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I N DI A. :At3BA3l. TNT. IPREPIENT SEAT OF WAR ON , THE NORTIT.EASTERN ' FRONTIER OF TIIE 'BRITISH POSSESSIONS IN INDIA. 'Prom the Asiatic Journal for October, 1824.] The seat of war on the Burmese frontier being now removed from Cackar to Assam, a short sketch of the latter country will doubtless be interesting : in furnishing it, however, we shall carefully avoid all dry detail, and strictly confine our observa. tions to such particulars as may serve to chew the character of the country, and the various difficulties and encouragements, that are likely to be experienced by our troops. Fire latest and most copious description of Assam , that has yet appeared, is fromithe pen of Dr. Hamilton. It was pub. lisped about four years ago, In - the second number of the " Annals of Oriental Literature," 'and contains much valuable information, though not precisely of the kind that is most de. sirable for our present purpose. Dr. Wade,• and various other minor authorities, being more explicit as to the nature of the country, climate, &c., will supply, therefore, the greater part of the information we shall now endeavour to communicate in an abridged and popular form: Assain 'is, for the most part, 'a long valley, through which the Booiampooter passes Prom the British frontier town of Goyalparo, to the farthest extent of the province, being a dis tance of about 700 miles. A range of lofty mountains sepa. rates it from l3ootan on the north-west, and another range somewhat less elevated divides it on the, south-east from Jyn teeah, Cachar, and the Burman empire. Its average breadth is estimated at about seventy miles, and its whole area at . $O,OOO square miles. The country is intersected by a vast number of inferior ranges of hills, separated by the most fertile vallics, and wa tered by rivers tributary to the Boorampooter. Dr. Wade has furnished us with the names of between sixty and seventy of these rivers, most of which he affirms to be navigable for boats •to a considerable height. He also states that he had heard of the existence of numerous others, respecting which lie had not betu.able to obtain any distinct or satisfactory intelligence. The great fertility of the vallies arises from annual inunda tions, which commence with the smaller rivers, and soon place under water the greater portion of the valley of the Booram. pooter.t . These inundations are usually at their height in May. As soon as the waters subside, the most luxuriant vege tation springs forth, so that' greater population is all that is wanting to render this interesting country one of the most pro. duotive in the world. (ihergong, the capital of Assam, is described by a Moham medan writer (Mohammed Cazint) as situated in a highly cul tivated country—to quote his own words, as' " filled with such an uninterrupted range of gardens, plentifully stocked with fruit trees, that it appears as one garden. Within them are the houses of the peasants, and a beautiful assemblage of co loured anti fragrant herbs, and of garden and wild flowers growing' together." • The bulk of the population is, of course, on the ImI)lis of the rivers, excepting during the rainy seasons. The houses, twine, constructed of bamboos, are quickly restored after the inun- datlofl3. It would appear, from the description. that is given by the Mohammedan writer we have already quoted, that in his time the country was in a more flourbihing state than has been the case of late years, for he describes the - principal causeway as the Only spot of uncultivated ground to be seen between Sala— gereh (Goyalparah ?) and Gliergong. We must make allow. ance, however, for the eastern style of hyperbole. The !lame cause which gives the country this extreme ferti lity, renders its climate, however, most unhealthy. The exha lation which arise when the waters begin to subside arc most pernicitius. This evil would, doubtless, be lessened if there was a sufficient number of inhabitants to clear the country, which. is nearly covered with impenetrable jungles, not more than one.eighth of it being cultivated. This deficiency of population is partly, owing to continual diseentions between the petty chiefs, a circumstance common to all mountainous tracts, The numerous tribeS inhabiting As. sam arc as various in character as the face of the country itself. Those which reside in the most elevated districts are as bold and rough as their native rocks while the dwellers in the prin. cipal valley have been occasionally branded with cowardice. The hourly collision, however, which has always prevailed be. - tweet) the, various races, has given a hardy, and ferocious eha. racter to the general IllaNS, of the inhabitants. Many attempts have been made to conquer the Assamese, but they were never fairly subjugated until about two years ago, when the llarreese obtained complete possession of the country. Whenever their territories have been invaded, they have always deserted the valley and lied to the mountains, from whence, on 00 'setting in of . the rains, they have descended and cot off the armies of their enemies. Assam was once invaded by Hossein Shah, Nabob of. Bengal, with a considerable force. The As- CNC immediately abandoned the plains to the temporary , rule of the Moslems ; 'Hossein returned, therefore , to Bengal, leaving his son with the whole army to complete ie conquest of the country : As soon as the inundations commenced, the roads became impassable, and the course of the river could no longer be traced ; the Assamese, therefore, descended from the mountains, hemmed up their enclitic:4, and intercepted all their supplies of provisions. The whole army of the invaders was soon annihilated, by this judicious style of warfare. f t Is likewise stated by native historians, that at a subsequent period Mohammed Shah, Emperor of Ifindoostan, attempted the conquest of Assam with an army of 100,000 cavalry, which entered the' country, and was never heard of more. Another army was sent soon after for the same purpose, but the troops became so panie.struck, on their arrival in Bengal, that they. refused to ptoceed any further. The great Emperor Aurungzehe was equally unsuccessful.— According to Hamilton, a force was diapatched against Assam • during the reign of this Monarch, under the command of rtlir Juinleh ;' his army, however, " was so roughly handled by the enterprising and warlike Assamese, that he not only was com pelled to make a precipitate retreat, but to yield up a large part. of - the lands which had belonged to t h e Moslems - before the in vasion took Place." 4: The late success of 'the Burmese in completing the conquest of Assam may be attributed to two causes. In the first place, it is most likely that they invaded the country at - a period when it was greatly depopulated by internal dissentlen. Secondly,. t h e nunnese appear to have learnt, by a long course of dear. bought experience, the best mode of conducting military ope rations in mountainous regions. We have described in former numbers, the - stockades, which they are in the constant habit of constructing at every stage of d' it progress in a strange country,, and keeping well supplied with stores of provisions._ We have related, also, that an unsuccessful attack upon one of these stockades gave us, on aMe occasion, a painful lesson.— The following extract f a letter from Silhet will be found to furnish, however, more complete and general information on this head than has been already given : " The Burmese are equipped with muskets generally, anti each men carries, besides, a dhor, a mall knife or two, sunilar to our chopping knives, and perhaps one or two artificers' fools, and is obliged, agreeably to standing army orders, to march with ten small anti ten large bamboo spikes sharpened at both ends. They invariably stockade at halting places , and chose generally the hanks of nullahs, or a position possessing natural (*stacks against a surprise if available, and affording materials for their purpose. A S other Indians, they do not proceed by long and continued marches, but by easy stages, never omitting to mend in advance their scouts to reconnoitre the surrounding • " 1 Dr. Wade accompanied Captain 11 . ,:lsh's expedition into Assam in 17113, and remained two years in the country. We have seen a MS., written by this gentleman, containing various geographical memoranda of Assam, and copious extracts from it in another quarter. A larger work was transmitted by him to Europe for publication nearly thirty years ago, but has not since been heard ot'. ' t Several gigantic causeways have been constructed by the natives, for the convenience of passengers during _the inunda tions, and were inexi stence w h en t h e M o h a mmedans first in vaded the country. • ; Major Stewart, on . the authority of various Illahomedan , writers, has.stated, his history of Bengal, that the remit of this camnign was successfUl. His account of its progn4s, Lowe. ver, is certainly not promising as to such result. Ferislita, who, aa Mithommet fin historian, is anxious, of course, to d ra w a favourable picture,, informs us. that the cam jd oi of: the anceceding )Tar , Wlo terrninata l by the death of the ectiiorpler, wbu fdi a vict4ll to the same pestilence that visited his trOops. • country, and levy contributions of grain and cattle for several days' consumption. After a march of three days, they usually halt for as many, which time is employed in strengthening their position and obtaining information, to which end they pro ceed very far from their camp, and the most minute thing rarely escapes their observation. The party in advance, which probably precedes the main body a day or two, cover them selves by means of a small stockade, in the rear of which they construct a large one, the sire of which is according to the num ber intended to be accommodated. if their number is consi derable, or if their stay is intended to be long at a place, they make a succession of them. The usual form of this fortified camp is an oblong square, having a parapet wall of mud, two feet and a half high in front of a ditch, the same width and depth. Sometimes when a stand is intended to be made, the parapet is four feet high and six thick, with a proportionately deeper ditch, and a bouquet to fire from.; to this is affixed a strong fence of large bamboo and beetle trees well bound toge ther, from 8 to 12 feet high, matted inside to screen the garrison from rain, the interior space is excavated, or rather overrun with sunk redoubts, having trenches communicating with one another. The approadi to the place all around for the space of 30 feet is thickly studded with pikes inclining outwards, from four to five inches high ; these —likes are as sharp as the sharp. est penknife, and then removal in the face of a smart fire of musketry would be next to impossible, and we have no means of keeping the fire under, since the garrison are completely hid from view. Thus their stockades, with perhaps only a single entrance, and that completely masked, are more formidable by far than a regular fortihoation, the only means of taking them being by tiring their cboppahs, which can only be done by means of shells, the absence of which at the late unsuccessful attack on Doodpatlee, is very much to be regretted." It must at once be evident that nothing can be better adapted for a mountainous country than such a style of warfare ; and if we are correct in surmising that intestine war had already thinned the inhabitants, we may cease to wonder that the Bur. man Monarch has at leng th succeeded where greater potentates have .been so often foiled, and mighty armies totally annihi. fated. We have now given a brief description of the country which o r i u v r e d t r f o ro op n il l w h e i d r e i a. 'abo l u ih t e to c e o n u t n er try wl o i n en ti t l i e le latest Assaine s i e n t b e o l lrictern is s e a pro r bably the very worst sample, doubtless it is a very bad one.— A thick reedy jungle on the banks of the Boorampooter, in some places 30 feet high, through which there are no roads but only die tracks of buffaloes and wild elephants, is the country through which our troops must pass, unless they ascend the river in boats. The distance from Goyalpara to Oohed, which is the strongest post in the western division of Assam, and is occupied by the Burmese in considerable•force, is described as about 70 miles. Allowing, however, for the windings of the river, we conceive it must be considerably greater. We are not informed as to the exact amount of force under the command of Brigadier General Mac Marine, but we know it to be considerable and are assured that it will not comm ence operations without being well provided with all the requisite materiel for a lengthened campaign in a difficult country. We have likewise the satisfaction of reflecting that the experience derived from Capt. Walsh's expedition in 1793, will serve as a valuable guide to direct the operations of the approaching cam paign. That expedition wa s un d er t a k en un d er favourable cir cumstances, the object of it the restoration of a deposed Rajah, who had fled into our territories for protection from the fury of a rebellious faction ; the commander was sure of the support of a very considerable body of the adherents of the ex iled Prince, he experienced, therefore, none of the reverses, and scarcely any of the obstacles which former invaders had encoun tered. He remained also in the country sufficiently long to make a fair experiment.* The present invasion of Assam, if such it may be called, is undertaken under auspices of a yet more favourable nature. The whole country is decidedly hos. tile to its present rulers, it submits by hard compulsion : we have not to fear therefore, that the great body of the inha bitants will suddenly forsake the plains, and shelter them selves hi the mountains, until a fair opportunity offers of cutting oft' the supplies of our troops, and pouring down upon them wh e n di s t resse d by famine. The con. verse of such a picture may be fairly looked for. ‘Vhatever resources the Burmese may have obtained from the country in which they are stationed, whatever supplies of provisions, and whatever contingents of t roo p s , we k now t h at t h e fi rst will soon be exhausted, and that the second are but forced auxiliaries. The best resources of the country, including the active aid of a hold and fearless population, will henceforth be transferred to us.—The anticipation of these advantages has doubtless cons tributed greatly to render the mar so popular, as we hear it has become, amongst the British and native troops. There is one consideration, however, which gives us any thing but satisfaction. We believe that it is intended to pass the rainy season in the country ; and we fear that such a course is necessary if we are to assume offensive operations in this quarter; for even supposing that, by the aid of a navigable river, our troops should immediately succeed in dislodging the Burmese from their strong position at Gohati, it must not be thence inferred that the latter will instantly evacuate the coun try. Let it be remembered that the province of Assam is 700 miles in length, and that nat ure h as filled it with natural fast nesses. They will fall back, therefore, upon their resources, fortifying themselves with stockades at every stage of their re treat. Rungpore, which is reputed as th e stron ges t f ortress i n the country, is. situated nearly at the furthest extremity of the valley, and close to Ghergong, the capital. We must neces sarily follow them thus far, before we can congratulate ourselves in having obtained substantial advantages. This will doubt. less be too much for one campaign ; for the rainy season will commence not many weeks subsequently to the first entrance of our troops. A considerable body must, therefore, be placed in cantonments at Gohati or some other favourable station, in order to secure such advantages as we may have gained, and to he ready to recommence operations as soon as practicable. There is every thing to dread from the climate on the term'. nation of the rainy season. On all former invasions of Assam, pestilence has be e n a po wer f u l aux ili ary to the sword of the brave inhabitants. This is a fact which is fully admitted by even such Mohammedan writers :Ware most anxious to blazon the successes of the armies of the faithful. We hope, there fore, that it will not be deemed. requisite to canton the whole body of the invading army in such a country :' this, however, must be left to the discretion of the Commander, as well as the adoption of such precautions as former. experience has ahewn to be the most effectual, When once we have expelled the Burmese, and re-estab lished the former Government, it will be easy to make such ar rangements as may not only ensure the future independence of die natives of these mountainous regions, but render them, in every sense of the expression, friendly and desirable neigh bouts. "We have every reason to believe that the numerous tribes which inhabit the wooded and almost. trackless mountains which are so broadly spread betwixt our own possessions and those of the Burman Monarch, are favourably disposed in general towards the British power. When contrasted with their eastern neighbours, we doubtless gain much by the com parison. We have never interfered but to assist them. The Burmese, on the contrary, have carried on • for many years a worse then predatory warfare, numbers being annually stolen to be carried into interminable bondage. The Rajahs of Tip. penal and Jynteeah, and several minor chiefs, have been in strict alliance with the British Government for several years, and we are well informed that others are eager candidates for similar protection. It was suggested, a short time ago, that it would be expe dient to enlist a number of these hill people into our army, and form them into a corps for the better protection of the frontier. This measure is now being carried into effect, and will give us the inestimable advantage of commanding the services of a hotly of troops, for this frontier of our dominions, not only hardy and brave, but accustomed to mountain warfare, and proof against the fatal ravagesof a pestilential climate. In geography, science, and general research, we may reason ably look for considerable advances as the result of the oppor tunities which are now opened. We know little or nothing of van tracts of country stretching eastward from our own pos sessions, except from the feeble lights that have been afforded by uneducated or barbarous natives. Dr. Hamilton [formerly Buchanan . ' has done much to obtain an insight into regions which he was unable to visit. When attached to Symes's em bassy to the Court of Ave, and when subsequently stationed at Goyalpara, lie collected every information lie was able to ob tain from the most intelligent natives, and even procured from them sketches of various districts. A more accessible field is now before us e and we trust that the example of this eminent gaoler will be ably and vigorously followed. But the greatest benefit of all will accrue to the natives them selves, as the result of ►►eneral intercourse. Many of the re motest tribes are little advanced beyond a state of nature. lire published in our ninth volume, page 2.5.1, a short account of the Koonkees, a savage race inhabiting the more easterly por tion of the wooded mountains which separate the British terri tories from the Burman empire. These Koonkees may ►erhaps be ranked amongst the moat uncivilized of the tribes which in habit these wild recesses, though even they have maintained a commercial intercourse with our provinces. • • The natives of' Assam, and the mountaineers in general,.are far more open to instruction than our Indian subjects; for they appear to be nearly, if' not wholly unshackled by that odi- ous system of caste, which has hitherto been found so grand an obstaele.to all improvement. Their progress will be slow and gradual, for their intercourse with us cannot be frequent; but we trust it will be sure, and that under our protecting care they will ultimately renounce their predatory and ferocious habits,• and, yield to the social and meliorating influence of arts, letters, civilization, and Christianity. 'The best information we possess respecting A ssani, is de. rived from the partial surveys and inquiries that were made by various individuals during this opportunity. . EAST INDIA SII Ap. • O Is. Destination. pointed Ships' Names. r, to Sail. 11 " - 1824. Madras - { Oct. 5 Ganges' 400 3 Rochester 38 7 ' 10 Aurorat 513 7 Madras 527 . 10 Sir Chas. Forbes 400 Boyne 575 Madras and . Nov. 5 Lady Campbell 684 Ben g al " Oct. 3 Waterloo 416 Nov. 5 Royal Charlotte,47l 10 Palmira 5 6 0 Dec. 1 Maitland '94 Bengal . ' Oct. b Rockingham 27 Ugly Castle 86 Bombay Nov. 10 Abberton 52 ( Royal George 477. Mauritius and Oct. 5 Alexander 477' Ceylon - Cape and Saint 15 Monmouth '9O Helena - 5 Lady East 620 New S. Wales - Asia 533 ( 15 Ld. Wellington,47o Van Dieman's 1 5 Asia 501 Land - - i Van Dieman's} Land & New Elizabeth 362 10 Hugh Crawford 366 South Wales. i • Sails from Portamoutl t From Gravesend, Oct THE ARMY. CIRCULAR. War Office, Angutt 31, 1824. San—l have the honour to transmit, for your information and guidance, a Cop/ of the King's Warrant, dated the Bth April last, for discontinuing the use of the Saddle Blankets in his Majesty's Regiments of Cavalry in India, and substituting in its stead a fixed Pannel or L'ad.; and at the same time dt re.cting that the Horse Cloth, to which it will he necessary to revert in consequence of the disuse of the Saddle Blanket, shall be provided at the cost of the scldier as an article of neces saries. _ _ _ I — have further to acquaint you, that as the price of the Saddle Blanket is 15s. fal., and that of the Horse Cloth, as. only, the dilfirence of 7s. 6d. between those sums will be de. ducted from the allowance of V. 6s. Id., hitherto granted by the public to provide necessaries for each recruit raised for his Majesty's Cavalry Regiments in ltulia, thereby reducing the said allowance to U. lOs. 7d. per man. I am, &c. (Signed) PA 1.31 E RS TON. Addressed to the Colonels of Regiments of Cavalry. WARRAN Discontinuing the use of the Saddle Blanket in Regiments serving in India, and substituting in its'phice a fixed Patmel or Pad. Dated Bth April, 1824. GEORGE R. Whereas it has been represented unto us, that the saddle blanket, as now used with the Hussar saddle, is ill adapted 'to the climate of India: our will and pleasure is, that the saddle - blanket shall accordingly be discontinued, and shall no longer form a part of the cavalry equipment for our regiments in India; but that, instead thereof, a fixed panne! or pad, shall be substituted. It is our further pleasure, that the said patine's or pads shall be procured at the charge of the respective Colonels ; and, in .order to indemnify them for the additional expellee thus im posed upon them, the chacos, which the Colonels have hitherto been required to furnish biennially, shall , in future, be fur nished only once in three years, this article having been found, by experience, to last that period. It is likewise our pleasure, that the horse cloth, which, in consequence of the discontinuance of the saddle blanket, it will be necessary to revert to, shall be provided at the charge of the soldier, and be considered as part of his necessarie s . p and direction. Given And for so doing, this shall• be, to all persons whom it cloth or war Pranati au thori t ace, the th day of April, may, concern, at otu Court a a l e t i Carltonent 104, in the fifth year of our Reign. By his Majesty's command, • PALMERSTON. (CIRCULAR.) War (Vice, Sept. 10, 1024. Sin—With reference to the instructions fpr. the Regulation of rAilaorno tt o. t t h h e t er2alsl Paymasterst I o t fJ un oe herewithla thea ti t , tg a i oinf Regiment Army Hospitals, which were circulated by the Adjutant..oene f lae directed ii nuntunder ue t iyy your command. f ° S r e t ary guid ancea t I am directed to add that the Financial System, established by the said regulations and additional instructions, is to com mence from the 25th of December next, and that necessary forms will be duly supplied by this Oflice.—l haVe, &c. (Signed) W. MERRY. Officer commanding Regiment of MEstonsmiusr Referred to in the Circular Letter from the War-Office, dated September 10, 1024. The system of paying over stopitages to the Purveyors of General Hospitals, and to the Medical Officers in charge of Regimental Hospitals, is to be discontinued ; and all sums necessary to tried the expenditure of these Hospitals are, in the case, of Regintental Hospit a l s , to b e received by the Sur. gem from the Paymaster, upon estimates, to be furnished in sufficient time to enable the Paymaster to Introduce the amount into his montiy estimates with the approbation of the Conintand ing Officer. In the case of General Hospitals, the Purveyor of an Hos. pital at home is to draw for the necessary Amtis upon the Ge neral Agent, under the direction o f th e princip a l Officer of the Army Medical Department in London, for General Hospitals in Great Britain ; and Dublin, for General Hospitals in Ire land ; and on foreign • service is to receive the same from the Military Chest, under warrants from the General Officer com manding on the station, founded upon the r ecommen d at i on o f the principal Medical Officer on the station. The pay of Soldiers in Hospital, whether General or Regi mental, at home or abroad, is to be charged in the Puy Lists, at the following Rates, viz.— Cavalry. Waggon Staff Infantry. Train. Corps. 2s. lid. 2s. 3d. 2s. 3d. O 0 0•• 0 0 0 0 0 1 9. 1 1 '0 019 1 1 000 0 1 1 0000 0 0 ' 000 0 0 0 001 1 1 I 0 0 2.3 1 9 000 0 1 7 230 0 0 0 1 fi 1 9 1 1 . Serjeant Major .. 2s. 9d. 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Quarterly Returns, made up from the Hospital Books, and specifying the dates of the entry and discharge of every man who shall have been in hospital during the quarter, with his name and rank, an d the regiment to which he belongs, are to be transmitted from all Hospitals, direct to the War-Oflice, within ten days after the termination of each quarter. The Returns from Regimental Hospitals are to be certified by the Commanding 06 - leer and Surgeon, and those from Ge neral Hospitals by t h e C omman d ant , p r i nc ipal Medi ca l Offi cer, and Purveyor. Monthly returns of men in general hospitals arc to be trans mitted by the Purveyor to the Paymaster by whom the pay of the men is to be charged. In the case of a man being in the regimental hospital of a corps to which he does not belong, a similar monthly return is to be transmitted by the Paymaster of that corpse to the Pay master by whom the man's pay is to be issued and charged, which return is to be annexed to the pay-list of the latter. In cases where men belonging to the Guards or Ordnance service may he admitted into the hospital of another regiment,' the Paymaster of that regiment is to recover from the Agent of the Artillery, er of the regiments of Guards, 10d. per diem for each man, and is to deduct the amount-in his pay-list under the head of lay. The Hospital Accounts of the Regimental Surgeons are, as usual, to be made up half yearly, viz. —to the 24di June and SHIPS TRADING to INDIA and to the EASTIV. C'opta; W.Richardsonl Robt. Simpson And. Talbert Thos. P. Stead W. L. Pope Wm.. Stewart Wm. Limgdon Refeivncet. It. K. Lloyd C. I'. Cop pin Percy Earl Rd. Crowley T. Foulerton Thos. Lawson James Irvine Chas. 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The amount is to be charged by the Regimental Paymaster, in the Pay Lists, under the head of Contingencies ; the charge being supported by. a Duplicate of the Accounts, examined and approved by the Director General, in London for Regiments in Great Britain, and in Dublin for Regiments in Ireland, and by the Inspector, or other principal Medical Officer, on a Foreign Station ; for which purpose the Surgeon at Home is to transmit his Accounts in Duplicate to the Army Medical Department, and the Surgeon Abroad is to send his Accounts in Triplicate to the principal Medical Officer : one Copy, when examined, is to be returned to the Surgeon, to be delivered by him to the Paymaster, who is to annex the same to the Pay List, in support of the Charge. If the amount of the advances to the Surgeon upon . Estimate be less than the total of the Account, the Surgeons receipt for the difference is to be annexed as a voucher to the Account of the Paymaster. If the sums advanced exceed the total of the Ac count, the Paymaster is to require the Surgeon to refund the difference. The Paymaster may insert the sums advanced to the Surgeon in his Pay List, under the head of a d vances not fi na lly accounted for; they are of course, however, to be deducted from the Pay List in which the amount of the approved Account shall be charged. The non-receipt of the approved Half-yearly Ac count of the Surgeon will not therefore warrant de-lay in transmitting the Regimental Pay Lists. The sums required by the Paymaster to enable him to make advances to the sur geon, may be included in the Monthly Estimates, under the head of Contingencies. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. Lieut.-Generals— Pfince, from 6th Dragoons, Ipswich; Dunn, East India Company's Service, Great Malvern ; Ander son, ditto, London. tolonel—C. Lord Castlecoote, Queen's County Militia. Afgor— Bishop, half-pay, Ist Provisional Battalion of Mi. litia, 1-larrowgate. Captnins—eampbell, late Invalids, London ; Goodinge, Ad jutant, to Londonderry, Militia. Lieutenants—. Kenn e dy, ret. Veteran COmpany, Stonehouse, Devon; Mackenzie, half-pay, 35th Foot; Douglas, half-pay, 78th Foot, ,lava; Hawkey, half-pay, 9th Foot; enuring, half-pay, 7th Line German Legion, Hanover; De elicry, half pay, Corsican Regiment; Anderson, half-pay, 12th Garrison Battalion, Dinan France. Paymaster—Barry, half-pay, 3fith Foot, Taunton. Quarter-Maßter—Lawrie, half-pay, 104th Foot. Assistant-Surgeon—Luby, halt pay, sth Veterinary Bat talion, Windsor. Veterinary Surgeon.—Dalton, half pay, Ist Life Guards, Vienna, Calais. The death of Paymaster Harrison, 83d Regiment, was erro. neously reported in the list foe last month. An arrangement has been matte by the Commissioners of Chel ser tHospitnl for the payment of the Out.nensioncrs of that H ospi tal in haute at Oxford-market, instead of at Chelsea, as here tofore. For this purpose the Commissioners have taken a lease for seven years of the large hall in the centre of the market, which has been fitted up for the above use, for which it is pe culiarly adapted on account of its spaciousness, and also as hav ing four distinct entrances. The new place will be brought into operation for the first time to-morrow, when the quarterly payment of the pensioners will commence. A meeting is intended to be held to-day, at Liverpool, to - establish in , that town a Branch of the British Catholic Association. SINGULAR CASE AT GUY'S lIOSPITAL.—On Wednesday the 2211 ult. one of the most singular cases was ad mitted into this Hospital that has been witnessed for many years, in the person of' Samuel Raffles, the head waiter at the Dover Castle, Marshgate, Lambeth. He was seized with every symptoni of a person labouring under the dreadful effects of l i yarephopia. He foamed ut the mouth, yelped and barked like a dog, and on water being presented to him, he was im mediately attacked with repeated spasmodic convulsions of the most violent nature. On being taken to this Hospital, he was placed under the care of Dr. Back, who immediately produced a copious discharge of blood, by ordering him to be cupped in the side. lle then underwent a most strict exa mination, to endeavour to ascertain if there were any wounds about his body, which might have been occasioned by the bite of an animal; but, after the most minute search; none were discernible. By pursuing the " soothing system," he is now nearly recovered, and yesterday he was allowed to walk about for exercise, perfectly at liberty, when 'we had an opportunity of Reeing him ; and it he thus continues improv ing, he will be suffered to return to his family on Wednesday next. This attack his medical attendants attribute to exces sive sympathy, supposed to have been occasioned by his read ing the account of James Drew, who had water injected into his veins, according to the now method pursued in Paris by Dr. Magendi, and who died in the hospital a few weeks ago in violent tortures, the particulars of which we gave to the public at the time. The ease of this poor fellow is a con- . vincing proof (it' any proof were wanting) with what ease the nerves of hypochondriacal individuals are influenced and open- 1 ated upon by reading similar accounts in the public journals. It was shrewdly remarked by a very eminent physician .(the ate Dr. Day, of Maidstone), that " if he had wished to in acme his practice, he had only to recommend the perusal of linchot i x Domestic Medicine to the whole of his nervous pa. tients, and, they would have directly imagined that they were afflicted with -the whole catalogue of human maladies." THE INOCZ,I,LATIZDDOG.—it will be within the recollection of our rzsders, that the operation of inoculating a dog beneath the integuments of its thigh, was perfonned at Guy's Hospital about thre9 weeks since, with the saliva pro duced front the mouth of James Drew, a poor fellow who there tiled in a rabid state. The dog, still remains in the hospital, secured, under the care of Jamet4 Gardiner, but as yet it has, not, nor, it is imagined, ever will exhibit symptoms of hydro phobia. This is the same dog which was transfused about six months ago by Dr. Blundell. POISONOUS NATURE OP • AFRICAN TEAK Woon.—ln the course of the last fortnight seven shipwrights and two sawyers of Plymouth-yard have died. All these men had received cuts or bruises while employed on African Teak wood ; and though some have attributed the deaths to atmos. pheric influence, there are not a few who assign them to the •re ception of the poisonous juices of the above named timber. Of these men, a sh ipwriglit, Gregory N icl mite a remarkably powerful and active man, scratched his leg against a piece of the wood, and mortification ensued almost immediately To ascertain th e probable cause, Dr. Bell, the surgeon, on londay last, opened the body, and in the course of the dissection happened to scratch one of his fingers, This passed unnoticed at the time, but in the afternoon Dr. Bell became alarmed at perceiving it, think. ing he might have imbibed some of the morbid matter. Shortly afterwards a shivering came on, and lie was obliged to be put to bed and bled. The best medical aid was administered, and the most rigid attention paid to his case; but in spite of all, the symptoms daily became worse, and on Friday evening he died. 'We recollect a paragraph which appeared lately in the papers, attributing the deaths of seventi men near Lon don, to the cause mentioned here; and if on examination the wood should be found to possess deleterious quali ties, we trust that the use of it will be discontinued. Since writ. big the above, it is said that Rawlins, a shipwright, living a t New Passage, and who had slightly scratched himself, is dead, and that another, residing at Torpoint, is at the point of death, from a similar cause.—(Flindeit's Western Luminary.) PRICE OF STOCKS THIS Bask stock — 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3 per Cent. Cons Nil 3 33 per Cent { Dissd. shut '4 per Cent. Assd. shut New 106,1a3 Bank bong Ann. shut Imp. 3 per Cents. India Stock ...,. Ditto Bonds :Ms. 0 lit: South Sea Stock PRICES OF FOREIGN Fl A ustrian Bds, 5 per ct. Brazilian Buenos A nes lids, 6 per ct. ... 75 1 Ditto NeW Colombian 114.6 rt perct.... —1 moign, New, 5 per ct 95 Scrip 8 7lidis. 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SOLBiI QUIZ DiCRIZE FALSUJI AUDEd LONDON, ".. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1814' Of the We have ins er t e d thi s d ay t h e contents - n Journal des Dl:bats, the Quotitlienne, the the Courier Francais, all of which contains ac counts of the entrance of the new KING into Paris, and of the speeches which took place °I ; the occasion. His MAJESTY, of course r eCei" all that homage which is usually paid to the rising Sun in all court circles, and returned then, with dignity without ostentation. The inauguration, as it may be styled, of a new Monarch, must.be a cir• cumstance generally interesting to the people, aka as the French in particular are fond of splendour' and shew, it therefore was natural to expect that an immense population would attend so portant a spectacle. It has been observed that the present Monarch is not so witty as his predecessor , but as he is distinguished for good sense, a nd has been enlightened by experience, it n ' 3l be expected that he will attend more to t he wel fare of his country than to promptitude in re partees. He seems already to eiljOY the fi l l . . t I your of the people, and, beginning i his origin W so auspicuous an omen, it may be hope d that " will endeavour to secure their esteem and coil' dence by the wisdom of his measures, a (Inc re gard to the rights of his subjects, resiwet for the independence of other States, and nil " ril l zeal to promote and confirm the tramoillitY ° Europe. There was a great dearth of news in the UM' this morning, there being no late aarivals America or the West Indies ; nor do W e hea r of any express from Paris. Dutch Papers to the 29th and Hamby' . gn . atfrtNhrloixoliabedmitto2rtsashttteel: the glorious arrived of I t il l i e e gfoarintsi e u r ° ti t : 1 t C"' is h , is an s d hi l p h . e d i e . s h t e roo la ti t o te n i of co ti n te tai C n ap ii t i a te i : l l . ll l l :d i a e cs e nc t o e r P e e st t o e r r a sh o u o r si gh o aussia and the Porte is not complete' ereia_.n quis d e alßEAUPlEßlt i E: ll :' ii i cc i it imstenoll:ence,comnitussian Ambassador to Constantinop le ' said, re p air to h i s post e —T t the n ext year. le following are extracts ::, 1 , •ng i„vor rt ; ant intellig ence , SEPT.T 27.—We ree 'ye the lu" - ft e d 'i. : testi el , eueru p, .. rivel Sept. 14. :—" The Austrian i s illementit,4 3 big from Corfu w .. packet.boat is tit _ J o wit' , ot MI the news that Canaris has succr7 ; ti i i ip t,A, fire-ship that this in blowing up the Capitan Paella anti l ' i sup' feic,---h this brave naval commander shared the so" - ail o troubles in Constantinople are now more serious ti" ( od P C i posed. After the Janissaries had caused their Cl i e . e ot)llg et veral other persons of rank to be dismissed, the have I le ' lt° the Sultan to deliver into their h d 1 '4l sun the OP i r e itc'' an s ti. I Pores , the throne; the consequences that may be terrible tnstcrdeiti Courant, Sept. 28.) , otg tie :;r as i 1, 8 oma s wr t iot t li c ruyE h IETERSDURGII, SEPT. 1 1.--Al. de ItibeauPt'n.,t reP': - to Ambassador to the Oitoman Porte, it is now said, 1 01 ' li t to h i° his post before next His for the precept year. e gone t estate in ' • the interior of the empire * a win s' II ' M. Alinziacky is appointed -Charger d'Affaires, and w e that a, at „.... none.- • ~,,,, I i l bOl e aft: l is wi l i a le n rd o h : r w it r v e e al s a it o p le f po h l e i n:te e i . t t l ib C e t aolul i i i ) fiu illelli l ra-ee C ide.eMniule9eirt‘i°:lll°PtilPblll-'lP:3Bne-°ntliMWlLlietil d lee o rtin n : 1 1 1 t r i c e h po adfe a rr o p jl u unt h shtua ti edt o n: n i. confetrhaiisocistcyharisoeswstikmy,atewdboastet3oo:7 b iette for IPn 1 a fr b o o m ut t a he w E ee in k a e g ro o, r i t s o tta h i is d a to la l i ) . e es t t h y e t t h ic e al s. F i r n o g f o il f n , arranb v i. foe him • I) „ .for the successful mediation of Englanui s ln, - „ be ° presunieit to t i de the n differences with the Porte, which arc vi s i t t i g tl a gra thei t tio lii BERLIN, SEPT. 22.—Troo_ps are daily arriving ',creche/IP grand autumnal review. They go into camp near IVO tenberg. nborg i do 3 n l o r n . aSstrhantiTarrdnCiissaninonin.g is "P t ec for .11 ''' e In the month of June two caravans arrived at Oro . . b froo Chiwa. The caravans appear now to sutler very.rntlq to „ i r e elllage in the desert, for these caravans were plu . nt,to t rA t .1.,. to plunder. hug", and abandoned by the guides, or." int- The King has issued a most gracious cabinet _ the , _ Gavernment of Siberia, expressing hi s sa tisfaction ii o l i phite , o " r proving state of the country - and at the zeal of the 'Aistdot fur in improving the Landwelir. , Ni 31ajesty return srlybilosii 7 the many proofs of attachment shown him by the P and assures the Governnitut of his approbation. '' who partici') ict. communicated t o tiorn al: iciro i„... _ . DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK• Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills 10001. 2d. Ditto lid. 4O 44 Ditto 5001.2 d. Ditto lid. 4l 44 Ditto Small . Ditto li d 42 45 Ditto Adver....d. ......... Bank for Act. ............... 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