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The success of Colonel Nicolls (and the observation will be supported by the brilliant consequences which have attended similar exertions on the part of Major-general Ochterlony), under the complicated difficulties presented by the quality of the country, the fortifications by which its natural strength was assisted, and the obstinate resistance of a courageous enemy, should prove the superiority conferred by military service, and the certainty that a strenuous application of its principles must entail honourable distinction on a commander.

Warfare in a mountainous region offers embarrassments which, when viewed at a distance, appear insurmountable, but which dwindle into comparative insignificance under the grasp of vigour and genius. It is only in unusual situations, demanding readiness of resource and animated efforts, that the difference between officer and officer can be displayed; and it ought to be always present to the mind of every military man, that he who in circumstances of perplexity tries and fails, has to plead those chances from which no operation in war can be secured; his pretensions to the character of zeal and energy being in the mean time maintained; while he who contents himself with urging difficulties as an excuse for doing nothing, voluntarily registers his own inefficiency.

The Governor General, in expressing his warm approbation of the excellent conduct of Colonel Nicolls, desires also to record the merits of those whose services in this enterprise have been indicated as possessing peculiar claim to notice.

Colonel Nicolls has earnestly represented the admirable ma nagement of Lieut.-Col. Gardner, at the head of his irregular corps, in forcing the enemy to abandon so many strong positions; and in finally establishing himself before Almora; the skill and spirited decision of Major Paton, commanding the 2d battalion 5th regiment, in the attack of the detached corps, which he defeated on the 23d of April; the exemplary valour manifested by Capt. Faithful, commanding 1st battalion 4th regiment, in the successive assaults of the different works of the enemy on the 25th, nobly emulated by Lieutenant Wight; and the behaviour of Captain Leys, marked equally by intrepidity and judgment at the head of the flank battalion.

Lieutenants Field and Purvis, of 4th regiment, with Lieutenants Bell and Wilson, of the artillery, are also mentioned in terms of strong commendation.

To all those officers the Governor General offers his sincere applause, as likewise to all the other officers, (native as well as Europeans), non-commissioned officers and men, who have so becomingly supported the character of the British army in this laborious service; and his Lordship trusts that this splendid proof of what a just confidence in their own powers can achieve, will satisfy our native troops of their own infinite superiority over the enemy with whom they have to cope.

By command of the Right Ho nourable the Governor General. (Signed)

J. ADAM, Sec. to Gov.

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A set of dispatches are then given relating to the operations of Gen. Ochterlony, of which a summary is contained in the following

General Orders by the Right Hon. the Commander in Chief.

Head-Quarters, Futtyghur,
April 26, 1815.

The Commander in Chief has this day received from Major-General Ochterlony, commanding the 3d division field army, a report, announcing the successful result of a series of combined movements, which he had directed to be made during the nights of the 14th and 15th instant, against the fortified positions of the Goorkah army, on the heights of Malown, which terminated in the establishment of the British troops on those heights, the evacuation of the fort of Sooraghur, with its dependant stockaded posts, and in the final repulse, on the morning of the 16th instant, of the main body of the Goorkah army, directed by its chief commander, Ummersing Thappah, in person, in a daring and desperate assault on the position occupied by the reserve under Lieut.-Col. Thompson. His Excellency feels it to be due to Major General Ochterlony, and the brave officers and troops serving under him, to express, in public orders, his highest approbation of the eminent ability and skill with which the attack on the enemy's positions was planned; the intelligence, ardent zeal, and exemplary valour with which it was executed by the several officers entrusted with the direction of separate columns,

and of the patience and fortitude displayed by the whole of the troops during those fatiguing and arduous operations, as well as of their distinguished gallantry in that last effort, which completed their triumph over an enemy of determined courage and indefatigable activity.

The Commander in Chief considers this success of the division under Major-general Ochterlony, under all the circumstances in which it was achieved, and in the important consequences by which it was followed, as highly honourable to the British arms, the superiority of which it has pre-eminently asserted and maintained.

The Commander in Chief desires to offer, in this public manner, his warmest acknowledg ments to Major-general Ochterlony, for the ability, zeal, judgment, and persevering fortitude with which he has uniformly conducted the arduous and important service entrusted to him, from the first commencement of his operations, to that recent success which his Excellency confidently trusts will be decisive of their speedy and honourable termination.

The Commander in Chief also desires to offer, in this public manner, his best thanks to the undermentioned officers, who have obtained the approbation of Major-general Ochterlony, and towhose services in the attack on the heights of Malown, and in the subsequent repulse of the enemy, he has borne the most ample and creditable testimony in his report to his Excellency.

To Lieut.-col. Thompson, commanding the principal column,

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for the manner in which he conducted it to its destined point in the general plan of attack, and for the whole of his conduct from the period of gaining the heights, as well as for his cool intrepidity in meeting the assault on his position on the morning of the 16th inst. which, after an obstinate contest, and the death of Bhurglee Thropah, a distinguished Goorkah commander, who led the attack, terminated in the total repulse and defeat of the enemy, with very severe loss.

To Majors Lawrie, of the 2d battalion 7th native infantry, and Innes, of the 1st battalion 19th, for the gallant manner in which they led the columns respectively entrusted to their direction; and to Captains Hamilton, of the 2d battalion 7th, and Bowyer, of the 1st of the 19th, for the judicious and spirited manner in which they fulfilled the part assigned to them in those arduous operations, as well as to Lieutenant Rutledge, of the 1st of the 19th, for his good conduct in the command of a column of division, which devolved upon him on the lamented death of Captain Showers, of the 19th regiment, who after having slain the enemy's commander in a personal conflict, unfortunately fell, while setting an example of heroic devotion to his men.

Major-gen. Ochterlony has likewise noticed, with particular approbation, the judicious and prudent conduct of Lieut. Murray, of the 1st regiment, in command of the Hindoo auxiliaries, and of Lieut. Dunbar, of the 7th regiment, commanding a small body of regulars and irregulars, in two well-timed and spontaneous move

ments made by those intelligent and active officers, the former to intercept the fugitives from the fort of Soorajghur, in which he completely succeeded, and the latter to support Captain Bowyer's detachment after the defection of the Seikh auxiliaries,

In operations of the nature of those conducted on the Malown range, the services of the engineer, artillery, and pioneer departments, are of a peculiarly arduous nature, and of proportionate value. His Excellency recognises, with unfeigned satisfaction, throughout the whole course of these operations, the same zeal, activity, and indefatigable exertion which have characterised those branches of the service whenever they have been called into activity in the present war, and in no situation have those qualities been more conspicuous, than with Majorgeneral Ochterlony's division.

The full approbation and thanks of the Commander in Chief, are justly due to Lieut. Lawrie, Field Engineer, and acting Aide-deCamp to Major-general Ochterlony, who accompanied the night attack, for the characteristic zeal and activity evinced by him on that occasion, and for the aid which Major-general Ochterlony states he derived from the professional talents of that officer, in the preparation of the plan of attack on the enemy's positions.

The zeal, activity, and intelli gence shewn by Lieut. Hutchinson, Assistant Field Engineer, in directing the works necessary for the security of Lieutenant Colonel Thompson's position, and the judgment and indefatigable exertions of Lieutenant Armstrong,

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PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS,

Passed in the Third Session of the Fifth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.-55 GEO. III.—

A. D. 1814-15.

AN act for the encouragement and reward of petty officers, seamen, and royal marines, for long and faithful service, and for the consolidation of the Chest at Greenwich with the Royal Hospital there.

An act for directing the application of the residuary personal estate of Anna Maria Reynolds, spinster, bequeathed by her to the use of the Sinking Fund.

An act for continuing to his Majesty certain duties on malt, sugar, tobacco, and snuff, in Great Britain; and on pensions, offices, and personal estates in England; for the service of the year 1815.

An act for raising the sum of 12,500,000l. by Exchequer bills, for the service of Great Britain for the year 1815.

An act to enable the commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury to issue Exchequer bills, on the credit of such aids or supplies as have been or shall be granted by Parliament for the service of Great Britain for the year 1815.

An act to continue, until the 25th day of March, 1816, an act for suspending the operation of an act of the 17th year of his present Majesty, for restraining the negociation of promissory notes and bills of exchange under a limited sum in England.

An act to repeal an act of the last session of Parliament, for granting duties of Excise on certain sorts of glass made in Ireland, and for granting and allowing certain countervailing duties and drawbacks in respect thercof.

An act to continue, during the continuance of the present hostilities, and until six months after the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace, so much of an act of the 34th year of his present Majesty, as permits the importation into Great Britain and Ireland in neutral vessels, from states in amity with his Majesty, of certain goods, wares, and merchandize.

An act to continue, until the expiration of six months after the conclusion of the present hostilities, an act of the 46th year of his present Majesty, for authorizing his Majesty in council to allow the importation and expor tation of certain goods and commodities in neutral ships into and from his Majesty's territories in the West Indies and continent of South America.

An act to make further provi sion respecting the duties payable upon East India goods, and to allow band to be given for payment of the enties upon such goods when imported by private traders.

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