The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-05-03 00:00:00

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[Men tlw Ne. ef the eithifie Jestrool, published se Saiesigyr
blornlng.]
CALCUTTA.—Thin city has been agitated orainsupd.fnes,
about six weeks, with a succession of exaggeratedrunalwes.
respecting an attack upon the British frontier by "
Majesty of the Golden Feet," alias the King of Ara. At:
length, however, it was ascertained that the war supposed
to be raging between the two empires, was. nothing mow
than an insolent attack on the part of the Burinaha titian
the island of Sbapuree, situated in one of the mouths of
the Buraupooter, and which indisputably belonged to tho.
British government. However petty the affair was, is.espio.'
trotted with the rumours thp,t were afeit respecting it, it .
was impossible that the indman goverrnnent should pass it
over in silence. Consequently, such an expedition ha's.
been despatched to that quarter, as will command cespoct,
while a proper spirit is sheitn by our diplomatists. •
There are also military umny.:ments on our westeris trek:-
tier, but • qually trifling. The government of Oudiporo
appears to be in 1 somewhat distracted state, arising, as we
should imagine, from time feudal arrogance of the principal
chiefs. Our reader are aware that the British government.
engaged, at the claw of the lite Mahratta war, to maintain
die internal peace of this principality. Consequently our
strv.c.is are now put into requisition, to reduce the fortified
town of ilueneergur. The Ralpoot nobles arc a haughty
race, and will doUbtless give tie trogble even wbeve
have little prospect of success; ,but the truly valuable prits;.
lication of Sir John Malcolm gieon us reason to hope, that
or already command both the tespect and confidence of
the bulk of the population. The expedition l termed
from the Nusserabad end &rowel detachments., and is
under the command of Colonel Lumley.
The very Reverend Doctor Jaoolmus, an Armenian by
birth, but a dignitary of the Catholic Churcli, ha; totently
arrived at Calcutta from Rome.
The Rev. D. Corrie, LL.B., Stair Chaplain ,of this
presidency was intellectAyclulwoou ar Calcutta with the
Amid earth-Wes, on the isth October.
Mamas.—Ovr intelligence from this presidencyss down
to the beginning of January. The most interesting cioeuri.
tense wr hare to roefflibb, is the establishment of i male and
female Orphan Asyligrim, in the Black Town, for such chil-
dren as are not eligible to be admitted into the military
asylum,. The foundation stone of the edifice to he erected
was laid by the masonic body with the mummery with
which they usually amuse themselves on such occasions.
Sir Charles G. Metcalfe, ban., ltswitient at Hydetahad,
had been so seriously indisposed that he was obliged to
leave Hyderabad, few Calcutta, to obtain the best medical
advice. The peornment yacht had been sent ftom Cal-
'cutta for hint early lb November.
The scarcity of grain in the line of ctiuntry bCtwoen
...Cellore and Gonjeoo, was so excessive, that many &milks
in the vicinity of Ingeragn had gone without food for too
and three days. Government had, hoivercr, taken up ships
to convey rice to Corioga.
On the night of the .Sied December, a vast multitude
assembled in the Black Town, Anti proceeded to break
open some of the rice stores belonging to native merchants,
which were plundered, and much grain carried off. Guards
of native troops were sent to protect property of this de-
scription ; the mob, however, Waved in a most daring
and outrageous manner towards the aepoys, while the latter;
we understood, acted with the greatest forbearance, under
very tiling cir/bwatisees • two of the mob, however, are
reported to be wounded, hod tilled. It is imagined,
that not lesli than 100,000 persons were collected.