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

.MADRAS, APRIL 3.

No accopnts have yet been received of the fall et
Asseeghtte, an event,whlch we daily expect to hear
of. Our private letters Inform us, that a Native
Commissioner from Scindiah, had reached Sir John
Malcolm's camp on .the 15th ult. at which pe►iosi
Captain Blacker had also arrived. The 17th, was
fixed on for con►mencjng operations; but some ne-
gociations haying in the mean t►me.been entered into;
►t was postponed to the 18th, when decisive measures
wilt no doubt be adopted.
• The Bombay Papers, which extend to the 20th
nit.. assure us, that Seetoo's death is placed beyond a
doubt, but they adduce no additional circumstance
in confirmation. The Killedar of Asseeghur denies
having given refuge to the Ex-Rajah within that
fortress.

The efforts of the Colonial Government of Bata-
via, for the purpose of securing and extending their
influence to the Eastward, have frequently been no-
ticed. The Expedition which has been fitted out at
Penang, under Sir Stamford Raffles, with a view, ve
imagine, to counteract the designs of the Nether-
land's GOverntnent, has attracted a good deal of no-
tice, and-naturally excited much anxiety to learn its
result and object..-Captain Anderson, of the ship
Mary Anne, from Manilla, about the middle of Fe-
bruary, passed close to the Island of Sincapore,
'the eastern extremity of the Strait of Malacca, where
he observed a great many wooden houses erected, a
number of tents pitched, and the British flag flying,
close to a battery of.eight.pieces.of ordnance.
.3'her
is no doubt whatever but that this establishment :was
formed by Sir Stamflird and
most cw,,ory glanceat thi chart of thoie lOW*
convince us, that no other spot could have been se-
lecte3, so well calcidated for securing the important
object in view, as the Island of Sincapore. While
the possession of Penang and Sincapore secure to our
flag the undisputed possession of the Straits of Ml-
lacca, the latter gives us a free and uninterrupted
communication With China. In short; "Sincapore; as
a commercial station, is chosen with consummate
judgment, and cannot fail, in a few years, to become
one of the most flontishing and interesting settlements
ever formed by. Eurgpeans among the Eastern Islands.
Captain. Ainc#ersort afterwards toadied at Nitrates,
.whelc he was informed that Sincapore‘ was act tially
taken possession of by Sir Stamford Raffles, in con-
sequence of an arrangement with the Rajah of Jo-
bore, who was to receive an equivalent Of 4,600
ilol-
lars a.nually, and.tlat the Rajah's son, with a num-
ber 'csf Malays, was at Sincapore. Captain Anderson
understood th it Sincapore was to be a free port for
..ten lean: that:the Dutch felt much annoyed at our
takinepossession of it, and considered it would prove
extteiliely prejudicial to their interests. Captain Nn-
dersoit els° learnt, that' Sfr Starnford Raffles had re-
turned to Pining, having left this new and into est-
ing-Settlemeat of..Sintapore under charge of Major
Farqttbah of this Establishment. •
Since tkelhove
.was written, we received the col-
;mita Governotint Gazette, which informs us that, by
the Hope,.-Csiraitt Butler, from China and Penang,
actotints-irad been, received at Calcutta, announcing.
th*iii4tamfordsnalles ,4 had hoisted the ihitis3.fiag
on the I -land of Sindapori on the,31,itrj11.411.1114117;.

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