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FAST INDIA INTELLIGENCE.

I ION! A PAPER OF SIONDAY, JUNE IS, 1818.
[F• the Gor!enact', Go:rfle Ezlrnordiriary]
tr:sErtAL (morns, fly THE HONOURABLE THE
VICE-PIIESIDENT IN CoUNCIL.
Fort Witlrma, Jaw 17, 1818.
lu continuation of the . Cu, rat Orders of the Honourable
the %%re-Pre-Wm m C 1111 l ,cll, contained in the Gorerstnent
Extr,tordinfiry of the 9th instal, announcing the
stain of ilie rsoi.fied city of Camila, bi the force under the
roam toil of Lenten tot Colonel Adams, C.B, the Vice-
in in Council is pleas. to direct, that a copy of a
ilisvorli from the Resident al Nagpure. tr insinittinz
Colonel A.lans,'s detailed report or that Willman achieve-
:ant, he published for general information.
To RICH.IRD JENKINS, Esry Resident at Nagpore.
Stet—My dispatch to your address of the 20th instant will
hive acquainted you, that the st gly fortified city of
Chamla was carried by assault that naming; and I have
now the honour to state, for your information, the details
%Inch led to this glorious result.
During the night of the 17th instant, a battery for four 12-
pounders. a small One for two howitivi,, and a molten one
for six-woad. re, were finished, and emoted on the ~,,, rniog
of the little aslant, the former at the distance of aluilit 400
yards from the wall ; and I ',derived with hitch satisfacti ~,, ,
on Them at sunrise, the vivacity and exeelleut effect
• ills tthi: h they payed against the place
The requistle materials being really, the breaching battery
fur thaw Itt pounders was 11151 k, St out at a .11011114 V of abont
250 yards, and erected during the ratline night; at this
lune I also invested the west and north tate., a ith the ri,h
cavalry, a squadron Btli Native cavalry, and Capt. Prillar's
tvfornseil hawse, in detaLlerd stpiath.llol and parties, at con.
Cenient distances.
A breech was effected at five ticark ill the afternoon of
the Plat intdatti ; hut the imams. 'attest of Charola, slut the
uvoirances of Major Gureltatti, that he ..lionlil he able dor-
log the night to prevent the *Ali my from up any
wak iuu le, induced me to a fir the attack all the follow.
I.lc murrain;;, with the site (hit 1 esti;ltt have the whole day
li.-lorr
The 'unlit was as already reported in my letter of the 20th
iuistant, ta your address ; and 1 have herewith the lio ttttt ir
of transmitting a copy or Division Orders, which 1 deemed
it proper h. issue on the occasion.
I have likewise the honour to esielom • return of ord-
ranee taken, as also of the killed and wounded ; and it is
with deep rezret I report the death of 11r. Assistaut-Surgeon
Davit., on the 19th instant, frolaitutigor, and of that of
)laj,.r Couch:on, ow the evening if the 20th instant, from
avert eliftloll and exposnre to the heat.
have, Sm.
(Signed) J. W. ADAMS, I.i. ut,-Colont I,
Come N.S. hirer.
Head-platters N.S. Force, Camp, Chamla, Slay 22,1818.
P S 1 beg leave to add, that the nuialwr of the killed and
lid or the euemy may be hrtMeeti four and fiee
hutt-
der.l altogether ; and that the Wader Gmora Men, and a
I.utig Chu f called Atij writ amongst the ruktii,r.
(Sigurd) J. W. A.

Copy of Division Orders uteri .1 W. AILIDDI, C.D.
• y 31, 1t4114.
minima* Limit -Coolioirl
Magni, at lull olio ion to the
'gallant 'hoops b. hag pun the
ruc-
ressful // 2.1111 win.l. coo* brilliant
smatilt y. sterility morning, o ed city of
Chronol.o, when an ancient and fa it., bslivately
Z.1111.4'41 11l a DI ttttt $lllll oleteron isnot, with heat y
•,till.ry. se r• liNsfll.l .to a -I I.• of su and eacelleuce•
nut racy, .teol by any tioioig he lms ever veil.
It. tie Jam course of the preparations which led to tibia
splesidi I purees., the Coninimmtilog Officer hav m itch pleasure
io ree,,,dius do (minima to evict.* of Lieut. Anderson, Field
Estalt:isluntrit, assisted by Licut. CclVf.
ford, Amisig ho lot Engineer to the N S. Force, • hose ae.
r orate ai•J &vireo r.cominoissaillTS 4111111 mined the point of
• tack 1... lite v. viral b itteries, and JlNF'..tyeil a profcrsioual
Llualt .I,p- so higloly creditable to bulk these officers
The Lteoi iota., constant, moil aioloons exert' of the
p; cc. of both mitaiolialiments, moiler Limits. Bruuu and
tell, trier a,r••uuuusly upheld the high regulati.ll of the ohs-
nultnlsloJ pv to sh. elo they lio•lung, and fully aeopo:red
the Coovaau,l.n.: Wheel', app. oliation and riopisstsur; pool
soo.cocelv limas the %LIMO rect at d by tell in the
s'oroos yretreolay Rooming, moil slide nobly o.llll'llg the
-lo vtaliolorot on the hoe•ot h, will not lung 41,0 ivt the fulls
of Coe s rv.crsuf this brave soil excellent tinker.
To M.sj triorehara, month:voiding the a hole of the Mill-
i. moiler whu.r iimstorly and scantily direction Ilw cm- •
gls Iss irtvre continually sites w.l, the drfruees Liken off,
I;,r hccach effveltd, wbicir led to so filorriJus a result,
rail • ho.v •r oli ut ■ud amitroted exertions set so asiosirible
ex.mp'y t.. all umd• r tats Littimisal C. 11111.:

'!'B .E I 3 Rl7'l S II PRES S.

LONDON,

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1818.

We learn with► much pleasure that a circular
letter has been forwarded from Lord Sint:taunt's
Office to the Ili4li Sheriffs 11.1.1yors, and other
Chief Officers throughout the kingdom, requiring
Returns to be made in the first week of January
next, containing `• An account of all the Gaols,
Houses of Correction, or Penitentiaries, in the
United Kingdom ; specifying the number of per-
sons committed to each, and the greatest num-
ber of prisoners confined in each►, at any peitod
of the year 1818; distinguishing tried from un-
tried, males from female►, those under the age
of seventeen from those sifsave it ; also under
what jurisdiction and superintendence each prisuu
is placed, what number 41. prisoners rush is cal-
culated to contain, into what slumber of separate
classes or departu►rnts it is divided, and how
far the number of those divisions cats, without
great inconvenience or expesife, he increased ; also
ass account of all allowances of food, money, or
clothing made to prisoners ; of the value of labour
done, and the application thereof; uad ►;enerally of
the subsisting regulations for the discipline und
dillimpt of each prison, and iii what instances

tlaillighlations have been deviated from in the
course of thei,year 1818. ao.l what his been the oc.
easion of sucliiiilimution, staid under what authority
it hos been allo all bitch prisms respectively."
This reqiiisitior front thelde Secretary's
Office originates, we siocert ly hope, in a desire to
ameliorate the itittrinil economy of the gaols and
houses of correction throughout the kingdom, and
to frillolle in some degree the dark stigma that the
'nest-tit state of the greater part of them 14 calm.
laud to throw upou our national character. It
has been Cie custom of Wee little minds in
this country, envious of merit they eau owes emu-
late, to cast a pitiful sneer at the exertions of the
benevolent awl wise, wlso have generously d:voteil
t;.eals:ivta t) the improvement of our 1/113011

trim. Such minds are as incapable of understand- '
jug the motive, to a disinterested good action, us
they are of appteciating the reward t.• it arises to a
generous mind flout the proud feeling of con:cious
merit. They dwell confusedly upon one isolated
point, the ailvatitage of connecting misery with
vice, and adhering to this with the firmness
of superstition, or the obstinacy of 'wormer,
they must necessarily exclude every mice ex-
tended idea of the effects winch must result to
society front the di:seinisiation of vice, and the
st rengthening of vicious habits. From some such con-
tracted understanding must have arisen the sapient
question, .1 Whether these philanthropic Gentle-
men intended to cover the floors of Newgate with
Turkey carpets?" The person who was silly enough
to Weird such a remark ote4lit to have known
that there is a wide difference between Turkey car-
pets and damp flags, and between a well-sired room
of sufficient capacity, and one where the miserable
imitates are compelled, according to Mr. Burro N'S
statement, by the want of space to " lie edgeways.*
The great object, however, of those who would re-
form the totems' state of the prisons is rather
to ensure au attention to the morals, instruction,
and profitable ettiploymeist of the pri.oneis, than
to ensure them luxuries unsuited to their situation.
IVlth respect to the propriety of affortlitig comforts
to the pi imollerP, shall merely elaterve, that
however absurd it might oppear to some persons
to exclude misery and want front a prison, it can-
' not he deteed that some di4frrence ought to be
drawn in regard to treatment between persons con-
victed of crimes, and those who have been com-
mitted there not for pullibilinent but for safe
cu-tour. %Vile, fur instance, should the hardened
pickpocket, or the abandoned prostitute, be treated
on a perfect equality with an individual confined
fur want of bail, or on pie:Ticino of having corn-
ett:Mil perheps a venial offence ? eases of
nu less glaring injustice will readily occur to the
mind of every one conversant with even the ordi-
nary occurreticem of lift., sod as they occur, it ran-
not fail of being conceded that where the law draws
the utmost distinction between thfferent classes of
persons committed to confinement, as wide if dif-
&renew should lie established its their mode of
treatment.

The consideration of our prison discipline sill
not improbably involve in a considerable degree the
revision of some parts of our penal code. In the
result of this revision, our character not only for
humanity, but even fur policy and common sense,
is deeply implicated. To undertake a complete
survey of the imperfections, dbaurdities, nod iiicon-
gruities of our criminal law, would perhaps deter
the most patient and diligent of our Legislators,
and if likely to be intended with considerable alte-
rations, would perhaps frighten many a worthy
but timid gentleman, who, having often pleased
his fancy with what has beets frt•gnemtly called the
" admirable fabric of Ilse English law," might fancy
that to touch one stone of the edif►ce would brim;
the whole Constitution tumbling alum► his ears.
With such persons it would be impossible to argue,
and therefore it would be vain to inform them that
the penal code Wu no essential or immediate con-
nexion with these admirable laws trismi which
cur political System has long been establish-
ed. The greater part, however, or those laws,
whose sanguinary character disgraces our &taints-
book, are c iiisrattvely of n►udcrri &tie; SO that ill
attacking their existence, no other reform uvula lie
contemplated tl►:rn one having fur its object the
removal of dangerous itinovations.
There is, however, one branch of this code whiell
seems, more than ally other, to demand the instant
and impartial sittentimi of the I.egt•lature. We
allude to the laws rslating to the prevention of
forgeries. It is a melancholy fact, that the crime
of forgery increases almost in proportion to the
increased severity of the laws enacted to control it,
and that more leers have been sacrificed in come-
giuence r fit, within the lag 10 or 15 years, than fur
all the other crimes noticed its the statute-book.

It is but too manifest throughout the comitry,
that the facility of itaticiting the notes of the Bank
of England has given an impulse to the criminal
ingenuity of a numerous class of persons, and out
even the s.oogttootry violence with which the sta-
tute* have been enforced can counteract the dan-
gerous inducement to guilt %%Lich the Mink of
England motes present. It it time, therefore, to
ititioduce it clomp. to the system, either by causing
the Directurs of the It .iik of England to issue a
note more difficult of imitation, which we ore
assured by many excellent artists can very
easily be done, or by uttering the nature of the
punishment cuitsegtietit un forgery. Our prison
discipline is 60 extremely defective, that we can
scarcely recommend imprisonment and hard labour
us the punishment fur this offence. Dot, ut the
same time, should the exertions of those excellent
individuals who have providentially turned their Mi.
!calm) to the subject, aided by the willing co-ope-
ration of the Mune Department, operate benefi-
coill), we conceive that lits means more effective
fur sareventilig the commis•ion of the crime, for
sec.aring a compensation to society ft.r the injury
inflicted, sod at the mime time improving the moral
and social tittaliiies of the nobility offender, can be
devised than dose imprisonment with severe la-
hour, accompuilitol at the same time with such in-
struction instead of cutting him off in the
prime of life, or fLogaii; lino hack upon his old

haunt}, nii.'r thle necessity and with the increased
inclination of pursuing lii. old habit., might restore
him to the Null: he lied lost, and make him a va.
!Liable member of society.

We 11;:ve received E4Vt Illtli4 Paper'', including
Calcutta Gazettes of the 6th of nay. They do
not announce any military operations of which we
were not already informed.

nee have received Paris Papers of Saturday the
21st. Following the example of the Menileur
of the preceding day, the other Papers venture
to publish extracts from utglish Papers, relat-
ing to the dispatches Is
illog
Wit by Capt. Bet SI E,
from Si. Helena. T re, of course, particular
in concluding their niftier of this subject by an as.
manner, in italics, that BONA PARTV: is still confined
at Si. Mimi, and trill remain there. It is under-
stood, from private arcootits, that the mystery af-
fected by the English Cabinet, and the anxiety ma-
nifested in the Treasury Pilots of this City, to re-
present the conspiracy for NAPOLEON'S escape as
very seriores, complicated soul extended, has excited
a belief to Paris that there is some important poli-
tical object in view, of which VOSIAPAIATE'S amine
is only made the pretext. An attempt is made to
connect it aid' a pretended conspiracy, the object
of which was to seize the person of the Emperor
A LreANDEtt, hy (ion smugg:ers, ms his journey
from A ix-la-Chapelle to Mussily, and, carrying
him into a a clod, compel hitt) to sign instruments
rendetiog till the diplomatic acts of the kw last
years altugether nogstory. But the absurdity of
such a plan is so aiming, last we notice it only for
the purpose of exposing it to ridicule.
The Paris Papers have for several days been
assuring their readers that nothing could be more
exemplary than the generous devotedness and re-
spectful sidouissiou of the young men who, in pur-
suance of the 14w for recruiting the army, have
brett musetithled in various ',laces to await the ballot.
It is, however, briefly noticed iii the Jouroalf of
Saturday, that .. of the various young men who
had heel' hithetto lirought before the Tribtinal of
Cerrectional Police for having, during the ballot
at the Hotel de Valle, displayed lii-coloured
ribbands, only one Inn been punished." This fel-
low, it appears, teas more guilty than the others,
for they wore the ribbands simply drawn round
their kits, ohile he more presumptuously had his
riblstiols folioed into a cock .de ! This incident
cluilict be passed over without orifice. It proves
the existence of u spirit hostile to the exist-
ing Guvernmeot, which not even the violence
of the loos cat' prevent from expressing itself
openly. The distitictioo drawn between the wear-
ing of rabbands staid it roc kntle arose evidently from
the einbantattnent of the Court, which could nut
inflict punishment on the many persons brought un-
der its jurisdiction.
The Five per Cents, were, on Friday, at 69 fr.
SO c. Batik Stock, 1,5.55 fr.

Yeqerclay morning the Duke of YORK had a
long interview with Ihr PRINCr. REGENT at Carl.
In the evening the PRINCE REGENT
went to Cambridge-house, Kew-green, to pay a
,isit or c0.:d01t..., to the PitiNGESSES.

It to suppozed the Royal Dukes would receive,
in the course of last Saturday, the melancholy
titbit:4r of the demise of their beloved Mother.
Oct Thursday 'tight, Mr. MMus, the King's
Messenger, was sent of froau Dowisisikstreet with
thspstehrs to Brussels.

&sturdily evening Mr. lATTLEWOOD, the King's
Messenger, left town with dispatches for Aix-Is.
Chapelle.

A Paris Niter, alluding to the discovery of an
unknown nation by our expedition to the North
Pole, has the following ohservat. :—" This first
observation is nrolrablt• inexact. The Greco!antlers
bring of the litigniloaux race, inhabiting north of
H 11(1.011'x Bay. it • ill, probably, turn out, that this
A retie olie is of the same race. The Greenlanders,
subject to Dramatic, hate always spoken of a horde
inhabiting inure to the north than themselves."
Private letters from Amsterdam represent the
monied market of that city to be In a state of singu-
lar uwpres►iou and embarrassment. On Thursday
last, so great a fall took place that several of the
jobbers became unaltle to fulfil their obligations,
and were declared defaulters: every specie► of stock
suffered, but the foreign securities appear to have
declined its a greater proportion than any others.—
ussiacchl.fllll4 are quoted, its Thursday's list, at 71,
and Austrian stock was as low as 54, having under-
gime the extraordinary depressimt of 16 per cent. in
the course of a kw day..

A project is in agitation to commence n line of
lir
Cutial from Built lii Cartiwiill, which, in its pro.
"tress. is to (melt mmunicati tttt by water, between
the Bristol Chian , Exeter, and Plymouth.

lit• advice• front Deineritra we learn, that the
slB►e, I.ollllllollly Called itwill Frank. who caused
the 111Vgillel. on lite Beehive Estate, belonging to E.
VAN liA111.11:. E•y. to revolt in March last, and who
commanded them while they emitintied In a sty.le
of ulsuhunlination. was executed on the 6th lilt,
dressed in all the paraphernalia of obeisu►, opposite
to said estate, and his head was severed front his
body, and placed on a pole oti the spot where be
was executed. The negroes whom lie had misled.
but who afterwards returned to their duty, and were
therefore pardoned, as well as the others belonging
to the e►tate, were present at the awful ceremony.
Conduits F.'s wife has received 300 ladies, acid been
sentenced to work the remainder of her lite in chains.
ill eciiiitequeoce of having most inhumanly murdered
two Englishmen who went out for the purpose of
persuading the nrb►oes•to return to their tumid uO-
-