The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-08 00:00:00

MADRAS, JULY 4s.

[The follm.ving ExtraEt, from an Offer at Madras to his
Friend at EdiMisuttgily throws a furthe light upon the me•
la ncholy event' thatihappetrect at Vellor.]

" Perhaps ere you?1
.reoeive this leter, the account
••
of the melancholy catastrophe whichhas occurred at
Yellore will have reached you. I will, however
give you a short sketch of it. The &cps which, at
this time, garrisoned Vellore, were sixcompanies of.
the Ist battaliOn ist regiment, N; I:, and the id
battalion of the 23d regiment, and 'four cenaplete
companies of his Majesty's 69th ieginient.
" On the morning of the toth;inst. 'about twCt
o'clock, when the moon had just rose; the European
Barracks at Vellore were surrounded; and, at every
windeiWand doOi';''a heavy fire froth musketry, and.
a six-pound:ciir,,;was poured in on the pow defence
less soldiers. At same instant the European,
sentries and the 'sOldierS at
,the main-guar&. and Ale
sick in thehoipital, were put to death; andthe Se-
poys then proceeded to the Officers' houses, and put
to 'death all whom they could find. •
" Colonel WKERRAS, who commanded one of
the battalions, was shot when haranguing his men.
on Old parade-ground. Colonel FA.Ncou kr. the'.
Cotnmandant of the tort, was shot' upon proceeding'
tewards the main-guard;" and all- were butchered
'lVherever they could be found. " Lieut. ELY, of thei
6.9th'; with hi little cizifrilkiis,armsoyeie bath bar-.
.4arsously bayoneted in,' the
,presence' Of his 'wife.'
This 'scene ofcarnage continued entil:about 7 'o'clock.
in theinniti. f -when two officers and a surgeon, , .
wh Osc.; quAIV were dear to the European Barracki
• . : Liao
contrived to 4c,,m; and then took the 'carnin;ina of
I;:the i'ethains•idthe four coin-

panies,

-`-` Th 6, Made a sally from the barracks, and go..
possession
,of the s-i-pounder, and fought their Waif'
to the gate- way, which a Serjeaus. BRODY,
Entopean Guard, had most gallantly defended against
611 the. nisurgents. .10. t the instAut, ',about haltafter
7 o'clock in:..the morning, they reached the gates,
Colonel GIL NA" lih about a iroop of the .19th
i.)l,;oons:fri,l44)rtel6lttCi the gate, from Arcot, having
left that plac fib out six,. o'clock. He was hauled up
by a roPeVrgerjeant• RRODY'S party, and had taken
,the command; When he intended -to have charged
the insurgents. with 'the bayonet ; but at this mo-.
_Meta the Galloper guns -of the igth arrived. Thd •
gate was then blown-open, and the igth admitted.
The Sepoys were encouraged .by their..Nativ.o
Officers to make a stand, but all were very soon cut
to_.piees- by. the Igth.; about 600 were then cut t

down, and about 200, subsequently taken from hid-

ipg places, were shot.- About 50-0 made their
escape, -it -is supposed; through the sally-port, but
may of item bave.su'i•ce been taken.

"• theollie of this 4.lreadful affair is now investi-

gating,' bYse.ven connissioners, who are now sitting
at Velyre. There no doubt, however, but it is
eri44l3/;'t9":4:ettributed to the want of due vigilanc6
~
in the Otficerliwho- had the .charge of the Princes.
The ''s*d.battalibia of the 23d had been raised at the
" • •
soufhwafdi arid .was,conyosed chiefly of Collo.ries.
Their o:ficers were. induced by otfers of great re 7
ward, from one of the Princes,: to -be bribed from
their - dutjr, and had sutiicient influence over their
~men to make the join in the plan, which was, to
get possession of the fort, and which they calculated
on keeping for a few days, when they were to be
joined by.so,ooo".men. from Mysore. •

" The standard of Tippoo was hoisted on the
Palace, ioeir after the firing commenced; and if it
.:0
hall-AO:Jaen for the intreaties of •MAZRIOT, who
declared the Princes were innocent, Gru,Espis
would have delivered up the Whole, of
,the Piklacle.„to
the enraged soldiery. The cause is also to be attri-
buted to a code of new regulations, which has
occa-
sioned general dissatisfilotion through the army.
Thee regulations have introduced a new turban 101
the- Sepoys, -similar to a drummer's cap r-hard-or-
dered the distinguishing marks of cast in the fore-

head• to be taken off,. and to shave their • upper lip,

Bcc._ &c. , The Mysore Princes doubtless availed

themselves of this dissatiSfaaion :,young.
corps had been removed from thence to Madras; h

few weeks before, for refusing to wear the turban....
" Lotd-V,v 'WAN! tENTINCK., Wisely, irnmedialelt
issued a gen4al order, doing away those regulations.

I enclose n' list of the killed and wonnded.

Major

Armstrong was killed in his palanquin, by a volley
from the ramparts, when passing along, about break

of day, being in his way down to Madras.
Killed—Colonels Fancourt, 111`Kerras, z3d Batt. ; Lieuts.
Winchope, Jolly, Capt. Milne, Ist Batt. ist,Regt. ; Lieuts.

- .
O'Reilly, Fitchbenner, Ely, 69th Regt.; Popham ; Pay-
master Sm ith ; Maun, Commissary of States ; Major Aral..

strong

Wounded,—Captain Barrow, 69th Regiment; 111‘Lachlan;
Insurgents, 500.0 r 6.,0 killed ; His Majesty's 19th Dragoons,

one rank and.file. killed, 3 wounded ; 69th, two Lieutenants.

killed, rank antide 76 killed, 3 OfiLeis wounded, rank and

tic .S 8 VVOLIWELL

• 'The number of new Members returned to the pre:
sent' Parliament amounts to about one hundred and
seventy-•nine, no bleat number comparatively, as tt
is only tice more than were new, Members at' the:
General E1e...;.i0n of 50,c.).,.