The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-10 00:00:00

SECRET DEPARTMENT.

,r-
-tlie-Sthlet Committee of the Ilonolirable the Court of
;...Diteztors for_ the Ailairsof the Uniied Company of :%ic;r-
chants of England, trading to the East Indies, London.
HONOURABLE GErILEMEN,
i. Our Address to your Honourable Committee
die 14. th ultimo, conveyed a detail of the events
'of the Mahratta War up to that petiod.
—2. Since the dice of that Di,patch we have re-
ceived from the Supreme Government, the Reports

(I General Llke'r cratiuns before AgrA, that are

rnntained in the inc:osed Dispatches from his Ex-
cellency the Comminder in Chief, under dates the
)oth, tzth, 14th, and iSth of oAoher, from the
;as.t of which it will appear that the important fort-
ress of Agra capitulated on the night .4 the 17th of
that month, upon which the place was immediately
Occupied by the British Troops.
3. To these Advices we have much satisfaftion
in being able to add the turther reports annexed un-
der dates the 14th and 15th of Oztober, from Lieu-
tenant Colonel Harc,,urt, containing a detail of the
measures acinpted by that Officer, io the course of
the Expedition prepared under the orders of the
Supreme Government fOr the occupation of the va-
luable Pro vine of Cat tack, the conquest of which

appears to have been completed by the siege and as.
fault of the Fort of Birthutty, 4.n event in refetence
to which His Excellency the Most Noble the Go-
vernor General issued the General Orders, under
date the 22d of that month, of which a Copy will
be found in the Voucher, 6.
4. On the receipt cf the Intelligence of the Re.
dukttion of the Fort and City of Broach, by the
Troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel
Woodington, his Excellency the Governor General
in Council, issued General Orders, under date the
i 4th of ORober, as per Copy inclosed, in which
ample testimony is borne to the merits of the Of.
ficers and Troops employed on that important Ser.
vice.

s. The Details of the splendid Vidory obtained
over the Enemy, by the Troops under the perional
command of the Honourable Major Gmerel Wel-
lesley, at Assye, on the 23L1 of September, having
been already submitted to your Honourable Com-
mittee, it remains now only to add a Copy of His
Excellency the Governor General's Orders, under
date the 30th of Oitober, in reference to that signal

6. Among the consequences derived from the exer.
tions of that day, which terminated in the complete
defeat of the combined forces of Dowlut Row Scin.
dia, and of the Rajah of Berar, was an overture from
the Enemy's Camp, as received by General Welles-
ley, on the sth of October, requesting that a British
Officer, 'together with an Officer of the Soubandan of
the Dekan, might he dispatched to the Enemy's
Camp, for the purpose of negotiating Terms of Peace
between the Allies and the confederate Mahratta

Chieftains.
7. Major-General Wellesley did nor, however,
comply with this request, hut signified his disposi-
tion fo receive, at the British Camp, with every
mark of honour and respect, any person duly em-
powered by dire& authority from Dowlut Row
Scindia, or from the Rajah of Bcrar, to propose
Terms of Peace to the Allied Powers.
8. Accordingly:it appears that the former of those
Chieftains has sent a properly accredited Agent into
the Camp of the Honourable Major. General Wel-
lesley, and the inclosed Copy of a Dispatch from
that Officer to our President, under date the 24th
will shew that the consequence of that measure has
been.a cessation of hostilities between the British
forces and those of Scindia ; hut the terms of the
Agreement concluded on that-occasion, do not include
the Rajah of Berar's forces or territories, nor have
we any further information on the subject of the
important event in question, than is contained in the
Honourable Major-General's dispatch ; but we
trust, that this approach towards an accominoda-
lion, may be speedily followed by the restoration of
Peace to Hindostan and to the Dekan, a result which
the auspicious wogress of our arms, in all quarters
of India, is so well calculated to accelerate.
9. Since writing thus far, we have received from
Bengal the further important intelligence contained
in the accompanying Paper, advising of a glorious
and important victory, obtained on the Ist of Nov.
Near Cassowly in Hindostan, by the Army under
the personal command of his Excellency General
Lake, over a very large body of Dowlut Row Scin-
dia's regular Infantry and Cavalry, in which the
EnerHy were entirely defeated, with the loss of all
their guns, tumbrils and baggage, though not with-
out considerable loss on our parr.
We have the Honour to be, with the greatest re-
spat, &c.
.&c. Ste.
(Signed) J..DUNCAN.
• THO. LECHMERE.
GEO. PARRY.
Bombay Castle, Dec. 3, 1803.
jottcthan Duticav, Eq.
SIR, Camp, /Core. 24, 1803.

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I have the honour to inclose a Letter Which I
}lave written to Col. Murray, which I request you
to forward, and to make known to the Colonel
your sentiments regarding the order which I have

given him.
I must beg leaiie to delay, for a lew days, to make
you acquainted with my reasons for agreeing to this
Cessation of Hostilities, as I am at present much
pressed for t4ne.
I have the Honour to be, Sir,
With great tespea,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
(Signed) ARTHUR WELLESLEY.

SECRET.

SIR,

Camp, Nov, 22, 1803.

I have the honour to inform you, that I have this
day concluded an Agreement with the Vakeels of
Powlut Rao Scindiah, for a Suspension of Hostilities

belonging to their Chief.
I shall hereafter have the honnur of transmitting
you a Copy of this Agreement ; in the mean time,
have the honour to inform you, that the articles of
this Agreement, referable to the Troops in Gozerii
are, that the British Troops are not to advance hey,:'
yond Dohud ; and those in the service of Dow Jut
Rao Scindiah are not to approach Dohud funn the
Eastward nearer than twenty cosy.

If you should have pushed your Corps or a De_
tachment from it beyond aaluid, I request you to
draw it into that place. If you should have drawn
it off from Dolitad, you will not advance, it further
towards Oo'jein than the place at which this letter
will find you.
This arrangement is liable to lit.broken off by
either of the parties, upon giving notice of such in.
tention.
I have the Honour to be, Sir,
Yt,ur most obedient humble S-rvant,
(Signed) ARTHUR WELLESLEY.
This Agreement is applicable only to the Troops
of Dowlut Rao Scindiah.