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BRITISH COPPER OFFICE, September 14, 1809.
THE Committee of the British Copper Company
hereby give Notice, that a Halt Yearly General Meeting of
the Partners in that Concern, will be held at the King's Head
Tavern in the Poultry, on Wednesday the With day of September
instant, at twelve o'clock at noon ;
At which Meeting Auditors will be appointed, and any vacancy
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The Chair to be taken precisely at one o'clock.
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'THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. 111. was
published this day, by John Murray, no. 31, Fleet-greet,
and J. Hatchard, Piccadilly, London ; and may be had also of
eirery Bookseller and Newsman in Town and Country.

y put , fleet in motion ; and
having dispatched the Ru,sel to the Straits of Drion
and Banca, with orders ultiMately to proceed to Ba-
tavia, sailed with the Culloden, Phaeton, anal-Procris,
to le tabuthsof the atraits. . Admiral Drury's fl•g.
was flying on board the Ceylon laound to Malras.
We afe sorry to add, that the Discovery, Captain.
Ross, which had been sent with the Diana, under a
flag of truce to Manilla, for the ptirpose of bringing
away Capt. Pakenham and the Greyhound's men,
had been captured by the French frigates above men-
tioned—unfortunately Capt. Pakenham and 150 men
were on board the Discovery.—(Bombay Courier Ex-
traordinary.)
THE WAR IN TRAVANCORIL
APRIL B.—The fortunate result of the late mili-
tary operations in Travancore, has at length been
communicated to the public through the medium of
the Madras prints. We are not at present prepared
to enter into a full or particular history of the origin
of the disturbances in that country. They were prin-
cipally or solely excited by the ambition and turbu-
lence of the Dewan, and were attended in their com-
mencement with circumstances of great treachery and
cruelty. The facti n which that Minister had the
address to attach to his person and cause, was much
more formidable, in point of numb‘rs, than circum-
stances would have led us to expect. It has been
even rated so high as 50,000 Nairs, upon very credi-
ble authority, and beyond doubt it was exceedingly
great. The major portion, indeed, were armed only
with bows and arrows; but the characteristic courage,
hardihood, and enterprise of the tribe, made up in some
degree, for the inferiority of their weapons, and ren-
(let csi them far from contemptible foes.
In course of the month of January, three several
attacks were made by the Dewan's army, on the Bri-
tish subsidiary force at Quilon, amounting to nearly
5,000 men, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel
Chalmers. On the 19th of the same month, an attempt
was also made on Major Hewitt's detachment at
Cochin. In each of these affairs the enemy was power.
tul in numbers, and displayocrconsidei able boldness
and perseverance. The skill and intrepidity, how-
ver, of our Officers and men, uniformly triumphed,
and he was driven from the field with a heavy slaugh-
ter. On our part, success vas happily purchased with
hardly any bloodshed.
At length the army appointed to penetrate into the
Travanc, re country, under the command of Lient,2-
, nant-Colonel St. Leger, commenced its operations,
nd the celebrated lines of Arumbooly were carried
by storm on the 10. h of February. On this exploit,
which, for boldness of conception, and resolution of
coiduct, is rivalled by few achievements in the mi-
lit try history of India, we have much pleasure in
laying before our readers the following details:
The army took up their position on the frontier
early in February, and were engaged for several sut-
cessive days in reconnoitering the formidable defences
upon which the enemy rested his security. At length
a practicable point was fortunately discovered in the
works upon the South Hill Those works enfilade '
the whole line of defence in one direction, while the
redoubt, on the North Hill, commands it on the other
side. Behind the battery, on the southern eminence,
some old walls were perceived, which, to all appear-
ance, the enemy had abandoned. The ascent, in that '
quarter, was of no great difficulty—but a deep and
impervious jungle, which skirted the foot of the moun- '
tain, presented an obstacle to the approach of troops,
of a nature sufficiently discouraging. After mature
deliberation, however, it was determined to attempt
this part of the wall by surprise ; a plan of assault
was arranged and adopted, and every necessary pre-
caution taken to insure its success.

On the rfght of the 10th of February, a storming
party was accordingly formed, under the command
of Major Welsh, and marched out of camp to the
left, by a road 'leading to the southward, which the
pioneers had previously prepared. The party was
composed of two companies, and the piquet of his
Majesty's 69th regiment, amounting, in ali, to 150
Europeans, under Captain Syms, besides seven vo-
lunteer artillerymen ; the two flank companies of
the Ist battalion of the 2d Naive Infantry, command-
ed by Captain Pepper • and the two flank and five
battalion companies of? the 2d battalion of the same
regiment, untier Capt. Lucas. Besides these troops,
three companies of each of the battalions, together
with the native piquet, and two field-pieces, were di-
rected by Major Welsh to remain behind at the ad-
vanced post, under charge of Captain Stephenson.—
Major Welsh himself headed the stormers, who, with
a party of 150 pioneers, under Lieutenant Bertram,
carrying four short scaling-ladders, and a large sup-
ply of ammunition, set out by the appointed route
about eight p. m. They proceeded without obstruc-
tion, until they reached the borders of the wood at
the foot of the hill, where they formed up, and halted
for about half an hour, in order that the blue lights,
which, to,guard against surprise, the enemy, accord-
ing to their custom, had kiadlia all along their lines,
mightqrave time to expire. That interval living
elapikt, tliey-, stated aogaina and entered the jungle..
Here betdai the arduous p%lrt of the enterprise. The
troops found thethielvee dto ivi the midst of as
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two non-commissionsl .officers and twelee privatee,
in person, and at the. same time took the necessary
precautions for securing a retreat in the event of f'in.
lure. Having Frrotacded in this matinee for several
lwurs and seressoutved many difficultiess. with great
lals6l;eEnd anxiitte-4 Major ;Welsh all et We dis-
covered, that the' greater pelt_ of his temps wete
missing, and that, he. was left with only the forloris
hope, Lieutenant Bertram; his bugle, aril about fakir
of his pioneers in company. The men whistled, but
received no answer. Their comrades had taken au°•
titer route, and were now at too great a distance to
hear them. Major Welsh ordered his small party to
halt, and waited for the space of about a quarter of
an hour ; when Odin that all further deluy would
be vain, and being now within a short distance of the
works, he resolved to proceed. The brave forloen
hope assured him of their determination to stand by
him to the last. He directed them to fix their bayo-
nets, and to carry every thing without firing a shot.
Having at length reached the walls, they crept under
them in silence. And here another difficulty arose.
It was found that in consequence of the-separation of
the main body, they were left without ladders.—No.
thine remained but to attempt to scale the wall, by
;mounting on each others' shoulders. This was at
length happily effected, though with much labour and
difficulty. Two Europeans having gained the sum-
' mit, assisted in dragging up Major Welch, and the
rest of the party, in succession. It was now four
o'clock in the morning, and, after hours of incessant
labour, the men sat themselves down in anxious sas.
pence, to wait the arrival of their comrades. Their
anxiety was presently relieved by a loud peal of mass
quetry from the lower part of the hill, about 200 yards
to the right of their position. This proceeded from
the main body, who having reached the walls by a
different route, had scaled them in silence, with their
ladders, and immediately opened their fire, which wit
answered by the guns and blue lights of the enemy.
Major Welsh seeing the fire comreeace at .4 point pee
far down the hill, was at firtt apprehensive that the
troops had been discovered before they could get with.
in the walls. There was no time, however, fur hesi-
tation. He ordered the bugle to be sounded, and this
small party, with three shouts, which were answered
from one end of the hill to the other, pushed on va-
pidly to the summit. Here the gallant Major Welsh,
exhausted by fatigue, and by the falls which he had
received in scrambling over the rocks, was deprived,
for a time, of the use of his limbs, and, repeatedly
fainting away, was carried into the action by some of
the light company of the Ist battalion, who joints
him from below.
When the day broke, our troops found the whole
hill in their possession. The colours of the 4d bat-
talion were hoisted on a conspicuous rock, and the
guns of the redoubt were turned upon the main loos,
which they completely commanded, as far as the
gate. Meanwhile, Colonel St. Leger dispatched
a reinforcement, consisting of one company of the
69th, and three of the 13th Native Infantry, uncter
Capt. Hodgson, who forced their way, by the same
difficult route, to Major Welsh's assistance. Seeing
this party, as well as all the rest of the force within
the walls, coming up rapidly to his support, Major
Welsh immediately sent a detachment down the rode,
who dashes into the lines, attacked those of the ene-
my, who still stood to their guns, and put them com-
. pletely to the route. The panic spread to the men in
the north redoubt, who also fled in the utmost costfe-
sien and dismay, and left us (about the hour ofeight
in the morning) in full possession of the whole works.
Thus fell, by a a successful coup-de-main, the fortnida.
ble lines of Travancore—the extent of Which is so
great, that a garrison of 10,000 soldiers is requisite to
man them. The loss of the enemy, in killed and
wounded, was severe. We have also to regret the
death of Captain Cunningham, and of other gallant
soldiers ; but, when compared with the object atchiev-
ed, our loss was inconsiderable. By nine o'clock,
not a man of the enemy's was to be seen from the
heights ; and Colonel St. Leger pitched his camp two
miles within the Arumbooly gate. Many valuable
pieces of ordnance were found on the works; and an
abundant supply of guns, muskets, pikes, ammuni-
tion, and stores of every description, in the arsenal.
When the last advices came away, the troops went
busily employed in blowing up the lines, and bursting
the iron cannon. Such of the ordnance as were va-
luable, would of course be preserved. We have the
pleasure to subjoin the complimentary Orders pub.
lished by Colonel St. Leger, after the storm.
" GENERAL ORDERS.
" ST TIM RON. LIEUTZNANT-COXON&L A. ST. !AGM
" Perils, wittsw—Comiter.qp, succ,Ess.
" Camp, iwo.miles interior of Arumboth
Gate, Feb. 10,1609.
" Lieutenant-Colonel the Hest. A. alt. Lour has much sou&
faction in tonveytOg to the troops uss4ct Dia command, the most
sincere coieeetelatioas ea thc bokantatchievrawrir of this morn-
ing. The Lieitenant-ColanelAeodlaii a duty he owes to justice,
to thUs publicly Milis his high ciinsideration of the perst.orrante
juagnPnt, and ability, displayed by Najor Welsh, comma:Whit;
ttit 34 Regiment {): Native lufttitty, -in the assault ao tiiis *Ma*
ing, wherein the greatness of the entzrprize could only be equalled
by the success ir? hich attended it. 't%t Lieutenant-Colonei re-
queito Major Welsh will convey to tlito.oi6cers and men who
; eoln#osed- t'hi detaehment for escalade; under bin command, Ms
moat unqualtied ajpprobtaion oi their garant exertions, iu areas-
gilshipg %Nett h:Ch mast ecyr csilbid.ere4l as cow to
a hig,h,pJa‘e oo ntilitcy Jecrird.77-: iAfttt• =
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By advices of the 26th
Scot Reef, for the purpose of ezhibiting a Light, is reported conduct the Entertainment intended to be given at Merchant January, just received from and brushwood, where they had no resrutrci! bit
(by a letter received this day from Captain Tartu Kksat, of His Taylors' Hall, on the 25th of. October neat, viz. Penang, via Madras, we learn the pleasing Mtelli- roll
A. . , si„op Se ELe Katz), to have been captured by a divi. Sir Richard Neave, Bart, Hen rx Thornton. Esq. M. P.scramble upon 'their hands and feet.
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of the 2el instant. Beeston Long, Esq. Georje Smith, Esq. M. P.
e, that the differences with the Chinese Govern-
meat had been finally and amicably adjusted ;that this fatiguing and painful operation, the exertiint,, sloe of the aen3Y's
Thomson Bonar, Esq. James Daniel, Esq. . POLX.: ThOmas Reid, Esq. - Edward Lee, Esq, Admiral Drury had arrived at Penang with our Major Welsh were conspicuous. He halted, from C.l
Wm. Astell Es M P John Inglis, Esq. . troops, which had in consequence been withdrawn to time, to give those in the rear an opportunity
TRAPOTORT OFFICE, Sep. 7, nos.- Robett Hun'ter,qEsq.• • Thomas Hughan, Fig. M.P. from Macao, closing up—he animated the dr:ooping hopes of i
I men, assigned his post to each individual„and d;recl
HE COMMISSIONZRS fcr CONDUCTING Edward Forster, Eal.
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John tunno Esq John Smith, Esq. M. P.
George Hibb'rt Esq,
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ed at Penang, that two French frigateshad been wen attack should co
the European party, as soot as the . .
nunce, to advance by alternate secti,ns, brafg.off a cave "SZCK and WOUNDED SEAMEN, and jar the Care arid John Whitmore, Esq,
Abraham Goldsmid, Esq. off Pulo Aor, on the 17th of January, by the Diana
00,,ey of P/t/SONERs f WAR, c'a hereiy give Nair', Wm. Manning, 'E
. g, sq. M. P. Wm. Mellish, Esq. M.P. brig, who had been chased by them, and escaped many began to doubt altogether of ultimate sikegs
filing to the rear. Observing, at the NAM. (' tone,, tl
That they will be ready at this Office, on Tuesday, the 26th Sir James Shaw, Bart. M.P. Edmond Thomas w., en, Esq. only-:
by throwing her guns overboard, Sir Edward
John Pearce, Esq. John Maitland, Esq. M.P
septwhar, 1809, to receive sealed Teniers,„and treat with such
Pellew had instantly put his fleet in motion ; and he determined to lead the. forlorn hope, consi,sting
Philip Sansom Esq. H. C. Combe, Esq. M.P.
may be willing to contract for Victualling Prisoners y,20,4„ 5t„.,„:,.,.. %•._ - . - -- - • • - - - two non-commissioned .officers , and twelve peivitt
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