The National Register.
London, England, 1821-11-11 00:00:00

A supplement to Tuesday night's Gazette, con-
taining despatches from India, was published tri
Wednesday morning. They are front the governme : t
of Bombay, dated March 10, and April 9, I S2l,
with enclosures; and relate to the successful opera.
Lions of the expedition under Major-General Smith,
in the Red Sea; against the Beni 800 AU Arabs.—
This success, however was not obtained, we regret
to add, without considerable loss. Captain Parr, of
the Bombay European regiment, was killed in a
night attack with the enemy made upon the force
under Gen. Smith, on the 10th of February , while
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Lieut.-Col. Cox, commanding the left brigade, was
dangerously, and Lieutenant Watkins and Burnet,
of the Bombay European Regiment, were severely
wounded. At the date of the despatches they were
undoing well. The Ist battalion of the 7th Native
Infantry sustained a very heavy loss in the decisive
action of the 3d of March, and Assistant Surgeon
Gown of the Ist battalion 7th regiment was killed.
The following officers were wounded, Lieutenant
Madden, 65th regiment, severely; Lieut. Cuppage,
ditto, slightly; Ensign Malkin, same refit. slightly.
Capt. Stewart, Ist battalion 7th regiment, severely,
and Lieut. and Adjutant Thurnhum, of the same
regiment, slightly ; the loss of the enemy was much
more considerable. The piratical tribe of Beni 800
Ali is considered as effectually put down, while all
our demands have been complied with, and the Bri-
tish factory of Mocha placed on that respectable
footing on which it ought alone to stand. '1 !le
Gazelle return of the loss in the night attack of the
10th of Feb. of non-commissioned officers and pr i-
Yates, is 16 killed and 23 wounded. In the affair
of the 2d of March, 28 killed and 168 wounded.
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A gentleman in the neighbourhood of Perth who -
has made various excursions through the most inter-
esting parts of Europe and Asia, was lately in Con-
stantinople, where he was more than once exim.c.l
to the outrages and insults of the populace. Having
applied to Mr. Salt, our Consul, for protection, he
gave him in charge to a Musselman in the service. of
the Sublime Porte, under whose guardianship he
visited every accessible object of interest in that
wonderful city. He was surprised, on a very short
acquaintance, to find that his companion spoke t'.e
English language fluently. On questioning hint he
was informed to his no small amazement, that he
was a native of Scotland ; and that he was
born and spent his youth in Luncarty Bleach-
field, in the neighbourhood of Perth; that :la
had a scuttle with another young man there, w:.,•,e
lite was in consequence despaired of, and, drea,laig
the punishment of the law, he had fled from jaa.
native place, and taken refuge in a vessel bound far
the Mediterranean. This vessel wa*captured,
the prisoners carried to Constantinople, %here he
was for some time in the service of an apothecary,
who employed him to sell drugs thrcugh the city,.
allowing hint a very small pittance from the r.ats
he thus collected. He afterwards applied to Mr.
Salt, who kindly assisted him with money, sufficient
to commence business as an apothecary on his own
account, and he had been so successful that he soon
repaid the borrowed money, and was now in very
comfortable Circumstances. This anecdote with
remind our readers of the story of our ambassador,
who, ;I arranging a treaty with the Grand Vizier,
found considerable difficulty in coming to an tinder-
standing by means of an interpreter, until the Vizier
ordering the interpreter and all the by-standera to
the door, saluted the Ambassador with, " Fu' !ang
free Aberdeen, man ;" and the business was cen-
eluded between the countrymen in a trice.
It is supposed that some thousand tubs of Geneva
have been smuggled into Sunderland and its imme'-
diate neighbourhood within these few days. About
midnight on Sunday last, the captain of the watch
meeting two carts at that unusual hour, traced them
to an out-house behind the Cottage tavern, Headon,
where, with the necessary assistance, he titund aad
secured 411 tubs. Near 50 more tare discovered
on Monday morning in an old hulk near Deptterd
glass-house, and immediately appropriated by the
..:lass-men. Many partial seizures have been ina.!*
both by the Customs and the Excise, but so gen.:rat
has been the distribution, that individuals, both :.tale
and female, are constantly to be seen either,chai,ing
to the w ails in the streets, or holding by the grass
on the moor. The drivers, who were also the a .vn-
ers of the carts, have been committed to gaol.
It is rumoured that Mr. Sergeant Onsluw aid
succeed one of the Judges resigned, in which c v;:at
there will be a vacancy in the repres.attatien of
Guildford, and the office of llocortkr fur that bo.s
rough:
A detachment of the Rival Artillery, amia;
which Major Munro's company is named, is
orders to embark for the Mauritius.
The Earl of Bridgewater
has been pleased to in:i-
mate his intention of employing all the poor on .:..l
about his estates in Shropshire, during the approach-
ing winter, and has offered to the pablic as mach
land and pecuniary advance as would be deemed ne-
cessary fey improving the turnpike and other z.;.4.!1
the same district,