Star.
London, England, 1810-01-31 00:00:00

EMBASSY TO CABUL.

Since our last, nothing further has reached us on
the subject of the late events in Cabul. It only re-
mains, therefore, that we should fulfil the promise
given in our last, of laying before our Readers such
particulars, relative to the return of the embassy, as
have come to our knowledge.
The track of country passed by Mr. Elphinston
and his suite, in their journey from Peshour to At-
toc, is about 45 miles in extent. For 25 miles on
this side of Peshour, the face of the landscape pre-
sents one uniform and level plain, beautifully ver-
dant, occasionally interspersed with trees, and divid-
ed by the Cabul river, which flows towards the In-
dus in a rapid stream, about 200 yards in breadth.
The latter part of the road leads over a barren and
stony track, and at one place, for about two miles
and a half, through a pass, extremely steep and rug-
ged. The summit of one of the hills in this neigh-
bourhood commands a prospect magnificent beyond
description. Amongst other objects, the great In-
dus is seen to the North East, expanded over a sandy
bed, from two and a half to three miles in extent,
and divided by the undulations of that bed into num-
berless smaller streams. This aspect it continues to
preserve until within a mile of the fort of Attoc,
where, just as it receives the waters of the Cabul ri-
ver, it is compressed into one compact and fathom-
less torrent, 260 yards in width, and gushing be-
tween high and abrupt banks of dark-grey schistus,
surmounted by lofty hills or rocks of the same com-
position.
The fortress of Attoc was built by the Emperor
Akbar, as a barrier against the incursions of the Af-
ghans. It is of an irregular oblong shape, about
half a mile in length by a quarter of a mile in
breadth ; and is situated on the face of a rugged
and extensive hill, with its narrow extremity project-
ing towards the Indus. A bastion 35 feet in height
foams the southern and most prominent angle, and
the top of this bastion, during the high floods, is
washed by the waters of the river. The garrison of
this stronghold, when visited by the embassy, consis-
t?d of no more than one solitary horseman and 33
toot-soldiers. The town of Attoc is situated imme-
diately below the fort ; it is very small, and princi-
pally inhabited by boatmen and their families. All
ti.e houses in the fort of Attoc are bomb-proof ; and
it is considered by the people of the country as a
From the circumstance
Icked, they infer that it
truth, however, it is a
aing any thing like a re-
idable against the opera-

is crowned by successive
tng far and wide to the
des of the Indus. From
•head, the river bears the
!nt River. At Attoc it
,ce ; as it does also again
about seven coss below
.me deep, narrow, rapid
miles, until it reaches
divides, and spreads its
the adjacent plains.
.!r the huge rocks at At•
the roaring of the ocean ;
grey sparkling sand, conti-
torrent, imparts an uni-
its waters.
Le river opposite to Attoc,
or fort, called Khyrabad,
as a defence against the

ived at Khyrabad, they
:cached to the ferry ;. so

consumed in conveying
:e side.
Attnc sheaved some signs
and baggage were conse-
iep, by -a very narrow and
be outer wall of the fort.
mild on the eastern bank,
iles above Attoc. There

t-xo days, exposed all the
which blew night and day
'-ye East and South, and
:, that hardly any of the
during their stay. This
with the same intensity,
'und, in the plain of Hus-
at length relieved by a

by a 'delightfully cool
ssin Abdal was pitched in
irrounded.on every side by
iding in clear rivulets, well
in gardens, little indebted
[active and luxuriant. This
tong marches distant from
:ommercial or other inter-
region.

GUST 5, 11109.
Bombay Castle, Augnst S
;eon Wilson to Europe, the
iding Surgeon to the Poona
scant, the Honourable the
'leased to appoint Surgeon
situation, from the 129ffi of

ior in Council has had the
Intuttuncastiou from Lieute-

nant Colonel Walker, of the 'reduction of the Fort off'
Willa, in the province of Kattywar, by storm, on
the 7th of this month.
The storming party was composed of a detach-
ment of 152 rank and file, from the second battalion
of his Majesty's 56th regiment, and 4Q rank and file
from the remains of the Bombay European regiment,
with their proportion of commissioned and non-com-
missioned officers, of the flank companies of the gre-
nadier battalion, and of the Ist of the sth, completed
to one hundred rank and file each, leading the at-
tack, followed by the remainder of the grenadier bat-
talion, completed to 400 rank and file, from the Ist
battalion, sth regiment.
The advanced party, consisting of twenty-five Eu-
ropeans, was commanded by Captain Lieutenant
John Mackenzie, of the Bombay European regiment,
and Lieutenant Newman, of his Majesty's-56th regi-
ment, who commendably volunteered their services

for the forlorn hope.
The storming party was commanded by Major
Denis Mahony, of the grenadier battalion.
The Fort of Mallia, though within the tributary
dependencies of our ally, the Guycowar, had yet al-
forded refuge and protection to a powerful set of
banditti, who had long infested the country ;—and
had, for a century, successfully opposed the utmost
efforts of the native armies that had been employed
to reduce its Chieftain to obedience. The fortifica-
tions .
are strong, and the enemy, aware of the ap-
proach of our troops, and obstinately bent on the
most determined resistance, had secured the foot of
the wall by a strong embankment, thrown up of
thorns and earth.
The force, under the command of Lieutenant Co-
lonel Walker, arrived before Mallia on the morning
of the 7th, after a long and fatiguing march. Hav-
ing summoned the fort without effect, and the gar-
rison having pertinaciously and vauntingly resisted
every attempt to obtain peaceable possession of the
place, the guns aliened their fire at day-light on the
morning of the Bth, the breach was reported practi-
cable by three o'clock ; the storming party, under
the able disposition make for the assault, moved off
a little before four o'clock, when the forlorn hope
rushed on, headed by Captain Mackenzie, who was
the first person that ascended the breach, and passed
into the town ; he was gallantly supported by Lieu-
tenant Newman, of his Majesty's 56th regiment, and
by the remainder of the party ; which placed the
British force in possession of the greater portion of
the town, in less than three quarters of an hour after
i entering the breach.
The severest part of the duty remained, however,
yet to be performed, as the detachments advanced,
resistance became more determined ; the enemy re-
treated to the inner fort, which was strongly secured,
and inaccessible to an assault ; the guns were brought
up, and the fire again opened ; but the evening being
too far advanced, to admit of a complete dislodg-
ment being effected before its close, all further ope-
rations ceased, and the storming party maintained
possession of the works, and of the town, during the
night ; in the course of which, however, the enemy
evacuated the place, by a sally-port, leaving a few
of their troops in the fort to keep up an occasional
fire ; and at an early hour on the morning of the
9th, the fort of Mallia was completely occupied by
the British detachment.
In thus narrating the circumstances that attended
the reduction of the fort of Mallia ; the Governor in
Council affords the most satisfactory testimony to the
able disposition that had been planned by that judi-
cious and experienced officer, Lieutenant-Colonel
Walker—and to the promptitude, vigour, and bra-
very, by which that plan was carried into effect, by
the gallant detachment under that officer's command;
which has added another conspicuous exploit to those
that have already so often distinguished the zeal and
intrepidity of the Bombay army.
The fort of Mallia having been esteemed as im-
pregnable by the numerous Chieftains dispersed
throughout the province of Kattywar, its early re-
duction, and the cool and steady valour by which it
was carried, filled the several Vakeels of the different
Chieftains, who were in attendance on Lieutenant
Colonel Walker, and witnessed this military specta-
cle, with astonishment and admiration ; and have
afforded them a proof of the irresistible effects of Bri-
tish discipline and prowess, that cannot fail to ope-
I rate the most beneficial consequences in the organi-
zation of so rude and uncivilized a track of country,
and still the greater part of the Peninsula of Guzerat.
The Commanding Officer of the forces will be
pleased to communicate to the Lieutenant-Colonel in
command of this force, and to the Officers and men
of his Majesty's and the Honourable Company's forces
employed in the reduction of Mallia, the high sense
entertained by Government, of their professional
skill and gallantry in the reduction of this important
fortress ; and, in particular, of the orderly conduct
and humanity displayed by the troops in its occo.
pation.
The deep regret which the Governor in Council
feels for the casualties that have occurred on this oc-
casion, is enhanced by the circumstances under which
the death of Captain M,Kenzie and of Captain Wil-
kinson is to be deplored ; having surmounted the
dangers and difficulties of an assault, those gallant
officers died, without a wound, from the extreme
fatigue and violence of their exertions in the course of
an uncommonly sultry and oppressive day. These
lamented casualties prove the arduous nature of the
enterprize, and exhibit the per severance and merits of
the troops in the most forcible light.
The Honourable the Governor in Council having
perused, with satisfaction and sympathy, the orders
issued by Lieutenant-Colonel Walker, on the occa-
sion of this acquisition, has the pleasure to express
his concurrence in the detailed notice, by that able
and discerning officer, of the more minute circum-
stances incident to the highly meritorious services in
question, inclusive of the very honourable mention
made by the Lieutenant-Colonel of the duties respec-
tively performed by the different Officers, who ap-
pear to have severally contributed so materially to
the reduction of the fort of Mania. By order of the
Honourable the Governor in Council,
(Signed) F. WARDEN, Chief Sec. to Gov.
The report of SUNGSUR COUND having concluded a
settlement with the Gorungs, and determined to resist
the ambitious pretensions of RUNGEET SING, appears
to be confirmed. We observe heavy complaints in
the Hindostan newspapers of the devastations com-
mitted by RUNGEIif'S troops in the country of Hurri.
poor,

'ROM SATURDAYVIGHT'S GAZETTE.

WHITEHALL, JANUARY 2L
The Kitts has been pleased to present the Rev. Samuel Sharp,
M.A. to the Vicarage of Wakefield, in du) County mid Diocese
of York, void by the death of Dr. Rickard Mookbouse•
MILITARY PROMO'I'IONS
Commissions in the Norfolk Militia, signed by the
Lord Lieutenant.—Western Regiment.
Henry Walker, Gent.. to be Lieutenant, vice Jackson, resigned.—
Dated December 25; 1809..
Henry Overton, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated Dec. 19,1809.
Eastern Regiment.
Edward Macon, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Mayes, promoted.—
Dated January 4, 1810.
ORDNANCE-107'CP, JANUARY 29.
Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Major Robert Beevor to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Charleton,
discharged from his Majesty's service by sentence of a General
Court Martial. Dated January 22,1810.
Captain Thomas Downman to be Major, vice Beevor. Dated as
above.
Second Captain Stewart Maxwell to be Captain, vice Downman.
Dated as above.
First Lieutenant Daniel Bissett to be Second Captain, vice Max-
well. Dated as above.
Second Lieutenant Arthur Carter to be First Lieutenant, vice
Bissett. Dated as above.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Ann Chadwick and John Chadwick, of Bradbury-Green, Che-
shire, hatters.
BANKRUPTS.
Robert Purnell, now or late of Newent, Gloucestershire, tanner, t
dealer and chapman, to surrender February 14, at five, Feb.ls,
and March 13, at eleven, at the Boothall Inn, Gloucester.-
Attornies, Messrs. Tovey and James, Newnham ; or Mr.
James, No. 12, Gray's Inn, London.
John Gibson, of Liverpool, taller and draper, dealer and chap-
man, Feb. 19, 20, and March 13, at eleven, at the Globe Ta-
vern, Liverpool. Attornies, Messrs. Shephard and Adlington,
Bedford-row ;or Messrs. Daltera and Topham, Liverpool
Robert Robinson, late of Kendal, Westmorland, coal-merchant,
dealer and chap:nen, Feb. 20, at six, Feb. 21, and Marsh 13,
at ten, at the Commercial Inn, Kendal. Attornies, Mr. Joseph
Fothergill, Clifford's-Inn, London; or Mr. John Petty, Kendal.
William Appleton the younger and Edward Appleton, of Smed-
ley, parish of Manchester, paper-manufacturers, bleachers,
• dealers, chapmen, and copartners, Feb. 27, 28, and March 13,
at three, at the Commercial Inn, Manchester. Attornies,
Messrs. Hewitt and Kirk, Manchester; or Mr. Ralph Ellis,
Chancery-lane, London.
Thomas Stephenson, of Rochdale, Lancashire, common brewer,
dealer and chapman, Feb. 23, 24, and March 18, at two, at the
Mosley's Arms, anchester. Attornies, Mr. Philip Hurd,
King's Bench alks, Temple, London ;or Mr. John Law,
Manchester .
Thomas Rutlidge, of Reading, Berk:, hatter, dealer and chapman,
Feb. 3, 10, and March IS, at eleven, at Guildhall, Loodon.-2
Attornies, Messrs. Williams and Drake, Princes-street, Bed-
ford-row, London; or Mr. John Wells Bozon, of Plymouth-
Dock. •
John Lyon, of North-place, Gray's-Inn-lane, Middlesex, money-
scrivener, February 6,13, and March 13, at ten' at GulldhalL-
Attorney, Mr A. Isaacs, No. 3, Bevis Makkb,St. Mary Axe.
Robert Houlden, of St. Margaret's-Hill, Southwark, Surrey,
linen-draper, Feb. 3, at twelve, Feb. 10, at one, and March 13,
at eleven, at Guildhall,London. Attornies, Messrs. Foulkes and
Beckitt, Holborn-court, Gray's-Inn.
John Ambler the younger, of Islington. Middlesex, horse-dealer
and salesman, dealer and Chapman, February 3,10, and March
13, at eleven, at Gulidhall. Attornies, Messrs. Jones and
Roche, Covent-Garden Church-yard.
Henry Nicholson, of Charlton-Crescent, Islington, Middlesex,
merchant, dealer and chapman, Feb. 3, 17, and March 13, at
eleven, at GuildhalL Attorney, Mr. Harding, Primrose-street,
Bishopsgate-street, London.
John Parsons, of read-street, London, caßenderer and cloth-
worker, dealer and chapman, Feb. 3, 10, and March 13, at
eleven, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. Payne and Morsh•
head, Aldermanbury, London.
Thomas Phillips, of Plough-court, Lombard-street, London,
merchant, dealer and chapman, Feb. 3, 14, at one, and March
13, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Sherwood, Cushion-
court, Old Broad-street, London.
DIVIDENDS.
Feb. 20. Joseph tland and John Shatterthwaite, of Fen-court,
London, insurance brokers, at eleven, at Guildhall.-Feb. 20.
Robert Chipchase. of the Poultry, London, linen-draper, at ten,
at Guildhall.-Feb. 23. Joseph Hancock, of Sheffield, Yorkshire,
merchant and manufacturer of cutlery wares, at eleven, at the
Old King's Head Inn, Sheffield.-April 21. Samuel Dunne, of
Saint Paul's Church-yard, London, trunk-maker, at twelve, at
Guildhall.-Feb. 22. John Russell, of Altharn Mills, near Black-
burn, Lancashire, miller, at one, at the Globe Tavern, John-
street, Liverpool.-March 1. William Houghton, of Liverpool,
Lancashire, merchant ,at one, at the Globe Tavern, John-street,
Liverpool.

and a matt, tnrougn a pass, extremeiy steer
ged. The summit of one of the hills in t
bourhood commands a prospect magnificei
description. Amongst other objects, the
dus is seen to the North East, expanded ov
bed, from two and a half to three miles
and divided by the undulations of that bed
berless smaller streams. This aspect it co
preserve until within a mile of the fort
where, just as it receives the waters of the
ver, it is compressed into one compact an
less torrent, 260 yards in width, and gi
tween high and abrupt banks of dark-gre:
surmounted by lofty hills or rocks of the s
position.
The fortress of Attoc was built by thi
Akbar, as a barrier against the incursions
Khans. It is of an irregular oblong sit;
half a mile in length by a quarter of
breadth ; and is situated on the face of
•
and extensive hill, with its narrow extremi
ing towards the Indus. A bastion 35 feel
forms the southern and most prominent
the top of this bastion, during the higl
washed by the waters of the river. The
• this stronghold, when visited by the emba
t?d of no more than one solitary horsem
toot-soldiers. The town of Attoc is situ;
• diately below the fort ; it is very small, :
pally inhabited by boatmen and their fan
the houses in the fort of Attoc are bomb-]
it is considered by the people of the co
place of great consequence. From the cif
of its never having been attacked, they it
must be impregnable. In truth, bowel
place quite incapable of resisting any thin;
gular attack ; and only formidable against
Cams of an Asiatic power.
The scenery about Attoc is crowned b 1
ranges of lofty hills, extending far and v
south and west on both sides of the Ind
Attoc, up to the fountain-head, the rive
name of Aba Scin, or Parent River. A
assumes the name of the place ; as it does
at Neelab, an ancient town, about seven
Attoc. It preserves the same deep, nat
form, through a track of GO miles, until
Kala Baugh, where it again divides, and
fructTying streams over all the adjacent r
The In'dus, breaking over the huge rc
toc, produces a sound like the roaring of
• and the large quantity of grey sparkling s
nually swept down by the torrent, imp:
formly turbid appearance to its waters.
On the Afghan side of the river opposii
there stands a small ghurree or fort, called
It was built by Nadir Shah, as a defence
Hindoostanners.
When the Embassy arrived at Khyi
found only twelve boats attached to th
that two entire days were consumed in
their baggage to the opposite side.
At first, the Killadar of Aunt skewed
of jealousy ; and the troops and baggage
quently conducted tip the steep, by-a very
rugged pathway, skirtieg the outer wall
The party took op their ground on the ei
• at the foot of a hill, two miles above Au
they halted for the space two days, exr
time to a scekrching wied, which blew nit
wittiout intermission from the East and
was so extremely oppressive, that hardly
party had an hour's repose during their
heat continued, though not with the sar
until they reached their ground, in the p]
sin Abdal, where they were at length r
refreshing shower, followed by a deligl
breeze. Their camp at Hassin Abdal w;
a most picturesque spot, surrounded.on e
lofty mountains, and abounding in clear r
replenished with fish, and in gardens, lit
to culture indeed, but productive and lu)
place, though only five long marches
Cashmere, maintains no commercial a
course with that celebrated region.
Dowity,. AUGUST 5, 1109.
Bombay Cast
By the departure of Surgeon Wilson tc
appointment of Superintending Surgeon
Subsidiary force, being vacant, the Ho
Governor in .Council is pleased to apps
Benjamin Philipps to that situation, from
last month.
AUG. 4. —Tile Governor in Council
satisfaction to receive a communication