The Sun.
London, England, 1824-07-26 00:00:00

WAlt IN INDIA.

The follm%ing private letter gives very inter-
esting details of the attack in which the British
were repulsed
:
" On the River under Tallyn in Cachar, Feb. 29, 1824.

" Having just returned from visiting the stockade at Dood-
patlee, I embrace a leisure moment to give you an Idea of it
from the observation I made, and of the gallant though un-
fortunate attack by our troops.
" This indiscribably strong possession was north and south
across a narrow blip of level country, having hills on Its north
face, and the • river Soorma on its south, with a deep ditch
about fourteen feet wide in front of a fortified wall, cannon
proof to the frontier or western face; with d double fence,
thickly planted at the bottom with bamboo spikes over-topped
with longer ones sloping outwards, and very strong. The
ditch was covered with long grass and quite hid from view, until
you arrived at it; the north face was also very strong, having,
a parapet with a ditch inside, and spiked towards the hills for
about fifteen pnorth,
with the east face much the same as the rth,
with the addition of sunk redoubts ; the south face was by no
means so strong, and. afforded the only way of entering by a
narrow opening, bet this so completely hid that chance only
could direct our:tioopm to it, and then the road up the bank was
steep and rugged that a few determined men might bid defiance
to hundreds Lieutenants :Wigan and Barbaric, with a few
amen, --hesamerer,—were...esaelasatu
arrived at it, but the fire was so we directed upon them, that
few men,who were with them were constantly knocked over.
4!‘, ',understand Lieut.-Col. Bowen, on the morning of the at-
tack, came on it-head with five companies to reconnoitre, leav-
ing Major Newton to follow with the guns, and remainder of
the force ; very shortly after the Lieut.-Colonel'n departure
firing was heard in the rear, when the guns.which were drawn
by elephants came on with such rapidity that the column was
kept at a run, and no time was lost in bringing them to within
120 )aces! of the stockade, and not 250 as formerly stated, for
the distance was traced yesterday ; here the elephants were un-
harnessed and Major Newton assisted by Lieutenant Adjutant
31` Lean laid the three guns and kept up a sharp anti well di-
rected fire for a considerable time . the men working, they
were trained by Major Newton to the exercise from the wing
of the corps with which lie was originally dispatched front
Dacca, and their conduct on this occasion, 1 understand, was
Ver
enemy's fire. The
eonsPsenons, and worthy of notice ; several of them, I
understand, was knocked down by the
execution of the artillery in the absence of an artillery officer,
excited the admiration of this little force yesterday, on dis-
covering the effects inside the place. One of the Burmese
Chiefs was cut in two by a round shot, and the grape slaughtered
a number; in .short, there can be no doubt but the guns, and
hearing of the approach of more, and Col. [noes' detachment,
have driven them clear out of the country,
" After an exposure to the enemy's fire for more titan three
hours, Lieutenant-Colonel Bowen, who had been wounded in
the hill% to the northward, arrived, formed the troops into line
and ordered a charge on the wen face —a more gallant one can-
not be imagined—the men did all that could possibly be ex-
pected of men ; the charge was made up to the spikes, and the
enemy, about 2000 behind the ditch, poured in their destruc-
tive fire. File firing in u square on parade was a joke to it ;
' this, together with the obstacles in front, made the poor fel-
lows step back, but none went to the right about until the re-
treat was sounded. Here was a dispensation of Proitidence,
for which all engaged ought ever to be grateful! How so
many fine officers escaped, who were all conspicuous in the ex.
ample they set their rnen, is miraculous, or how more than a
fourth of the men returned is equally to be wondered at; much,
however, is to be attributed to the badness- of the enemy's
muskets, and the time they take to reload them. The inside of
the stockade was found studded by sunk redoubt, so that an in-
terior warfare was evidently premeditated and the work of inur..
der would doubtless have been very bloody had we forced a pus.
sage here or at Jattrypore. A Burmese orderly book was found,
and the names of 42' itirmalis and a Chief, who were killed in
' the attache at Bickrampore, were struck off the list of the army.
The Assamese, whose loss was the severest on the occasion, were
not noticed, and an Order was issued in the book that any officer
or soldier heard specking of the affair at Itiekrampore should
suffer instant death ; previous to this. business services of corn-
paradvely trifling nature had been performed by Lieut.. Colonel
Bowen's 4.etacianent,
having disloil ed a body of the Assamese
' troops froth one or two stockades atg Birkoolah without loss on
either side. hir loss at Doodpatlee, I regret to state, was se.
vere ; Lieutenant Arrootrong, of the 10th, killed; Lieutenant
nant Chaves slightly in the arm; and Ensign Barbaric den-
Colonel powen'Slightly wounded with it spent ball; Licute.
Proofq, leg since amputated ; about 120 men of the 10th
killed and wounded.
Captain Johnston, a very active and gal-
lent Officer, I regret to say,
was very severely wounded
through the knee, and about forty men of the detachment of
23d Itnngpore, were killed and wounded, included the forty-
two men spiked in the feet and legs opposite Buddeepoore,
where the el4enY luta commenced making sonic stockades._
Our camp hospital is tolerably full.

lettersna AlLlCLl.Teeni3l,ektito Caroline, arrived nt this port,
ived from Alaranham, dated the 10th of
June. They state, that political comrnotions had again broken
out in that place. The members of the civil Government had
been arrested by the Governor at Arms, with the Intention of
shipping them of for Rio. A re-action, however, took Place
on the night of the 4th of June ; the members of the Govern.
ment were released, and the Governor who had seized them
was obliged to abscond, The disturbance was chiefly confined
to the barracks'. During the commotion, some blood, we re-
gret to state, was shed, and the brother of the General assasain-
ated. When the Caroline sailed, tranquillity was restored to
the city ; but the peaceably-disposed did not seem to consider
the danger over. Several passengers came in the Caroline,
and some in the George, which sailed in company, and arrived
here on Tuesday afternoon.—( Liverpool Advertiser.)

From the LONDON GAZETTE, July 24.

Whitehall, July 22,1824.

The King has been pleased to grant to the Rev. William
Vansittart, Master of Arts, the place and dignity of a Canon
or Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of Carlisle, void by the
translation of the Right Rev. Father in God George Henry,
late Bishop of Chester, to the See of Bath and Wells.

Croton Office, July 22, 1824.
Days and Places appointed for holding the SumntetAmsizes,
1824, vit.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.

Sir Charles Abbott, Knt., Lord Chief Justice; and Mr. Baron
Garrow.
Southampton—Monday, August 2, at the Castle of Win-
chester.
Wiltshire—Saturday, August 7, at New Sarum.
Dorsetshire—Wednesday, August 11, at Dorchester.
Devonshire—Saturday, august 14, at the Castle of Exeter.
City and County of Exeter—The same day, at the Guildhall
of the City of Exeter.
Cornwall—Monday, August 23, at Bodmin. - •
Sornersetshire—Saturday. August 28, at the City of Wells..
City and County of Bristol—Saturday, September 4; at the
Guildhall of the City of Bristol.