North Wales Gazette

ACCOUNT OF THE LATE HOSTILE STATES IN INDIA. (From a letter, dated Futteghur, June 12.) 1. The Sieks possess a large tract (It coun- try their tribes are headed by Ru inject Sing, a warlike and ambltiUltS leader T'lor usual military establishment may be esti mated at i 28,000 men. The Sieks under our protectton can bring into the field about 17,000 soldiers. I At the breaking out of tiie Nepaul" war,ibis state was fortunately engaged ;u a war with Kashmcre, and threatened b \e King of Corhui. 2dly, SindiaH has about 40,UOO soldiers; he in said to be m close alliance «itb the Rajah of Berar and with the Bhurtpou Rajah He has acquired much strength sii-t-e tt-c Mahratta war, by bringing tire feudatory States under his immediate controul. Silly, Ameer Khan may have 20,000 soldiers; j Muhomed Shah and Lall Sing, who generally set with him, can bring 20,000 more into the field. A Kb in is ,,eneraliv much in waiit of money, and when his troops become uitmnoas for being kept in auears, lie gives them per- haps halt their pay, with authority to plunder to the amount o! what is still due to them. 4thly, Ilolkar is poor, and has onij 17,000 men. Ameer Khan, Mafmmed atid Lall Sing are nominally his Generals. 5lhly, The Pindares are a tribe of military adventurers, who having followed the stand ards of different Chie's, and from the present tranquil state of Hindoatan, being out of em- have joined with other brigands, and have cemented themselves in o one great tly ol 40,000 soldiers. fhese hardy troops in test the neighbouring provinces for plunder, aird will fight under •<ny Ci-ief W/I() wlii best pay them. They may l>e compared to ti e compa- nies which infested the provinces of France, 111 the lime ot our EdwardSd, and who first drove Peter the CruclofSpalll fi-oi-ri his fbroue, and then, under the Black Prm-ce, replaced that Monster, I have now given you an account of most of the principal States which 1 consider dccid edly hostile to us,* to those countires which j subsidize frolll us have notrcletred.) because power is taken out of their hands. You are aware that the immediatec auses of the Nepaui war were the depn^datious, et)- croachments, and murders which five Goorkabs; commuted on the hrillsh frontier, and which their Government reiused to make any atone- ment for whatever. The reasons for bringing matters to an immediate iIJsltc were (hC/w- that the Goorkalrs were becoming every day more powerful: (hat HI our opinion, thegreat and good support of out power in India, would have been much wcakcucdbythÙtowaróiy sufferance of such lawless cruelties, and such shameless aggressions. I'iie general state of 11 Is India too, presumed a fortunate itit)iiieiit.- The Sicks were engaged in a difficult war, and Ihe other hostile powers, though formidable, i-iot had time to coalesce against us; nor Odd they, nor could they derive aid or assist, auce from any European power. cir- cumstances are the more worthy of considera- tion, because the Nepaui nation possess all that bravery which characterises mountaineers; they have been inured to war, and 'hey ifilia- bit a country, which to subdue, even when divided into petty states, had batHed all the efforts of the most formidable of the Mogul coti(lue,rorsi so that by a superstitious people th.s country was foolishly thought to be pro- kcled oy magic, No sooner was the war decided «pon, thaft stores were provided, by which timely arrange- ment, and by giving the soldiers money iu hen of half of, half their rations, the expences of the war have not exceeded one half of the original estimate, and which, 1 must tell you, was calculated upon the scale of former wars, and lor an army of 30,000 instead of 40,000 men.. to which number it has been augmented. 1 will explain this matter to you by purchas- ing provssions at a favourable moment, they were obtained at a Jow rate* and by giving thetnen money in lieu of half their rations, if the Oxpence of conveyance of food, which in this hilly country could not be carried upon men's shoulders, was saved. The troops Wen. nevertheless well fed, and satisfied with the at The general plan of the campaign now t, rl claims your attention. It was necessary to guard our immense line of frontier against all those powers which I have embraced under the denomination of "hostile States," and to prevent them from confederating. For this purpose, the Madras and Bombay armies were advanced, and ordered to hover close to their frontiers, whilst that portion of the Bengal force, which was not otherwise engaged, pro. tected from insult the upper provinces. This done, 30,000 mea were prepared for the inva- sion of Nepaui. Their territory, extending above 800 miles, required as well to prevent the Goorkahs from making incursions and laying waste our country as to make a sirong and general impression upon theirs, that we should invade them from several points at the same moment. Acting upon this principle, four divisions entered their country i. e. two to the westward and near to the Sul leege, and two to tbeeastward upon Catmanda, the capital. Let us first consider the move- ment of the western division Geueral Ochterlony, a man of reputation, both as a soldieraud a diplomatist, commanded the most westerly division. His first enter- prise was an attempt upon Terragwery; after much labour he succeeded in getting up his cannon. He then cannonaded the butwoiks, or stockades, repelling several bold sallies, and got possession of them. This accomplished, I and having by au able movement cut off all la I supplies from the garrison, he laid seige to the body of the place, and soon forced the eneiiiy to abandon it. t'lae enemy, under I Ameer Sing, then takes up an aliiioni impreg- nable position. General Orhterlonv circum scribes them, cuts otf their communication I with the Biiiarpore R <ja;i, from wlitn-n the\ drew their Sllllpli", and by that means forces hirn to join issue. Gen. Ochterlony next makes a hold attack upon their fortified posi- tion, takes their stockades, kills 500 of ihem, and drives ttiem into Malouen. He invests thai place, and forces Ameer Sing to eapitu- late, and he obliges him at the SaIne lime to e iter into terms for the capitulation of the other vesteru army under iiaibnddah Sing, his son, giving up by this treaty iii the for- tresses within the range of their extensive dts j tncts. | The other western army wa# commanded j by Giiespie, he who saved Bel(»re and cou- quered Java. Gilespie moved upon Catunger, aud ordered it to he stormed all points at -the same rJsomeut Unfortunately some of the dtdid u it come up in tftiie, and the others loss many men and could make no ii) pressiou Geueral G's observing the disastrous state of things, flew to the head ..tlhe attack- ing column, but not being vigorously se.. conded, he failed, 4iid lost his iife in the at tempt, Let this be our censure—Gilespie was too brave General Martindeli succeeded to tlve command- Another unsuccessful attempt was made to storm this place. The brave defenders, however, had suffered so much, j that they retired from the fort. The enemy under Balbuddah Sing, moved off to Naken, which »hej abandoned without resistance.— They then tou-K up a fortified position on the heights near Jietuck. Driven from this, they retired into ttie foriress, wtiieli, as before stated, surrendered by General Ocbterlony's treaty. Lpt me now call your attention to the con- duct of the eastern -,rite army under the command of General Sullivan Wood was in its first attempt beaten back from SlIme slrong stockades. He then laid waste to J Uve countr) called the Terace. His last effort was upon ButWall, a strong place, which he was obliged to abandon. After this more than one mill tary error was committed General vlartindel had lost two detachments of 500 men each, and other circumstances of a disastrous nature oc- curred. To counteract the evils arising from the fatal supineness of one or two Officers, a fifth army was pushed into Kamoueo. which, from the want ofolher superior Officers, was commanded by Col. Nicholls, the Q.M.G 5 this arm' having got POII- sesion of the pasies, pushed to the caijital.- the enemy sent out a force from Almora to cut off their supplies* this lorce was attacked and lotuetl. Col. N. finding that his troops were elated cy this success, and cboceivieg that the enemy most be proportionably dispirited, he de- termined not to wait for his battering train, but to make all immediate attack upon the fortress. lie did so, and gained a considerable portion of the town. At night his force was attacked sword iu hand by the Goorkhas; however they were \'i°^rously repulsed, and the town and province was s»an a-.ter surrendered by treaty, The re- sult of all these eti'orts was our getting posses- sion ol all the country from the Sill lege to the Gogra. ° In a commercial point of view, the possession of Kamouen and Sounagur will open to us the trade of Chinese Tariary. which I have no doubt will he lucrative heyond the most sanguine hopes. [I regard to the expences of the war, the pos- session of the Tcrace of itself will more than repay ¡ t.

WEST CO.-i.S • OF AFRICA. (From Capt. Tuckey's Maritime Geography.) The coast between the Volta and Benin is subject to the powerful and barbarous King of Dahomey, whose body guard is composed of 800 women, armed with muskets, bows, and arrows; whose chief officers approach him crawling on their bellies, and licking the dust of the ground the avenues to whose palace are paved with human skulls, and its walls in crusted with the jaw bones of his massacred subjecls; and who, oil day. of ceremony sprinkle the graves of his ancestors with hu- man gore, while fifty corpses, and as many head! stuck on p„|es, are p|aced round lh> royal sel)ulclire;-the wives of the deceased King mutually kill each other, until the new Monarch orders the massacre to cease and the people, more ferocious than tygers, in the midst of noisy rejoicing, tear the victims to pieces, for the mere pleasure of doing so, and without even the excuse of feasting on the flesh, for they are not cannibals. 44 The negroes of Benin are nearly as barbar- ous as the Dahomeys. Their King, who can bring 100,000 fighting men to the field, is worshipped as a demi god, is supposed to live without food, and when lie appears to die, is thought, like the Grand Lama, to revive un- b der another form. Here human victims are sacrificed to the evil principle; and in their L o.J. I feasts the King and Nobles dip I heir otd! necklaces in the blood of the victims, and pr y to the Gods that they may never be deprived I of this mark of pre emiueuce. The nations between Benin and Loango j are little known. A se, aid inbe ol Biaffers I inhabit the banks of the Formosa, aud arc said to sacrifice their child'en to the Devil.— I To them succeed tiie Colbongas, occupying the country through which runs the Rio del Rey and San Benito; they are painted as tha I least civiiised of iiie noked, apd selling their children and relation* I as slaves." -.g

MAJkK E I S. Liverpool, Nov, lS.-The arrivals of Cot- j ton siill continue 'o exceed the sales, and whilst this is '.lie case, and the urgency to sell so general, we cannot expect any advance t4 take place. This week these >k b, en but little doing; sales have been making ^d.a I ti. per lb. decline, and we ha-e seldom witnessed a duller market lh,on tins has been for the last three days we make the of bags sold only 2,330. as follows 690 bags Boweds mid. dling to good I8d. a 21d. a fe-si Se- lected at 21d I 22d. in the early pari of the week; 759 Orleans ordinary to good 19d. a 22d. a rew prime, and mostly selected, al 23-id. a 2s. 160 Sea Islands lair lo fine W 6d! a 2s lOd. 10 ditto stained good 2s. 5d 32 Demeraras middling 2s. 10 Pernams a„od 2s. gel. 359 Maranliams fair to good 2s 2d. a 2* 3. 220 Bahias fair to good 2s 3d-i a 2s. 5d. including some so!d last Saiurday2at a' 2s. &àd. 90 Mmas good 2s. Sid. a 2s gi-d — Many parcels of Cotton laying here on 'ac- count ot the Manchester dealers have been forwarded thither for sale." Sugar.—1There has been a steady demand for Muscovadc es during the last week, aud as the holders continue to realize prices a shade higher, the market any he stated at an im- provement of Is, pf-r cwt the wholesale dealers are now purchasing fur the winter supply of the country grocer there was also a demand for good Sugars for shipping; the demand for the Irish market has lately* oeetl considerable, and as the prices have in cunse. quence been run up at Liverpool (the usual port of supply), the buyers have turned their attention to London; the Sugars chiefly iu request are strong Sugars for refittiti- Coffee.-There was only one sale of Coffi. during last week; it consisted of 812 casks and 173 bags; the ordinary descriptions sold 2s. a 3s. below our present quotations, the few lots good midding sold out of all proportion high, 10 hhds. good middling Jamaica selling at I02s,, a liltle inferior 97s ihe greater prot portion ordinary descriptions of Jamaica ordinary 66s. ordinary in extensive parcels* 68s. 6d., fine ordinary 70s.: loo bars ordi- nary Havannah taken 111 at 70s. The de/nand by private contract continues equally limited yet it is not probable the market will go much* if any, lower, as the great holders have lately withdrawn their Coffee from public sale, on account of the languid demand and the de- preneu I)ficcs,-fltle Coffee continues, to be brought forward in very limited parcels, and we believe there is a scarcity otfiesttppty, at least we have observed several mariis that used to be uncommonly fine, have lately turned out very indifferent Coffee; 30 hhds. good middling Jamaica last week by private con. I tract realized 105t. we have had no line on sale for some time past, Com. There was a good supply of Wheat in Yesterday's market; lhe dcmand early in the day was very brisk, and the prices were about Is. higher; the request towards the close became again languid, aud acousiderable proportion of Ihe supply remains unsold.— The quantity of Barley at market was conside- rable the fine qualities realized an advance of is., the olher descriptions were unvaried and heavy.—There was a good supply of Engl lish Oals, and above 10,000 quarters lrisli the former declined L. the hitler 2s, flic s,,Ie heavy at the reductiun.-ln Beans or Peas there was no variation.— In Rape or Liuseed scarcely any business was eTected.-Iteit Clover was heavy, at a decline of 3s. per cwl; Hemp, Flax, and Tallow.—The prices of Hemp cannot be staled at any alterit Ioil.- The market remains heavy, the partial sales of Flax are at prices a shade under the hte nominal quotalions. Tallow has deciiued 2s. a 3s. 50 casks yellow candle Tallow last week by public safe 62s. a 63s, the leilerg yesterday from Petersburgh state the exchange at 10. 0 Tobacco.—The market remains very heavy there were considerable orders from the Cun- tiueiit some weeks ago, but the prices were so high they could not be executed cargoes are now ottering at about a reduction of$d. per lb. for thisi markeli Virginia descriptions offer at 132d, a l-Hd. Kentucky lid. a llid, per lb.; cargoes of Virginia, to proceed from Cowes, &c. for the Continent, are offering 90s. and 95s. Marylands 60s. a 65s. manifest weight; little or no business has been effected since ollr last; a trivial parcel of good black Virginia reported, sold at 14d. Irish Provisions, Sic.— The new Beef lately arrived proves very indifferently cured a con- siderable proportion unmerchantable; the prime lots meet a ready sale. Pork continues In moderate demand, and no alteration can be stated in the prices; some parcels of new Ba- con have realized our highest quotation, the old still neglected. The imports of Irish But- ter have been most extensive since the 1st of the present month, about 60,000 firkins the trade is iu cousequeiwe for the present sup- plied, and the market is rather heavy yet the consumption has greatly increased, and, from the appearance of hard weather, the holuers generally feel confident of fully maintaining the present currency.

Hollar, the engraver of many of Dugdale's t- 21 plates, used to work with an hourgiasstiefore litin the price he received from his employ, ers was tourpence per hour. He was so scru- pulously just, that if called out 011 auy oiiicr business, he always turned his glass on the side, in order to avoid charging tor more liaie thau what he actually employed in working.

COPY OF THE DUKE. OF WELLINGTON'S ANSWER TO MARSHAL NEY. Paris, Nov. 15, 1815. Monsieur le Marechal, I have had the honour of receiving the nole which you addressed to me Oil the "igth inst. relative to the operation of the Capitulation of l'aris in your case. TheCapitulation of Paris of the 3d July last, was made between the Commander in Chief of the Allied and Prussian Armies Oil the one part, and the Prince d'Eckmuhl, Com- mander in Chief of the French army, on the other, and related exclusively to lite military occupation of Paris. The object of the twelfth article was to prevent any measure of severity under the mihiary authority of those who made it towards any persons in Paris on account of any offictn they had filled, or any conduct or political opinions of theirs but it never was intended, and never could be intended, to prevent either the existing French Government, under whose authority fhe French Commander in Chief must have acted, or any French Government which might succeed to it, from acting ill this b respect as it might Seem fit. I have the honour to be, Monsieur le Marechal, Your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) WELLINGTON.

FREDERICA OF WATERLOO. We have much pleasure in publishing the following anecdote Elizabeth, the wife of Peter M'Mullin, private of the 27th foot, al though pregnant, had followed her husband into the field of action, on the 18th of June in the heat of the battle she assisted to carry to the rear a soldier severely wounded, and received herself a severe wound in the leg 5 shortly after her husband, after having his cap knocked off by one shot, and his knap- sack by another, was deprived of both his arms by a third, with a severe wound in the body.) Thus disabled, but little bope would seem to have remained for this unhappy pair; they, however, survived, again reached their native land, and were received into the York Hospital at Chelsea, where, a few days since, the heroine was delivered of a fine girl, unhnri by the alarms of war. His Royal Highness the Duke of York. with that recognizance 0: the soldier, aud amenity which always distin guish hira, has stood godfather to the infant who is named Frederica M'Jfullin of Water- loo.We are happy to add, that the father, mother, and young Frederica are all doing i well.

I SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, MANU- FACTURES, Ami) COMMERCE. I The Members of this Institution have opened the Session with more than usual eclat. The premises (which had long stood in ueed of ii) have undergone a most perfect repair. The alteration of the sky-light in the Great Room is an evident improvement, and adds considerably to its beauty; and Barry's series of pain!iugs, hy proper cleaning, are tendered more hi tilianl than ever they appeared before. Anions, lite Inventions, &c.aire.tdys.n.H!, are, models of a method to prevent the mud being disturbed in cisterns; a telegraph a plan to secure the outside passengers of stage coaches from the weather: an anti-plunger a model to present bullet shots taking effect; a watch escapement; a lire escape a door lock; a whale harpoon; models of a mill; a boot tree; aclniup. for the use of boot and harness iiialiel's an expeditious navigator a I ball probang for horses; and a machine for vevJilai sou :—which «re at this time under Ihe I iuuestigaliuu of the Committee of Mechanics: a composed of men perhaps of the first talent in Use biuuch of mathematical sci ence which the country at this time can boast. Various communications have also been re- ceived on impmvementsin Agriculture, which will forthwith beconsidered. We were happy to see the Socu y so well attended yesterday evening. Notwithstanding the many public Establishments which have emanated from this, it was a proud satisfaction to witness the Parent Institution so numerously and respec- tably supported.

Peace with all the World1 Countrymen, wecan shut filegates nf Janus Patulcitis, and rejoice in being at Peace with all the World Memorable and glorious epoch; which we owe to the valour of our arms, to the firmness of our Prince, to the fortitude of our national character, and to the justice of our Cause 1 It has often been proclaimed that Britain had touched the sum- mit of her greatness and glory. We will not repeat the assertion, stili falsified by her pro. gress upward in cultivation and prosperity, in grandeur and renown. Proud as we are of this day-proudly as we look around from our Ion y eminence; fail as our hearts beat with patriotic exultation and scarcely darino- to entertain a hope that our Country may yet beconiceven more enviable for matchless hap- piness and sublimity-we will not despair but that a long era of Peace, with all the blessings in her trasn. has within ils scope and result, the possibility of rendering us what it is dlffi. cult to conceive, and yet most grateful to an- ticipate in a wild and undefined idea of general excellence. Exactly at six o'clock thi. owrn- ing, Mr. Plants-, who has acted as Secretary to Lord Cnstlereagh, and Mr. Penn, of the War and Colonial Department, arrived in O()W"ill"'gtred with the '['TWIl!. The fol- lowing Letter was sooa after sent to the Lord ,V'ay or Downitig-strcet, Nov. "23, 1815. Mv Loi-,D-lt gives me great satisfaction to have t,c honour ol in-torming your Lordship, that Mr. Plunta has just arrived with the TREA- TIES signed at 1 aeis on the 20th instaijf, bet ween the Allied Powers and his most Christian Ma- jesty by which the blessings of Peace are re- stored to Europe; and I beg to congratulate your Lordship on the happy t-eimination of War. 1 have the honour to be, Xour Lordship's most obedient Ii IImble Servant, BATIIURST. Mr. Flanfa delivered his important Dis patches at the Office for Foreign AtfVirs, and Mr. Peno set out immediately for Lamb Grove, j Putney, with the accounts lor Lord Balhurst. Shortly after the arrival of these Gentlemen, Mr. Lisle, the King's Messenger^came charged with the Duke of Wellington's Advices$wlilch were also forwarded with all speed to their se- veral destinations, and the whole Cabinet was very soon in possession of Ihe expected intelli- gence and a great degree of activity was consequently visible in ail the Public Offices. The Park and Tower Guns have been fired on this auspicious occasion, and every counte nance which we see in the streets seems 10 be lighted up with the universal sentiments of honest exultation for the national triumph, and gratitude to the Almighty Bestovter of all good. We kfiownoi what testimonies of pub. lie rejoicing this event may call forth. A ge- neral Thanksgiving will, it is llndcrslood, IJe ordered. No Bulletin has been issued by Go- vernment, but this joyous event will he com- municated to the Public in an Extraordinary Gazelle within a very short period. The G. zelle is, we Liiiderstapd, very brief. i.