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LOA GAZI;;TTE L lit/WI:DIN Alt Y. BOMBAY, DECEMBER 28, 1819. A Dispatch has been received by the Hon. the Governor in Council from Major-General Sir W. GRANT Kain, K.M.T. to the Address of the Adjutant-General of the Army, dated the 9th of this mouth, of which the following is a copy : TO TOE ADJUTANT-ORNERAL OF THE ARMY. Sea-1 have the satisfaction to report the town of Ras-ul-Khyma, arer a resistance of six days, Was-taken possession of this morning by the force tinder my comnrand. Previous to making you ac quainted with the circumstances which led to this fortunate result, I Anil' do myself the honour briefly to detail the events et hid) occurred between the period of my last communication and the commencement of the operations before Ras-td- Khyma. On the ISth tilt, after completing my arrangements at Muscat, the Liverpool sailed for the rendezvous at Kishme. On the 21st we fell in with the fleet off the Persian coast, and an chored off the Nam! of Litrack on the 24th of November. As it appeared probable that a con• sirterable period Vr (mid elapse before the junction of the ships which were detained at. Bombay, conceived it woutd prove highly advantageinis to avail myself of that interval in acqniting as ac curate a knowledge of the sttength and defences of Eas-ul-Kliyina as I.ersonal observation could sup fry, and I gladly embraced the proposal of Capt. Collirr, that site Liverpool should proceed thither for that purpose. The senior enincer was ac cordingly taken on board, and hating sailed from Lartack on the morning of the 25th. we anchored off Ras-id-Khytna the '27th. The place was closely and repeatcdly reconnoitred ; and the weather cowinuing !avowable for our operations, I de termined to order down the rroor, commence the attack without waiting for .t he rear tianspotts, as the season of the north-west winds was ispidly arproacning, and Capt. Collier appeared appre hensive that a further delay might prove detri mental to the enterplize. A vt_ssel was therefore dispa•ched with instructions to Captain Walpole, who eras left in - cliarge of the fleet, and on the 21 inst. the transports arrived, under convoy of the Curlew. No time was lost in making the necessary pre— parations for lauding, which was effected the fol• lowing morning 'without opposition, at a spot which had been 'previously selected for that pur pose, about two miles to the southward of the town. The troops were farmed across the isth mus connecting the peninsula on which the town is situated with the neighbouring country, and the whole of the day was occupied in getting tents an shore to shelter the men from the rain, landing engineers' tools, sand-bags, &c. aod making ar rangements preparatory to commencing our ap proaches the next day. On the morning of the 4111, the light troops were ordered in advance, supported by the pickets, to dislodge the etieniy from a batik within 900 yards of the outer tort, which was expected to afford good rover for the men, and to serve as a depot for stoics precious to the erection of the batteries. The whole of the light companies of the force, under command of Captain Backhouse, of his :Majesty's 47th regi ment, accordingly moved forward, and drove the Arabs with great gallantry fro► a date grove, and over the hank above described, close under the walls of the fort, follo-kved by the pickets un der Major Aloksworth, who took post at the sand-bank, whilst the European light troops were• skirmishing in front_ The enemy kept up a sharp fire of musketry and carrots during these move ments ; and 1 regret to add, that M or Moles worth, a gallant and zealous officer, was killed by a cannon•shot at the head of the pickets. Lieut. Stepney, of the 65th, was wounded on this occasion. The troops, however, maintained their position during the day, and in the night effeeted a lodgment within 300 yards of the southernmost tower, and erected a battery for four guns, to gether with a mortar battery on the right, and n trench of communication forthe protection of the covering party. The weather having become rather tinfavour . able for the disembarkation of the stores required for the siege, it was with considerable difficulty that this primary object was effected ; but every obstacle was surmounted by the zeal and indefa tigable exertions of the navy, and on the morn ing of the 6th we were enabled to open three 18-pounders on the fort ; a couple of howitzers and 6 pounders were also placed in the battery on the right, which played on the defences of the towers, and nearly silenced the enemy's fire. The Liverpool, during these operations, watped in as close to the shore as her draught of water would permit, and opened her guns on the town, which must have created considerable alarm in the gar risiun, but she was unfortunately at too great a distance to produce any decided effect. The enemy, who during the whole of our progress exhibited a considerable degree 'of resolution in withstand ing, and ingenuity in counteracting, our attacks, sallied forth at eight o'clock this evening along the whole front of our intrenchments, crept close up to the mortar battery without being per ceived, and entered it over the parapet, after spearing the advanced sentries. The party which occupied it was obliged to retire, but being im mediately reinforced, charged the assailants, who were driven out of the battery with considerable loss. The attack on the left was repelled instan taneously by the spirited resistance of the reco vering party, under Major Warren, who distin guished himself much on this occasion by his coolness and gallantry. The enemy repeated his attacks towards the morning, but was vigorously repulsed. During the 7th every exertion was made to land, and bring up the remaining guns and mortars, which was accomplished during the night, after incessant labours, by sailors, as sisted by working parties from the troops, and those of his Highness the Imaum, who cheer fully volunteered their services. They were immediately placed in the battery, together with two twenty-four pounders, which were landed from the Liverpool, and in the morning the whole of our ordnance opened on the fort, and fired with scarcely any intermission till sunset, when the breach on the curtain was reported nearly practicable, and the towers nearly un ;enable. Involaiale straingemenfa %vc7a nia ie r 0 the assault, and the troops ordered to move di/e4, to the trenches at day-break the next N;orning.— The bombardment continued during the night; and the batteries having recommenced their .fire hefore day-light, completed the breaches by eight o'clock. The party moved forward about eight o'clock, and entered the fort through the breaches without firing a shot ; and it' soon appeared that the enemy had evacuated the place. The town was tiikeil possession of, and almost found entirely deserted, only IS or 20 men, and a few women remaining in their howses. Upon the whole, it appears evi dent, considering the spirited behaviOur of the enemy, at the commencement of the siege, that their sudden resolution to evacuate the place was occasioned by the overwhelming fire of the •artil lery, of which they could have formed no previous idea, and which the ample meaos`placed at my disposal enabled me to bring against the town. Our loss, 1 am happy to say, is much less than could have been expected from the length of the siege aid the obstinacy with which the enemy disputed our approaches. I have had no means of ascertaining Weir's, but it must have been severe. I beg that you will assure his Excellency that feel entirely satisfied with the conduct of. the troops ; their gallantry hts betn exceeded only by their pat ielie.? and cheerfulness under every species of privation a nd fatigue; and the peculiarity of this service has called forth a toll display of these qualities which ore edt►tily creditable to the soldier as the most intrepid tic's of bravely. By the orders which I do myself the honour to inclose, his Excellency will be enabled to estimate the ser'ices p et t o u lle d by Captain Collier and the naval part of the ex pe and I can only add, that the acknow ledgn►ents therein expressed are scarcely anequate to the assistance I have received from them. I have the honour to he, &c. (Sinned) \V. GRANT KEIR, Major-General. Camp Itas.t.ll 9tll Dec. 1819. Return of Casualties in the Force• under the command of Major-General Sir W. G. KEI R., K. NI. T. during the ope rations iwainst Rat-ul-Khyma, from the 4th to Sth December, 1819, inclusive. Camp at Ras- til-Khyma, 10th Dec. 1819. Detachment of Artillery.—Wounded-1 drummer, 2 rank and file : grand total, :S. His Majesty's 47th regiment.—Killed—l major, t rank and file: grand total, 2.—Wounded, 16 rank and file : grand total, 16. His Majesty's 65th regiment.—Killed-3 rank and file : grand total, 3.—Wounded 1 captain, 1 lieutenant, 21 rank and file ; grand total 23. Ist Battalion Td Regiment Native Infantry.—Wounded -1 baviLlar, 4 rank and file : grand total, 5. Detail Battalion.—Wounded-1 hatildar, 2. rank and file: grand total, 3. Sappers attached to the Engineer Department.—Wounded —1 rank and file. Total.—killed-1 major, 4 rank and file: grand total, 5. —Wounded—one captain, 1 lieutenant, 2 havildars, 1 drum mer, 46 rank and file : grand total, St. Name of the Officer Killed.—Major B. C. Molesworth, his Majesty's 47th regiment. NVounded— Captain John Clutterhuck, his Majesty's 65th 'regiment, Brigade Major; Lieutenant .1. It. Si epary, ditt o . Oigued) E. G. STANNOS, Deputy AdjutAlett. MADRAS; JAN. 18 --Ottr private letters from Calcutta give us deplorable accounts of the gre a t mortality which prevails in that city. The deaths are said to be more numerous than at arty former season. The following is an extract from one of them : 0' Death has been making great havock among us lately, and all our quidnuncs are positive that no such sickly season has 'OCCOrrcd for many years ; I cannot say that I think So ; however, the alarm is so predominani, that 1 believe lam left solitaty in my opinion. One thief; has certainly been rather peculiar to the ail ments of late occurrence, as those who have fallen sick have been generally filled with the .appt ehension of fatal consequences, en d I believe many deaths hale resulted from this pusillanimous abandonment of hope, before disease had , put on a serious appearance I have indeed been oftener than usual at the bu rying ground, following my vleceased ft ientis, and circumstances have given an unusual turn to my thoughts on such occasions. One ,day, Captain M`Qtreen, of the 75th regiment, and myself, went in the same buggy to witness the interment of a Highlander, one of our friends; the next time I went down Park -street, was following the temains of poor 111• Queen, with Captain Roebuck march ing by my side in perfect health ; and the other day Roebuck was also put under the sod. Some folks have been seen making their purchases at auction one day, and the under taket's black-bordered card has been inscrib ed with their names the next. • One petty jut yman did his duty in the box one day in good health, and when next called it was found that he bad been-deposited inthe narrow-house. These circumstances are striking enough, bitt still 1 think 1 have seen periods of as great mortality in Calcutta." NEW SOUTH WALES. The gradual improvement and extension of this Colony bids fair to be most importantly aided by the recant Geographical discoveries of Surveyor. General OXLEY, who has completed his Survey of the Myer Hastings, and of Port Macquarrie, into which it falls. We extract the following from the Botany Bay Gazette:— " Port Macquarrie is situated in latitude 31. 25. 45. South, and in longitude 152. 55. 54. Eist. It is a bar harbour, on which, however, there is at low water spring tides, at least nine feet ; the tide rising from three to tour feet. The channel is perfectly straight, and the tides set fine: so that no danger is so be apprehended from their operation. The chief danger to be avoided on entering, is a sunken rock on the south side, having about three feet on it at low water ; and it will be necessary, should the bar be settled, that this danger should be buoyed. The bar extends about 200 yards ; the bottom a soft sand, when the water deepens to 21 fa thoms and ultimately to three fathoms, when secure anchorage will be found inside the Bea con Rock." " The winds from N.E. and S.E. if blowing strong, cause the water to break across; hut as those winds are fair for entering, no danger is to be apprehended to vessels - whose draft of water does not exceed nine or ten feet. Should, how ever, circumstances render it imprudent or practict!ole fn enspr, the Cf)Pit SO Ay lie cieEticii Ol either t,•ck, the iodctittlre of the coast line not h e i ng inch as to cause it ever to be a dangerous lee shore." "'!'he port is perfectly capable to receive ves sels of the class usually employed on the coasts of this territory, and is, in my opinion, far better and safer than many considerable barliarboors in Europe, and which are much frequented by ves sels adapted to their navigation, " Within the port, water deepens to five and six fathoms, which depth continues for nearly ten miles, which the Rapids of the river render it im practicable for craft drawing more than six or eight feet ; which depth continues for six or eight miles further, when the falls commence ; it may, however, when the river is ordinarily full be navigable for boats some little distance fur ther." THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed on Saturday Night. THEATRE ROYAL., Diturty-LANE.—King Lear : King Lear, Mr. Kean ; Edgar, Mr. Rae •, Gonrril, Mrs. Glover ; Regan, Mrs. E7zerton ; Cordelia, Mrs. W. \Vest. After which, Hit or Miss. MEATH n Rov,sr., CoVENT-GARDEN.—Henri Quatre : Henri, Mr. Macready; Eugene. Mr. C. Keloble ; O'llonnel, Mr. John Johnstone; Florence Nana Leon, Miss Stephens; Clotilde dc Iliron, Miss BY ;triton ; Louison, Miss M. Tree. After which, Honest Thieves. TO CORRESPONDENT=. PLAIX TRUTH, by IGNoTus, to-mei-MN. PIITCE 0 THIS DAV AT STOCKS ONE 0 ci,t:CK• Bank Stock 3 per Cent Red. (4(s fi9 per Cent. Cons. .... 7rt 69 I s 3i per Cent. 77i 4 per Cents 4 pur Ct. Navy tocq E. EYTON, Stock-Broker, Old State LotWy- Mice, 2, Cornhiil, and Lombard-street. Baniil.nnt;Ann....,lB 1-16th India 13onds ...,,21s. 92s pr. Old Annuities 6Bl Exch. Bills, 2d. 3s. 2s. 4s pr. Cons. tor Account .. 70 69i 7.0 M iiLS. ARRIVEI)-2 Dublin, 2 Waterford, I France, I Flanders, I New York. Due—l Watetford,l Holland, I Gutter:burgh, 1 Hamburg fliCti WATF,It AT I.ONT)t)ti BRIDGE l'a-NIOItROW. Morning, 40 minutes after 4. Erecting, timptte.4 after 5. THE SUN. SOLIOI OTIS DICERE FAIAUM AUDEAT LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 15, 1820. We received yesterday the -Paris Papers of Thursday last. Those of Eiday, which were due tins morning have not arrived.. -Their contents are remarkably unimportant. There was no public Sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, the Members only assembling in their Bureaux. The KING on Wednesday held a Council of Ministers. A letter from Lyons in the Mmiiteur, dated the sth instant, says, that the most perfect tranquil lity prevailed in that City, and that the Doke d'AtioottLEms had been re - ceivcil with great ec clatilstions. An attempt is stated to . have been made, but to have tailed, to excite tlistuttanees at Valladolid, FIVE PER CENTS. WedneFday .. 79 f. 90 c. DP.FRRRED STOCK. Of the 22d March, 1520 B9 f 30 c. EXCHANGR oN LoNDoN„ One Month Three Mouths V 5 f. 25 c. f. sc. New York Papers arrived this morning to the 21st of April. ST. THOMAS, MAECH 29.—From Angostura we receive very flattering news. As late as the 2d inst. two friends of mine have arrived here from thence, and from them I have learned as fol lows, which you may rely on :—The Army of Apure consists of seven thousand men, not en tirely armed, but ere this will be completely so, under the command of Par.z. Thee Artny of Reserve at Cucuta, commanded by General tht- DANTA, amounts to 5000 effective men, 4000 Ip fantry, and 5000 Cavalry. In the Province of Cumana, the forces amount to 1500, under Gene ral BERMUDA, who has been appointed Captain. General of Guayaina and Barcelona, head quar ters at Maturin; there are other small divisions, in St. Diego of 500 men, and at Quebrada, Ronda, in the Province of Carracas, 6 to 7000 more un der General ZAKARA. General Bouvaß marched from Apure the 25tb January, and his opera tions are known to none but those who are to execute them, as certain that his plans are grand, and were to be executed by the 15th of this month. General URDANTA'S Army attacks Maraybo and St. Martha, of whose success we hoot ly expect to hear. Three thousand muskets were dispatched from Angostura to BouvAß, previous to the de parture of my friend from Marpretta. We learn the expedition had sailed, consisting of 1000 men. Dr. ZEN is here, and proceeds about the middle of April on an Embassy to ;he United States. (From The National The Report of the Committee of the Ways and Means in the House- of Representatives, which accompanied the Bill reported ,o Friday, fur au thorising a loan of two millions of dollars, is not less interesting than any document of the present Congress ; it presents a view of the state of the Treasury, of the public revenue made for the service or the year 1820; the balance of income at the end of the last year, it appears, after pay ;Jig eX', , ?.flee9. was 767,3: - :,) TI :c n.zdatil for the year 1820, including the last ilea), al e Cstinsated at 22,525,685 dollars. Tux TARIFF.—Vote taken in considering Ftt present Session an alteration in the existing Tar iff elf Unties, Which question embraces the expg' dieney at granting turther protection to donteso4 manufactures—Yeas 71, Noes '96. So it fi° s agreed by a majority of 25 to take up the Bill t° regulate the duties on Imports. The manufsc' turing interest are vitally concerned in the (Pe i ' Lion of a revision of the new Tariff; though 0 011 a trifling increase is intended to be added gene' rally to the present duties, yet the duties on cot' ton and woollen goods are proposed to be in' creased to nearly the rate of 25, and in some in' stances 33. 1. 3. per cent. The Bill was twit ° read on the 22d ult. and committed to the Coln' wittee of Manufactures. (Extract of a Letter from Washington, April 15) " It is very doubtful whether the Bankrupt 1 3 i 1 can be again reached this Session ; ann►. if it shoal ► be, it is more doubtful whether the [louse agree to take it up. The Members ere now look' ing forwaid for the Tariff, and I think it pv01)61.1 11 it will be acted on in the beginning of next werli' A bold attempt was made yesterday to bare it poi, poned,l:)ut failed ; it the Bill should be acted o po° and discussed, it is impossible that Congress cd adjourn before the Ist of Mart, some think not until tl►e Stir of May." Mr. PITT. -- it may seem ridiculous to notif e the contemptible effusions of piivate spleen 60 rancour, but there are two epigrams in the Mop' ing Chronicle to-day, respecting the erection of Statue of this illustrious Statesman at Cambtido' that besides the want of point, have hardly merit of metre. We are surprizeul that 1 0 should be suffered to disgrace a Paper of repur B ' (ion, and the Conductor of which ought. to too great a veneration for one of the greatest 04 and most disinterested Ministers that thin or dr other country ever produced, to admit such iii heral trash opnn a distinguished - character c ut!' secreted by Beat ii. We shell not i m ito l4 this venomous attack upon the memory of illustrious iudisidual by any comments le' the conduct and character of Mr. FO'X o thef t i wise an examination of the two rlistinguisb Would furnish os with topics at censure on the latter, which wonid not tend t 1 the honour of his mrrnory. But ere may fail: defy his admirers to produce any proof of pritlb virtue or political wisdoni that can entitle him be brought two any conydriinn with the 00 splendid ornament of his Count! y, and ex a tnr ll for Posterity. As there has been so much clamour for P 4 rli; # mentary Reform, and as several respectaMe sons on both sides seem to agree in opinion some measure of that nature is necessary for improvement of our political system, we this (P l l present to the Public a tract that was written i° the year 1689. We do not entirely assent to th e opinions, or wholly approve of the measnr e i offered by the noble Writer, who was a very 0 0 1 spicuons character in his day, b u t as th e tract.ll very rare, and curious in itself, Pun may stri;g 4s many useful hints, we concei ve t h at i t i s not ~.°l , worthy of the attention of oer chief Politicia e or even of the Legislatnre. ANTICIPATION.—There iS ft loft; qnticipfit :oll in a new Sunday l'ate'r, of events w•i c h , / e h r likely to happen, upon a presumption u at soy; stitntes had been hanged for Thistlewood in 0 d other Conspirators, i.vho are supposed to he anti successful in their horrihle designs. The has been often adopted, and is not badly, somewhat - tediously, carried into effect Oil i v occasion, but the 'tvorst part of it is its tender s ip for it presents a scheme for future Conspire i ) which might serve to methodize Iheir plans .1:01, facilitate their movements,. Such prodocilov are edged tools that it is dangerous to use in I ) sic. We lately had the pleasure ,of announci complete success of the expedition against th e jol rates in the Persian Golph. We have this o uf the additional satisfaction of laying before 0Y readers the official particulars, which were #0 li%hed at Bombay on the 88th of December , Extraordinary Gazette. The important object ''" will he seen, %vas fully and roost glorionslY complished. We regret to be informed by Ll: e , counts from Madras, that Calcutta still conu t. in a very unhealthy state. .0 1 „ 'efo Yesterday the KING attended Divine oci -fl , the Chapel Royal, with his Royal llighoe s ' t bj Duke of Youx., and their Royal Iliz,hness es o o , , Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE. The Cie .- 0' 11 ;i the Closet in waiting were the Bishop of 6% - i ft and Dr, STANIER CLARKS. The serfooll preached by the Rev. Mr. Alru.s. mi ., 1 Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of Gl.- TER attended Divine Service at St. 64° , Church, lianover-,vare. ce Prince LeoPoLo attended Divine aer•,A,- terday at Whitehall Chattel. militp tl Saturday the Duke of YORK transacte tlti - business with the KING. The Loao CHANCELLOR had an audience KING yesterday. de c c The Guildford convict ship, with 190 rn0,904, victs on board (inclosling the five (3° oftW Conspitators), is detained at Spithead by