The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-05 00:00:00

EXt2,IO..VDIArJRI' C 11A R ER.

I. *lt S ftr* 3 furnish the following .itr-:
terer.ting account Of an. Ea•-4 .India. Adventurer;—.:
' The first -letter on,,this Skibjeit is 'dated "Luc-know,:
Aug: io;
.GEORGE- TH6NIAs, an Irishman, ran away ‘-
from ', a -ship?.. of whi„ lee . was, ca bi n..bny, •on the
• Coromandel Coast; •He fOund'his way;} to Hydrera...
Capital of I,liz'arti-,,Where served as a
• Pti"..ate Soldier- He I ike-this set ice;' and
spurred no by. the spirit. of adyeitture, Ile crossed; the
Peninstaa, and arrive'd at the-I*gure of Sulrroo'-s, .
•. who. nits a c'Ounrey 'sb: allies N. W..nf Del- .
• • hi. -She tool: lion iri't.o her.
,servicei, and-he Obtain-
erl her favour an,l him
to an adopted of her own, •and appointed
him tp the inain:gemen'.... of a. Province, the re-
v.eoues•!:of he very:soon. nearly doubled.
The.t- xpen ces -of his 'mistress exceeded tier income.
. He felt elliniself;sufficientiv established to. attempt •
a reform. She' had Many French Men in her ser-
.whom' she-supported' r A.great expence,• and •
whd were entirely useless to her., .
intended.' to have reduced. . Seiks.at:thie time -
committing depredations upon the Beguin's coun-
try'', Ttiomiks Went to retaliate, which he had often
before rionOwith great advantage. " Dt ring his
-absence, the Frenchmen found means, to make his'
mistress believe that his plan was to take her coun-
try from her, 'and that.for that rektscn he had 'wished
for their diSmissal.
",..She took the first opportunity of shewing
TrioNtAsi the change of her sentiments towards
him, by insulting his': wife; -while he was absent. •
He immediately-returned ; • prOfetifed .his wife, and
lift her (,illeteguin's) Service. This was in 1795.
He- was then at . Anopshire. He had not 500
rupes in -the world; a -proof of his honesty, for
he brad been many years ColleEieir of. a Province,
at fitst yielded 70000 rupees, but which he
doubled before- he-Aeft it. He now went,into the'
• service of a Kaliratrathiel named APPA Row Cu 'N.
DA, This man ordered him to :raise and form some
corpi, and, g;.tve bun sonie dist offi for the payment
, '6f them. distri.is were 'unequal to the pay.
merit :of his troops,, but, he managed to support
them bythe plunder he got during:the' continual
'state of svarfare in. 1.4 i Io hhe was engaged. His
Chief was
.clrovvned ; and bei6g -Considerably in
deb C.) A S :I he kept_ possession; and at list
• Made a pCopetry iif the distrias under his charge,
tie bOld detentined fellow. He augmented
liis troOps he fopried, in tad, an arirs for him-
S 21f, and by 'conquest Ire a.141:r6 his Original 'ter-
fitory. He has often been -called in as. an ally by
.the diffcient Contending Powers in' that qUarter.
-• On one cccasinn he: was paid a subsidy of 50,000
rupees per month. His krmer mistress', some
titre after he lefther, went to-.ruin, _ was imprisoned,
• ,arid. treilelierously ',deprived Of :her. country. "tHe:
marche<l to her relief, and reinstated her.
the list years lie has been more -bold,
and 'Made" co'nqueSte upon a 'grander scale than be..
f,re. capital, which :is one of the strongest.
places in India; is about. 80 miles
.Ivest - of :Delhi:,
It is c.tiled'ltinsee, and is, hid. down in some Of.
the rtayis..- From this point he •.entered the Seik
=•otintr;, beat them wherever :he could.find them,
took possession of a cbuntry. upon*the-banks of
the Suit-edge,. ykelding near. ts,.v.O. lacks
,of rupees
• per annUrit. "I he Sntledge is in all the'maps-; lit is
•the first of-'11)-e',:fk.i,e rivers which -form the 'country
Puujit'rb. The ;.)flahrattas,eould not with in.
'difference view the, success of this, enterprising ad-
- venturer. He was their•neighbout,hoOd.- •Tbey
at first offered to take.him 'anti his torff into-their
Service, -brit they could not settle the terms. - I
then ordered General,PEli itot, their Con-inlander irf
Chief, to -mareh. against` bins, The General did
-nor, it would appear; like his: antagonist, for he
settled with hiin 'upon his own •terms....TuoirAe had
then in /the fie
i
•
field 0,000 infantry, oo trood- ca.
-valry, and,,;9 piece§ of -cannon, and he was not.
afraid of. the *Frenchman. Sortie friends of mine
havelieen_long in the --habit-of corresponding with
hinr.
~ He has always given them a detail of his dif.
ferent operations: they are wonderful. Our Go-
vernMent cannot 'assist- him ; but ,I know the
Marquis- WLLES: nY feels much interested forhis
success. - -
" In one of his letters he proposes that we shall
attack the Seils.,s, and fie says, very justly, that
these people are the enemies both of.the MahrattaS:
and the English.. All he-desires is, that our G.
verninent. will retfuest the IVlahrattas not to assay
the' Seiks. He wants no money,' no' arms, no
trnops.; and he engages, in.thr,ee years, to deliver
to thee Company his whole army, and all that coun-
try. called- the, l',unjatib, yielding a .revenue bf-two
•croreS of rnprees
,per AnnuM. Fie will only requite
to be peid fer his cannon, His ambition is 'to
6, y 4 his country, and it is by 'this means he eon
do it. •

" The plan, may be thought wild and ituprafti--
- cable, by those tioacqUainted Nvith,theSeik.nation
znd kith Tkiom.As. . With the former I have done
:ail,' could to get acquainted; the latter, I believe,
-to 1)e equal_ to any thin 'possible
.tO lit peritt
‘ankl I ato faily convinced' he' will accomplish-411111d
ha4.,prottriEel3;,i.t: will not interfere:
Ihe idea-JS -d---graft:.l.-on.e.. -may give to the
• tion litanks of the Indus not tess
• v-ait.l.4l)le. .than thost, :4:116"/ now
_possess. upon the
Ganges. It wa:s ;v4 4ier E X DER..
• ftrst saYv and .arahe3 of ,It is
there where
.P'eo6s proposes to
riti c oto u •

. •
: - OCTD'Zt R., -1 SCSI.—" C.F.6.110E THO.3IAS is now.
opposing•lthe:MaAtiateas, -and is
_nearly overpowered
. by the, aulpet;i4iiy cif, their reSources.; but he strug-
gles hard, gt,id hitherfO,Vielory 114-atiended'hitu.
he'slicceak. in this contest, he. will firing abt'ut.
a re volutiOti* as :exit raord Lnary .as Any
,t he. worldlftis
yet seen. The list rime I Sitw-ham. fie was not
worth more than soo rupees, exclusive of his horse.
he is now -able'to contend, and with some success,
for no less than the throne of the Mogul. To his
own vigorous condtia, to his own exertions'arid abi-
lities he owes every thing.—He has been assisted by
no friend—alone, ard always surrounded by ene-

Lt)x.riwN , lirmt!Lti I,v lit
At the SLYN.OFFIci

mies. The Frenchman who-now .'epposes blm, is,
high in the service of the Mahrattas. . A few. years
ago he was a Cook at Calcutta! Such are the dis.
tingUished competitors who at present contend for
the Imperial Throne of Hindostan.

" FEB. 1802. Ileft GEORGE THOMAS contend-
ing,w ith the Nlahrattas for the Empire of liindos.
Jan. He 'fought several battles with them, -in all.
,of which he cotnpelled them to retreat ; but they
were too numerous for him to gain any thing but
a name by the victories he had .obtainefl. Finding
that arms would not reduce him, .they had recourse
Jo means more certain, though less,honourable, and
they succeeded but too well. They bribed his
.pliefs, and deserted`by his.ariny, he was obliged to
fly to his strong fortress. It was distant too
miles. He reached.itin one night, upon onetorse.'
He was soon.follOWed. The few men who remained
.with him fought bravely for'some rime, but his enc.
mies subdued them With gold.. He foUnd it,was in
vain, and, reludaritly-he diitated terms of-capitula.
don. -He,got 50,009 rupees for giving up his_fort,
and was besides permitted to carry off his property."

A.Pentleman of since the commencement
_Of the 'present year, -bought twenty-twd acres of,
land for, 23501..• He. has.zilreadV sold part:Of if for
upwards of Twelve. Thousand -Pound's; and though
he has laid out upwards of Two Thousand Potinds in
making capital roads and drains, his .neat profit,
when the whole is wouslup 'and sold, cannot be
estimated at less than -Twenty .Thousand Pounds ;
profit of nearly a thousand.per cent. What is `still
more remarkable is, that many of the purchasers
have already sold for so, 40, and so per cent: ad-
vance ; and one who laid out 'less than soot. has
sold for above moo guineas advance; another, who
laid out the same sum, has aelually ref Used the same ,
'profit.; so that it may be said, the ground near Hull
abounds in gold-mines..--Hull Packet.
Illicit Distillation' is pretty general throughout
Ireland ; in some parts of which, whiskey,' unknown
to the CUstoms, is conveyed •in the facer of day.
Lately a carman, Whose 'master , had quarrelled
with the guager of the walk, was surprised by the
latter on horseback ; but recovering himself at the.
instant, and pretending ignorance of the person who
accosted. him, he replied to his 'questions, respeetiog
. the nature of his-load, and to whom lie was taking
its; that he,had a.hogshead Of• Whiskey„ which his
master, the distiller, had sent as a present to
Mr. naming the perstin to Whom he spoke,
The guager observed that he_was,an honest fellow,
and giving him halla'-crtiwtv fay himself, and the.
key of the. cellar to 'be delit,ered to his: wife, in-.
.
.strueted. hun as to the spot and Manner in, which, he
would have it depbsited:- Each then ptoce,eded to
the place of his original- destination.'-,,The. carman
cOnveyed 'the whiskey to. Where his master had di-
, reeled k but the mortification of the protetior of the
Excise, at:. having lost. his money as well as his
„seizure,has. been Much increased by the consequent
laugh' of lsis -compeers and. neigh-boo
• On uesday last,-four'inqueits were taken
'PEAR CE VHI.TE, dne-of the Coroner4hr Canibridge,
ac ,on-view of
theibodies of Rose q/laSOn, a 'young woman, from .1
Wlt-erbeach, aged 24;,. John Smith, aged 14.;
•Esthcr Cook, aged 12 ; 'and Mary Freernan.,, -aged
13 years, 411 of Carnbridge,ivh6, on- the preceding
, evening, , received 'So inarly, dreadful bruises and
wounds, in endea,vourinito eseape ftoM.the Theatre,
: upon a false a„lartn.of fire, that rhey almost instantly
expired, and to which effeas" the respeetivejtiries
accordingly foUnd ,theieverdiAs.—Four persons)
who were taken to'' the hospital) .pre fair
-way of recosery. • The'lqa !lager.- of :the The:ftre
humediately after' this dreadful affair, -Issued-.bills,
:_offering a reward_ Of onehundred. guineas,-:Uptin, the."'
detection of any
,of the Malicious. -anti-designing
persons who were instrprnental in exoiting the.alarrn
,of fire i,rapd,Consonant,,.yith his own feelings, and
. _

those of the Public, pOstPoned ,all perfoiTnances ,
the Theatre 'till Wednesday evening, when there
was.a genteel and nurneroui audience, and the play
and farce - went oft without any, disturbance or
alarm.

. ,
.Monday ie'nnight; as IVlr. joi-m WilEttti, of
Caine,. was .returning from _London in his'• gik;
accompanied. by Mr. SINGE &S, of • Becking-
ton, one of the first afternoon Path' coaches ad-
vancing furiously behind them, they made way ; but
instant. on the of, coming up with them; the coach-
man wantonly flapping his whip, and the gUard un-,
necessarily sounding his horn (as. there was :nothing
•in them way), the horse. .-took•-• frighf;. Mr:
'WH jtimped out and broke his leg •
remaioing in the chair with one of the shattS brOken;-
till.l.[Y;getting hold of the reins lie pulled 'the'
horsc,,against a, high .bank, he was= thrOWn
out to a great -distance,. and much bruised: . •Tfte.
coachman still dtove on,•Obugh in .view of the peri-
lons situation,of these Gentlemen, apparentlyCarelisr
of the conseqnences, and on., his,,juit -ttoppin-g•:at
the Magpies, .at Hounslow-heath, unfeelingly 'lie-
marked s that there w.as, a fellow' who .had: broken
. his kg Itist behind. •Kr‘..Wit EEur R- was.oarried'to,
the• Magpies public-house,, when surgical. assistance
was procured ; but a mortification ersuing,'ir occg.
'Slatted. his death on:the Friday following.- S.
is much recovered,: and is in,afair way tb.do well.
• 4
- On-Thursday... abbut one o'clock in the
morning, a fire broke,out in .tlll.cielllng houe
Mr:
,Rogers; of Atherfi•zldTarin, in the Isle of
Wight,.which entirely conium4:d every, part of the
premises. .It.burnt with such rapidity that it. resisted
all .attempts to save the ..,furniture, &c.'
.by great 'exertions, the stock 'in; the bains,
stablek, and rickyards, wai przsetved.. 'The:itock;
goods, .Bcc. are but wheiher. or.ubt the yrs..
:noise{s
are, unknown. •
Stintley:se'rrnigh4 a poor'
blind Map, NV two vas JCL'
• about 4.he streets of Dublin by a dog, fell into the
Liffey, and was drowned. This was occasioned by,
some base wretch cutting the cord with which the
poor man was guided by the dog. ..The animal
spewed
.astonishing affeetion to. the ,body of his
master when taken the next day up out of the river,
by licking it dyer, and signifying great concern at
-his unhappy fate.

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