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CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, AUG. IT, 18.2.. Fort Mlliam, Aug. IT, IS*2. ON the gth instant, His Majesty's Frigate La Chiffonne, Capt. STUART, arrived in the River froth Bombay, with Dispatches from that Presidency to His Excellency the Most Noble the Goya allott. GENERAL in Council, containing the affliding in. telligence of the death of His Excellency HAt, jEE ICHULEEL KHAUN, Ambassador to the British Go. vetntnent on the part of His Majesty the KING of PERSIA. In the afternoon of the zoth ult. a dispute unfor tunately arose between the Persian servants of the Ambassador, and the Sepoys of the Corps of Bengal Volunteers, composing His Excellency's honora r y eaja, at the h ouse assigned for his residence near rtiatsagong. An affray ensued, and both parties r esorted to arms. • At the commencement of the disturbance, His Excellency the Ambassador, with his nephew AGA HoossAiN, and his attendants, descended into the Court for the purpose of quelling the tu. Mutt, and while His Excellency was exerting his endeavours with the utmost degree of huma. pity and firmness for that purpose, he received a Wound from a musquet, which instantly proved mortal. His Excellency's nephew was severely wounded in several places. Four of the Ambas. sador's servants Were killed, and five more wound. ed. Tranquillity, however, was speedily restored, and medical assistance was immediately procured for the relief of the surviving sufferers. The most aaive and judicious exertions were successfully emplOyed by the aping President at Bombay, J. H. CHERRY, Esq. and by the Civil and Military Officers under his authority, for the purpose of restoring order, and of tranquilizing the minds of the attendants and followers of the de. ceased Ambassador, as well as of securing the means of bringing to justice the perpetrators of this atrocious ad. # A Court of Inquiry has accordingly been insti tuted at Bombay for the purpose of investigating, with due deliberation and solemnity, all the cir cumstances of the case. The G overnor-General in Council has adopted measures for affording to the relations and followers of the late Ambassador, all the relief and consola.. tton -which can be administered to them under the Pressure of this severe calamity. As' of at"timony of the public regret for the death the Ambassador, and of a deep sense of sor.• row for the calamitous event which occasioned it, and as a mark' of public respell for the high station of the de ce a sed Ambassador, an 4 for the Sov ere i gn whom he represented, His Excellency the Governor general in Council has been pleased to dired, that minute guns be fired on this melancholy occasion, at ire O'clock this afternoon, from the ramparts of fort By Command ofHit•Excelleney the Most Noble the Governor. General in Council, • N. B. EDMONSTONE, Secretary to Govt. Sec. Pol. & For. Depts. ... .-"XTILACT Op A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER OF MAJOIL ,OEN ERAL BAII.D'S. ARMY T O HI3 FRIEN , O 4ii.t. SOMBAY I DATED GIZA.) OPPOSITI GICAI4I3: CAIRO, MAY t 8; zBo2. " On the t sth inst. Major General BAIRD, pre.' taratory to the march of the Army across the De sert to Suez, paid a visit of ceremony to His High_ *less the RACH4,OIEOYRT in Grand Cairo. " The General, attended by his Staff and other Officers with an Escort, of the - Bth Light Dragoons, crossed the r i ver to the Cairo side in the morning ; Ivihere a Tnrkish g uar d o f honour, consisting of Ilurse and foot, were drawn up to receive him. On landing, th e G eneral was met by the Pacha's Chief. ,' Se Pttary and Drago man (i nterpreter). l'at ,4 After the u sua l compl i ments and honours beig 19, the guards moved off in front at a slow pacne 'Plv,a, t r A h is,flighness's P a l ace , t h e k ettle drums and em.4sie of the Turkish horse playing during'', e aPlit , ptocession, while t he H era ld s proclaimed the uaCh of the English General. . x " On coming near the Palace (formerly General u t t a lltit's, and in which he was assassinated), b-e'4Undthe streots lined with the Albanian guards P t9.the steps of the great staircase. The appear. ;ince ,or the soldiers was more sanguinary than Inar tlal, every man, besides his musket and bayo. ' l ets being 'armed with a ger, an d brace of pistols, a dag, a sword . -, .-Having arrived at the Palace, the General dismounted, when he was received 7 the Officers of St ate, and condufted to the Charn: tier 'Of ' Audience. Here the PACHA met the Gene.; =al at the door, and received him in the most flaN =sting and distinguiihed • manner. After being served with coilee, sherbet, &c. and the 'compli_. ments customary on such occasions had passed, as well a conversation. :of some length rela tr'o e l l enarelt„,of the Army across the De. acre, in the forwarding of which ' His High ss offered in the most unreserved - manner every assistance in his power, the General rose to take leave : when the PAC/lA. requested his ac teptance of a Wat-hurse fully caparisoned, and a Sword, adding, they were the gifts of esteem and !tendship. The Staff and other Officers of the General's Suite also received each a w.)rd. " The G eneral was requested by the PAcIIA, a. s a Particulart. honour, tut Pal ace , to mount th e h orse on l eav i ng which h e accordingly did, and was sa "tett with , nineteen guns on passing through the great square. " We then returned home in the same manner we %ame amidst an i 4 4 is usual in concourse o f p eo pl e ; an d, Porto n most IVlus su l man countries, ' were im. ttuned for Burt/hers (money) on all sides. • 'l l -.. , The saddl e an d f urniture presented to General Nku must be of great value, the f ormer b e i ng !tudde I °l4 silver gilt, and th e l atter o f cr i mson velvet d With stars and crescents of the like metal. OW horse was one of the most beautiful animals I ,„!cs* beheld, and of the finest breed in Turkey. title General's sword was no less costly, the scab_ I ) ,srd and mounting being of entire gold, and the 'iade once • f ' D. We afterwards It the, true MUCUS. 11,1,91.4t11:1,t lie whole had been sent by the 'CikANU 1 1 1°145 4 6../he PACHA on raising him to hi:rim:teat high tituatin in the impires f IWO as s dILCI wait.* atm. a A4LI/1 11/1. General's visit. His Highness came to the Giza side of the river in his state barge, ..auended by a great number of others full of grandees, janissaries, at tendants, &e. &c. The morning being remarkably fine, heightened the interest of the scene. The effeet of the Turkish music on the water, with the gay appearance of the various flags and pendants, was truly striking. " The PACHA on landing was received by two of the General's Staff. A salute of cannon immediately eommenced, the troops formed in a street,:present. ed arms, and the hands began to play. His High. ness seemed highly pleased, bowed to the Officers ai he passed with much urbanity, and frequently re marked to the PACHA of the Albanians,-and the other great Officers of his suite, the fine and martial appearance of the soldiery ; the Sepoys attracted much attention. A .few yards from !Head-quarters (formerly the country house of MI.TRAD Be v,) the General, accompanied by the., principal Officers of the Army, met the PACHA; and after welcoming him to the Garrison, and the usual compliments having passed, the whole procession entered the grand saloon, which had been previously orna_ . mented in the Turkish style with Divars, carpets, &c. Here the Officers formed a circle, and coffee, sherbet, &c. were served up' to his Highness and suite in the Eastern style ; the band of the 86th re. giment playing all the time. With the music the PACHA seemed particularly delighted. We remark ed that the tambourin and triangle, being nearly Turkish, afforded him much pleasure, especially in the battle of Prague, in which - KOTZWARRO 'has introduced one of their national airs as the quick step. The eyes of the Janissaries kindled at hearing their favourite call to battle. 4S After being entertained for a considerable time in this manner, and much civilities exchanged on both sides, the PACHA rose to take leave. The Ge neral then requested his Highness, and his principal Officers, to accept of some arms of English work- Manship, consisting of fusees, pistols, &c. and he also presented the PACHA with some jewels set in the Eastern mode. " On his Highness leaving the gateway, the Ge. neral having ordered two of the finest Mocha Bulls to be there, begged his acceptance of them. This last present the PACHA seemed highly pleased with, as the breed is unknown in Turkey. The humps on their shoulders occasioned many observa tions from the attendants. " The General having accompanied the PACIIA• a few yards towards the river, his Highness request) ed lie might go no farther ; he expressed' 111 . 1111410 highly gratified with his reception, and again re peated his professions of friendship, and anxious wish to assist the Army in their march across the Desert. He then embarked under the former honours and salute. " The General, on this, particular occasion, and in compliment to the PACHA, wore the Order of the Crescent, and diamond Aigrette presented him by the GRAND SIGNIOR. The Officers of the Army also wore their Medals. " Having thus detailed to you this ceremony, I shall not intrude longer on your patience; and only add, that, from the cordial and friendly disposition of the PACHA, I think we shall accomplish this ardu. ous march across the Desert of Suez without loss or difliCOlty . ; and unattended by those fatigues end hardships so severely felt, yet so nobly surmounted, IV our brave fellOws in the former Ordeal from the shores of the Red Sea across the arid and burning Desert of the Thebaid." GENERAL. ORDERS. " For William, .704). 37, 1302. " Major-General limn, commanding the Forces em ployed on the late Expedition from India to Egypt, arrived this day at the Presidency, attended by the Governor-Gene ral's state boats, and was received on his landing at Chum!. paul Ghaut, by the Officers of llis Excellency's Staff: " The Governor-General, in Council, derived sincere sa tisladion front the highly honourable te,timony bohte by Major-General the Earl of CAVAN, to the services of MA.- jor-Gencral DA 111 n, and of the troops from the Establish mcnt of India, lately employed in Egypt. " Under a grateful impression of the importanfaid.'deriVM to the common cans; of our Country, by the able , and' sin:- eessful condual of the Expedition from India to Egypt, His Excellency is pleased to order, that honorary Medals be conferred on all the Native-commissioned and Non.commis sioned Officers, Troopers and Sepoys, Gelatindawze and Gun Lasous, who have been employed on service in Lgy pt." MoNs. DE CALONNE.-- 7 The circumstances at tending the death of this celebrated Charaler have excited great notice in France. Mons. De CA. LONNIE went to Paris some months ago, with the hope of recovering part of his property which was lost in the fury of the Revolution. His efforts were attended with such success, that after a short visit to this country, he returned again to France, and was attacked by a very severe indisposition.— lie sent for a Physician of eminence, under whose hands he grew rapidly worse, and at length it was evident to himself as well as his family, that there was no hope of his recovery. Two hours before his death he was_speechless ; but he signified by signs, that he wanted to write. Having been supplied with materials, he addressed the following words to the Physician : " You have treated me vilely, and will have to answer for my death to God and Man." Mons. de CALoNNE, when he wrote these words, though deprived of speech, seemed to be in complete possession of his intelldlual powers. No man was more likely to weigh his words, or less likely to .admit a hasty prejudice. The French Government is not implicated in any of the rumours which have been circulated through Paris on this occasion ; but it is strongly suspected, that private enmity may have had some concern in his death. RAmorm, a Member . of die National Institute, is at present employed in making observations on the top of the Pyrenees. He states in a letter, an ex ;ran from which is given in a Fteneh Journal, that he intends soon to return to the Institute loaded with stones and plants, with some very intetesting geological fans, 'and six hundred Parometrical ob servations. frrid A man charged before the Magistrates; port, in Cheshire, last week, with refusing (when required) to assist a Constable in securing ,a person guilty of an . affray in the street, paid a sum of money to • the Dispensary. there, to avoid a prose. •cution. • Sueh'ofrenees are puoishable with foie and imprisonment . ; • Tttt 13:itrle of due 2 tst March, which decid ed the fate of li.gypt, and in which the British Army achieved :atch unfading glory, catioot he too often, brought to the recolledion of our Country men, or be too minutely examined. In addition to the Official and other Details, which have been be fore pu'Aished, that given by Sir THOMAS ROB E tur WILSON, in his " Ihriory of . the Britiih Expedition to Agypt," of the memoraWe Thule alLuded to, is; we have no doubt, as much distinguished by its fi delity, as, we are stire, it is by its perpicuity and precision. We have derived so much zeal pleasure and satisfaaion from the perusal of it, that we are desirous of imparting those feelings to such of our Readcrs,'as may not be in possession of this truly valuable Work ; and we shall, therefore, without further Preface, lay the interesting Narrative be fore them. " On the memorable 2 1 St of Marche the army, as usual, was under arms at three o'clock in the morn ing -; all was quiet till half past . three o'clock, when the report of a musquet was heard at the extre mity of the left. Instantly afterwards a cannon fired, scattered nmsquetry succeeded, and then two more guns. For a moment attention was diraled to that quarter. All were convinced that a general attack was commencing, but it was immediately evident that the firing was too feeble on the left to believe that to be the point of the enemy's serious objedi. Indeed .this was the universal sentiment ; and Ge. neral Motiee, who as General Officer of the night, on the first alarm proceeded to the left, was so im pressed with this idea, that he turned back to the, right.— . " For a few minutes all was still ; hut it,was the awful suspense of anxious expedetion, not of ap. prehension. Every eye was painfully extended forwards through the ,gloomy mist .of the at.. mosphere, and the ears strained to catch the' small. est sound. Occasionally the eastern horizon nets anxiously regarded ; but though the grey of the morning was perceptible, it seemed reludantly to break. On a sudden loud shouts were heard in front of the right, which fully certified theeneMy'te intention, a roar of musquetry immediately sue. ceeded, and the action there became general. " The enemy, covered by the unequal surface of the ground, had advanced unperceived as far as the vedettes, and continued to press on with them and the retiring piquets of infantry to the main position. with all possible celerity; one column diretted it. self upon the ruins where the. Bth were posted, the front of which was considerably more extensive than the front of the regiment ; but some part of the wall still standing, it admitted of the regiment's dividing itself, but scarcely notwithstanding did the troops fill up the different openings. Colonel HOUSTON, who commended, faintly perceived the column of the enemy advancing with heat of drums and huzzas ; but fearing lest the Eeelish piquets might he preceding, he allowed it to approech so close that the glazed hats were clearly distinguish. ed, when lie ordered the grenadiers to fire, which 'was followed by the whole regiment, and repeated with several rounds. These continued and well dirededdischarges not only checked, but made the enemy's column retire quickly into a hollow some dieter= in the rear, when it shortly afterwards wheeled to the . right, antrenaleavouted to force round the redoubt in front of its left, with another column, directing its march upon the battery. The 23th re ;item, stationed there, opened a heavy fire on than part of the enemy which attempted to storm the redoubt irofiont ; but the main body of the two columns now joined to a third, forced in behind the redoubt, and whilst some remained to attack it thus in the rear, the rest penetrated into the ruins. Colonel CRO WOjr E, Who commanded the left of the 58th, observing their advance through the open. ings, wheeled back two companies, and after two or three rounds of fire advanced on the enemy with the bayonet. ,fit this instant the 23,1 regiment ap_ peered to et e eptiv e having moved fur that purpose from its station e eied the 4211 also advancing on the exterior side—of the ruins to cover the opening on the left of the redoubt, so cut off the ,troops which had entered, diet after a severe loss they were obliged to surrender. The 28th regiment had pre sented, as well as the 58th, the extraordinary spec. tack of troops fighting at the same time to the front, flanks, and rear. Although thus surround. ed, the 28th regiment remained fixed - to the plat. form of the parapet, and preserving its order, con tinued a contest unexampled before this day. Co. lonel CLIAMUERS had the honour of commanding, Colonel PAGET having been wounded at the com mencetnent of the aelion. The advance of the 4zd relieved the 28th for a moment from this unequal attack ; bores that regiment approached the right of the redoubt, the first line of the enemy's cavalry, passing by the left of the redoubt, floundering over the tents and in the holes dug in the encampment of the2fith regiment, charged en masse, and , over: whelmed the 4.2 d ; yet, though brOken, this gal. lane corps was not defeated ; individually it resist. ed, and the condutt of each man exalted still more the high charaeter of the regiment. Colonel SP en. CEA, who, with the flank companies of the - 4,oth, bad taken his station in. the intervals of the ruins, was for some seconds afraid to order his men to fire, . lest he should destroy the 42d, so intermixed with the enemy. But the cavalry passing on, and di. reeting itself against that interval, he was obliged to command the firing, which stopped the cavalry's advance; yet such a feeble force must instantly have been overpowered, if at this critical moment General. STEWART, with the foreign brigade from the second line, had nut advanced in the most perfect order, and poured in such a heavy and well. direeted fire that nothing could withstand it, e n d the enemy fled or, perished. It was in this charge of the cavalry that the gallant Sir Re.erii Alive. c %tore teY, always anxious to be the most forward in danger,, teeenied his mortal wound. On the first alartri feid.inounted his horse, and finding the. right wae 'fie44.4ly engaged, proceeded thither. When he came near the ruins, he dispatched his Aids-de.cairip with some orders to differtnt bd. gales, and whilst thus alone some dragoons of the French cavalry penetrated to the spot, and he was thrown from his horse. One of them,-from thy tassel of his sword supposed to be an Officer, then . ki just as the point of the sword was Wing, his WM.; hera)ism, and the .ettergy of the moment, 'so irse vigorated the veteran General, that he seized the sword, and wrested it from the hand; at that in. static the Officer was bayoneted by a soldier of the 4.2 d. Sir RALPH ADERCROMUY did not know the mimetic of his receiving the wound in the thigh, but complained severely of the contusion in his breast, supposed to be given by the hilt of the s,vord in the scuffle. Sir SIDNEY SMITH was the first Officer whir came to Sir RALPH, and who by an accident had broke his osvn sword, which Sir RA LPH observing, he -instantly presented to him the one he had so gloriously acquired *. " Sir RALPH, as the cavalry was by this time repulsed, walked to the redoubt on the right of the Guards, from which he could command a view of the whole field of battle, The French, although driven out of the camp, by no means gave up the contest on the right. A second charge of cavalry was attempted by their reserve' against the foreign brigade, but completely failed. After this their . infantry did not keep any longer in a body, -hut atted en tirtiilleur, except that a battalion main.. tained still a little fiche in front of the redoubt, on each flank of which Republican colours were planted. (' The 'ammunition of the English was by this titre totally exhausted, , and the regiments of the reserve were obliged to remain without firing a shot, some not having. one round left,' and for a time' there was only One eartotice for the guns in the • b:l"ttery. —. Whilst such was the state of the contest - 'on the right, the attack on the centre had also Cott. tinned.' As soon as day dawned, a column of gienediers had advanced, supported by' a heavy line If infantry, to the assault of this part of the posi. The Guards posted there at first threw out ,their flankers to oppose them, but these being driven in,. when the column approached very near, General T.,oneow direded the brigade to fire, ,which they did with the greatest precision. The French General seeing the echellon formation, had advanced 10,4 urn the left flank of the Guards, but the Officer commanding there wheeled hack in.; stantly some companies, which checked their move. ment, and the advance of General COOTE with his" brigade compelled them to retreat. Finding this efrort, inerteattal, they then dispersed as sharp. shooters, and kept up a very destrudive fire, at the same time that the k'rench cannon played incessantly. The left of the British was never seriously engaged ; it was only exposed to partial musketry, and a dis_ tant cannonade. The French on the right, during the want of ammunition amongst the British, bast attempted to approach again close to the redoubt, and .some of them also having exhausted t,beir's absolutely .pelted stones from the ditch at the 28th who retuined these unusual, yet not .altogether harmless instruments of violence, as a Serjeaut of the 28th was killed by one breaking through his forehead; but the grenadier company of the 4oth moving out, the assailants ran away; the sharp shooters in front left the hollows they were covered by, and the battalion also evacuated the fidae. " At length General McNutt finding that every one of his movements had failed, and that the Bri. tish lines find suffered no serious impression to jus. Lily the hopes of an eventual success, determined on a retreat. His, lines retired in very good order, under the heights of their position ; but fortunately for them, there was such a want on the part of the English of ammunition, otherwise the slaughter would at least have been double, as the ground they had to pass over presented a glacis for the farthest range of shot. As it was, the cannon on the left did much execution, apd also the King's cutters on the right, which had luring the whole aEtion most gallantly remained in their station, although ex posed to a body of the enemy within half musquet shot, expressly firing at them, and who had the advantage of a considerable, elevation. A corps of French cavalry, • posted at the bridge on the canal of Alexandria, to proteet the right flanks of .their lines, and to prevent a movement from the British left, deserves equally to be mentioned for the steadi.. ness with which it maintained its ground, although the shot plunged constantly into the ranks. At about ten o'clock,. A. M. the adieu) ceased ; but it was not till the defeat of the French was thus ab_ solute)) , assured that Sir RALPH ABEitCRONEr, who had r remained in the battery, and where several times -he had nearly been killed • by cannon shut, could be prevailed upon to quit the field, He .had ennrinued walking 'about, paying no attention to his wound, only occasionally complaining of a pain in his breast fium the contusion. Officers who wn.nt to him-in the course of the aftion, returned with. out .knawing, froth his manner or appearance, that he had been wounded, and many only wcerta.ned it by, seeing the blood .trickling .clown his elothes. At last his spirit, when exertion wars no longer cessary, yielded' to nature ; he became faint, was placqd in.& hammock, and borne to the depot, cheered by the .feeling expressions and blessings of the Sol. diets as he passed : he was then put into a LW/at, companied by his Aid.de.Carnp and estetrnee, fr Sit Rosa r DYsx, and catriLA tt) lep7ci ‘, When the French army had tottilly withdrawn, the attention. of tn . : English was (...retted to those miserably wounded m en wh o w ere Tift on the field of' battle'; and the speClacle, from the conttaied.. ness, of the ground of, action, was really hortible. Xhosa who hove - never seen such a sight, must nor suppose that the etE:Lft of this scene altogether, con.. lists in the groans and lamentations of the dying no, it is the gallant resolvtion with which these acute and terrible sufferings arc borne, the energy of the soul, subduing the viAnce of bodily pain the character of the Soldier supported in these last tnoments, which excite the feelings, and annihilate the rate_ of hostility._ Doing the anion several explosions were beard and seem in different parts of the ficld. They " This sword Sir Sidney smith means to plAcc on hi& monument. " A singular .circumstance happc.ned almost immediately' afttrwan,ls, Major 1f tli, Aid-de-Carnp to General Crad, duck, grAiiK with orders, had his horse kill4ct.. tic ink, Sir Sidney, he l);:gged to mount his orderly Mare:. 1.,:43c,„ As Sir Sitioey was turning round, to bid Win give it to Major 110.11, a catision.b,ill struck Orthe dragoon'.; bead, 4. Th exclaimed Sit Sidney, 'cis destiny, 1:11 is yutar'4."