Star.
London, England, 1801-11-18 00:00:00

TO TOR =MORT OT LORD MOOD IDITIIOOII.

Yr gay and courtly Gallants of our
Ye who in Pleafure's lap your hours begoile.
Who know no hardfhips, no revcrka prove,
Smart from no wound except the glance,/ Love ;
Ah! paufe awhile!—Whatever new delight
Leads on your day, or revels then' your night;
Whether the (ong, the left, the (ocial bowl,
The chat of friendatip gladden all your foul;
Ah ! paufe awhile—that folensn knell ye hear
Tolls o'er a friend that's dead,—a brother dear,—
A Father's clareold corpfe,—a gallant Warrior's bier!
Yes. be was one whom Pleafure well might woo
To join her throng of votaries like you;
Whom Nature fani:on'd to delight all eves,
Whom Fortune had made noble, Colin. wife :
And long 'mongft thofe whn lov'd him had he Raid,
But as his Country call'.l bins—he obey'd
Fleur where new forms of death the Warrior wait,
Where, Valour, Art, and Wifdom yield to Fate.
Y./ did he there B:italiflia'S thunders wake,
And only fcar'd for Ilia HOIATIA'• his t.
With her his Country did his foul divide ;
His Country fent him ;a-4st obey'd anda—died.
who have kindred fouls and hearts as true,
Trie Mute attunes her mournful lyre to you.
0, ere his dult be milt with heroes dead,
Pray that bis Spirit, which to FIZAV'S is fled,
May his HOllAriA find once more,
Mote ►appy and as faithful as before !

of Ake inngle, tailed Takintotta, with tinteseep_
tion of the brigade of Lieutenant-Colonel Srav,
of the 77th regiment.
" After marching about[: miles, Colonel Srav
found ohinafell on the banks of a fmall river; the
road leading to the fort was blocked up by bamboo
and other trees, cut and thrown acrofs as a barrier
by the enemy, a (mall party of whom had petted
themfelves behind a ilockade, on the oppolite bank;
they fired onus without Jed, but on our difebarg-
ing a few rounds of grape, they difperfed. On the
7th the reit of the army advanced, and encamped
dole to the tiockade, where, leaving an officer-with
a field-piece and a company of Sepoys, Col. STIP
pH scsos on the Bth continued their route over the
wort! road I had feeu ; the guns in many parts funk
up to their axles, and could (candy be removal,
even by the affiftAnce of the elephants.
" On the gth, Col. artrastisos marched with
the I and 2d bt igades to take potreffion of a town
where the enemy were reported to be in force : on
his advance, the enemy fired from the oppWite
bank of the river (which is fill on our left) and
killed two Europeans and wounded fix ; but on a
few difcharge. s of grape, they were diflodged.—
This town is called Manundwaddy ; the army
halted here for feveral days, while a battalion was
detached to efcort Sores and provitions from Se-
ringapatarn.
" It appears to be the intention of Government
to attempt the total extirpation of all the Poly.
gars and pettytahs on this fide the reninfula,
and for this purpofe a large force is searching to-
wards us from the fouthward, and another from
the Malabar fide.

* Camp aide teed of the Ilerksk Maw, Feb. 3, des.

" The Cotiote Rajah, we were Informed, had
affembled all hisforce at Pera, and was there de-
termined to give us battle. Cul. STIP massox on
the 28th ult. advanced towards Pera; the whole
' army delighted at the profpdt of fo early a clofe
of our campaign—but on our approach the Rajah
fled, vccannot afcertain whither, and we entered
the town, which confifted only of a few deferted
houfes, wholly unforti6ed. We, however, by this
movement opened the communication between
Serigapatam and the Malabar coaft.

" at del Chant, Much s.
" Fart of the army marched hence on the 28th
ult. We mit 10 ignorant of the potation of the
enemy."