The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-29 00:00:00

[PRIC E SEVENPENCE.

:Ala:ruing characte.r. The town of Khoordah hav-
ing- been taken by them, the gathering rabble,
armed ,with spears .5111(i matchlocks, Proceeded to
Piply, situated, between the town of
(jutted, and J.aggermath, with the view of cutting
.ff the communication, between those. places, and.
particularly. of securing: the person of the. Rajah.
of KhOordah, ‘v.ho is the High Priesi oftheTtm-
p e, and b. reditary sweeper. to the' great.
Having got pos-session Of Piply, a party or them
was di•patched to Jaggernath, wurre the Rajalt
resides; but its the mean time Captain Wallington,
with the tiet4chtnent under; his tommand, had ar-
rived there, and, posted himself in the town, to.
frustrate the. object of the. Insurgents. Letters'
have been received .of the sth inst., but no ren-•
contre had taken place between them at that pc..
rind. We regret tzo observe, that an officer, Lieut..
Faris, in charge of a reinforcement of (loops. had
been.killed in attempting to cut his way through.
the,rehel'party.

MADRAS COURIER, NrAY
--. We are,induced to copy the following account
of the progress of the Insurgents in Cotton front
the Calcetta Government Gazette, on account of the
general interetzt occasioned by tLc disturbances itt,
.hat quarter. No doubt was entertained that, on
the ktrrival of the reinforcements on their way to,
the disturbed districis, tranquillity u mild be im-
mediately restored. Major-General Gabriel Mar-
tindell has been appointed to command in Cutton,
and was about to proceed immediately to that.
(ratter. We now give the article alluded to

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above:77
.f` APRIL 24.--The first battalion of the 18th'
regitnent,.*hich marched tram Cuttack on the.
lOth to Knoordah, under Captain Le Fevre,
would 'in Rs progress pass through Gongparah,,
where Lieutenant Faris IVati killed, and we trust,
that the conduci.of the inhabitants on that un-
happy occasion will nut escape unpunished. The .
magist‘cate has proclaimed martial law in Khoor-
dah. Lvery thing quiet at -Pooree on the 10:h,
the march ot Captain Le Fevre havittig drawit the
insurgents from that reighbonrhood. The
turbance does not exlend beyond Khoorilali, Lam-
bake, and Koordyse. Letters of the 14th men-
ticm, that six companies and two guns were ex
peeled
.from Midnapote, and a detachment of

Rohilla horse had been doectett to march to
assist in quelling the insurrection and cstahlishint7.
" have already olisFrved that the Rajah of.
Khoordah, Mttkoond Deo, is the High PrieSt of
the Temple of Jaggetnant ; he is also the keeper
of the wardr.,be of the. Idol. IXL, -mulcts:and that.
i',llo.oftlail I.V
6011 and hostility to the,,British (internment, and
fell into such a state of revolt and confusion that
it was feund necessary, for the put pose of securing;
tranquillity at the time', to take charge of the per-
son of the Rajah, then a young matt, awl retain
him in cu-tody at Midnapore ; his name and influ-
ence having, w hile he was at large, served : foster
and increase the resistance of nis people. After all-
opposition had been subdued, and on the emanci-t
Nation of the It.,jah from restraint, the libel a-
liry of Government Was strongly shown in re-
storing hint to his hereditary functions in rho
T.:At:pie; but as there :night have been great dai7gee
in recommitting to lam the management and con-
trol of the pergtitinan of Khoordalr, so recently.fte
scone of tumult and disaffection, lie was allowcd
a Malikanu, of. 24 per cent. which is ',lore than
double the amount given in ordinary cases; anti
further to testify the consideration and
i iii ii
gence of Government, he was permitted to hold
the Talook of Lambalee. lar the recent trans-,
actions the multitude seem to have been hurtled.
on. by revenge, and the expectation of re-est ahlish,
ing the Rajah in his ancient ri, his, as private pro-
perty does not appear to have been touched. Wit it
is said that one of the Daroghas (H Tehsildars has
been phonlered of about 40,000 rupees. Raj•
liondoo, the prineiral leader in the insurreclion,
has been proclaimed, and 9 reward offued ior his
person. tie was the Buklysee of Khoordalt mulct,
the during the Maitratta Government, anti
vainly imagines that his rebellious movements
will terminate it, the rustot at ion of the old regime,
in which he and his .followers had derived, anti
would again derive, tite,greatest advantagg.
" Since the above was Written we have receiv-
ed further accounts from Cuitaelt to the I GA.
It appears that •Captain Walitngton had fortified
Mr. Rosby's bungalow. at Jaggernatli, ;IA bad
surrounded his little camp by a mud wall about
seven feet high. He bad - thrown out wickets
r,n even; -side, and was well prepared against at-
tack. 'The party, including civil servants, police
officers, camp followers, and.domesties, was very
inconsid, Fable, and.shey had with them about fitly
thousand rupees of public treasure. Ott the I3t h.
•everal columns of the. insurgents rushed forward
to attack. 14)1 t Busby, but they V.ll*.e: 50011 Obligtd.
to 'retire with some loss. They, however, maee
another :attempt, led on. by the son of the Dewatt
of, the Khoordah Rajah, armed with wo large
jinjals, matchlock, bows and arrows, and barn.,
boos. 1n this seucontre, having lostsli in killed
and about 100 wounded, thvy again precipittely '
-retired, and were pursued by .Lieutenant Patter-
son to the skits of the -town. Six were taken.
w
prisoners.. from hose if evotii i
.tio!I t-w•otild appear
that the Rajah is tke main spring of 'the disturli-
;ince. The carriages of the jittjais were lett "be-
hind. Ca pt ail, Le Fevre, in command of Ose bat-
talion, bad been fired upon in Kintortlah. Ile h'ttl
the village of GongrArah, which had been
deserted, to the ground. Ihe in3orgents avoided
coming to an eugagetnent, but kept hanging upon
his rear.
Jugbundoo being informed of the discomfi-
ture of. the _p.irties which had proceeded against