The Sun. — London, England, 1816-11-01 00:00:00

'EAST ISMS. ritotPiNct or ctrrcfl. The following Extracts from the Letters of a Staff Officer, who beld a command in the late Ex pedition into Cutch, contains not only a sketch of this short yet important : campaign, but some cti riuus particulars csf a country hitherto -scarcely zvkited by Europeans, and far less traversed by a military force. The territorial annexation here made to.the British dominion in.lndia is, we un derstand, of great consequence, as giving a safe frontier on a side previously exposed to constant irruptions, and still more so. as opening the chat). , rteli of trade irate countries with which, not withstanding our extended -Empire in the East, we have even to this day had hardly any inter entitle. The narrative must therefore, we presume, be highly interesting to our Readers, even were it not rendered entertaining by, the agreeable and sensible style 'in which it is written. It may ex tiain the first paragraph, to Image that the writer is a Borderer and near countryman of : the cele brated pard to whom he alludes : "C.t%lP MI:MOOR Fes. 22, 1316. " The people of this country, living in a sort of feudal subjection to the Rao or Rajah of Catch, are the most desperate set of thieves that can be • Imagined, and in the hands .of •a Walter Scott their exploits would shine in story with those of our forefathers on the Border. Ever since our close connection with the Guikmar Uoverment, their depredations in Kattywar have been an un ceasing source of expence and annoyance. Re peated applications having been made to the Rao to suppress them without the smallest effect—in deed it now appears to have been out of his power -our Government at last determitied to send an army into Clod), and by force of arms obtain the necessary security for our frontier. Cinch being almost an unknown country, ample scope was afforded to conjecture, and during our preparations we were amused or astonished by a thousand stories of the number, strength, and courage of our new enemy—impassable deserts, &e. &c. The Run which separates Kattywar from Wagnr and part of Cute!' Proper, was the first obstacle to be overcome. The tract known by this name, and very inaccurately laid down in our maps, is formed by the waters of the Gulph of Cinch, which, assisted by the westerly winds and the periodical rains, flow up over an immense space of - low hind, and coratectiug them; selves with a similar, though smaller Run, from the Gulph of Cambay, neaey insulate the western division of Guzerat (called Kattywar). Another branch of it goes round Cutch, and connects itself with the Nowise; of the Indus, and that part of the country which you will see called the Great Desert, in Rennes map. In the rains it is an arm of the sea, impassable ex cept in a few places known to time natives, va rying on this Side from forty to nine or ten miles in breadth. In the dry weather it becomes a de sert composed of sand and fine earth, in many parts incrusted with a layer of pure salt. This, whiat acted on by the rays of the sun, occasions all those deceptions of vision known in Egypt by the name of mirage, and renders the passage di ficuh, and even dangerous : not a drop of fresh water is to be found, yet you are constantly de ceived with the appearance of spacious lakes, and every little shrub is converted into a grove of (tees, or assumes the appearance of the columns of a temple or towers of a castle, &c. &c. &c.— Over this we passed in the middle of December, and, after a march of 17 miles, reached a tank and some wells of water in %Vague, about 3 o'clock F. 51., having started before the dawn. We, the troops and field pieces, met with few difficulties, and aeffered little ; but the buttering guns and heavy baggage were not up till midnight the fol. , lowing day. Leaving Wagur on our right, we marched into Cutch and direct upon Booje, the capital, passing iii the course of four or live days soietal forts, without stopping to attack them.— .. rhe general face of the country was barren, and the soil sandy, yet where the inhabitants had cultivated, the wheat looked most luxuriant, and fields of good car. ots and onions and chillies were every now and then presenting themselves. Water was the grand desideratum, and this we found more plei,tiful than we had been led to expect.— One large tank, the only supply after a long and far igeiug march, was reported to he poisoned, and several bags of stuff, of what nature I have never been able to learn, were dragged up. This did not, however, prevent Man, woolen , horse, camel, and bullock from drinking, aed no inconvenience en sued, The few people who remained in a neighbour ing villae,e persisting in their declaration, that some lifirsernen from Allier hail made this villainous at teiopt, we altered our room, and on Christmas h erected a day (having on the night of the 241 i mortar and breaching battery), commenced our fire on that place. By two o'clock thebreach• was nearly. practicable, and the enetny's,guns on the works completely silenced,- While eagerly and anxiously looking out for the orders to storm,. the Kilimier threw himself at the feet of Colonel Malt, and Surrendered at discretion. We imme diately took possession, and sent oil a party to 'cot:meta Minder, a depeirdency situated at the head of the Gu!ph, and about eight miles distant. Anjar, you will see in the map, but not correctly laid down. It is a good handsome town ; the walls about 30 feet high, flanked with towers, but no ditch.—Leas log a garrrison, we resumed our march to Booj•Booj, and reached it, I think, on the 241 of January. The Rao, frightened at the speedy fall of Anjar, entered into negociations, and is now become the friend and ally of the Company, About the 7th or Sth he came out, and visited our Commandant with considerable pomp, that is, mounted on his state elephant, and surrounded with fl igs and streamers of va rious colours ; nearly 5000 attendants, horse and foot, Arabs, Sindeans, and Abyssinians, some in " complete steel," some with tnatchlocks, others with swords, spears, and various implements of war, composed his retinue. Our whole line was out to receive him. On his coming to the head of it 17 guns were fired, and as he passed down, every corps saluted the Gentleman ; I. amongst other Commandants, joined his cavalcade, and accompanied him to head-quarters, where a party of the 17th Dragoons, Native Cavalry and Infantry, formed in a crescent, front the - door of the tent, again received him with a salute, trumpets, drums, end bands of music playing away. On the whole, the scene was imposing, and worth seeing. One ludicrous circumstance I had nearly forgot. On the first approach of the Rao, and stalking di rectly in front of his elephant, appeared an enor mous giant, brandishing a sword and shield. On a nearer view, this tremendous figure turned out to be a man of ordinary size amounted on a pair of stilts, which brought his feet on a level with the heads of the other people. — His walking at this height was, however, ex traordinary ; he had no support under his arms or even up the leg ; his feet were simply bandaged with cloth to the tops of the sticks, and he got over the rugged ground with the greatest facility. I could not help exclaiming, in the words of Solomon, " train up a child, etc." for he certainly must have bad a deal of practice Since the settlement at Bonj, Colonel liast has re crossed the Run, leaving a brigade, to which my corps belongs, to assist the Rao in getting posses sion of Wagar. We have marched over great part of the country, and put all the principal forts into his hands. Our movements to the Northward ceased at Bela, on the great desert, which separates this place from Sind and Marwar. We have since made a few marches Southward to this place, and expect shortly to return into Kattywar via Mallia, the business which detained us being completely over. It was the intention of Colonel East to leave me with my battalion at Anjar, but Government do not think it necessary to have so large a body of troops in that place. I have, therefore, left 400 'auk and file there, and will, in all probability, be stationed with the re mainder some where in the district of Okamundil, near the fatuous Temple of De.warka. * * * * * * " The weather Inks been at times very cold. I seem more sensible of this than any other European in Camp, that is simply as to feeling at the time it lasts. I can, I assure yoi„bear with two, nay, three blankets and a thickly quilted cotton counterpane, without the least inconvenience, at night, for in the day the thermometer mounts to 96 degrees. * * * * " MAncii 25. " I am now, March 25th, writing in a Tower of the Fort of Veerwalla, where I litiVe taken up my quarters, since the 18th. During our opera tions in \Vagur, Colonel East, with the rest of the force, took possession of this district, called Okamundil, in the name of the Company. The opposition was very trifling, and only at one or two places. " This place is nearly filled again, and the in habitants are returning to the different towns and from which they bad fled into the jungles in great numbers. I have not yet had time to go to the Island of bate, where I have two subalterns and 150 men. The famous Temple of Dewarka is within three .'files of me." A ‘rriting-boat was lately driven on shore near Westport. It has a brass plate on the lid, with " Israel Lakemau" engraved on it. The box contained a number of papers, some bills of ex change. &c,, from which it is supposed that Mr. Laketnan is a merchant of Boston, and was on his passage there, and that the vessel in which be was on hoard has foundered during the late gale on the west coast of Ireland. FRENCH PAPERS, Dtucgivon THIS mouNING.] PARTS, OCT. 29.—A letter from New Orleans, dated August 20, gives the following details : " The Corsairs of Christophe are without pity. Petion, who inhabits the southern parts, is more tractable ; therefore our Captain prefer red passing by his domains in preference to those of the Kling of Ilayti. Opposite to Cuba is a desert island, called Lavasse, from which we saw a go letta go nut ; it seemed to us very suspicious.- 115 en within reach of cannon-shot it fired upon us. By means of our telescopes we could per ceive the frightful countenances of those on board her. They were pirates who, if they could have boarded us, would have cut all our throats, accord ing to custom, and sunk the ship after ransacking it of every thing useful. This is what has hap pened to /our or five ships, within the last 14 or 15 months, of which we have bad no tidings." The Duke of Cambridge was present two days since at the representation of the 4nglaises pour tire, at the Theatre of VarietC:s. The acting of Brunet and Potier, and their grotesque caricatur ing, a good deal diverted his Royal Tlighwss. The baton of the Palais Royal is at length finished, There are now only one or two work men employed, yet there are a great number of loungers continually standing round the inclosure of the bason. An English Literary Journal will be published in a short time at Copenhagen. OCT. 2S.—On the night of the 21st and 22d of this month a robbery wat committed at the Post-office of Bourdeaux. It appears that the robbas broke open several of the dispatches, and among others those of Nantes and Rochefort, and plundered them. We are assured that the Abb6 Fleuriel, bearer of dispatches from the French Government to the Count de Blacas, relative to the new Concordat, made so much haste as to arrive at Rome the 9th day after his departure from Paris. VIENNA, OCT. 18..--. Never was the pilgrimage of Mariazell more in fashion. The number of pilgrims who this year have visited the hermitage already amounts to more than 80,000. It is yet said that the Baron de Stroganow, Plenipotentiary Minister of Russia to the Divan, is charged with very important negociations. At least the good intelligence that exists between Russia and the Porte is not disturbed, and the Divan does not manifest the slightest hotile dis position, especially since it has learned that the Russian Army of the South is disbanded. Nothing positive is known upon the state of the Negociations between England and the Porte relative to the Seven Islands. It is not known how these two Powers will arrange it, unless they both of them, in good faith, give up their pre- tensions upon the country whose independance they have acknowledged. CIVITA VECCHIA, OCT. 14.—We may now op preciatc the effects of the English Expedition against Algiers. The corsairs of this Regency keep the sea. as formerly, with the sole difference that they are not avowed by the Dey ; but they are not lets fatal to the commerce of the Italian Powers. The pirates have received, they say, a secret order not to enter the ports, but to con tinue cruising. By this manoeuvre, the Dey ceases to be respousible for their robberies. The fear they inspirit becomes every day more appa; relit, by the abandonment of merchant ships by' their Captains, who seek their liberty in flight.— The conduct of the Dey is very circumspect ; it is thought that he intends not giving the slightest offence till the reverses be has experienced are re paired. A great number of ships from Provence arrive in our port. The French flag is the only one which can float upon the sea undisturbed. Many English continue to visit our city. MI make kpilgrimage to Loretto, and present the customary offering to our Lady. The greater part of these Islanders discover a taste for the fine arts, but they every day loss their reputation for generosity, which al►vays obtained for them the title of milord. LEGHORN, OCT. Tartanes and a Zebec, from Larracbe, announce that the Em peror of Morocco is raising corps of soldiers. It is thought for the purpose of affording succour to the Dey of Algiers, in case his States should be menaced by a new attack. it is no longer doubt ful concerning the enmity that wa3 pretended to exist between these two Sovereigns. fly a new Treaty of Alliance, they guarantee to each other the mutual independence of their States. COPENHAGEN, OCT. i5.. - -.133r011 Muller, who killed Count de Locwenl►aupt in a duel, will be removed, it is said, to our citadel at thre fortress of Frcdericsorts• Another Journal anntinnees that Baron Muller has been set at liberty, and that there are at Copenhagen several Swedish Of firers who profess their intention of revenging the death of Coma of Locwenhaupt. OH ENT, OCT. 22.—The Duke of Saxe iVeimar has decided upon fixing his abode in our city, where his Excellency has already lased a large house. The English Customs are known to be the hatred of all nations. Their corvettes come even to the port of Ostend, to spy the mottoes of olg smugglers. Whether they . are destined iffriell a land or not, they arc fired upon, even reach the downs. When the Custotriailouse Officers board these smugglers, and find goOd S prohibited in England, they seize every thin g a boat, cargo, and crew. The Office's cote/jag the port, and being besides well protected by !Kt Consul of their Nation, tie smugglers 'ore treated unmercifully. The Journal also tick° whether the tro a tiers of England exte nd to the Downs a nd ,O balls FRENCH FUNDS. 5 per Cents. 57 1: 90e. Bank Actions ll4O f. MATTA. ARRIVED—•-1 Holland, I Flanders, I Dahlia, 3 Waterford. Dut;-2 Guernsey and Jersey, I Dublin, 1 Waterford. ALL SAlNTS.—Holiday at the Bank, Exchequer, East and South Sea Houses. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORRO W.. Nleruing, 14 minute* after 12. I Eveising, 35 minutes Alter Its THE SUN-. SOLEM QUIS DICEttE FALsUM Allpt:AT t LONDON, FRIDAY, NOIVEMf3ER• I, 181 g. RIOTS AT NO CI:INGHAM. We state, with much concern, that by authenti c accounts received this day, it appears that on morning of the 29th ult. there were strong toms of a ntischievous tendency at a place caned in the neighbonrhood of Nottinglo*' • so The deluded men who were engaged in tittle 1111 chievons proceedings proceeded to break scO frames ; but there was reason to hope that it moul d soon be quelled, as the Magistrates alert, and, animated by the laudable examPic of those of South Wales, were disposed to act wilt' vigour anti firmness. H e nce, combined with the systematic arrangements of Government, we trus t that we shall speedily hear of the re storation good order. were a the BIKMINtiIIANT. ‘Ve are assured by our Correspondent *1 mingliam, that the hue riotiugs in that plate P r° ceeded from the lowest of the labble, who MI" misled by certain Demagogues and pretended trlots, the great bulk of the inhabitants entertaili* ma ch ing the same loyal principles which do Is° i t ' honour to Mr. JABET,. the Printer of The 21 vanghant Herald, whose conduct during the of these disorderlylitid alarming measares was i s the highest degree Meritorious. To jeolle r bi t s situation more arduous and distr essin g , his °l'll was every moment expected to • be delivered of $ seventh child.. The other six, the eldest of whom is not eight yeart of age, in the time of 141 ' 44 were absolutely dragged front their beds. Tb e l were taken through dark passages into the stre ets ! b!'t, notwithstanding the soddennes s of the OUP and the anxiety and agitation naturally the occasion, not-a moan or a word escaped chew and they marched forth in order, like little S l4l. TANS, to . a place of safety. coats ° The Birmingham Chronicle of Thursday an account of the Riot, in every respect ogr ee ld with what has appeared in THE Sox. Til e r° Light Dragoons, lowing particulars are all the novelty it off` iras ir ; t h " The gallant Major TnnciovELL, of th e attending ‘Vaterloo, was much hurt i n the affray. " Yesterday morning a crowd spit) Wei"' bled, but a meeting of the Magistrates bovi4 taken place at the Public Office, two of (lien" who lost an arm in the Battle° supported by the military and some spea stables, proceeded to the spot, read thu Riot and dispersed the mob. bia "An additional number of speci al eons" g were afterwards sworn in, and hi the course of tll afternoon, the Earl of Aylesford app eared at t hi s to s' I Y head of his Yeomanry. We are happy i that in the evening the town resu med it S usual peaceable appearance, and no symptoms of order have since manifested themselves• cos tod o Y ; " Several persons were taken into three of whom were committed to AVandeklgoahn to take their trials, viz. Wm. Ast:e'sr) re , ‘Vakeman, and Eliz. Martin ; t he into recogniz ances discharged upon entering keep hie peace." others 'A' to n by tt e The following t he C au tion poste d n ' IS alltlOl Magistrates : "A CAUTION. The Magit;trates for the too o of Birmingham fitrictir charge and command all manner of pe rsons to keep the Pc4rel . 11v0t,,,,.....,