The Sun.
London, England, 1818-09-23 00:00:00

jj)tu,:t 11 EVI E‘V.

OIIIC;IN of the PINDARIES t preceded by T-li,3torical Notes
wi the Rise of the different Mahratta States.—By an OF-
in the Su-vice of the Honourable EAST INDIA
COMPANY.—(From the Q:utrterlq Review.)

[Concluded from Yesterrlettls SuN.]

" As we have thus presented our readers with
a distinct view of these characters, whose very
names seem as new as they are harsh to-British
ears, though -they have been the cause of no small.
trouble and cousteroation itt India,. We shall very
1)6(.4 sem up the notice of the greater chiefs
whom we have mentioned. Kurreem Khan is de-
accoded trona an ancient Mahotinnedan family ;
hi,. early youth was spent in the service of HoVara,
which be subsequently quitted for that of Dowlut
Row Sciudiab. His tame and enter prising spirit
soon increased the number of his adherents ; he
enlarged his territories, partly by grants from
Scitutiah, ard partly by usurpations frOm the
Rai rh of Berar and Nabob of Bopaul, whose do-
minions he alternately invaded anti ravaged ; he
possessed himself of several fortresses, and, at the
end of the Mahratta year, his power was such as
to excite the fears and jealousy of Scindiah, who
caused him to be treacherously seized and con-
fined in the strong hold of Gwalior. Here he
lingered_ some years in prison, but was at length
ransomed, and resumed his former courses, in
which he speedily became as imposing as be bad
been brtore. Sciudiali, unable to crush bitri by
open force, once more resorted to treachery, and,
taking :rdvanraee of \a quarrel between Kurreent
suet Cheetoo, assisted the latter, who overthrew
Kerreem in a pitched battle, and compelled him
to fly for refuge to Ameer Khan. Anreer Khan
made hint over to Toolsa Bhye, the widow Re-
gent of the Holkar family, from whom he has
since ascaped, and is now at the head of his
diturrab, catitoned near Barseim in Bopatil. Chee-
too, at present the greatest of all the Pindarry
chiefs, enjoys the favour and confidence of Scin-
His force has surprisingly increased of
late yea's, and is, stated to amount to twenty
thousaud horse, a small corps of infantry, and a
train of twenty ill served guns. He possesses
the forts and distlicts of Sutwass, which run
along the northern branch of the Nerbtoldah to
the south of Oujeen, and nearly opposite Hindia,
the capital of a district of the same name in Can-
deish, on the south side of the liver. post Alo-
hummud, the son of Heeroo, is entitled trout his
birth to hold the chief place over all the Pindarry
tribes ; lie is, however, inferior to Cheetoo, and
his troops do not amount to more than ten or
twelve thousand horse, a weak body of foot, and
a few pits. Wansil Khau, his brother, beaded
a party which invaded one provinces, and it was
strongly suspected that they were accompanied
by some of the troops of our ally, Scindiab. :their
camp is at Bagrotle, half way bet weeti Savor and
Bilseib, a district in Bopaul. The last of these
leaders whom we shall notice is a remarkable
pettren 'tamed Sheik Dullah, who, though only
cenotiatiditig a small number of followers, has
reodcred himself conspicuous for valour, and dk6.-
Ina icy his bold incursions into Berar, amid his
desperate attack WI the garrison of Nagpoor with
a few ito
" These are the principal Pindarry adversaries,
not of the British ifitrests in India alone, but of
e tramplillity and civilization of the entire po-
ptlaiion of the Peoinsitla. Social order, and that
seatuiy whieh is necessary to homan happiness,
are incompatible with the existence of such bands
of robbers, who are ever really to enter into the
service of any evil-disposed prince or state, or of
themselves, under their own fierce carraitis, carry
desolation to the hopes of the husbandman, and
ta every habitation of peaceful mare To
seta 'up their character, though we most allow
that they are brave, entet prising and vigilant,
par lent of favigne, and possessing a confidence in
their individual poaers much beyond what is
found in the generality of the natives iii India,
these qualities but tender them the trioredatiger-
ants, and extend the measure of their cruel and
barbaroos ravages. It is impossible, also, to avoid
perceiving, that with some degree of discipline,
they would prove a most formidable instrument
in the hand of au able and authiticap chief. To
such an enemy we can only oppose the same alert-
ness and rapidity of movement, tvhich has, in se-
veral recent instances, been so successfully tm-

gloved. 'I hey are now too well convinced of
their it.tertorty !o our troops ever to risk a battle,
and nothing appears necessary to check their cus-
tomai y inroads but the saute perseverance of pur-
suit on our parts which is exhibited by them in
their retreat. They must be followed to their fast-
nesses; and 'disarmed. Small as their at!,gregate
ntimhers, even when taken at the highest, mnst
be allowed to be, compare,' with the amount of
the mikeit y power now arrayed ttrtiust them,
and singular as it may appear, that the depreda-
tions of a band of forty or fifty thousand free-
booters should require a vast continent to I ise in
arms for (heir supptession, yet the description
wh;elt has been given of the manners, habits, and
composition of these meiciloss ban,iitti, the cha-
racter of the country through which their war-
fare is carried on, the looseness of the tenure by
which price is held, even among the more settled
and civilized of our neighbours in India, and the
tendency of any disturbance to stir up among
those nations the elements of general confusion—
these considerations, joined with that of our pa-
Ttlo ti tit duty to protect the pe'accable and un-
armed millions subjected to our sway from havoek
an,t outrage, may render it necessary for the In-
dian Govern ID,AIt o desist from the enter-
prize which it has been compelled to undertake,
‘vithout having, in addition to the immediate sup-
ssion of this pest, provided, by extensive com-
binations and arrangements,agaiust the possibility,
or at least the near risk of its revival."

Satu+•day, the Ist of August, the Senattl3
Ara.demicus of Edinburgh conferred the degtee of
Doctor of Medicine o.► one hundred and three Gen-
tlemen., who had gone through their appointed ex-
aminations, and publicly defended their inaugural
disset ations. Of these; forty-two were Scots-
men, twenty-four Englishmen, twenty-five Irish-
men, and the ren►ainrler from the East and west
CanadaiSwitzerland, Russia, and Geneva.