The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-06 00:00:00

INDIA INTELLIGENCE.

The Bombay Couriers (extraordinary) of the
20th and 28th of March, bring the following
important intelligence :
"TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1821.—The following
gratifying accounts have been received from our
force under Major-General L. Smith,' C.C. The
intervention of the llooley holidays have pre-
vented our being able to lay the official accounts
before our readers at an earlier period.

" To his Excellency Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Chas.
U.C.8., Commander- in-Chief, &c &c. &c.

" Sir,—l, have great pleasure in reporting to
your Excellency, that the division which the
devernment did me the honour to place under
my orders for service, against the tribe of Beni
Boa Ali, having arrived before his capital yester-
day morning, succeeded in repulsing a very spi-
-Cited ittack-of the enemy, and in gaining com-
plete possession of his whole fortified position be-
fore sun-set in the evening.—The principal action
fell on the right brigade under Lieutenant-
Colonel Warren, of his Majesty's 65th regiment,
with about 400 rank and file of that regiment,
and about 300 of Ist-7th Native Infantry, which
has, I am sorry to say, sustained a very heavy
loss.—The enemy left upwards of 200 men
killed in the field, and reckoning those they car-
ried off, and those who fell in the subsequent at-
tack of the citadel, I cannot calculate his total
loss at less than 500 killed and wounded.—
There are also 236 prisoners who bore arms, of
whom 96 are wounded, and the families amount
to upwards of 1000 individuals, so I trust I can
assure your Excellency the tribe is effectually
put down.—The two principal Chiefs of the tribe
are also prisoners, both badly wounded, one in
thi. Attack on our camp at Zoor, on the 10th at.,
and the other in the action of yesterday.—The
enemy evinced the most determined gallantry,
but he received such a destructive fire, it was
impossible he could maintain his attack long; I
calculate the number he brought into action at
about 1000 men. All the guns which he gained
possessimi of from Capt. Thompson's detachment
are recovered, and in good-order.—l beg to in-
close your Excellency a list of the killed and
wounded, and a plan of the fort and environs of
800 Ali, sheming the whole operations of the
day, which were most laborious.—l also inclose
a copy of the orders issued to the division, whose
cc/induct I cannot sufficiently praise to your Ex-
cellency. I have been under great obligations
to the heads of departments, and other officers,who
have earned the record of my acknowledgments,
and I beg to draw your Excellency's favourable
notice to their high deserts.—The service,
though short, has been very arduous; the na-
tural difficulties of the country, which afforded
no'tupplies whatever; and my little means of
carriage imposed the necessity of reduced ra-
tions, and very- limited camp equipage to all
ranks, under the severest exposure of heat and
thirst, the troops endured all their difficulties
with the most becoming patience and confidence,
and I can assure your Excellency they have well
supported the reputation of the Bombay army.--
This dispatch will be delivered to your Excel-
lency by my Aid-de-Camp, Lieutenant Place, of
his Majesty's 65th regiment, an old Subaltern,
who has long been on my Stall, and who deserves
my warmest recommendation to your Excel-
lency's notice.

I have the honour to be,
Sir, _
Your Most obedient humble. Servant,
Camp 801 l 800 Ali, (Signed) LIONEL SMITH,

Alarch 3d, 1821. _
I'dajor-General.
[Here follow the Division Orders, by Major-Getteral Smith,
C.B. dated Camp Beni 800 Ali March-3, 1821, in-which the
Major-General acknowledges and praises the important services
and steady perseverance of the troops ; and in whiCh he parti-
cularly distinguishes for their conduct And gallantry, Lieut.-
tolunel Leighton, second in command ' • Lieut.-Colonel 11'ar-
ren, of his Majesty's 65th Regiment ; Capt. Stewart,- of the
Ist Bat. 7th ; Adjutant Thurnam of the same battalion ; Major
Jackson, of his Majesty's Carabineers ; INIor Stannus, s-
f.istant-Adjutant-Ceneral ;- Captain Wilson, Assistant-Quarter-
N aster-General ; Capt. Keith, Assistant-Commissary-General ;
Major Macintosh, and the officers and detachment of Artillery;
Capt. Dictenson; and Lieut. Robinson, of the IL C. Marines,
and C7:e. Volunteer Seamen from the fleet off Zoor.]
Return of killed and wounded in the division under the com-
mand of Major General Smith, C. B. at the capture of Beni
800 Ali, on the 2d March, 1821.
,Horse rank and file—Wounded, 1
horsekeepdr, 1 rank and file, and three horses. •
65th - Regiment—Killed, 4 'rank and file—Wounded, 2
Lieutenants, 1 Ensign, 2 drummers, and 33 rank and file.
Bombay European Regiment—Killed, 1 rank and file—
Wounded', 1 Bheesties.
Ist Battalion 7th Regiment—Killed, 1 Assistant Surgeon,
1 Suhidar, 1 Serjeant and HaYildar; and 19 rank and. tile—
Wounded, 1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 2 Subidars, 4 serjeants
and havildars, 2 Bheesties, and.ll6 rank and file.
- Pioneers—Wounded, 2 rank and tile.
Commissariat followers—Killed; I—Wounded, 4.
Total—Killed, 29—Wounded, 173, and 4 horses.

Names of Officers killed and wounded.—His Majesty's 65th
Regiment—Killed, none.—Wounded, Lieutenant Madden, se-
verely ; Lieutenant Cuppage, slightly, and Ensign Mulkern,
ditto.

Ist Battalion 7th Regiment—Killed, Assistant-Surgeon Gor-
don.-1-Vounded, Captain Stewart, severely; Lieutenant and.
Adjutant Thurnam, slightly.
E. G. sTANNUS, Assist. Adjut.-General.

In addition to the above intelligence, the
Bombay Courier contains details of the suc-
cessful issue of the operations of the arma-
ment detached to the Arabian Gulf, to obtain
satisfaction and reparation for the gross indig-
nities offered to the British Representative at
Mocha.—Captain BRUCE, who had been ap-
pointed the agent of the Bombay Government
in the conduct of the political branch, arrived at
Mocha on the 3d of October. It was not until
the 3d of December that his Majesty's ship
Topaze anchored in the roads, after Captain
BRUCE had in vain endeavoured, during the in-
termediate period, to adjust our demands ami-
cably. On the morning of the 4th of December,
Captain LUMLEY having completed his arrange-
ments for bombarding the town and forts, the
action commenced. After the bombardment had
been kept up for five hours without intermission,
a 'flag of truce was sent off, and two hours were
allowed for determining on the demands of the
British. = No answer having returned, the bom-
bardment recommenced, and the boats'of the
squadrons- were at the same time manned and
armed; under the command of Lieut. W. Mont-
ARTY, of the Topaze, for the purpose of occupy.
lag 'the North Fort, and spiking the guns and
blowing it up. After a gallant attempt, the
boats were repulsed with severe loss in
killed and wounded ; amongst the former of

whom were Lieutenant B. G. ATKINSON, Royal
Marines; Mr. C. P..GILL, Master's Mate ; and
Messrs. BURNETT and SEYMOUR, Midshipmen.
Among the wounded were Lieut's., AlortrAßTv
and WRIGHT ; MARTIN, the Boatswain ; Messrs.
WARD and STEPHENS, Midshipmen ; the Boat-
swain's Mate, the Coxwain, a Quarter-master,
and ten seamen of the Topuze ; four seamen of
the Company's cruizer wore killed.—Second
Lieut..i J. WILSON of the Marines, Lieut. JACOB
of the Artillery, and five seamen, were severely
wounded. The daring character of the attack,
however, appalled the enemy. The North Fort
was silenced ; and at nine o'clock the shells
fired the northern part of the tower, the
flames of which continued to rage until
half-past three in the morning. On the sth
a flag of truce offered to accede to any terms
provided we would cease firing. A truce was
granted for fourteen days, and was afterwards
extended five days longer. On the morning of
the 26th of December, the attack on the North
Fort was renewed at six o'clock. By ten o'clock,
the fort having been considered untenable, it
was abandoned by the enemy, and was taken
possession of at noon by a detachment of marines;
Bombay artillery, and Sepoys, under the Com-
mand of Lieut. W. MoßtArax. By three o'clock
the guns were spiked, their carriages destroyed,
and three mines sprung, which completely de-
stroyed the fort. Owing to the °state of the
weather, operations against the South -Fort did
not commence until the29th. On the followit,
morning this fort was also taken possession or,
and demolished in the same manner as the North.
On the Ist of January another truce was granted;
and on the 6th the submission of HAJEE FUTTEH,
the offending Dolah, was received in the most
formal and public manner, he having been deliver-
ed over to the British Authorities, to be dealt
with as they thought proper. To the astonishment
of the natives, the Dolah, trembling for his life,
was informed, that the British having obtained
full reparation for the insults he had offered them,
his offence was pardoned.
A treaty was concluded on The 15th of Ja-
nuary. It provides for the Residency guard
being maintained for the future; for the Resi-
dent's being at full liberty to ride on horseback
at his pleasure, to have free ingress and egress to
all the gates of Mocha, and of that of Shaik
Shadeley in particular, from which Europeans
have for years been excluded, and to enjoy the
same liberty and freedom as at our other resi-
dencies; ground to be allowed for a cemetry ;
and those protected by the British flag to be free
from insults. The anchorage duty of G. C. 400
on British ships abolished, and the import and
export duty fixed at 21 per cent. There is an
article also providing for the security of the Bri-
tish and Asiatic traders.

These are advantages sufficiently obvious
and important, and cannot fail of being equally,
beneficial to the subjects of both Governments in
promoting the trade of the Arabian Gulph. In'
a political point of view, in elevating the national
character from that low state of degradation in
which it has been held by Turkish pride and ar-
rogance ever since the British factory has been
established at Mocha, exceeding a century and a
half, to its proper ascendancy, the result of
these energetic measures cannot be too highly
estimated.

FOR THE SUN.

NATIONAL. DISTRESS.

Ma. EDITOR-Fifty years have I lived in our
alley, happy and contented—delighted in in-
fancy with ghosts and hobgoblins, in youth with
tricks and swindling, in manhood with murders,
robberies and police reports, and for the last
twenty years with the Times and Chronicle—in
short, in all the profusion of national distress.
It is true, that for some time past, I have not
been able to see any of this distress in our alley;
but neighbour Smokiem tells me that the rest of
our neighbours take all their distress to their
country-houses at Hogsden and Hackney. On
this I resolved to look a little after the distress
myself ; for if it is so pleasant to read about it,
how much more amusing to see it ; therefore,
packing up a night-cap, and a Sandwich case, I
proceeded to Lad-lane, jumped up on the Man-
chester Coach, and set off to seek distress, agri-
cult,ural, manufacturing, and commercial.
On arriving at the end of Goswell-street, I
began to look about me, but the bailderslad so
covered the country for miles round with brick,
and the ruined Londoners had so taken up the
ground with parks and flower gardens, not being
able to raise wheat upon it,l suppose, in these hard
times, that I could find nothing else to grumble
at. At length; Mr. Editor, did get into the
country, and there indeed I saw cause of distress
enough to break the hearts of the whole Corn
Exchange; for the land was covered with w heat,
barley, oats, and turnips to such au extent that,
as I am told, the farmers must be ruined.
In process of time I arrived at the watering
places.—Now, said I, shall I hear of the distress,
commercial and manufacturing—and so I did, Sir,
and saw it too; for such was the distress at Li-
verpool, Manchester, Leeds, &c. that the masters
and mistresses, with their sons and daughters, had
all fled to Buxton, Matlock, &c. unwilling to re-

main at home to witness their own ruin, and
leaving their business to junior partners, clerks,
and factors.

Then, Sir, such a picture as those good folks
presented ! The young ladies had scarcely a rag'
upon their shoulders; whilst they and their ma-
mas looked exactly like the Jew Dames of old,
when they fled from- the banks of Nile to the
land of Canaan, covered with the jewels of the
Egyptians ! As for the gentlemen, they had
enough to do in drowning their sorrows, and in
complaining of the wine—in short, Sir, I never
enjoyed such happiness in the midst of distress,
and all I wish is, I hope it may. last.—Your's,
GALLUS CI V IS.
P. S. Pray, love to all friends in Crooked-
lane.