Star.
London, England, 1804-12-18 00:00:00

EMT IND lES.

Soule letters from officers of fault in the 3... .
Indian army, have beers *My received : one is da
ed in the camp of General Lord Leas, at Monk
poor, May loth ; it relates to the precipitate flight of
HOLII•119 after a warm engagement, and mention
that his cavalry are deferting him in great numbers,
offering their Cervices to the Britilh, but adds, that
they would be fupetfluous. It relates the carrying
by affault a (Irons town of Houma's, called Ram-
poorah, by Lieutenant-Colonel Dune ; the Seapo)
fought moll gallantly. although led by no other En-
, ropean officers than Tome artillerymen. The place is
of importance.
Another letter, dated from General Wastasser':
camp, June 6—" It moll feelingly relates that
they have been in the field upward of flues.° months.
and for the tall five in a aide approaching larvation,
from the famine which rages in that part of India,
I horfes and cattle dying from want I Villages deleted,
and their miferabk inhabitants periOsing in the camp
for want of rice, which fells at a rupee per feer. h
anticipates with fear the extent of the evil, and Cars
in conaufion that the prize-money (large as is i.c
amount) will not more than pay the Officers th-tr
enormous expences. It is clear from the above that
Hot. tat is driven. but not lubdued ; and fhould the
famine inct cafe he may find time to recruit his ftrength
in his owst dominions during the monfoon. in which
our army melt neceffarily remaia inaEtive."
The following is an Extrad of a Letter, dated
April tB, received by the Moanistoroa
" A few days ago two Frenchmen were landed on
the hlalabarcoaft,from a National corvette, and were
traced to within a few miles of Monett, where they
wese taken prifoners and Cent to Bombay : a rnanifeffo
was found on one of them, ligned by General Da•
cars, commandant at the Ifle of France, exhorting
the Mahratta Chiefs to unite and drive the perfidious
Englifh (as he fides them) out of India; but by the
late treaties of peace made by General W •
between Oh Scindia and Bhooflah, we have gained
fo large an aegoifition to our Indian etnpire, and fo
totally 'annihilated the power aid interelt of the
French in Afia, 9 will effeeually put a flop to the
conhant ruptiret-we have had with the Maltrattas
through their Utilisation, and fix our poffeffions here
on fo folid and firm a foundation as not to be rapped
by French intrigue, or fhaken by any force Bova-
PARTE will ever be able to bring againft us : Co nu-
merous is our army, and Co highly difciplined, that
' his invincible legion would have as little chance in the
field with us in India. as they had with the
troops in Egypt, whom we timid rival in viftoryie
although we have an immenfe territory to prated.
from Delhi to low down as Camel, which is upwards
of one thoufand miles due booth ; to the eallward of
far as Sylhet, which is only twelve days march front
the province of Yunan, in China; and to the welt-
ward as far as Agra.

The Earl of Cases* deftroyed left week on his
caste, Alkdown Park, upwards of Sateen h.indred
hares.
Tor satuosWieus.Nov.st.—TheTnnbridgeWells
troop of Yeomanry Cavalry, at a general meeting,
held at the Angel Tavern, prefented an elegant
Sabre to Mr. J. Rosissor, a private in that troop, as
a token of refped for the fervice he has rendered to
the Yeomanry Cavalry hi general, by reducing to
pradice the admired and estineotly ufeful lyftem of
Sir D. Downes' by a piece of mechanifin hitherto
nnthought of, which exhibits the whole of the cavalry
movements, particularly by " threes." The troop
afterwards partook of a rely elegant dinner, and the
evening was fpent in the moll loyal and patriotic
manner.
litooCoutror Atom: ....Yefterday the Right
Hon. Sir Wis. SCOTT proceeded to the adjudication
of tht t. flowing cafes :
The Noptunus, Dandier, maller--This Blip, laden with a cargo
of hemp, tallow, and other articles, was in the profecution of her
voyage Name at the time of capture. It was contended in this
cafe by his Majetty's Advocate General, that the hemp was a con-
traband article, going to the port of the enemy, sod therefore it
stetted the adp and the remainder of the cargo, and fobjeded the
funs to eonlifcatioo. The Court pronounced the hemp to be coat.
erabsod,aod condemned the Iltip and cargo as a drott of Adminlty.
Robvite, Verclell mailer...vatic Court in this cafe condemned
the remaining third put of the ildp, retired certain parcels of
goods es chanted, ordered farther proof with refpcdt to ocher por-
tal, mod eoodeetused thc unclaimed parts of the cargo.
The Loyal., Walton mailer. —This was a cafe refpedUng a
charge of embankment of certain parts of the cargo, brought
*plot the saptora, which the Court referred to the Regiftrar and
merchants.

A letter from Vienna, dated November at, fills
" The Emperor and Emmert having returned to this
city en the t4th, a Grand Council of State was heldh
prefence f nil Imperial Majeity. The public
have not yet been made acquainted with what took
place in hi, Affernbly, but thae is reafon to think
that it mutt have related to two objals, which feem
for Come time to have engaged the ferious attention of
our Cabinet : One of them is the arra of the Eng-
liflo Charge d'Affaires, Sir Grottos RUOISOLD, at
Hamburgls $ complaints refpating which were trade
at this Cuurt by the Rittman and Bikini Envoys, in
Notes addreffed to the Vice• Chancellor CI:MENTZ EL.
while the imperial Ambaitidor at Paris received or-
ders to complain to the Court of France, and the
Emperor canfed to be teilified at Berl;n,lii. great fa
tiiation at the Reps taken by his Pruilian liriajefty,
which, as we learn, have (ince been crowned with a
fumes."

Letters from Berlin, of the in infant, nate, that
notwithilanding the ideate of Sir Gene r, a Ru NBOLD,
the Cabinet of 13erlinperfifts in demanding fome fur-
ther reparation for the feiroire of that Genticm us
At a Cabinet Council, held a few days be,pre, r..
ruorial atcoml.lerable leng.h was fubmitted for con-
fideration by the Minider for Foreign Afi.crs, and
bein; approved of by his Majeny and the C .I:i.eil, it
was immediately tranfmitted by a fpecial cow ier tv
the Prutfian Amhaff.dor at Paris, with order. to pie-
lint it to the Fieoch Givernment. The anfwer to
ti.is memorial will, it i. fopp-fed, prove decisive of the
condo& to be held by PnifTia ir, regard to the P.M-
geeent Powers. The fame letters pofttively affert.
that an elimate has been made, by order of hi. Ma-
jeity, of the firms vecerfarr far enabling an army of
ico,coo men to take the fi.lo, and to place the dif-
ferent fortreffes in a complete (late of defence. The
Lrlip or A 1.1 e arum R in AM-wer to the arpl'eations
recsi,tly m.rde to Lim by the Court of Beilin,
defo.: of Cie Fiend, Covet nment, ui n the
evacuation of Hanover, as an indifpcnlible prehati.
,nary to the acczptaa,c of any offer of mediation.