The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-05-26 00:00:00

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Jig Lord,—l have the honour to acquaint your Lordship, that
the engineers INTO employed. from the night of the 28th instant
(the date of my last dispatch), until the morning of the 28th, in
forming the approach to and constructing a battery bearing on the
north face of the north east angle of the town, at a distance of about
200 yards from the walls, and on the time afternoon the battery
was armed with four 18-pounders and eight It-pounders; hat night
a second parallel, connecting the two advanced batteries, was coin.
mooed, and is stow completed.
The next work intended is to run a trench to the southward, and
areastruct a battery, bearing on the curtain to the southward of the
large northern bastion.

I beg to acquaint your Lordship, that no the evening of the 26th,
a small party of the enemy's horse effected their escape from the
west of the town. An attempt having been again made by about
2011 horsemen, on the night of the 27th, they were attacked by Mat
playlets, and nearly all either killed or taken prisoners. I regret to
observe, that three officers were woututed on this occasion, though,
otherwise, out loss was triv:al.
Enclose, I transmit, for your Lordship's information, Brigadier
°roma Sleigh's report of the affair.
I have likewise the honour to enclose a return* of the casualties
in this army, since the 26th instant inclusive. I have the honour
be, my Lori,
Your Lordship's most obedient humble Servant,
CountamEas.

To Lieut.-Colonel Watron, Adjutant-General.
Camp Murowara, With Dee. 1825.
Sir,—For the information of his Excellency the Commander-in.

Chief, I have the honour to report, that about l'lo of the enemy's
horse left the Futtell Fund between eight and nine o'clock last
night; and after feeling the pickets on Atrgb road, fell back under
the walls of the fort until eleven o'clock, when they endeavoured
to force their way by the Koombeer road, and between the villages
of Morwarra and Bussie. They were obliged to retire in the di-
rection of the fort, with the loss of 30 or 40 men killed. 15 wounded,
and 107 prisoners. Ten or twelve succeeded in forcing their way
through a part of the camp.
I regret to add, Captain Chambers, commanding the 9th Light
Cavalry, with Captain Palmer and Lieutenant Brooke, have been
wounded ; Captain Palmer severely, by sabre cuts on the arm
and leg.
base the honour to be Sir, your most obedient humble Servant,
J. W. SLEIGH.
Brig.-Oeneral commanding the Cavalry.
P.S.—Accompanying is a statement of the casualties.
Published by command of the Right Hon. the Governor-General
in Council.
°roast StVINTOx, Secretary to the Government.
[ From the iladeas Courier.]

Letters have been received from Bhurtpore, dated the 27th ult.
They state tittnite progress of the siege is rapidly advancing. Our
batteries were all completed ; but, nevertheless, terrible
execution hed been already done by the shells. The town had
been set on tire several times. and on the night of the 26th the
amilagratior. was awfully grand. It is supposed all the enemy's
forage had been destmyed by the ire; for on the morning of the
27th they turned all the cattle loose, and drnve them nut of the

gates. The greatest distress prevailed amongst the inhabitants,
and it is reported by the prisoners wu;ch were taken on the 2Gth,
that vast numbers had already been killed t still it is generally
thought that the garrison will held out to the last, and stand the
assattlt. Our loss hitherto has been very titling.
(From the Calcutta .14n Ball.l

Letters from the Camp before Bhurtpure of the 26th ult. have
reached us, They speak of affair% going on most favourably, and
that no doubt is entertained of the place being in our posaesaion
before now. The mortars and guns of our troops have already
dealt dreadful destruction in the lore • and it is even yet considered
as by no loran% iroprubable that Ihiorjunt Sal a ill still come into
the terms offered him by Lord Comberinere-2• unconstitutional
surrender, and the ramparts dcmolivhed." essualtirs in our
army are spoken of as few, considering the desperate work they
have already accomplished.

It afford us peeurliar pleasure to observe from the letters of our
Correspondents, that the Repays had worked in the trenches with a
MOM honourable degree of activity, and a party of them grumbled
not a little at being taken off, to make way for another to relieve
them. The approaches are now so mar, that • view can be had
of the ditch, which is said to be almost dry ; and it is also found
that the curtain of the place, against which our tire is chiefly di-
rected, is round to be in a state far from strong.
(From the Madras Currier.)
8111/11tTPORE.
Ina preceding column will he found the !rest official intelligenee
from Ithurtpore, detailA; the events of the siege to the 31st ult.
Those despatches from Lord Cnmbermere are dated the 28th and
30th, but they add little to the news already publi•lted from that
uuszter. They inform us, however, that the Commander in Chief's
humane endeavoifts to save the liver of the wretched women and
children within the fort had entirely failed, as indeed might hate
been expected from the character of these people.
On the 2Rth a battery was completed, bearing on the north face
of the north-east angle of the town, at a distance of cooly two
hundred and fifty yards from the walls l it contains four 18 and
eight 21-pouatiers.
The names of the officers wnur.ded in the affray of the 27th, in
which nearly the whole party of the enemy who endeavoured to
escape from the fort were either killed or taken prisoners, are—Cape
tains Chambes and Palmer, and Lieut. Brooke.

.
ire are sorry to perceive that a sergeant. named Herbert, of the

• The returns have not yet been received by Government.