The Sun.
London, England, 1819-09-08 00:00:00

tAST INDIES.

11IVO.AS, &MIL 3.—No accounts save yet been I
received of tire fall of Assreglafr, -An event which
we 'tidily expect to -hear of. Our priviile letters ,
inform us, that a Native 'Com'missioner from Scin-
tliah had reached Sir John Maleolm"s camp on
the 13th ult. at Which period Captain Blacker had
also arrived. The 17th was fixed on for com-
menting operations ; but some negotiations har-
ing in the
mean time been entered into, it was
pnitpOued to the ISth, when decisive measures
will no doubt be adopted.
The Bombay Papers, which eXtend to the 2011
tilt. assure us 'that Seetoo's death is plaCed beyond
a doubt, but they adduce no additional circum-
stance in coat-Mallon. The Killedar of Asseeg-
hur denies having given refuge to the EX-Rai,th

within that fortress..
The efforts of the Colonial,Goveinnient of Ba-
tavia, for the purpose of sediiiiug-i'ltyd extending
their influence to the eastward, haVe Ices uently
been noticed in this Journal. The expedition
fitted out at Penang, tinier Sir Stamford Raffles,
with a.view, we imagine, to counteract the de-
signs of the Netherlands Government, has attract-
ed a good deal of notice, and naturally excited
much anxiety to learn its result and object. Our
Readers may depend upon having the earliest and
'most authentic intelligence on this interesting
subject. In the mean time, we have much plea-
sure in informing them, that Captain Andelson`,
of the ship Mary Anne, from Manilla, *boot the
middle of February, passed close to the island of
Sincapore, in the eastern extremity of the Stra
trait
of Malacca, where he observed a great y
wooden houses erected., a number of tents pitched,
and the lutist' flag flying, dose to a battery. of
eight pieces of ordnance. There' is no doubt
whatever but that this establishment WAS formed
by Sir Stamford 11.6 flies; and, indeed, the most
cursory glance at the chart of those seas must
convince us, that no other spot could have been
selected so well calculated for securing the im-
portant object in view as the Island of Sincapore.
While the possession of Penang and Sincapore
secure to our flag the undisputed •possession of
the Straits of Malacca, the latter gives us a fCce
and ,uninterrupted coMmuniCation with China.
In short, Sincapore, as a commercial station, is
chosen with constanmate judgment, and cannot
fail in a few years to become one of the most
flourishing and interesting settlements ever form-
ed by Etitopeans among the Eastern Islands.
Captain Anderson afterwards touched at Ma•
lacca, where he was informed that Sincapore was
actually taken possession of by Sir Stamford Raf-
fles, in consequence of an arrangement with the
Rajah of Johore, .who was to receive an equiva-
lent of
•4,000 dollars annually, and that the Ra-
jah's, son, with a number of Malaya, waes_at
Sin-
capore. CaPtain Anderson understood that Sin-
capore was to he a free port for ten years ; that
the Dutch felt much annoyed at our taking pos-
session of it, and considered it would prove ex•
t retnely prejudicial to their interests. Captain
Anderson also learned that Sir S. Raffles had re•
turned to Penang, having left this new and in-
teresting settlement of Sincapore under charge of
Major Farquhar, of this establishment.
Since the above Was written we received the
Calcutta Government Gazette, which informs us
that by the Mope, Captain Butler, from China
and Penang, accounts .had been received at CA-
cutta, announcing that Sir Stamford Raffles had
hoisted the-British flag on the Island of Sinca-
pore on the 31st of January.

SOUTH AMERICA.

BUENOS AYRES, JUNG I .—There has- been no

alteration in our relations with AraIGAS an
Santa F. Further particulars front Linia have
been received to March 13th, from Chili to 104
May, and from the squadron off Callao to March
25th. It was supposed the blockade, of the
coast of • Peru would be enforced rigorously.—
The Government of Chili had issued a Procla-
mation, corroborating the same, but instructing
Lord COCHRANE to leave Pavia, or
.some other
port of his election, open for the whale ships
to prOcure their necessary, sopplies. The British
merchantmen in Chili were, much dissatisfied with
the. blockade ; and in particular, because no time
had been,allowed them to take away
.their pro-
perty; and they intended to make a remonstrance
about it to their Government.
The brig Ellen Maria, of Bostoa, bad sailed
with monitions of war for the squadron. Lord
Coctiaase is represented as hostile to the Ame-
flea') interest, and encouraging desertion of, their
seamen, while his conduct in that respect to
the British is said to be different. The Macedo-
nian, Captain Dow N ES, sailed from Valparaiso
on the 25th of May, for the Gillnh of Cali-
fornia. News. has been received at Valparaiso of
the American brig Cossack having been forcibly
taken possessiOn of, and the Captain and crew
kept in captivity. It was supposed Captain
DOW NES would reclaim those persons, and the
property thus wantonly plundered, and punish the
pet petrators. Before sailing, the Government of
Chili requested of Captain DOWNES that he would
not proceed to Lima, if he could for the present
suspend it, consistent with orders from his tio-
vernment,.and it was supposed he would comply
with their wishes.—Doubloons in Chili have been
by law put at dol. 17. 25. per uz. and dollars at
3. per cent. premium.
General SAN MARTIN IS expected. at Buenos
Ayres. .. It is now at-ought 04 his opetettions
will be directed against .UpPer Peru, instead of
Lima. Should he.succed in bringing that cotnt
try over to the patriot cause, an attempt of which
being made there is no doubt, immense resources
will be opened to the trade of Buenos Ayres.—
Some adventurers who have succeeded in bringing
their goods to market there, in spite of the pre-
sent difficulties, have cleared from 3 to 400 e r
cent.