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one month's pay should be advanced to them : but this the
B:ilice had refused.
Itniticet Singh on the 25th ult. arts encamped at Adnealt
Nikinr, where he had reviewed his lrelinga regiments. The
!kik army WH% plundering near Malinsood Kote.
Ameer ocoupied with the ciege of Iltodh.
nag Giturah, in the walis of which fortri.ss he had made a
small I): (..icla. Moloanb Kilall Vtas encamped on the plain
of ilinduen.—bidian Gazette, June 20.

[The tiea next heads of news beldpg to the Bombay paper itself.)
BOMBAY, JULY 12.—We learn by letters from the Gulph
of Persia, that a severe action had taken place between the
Wahetwe troops, commanded in person by Abdella ben Solid,
anti the Turkish troops under command of Abrahime Paelta,
the son of Mohamed Ali Paella, the Viceroy of Egypt, in
which the former met with a severe defeat. The action took
place at 31auwiali, seven stages from his capital, Derials. •
tbdella has since fallen back to the t.ortress of Boridals, in
the district of Kassime, four stages front Deri..h, where he
was again assembling his troops, in the hopes of rettieving the
credit be had lost by the defeat ; which was so complete, that
it k stated, that if Abrahime Paella only follows up his suc-
cess, the Wahabce power will be totally annihilated.
JULY 26.—We have great pleasure in being able to lay be.
fore our readers the following coms iiiiii leation, with which
we have been tkvoured, giving an account of the attack and
fall of the fortified Pettati and Ghurry of Doosanali :
Dootatiali is situated on the right bank of the Boleti river,
in the province of Kandeish, and had been occupied by the
Insurgents, who have lately thrown off their allegiance to the
Court of Poonah. A detachment, consisting of the 3d regi-
ment of Native Cavalry, a battalion of the 22d regiment Na-
tive Infantry, and 4 gailopper guns, with some Mysorean
horse, under the command of Lient. Colonel K. Scott, MitECII•
ed from Brigadier Gent ral Doveton's camp on the 3d July,
for the purpose of disper,itig any body of the insurgents that
might he found in arms. On the 9th July intelligence was
received that a party of Arabs, who had been engaged in the
Beige of a neighbouring village, hearing the approach of the
British detachment, had retired into the fort and pettah of
Doosattali, resolved oti making resistance.
A little after sun rise out the 10th, our troops crowned the
heights in the vicinity of Doosanali, and were immediately
fired upon by the garrison. The line was ordered to retire
a few paces, and thus completely sheltered by the swell of
the ground. The colonel proceeded to reconnoitre the works,
which he did must minutely; and then decided upon the
plan of attack. The troops were then permitted to refresh
themselves, and this interval was etuploynd in converting the
tent poles into scaling ladders. Every arrangement having
been made ; the troops at their posts, a flag of truce was
sentetowards the Pettah, butt it was repeatedly fired upon.
The signal of attack being given, the 4 gallopper guns were
run up, so as to enfilade two paces of the Pettah wall ; and
also to keep clown the fire from the Ghurry, on which there
was placed a 3 and 2 pounder besides jingels. After a few
rounds tho guns were advanced and the tire opened again :
but the supply of arninsinition being small, the infantry were
ordered to escalade the wall. which they did in the most gal-
lant manner, though much exposed to a very heavy fire from
l the Pettah arid the Ghurry, whose walls were 46 feet iu
I height. In half au hour, the Pettah and 5 gates were car
I tied; and a couple of ti-pounders ready to be rnu up to the
inner gate, when the Arabs demanded a parley, and after
same delay capitulated; about 300 were marched prisoners
! to (be British camp. The vivacity of the attack, the noise
and the tolerable practice made by the guns, seem to have
thrown the garrison into a panic. The outer gate of the
Ghurry was excessively well flanked by loop holes, anti the
ascent being by steps, many more lives must has e been
sacrificed in the attack. Even had this gate been forced
open, an inner staircase led to a door placed at right angles
to the outer, before an entrance could have been made into
the interior of the Ghurry or Citadel. It was scarcely possi-
ble to have carried a gun up to this higher sore of door or
wicket. Our loss was trifling considering the strength of the
place ; 5 sepoys were killed, or have died of their wounds ;
and IS wounded ; 2 horses killed, and 2 wounded.
BOMBAY, Aida. 9.—His Excellency the most noble the Go-
vernor General and his suite left Calcutta on the Bth nit. on
a tour to the western provinces.
We observe in the Government Gazette a plan for increas-
ing in India the consumption of English broad cloth. It is
amongst other things proposed, that all natives admitted to
the durbar of the. Governor General should be clothed in an
uniform dress of superfine broad cloth; and it is remarked,
that a durbar, or levee, held once a month, would gratify
the wealthy natives, and assist most materially in introduc-
ing the wear of broad cloth into general use I' —Bend
kary, , June 21t.