The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-03 00:00:00

EAST INDIES.

By.the late fleet from the East Indies., we have
received Madras Papers to the/Ist reh, 13di a. bay
Couriers to the 26th January, and Calcutta Jour-
nals to the middle of Decewber-----.;extracts of which
are subjoined.
The British force in Bundlecund, tinder Colonel
Martindell, (about 12,000 men) had bees: put hi
motion, and was, in February, before the fort:of
Kalleugur : after an unsuccessful negociation
with the Kelleddr, for its surrender, batteries
were. opened again it on the 28th January, which
effected a practicable breaehon the following day,
and a.party approached to the assault, but were
withdrawn on its being discovered that the ascent
Of the rock 'was so steep, that it could .not be
'gained without ladders. The attack was however
.reneweda.few days subsequently, when the plaCe
was -carried, the garrison, of 700 men, after a short
resistance, abandoning the works, and surrender-;•
ingthemselves prisoners. The fort was strong
from its situation, anti difficult of approach, be-
ing situated on a hill 760 feet high but the for-
tifications were in. an indifferent state.

Colonel Baptiste, with a strong and well-ap-
pointed force, had' been actively employed-in the
North of Hiudostan against Durgeon Sal, a Raj-
poot Chieftain, whose capital ;:id fort of Bahadur
Ghur, he had taken by .storm. Durgeon Sal
had, however, found means to escape with a
few of his 'partizans, and the great part of his trea-
sure.

.
What- Rao, the infant son of Holkar, had been
raised to his father's throne hut, notwithstamt-
ing the: solicitation's of the Bae, who acted as Re-
gent, the' Court of Poonah had refused the khelaut
of investiture, until a certain sum, which was al-
leged-to be due to the PeishWa,- had been paid.—
For this sum, as well as for some troops to quell
themutinous Sirdars; who had instigated the bat-
talions to revolt, the Bae had applied to Ahiter
Khan ; but the latter, probably desirouS of fo-
menting the troubles as advantageous to himself,
.had declined both requests. ' The. Bae'r-Minilter, .
Balaram Seit, had in consequence disbanded a part
of the military foi-ce, -raised new battalions, and
punished those who had conspired against the in-
fant SOvereign and his mother's life.
Sir ,S.' Auchmuty, the. Commander-in-Chief,
returned to-Madras on tae 28th Februarys, after
A tour, to the different military, stations in that
Presidency, which had occupied him nearly four
weeks.
A brigade of horse• artillery has been forthed at
Bombay, on the same footing. with similar corps
at other Presidencies.
A proniotion had takenplace in the marine de-
partment of the Bombay Presidency, in- come-,
quence of the retirement of Commodore Borlase,
who was sueceeded as CommOdore of the Bombay
marine, by Captain T. Turner. , '
Captain E. Morris 'as tried at the Calcutta As-
'sizes, in December, for the murder of a private in
his own regiment.; and after a trial which lasted
the whole day, was acquitted.
Mr. Stephenson, a Cadet in the Bombay
_Es-
tablishment, was killed in December, in a' dui
The Coroner's inquest, after a,due investigation,
returned a verdict of Manslaughter- against his .
antagonist; and the person who acted as his se,-
cond. These two Gentlemen.were tried at the
ensuing Bombay Assizes., found guilty, and Sen-
tenced to three months' imprisonment; while Mr.
Stephenson's second was sentenced to four months'
imprisonment.
A shock of an earthquake was on the 28th De-
cember felt throughout the Presidency of Calcutta:
it was accompanied by two distinct undulatory
movements'of the earth, attended by a loud ex-
plosion. Much alarm was excited,_but no damage
was done. • •
A new Charter of Justice has been granted by
Ministers to the inhabitants of Ceylon, establiSh-,
ing the trial by Jury in CriMinal Cases. The 4rst,
persons who received the. benefit of it, were‘Capt.
J. Parker, and Quar*en-Master J. Staples, of the
second Ceylon Regiment, who were. arraigned
there in December last ; the former as principal
the latteras second, for the murder of. Captain J.
Brown, of the same regiment, in a duel. After a
'trial, which lasted 13 hours, the Jury returned a
Verdict of Culpable Homicide against Captain
Parker, and acquitted Mr. Staples. The Court, in
consideration of the prisoner's long imprisonment,.
pecuniary losses,' and his shaking hands on the
ground with the deceased, thereby doing :away
deliberate -malice, and at the Same time offering
to refer the dispute to the leconds, which afforded
the fairest chance of the quarrel being terminated
without bloodshed, sentenced him -to only one
week's imprisonment.
Mr. Salkeld, Assistant-Surgeon of the 24th
Dragoons, put an end to his lite at Calcutta, on
the 22d December, by 'discharging the contents of
a loaded pistol into the cavity.of his breast. He
had been ordered to the Presidency from Mutra
to give-evidence on a trial for murder ; but being
indisposed„and sheaving symptoms of insanity, he
failed) to attend the Court, on which his recogni--,
zance was forfeited. Being informed of this cir-'
cumstance,. his insanity increased : he became
melancholy, and conceived that instead of a pecu-
niary.fine he had incurred the penalty of death ,•
.no reasoning could "shake this belief; and in or-
der to avoid the ignominious punishment that he
conceived to await him, he had recourse to sui-
cide. On his table was found a letter, stating, in
att incoherent manner, the cause of his death., and
eopstituting his- mother (Mrs. Salkeld, of Ashby
de la Zouch) his heir.—The Coroner's Inquest re-
turned a verdict of insanity.
Capt. Bartholomew, of the Mary, of Calcutta,
in his voyage to Prince of Wales Island, having
landed with five of his crew on the Lesser-Anda-
man, were all murdered..

Letters from Batavia state; that Colonel Gilles-
pie, the Commander of the forces was dangerous-
-1011. They likewise deplore the insalubrity of
the climate in the immediate vicinity of the city,
but add, that nothing could exceed its healthful-
ness, or the beauty of the country, at a short dis-
tance from it. The troops remaining in garrison
at Batavia were the 59th regiment, the sth and
6th Batts. of Bengal Volunteers, and two compa-

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