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WAR IN IVDIANA •
The following private letter vises some interesting.
details of the attack in which the British were repulsed :
" On the River under Take% in Cachar, Feb. 2908:14.
" Having just returned from visiting the stockade-at
Doodpatlee, I embrace a Teisnre moment to give you an
idea of it from the observation I made, and of the gal-
hitt though unfortunate attack by our troops.
" TM: indescribably strong possession lies north and
south across a narrow slip of level country, having hills
cn, its lintel face, and the river Sorsrma on its south, with
a deep ditch about 14 feet wise in front of a fortified wall,
cannon proof to the front or western face; with a double
fence, thickly planted at the bottom with bamboo spikes
o.:er-topped with longer ones sloping outwards, and very
strong. The ditch was covered with long grass, and quite
I,id from view, until you arrived at it ; the north face was
also very strong, Navin}; a parapet with a ditch inside,
and spiked towards the hills for about fifteen pac'es; the
- east face much the same as the north, with the addition
of sunk redoubts; the south face was by no means so
!Along, and afforded the only way of entering by a Mir-
low opening, but this so completely hid that chance
or 4 could direct our troop: to it, and then the road up
the bank was so steep and rugged, that a few determined
men Might bid defiance to hundreds. • Lieutenants
M'Lean and B.irbarie, with a few men, however, were
nearly succeeding at this point, for they arrived at it,
but the fire was so well directed upon them, that the few'
men who were with them were constantly knocked over.
" I understand Lieat.-Col. Bowen, on the morning of
the attack, came on a-head with five companies to re-
connoitre, leaving Major Newton to follow with the
guns, and remainder of the force: very shortly after the
Lieut.-Colonel's departure firing was heard in the rear,
when the guns which were drawn by elephants came on
with such rapidity that the column was kept at a run, and
no time was lost in'bringing them to within 120 paces
of the stockade, and not 250 as formerly stated, for the
distance was traced yesterday: here the elephants were
unharnessed, and Major Newton, assisted by Lieutenant
Adjotant M'Lean, laid the three guns and kept up a
sharp and well-directed fire for a considerable time: the
men wot king them were trained by Major Newton to
the exerci:e from the wing of the corps with which he
was originally dispatched from Dacca, and their con-
duct on this occasion, I understand, was very conspi-
cuous, and worthy of notice ; several of them, I under-
stand, were knocked down by the enemy's fire. The exe-
cution of the artillery, in the absence of an artillery offi-
cer, excited the admiration of this little force yesterday,
on discovering the effects inside the place. One of the
Burmese Chiefs was cut in two by a round shot, and the
grape slaughtered a number; in short, there can be no
doubt but the guns, and hearing of the approach of
more, and Col. lanes' detachment, have driven them out
of the country.

After an'exposure to the enemy's fire for more than
three hours, Lieutenant-Colonel Bowen, who had been
wounded in the hills to the northward, arrived, formed
the troops into line, and ordered a charge on the west
face—a more gallant one cannot be imagined—the men
did all that could possibly be expected of men ; the
charge was made up to the spikes, and the enemy, about
2,000 behind the ditch, poured in their destructive fire.
File firing in a square on parade was a joke to it;
this, together with the obstacles in front, made the poor
fellows step back, but none went to the right about
until the retreat was sounded. Here was a dispensation
of PROVIDENCE, for which all engaged ought ever to
be grateful ! How so many fine Officers escaped, who
were all conspicuous in the example they set their- men,
is miraculous; or bow more than a fourth of the men
returned is equally to be wondered at ; much, however,
is to be attributed to the badness Of-the enemy's muskets,
and the time they take to reload them. The inside of
the stockade was found studded by sunk redoubts, so
that an interior warfare was evidently premeditated,
and the work of murder would doubtless have been
•ery bloody had weforced a passagehere or at Jattrypore.
" A Bus mese orderly book was found, and the names
of forty-two Birmahs and a Chief, who were killed in
the attack at Bickrampore, were struck off the list of
the army. The Assamese, whose loss was the severest
on the occasion, %ere not noticed, and an order was
issued in the book that any Officer or soldier heard
speaking of the affair at Bickrampore should suffer in-
stant death ; previous to this business services of com-
paratively trifling nature had been performed by Lieut.
Colonel Bowen's detachment, having dislodged a body
of the Assamese troops from one or two stockades at
Iris koolali, without loss on either side. Our loss at
Doodpatlee, I regret to state, was severe; Lieutenant
Arnistrong, of the 10th, killed ; Lieutenant-Colonel
llowen slightly wounded with a spent ball; Lieutenant
(;raves slightly in the arm; and Ensign Barbaric
dangerously, lel.• since amputated; about I'2o men of
the 10th killed and wounded. Captain Johnston, a very
active and gallant Officer, I regret to say, was very
severely wounded through the knee, and about forty
men of the detichment of 23d ltungpure, were killed
and wounded, including the sot ty• two men spiked in the
feet and legs opposite Buddeepoie, where the enemy had
commenced making some stockades. Our camp hos-
pital is tolerably full.

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PORTUGAL.

PROM THE FRENCII PAPERS.

their sincere desire to promote every measure the
ensure the preservation of pace and order, and tn.
aversion to everything at variance nth these principles,
of check the itile declamations of these pap!
imaging sac* bdt what iee,e4l.: with their
ion!, and thin)! everything *dined that can
tilio.ce their own bise ends. .It-" Vere tv be wished
these self-constituted defenders of legitimacy
learn-the difference between tight and wrong, before
they assume a part for which their bad intentions and
sentiments wholly disqualify them.—German Paper.

. LISBON, JULYS.
The following official documents have been lblished
I.here, viz.—A note from his Excellency the Marquis of
IPalmella, Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign,
Affairs, to Baron klydede Neuville,Count of Bemposta,
French Ambassador at this Court;—the answer to the
said note; and a dispatch from Count de villele, Pre-
sident of the Council of Ministers of his Most Christian
Majesty, and ad interim Minister for Foreign Affairs.
These documents serve to prove the lively interest which
his Most Christian Majesty takes in the support given
to the royal authority of the King our Sovereign, and
the close union ahich unites all the Kings of Christen-
dom against everything calculated to disturb public
order, peace, and the triumph of those religious and
monarchical principles which are the desirable and solid
bases of the happiness and liberty of nations:—

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of the island of Malta and its dependencies.

" Palace, Valetta, 7th June,
" By his Excellency's Command.
" FREDERICK HANKEY,
Chief Secretary to Gave
LANDING OF HIS EXCELLENCY.

STACK 13XCH A NOE. TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Consols 'opened this morning at 92a to for the Account, and in

chf emit, part of the morning a good deal Ifittdoim. They are now
at 924, 4, with a brisk Mariam.
FOREIGN FUNDS.
The most doing in the Foreign Market this morning is in Colom-
bian and Mexican Scrip.
Current Prices : Old Spanish 21 f, Russian P 44, Alliarce Shares
12, Mexican 524, Colombian Scrip 54 4, French 104 4, Austrian
934 4, Chili= 714, New Prussian 97, Old 96, Portuguese 87,
Greek 16 dis. Buenos Aym 4 prem.
PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.

3 per Cent. Reduced 93 92Ye 931/
3 per Cent. Cons. 92% 3A-311 per Cents. 1011/8
4 per Cts. Assented 1003/4-4 per Ct. New 105.1/4
Bank Long Anni. 23 2215.16 23
India Stock 287—India Bonds 88 84
E cclieq. Bills of 1.1,000 (2d.) 40 5 ; (1 V2d.) 41 40
Do. Small (2d.) 40 6 ; (11/2d.) 43
India for Acc. 288—• !olisols tor Acct. 921/a 1/, Vs 14

The following intelligence of the arrival of the Mar.
quis of 11 ASTINGS, at Malta, was received this morning
at Lloyd's :

s•MALTA, JUNE 7.
" PROCLAMATION

" By Ills Racelimey General the Most Noble Marquis of Hastings,
K.G. K.C. B. and G.C.H. Governor and Commander-in-Chief

" This day the Moss Noble Marquis of Hastings, K.G. &c. &e.
&c. appointed by Ms Majesty Governor and Commander-in-Chief
of this Island and its Dependencies, took the Oaths of Office, and
in consequence has assumed the duties of Governor of the same.
" Notice is hereby given, that all persons are required to obey
him as such.

Owing to the haziness of the weather, the PIINTON
was not perceived till nearly eight o'clock in the morn-
ing, with the signal flying that his Excellency was on
board, and by half-past nine she entered the great har-
bour, off which she received the salute of his Majesty's
ship Il [ND, with the yards manned, which had just arrived
from Alexandria. Immediately after the frigate came to
anchor, she was saluted by the batteries on shore; and,,
the Lieutenant-Governor, General Sir MARLaz Poway,'

attended by the Military Staff, and the Secretary of this
Government, repaired on board, to offer respectful con-
gratulations on his Excellency's arrival ; and shortly
after Sir PAOLO PARISI° presented himself, to express
a hope that the Marquis would condescend to land on
a spot selected by the Maltese Nobility and inhabitants,
and on which preparations had been made for the pur-
pose; with this request his Excellency complied.
At eleven o'clock, he left the frigate, under a salute,
and with the yards manned, in the Government barge,
attended by the Major-General, the Marchioness and
family following, in Captain Srnar's barge, in which
were in attendance en them, time Commissioner ,of the

Navy, and Captain KING, of his Majesty's ship ACTIVE.
His Excellency was received on land* by Sir PAOLO
PARISI() and the Baron SCEBERRAS TRIGONA.
On passing the gates the Major-General tendered him
the keys of the fortress. Ilis Excellency then pro-
ceeded to his Palace on foot, through the streets of
Valetta, which were lined with troops, passing under a
triumphal arch, erected en the occasion. He was met
in the square before the Palace by the President of the
High Court of Appeal, the Members of the Supreme
Council of Justice, the Treasurer to Government, the
Superintendant of Quarantine, his Majesty's Judges,
and all other Civil Authorities. The concourse of pet).
ple was immense. His Excellency was greeted by them
with incessant cheers and by every demonstration of joy,
which he repeatedly acknowledged. The enthusiasm
which prevailed it is impossible to describe.

A Morning Paper, which sends French fleets on any
expedition it pleases, and not unfrequently, like Ton,
Thumb with the Giants, even makes the fleet it-
self, has discovered •that g, if the disputes between
England and the Holy Alliance are settled, there can
be no doubt but that France will make a bold at-
tempt to get possession of St. Domingo. The French
naval force now collected in the Vest Indies, and the
immense preparations making in the French ports,
are a clear indication of the .use to be made of them.'
One of our Stock Exchange Reporters goes further than
this, and in all the simplicity of his soul, informs us, on
the authority of private letters, not from Constantino-
ple, like the Mr. Solomon of Korzmurt, but from
Paris, that the French fleet which is ordered to cruize
between Cadiz and the Azores, the Mediterranean, &c.
until September, is destined to cover the landing of
troops at St. Domingo. He sagaciously adds, that the
Haytian Commissioners are totally kept in the dark on
this subject. How considerate in the Gentleman, thus
to illuminate !—Of course, when the intelligence
reaches Paris, Ole secret expedition of the French will
be discovered, and they must study some new way of
taking Hayti by surprise. Whatever means France may
ultimately employ to regain her influence in St. Do-
mingo, we feel assured she is not preparing any expe-
dition for that object at present.

In another column we have given, from the French
Papers of Friday and Saturday, a diplomatic correspond-
ence between the Portuguese Minister, the Marquis of
PAL.lstet.ca, ar.d M. Ilynx DE NEUVII.LE, the French
Ambassador at the Court of Lisbon, and M. DE VILLELE,
by which it will be teen tit the conduct of M. HYDIC
nt; dozing the attempt of the Infant Don
Itot..t.t. to detl.: I.is lather, not only met with the

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