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tior ; and Ile meant to proceed immediately against the F,:rt ufCattack, which is only five marche4from Juggernaut. By our Port Letters this morning, we learn that the Block Ship have been ordered to take their sta tions off the Essex Coast, and Lord KEITH sailed yesterday from the Downs in the Monarch, but the wind shifting to the Westward he returned again. From these orders, and the sailing of Lord KEITH, there is some room to infer that Government have some expeaation of a movement on the part of the Enemy. We doubt, however, if his attempt will be so immediate, hut we rejoice to see every means taken for our defence The report is renewed, that BONAPARTE has ar iived at Boulogne, but we do not believe it to rest upon any better foundation than the same report last week, which is now known to have been wholly groundless. Yesterday the House of Commons adjourned for the Recess to Thursday next. The House of Lords z,tancis adjourned to the same day. Yesterday morning HIS MA J EsTy walked in the Queen's Gardens for about two hours. Yesterday about .twelve o'clock HER MAJESTY and • the Princesses EL IZA I 3 ETH, MARY, SOPHIA, and AMELIA, attended by the Countess CARDIGAN and L a d y J. TH YNNE, took an airing in two coaches and four through Fulham and Putney. No orders are yet given for the ROYAL FAMILY going to Kew or Windsor. Yesterday being Maundy Thursday, the annual sounties given by His MAI ESTY to as m an y o ld men and Wome n as H IS MAJESTY is years old, were distributed by DrAri NC ENT, Sub-Almoner atWhtte ball Chapel. Yesterday morning Lord and LadyHE L Y ,Lord and Lady BULKEL EY, and Mr. and Mrs. FREE MANTLE kit London for their seats on Englcfield Green, for the Easter holidays. Sranmore Priory is at present the high change of fashionable resort. Lord and Lady CASTLE REAGH, and Lady LOUISA CORRY, are this day expected to join the festive circles assembled there. Mr. ANGERsTEIN to-morrow ives a did Dinner to a numerous Party of Frie g nds, particularly those who are distinguishzd for Taste in the Fine Arts. MILES PF:aI2 ANDREWS., - Esq. has announced a grand entertainment, to which a very nurherous Party of his Friends are invitd It to place on th e 19t h o f next tnonth,• his is his take use in the Gr een P ar k, t4Mr. 1--lENRy i-lorE's magnificent Gala on Mon. ay evening, in Cavendisii-suare, in the fashionable won In addition to all the is highly praised other entertainments of tne evenir: Mrs. BILLING TON, I\drs. IaViouNTAIN, VIG.-kNoNr, MOR.ELL.L, and WEIcHsECL, exerted their respective powers with admirable effed. Yesterday morning at s i x o ' clock the remains of the la te Duke of Roxs it - soii were removed from his house in Sllt. James's -square, and p rocee d e d o n th e Way to SCOarld. zisted o f a hearse The fu nera l procession con _ which were two and six, an d a coach and six, in of his Gra ce's domestics. It will be near t h ree weeks before they reach the place of interme nt . The' Minister, we hear, has given his ticul ar F r i ends to understand that the Loan p ar.. will tot exceed Ten Millions. Mr. ADDINCTON, who, like all weak men, is a great lover of Procrattina t;oll, has contrived to postpone the burdens which the War has occasioned, in hopes that the Public will give him credit for Economy —hut the evil day wil hl come, and People wille surpri ze d to fi nd theheavy arrears of Taxes which will have accu. ululated upon them. Yesterday the Royal Westminster Volunteers, commanded by Colonel ROBERT , OI , 7 i marched at half past twelve o'clock, to Hyde Park, where they were inspeCted by Colonel JENKINSON, who ex pressed the greatest satisfaCtirin at the state of the Arms and Accoutrements. the Corps h a d a Field After the I nspe Cti on, variety of manoeuvres Day, and went through a There were a b ove six, with thundre d heir usual steadiness, men present. Yesterday th e Eighth Regiment of Volun teers, commanded h Loyal London y Lieu tenant Colonel CANNING, had a grand fidd.day, preparatory to their being inspected on Thursd a e y next by Colonel HANNAY, and went through their different ma. nceuvres highly creditable to themselves and their Commander, The Battalion of Royal St. Andrew's Volun teers, commanded by Lieutenant -C o l one l JAMES Tuesd a CHEAP, was rev i ewed and inspected th ere on Y the zoth inst. by Lieutenant -Colonel Ro- BE . RT DOtiC;LAS, the Inspeding Officer of the .ois trid, who highly expressed his satisfadion at the appearance and state of discipline to which the Bat talion had attained. It mustered o n t h e parade, Officers and Priv ates, 506, completely clothed, , and accoutred, exclusive of two Companies of Newburgh attached to it, which being twenty miles distant, are on this partic u l ar occasion to be insped e d separately. This Cars is one of thos serving u n d er t h e Defence Aa, p the Non-con - anis. e sioned Officers and Privates receiving each the an n h ual pay of zos , f or twenty-four days exercise ; but ighly to their honour, they have already, and, without any remuneration, will continue to attend exercise greatly beyond the fixed number of days, so as to tender themselves - fit for the purpose for which they voluntarily made a tender of their ser.. vices. The funeral of the late Sir WILL, FAWC ETT Will take place at Chelsea to-morrow, in great military pomp ; four regiments of ihfantry, eight squadrons of horse, and a strong detachmen t of ar tillery, will all assemble in Chelsea College. The second Battalion of the Queen' s Volunteers were desirou. of attending, Laving received many Uar ks of politeness from Sir WILLIAM, hut the space of ground would nut admit of any tnare troops. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Sailed the Alit - 9ra Frigate, and Morne FortuniSloop of War, with the outward-bound West India Fleet, under Convoy for Falmouth. Arrived the Lard Lennox, Capt. HUTCHINSON, from port Del Gude, with fruit, &c. for Exeter. Arrived the Danish East India Ship DonneLroge, Capt. HOLM, from Bengal ; and the French Schooner La Delphine, laden with steel, iron, &c. captured by the El Vincego Sloop of War. Sailed the Tonnant, of 74. guns, on a Cruize. PoRTsmotITH, MAR z9.—Sailed His Majesty's Frigate Alonzo, with Convoy to the Downs. Sailed also, the Elizabeth and Ann, Lone, for North Yar mouth ; and Elizabeth, Chambers, for London. Put back, the Spider, Tomlinson. Arrived the Lovely Friends, -, and Champion, -, from the East Indies ; Providence, Mascall, 11Iargaiet, Wat son, and Prudent, Jefferson, from Cork ; Kitty, Moses, John and Robert, West, Sincerity, Maddock, Alive, , and A6tive, Williams, from London. FALMOUTH, MARCH z7.—Sailed this day the outward-bound Lisbon and Qporto Fleets, under Convoy of His Majesty's Ship roulette, of 18 guns, Capt. DuNBAR ; also the Hamburgh Brig Catherine, Capt. Scx LE n oom, for Oporto ; the Duke of Marl borough, But L, for the Leeward Islands; and the Prince of Wales (Packets), Tono, with Mails, the former of the 21st inst. and the latter of the zoth inst. for Lisbon ; also sailed the Brig Rebecca, CLIFFE, for Dublin. The Princess Augusta Packet from America, and the Lsr:l Charles Spencer ditto, from the Leeward Islands, are daily expeled. The Diana Packet is expeaed to sail on Saturday next, with Lisbon Mail of the 27th inst. DEAL, MARCH 29.—His Majesty's Ship Mo narch, Admiral Lord KEITH, sailed last night on a Cruize to the Westward, but put back again this afternoon, the wind shifting to the westward. The Harpy sailed this morning on a Cruize off Boulogne. The illetelr came in from a Cruize. HARwicx, MARctr 28.—His Majesty's Ship the Arab, of 20 guns, is stationed in the Rolling Ground opposite this town, and we undetstand all the Block Ships are immediately to take their re. speffive stations for the protection of the entrance of the King's Channel, Swin, and Wallet. The Post. Office Packet Diana, Capt. OSBORNt, arrived from Heligoland with two Mails, which were landed yesterday on the Norfolk Coast. This Packet sailed from Heligoland on Friday last, and left there the Lark Packet, Capt. DEE. Sixty.two casks of silVer, and twenty-four recruits, were brought in this Packet. The wind blowing hard at East, the Diana Packet, Capt. OSBoRN, remains with the Mail on hoard for Husum ; no other Packet in the Harbour. MARCH 29.—The Diana Post-Office Packet, Capt. OSBORNE, sailed this day for Husum, with the Mail and Passengers. Our Fleet was left well off Brest last Sunday. Mr. SPARLING, the Gentleman who unfortunately killed his antagonist in a duel at Liverpool, sur rendered himself at Lancaster last Sunday, for his trial at the Assizes now held there. Captain CoLt2u . ITT, of the Navy, his Second, surrender ed for the same purpose last Wednesday ; and it is with very great satisfaCtion we hear, that the prejudices so generally entertained on the first report of this unhappy event, are giving way to a very contrary feeling. It is now generally understood, that every opportunity was given to the deceased, and every delay to refleEt on his rash conduct, and even the night before the duel, that Capt. Cot.- QUITT informed the unfortunate man, the slightest apolegy would be accepted for his violent threats and expressions, that one Gentleman could possibly receive from another. Mr. STARLING'S silence to every calumny that was so industriously propa gated, his manly surrender of himself, and Itav ing his life arid honour to be determined by the evidence, and a Jury of his Countrymen, has much excited the approbation and good wishes of the Public towards him. We earnestly recommend to Mr. ADDINGTON a quotation from The Pursuits of Literature, which is applied to Mr. PITT :—" He went into the House of Commons NOT TO Bow, but to do the business of the Nation, and he did it." Orders are gone from the War-office, for the Bar rack-Masters of Chelmsford, and other garrisons in the Eastern Distria, to procure immediate tempo rary buildings, fur the reception of to,ooo more troops : this reinforcement will probably be corn. posed of the Irish Regiments of Militia, now em. barking for England. Instruetions, we understand, have been forwarded by Gen. GASCOYNE to the several Inspdting Of. cers in South Wales, urgently calling their atten tion to the best mode of speedily assembling the dif. ferent Volunteer Corps, in case the Enemy attempt that part of the Coast, and the adoption of other ne cessary measures, to frustrate and defeat the hostile design. General ROCHANIBEAU has, it is said, requested of Government to be allowed, with his Officers, per. mission to return to France on their parole, which has been refused them, the Forces which surrendered at St. Lucia having been allowed that indulgence, and the Consular Chief not permitting an equal nom. ber of English prisoners of war to be sent in return, .IS7' INDIA,HOUSE MAirli 29, 1804. THIS morning the following Dispatches were receive:3 by the Secret Cortititittee: Of the Court of Dire tors of the East Ind COmp . any froni the G-Jvernor in Council of Extraa of a Letter from the Governor in Council at Bom bay, to the Secret Committee of the Coact of Direaors, dated Bombay Castle, the 3d o..tober, 1803. Par. 1. " Our President has received. from rht Hon. Major-General WELL Est.EY a dispatch of the 25-th ultimo, as per copy enclosed. From the re port contained in it, your Hen. Cominttee will observe, that the General attacked the Combined Forces of Dowlut Row-Scindia and the Berar Rajah on the 23d of -September, in the vicinity of the Adjunty Pass, with the division of the Army under his own immediate command, and that the very obstinate action that ensued, terminated in the complete defeat of the Confederates, with the loss to them of 90 pieces of cannon, which the Hun. General WELLESLEY has captured. We have not received an official report of casualties during the engagement, 'but the General states our loss of officer?, and men to have been great ; as far as pri vate information has enabled us, we have endea voured to supply this deficiency in the inclosed list of killed and wounded on that occasion ; it is con sidered to be incomplete in not containing the names of all the Officers who suffered, but in other respels it is supposed to be corred." 4. g' From the most recent private accounts from the Hon. Major-General WELLESLEY, it appears that Scindia and the Berar Rajah had descended the Adjunty Ghaut, and that the British Forces were immediately to proceed in pursuit of them beyond the Nizam's Frontiers." (ENCLOSURE, NO. I.) lONATIIAN DUNCAN, Esc,. &c. &c. " SIR, " I attacked the united armies of DOWLAH Row SCINDIA, and the Rajah of 11erar, with my Divi sion on the 233 ; and the result of the Aaion which ensued was, that they were completely defeated, with the loss of 90 pieces of cannon, which I have taken. I have suffered a great loss of Officers and men. " I enclose a Copy of my Letter to the Governor- General, in which I have given him a detailed ac count of the events which led to and occurred in the Aetion. 6 6 I have the Honour to he, &c. (Signed) " ARTHUR WELLESLtY. 16 Ca7lp 251 h SeF. 1503." (ENCLOSURE, NO. 2.) HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOvERNOR-GENERAL, " MY LORD, &c. &c. tcc. I was joined by Major HILL with the last of the Convoys expeCted from the River Kistna on the Bth, and on the zoth was enabled to move forward towards the Enemy, who had been joined in the course of the last seven or eight days, by the In fantry under Colonel POHLMAN, by that belonging to Begum Sumitoo, and by another Brigade of In fantry, the name of whose Commander I have not ascertained. The Enemy's Army was collected about Bakerdun, and between that place and Jaf_ fie rabad. " I was near Colonel STEYEN3ON'S Corps on the zest, and had a conference with that Officer, in which we concerted a plan to attack the Enemy's Army with the Division 3 under our command en the 2.4. th in the morning, and we marched on the 22:1. Colonel STEVENSON by the western route,. and I by the eastern route, round the hills between Beedr.a porer and Jalnah. " On the z3d I arrived at Naulaiah, and there received a report that Scindia and the Rajah of Berar Imd moved off in the morning with their Cavalry, and that the Infantry were about to fol low, but were still in camp, at the distance of about six miles from the ground on which I intended to encamp. It was obvious that the attack was no longer to be delayed, and having provided for the security of my baggage and stores at Naulaiah, I marched on to attack the enemy. " I found the whole combined Army of Scindia and the Rajah of Berar encamped on the Bank of the Kistna River, nearly on the ground which I had been informed that they occupied. " Their right which consisted entirely of caval ry was about Bekerdun, and extended to their Corps of Infantry, which were encamped in the neighbourhood of Assye ; although I came first in front of their right, I determined to attack their I left as the defeat of their Corps of Infantry was most likely to be effeaual ; accordingly I marched round to their left flank, covering the rn rch of the column of Infantry by the British Cavalry in the rear, and by the Mahratta and Mysore Cavalry on the right flank. II We passed tlie River Kistna at a Ford beyond the Enc . leis nank . , and fort erl tli Toi";:ntry irntnediatel? in two lines; With the 1-?ritish. gataitY :Is a reserve :i third, in an open SpaCelfef;;;;:eii that River and a Nullan running - parallel tai it. The D.lahratta and Mysore Cavalry occupied the ground beyond the Kistna on our left flank, and kept in check a large body of the Enerny's Cavalry which had followed 'our march froth the rigt4 theirown position. .•; • " The Enemy had altered the position of theit • Infantry previous to our.ottack, it was no longer 4s, at firit, along the Kistna, hut extended froni thaf rivet across to the village of Assye, upon the lah, which was upon our right. We attacked them iturneiiately, and the Troops advanced .under a very hot fire from cannon, the execution of which Was terrible. " The piquets of the Infantry, and the 71. th Re giment, which were on the right of the first and second lines, suffered particularly from the fire of the guns on the left of the enemy's position near Assye. The Enemy's Cavalry also made an 'at: tempt to charge the 74th Regiment at the moment when they were mast exposed to this fire, bat they were cut up by the British Cavalry, which moved on at that moment. At length the Ene. my's Line gave way in all direaions, and the British Cavalry cut in among their broken In fantry ; but some el their Corps went of in good order, and a fire was kept up en our Troops from many of the guns, from which the Enemy had been first driven, by individuals who had been passed by the line, under the supposition that they were dead, " Lieut.-Col. MAXWELL, with the British Cavalry, charged a large body of Infantry, which had retired, and was formed again, in w hich opera tion lie was killed ; and some time elapsed before we could put an end to the straggling fire which was kept up by individuals from the guns from which the Enemy were driven. The Enemy's Ca valry also, which had been hovering round us throughout the Action, was still near us. At length, when the last. formed body of Infantry gave way, the whole went off; and left in our hands . 90 pieces of cannon.—This Vinory, which was cer tainly complete, has, however, cost us dear. Your Excellency will perceive by the inclosed return, that our loss in Officers and Men has been very great; and in that of Lieut.-Col; MAXWELL, and other Officers whose names are therein included, greatly to he regretted. " I cannot write in too strong terms of the con_ duel of the Troops ; they advanced in the best or dcr, and with the greatest steadiness, under a most destruCtive fire, against a body of Infantry far su perior in numbers, who appeared determined to contend with them to the last, ,and who were driven from their guns only by the bayonet ; and notwitb atanding the numbers of the Enemy's Cavalry, and the repeatrd demonstrations they made of an inten tion to charge, they were kept at a distance by this Infantry. " I am particularly indelited to Lientenant-Co lonel HARNESS, and Lieutenant. Colonel WALLACE, for the manner in which they condoned their Bri_ gades, and to all the Officers of the Staff, for the assistancel received from them. " The Officers commanding Brigades, nearly all those of the Staff; and the mounted Officers of ;he Infantry, had their horses shot under them. " 1 have also to draw your Excellency's notice to the condua of the Cavalry commanded by Col. MAXWELL, particularly tha of the t9th Dra. goons. " The Enemy are gone off towards the Adjuntee Giant, and I pi, ~:)sz to foliov , them as soon as I can place my captured guns, and the wounded, in security. " I have, &c. (Signed) " A. WELLESLEY, M. G. 4‘ Camp at Assie, Sept. 24, tSO3." (ENCLOSURE NO. 3.) List ,cie the K;110.1 and Irciinded in the /1.51 in of the 2.3 d cf Sep. renter, ISo3. KILLED. J9th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant-Col. Maxwell, and Cap- Lain Boyle. 4th Regiment N. C.—Captain Mackay. sth Ditto—Lieutenants Bonomi and Macleod. His Majesty's 74th Regiment—Captains Macleod, Ayton, Dycc, and ; Lieutenants I. Campbell, Canu bell, Campbell, Thos. Grant, Morris, and Nelson ; and Volunteer Moore. His Majesty's -Sth Regiment—Lieutenant Douglas. Ist Batt;aiop ad Regiment, N. I.—Lieutenant Brown. Artillery—Captains Fowler and Steel ; Lieutenants Lindsay and Griffiths. N. B. Europeans Killed and Wounded, including Artil lery and Offiders, is upwards of Of the Natives, no account has yet been received, but sup posed about goo. WOUNDED. rgth Light Dragoons—Captains C - ,-tneart and Sale; and Lieu tenant Wilson. 4th Regiment N. C.—Lieutenant Paley, and Cornet Me;c dith. sth Ditto—Captain Colebrook. 7th Ditto—Captain Macgregor. His Majesty's 74th Regnnent—Major Swinton; Capt.-Lieu tenant Moore ; Lieutenants Shaw, Mann, Mackmurdo, and Langlands ; and Ensign Kcertii,tn. His Majesty's 78th Regiment --Capnlin Mackenzie; Lie.utc nants and Ktnlocli ; and Ens , ,,n Bethune. rat Battalion zd Regiment, N. I.—Lieutenant Walker. rat Battalion 3d Regiment, N. I --Lieutenants Fair, Davie, Fenwick, and Hunter. tst Battalion rzth Regiment, N. I .—Lieut -Col. Macleod • Major Macatty ; Lieutenants Hervey, Smith, Deeeuz, and Boodler.