The Sun.
London, England, 1809-06-22 00:00:00

~iNDIA.

Extras of a letterlrom Bombay, Maher, .180.. :
"We thought, about two months ago,. that tie
Bombay army would by this timt.: have been on tlie,
Way to the Gulph of Persia; but Brigadier-General
Maleolm's mission to that Coln-Chas tailed,' and all
hopes of addii'ig fresh laurels to the Bornhai, infimtry
aro. for the . present extinguished. We ciught'pow
to be studying how we shall be able.to resist or beat
the French in Persia and India. From some Eng-, .
lish papers I have seen',, our matter's in India do not
seem to be at all in that critical Situation, which the
fears of 'those engaged in the meremidi: line had
made us all, believe. I think,' however, that the
French may attempt India, and a couple of litindred
thousand men, settings* out from Eurppe, receiving
every assistance from 'Persia, marching by the route
of Nadir Shah, entering into an alliance with Ab.
dallab, Icing of Gindahar, and joining the Scindiah
and Je.smunt Liao Holkar, may annoy us very much,
Scindiah's army is ready for, and has lately been in
the field against the Rajah of 3eypore, whom, in 'a
pitehed . battle, he has drubbed most unmeretifully.
,It is iinpossible for any person iivho.knowl the fur.
Went disposition of thiS fellow,. to, be sorry for his
misfortune!. ScindiaWs park now consists of 150
fine guns, which is rather respe&able, and if brought
into the field will no donbt try the mettle of the
Bombay intAntry. Holkar, in place of being, as
the English payers represent, in a state, of despond-
envy, is most actively employed in diseiplining his
troops, assisted and supported by a,most enterprising
and spirited partiiiin, ,"Meer Khan, his former Ge-
ncral, now an independent Rajah. Whether it„is
-by means of French- Emissaries, or from what cause
I know nok but the country not immediately. under
our jarisdiaion-is aii in arms and ready.. The quhr-,
rel with Mypootram, and the. capture of the Rajah
of 'Ben, has opened the eyes of Government tq the
intended disaffectio:, of our steady Ally the Nizam
7.--he never would have so long mainiamed the ap...
pellation,of Ally, were it not for the good offices of
o)d Meer_ Anima, his Pritne Minister, a report of
whose death made islypootram rAler too prlunatine
4-in his measures." . - _

Letters from Ili!boa, of the .sth have been re-
ceived via fianthurgh. They contain no politieal
intelligetice, hot tante that the necesiaries4ot Life had
become so very ticatoe that ,13ntbrri Lad lately died
for want of food.

Yesterday morning the -,c,luritee.r artillery corps,
under the command of Colonel Moore, fired twelve
rounds of ball cartridge, from the fort, at a cask
moored at abopt half a league from the shoi:ei for
that purpose. None of the shot*immediately struck
the object, though had it been of the dimensions (if
a common sized fishing-boat,' it would inevitably'
have been sunk.

A soicher belonging to the South Gloucester
Militia, by trade a stone-mason, was pursuing his
avocation, by perrnission of his officers, cm the scar.
folding of a house near the 'Royal Crescent, on
Saturday; the boards-on which he stood gave way,
and precipitated him to a depth of nearly tatty feet.'
But, astonishing to relate, he had no botxs broken,
and subsequently walked to his quarle`ts. The man'a
name is Pierce.
General Earl Dalhousie was so Well satisfied with
his inspeaion of the Local Militia at ',ewes, on
Saturday, thaelie communicated Ii F 3 sentiments on
that subjea to the'regiment in writing.
A parcel containing bank,noles, ikc. to the'
amount of between seven and eight hundred pounds,-
was delivered to one of the coach Mikes hereabout
ten days ago, by Mr. Slee, wine-merchant; Bre. of
this place, direaed to his hon in. London.
Thus r►ar-
eel, by same accident, was lost, and a reward of five
geineas offered to any person 'e ho should restore
No tidings, hoWever, could be gained of it ,until
this morning, when it was returned to Mr. ;flee
by the bailiff of Mr. Scrase, an opolent terms r of
this town ; the packet having h.een found by otiti of
the husbandrymen under him; on the road near the'.
Stepe., about' five o'clock on the morning it was
missed. The notes were inclosed and sealed" in va-
rious packets, in the parcel which contaii-d the
whole, and. had not the -perm who fotwcl them
broken the seal and .examined'eaCh separate packet,
before he restored them to the ()wiper, he might
have obtained something 'considerably beyond the
reward advertised, for his honesty. As it was, he
,five guineas were paid to him without any addition
'whatever..