Star.
London, England, 1802-01-06 00:00:00

REBELLION IN THE adltNifTlC

FARTHER PARTICULARS.
akTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFTICRIE IN 1413

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MAJESTIOs 73D REGIMENT,
Dated Camp, in the Ceded Dis, nine miles
Welt of Cuddapah, JASde, ans.
In my lull letter 'I detailed the particulars oldie
defeat of our troops at Pandalamcourchy, and as
it has proved one of the molt gallant, thaugh fatal
(in the lots of officers and men), 1 (hall commence
with an account of what has happened fence at
that place. I believe I told you that Lieutenant-
Colonel Aar; sw, Adjutant-General on the Coati,
was ordered to proceed and take command of the
troops on that fervice, which he accordingly did,
and being reinforced by his Majefty's 77th Regi-
ment, two Companies of Artillery, fome batta-
lions of Sepoys, &c. he proceeded to attack the
place a fecond time. Having erected his batteries,
which mounted two eighteen, two twelve, and fear
howitzers, he battered in breach for a whole day,
and determined not to fail from the fame caul, as
had occafioned the failure before (the imprailica-
bility of a breach), he waited for the neat day to
attack, when he again opened his gnns on the
breach till twelve o'clock : be then affitillted the
place in ,the following order ;—The two Flank
Companies of the 77th led, then the remains ,of
the two unfortunate Companies of the 74th, and
three Battalion Companies of the 77th, followed
by all the Flank Companies of the Sepoys Corps
prefent. They advanced to the breach in ordinary
time, under a very heavy fire on both their-flanks.
On reaching the breach, the enemy were fo nu-
merous, and armed with fpears frman zo feet and
upwards in length, that they found it neceilary to
draw up in line and commence a regular fire of
mniketry, which was kept up fo well for fifteen
minutes that the enemy at lati broke, and the par-
ty entered, after lofing three Lieutenants killed,
feveral officers Wounded, and the number of men
killed and wounded-about 180. A great {laugh-
ter enfued ; but a large body of the enemy efcaped.
out on the oppoflte fide of the fort only to be cut
up by the cavalry, which were Rationed round for
that purpofe. lam forry to inform you that one
of the Lieutenants who fell on this occafion was
nephew to General Haim s, kis name GILCHRIsT,
a very fine young man, and was the only officer
who efcaped being killed or wounded ort the for.
mer bufinefs. The troubles have not ended with

that.
A powerful Polygar, taking couracro from the
temporary defeat we firft fultained, has taken up
arms. Colonel Aowaw is now employed again
him • and we hear that in one fmart fkirmiTh be
has loft a Major GREY aad fume other Officers of
the Company's fervice. Further information rays
that he finds the enemy fo numerous as to demand
A reinforcement, and that the communication be-
tween that detachment and Madras is cut off.
You muff underltand that Polygars are a race
of people who inhabit the jangles and hill parts
of India ; they are braver than the generality of
Indians, and cannot be (aid ever to have been
conquered.

Another over-land difpatch was received at the
India Houle, on Thurfday. By this conveyance
we learn, that a very coufiderable body of the
Panjalum Cauchy Poligar's troops, after the far-
render of the fort, .defeended into the plains of
Tinnevilly, where they were oppofed by nearly
an equal number of Colonel AGNEW'S forces.—
The former confined chiefly of pikemen, who,
finding their retreat into the jungles cut off, by a
line drawn from north to fouth, and flanked by
heavy artillery, endeavoured to force a pats in
fete of cannon loaded with grape, and, concen-
trating their force to that particular point, are
flitted to have performed prodigies of valour. The
Sock was fu Rained by the Brasil and Sepoys with
their accultomed bravery, and in the iffue.the ene-
my were routed, leaving the face of the country
for feveral cofs covered- with their (lain. An of-
ficer who was in this engagement, and who has had
many years experience in Indian warfare, declares
that he never witneffed a conflia fo arduoufly
centefted.
By the Intl advices from Bombay we learn the
fatal event of a duel there, between Mr. F. and a
Lieutenant B. The former was (hot through the
heart the firli fire. The furvivor has been fen-
tenced, by Sir WILLIAM SAVER, to Botany Bay
for fourteen, and his fecond, Captain it. for (even
years.
Sr. HELINA.—The Government of the bland
of St. Helena have eftablifhed a fignal poft of
much importance on the fummit of Ladder Hill,
for the purpofe of affording intelligence. When
an alarm is made of a fleet of (hips being in fight,
this Ration becomes of confequence. From the
conveniency of the fituauon whereon the poll is
eredted, and the command it poffeffes of the
windward fide of 'the ifland, the people refilling
in the valley, and other parts of the fettlemen:,
are informed of the exact number of (hips, as they
appear in fight from the extremity of the horizon.
For this purpofe the poft is ereaed in the form of
a crofs, from the arms of which the perfons ap-
pointed to look out fufpend large balls of the fize
of a bomb-then ; for intlance, 4 tingle fhip is de.
fcribed by a fingle ball, and fo on for as many
more as may be feen to approach the Ifland. In
former times, when Governor ScorrcAve refided
at St. Helena, a flag tired to be hoifted about half
way up the rock, called by the natives the ig Half-
' way Houle," which merely denoted a fhip or fleet
aterigg for the Ifland, without expreffing the num-
ber. Asibon as a yetrel rails anchor in the bay,ffite
falutes the fort with nine guns, which is immediate-
ly returned ; but if one of his Majefty's (hips
calls anchor theefort filmes &11, which is an inva.
'ruble etiquette in the fervice. A battery is (rates;
on purpofe for falutes, cn a platform before the
front of the Governor's Cattle. called the Mount,
facing the main line, which coedit of 21 nine or
twelve pounders. The guns on the line are neva
tfifcharged but on the days of exercife. This ex.
cellent fortification contains very heavy pieces of
'ordnance, being thirty-two pounders, in she fase
of the bay. .