The Sun.
London, England, 1810-01-12 00:00:00

INDIA

The frigate whkti brought the late unpleasant in
telligence from India, received the dig!) ..ehes fro
General Maitland, at St: Helena, whither •t.e.,11:1H
been forwarded by a fitst-sailing vessel ff•oni Ceylot,.
The Court. of areMors havet
cis] accounts fr(*) their Presidencies by this eon'-.
veyanc.,. The &de of the latest letter is 'the I:it h.
of Ang6st.
The insurgents, as has already been stait ti, lytd
falter possession of Seringapatam, where they bad:
fixed their headquarters, and where theyµ err or
ganizing their force. They had formed a &lilit:try
Copinitiee for thegovernment of !heir r _woo, ;ind
for correspondence v. it'll the. other branch-s or the
'lndian army. It wa,,, appr6liended the mutinous 1.611,
duct of the coast arn,y had been adopted; in concvtt-
with some cerps of the 71tinbay Presidency.; with
whom the fortneres,prgtedst.o.be speedily joined.--
It is not mentioned, hour4he insurgents found means
to subsist thernstive& itAd to pay the deluded Dula
diery attached to th.enti;,, Not only.the7'atas of:the
-it-Jew-gents, but to of the McdraS.GO+ trn-.
meat, Would,r;iVe us rosen to fear the instil-tee-11,AI
' is Strongly Organized:
In our prece.dirig Papers we stated, that the King's,
*troops had supported the Government and had taken
the ft:Jd,'llo6o -etleaive tirelecks. - We since hear
that tlicy were likely to be, joinei:hy a c,:nsidera'le
force fri)m Ceylon, and that they hod been act wolly
reinforctd. by several regiments of Sepoys. It
added, that Colonel Gillespie was exreded to unite
With these on the march, With, the subsidiary force

from Hyderabad.' • • •
It'inust be presumed, that the Madras Govern-
ment had. taken very active tneasures to draw the
King's regiments- towards the Pre•Adeecy, before ti e
mUtitiy had proceeded to its height ; or it would he_
difficult, otherwise, to account for so large a King's
force being'.a.semb:ed together, as is represented in
the. present accounts.
Sir GEORGE.-BARLOW, ,not‘A ithstanding the bold
and uniform tenor of the previous reports, was Un-
hurt atid.secure ; Cie had, however, -quitted Fort St.
George, riot designing, probably, to le we a strong.
garrison to ithin if, and. had accompanied the King's
trckapS to the field. We are not told where he %%as
eticanapd.
Appearances would seem to denote that thins,
unhapply cannot be brought back to their twiner
footing without some measure of extremity which
every one connected with our Indian intere.ts m s t
mostdeeply deplore.
As the accounts-now in our bands arc not dire&.
from thecoat, we are uninformed of the immediate
ciretensetnees that Teri ° the present unfortunate
state of things. Some ,earticulars, howeter, have
reached us, and are not of an uninteresting nature.
It appears that the Government (4 Madras had
long, antecedently to the open mutiny of the army,.
received unquestionable information of an insume-
tionary spirit obtaining in it, and had liken steps
(we do not wish to pronounce on the merit s of them),
to-ascertain how far it had proceeded. Letters -I.vvrc
in consequence dire&ed to the Commanding OtE-
cers of corps at the different stations of the army, to
collect their' sentiments unequivocally, as. well as
those of the subordinate Officers, as to tkfir
loyalty and prom,,titude to obey the orders of the
Government. Answers not very favourable wore
returned from numerous corps. But in many in-
stance;, it is said, that the Commanding Officer pro-
fessed his readiness to rnart:h at a Moment's notice ;
but at the same time advised the Government that
the inferior Officers were temporari;y disaffeded to
the service. The Comman.n.g Officers, on tine re-
ceipt of 'such information ar the Presidency,, were
or&red to put their subordinate Officers. under ar-
rest; but in endeavouring to carry such orderLinio
effeill, the objects of restraint were changeo,.the
periors themselves were arrested, and their ..respec-
tire corps marched to the point concerted.
It is said that Sir George: Barlow had thought it
prudent to negociate with the Soubandars Inative
officers, correspondiog with the rank of Captain),
attached to Sepoy regiments,- stationed in the vici-
nity of Madras, and had preVailed on them by,pre-
senti a'nd promises to retain the several companies iii
the service, and for their prate Lion of Governoeiit;
notwithstanding the disitfeetion of eheir European
Officers. • Thee -are tile Sepoy regiments that pace
• been before mentioned as having joined t .e King's
troops. • The Ettropean Officers, .some say to the
number of i 50, and others to double that amount,
had been dismissedlrom their. respective corps,. and
y
Officers' frem the '.King's at m .had been substitut-
ed in their•stead.

SINGULAR CusTom.—The people of Thessalia-
have a kind of pantomimic dance, which they. call
ccu'pee, and which, on account of its singularity, is
worthy of being described. It is a6ted by .twia
armed men ; one lays aside his weapons, and pre-
tend.; to be tilling the ground, whilst he frequently
looks behind him as it uneasy; the other, imitat-
ing 'be action of a robber, approaches. The first
in,otediately takes up his arms; and a combat be-
gins,which they. keep time•to the smind of a
fltltt: ,in
and tight around the plough and oxen. The
robber. overcomes the husbandman, binds him, and
takes a"\t.4y the oxen. Sometimes the latter comes
off ,the conqueror.. According to some, Intl origin
of this dance is derived from MaRCURY stealing the
oxen of' ADMETUS; and according to otherq, it k
an exercise insittred to accustom the nati,ts at
that cot.ntry to defend themselves against the fre-
quent incu,sinos of their enemies.
Yesterday the Right Rev. the Lord BISHOP of
London was ii,stalled by proxy in his Cothedial
Church, according to the usual forms, The proXy,
appointed by his Lordship, was one of the Pre-
bendaries.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, TAN. Iv.
This day's. Market has but a scanty supply of dif-
ferent kinds of Cattle; Beef cheaper than our last
report ; Mutton, Veal, and Pork, sold at last prices;
and the trade in general was riot over brisk.--The
sales in the Hay Market were trifling ;' Straw and
Clover have dropped in pricz, since -.Monthly's Mar-
ket ; Hay fetched last price.—The following pices
and -numbers are an. accurate statement
To ;fad: the Oltal per stone 31b.
Beef 4s. 4d. to ss. ad. :Mutton 4s. Bd. to 6s. od. Veal sst
ed. to 7s. cd. Vork ss. od. to 7s cd.
Beasts 75a.. Sheep Catves age.—Pigs 270.
SMITHFIELD HAYMAItHET.

Hay sl. os. od. to 61, os. od. Straw 11, los, od, to zI, us
od. Clover 61. os. od, to 71. os, cad.