The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-05 00:00:00

REPORT.OIr.THE ORDNANCE, &C. CAPTURED OPPQ«

SITE DELHI, ON THE I ITH SErT. 1803.

Two brass ati.pounders-5 ditto 18-pounder carronades-3
ditto i - pouncier ditui--3 iron rz-patnders(French)-14 brass
6-pounders—i iron 6-pounder-23 brass 4-pounders— 5 ditto
3-ditto--4 iron 3 ditto--r brass 8-inch mortar—i ditto 8-inch
howitier-4 ditto 6-inch ditto--72, ditto ditto-68. pieces 'of
cannon of different nature.
The whole mounted on field 'carriages, with limbers and
traces complete.
37 tumbrils complete, laden with ammunition-24 ditto,'
ditto, blown up in the field of battler-6Z tumbrils complete,
laden wit h ammunition.

N. B. Many tumbrils and ammunition carriages abandon-
ed by the Lnemy in the I umnah and Nullah, not included
in the aboie.

REMARKS.

" The whole of the above mentioned ordnance
appears r serviceable,' excepting s iron ii-pounder
ands iron 3-pounder, which are burst in firing.
" The iron guns are of Europe manufaEture. The
brass guns, mortars, and howitzers, have been cast
in India, one Portuguese three-pounder excepted.
Some bear in inscription of being made at Muttra,
others at Ugein ; but the whole are evidently from
the design of an European artist. The dimensions
are, in general, those of the French ; the workman.
ship is of as high a finish as any in the Company's
arsenal.

" Thirteen of the 4.pounders have iron cylin-
ders (or bores), over which, it would seem, the
metal was run in casting the piece, for the adherence
is so close, that no slit or chasm appears; and no-
thing but the different colours of the two metals dis-
cover the junaton. The iron cylinder (or bore) is
composed of four longitudinal pieces of hammered
iron, remarkably close, and neatly fitted throughout
the bore.

"The whole of the pieces are furnished with well
made elevated screws; some are of the latest French
improvement ; and to the mortars and howitzers
the same kind of elevating screws are, by a simple
and ingenious adjustment, made to elevate the piece
to any-angle,:and give either of them the double ca.
pacify of mortar and howitzer.
" The carriages are strong and good; some are
nearly made to the French pattern. •
" The tumbrils are very stout, hut of the clumly
size and shape made by the Company, in their arse.
nal, about twenty .ears ago. Some, however, have
the modern draft chain, whilst others have retained
the trace made of green hide.
" The ammunition, both round and grape, dif.
fern from that made in the Company's arsenal, inso-
much as that the bags are of cotton instead of serge,
and not fixed to bottoms with the shot; and also,
that two sorts of grape are mac.N., use of after the
French ordnance, viz. large balls for great distancs,
and smaller balls for lesser distances.

" Chain.shot, rolled up into the shape of a ball,
of the size of the bore of the piece, either mortar or
howitzer, made part also of the Enemy's ammuni.
tion.

(Signed) 4 6 JOHN HORSFORD,
" Commanding the Artillery in the Field."
(A true Copy)
(Signed) G. A. F. LAKE, MU. Sec.

Fort William, 0,/7. r,
GENERAL ORDERS,

IT HIS EXCELLENCY THE MOST NOBLE THE GOVERNOR-
GRNIRAL IN COUNCIL, CAPTAIN-GENERAL AND COM-

MANDER IN CHIEF OF. ALL TILE LAND FORCES SERVING

IN THE EAST INDIES.•
" The Returns received by the G overnor- General,in Coun-
cil, of the Ordnance taken on the field of battle near Delhi,
on the r Ith of September, 1803, have completed the official
statement of the military operations concluded under the per-
sonal command of His Excellency General LA from the
zoth August to the 18th of September.
" in reviewing the rapid and -brilliant success of our arms
within that period of time, every loyal Subjed of the British
Empire must lie animated by the most zealous emotions of
just. pride, national triumph, and public glory.
" The Governor-General in Council has al ready'expressed
the sentiments of gratitude and admiration with which lie•
contemplates the conduct of His Excellency the Commander
in Chief, and of the Officers and Troops under His Excel-
lency's personal command, in the Aetion of the zoth. of Au..
gust, and in the gallant Assault of the Fortress of Alygtiur
on the 4th_September.
" His Excellency in Council highly approves the judicious
and early movement of the Army after that important suc-
cess, towards the principal station of the Enemy's Infantry
and Artillery, and the positions whence the most speedy re..
lief tnight be afforded to the unfortunate Representative of
the House of Timur, and to His Majesty's Royal Family.
. .

" The decisive victory gained inr tite b.ittle of Delhi, on
the t ith of September, justifil the firm Confidence reposed
by the Governor-General in Council, in the bravery, perse-
verance and discipline of the Army, and in the skill, 4udg-
ment,, alive spirit, and invincible intrepidity of their illus.
trious Commander.

" The glory of that day is not surpassed by any recorded
triumph of the l'ritish Arms in India, and is attended by
every circumstance calculated to elevate the fame of Brift.d
Valour, to illustrate the charader of British Humanity, and
to secure the stability of the British Empire inthe East.
" The Governor General in Council acknowledges with
the most cordial satisfaction, the distinguished services of -
Major-General ‘V,,i4 e, and of the Hon. Major-General ST.
JOHN, in the Aaiun of the iith of SeptenC,:er, and di reds the
Commander in Chief to signify his particular approbation of
the conduct of Major-General WARE, in the coin nand of the
Right Wing of the British Army ; and of the conduct of the
Hon. Major-General ST. Jon N, in the ability and steadiness
which he displayed in the command of the Left Wing, by
surmounting every difficulty, and by forcing the Right Wing
of the Enemy to retire in disorder with heavy loss.
"The Governor-General in Council also direds the Corn-
mander in Chief to notify to COIOLICI ST. LEGEE., and to
the Corps of Cavalry employed on this honourable occa-
sion, the high approbation with which His Excellency in
Council has received the Report of their gallantry and
firmness, and of the peculiar skill manifested under the
able command of Colonel ST. LLGeR, in their judicious,
rapid, and decisive movements during the Action, and after
the flight of the Enemy had commenced. His Excellency in
Council contemplates With great satisfadion the advanced
state of discipline of the Native Cavalry of Bengal, and the
splendid proofs which that Corps has anrded of its effi-
ciency in active service against the numerous Artillery of tile
Enemy .
" I'he conduct of Captain Bores, of His Majesty's 76th
Regiment, is noticed with the warmest applause by the
Governor-General in Council. The high reputation esta-
blished by that respectable Corps in va.ious services of
difficulty and danger in India, appeared in the battle of
Delhi, with a degree of lustre which has never beets
e!reeeded, even by British Tron:os. His Excellency I -
Council signifies his most distinguished a,)probation of the
firmness and intrepidity o: tic Officers and Men of the Native
Infantry, who, with His Majesty's 76th Regiment, at the
pit of the b4onet, forced an Enemy, considerably supetior

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opened tii::: way for the succ.aLsiut ch.:l,.- ~I. the ::;oili.•y -.--
l'h.f. 101 dl ( of the N,...tivL., Trcorps.,on ..i..i: ir.eolo; !,-. lay
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of I;eng,tl, and confirms die e0i.C.A...i.i.:00f .L.: Gove i'...,T. G ,'-
neral to Cotnicil, in the diligence, Skill, iffy} courapie o: :tic
Offi,...:rs.uf this. k:st...th.lihrrient, and in !Ile crnit.er.i. c.:a,...icia
of o'or N.ttive_ Surd?..,-,r.,..:-. -.

" To Lieut. Col iloaSroß u, aid the Artl;l,2ry, kw_
veruor Gener4l. in Council repc_t, f
that C:_rps 1..,s y
deserv,:ti,in.every exigency
. 'lie service.
To the Staff of thlt A riric tl,e CcNernor- General in
Council is 11:Tpy ;o ey.pro4 the suistaeilion with whic:i he
lariis," that thcty continued; on all ~ccasions, to merit the
warmest apyrobatioil of the ceitintaacter in thief.
The 4,,yyernor..ceneral in Cour:cil Linc.rits the
loss of M.. jor itillilnLßToN, Captain 'AI'GREdox, Lieu-
tenant :El 1.," 'LletitClLAIV' PRESTON, t6ei.et' S AFICK4/4.1., •
and Q.laner-.:Master: I I enAlt o'N ; and of the brave Sol-cl
diers lyho fell in the exenipLiry_exertion.uf deliberate
lour, aini disciiiiine spirit, at the thathi. of Delhi. The
names of these brave men • will ' be eommentorated with=
the glorious events. of the day un which the; fell, and wilt
be honoured and rever:A while th fain,: of that signal. yi
shall endure.

" In testimony of the 'peculiar honour acquired by the.
All:1y under the personal command of His E xcellency e, .ie-;
ral LAit E, the Governor-Uenecal in Council is pleased r-
der that .HonOrary Colours,. wit,' device properly
to commemorate the "Reditraioh. of the Fortress of f. )•-
ghtir, on the 4th, and the Victory obtained at Delh,, on
the s ith of .§eptember, be presented to tile Corps of
valry and Infantry, European and Native, respetti,ely
employed on these glorious occasions ; and that a Mo,
nument be ereled at tort W4l-lism, to the Memory of the
brave Officers and Men, European and Native, who have
fallen In the, publiciseriicei.etufing the present campaign:,
" The Honorary Colours- granted by. these orders, to His
Majesty's 27th Reghitent of Dragoons;- and to the 76tii
ment or Foot, are to be used by those Corps while they shall'
continue in India, or until His Majesty's most gracious pica
sure be signified through His Excellency tin: Commander in
Chief. :

‘4 In concluding his orders on this memorable occasion;
the Governor-General in Counci: is pleased to direct, that
the Public Thanks of the Siapreme Government .of the.Bri-:
tish Prossessions in India be given to His Excellency.General*
Lnks, -Commanderin Chief of His Majesty's Etna titerflo.•.
Company.'s Forces in India, who, with unexampled alacrity,
eminent Judgment, and indefatigable courage, ander extra-'
ordinary difficulties; has prepared the Arm) 'of Bengal for the
field ; has concludedit,.by a rapid successicm of glorious vic
tories, to the complete deteat of a powerful Enemy ; and has
maintained the honourof the British name in India, by an hu-'
mane attention towards the In.habitains of the conquered P
vinces, and by a due respect and reverence towards the un-
fortunate Itepresentative.ofthe House of Tiinur, and towards
His Majesty's royal 'Family.

" His Excellency-the Post Noble the Govrnor-General.
in Council, Ctrptain-General, and ConirnailfLr i,, Chief of
all the Land Forces serving in the East Indus, pleased to
direct, that theie orders be publicly, read to rite Troops on ter
arms at every station of the Land Forces in th, East I tunes
and that the European Officers of the Native Corps da.c ,use_
the same to be duly explained to the Native Odicersvand
Troops.
" By Command of His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor-General in Council,

" L. HOOK, Sec. to Goy. Mil. Dep."

The Second 'Battalion of the Queen's Voluntecr:,.
had a Field-day on Monday, on N rwuod Common ;
after performing various m tr,uvres on their ;nut
upon Battersea, Wandsworth, Tooting, and Strea..
tham Commonsi they returned by Brixton Causway
through Kennington and over 'Westminster Bridge to
their Parade, in Chelsea College : they calculate
that they had traversed twenty miles of ground.
A great quantity of ammunition, camp equipage,
&c. has been sent off to different parts of the sea-
coast, within these two day,, particularly saddles,.
straps, and other things of that description, fit for
the conveyance of either military or any of the more
helpless part of the inhabitants, in case of Invasion,
THE THEATRE;—T4 tragedy of The Fair
Penitent evai.exhibited last night at COvent-Garden
Theatre. Calista was performed with the usual
skill and energy that mark the •Afling of Mrs. Sty:
DONS. KEME,E sustained the part of ihratiO with.
dignity
,and moral warmth, and CO" KE deft/it-tett the
sorrows of Sciolto
.with manly pathos. The house
was well attended, and the audience all detained by
the splendid-romance of Valentine and Orson.
The trife.of rweifilsbizxdi was to have been re-
presented last -night at lltutY-Lane Theatre, but
was unavoidably set aside by the, sudden indisposi,
tion of Mrs. PowsLi. The
.substitute was The
Beggar's Opera, and the house was better attended.
than is usitally.,the case when such disappointments
Occur.

The appearSnce of Orson in the new Ballet is not •
only uneharVieristic, but is not thoroughly Consist-
ent with decorum.-- it a little part of his coveting
were removed he would he quite an Adami/e.
• Besides he doe§ not look so. formidable as to drive
away a crowd of Peasants panic.struck. A shaggy
vestment would be more suitable to this step-son of
a Bear, an. 4 would add c,)nsiderably to the effai of
his appearance. At present his dress, if it may be
' called so, is ti-y no means proyer, and as the ballet
is likely to by very popular, we hope for the sake
of decency
.that some change will take place.
On Thursday morning, .a Brig under a press of
sail, was ob.-served to disappear alm .sr instantane-
ously, a few miles to the South of Holy Island.—
She is supposed to have struck urim a sunken rock.
Her destruetion Was so sudden, that though one of
the Berwick Smacks, Capt. BROWN, was at no great
distance, and every exertion was used, only two of
her crew could be preserved.

Lately, was delivered of a Son, the Lady oF
JOSEPH GROYP, of Walbury, in Essex.
On Tuesday last Mr. HENRY JOHN NORTH was
unanimously eleaed Town-Clerk of the Borough of
New Woodstock, in the County of Oxford, in the
room of THOMAS WALKER, Esq. deceased. •
jacksm, who stands charged with forging the
indorsement of two Bills of Exchange, and for whose
apprehension a reward of 200 guineas has been offer-
ed, was apprehended last week by the Irish Police,
at Belfast, in Ireland, where he was attempting to
quit the country fur Denmark. He was brought to
Dahlia, ,and lodged in the Castle, From whence be
will shortly be removed hither to take his trial.

On Friday' right last, the landlord of the Queen's
Head in Chi, bent, was murdered in his own house,
by a min, a reed.maker by trade, who, on the for-
mer endeavouring to turn him cur, ran to a ncig'l.
hoCJing butcher's shop, and seizing a knife, return-
ed, and plunged it into the body of tire unfortunate
public:a who died on the-spot.
The London and Barton Mail was opt Sunday
night 'attempted to be robbed by duce f.mtpads at
the bottom of Elsham Hill, four miles from Brigg
one of them endeavoured to force the gulrd irorn
his seat, whilst two others were lurking behi-d a
hedge. In the struggle the guard kn ,:ked e
tAber down with the butt end of his blunderbuss,
fired his piece, and drove on ; die robbers ;c-t: de.
sisted from further attack; and the coach pro;:era-
ed without any other interruption to Barton.

Yr. gen'reus Youths, who boast a Briton's name,
Alive to Honour, •and the blush of sham); .s.
Shall Gallia's slaves, who-tremblingly obey •. :
'r he haughty Corsican's relentless sway ;.
Who Meanly cringe before his upstart throne, „
Nor life nor liberty cap call their:own ;
Dare to invade your smiling laappy Isle,
While Lust and Rapine at their-vie-bins Smile s
Dare to insult you with their vengeful ire, • . •
Menace your Harvests and your Towns with tire ?
To wrest from you the sceptre of the main, •
N/rio basely kiss their Despot's iron chain ?
Recal those Heroes fam'd in days of old,:
Your great Prrefathers hardy,free, and bold:
Recal those Chiefs, who nobly dar'd withstand,
The base oppressors of their Native Land;
a Recal Caraactis's scythed car,
Who hrav'd the terrors of a Camas's war ;
Recal great Alfred's wise and awful ghost,
Rocca' great Wallace, in himself a host ;
]teal the Bacons from fair Runnemede,
Besot v'd to conquer, or resign'd ter bleed .;-
Renal the triumphs of Eliza's reign.
• The scourge of Philip,. and of haughty Spafrt.
Let not those Chieftains in oblivion lie,
Who oft have made the Gallic Squadrons fly ;
Who oft have made their trembling stanclards.yiald,
And dy'd with gore the long- rememberd field !
View your brave Prince, with sable shield and lance,
Whose feats surpass the pages of romance;
tYlieraPoraiers nvall'd Cressy's•far-fani'd plains,
And-hapless Inhn almost forgot his chains;
Let-the Fifth Henry drawn by fancy's hand,
Lead on his martial and heroic band ;
Let Agincourt each British heart inspire, -
And embryo Patriots catch the warrior's fire.
See; your toy's', daughters, beauteous as the morn,
4 prey to infamy, to lust, and• scorn ;
See curst Bastiles o'er ev'ry hamlet tower,
See vengeful Harpies glut their love of power;
See the poor Peasant plunder'd of his all, • •
And if he murmurs—meetthe hostile ball.;
See your fair Towns in desolation laid,
And the fierce Soldier to fresh carnage wade ; • - •
Inued to blood, and nurs'd in scenes of woe,"
Your crafty, cruel, and vindidive foe
Steel'd '};must the pleasures of the social bowl,
Or love's soft fsres, that melt the raptur'd soul ; •
His callous heart no gerrrous passions swell, .•
Within his breast remorse, nor pity dwell.
Co, view at Jaffa, (if you trust his word),
The isris'ners murefeed by hiS‘faithless•s word ;
Go view; where Smithi his daring teats clisplay'd,
His soldiers poison'd, and his sick betray'd ;
Go view, when Alexandria found her grave,
His troops forbad e'en helpless age to.save;
View brave Toussaint, transported cross the main,
Torn like a Felon from Domingo's Plain :
• Torn from his home, his children, and his wife, .
To close in fetters his eventful life.
View the ApoState steal from Egypt's sands,
The base deserter of his vet'esn bands •,
His-murd'rous dagger Pavialong•shallevetp, •
He mocks her woes with—" Death's eternal sleep."
His broken faith let plunder'd Venice tell,
View how Batavia, how Helvetia fell ;
Once bless'd like you, with all that life endears,
Abandon'd now to rapin, seem, and tears,
Then, 0 my
.Country ! must you feel the blow,
And be like others in your turn brought low ?
Zlust you no more with gelerous tee ling beat,
Nor give Misfortune asectire retreat ?
Must alryour Social Charities expire,
And your proud Commerce feed the fun'ral fire?
Must, you, renown'd for Probity and Laws,
Fam'd for your love of Freedom's glorinus Cause,
Must you relapse to what you were before,
conquerd Province and a harb'rous Shore ?
.No—by those Heroes once your boast and pride,
Who oft for you have sutrerd, bled, and died;
By great Nassau, by Hunpeleres spotless shade, •
By Bruce, whose-laurels Time can never fade ;
By Egypt's shores, and by Aboukir's wave,
By Absrcronihy's much-lamented grave;
By Howe, by Duncan, by St. V incent's.name,
By Wolfe's great spirit, and by ?linden's Fame;
By that high honour, which vou must bequeath,
By Sydney's seAteld, and by Russell's wreath ;
By the still pang, indignant Virtue feels,
By the firm spirit which the Patriot steels
Come when he will—elate in frantic pride,
With vassal Kingdoms crouching by his side;
Deck'd with the pageantry of Eastern State,
Torture' with restless and malignant irate ;
Drunk with success, array'd in hostile form,
England's Genius fearless meets the storm.
'rho' prostrate Senates their A nath'maspour ;
'rho' abject Priests their impious tlatrries show'r ;
'l'l)9' dastard Courts the Ken'rous :strife forbear,
The plunder'd dole of guiltless neighbours share;
She spreads her a-:gis o'er a sinking World,
Firm, and erect, while all in ruins hurt'd ;
Calls:beg brave Sons to grasp the shirring spear,
Arrest the Tyrant in his wild career;
Calls her bolo Youth to train the martial steed, -
• N.od the plum'sl Helmet and the Phalanx lead;
To grace the Poet and Historian's, page,
Renown'd and honour(' to the latest age;
Again to rival Blenheim's glorious plain, •
While future Marlbro's equal trophies gain ;
Again immortalize in Hist'ry's sight,
Boyne's rapid stream, or Calpi's tow 'ring height.
Still shall your Nelson guide the hardy Tar,
Teach him to wield the thunders of your war;
F.xtend the triumphs of your Sea-girt Isle,
From frozen Denmark to the sultry Nile.
Still shall your shores a sate retreat afford,
From the wide havock of the Gallic sword;,
Grant an Asylum to Distress and Woe, - •
Ana shield each starter front his ruthless Foe.
' Still shall your Merchants distant Seas explore,
And at your feet the wealth of India pour;
Still shall your Press, that bulwark or your Laws,
roma, as ever, injurd Virtue's cause ;
Admire' while envi'd, by surrounding Slaves,
The dread of Despots, and the scourge of Knaves.
lint if decreed by fleav'n that fall we must,
end what she wills is ever right and just;
Ildoorred to swell (orclain'd by angry Fate,)
This modern Atilla's revengeful hate;
Then Europe's Sun is set in endless night,
Then Faith, then Honour wing their hasty flight;
Then all the ties of social life are o'er,
From Moscow's shores to fair Ausonia's shore.
Then Gothic Darkness spreads its bsletul shade,.
Then Art, then Learning, Laws, and FreedoM fade—
. For happier Climes they hoist th' indignant sail,
While savae?"Force and Anarchy prevail • .
While all the Science polished Greece bestow 'el,
Of ev'sy Mpse the once admird abode—
With all that Genius, all that Taste inspire,
Sink in the flames to please a Despot's ire—
:. ong ge'er theisiornent let me meet nty doom,
Gram me, great God, the refuge of the tomb !

On Saturday se'nnight at Sheffield,
a young man
died suddenly while in conversation with his sweet...
heart, to whom he was to have been married the fol-
lowing day.

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