The Sun.
London, England, 1810-08-17 00:00:00

be of no avail, I dire fed the seni6r officer, to move
off to, the barracks, when the same ceremonies were
observed as on my first appearance on parade, and
after the salute, the senior officer moved out a feW
paces to the front, and said—" General Pater, I
hope; you do not doubt or harbour any suspicion of
the loyalty of this corps ; I do decla're to you, Sir,
upon my sacred' honour, in (Kim of these colours,
that there is not an officer or a man who would not
freely shed the last drop of his blood in defence of
his King and Country ; but we have suffered certain
grievances, which we require to be redressed, and
which have occasioned the present agitation through-
out, the army."

Tnis, under some variety of expression, bit all
tending tO the same purport, .was repeated by Cap-
tain Andrews, at the moment of my leaving his pa-
rade. After this corps had been wheeled into coin-,
panics, they gAve three cheers, and again exclahned,
" Our Officers! Our Officers !--The last drop -of
blood Inr Our Officers !"

I next proceeded.to the battalion, which was then'
marching up 'to the parade in columns 01 companies
and being wheeled, into line, the same ,ceremonies'
were observed as upon my appearance before the
Madras European regiment.. I then began by ex-
horting the native cmomissiotaed, con-commissioned
did privates, to return to a due obedience of all or-
de:s front Government, in nearly the same expres-
sions I had uttered to the other corps, and after pre-•
paring them fur the purpose, by giving the weld
" Attention," I direded the Resolutions of Govern
meat to be explained to them; which being done, I
desired those who wished to take the benefit. Offered
bv thoSe Resolutions to recover their arms and step.
forward ; but here again I had to feel the severe
mortification which 1 had 'experi,2nced un the parade
of the Madras European regiment, and am sorry
to'report that there was not an individual who mov-
ed, or seemed inchn7d to move; to the front. Has -
ing thus 'tailed in my attempts to prevail upon this
corps also to return to th sir ditty, I &retied them
10 march tci the barracks, when the compliments of
resped were observed as usual, buf when wheeled
into open column, and. put on their march, the
corps gave three shouts of " Dm, Din, Din •!" The
Europea s, on hearing this, gave them a salutation
of huzzas, which was returned by the' natives with
the same shout of " Din !"

Having done all in my power to give effeEt to the
expe&ations of Government in the fort of Masuli-
patam, I repaired without loss of time to the parade
of ,'the artillery company, at the cantonments, and
though the artillery could hare 1.1.4 no communica-
tion of ,my unsuccessful efforts in the garrison,. and
though I strenuously urged them to take the advan-
tage then offered of the clemency- of Government,
'yet here.again I found. my persuasion and the reso-
lotion of Government were totally unr, garded ; not
a man stepped forwaid. I then asked them if they
had any complaints to make; but the whole of
them remained in sullen silence, and marched off
apparently with a' determined resolution of support
ing the troops in garrison, &c.

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-,i
(Sgned) •J. PATER, Major-General,
' Cont. N. 1). of the Army.
Masulipatam, Aug. 15, I 2 9.
To A. Falconer, Esq. Chief Secretary
to the Government, Madras.

On the afternoon of the 4th inst. two men he-
longing to the Advice whale ship, at flundee, hay-
ing gone in quest of a boat which. had drifted, they
procured an old salmon-coble on the beach mar In-
vergowrie,and put to sea. They had :not sailed-lar
when the bottom of the coble gave way, and she
filled in deep water. Neither of the .tnen could
swim ; but, catching hold of :he eppoiite sides of
the boat, they floated until they were observed from
the shore. A crowd of people soon as,emb'.".'d on
the beach, who could render them no assistance. A
ploughman attempted to•carry a rope to the, men by
swimming his horse ; but, becoming terror-struck,
he returned without effetaing his humane purpo,e,
and could not be prevailed on again to make, the ha-
zardous attempt.' At, this.critical moment, Lachlan
Macgregor, a young boy,servant to Daniel Macken-
zie at Annfield, was pissing, mounted on a blue po-
ny, the property dl John Ross, tenant in Blackness.
'He took the rope, and dashed into the water with
his pony. When at some distance from the shore,
he too grew timid, and was in the aft of turning,
when a heart-rending groan from the unfortunate
sufferers inspired him with new courage, and de-
terininedhicit to risk his 'life to save them. He
succeeded in handing to them the rope. UnaCcuS+
toured to manage a Horse in the water, the boy now
turned the pony too suddenly, and they both dis-
appeared ! For a moment the spectators seiffered the
most anxious suspense for tie safety of the boy ;
but the pony soon re-appeared,'and- bore'his intrepid
rider• to the shore. The two men were then drawn
gently from the water and saved. ' .
Extra& of a letter from girvan in Scotland

This afternoon, (Saturday) was remarkably se-
rene; hut, in a manner instantaneously, the whole
firmament became overclouded (at one O'clock p.m.)
and threatened something alarming., Very soon
there,,fter, we bad a. heavy fall,of hail, of a large:
size, and soon atterwards dreadful peals of thunder,
such as I never heard in this country, attended wish
viVid flashes of lightning, which continued about a.
half an hour, and which was succeeded by a ire-
m:nclonS torrent of rain, which biought do% n the
burns so rapidly, that they broko out ut their chan-
nels, and .carried away every thing before them.—
Such a deluge never happened in this qu trter, and a
great deal of damage must be done in the neigh-
ounrhood. I have su6red a little ; but, what
alarmed us most, the house being else by a burn,
which overflowed its banks, it rushed into it, and, in
a little time the lower apartments were flooded two
feet. Luckily, we got the torrent from the burn
into another aireetion, and have now got all
put to rights. The rain continued %inlvtit fOr wo
hOurs, alid was a perfedlkater7spout. I am in hopes
this.storth has nut extended to a great distance, as
,the clouds appear to hover over us."
A boxing match for too guineas is to, take place
on Tuesday se'nnight, between.Biame, the opposer
of Crib, and a Black of high promise, who beat.a
stout Bristol man, a few weeks duce.