The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-07-10 00:00:00

EAST INDIES.

-11ADBA.1, FFB. 14.

The following eittracts from the Caicrelta Mirror.
of the 48th tilt. contain the last intelligence Irma
the army iii the field :
" Letters from head.quarte►s, the 15th Januarys
convey the agreeable news that Sir William G.
Keir has fallen in with Clieetou'r durrah ; and cut
them up in great style. Cheetoo himself made his
escape with about a dozen followers, ■nd threw
himself into a small village near Jawed. It is said
that Captain Caulfield. who is with 3uswant Row
Bow, was goiug to surround the village, and seiie
the Chief.

Mojor-General Brown, according to the same
letter, surprised icone of the refractory Chiefs of
Holkar's army. and rabble followers at Ram-
priors, and cut them up. Itoshou Beg lost three of
his fingers in the fray ; hut contrived to make his
escape. Three hundred of his followers were in-
bred. and • number of camels and horses taken.
The surprise was irtnirplete, and so astonished were
the fellows, that they did not Contrive to wound a
single man of outs. It only remains now that we
get hold of the perfidious Iseisliwa. The power of
the l'esidariewneems almost annihilated by one short
and brilliant Campaign; and the subjugation of the
States that protetted them promises every security
against their future depredations.
" It is said a good deal of booty falls to the army
under General Sir W. Keir."
" CAMP, NEAR OOCIIAR. JAN. 15.
1, We had all regarded hunting down the
dories us • very hopeless tusk, but we have just
heard that Sir Wm. Keir has completely routed
stied dispersed that portion of them under Cheetoo.
I cannot tell yob where, and must confess myself
extremely deficient in the knowledge of the distri
!onion of our troops; but in this respect I sin not
much worse off thau my neighbours here—l can
procure no information from them. ClieetooTtim-
self has barely escaped ; he has only about a doter
followers around him, and is within a few kola of
our troops. All their baggage is taken, and some
say, this includes no less than 50 lucs of rupees.—,
We fired a royal salute two days ago, on the ratifi-
cation of the Treaty with Holkar.
" General Watson is now in command of this
division, his own brigade is broke up, and incor-
porated with others; the 26th regiment, one of his
battalion, are still encamped considerably to our
left, but are almost quite well ; the 7th, the other
battalion, is alongside of our brigade, which forms
the left of tire line. It was dysentery, not the
cholera, that appeared among them, and is attri-
buted to forced marches, bad water, ill-cooked
victuals, sod •ant of warm clothing."

MADRAS, ?EL 41.
The following details respecting the operations
of our armies are given in the Calcutta Mirror:—
" Our letters from Camp, since our last, con-
firm the account of the total destruction of the only
unbroken dumb of Pindaries under Cheeton, who
at the date of the latest accounts was skulking with
only nine attendants, in the neighbourhood of
Jowhud ; and as Captain Caulfield had set off in
pursuit, some hope was entertained that Isis person
would be secured. The remains of the Hurrahs,
under Wussul Mahn med and Khurreem Khan, have
also, after several ineffectual attempts to escape,
beets nearly annihilated by the divisions under Ge-
neral Marshall and Colonel Adams ; and the rebel-
lious part of Ilolkar's army have in sill likelihood
been dispersed before this time, as Colonel Adams,
had been ordered to march to Rampoor and attack
Roshun Beg's troops, who were occupying a strong
position in the neighbourhood of that place. This
Chiefs force is said to consist of seven banish ~,, s,
some thousand horses, and 16 guns ; it is expected
they will make great resistance. The only Mahratta
force that remains unbroken, is that under Ameer
Kha►►'s Sirdars, who like those of the Nagpore
Rajah, do not appear disposed to abide by the ar-
rangements made by their Chief ; but as Sir David
Ocl►terlony is said to have marched to attack them,
we may every day look for accounts of their defeat
pod submission ; and with these we may almost
c ►nsider the causpaigts on this side of India as at an
end."

" CAMP, NEAR OOCMAR, JAN. 18.

" An officer and party of ours left the camp this
morning, as an escort to an officer said to be bring-
ing in the Treaty with H.bskar, who is to subsidize
3,000 of our troops, which, it is reported, are to
be furnished by Bengal, and the number of his
own is very considerably limited. His whole re-
venue is not to exceed 17 lays of rupees. No fur-
ther accounts of the Pvialisva or Nagpore Rajah.
I have seen various private letters regarding the
attack of the latter, all of which represent it to have
been a most desperate business on our part. A
General Order was published yesterday, thanking
Colonel Macinoriiir and the troops tinder hie com-
mand for ;heir gallant behaviour at Nagpore, or
rather Serinagliur. General Brown, by-the-bye,
has also been killing and slaying. Ile had heard
that a body of Mabrunet., Ilolkas'is people, were
seeking safety in some village iii his way. Several
mails led from it. Ile posted on each of these a
party of the 3d cavalry, and made a dash himself
with another party at the village, and succeeded in
cutting off the poor devils."

" COLONEL ADAMS' CAMP. JAW. 17.
" On the 13111, Col. Adams received intelligence
that Khurreem Khan was within seven cost of the
cisisp, and had at least 1,000 men with hint, upon
which time Colonel detached Major Clarke, with the
s:h cavalry, at eleven o'clock at night, and he
very luckily came upon them by surprise at day-
break ; of course he cut up almost the whole of
then►. It turned out, that instead of 1,000, there
were 1,600, and out of ibis number the Major
gave a good account of nearly 1,000. The rest
fled in all directions, and Colonel Adams has sent
out some Rohillas to list, rcept them. Awing the
slain was Natridar Khali. who was considered the
eery lite of the party. General Br►►wn has come
upon itnsbuti Beg (oho teas in rcbrilion

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ITolloi) at Rampnor, and t41,..e1l eleven Cum; be-
side* considerable (1.411111114 C to the test Or his liorcr.
IVe hear also, that ti.ir ‘Villiaiii Krir, with tht
Bombay army, lots fallen in with Ciwetno, awl
completely onollukted his durrah, olot
without omit.. now:ince. Cliretoo and Is
now wandering about these parte with only e
followers. .

"Captain Eden, of the :22.1 Dragoons, /I,llr-de-
Camp to Sir Thomas Ilisl-u, passed this on thr
10th, with dispatches fur head-quarters, among
*lnch is the Treaty with flulkar, the articles of
Which are still unknown here. Ile is escorted by a
detachment from this brigade."
Ceylon Papers of the 7th instant have been re-
ceived. but their emotes'', are totally uninteresting.
The Pretender to the lliandien Throole still conti-
nues to elude the most diligent pursuit, though
conducted with all possible caution and peroeve-
ranee ; hut confident hopes are still entertained
that so much activity and vigilance cannot long be
exerted without success.

‘Ve are sorry ro observe, that the cholera morinis
hos broken out at Miduapore, where it has proved
fatal to four or five persOns daily.

THE BRITI SII PRES S.

LONDON,

FRIDAY, JULY 10, IBM

A Flanders Mail arrived lust night, with Papers
to the 7th instant. The following are extracts :

CANBRAY. JUNE 30.

The Duke of Wellington has given, ler a
magnificent tent, a grand entertainment, at which
his Highness the Prince of Hesse was present. His
Grace had invited to this banquet several French
Functionaries and General Officers, and a great
number of Ladies. At the end of the entertain-
ment his Grace drank the health of his Majesty
Louis XV 111. awl the Commissary-General of Po-
lice drank that of his Royal Highness the Prince
Regent of England. The company afterwards ad-
journed to the garden, which was finely illuminated,
and the dancing began. The fete continued till
eleven o'clock at night.

lIIRUSSCLS, JULY 6.

They write from the Hague that the plan of •
new Civil Code will be laid to-day before the
Coined of State, and that his Majesty will preside
in person at the discussion.
The Hanoverian troops, it is said, are going to
erect in the field of Waterloo, at the very place
where they distinguished themselves by their ex-
traordinary bravery,' a monument, which shall
record to posterity their exploits on that memorable
day. The execution of this monument it confided
to • skilful artist. Ten thousaud francs is the sum
to be employed on it. Afterwards will come the
monument of our Sovereign, which will not be less
distinguished than the others. and which will,
doubtless, be placed ut Quatre Bras, the real place
where the victory of the 18th was decided before-
hand by the courage of the Belgians, under the
conduct of the valiant Prince of Orange.
New barley has been sold in our market, and
wagers are laid that new me will be brought in the
next marker. The fields from which the barley
has been carried was again ploughed, and some of
them already planted with potatoes.
The fields of French Flanders, Picardy, and
Artois, have not for many year' °tiered the pros-
pect of so rich a harvest. The vineyards of Cham-
pagne and Burgundy promise wines equal in qua-
lity to 1802, and exceeding in quantity the produce
of two common years. On the other hand, the
French manufactories are recovering, and the num-
ber of workmen increases daily. This happy re-alt
is owing to the rigorous prohibition of English
goods, the smuggling in of which is almost int-
potaible.

We have received Paris Papers of Monday 1144,
but they contain no news of importance. The dif-
ferent nations of the Continent appear to ►uflrr a
very remarkable diversity of climate; for while
Italy is deluged by rains, and the 'jeers are so
much swelled as to excite the most serious appre-
hen►ions for the safety of the adjacent countries,
Sweden and other parts of the North complain of
a continued heat and drying's.. An article from
Stockholm mentions, that two large forests had
ignited, and that although they continue unremit-
tingly to burn for the sinter of eight days. the fire
hail nut been extinguished at the time of commu-
nicating the intelligence.
Letters from Constantinople state, that the in-
habitants of the Isle of Skyros having furnished
provi►ions to the !pirates infesting those parts, and
having carried on an extensive trade in articles ols-
trined by their plunder, two of the Chief. of the
Island were hanged by order of the Porte. We
presume they were the wealthie►t persun► on the
bland, for on such only does the indignation of the
Sublime Porte usually descend.

The following intelligence was received yesterday
■t Lloyd's :
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LYMIYGTONI, JVLY R. Foter o'Clark, put.

"Just lwrided thr Purser of the Wi Mho, Esst India-
mem, charged with &twitches (runs Brogal owl )Isilrss, also
from Sir Hudsou Lowe to Elul Hatboro!, with which he set
off immediately fur London. The Mile.. left Me.
drii. mu the Tbli rchi nary, soil an rd at St 11 lona ott the

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12th .41. i ii, anJ .ailed tn. ae iltr Sall!? month, h
ing Ili. re (7..oqueror, Gs am., and Nu quit.: tat Ilk 2011.
ult. spoke to die South of the Western Wand-, the City of
Edinburgh, Captain Luck, from It. SI lirh Ilia, INAIII.I
to Gibraltar—all well."

know not whether wr should rather express
ridicule or (111111-t at 111Pextilloton of the Treat.llry
Prints over the result of the Westmoreland Election.
They seem to estimate the partial triumph of the
friends of corruption in wt.:tuition to the danger
they encountered, and in crlebratiog the anceerufn I
resistance of the LoNsoAt.es to the vigorous trod
unexpected struggle of the county of W estmorr-
land to regaiii its indeliendence, tiny appear to
consider rather what might have been lost by
defeat than what has heel, olitained by victory.
'Fite county of IVe.tmoi eland is entail, :tot{ contain)
very few freeholders, and of these a tery enioarlei-
able majority has long acknowledged the superiori-
ty, or felt the influence, of a wealthy and powerful
family. ft is not ea.), to shake, of a sudden, an
authority of long standing ; but when we consider
the political situation of Lord I.OtiSDALE in the
county, his extensive patroutsge, his wealth, one she
number of freeholders whose votes, as being tenartto
on his own estates, he may be supposed absolutely
to command, and then compare the numbers polled
by the Candidates at the late election at Appleby,
we really feel inure surprise at the suczess of Mr.
BuouGitAtt's cauvass, and the strength of his op-
position, than at the ultimate victory or ho, 005-
gottirts. The exultation, Orr, fore, of the venal'
part of the public Press of London ou this event,
is as senseless as the clamour with which the
armed supporters of the LOWTHERS at Appleby
endeavoured to silence Mr. littotiGnata. After
the beating they suffered iu die Metropolis, they
feel some refreshment in turning to some parts of
the country where bribery and corruption, and un-
due influence, still continue to prevail, unchecked
by trial intimate knowledge of public affairs.
which, from local circumstances, belongs more
properly to the inhabitants of the Metropolis.—
The power of the Low-runts hart, however, re-
ceived so violent a blow front the friends of inde-
pendence, in the contest just terminated, that we
now look forward to Mr. BROVGHAVS next essay
at Appleby with confidence in his success. In
the mean time we shall content ourselves with
advising the Ministerial Papers.to reflect repot, the
elections for London, Westminster, and South-
wark, and consider whether dislodging four of the
enemy from their entrenchments, and securing
the triumph of eight independents, does not suf-
ficiently counterbalance a successful resistance in
Westmoreland.

Yesterday, at a quarter before four o'clock, the
PRINCE REGENT left Carlton House for Kew.
Previou« to his departure, he received vivito from
the Dukes of YORK and CLARENCE; and also gave
an audience to Count MUNSTER.

The fact is ■nnounced in a private letter from
Paris, that the forces of the United States have
seized the Florida' from Spain. The courier of the
Spanish Embassy at the Frei,cli capital had brought
letters to several commercial houses con►tuunicating
the above intelligence, of which M. ON tit is said in
have conveyed the particulars to the Court of
Madrid. Thi", we are apprehensive, will be consi-
dered an important blow by the Swinish Cshinet.
Grounds have been urged ►o vindication of the nies-
sure, of which we know not yet how to estimate the
solidity or the. justice: but where is an usurpation
ever attempted, which we du out see coloured with
sotne preteuce of right ?
Oar letter from Dover, tinted July 8 (Wedn sJay`,
says—" The Integrity and Venus transports snilett
this day for Calais, with 30 hornet'. and about 100
troops of different regiments, for the arnq• in
France.—The number of passengers. both coning►
from, and going to, the Continent, colititturs very
considerable."

Another troop of the Scots' Grays marched from
Piershill Barracks, F,disiburgli, un Monday morn-
ing, on their route for Irehnid.
Jepirer may now be seen every evening 'offer sun-
set iu the south-re.t. He rises between seven anal
right in the eve ll i)) g, and vets beta/et.' four and
five in the morning. Venus may also every eveiling
be seen in the north-west, just after ii little
to the north of the ecliptic, which Venus will cross
on the 2.3 d of August, and every evening will be-
come visible, fur at the end of the present month
floras will be found to have moved seven degrees
eastward of the sun.

The following extracts of letters from Palermo,
which regard Catania, must be interrontig, more
particularly ab it was stated some time ago
that city was completely destroyed by sii eal ti.-
quake :
" !smolt P, lsiv.

" We have lately had three or four shod. ut earthipt.:ki 0,
hut they were very slight; indeed, I felt none of them .)-
self. At ()giants, and several other 'daces in the neigh! )))))
hood of Ewa, however, they have heft' *titre, mud the i •
feets very distressing; many houses have been destroyed and
lives lost. For three days during lost week, I/111 the/oms
were shut, and piddle prayer. were offered up in the churches
is a !MO.:giving fur our escape."
" at not

" A friend of mine is just returned from Mencius, by any
of Ca Losin and Girgenti ; he gives a most u"•lancholyaccount
of the former. O his approach to the city, a loch he con.
eiders finer than any he has yet seen N he has never •eeu
Edinburgh.), he found that the gse.iter part of the isT a.
hitanta had left their houses, and wrre firing in wooduss
huts erected in the skirts of the town; and ou arriving ai the
inn, he round it deserted, and the walls cinched—a pleas int
eitosighsighi for a weary tr:sveller. He then delivered a letter of
introduction Le hall to a Sicilian, who as% very kind to
him, but he resided its sine of the huts, a bib his family. He
offered him the tsar of Ills house, 'outset er, which bad bruit
much erac►ed by the earthquake; ilsurr losing 1111 r 1 I tertoximr.
he sires onl it, and slept lass melon in it utime, Set villa
would nut keep I company sin any arcs , t. The in! a.
Wants were in daily expectation of as coalition of the
muumuus, which the s hoped would velicve than of fuslbct
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