Star.
London, England, 1807-10-28 00:00:00

EAST IN DIES.

MOM THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, FEBRUARY tg.
GENERAL.OEDERS BY THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
Fort William. February is, tBo7.
The Commander in Chief has received the report of the cap-
ture of the ftrong fort of Chumeer, in the diftridt of Koonch, at
four P.M. on the agth of January, IEO7.
The energy and decifion evinced by Lieutenant Colonel Haw
kins, fince he fucceeded to the command In Bundlecund,is highly
creditable to his profeffional reputation; and the judgment, abi-
lity, and promptitude manifefted by him in the attack of Cbumeer
entitles Lieutenant Colonel Hawkins to the particular approba-
tion of the Commander in Chief.
The profeflional ability and zealous exertion difplayed by Cap-
tain Hopper, and' the Artillery, Engineer, and Pioneer details em•
ployed on that fcrvice, in preparing the way, and the determined
gsllantry evinced in the affaolt of Chumeer, agafnft a very fpirited
anddefperate refiftance, redounds highly to the honour of Captain
Delamain, of the 16th native infantry, who led the attack, and to
that of the gallant Officers and Soldiers of his Majefty's and the
Hon. Company's fervice, who fo nobly performed their duty on
that oecalion, and for which all are entitled to his Lordthip's par-
ticular praife and thanks.
The Commander in Chief laments the lofs of Lieutenant
MGregor, of his Majefty's 17th Foot, and of Lieutenant
M'Qieen, of the tit native infantry, now numbered with thole
who have gallantly fallen in the ferviee of their country.
H. WORSLEY, Adj. Gcn.
A PROCLAMATION.
The Right Hon. the Govainor in Council, having
obferved, that in foam late inaances an extraordinary
degree of agitation has prevailed among feveral corps
of the native army of this coati, it has been his Lord-
fhip's particular endeavour to afcertain the motives
which may have led to conduft fa different from that
which formerly diainguithed the native army.—
From this inquiry it has appeared that many perfons
of evil intention have endeavoured, for malicious
purpofes, to imprefs upon the native troops a belief
that it is the with of the Britith Government to con-
vert them by forcible means to Chritlianity ; and his
Lnrdlhip in Council has obferved with concern that
filch malicious reports have been believed by many
of the native troops.
The Right Hon. the Governor in Council there.
fore deems it proper in this public manner to repeat
to the native troops his affurance, that the fame re-
(pea which has been invariably (hewn by the Britifh
Government for their religion and for their cutioms
will be always continued; and that no interruption
will be given to any native, whether Hindu() or
Muffalman, in the praftice of his religious ceremonies.
His Lord/hip in Council defires that the native
troops will not give belief to the idle rumours which
are circulated by enemies of their happinefs, who
endeavour, with the bafea defigns, to weaken the
confidence of the troops in the Britifh Government.
His Los darip in Council defires that the native troops
till remember the contlant attention and humanity
which have been thew,n by the Britifh Government,
in providing for their comfr.rt, by augmenting the
pay of the Native Officers and Sepoys ; by allowing
liberal penfions to thole who have done their duty
faithfully ; by making ample provifion for the fami-
lies ut thole who may have died in battle ; and by
receiving their children into the fervice of the Hon.
Company, to be treated with the fame care and
bounty as their fathers had experienced.
The Right Hon. the Governor in Council trufls
that the native troops, remembering flick circum•
fiances, will be tenlible of the happinefs of their Iv !r-
-ation, which is greater than what the troop, of a"y
other part of the world enjoy, and that they
continue to obferve the fame good c(tnduet for which
they were diainguithed in the days of General Law-
rence, of Sir Eyre Coote, and of other renowned

heroes.
The native troops mull at the fame time be fenfi-
ble that if they thould fail in the duties of their alle-
giance, and should' thew themfelves difobedient to
their Officers, their condo& will not fail to receive
merited punithment, as the Britilh Government is
not Ids pre eared to punith the guilty, than to pro-
teet aid diltinguifh thole who ate aiming of its
favlur.

It is direfled that be eradiated with care
into the Tamul, Telinga, and fliudoollanee Lan-
guages ; and that copies of it be circulated to each
native battalion, r.f which the Europe:2n Officers are
enjoined and col Llered to be careful in making it
known to every native Officer and Sepoy under his
Lommand.
It is alfo dirsacci that copies of the paper be cir.
culated to all t e Magilirates and Ccllators under
this Guvernmeca, fur the purpole of being fully un-
der tio:•cl in all parts of the country.
Puhlithed by order of the Right liPneurnble the Gcvcrnor in
Council. G. BUCHAN, Chief Sec: to G4v.
Dated in Fort St. George, 3d DIM leC6.

BRILLIANT FXPLOIT.

No official account, we believe, has yet been pub-
Hilted of the capture of the Dutch frigate Maria
Riggerfbergen, fioce called the Java, fuppofed to
have foundered with the Bt.t. sm. The reafrtn why
it has not yet appeared fcems to be, that the official
papers have been 101 l with Sir Tiro btAS TROWBRIDGE,
but the particulars of it cannot be too generally
known.

Account of the proceedirgs of his Ma.lefty's }hip Caroline, of 36
guns, P. RAINER. Efq. Captain, bcv.veas September 2, and
Dauber 19, 28.:6.
“ His Mak(ly's flap Blenheim, Madras Road,
December zo, ISo6.

" On the 12th of September, the Carrot's/ e failed
from Penang, upon a cruize in the Straits of Sunda.
The winds being light and variable, the did ant reach
Bencoolen before the 6th of Oetober following, where,
receiving fome water and a few live cattle, (he re-
mained a few hours, and then proceeded to the
South. but had the misfortune, before the had been
nut a 6 hours, to lute her topmafl in a tremendous
fquall. Her fore-yard alfo went in three pieces, the
driver boom in two, the tops were much damaged,
many fails fplit, not to mention the fmall flicks loft
and deflroyed ; and the diflrefs was aggravated by
the circumflance of their being almoft dellitute of
fpars, and having very little cordage on board.—
The lofs of a cruize, however, was the acme cf dif
rrefs. What cannot be effeded by perfevering
try ! every thing was fpeedily replaced, but the fore.
yard, and that on the this d day after, was alfo acrofs.
It was compofed of half the broken main topmafl,
one piece t f the former forelard, fecured by iron
hoops and fiches. Full of hopes, they arrived, on
the 6zh of October, in the Straits, and examined the
wefiern fide, then croffed over to Anger Port on the
17th, and in the morning early, under French co-
lours, laid to until the guard boat came off ; they
detained the ferjeant of the guard, and after paying
liberally fur the refre(hments the boat contained, fent
her athore, with a fiditions account of themfelves,
and then made the bell of their way for Batavia,
which they hoped to reach as loon as thtie difpatches
could. On the 18th, at day light, °trey chafed a
brig under Dutch colours, which having a pendant
flying, they took to be a guarda cotta. Their red
fides and French colours deceived the brig Intl:let:N-
ally, that the did not for a moment carped the truth,
until a cutter, manned and aimed, was dispatched,
under the command cf Mr. S. JoHNsON,
mate, to attack her ; but, left the should not be equal
to the talk, the barge was boated out, manned and
armed, and fent after her, under the command of
Lieutenant CRESSY. Finding refiflance mutt be in-
' effedual, they quietly fubmitted. ;The prifoners,
about 3o in number, being exchanged, her colours
were re hoifled, and fh: was ordered to follow the
frigate. She had only failed from Bantam the night
before, and was laden with pepper, andjmounted fix
guns. A fine breeze fpringing up from the weft-
ward, they loon law the Wand of Onroolt, and under
it the Phenix refitting ; alfo feveral merchant 'hips;
and between the iflands of Amtlerdam and Middle-
burg, they obferved two brigs, of 14 guns each,
ready for lea, which they would foon have doled
with; but were diverted from them for tome time
by a veffel in the offing, which proved to be an Ame-
rican. They refolved on the brigs &ft, and then the
frigate at °mock The weather at t P. M. keenest.
ing very hazy, with drizzling rain, they could not
very well fee the velTels in Batavia ; but the brigs
weighing and making fail, they hauled dole round
Amflerelam Nand, and very nearly cut off both,
but being in four fathoms water, were obliged to
heave all aback, the headmolt one profi..ing by this,
efcaped round the frigate's bows, while the Zeerop,
of 14 guns and 40 men, was taken poffeilion of.—
The tiring alarmed the Matrix; inflantly cut, as
did the merchant drips, and made for the (tore ; and
before the CAROLINE could get the prifoners ex-
changed, and the topfails double reefed, which the
refrefhing breeze rendered neceffary, thefe Dutch•
men were out of reach.
" They then determined to try what was to be
done in the roads, which gaining under a heavy prefs
of fail, they did not give the enemy much time to
confider; indeed they thought themfelves perfedly
fate, as well they might. There the Maria Rigger.
bergen, of 3o guns, lay outermat, hipported by the
William, of 20 guns, and the Patriot, of 3o guns,
the Zeiploog, of 14 guns, the Galley, of 6 guns, the
Dutch merchantmen alto, molt of whom were arm
ed, and a block (hip betides. A little before four
o'clock the Dutch frigate began to try his range and
continued firing until the CaaoLINR had thortened
fail to her topfail. When taking her pofition on his
Ilarboard bow, the opened her fire upon him, and
her fecund a head ; he finding his duration too hot,
cut his cables and call to feaward. Blitith courage
never had a liner field to difplay itfelf in. The CA
RoLINE, with zoo men at quarters, was now pairing
infide; receiving the tire of every stare', but by a
maitetly rnanoenv•e got the Dutch frigate with head
off fhore, between her and the reit of the enemy
(excepting the William, who taking a pofition aftern,
raked her during the action to the tall). Being now
fairly placed alonafide the Maria, the action was ob
Ilirately fought for 3c minuler, when the Maria
frock in fair fathoms water : the William then,
and not before, made off, but kept up her firing until
the boats lt ft the CAROLINE, to take poffeffi n of the
frigate. They then ran farther nut, and anchored
for the night ; and Inch was the panic of the enemy
that although no moleflation was given them, during
their (lay, they next morning weighed and tirade fail
in company for the Ifland ct Edam, where the prows
were at anchor. The Pepper brig was given up to
as many of the prifoners as could now away in her,
and the then parted company for Batavia. Num-
bers efcaped in the beats of the Maria during the
adion,nor was any account taken of thefe fent iron+
the Dutch frigate to the brig, owing to the confofint,
ufual in thole cafes. The fors of the enemy could
not be afcettained ; but the Maria is stated, from
the belt accounts, to have had 23 killed, and 2o
wounded. The vidory was dearly purchafed on the
fide of the Englith, there having been 3 killed, and
13 wounded (all. 3. Dutch prifoners killed and 2
wounded), on board the CAROLINE. Lieutenant
Williams, of the marines, a yhung officer of grew
promife, was the only officer wounded, which he wa.
(mortally) early in the aftion
" Thus was an ae:ion concluded, which, pethap
is not exceeded in btillianei by any known. The
CAROLINE) Maria; and Zeerop, proceeded through

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the Straits of Banta, where being miftakeA.for
Dutch fqoadron, they found cattle to detain a Per.
tuguefe chip from Batavia bound to China, with
which they arrived at Penang, on the 13th of De.
cember, after a fatiguing paffage of 26 days, againti
the mrinfoon, in very bad weather.
" P. S. There were about forty fail of veils in the
roads of Batavia, of the enemy's about nineteen.,
Had not the CAROLINE been fo (bcrt handed, the
would have done confiderable more mifchief ; as it
is, 2,000,000 florins will not repair it."

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER z.
Sr. SIN:UN and ST. jyrn —No bands at the Stock Exchange.

PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
3 prr Cent. Red.6tii li4dia Bonds, is. di(' par
3 per Ccr.t. Confols flail Exche. Bills. ts. 45 3s. pm.
4 Per Cent. 791 it , Eng Hill Tickets ail.
5 per Cent. Navy 965:-: ConE for acc. ktit
Long Ann.l7i 9-t6

Hamburgh and Altona Papers to the 18th inflant
came to hand this morning, but they prefent nothing
deferving particular notice. Some extra& from
them, and from the Gotteriburgh Mail which arrived
yoaetday afternoon, are given- in a preceding column.

THE BALTIC EXPEDITION.

HULL, OCTOBER z 6.

Mr. Ftsnea, one of his IsNelly's Meflcngers, wa*
larded at this port yefierday afternoon, from the
Hatcvore (loop of war, of 18 guns, Capt. Peaece,
with difpatches from Admiral GAMBLER, off Copen-
hagen, dated the 15th infant. On the preceding day
Admiral STAN Hors had 1.-ft that* Ration, with TEN
SAIL of Me DANISH SHIPS of WAR under his care, for
England ; but, in confequence of contrary. .winds, the
fleet and convoy were obligecito put into Plum-
burgh on the I ph. 'I he HALCYON alto nude the
fame port on the 18th ; which they left in company
on the zoth, together with about 300 fail of tranf- •
ports, having the Danith &c. on board. The.
weather has been extremely boillerous during the
whole of their paffag: to this country. On I'uefday
lati, at tea, the HALCYON fell in with the wreck of
a galiiot, the Maria Elizabeth, which had loft her
bottom upon one of the reefs in the Cattegat—all her
math were Alf) gene, and, from the circumtlance of
no perfon teing found on board.by the pe-pie of the
HALCYON, it is fuppofed that the whole of the crew
had periled. I: i, aliu fea-red -that feveral of ur
tranfports have fuffered material damage fence they
left the S.•und. When the Mellinger failed from;
before Copenhagen, the whole of our forces had been
embarked,• with the.,exception.of the rear guard.....
We underhand that leveral of the above fleet have
paged the Humber to the Sr.nthward. The arrival.
of the others may be expected daily.

Mr. FISHER, wish an Officer of the HA LcTow, left
this place at half pall eleven lalt night, in the Rodney
Coach, for London ; being under orders to make the
neared land, and the•greatef expedition.
We are happy to :fate, that the accounts brought
from the Baltic by the above gentleman, with refpeik
to the (late of affairs betwixt THIS covsrin • and Rwssr4
are of the moll pacip and favourable mature, and at
dire& variance with the alarming reports lately cir-
culated, of holtilities being intended -agaioft that
power.

YARMOUTH, OCTOI3ER 27.
_ _

Yefterday afternoon arrived the Lady Nepeaa
packet, Captain Gsnaot DEANE, with mails from
Gottenburgh. The packet (poke the A RIFL flonp of
war, who informed him that there were nine fail cri
privateers in the North Sea.—Alfo arrived the °al-
arm flonp of war, with difpatches and letter+ from
the fleet ; and the Vizrir gun brig. with a tranfport
marked L B. with marines heirnging to the MA.
issric : the Captain of the tranfporr and four mea
were unfortunately drowned off Heligoland...-111e
PRINCESS AUGUSTA cutter has retaken ate Cadic
Packet, and fent her for Hull. The FLORA frigate
and HYACINTH floe', will fail this afternoon on a
cruize. Sailed, the ERNE'r gun brig—and arrived,
•he Britith Fair armed (hip, and the DESSNCE, of 74
guns, horn off the coaft of Norway ; no boats hav-
ing come on chore, we have not heatd any news.-.6-
Paged this port, a Swedifb convoy.—Wind N. E.

Yenerday Mr. FISHER arrived at the Foreign
Office with difpatches from his Excellency Laird
GRANVILLE LavasoN GOWER, at. St. Pete, &nigh.
Letters were brought by the fame conveyance from
Mr. MERRY, who left town tome time !ince.
The Duke of PORTLAND is fail to be fa much re-
coves ed that he has Mod cards f.o a Cabinet Dinner,
at Burlington Houle, this day.
Lord HENRY Mo•'RE has been appointed Joint
Muller Mailer of the Forces in I•eland, in the room
of his tether, the Marquis of DROGHEDA, /*agile&
The infpeetor General's Office, in the Admiralty,
is dircontinned, by order of GoverriMent ; the biiii-
nefs, in future, will be under the dire tion of the
Navy Beard.
Yeflerday Government gave notice of their inten-
tion to contra& for zcoo puncheons of rum for the
rife of the Nagy ; and we learn, that they are in future
:o ufe rum entirely, and not brandy. They certainly
•night always to have done fo.
About zOOO hogfheads of fugar were yellerday
purchared by the Mercharrs, fo confi,tent are thel
hat a masker will be f Auld for them in fpite of all
NAPOLEON'S decrees.

Three of the French prifcnerq made their escape
from the Brutal priloa (hip in Gillingham Reach na
Friday 'all, bur have all been retaken, being tnund
the Mules alma d:ad with cold and hunger.

Ir-

THE ARMY.

A great interchange of troops, particularly sd

battalions, is immediately to take place between
England and Ireland, and the Wands of Jerfey and

Guernfey.

That diftinguillied Regiment the 13th foot, coin.
funded by the Hon. Lieutenant Colonel Cottritts,
the Cameronians, the Royal Vuzileers, 63d, and 2d
battalion of the 3111, 58th, and 88th, are coming
from Ireland to England. The ad battalions of the
9th, 14th, 15th, nil, 39th, and 89th, General
Wutrasocef regiment, with there two diainguilhed

corps, the Old Buffs and lith Foot, from Plymouth

Garrifon, go to Ireland. The Queen's Regiments
87th, and Come others, come from Guernfey and
Jerfey, to Scotland and England.
Lieutenant M,Garcoa, of the t7th Regiment,
who was recently killed in leading a party to form
the thong fort of Chumeer, is brother to Enfign
M‘GILECOR, the young officer who fell fo gallantly
along with many others at Buenos Ayres. What
adds to the lofs of the father, an old officer, is, that
but a !hart time before he loft a third fon, a Captain,
who nobly fell in Lord LAWS army in Bengal.
That magnificent efablithment, the New Military
llofpital, with all its appendages and houfes for the
Surgeon General, InfpeSor General, Phyficians,
Surgeons, and other Officers, is now nearly finifhed.
This fuperb and highly stieful flrueure was begun
under the Matter Generalthip of Earl Mors*.
It is in agitation to confiruel fuch another building
as that nearly Willed at Woolwich, as an Academy
for the Cadets.