Star.
London, England, 1819-09-09 00:00:00

'CAPE OF GOOIY HOPE.

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CAPS-TOWN, JUNE S.
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The Corms had been for some days perfectly,
quiet, but on the Bth of last month they 'hewed
themselves in considerable force at the Upper Caffre-
drift post, which they titri.oundectand attacked. Cap-.
taia Birch, of the Royal African Corps (who esti-,
mates their numbers at between 3,000 and 4,000), re-
ceived them so warmly, that they were not disposed
to persist in the attempt to citrry the post, and after
skirrnishing for about an hour, he droie them off
with Considerable slaughte;:Wetrad one man slightly
wounded in this affair. This post is situated on a
high. batik of the Fisk.river.oboqt twelve miles from
its mnbouchaire ; it cofilmflnds one. of. the
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fords used by the-Caffiei ili theit Mtn:iota into the
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By recent advices from Graham's Toyrn, .it ap-
pears that every thing them is .proceeding. quietly,
and that Lieutenant-Colonel Wiltshire's arrange-
ments are in as much forwardness as the circum-
stances of the season could hive sit:en reason to ex-
pect. The • Commando from the- Cape• District
marched to Junction-drift bn the Sl4th,of last month.
Junction-drift is so called. from the port being situa
ted neat,thetpot where the little Fishriver falls into
the large • stream of that name. The horses of this'
detachment are reported to be in very gobd order.
The Stellenbosch -COMenando arrived at Graham's
Tovrn.pn the 15th of May; but their horses were
much fatigued and very poor. , •
,Detachments of the 513th and 54th Regiments have
sailed` to reinforce the army on the frontier. • • •

EAST INDIES.

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FROM THE CALCUTTA JOURNAL.
• NowAN.--'rherfolloWing is an extract of a letter
from Major Fitman's Camp, dated February S : •
We arrived7before Nowah on the Sth of January,
and our friends, the fireworkers, soon•pdf things in a
train for blazing. In two days they commenced
-their batteries and approaches, and on the 31st sprung,
a mine, which blew in the countencarp, and then
stormed the place, and of course took it. The gar-
rison amounted to about 800 men, out of which not
More than 20 escaped unhurt.
" Our men buried, after 'the storm, 440 and odd
bodies, and 'between 80 and 90 were taken to our
bospipals,mostly desperately wounded, many of whom
are. dying hourly.
Two-thirds of the armed men in Nowah were
Arabs; and I really think they have never got such
a lesson as the present one, which I am persuaded
wilruot be easily forgotten by their ccmrades.
4.‘ Several sorties *ere made from the garrison, and,
some of our fellows Willed and wounded. They thrice
made proposals to treat, but we could hear of
no-
thing bit, an unconditiouar surrender ; being deter-Imined not to let an Arab espape with his arms. The'
loss on our side consisted' of about SO privates of Ar-
'tiltery, and one corporal. 'killed, and about 180'
.wonuded; among ...the- latter are ,Captains Currie,
Johnston, and Larkins ; Lieutenants Sutherland, Ken-
nedy, and Burr.
" Nowals is a small ghurree, but very strong ; its
form is oblong, say about 70 by 55 yards, with four
circular baitiOni, and, with the exception of an intri-
' cate passage to the top, is a mound of solid earth.
" At the distance of ten or twelve yards from the I
ghurree, is a parapet from five to six feet thick, ani
nearly 10 feet high, which forms the back of a mngeJi
of casements extending- all round. .This was eat-1
played as barrack 4, marailee &c. having a terraced •
roof of mud four, o; fit.e.reet thick, whicheut shell
could not penetrate.
" From the top of therownee or ghurree wall, to
'the west of the glacir, is a distince of from 30-to 85
feet; the ditch.: between being about 20 to 25.fert,
and-the glacis nearly asurernlog As in g. fortification
of Etiropean construction ; excepting that the covered
way extends but for a very short distanCe,lanifin-.
pears ro be. a recent dud hurried Work:- ••:
• ." The top of the gharree • ha% a rows" wall,. 4;4

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" We mareh on the 4th towards Tulnee and Esar.
poor, nct many coss from Om( ei kan, under the walls
of which place, a detachment from Major Pitman's
camp, commanded' by Captain Sr. Leger, defeated,
on the 21st of January, Nowsagee, with 600 horse,
arid 100 to ISO foot, himself at ale head; since which,

numbers of his followers have left him; and when
those who have stuck by him hear of the fate of
Nowah, most of them will, I am fully satisfied, de-

sett his standard."

.Duten.—The foll Owing is an Extract of it Letter,
dated Camp; near Dhar, lst'of February, 1819:
" I informed you of! our march against Jelpee
Amnair; a fortress occupied by the Ex-Rajah's peo-
ple, situate on the southhank of ihe'raptee River,
to the high road ,bees 'the Deo Pahar-itirls.and As-
seerghur. I was sent 'Avithst. troop rif cavalry to
escort the enginen to 'the place, for the'purpose of
reconnoitring. A surninous was foriVaidecl to the'
KilTadar ; the rascal 4red upgn the -Flag of. Trace,
which was in consequence withdrawn, and the Gar-

rison given to understand that no quarter weuld be
shewn. Finding the foit too strong to be taken by
escalade, both from•its position and the height of the
Malls, and as our means were only adequate to that

purpose, it was found necessary to send to General
Doveton's camp for two. twelve-pounders and two
howitzers. In the mean time, a smart fire was kept
up on.our side from four six-pounders and muskets,
which the enemy returned with wall-pieces and
matchlocks. On the morning of the 12th, Colonel
Crosdill arrived with the battering-train and six corn-
Imnies of the Madras European ftegiment, and as
Senior Officer he assumed the command of the forces.
The twelve-pounders end howitzers were the same
'day moved into battert. To ascertain the range, a
few shells were thrown into' the fort, which hid the
effect of frightening the'enemy to such a degree, that
they evacuated the fort during the night." • •

Ass Eels Girtlx.—A letter from the force serving
under-Colorltractoetots ir.entioos, that six sepoys be-

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longing to the llengal Army had been taken in arms
among the 'adherents of Appah 'Sahib, when at-.
tempting to eviler the fortress of Asseer ("bur. After
a trial by Court-Martial, in which they were con-.
victed of desertion, and of bearing arms against their.
Governors, they were sentenced each to be blown
from the mouth of a cannon. Great praise is given
to tlem for the display of fortitude in meeting their
fate; and ;indeed this indifference to life, or apathy
regarding death, is so characteristic of die natives 4
India in general, as to make one credit almost any
thing that should be said on the conduct of indivi-
duals in that particular.