The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-10 00:00:00

f:::',Sl' INDIA 4 NTELLitI ENCE.

.Vadras Co?p:itys tv t/r' Vie,: Sept c:.1144
fUtTIVER
Yesterday at -10 We:lock the 4'iee7President In
Council held a Dunbar in'tlte.Goycl 'intent Ilnus-e,
to
receive the liinvoy frost. lklnjesty the King
of Persia, who is the hearer of It letrer to the Stf-
preme•Government. On this occasion many nti•
-lives of ittnk attended to pay their respect's, and
:o be present at the ceremony of the introduction.
"Saltrah Beg the Persian EnVoy entered the upper
app:arttpent of the Government Ilonse at ten
it:flock, With the King's lettt.:r silver dish
•yovered with. a cloth of gold brocade borne lry a
`native Gentlemar of. rank, and conducted by
Captain Taylor (it the'Botithay army. His Ex 7
crlleney the Vice-President was •seated at the
upper'end of the room attended by his Staff, and
the 'Hall was lined with visitors seated aceordiUg
to their rank. Captain Taylor introdnced the.
Envoy Who was welcoMed by his F4eelluncy,
and "iiti ;it-es:el-Ith* the letter, a salute 'of 19 guns
was fired from the r"anipartS of Fort William. Ile
was then led to an atijOinitig apartment xvlit.ti:e he
was invested ivith an honorary dress. 'On his re-
Ora, when Invested with the Khilluf, after some,'
conversation he presented a Ntizr, and receiving.
the usual compliment of Pan and I.7tr, took his:
leave. Jungee Khan a Rohilla Chieftain, who
formerly served nnder Lord Lake, and the Son Of'
the late Vaked of the Yeshiva, on his succeeding
hi's father" in that office, also received honorary•
dre-ses ontitis occasion.
Yesterday, letters were received in town un—
bead-quarters, near Siclignity, dated thc 220 inst.
The Govern:iv-General's fleet arrived at Rajtnahl:
on the I"Stli, where it remained two days. The
with a Large party, pat-look or the di-
tersio of hunting "and shooting 011-the.'
l'VllO, a very fineTyger was measuring. nine
feet and a half in length, and three feet six inches
betglk. This was the first Tyler pout,
LOrdship's :party have Seed; and our accounts
add, that he charged. desperately, and afforded
good spot.
The head-quarters aud. first division of his Ma-
jesty's 24th foot, consisting of the flank, and the
three light battalicitrs.cOmpanies, will embark on
Saturday morning under the command of Major
White, for"Dinapoor: • •
tlis .Majesty's 721 Regiment sailed from P(zrt
Look for the 'Capc,of Good. Hope, on the 28th
of Jane on board M. S. Lined, Capt. Probv,
Mid the 'Transports Harrison; Ciptiran, and Mor-
ley.
Yesterday, the fonndation stone of a new.
Charity School in the Black Town of Madras,
was laid with Masonic' honnurs. , .
The four .natives who were convicted during
the last SessionS, of robbing the Bengal Bank
were executed in Calcutta, pursuant to their ett-
tepee, on the 20th lift.
It :appears cOtisiderable. apprehensions are en-
tertained in .many parts of Bengal, of the failure
of the crops of Indigo this 'season. IU conse-
quence of the unusual lateness.a the rains in some
parts, and the alniost entire failure ()lit in others,
the latter sowing entirely fiiled, and the
plants which,lkad co fie up, were in a very back-
ward state. —
'The Windham, which is' arrived in the river
front China, toilette(' at Batavia, where were lying
the Streatham, ftoni Amhoyna, laden with specie;
the Indian, bound to London, with coffee; and
the Ganges, loaded with a similar cargo ; the
Gitildford and Lonsdale had arrived from London
for coffee; also the Java, which latter ship yval
ordered to BoMbay, on account of some irregu-
larity, and sailvd (int of Batavia Roads in eom-
pany with the Windhatn on the Ist of July.
'lint markets fur cotton in China were very bad,
only 10 and tales; -abet-70,000'hales of last,
• ye,:r's on hand;—Opium kept up at 1,150 and,
1,200 dollars. •
An American schooner_ had run into the river
Tigri, and was hoarded and taken by the boats
of the DOris: frigate.- there.; but-from sonic mis,
take in nninceurring her, she went ashore, and in
. that state was abandoned by out' people. The
American's afterwards-, got .I).er.rilf„ and it *as.
reported that she had several lacs of dallars on
board. 4