The Sun.
London, England, 1815-12-04 00:00:00

NAP A U L

The followine-i; extract troin a priest(' /etter c -
tains'some.curions facts relaii:e tt, :he
Cut,-
test in India, and the Country of Napaul
'r Noi
neatly years ago, kVarlike. race. of. trio-
door, called Goorklias, Othence they ca:r.e., or
w.henee kilOW.Hot),
.overthiew taa
Napauler Byeasry, and
.reAned all the countey.
to their rule. A,pi t') .it they adileil, in very quick
'succession, all t he' independent iltsti icts, of ra,
riots Mimes, inclieded ii, aild'bet t the two grant
ranges of,hills risinLe behind Dacca, at the froll-
- tiersofthee Rieman at/a ending with the
Gant:CS, as it runs from its .court'(' to the Cow's
Mout ; ;thus Elie j. ring our pii,,,esSions, and Oudc,
all tdong the North-cast houndaey.' . Tuts coon-
try, though not populous, wat'runable to subsist :t3
inhabitants;
.the whole of it.neaely, consisting of
hills, which, though rich in eleinerii!s, spiies,
timber, and other valuable arliciee of commerce,
was not by aity industry to. bi .converted into ar-
able land. Thus the small-Tian', which iocludes
the old metropolis of Catainandu, and toe present
of Goolldea, was their ouly resource for grain,
obliging them to be dependent on their neighbours
of Hindustan, for this necessary article of life.—
Their conquests in the bills were scarcely known to
our 'Government, or, at any rate, they were en-
tirely unnoticed by it, till thesti people, favoured.
by the ill-deg,: ed limits of ouretterritories,
claims to some small villages in the borderS,
and these claims being too easily complied with,
gave them a footing on this side of the hills, which
it has been their policy for many years to en-
large and strengtlnm. Fresh claims were con-
stantly urged, which, in case of nun-compliance
on our part; led to incursions and attacks on our
borders, which it was next to impossible to
parry, or punish,. without a larger force that] our
Government, employed more seriously in the •
West, could then well spare. They were there-
fore glad to cOiniiound with every now and diet'
yielding a little,, Every fresh aggression, and
every iiew dispute coded in the aggrandizement
of the territory of the .Goorkhas ; and they thus
acquired on this side of the hills, a very rich
and fertile track, which they named the Ter-
race. But when the clouds in the Vest lid dis
persed, and • left to our Government leisure to
. enquire into the disputes in the East, and,a force ;
'to pia an end to them, according to their plea-
sure, every attack of the Goorkhas led to ,a dimi-
nution of what they had so artfully got into their
possession : 'for they were unable to contend
against ns in Mtceplains with any chance ut sue-
cess. In the hopes of compromising the matter,
.and retaining what they then held, about a year ,
before Lord Mintti retired, they' requested that
mutual Commissioners ,might be appointed, to :
settle their differences. A Major accordingly
went on, our part ; but our conditions. proposed
by him, were so strict and 'peremptory, that
they determined rather than comply with them, to.
try die chance of war.; trusting to their strong
holds, to be a barrier against-our incursions, whilst
they harassed us all thelengtii of our open and
undefended frontier. On this, we first prociahned,
war but it may be necessary to pren:ise, that,
from their conceiving that they were forced. to
arms by the harsh measures (as they thought pro!.
pet to consider them) of Our Yakeel, Major Brad-
shaw, they had formally declared that they would
put to death the Major, in. 'whatever manner- they
could find means to do it, secret or (then. Thus
the war commenced,. avid the Goovht,as began
their ravages with great success. With the sub-
sequent- events, a thertow happy and holeour,-
able termination °f it; we- are all well acquainted."'

FUNERAL OF MR: SALomoN.—At three o'clock
on Saturday, the•atemains of Mr. SALO:tON, the
celebrated performer on the violin, were interrea
in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey. The
hearse was followed by fourteen Coaches, nine of
them mourning ones, containing' the. fm lends of
the deceased, among whom were Mr. Brahani anti
several other Gentlemen of musical eelehrity.,--.
The procession was met at the gate, 'in the Coi-
lege-yard, by the Rev. Dr. Dakens, who per•
formed the funeral service.

. .
Whitehall,
_Nov. the London Gazate.
—His !loyal Highness the Ptutccr ttriarEi,:er ha 4
been been pleased, in the name and on the behalf
of his Majesty, to'gk,e and grant unto arcuAtirt
AsTLEY., the younger,' of Hodstone Hall, in the
county of Leicester, Esquire, his Majesty's royal
licence and authority that he may assume anti
take the surtiame and also heir the arms of GoVGH,
pursuant to the request of his godfather *30E44
GoUGH, of Perry Hall, in the county of Statrurd,
Esquire, such arms being first duly exemplifizd
according to the laws of arias, and recorded in the
Herald's Ofhce. '

MELANCHOLY EVENT.—An Inquest was taken
on Thursday, in the New liarrachA of Limerick,
before the Right Worshipful Joriikt VEXEN,RII, Lsq.
Mayor, on the view of the body of John Bell,
( Esq. sepior•AssiStant Shrgeon of the 2(1 Battaliou.
84th regiment, who,. at three o'clock on that
morning, put a period tollis existence by cutting
his throat. The deceased, according to the evi-
- deuce adduced, was subject to a depression of
spirits bordering on insanity, and the Jury re-
turned, a verdict accordingly.
On Monday last' a distressing accident occurred
at Milton, near. Portsmouth; at a match oe
pigeon-
shooting, of which the folloWing are the partien
lars man, named SmiTu, who was standing.
without the, bounds -of. the field, silk a pigeon,
which thereupon fell on the hedge. Several per-.
sons standing round, immediately endeavoured to
to get the bird, whilst SMITH stood about six yards
from the place, Injuring his-- gun. At this mo-
ment a person nanied CIZAWFO4O_ Caine up, and
also endeavoured to get the bird for SMITH; but
by overreachihg himself, he stumbled into
the hedge, his gun accidentally went off,
and, unfortunately, shot.BmTur, who was stand-
ing behind him, severely in the right hand,
which has since been amputated. Surru ins;antly
went to CRAWFoRD, antler a belief that he WKS
Mortally wounded,:several sliot .strucit him
on the body, and :I«iired hitn-that hafort:aveltim,
beei-inse he was 'convinced it was an -accident,---
. &MITI: is HOW a fair way , of. recovery: • -il'Htt
renders this accident still more distres;siug
is 4 the unfortunate sufferer has a wife and six
chiliren dependant on his exertions for the:rt,!aily
is 4.1

it isNITHL 1,0NDt).11.6AZE171.-E, DEC:- 18.15.
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OAT of (Yrflaa2tce, Nor. n 0,1815: •
royal ite;.-:inzent of .Irtilicry—First Lientrnant Mattile ton
to i)e Second Captain, vice lqacicOnnrhie, (lereased—Second.
Lieutenant Da-rreil Jago to tie FirSt Lieutenant, v:Cc Louis.

ANKRUPTCY ENLARGED..
Villiam 'Butler, Prescot, Lancashire, 'nurseryman, from D;:-:
cemner 2to O. , , .

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• " BANKRUPTCIAS SUPERSEDED. - • „
Malklien, Hiilme, Lancashire, acid William Malla-
lira, Heligoland, merchants.
Daild Holborn and Tuttnhani-court-road,
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