The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-07-25 00:00:00

CAPTURE OF BHUR7'PORE.

(From die Inverness Coserier.l
The following interesting extract of a letter relative to
the capture of Bhurtpore, written on the 22d January last,
by Captain Grant, commanding the Palace Guards at
Delhi, has been kindly transmitted to us by a much-
esteemed correspondent ; and from the same source of in-
formation we are happy to find that our countryman, Lieut.
Carmichael, of the 59th regiment, nobly distinguished
himself at the fall of that celebrated fortress. He is repre-
sented, along with Captain Davidson of the Engineers and
ten men, as having ascended a breach before the storming
columns moved off—reconnoitring the defences beyond
the breach—and after throwing a few hand grenades among.
the enemy, returning with his report to the Commander-
in-Chief. Lieut. Carmichael has since been promoted,
and appointed Aide-de-Camp to General Nicholls. We
understand that Captain Carmichael has seen much service
during the Peninsular war, and distinguished himself, in a
manner similar to the present, with the utmost bravery in
the storming of San Sebastian. This promising officer is a
son of the late Mr. Carmichael, South Kinrara, in Bade-
noch.

tXTRACT OF CAPTAIN ONANT'S LETTER.
Our minds have at length been made easy by accounts of the
downfall of Bhurtpore. It has long been a thorn in our side, and
would have been the means of raising the whole country against us,
lam persuaded, had we failed before it this time. The natives in
the town here will not believe that it has been taken ; and my
royal friends in the palace are sadly disappointed at the turn al.
fain have taken, for they fully reckoned on our being beaten,
and hoped to regain their former power by our downfall. But I
question very much if their situation would be bettered by our
removal. They pretend to be mightily pleased at our success. The
old King has ordered a royal salute to be fired on the occasion, and
the Heir Apparent gave me a shawl
all
for announcing
the happy news to him—but it is all deception. The siege
has been conducted remarkably well, though slowly ; but, eat.
sidering the bad feeling of the natives maned' us, it was best
to risk nothing that time or patience could prevent. Our suc-
cess ultimately has been most complete, and our loss by no
means so great as was to be expected, or in proportion to the
object gained. We have not yet had correct accounts of the
killed and wounded ; but I believe the outside of our loss is
about thirty officers, and four hundred men killed and wounded.
The fortifications are represented as extremely strong. The walls
were found so tough that our artillery cool make no impression
on them, and recourse in consequence was obliged to be had to the
slower but more sure operation of mining. The grand none, which
was charged with 14,000 barrels of gunpowder, and sprung on
the morning of the lUth, just before the storming party advanced.
was heard here, at a distance a 100 miles, as the crow flies ; and I
am told was a most magnificent spectacle to those in camp—blow-
ing up fragments of beams, stones, and earth—with numerous
human bodies—to an immense height in the air. Our brave troops
gained the tops of the breaches without a falter, orfiring a shot,
but had great difficulty in descending on the other tide, ()wing to
the stockades which the enemy had constructed. And here, I lie-
Beer., the greatest carnage took place. The usurper was seized,
trying to make his escape after the storm, and is now a prisoner in
our camp. The young Rajah, for whom all this has been done, is
also safe in our camp, and will be reinstated in his right—hut I
I hope not before he has agreed to destroy the fortificario•is of his
town, or we may have to act the same play over again at some
future time."
Letters of a more recent date from Bhurtpore mention
a large quantity of treasure as having been found—not
less than ninety lace of rupees ; and these letters speak of
an enormous piece of ordnance (102 pounder) which has
been captured. _