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EAST INDIES. FORT WILLIAM, SEPTEMBER 14, ISt& The Governor-General in Council has great plea sure in publishing the following Report of a gallant and decisive attack on the positions of the Rajah of Boni and his C,ldederates, neat: . Macassar, by the British force under thi• command of Major DALTON, of the Bengal Native Infantry, and in professing his cordial concurrence in theoutiments of approbation and applause bestowed by. the Honourable the Lieu teoant-Governor in Council of Batavia, on the con duct and bravery of the Officers and troops, including the Naval Officers, seamen, and mariner, from the Honourable Company's cruisers Benares and Teign. mouth, engaged on that occasion. COPY or A DISPATCH PROM MAJOR H. DALTON. " HON AAAAAA t4ia—l have the honour to acquaint you, that we attacked the enemy yesterday in his intreseked position near Batik Anging Pale, and that our success has been complete. We Commenced the attack about six iu the scorning, but it did ant tease until four in the afternoon. The enemy's poeirion was Ittremely formid•ble. It presented as extended chain of redoubts, Baskin each es her in a Hue of about nine hundred paces, and appuyed, at the extremities, by rocks, which were high, and needy perpendicular. A battery competed of two 38 pi:renders and two medium howitzers, although admirably served, fled nut seem to make any decided impression on the firmness or the enemy. A false attack had from the commence :sent of operations been actin; 'on the enemy's right. by a strong remlorcement, we fortunately succeeded in turning the attack min a real one. The enemy's rear was gained, and the corantand of the pass from whence be drew his supplies. A field gun etas got up, and availing ourselves of a momentary eon fusion ul the enemy, caused by a abut from the battery, we ear- tied by assault, in a few seconds, his two principal redoubts. Two or three small ones had been carried before, and the last success to'ally dismayed the enemy. Ibe Chieftain Dates Cheta was killed in the assault. Two musket ball, passed through bit armour, and instantly deprived him of life. He was determined. to resist to the last, and held nut to his people, that if they cduld not repulse our attack in that posit an, the fate of Boni was de cided. We found the Royal :Award by his side. Our present Access, it miry be expected, will produce a favourable tido of affairs, and prevent us at least Irum be leg so often harassed as hitherto we have experienced. I have most sincerely to regret that our loss ill men is considerable.. '3 lute officers have been wounded, but not dangerously; and seventy-three non commis sioned oficer• and privates killed or wounded.. But when the etrength of the enemy's position I- considered, and the length of time the engagement lasted, our loss in numbir will, perhaps, seem trio than might be apprehended. " In the large redoubt taken, I have formed an advance post, and have no doubt that several miles of fallow laud will Imme diately be again euldvated. his imp ssible for tne in recital to do justice to the bravery and perseverance of every Officer and private engaged in the attack•ut the enemy's position. Captain llatweil and his First Lieutenant, with wanten and marines from the creisen, rendered in the battery and assault moot es sential services. The enemy was said to bfabuut two thousand 4itrong. His loss must have been conaldCral.le. Our force con. listed of artillerymen sufficient for a brigade of guns, 340 rank and file of infantry, Si, seamen, and alatiut the same number of marines. The Rajah of Goals attended with, sic or seven luau. divd men, and the Lomo of Maros furniabed largely and must Willingly men to mist in carrying stores and helping on the guns. +1 have the honour to be, &e. (Signed) "D. H. DALTON, Major, Resident and Commandant. " lon Rotterdam, Manasar, 9th June, taw." CALCUTTA, OCTOBER 14. It is stated in letters from JAva, that the total ces sion of that Island to the Dutch cannot be accom plished before the month of November. Some de. tathments of Dutch troops had, however, proceeded to occupy Macassar, Madura, and the eastern pro vinces of Java. It appears that the Dutch soldiers were suffering severely from the climate, and that the hospitals were crowded. The latest intelligence from Ambnyna, mentions a most destructive hurricane which visited that island in April lest. Upwards of a thousand nutmeg trees, and twenty thousand clove trees have been des.royed; and all the ships is the harbour were driven from their anchors. Many of the small craft were sunk, but we understand that no large yowls stutaine4 any material damage. MISSION Ttl CHINA. Advtees have been received from Canton of so recent a date as the 17th of November. We regret to learn that Lord Amherst was on his return to Canton, without accomplishing the object of his enission. During his stay at Pekin * which was about a fortnight, he made every exertion to procure au in. terview with the Emperor, _without submitting to the degrading promotions which are imposed by the Court etiquette of China upon those who are suitors for an introduction to the Imperial presence. Finding the Emperor, however, inflexible upon this point, from the intrigues of the Mandarins, he left Pekin on the 7th September, and was expected to reach Canton about the end of kovember. Presents were exchang ed, and his Lordship is said to be the bearer of a letter from the Emperor to the Prince Regent, though the Prince Regent's letter to him bad not been R. calved. In addition to the above intelligence, the letters from Canton contain the particulars of an unpleasant affair, in which the Alceste was involved. It swan that the Chinese had taken some offence against Captain Maxwell, in consequence of which a number of war boats were stationed round the Alceste, and attempts were made to intercept her supplies hum the shore. No answer having been made to his endeavours to procure an explanation of the cause of his having been placed under this insulting sort of quarantine, Captain Maxwell resolved upon changing hie anchorage, with the intention of more clearly ascer taining the views of the Chinese, before be should resort to extremities. The Alcestis accordingly weighed an chor, and proceeded tip she river to the second bar.— The war boats, however, soon followed ; and as the frigate approached Cbua Pee they fired at her, first with blank Cartridge, and next with shot. Captain Maxwell returned their fire, in the first instance, with powder only, but fi nding that bad not the e ffect of preventing them from following him, be sent a single shot over the Admiral's boat merely to intimidate them—this had the defrired effect. Upon a signal from the Chinese Admiral, the flotilla ceased firing.. and stood off. At this period Captain Maxwell brought the Alceste to an anchor, in expectation of some communication from the Governor ; but having waited without receiving any, Until the evening, he' weighed again, add stood toward! the Bogue. The bo a ts, which iolkned him at a respectful distance, now began to Wl* up rockets, and to make other signals, which wen promptly answered froth the forts is she Bogue. As the frigate advanced, lanterns continued to be hoisted at the different forts until they became an 'Attire blase of light, and the tam. parts were Ken etowded with people. Two lons, ire on the right, ttss other on the left, suddenly felted a tremeadolli cross-fin on the Alcette, with. out, however, any other damage than that of her re ceiving three or four shots in the hull, where they stuck. The wind heading . the frigate in she narrow part - of the Bogne. Captain Maxwell was obliged to make a tack, which brought him within pistol shot of the principal fort, mounting kitty guns. He resolved to avail himself of this circumstance, in order to chastise the insolence of the Chinese.' He took a station which enabled him to bring his guns to bear on both forts, and gave orders for action.— His command was received' with three cheers by the crew, who. with a rapidity which overwhelmed the Chinese with astonishment, discharged two suc cessive broadsides, starboard and larboard. The fife of the forts instantly ceased, the innumerable lanterns disappeared, as if by magic, and all was suddenly in volved in total darkness and silence. The Alceste was quietly suffered to proceed to her destination; and, what is most singular, up to the 17th of Novem ber, not the slightest notice had been taken of the affair by the Governor of Canton : he neither gave nor demanded an explanation, but continued to grant permission for the British vessels to enter the river, as it nothing had occurred to interrupt the harmony between the two nations. It remained to be ascer tained in what light he may have represented the affair to the Court of Pekin. We are happy to learn that none were killed or wounded on board the Alceste. A letter from Portsmouth, dated March 8, says, "Thursday the Cornwall East Indiaman passed by Portsmouth for the River, after having landed Mr. HRNRY BAUBU, her Purser, with dispatches. She is only 112 days from Canton. At her departure, it' was generally understood that the Emperor of CHINA had declined to accept the presents sent out with Lord AMHERST, and that his Lordship and suite were on their way to Canton, to embark in the Alceste, and return home. The Alceste had come down the Yellow Sea, and was lying at Canton.— The EMPEROR received the Embassy with every de gree of courtly civility ; but apprehending, it was imagined, that the acceptance of such presents would be followed by our demanding commercial advantages greater than other nations enjoy, and that we bad other designs by so much expense and trouble, beside those of merely maintaining rela tions of mutual good will—a jealousy not. it was thought, to be subdued, WA) entertained by the Estentua and his Court upon the subject ; aid, under that feeling, he had come to the determi nation of relusing the presents. Tile Embassy was to return from Pekin through the country to Canton ; a journey of vast .magnitude and toil—it being twelve hundred miles. The Previdence, Lynn, which ship was sent out to convoy home the curiosities and Naturalists' specimens, expected to be. collected by the suite, had passed Banda, on her way to Canton, in the early part of November. The Cornwall touched only at St. Helena; left that Island on the 23d of January. She left at Canton the Atcasia, frigate; General Hewitt, ex t.* ship ; and the regular ships Windham, Surat Castle, Hugh Inglis, Lord Lynedock, Marchioness of Exeter, Coldstream, Lady Castlereagh, Cambridge, Regent, Marquis of Ely, Fort William, Scaleby Castle, Earl of Baicarras, Buckinghamshire, Maruis of Huntly, Castle Handy. Lady .Melville, and C umberland." FLANDERS MAIL. ST. PEVERSBURGH, FEBRUARY 4. Some persops have endeavoured to spread in the Public Journals at report of an approaching war be tween Russia and another Power. If these cameleons have reckoned upon new troubles to favour their pro ject', a measure proposed by the Emperor is soon going to be put into execution, which will deprive them of all hopes. This measure consists in a new dislocation of the Russian armies, such as will ensure tor a long time the peace which Europe enjoys at this moment. BRUSSELS, MARCH 3. On the 2d Ye Dell= was celebrated in the Cathedral Church of St. Gudule, on account of the happy deli verance of her Imperial Highness the Princess of Orange, and fur the birth of the young Prince bee son. The same ceremony took place the same day in the other provinces of the kingdom, 'wefts is Floe- Jere. the Bishop of Ghent finding that his conscience did not permit him to have Ts Desna performed; that is, thanks returned to Gon for an event which is most happy, important, and interesting to the kingdom of the Netherlands. The Bishops of Ruremonde, Na mur, Touraay, Cambray, and Metz, as well as the Vicars-General of Mahnes, Liege, and Aiz.la-Cha pelle, have seen the affair in a different light. The Princess of Orange is rapidly recovering, and the young Prince is perfectly well. VIENNA, FEBRUARY Since the Ist of July last year, there have been de stroyed 100,000,000 of florins of our paper currency, of which 50,000,000 were bought in in consequence of the operations of the Bank, and 50,000,000 by the voluntary loan opened by the Imperial Patent of the 29th October, 1816. DRESDEN, FEBRUARY 30. An order has been published for the organization of a kind of Landsturm, under the name cf Land reserve. All yowls men of from 18 to S 2 belong to it. f ,1 , ! I • , PeRLIAMEIVTAAY BUSI2IESS. Tate DAY •-•Orders...4olllllllttitil 0111 Saving Banks 11111— Gum Preservation 311, second thseCoassnittee Of Supply— Ccantsiuee of Ways and Mesas—Further Censidetation of the Ripon of the Seditious Meedop 3111—Comasktee on the Mad. Houses Bill—Committee es the indemaky Btil—Consailttee on the Acts Cochineal Sad laji_iger—Cesamittee on the London Coal Bili—Consmittee ea the link likeenty IN/L—Nodstes—Mr. Mar tin-Willi to expedite the Piassillege in the Court of Ezdter, by she sluing of a In* ledge M Matson of liquity.—d Palinersmn--Ampiellumeleis the Cammeittee of Supply —Mr. Ward—Ordemes Admen is the Cemokese of Seppif.—Mr. Bennett—To revive the Pam Conmeittee s und to present a Pets tins Gem New South Wales, eamplinieg of GOWDer MS& quint.; and the Return of Lunatics etmlined in the Coldbads- Aside Prison.—Tbe Chancellor el the Exchequer—To refer the geobequer Bill Accounts to the Committee of Supply—Also further Exchequer BUI Accounts—and Prsocol of th. Treaty with Frame, of November, 1115, ae dg a Grant to the British Army. Ts-moaaew.—Notices.—Mr. Brougham—Medea the Distress of Trade and Manufactures.—Sr Joins Newport— Motion regarding the Report on the English Court of may. Mr. Peel-411i to amend the Peesereades of the Peace Act in indami.--Order.—Cerne Lawn Repeal Bit W 111)11 a seae.—Notice.—Ceeneral Thousten—Ao Account oil the Assessed Tens, which would have been payaNe by Persons OW in foreign parts.—.Order.--Adjawned Dabate respect* Reform Petitions. - tiivasuay,--Notien,--Mr. Bennett—Motion reprding the A ante/ Mr. Herrin on the Ovil blest DeipartMent...— .--Paeper Settlement BM, mewl time. THE EvENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, MARCH 10, 10117. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE frames s Reduced shut—Cons. money, 6911—for April, 70i 4 per Cent. shut—S per Cent. Navy, 99 ii Exchequer Bile Ga. 15s. pr.—lodla Bomb S 9 40 pr. We were correct when we stated on Friday, that no dispatches had been received from Pekin; but we now find, that that very circumstance was unfavour. able to the hopes that had been entertained from the Embassy under Lord AMHERST. It was a part of the policy of the Chinese to prevent any intercom munication whatever between dm Embassy and the English Factory at Canton ; nor was it possible in any way whatever, but through the Chinese Autho rities, for any letter from the Embassy to reach Can ton. There is now every reason to believe that the Mandarines and Chinese Merchants at Canton bad received accounts from the Capital, on which the ru mours mentioned in the letters before alluded to were founded; and that their accuracy has since been con firmed by the return of the Embassy to Canton.— Indeed we understand that the Aware, Captain M. MAXWELL, with Lord Ammar and suite on board, is now on her passage from China. and may be ex pected to reach England in a month or five weeks. In another column we have given the substance of what is circulated respecting this Embassy, from which it will be seen that the ostensible cause of fai lure is ascribed to disputes about etiquette—respect- ing the prostrations reqriired in approaching the EM. exams I It is true that some relaxation in this cere. mony had been allowed by the last EMPEROR to Lord MACARTNZY ; but his present MAJESTY would not dispense with any of the usual formalities; and we apprehend that no just cause of complaint exists in the bare refusal of an audience to those who could ,not or would not make their approach in the forms required by the usage of the country, eXery Court having its own forms, and being alone competent to decide on the ceremonies of an audience to which foreigners are hot invited. But we have no tioubt whatever that other motives operated with the Cqurt of Pekin than mere conside rations of etiquette; for it is very well known, not withstanding the pretended immutability of their usages, that there is not a people upon the face of the earth more subtle at contriving evasions of the most positive ordinances whenever prudence may dictate a different line of prilicy.—When Lord Macwartiax's Embassy was received, there was' not` single indi vidual in his suite that could speak a single word of the Chinese loguage : elm kind of intercourse was necessarily obliged to be carried on through the medium of Chinese interpreters: The inference of the Chinese was natural—that such men could obtaiti only as much information as the Court might choose to give them ; but 'not one syllable more. Of the suite of Lord AMHERST not less, we balieve, than eight persons read and speak the Chinese language... and some of them fluently. Was it to be expected that so cautious and suspicious a people as the Chi nese should give the same ficilities to these, as to men who could not speak a word to them in their own tongue As to the consequences to be apprehended from the British cohoNsteent from the Ascent to the Chinese forts, we can assure those who are alarmed on this account, that they have nothing to fear. The cir. cumvallation of the Chinese guard-boats was a mere trial of bragadocia—a trial of the patience and for bearance of John Bull. which would probably have been followed by some farther insult—had he tamely submitted to it ; which was perhaps not ordered by the Supreme Power, and .to account for which the Agents will probably tnntrive ten thousand lies in their Report of the affair to the Emperor—if it shell ever be reported. The pro bable object was to extort presents or money—not for the Government, but for some of the Maeda rines. At Canton the affair excited no surprise what ever; and the Au:horities, when spoken to on the subject, spoke of it with great lightness, only expres sing great surprise that " so trifling an sfair should have induced the English Captain to fire real Aot." Last night a Flanders Mail reached the Geneial . Post• Office, but the •accounts which it brings are comparatively insignificant. It is true, indeed,; that there have been some rumouri of an approaching war between Russia and Austria ; but, on the other band, it appears by accounts from Petersburgh, that Russia has been reducing the number of her troops —a circumstance not likely to take place were a war at all contemplated by that Power. Yesterday, at three o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, which sat till about fire, and was attended by all the Cabinet Ministers. Lord &mourn, however, only remained an hour, and went to his office to transact business. The Duke and Duchess of- CUMBERLAND, accom panied by the young Princess Simms, took an airing in their chariot, yesterday, in the Parks, &c. Yesterday Divine Service was performed at Carl- ton House by the Rev. F. W. 840/111E110 and the Rev. Dr. STAMM CLAW. Friday evening the Duke and Duchess of thou. casts* gave a grand entertainment to the Purace Runoff, who came to meet the Grand Duke NI CHOLAS, previous to his Impecial Highntss leaving England. AMERICAN PAPERS. We have received New York PAp:is to t: e Their Contents are important. inasmuch M they the an increasing spirit of hostility to the introductson British manufactures. In the Legislature of the State of New York or. th 20th January, the Committee on kanufacturi• sensed a Report, which describes the injury Atm rican manufactures have sustained in enlist quence the uninterrupted communication with all the thttiov of Europe, which has deluged the country Wit!: reign fabrics. "Itisto be feared (says tre that while Great Britain finds her European m•trke circumscribed by the neighbouring Powers, sh wi!l still continue to throw into our market such quan tities of manufactured goods as will suspend ti..f opt.. ration of our cotton and woollen m mufactories, if not altogether ruin the manufacturer." The Report goes on to describe the distress w.i) .c.) has arisen from unlimited importation, and rec. in mends the adoption of efficient measurei ni prot ec . tion for the infant manufactories of the United Si..!l-E, particularly woollen and cotton, either by a perm., nent augmentation of the duties upon certain gouth, or by the prohibition of such woollen and sotto:, goods from foreign countries as can be supplied by home manufacture. While the winter in this quarter of the world has been remarkable for extraordinary mildness, it Ap. pearl that on the other side of the Atlantic, it h..s been distinguished for particular severity, as Readers will perceive from the following cxtrarr a letter from St. John's, Newfoundland, Liattd Feb. 10 " We have bad se severe a winter here this y..ar, that sets leaving the harbour bad to be cut out. Ihr the Hope were in the Channel ready to sail 10,1.1 ) , from the N.N.E. drove the Maid of the Millie tea, , n•huat her papers or register. The Invulnerable lost h../ tLe lames and Mary shattered her stern, and tie caltd.thia c. ashore; but nothing material will occur from the aecitleat. I have also learned from a schooner, that the 111.1: - y, of Pool e , 1, 4 been lost oaths Banks. This vepel saw part of the stern, w4h the anew on it." THR LITERARY GAZETTR AND JOURNAL Ol TON BILLIE LRTTRES. —The Seventh Number of this i.- teresting Paper, published on Saturday, contains, !Moog other articles--. obs er v a ti ons on Lord Erskine's Amara ; Memoirs of Fray, ; Horner, Esq. M.P.; The Duke D'Etighfen ; Review of M.,s Porter's Pastor's Fire-Side; Millet vie de Due de Burger*, Letters from London; Brazilian Discoveries; Inoculation the Plague; Russian literature; Canova, rid State of SotietT at Rome; North American Improvements; African Civilizri.in; Air H. Davey; Astro-Atmospheric Science; Me.ital Weakness; Inaccuracy of Vision ; Review of Picttrrev to the British !Totem. don . The Drama; Mr. Booth; The Oratorio; New Frencit Drama; New Books; Poetry, See. dce. Saturday senssight a melancholy accident 11.1. paned in the lead mines, belonging to Messrs. He.r. RIR, HURST, and Co. Leadhills, occasioned by the air being rendered impure from the smoke of a Fre. engine, placed ab sat one hundred feet under groin'. As soon as the danger was ascertained, two miners and the Company's blacksmith descended to the r , lief of their neighbours below, when unfortunately the two miners perished in the humane attempt. TN smith escaped, but is still dangerously ill. Many rf the miners who were at work at the time were via. lently affected, almost to suffocation, bet are now out -of danger.. We have since learned that in all seven lives have been lest by this melancholy accident. A few days ago, as a young Gent...Uan, of 0:e name of GA PISTON& was passing over a pile of stoner placed on the walls of the ancient City of Chester, to repair a breach in them, his foot slipped, and he fell from the summit into the Canal beneath, a der.cent about fifty feet, without sustaining tile least injire, except a cold, taken in consequence of the duoking hr received. 'During The violent storm on Monday last, t!e Windmilion.levington-hill, near Eastbourne, Sussex, was blown down, and carried to a considerable - ranee from its scite. A cat, the only living creat.i.e on•dtt premises at the time, was found under a pot of the iuins, alive and unhurt. An extraordinary circurnst ince took place m Tuesday last, in the stable-yard of the Hotel, Clitig• church. .1. ANGRIVITEIN, Esq. being mounted on a hunter, was giving some orders to the ostler, w!i•t was in a granary. when the horse suddenly madt leap into it, the floor of which is nearly five feet hi...). standing on caps and stones. As there was not rogin for the horse to turn, some loose straw and tru'.• , t hay were procured, on which he WAR cue telly b•:ck••'. And again placed on terra firma, with only two !lip I• blemishes. When it is considered that the hors• i; 16 hands high, and the dote-war of the grinary six feet one inch by three lees two indite-, dsr eseaV of Mr. Atrocasetteu, with only a brui.,e in his hat, may be deemed almost eiiractilous. STAve Patamsetts.—The falowing adopted 111 the Tower, respecting the persons co: fined under charges of high treason :—Each prison': is kept in a separate apartment, and night and d t We yeomen, or warders, in full dress, continue in oh room, the door of which is locked, and on the one side an armed sentinel is placed to prevent the a;- poach of any one, except those in the Gevern , :r's establishment. Their beds and board are provided rby the Government. No person is allowed to twee prisoners, unless a special order is sent to the L'e'i tenant-Governor by the Clerk of the Council, any then they are restricted from holding any corm's-re cation, except in the presence and hearing cf sere person appointed by the Lieutenant or his Derutt. A special order has been granted for Mr. 11 . :rms. Solicitor to see him twice a-week, under the restr titans above-mentioned. The prisoners arc not eliaez-.- jointly, but there is a separate commitmeet foe iudividuil, signed by twelve bfembers of the Pr i 7 :. +Connelly directing the Lieutenant of the Totter receive-the accused into his custody, he being charges: ft is now understood that they will not be hrougt to trial till May. This delay is attributable to 'Lc period which will elapse before the conclusion of I Circuit, and the circumstance of the Old Bailey be . !' sions occurring immediately afterwards. The tr:;.4 wilt take place in the Old Balky Sesioas c D ' re. te- aT .1k it A P of bi pe ir V • V a al A C b I 4 1 ; a la e p d rl ' t • • •