The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-21 00:00:00

INDIA.

We yesterday announced the arrival of Captain
ILL, of His Majesty's ship Lyra, with dispatches
ham the Governor-General of India, stating that
the Malirattas bad suddenly commenced hostilities
against us. The following are further particulars
Of this unexpected event, which, however, when
the dispatches came away, had terminated in pa-
ti6c arrangements :

Captain HALL had been sent from Calcutta,
Ivith dispatches from the Marquis of HASTINGS;
tut, upon touching at Madras, he was stopped by
the Governor, Mr. ELLIOTT', for the purpose of
bringing dispatches. containing the important
news of war having broken out against us in the
tooniuions of the PEISHWA. The lion..Mr•
l'aiNsToge, our resident at Poonah, has tong
luspected the intentions of the I'EIsHWA to be hos-
tile. In consequence, as soon as the war did
break out, he seized the person of the PRIsHwA,
ltud committed hit» to safe ethrody. it was in the
province of Cut tadi, also, that war broke out, and
the communication from Calcutta to Madras had
been intercepted for 21 days. The leader of the
alahrattas in the PEISHWAS dominions is TRIM..
'CII(SP.E. a man well known to all acquainted with
itur affairs in that part of the world..---SCINDIN and
KHAN were expected to declare themselves
4goinst us forthwith, and the war was exported to
be on the most extensive scale. No accounts hail
yet been received relative to HOLKAR.
" Sir JOHN MALCOLM had been to Calcutta,
hod had returned to Madras to assume a very ins-
Portant command.

44 The Marquis Of HASTINGS and Mr. ELLIOTT
vere both engaged in putting forth all the military
lucans at their disposal.

" Wc find in addition, that our troops baring,
about the Bth of May last, surrounded Poonah,
and taken the PEtsnwA, compelled him to accede
to the terms offered to him, allot to give up three
of his chief forts.

" Captain HALL left Calcutta on the 19th of
April; Madras on the Ist of June ; and St. Hele-
na on the 14(li August. He brought dispatches
uor only from the Marquis of HASTINGS and Mr.
twOTT, but also from Governor FARQUHAR and
HumoN Lowe."

Yesterday Mr. YISMER, the ..`dessenger, was
seat off with dispatches abroad.
The Baron CYNAGHTEM, Chamberlain to the
Emperor of AUSTRIA, left town on Saturday even-
ing for Dover, on his return to Vienna.
The Duke of CLARENCE. on a shooting party,
is on a visit to the Earl of EGaEMoNT, at Pet-

worth.
The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND, the
Princess SOPHIA Of SALSIS, Sir G. Obsare, the
Carl of CHARLEVIILE, &C. were among the dis-
tinguished personages who visited Arundel Castle
last week.
By the last letters from Malta, it appears the
Earl and Countess of CRAVEN and family had been
at Venice, Corfu, and Zante, and that they were
atyout to go Font Malta to Syracuse, Catania, and
Palermo, and afterwards to Rome, Florence, and
Leg'horn ; and then to return. to Naples, where.
they would remain until the Spring. The Noble
Earl had been slightly indisposed, but was quite
well again. The Countess and family, and the
rest of his Lordship's party, were all in good
health.
Loan GUILDARD..-.4'00 much praise •cannot'
'hi given to this Nobleman for his noble and bene-•
teem exertions to promote the permanentesta-
bli,hment at Corfu of a College for the Education
of Grecian Youths, and the ardour with which he
tallows up the same, his. Lordship being on the
eve of his return to that Island, to see the mea-
sure carried into effect.
It is very generally rumoured that there is a-
great probability of a strong opposition to Sir
CODFREY \VEBSTER'S being returned again for the
County of Sussex...
Mr. SHIPPERDSON and General Sir GORDON
DRUMMOND have been mentioned as likely to offer
themselves for the City of Durham, hut we have
reason to believe that the present Members are
pretty certain of being re-elected whenever a dia.,
solution of Parliament may take place.
The liberal and enlightened conduct of General
MAITLAND, in his Government in the Mediterra-
nean, will be attended with the most beneficial
consequences to this Country ; and it is wily gra-
tifying to hear that tiie fame and high character
of England is so universally acknowledged
thronOiout Italy OM: Greece.
The followin,, sentence appeared in one of the
Resolutions of Dublin against the pry
posed commutation of the Window Tax. We
think we could match it with some of the diurnal
tea rical crit lours on this side of time water :
" `should thy ruthless hand of Power enforce the menaced
Inquisition on this ih!vcned Country, we prefer cffering the
Inunage of a sullen and ri:;,,kting submiFsion, to acquiescence
in a suicide cqually revolting and unnatural."
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SECOND EDITION.

SUN-OFFICE, Two o'CLocK.

We have jast received private bitt authentic,
accounts from Spain, which place that country in
`a different point of 'View respecting Portugal than
has hitherto been stated. It appears that
movements of Spanish Troops seethed to have
a threatening and formidable tendency, but
which the condition of Spain at the present mo-
ment would hardly have enabled it to carry into
effect,if with hostile aims against Portugal. The
movement of some troops of Cavalry towards
Estramadura, which have been too hastily con-
sidered is hostile indications against. Portugal,
are now said and believed to he intended to re- ,
lieve the adjacent country. But those military
forces are not so great as.. Report repre-
sented, and we are assured that the full
amonqt of the militvy at present in Andalusia
were hardly beyond 0,000, and that they were
by no means in a condition fit for immediate ac-
tion. Thus, though, as we before stated, there
have been alarMs in Portugal on the movements
_of.
_Spanish troops, which have actually 'iaken
place, yet, upon farther inquiry, there does not
seem at present any object in view that is likely
to disturb the tranquillity of the two Nations, and
consequently to involve other Powers in the
contest.