Star.
London, England, 1817-06-03 00:00:00

EAST INDUS.

MADRAS GATETEE EX fRAORDINARY.
MONDAY, JANUARY 13, Isl 7.
On the 19th of December, a body of predatory
banditti, amounting to six or 7,000 horse, entered the
'district of Ganjam, and advancing rapidly on the
town of Kemmedy, set :ire to it in several places, and
committed great depredations there and in toe sure
rounding country.
EXTRACT OF A LCTTPR rant MAI)R nitwit, coMNIAN-
DING A DILTACHMENT OP TUE CTil 111.4.:1MEN r oe NA,_
Tint INFANTRY, DATED KENINIEDY, DM "I, D 111;.
4 I have the honour to repot I, that about ties
o'clock yesterday evening we were surprice.l by the
Mahratta horse entering this town: Having only
Lieutenant Tulloch with me, I seat him to take Het
at the other end of it, and from both ourdivi.iuns
parties were sent out to the different streets to en,lea-
vour to keep them out of the town. We had A con-
tinual skirmishing for about two hours, aid some
men and horses were killed in the streets. A little
after six, Lieutenant Tweedie, who had retreated
upon my detachment, arrived, having marched all
eight and that day, and having been surrounded by
than fiom eleven o'clock in the morning. I farina
it impos:ible to save the town, as they galloped
through and set fire to it in several plac!s. Ateleven
p. as. Lieutenant Jackson, etb, had heetrstationed
estishre his flopqrwwwiiimmod..ll‘4o6o4Wlk-wooilw44,
whew coo/lei-mg snyeellstrong feeough to Give them
a alert{ I left Lieseenant Tweet/it. with two comps-
' in a strong position, and having procured two
is
ns from Mr. Spottiswoode, who promised to chew
Oe the road to their camp, about a mile pff. I put
elyself under their gnidance,sand, am happy to say,
f succeeded beyond my expectations. We were
*wally in the middle of their camp before they dis-
slavered us, and we gays them two vollies from the
tbmpanies within ten yards, which did great execu.
Riots, and it caused such confusion among them, that ,
they fled in every direction. We tcaversed their
camp and killed 51 should imagine) from twenty to
t*irty of them. they left the geeatest part of their
baggage on the ground, and this morning there were
about a hundred horses running loose about the
igen, and we have killed and laten about seventy
hems. Lieutenant Tweedie, when he heard the
firing, detached Lieutenant Tulloch with a company
totake post on the bank of a Tank, for which they
appeared to be making. This was such an tmexpie -
ted manmuvre, that a party of them galloped up
close to Lieutenaut Tulloch without discovering him,
when he gave them a volley, and, keled some men
and horses."
A letter from Spottiswoode, the Magistrate and
Collector of Gaujam, dated Kemmedy, the 22d of
December, ISI6, states, that through the seal and
activity of his assistant, Mr. Masan, he was enabled
to -protect the Rajah's family from injury, and to
preserve the public records.
This band of rueratiders, after being beat off from
Kemmedy, proceeded to the northward and reached
Gesjem on the 24th, which town they pilleivil on
that day and the2:lth, having committed great ener.
mucks on their route. -
The pec4.A...y of their movements has in general pre-
ventedethe 'loops from coming up A;th them. Lteu-
tenant litorthwick, of the, 23 battalion Id Regiment
Native Infantry, has, however, Yiesn successful in the
pursuit, as appears by the following copy of a letter
from that Officer to the Adjutant of the 2d battalion
2si Regiment :
" Boyeranny, December es, 1816—Ste A 11,
" sta-I have the honour to acquaint you, for the
information of the officer commanding the regiment,
that after I left Barhampore, I received information
of 1000 Pindaree horse having been seen in the neig,h-
bourbood of Hautgur. I accordingly marched in neat
direction, and came up with them about 11 O'clock,
encamped in a plain a little to the westwardoi goye-
ranny, and succeeded beyond my Most sanguine ex-
pectatien in completely surprising them. They fled
in the utmost confusion, leaving behind twenty melt,
fifty horses, swords, spears; shields, and part of use
heavy baggage, &c.—l have the honour, dtc.
(Signed) " A. Brntrirtvice,
a Lieutenant ad Battalion ad Regiment.'
MADRAS, JANUARY SO.
The following extracteirom official correspondence
announce the complete expulsion from the Northern
Circars of the body of predatory horse that entered
the Kemmedy district en the 19;h taliiino, which has
been effected by the zeal and intletatiginle exertions

t ehr, January 1, 1817.
44 I beg leave to acquaint you. ter the inf:lrrnationt
of the officer commanding, that I have just received
information that he body of Pindarees whom I forced
to retreat on the `..?:/th ultimo, ten! the DUllapil!y-
toad (w%ich lit-; A little to the west of this) at Now-
gaum, and joined the b 0..:• that passed ibis place the
same evening, at a place '_ailed Bodinghy, seven cm
north of this—so it is now all over, or from what
they have orperience,f, they boner better than to al-
low the infantry to enr.z up with them again. It is
suppotA by the people tviio brought me the above
information, that at tha tate which they r. ere travel.
ling, they must by this time have crossed the Dos.
pilly (Aunt constquently, for me to ft:Wow then'
up would be harassing all the men to no purpose.
How:ver, I have tent a HaVildar and tw.:lve men to
hurry any stragglers who may have fallen in the rear
out •ci she C 0..,:" ny's territory as fast as pnssiblet
tut db tot er,itet chat they will crone up with any;
received a letter last night from the Nlalikaar of
Guillary, saying that they passed that place on the
30th ultimo Kite the utmost expedition, leaving beg
hind two wounded hoists; and a,!other it= Del.
goonta :dorms me, that the Peons of that place hare
taught in the Jungle eight rindiree horses, mid that
not a Pirolaree was to be seen Rive on ti'le Sisr ultb
to the southward of tLi3.-1 have the bon, tar, tee.
(S.g'aed) 44 A. BOUTIIIVIMf,
vonnrand:nz Deter:harm gd Battalion id Regiment.*
P.S. Since the above letter was written. the Fla-
vilda's party an iitioned in it has rettcrned from 80.
'dini,,hy, not conceiving it necessary to go further,
with interns:Won that the Pindarites, after passing this,
marched IC co:s without halting, burni:tg every vil-
lage in their way. The barricaded Pass at Bodinghr
was little or uu obstruction to them, that was soon
cleared away, and they proceeded by Chackabad and
1: inkoch on towards Boadh. This information the.
firvildiar brought to me written by the head man at
Rodin„ by, and I have every reason to believe it true."