The Sun. — 1812-08-03 (London, England)

EAST INDIES.  By.the late fleet from the East Indies., we have received Madras Papers to the/Ist reh, 13di a. bay Couriers to the 26th January, and Calcutta Journals to the middle of Decewber-----.;extracts of which are subjoined. The British force in Bundlecund, tinder Colonel Martindell, (about 12,000 men) had bees: put hi motion, and was, in February, before the fort:of Kalleugur : after an unsuccessful negociation with the Kelleddr, for its surrender, batteries were. opened again it on the 28th January, which effected a practicable breaehon the following day, and a.party approached to the assault, but were withdrawn on its being discovered that the ascent Of the rock 'was so steep, that it could .not be 'gained without ladders. The attack was however .reneweda.few days subsequently, when the plaCe was -carried, the garrison, of 700 men, after a short resistance, abandoning the works, and surrender-;• ingthemselves prisoners. The fort was strong from its situation, anti difficult of approach, being situated on a hill 760 feet high but the fortifications were in. an indifferent state.  Colonel Baptiste, with a strong and well-appointed force, had' been actively employed-in the North of Hiudostan against Durgeon Sal, a Rajpoot Chieftain, whose capital ;:id fort of Bahadur Ghur, he had taken by .storm. Durgeon Sal had, however, found means to escape with a few of his 'partizans, and the great part of his treasure.  . What- Rao, the infant son of Holkar, had been raised to his father's throne hut, notwithstamting the: solicitation's of the Bae, who acted as Regent, the' Court of Poonah had refused the khelaut of investiture, until a certain sum, which was alleged-to be due to the PeishWa,- had been paid.— For this sum, as well as for some troops to quell themutinous Sirdars; who had instigated the battalions to revolt, the Bae had applied to Ahiter Khan ; but the latter, probably desirouS of fomenting the troubles as advantageous to himself, .had declined both requests. ' The. Bae'r-Minilter, . Balaram Seit, had in consequence disbanded a part of the military foi-ce, -raised new battalions, and punished those who had conspired against the infant SOvereign and his mother's life. Sir ,S.' Auchmuty, the. Commander-in-Chief, returned to-Madras on tae 28th Februarys, after A tour, to the different military, stations in that Presidency, which had occupied him nearly four weeks. A brigade of horse• artillery has been forthed at Bombay, on the same footing. with similar corps at other Presidencies. A proniotion had takenplace in the marine department of the Bombay Presidency, in- come-, quence of the retirement of Commodore Borlase, who was sueceeded as CommOdore of the Bombay marine, by Captain T. Turner. , ' Captain E. Morris 'as tried at the Calcutta As'sizes, in December, for the murder of a private in his own regiment.; and after a trial which lasted the whole day, was acquitted. Mr. Stephenson, a Cadet in the Bombay _Establishment, was killed in December, in a' dui The Coroner's inquest, after a,due investigation, returned a verdict of Manslaughter- against his . antagonist; and the person who acted as his se,cond. These two Gentlemen.were tried at the ensuing Bombay Assizes., found guilty, and Sentenced to three months' imprisonment; while Mr. Stephenson's second was sentenced to four months' imprisonment. A shock of an earthquake was on the 28th December felt throughout the Presidency of Calcutta: it was accompanied by two distinct undulatory movements'of the earth, attended by a loud explosion. Much alarm was excited,_but no damage was done. • • A new Charter of Justice has been granted by Ministers to the inhabitants of Ceylon, establiSh-, ing the trial by Jury in CriMinal Cases. The 4rst, persons who received the. benefit of it, were‘Capt. J. Parker, and Quar*en-Master J. Staples, of the second Ceylon Regiment, who were. arraigned there in December last ; the former as principal the latteras second, for the murder of. Captain J. Brown, of the same regiment, in a duel. After a 'trial, which lasted 13 hours, the Jury returned a Verdict of Culpable Homicide against Captain Parker, and acquitted Mr. Staples. The Court, in consideration of the prisoner's long imprisonment,. pecuniary losses,' and his shaking hands on the ground with the deceased, thereby doing :away deliberate -malice, and at the Same time offering to refer the dispute to the leconds, which afforded the fairest chance of the quarrel being terminated without bloodshed, sentenced him -to only one week's imprisonment. Mr. Salkeld, Assistant-Surgeon of the 24th Dragoons, put an end to his lite at Calcutta, on the 22d December, by 'discharging the contents of a loaded pistol into the cavity.of his breast. He had been ordered to the Presidency from Mutra to give-evidence on a trial for murder ; but being indisposed„and sheaving symptoms of insanity, he failed) to attend the Court, on which his recogni--, zance was forfeited. Being informed of this cir-' cumstance,. his insanity increased : he became melancholy, and conceived that instead of a pecuniary.fine he had incurred the penalty of death ,• .no reasoning could "shake this belief; and in order to avoid the ignominious punishment that he conceived to await him, he had recourse to suicide. On his table was found a letter, stating, in att incoherent manner, the cause of his death., and eopstituting his- mother (Mrs. Salkeld, of Ashby de la Zouch) his heir.—The Coroner's Inquest returned a verdict of insanity. Capt. Bartholomew, of the Mary, of Calcutta, in his voyage to Prince of Wales Island, having landed with five of his crew on the Lesser-Andaman, were all murdered..  Letters from Batavia state; that Colonel Gillespie, the Commander of the forces was dangerous-1011. 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