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• of the action. The enemy's cavalry having moved Off, a panic seized their infantry, and on the advance of two columns under Majors Richards and Purven, they fled in all directions, abandoning all their guns and much luggage. Lieutenant- Colonel Macmonne says, " the loss of the enemy has been severe ; it may be estimated at from 300 to 400 killed and wounded, two Sirdars, Meer Mamoodee, and Juggeradge Sing, are among the slain." Exuma from a Dispatch from the Governor in Council at Pam bay, to the Select Committee, dated 4th March. We have the satisfaction of transmitting 'to Your, Honourable Committee the Copy of a Letter to our Chief Secretary from the Hon.l%fr. Elphinstone, en closing a copy of a dispatch he has received from Brigadier-General Smith, dated the 21st of the last month. reporting the operations of the troops under his command, and particularly his having sur prised and defeated the enemy •at Ashta, near Pun derpoor (1); Bapoo Gokla, the Chief of the Mahratta army, and two other Sirdars, have fallen in the ac= tions, with between 200 and SOQ men; and the Rajah of Sattara, his brothers and mother, have, to their great satsifaction, been rescued, and brought into General Smith's camp. We moat cordially congratulate your Honourable Committee on the brilliant success which has fleas attended the zealous and gallant exertions of the, troops employed on this occasion, front •which the most important consequences may be expected to result. Badjee Row, it appears, quitted his palan quin, and mounting his liorse, fled at the early yell of the action, and is reported to have bent his course, to the northward. The following dispatches and papers, connected with the operations of your armies, are now trans-. rnitted for your information, viz. Copy of a letter from Lieutenant. General Sir T. Hislop to the Governor General dated 22d January, in consequence of the action at Coregaurn. From the Resident at Poona, dated the Kith ult. transmitting a report made to him by Brigadier-Ge neral Smith, of his proceedings between the 7th of January and the 12th of last month. From Sir T. Hislop to his Excellency the Gover nor-General, dated the 28th of January, on the ope rations of the force under the command of Briga dier-General Doveton, in the vicinity of Nagpore. From Major-General Sir NS miain I;.eir to the Ad jutant General of the Bombay army, reporting his proceedings up to the 11th ultimo, particularly the disper.i... of the force of Bheema Bhye, sister of Mulh.tr Row Hoihar, who, after acquiescing in the terms xnich had been prL.pesed to her, and coming into the British camp had proceeded to Rampoorah (5;. The dispatch from Brigadier-General Smith, re feo-ed :o in the above, contains an account of his adva .ce in pursuit of the enemy, subsequent to the intelligence from him dated January 7, (seethe STAR of June 10), and up to the 12th of February. On the 9:h he reconnoitred the fort of Sattara, and after summoning it, and throwing a few light shells into it, the Killedar agreed to surrender it, on being per mitted to march out with his troops under arms.— General Smith says, " The garrison consisted only of about 400 Sebundy troops. who seemed so littly dis posed to use their arms on this occasion, that it ”ias immaterial what became of them hereafter, while time was very valuable tb me. ." About 25 pieces of ordnance of different calibres, with a few swivels, gingals, and rockets, were taken in the fort. " Sattara is strong, and, as the ancient seat of the Islahratta empire, carries greater consequence with it in the estimation and prejudices of the natives, and may therefore prove of great value to us in the war against the Peishwa than in its mere local importance." Copy of a Dispatch (corn Brigaditr-General Smiih, C.B. com, manding the 4th diviiion of the army of the Deccan, to the Hon. biountstuart Elphinstone, the R:sid mt. at the Court of the Pcishwah, dated Camp, Kurkumb, Feb. 21. Sta—My letter to your address, under date of the 12th inst. went to acquaint you with the operations of the troops under my command up to that period. The enemy, after having been pursued through the range of Ghauts. on which Sattara is situated, marched by Punderpoor to Solapoor (6), on the Seems, where he remained during the time I was oc.- cupied at Sattara, and for some days longer. I pro ceeded gradually upon Punderpcor on the 13th icst. with the liht division, intending to avoid forced ' marches til t I approached them within t 5 or SO miles. At Yellnpoor, the day before yesterday, I had been informed of his (pining Solapoor, and of his moving in a westerly direction, which determined me to make a night march, in hopes of corning upon him near Punderpoor. On the route, however, I received information of his having turned upon Kirkurnb (v). to which 1 im mediately change A my route; also I crossed the Ilheemah, at Karouln (8), near Goorsulla, and I now heard that the Peishwa had encamped the preceding evening near Ashta, and I immediately pushed on with all the cavahy, horse artillery, and gallopers. My intelligence was confirmed, and my hopes con siderably raised, at Maudopoor (9), when I heard the enemy was only then preparing to move from Ashta, and at abont half-past eight o clock yesterday morn ing, we had the satisfaction of hearing their nagras beating below a hill which covered us from their view. It seems, however, they had some information of our approach, but not in sufficient time to enable them to avoid us without losing their baggage. In these circumstances, Gokla took the resolution of risking an action. As we descended the hill, we saw one body rather near us in mass, to the number of between 2000 and 5000, and the number of streamers implied the pre sence of several Sirdars. The ground was so rocky , and uneven, I hardly expected to be able to bring any guns into action, but directed them to keep on the nearest road, ready to form as required. The two squadrons of his Majesty's 22d dragoons formed the centre column, and were directed to attack the enemy's centre ; the 7th light cavalry were in column on the right, and the 2d light cavalry was the left column. We descended the hill in this order upon (4) Punderpoor is situate upon the Beans river, about 110 miles R.E. of Poonab, in a straight line. (5) A town belonging to the Dollar family, about 70 miles south of Jypour, or Jyeoaghur. 1 A few ll fortymil mil ese north east of Punder p oor, ofn upon r the opposite bank of (a) A kw miles , north-west of Punderpoor, spots the same hank of the 13beenn. k -, ) Situated between Emitting) and Funderpeos. 1 1 i. :I I I . .a •y f. the enemy, who stood very firm, and after forming squadrons, I ordered the whole to charge; the enemy pet only continued firm, but advanced to meet each chaige with great spirit; he had, however, availed himself of a nulla and very difficult ground to receive our attack, and while the light squadron of the 7th cavalry was enzaging under this disadvantage, some of the enemy got round their right flank and rear, And at first created a little confusion; as they passed the rear and left of the 7th cavalry, Major Dawes, of the 22d dragoons, with admirable presence of mind, threw back a troop of that regiment, which imme diately charged and broke them, and they were af terwards met, and suffered also, by a troop of the 2d light cavalry, which Major Walker had also pre pared for them. Captain Pierce, of the horse artillery, had, indeed, Ivith his usual exertion and zeal, and notwithstand- Tog the very unfavourable nature of the ground, con trived to get one gun in position to protect the right flank of the 7th cavalry, and I had the enemy in my power in a solid mass within half--range of grape ; but as this would have impeded the charge, and ' obliged him to disperse without a trial with our ca valry, which he now seemed willing to give, and which all our corps so much wished for, I kept the gun in reserve. The charge of the two squadrons of the 22d dra goons penetratei through the mass, and did great execution. Bapoo Gokla, the Chief of the Mahratta army, fell early, and fighting bravely to the This event, I have little doubt, hastened the flight of this body, which afterwards endeavoured to form in a still larger one, that was covered in low ground, beyond the village of Ashta, and out of our view from the first scene of action. These were also im- Holkar's Ministers. To these demands she considered it prudelt to ac cede, and came over to my camp in the. eveninvl-itit 200 followers, having discharged the remainder of her troops, consisting of near 2,000 men, who ha; c been granted a safe conduct to Tandlah, where thei have engaged to separate, and return to their re- ; cpective places of abode. The Bhye is at present in such reduced circum stances, that I have been under the necessity of pro viding for her expenses to Rampoora, at the'rate of 200 rupees a day, and have reported the circumstancy to Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Hislop and Bri gadier-General Sir John Malcolm, Political Agent to the Governor-General. I shall move to-morrow, and return to my position at Budnawur by easy marches. I have, &c. (Signed) G. W. KM, Major-General. (10) About eighty utilrs to the westwarl of Oaiein. (11) About thirty miles west cf Ougeitt. mediately charged by the 22d dragoons as they came up, and the whole being . routed and pursued, soon :1 wieht our troops upon the enemy's baggage and I have infinite satisraction in reporting, that the Sattara Rajah, his brothers and mother, were in these circumstances rescued and brought safe into our camp, to their great satisfaction and joy. I calculate the loss of the enemy at between two and three hundred men, and, besides Gokla, another Sirdar of distinction,' said to be Narroo Punt Aptey, was killed. The Peishwa abandoned his palanquin early, and took to horse, and I regret exceedingly his person could not have been secured ;but the troops had C-4 N.41).4. •- arched nearly thirty miles before this affair corn- ADDRESS TO THE PRINCE RE:: EN:. menced, and the pursuit and return (nearly 16 miles more) exhausted the horses. A draft of an Address has been proposed for pre- Twelve elephan'e, fifty-seven camels, several pa- sentation to the Prince Reger.t. submitted to tile con laramins and aftatibgurs, and a few horses, fell into sideration of the people of Upper Canada, :t ~ ani our hands. madversion and ame vdment. The following is the I inclose a copy of the orders which convey my inipmtant part of it :l "li,,i— sentiments on the conduct of the troops, and also a The loyal in a rants of Upper Canada would list of the killed and woanded ; and I cannot close a -disdain to notice the misrepresentation of individuals, dispatch which may claim some interest. without be- so c. nt - ary to notorious truth, if these had not obvi stowing the praise justly due to the Staff. ,uslv conspired, with other causes, to lessen the re -1 I have been greatly and cheerfully assisted in all gara which should subsist between British subjocts here and at borne ; to influence the conduct of Minis my duties by c;aptain Tovey, the Deputy Adjutant-'' ters towards the generni interests of the Pr , ;vinces. .. General, and by Captain Mayne, the Deputy - Quar . ter-Mas.er-Gene a, o ficers well exper . enreed in their ,' Ile loyal subjects of his najesty in Upper 2anada suffered grievously during the war in their departments, a 11 ins vaidable prolcs•ional acqaire property, and many were bereft of their all. A meats. You are ::caw :eva; e, thanalthough I hau a considera de grain taken the precaution of 'fermi solemn investigation on this subject took place; the ti.; depot, from the geaeral aspect of affairs s' itb t h e claims of Stlf..l CTi were authenticated : there was every reason to expect that ree:nnpence would Peishwa's Government, his sadden t vachery ,seven- every follow : but nothing followed but delay and imme ted my obtaining timely carriage for it with the army. The good arrrangement, foresight, and assi- insult. Surely, if there is among mankind a single wit) , of Major Hall, the Deputy Commissary-Gene- principle of justice, this is one, that the individuals cf ral, greatly overcame this and other difficulties, and a nation ought not, Venially, to bear the weight of I owe it to that officer to state my sense of his abili- Public calamity; sutety, individuals who have ex ties and services in that important department. posed their lives for Government should not be ells , gusted with finding Government regardless of those l'he Paymaster .):- the Force, Captain James; the very i h r e inciples which it is intended to sustain. Commissary of Stores, Captain Gr :lithe, of the Born. bay Artillery ; and the medical branch, under Mr. " ' people of this Province are well aware that : Superintending-Surgeon Phillips, are entitled also to heir fellow-subjects at home are pressed hard with t my earnest praise, in always keeping their depart- taxation ; and far is it from their wish that relief should be afforded from thence. Canada contains meats in perfect arrangement and efficiency. within it-elf ample means of exonerating Governments The officers of my personal Staff, Captain Hardt cas;le, Lieutenants Place and Bellamore, have been from the claims of sufferers by war; and it is within the fiat of your Royal Highness to remove, by a single .non active and 7e-dous in their duties, and deserve breath, the evil now so justly complained of. the public expres , ion of my grateful acknowledg lions of acres of fertile land lie her.: at the disposal *7`C:ItS I 11.1ve not yet been able to trace the course of your Royal Highness, upon the credit of which, put of the Pci.hwa ig: 's fl-.t nor can I follow him till I have disposed of the ' Rajah's fam:ly in Pooea ; and under proper management, not only the fair claims of loyal sullen:: s could instantly be advanced, but vast as he has made earnest entreaties for an early inter view with you, I beg you, if possible, to meet me sums could be raised for the improvement of the Pro on my route there, that I may the sooner proceed vines, and the increase of revenue to Britain. aga'n in quest of the enemy.—l have, sec. . " Another grievance, manifesting the neglect of (Sited) LIONEL SMITH, Brig.-Gen. Government to the concerns of Upper Canada, is P.S. A third Sirdar was found killed, supposed to equally notorious, and must be still more abhorrent he the Balla Rajah. (Signed) LIONEL Sistnm to the generous feelings of your Royal Highness. ( Inch :ed is the preceding.) " The young men of this Province, who were DIVISION ORDERS, BY BRIG.-GENERAL SMITH. armed in its defence, had, for their spirited conduct, Camp at Kurkumb, Pebtvary am. the promise of their Commanders that land would be Brigadier-General Smith begs to express his entire satislac- granted to them, as a reward for their services, as thin with the whole of the troops engaged in the littair with — coon as war was terminated ; and after this promise ciada' hose yesterday, and which led to such Important re- - sults as the death of that Clticf, together with the reseae of the was universally confided in, the Parliament of Upper Rajah of Sattara and family from the hands of the enemy. 11, Canada passed an extraordinary law, in the face of Brigadier-General particularly noticed the gallant exertions of established British principles, that the Militia should Major Dawes and the two squadrons of his Majesty's 22d Dra- pass beyond the frontier. With these promises and goons ; also Majors Doveton and Walker, with the 7th and gd in obedience to this law, the Militia passed beyond of Madras light infantry, under the direction of lAeutenatzt- Colonel Colcbrooke, who is requested to accept Brigadier-Ge. the frontier with alacrity ; yet, since the pease, the neral Smith's thanks, and to convey to the whole of the cavalry zreater part of them have been denied the pledge of brigade, and to Captain Frith, in charge of the gallopers, the high sense which he entertains of their important services ; al- their extraordinary services, and the land is un jus tly witltheld. though Captain Pierce and the horse artillery were unavoidably kept in reserve upon this occasion, the Brigadier-General takes " Such ingratitudesuch dishonour—such er r ors the opportunity of expressing the obligations he is under to thi s in p o li c y, y o u r Royal Highness m a y be well assured, corps, and his admiration of their exemplary conduct through- could not exist widrout extraordinary influences ; and, out the present service. The operations of yesterday were necestaey confined to the sufficiently informed as to these, and of the true state of Upper Canada, we were your Royal Highness cavalry, but the zeal and good conduct evinced by the whole of the troops during a period of three months of incessant marching flatter ourselves most important changes would spec have been eminently conspicuous, and the Brigadier-General dily take place, as well for the glory of the Throne regrets that it was impossible upon the present occasion to afford as - for the benefit of its stjects. them a ll an opportunity of meeting the enemy. (Signed) 11. Tovar, D. A. Gem ‘' Permit the loyal subjects of his Majesty merely [Here follows a List of Casualties in the Cavalry to say as much, at the present time, on this subject, Brigade, in the affair with the Enemy, Feb. 20,1318, as may induce your Royal Highness to order inquiry given in the STAR yesterday.] to be made. [The Copy of a Dispatch from Lieutenant-General 4 , The lands of the Crown in Upper Canada are Sir Thomas Hislop to the Governor-General and or immense extent, not only stretching far and wide Commander-in-Chief, dated Head-quarters, Army into the wilderness, but scattered over the Province, of the Deccan, Camp at Maheidpoor, 2'2d January, and intermixed with private property, already culti contains an account of the action fought on the Ist of! vated. The disposal of this land is left to Minisrzrs January at the village of Coregaum, between Seroor : at home, who are palpably ignorant of existing cll.- and Poona, and the details of which are given i n cumstances; and to a Council of men resident in this General Smith's Division-Orders, in the Gazelle of Province, who, it is believed, have long converted Bth June.—(See the STAR of June 10.) This dispatch the trust reposed in tlit.-n to purposes of selfishness. is followed by a copy of the General-Order issued on The scandalous abuses in this department came, some the occasion by Sir Thomas Hislop.] years ago, to such a pitch of monstrous magnitude, [Here follows the Return of Casualties in the Di- , that the home Ministers wisely imposed restrictions vision under the 'Command of Brigadier-General !on the Land Council of Upper Cat.ad t. There, how- Lionel Smith, C. B. from 23d t, the 29:h January, ever, have by no means removed the e •il •; and a sr. rem of patronage and favouritism in the dispos a l o .given in the STAR of yesterday.] [The dispatch from Sir Thomas Hislop, dated Crown hinds still exists, altogether dcstructiee o f Maheidpoor, July 28, refers to t h e act i on fought at . moral rectitude and virtuous fea.ing, in the maul- . Nafpore, on the 16th of December, full accounts of !Tient of public affairs. Corrupt i on , indeed, h as which were given in former Gazettes, o f the 6th of reached such a height in this Province May and 9th of June, and enclosed the General Or - thought no other part of the British Province, that it i s Empire w i,. dens issued on the occasion by Sir Thomas.] nesses the like; and it is in vain to look for improv e . Copy of a Report from Major General Sir W. Keir to the Adju- ment till a radical change is effected. teat-General, dated Camp, near Jabosh (to), Feb. 11. " It matters not what characters fill situations of , nit / Sin—l have the honour to acquaint you, tli it a public trust at present—all sink beneath the & of men—become vitiated and weak, as coca a s tl. ~ 'few days subsequent to my letter of the 3d instant, are placed within the vortex of destruction. ,• o _,. man Hislop to disperse a body of troops, assembled I received instructions from his Excellency Sir Tho sion on confusion has grown out of this tral i . wr who h a d been fo r soure r time system ; a-d the very lands of the C.o.vn, tlti,: out p g mone y underheema Bhe, a sster o Ilolk away of which has mated such mischief .. ad tali': ilr , ast f Mulhar ex-tcti ßow n ar, , has ultimately come to little value fro.n abav: 71,.and committing excesses throughout the country ; I p:or subjects of his Majesty, driven from Lone I I accordingly moved from Budnawur (11) on the 7th instant, leaving the heavy stores and baggage at that distress, to whom portions of land wera gra:e r a, now find in the grant no benefit ; and 1c).1:;• . 4' 1 1 4 place, under a strong escort ; and after very long and United Empire—the riescenciants of rho. .• vv . ,' %,,,;.:. severe marches, arrived at this place yesterday morn ing, and encamped close to Bheema Bhye's force. ficed their all in America, in behalf or llrin'zt u;:e -My instructions, prescribing in the first instance an !Len, whose names were ordered on recold for!- : attempt at an amicable arrangement, I communica - virtuous adherence to your Royal Father ; ti: ted to Bheema nhye the line of conduct which it teas dams of these men find now no favour ia their necessary to pursue, requesting her immediately to tined rewards ; nay, these rewardl, when t r,,,,,,,, have, iu many cases, been re:al:.:rd wone th.: 1 :1e . ....ir.- ; disband her troops, and place herself under my pro ; pro- for the legal rights in the cajoyinent of tia.-.: .'' d tection, in order that she might be enabled to been held at nb eght —their land 11.1 s been n.-, - .... ~ teed to Barliseora, conformably to the wishes of _ _ asts, oniy a source of L.:. unsaleable, and, in some cc traction and care. " Under the system of internal management, cr.,l weakened from other evil inantsnres, Upper now pines in comparative dccav ; discon.elit vertu are expel ienced in a land suptemtly blest the gifts of nature; dread cf arbitrary pr,w,r vsn here against the free exercise GI re:ison ar.,l fr..i71!7 sentiment ;laws have been ,et a.,;(lc come into derision ; and contempt for tl: mother country seems fast Ratite:ll:g strength to dicxrite the ,eople of Canada from creir friends at h ,, a;e.. " The immediate interference of yeur nest might do much to cheek eris:i. might Wholly remove those trhich spring fr, 411 t system of patronage and favouritism in the' grantin department. Other evils, 'hotem, retard th e prosperity of Upper Canada—evu. have their root in the original Constitution of Province—and these can only be removed by tht terference of the British Parliament, now rocs: periously required. a Deeply ?cr.:traced with these sentircent;. most seriously inclined to si:h needful char et speedily effected, the loyal s,..b;ects of Br kale., dwell ing in cpper Canada, nor take the extraordial step of sending home Comrnissizters to bear 6'11;3 the Throne, and humbly entreat yot7r Iloy4l High. ness to give ear to the details which it Se in thit power to relate ; above all, that your Royal would immediately send out to :hi; Province a trem mission, consisting of discreet ani wise tnen—tan of business an h. talent—who 'oe above ern; ; fluence 'nem, and who may Se instructed to maks .'- quirt' into all the sources of :3 errs: ,7,r4 1 .! THE EVENING sTArt LONDON. FRIDAY, JULY 17, IE4B. TILE FUNDS. PRICE OT STOCKS TIM DAY AT TWELTP. : Red. 78i I—Cnns. 771 i ex. di v .--t, 0,),7.73i 79 3! per Cents. 84-4 per Cent. 971 f Navy 106; ex. div.—lndia Bonds 919 E pr. Onanium 1 dis.--Exchecraer Bills 19 21 pr. The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived this mom' The Duke of WELLIVOTON had a conference :2 Monday with the Spanish Ambassador, at which Cl CHARLES STUART also attended. The Prussian Government is proceeding re newed activity in the fortification of Cobicrtz. 7.. e plan of defence includes all the bills around the tcw::, and large sums are said to have been approprbati for its completion. The town of Colcgr.e is al-o, seems, to be made a place of strength, aid a gr_na military depot for the Western Provinces of the Pas sian dominions. Already a plan for this purre has begun to be put in execution. The King of Piiuss: k, it is evident, co:nen - 41 . A ,a speedy removal of the Army of ()roll . • .2tion France; but would seem to anticipate cu.:cyan' not the most favourable from the event, if we ni judge from the anxiety displays to put him. beforehand in as strong an attitude of defence as ; sible. Whether his Majesty, by making these r . _ dons, is taking the wisest means of protecting k:a• self against the future vengeance of his exasperated neighbours, may perhaps be matter of doubt—we rather think he is not. If, instead of fortifying the cities of Cob!ear and Cologne, and converting their peaceful squares and garde Is into pa: 1s of artillery and depots of warlike munition, he were to grant to the citizens thA free and representative Constitution which he solemn!? bound himself to accord to them as soon as the last War was over, in return for the noble exertions ukich they pledged themselves to make, and did make, to bring it to a successful termination—were he to ?:'_era that prGtnise, the fulfilment of which I often dcm , nded from hint by the abused yeop.c. these ter:itories, and as often evaded on the arlit pastry fretences of expediency—were he, by r, -ant- ing this Con:titution, to identity his own i! with these of the people, in the people, on the promise of it, so gloriously i.!or.illeo, for a time, their interests with his—his Majesty erect in the hearts of his subjects a tower of stienglil , mightier by far than any work of mere stone -xi am Mariner mortar which it is in the Power of art to rai , e. We do not, of course, mean to say that the ix cation of such places as Coblcntz and t'ologne under all circumstances, . de•C?':- ..: fig: ~. : t we :;h can Corti{ The r 6on in 'the it nu!d b race ho are )rts, c uest 'eves— ich ) I :—ar b rr. TI rum ;c~tec use 01 ;!es to ;her SI tide, tittgat /hich a Coast u:u ious g me, I LLLXA ea of :tr the Trel Th Mix 'debt Ti 'their 1 Thi Dom firy C. un ' . TL %ice lan rui I ;:t en Wel that T anti