The advanced guard engaged in the attack of this work, before they could be prevented by the officers in the front of the column, and the latter, who had been ufed to carry forts with much facility, did not think it neceffary, or perhaps, creditable, to oblige them to defift; but the garrifon of this redoubt conducted themfelves very differently from those which we had lately met with, and their refiftance was fo obftinate, that it was not carried without cofting us feveral lives, and a very confiderable delay. By this time the firing at the centre attack had entirely ceafed, and general Medows, concluding from that circumftance that I was in complete poffeffion of the whole of the enemy's camp, and apprehending that a part of his corps might be wanted to fupport the troops on the ifland, wifhed to communicate with me as fpeedily as poffibly. Some guides, who undertook to lead his divifion to join mine by a direct road, conducted him to the Karrigat pagoda without his meeting with me, and daylight was then too near to admit of his undertaking any further operations. Thefe untoward circumftances did not deprivé us of any of the folid advantages of our victory, for we are in poffeffion of the whole of the enemy's redoubts, of all the ground on the north fide of the riyer, and of great part of the island; but as the force with which I remained in the enemy's camp did not much exceed three battalions, and as I found, from parties that I fent out, that the left wing of Tippoo's army kept their ground all night, I could not bring off any trophies from the field, except thofe which were very near to the fpot where our impreffion was made. I have not yet been able to ascertain, with precifion, the number of guns that have fallen into our hands, but I underftand that, of brafs and iron, it amounts to upward of fixty of different calibres. I shall take up my ground to-morrow as near to the chain of redoubts as poffible, without being exposed to the fire of the fort; and as our potts upon the island are now nearly fecured against any attempt of the enemy, I fhall foon be ready to proceed with vigour upon the operations of the fiege. It has been hitherto impoffible to collect the returns of killed and wounded, but I have every reason to hope that our lofs in Europeans will be under 200. Major Close will fend to Mr. Jackson a lift of the officers that were killed, in order to prevent the anxious alarms of the friends of the furvivors. I am, &c. CORNWALLIS. Here follows the return of the killed and wounded; namely, enfign Smith, 36th reg.; lieut. Robertfon, 73d reg.; lieut. Hutchinfon, 52d reg.; lieut. Jones, 76th reg.; capt. Sibbald and lieut. Bayne, 71ft reg.; capt. Mackenzie, 72d reg.; and lieut. Alex. Buchan; çapt. Archdeacon, lieut. Young, and lieut. Stuart, of the company's troops, killed. Lieut.-col. Malcolm, adjutant-general; lieuts. Brownrigg, John Campbell, R. R. Campbell, 36th reg.; capts. Hunter and Zouch, lieuts. Irvine, Rowan and Madden, 52d reg.; capt. Markham, lieuts. Robertson, Philpot, and Shawe, 76th reg. 5 major Frafer, hon. capt. Maitland, and lieuts. Macpherson and Ward, 72d reg.; lieut. Farquhar and enf. Hamilton, 74th reg.; capt. Archibald Brown, lieut. and adj. Martin, lieut. Hemmings, of the company's troops, wounded. General abstract, including privates, 68 Europeans killed, 23 wounded, 21 miffing: total, 302. Natives, 40 killed, 168 wounded, 23 miffing: total, 231. Then follows the following continuation of the correfpondence between earl Cornwallis and Tippoo Sultan. From TIPPOO SULTAN. Received February 8, 1792. I HAVE received your lordship's letter, in which you write, that if I will fend lieut. Chalmers, who was taken prisoner at Coimbatoor, to your lordship, you will then fend for the confidential emiffaries of the Ahmedy firkar to strengthen the friendship, and will re-establish the old intimacy; and have understood the contents, which I confider as leading toward the increase of intercourfe. As I am also inclined for a fincere friendship, and approve of ancient intercourse, I therefore fend lieut. Chalmers, with his people and property, and five others belonging to him, to your lordship. From the agree ment in lieut. Chalmers' poffeffion, your lordship will learn all the particulars of engagements. In this fituation, folely with a view to pleafe your lordship and to preferve a friendship, I fend them to you. If, agreeable to your lordship's letter, you will notify it to me, I will fend confidential people to treat for peace. P. S. With lieutenant Chalmers I fend Mahomed Ally, who is a confidential man; man; he will inform your lordship of feveral particulars of a friendly tendency. Having communicated whatever is entrusted to him when he shall return here, I will send him back in a proper and fuitable manner to your lordship. Your Fordship will confider me in every respect your own, Translation of a Paper under the Seal of Kummer ul Dien, delivered by Lieut. Chalmers, on the 8th of February, and referred to in the above Letter. You, who cannot make war against the Ahmedy Sirkar, have asked for terms. It is very well I perceive the nature of any affiftance coming to you agreeable to the orders of the prefence. I write to you, that if you can hold out and fight, do; otherwise give over the arms, &c. property belonging to the company, to my people, and come out of the fort. Neither you or your people must keep any perfon, money, or property, belonging to the country of the Ahmedy Sirkar. I will reprefent your affairs and your good qualities to the presence, and state matters in fuch a manner, that in the event of the approbation of the prefence, I will give you your difmiffion. For example: the garrison of Darapoor, &c. fome time ago were dimiffed, with their property, for which permiffion came from the prefence; this is known to every one. If you come out to day, it is well. To TIPPOO SULTAN. Written February 11, 1792. I have received your letter by the hands of Mahomed Ally, to whofe verbal communication you refer for other particulars; and lieutenant Chalmers and four other perfons, who formed part of the late garrifon of Coimbatoor, are arrived with me. I have perfectly understood the contents of the paper bearing the feal of Kummer ul Dien, which was brought by lieutenant Chalmers, and which contains a reference for your approbation of its purport. But I was forry to learn from that officer, who does not understand the Perfian language, that another paper, written in Hindoo and English, figned by himself, and likewise under the feal of Kummer ul Dien, by which it was agreed that the garrifon of Coimbatoor fhould be permitted to march unmolested, with their private property, to Paligautcherry, without waiting for any reference to you, was taken from him by force a few days before he was released; and it gives me great concern to add, that I have heard, through various channels, that the remainder of that garrison, which ought to have been fet at liberty when they furrendered the fort, are not only at this time in confinement, but that many of them are actually in irons. Notwithstanding thefe circumftances, however, as the release of lieutenant Chalmers, &c. is confidered by myself and the other members of the confederacy, as an indication, on your part, of a difpofition to make atonement for the breach of the capitulation of Coimbatoor, it has, on account of the prefent critical fituation of affairs, been refolved by the allied powers that capitulation previous to any negotianot to infift upon a complete execution of tion; and we fhall therefore be ready to receive a confidential perfon or perfons, deputed by you, to communicate, to dethe conceffions and compenfations that you puties that will be appointed on your part, are willing to make to the confederates. to fend may come by the Dirca dowlut I request, that whoever you may choose and hour at which they are to come, I Baug Ford; and when you name the day fhall order the officer commanding in the redoubts oppofite to it to fend a party of foldiers to receive them, and to conduct them in fecurity to the neighbourhood of the Eed Gah redoubt, where the deputies from the allies will meet them to hear your propofitions. Then follows another letter from earl Cornwallis to the prefidency of Fort St. George, February 11, in which he states the fubitance of this correfpondence; adding thefe important obfervations: To allow Tippoo to retain even a confiderable fhare of his prefent power and poffeffions at the conclusion of the war, would only, inftead of real peace, give us another armed truce, and I fhould immediately reject any fuch propofition; but if the perfon deputed by him fhould offer Yuch conceffions as would put it out of his master's power to difturb the peace of India in future, I shall suffer no profpects, however brilliant, to poftpone for an hour that most defirable event, a general peace." Another London Gazette Extraordnary, of the 5th inftant, communicated to the public the preliminaries of peace, figned on the 22d of February. They came by way of Bufforah. Three letters in this Gazette are merely introductory of the following letter from lord lord Cornwallis to fir Charles Oakely, bart. governor of Madras. SIR, Being very much hurried, I have only time to tell you, that preliminaries were fettled late last night; that a ceffation of hostilities has taken place this day; and that two of Tippoo's fons are expected in our camp this evening. I tranfinit a tranflation of the prelimi nary articles, and request that you will be pleafed to forward copies of them both to Bengal and Bombay. If, by any accident, the Vestal should not have failed before this letter reaches Madras, you will be fo kind as to defire captain Oborne to remain until he hears further from me. I am, &c. CORNWALLIS. Camp, near Seringapatam, ceffation of hoftilities, fuch a definitive treaty of perpetual friendship, as fhall be fettled by the feveral parties, fhall be adjusted and entered into. Then follows a letter from fir C. W. Malet, bart. refident at Poona, to the chairman of the Eaft-India Company, and extracts from two of his letters to lord Cornwallis. That to the chairman is as follows: I SIR, In my addrefs of the 14th ult. viâ Suez, had the honour to anticipate the glorious event that has fince happened, and the progrefs of which is fully detailed in the enclofed accounts of the fignal victory gained by lord Cornwallis over the enemy on the night of the 6th ult. The fubfequent junction of general Abercromby, and confequent progress of the fiege of Seringapatam, which ended in the fubmiffion of Tippoo Sultan to the enclosed terms, prefcribed by the allies the 22d Preliminary Articles agreed upon and ult. which glorious event has been fanc exchanged, Feb. 22, 1792. I. One half of the dominions which were in the poffeffion of Tippoo Sultan at the commencement of the prefent war, fhall be ceded to the allies, adjacent to their respective boundaries, and agreeably to their felection. II. Three crores, and thirty lacks of ficca rupees, fhall be paid to the allies, agreeably to the following particulars, viz. Firft, One crore, and fixty-five lacks, fhall be paid immediately in pagodas, or gold mohurs, or rupees of full weight and standard, or in gold or filver bullion. Second, The remainder, one crore and fixty-five lacks, at three inftallments, not exceeding four months each, in the three coins before-mentioned. III. All fubjects of the four feveral powers, who may have been prifoners from the time of the late Hyder Ally Khan to the present period, fhall be fairly and unequivocally released. IV. Until due performance of the three articles above-mentioned, two of the three eldeft fons of Tippoo Sultan fhall be given as hoftages, on the arrival of whom a ceffation of hoftilities fhall take place. V. When an agreement, containing the articles above written, fhall arrive, bearing the feal and fignature of Tippoo Sultan, counter agreements fhall be fent from the three powers; and, after the tioned by the highest applause and entire approval of this court, and of the nabob Nizam Ally Khan. Accept, fir, my most hearty congratulations on the events fo glorious to our country, and fo truly honourable to the company's government, under the great and good man by whom it is administered, who, having conquered the enemy by the fuperiority of his genius and the force of his arms, has gained the affections and refpect of our allies by his wifdom, moderation, and equity; who, by ftopping fhort in the intoxicating career of victory, has facrificed every paffion to the dictates of true patriotifin, and of the most inflexible integrity; and conveyed to the world a fublime example of conquering to correct, not to deftroy. It is fcarce lefs matter of exultation, that his lordship's wifdom fhould have commanded the moft unequivocal confidence and respect of the allies, than that the matchlefs vigour of his arms fhould have enabled him to convince the enemy of his generofity. Both the Pefhwa, and the nabob Nizam Ally Khan, have been induced, by his lordship's very high character, to express their wish of a perfonal acquaintance; but I know not at prefent whether circumftances will admit of their meeting. In the event of its being found convenient, it might tend to cement the cordiality of the different ftates. * Verbatim with thofe tranfinitted from Bombay. Agreeable to the intimation, conveyed in my last addrefs of the 16th, of my having defired an audience of the pefhwa, to congratulate him on the happy and glorious termination of the war, the minifter begged to fee me on the 17th, when, after talking over the late events in the army, he would proceed with me to the pefhwa. I accordingly proceeded to his houfe, when, after cxplaining the articles of pacification, he told me he had just received the fame in fubftance, though not specified in articles, from Hurry Punt; and in re ply to my congratulations on this great and happy event, fo glorious and fo advantageous to the allies; he in very warmt terms returned my felicitations, and was pleased to add that his happiness was encreafed by fo profperous a termination of an alliance formed through my mediation. He expreffed, in high terms, his admiration of your lordship's wifdom and conduct throughout the war; but observed that the most confpicuous proof of forefight and decifion was manifefted in the termination of it. After fome further converfation we waited on the peshwa, to whom, in full durbar I prefaced my communication of the articles of peace with fuch expreffions of my personal and official happiness on grounds of mutual honour and profperity to the two ftates, as I thought fuitable to the occafion; which being extremely well received I proceeded to explain the preli minary articles, and to congratulate him on the glory and advantage to be derived from them, particularly in the firm cement of the cordiality of the two ftates, conftituted by reciprocal benefits of fo great magnitude and celebrity. After hearing what I had to communicate, with much attention and apparent fatisfaction, he expreffed his entire approval of the preliminary articles, and high fatisfaction with all the measures that, on the part of your lordship I had communicated to him, with a defire that I would communicate the fame, with his hearty congratulations, to your lordship. At the fame time he ordered the glorious event to be announced to the city by a falute of fifty guns. Shortly after which I took my leave. THE BRITISH MUSE. AN AFFECTING TALE. [From A Norfolk Tale; or a Journey from London to Norwich.] TWAS in the middle of a down, In this diftrefs, on my left hand, 7 Prefent themselves ?-First on a bed For bread, which the cannot fupply. This week-The next, kind Heav'n may Ah, nymph! to thee at length I tune the fend A richer, not more feeling friend.' So faying, from my purfe I drew And on the lap of forrow threw Three filver crowns-'twas all I swear, My little fcanty fob could spare! Eager the feiz'd my hand and prest It clofely to her throbbing breast: And while it on her bofom lies, A pair of pearls drop from her eyes, Warm as the weeper's grateful heart, And fall on the uncover'd part. Dear drops! ah! cold your briny stain A lafting mark on me remain; Not Francis' Stigmata * would be A caufe of jealousy to me! Two other drops, before they fell, (Yes, Kit! I'm not afham'd to tell) I intercept, as down they flow Her cheeks, that now begin to glow : My face upon her face I fix; And with her tears my tears I mix. And now the heav'ns appear'd ferene, Three miles, I ween, or nearly so, Jefus of Nazareth! how true STANZAS TO HOPE. DESPAIR, begone! on whirlwinds' wings go forth! Seek thy curs'd manfion on the defert Or deary caverns of the frozen north : ence more. ftrain, Unheard before, and breathe my tardy See the Legend in Bonaventure, or the Roman Breviary. H Thence |