influence, prevailed upon to withdraw ; and, I have the pleasure to acquaint your Excellency, our guards took peaceable possession of the city in the course of the evening of the 17th, when the British flag was hoisted on his Highness's palace, under a royal salute. I shall be unavoidably detained here, aiding in the establishment of order and military security to the city, till the 22d instant, when I propose marching again upon the enemy in his retreat to the southward.

Names of Officers Wounded.-1st Batt. 3d Reg.; Lieut. Spiller, attached to the auxiliary horse, slightly.-Bombay European Reg.; Capt. Preston, severely. Non-commissioned and Privates, 15 killed, 70 wounded.

Extract from a Dispatch from the Governor in Council of Bombay to the Secret Committee, dated Dec. 9.

We have the satisfaction of acquainting your Honourable Committee, that the district of Oolpar (a valuable tract of territory in the vicinity of Surat, belonging to the Vinchoor Jagheerdar) has beea taken possession of without opposition, and that the fort of Severndroog (on the sea coast South of Bombay), after a slight resistance, has surrendered without a single casualty on our part.

A second dispatch from Mr. Elphinstone, dated Nov. 23, mentions that the Peishwa, with his usual insincerity, when he discovered the disastrous turn which his affairs had taken, imputed the whole blame to his Ministers.

Extract from a Report from Brig.-gen. Smith to Lieut.-gen. Sir M. Nightingall, K. C. B. Commander in Chief at Bombay, dated Camp at Jolgaum, Nov. 29. Mr. Elphinstone informs me he is endeavouring to send a cossid (a messenger) to Bancoote; and I avail myself of this opportunity to acquaint your Excellency with what has passed since the force left Poona on the 22d inst. We had a most difficult task in ascending the little Bhore Ghaut with the heavy traiò, on the 23d, which was not accomplished till late at night; luckily the enemy did not attempt to defend the Ghaut, or it would have cost me many lives, and two or three days. I was obliged to halt on the 24th. We saw nothing of the enemy till we came to Jeejoory on the 25th; here he shewed from 4 to 5000 horse on both flanks of our column; we pursued and dispersed one body of about 2000, with the second cavalry and the artillery gallopers, but with little effect, the cavalry being completely broken down and almost useless, from the incessant forced marches they have made for many months past. The second body of the enemy being upon the rear, and the march being very long (24 miles), they took off from 15 to 20 bullocks. The road

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was part of the way winding through hills, and it was impossible effectually to cover the whole of the baggage. In the course of the day's skirmishing the enemy, by reports from their own camp, lost about 20 men and several horses; we had no one hurt. I passed the Neerah, by the bridge, the same evening. On the 26th, I marched to the bottom of the Salpee Pass. On the 27th we halted, to refresh before entering the Pass, as the enemy threatened great opposition. The following morning (yesterday) we ascended that Ghaut, perfectly unmolested till we reached the top, where the enemy shewed about 600 horse, and threw a few rockets. The advance soon drove them back with loss. They gathered strength as they retired in our front, and towards the close of our march shewed from 3 to 4000 men in front, and about as many more upon our rear. opened the gallopers upon them two or three times in the course of the march, and with great effect. The 2d battalion of the 9th regiment, under Major Thatcher, had the rear-guard, and took an opportunity of masking a galloper, under a division of auxiliaries, which the enemy were preparing to charge; it opened with grape, and did great execution; and the enemy, through the day, could not have lost fewer than 120 men; we had one havildar and one sepoy slightly speared. In the march this morning he was consequently very shy; but at the close of it, he shewed about 5000 horse out of range. As the picquet advanced, they retired slowly; the nature of the ground enabled me, however, to push upon them rapidly, unperceived, till we reached a rising ground, when we found them formed, and within range; all the gallopers, and a light fiveaud-a-half inch howitzer, immediately opened upon them with great effect; and, as usual, they fled in confusion; they lost many men and horses, but I have no reports yet of the amount from their own camp. On the whole, I think I can assure your Excellency, that every thing is going on prosperously. It is to be lamented, certainly, that the enemy will not fight, or that I have not cavalry to drive him to a distance; but I think every day's experiment of his present system is alarming and dispersing his men, and that he will soon give it up. We have no difficulties whatever, but want of grain for the followers'; but the distress has not yet been of a nature to oblige them to leave us; and, I hope, by protecting the country, and paying liberally for all I take, that we shall continue to find supplies enough to prevent extreme want. The troops have to endure great fatigue; we seldom reach our ground before two or three o'clock in the evening, from the necessity of keeping the whole line in the

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most compact order, but I am happy to assure your Excellency of general good health, and the highest spirits in all ranks.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF TUESDAY, MAY 5.

India Board, May 5.-Dispatches have been received at the East India House, addressed to the Secret Committee by the Governor in Council of Bombay, of which dispatches and of their inclosures, the following are copies and extracts:

The first is an extract of a report from Gen. Hislop to the Governor-General, stating the movements of his army, up to the 26th of November, when it had arrived at the positions from which the Pindarees had fled, 80 miles in advance of the Nerbudda.

The next is an extract of a Dispatch from the Governor in Council at Bombay to the Secret Committee, containing the following Report from Sir J. Malcolm, dated the 26th of November, from Talym. "You will be glad to hear I have completely succeeded in my little enterprise against this place. Capt. Grant, with 1200 Mysore horse, after a march of 34 miles, surprised it yesterday a little after day-break. On my arrival at Shujahalpore, I sent a reinforcement to prevent the escape of any of the garrison, and particularly of Walub Khan, one of Seetoo's favourites, and adopted son. On my coming this morning I found the party, which, including the Kohur, were 10 or 12 horsemen, and between 50 and 60 infantry, had opened the gates of the Gurry, and surrendered at discretion. I have, after disarming them, released them all except the Kohur and two Jemmadars. Cheetoo is now beyond Najghur, but I have a report that he has left his families in the vicinity of that place; if this is confirmed, I shall move in that direction."

Then follows a Dispatch from the Governor in Council, inclosing the following, addressed by Lieut.-gen. Hislop to his Excellency the Marquis of Hastings: Camp, on the Sipoora, opposite Maheidpoor, Dec. 21, 1817, 5 P. M.

My Lord, I write this from the field of battle, on which I have the satisfaction to report, for your Lordship's information, that the army of Mulhar Row Holkar has this day been completely defeated and dispersed, by the first and third divisions of the army I have the honour to command. This result has grown out of the failure of our negociations with the Government of Holkar, and of the repeated acts of aggression and insult which we have experienced since our advance from

* Maheidpoor is situated on the river Siffra, or Sipoora, and is about 25 miles north of Ougein, Sindia's capital.

Ougein on the 14th instant. Under these circumstances I felt impelled by every sense of duty to my country and to your Lordship, to vindicate without further loss of time the honour of the British name. Brigadier-gen. Sir John Malcolm is now in full pursuit of the fugitives, with the greater part of the cavalry. The camp of Holkar, and a number of his guns, remain in our possession. Our loss, I fear, has been considerable; though, I trust, not greater than might have been expected on such an occasion. No officer of rank has been killed. I shall, to-morrow, have the honour of transmitting to your Lordship the details of the action, with returns of killed and wounded, so far as it may be practicable to collect them. In congratulating your Lordship on the important issue of this day, I can only add at this moment that the conduct of the gallant troops who have gained the victory, has been such as to realize my most sanguine expectations. I have the honour, &c. T. HISLOP, Lieut.-gen. Report from Lieut.-col. Scott, commanding a British detachment at Nagpore, to the Adj.-gen. of the Army, dated Camp at Nagpore, Nov. 30, 1817, with an inclosure, also transmitted with the dispatch from the Governor in Council at Bombay, Jan. 1818.

Sir, I had the honour to report, for the information of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, on the 26th instant, that the troops under my command had left their cantonments the day before, at the requisition of the Resident. They took post on the hill of Seetabaldee, which overlooks the Residency and the city of Nagpore, at the same time taking possession, with the 1st batt. of the 24th regt. of native infantry, of a hill about 300 yards on the left of this position, and to retain which was of the utmost consequence to our retaining possession of Seetabaldee. Having made all the arrangements that I thought necessary during the 26th, at six P. M. of that day I was posting centries, accompanied by Capt. Bayley, on the face of the hill, and in front of the Arab village at the foot of the hill, into which we had, during the day, observed large bodies of Arabs, with five guns, to be sent to reinforce a party of the Rajah's infantry, who had been previously posted there, when the Arabs in the village opened a fire on our small party, although previously informed that it was merely a matter of military precaution, customary with us (to which they had assented), and that it was not my intention to molest them. their determination to commence hostilities, and the small party with me having shewn the utmost forbearance, and until this time not having fired a shot, I directed them to fire a volley, and retreated to the

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top of the hill, under the fire of all the troops posted in the village. -The action immediately commenced on both sides, and continued incessantly until 12 o'clock the following day, when it ceased. In consequence of their great loss and fatigues, I found it necessary to withdraw the 1st batt. of the 24th regt. together with a party of the 1st batt. of the 20th, by whom they had been reinforced during the night, at five a. m. of the 27th inst. and to confine the defence of the hill on our left (which had been strengthened during the night by a breast-work of bags of grain) to the immediate possession of the top. For this purpose I had detached Capt. Lloyd, with 100 men of the Resident's escort, and 50 men of the 1st batt. of the 20th regiment of Native Infantry, under an European officer. A body of Arabs gained possession of this post, at eight a. m. by the charge of an overwhelming force up the face of the hill, after Capt. Lloyd had displayed the utmost gallantry in endeavouring to keep his men to their duty, and to maintain the post. At this moment, Capt. Fitzgerald, reinforced by a Native officer, and 25 troopers of the Madras Body Guard, charged an immense body of the enemy's best horse, and having captured their guns, which were immediately turned upon them, he remained in possession of the plain, covered in every direction with the flying enemy. Whilst we were waiting for spikes to send to Capt. Fitzgerald to spike the enemy's guns, it being my intention to recall him to support an attack of the infantry on the hill in the possession of the Arabs, an explosion was observed to take place in the midst of them, and the troops with one accord rushed to the attack. It was with the utmost difficulty that they had been prevailed on to wait for the cavalry, and I found my utmost exertions necessary to prevent the hill we were on from being deserted. On the near approach of our troops the Arabs fled, leaving two guns. Capt. Lloyd took possession of the hill, supported by Captains Macon and J. Macdonald, Lieutenants Watson, W. Macdonald, and Campbell. Lieut. and Adjutant Grant, 1st battalion 24th regiment Native Infantry, who had been twice wounded during the night in the defence of the hill, was here killed; and I beg leave to offer my tribute of praise, and to express my regret for the loss of a most gallant Officer. Shortly after, the Arabs beginning to collect in considerable numbers in front of the hill, and the cavalry having by this time returned with their captured guns to the Residency, a charge of a troop of cavalry, led by Cornet Smith, round the base of the hill, in which he cut up numbers of them, seemed so totally to dispirit them,

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that from this time their attacks in every quarter began to slacken, and at 12 entirely ceased. I can never sufficiently express my admiration of the conduct of the troops on this occasion. To Major M'Kenzie, second in command, and to every Officer and individual engaged, I have to offer my thanks, which are feebly expressed in my orders issued on the occasion, and of which I inclose a copy. Mr. Jenkins, Resident, was present during the whole of the action, and his animating conduct tended, in a very considerable degree, to excite the troops to their duty. I have to deplore the death of Mr. Sotheby, his First Assistant, a gal lant Gentleman, who had also been present from the first, and exposing himself in every situation, was severely wounded towards the close of the action, and died in the course of the day. I shall, by tomorrow's post, forward regular returns of the killed and wounded, which I am sorry to say is considerable, amounting to 14 Officers, and 333 killed and wounded, of all other ranks. I have, &c.

H. S. SCOTT, Lieut. Colonel. commanding at Nagpore.

Camp, Nagpore, Nov. 28.

P. S. From the best information I can obtain, and my observations, the enemy opened upwards of 35 guns upon us. The number of their cavalry is said to amount to 12,000, and their infantry 8000, 3500 of which are Arabs, from whom we met our. principal loss.

[Here follows a copy of Lieut.-colonel Scott's orders, thanking the troops for bravery on the 26th and 27th of November; also a list of killed and wounded, of which the grand total was-1 Major, 6 Captains, 7 Lieutenants, 3 Adjutants, 1 Assistant-surgeon, 1 Serjeant-major, 2 Quartermaster-serjeants, 5 Subedars, 3 Jemedars, 18 Havildars, 1 corporal, 2 drummers, 303 rank and file, 10 gun lascars, 1 recruit boy, 1 horse-keeper, 2 serjeants, 45 horses.-The guns captured are, 2 brass 9-pounders, 2 brass 4-pounders, 2 brass 12-pounders, spiked. Names of the Officers Killed and Wounded.

Killed.-1st batt. 20th reg. N. I. Lieut. Clarke; 1st batt. 24th reg. N. I. Capt. Sadler, Lieut. and Adj. Grant.-Unattached, Mr. Assistant-surgeon Niven.

Wounded Detachment 6th reg. B. C. Lieut. R. W. Smith, Lieut. and Adjutant Hearsey, severely.-Detachment of Foot Artillery, Lieut. Maxwell, slightly.—1st batt. 20th reg. N. I. Major Mackenzie, slightly; Capt. Pew, severely; Lieut. Dun, slightly.-1st batt. 24th reg. N. I. Capt. Charlesworth, Lieut. Thuillier, severely.-Resident's Escort, Capt. Lloyd, severely.-Major Jenkin's batt. Capt. Robison, slightly; Capt, and Adj. Bayley, severely.-(To be concluded in our next).

ABSTRACT

FRANCE.

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At length the negotiations for settling the private claims of Foreigners on France have been finally and completely terminated. In the sitting of the 25th ult. the Duc de Richelieu addressed the Chamber of Deputies on this interesting subject. stated, that by the treaty of May 1814, the contracting Powers reciprocally renounced the whole of the sums due to them ; but, in surrendering their own rights, they held sacred those of individuals. France, in consequence, bound herself formally to discharge the whole of her debts to individual foreigners, or foreign establishments; and, under the stipulations of certain treaties, bearing date in Nov. 1814, she assigned 7,000,000 of rentes for their liquidation; undertaking that, if this sum should prove inadequate, she would supply the deficiency. In Dec. 1815, a further sum of 2,000,000 of rentes was assigned for the same purpose; but in Feb. 1817, when all the claims had come in, the French Ministers discovered that their amount was such, as far to exceed the calculations of the parties, the provisions stipulated by the treaties, and the means of payment possessed by France. They, in consequence, proposed a new train of negotiations with the different Allied Courts; the object of which was, such a modification of the contracts, and such a reduction of the claims, as would bring the satisfaction of them within the competency of the French Government. It is the result of these negotiations which the Duc de Richelieu has been authorised, on the part of the King, to communicate to the Legislative Body.The sum total of the claims delivered in, was, 1,600,000,000 of francs, above 66,000,000l. sterling; of these there were 180,000,000 paid off, and 30,000,000 rejected as inadmissible; leaving a balance still outstanding against France, of 1,390,000,000 of francs, or something less than 58,000,000l. sterling. We now see in what a spirit of moderation and indulgence the Allies beheld the financial interests of their former enemy; and how very small a proportion of her actual debts she has been called upon eventually to make good. The total capital to be provided for, or for which an equivalent must be found in rentes, is 320,000,000, not a great deal more than one-fifth of the debt for which she would have been answerable under a strict execution of the treaty. for the details of this new agreement, the Continental Powers (Spain excepted) are to receive 12,040,000 rentes; England 3,000,000; Spain, by a separate convenGENT. MAC. May, 1818.

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tion, 1,000,000, to abide the faithful discharge, on her part, of contracts of a similar character as those now in question, entered into by her Government with subjects of France. The entire sum amounts to 16,040,000 rentes, which it is proposed to the Chamber of Deputies to inscribe on the great book of France; in which case it will become a marketable security; and at the present price of French stock (say 68) would produce above 218,000 francs. Hopes are expressed by the Duc de Richelieu, that the French territory will, as a consequence of this arrangement, be evacuated by the end of the third year of peace. A high compliment is paid to the moderation and impartiality which distinguished the Duke of Wellington in his office of Mediator; and the tone and style of this official document are marked by dignity and temper.

In the Chamber of Deputies, when the projet respecting the liquidations of foreign claims was taken into consideration, a profound silence prevailed, and no one offered to speak; the four articles were successively voted amidst the same silence, and then the votes were taken upon the whole projet; when there appeared 162 for it, and 17 against it. The President proclaimed its adoption, and thus the projet passed without a syllable of discussion. The law has also passed the Chamber of Peers, without a single syllable of discussion.

By the Treaty concluded between the Allied Powers and the French Government, it was stipulated, that France was to pay to Great Britain the sum of one hundred and twenty five millions of francs, by quarterly instalments, as an indemnity, and for the expence of her proportion of the Army of Occupation. The accounts of the payments made are now printed; and the total amount received from France, to the 1st of May 1818, is stated at 60,966,459 francs, 84 cents. Of this sum, eight millions of francs were paid to the Duke of Wellington at Paris, towards the twenty-five millions granted by Parliament as prize-money to the troops under his Grace's command; and the remainder paid into the military chest in France, or remitted to England.

The two Chambers have been prorogued till the beginning of November. In the mean time there will be a fresh election in 17 departments, for a fifth of the total number of Deputies, who go out by rotation.

The Paris Journals of the 10th instant, brought us the conclusion of the process at Albi, with the verdict of the Jury, and the

the sentence of the Court on the prisoners under accusation. The Jury deliberated for four hours and a half, during which time they came to an unanimous judgment pronouncing Bastide, Jaussion, Colard, the widow Bancal, and Bach, guilty of the murder with premeditation; Anne Benoit (the mistress of Colard) guilty as an accomplice, but without premeditation; Missonier, guilty of aiding only in throwing the body into the river. The first five-named prisoners, therefore, were sentenced to suffer death-Anne Benoit to hard labour for life Missonier to two years' imprisonment, and a fine of 50 francs. Madame Manson was fully acquitted, and instantly restored to freedom. Bach, considering the importance of his confessions to the ends of justice, was strenuously recommended to the clemency of the Crown.

The persons condemned, with the exception of Missonier, have appealed. Another trial is to take place there next month, of several relations of Bastide, charged with being implicated in the assassination of M. Fualdes.

The theatres of Paris, in their indefatigable search after varieties, could not avoid discovering the dramatic effect which the murder of M. Fualdes, at Rhodez, was calculated to produce on the stage; and the people of that gay metropolis flocked in crowds, for two nights, to the Varietés to witness the representation of this shocking spectacle. The Journals declare, that it was received with a disgraceful eagerness; but they hasten to throw a veil over the revolting picture, and add, that it was, after a second exhibition, suppressed by authority.

The Prince of Conde died in the moruing of the 13th inst, in the 82d year of his age. The Journals give a very long biographical account of bis Highness, praising highly his military talents.

GERMANY.

Arrangements, made at the Congress of Vienna, had allotted some of the dominions of the Duke of Baden to the King of Bavaria; but the latter has always protested against the transfer. The correspondence between the two Courts has appeared in a Hamburgh Paper. The following paragraph contains a summary of the Duke of Baden's complaint: the King of Bavaria rests his cause upon his having made cessions, for which these acquisitions are not an adequate recompense.

"If it is mortifying to my beart to see how persons who have declared, in the face of the whole world, that they took aims wholly to destroy the dominion of arbitrary power, to introduce into Europe a political system founded on the base of morality, suffer themselves to be influenced by fake representations that are

made to them, that their debts are to be paid with provinces that belong to me, and the preservation of which has been purchased with the blood of my subjects -what a painful feeling must it excite in me, when I see my nearest relations at the head of those who seek to oppress me; and who, not contented with accepting that of which I am to be robbed, urge the execution of measures to which they ought never to have given their consent."

An article from Frankfort, dated the 22d ult. reiterates the assertion, that Mr. Lamb, the English Plenipotentiary to the Diet, has restored to Las Casas all the papers, letters, and manuscripts, which were taken from him upon his arrival in England. Among these papers, it is said, were some designs and plans drawn by Buonaparte himself; and a long report addressed by Las Casas to Lucien Buonaparte, respecting the voyage to St. Helena, and the abode there.

The Emperor of Austria left Fiume on the 4th instant, to proceed to Zara, the chief town of Dalmatia.

Letters from Germany state, that a German Colony has been founded in the Brazils, near the river Mucan. Each colonist receives gratuitously from 50 to 100 arpents of land. A town is to be built, to be called Leopoldinia, in honour of the Archduchess Leopoldine, now Princess Royal of the Brazils.

PRUSSIA.

An article from Berlin mentions, that a million of crowns, in specie, had arrived there from London; and that the value of the state-paper had risen from 10 to 15 per cent. since the arrival of the English money.

The chief points in dispute between Prussia and Saxony are said to be at length arranged.

Two stands of French colours, taken at the memorable battle of Waterloo, are placed on each side of the tomb of Prederick the Great, in the church at Potsdam, in Prussia.

RUSSIA.

We learn from Hamburgh, that the Russian Government, in order to defray the great expences incurred by extending the inland navigation of the empire, bas published a ukase, augmenting, in the proportion of 10 per cent. the old duties on the export of the principal articles of Russian produce, such as hemp, flax, tallow, wheat, &c.: the date of the ukase was the 23d of last month; from which period we are left to presume that the additional imposts would come into operation.

The "Conservateur Impartial," published at St. Petersburgh on the 10th ult. contains a minute account of the ceremonial observed at the opening of the Polish Diet

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