Star.
London, England, 1804-02-01 00:00:00

EAST INDIES.

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Slay. 6.—You mat have heard of the
*operant war is which we ate now engaged in the
tscigltbontisood pf this Prefulency, with the hlahrat-
ti 'Sven tusk" the celebrated SCIIIDIU. At the

eommementent of this war the troops experienced
iamb bark fervice, but the refult of the conceit
proniks to fulfil our molt fanguine expeflations.
We have already captured the Rrong fourth of Ale-
Malnaghur, one of the moll confiderable in the ter.
ritory of Scindea, and the very key of his domi-
nions. Seindea calculated with the utmoß fecurity
that it would have Rood a fiege of from three to four
Months, and in that time he believed that he fhould
be able to come to its relief. The vigour and promp-
titude of our military operations, however, com-
pletely dikoncerted his plans. The place was taken
id three days by efcalade. The 74th and 78th regi-
ments and a battalion of fcpoys particularly dillin-
gtdtbed theralelves on this occaCon, and had the
principal that. in the fuccefs. We have to regret
the lots of Captain HuIdRIRSTON, of the 78th (fon
'of the Colonel of that name) and Lieutenant A Noka•
spa* who fell fighting bravely in the attack. I have
Dot heard of any fuperior officers of thole corps killed
or wounded dangeronfly in this affair. Colonel MAI.
west. and Major SCOTT I can name as having been
formate enough to efcape unhurt in the arduous
bakers in which they were engaged.
The fortrefs of Alemadnaghur is of more impnr.
lance than even General We ta.ssLEy had previi,ufly
iasagined, and its early capture will have the hap-
pica die on the future campaign. General Wit..
aastar and Colonel ST iViN SON are now in purfuit
of &indea. Our troops have already crt.ff_d the
Godavery. and it is expelled that they will loon
reach Burhampoor, the place to which the fcc has
retreated.

The Bengal army, we underfland here, is in mo-
tion under the command of General Lek,. It is
laid that they hare palled the Junin... We hear that
the fiat attack will be upon an important rid,
where General P 1 MIS 114 S grand depot. It ha,
beet► reported, that General NUM'S had A deign of
coming over to us with a body of 12,cC0
which are wholly denoted to him, and will follow
him in any fervice.
A few days ago the tcws reached ns, that tt-
Bombay troops, iinJer the command of Lieutenant
Colonel Wormincros, had taken Bernath, in the
Guzzerat —The details of this affair hare nio yet
been received; but the.only e:Kzer killed is Captaia
TF mpLt, of the BCrth regico,rt. A :4rsat
took place of the Arabs in the lure, as the bulincfs
war decided br, the bayonet.
General W conducts all operations IA it!:
uckt vigour as mull encore a freedy stud f..eccc•ral

termination of the eontell Hitherto HOLKAIt has

kept aloof from ScinZea, and it will not he very
difficult to determine him to neutrality by the hope
of (baring in the fpoils of his rival.
Avo. 16.—The war againft the King of Candy,
is a fubjea on which a well-wither to the Britilb
caufe will not be anxious to dilate. It has nor, as
you may have heard, been fo fortunate as was ca.
peeled. It is thought that to reinforce the army
there will be neceffary. Whether any are going
from Bengal I cannot fay. At Madras they might
fparc Come force. In the beginning of the "prefent
month two embarkations of troops were to take
place at Calcutta, but on the fpot as well as here
their deflination was a profound fecret. Report Pays,
however, that one of the expeditions which had
failed was deltined for Balambaugour on the coat: of
Borneo.—That Rim!, which was formerly in our
poffeffion, would be of great importance to us as
affording a place of rendezvous and fecnrity in that
dick of Wands. The objet of the other is Paid to
be fome ifland in the Gulph of Siam, to fuppreft the
Veguins, or rather the Burmahs.
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RETRACT OF ♦ LETTER FROM A MILITARY OFFICIR
ON BOARD THS ATALANTE FRENCH FRIGATE, DATED.
PONDICHSRRY 10503, JULY 12, 1803.
" The French fquadron arrived in there roads to.
day. lam among the paffengers on board of the
Atalante, as Lieutenant of one of the Regiments of
Sepoys, in the fervice of France. We failed from
Breft, in Brittany, on the 15th of February. Two
days after our departure, we experienced a (*even
gale in the gulph of Gafcnyne, when we had been
very nearly loft, but got over it after much trouble
and danger ; almoft all my papers, h ffetts,&e. were'
either loft or fpoilt. My poor companions fuffered
equally. I (ball leave this with General Mourroar,
who is appointed by the FIRST CONSUL Governor of
Chandernagore. I have failed with this Gentleman ;
be is an honeft man, and polliffed of great abilities
and knowledge.
44 Our fquadroa was compofed of three (hips of
the line, five frigates, and four tranfports ; but the
gale we met with difperfecl the whole fquadron.—
Pour only arrived here, of which one (hip is called
the Marengo, and the frigates Belle Poule, Semil.
tante, and PAtalante. They wait orders from Cal-
cutta to put us in poffetfion of Pondicherry. Our
General es Chef Is called MORES; ; the others, who
are under his orders, are General WENDIRMASSE, a
German, &HAUT, and DARSOAVILLI ; our Colonel
is called Purim= Winans*, a native of Pondi-
cherry, formed y Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment of
Pondicherry. The commander of the naval forces is
called Rea: Admiral Liuots. The other (hips that
compofed the fquadron will arrive in a few days,
probably fifteen."—Boaday Gazette, Sop. 7.
On Monday evening failed to the fouthward, hit
Majefty'a (hip Csartra roil, Vice Admiral Rata tsar
accompanied by the LAIICASTIR,
TRIDENT, WtL-
HELMraA, and VICTOR 1100 p Of war.
His Majefty's !loop of war RATT , Capt.
G. CILZMER, arrived on Tuefday evening.---Nadrar
Gazette, Aug. 11.
Advices from ' Madras mention the arrival of a
French cutter at Pondicherry. It is Paid Elie failed
from France on the Gth of April. Soon after her.
arrival the French (hips that were in Pondicherry
Roads weighed and proceeded to (ca.—Banks Ga-
za', Aryl, 3.
On Sunday morning, at day break, minute guns
were fired from the Fort, announcing the death of
his Highnefs the Nizam of the Deckan, and at
twelve o'clock a falute of nineteen guns, on the ac-
ceflion of his fucceffor.-1/m/rar Gazette, Aug. 18.
SHIP CALEDONIA.—It iS NHII extreme concerts we

have to (late the melancholy fateof the fhip Cac v DON lA,

Capt. THOMAS. The CALEDONIA left Balafore Roads
on the 114th of May, bound to Bombay, with the fol-
lowing paffengers on board : Mrs. THOMAS ; Lieut.
Colonel James PATERTSON, of the Bombay Military
eflablifliment ; Mr. Ross, Lieutenant Kimmins., and
thirty-feven men of his Majelly's 78th regiment, four
women and feveral children: On their pafrage they
fell in with an American (hip from Prince of Wales's
Ifland, bound to America. On Friday the 29th tilt.
they bad (truck foundings and were in about 45 fathoms
running is for the land, blowing exceeding frefh, and
a heavy lea, running under chile reefed topfails and a
forefail, when about eleven o'clock in the forenoon,
when Captain THOMAS tA':IS aft on the poop, looking
out for a double altitude of the fin, not having had
olifervation for fume days before, a fmok,7 was
oblervrd corning rip the fore hatchway, and a cry of
file. The buckets were imm:diately filled with
water, and every precaution taken ; but on removing
the f;re hatch the flames and Imoke broke out In ra-
pidly as is fuppofed to have fuffoc.ated fume of the
pent„:, and tae flames raged with fuch extreme vio-
lensze as to preclude the poffibility of flopping their
I r -mei,. The (hip directly before the wind,
with a cicw of preventing the fire from communicat.
; the boats were boated out, and people
id.iccd in them to prevent the crew from deferting
the :114), or permitting too many to get on board the
beats, In as to endanger their fafety. It was (or'n
difeovz!ed Coat the fire had communicated generally
in :i.e hold, the main and atter hatches baying been
bind optn by violence of the flames. It now be•
carne Lecetliry to attend tz, the prefervation the
cf as many of the CfCW as their means •.uld
admit rat. Captain TiioM AS, 'qrs. THOMAS, C'olourl
s sow, !kir. Mrs. jk t, fer:;aLt•ma•rir's

wife of the Bengal artillery at Tannah, Mi s. r &use
and one child, wife of a private of the 76th, in all
fifty•three people, embarked in the long boat. In
the pinnace, ten lea tunnies and lafcars quitted the
flip, (even of whom were unfortunately loft on the
rocks when landing. In the jolly boat there em-
barked from the Nip, the gunner and fourteen lafcars,
four of whom were dallied to pieces on the Turf on
Malabar point in attempting to land. The total
number of fouls on board were 157, out of which
only 71 were Laved. We are forry to add that Lieu-1
tenant KINMEDY, of his Majetty's 78th regiment;
Mr. Ttionesos, the chief officer; Mr. HERRING, the
2d officer; Mr. COLLINS, the 3d officer ; and Mr.
CRANSTON, the 4th officer, were left cn board the
flip, and it is fuppofed mutt have perifhed. The pre.
fervation of Lieutenant Colonel Parsasos's life was
truly miraculous, having jumped from the window
of the quarter gallery, at the time the long boat was
dropping Atm. The fituation of Mrs. FRAZER may
be caller conceived than defcribtd, for although fhe
efcaped with her own life and one child, the was un
der the neeeffity of leaving two other helplefs infants
to fall vi aims to the flames. Imthediately after the
boats quitted the flip the mainmatt went over the
fide, and loon afterwards the !Lip blew up abaft,
having about fourteen barrels of gunpowder on board;
in a few minutes after which (he difappeared.

The fire is tuppoted to have originated from Come
oil having leaked down upon the gunnies in the hold,
and eauling a fpontaneous ignition.
The following is a MI of the people who em-
barked on board the long boat, and who landed at
Vertovith on Saturday morning lall :
Mrs.

_ Gee, Tholes, Canunander ; Colonel
tiessiket, Mr. Rofe; Mrs. Joyce, Selman Major's wife of the
Rawl Artillery at Tannah ; Mrs. Frazer, and one child, s prl-1
t'oe's wife of the 78th Regiment ; James Coats, carpenter; An-
thew Rer„ botcher; Donald Mackay, ferjeant; Finlay M'Res,
=monk W. Mayo, Donald Frazer, Robert M'Lean, John
Skeetland, George Luke, Finley Mackenzie, John Bowman.
Robert Macquesious, John M.lver, Murdock Frazer, Chrillian
Conftance ,Owen hisequerls. Andrew highs, Finley Henry, and
Alexander Mackay, privates In his Majefty's 78th Regiment;
Baum= Allemande, fea canny ; Brim fyrang ; 16 lakars ; two
fepdys, and 17 (errant, total 33.
Government immediately difpatched the Wass,
Lieut. Saw.. Spool, in quell of the wreck of the
CALEDONIA' which veal is fine returned after an
ineffectual cruize.—Bombay Caw*, Av. 3.