Star.
London, England, 1812-10-29 00:00:00

EAST-INDIA INTELLIGENCE.

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The following intelligence we have collected from
private letters received from Bengal, by the ships
'lately arrived :
" Disturbances were reported in Cutch ; our troops
bad moved towards that quarter from Bombay ; the'
cause of the dispute not mentioned. A scarcity of
grain was felt in Tinnevelly, and in almost every part
of the Madras territory ; permission had been granted
to transport grain, tree of duty, until this month
(October) ; great quantities of rice had been shipped
from Malabar. The Jaulnah force, that had moved
to the Northward, to protect Berar from the invasion
of the Pendarries, continued in the field. - From Delhi
we learn that the Prince Mirza Jehangeer intended
to set out for the lower provinces, where it was his
wish to reside. The army in Bundlecund has broke
up, and the corps were returning to their respective
cantonments. Colonel Roderick Frazer commanded
in the fort of Kalengheer, where a garrison would
remain, consisting of the Ist battalion of the 11th
Native Infantry, five companies of the '2d battalion
of the 2d, and a party of artillery, with two 6-poun-
ders, under Lieutenant Fulton ; the Ist battalion of
the 7th Native Infantry was to march for Mattra, by
the route of Calpec.
46 An earthquake had been felt, and extended over
a very large portion of 1-.industan, but there was no
reason to ruppose, it was any where proch...:Live of se-
rious consequences. • . .
64 The Pindarree Chieftain Kurriem Khan, and his
family, had certainly found a refuge From their pur-
suers in Holkar's camp. Rimjett Sing had. returned
to Lahore alter his visit to Futtegurriis to celebrate
the nuptials of Gernd.Sing with the daughter of Jur-
meel Sing. ' Colonel Ochterloney had also been at
the nuptials, and had returned, to Loodehatmeh,
where Runjeet Sing had paid him a visit. Soojah
ul.Mulk, it appeared, was again in some force; he
is said to have crossed the Attock, and encamped at
Khaurabad, expecting aid from the Soorah of Cash-
sneer. Mahmood Shah, the reigning Sultan, was
harassid by invasions from the mountains, and con-,
tinned stationed with his Vizier, at Cabul. Zemaun
Shah had set out frnmLahnre to Mohan ; AmeerKhan
had again marched to the northward ; he was atten-
ded to Kotah by Balaram Seit, and Guffoor Khan,
from whence he intended to proceed to Sheergurrah.
4, Kurreem Khan, the celebrated Pindarree chief-
tain, has been delivered into the hands of the Bhae,
'by whnm he was put in confinement ; the Court Of
Poonah had demanded his person, as an indispensi- i
Lie condition of any favour which Mulha Row
might expect from the Peshwa ; this was displeasing
to Ameer Khan, who, with Durgcon Saul, had in.
tercedcd for the I'indarree's liberty. A great body
of freebooters from the Decan had appeared in the
neighbourhood of Merzapore and Benares; they had
plundered the villa es about the former city; they
entered the Co'.ipany's Provinces through the great
pass from the Mean, which opens to Meriarore,l
and have since bent their course towards Shahabad, I
committing sad devastations in their route t. all was
alarm at Ghya, Patna, and in Southern Behar.—
This horde iS supposed to have come from the coun-
try i n the Vertridda, towards the South-west, and
lately attacked Nagpore, but being hard pressed
from the side of Hindustan, made this,desperate in-
cursion in quest of sustenance. A considerable force
of cavalry had mo ved in their I car from Bertaub-
gbur, Dundlec und, and CAM npoir, alai precautions
were taken it. every district to protect the European
and native inhabitants, and cover the frontier. The
country of .1. poor was tolerably tranquil, the Rajah
havine, folfrind Hs tngagements to A mcer Khan.
64 Lieutenant Lociset had returned to Bussora, after
a survey i f Hilla and the ruins of Babylon. He
had collected several valuable Arabic and Persian
tnanu,cripts.
a Th, operations of Scindia's detachments in dif-
ferent p:arts of I-lineust4n had been attended with
unusual huccess, s.hich had contributed to consoli-
date the dominions and extend the power of that
Chieftain.
64 From Rangoon advice had been received, of
the success of the Royal army against the insurgents
of Arracan, who had fled to the eastern hills.
64 Keports from Chittagong state, that straggling
parties of Burmahs had committed depredations on
ithis side the Nafa. The main Burmah force was
tbout 7000 glen ;In Goasequeace, a det4chluot of