Star. — London, England, 1818-08-21 00:00:00

L', ) I 1 1 .. a 1 '.. . • 1 1 _. I ' i i • ! 1 4 1 t 1 , :. t . . I ..1" t' ~ . • . . t . • i ; , • i ‘• , 4 , , i / , ,- 1 ii i..... -, 1, ~. r~n~ EAST INDIES. (From the Bombay Courier of April 4.) Our advices state, that the army of the Deckan, under the personal command of Sir Thomas Hi%lop, was to be broken up on the 31st MArch, and that his Excellency was proceeding towards Madras, escorted by five companies of the Royals, the rifle-corps, and rocketers. _ _ Letters from Alunednuggur, dated the 27th ult. mention, that no certain Intelligence had been re ceived there in what direction Bajee Itow had fled, but that General Dovetois had , proceeded towards Jaulnah, in pursuit of part of the enemy. Gunput Row and Ram Deen had gone off towards Bassein, having escaped from the 6th cavalry and Mysore horse, which had returned to camp, not being able to come up with the fugitives. We have been favoured with the following parti-1 enlars of the successful commencement of the mili tary operations of Brigadier-General Munro, in the Southern Mahratta country, which, although they are not of a recent date, yet, as no account of them has hitherto appeared in print, we deem too• credi table to the individuals employed on our part to be omitted : On the 221 December, Brigadier-General Munro . was at Khoos-ghul, having with him two flank and three battalion companies from the garrison of Dar war. The battalion companies proceeded the next Morning to meet the battering train from Bellary, and the General marched at the same time with the flank companies to relieve Nawelpoor, then hard pressed by Cassi Row Goklah. On the approach of our troops, the enemy's farce, consisting of about 700-horse and 200 foot, together with the garrison of Lill Gliurry, moved off, after two of their horse men had been killed by two shells thrown among them. From the local situation of 'the Province, in which were Croklah's extensive •Jageers, it was evi dent that, after the commencement of hostilities by . Bajee Row, it would afford great facilities to the enemy in making excursions into the Company's ter ritories, and therefore the Brigadier-General deter- Mined to take possession of it ; but as he had no cps posable force then with him for that purpose, he availed himself of the aid of the inhabitants to ac complish his object. He accordingly appointed mi litary 'surnildars to most of the districts in the ene mt.'s possession on the IVlerah side of Mulpurrah, with odors to raise peons, and take possession of as much of their respective districts as was possible: amongst these Aumildars, Ram Row, a native of Mysore. was appointed to Nawelgoond. He got possession of above half the districts in a very short time, and, on the 19th of December, he marched from a village, aboUt two miles from Nawelgoond, with 509 peons to attack Govind Row Goklah, who was at that place with a body of 700 horse. About 600 of this body were picqueted in the streets, andl an open space between the Pettah and the Fort. The' rest were mounted and watching the motions of Ram Row ; hut he at noon advanced so rapidly,' that he entered the Pettah before the body there c ould mount and get out of it. Their panic was so g reat. that they galloped off in every direction with out attempting any resistance: nineteen horses were t aken, and about twenty left dead. A considerable number of the enemy were killed ; and Govind Row, who commanded, escaped with difficulty. One of his Sirdars was killed, and the other wounded and taken. On hearing of this defeat, Cassi Row Goklah, who was then at Hadami, marched to join his son with 2.50 horse and 200 foot: and after collecting the fu gitives, he arrived before Nawelgoond on the 22d, ani Ram Row having retired into the old fort, he occupied the Pettah before day-light of the 23d, and was pressing the fort very hard, when the approach of Major Newall's detachment saved the garrison, whose ammunition was nearly expended. The enemy, dispirited by their loss in the two at tacks, leaving nine or ten dead in the streets, aban doped Lallghurry, the ghurry which protects :wel goond,. carrying off the garrison. The conduct of Ram Row, on these occasions, is spoken of to the Brigadier-General in terms of the highest praise. ARMIES IN TIIR FIELD. A detachment from the small force under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Imlach, C.B. made an attack a short time since against the fort of Seed ghur, but was. obliged to relinquish its prosecution,. from the inadequacy of the means to reduce it with out exposing the troops -to great and unnecessary risk. A detachment of part of his Majesty's 89th regiment having, however, been obliged to put into Dralwau, the transports being unable to make way against adverse winds which prevail at this season of tl.e year, the Lieutenant-Colonel immediately re newed the attack ; and we have the .satisfaction to state, that Seedghur has been reduced. The force marched against it on the 15th of last month; the batteries were opened at day-light on the morning of the 16th, a practicable breach was made by twelve, and that gallant Officer was on the point of storming, when the enemy fled in all directions from the oppo site side of the fort. 'We trust that the acquisition of this important fortress will lead to the speedy reduction of Bugwaughur, situated in the Mis soura river. _ _ _ The force under Brigadier-General Pritzler was obliged to halt on the 2 tth of last month before the two hill forts of Chundun and Wandun, the Killedar haying demanded eight days to consider whether or not he shoUld surrender them : the reply announced was, that the battery would open at day-light on the following day, and if he allowed a single gun to be fired, he was to expect no terms. The efficacy of the reply was proved in the abandoment of the forts on the night of the 21th. We publish the following Division Orders by Ma- jor-General Sir William Grant Keir, K. M.T. which sufficiently exp lain the affair in which detachment of his Majesty ' s 17th Regiment, under the cammand of the lion. Eieut.-Colonel Stanhope, successfully encountered a body of I'indarrees, under Seetoo : " camp at Debalpour, Friday, Mardi 13, 1819. " The Major-General is happy to publish to the Division the following particulars of an a7tion be tween a detachment from his Majesty's 17th Dra goons, under Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. L. Stan and a body of 300 Pindarrees, commanded by Se.;Lia in person, which has added to the deserved reputath••• of that zallant corps, and reflects th highest cte,lit oa the Officers and men employed un the occasion : " Information having been communicated to Lieu tenant-Celonel the Hon. L Stanhope, of a conside rable party of Pindarrees having appeared within a forced couch of his tramp, a detachment was im• mediately put in motion, and arrived within sight of the enemy after a march of 30 miles ; the Dragoons immediately formed, and attacked them, and after a shew of resistance they betook themselves to flight, closely pursued by our detachment, who cut down Upwards of two hundred horsemen. Seetoo, conspi cuous by his dress and black charger, narrowly escaped falling into our hands, but was saved by the extraordinary speed of his horse. " The Major-General begs to express his thanks to Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. L. Stanhope, for the I promptitude and vigour with which the arrange ments were made for the attack, and the spirit with which it was conducted ; and he returns his acknow ledgments to the whole of the detachment for the intrepidity and activity which they displayed during the attack and pursuit of the enemy. The conduct of Captain Adams and Cornet Marriott has been re presented to the Major-General in favourable terms, and he is happy to expreis his unqualified approba tion of the gallantry of both these Officers. " Lieutenant Jervis's unremitOng exertions have been repeatedly brought to the Major-General's no tice, and he feels thoroughly sensible of their impor tance on this occasion from the experience he has had of that OCOcer's valuable services: Letters front °General Pritzler's Camp at Wyrat ghur, dated the 26th of'March, report the surreader also of the forts of Nungdun and Pundooghur on the preceding day, and those of Kummulghur and Wy ratghur on the 26th, and that Kenzelghur was in vested. General Smith was near Rakubone on the 24th. The Peishwa's troops had broken into several bodies; it was not known with which division Bajee Row had gone. Some other bodies are moving east and north-east. _ _ General Doveton was at Lassour, in Candeish, on the 19th, and in pursuit of the enemy. Extract of a letter from General Smith's Camp, on the Gunga, March 19th We have marched unremittingly since the 10th of the month, when the force left Soora ; to-day we halted. Bajee Row is supposed to be about 20 toss from us in the Jaulnah direction. The camp is very healthy, but the cattle are considerably knocked up ; forage too is becoming very dear. Few General Officers share fatigue so equally with their troops as Brigadier-Gen. Smith.' His division has great confidence in him, and feel certain that his talents and enterprise will compass whatever is within the limits of possibility." Accounts from General Smith mention, that he was at Rakestone on the 20th ; and we have a report that Bajee Row was on the 16th only 25 miles south of Jaulnah. The Bazar reports say, he has again turned south. Sir Thomas Hislop has gone to Ellora and Aurangabad ; and Major Lushington, with his cavalry brigade, 4th and 80th regiments, are halting here, having been placed under General Smith's or ders. The Bombay troops, with General Pritzlcr, consist of the Bombay Park and Commissariat ; Captain Nutt, Lieutenants M'Leod and Athill, Bom bay Engineers ; the Bombay Toughs, Ist battalion 7th regiment, and 2d battalion 9th regiment, and Pioneers. The Madras troops are the flank corps, composed of the flank companies of the 30th, 84th, 53d, and 84th regiments, detachment of Light Ar tillery, Lieutenant-Colonel Dalrymple, Lieutenant Grant, Eng ineers , four companies of Native Rifle Corps, 2d Battalion 12th Regiment, and a detach ment of Pioneers. FRO.( THE BOAIBAT GAZETTE OT APRIL S. The force under Colonel Imlach was expected to march against Bughwuntghttr about the 25th of last Month, and we expect to hear daily that it is in our possession. The forts of Naughurry and Wyrantghur have surrendered to General Pritzleis force on be►ng sum moned ; and those of Pandooghur, Cummolghur, and Kendelghur, after a trifling resistance, to a de tachment under the command of Major Thacker, which had been sent to invest them. We may consider the Pindarry power, which was recently spreading such alarm and dismay, and ra pidly advancing to the same degree of influence over the government of Scindia and Holkar, as it had ac quired over the Rajpoor States of Hindostan, which was extending its predatory excursions over territories which had, under the British protection, enjoyed years of tranquillity, and which threatened to esta blish in Ilindostan a power systematically prosecut ing annually a war of plunder and devastation upon their neighbours as completely annihilated ; and we feel persuaded ;hat hereafter we shall hear nothing more of the tribe, but its name ; whilst the tradi tionary talcs which will descend to after ages of its cruelties and rapacious acts, will leave among those respectable States that have been rescued from its destructive and insolent domination, a grateful recol lection of the blessings that, India has derived from the supremacy of the British power. The celebrated Chieftain Kurreem Khan, and his nephew and adopt ed son Namdas Khan, who had surrendered them selves, have had lands assigned for the maintenance of themselves, their families, and dependents, in Go ruckpoor ; Mirza Buksh, Kawder Buksh, and their principal adherents, have also thrown themselves upon the clemency of the Governor-General. Wasil Mahomed and Cheetoo, we believe. are still at large; but they have been so vigorously followed up, and the miserable condition to which they have been consequently reduced, has so diminished the dread which the inhabitants entertained of their power, that unless they make their submission, they will, we an ticipate, fall victims to that spirit of activity with which the villagers, who have so saterely suffered from their depredation, are co-operating in their seizure wherever (the Pindarries venture to make their appearance. _ _ FROM THE BOMBAY COURIER OF APRIL 11. Advices from Jambleparra, dated 28th . March, mention, that a detachment which had been sent out under Lieutenant Crosby, of the sth Native Infantry, had succeeding in capturing a considerable quantity of treasure, which had been taken away from Koar ree, previously to our investment of that fortress. Since the foregoing was written, we have had the gratification to receive accounts, dated Camp, near Wassotah, 6th April, which announce the surrender of that fort on the rooming of the 6th, after a day's .'. s., which came to hand last night, that the ceiebnted bombardment. The immense rateral strength of attentio' a from the objects of t h e e ninp2 i s t o , it this fortress has rendered its reduction a stotk of toad into Behar. more difficulty and time than that of most of the' "If the conduct of Brigadier-Ge other strong fortresses which have fallen to our arms.: Munro, and Pritzler, in the Poonah State be 'n Brigadier - General Pritzler first sent, under the come - here particularised, it is only b ecause their ri per mand of Colonel Hewit, the flank battalion, rifle are still in process, so that the praise which 'corps, flank companies of the 12th Madras Native awarded', large as it would be, might prove is Infantry, and 7th battalion British Native Infantry,, quate to achievements, the annunciation of w hi c h to invest the place; but as this force had no guns not ' l et reached the Governor-General. with it, the 'Wader refused to surrender. By great " Throughout the late enterprise, th e a 1 . „4 7 , exertion, the elephants got three mortars and a light indefatigable exertions of every depa rtment it, howitzer over the Koat Ghau ; the investing force Army have been such as to deserve the was then joined by Mr. Elphir.stone, the General General and Command er i n ti s i e r s warm apprcb4, and his Staff, and Colonel Dairy; •ple, with the 4a- " The alteration prod uce d w i t hi n three , dras and Bombay Artillery. After infinite labour, the state of central India, is beneficial to the i,„!: (the shells being all carried up by hand), the mortars tarts, in a degree which the most sangui ne cc% were got into position, and the excellent manner in scarcely have ventured to hope; and to evo r y 0 1E , which they were served soon induced the Killedar to who has been engaged in this und.rtakirE, tie surrender. At the time the letter was dispatched, membrance i. having had a share in 'Messrs. Hunter and Morrison had not reached the change so interesting to humanity, w ill k eep camp ; but we are happy to perceive, that it was with that consciousness of having advanced ti t ascertained they were safe and well on the evening perity of the Hollow able Company by effons of the sth, and were seen walking on the works after and courage, for which the Governor-Cvnersltz the surrender of the fort. The Rajah's elephants his sincere thanks, however unequal that a c k n ,...„ and palanquins had been sent from the camp to the lodgment may he to the merit which c:111; it forth. fort, to bring down the-ladies of his family. The "By command of his Excellency the Moe 46 garrison had about 30 killed and wounded during the Governor-General. (Siped) the bombardment. " J. ADAM, Sec. to the tioverno r t meraL GE' ERAL ORDERS. IT TU2 RICHT HOWOUSATILI TUT GOVICII7O2 M eiscaTm. Bombay Castle, April 2. The Right Honourable the Governor in Council has much pleasure in announcing the abandonment of the Fort of Seed ghur by the enemy, after a practicable breach had been made in the ramparts, and the troops under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Imlack, C.B. were on the point of storming. The Right Honourable the Governor in Council has received from Brigadier-General Smith, through the lion. M. Elphin stone, the following letter, with inclosure, reporting an affair highly creditable to the conduct of Soobehdar Sheck Peer hlalso med, of the Ist battalion 4th regiment of Bombay native infan try, commanding at llewra: THE 14:VENEVG STAR LONDON. 1.-4. AT NINE O'CLOCK NEXT TUTSD'S Mov:. LNG, TWO PRIZES OF k'so,ooo, TWO PIIIZEs ~00e, law SOVEREIGNS, &c. WITH COLD, RET, PORT, MADEIRA. ALL MUST BE NEXT TURSDAy.—LOTTERY FINISHES. TO TOT 11W:01:SADLY 51. ELTHINSTONT, CODOCIScIONES, rte. Sist—l do myself the honour to inclose a translation Report from Soobehdar Peer hlthomed, of the lst battalion 4th regi ment, commanding at Hewn, an outpost from Toka, stating his having marched his detachment, which altogether consisted of, about fifty men of that regiment. against a body of the enemy that threatened to plunder the neighbourhood. Peer Mahomed killed four of the enemy and took seven prisoners, with the loss of osse killed of his party, and three wounded. It is not often that native officers have opportunities of displaying by them selves their zeal ar.d judgment. The present is an extremely creditable instance of those qualities, whith I hope you will have the goodness to bring to favourable notice. I am, &c. (Signed) L. &MP, Brigadier-General. FRIDAY, AUGIIIST 21, 1818. THE FUNDS. PRICE OT STOCKS VHS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLO:1 Reduced 76,I—Cans. 75,11—f0r Acc.7.5; 3i per Gents. 861-4 per Cent. 9511 5 per Cent. Navy 105—Bonds 8.5 87 pie. Omnium 24 disc—Exchequer Bills 1880 prtra. The approaching Congress of F.overeig ta at la-Chapelle is now become a favourite subject speculation among all that class of politicians arc fonder of imagining than of observing the oil of events. Among other phantasies which hart! broached on the subject, our Readers will see. our extracts from German Papers of a Lee Camp Barium, March S. I • Translation of a Mahratta letter, from Shelsh Peer Mahomed, Soobchdar Ist battalion 4th, to Lieute nant Arden, dated Hewrah, Feb. 9-5: " This morning some of Bajce Row's horsemen made their appearance in the vicinity of Kergaum. I went out and at tacked them ; four of the encmyfell ; of my party, one sipahec was killed, fir' three wounded. 1 have captured seven men and as many horses. The muskets of one killed and one wounded sipahec are missing. A return of the ammunition expended shall be forwarded hereafter. Grand Design of HENRY the Fourth, has LA:, brought on the carpet. The magnanimous ALLXANDER, it is tually ambitious of being the realiser of this ni: project of the fanciful HENRY. The Inderr; States of Europe are to be formed into a Grand federation, over which the Monarchs of Great Brii France, Austria, and Russia, are to preside in I cation. All disputes that may arse amongst ti are to be settled by arbitriment, so dirt th'g prospect !) there shall be neither war nor iighth any more. " .I ) .S. I have further to state their army is approaching in this direction, and that Bajee Kate, is with it. (True Translation) (Signed) " a, an.i.asmax. " liy order of the Right Ron. the Governor in Council, " J. PALISH, Sec. to Government." GENERAL ORDER IT 70 EXCELLINTCY Slit CIOVEILKOR-OENLItAt. " Camp Owreah, on the left bank of the Jumna, Feb. 41.. The Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief cannot quit the field without offering his best acknow ledgments to the officers commanding the several di visions of the combined army, fur the signal zeal and ability with which each has fulfilled the part assigned him in the late extensive operations. " To Lieutenant-General Sir Thos. Hislop it might seem superfluous to offer praise ; yet there are titles to applause which should not be absorbed in the lustre of victory. The temper and forbearance with which his Excellency, possessing all the conscious ness of superiority from the quality of his troops, en deavoured to avoid a rupture with llolkar, and the judgment with which he improved success after his conciliatory efforts had failed, demand high corn ' mendation. The chivalrous intrepidity displayed by Brigadier-General Sir John Malcolm, in the battle of Mehudpore, and the admirable tact manifested by him in the subsequent negociations, advanced the public interest no less than they distinguished the in dividuals; while the relief of the Residency at Nag pore, and the defeat of the Rajah's force, through the prompt and decisive energy of Brigadier General Doveton, complete the dignified exploits of the army of the Deckan, north of the Godavery. " Major-General Sir William Grant heir, with the Bombay division from Guzerat, has exhibited most meritorious activity with important advantage to the issue of the campaign. The leaders of the Bengal divisions have similar claims on the Governor-General's approbation. The vigilance and judicious movements by which Major- General Marshall constrained the Pindarees, in their retreat, to keep that route to which the Commander in-Chief indicated his plan of confining them, were of extraordinary consequence. Lieutenant-Colonel Adams, with his division, ably co-operated in this object; and he subsequently, by the skilful direction of his detachment, gave the finishing blow to the remnant of the Pindarees, which had excelled by an .incalculuble chance, when nearly surrounded by the two divisions already mentioned, and by that of Ma jor-General Donkin. The strenuous exertion and scientific marches of the latter Officer, cut ofE the re treat attempted by the Pindarees towards the North —a derangement of their plans which precipitated their destruction, whence the service was equally cre ditable to the Major-General, and beneficial to the public. Though the course of events did not give to Major-General Sir David Ochterlony any opening for the exercise of that vigour and resource which have so brilliantly distinguished his former professional commands, there can be no one in this army unable to comprehend how solidly effectual the positions apd conduct of the Major-General have been in pro moting the object of tranquillizing Central India. " Fortune was more favourable to Major-General Brawn, in presenting opportunies ; and he availed himself of them with a decision and style of arrange ment, affording honourable proof of his military talents. . a Brigadier-General Ilardyman, by a gallant and well-conducted action, reduced a considerable terri tory, and extinguished an opposition which threat ened to be troublesome ; and the judicious dispo-ition which Brigadier-General Toone made of his force, prevented any elan attempting to distract oar Of the - sensibleness of this grand Project some may be formed from the nature of the chief culty which is supposed by its advocates to stsr. the way of its accomplishment. Should there more war to cut men off from the face of the considerable appreif elision is entertained that the will becOme vastly too r.umerous, for the quanti food which Europe can afford to support them: the only way proposed for correcting this teat, to surplusage is, to send out colonies to the Nor. Africa who are to establish a footing them we some, by removing the existing inhabitnns of region out of the way, by recurring for a Lime u old European diversion of shooting and bayou The system, it would seem, is to be for Europe: —all the world beside is to he placed trilmoi pacific pale. Is it necessary to oiler one word in serious:lf a project to which this is supposed to be the objection--this the only rational way of obriat; We hardly think it is, but that we may ncf cused of dismissing, with an undue want of molly, any thing emanating from high ands we would simrly ob:;erve, that the scheme, an old one, been often enough discussed c and that the judgment of all the learned and wise has long ago consigned it to a pl:lce shelf beside She reveries of a HARRINGTON, a and other well-meaning but ideal optimists. z. system of Cosmopolitism, could k possibly be ried into effect, would have as deadly an inSe on all the moral energies of men, as a perp calm in the natural world would have on springs of life and vegetation. The Paris Papers of Tuesday, due to-Jay, not. arrived, but we have been favoured Wit ther interesting letter from our private Correspoci which we subjoin: PRIVATE LE7TER. " PARIS, Arcrs• 4, M. de CIIATFATIDRI AND has re•appeared political scene; like all die men of his volour not take a single step, he does not say a work does not compromiie his party. La Rae sate: revolted all France. M. de CHATEAURRIA , tends to be indignant at the Times stating I signed it; and so the warbler of Atala maintL, the face of Europe, that nothing is more patriotic more wise than the note seerette ; he did rot sign it is true, but he seems to wish be had ; and bly his not doing so was merely that he ni aftr• wards d4endit, against all attacks, as a di,azteTegei V tEy ta ani be rex n P e ratiOnl Share 11 co u ld b e de ""'e ,; t y and which r a , ur • , apPY prid Lab lity die 'eßt yh .:. ante Goth, Feet ?Prchittir , A , back mon t h, (4, the intik. trine can • " 21 7 Q acau l Mhe r _. ' a loes b in g 4 i t is , Itet" ? ;A.A oho 0, 4 neralr V4' w o e v,;,. 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