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DIVfORNDS to be made in the COUNTRY.

April 42, W. Vincent, J. Tanner, J. Barnes and S. Hancock,
Newbury, bankers, at ten, at the George and Pelican, Speen-
hamland. May 11, J. G. Harris, Bristol, cotton-manufacturer,
at twelve, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. May 13, K
Wdcock, Huddersfield, carpenter, at ten, at the Swan, Hud-
dersfield. May 11, W. Gibbon, Pontefract, woollen-draper, at
ten, at the George, Huddersfield. May 11, J. Willett, North-
weld, shopkeeper, at four, at the White Swan, St. Peter of
Mancroft, Norwich. June 2, T. Warrington Portsmouth,
grocer, at one, at the Fountain, Portsmouth. May 19, D. Aust,
Walton., carpenter, at twelve, at the Commercial Rooms, Bris-
tol. May 11, J. Miller, Liverpool, merchant, at eleven, at the
George, Dale-street, Liverpool. May Ig, W. Ryley, Worces-
ter, linen.druper, at tw ' elve at the &sr and Garter, Worcester.
May 13, W. HAI, Leeds, hatter, at eleven, at the .ourt-house,
Leeds. May 25, W: Johnson,..Leeds, woofien-draper, at eleven,
at the Court-house, Leeds. May 13; W. Barite Stratford-
upon-Avon, victualer, at twelie,Wtothe White Lim:, Stratford.
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J. 0. Parr,
_ Liverpool, merchant. T. PLickett, Breastost,
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and W.S. Hall, Brook-street, goldsmiths. J. Parsons, Barton,
cotton manufacturer. J. Houlding, Livetpool, cotton-broker.
J. Higgs, Northall, dealer. W. Horn, Limehouae, sad-maker.
W. Manderson, Jun. 'Woolwich, dealer. J. Jones, Billingsley,
cons-dealer. E. Grace; Seaton-cottage, merchant. & &mis-
ter. Manchester, dealer. J. and E Bernoulli, Jefferies.square,
merchants. S. Allwright, Shoreditch,'ltaberslasher.
DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIPS.

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Runslet, copperassenanufacusrers. Gisborne and Co. Ashbome,
bankers. Kay and Smith, Leveashulme, Acc. manufacturers.
Rialtworth and Longbutrom, Kishley, raff-rnercharita. T. and
R. Pox, Great Queen-street, wine-merchants. Empson and
Lockwood, Rotherham, millers. Granger and Dunning, Leeds,
auornies. J. and W. Disk, Deptford, grocers. Prior and Hof-
brow, lianunerstnitb, dyers. Saltaly and Edwards, Manches-
ter, batters. Taykur and Jackson, Liverpool, merchants. El-
lis glair, Bethnal green, brewers. A. and J. Blacker, Aus-
ths-frian,smerchants. Ifolnum and Shutliebothans, Flatter, dra-
pers. Mtirria and Cooper, Shrvwsbury, manta,

SUPPLEMPNT to ale LONDON GAZE

OF TUESOAP, dPkIL 14.
SATURDAY, APRIL Is.

INDIA BOARD, APRIL 13.
Dispatches have been received at the Ea
house, addressed to the Secret Committee
vernor in Council at Bombay, enclc,iri tr. ,
the commencement and pores.; of
tweets the BriLisli Government and the Pei,
which reports and dispat‘lies the folluaing
pies and extracts:
Extract from a disp., tch from the Pon. .IProntatter. tl
the Resident at the Court of the P4.1,9•t•t:
General, dated Camp at Kicky, Nov. 6, 1,17.
The pressure of business for these
the uncertainty of the result, have preven,
therto reporting to your Lxcellency; bat z
now in a state of war with the Pcishwa,
nary to acquaint you with the manner in
rupture was brought on, leaving all detail
sequent dispatch.

The great military preparation of his Itg
Peishwa, his distinct rcfusal to send a•n• p
force he had collected away from P
threatening position he had occupied H.
bourhood of our camp, and, above
ting endeavours to corrupt the fidelity rt
troops, rendered it absolutely nece.,are, in
meat, to remove the bi igade from the ver
sition it occupied at the town to that selei
by General Smith.
This circumitance, and that of our cr
being on the alert on the 29th, the night I
arrival of the European Regiment, remor
pearance of confidence, which had. in some
been kept up between us and the Peishwa.
pearance had afforded no advantage, meal
protracting an open rupture ; for his High
seeded, in all respects, as if he were at
and all kis subjects spoke of his declaring w
us, as an event in which nothing was tins
the time. The effect of our withdrawing‘
courage the Peishwa's people, who pion,
cantonments without any obstruction tr.=
Government, and who talked openly of th
ing destruction of our detachment. du
his road to Bombay, was also attacked, woi
plundered, in open day, about two miles fro
and as far from the Residency ; and the
the Peishwa's Ministers was that of perfeo
meat and disregard. His Highness also
to push his troops up towards ours, as if in
it was announced that he intended to form
between our old cantinunents and our net'
and 1000 or 15(X) horse moved down for th;

I renewed my assurances ofour wish for
said that if his Highness moved to his arm
withdraw to camp ; that if he remained qu
ceded, we should still consider him as a fr;
should be careful not to cross the river that
our camp from the town ; but that if his
vanced towards ours, we should be obliged
them. The Peishwa left the town, and ui
Purbutta, and within less than an hour
of troops began to move in the directio
camp, and in such a manlier as to cut off
dency. I had withdrawn a company that
left in the old cantonments, and as soon
the Residency the detachment there mac!
camp, keeping a rirer between them and the
troops, who were moving in the same direr
Residency was immediately plundered and
Copy of a Report from Lieutenant-Colonel Burr, of
Establishment, to the Deputy Adjutant-Generd
Division of the Army'of the Deccan, dated Unit
November 6, 1817.
SIR—My. letter of yesterday's date wi
formed you of my having removed the w
stores, treasure, and provisions front our
ments to the village of kirky and of
lodged in security therein ; and of the brig
in a state of preparation to move as cite
may require.
1 have now the honour to report, for di
don of the General Officer commanding
that soon after I had dispatched it, I receive.:
--
oration from the Resident a the proba: :i.[y ri an
immediate rupture with the Peishwa, foNv.,fd:sy
.requisition to move out and attack the Ihratta
force, which was then visible, and adv:uliiag w the
attack of our camp.
I in consequence formed the brigade, an.; leavin;
the head-quarters of the 2d battaiion tith regimen:,
who were previously weakened by several strong de-
tachments, in charge of the post together
with the drill, sick, unfits, and to o ;roil lit-pcai.ders.
under the command of Major lt,rm, a.ivacced
meet the enemy, a part': of whose 10:: bossed act:
the column, and preceded our ma: ds.
Having hosen a situation in advance of car poi:.
Lion, at the distance of abou: one mile, we fermi
line, waiting the junction of the Dapore (1) battal,,n,
under the command cf Major Ford, with three tie,c..
pieces ; at this period, I was joined by the Resident%
who most gallantly exerted himseil ;2:e
day, in setting a distinguished exam;.'animation to the troops, encouraging t:
ever it became necessary,,and lry his s
information aiding my judgment in tl
the measures it became necessary to

On the approach pf Major 'Ford's
being reinforced by the Residents es,:e
which had been stationed at the SLni,:.
the command of 111,.tj,T Cleilaad
somely oirered his services to me. I e
to advance, which we continued doi.
The Niahratta army, which was
its left resting on the height of the
('undy, where a large body of the Vi
(3) horse were posted, extended its rigi:;
tah river, in which direction the
their cavalry were frrmed, the total am
is supposed to have been 15,000 ; tlu
undulating plain being occupied by a 14
fantry and guns, supported by • suet'
horse, as far as the eye could see, who,
vance, moved forward front their I+4
ttbe very moment we were unlimkril
commenced a brisk cannonade from
(1) ran of a Brigade by the reigir
and disciplined by Litioprans.

(2) The Residency.
(3) This person h one oi the Peishwe; lac
on forater occasion. had bete conspicuous to '
the British ietetetta.

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&aims
tor rell
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a In: r, fief'',
refer,, 'areal,
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men, a
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as sq. ~ • fienity,
4 ;s ,: ; , lived fi
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field-pi
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t rtr:•;.. were ii
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titled: :: • rillich
max to
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before a
red the a> Er'..
le ntrastee, part 01
Ris a? of his
:ept that -1 the gr
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open Ici; his gm
war apri walled
,rertita la sitien),
sea: to ea. other.,
kaeLsi our fi ont a;
n lilciT ,'.'l 'lle lii
he irripta,'" comm
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contioued ing an
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at sciarnes henuu
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'd t e attack lots t
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det we formei 'WOW
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7ith three ie;u• Cher
y the Resident, and
throuß:l,-,:: tle cam
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bra to the MA' `gym
t5..,,:t1 r lA•St'S CI: Con.
'mount of ale:: ‘vitl
the i:aerie.ilze ran,
i long line of +r- rani
cestive lines o: the,
to, ~:ci.ig tb Iv' son,
povition, .tai at on
ring for acti,,.:, •ot
• th.:ir centre, i 'lit
nt
ihw.t, bt.t osreck.i.
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I Ili stesais44: a ei

the misses of cavairy on botbAheir flanks enti
dearoured to turn ouri, and succeeded
_in getting

OUT rear.
The action now became very interesting ; a body
el Goklah's regular infantry made an attack, in solid
column, on the
l-t
Ivntalioi, 7th.reniment Native In-
ns-, which was on the left of tile line, and who had
it and a.n.umberof!
finn:eiysucceeded in repellinn
one, when a select body of the enema, s cavalry
seeing their infantry repulsed and pressed by the bat-
.
c.ion: - couldv•l with difficulty be restrained from
, ~1
Var' in them. made a determined charge on the
~n
cons, sortie of the men Nvbeeitng round the flanks, re-
reii:ng their attack in their rear ; the bravery of the
a' na.".11.-wevcr, compensated for the disorder into
•li.a.litlnsied
had been thrown by the previous attacks,
!tin, ena.i, them. under circumstances of great cif,
i. 10,,.. and with the powerful co operation they de-Hi
~..1.-nl'froni the. left brigade of guns, and a part of the •
innbay riegiment, to beat oil the assailants, who
nil many men and horses on the ground, withdraw- •
lei
to a distance. and ...ever after hazarding a repetin'
:ion of their attack.
Major Ford, ii ith his battalion a
his
.Dapore," joine. d us, and lion
line
field-pieces
or. our right, when we again
.immedtate y advanced .
nearly half a mate, the left of the line
~bsebingsethro:.biti)
back to check any attack of the emu),
.or , .
were in great fora: between them and the riven. while.
tics light coninznies of the Ist battalion 7th regiment,
;chid' had at first preceded the line, were sent to the
rear to keep in check a lame body of horse, who had
be.. watching Major Ford's movement to our sup-. 1
port, and who now came down in tear of our right'
Rank. Soon after the enemy with4rew the greater
part of his force to a distance, retiring and drawing
off his guns towards the city ; and, as we advanced,
ne rater part of his infantry also, computed at 1
sts3,) (part of whom
had been posted in advance of
his guns and centre in the bed of a mullah (-11, and in
walled gardens, extending along the front (It our po-
saina, now sent out their skirmishers, which with
oiler, on the i i,-..;lit of the line, and rockets from both
inn and rear, continued to occasion us a few casualties.
'tae light infantry of the line, however, under the
command of Captain Preston, easily drove them off,
and occupied their ground; and it being nearly dark,
submitted to the Resident, as the enemy were evi-
dently in full retreat, the expediency of withdrawing
the troops to camp as soon as it was dark, having
fortunately succeeded in our principal object, meet-
ing and driving the enemy from the position they had
one taken up ; and this was accordingly done,
e •
and the whole returned to camp soon after 8 o'clOck.
I am happy to say the casualties during the action
have beat less than could have been expected ; the
grease: part have fallen on the Ist battalion 7th regi-
ment; ale one liaropean Officer, however, Lieute-
nant F.!zunar, of the "ld battalion Ist regiment, is-
amongst the wounded. Accompanying I have the
lndiur to forward a return of the nuMber.
1 have not Net heard a correct statement of the
Ins the enemy suffered ;. I should imagine that'' it
cidd not be less than 3 or 400 killed .and wounded ;
:neve reports make it treble that number ; amongst
the lattenare said to be • the Minister and some Of-'
Uri of dstinctinn.
The Lieutenant-Colonel then praises the conduct
rifle Bombay and Dapore Artillery, under the com-
mand of Captain Thew and Lieutenant Lawrie ; of
the detachment of th.eliBth regiment, commanded by
major Minn and Lieutenant Coleman ; of Captains
blitford, Donellnn and Whitehill ; Brigade Major
Captain lialitltic ; Lieutenants Inverarity and Ellis,
Lieuteihn..; Grant, Captain Gordon, Lieutenant Dun-
sterville,Alajor Ford, and Di-. Meek, and the Medi-
cal Gentlemen.] (Signed) .
• C. B. BURR, Lieutenant-Colonel.
lam AVID WOUNDED:TOtaI havildar, 1 naique, I drum-
mer, lo privates, killed ; I Lieutenant, I jemedar, 3 havildars,
4 haves, 2 Lucas, 1 bheastee, 51 privates, wounded. Officer
wounded, Lieutenant Falconar' severely, in the shoulder.
C. B. Buns, Lieuteftant-Colonel.
P.S. I am sorry to say there is very little hopes ofl
lieutenant Falconar's surviving, and several of the
wounded will either die or require -amputation.
EMI from a Dispatch from Mr. Elphinstone to the Governor
General, dated Camp, Kicky, Nov. 11, 1817.
Since the brigade has been in this position we
have experienced the good effects of the forward
movement made by Colonel Burr on the sth, and of
the impression he then struck, in the timidity and
inertness of the enemy, and the tranquillity which',
we have in consequence- enjoyed.
The Yeishwa's army appears to haVebeen in great
cc:elusion: on the 6th, Moro. Dickshut (5) was cer-
ta. ie:y killed, as was Sirdar khan, a Patan chief, who
_Lad been discharged from the Nizam's reformed
borsei and whom the Peishwa ordered to raise 2000
men for his service ; Bulwunt Row Rastia Nana
oiktra, a relation of Goklah's (6), and Narraen
Diediut, the brother of Moro Dickshat, were
wounded, and Alba Poorundery had a horse killedl
1
ler him; the Vinchoor kur was suspected of trea-1
eery ; the Pei div:a himself set off for Poorunder,l
• was with nreat difficulty persuaded to remain in
amp by Goklall, who declared that his Bight would
it followed by the dispersion of his army. In the
ourse of the succeeding days, the Mahratta army
wn concentrated on the side of Poona, most remov-
nl from our camp; and his Highness encouraged
Sirdars (7), paid for tin horses that had been
i qed in action, and bestowed presents and distinc-
73:itoon such ;nen as load been wounded. Yesterday
:rung the whnie army moved out from behind the
. and encamped to the cast of ont old car -..orn I
at, in open view of this camp, at tile distance of
ont four miles.
Tin
only signs of activity which the enemy has
Mn, .In• '
-ed have appeared in his attempts to cut off
'''?i,toe'., and to shut the roads ; in this he has in
'lna measnre succeeded, as some officers and some
.:3"(.7 V'ere advancing on the faith of our al.",ance
witli linie or no escort ; Comets Hunter aad Mord-
In
• , Escorted by a havildar (S) and 19 sepp's ..., had
..., .
2"Lved at Wou;tee, within '2O miles of Poona, when
„
din
o n Arabs,
were
surroundedalid: by some hundred horse and
sq
I,,ctotni.e
.11%d to , lay after a fruitless resistance, were
down their arms ; the sepoys were
•tz'il'tslie
ffi'dcer and one of them has arrived in camp ;
,
s were made prisoners, and are stated,
1.
(A TiAllet
•
b 23,,.. :,! tle In Amin Ministers, who generally transacted
(5)"011,
0., the licitiA Resident.
I:rhwa's Chicers, who has obtained an antis-
.'
Mitar LaiLts. (ifl A Nuive Serjeant.

(•by one report, •to hate 'Ken Murdered in cold blood:
but more authentic accounts represent them to have
been carried into Poona. C rptain•Vattghan tad his
brother were seized at Tullygong, on their way, from
Bombay, and, although they offered eio•resistanee,
they are stated, by a negro servant who brought the
account of their.capture, to have been put to death
in the most ignominious manner. The negro is so
distinci in his relation of their execution, that there is
no reason to doubt the fact, except what arises from
the atrocity. of the action.
The Peishwa's conduct has, in some instances,
borne more of the character of civilized war. A
conductor and a naik's (9) party, belonging to the
Peishwa's battalion, that were in charge of some
stores in a suburb. near the Residency, were induced,
by assurances of safety, to quit a defensible house
which they occupied, and the promises made to them
were faithfully obsessed. Mahommed Hurriff, the
moonshee (10) of the Residency, had also defended
his house with Arabs,' was invited to quit it, and
. sent out of the•city unmolested. He had an inter-
view with oklah before he came, which was inte-
resting in many respects, especially from' Goklah's
posducinga paper, under the Peishwa's seal, invest-
,with gll the powers of the Government, and
from. the-avowal of Wittojee Naick that the Resi-
dency ;u4 cantonments' were burned by the Peishwa's
own orders. I had before supposed this wanton out-
rage to be the work of some of the rabble that coin-
. pose his Highness's army. On the other hand Gok•
lah had shewn the utmost activity in seizing ind
plundering, all persons who are themselves or who
have relations in our service.
Copy of a Report from Brigadier-General Leann. &arm, C.B.
conunanding the Poona Subsidiary Force, to Lientenant-Ge-
nerd Sir Tnostals Humor, Bart. Commander-1 -Chief of the
Army of the Deccan, dated Camp before Poona, Nov. 20.
SIR—My letter to your Excellency, under date of
the Ist instant, will have explained the circumstances
under 'Mich I had determined to concentrate the
fourth division of the army on the south bank of the
Godaverr, and which was effected on the morning'
of the 3d instant.

I shall now, as briefly as intervening circumstances
permit, report to your Excellency my'further pro.
ceedings.
On the morning of the sth instant, I received a
dispatch from the Resident at Poona, recalling the
troops in that direction with all possible haste, his
Highness the Peishwa. having assembled a large ar-
my, which threatened to attack the British canton-
ment. • I arrived at Ahmednuggur on the Bth, and
immediately took possession of the pettah (11) which
had been ceded by the late treaty, but not given up
to the Honourable Company. •-
From hence I took up my battering train, and
large supplies of grain and stores, both for my own
troops and those at Poonah. On my. march between
Ahmednuggur and Seroor, I became acquainted,
through the filpOrts of the country, with the actual
state of hostilities at Poona.—[Here he notices the
affair of the sth November.]
• Idy march from Seroor to Poona became extremely
difficult and harassing from the want, of cavalry.
The enemy's horse constantly surrounding my line
and camp, compelled me to shorten my marches,
and to preserve the closest order, and I could not
'reach Poona, in consequence, before the evening of
the 13th. In this situation, I must not omit to re-
port the gallant exertions of Captain Spitler, with
about 400 of the auxiliary horse (12), who succeeded
in attacking and defeating a more numerous bodyof
the enemy s horse, in which they lost a Sirdar of
rank, and about fifty men killed and wounded, with
a very trifling loss among the auxiliaries.
I made a disposition on the evening of the 14th to
attack the enemy, who was encamped on the oppo-
site side of the Mootah Ylola, occupying the ground
of the old British cantonments, having his right upon
a mangoe grove, with a deep nullah crossing the ex-
tremity, and his left stretching along the inclosures
of the northern front of the officers line of houses,
extending towards the suburbs of the. town: He had
eleven guns in battery on his left, and a few others
more scattered along -his front and right. I was,
however disappointed in the state of the Yellera
ford, which proved extremely difficult, and by which
I had hoped to pass my whole line over the. Mootah
Mula. This obliged me to. relinquish attempting its
passage by night, and the troops were then too much
exhausted, from the harassing nature of their duties,
to justify my attempting any more distant ford.
On the evening of the 16th all the disposable corps,
lafter providing for the camp and the position of
IKirky, were formed in divisions (13) of attack ; the
' first, under my personal command, Was destined for
Ithe enemy's left, and to cross the river at the Sun-
gum ; and the second, under Lieutenant-Colonel
Milnes, his Majesty's 65th regiment, was directed to-
, act upon the enemy's right, and to cross the river by
the Yellera ford before sunset. A battalion, with a
company of Europeans and two field-pieces, under
Major Thatcher, of the 2d battalion 9th regiment,
was ordered to precede the first division by a diffe-
rent route, to prevent the enemy opposing my pas-
sage. The first and second divisions, lying in posi-
tion after the passage of the river, were appointed to
march at a given time from equal distances, so as to
join in attack at the dawn of day, by which I hoped
to throw their cavalry into confusion, or at least to
prevent their forming to charge in any regularity:—
The junction of these divisions was perfectly effected
as designed. But the enemy having taken alarin ni
the course of the night at the fruitless though obsti-
nate opposition which he made to Lieutenant:Colonel
Milne 's division in the passage of the liver at Yet;
lera, and against which he appears to have thrown
out all his infantry, as well as large bodies of horse,
precipkatcly drew off, leaving a great part of his
camp standing, and considerable quantities of am-
munition on the field.
His Highness the yeishwa is said to have fled
about two o'clock in the morning of the 17th. The
enemy succeeded in carrying off all his guns but one,
and I had no means of pursuing him beyond the lire
if my artillery.
The enemy having thus disappeared, I lost no
time in recrossing the rii•er, to occupy the most fa-
vourable ground-for bombarding the city; hat every
interest and policy, as well as considerations of hu-
manity, made me most anxious to unite my exertions
I'.) A Corp a.d. (10) Native infantry.
(11) The 'town.
•
(is) A oody of troops raised in the Peishwa'a dominions, and
odicered by Europeans.
(15) See the clogs of this letter.

with aloe! of the tionourable Mr. Elphinstone, the
Resident, to
.avert the destruction which now dwelt-
tested it, either by bombardment or storm ; and the
enemy having luckily fled in an opposite direction,
and left the defence of the city to only a few hundred
Arabs, these were, by Mr. Elphinstone's 'influence,
prevailed upon to withdrew ; and
..1 have the pleasure
I to acquaint your Excellency, our guards took peace-
able possession of the city in the course of the even-
ing of the 17th, when the thitish flag was hoisted on
his Highness's palace, under a royal salute.

Although the troop*, both native and European,
were exasperated to the utmost, 'at the periiiious con-
duct of the enemy, in burning the residency and
their cantonments, and in the most barbarous- exe-
eution o(Captain Vaughan, of the Madras 15th ,Na-
tive Infantry, and his brother, travelling under the
belief of the peaceable relationi of the two .govern-
ments, still no excesses have been committed against
the city, the resources of which are invaluable in the
calculation of our future operations against his High-
'ness the Peishwa. • . - -

I shall be unavoidably detained here, aiding the es-
tablishment of order and military security to the city
till the 22d instant, when I propose marching again
upon the enemy in his retreat to the southward.
I cannot close this dispatch withotit assuring your
Excellency of the zeal and good discipline of all the
troops, and of the• cheerful aid I have received from
all the staff.

The enemy confidently calculated ke had succeeded
in seducing the sepoys, by large rewards, to desert
'our ranks ; and if any thing can add to the reputa-
tion of the Bombay army, it should be recorded as a
proof of their incorruptible fidelity, that no sepof has
left his colours since the Peishwa became our enemy,

I enclose a list of killed and wounded in various
skirmishes with the enemy, but principally in the
passage of the Mbott.th Moola, by Lieutenant Colo-
nel NElne's division, on the evening of the 16th inst.
which acquitted itself with great spirit and steadiness,
during a long and severe fire of musketry and can-
non. From 40 to 50 guns, with a considerable quan-
tity of military stores, area reported to be taken to the
city, returns of which I shall have the honour 6f
transmitting hereafter. •

. I have the honour to report, that the 2d regiment
of cavalry, under the. command of Lieutenant Colo-
ael Colebrooke, joined my camp cm the morning of
the 18th inst. i have the honour to be, &a. _

(Signed) . Ltosat. SMITH, Brig,Gen.
CHere follows. a return of the corps forming the
divisions of attackl

Officers Wounded.-4st Batt. 5d Regiment.—Lieut. Spitler,
attached to the auxiliary hone, slightly. Bombay Puropean

Regiment—Captain Preston, severely.
Non-cotnmissloned and Privates-15 killed ; 75 wountlt‘d.
Extract of a Dispatch from*the Governor in Council of Bombay

to the Secret Committee, dated 9th December.

We have the satisfaction of acquainting your Ho-
nourable Committee, that the district of Oolpar (14)
has been taken possession of without opposition, and
•
that the fort of Severn-droog (15), after a slight re
sistance, has surrendered without a single casualty.
on our part ; about 80 or 90 men have been made
prisoners, but the rest of the troops which composed
the garrison made their escape under cover of the
night. We congratulate your HonOilrable Committee
on this event, which will be of considerable conse-
quence, should we be able, with the means at our
command, to attempt an extension of our acquisitions
in the southern Concan, although ..you may rest as-
sured that our measures will be confined at present
to secare what we have acquired in that district.

The enemy had begun to prepare their craft for
the purpose of attacking our trade which might re-
pass the coasts.

Extract from a Dispatch from Mr. Flphinatone to the Governor
General, dated Camp, Rajwarree, 'SOW. 33.

On our obtaining possession of Poonah, correct ac-
counts were obtained of some particulars which were
before imperfectly known. It appeared that the at-
tack on our troops ou the sth was chiefly brought.
about by the persuasion of Goklah, that the Peishwa
took the alarm after he had given the order, and even
sent to Goklah, when on the eve of the action,' to de-
sire that he Might not fire the first gun, but that the
message was too late, or rather, that Goklah, hearing
of its approach, anticipated it by beginning to can-
nonade, &c.
After the affair of the sth, the Peishwa's army was
dismayed ; his Highness sent for llurruiseer, the
banker, lamented the breaking out of hostilities, and,
with his usual insincerity, professed his wish to have
remained at peace, and threw the whole blame of
the war, both plan and execution, on his Sirdars ; on
this occasion he disa;owed the burning of the Re-
4idency, and said he would be very glad to build a
new one ; but his whole discourse a trs to me to be
merely a specimen of his accustomed double dealing,
and of his wish, even in the worst of times, to keep
open some separate channel of intrigue forhis own use.
The army is now in full march after the Peishwa,
who, it is rumoured, intends.to return to Poona, or
holds that language to encourage his troops. Trim-
buckjee has not yet joined him ; whether from dis-
trust on his own part, or policy on the Peishwa's, is
not known.

An extract from a Report from Brigadier-General
Smith to Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Nightingail,l
K.C.B. Commander-in-thief at Bombay, dated Camp,
at Julgaum, November t 9, 1817, follows, and con-,
cludes thrs On the whole, I thii)k 1 can assure!
your Exellency that evert thing is going on pros-1
perously.. It is to be lamented, certainly, that the
enemy will not fight, or 014.1 have not cavalry to
drive them to a distance ;.but 1 think every day's ex-
periment of his present system is alarming and dis-
persing his men, and ih;tt he 'will soon give it up--
.We have no difficulties.vrtmtever, but want of grain
for the followers; but the distress has nut yet been ofl
a nature to oblige them to leave us, ant 1 hope, by',
protecting the country., arid paying liberally for all I
take, that we shall 'continue to find supplies enough
to prevent extreme want: The troops have to en-
dure great fatigue: we seldom reach our ground be..
fore two or three o'clock in the evening, from the
necessity of keeping the wholeline in the m.o.s cum:-
pact order; but I am happy to assure yoar
lency of general good health, and the higksr.spirjuh
'ln all ranks."
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