The National Register.
London, England, 1808-04-11 00:00:00

APRIL lt.

ni India, had assembled a body of troops in '
the course of the last year, and proceeded to lay waste the
proNiaces of Agra and Delhi. A force was sent against
cmisiting of Sepoys,and detachments from European
regiments. OU N DIA did not attempt to face thc British
teoops in the field, but threw himself into a very strong
fort tear Allyg,hur, called Kitspore, or Camoona, where
he sustained a siege which lasted one month. Our army
arrived before the fort on the 23d of October, and a breach
having been effected, it was taken by storm on the 24th of
Noietnber. The number of the enemy who defended this
place is supposed to have been triple that of our troops.
The convict was extremely obstinate, and the loss of the
enemy exceeded 1000 men. Our loss, we are sorry to sa, ,
is also considerable. We have not yet received any copy
of the return of the privates killed and wounded, but their
number is estimated at 500. The following is a list of the
otiicers who have fallen or been wounded, which we have
riasoa to believe is correct :
killed mid wounded at Camoona., in the district of Allygbur,
in the t eded Provinces:
Staff, killed—Lieutenant-Colonel Duff, Brigade-Major Fraser.
Wounded dangerously—Major Lieutenant W. Filo.
Ills Majesty's 11(.1 foot—Killed, Captain Radcliffe, Capt.
Thir, ; Captain Roberton, 21st ltegt. Native infantry ; Capt.
Brown, Ist Battalion Native infantry ; Lieut. Sneyd, ditto:
Lieut. Nlactend, 2J Battalion 27tit Native Infantry : Ensign
.ione,, Engineers ; Lieut. Defile, Ist Battalion 231 Native In-
fairy ; Lieut. It:unsay died of his wounds.
Lieutenants Wilson, Campbell, Harvey, and Dundengstope,
of
his Majesty's 17th Foot, severely ; Lieut. Harrison, do. danger-
ously ; Lieut. D. C. Livingstone,2lst Regt. Native lnfantry,and
Nlucartney, , I lib do ; Copts. Fraser and Mathews,
Ist Bat. 9th Native Infantry, slightly ; Lieut. Rolland, do. danger-
(mi. Lieut. T. Brooke, Ist battaliond N. 1. wounded. Capt.
Perkins, Lientrnant Dunsterville, Ist battalion Tith N. 1.
%sounded severely. Lieutenant Corbett, ditto, ditto, slightl
Lieutenant Dennis, 2<l battalion 27th N. 1. severely ;
Denty, ditto, ditto, slightly ; Ensign Vetch, ditto, ditto, ditto ;
Ei-ign Fordyce, Engineers, ditto, slightly ; Lieut. Swinton,
Pioneers, ditto, severely ; I.ieut. Anderson, ditto, do. slightly ;
Lieut. Wilkie, Ist battalion tith N. 1. ditto, severely ; Lieu t.
W . M`Quhae, ditto, wounded.

Dispatches were received by Ministers from Admiral Sir
CHARLES CovroN, oil' Lisbon, on Saturday last, by the Co-
quette sloop of war. They bring the important informa-
tion that General JosioT sent out a flag of truce from Lis-
bon, with a message, which was delivered by a deputatin,.
of some of the principal persons of Portugal, to acquaint
the British Admiral that there were not more than fourteen
days provisions for the whole population of Portugal—but
that he had secured the subsistence of his own army for
six months. tie therefore thought it fit to communicate
the state of the country to the Admiral, as upon the English
name and character would rest the crime of starving a
whole people. This fact of universal scarcity was verified
by Mr. MicuxEL sc•rAito, and the other Members of the
Deputation,who stated, that the kingdom was totally drain-
ed—that numbers were dying in the streets by famine—and
that the French General had, by the means employed on
his arrival, secured iii his own hands all the grain which re-
mulled in the hands both of the dealers and farmers. In
tins most interesting and responsible situation is our gallant
Commander placed. It is not consistent with the generot
character of a British seaman to make a war of devastation

oil the helpless and innocent—but there he I', probably
without instruction, and for the urgency of the inomen
without means. It ma. a short and obvious alswer to the
insidious message of Julso'r, that the invading enemy of
Portugal must, in the eyes of Europe, be recognized as the
oppressor of the country.
And we understand that he forthwith proposed, that on
the French army withdrawingfrom the territory, the em-
bargo would be raised, To this the reply was, that it was
nut for the French army that the application was made, for
that they had ample means of subsistence ; but for the
Veorle who had been abandoned by their owa Sovereign.

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