The Sun.
London, England, 1818-07-10 00:00:00

EAST INDIES.

lihbßAs.eFrlß 14.—The following extracts from
'the Calcutta Mirror, of the `?St tilt. contain
the last intelligence from the army in the field-:
" Letters from head-quarters, the 15th Jan-
nary, convey the agreeable news that Sir Williatn
G. heir has fallen in with Cheetoo's thirrah ; and
cut thin, up in great style. Cheeton him Self made
leis escdpe with abort a dozen followers, and threw
himself into a small vill:uze near Jawad. It is said
that Capt. Caulfield, who is with Juswant Row
Bow, was going to surround the village, and seize
the thief.

" 'Major- General Brown, according to the same
letter, surprised some of the r.fractory Chiefs of
Holkar'k army, and rabble followers at ILatupoota,
and cot them up. Itoshun Beg lost three of his
firigers in the fray; but contrived to make his
escape. Three hundred of his followers were
sabred, and a number of camels and horses
taken. The surprise was complete, arid so as-
limished were the lelloWs, that they did not con-
nive to wound a•single man of oar's. It only re-
mains tiov; that we get hold Of the perfi lions
Peishwa. The power of the Pindaries seems al-
most annihilated by one short and brilliant cam-
paign; and the subjugation of the States that
protected them promises every security against
their future der edations.
" It is said,a good deal of booty falls to the
army under Generals')." W.' Keir.”
" CAMP, NPAR 00C11A11, JAN: 15.—We had all
_regarded hunting down the Pindaries as a Very
}tapeless cask, but we haie just heard that Sir
Wm Keir has completely.routed and dispersed
that portion of them under Clieeetio." I cannot
Jell you where, and muss confess myself extremely
deficient in the knowledge of the'distributiou of
our troovs ; but in this: respect I am not ()inch
‘sorse off than my neighbours here--,1 can pin-
cure no information from them. Cheetoo him-
self has barely escaped ; he has only about a dozen
followers around him, and is within a few chss of
, our troops. All ilicir'baggageis taken, and some
say this ineludes no less than 50 laes of rupees.
We fired a royal salute two days ago, on the rati-
fication of the Treaty with Holkar.
" General Watson is now in command of this
division, his own brigade is broke 'up, and incor-
porated with others ; the 26th regiment, one of
his battalion, are still encamped considerably to
our left, but are almost quite well ; the 7th, the
other battalion, is alongside of our brigade, which
forms the left of the line. It was dysentery; not
the cholera, that appeared among thein, and is
attributed to forced marches, ban water, ill-cook-
ed victuals, and want of warns clothing."

MADRAS. FEB. 24.—The following details re-
specting the operations of our armies are given in
the Calcutta Mirror:—

" Our letter from Camp, since our last, con-
firm the account of the Antal destruction of the
only unbroken durrah of Pindaries, under Cheetoo,
who at the date of the latest.atcounts
with only nine attendants, in the neighbourhood
of Jowhud ; and as Captain Caulfield had set off in
pursuit, some hope was entertained that his person
would be secured.. The remains of the dutrahs,
'under Wassol Mah'iuted and Khurretin Khan,have
also, after severe! ineffectoal attempts' to escape,
been nearly annihilated by the divisions tinder Geo.
Marshall and Col. Adams ; and the rebellious part
of Holkar's army have in all likelihood been dis-
persed hetore this time, as Colonel Adams had
been ordered to march to .RatopoOr and attack
Roshun Beg's troops, who were
,occupying a
strong position in the neighbourhood of that
place. This Chief's force is said to consist of se-
ven some thousand horses, and sixteen
guns.; it is expected they will make great resist-
ance. The only Mahratta force that remains un-
broken is that under Ameer Khan's Sitdars, who,
like those of the Nogpore Rajah, do not appear
disposed to abide by the arrangements made by
their Chief ; but as Sir David Ochterlony is said
to have marched to attack dew, we may every
day look for accounts of their defeat and submis-
sion ; and with these we nosy almost cori'ider the
campaign on this side of India as at an end."
" CAMP, NEAIi OOCH•AIt, JAN. 15.—Au officer
and party of ours lett the camp this morning, as
tin escort to an officer said to be bringing in the
Treaty with Holkar, who is to soWdize 3,000 of
our troops, which, it is reported, are to be ha..
nishod by B:Aigal, aml the number of his own is
very considerably limited. His whole revenue is
not to exceed I lacs of rupees. No further ac-
counts of the Peish wa or Nagpore Rajah. I have
seen various private letters regarding the attack
of the latter, aft of which represent it to have
been a most desperate business on our part. A
General Order was published yesterday, thanking
Colonel Macmorine and the troops under his coin-
mand for their
.gallant behaviour at Nagpore, or
rather Serinaghur. General Brown, by-the-bye,
has also been killing and slaying. lie had heard
tint a body of Mahrattas, liolkar's people, were
seeking safety in some village in his way. Several
roads led front it. lie, posted on each of these a
party of the 3d .cavalry, and made a (lash himself
with another party at the village, and succeeded in
cutting off the poor Oevils."
" COLONEL ADAMS'S CAMP, JAN. 17.—0 n the
13th, Colonel Adams received intelligence that
Khurreem , Khali was within seven cuss of the
camp, and had at least 1000 men with him, upon
which the Colonel detached Major Clarke, with
the sth cavalry, at eleven o'clock at night, and .he
very luckily came upon them by surprise at day-
break ; of course he cut op almost the whole of
them. It turned out, that instead of 1000, there
were 1600, and out of this number the Major
gave a good account of nearly 1000. • The rest
fled in all directions, and Colonel Adams has sent
out some Rohillas ro intercept them. Among the
slain was Namdar Elan, who was considered the
very lite of the party. General Brown has come
upon Roston) Beg (who was in rebellion against
Holkar) at Rampobr, and token eleven guns, •be-
-sides considerable damage to the rest of his force.
We hear also, that Sir William heir, With the
Bombay array, has tall - in with Cheetoo, and
duri,;ll, nut, however,
cot»pletely aunihilated
without some 'resistance. Clieeto?. escaped, and
is now wandering about 'ese par,- With, wily
nine followers.
Captain Eden, of the 22 Dragoons, de-

'Camp to Sir 'rhomas passed. tl►ls on the
10th, with dispatches for head-quarters, among
,whiCh is the Treaty wiih Holkar, the articles of
which are still ntiknown here. He is escorted by
a detachment 'from this b!igatle."

Ceylon Papers of'the 7th instant have been re-
ceived, but their •contents td+•e totally uninterest-
ing. The Pretender to the KandLan Throne still
continues to elude the most diligent pursnit, though
conducted with all pot“ible caution and perse-
vet encc ; hut confident hopes are still entertained
that so much activity and vigilance cannot long
be exerted without success.

\Ve arc sorry to observe, that the cholera mor-
bui has broken ont Midnapore, where it has
proved tatal to four or five persons daily..

EXTRACT 01,A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER IN SIR

THOMAS HISLOP'S ARMY.

" Camp, Mahidpoor, December 44.

. -
" MY bailLostst.,—My last letter to you
was written at Nandeir, about the middle of Oc-
tober, and I promised to write again when I
should have any thing interesting to tell you. I
did not think at that time 1 should have it in my
power .to give you an account of a regular battle
with Holkat's army : a very decisive one,
however, was fought upon this ground on
the 21st instant. you will, no doubt, hear
of the event before this reaches you ; but I
may as well give you a few particular's, which
I know you will consider interesting. We heard
at pogein that liolkar's camp was stronely posted
here; with a great many guns and intatory. We
math: a march of 8 milts, which brought its within
16 miles of the position, when a \Take,
after a good deal of correspondence, was sent
to our camp. Great ohjectioos, however, were
offered to all the proposals made, moler the
instructions of the Governor-General ; and it
was always alleged by the Mai, that 0).110 she
wished for peace with the English, sonic of her
chiefs and troops, who ware in a mutinous state, had
resolved upon fighting. Six days of fruitless
negociations ha vitig passed, we made another
short march on the 20th, and at 10 o'clock in the
morning of the 213' inst. we were in sight of the
enemy's -position. Some shirwishing took place
about this time between some of our light in-
fantry, and a few scattered parties of the enemy's
horse ; and many still continued to believe that
there would be no battle. As we approached
nearer, however, a cannonade was opened upon
us from the enemy's line, which 'was on the
opposite side of the Sipparah river, and a dispo•
sit ion was immediately made for crossing in their
front. The whole of the fire of the cannon
was immediately directed to the ford ; but the
troops passed under cover of a few pieces of
artillery, with little loss, considering the nature
of the fire, which was extremely well-directed :
-irolei:d, it is impossible that any gunvould have
been better served than those of the enemy ; and
the number of men that were killed and wounded
in taking.them affords the most convincing proof
that their Golundateze did their duty whit a ven-
geance--about 760 men having been killed and
wounded,-and most of the enemy's artillery were
killed at their The 4attle 4rcgan about
half-past 12 o'clock. The gnus were traken, and
the infantry dispersed, in the course of about two
hours and a halt, and the whole of their army
was driven off the field by tour o'clock, or a little
atter. When the charge had continneO for about
two miles and a half, the enemy (ripened more
eons upon us;- but these having been taken in
flank by some of oar horse-artillery, were soon
abandoned ; and there are now about 62 guns in
our park, the fruits of the victory ; a few more
are said to have been thrown into the river, but
have not yet been found. Had the enemy's ca-
valry and infantry behaved like their artillery,
the labours of the day would not have been finish-
ed so soon, nor, perhaps, so completely as has
been the case ; but the former (the cavalry) did
nothing, and the infantry deserted the artillery at
the moment of need."