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and killed two of his horsemen. 

 Sending for a party of the pro- 

 vincial battalion for his piotec- 

 tion, several of the assailants 

 were killed and wounded, among, 

 the latter of whom was the nmfti. 

 Some of the leading mussulmans, 

 with a nunibtjr of tiie lower class, 

 then quitted their houses, and as- 

 sembled at the Mnsjid in the old 

 town, thus giving t]\e quarrel the 

 appearance of a religious dispute. 

 Capt. Boscawen with two com- 

 panies and two six-pounders w'as 

 sent to disperse them, and at 

 night took his station close to the 

 insurgents; in the morning, how- 

 ever, he found his forre so infe- 

 rior, that he did not venture to 

 move from his position, and it 

 was thought advisable to send 

 an express for a detachment of 

 Capt. Cunningiiam's horse sta- 

 tioned at Mooiadabad. The num- 

 bers of the insurgents continued 

 to augment, and on the 18th 

 they were joined by several thou- 

 sands of matchlock and sword- 

 nien from Rampoor, Pillibeet, 

 and theN awab's provinces. Other 

 e.\pre-des were therefore dis- 

 p-itched for a battalion of the 13th 

 regiment, and for more troops 

 from Futtighui'. The rioters had 

 now planted four green standards 

 (the mussulman coloiu") and 

 posted strong picqucts close to 

 Capt. Boscawen's party, which 

 they threatened to attack. Capt. 

 Cunningham, who had ariivcd 

 with about 1.50 men of his coips, 

 had been oiiliged to take a posi- 

 tion about half a mile in front of 

 Capt. IJoscawea's right flank, the 

 wide plain between them being 

 entirely occupied by the insur- 

 gents. On the morning of the 

 2lst, the latter appiised of tlie 



approach of more troops, com- 

 menced hostilities, by killing 

 young Mr Leycester, who was 

 walking unarmed between their 

 outposts and Capt. Cunnine:ham's 

 station. A general engagement 

 ensued, in which Capt. Bos- 

 cawen's small party drawn up in 

 a square was surioundvd by a 

 whole army ; and a desperate 

 charge being made by a body of 

 Puthans sword in hand, they 

 broke in, and were near carrying 

 one of the guns, but Mere at 

 length driven off with great 

 slaughter. A severe conflict was 

 maintained in other quarters for 

 a considerable time, which finally 

 concluded in expelling the insur- 

 gents from their posts in the old 

 town, who ga\e ground in all 

 directions, and retreated to the 

 new city. The loss was sevo'e 

 on both sides, but much the 

 greatest on that of the aggressors. 

 A force was afteiwards assembled 

 in the district of Bareilly suffi- 

 cient to keep it in awe ; and 

 tranquillity, if not good-will, was 

 restored. 



No further intelligence of im- 

 portance respecting the affairs of 

 British ]ndia has been transmitted, 

 at least by authority, in the jire- 

 sent year ; and it may be pre- 

 sumed that the dominion of the 

 Company over its vast territories 

 is at this time so firmly established, 

 that it has no cause of apprehen- 

 sion from the machinations of its 

 open or secret enemies. The 

 native powers appear to be too 

 much at variance with one ano- 

 ther to join in any dangerous 

 league aga'nst strangers. The 

 cityofJypoor in Agra has long 

 been subjected to the assaults of 

 the Nuwab Umcer Khan, which 



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