Star.
London, England, 1805-05-01 00:00:00

EAST anm AFFAIRS.

The intelligence from India in Saturduy's Gazette was forwariei
from the Ca,,e by a Mr. I3E SO N, a pailluger on board an
American chip from Bcng.:l, and who is now daily ezpedletrin
England with the official advkcs and private letters.
We have been favoured with force Calcutta Gazettes of a date
previous to the receipt of the details of General FR A Z ER'S and
G. neral LA L'S lucerne*. They are of an interefting nature
and Thew that General I.zze entertained a fanguine hope, pre-
vious to his attack on Hott.s ICS Cavalry, of being able to re-
duce hint to a lituation'lh • whi:h be could be no luuger formi-
dable to our territories, oitbo'e of our allies. Tt.e par iculars
arc as follow :

In a difpatch to the Governor-General, dated head
quarters at Delhi, 00, ber t9th, General LAKE tranf-
rnirs the account of the tranfaelions of the liege of
1). !!hi by Hoikar, which he had received from Lieu-
nant-C4.lanel Ochterlony, the afling refilmt there.
C•lonel 0. watts, " that on :he firfl approach •f
the enemy towards Kootial Gurh; and the potli!rility
of his dire Ring his route to this city. I judged it ad-
e ifahle :o call Colonel Burn from Saharanpore, the
batto'i, '.atc Dnwlnt Rao's under Captain Harriot,
from 12 ',tuck, and a battalion of Najeeb', under Lieut.
Birch, from Pannipnt. To this force was added
about 2CC Najeebs, under Lieutenant-Colonel Scott,
ro under a native owned Khajah Hirffein, :co under
another calls'. Mogul Beg, and fimething above
beiorying to the ufual Police and Cullom Mob-
lifhmtnr, making in all about lac:, matchlock-men,
he fide, the regular corps above enumerated, and four
companies, duty Itrength of the 17th regiment."
He then goes on to mcntirn rile wretched defence-
lefs tease of the decoyed walls 4 f Delhi, which on the
tour the rccafion were a little replied, and a few
of the par apets fitted for the reception of cannon,—
This work was carted ou under the diration of
Capt. :-)kirving and Lieut. Goodall.
Colonel Burn being Colonel o.'s feniar, had the
direflion of the operations. and bellows great praifc
on the condo& of Colt nel Burn ; Lis zeal for the fer-
vice, and his readinef, to adrpt every foggellion by-
which it could be promoted: . .

On the fit it approach of the enemy on the 7th, a
detachment of irregular cavalry, under Lieutenant
Hunter, of the zd battalion 4th regiment, accompa
nied by Capt. Carnegie and Lieut. Role, moved out
to reconnoitre, but this corps had been ill,affcaed,
and refilled to a& againtt the enemy, and mull of
them went over. Three hundred Mavatties who had
been Rationed in the old fort, refuted to withdraw
with Capt. Manuel, and joined the enemy. Indeed
the irregular cavalry feem to have been totally difaf-
fated, and moll of them, afterwards, when direCted
tocrofs the Jumna to procure fupplies, refuted to obey,
and moilly difporfed or joined the enemy.
On the Bth the enemy cannonaded the city wall,
and made fume breaches, which wererepaired as welt
as pofiihle during the night. A fortie was refolsed
upon on the 9th, and Lieutenant Hunter volunteered
his Cervices, hut it did not take place till the loth,
when a party of 200 men from the zd battalion, 14th
regimen:, accompaNied by Lieutenants Evans, Heath-
cote, Locket, and 'so men from Captain Harriot's
corps, under Captain Carnegie and Lieutenant
Woodville, with a refers,: of sc men and a fix-poun-
der, under Lieut. Dickfon, moved out under the e”ni-
mand of Lieut. Role. They fucceeded in doing a
great deal of injury to the enemy, whole beaten corps
were mittakeu for ours, and fired on by their friends,
fo that they mull have fuffered very much.
On the 14th the enemy's guns opened in every di-
rettion, and under cover of this a large hody of in-
fantry, preceded by ladders, made an all-atilt at and
near the Lahore Gate, but were repulfed w ith Infs.
Lieutenant Simpin, of the zd battalion, 17th re-
giment, was killed by a cannon fhot, at the ,Igirr.zre
Gate, where he commanded. On the isth it was
found that the enemy had retreated, and a party was
detad,:d to cut off any guns or baggage that might
be in the rear.

The duty during the liege was very revere, L:'t both
men and ntiicers difcharged their duty with the ut-
mnß alacrity, aild zeal.
Colonel Scott, Relident at Delhi, died at Agra, of
a fcvere and linvring Oka's, on the 27th of &lum-
ber ; Lieutenant Colonel Ochterlony has been ap-
pointed in his room.

The Calcutta Gazette Extraordinary of the loth
November contains an account from Lieutenant-Co-
land Wallace, of the 19th dragoons, dated Camp
before Chandore, toth Oclober, of hjs march to.
wards that place, the capture of a (mall Burry in the
village of Underftool, in which there was a garrifon
of Holkar's, he having, on the Bth, detached a batta-
lion with two 12-pounders again It the small Fort of
Lauffoolgaum, in which there was a garrifon of Hub
kar's. Some fticcefs was experienced, but a clefperate
refidance being made by the enemy, and Captain
Browne, the Commander, being killed, the detach-
ment took poll in the Pettah. A reinforcement under
Major Symons was fent during the night, and the
place was brined on the 9th with complete fticcefs.
Lieutenant Purvis, of the Madras Artillery, likewih
fell on this occalion.
In a letter of the tzth Olober Lieutenant-Colonel
Wallace annouaces the furrender of Chandore by ca-
pitulation. Chandore commands one of the bell
paffes in the range of hills on which it Rands to Can-
deitn. It is naturally very thong.
AUSTRACT.-.-EurOpeallii, 3 killed, 13 wounded—Natives, 6
kilted, 24 wounded —Total 9 killed, 37 wounded.
Os...let:es KT t D—Cti2liii John brownc, zd battalion 7th
regtinsot ; and f.:ea-;nant Purvis, rft battalion of Artillery.
OF mcEas u—Liccteuant Parll4, zd battalion 7th re-
giment. (slgned) J. Cot-1,111,00 Kr.
Loma before Chato.ort., Dep. Adjt. Gad- Nit. Sub. Force.
Oduber IC, iSJ4.
c.ALCUTTA.G.IZETTE EX VRAODiNARY
Fort R
Willam,Nov. 23, IK-4.
His Excellency the molt Noble the Governor Gem.. al has re-
ceived a difiner4 from his Exctilercy the Commander in Chief,
dated liapper, 9th November, 1804, of which the lnllowing cold
I. publiflted fur General information:
u Ms EXCELLENCY THE MOST NOBLE MARQUIS WELLESLEY,
OOVIRNOR OtNERAL..ke. &CAC.
144 v Lord—.l have the honour to report to your Lordtbip my
artiva. at tins place, the neighbourhood of which the enemy quit-
tvl it, tic courfc of the night. He did not attempt any attack on
tit, town, in which were two companies of Capt. Cruttcnden's
Proviiici.ll3a•tation. and one of the battalions formerly In San-
dich% ur der Capt Hanlon. •-
kr-vont Kau 11J1kar has moved in the direetion of Coorja, and
it ',co.. t., be the g;mval opinion M the country, that he means
it, recrofs the Jumna in the nrighblurhood of kluttra ; Would he
however c,lnt.int• it, the Doah, I than nattg W dote upon hic rear
a. tup.i.,ent tie WS :Wiping a: a 1.,: wlace a IWlicient