Star.
London, England, 1811-09-02 00:00:00

A strong sensation had been etched among •'
military in Calcutta, consequen 04 an innovat
=aerially effecting the interests o: the Compat
Officers. By a previous regulation of the natie
troops, a light company had been substituted ft.r one
of the two grenadier companies which or ginally
formed the flank of each regiment. General fiewit
withdrew these light companies, and formed them
into battalions, giving the command to Officers in the
King's set viee. The au.!vity of manners of the gen.
tlemen filling these appointments fortunately preven-
ted the bad consequences which had been apprehend-
ed from the jealousy and stispici(a of the Sepoyt,
who seemed at first to fear that some interference
was intended weh regard to their cast.
Serious tumults lately took pl ice at Benares% on
account of some new doties levied upon the inhalt.
tants, which was followed by the assAs.nation of the
tax-gather:rs; and trAng-iliity was only restored by
the timely an ir :1 of a detachment of the 67th Regi-
men', wllcuthe principel ringleaders were apple heirded.
Upwards of 100 persons, including several boo:-
men, fakeers and seers, were swept away in De.
cember Ia t by an overfliw of the rivers in the neigh.
bourheod of Futtyg:tur and Hinducar. The crops
in the low countries were materially injured by this •
inundation, which had obliged the n itives to seek
shelter in the hills, where many subsequently perished
through want.
Holkar is still labouring under: mental derange.
ment : his capital was in a deplorable state, from the
rapacity of his courtiers; his treasury exhausted; and
his army greatly reduced by deserti •ns In order to
pacify the military, whose pay was iw arrears, some
of his relations had raised money by mortgaging their
jaghires on the frontiers. Capt. Lippiatt, a Danish
Officer,. who had received many marks of attention
from the Indian Government, had seized a vessel,
and committed various acts of piracy on the coasting •
trade. He had eluded the attempts to apprehend
him, and escaped on board the French privateers
which still infest the Indian seas, and whose freesia°.
ry warfare he was guiding.
A report was prevalent at Bombay, at the date of
the last advices, that the French merchants had been
ordered to leave the frontiers of Persia, in conse-
quence of being accused of holding a communication
with the R!tssians, and informing them cf ties: state
of the garrisons and fortresses.
A Russian emissary is said to have recently made
an attack upon the life of the Company's ally, the
King of Queda, during a hunting excursion, which
was happily frustrated by h s Malay guards.
Hydrabad has again been the scenic of intestine
commotions, occasioned by the discharge of a native
officer, of high rank, who was implicated in the lite
rebellion -against the blisam. Tranquillity was, how.
ever, sson restored.
A Sirdar of consequence, during the reign of Tip.
poo Sultan, and who since that t'me enjoyed a pen.
sion from the Company, was a short time since shot
lat Bemire!, in attempting to excite a disturbance
among the native soldiers.
The Indian Government has granted a loan to the
Pepper-planters in Prince of Wales's Island, in coo.
seqaence of distress arising from the usual invest.
ments not being taken off their bands. Ia future
their attention will be"directed to the cultivation of
cotters and coffee.