseen, arising from various unim portant objections on the part of Runjeet Sing, all the conditions presented to that Chieftain have been punc tually fulfilled - the stipulated ground and forts have been formally delivered up to the British ;loops, and which, with some additional works, that are to be continued, will beheld as British posts in Sirhind, a measure which, at the carte time that it extends secti eity and protection to the people on the left bank of the Sutledge, must have a powerful effect in main pining tranquillity on that frontier. The arrangements with Rnrijeet Sing ha•.•:? been tilts satisfactorily fulfilled. General St. Leger's army broke rep` from Loodehannah on the 4.tk inst. and made one march, but halted on the sth ; in the course of a day or' two the corps were expected to continuetheir march for their different frontier stations. From the ext-eme heat of the weather during the latter end of March and beginning of this montli; the grand army encamped at Loodebannah wits becoming rather sickly, particularly the Europeans, but the pro. portion of casualties was very slight. Our late letters from Bundelcuad represent the weather as being intensely hot, the troops, however, . continue healthy; and in high spirits. The detachment of the European regiment, lately 'employed on the public service is Chits, reached De papore, on the 13th inst. after a quick run up the • Ganges under a strong southerly wind. MADRAS, MAY is. • • Particulars respecting the siege of Agyghur with en account of that fortress, communicateaby an offi ccrwho was on the spot. After Bebontah Hill was carried by assault with - amazing labour and exertion, the guns w . ore drawn up and lodged in batteries constructed on two shoul ders of the ill;h on the summit a six pounder was placed at the distance of 310 yards from.the gates to secure the- defences with grape. Ori the upper shoul sler was a battery for two eighteen -poundess ;. lower . down ott the shoulders was a battery for two-twelve pounder:, ; and at the foot of the bill, in the.Sbnbur.' l'unah, was a third for two eighteen poturders and rwn howitzers. The whole.was ready on.the night of the ] ith braury, and opened'at daylight the following morn ing, and so heavy and so destructive was the fire, that the enemy could not chew' a man, and only fired in the intervals -philst our gun' were cooling. By sun set, two of their guns were dismounted, and three of the gates, with their defences, laid in ruins. immense :nasses of stone and masonry were brought down, Next morning the !vineries played on the upper gate and defences with powerful effect, and at noon . tie enemy displayed a white flag ; at four they eva hunted :ha fort, and at flue we occupied it. The Boondelabs, from the late breach, were appre heosive, that we would storm oh the night of the 13th ; but the breach required two days more batter in. , to render it more practicable, from the lower bastion breached to the upper gate, the measurement rp.is ei g hty yards, sc.ibing an angle pf 75 degrees. " Lt d the enemy defended the hreach, a 3 gallantly as . i cy fought 41 . itegovilie, a great etrusion of blood have taken place, as almost evcry inevitaW must par ),9 defensible, but. in losisg the brave t wiitua :. BENGAL, MARCH 15. Our letters from General St. Leger's camp men- tion, that in consequence of the friendly adjustments of all differences with the Seiks in that quarter, the I . ) , regtvith eighty men killed ' • 25 Serdars, and 185 of bis finest soldiers, wounded, the spirit of Lutcli. mun was broken, and fits people' were appalled ;•—in fact fly Ghur was taken on the fortified hill of Re,. gowlie, a nista obstinate defence than was there made I never Witnessed. In the foctlire•threi large reservoirs, cut into the solid rock, of NPR, fine fresh water, and the ruins of three of the mtertnagnificent Hindoo temples I ever beheld ; the whole of the stones composing the build ing are laid without cement, but most nicely fitted to each other, and the sculpture, both inside and with out, is of chaste design and exquisite workmanship ; the time of building these temples is lost in antiquity; from appearances, they must have b een erected long before the fort—the fort itself was built by an ancient Rajah, named Ajy Gopaul, and the fortress was called after hint Ajy Ghur, or the invincible fortress. In what period Ajy Gopaul flourished is also un known ; for I could not learn, whether there are any records respecting him, but he is represented to have reigned ages ago, and is said to have been a great ,xtagiClan. .• In one of the large Temples, and on the outside of the other, are two large tables (4 - stone, covered with• inscriptions, but these are so effaced that it could not be ascertained in what language they are written, or rather, indeed, raised on the face of the stone. I , could not procure a man who could copy them. After a siege 'of ten months Alee Behauder took: Ajy Glum by famine; close to the town he and Him mat Behauder gave the Boondelahs a great defeat, and slew their Chief, Lui Arjun Sing,, a famot 4 s war rior, -who Is the theme of their- national soug i s.— ShUmshere Bchauder conned his cousiny: Gunnee Behauder, in this fort, and aftetwe defeated him at Ropsali, on the 12th of October, 1803, he ordered the hlahratta Killedar to poison his prisoner. • • I This Killedar sold the fort to Lutchmun Dowah fcr A 5,000 rupees, but it is suspected, as Lutchmun had possession of a most valuable . diamond necklace that had belonged to Gunnee Behauder, that after the hlahrattas marched out he attacked their property, and took not the necklace alone, but despoiled the Mahrattas of all they had. On the North side of the mountain, and within the defences of the lowest of the gates, of which there were five, issues from a spring a fine stream of water, the source of the Be raggies mountain, of the Jumna,and the Ganges, but ,this honour is keenly disputed by the Beraggies of a meighbouring stupendous hill, called Dect Gong; Ajy Ghur is about miles from the foot of the Pannah Ulnas, and,l4 from Callenger. taken by England sl.ould Ito_ kno , wn , write rota To4tne on the s e i nsb or ne o s u s s an hl d y b a as e bas e , • • :,*.,-;'.t 7: ••• ',. the people of this country, so far as i have' of a Letter dated Washington City; Au- portunities . of Witnessing fliolr Conduct.. • . . • .' Were the English nation th .. , . ' CABINET 00L - SOIL.' i.' •• . .. • ; with their character, and the malignant di t d ile wi n th eil t-isipiras,er at ‘: " The President this day had a Cabinet Coun cil... which the inhabitan ts man if ested towardsout No decision transpired ; indeed, ,probably none has wounded, a s they retreated toward s this pi: been had. Two of the prominent pa r t s i n t h e i r , im- would read with contempt and indi gnat i on, .spediate view, are doubtless the . revocation of - •the 'epithets of " th e b rave an d no b le Spaniards, President's l ate Proclamation,' and an early call of. a L re o . n l d a o v n is . hed so o k n iic t i h s , em par b c y he Congress. " It may afford matter for some speculation to, the under the fatigue of a long march, and, per society of political doctors, what would be the state of loss of limbs, have been often repulsed by things upon such a revocation.—Would we be reinstated gets, and refused a drink of water. A s I is :taw quo Ante or not ? I mean as to any subsequent writing this letter, an officer informsm., t h, operation of the revival of the Non,lnteroourse Law; -seen a soldier driven front a door, where hi for in the most interesting and important respect we a drink of water, and was sent to the place ‘ cannot be restored. At all events, whatever may be where water was soft. the legal effect of the revocation, 1 think it hif, , hly pro- The Commander. in-Chief 112 s been ex tretni bablz that it w ill tale place !t ry sogn,"—Nrtu 'Perk Ga- some days past; of a bowel complaint. l owe, • $ tended by Staff Surgeon Gu nn i nr in gels,i . Iffirrtiellsares here." 8 ;- - - , . PORTUGUESE PAPERS. .* who k he very justly places the utmost confidenc( informed that he is a: present much better: passed through this place two days ago, patches from England, but their contents known. It is universally hoped that they orders for the British forces to continue in feel much fer the fate of the poor Portugu are recalled from this country. On all occasi have manifested a warm attachment to the c . i their country, and a heartfelt gratitude to the En. -4 • LISBON, SEPTEMBER 12. Some transports. have appeared off, the har to-day with one regiment of cavalry on board from Ireland, • A report was yesterday in circulation, stating, that Marshal Soult had been com pl ete ly "d e f e ated by the Marquis de la Romana. Although no official infore mation of this pleasing pews has yet been received, yet several private letters from Spain affirm it to be true. Certain intelligence has been received that General Blake's army., from 27 to 28,000 men scrooge f "'- occupies the environs of Reus, and is on the point of, e " - -- . attacking the enemy's army near Gerona. • ...e e '. •-• 2'. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, BADAJOZ, SEPTEMBER 4. PRICE OF STOCKS ThIS DAY .ivr ONE o _ 2re Pest.. Com. for money dgif--(oe aL. W Yesterday his Excellency Si r A rt h ur W e ll es l ey , . General in Chief of the Briti s h arm y, arrived Oniniumi 1 p rem . here, POICE . O a STOCKS ON SATURDAY . and immediately the Supreme J un t a seat two o f i ts Bank Stock for open.. 2GBi India Stock one Members, Don Andres Gonzalez Pacheco, and Don 3 per Cent. Red. shut . India Bonds 19s. pp. Luis Maria de Mendoza, to coMpliment him, and osptr Cent. Cores. 5e- Etelieq. Bills is. I . , : City ditto sal 15s. 5 4 per . ,e t ia l t t ..sii N ut present their respects, to which his Excellency Wiled .Lo p t e i r g .e • s h u t .441. State. Lottery ' licki Anu. -• ' I Cons. for ace. 63' i with that affability so natural to hitt), •and which so much exalts his noble achievements... Whin he had ____ . , . taken some refreshment, he w ent to p resent himself AND PORTUGAL. to the Junta, and not •finding. it assembled, a s it w a s '.. Dispatches were received on S atur d ay not the time of its Session, h e went to t h e h ouse o f ' - • the President, the most excelle nt Bi s h op o f t h e di ocese , eluis INT:nee...soar and. L or d W ELLINGTMI in which visit the most sincere demonstrations of af- from Cadiz by Captain Wears, Aid-du-Cal fection mutually passed. The faithful people of 13a- Jotter CA ADDOc.X, in.the ?mettle:if. frigate dajoz received him with the gratitude and admiration , e. due to the hero, who in the fi t.a- ' elds of Talavera, gained la on the instant, . a victory so important to th e cou e t r y, t h oug h its con - The POItet:PINE had c a lled at Cadiz, on . sequences did not correspond to th e fl atter i ng h opes from Gibraltar,. whi c h pl ace s h e h a d l e f t ot we had entertained of greater triumphs. . ult. with Sir Jame CKADDOCE and suite, • SEPTEMBER 7.—On the 28th of last month a report co m e h ome in her. A was received from General C ou pi gn i, stat i ng , t h at h e Lisbon Mad has also arrived since ow had thrown succours of men and provisions into Ge rona. We understand that th e Fr enc h . h ave made , Portuguese Fe lle r s e t) th e 13 t h u l t . . another attack on Mezinenza, and been repulsed with We donot understand that the dispatch[ great luso, intelligence of any mllitarymoveme. nts of i. TARRAGONA, AUGUST 29. - • . But a report has been received by the P Colonel D'Antonia Porta has reported to th e Junta, that the supp p ression of the Sureme Junt that a succour of 700 volunteers h as b een tl'rown into _ Gerona, who were conducted to that place by Col one l appointment of a , Regency—a mea sure NEW-YORK, AUGUST 14. ' • Reunon de Muregnar, and Captain Canterar. some time: ago annqueced to be in contemi The Baltimoie Whig says, " English vessels which SEVILLE, SEPTEMBER 4. was to be carried into effect on the sth inst• are loaded in the night, for the purpose of 'avoiding Letters from Jaen, of the 23d of August state, that lArchbishop of Toledo, the nearest relate the law, let them be marked, and let the Atoerican the enemy is continuing his movements in La Man- Sovereign in Spain, is to be at the head portion of the com mun i t y e i t h er b urn or scuttle them. • cha, and has pushed' his Advanced parties as far as gency. Some examples must be made if these nefarious at- Almagro—A courier has just passed through this city, Before the PORCUPINE sailed, General tempts be repeated. Justice is no bad supplement to who stetes, that she French have raised the siege of . the supplement for law. Are such sentiments to be Gerona, and that the enemy's army has taken up a i had quitted the encampment et La Carotin; tolerated ?"—N, , up rori Evening Pett. position three leagues from that place.- i entered La Manche, from which the coo The Prorlamatiln. Upon further examination 'of • CADIZ, AUGUST 29. • I treating. By the tenour of the letters it . this instrument, my first impressions are con/wined, I be the opinion of the Spaniards, that the and lam fully of the opinion, that the President has , e. • .' • .Th -. eeastle Of Monjuich has been evacuated by our troops, after all the . guns of the fort had been spiked. ' during the winter* will not be able to Seri( ' done what he had no authority to do. As to Galla- i tin's circular, it is of a oat to , excite the most se• . The insierrection in the North of the. Peninsula gains rious alarm. . • • pound daily. A flying Junta has been established forcements at mist Pyrenees, and they I tain hopes, before the return of spring, of i lat Galicia, with instructions from the CentraOunta. It is stated ; that th e S ecr e tar y, Ge nera l • S m i t h s • : enemy from the country. They speak acknowledged that the French Government held pro. REAL CAROLINA, AUGUST 27. - 1 - - terms of recommendation of General Itili perty of his to the amount of 400,000 doll:tn.—Wm Our army is re-assemblinn continually aug . .. who has succeeded the Marquis de la Roe Ted Gazette. .menting. We have already s e ta pOstable force of i Again we are afflicted with the Knes Evil,' I 27;000 men, and among them more than 3,000 ca. , command of the Northern army, but we di mean the evil of the " illustrious Jefferson." The vairy. The movements of the enemy denote that i lest his having been before employed on ruin of the nation, already half completed, is to be they are retiring from La Mancha; and .likewise, i tent occasion. entire. I wish, how e v er , to b e un d erstoo d as m , issing according to accounts we have received f ro m M a d r id, no censure upon Mr. Madison. In issuing the pro, it appears that they i n te n d to ' do the same in that 1 It was reported at Lisbon en the 12th, clamation possibly lie has done what 'his duty re- quarter... Eight thousand men have marched out of .. had been defeated by Roseexit—But if spired.'• A long train of his predecessot's measures, that capital to take milisary positions on the road of ; army has been engaged, it was probably • equally ecetispicuous in folly and destruction, has in. Gnadalexara. We shall soon have an army stronger army, for Sover's was not near him. eared both Mr. Madison and the nation in a tom - than we before had, as we receive reinforcements from The contents of the printed journals ai plication of embarrassments and mischefs.from Which day to day. I know not how or when it will extricate it se lf. I3 ut . GRENADA, AUGUST 29. ' tory upon the whole, if we could believe' extricate itself it must. We cannot bear these things, Gerona continues its glorious defence. 'On the 9th we have had too much experience of their we ought not to bear them. D e t esta bl e pre j u di ce , inst. the enemy co n structe d a b atter y . o f 36 guns to 1 credit any of their statements, when unso and more detestable malignity, ourlit not to be non- destroy the fort of 4 ' ' * * *, but it proved wolfed- other evidence. rished at the nation's expense.. The remedy is the i"g• On the 10th the enemy's fire was less active, The private letters exhibit an unpleasant question. War, for which we.are not prepared, and and their accustomed bonfires suspended, their ardour t , which is not necessary, would augment the evil, per- being considerably abated by hearing the salute tired picture of Spanish ingratitude. ' • - haps demolish the G overnment .. W e must negociate at A r l useas to ce l e b rate t h e b att l e o f T a l avera. On iAccordin g to accounts received by the —We must go back .to the tames and maxims of the contrary, on the 11th, the fire recommenced with Elizabeth packet, Lcrd WELLINGTON's hem Washington. To a Jeffersoeian departure from these singular activity, although nothing material occurred. have been removed from Elves to Abrams maxims may be fairly ascribed all we suffer, and all The Courier of the 12th mentions, that on the'lOth, Mu m . nearer Lisbon . . • - we are to suffer. Si n i ster c hi e f s o f party and humble about 300 men made a sortie, velootook possession of. - .• • .-- '• '' • ize stayed kr the ostn' .partisans of selfish chiefs m a y rave ; but ite nation L and destroyed an enemy's battery of 10 pieces of can- - Lbrd Weet popee, is rnust feel—must think—will act.—:-New Tod Aneri- ' non. On the 13th the fire from the town continued, ~can Citizen. which greatly annoyed the enemy in the prosecution nish and Portuguese army. The President of the United States left Washing- of their works. - to be liowoComnegoder -in Chief of the Bt ' Saturday morning o f *SeLVESTER, th e 1 ton for Montpelier, on Thursday last. The Secretes The two companies of women raised in this town : ... • , _.,- e „. , ,,, ries of State and of the Treasury were to remain at mower se 4TKINS S Hotel , e- t yrnouth. Doc} ' have petitioned to be provided with muskets and acet•l Washington a few days. The Secreted"- of the Navy . WELLEsLEY , portant dispatches for Mirqiiis coutrements. They will be substituted in their former goes to South Carolina, and the Secretary at War to posts by two companies now raising.—On the 11th, 'Sand orders were immediately given for . t 1 Boston. . - we took the enemy's dep6t,of ammunition at C brig of war to get in • eeadiness to andura. conve: . • .... The National Intellizencer of the lOth instant ion- . PRIVATE LETTER. was to sail direct for that place, that evenii tains a long article reopecting our affairs with 0 ' .. Et a S ;eat- v s, err. I.—l informed you in my last of the ' Britain.. It says— arrival of the sick of the army at this place. Several ble. `WELLINGTow, which are to be forwarded to 44 Whether the agreement, made by Mr. Erskine detachments of sick have since come in from di ff erent • Mr. Silvester has also dispatches with our Government, be in any, and what, degree brigadei, and the whole amounted yesterday to 3348. ship wherever he may be. binding upon the B r i t i s h G overnment , h as caused Of these, 998 are confined to the hospital, and the ' -- much discussion. The solution of this point certai n ly remainder are in a state of convalescence. NiTe are in ; EAST INDIES. depends on the powers vested in Mr. Erskine. If a state of the utmost uncertainty as to the further , those powers were such a s ai r . Erskine nicest unequi. movements of the army. The head-quarters are at brought by the vesse l vocally declared than to be, the agreement would Merida, in Spain. A division has pushed forward to We are sorry to learn by the followi have been absolutely bindin g in all its parts. In his Castello d'Vidi, in Portugal ; and the oavalry, whose correspondence with Mr. Smith, he declares every horses are nearly knocked up, has advanced towards litarrauthorities at that presidency were not Madras, that the disputes between the civi step taken to have.been in consequence of fullpowers Estremaz. That wretch Cuesta is deposed ; and 13th of May, terminated by the removal of fiom the King of England ; powers not to, form to e now, es the Spaniards see they must tall under tls articles of an ordinary treaty, subject to the appr o . power of the French, they are making most liberal (which happened so long ago as the 31st of, e bation or rejection of each Sovereign that was n party promises to the Englieli to induce them to r ema in . i to it; but an agreement , absolute, uncoMeDowaet, and the suspension of Maj st- our . vernment will not be so final, andWitiotialO the country . . 1 tru I Go n but that the dismissal of Officers still contini to take effect in both countries at the same ' mad as to make another trial of Spanish patriotism' o MADRAS, MAY time, and particularly in the United States, beforie • and loyalty / . 4.4 4aet time or iticlination I Gould 4 .‘ The present dispatch is occasioned by .-.0. o.ris e • -e - .....•-• ._ .• ... • . . . . . . . . Alll ,ti e *wa s..., etit ;,'.. : •;,i .1... . sai.:i . . , . . , • LQNDON. . The wholeof the Ghant, and almost every bill in this quarter,..is a Table Land, and the country is, perhaps, the strongest in the world, for every bill is, in fact, a fortress, and, from their great height and steepness, most difficult to be carried. The face of the country presents a heavy close jungle ; the soil is rich and fine, bearing a number of Teak trees, which appear to be of a bastard kind, they are of no great height, except some in the fort, which are of the size of a moderate Mowrah, or Mango tree. AMERICA. asent l e 11 . 4 d rerinai t 1i • -sposi;i 6 • IT sick lace, 'writers ad sinki 4 Thar% r the 7j" l an) hat h,!,„ t he bei' t i ;104 ! Or squ art I:e nek• I se abi;i..e, ce, An oC ztt with di,. ".*1 S r Spain. iese, if it • ti • asionst4,,, A cmhei Ile Enzi.4 • 4 4 1 5. I .'CLOGIK, 'I II J 4 11! Pitt r. ;$4 'O4. pr. 11e. pre. kilt* 4gi Iy from Me, g ; brought :amp to fir her vol . ke • on the 21*, !, who , have it last, ani :hes contaia RY.XITINF, sta, and , h,e !. which Ye ?mplati , ,n— -s t ,lnt. The Loon of tie of the P.* al VEYETi na and Lid emy vas re• t apps: is to the Ft c)..h, ad any rein. y yet enter. F dri !1, k in strong ED:ma/aim., NIANA in the In not recd. any impon that Sort; ROMA NA'S with NET'S are satisfy . . them ; hut r fallacy, t 3 upportcd by tot, but tro :he rrinccss ead qui ;crs tes, wlia:it is me accoonts 3ritish, Spa. Messenger, ;k, with im• r, at Cadiz, the PICKLE him she ing if possi• for Lord :o his Lord• ring letter, :rived (rem nil and mb• lot, on the of Gen — erai ajor Botrs lJanuary)f nued. 13, 18OP some 3:11*.