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CALCUTTA GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, Arm 9.

Major-General Sir David Ochterlony having ar-
rived at the head-quarters of his Excellency the
Mort Noble the Governor-General and Com-
mander-its Chief, his Lordship avails himself of the
NlAjot-General's presence, to invest him with the
insignia of the Grind Cross of the Order of the
Bath, in pursuance of the authority and instruc-
tions of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent,
signified to his Lordship by Lord Viscount Sid-
month, one of lua Majesty's Principal Secretaries
of State.

Friday the 20th of March, on which day the
camp was et Terwah, having been appointed for the
performance of the ceremony, the Civil Officers iu
attendance on his Excellency the Governor-General,
the Officers of the General Staff of therArmy, and
the Officers of the Body Guard, and of the 2J
Battalion 25th Regiment of Native Infantry, form-
ing his Excellency's escort, were assembled at the
Governor-General's Durbar tents oil the occasion.

T! r Newlin!) Ahmed Buksh Khan, and the
Aumil of the district, with other local Officers of
the Government of his Excellency the Vizier, as
well as the Native Officers of the Body Guard and
the escort, were also present.
His Excellency the Governor-General entered
the Durbiar tent at one o'clock, preceded by the
Secretary to the Governor-General and the Penton
Secretary to the Government, bearing respectively
the Badge and Decorations and the Statutes of the
Order, and by the whole of his Lordship's Per-
snail' Staff. His Lordship having taken his aest,
Sir Desist Ochteriony was introduced by Lieut.-
Colonel Doyle and Lieut.-Colonel Young, with
the usual forms, and having advanced to the edge
of the carpet, on which the Governor-General's
chair was placed, his Lordship rose and addressed
him ;ii !.early followenz terms:—
w Sit DAVID OCHTZIRLOWT-1 cannot figure 10 myself
any occasion un which the high honour of representing the
Prince Regent could be equally flattering with this cere-
iii which he has deigned to order that I shall act for
Royal Prison. The instrection has communicated to
me a portion of the warmth with which the generous mind
of his Royal Highness glows at every 'opportunity of en-
couraging any effort that tends to promote the glory of the
British notion ; and 1 feel coils( iuusly elevated by the ful-
filment of curb a duty. You are to receive the honourable
bodge with which I am commissioned to invest you, ass re
,lo of your admirable seal, and of the advantages
secured loy that zest to your C..antry's iuterest. Such a
public acknowle•lgnient of your profc.,sional merit would
alone toe suffi.i...,t matter of pride; yet I have to congratu-
late yen on what n0.,..1 be still 121,1r..11.011CUP1g to your feel-
ings. You have °Wit-rated a do‘toncoion painful fur the
Officers of the Hun. Company; and you h .ve opened the
door for your brothers :II arms to a reward which their recent
display of exalted spirit sad invincible intrepidity prim,
could not be more deservedly extended to the Officers of any
army on earth."
The Governor-General then invested Sir David
Ochteilony with the insipid of the Order, under
a salute of thirteen guns.
MADRAS, MAY 2.
The fillowing is an extract of a letter from
Sinatra' of the 13th April :
" Authentic information having been received by
Bliguilier-General Pritzler, that several elephants
(the property of Bajee Row) heel been taken to the
vicinity of Purcted Gliur (a strong hill fort in the
Concan), a detachment was immediately ordered to
pursue them, consisting of 150 eurilisry horse, un-
der Lieut. J. Wallace, of it..: rifle corps (who vo-
lunteered for that service), and 30 rank and he of
the Madras rifle corps, under Lieut. Grimshaw.
This detachineut marched on the evening of the
sth instant, from Woo•uttah, and continued their
pursuit until 12 o'clock the following morning ;
while halting at a small village, for the purpose of
watering their horses, a man of respectable appear.
ante came up, and mentioned to Lieutenants Grim-
ehaw and Wallace, that he had seen the elephants
the preceding day, mud that they were only four
cuss from that village. On gaining this i.uportaiit
intelligence, these trio oflitests determined to halt
for that night, and attack them the next morning.
Accordingly, at day-light, they marched, and hav-
ing gone about three cries, were informed by a vil-
lager, that the eminy had made two barriers, the
first having 150 melt, and the second 200. The
riflemen were now ordered to load, and fix swords,
thinking, of course, they would meet with some
oppubitiou ; but foitunately, on their *minim+, the
enemy fled, with precipitation, to the surrounding
jungle, without firing • single shot, and thus al-
lowed this small detachment to pass their strong
barriers without the least molestation. Having so
far succeeded, they continued their route to the
spot where these elephants were supposed to be,
mid arriving at the place, were given to understand
by one of the priminers taken here by surprise,
that all the elephants had been carried away one
hour before, to avoid being captured by the Eng-
lish; the horsemen were now in their turn cAlleol
into play, and Lieutenant Wallace, without a mo-
ment's loss, stalled after them with 140, leaving
ten horsemen with Lieut. Grimshaw (who followed
with his r.fles), to keep open the communication.
Alter a hard gallop of live miles, Lieut. W. vier-

Bajee Rao, the late Peislmo, has
stow LL COM!' the
principal object of interest in the present postnre of
affairs, and indeed the only apparent olauitiction to
the general pacification of the centre of
Ronsour had last week magnified his farce to up-
wards of a hundred thonsaud men, and represented
him moving rapidly on Nagpore, hut further ac-
counts have divested him of this formidable appear-
ance, and reduced his followers to little more than
tenth of their reported number. Gummi It
one of the Suction's of the Nagpore Raa, with nearly
10,000 lfalirattas, appears to have effected a junc-
tion with Bajee Rao, nearly at the same period
that Mr. Jenkins discovered the correspondence and
the treachery that was going on for the purpose of
overthrowing the British power at the Court of his
master. Bajee Rao himself is under.toott to have
with him about 12,000 horsemen awl adherents of
all sorts, and the supposed object of his marching
in the ilirection of Nagpore was to emancipate the
Rajah f the restraint which his Wait.r conduct
had rendered it necessary to impose upon him. The
period of his military operations is however now
drawing to a close, and lie has but little time on
his bands, either to effect much of an offensive nu.
ture, or to secure his retreat from the forces in pur-
suit of him. The commencement of the onus will
►nun interrupt his exit by the Nerbudda, Hod con-
title him to a country where he can have .0 chance
of escape. Brigadier-Generals Smith mid Pritzler
are now pushing after him to the eastaaid, and
though he succeeded in doubling hack and avoid.
lug our troops when to the south of 1' 1., a short
time ago, it is not likely that lie will be jo fortii-
nate again. Cliouragliiir and Min/dials are still iii
the hoods of refractory Killadars, and still more re-
fractory garrisons; but if lie attempts to curie with
either of these places, or conies to the resolution of
throwing himself into a fort, however impregnable
it may be considered, his career iv at an sod. As
a fugitive, his political existence may he prolonged,
and he will probably maintain that character tilt lie
is finally overtaken and subdued.

By the last accounts Colonel Adams continues
at Nagpore, and it was supposed that no attack
would he made upon Chouraghur or Mondlah till
the ci-derunt Peishwa is disposed of. It is said that
the Resident had offered the Killadar and garrison
of the latter place 25,000 rupees, in part payment
the arrears due to them from the Rajah's
Government, but no definitive answer had been
received.

have tin intelligence respecting the progress
of the Rajah toliabad.

II iopily all the hill-forts and strong places,
abut sixteen in number, which were dependent on
Siiiiv,nr, have surrendered without tiring a shot,
and ail the country north of the Nerbuddah is now
in a state of tranquillity.—(Ca/clitta Government
(.aulte.) . _

"lhe Mancini. of Hastings paw's/A the Gogra on
ihe 3 Ist Nlarvh, over a bridge of boats coin:trot:tett
for Ilse oceskaion. On the sth April the camp of his
Lordship was at Kuberah.

WADRAt. MAY 9.

Notice ha• been given from the Government
Bank " that the Right Honourable the Governor
in Council has been pleased to direct, that the
interest charged for accommodation, either on
loans or dna-ousts to the public. will be In per
cent. from the 711) inst. until further orders."