The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-15 00:00:00

lATELLIGEA'CE.

MADRAS, OCT. 1.1.—1 n our Tiiirkoru cirthe stf,
current, we noticed in gOeral terms the movement.; of Dowlut Rao Scindia against the princinalite
of Ajmere. Early in July, 'according to the Hin-
dostan newspapers, that .Chieftain pitched h.- I at ifylowza- Surrarra, a place within ten coss of the
capijal. His Sirdars, whewere still plundering the
territory of SAypore, and the other Rajpoot coml.
tries in the vicinity, had received orders to join'
with their respective forces. The brother of Balo
Ran; it is said, had already set out on his,tnarch tom
wards Ajmere; Narrain Rao (the principal Officer
ill the service of Baponjee' Scindia) had come to
Surrara from Saltur, after levying a chout of 18,000
rupees at the latter place ; and Bapotijee himself was
shortly expected to follow. Meanwhile, Dowltit
Rao had directed Baptiste to march, with his power,
,in the direction of Boron, a state .Which, since his
army last took the field, has remained unmolested.
Baptiste, according. to the last accounts, was en-
camped at Mullareea; a place about from Jaypore. Scindia Vi3olFt expected to continue for
any length of time' in his position at Surrara. •
• Prang Doss, the.SObbah of 'Gwalior, had been
employed for some time besieging the fort of
Gurreehind, and had written to a
Scindi3,. stating
that he expected to reduCe•it'io the course of' few'
ay. .'

. We
,have no late accounts of .tiolkatt. Meer
Khan -according to our last advices,, was at Bo-
paha,:
:.Dr.SPE'RATE .;NAVAL: CONFLICT.
[From the Madras Courier of Oa. i 3. •

1.11.1.10

The Minerva sailed from Muscat on the 12th of
May, arid on the 29th early in the inotniiig, she
discovered at a distar;ce 55 ;doves of JciaSem es, all
full of armed men, and apparently steering towards
her. Captain Hopewood immediately el;ariged big
course under a press of sail, and 4hereby endeavour-
ed to avoid them, but unfortunately the day being a
perfe& • calm, all his exertions. -were in vain ; on
Which Capt._ Hopewood then ordered all hands on
deck, and prepared for 'defence.
When' the3traaeinies saw ay. Minerlm changing
.her-course, they set all sail, and with the assistance
of;*ir oars, gained very fast upon her, and as they
approdched;fired some guns at here At to A.' M, the at` ion 'Commenced and "continnedfi:r two days
:and a night, during which time the Minerva de-
stroyed 17 flows; -16 of which were sunk,•and one
burnt. - . - •
At length the enemy gradually closed their dows
• around the Minerva, and as soon as they got along.
side of her,' the Jua,erniHs all at once boarded her.
raar- d t•taLuiL.;:do•' vvOutlti • 11l 013
and other wounds on his belly with a sword, and
on his feet by a spear; notwithstanding which he
continued to fight with the utmost rasonitioh, and
did not drop till he had killed four of the pirates
with his own hands. After his death the Juasemies
began to put to death every body who had borne
arms; and' when they had Completed their bloody
work on deck, they discovered Mr. Bijaun David,
the Purser, and Mr. John Marlyn, the Supercargo,
on the main-top; on which they went up, and,
after ctitting them into pieces, threw the mangled
fragments dawn upon the decks ; after which they
descended, and gave glory to God for their triumph.
The second Officer, Mr, Hate, havingalost some of
his fingers by a shot, and seeing,no hopes of relief,
put an end to himself with a pistol ; the ship's
company behaved very • bravely, and were gallantly
assisted by an Atherican .Gentleman, Mr. Bijaun
Divid, the Purser, and Mr. John Marlyn, the Su-
- per-cargo:
The-Ladies and women who were on board ac-'
tively,employed themselves in sewing and filling the
bags of On powdei.
Several Of the crew, among whom was the first
Officer,- saved" themselves by-:promising to b...acime
Muasultnen:.:The women were spared by the Jtaise-
.' promisedtliits.;..l;%"*.m
to release them • safely. The
shipWas'Orr`ied to Russulkhara.
4; pct
Al St 00 ' 4 men• killed on board the Minerva, by
the'PlidteS,;ori the 29th of. May, tio9 :—Captain
Hope Wood, Ofcer- wounded- slightly,.
afterWards_shot hirnself-7-Mr. B. David, the Purser, Mr. John Martyr), the 'Super-cargb, and Mr.‘Chatoor
Arothooni•passenger, were massacred,•besides about • -40 Lascars. • -

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The
._Tiointon Castle, artiVed"at Portsrnowh the
13th inst.. sailed froni Boinbay .the 17th October;
arrived at St: Helena the 7th, and-Sailed front thence
-the 12th 4:January. The new ship Charles Grant,
Captain HA ft RINGTON,AVaS expeertd to.be di•patch-
ed,frOrp 'Bombay to England, with the Marchioness
of PAreter. anti Dozier Castle. The ship
ontward-hbond, fell in with the United Kingdom
the 26th September; the ships Aorikampton and •
Union '(Gaillard) parted from the lkindham the 14th
00oben, from Bombay, all well. •
-'- 1t of troops from Bengal.- havit,g
be6l-dikl-4efnecessary by the happy restoration of
,at the military stations of the
11-fkhattl.lii%:Vessels which were destined for that
service ware :tro' proceed immediately to take in car-
goes for-Europe. It is • understood that the ships
Catnatic, Lord Duncan, Lord Melville, and Mil-
thirmstozo, together with the new frigate from Pen-
ang, and the Lord Castlereagh, hourly expec!ed
from Bencoolen, would be forme I into' one fleet,
which would sail direct for Bengal about the middle
of December, and proceed to •.Etgland without
touching at any port. The Barry aricl.Lady Castle-
reagh were expected to take in their cargoes on the
Coast, and to sail in a separate fleet. The Harriet,
11.t51su1N, had sailed 16r the Isle of 'ranee h a
cartel.' '
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