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LONDON.

TUESDAY, MARCH IS.
PRICE OF STOCETHIS DAY AT ONE ,OCR.
- Cent Cone. for

per _ ..... money 6711—ace. _ 4.
Omntuni 11 pre.--.5 per Cent. 97H—Exeheq. 101s11s. pre.
13onds lls. 12s. prem.

The dispatches brought by the RATTLESNAKE, the
arrival of which from India we noticed yesterday, con-
firm the in telligence fortnerlyreceived of the establish-
ment of tranquillity in our Indian Army. A most
interesting document, under the title of General Or-
ders, and containing the names of the offending MEI
cers, will be found in our front page. Of these Colo.:
nels DovrroN and BELL, and Major STOREY, are to be
tried by Court Martial, and the remainder, consisting
of a Colonel, two Majors, 13 Captains, and two-
Captain-Lieutenants, are to have the option of quit-
ting the service or of being tried in the same manner.
Two Company's officers, Lieutenants ROWLEY and
M,Coronot, had also been tried by a Court Martial,
and found guilty of disrespectful conduct to Captain
CAMPBELL. They were charged by that offit.er with
sg coming to his quarters, on the 20th of August, 1809,
to acquaint him that they were deputed by the officers
of the 21 battalion, nth native infantry, to say that
they considered his conduct to belnfamous, and that
he was a disgrace to the cloth he wore !" Lieutenant
M'CORMICK was sentenced to be cashiered, and Lieu.
tenant RowLEY to be suspended from rank and pay
for twelve months. Both sentences were however
remitted in General Orders, on condition of the of.
fending parties apologising to Captain CAMPBELL.

The offence taken against Captai CAntrzrAL by I

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his Brother Officers, seems to have been oecoslened
by his having withdrawn himself from all participa.
tion in the steps they had taken to obtain a redress of
their alledged grievances.
Reports have prevailed since the arrival 'of the
RATTLESNAtE, of hostilities having been commenced
by some of the native powers against the British terri-
tories in India ; but we do not find that any Official
or authentic information has as yet reached this
country on the subject. The general tenor of these
rumours is, that 10,000 of the Company's troops were
ordered to proceed to the Upper Provinces, in conse-
quence of KUMMER UD DEEN CAWN having made a
predatory incursion from Berar into the British ter-
ritory ; besides which it is added that the Malicattas
were assembling a large force, which was expected
very shortly to take the field, without any declara-
tion having hitherto been made of the object of their
preparations. They are saidtohave no less than 40,000
cavalry,and some accounts state that theyhave already
plundered several towns, and carried off immense
booty.
We have no means of ascertaining the accuracy of
the above reports, although the following document
seems to allude to an act of hostility of rather a serious
description, but of which we have na further details.
G. 0. BY THE HONOURABLE THE VICE-PRESIDENT
IN COUNCIL.

. Fort William, September 19,1809.
The Vice-President in Council has received with sentiments of
the most sincere satisfaction, the official report of the capture of
the strong and important fortified-town of Bhowanie, by the de-
tachment under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Ball.
In publishing the &fails of this gallant exploit, the Vice-Presi-
dent in Council desires to express the high'sense which he enter-
tains of the zeal, gallantry, and professional skill manifested by
Lieutenant-Colonel Ball in the conduct of the important duty
committed to his charge, by his Excellency the Commander in-
Chief, under the authority of Government, and of the distin-
guished perseverance, spirit, and gallantry of the Officers and
men under his command, by whose energy and valour a fortress
of great strength, and defended with desperate courage by a nu-
merous garrison, hell in the short space of a few hours before the
irresistible bravery of the troops.
The Vice-President in Council deeply laments the loss of Lieu-'
tenant Stephen O'Brien, of the Ist battalion 22d Regiment_
Native Infantry, and of the brave men who have fallen in this sltr
shunts and honotirable service; and he indulges.an earnest hope,
that Captain Whitehead, and lieutenants Buckley and Hors-
Lurgh, hornet flyers, and Ensigns M'Donald and Playfair, andl
the Not-ccmniissioned Officers and men who were wounded on
this occasion, will soon be restored to the duties of their profes-
sion.
The Vice President in council has particular satisfaction in ex-
pressing his sense of the meritorious con, uct cf Lieutenant-
Colonel Mac Grad: of the 9th, and Major Smlth of the 18th,
who conducted the assault; of Captain Mason cf the Artileryt
Captain Houstoun of the 6th Native Cavalry, and Captain
Skinner of the Irregular Horse; and in repeating his high appro•
bation and applause of the conduct and bravery-of tke whole of
the. Officers and men of the Corps employed on this service.

The
_Fort William country ship, arrived at Ports-
mouth yesterday—Sailed from Bengal 12th October,
arrived at the Cape of Good Hope 2.5 th December ;
sailed from thence 3d January ; arrived at St. Helena
about the 12th January. The Fort William on the
4th November, in lat. 3. S. spoke the extla ships
Sarah Christiana, Sir William Pultenel, and Lady
Lushington, outward-bound.
' Captain BRENER, of his Majesty's ship RATTLE-
SNAKE, on the 7th November last, in lat. 2. S. spoke
the United Kingdom, in company with the Windham
and Charlton outward bound. The extra ships Gene-
ral Stuart and Unicorn, and the country ships Warren
Hastings, Boyne, and Providence, arrived at the Cape'
of Good Hope the 24th and 25th December.

The Austrian Messenger, whose arrival we mew-
tioned yesterday, is reported to have brought an offi- I
cial notification of the intended marriage of the Arch-
duchess MARIA LOUISA, and an offer on the part of
the Austrian Monarch to mediate between Great Bri-
tain and France, for the restoration of Peace. 1..4
' It is also reported, that to hasten the acceptance of
this mediation, a hint has been thrown out that in the
event of delay, Hanover will be annexed to the king.
dom of Westphalia. We sincerely wish that, no ar:
rangement. may ever restore that country to a situa--
tion which would expose the inhabitants to new clan-
'ger% whenever the French Sovereign might be in-
clined to inflict a wound on Great Britain, This
Country, or its Sovereign, should hold no territory
whatever placed beyond the power of British pro-
tection!
By the packet which brought the Austrian Mes-
senger, letters were received from Hamburgh to the
24th ult. and from Heligoland to the Bth instant.—
French troops were crowding into the Hanse Towns,
for the• ostensible purpose) as we stated yesterday, of
enforcing -commercial restrictions, but some suppose
that the real object is either to seize upon Denmark,
or to prepare for a conflict with Russia.
P,

Paris Papers to the 6th instant came to hand last
night. It appears that Etmatts, the Viceroy of Italy,
is to receive some compensation in consequence of
the marriage Qf NapoLams, the Grand Duchy of
Frankfort being given to him and his male issue after
the death of the Prince Primate, the present possessor,
who had previously nominated, as his successor, Car-
dinal FESCII, and which nomination NAPOLEON has,
without any ceremony, annulled.
A letter of the 224 ult. from Gibraltar, states that
the Exchange havingrisen to 40 per cent.'no business
was doing but for money, and that the stock of Man-
chester goods on band is immense. The subjoined
letters Qf the 23d and 14111: are extreme inVartant,

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_ ,ney iments, whatever tLy
were which' prevented the admission of British troop
into Ceuta, have been removed.
" GIBRALTAR, FEBRUARY 2e.
" English troops are now leaving this port for Ceuta. The
Commander of that fortress had applied to our Governor fur pro.
visions, and 500 barrels of flour have been sent to him.
" The Janta of Cadiz ordered accommodations to be provided
for 4000 families ; and to this mandate the Spaniard in command
replied, that he could not receive theta for want of provisions.—
Notwithstanding this notice, the families in great numbers pro.
ceeded thither, until they were in danger of a famine."
•46 rte. 24. e..-We can discern from hence the British troop
landing under the batteries of Cent a."

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AVe have also letters from Cadiz, not later than
some before received, but more minute in their de.
tails. The one which we subjoin will be found in.
teresting :
u CADIZ, 22.
" It is the opinioh of General Stewart, as well as cf stay
British Officer conversant in engineering, tlaat this place is Im-
pregnable.
"'We reckon our army to amount to 21,700 mer, of Kph
16,500 are Spaniards, 4000 English, and 1,200 Puntquezp.
" Oar supplies of provisoes are ample and our tank •,tzli.iird
with water.
" Our population, usually 60,000,1 s increased to 160,000, a: d
yet we are all healthy.
" The first attack of the French must be made on the land
side by the Isle de Leon, at a point about CO English miles twin
hence. The entrance to the Isle is upon a high road or eausew:y
which will scarcely admit four men abreast, and it is defended oa
both sides by batteries, mounting each eight 12-pounders.
" The road is Intersected by trenches hiled w;111 water fri
the small rivulets, and on the borders of the causeway arc dykes
or fosses. Further inward is a trench 200 feet in bread:ll,o,kt
which was a bridge which is now dcstrojed.—The other pass by
the bridge called the Puente de Suaza (likewise destroyed) is dr.
fended by a series of batteries, each of atm mounting ab.•ut
fidelity 32-pounders. Such are the obstructions the french Dave
to• overcome before they can. approach within six miles of Cadiz,
after which they have to encounter a, shccesslon of most tremen-
dous fortifications, which it seems to be the excess of rashness to

venture to oppose.

" At the-distance I have just mentioned commences the works
called La Cortadura, or the Intersection, extending acress the
Isthmus, where, besides mortars, upwards of forty pieces of ar-
tillery are to be mounted. Thirty-five pieces already occupy that
situation. These entrenchments, which appear calculated to be-
come ibe grave of the besiegers, if passed, will remove the attack
to the town itself, which can only be assailed by regular approaches.
" The most accessible point of the Isle of Leon is by the
road of the Castle of St. Peter, raised at the mouth of a river of
the sante name, which station can be defended from the sea
and 27 gun-boats are now at anchor beneath it for that purpose.
" The British tars are actively employed in firing away at
the forts of the enemy in Port St. Mary, to prevent him from
mounting the guns on the batteries which were spiked previous.
to his entrance.
" A Spanish ship of the line, of 64 guns, manned by Briti.h
seamen, is peppering away upon the Cuna de Trocadero, where
the French are endeavouring to erect mortar batteries, which,
if completed, will prove of great annoyance to the shipping.
" The two British frigates from Vera Cruz have Dollars.
jointly brought for the King to the value of - 2,675,210 4
For private Individuals -2,231,70 S 0
Composing a total of

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- 5,900,918 4

ARMY.—A reduction of the Home Staff wia im.
mediately take place. All Officers holding Regimes.
tal Commissions with Staff appointments, are to be
put on half-pay : and in future no Officer will be al.
lowed to be on the latter whilst on full pay of the
former. This step will not only produce a consider.
able saving to the country% but must likewise give
very great satisfaction to the Army in general.—The
allowances of forage, coals, candles, &c. Sic. are to be
thoroughly investigated, in order to detect, and at
the same time correct the great abuse and glaring
partiality that pervades the distribution of them in
the different Staffs; at almost all the-depots in this
country. Sir HARRY BURIIARD is to be removed
from the London Staff.
Yesterday Lieutenant-Colonel BROWNE set off for
Portsmouth, to embark for Portugal, on his return to
the allied army.
We are.glad to observe, that in the new Code of
Medical Regulations, justice is done to that most sci-
entific class of officers, the Physicians to the Army,
to whom the door is now open for promotion, the
same as to the other class of officers.
The 13th Light Dragoons, the Ist Foot, and 82d
Regiments, sailed front Portsmouth on Monday, for
Lisbon, with the. trade for Portugal and the Mediterra-
nean, but have not succeeded is. getting farther than
Yarmouth Roads, in the Isle of Wight. Several of
the transports have indeed returned to. Portsmouth to
get watec.for the horses belonging to the Dragoons,
most of which have been embarked three weeks.
DEAL, MARCH 12.—Arrived the ECHO sloop of
war with a French privateer, which she captured yes-
terday afternoon, after a short chace, off Dieppe.—
Came down from the River the Tobago, Mersey,
Delaford, Admiral Gambier, Renewal, and Juno,
' and remain with the outward bound.—Wind S.W.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 11.—Arrived the Neptune (2)
tender, from Dublin, with new-raised men and volun-
teers for the Navy.—Sailed the Earl Spencer hired
cutter, with a convoy of SO sail of merchantmen and
transports, for the Downs ; the Deptford Dock-yard
lighter, with a cargo of shipwrights, for Portsmouth;
and the Portia East-Indiaman, for the River.
YARMOUTH, MARCH 12.—This morning sailed the
BIWIZER gun-brig on a cruise. Arrived the WRANG-
LER EDGAR
from Sheerness, with supernumeries for
the ExiciAß ; the Jean, (of Scotland) Ater. BLACK,
master, laden with wreck timber and plank, taken
by a French privateer, retaken off Hasbro' by the
MAGNET sloop of war—the crew were all taken out,
and put into the priv-4teer ; also, a large bark, laden
with deals, taken by a French privateer, and retaken
off Goree by the Quin= frigate.

DIED.
On Sat ere 07 the 19th instant, at Medan, In Kent, the Lady of
T. W. Payler, Esq.
On Friday, the eth instant, g Mrs. Hodges's' at Tvrickentom,
the infant Son of James Alexander godson, Esq. of Holland
Grove, Wigan, Lancashire. •

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