The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-25 00:00:00

.mr Runah wa; a third for i7/0 I S-po.l2llderS and
t -.A 0 howitzers.
The whole was ready on the I.l..:l.of"FOruary,
and opened at day-light the follow itt =a-wog, and
so hem)y and so destrutlive was we fire; that the
enemy could not iTiew• a man, aid only fired it the
intervals whilst-our guns were cooling. By sun-set
two of their guns were dismounted, and three of the
gates; with their defences, laid in ruins; immense
rnssaeS•of -stone. and masonry were brought down.
Nest morning the batteries played on the upper gate
and defences with.powerful effea, and at. noonthe
evemy displayed a white flag. At four they eva-
cuated the fort,,and at five we occupied it.
Thu.Boondelahs; from the late breach, were ap-
prehensive that we would storm ()Oahe night of the
i 3th, but the breach required two days more batter-, •
ing to render it more practicable iro,m .the lower
hastion, breached to the upper gate, the .measure-
ratut was 80 yards, descending an angleof 75 de-
•grees. Had the enemy defended the breach as-gal-
lanily as they fought at Regowlie, a great effusion of
blood must inevitably have taken place, as almost
every part within was defensible, but on losing the
brave Ai udeapersaud, the uncle of Lu tch mtin Low ab;
Regowlie, with 80 men killed, .2a sirdars, and 185
vt. the finest soldiers wounded; the spirit of Lutcll-
- was broken,.and his people were appalled. In
tact Adjy Glair was. taken on-the fortified hill of
Regowlie; a more obstinate defence_than was there-
made I never witnessed,
Jn the fort are three large reservoirs, cut into,the
slid ;tick, of very finefresh water, and tile ruins of
three of the most magnificent Hindoo Temples I
ever beheld : the. whole of.the stones composing the
buildings are laid without cement, but most nicely
fitted to rich other, and the sculpture, both..inside
and without, is of chaste design and exquisite work
manThip. The time of building „these temples is
lost in antiquity ; from appearance;,
,th,ey -must have'.
been eret.-.ted long before the fort ; the jfort itself was
built by an ancient Rajah, named Aiy Copaul, and
the tertress was called after him Ay. Ghur, or the
in-vincible fortress. In what period Ajy Gopaul
fl• unshed is also unknown, for I 'could not learn
~vhether there are any records respecting him ; but
he is represented-to have reigned ages ago, and is said
to have been a great magician:
In one of 'the large temples, and on the outside of
the other, are two large tablesof stone, covered with
inscriptions, but these are so et:aced, , that it could
not be ascertained in what language they were writ-
ten, or rather Indeed raised on the face of the stone.
I cuuid not procure a man who Crotild,cOpy them.—
After a siege of ten Mouths, Aleeßehander took
Ajy Ghur by famine; close tel Ihe town he and
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tirninat flein,uder gave the Boonde a s,a great de-
feat, and slew their Chief, Lui ArjUn Sing, a!atnous
warrior, Who is the theme of their national songs.--
Shorn Share •Biliatader confined hiS cousin Gunnee
.:.!i!ati(4,.r in this tort ; and after we had defeated
1.4 m. a. Ropsah,o9 the 12th of Getober,.fBo3, he
'eraered t tie IVlahratta Killedar to IN.IsCon, his prisoner.
. Killedar sold the fort to Lotelinann Dowah
fnr 13,000 rupees; but it is s'uspet-ted, as Lutchmun
had, possession of a most valuable diamond necklace
that had oeleiiged to Gunneeßehauder, that after the
..I.alarattas marched out lie attacked their property,
and coal: not the rakVace alone, but despoiled the
.Malliit las of all they had.
On tae nort4.stce of. the mountain, and within

ces .
11:e de fen of the lowest. side of the,gates, of which
:here. I.vt.qe ti%e, issues Irorn a.sFing a.fihestream of
v, a ,tb source, as the..l3eraggies inaintii-in, of the.
.Tenina mid the Ganges ; but this honour is keenly
di-; utned h the BL:ral4gies. of a neighbourit,,.-2; stupend-
,,,,s 1..11, called Deo Gong. .:,-.;lly.Gliur is about five
31:;ics from -the loot of the Pannah Ghauts, and 14
Vii C;ailengerr. -;
whole of the khantsoind almost every hill in
this clu.;itel,is a table Izind, and thecioPßlrY is, per-
-Iw,p's, the sirongest in the viorid.„-foc.4yery hill is a
.and lion their great 4i; hLatO'steepness,
r.-Ami difficult to be carried. Ti u face, of the coun-
Ity vie,ents a heavy close jungle, -4142.iti1l is rich and
bearing a ilumbtr of teak trees, which appear:
to be of.tbe bast aid lOnd—they are Of no great
height,
,except sbwe in the fort, which are of the
,:"Le 01 4, tpinie.rate mowrah, or mango lice,.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER (2e5, 1809.
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One of our contemporaries, in noticing the inten-
on.of strengthening the Administration, alluded to
cur Paper of Saturday, wishes to turn our para-
:.:apb into an acknowledgement, on our pa't, of
imbecility in the Cabinet of the Duke of PORT-

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• We.are still of opinion (and we ,believe that we
7.-are the country with us); that the Government,
it Was lately constituted, wasPerfeelly competent,
as a whole, although some minute alterations might
be deemed necessary. Bat the Ciibinet which is
..;uw to receive, as we trust, an accession of strength, •
s a.Cabit.et frcni, which a portion (,f the Charatier
arid ialcot.wllich composed. it, has lately been
drawn._ 1 his secession appears-to afford rn oppor-
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tnnity.a iting in his Majesty's service.some of
65e ivho have lately been, most 'UnfortunatelY for
he country, opposed to Bach other, • .
We have eard of the late resignations with deep
and sincere regret ; 'On the p;trticutar' merits of the
individuals whose. services ',ye, have now lost, we
shill hereafter dilate, but. we cannot ,pss,,by. _this

opportimity of expressing the sentiments of true
repel which, in commonn-A ith the public, we have
nt,vcr ceased to entertain for the integrity, talent,