The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-09 00:00:00

tAsT I.e. INTEL 12 c-fEY‘Ct.

(rrcna :krodrih/Cfnl'iers to the .17 inclus)iie.) -
'The weather at Madras, audits neighbourhood,
i:as been, during the last fortnight, untisally wet
-and s.taton cf She year ; -for the
last week very'c'i~i;siclct';: le'tails cif rain have taken
.place every n;eit; and the cloudy Ana unsettled
appeeranee -of the atmosphere iudicates a fulther
'heavy supply.
Ourletters frornthe up country stations, mention
a similar unusual quantity of rain to have. fallen
in those quarters., whilst ere 'arc informed, that
:iiihnany parts of the iNlabratta country, the great-
tst fears of a famine are entertained, in conse-
quence of the great drought that haS prevailed
Ahem. for some considerable time past. The \yea-
' tberin the bay has been very boisterous during
the whole of the present month ; and we observe,
- from the Calcutta Papers, that several ships had
been compelled to return to in con?'-
. tri-cnce of ha,ing met with very severe gales front
the southwarA at the head of the bay.
On Thursday last, the flight lion. the Goer-
' nor maid his -first visit of Ceteemony to his High-
' rtes the Nabob at Chepauk Palace, and on Sa-
turday his Highness returned, the. visit_ of the
Hon.; Hugh Elliott, at the Government
. Gardens. The usual salutes were fired on those;

nucasions.

On :Tuesday last Isis 'Majesty's. ship Minden,.
Capt. Henderson, arrired in these Roads from
the Eastern Islands, having onboard his Excel-
lency Vice Admiral Sir Samuel Hood. Soon after
the ship came to all anchor, -his. Excellency the
Adniiraf landed under the customary salutes.
We hare- extracted from the Asiatic Mirror of

the.7th'inst. some interesting accounts from Port
Jackson, by the ship Amelia.
Pro-visions, are represented as: being: uncom-
monly cheap, and bo_th European and Indian
produce el every description to be in the greatest
abundance. We are sorry, however, to observe,
that several very severe and sanguinary engage-
ments havebeen fought by the European inhabitants
f the distant settlements and the Natives. It appears
from a Government Proclamation. (dated Sydney,
the 18th June) .that the cause .of those unfortu-
nate: quarrels originated in the• Natives having
lately shewn an inclination to help themselves to
a portion of the Maize and other Corn belonging
to the EurOpean Settlers'in those parts. A con-
siderable nti.mber, on
,both sides, have fallen in
these conflicts but we hope these would he
speedily put an md to by the excellent order oflifs
Extellpey the Crivernor.
A report,- is • Mentioned in the. Bengal Papers,
that the Tiger on her paSsage from Madagascar
to the Isle of France, saw a British ship aground
ou Sandy.lsland, with a signal. ot, distress flying.:
Some hopes are entertained that- she may be the
long missing ship Bornao,'heloni,i,ing to Calcutta.
The Harpy sloop of war:Was lying'at the Isle of
tranV.e, and.was'iminediately dispatched to render
tha distresseci ship every assistance.
Four veiselS, the Java, Caruhrian, Alexander,
and Lord eaStieregh, :are talcing in cargoes at
Bombay, infl are expected to sail for England 'in
the. course of this and the rnstiing month.
.A very
fine. Slip of 500
.tons btirthe'n; named the Lady
Nugent; wai•laitnched from the yard of Messrs.
Scott and Co. at Fort Gloucester, on the 3d inst.
She is, we understand, to be im. Mediately freighted

for Londom-.
We find by the Calcutta Papers that it has been
reported in some of the Ukbars, that Ruojeet
Sing had Succeeded in his enterprise, and had
made his entry into Koniunen ; some doubts,
however, ate entertained of the truth of this
story. At the date of. the last authentic advices
from the army, Runjeet Sing alone still remained
stationary at Poonjah, but the principal part of
his army had pushed on to a considerable dis-
tance in advance. One division had forced the pass
of Wcer Punsba, and had obliged MahomedAzini
Khan, the Nazim of Cashmeer, to fall back, and
bad subsequently brought him to an engagement,
in which. the Seiks were victorious.; 800 men are
stated to lia.Ve fallen in this battle, amongst whom
was a brother of the Nazim. Immediately after
this battle, Mahunteil Alice Khan; the Chief cf
Sooniana, joined Ruujeef Sing, and offered him
jis assislance. Another division followed by the
whole of artillery crossed the stream of Cite-
sok, atatook the town of Mundee.. The success
thus .appearS to attend the Scik army, the want
of food and forage was felt in the extreme, num-
bers had per;shed from want,' bagl.;Rge, followers,
and many snmll detachments had been cut off in
the mountain. The principal army assembled to
oppose, Runject Sing, was estimated at u 1 wards
.15,009 horse and foot.
The Right Hon. llegh Elliot, appointed by-the
Bon. Court Of Directors Goveraoi. of .this Presi-
dency, arrived with Lis family, in the Lion. Com-