The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-11-11 00:00:00

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ater-aily express their joy at the completion Of a ter.
ice, the estreme hardships and privations of which
veretel only hove been repaid by the brilliancy of its
ssernitea•isro. A fen' companies were engaged in with.
g the guns and stores from the positions re-
cently occupied by the troops of the division. From
the untoward nature of the ground, this was an ope.
ration of great difficulty. Malown itself is repre.
sewed as being a miserable hole, small and filthy ;
basing reedy a scanty supply of stinking water.
• • Letters of tlte 22d ult. from Jytuk, state, that on
the rveniesg of the 21st, Runjour and Isis followers
~deed nut from that fortress with one gnu, their
terms, sold private property. • Upon possession el. the
fort being taken by the troops under Gen. Martin.
dell, immense quantities of ammunition and• muskets
were dim. overed. Several guns, of small calibre,
wee,• fotittil in the outworks. We have already said,
hat steel( .des were much weaker than had been
I•re'i. u,iy conjectured from distant view. The fort
was a ice of smell elimensines, and of little or no
st resseth. It and its outworks were occupied by the
twee thisit compapies of his Majesty's 53d, and se.
veral companies of native troops, under Major Coult.
van. Preparations were making for dragging the
guns dower to Nahuti ; they would probably descend
the pass on the 24th. The late garrison consider-
,ed itself extremely lucky in hating obtained terms
so exceedingly favourable, and confessed, shut had
hostilities continued only a few days. longer, it must
hive surrendered at discretion. Dying of famine, it
had no strength to fight ; and every attempt to fly must
haveettaed in its utter destruction, surrounded as it
was on all sides, with a large Circe in the Mon, ready
to intercept the fugitives. The same terms ehich had
'been granted to Umr Sing and his son, and to
Bum Sib, by Colonel Nicolls, had been offered to
13uhktawer aed Rondeep Kajedes. the Chiefs holding
Sreenugur and the eastern parts of the Guhrwal dia.
trict. The battalion, which hail heeds scattered
through Jauntier and the western division of Gram-
wil; had been ordered to assemble in the Dooalt of
the Georges ; and to repair to Terve Ghent, on the
Bhagrutty, whence k would proceed directly to.
wards Sreenogur. Major Balelock was already there
with four companies and about S(X) irregulars; and
lifter the arrival of a mountain train proceeding from
Nahon, could easily reach Sreenognr in three
marches. The detachment under Colonel Carpenter
was still encamped in the Doon and if ordered to
fireenugur, would hive to surmount the Bodraj
onge, end Deoprag, before retching Teree. No
four-footed auimal, excepting goats, can traverse
these stupendous mountains. It wes.believed that
immediately on the setting in of the rains, the va.
'risme detachments at Eyru, and other adjacent places,
'would tease the low, and unhealthy lands of the
Doon, and retire to the forts situated on the summits
'of Ale hills in Jannsar and Gurhwrd.
Mankas, Just Q7.—Yesterday, at noon, royal
salutes were fired from the fort and Chepaok
,palsee,
in honour of the success of the British arms, smiler
Major. General Ochterlony, with the cession of the
province of filmgoer' so the British authority.
The Richt !len. the Governor-Generel gave a grand
military fli3llltl on Tuesday to his Excellency the
Comte eadcr-in-Chief, on his return from the camp;
and on. Thursday his Excellency gave a party at the
Ameer Ming, which was attended by a numerous
circle of the rank arid beauty of Madras.
Several changes; and promotions are shout to take
place iss the fleet. CArptite Harper, of the 'A ne, has
been appointed to the Wellesley, new 71, just finish.
ed at Bombay, and daily expecded to condo round to
A•ledras. Captain Allen, of the /haste, has been
posted into the Tyne; and Lieut. Campbell, of the
Minden, is to be appointed to command the Hecate.
Thee appointment to the Vesper, toteint by the death
of Capt. Ilieldelph, has not yet been tilled up.
Letters from Calcutta mention, that considerable
sickness orevailed among the 'troops at Nepaul.—
considerable sickness likewise prevails among the
troops recently engaged in the Clllldilll war.
JULY 4..--The whole of his Majesty's ships which
were In the Roads, have, with the exception of the
Atenon, sailed for their several destinations. 'fee
Ceres, which sailed from Calcutta so lung back as
the 17th of April, and for whose safety appreherd.
sions were entertained, arrived in the Roads, all well,
on Sunday. A meeting of the inhabitants of this
Presidency was holden at the Exchange on Thurs.
day, for the purpose of taking into consideration the
expediency of laying before Parliament, in respect.
ful petitions, the grievances instanced here by the
operations of the New Post-Office Act. The peti-
tions were prepared and engrossed in duplicate, for
thanignatures of those who may adopt the sentiments,
of the meeting, and ordered to he transmitted to the
house of Bruce, Bezett, and Co. for presentation.