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I -Capt. Hodgeon, WhoTorced their way.tkeyllie mum difficult rouee.' to Major Welso's assoastoce. See ing this pots, as well as sdl the rest et the force within the walls, coining his aopportt, Major Welsh itornediately l lleat a detachment doom the rock, who dashed into the t lines, attacked those foible enemy, who still stood to &if gull*. and put theiu completely to the route. The pauic spread to the men its the north redoubt; who also fled its the utmost confusion and &massy, and lett us (about the hour of eight in t..e morning) in full possession - of the whole work..—Thus fell, by • successful tiny-de-mein, the formidable lines of 'frovalscore— the extent of which is so grew, that a garrison of 10,000 soldiers is requisite to man theta. The low of the enemy, in killed sod won utleol, was severe. We have also to regret the death of Capt. Cu 1111 l siglisin, asst of other gallant soldiers; but, when compared out, the abject achieved, oar loss WAR inconsitier able. By nine o'clock, nut a man of the enemy's was to be secs from the heights ; and Colonel St. Leger pitched his camp two miles within the Aro busily gate. Many valuable pieces of oriliosiore were found on the works ; and am almoslaiit supply of gulls, muskets, pikes, 1110141UHHILM, and stores of every description, in the areas tial. heti the last *deices came away, the troops were busily employed in blowin; up the Goes, and bursting the term CS0110:1. Such el the ordnance us were vale:shit., would of course be preserved.. We leave the pleasure to subjoin the weariplituentary Orders published by Colonel St. Leger, after the•etortn. "GENERAL ORDERS, "BY THR HOlll. LIILUTIN A NT-COLOI.IIL A- PT. [AGRI. "Tarok, watsm—roiotter.ip, PeCCTSP "Camp, two miles interior u At inebriety Gate, Feb. " Licuwitset -Colonel tlw lion A. St. 1 , , "r has mach es tisfaction in conveyin g In the troops under his romiunud, the most sincere congratulations on the brilliant achievement of this weenier The Idesteimat-Colonel deems it a ditty he mire to justice, to thus publicly molt his high cousiderstios of the perseveres's, *ligament, oust ability, displayed by Meier Welsh, command* the 31 Regiment of NUM' ' faulty, he it. emelt of this mooing, wherries the greet. mesa of the enterprise could only be ripinlleit to the sitcres• which attested it. The Lieutenant-Colonel ic quests Major Welsh will CUlieey to the Offieer.And mall who ronspoised Ow detaches-at for escalade, under by rummaged, his must unqualified apptmlietios oftbeir gallant exertions, is accost "dishing at. object which must ever be consider'', as entitled to a high plan. • In Military record."—(arep. Huth ) HONRAY, APRIL 15. Li our last, We had thatilitaiCtiOn to present our readers with a very full and circumstantial account of the operations of the Southern Brigade of the Madras army, 'against the fortaidelde lines of Arum busily. The is hole force employed on this seivice, gilder the command of Colonel St. Leger, untwist ed of His Majesty's 69th Regiment of Foot, 500 of the first battalion, and the whole of the seemid battalion of the 3d Native Infantry ; the first bat talion of 13th Native Infuntiy ; the bib Regiment of Netiv. Cavalry; and a party of Artillery, with ten field-pieces, end four 'mousers. They arrived at the Travancore frontiers, met pitched their camp opposite to the Artimihmly gate, on the 611 i of Fehrtutry, four days prevalent to die assault.— The works at Arnrabooly constitute a line of for tificatton, which extends for the% upset of three-quar ters of a mile, from hill to hill, and is flanked no the right aril left by strung redoubts constructed on other heights. The great gate in the centre lime covers Vie princUnd pots throu is the huge ram part of mountams, which divided the kingships* of Travancore from the British provinces. The force by which this insportatit barrier was defended, con sisted of 6,000 regular infantry, armed and disci plined after the 101111 Her of the Company's Sepia's, and cointnalided by several F.iir.ipeans ; besides 43 immense multitude of N di r bowmen, and other irre guLsr troops. 'rliougli the following concise account of the prmiiedings of the stunning panty, contains few pants:lllll'h beyond those whirl, are already to our rcaih-rs, it will still, as the testimony of so e“.! .ritness, Lie 1,, awed with some degree of interest. Thor access to the works was extremely difficult, front thastorp.iew of the hills, from jangle, ravines. wid melts. The batteries on the southern hill (I,lii• *wooded the whole line ; and it was proposed by pMajor Welsh, who rommiuslcd our corps, to take possession of this hill, in the night, by surprise-- Tins plan war adopted, and be arcoriliiigly march ed, on the night of the gth inst. with two mope ries of thi.- both, two companies of the Ist battalion '.4 regiment, and seven communes of our battalion, ti of the 3.1 A party of pioneers carried ileeloig ladders, and he had a few artillery mess with him. I went with our corps ; we were all night in w itiu g up the hill, through, the obstacles I men flossed. The enemy appeared very vigilant, but their whole attention was directed to th e nor th hill, towards which' we hash scut eternal ritenimui fermi parties the day before. Haying got to the top, the sealing ladders were placed, and the whole flusNe got in about an hour before daylight, without disturbing a single centinel. It was no difficult matter then to drive the wormy down the hill. finr artillery men turned the guns of the battery against the line ; and as soon rut slay broke, a party of out charged the enemy on the, ramparts of the hoe, and drove them before them. At this time, the rest of Colonel St. Legcr's force catne op from the camp, wad, the doos being opened for diens, '.%.py 'lewd, and took poLsmsion of the pass and all timusrorks. We WI apirPt3hl 40A, 10v ftis or. wounded, bri . sideo Ifivegir.sis *the* ,0 • - ".'r ,).. After an 'tarry") of.is fe?r, days, whis;h• were gins ployed in destroying the enemy's works, and the wieerviceable portion of his ordnance, the army be iiig• joined by a detachment of 500 Coffrees belong ing n to the ad Ceylon Regiment, and a party of about 110 roe,' of the Royal Artillery, whom Ce iieral Maitland had dispatched from Ceylon, began their march into the interior on the 17th. The enemy, mean while, had taken post at Kotaur. not more than Arvin' miles distance from the• British, tramp, and there awaited our approach. 'An ad vanced party of Colonel St. Leger's army. however, under the command of Colonel Macleod, of the loth Regiment, having entered the village. imme diately proceeded to the attack, and drove the Travancorians from their guns, at the point of the bayonet. The guns, to the number of 13, fell into the hands of the conquerors. Our loss, in this engagemeatt, did not exceed the number of four Of live killed, and about 30 wounded ; neither was the slaughter on the part of the enemy very consider able; the greater part of them being saved by the precipitancy of their flight. Such, indeed, WWI the panic which these rapid and repeated reverses had diffused among all ranks, that they abandoned to their punsiters . the fortresses of ollteghery and Pas sainiv-rain, which are situated about ten miles from Kinaur, and are accounted two of the strongest posts in the whole country. Colonel St. Leger, after blowintt up the ordnance which he had raptured at Kotaur, advanced again, on toe lyth, mud took possession of both fortresses. On the i6th of February, the date of our latest advice", time army remained encamped within five miles of Passanaversou To the great mortification of our gallant countrymen, the rpleinlid palace of the Rajah at that place was found entirely empty ; the immense treasure of Money and jewels which it was supposed to contain having been carefully re moved at the time of the evacuation. Besides the detachment of Artillery and Infantry front Ceylon, which joined Colonel St. Lerr afte► the 'storm of Arunoltooly, the whole of the King's 19th Foot, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hun. P. Stuart, by the zeal and exertions of the Ceylon Government; bad, oh the tint intelligence of the disturbance, been dispatched to Quilon. They reached that place by sea on the 4th ult.— Aftir the arrival of this reinforcement, the army there, under Colonel Chalmers, consisted of upwards of 1200 Europeans, (including His Ma. jesty's 13th and 19th regiments), and four bat talions of native infantry. In consequence of the great difficult• of collecting in that quarter a sufficient number of draught bullocks, and other necessary articles of equipment for the field, this powerful force had hitherto remained out the defen sive. The two principal attempts made by the Travancorians on Colonel Clialiners's camp, took place ou the 15th and 3lrt of January. The en gagement of the 15th was the most severe of the two. The boas of the 12th regiment on that day amounted to 8 men killed and 45 wounded ; and diet of the Sepoy regiments, in all, to about Co or ;o rank and Ale. The enemy left 700 dead, owl 10 pieces of ordnance, on the field of battle; the proportion of their wounded, of course, could not he so accurately ascertained. Ou both these circa. sinus, our native troops vied with the Europeans in their steadiness and valour. It dors not appear. that any treaty with the Ha. jab of Travancore had actually been concluded at the period to which our accounts extend. Propo sals of submission, however, on the same terms whirl, had been formerly proffered by the British Gintrnment. are said to have been sent by the Ra jah, into Camp. Colonel St. Leger waited the arrival of the Resident, who was alone invested with powers to negociate. At all events, there is every iirospect of an immediate and happy tenni nati )))) to use of tl►e most daring rebellions that was ever eugetidered, even by the ra.h and capricious pauinus of an Asia ac Court; a rebellion, which, in the first instance:bad invoked in the most inuni neiit tirrsomil danger both Colonel 51acauley, and the .'ffi.•ere of the British subsidiary force ; and to whicii,antong other sud'erers, part of the Resident's escort bad actually fallen *ileums. The grand army, limier Major-General St. Leger, were still encamped it I.ushkeree Khali Sergi, on the 39th ult . . The report of a treat• having been concluded with Minket Sing, appears to have been prcnntture. There is the hest rrasott to hope, howetrer, that all the points in dispute would, in a ,liort time, hr finally anti satisfactorily adjusted. The Seik army is now encamived on the said north hank of the Sutledge. Colonel Odnerlosty, with the detachment under his command, ente►ed Ludchaunith 011 the 15th of February. At that place matt 1111 l lents ha►e sine« been marked out for three battalions of infantry, and a regiment of cavalry. Luilehatinah as farinerly a very large Pucka town, but is at present said to be in a very ruinous condition. Colonels Kyd and Eden. who had joined Colonel Ochterlony's brigade, and accompanied them to the Suticdge, returned to General St. Leger's camp, on the 23(1 ultimo. and set out from theuce to Saharempote, on the following morning. strong escort, unfit., the uoinntand of Colonel Hardirnsn, composed of rix companies of native in fantry, vul one squadron of cavalry, set out (rut Goneral St. Legpptuilillip, on t h 2341110,n% Ilstk , Muhl 4, a plaiirist•opt tire inaltites , id thy: rrar of the army, where they were to receive vhaiat frera Colonel iVl.Graili's detachment (which we imen. tiued is our last) of 3 iron 18-poundrrb, said to be destiued for Colonel Otliteilonj'a brigade. His Majesty's Uth regiment of dragoons remain posted at a ghaut opposite to Karnali naul. Should no military operations be found necultarys it wus supposed that General St. Leger's Any would break up about the 151 b of the present month, when the regiments would return to their respective cantonments. DEFEAT OF 111 E aussiAN AltiT BY THE PERsiANS. • A Peritiao New:paper, containing an account of sonic of the principal occurrences, which imme diately preceded the departure.of the ship Rahira shim, „from Bushire, has, within these few days, heen received by a respectable Arab Merchant, at present resident in Calcutta. Among other mut ters, of less importance, it communicates theele-. tail, of the late conflict between the Persian and :Russian &armies ;o tlenrg;s e• relating to IBA event of which no authentic account had pre viously been received, will, doubtless, perused by our readers with considerable interest. We give them- pretty n e arly in the terms of the original " fly the ship Rohinerlime, we have /revived an account of the victory lately obtained by the warriors of Iran over the armies of Russia. This event happened towards the latter sad of the mouth of Runtime, in the )ear 12d3 of the Ml tree, correspoildeing with the middle ;of Nov. taws, of the Christian .tra. The following are the particulars. A large • Russian force; well appoiiiteil and accoutred, and powerfully supported by a formidable artillery, Lariat' touched front Tcfileez, for the purpose of ream:nag the fortress of Prieto'; intelligence of their movenieats wars cornuoicated to Mehe met' Houssain Khan, Kelpie of Cuseeen, Beeler Begee, the High in Dignity. Immediately on the receipt of this informa tion, that Chieftiiin assembled toge t her such troops of the vic torious army as he had iu readiness, and proceeded. by rapid marches, to meet the Russians. As soon as the two armies came within sight of each other, the enemy opened a heavy fire from their artillery, which destroyed a portion of the Persian troops. Upon this, Mahooked HOthitilill Khoo, the 'moaned for bravery, calling to mind the words of the pro treth (which may be translated—' The better part of valour le dlseretian,'}.had recourse to the warfare of Hight. He thus inveigled the Russians to follow him, and directed his way towardalithe fortress of Aroomee, whore the tents of hi* soldiers were intermixed with the dwcl inga of the in babitauts. The pursuit was kept up by the !Intl** with much eagerness and precipitation, until they come with in the range of the fortress : when the Perinea artil lery opened, and, at the first discharge, a vast number of the Russian soldiers 'etre consumed in Le fire of murta• lily. At the same moment, the victorious troops of 31ahorucd Huussain Khan rushed, with drawn scimitars, anion the ranks of the enemy, and completed their discomfiture. Lr the conflict which ensued, about 7 or 9,000 Raleigh* foil prey to the reinorscless sword, many of their chieftains were made prisoners, and a great part of their guns, army, and accoutrements, fell into the hands of the conquering Per sians. The Russian Commander-in-Chief fled toward' Takes. " A■ soon as Mahomed Hoursair Khan was comphicly assured of the defeat and flight of the enemy, he transmitted en amount of this great iictory to the Prince. of the Wodd, Abbas Mime, who sits on the Throne of Royalty at Zrlireez, At the same time, Mationeed Huussian Kliau himself pro. needed towards TOIL-es, in pursuit of the Russians. When the intelligence reached the Prince Abbas Mirza, tic imme diately forwarded a detail of the "ircumstances of the victory to the King, aud, taking the field in poem', with a points fel army, also set out in the direction of Trtfleez, with ■ fixed determination, iu his valiat mind, to extirpate the Remiss' nation ! " Mainnucil Kurreem Khan Afsbaar, (a relation to the Prime Minister, Micsa Mahomed libussec) received instruc tions from the King, to spread abroad the tidings of this joyful event. Three dispatches upon the subject were ac cordingly sent from 'Filheeran ; one to the Prince of the World, Ruler of Persia and Khokltaltioya, of all the Havens sod Shores, sold of the Land of Lliar—another to Mahomed Nuhee Khali, 1.4.1111 of the tita—..auil a third to the British Emmy. " As, moreover, it was manifest, that, in this affair, the Rosiness had brim the aggressors, it now o. cured to the mind of the King, that they must have acted muter the in &Cliff' of the French Ambassador, at preiumt in attendance at the Court of Persia. The dust of vexation, therefore, settled in the skirts of the Royal favour towards the French nation, and it because desirable io the eyes of the King, that the friendship subsisting with that people should he 'dis solved. ►►e was bertised to di..•niss the Erata.s.rgi and, sc. cwrding to one report, his actually dame so. According to another, bon ever, which is considered as the more authentic of the two, he has postponed the exec utiou of his purpose, until the arrival of the English Envoy." CALCUTTA, PM 8. IVe are happy to ol:rerre, that the friendly inter course betwesu British hullo, and the Spanish Asia tic settlements, will be immediately opet.ed. Two vessels are now preparing at this port, for Leticonia. The tidings of the late glorious revolution in Spoils will be no where more welcome then at Manilla, mid the other settlements on the Philippine islands, where the character and principles of the French revolution, from the first to the last, have been held iu general abhorrence. FORT WILLIAM, FCC 11, 1801. The Right Hon. the Governors( ieneral iu Coun cil is pleased to direct that the following extracts from letters from Colonel Wallace, cromtnanding the subsidiary force of Poona, cmitaining a report or the proceedings of the detachment under his per soual command, in the pursuit of the remains of the predatory force lately attacked and dispersed by the detachment under Lieut.-Col. Doveton, and the satisfactory intelligence of the seizure of the per iling, of two of the principal leaders of that force, be published for general information ; together with • • the expression or his lotthhip n eountira high ap. probation of the seal and judgment inruiftsted by Coluhel 11'allace, in conducting the pursuit of the remonot of the predatory foret, andrr Minden I►haun, and Waluid Ali Meson 13a:wish; and in the timings Irk: lotig which led to the apprehension of the Chief., rod the final dispeision of their rentals ins follisrrs, rod of he ularrise soid perseverante of the Whet re and men of the detachment, in the execution of Oil., impo r t s/ it tier , ice. Extract from ■ 14-Iti r, a !drroa.d to Col. No y C1.,,e resident at Poona, by Cot. 1 1 . 111:mee, dated! at kainpoor, 14 miles N.W. of Co;!rell, !nth Jan. 1009: " On the s 1 instant, I left Amillnair, with the whole of my detachment, the portion of it which I hail left in the rear, on advancing to that i plum e , having joined me the preceding day. On sty &deb rival, 011 the 3d instinit. at Sci9ilkate, I found the report that bitingiishhad halted they the whale -of the 39th ult. tLe after his defeat at Ain idiom, to be correct; and that he had, beforo neoreing, thence colle ted a party of allow 500 horse. I likewise learned from St•iudk.ur, that ;ii• h a d merle 0 „, to Nunclerhar, where he hut; arrived the 30th, w the eveiritig. On the 4th I moved to Doonlarena, which is within one long march of Nunderhar, and hearing that Bongos!' still continued at the latter place, where he was recruiting and equipping his mutt by plunder, I had determined to move the same night, with 's light detachment, to +gut k loan. Jinn in time, hoWever, I heard of his harin g I, it Nunderbar, and proceeded in the direction of this place, Ibitnpoor. In consequence I moved en the sth inst. to Copreil, en the Tooth% sod receiving intelligence that Beagush was tu camped at anorak, shout miles fro m me , in a Nuriii West direction, Unmarked el six o'clnlk that eVPII;II.Z. -nod at break of day. •en the tith, I arrived at she ground of his encampment ; where, lino ever, I was dibrippointed,bil finding ilvit he had a few hir,ir, before quitted if, and fled into the Dearlabawa Chian*. The:e, I immediately followed him, and altar is distant akinnisis with a few of his horse, that retred into theCCh at,n t, as our troops advanced, t o ok op a position at therm. trance into it, which precluded the possibility of his again returning into th..! plmn. In occupying this position, our troops were, for a considerable 'tine, fired upon from the jungle at the foot of the Ghent, by Bungtish's fotkiweia, but p: menially by armed men, in the employ of Becoming, a petty Rajah, ki lo commends this pass, without, however, sutler ing from its effects. " To this Rajah, who is nomivally pi subject of the Poona State, I had rua•le a COODIAUfIiCiIIIOII on the (lust report of the probability of Bungusui taking refuge with him ; but atodoubtful wht•ther it reached 'chit before that &Maestri-mai. 1, how ever, lost tin time in again npou Ititu to -.size, and ; ;Ive up to me, the rebels he had received unto the hulls and strong holds, and nethreotviting Mtn with the consequences of a non-compliauce with tuy desire. This has led to a parley betissett us, which I pretty confidently expect to terminate in the entire destuction of Bungush's rein.ii tug force. Darien khan. cud Pelevriuni WWI, are auk Ilungush. Jansileo, a nephew of ;ltylsut•Reo Idol ker, who was with the rebels. Lisa, it is said, re ceived protection from the head mat, of Tallorla, a villa a close to this. I shall endeavour to ascertain the truth of thi* report, and to get hold of loin..— Of Alyput Rso Holkar himself. 1 yet know nothing certain ; but front what has reached um, lam led to think that lie is concealed in Candisb, tam Soneghur. " The whole of toy detachment is now assem bled here. The gliaut, new in my front. is accesumrle only to led horses; and porsessee such natural strew's, that, when defended by a few rata, a pillage through it, cannot, I fancy, be forced by any slumber of troops. All the pus-es in its vici nity, except the Berivanch, which is said to be pas sable ler carriag„ tire of the same description, and they are all defended by innumerable bodies of Blieels, and by a few Araks, and other 'turned men, in the pay of tlie petty Chiefs, who re.itle iu the hills, and command the roads thi.oligh them." PIRATICAL SEIZURE OP THE BRIG BARRING ruN. Fame THE SYDIVEIf GAZETTE, MAY 21, 1101. On Monday morning List, this vessel was missal from her auditor:l;4es in Farm Cove. which was di rectly in view of Captain Campbell's house there. Between 8 sod 9, the Captain reported the extra ' ordinary eircuuistance to his Honour the Lieut.- ()over:nit. who issued immediate orders fora march to be inside, to discover whether any of the govern ment gangs were absent ; the result of which was. that nue Robert Stewart, and several others, had tint joined their work that morning. Upon further inquiry. it next appeared, that a vessel had been seen at dlylight from South ❑ead, *tamin; off ; front which joint eircntn.talwes, no farther doul,t was to he enterteined of her having hero taken away by a boilyof desperadoes. A ton .111 v. ie.cl, called the //a/cyon, was about 9 o'clock, end, settle 10 privates of the New South Wales Corps, commands ed by Serjeant Windsor, was towed nit to pursue the delinquents, accompanied by a licit of hosts, tilled with other parties of the mild:Ll y„ and a num. her of officers and inhabitants, who volunteered on the occasion—but so dead was the ex!iu Out pre 'p