Star. — London, England, 1809-09-15 00:00:00

present our readers with a very full and circum stantial account of the operations of the Southern bri gade of the Madras army, against the formidable lines of Arumbooly. The whole'force - employed on this service, under the command of Col. St. Leger, con sisted of his Majesty's 69th regiment of foot, 500 of the first battalion of the Sd native infantry, the Ist battalion of the 13th native infantry, the 6th regiment of native cavalry, and a party of artillery with ten field-pieces and four howitzers. They arrived at the Travancore frontiers and pitched their camp opposite to the Arambooly Gate on the 6th February, four days previous to the assault. The works at Arambooly constitute a line of fortifications which extends for the space of three qdarters of a mile, from hill to hill, and is flanked on the right and left by strong redoubts constructed on other heights. Tbe great gate in the centre line covers' the principal pass through the huge rampart of mountains .whicb di vided the kingdom of Travancore from the English provinces. • The force by which this important barrier was de fended consisted of 5000 regular infantry., armed and disciplined after the manner of the Company's sepoys, and commanded by several Europeans, be sides an immense multitude of Nair bowmen and other irregular troops. Though the follbwing concise account of the proceedings of the storming party contains few particulars beyond those which are al ready known* it will still, as the testimony of . an eye witness, be perused with some degree of interest. • The access to the works was extremely difficult, from the stecy r ic of the hills, from jungles* ravines, and rocks . • batteries on the southern hill corn mantled the whole line ; and it was proposed by Ma jor Welsh, who commanded our corps, to take posses sum of this hill in the night, by surprise. This plan was adopted, and he accordingly marched on the night of the 9th instant, with two companies of the 69th, two companies of the Ist battalion 3d regiment, and seven companies of our battalion, the 2d of the 3d. A partyof pioneers carried scaling ladders, and he hid a few artillerymen with him. I went with our corps ; we were all night in getting up the hill, throUgh the obstacles I mentioned. • The enemy ap peared very vigilant, but their whole attention was directed to the north hill, towards which we had sent several reconnoitring parties the day before. Having got to the top, the scaling-ladders were placed, and die whole force got in about an hour before day-light, without disturbing a single sentinel. It was no diffi cult matter then to di ive the enemy down the hill.— Our artillerymen turned the guns of the battery against the line, and, as soon as day broke, a party of oars charged the enemy on the ramparts of the line, and drove them before them. At this time the rest of Colonel St. Leger's force came up from the camp, and the doors beirlg opened for them, they entered, and took possession of the pass and all the works. We had a Captain and sepoy mortally wounded, besides five or six others slightly. After an interval of a few days, which were em ployed in destroying the enemy's works, and the un serviceable portion of his ordnance, the army being joined by 500 Coffrees belonging to the Ceylon regi ment, and a party of about 110 men of the Royal Artillery whom Gen. Maitland had dispatched from Ceylon, began their march into the interior on the 17th. The enemy meanwhile had taken post at Ko taur, not more•than seven miles distant from the Bri tish camp, and there awaited our approach. • An ad vanced party of Colonel Et. Leger's army, however, under the command of Colonel Macleod, of the 10th regiment, having entered the village, immediately proceeded to the attack, and drove the Travancorians from their guns at the point of the bayonet. The guns, to the number cf 15, fell into the hands of the conquerors. Our loss in this engagement did not ex ceed the number of four or five killed, and about 30 wounded; neither wiis the slaughter on the part of the enemy vet y considerable, the greater part of them being saved by the precipitancy of their flight. Such indeed was the panic which these rapid and repeated reverses had diffused among all ranks, that they abandoned to their pursuers the fortresses of Oute ghery and Passanaveram, which are situated about ten miles from Kotaur, and are accounted two of the strongest posts in the whole country. Col. St. Leger, after blowing up the ordnance which he had captured at Kotaur, advanced again on the 19th, and took possession of both fortresses. On the 26th February, the date of our latest ad vices; the army remained encamped within five miles of Passanavcram. To the great mortification of our gallant country man, the splendid palace of the Rajah at that place was found entirely empty, the immense treas•rcr. of money and jewels which it was supposed to contain, having been carefully removed at the time of the eva cuation. Besides the detachment of artillery and infantry from Ceylon, which joined Colonel St. Leger after the storm of Arambooly, the whole of the King's 19th foot, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. P. Stuart, through the zeal and exertions of the Ceylon Government, had on the first intelligence of the disturbances been dispatched to Quelon ; they reached that place by sea on the 4th ult. After the arrival of this reinforcement, the army there under Colonel Chalmers, consisted of upwards of 1200 Euro peans, including his Majesty's 12th and 19th regi. ments, and four battalions of native infantry. In consequence of the great di ffi culty of collecting in ' that quarter a su ffi cient number of draft bullocks, and other necessary articles of equipment for the field, this powerfql force had hitherto remained on the de fensive. The two principal attempts made by the Travan. corians on Colonel Chalmers's camp, took place on, the 15th and 31st January—the engagement-of the 15th was the most severe of the twcr ; the loss of the 12th regiment on that day amounted to eight men killed and 45 wounded, and that of the Sepoy Re_ gi ments, in all, to about 60 or 70 rank and file. The • enemy left 700 dead and ten pieces of ordnance on l • the field of battle. The proportion of their wounded, of course, could not be so accurately ascertained. On both these occasions our Native troops vied with the E ur opeans in their steadi ness an d valour. It doe; not appear that a n y treaty w i th t f e Rajah perruancogle bad actually been concluded at the period to w hi c h our a ccounts extFusi. Propo sa l s o f mis ,,o,„•however, on the same terms which had been f( in re 47 pro ff ere d b y the British G overnment, ,are said to'have been sen t b y the Rajah into camp. b Colonel St. Leger waited the arrival of the Re. . who was alone invested with powers to negotiate. t. tall events there is every prospect of an immediate happy termination to one of the most daring rebel lions that was ever engendered even by the rash and capricious passions of an Asiatic Court—a rebellion which, in the first instance, had involved in the most imminent personal danger both Colonel Macauley and the Officers of the British Subsidiary force, and to which, among other sufferers, part of the Resident's escort had actually fallen victims. The grand army, under Major-General St. Leger, were still encamped at Lushkeree Khan Serai on the 28th ult. The report of a treaty having been con cluded with Bunj eet Sing appears to have been pre mature. There is the b6t reason to hope, however, that all the points in dispute would in a short time be !finally and satisfactorily adjusted. The Seik army is now encamped on the north bank of the Sutledge. Colonel Ochterlony, with the detachment under his command, entered Ludehaunah on the 17th Febru ary. At that place cantonments have since been marked out for three battalions of infantry and a re ! girnent of cavalry. Ludehaunah was formerly a very large Pucka town, but is at present said to be in a very ruinous condition. tisfaetory intelligence of the seizure of the persons of two of the principal leaders of that force, be publish.. ed for general information ; together with the ex pression of his Lordship in Council's high approba tion of the zeal and judgment manifested by Colonel Wallace, in conducting the pursuit of the remnant of the predatory force, under Dundun Khaun, and Wa hud Ali Khaun Bttngush ; and in the arrangement% which led to the apprehension of the Chiefs, and tilt final dispersion of their remaining followers, and of that alacrity and perseverance of the officers and men of the detachment, in the execution of this important service. Extract from a letter, addressed to Colonel Barry Close, resident at Poona, by Colonel Wallace, dated at Rampoor, 24 miles N. W. of Coprell, 10th Jamb. ary, 1809 " On the 2d instant, I left Amulnair, with the whole of my detachment, the portion of it which I had left in the rear, ea advancing. to that place, hav ing joined me the preceding day. On my arrival, on the 3d instant, at Scindkair, I found the report that ¶.Bungush had halted there the whole of the 29th ult. the day after his defeat at Amulnair, to be correct ; and that he had, before morning, thence collected a party of about 500 horse. I likewise learned from Scindkair, that he had made one march to Nunderbar, where he had arrived the 30th, in the evening. On the 4th I moved to Dundarcha, which is within one long march of Nunderbar, and hearing that Bungush stilt continued at the latter place, where he was re cruiting and equipping his party by plunder, I had determined to move the same night, with a light de tachment, to attack him. Just in time, however, I heard of his having left Nunderbar, and proceeded in the direction of this place, Rampoor. In consequence I moved on the sth inst. to Coprell, on the Taptie, and receiving intelligence that Bungush was en camped at Oonirale, about 24 miles from me, in a North-West direction. I marched at six o'clock that evening, and at break of day on the 6th, I arrived at the ground of his encampment ; where, however, I was disappointed, by finding that he had a few hours before quitted it, and fled intu the Deadabawn Ghaut. There I immediately followed him, and after a dis tant skirmish with a few of his hor.,e that retired into Colonels Kyd and Eden, who had joined Colonel Ochterlony's brigade, and accompanied them to the Sutledge, returned to General St. Leger's camp on the 28d ult. and set out from thence to Saharunpore, on the following morning. A strong escorto ander the command of Colonel Hardymau, composid ofnis companies of nat►ve in fantry, and one squadron of cavalry,.sct out from Ge neral St. Leger's camp on the 2.3t1 ult. for Um balk, a. place about five marches in the mar of the army, where they were to receive charge from Colo nel WGrath's detachments, which we mentioned in our last, of three iron 18-pounders, said to be destined for Colonel Ochterlony's brigade. His Majesty's Sth regiment remained posted at a Gaut; opposite to Karma Should no military operation be found necessary, it was suppmecithat General St. Leger's army would break up about the 15th of the present month, when the regiments would return to their respective can tonments. the Chant as our troops advanced, took up a position DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY BY THE PERSIANS, at the entrance into it, which precluded the possibility • • . . , of his again returning into the plain. In occupying A Persian Newspaper, . a:warning an account. of . this position, our troops were, for a considerable time, sortie of the principal occurrences; lA, , immediately fired upon from the jungle at the foot of the Ghaut, preceded the departure of the. ship Itahimshaw, from .by Btrngush's followers, but principally by armed Bushire, has, within these few days, been received by men, in the employ of Beemsing, a petty Rajah, who a respectable Arab Merchant, at present resident in commands this pass, without, however, suffering from Calcutta. Among other matters, of less importance, its effects. it communicates the details of the late conflict be- "To this Rajah, who isnominally a subject of the tween the Persian and Russian armies in Georgia ; Poona State, I had madea communication on the first which, as relating to an event of which no authentic report of the probability of Bungush taking refuge account had previously been received, will, doubtless, with him ; but am doubtful whether it reached him be permed by our Readers with considerable interest.. before that Sirdar's arrival. We give them p r etty nearly in the term s of the or i- : "I, however, lost no time in again calling upon bim banal : to seize, and give up to me, the rebels he had received " By the ship Rahimshaw, we have received an account of into the hills and strong holds, and in threatening the victory lately obtained by the warrior* of Iran ever the ar- , miss of Ruasia. This event happened tower& the latter end of the him with the consequences of a non-compliance with moth of Ravnizarain the yeur I°2'; of the Hijfcree, corresponding my desire. This has led to a parley between us, with the middle of Novemb.:r, 180 S, of the Christian .Era. The which 1 pretty confidently expect to terminate in the following are the particntars. A large Russian force, well ap- entire destruction of Bungush's remaining force, Da pcinted and accoutred, and powerfully supported by a formidable artillery, having marched. from Teilteez, for the purpose of re- den Khan, and Pelewann Khan, are with Bungush. clueing the fortress of Prwan ; intelligence of their movements • • Jana:leo,. a nephew of Myput Rao Holkar, who Was, was communicated to Mahound Houssain Khan, Kujjur of COll4 i with the rebels, has, it is said, received protection 'eel), Begler Begee, the High in Dignity. Immediately on tits from the head man of Talloda, a village close to thist receipt of this information, that Chieftain assembled together 1 I shall endeavour to ascertain the truth of this report, such troops of the victorious army as be had in readiness, and proceeded, by rapid marches, to meet the Russians. As soon as i and to get hold of him. Of Mypttt Rao Holkar him.- the two armies came within sight of each other, the enemy opened . self, I yet know nothing certain ; but from what has a heavy fire front their artillery, which destroyed a portion of the 1 1 reached me, I am led to think that he is concealed in Persian troops. Upon this, Mahomed Houssain Khan, the re • Candish, near Sanegliur. nowned for bravery, calling to mind the words of the proverb , " The whole of my detachment is now assembled (which may be translated—' The better part of valour is discre- ' tan)—had recourse to the warfare of flight. I here. The ghaut now in my frcnst, is accessible only " He thus inveigled the Russians to follow him, and directed to led hones ; and possesses such natural strength, his way towards the fortress of Aroomee, where the tents of h i s ,' that, when defended by a few men, a passage through soldiers were intermixed with the dwellings of the inhaln:ants.— , . The pursuit was kept up by the enemy with much eagern ess - : it cannot, I fancy, he forced by any number o f troops. and precipitation, until they tame within the range of the for- 'FAH the passes in its vicinity, except the Berwanch, ' tress: when the Persian artillery opened, and, at the first dig- 1 which are said to be passable for carriages, are of the charge, a vast number of the Russian soldiers were consumed in same description, and they are all defended by innu the fire of mortality. At the same moment, the victorious troops 1 ~ . i mei anle bodies of Bheels, and by a few Arabs and , of Mahomed Houssain Khan rushed, wi t h dra wn sc i m i tars , among the ranks of the enemy, and completed their discomfi- I other armed men, in the pay of the petty Chief s w h o cure. In the con fl ict which ensu e d, about 7or 8,000 R uss i ans ! reside in the hills, and command the roads through fell a prey to the remorseless sword, many of their chieftains I t h em ', were made prisoners, and a great part of their guns, arms, and i • accoutrements, fell into the hands of the conquering Persians. The Russian Commander-in-Chief towards "lefileez. TURKEr. " As soon as Mahomed Houssain Khan was completely as sured of the defeat and flight of the enemy, he transmitted an f CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 7. account of this great victory to the Prince of the World, Abbas Mirza, who sits on the Throne of Royalty at Zebreez. At the We have received advices, that the treaty of peace, same time, Mahomed Honssain Khan himself proceeded towards signed by Mr; Adair on the sth January, between Tallieez, in pursuit of . the Russians. When the intelligence Great Britain and this Empire, reached Government reached the Prince Abbas Mirza, he immediately forwarded a on the 7th March. We are now waiting- in hourly detail of the circumstances of the victory to th e Kin g , a n d, ta ki ng ! the field in person, with .t powerful army, alas set ow in the di- expectation of the arrival of the ratifications, whith we rection of Tefllecz, with a fixed determination, in his valiant . had reason to expect would have reached us before mind, to extirpate the Rtiv,Ll3 nation ! 1 , this time. ~ Mahomed Kurreem Khan Afshaar, (a relation to the Prime The re-establishment r-r peace with Turkey does not Minister, Mirza Mahomed-Ehussee) received instructions from the King, to spread abroad the tidings of this joyful event. Three appear to have produced that impression on the public dispatches upon the setbjr.ct were accordingly sent from Taheeran ; mind which the great importance of it led me toexpect. one to the Prince of the World, It uler of Persia and Kitokhalooya, The peace with Turkey has been one of the principal of all the Havens and Shores, and of the Land of Lhar—another ! moving causes that occasioned the declaration of Aus to Mahomed Nubce Khan, Lord of the Sea—and a third to the British Envoy. • b tria arrainst France ; and the merit of this peace, con . " As, moreover, it was manifest , that, in this affair, the Rus- 1 stdered in this political point of view, fully entitles the slam had been the aggressors, it now occurred to the mind of the ! negotiator of it to the gratitude of his country a nd o f King, that they mus t have acted und e r the i n fl uence o f t h e French ' E urope. Ambassador, at present in attendance at the Court of Persia.— j To prove what I have observed, I need o n ly The dust of vexation, therefore, settled in the skirts of the R o y a l ! men fayour towards the French nation and it became desirable in the : L i on, that the Turkish peace was calculated, f t om its eyes of the King, that the friendship subsisting with that people essence, either to bring about a peace between Tur- should be dissolved. He was inclined to dismiss Me Embassy ; aid ' key and Russia, or to produce the immediate and according to one report, has actually done so. According to au- ' • other, however, which is considered as the more authentic of the i vigorous prosecution of war b e t ween t h ese P owers. — two, he has postponed the execution of his purpose, until the a r - In either case, the consequence would be f avoura bl e rival of the English Envoy." to the common cause. If Russia had made peace CALCUTTA, FEBRUARY e. 1 with Turkey, she must have detached herself from We are happy to observe, that the friendly inter- French connection ; and if s he continued th e w ar coune between British India, and the Spanish Asia with Turkey, a great part of h er f orces , t h at m i g ht tic settlements, will be immediately opened. Two In this latter case have been empl o yed aga i nst A us- , t Vessels are now preparing at this port, for Leuconia. trig would be thus di verte d f rom t h at di rect i on ; an d therefore enable Austria, as is really the case, to em will be no where more welcome than at Manilla, and The tidings of the late glorious revolution in Spain ploy a greater body of fo rce aga i nst F rance , Th e the other settlements on the Philippine Islands, where value and importance of t hi s p eace mus t b e f e lt by all able politicians ; and wh a t ever may be the result the character and principles of the French revolution, from the first to the last, have been held.in general of the present awful contest b etween A ustr i a an d abhorrence. France, I am confident t h a t th e T ur k s w ill r em a i n our sincere friends, in spite of any appearances and FORT WILLIAM, FEBRUARY 11. acts to the contrary, which the coarse of events may The Right Honourable the Governor General in require them to adopt. Council is pleased to direct that the following extracts The blockade of all the Russian ports in the Black '. Sea by the Turkish Government, in consequence of from letters from Colonel Wallace, commanding the the renewal of hostilities between the two Powers, is sulnidlary force of Poona, containing a report of the Proceedipgs or the detachment under his personal no doubt injurious to the commerce of G r e a t B r i ta i n ' , iconunand, in the pursuit of the retrains of the preda tory for ce lately attacked and dispersed by the detach. 'po • inept under Lieutenant Colonel Doveton, and the sa- f n ational in this quarter i but this injury, which is merely tern- I rary, is greatly counterbalanced on the larger scale 1 . o o ur interests, Ever since our arrival here, we have been nga , vi in one continual and arduous str ugg l e w i th the prett, party. Hitherto we have been completely success. ful in every question; and the dispute is now brow,hc to that point, that in case of the present war talcinn. kr tli:r e is which ':, a favourable turn for Austria, the new s o f are in hourly expectation of receiving, i t i s a i moeL certain that this Government will declai e war ag a i t .,. France. Awful and difficult as, the great s.rupg: e i s, we have still the best hopes of obtaining tile vi,io:,. On the 29th ultimo, a Spanish trigato, the 6 04 ( .4 having on board a Spanish Minister, with a ini s ,i on from the Supreme Junta, anchored at Tenecio,, Th e Porte has already granted a passport for tl,i, mi nis. ter, as such, to came up to Constantincii,:,. '[`iris act of the Porte shews its political views, already here a soi-disant Spanish Charge d'Aff a i res n i King Joseph ; and the Porte wo u ld not gffe n d m ipp . : lion by receiving another party, was it not convi nced that its interest and its dignity requ i te d such a sten. The Turkish war against Russia, than wilici;to one was ever more just and necessary, is m ost vi „ t= - rously carried on in all part s o f the empire I inclose one of theAlulletins which we published at our press here, containing official details of the Liv, successes over the enemy. 'l'be followinria:the official communication abpi. alluded to : .: ~. " Constantinople, June i . • ' " The arms of the .Ottoman Porte continue tri. urnphant ; and it is verified, that the victories ahead ) , announced have been by far mo re i mportant aad deg; cisive than it was at first believed, " The 3d of May, the Russians lost before d': reil not less than 1800 men ; and on the 18th,the r i; raining part of .the corps ia-h;, h assailed tharfortiest was driven away to del Piton:: South, with the addi; tional loss of 200 men. • 4, On the 28th, the Russians wont:teen ae s i i , but with no material loss, and were driven to te, mimza, a village on the left side of the Danizb.e, • polite Siston. " An accounts agree, in stating Sat the greatest discontent exists in the Russian army.. The* is a quarrel between the officers and ;oldie's, on ac . count of the dislike of the latter to the war with Tur. •key. A great number of deserters have passed over from the Russian to the Turkish camp. " The Servians have been beaten bttfie Turks, j. near Viden. Five hundred head; hare been stree t off and sent to the Porte as a token of this itimory.,. Similar advantages have been gained , -cover the Seri. ans in the vicinity of Festisiarn,—Yesterday, the 15th of Jt3ne, the Sublime forte received the nevi that the Servians have been defeated by the Ottoinac troops sent by his Highness Horsted. Hath 4 tass and Carmenza, near Mossa. The , Tarks, after having cut to pieces a number of the enemy, have' taken 7000 prisoners, and possessed themselves their batteries and ammunition." • • THE EVENING STAR. LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY ATONE O'CI 04'4 s. 3 per Cent. Cons. for money 611 7 —accountfis ii. Ornnitnn I pretn.--4Excheq. s, Cs. pr •' PRICE OF STOCK,S YESTERDAY. Rank Stock, 'lndia; Bonds 20s. 21s. pre. S per Cent. Cons. 63M Each, Bills, 6s. I Is.: pie. 5 ptt Ccnt. Navy •99 1 H ' English "Lottery Tick. 911. India Stock 138 Cuss. for arc: bq The Ministerial changes are not yet perfectly ar c ranged. 'the Duke - of PORTLAND it is..now thqught . will remain in office—Lords Qmangs t Mutcamb, , • CASTLERF4GIi, and CUATHAIt, go out. INDIA. Ilombay papers to the 16th April, have reached us, frOm which we have given extracts in the preceding' columns.' We have also received letters and papeti from Prince - Nl : Wales's Island, to the 1 rth of March. In consequence of the general stagnation of trade, the cultivators were much distressed: — Pepper, the staple comniodity, was selling at a very reduced price, and the island was in general on the decline, from the want of decisive measures, the Goveihrnent at present being merely tempOrary. AMERICA. Some have affected to doubt the authenticity of the Proclamation of the American President. The following letter from New York,. which we believe is three 'days later than any that have yet appeared, puts the matter beyond all question. The letter from Liverpool, of which we have also given an', eruct, repeats a report of a projected rtegociationbetirem the Republic and France, and states the chant through which the overtures have been transmitted : " Naw-Yoav, Alines? 15.—We have a dispatch vessel, which sails to-morrow for France, by which 1 have written to Rom:* dam. 1 have only a moment to address you, as the opportunity is by chance by a pilot boat. I now inclose you the PresideseS Pt oclamation, by which you will find the Non-intercourse Act, with regard to Great Britain and her dependencies, arc in opera tion, and the several Acts by which such trade was suspended previous to the 12th of June; and unless the British Orders is Council are suspended, I am convinced our ports will Iv , : be (Ten to the importation of British manufactures; neither will our see' eels be permitted to clear for any pa In the British dominions, and I think the consequence will be, that a rise will take place on ad American produce which has b-en shipped for your country' " Livtarciox, Set-r. 12.—Laft night, unexpectedly, arrived Mr. F. He came by a pilot-boat; which put him on shore at Het fort, from whence she proceeded for her destination to the South of Europe, having given bond, under the Non-intercourse Act, not to touch at any British port, or port dependant upon Great Britain. He informs me that he kft New-York on the 16th ult. accompanied by the Wasp, which was destined for France. This sloop of war had on board proposals for a treaty with France. and Mr. I. Q. ADAt.IS was also furnished with the same, to re establish harmonious relations with the Emperor ALEXANDsa. " At the time he left the American continent all the frigatc 3 were put into commission, and one was stationed siready in thy Narrows, as the fortifications then going on were not comploted It was publicly known that the late President was consulted by the Cabinet, and that a degree of unanimity in favour of ;he triv sures of the Executive Authorities in America rrcra:led I:::hert unknown in that Republic." II ■