The Sun.
London, England, 1816-11-01 00:00:00

KINGDOM OF HAM

The Royal Gazettes ot Hayti of the 21st anti
22d ot Aut;gist are filled with along Court detika
of the Cerettionial rej )icing nt Cape Henry, on
the anniversary tete ot the Queen 'of Hayti, tit
the 15th preceding,

The ceremonies and mass, being ended, Baron
Desstilines, in the name of the Ministers of State
and Dignitaties, addressed her Majesty in the
most flattering terms, in praise of her virtues and
their loyalty. A splendid repalt followed, eon-
slitting of four hundred dishes, which were served
up in an initnense saloon, erected expressly for
the occasion. At the desert, the folloWing toasts
were given by his Grade the Doke Of Artihouite,
Grand.Marshal,olHayti: "To the King, to the first
Minaret' crowned.in the New World, the Defender
of the Liberty and the independence of the Hair-
tian people." This was followed by a discharge
of 21 cannon, while the bands of music played the
:air " Five Henri." Count Limonade gave,
To the Queen, to the perfect model of wives
anti mothers'; may we assemble to celebrate her
'anniversary a great many years." This also was
followed by music and a discharge of I I pieces of
astillery. Count Buttery gave, "To his Royal.
Highness the Prince Royal ; may lie imitate mite
example of his august lather, and March in his
glorious steps." His Majesty, through. his Mi-
nister, Count Limonade, gave " Ti) the general
'union of the llaytians ; may they show them-
select; always worthy of the liberty and indepen-
dence which they have conquered at the price of
their blood ; may they, by their wisdom, their
energy,' and their courage, merit the admiration,
the friendship, and good-will of all the nations of
the earth."

HOP INTELLIOUNCE.-111 onr market on Satin...
(lay 211 pockets of new, and 40 ot old [lops %me
weighed the average of the new is stated to have
heat from 81. Bs. to I Si. Fine samples were still
higher; and we muy mention AS a proof ot the
great variation in that one interior sample
went us low es W. Old flops are still undiininiCh•
ed pike ; one sitillpie was .old as high 11.
The average, however, cannot he quoted so high.
(Worcester

VVe, were happy to observe, in our market, on
S4turthy, thAt our Pollee °dicers 4vere 4m the
utert to detect Ka-este:tilers I?rgroters,
bus long been great need of this etAirwriry into-fey-
vice. 110N:bets' meat, tee is
bratit:ht here trout Utley, am! other neighbouring
utarkets. On Friday la,t ribs ot good beef were
:(,:nzht there at 4i-el. per lb. awl inuttua at 314.--
(I..teds Intellijencer.)

'EAST ISMS.

ritotPiNct or ctrrcfl.

The following Extracts from the Letters of a
Staff Officer, who beld a command in the late Ex-
pedition into Cutch, contains not only a sketch of
this short yet important :campaign, but some cti-
riuus particulars csf a country hitherto -scarcely
zvkited by Europeans, and far less traversed by a
military force. The territorial annexation here
made to.the British dominion in.lndia is, we un-
derstand, of great consequence, as giving a safe
frontier on a side previously exposed to constant
irruptions, and still more so. as opening the chat).
,rteli of trade irate countries with which, not-
withstanding our extended -Empire in the East,
we have even to this day had hardly any inter-
entitle.

The narrative must therefore, we presume, be
highly interesting to our Readers, even were it
not rendered entertaining by, the agreeable and
sensible style 'in which it is written. It may ex-
tiain the first paragraph, to Image that the writer
is a Borderer and near countryman of: the cele-
brated pard to whom he alludes :

"C.t%lP MI:MOOR Fes. 22, 1316.

" The people of this country, living in a sort of
feudal subjection to the Rao or Rajah of Catch,
are the most desperate set of thieves that can be
• Imagined, and in the hands .of •a Walter Scott
their exploits would shine in story with those of
our forefathers on the Border. Ever since our
close connection with the Guikmar Uoverment,
their depredations in Kattywar have been an un-
ceasing source of expence and annoyance. Re-
peated applications having been made to the Rao
to suppress them without the smallest effect—in-
deed it now appears to have been out of his power
-our Government at last determitied to send an
army into Clod), and by force of arms obtain
the necessary security for our frontier. Cinch
being almost an unknown country, ample scope
was afforded to conjecture, and during our
preparations we were amused or astonished
by a thousand stories of the number, strength,
and courage of our new enemy—impassable
deserts, &e. &c. The Run which separates
Kattywar from Wagnr and part of Cute!' Proper,
was the first obstacle to be overcome. The tract
known by this name, and very inaccurately laid
down in our maps, is formed by the waters of the
Gulph of Cinch, which, assisted by the westerly
winds and the periodical rains, flow up over an
immense space of-low hind, and coratectiug them;
selves with a similar, though smaller Run, from
the Gulph of Cambay, neaey insulate the western
division of Guzerat (called Kattywar). Another
branch of it goes round Cutch, and connects itself
with the Nowise; of the Indus, and that part
of the country which you will see called
the Great Desert, in Rennes map. In the
rains it is an arm of the sea, impassable ex-
cept in a few places known to time natives, va-
rying on this Side from forty to nine or ten miles
in breadth. In the dry weather it becomes a de-
sert composed of sand and fine earth, in many
parts incrusted with a layer of pure salt. This,
whiat acted on by the rays of the sun, occasions
all those deceptions of vision known in Egypt by
the name of mirage, and renders the passage di
ficuh, and even dangerous : not a drop of fresh
water is to be found, yet you are constantly de-
ceived with the appearance of spacious lakes, and
every little shrub is converted into a grove of
(tees, or assumes the appearance of the columns
of a temple or towers of a castle, &c. &c. &c.—
Over this we passed in the middle of December,
and, after a march of 17 miles, reached a tank
and some wells of water in %Vague, about 3 o'clock
F. 51., having started before the dawn. We, the
troops and field pieces, met with few difficulties,
and aeffered little ; but the buttering guns and
heavy baggage were not up till midnight the fol.,
lowing day. Leaving Wagur on our right, we
marched into Cutch and direct upon Booje, the
capital, passing iii the course of four or live days
soietal forts, without stopping to attack them.—
.. rhe general face of the country was barren, and
the soil sandy, yet where the inhabitants had
cultivated, the wheat looked most luxuriant, and
fields of good car. ots and onions and chillies were
every now and then presenting themselves. Water
was the grand desideratum, and this we found
more plei,tiful than we had been led to expect.—
One large tank, the only supply after a long and
far igeiug march, was reported to he poisoned, and
several bags of stuff, of what nature I have never
been able to learn, were dragged up. This did not,
however, prevent Man, woolen, horse, camel, and
bullock from drinking, aed no inconvenience en-
sued, The few people who remained in a neighbour-
ing villae,e persisting in their declaration, that some
lifirsernen from Allier hail made this villainous at-
teiopt, we altered our room, and on Christmas-
h erected a
day (having on the night of the 241 i

mortar and breaching battery), commenced our
fire on that place. By two o'clock thebreach•
was nearly. practicable, and the enetny's,guns on
the works completely silenced,- While eagerly-
and anxiously looking out for the orders to storm,.
the Kilimier threw himself at the feet of Colonel
Malt, and Surrendered at discretion. We imme-
diately took possession, and sent oil a party to
'cot:meta Minder, a depeirdency situated at the head
of the Gu!ph, and about eight miles distant.
Anjar, you will see in the map, but not correctly
laid down. It is a good handsome town ; the
walls about 30 feet high, flanked with towers, but
no ditch.—Leas log a garrrison, we resumed our
march to Booj•Booj, and reached it, I think, on
the 241 of January. The Rao, frightened at the
speedy fall of Anjar, entered into negociations,
and is now become the friend and ally of the
Company, About the 7th or Sth he came out,
and visited our Commandant with considerable
pomp, that is, mounted on his state elephant,
and surrounded with fl igs and streamers of va-
rious colours ; nearly 5000 attendants, horse and
foot, Arabs, Sindeans, and Abyssinians, some in
" complete steel," some with tnatchlocks, others
with swords, spears, and various implements of
war, composed his retinue. Our whole line was
out to receive him. On his coming to the head
of it 17 guns were fired, and as he passed down,
every corps saluted the Gentleman ; I. amongst
other Commandants, joined his cavalcade, and
accompanied him to head-quarters, where a party
of the 17th Dragoons, Native Cavalry and Infantry,
formed in a crescent, front the- door of the tent,
again received him with a salute, trumpets, drums,
end bands of music playing away. On the whole,
the scene was imposing, and worth seeing. One
ludicrous circumstance I had nearly forgot. On
the first approach of the Rao, and stalking di-
rectly in front of his elephant, appeared an enor-
mous giant, brandishing a sword and shield. On
a nearer view, this tremendous figure turned out
to be a man of ordinary size amounted on a
pair of stilts, which brought his feet on a
level with the heads of the other people.—
His walking at this height was, however, ex-
traordinary ; he had no support under his
arms or even up the leg ; his feet were simply
bandaged with cloth to the tops of the sticks, and
he got over the rugged ground with the greatest
facility. I could not help exclaiming, in the words
of Solomon, " train up a child, etc." for he
certainly must have bad a deal of practice Since
the settlement at Bonj, Colonel liast has re-
crossed the Run, leaving a brigade, to which my
corps belongs, to assist the Rao in getting posses-
sion of Wagar. We have marched over great
part of the country, and put all the principal
forts into his hands. Our movements to the
Northward ceased at Bela, on the great desert,
which separates this place from Sind and Marwar.
We have since made a few marches Southward to
this place, and expect shortly to return into
Kattywar via Mallia, the business which detained
us being completely over. It was the intention of
Colonel East to leave me with my battalion at
Anjar, but Government do not think it necessary
to have so large a body of troops in that place.
I have, therefore, left 400 'auk and file there, and
will, in all probability, be stationed with the re-
mainder some where in the district of Okamundil,
near the fatuous Temple of De.warka.