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PROCLAMATION, RT THE RUM HONOURABLE THE 009ZENOR.GENERAL rlf COUNCIL. 46 The conduct of the Burmese having compelled the British Government to have recourse to arms in sup port of its rights and honour, the Governor-General in Council hereby notifies, that the Government of Ava is placed in the condition of a public enemy, and that all' British subjects, whether European or native, are prohibited from holding any communication with the people of that State, until the differences now unhappily existing shall be terminated. el The Governor-General in Council deems it proper to take this opportunity of publicly declaring the causes that have led to hostilities with a State, between which and the Honourable East India Company a friendly in tercourse has long subsisted, to the great advantage of both pal ties, and with which the British Government has invariably sought to cultivate and maintain the re lations of amity. _ _ " During many years past, the Burmese Officers governing the country contiguous to our south-east frontier, have from time to time been guilty of acts of encroachment and aggression, which the British Govern ment would have been fully justified in repelling by force. " Solicitous, however, to preserve with all nations the relations of peace, the British Government bas consi dered it to be, in an especial manner, its duty to make large allowances for the peculiar ciicumstances and character of the Burmese Government and people. The consciousness of its power to repel and punish aggres sions, has strengthened the motives of forbearance to wards a nation removed, by their geographical situa tion, from the immediate circle of our political rela tions, and with whom (as we have no opposing interests) the Supreme Government sought only to maintain a com mercial intercourse on terms of equality and freedom conducive to the welfare and prosperity of both counties. " So long, therefore, as the aggressions of which the British Government had to complain, could be treated as the unauthorized acts of the subordinate officers of the Burman Government, and could be tolerated con sistently with the national honour and the security of the British territories, the Supreme Government sedu lously endeavoured to preserve unimpaired the existing relations of peace and friendship, notwithstanding pro. vocations which would have fully justified, and from a State more formidable in position and resources would have imperiously demanded, a resort to arms. " Trusting that the motives of its conciliatory de meanour could not have been misunderstood, the British Government persuaded itself that the Government of Ava, however extravagant in its pretensions, must have been no less desirous than ourselves to maintain a friendly intercourse so profitable to that country, and could•not but be sensible that as our moderation was founded on a consciousness of our strength, and on a general desire to preserve the blessings of peace, so our forbearance would not be carried beyond the limits where it ceased to be compatible with the safety of our subjects, the in tegrity of our dominions, and the honour of our country. —Unhappily, these expectations have been disappointed. The Burmese Government, actuated by an extravagant spirit of pride and ambition, and elated by its conquests over the petty tribes by which it is surrounded, has ventured to violate the British territories, to attack and slay a patty of British sepoys, to seize and imprison British subjects, to avow extensive schemes of mischiev ous aggression, and to make hostile preparations on our frontier, that leave no doubt of its intention to execute its insolent and unjustifiable threats. " In prosecution of a groundless claim to the island of Shapuree, the Burmese Chiefs of Arracan, in a time of profound peace, and without any previous attempt at negotiation on the : part of their Government, at tacked, under cover of night, a small guard of British troops stationed on that island for purposes of police,• and drove them from their post with the loss of several lives. No answer has been returned by the Court of Amerapoora to the demand of explanation and atone ment, which it was of course the duty of .the' British Government instantly to prefer, but which was made in the same spirit of conciliation which bad always chit racterized our communications with the Court of Ava. On the contrary, the Burmese local authorities have distinctly declared the determination of their Sovereign to invade the British dominions, unless their groundless claim to Shapuree is unequivocally admitted. " Subsequently to 'the attack on the island of Sha pnrce, the commanding officer and several of the crew of the Honourable Company's, schooner Sophia were insidiously enticed on shore, and carried into the inte rior by the order of commissioners specially depumd to Arracan by the Burmese Court, mid although subse quently released, they have been sent back without any explanation or apology for the insulting outrage. " The Burmese Generals on the north-east have, at the same moment, advanced their troops into the coun try of Cachar, and occupied a post within only five miles of the frontier of Sylhet, notwithstanding that they were distinctly warned by the British authorities in that quarter, that the petty State of - Cachar was un der the protection of the British Government, and that the movement of their troops must be regarded as an act of hostility to be repelled by force. In both quar ters the Burmese Chiefs have publicly declared their determination to enter the British territories in pursuit of alleged offenders against the Government of Ava, and have avowed intentions of open hostility as the al ternative of our refusing to comply with their unjust and utterly inadmissible pretensions. " Whilst occupying their threatening position on the British frontier, the Burmese Generals planned more over the conquest of Jynteea, another chiefship situated similarly with Cachar, in regard to the district of Syl het, and which having formerly been restored by the British authorities to the family of the reigning Rajah, after a temporary convulsion, had been more distinctly recognised as a dependency of Bengal. They called on the Rajah to acknowledge submission and allegiance to the King of Ava, and a demonstration was actually made to enter his territory, when the advance of the Bri. tish troops frustrated the execution of their hostile design. " The deliberate silence of the Court of Amerapoora, as well as the combination and extent of the operations undertaken by its Officers, leave it no longer doubtful that the acts and declarations of the subordinate autho rities are fully sanctioned by their Sovereign, and that that haughty and barbarous Court is not only deter mined to withhold all explanation and atonement for past injuries, but meditates projects of the most extra vagant and unjustifiable aggression against the Bri tish Government. The Governor-General in Council, therefore, for the safety of the subjects, and the security of our dis tricts, already seriously alarmed and injured by the ap proach of the Burmese armies, has felt himself impe ratively called on to anticipate the threatened invasion. The national honour no less obviously requires that atonement should be had for wrongs so wantonly in flicted and so insolently maintained, and the national interests equally demand that we should seek by an ap peal to arms, that security against future insult and ag gression which the arrogance and grasping spirit of the Burmese Government have denied to friendly expostu lation and remonstrance. " With these . views and purposes, the Governor-Ge neral in Council has deemed it an act of indispensable duty to adopt such measures as are necessary to vindi cate the honour of the British Government, to bring the Burmese to a s ittst sense of its character and rights, to obtain au advantageous adjustment of Our eastern boundary, and to preclude the recurrence of similar in tuit and aggression in future. " Still animated by a sincere desire for peace, and utterly averse from all purposes of aggrandizement, the Governor-General in Council will rejoice if the objects l abovementioned can be accomplished without carrying the war to extremities. But to whatever length the Burmese Government may render it necessary to pro. secute hostilities, his Lordship in Council relies with confidence on the justice of our cause, on the resources of the Government, and on the approved valour of our troops for the early and successful termkpation of the contest. ,4 By command of the Right Honourable the Governor-General in Council, •s GEORGE SWINTON, Sec. to Government." SYLHET FRONTIER.—The latest reports from the ttoops in the field enable us to add, that the Burmese lost in killed and wounded between four and five hun dred men in the attack on the stockade at Daoodputlee, and that they evacuated it a few days after, and were retreating on Munnipore. The Hill Chiefs, we under stand, have given assurances of their disposition to ha rass and annoy them in their flight. Lieutenant-Colonel Innes, who arrived at Juttrapore on the evening of the 27th ultimo, and took command of the troops, was to proceed in pursuit of the Bur mese on the 28th. SOUTH AMERICA. ---.40..... FROM THE NEW YORE PAPERS. NEW YORK, JUNE 19. Accounts from Laguayra to the Ist instant mention the arrival there of a number of vessels, prizes to El Vencidor, owned by Commodore Daniels, captured off the coast of Spain, and valued at 250,000 dollars. A Dutch frigate ha d arrived there with a Commissioner.' The ports had been opened for sixty days from May, for the admission, free of duty, of corn, rice. COLOMBIAN REPUBLIC.—The report of a revolt at Laguayra, against the Government of Colombia, turns out to be a fabrication. k quarrel, no uncommon oc currence, had taken place between the mule-drivers and porters which called for the interference of the police. T his, it is supposed, was mistaken for an in surrection by some one imperfectly acquainted with the Spanish language. We rather think that the report originated in an anxious desire, which some have fre• quently evinced, of exaggerating every vague rumour that relates to reverses sustained by the Patriots. _ _ The Kingston (Jamaica) Public Advertiser of the 28th ult. contains accounts from Panama of the 27th of April, relative to the affairs of Peru, of a gratifying na ture. A proclamation had been issued by Bolivar, calling on the Peruvians to be firm, and assuring them that 10,000 Colombians were ready to assist them in establishing their liberty, notwithstanding the plots of their enemies, no less than five of which have been de tected in the same number of months. The head-quarters of the Colombian-Peruvian army was at Truxillo on the 27th of March, and the advanced part of the same army was at Pativilca on the 20th of March. The Patriots amounted to 8,000 effective troops, and 8,000 more from Panama and Guayaquil, all veterans, with l an extra supply of 4,000 muskets, were about to rein forte the Liberator. The Royalists were 10,000 strong, of all classes and nations, .badly supplied with arms. The primary cause of appointing Bolivar Dictator appears to have arisen from a suspicion attached to the Marquis Torte Tagle, President of the Congress of Peru, who bad since justified this suspicion by following the example of Riva Aguero, in consequence of which the Liberator had proclaimed him a traitor. It this same Marquis, it seems, who excited the black troops in Callao to revolt.. With his usual promptitude, Bolivar had cautioned the Peruvians against confining so many prisoners, mostly officers, at Callao, as he had once lost . Puerto Cavell° by a similar treason. By these accounts, all apprehensions as to the safety of the P.►triot early in Peru are completely removed, and the most confident expectations excited that their efforts will, ere long, be crowned with complete success. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1824. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 931 for August Account, with little doing, except in settling Accounts. Up to this hour they are 93i for August, and for Money, 92j, FOREIGN FUNDS. In the Foreign Market very little has been date this morning. —Current Prices :—New Spanish 15/, Old if, Russian 94* 95, Alliance Shares 121 15i, Mexican Scrip 4 dis. Austrian 94, French in, New Prussian 961, Old 981, Portuguese 88, Buenos Ayre s 1 to 1 discount. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. S per Cent. Reduced 93 7 4 1 4 S per Cent. Cons. 93 1 / 4 92% % 31 1 per dents. 1013/ 4 10054-4 per Cents. Old 101% 4 per Cents. New 106 105% ex. div. 4 per Cents. Assented 100% % Bank Long Anus. 22 15-16 % India Stock 290 1 / 4 —lndia Bonds 83 South Sea Stock 10P/8 Exclteq. Bills of E. 1,000 (2d.) 40 5 ; (1 1 4 d.) 41 40 Do. Small (2d.) 39 43 ; (1 1 / 4 d.) 4.0 41 Do. Commercial (2d.) 40; (1%c1.) 40 42. India for Account 289 1 4, Consols for Acct. 93 1 ,E 9334 92% 7/8. It will be seen by an article in another column, that peace has been interrupted in India, where a new enemy has sprung up in the person of the King of AVA. The Proclamation issued by the Governor-General so clearly states the circumstances of the rupture, that it is only necessary to refer to the document itself. It will be seen that the aggressions ou the part of the Burmese were so frequent and so direct, and the enmity so evi. dent, that the Governor-General had no alternative but an appeal to arms. The first action, which though trifling, was in favour of the British. The LION cutter is arrived from Vera Cruz, which place she left on the 3d of June. This vessel brings ac counts to the House of Messrs. GOLDSPAIDT, that the Mexican Loan has been acknowledged : all was quiet at Mexico at the time the Llow sailed. The French Papers of Thurs day have reached us.— The Kiisg's ATTORNEY•GENERAL lately appealed to the Cour Royale from the decision of the Sixth Correctional Chamber, which had declared that the Paper called L'Aristargue might be •revived without any fresh au thorisation, having been in existence before 1819. The Cour Royale, however, has aided to the credit which it lately acquired, by confirming the decision of the Sixth Chamber, and ordering the Ministers to restore the Numbers of the Aristarque which they had caused to be seized. This morning we received German Papers, including the Austria* Observer, to the 3d instant. If as article in that Journal, from Constantinople, can be depended on, the affairs of the Greeks are approaching a very im ' portant crisis, and all doubts as to the fidelity of the Viceroy of Egypt to the Porte are at an end. New honours have been conferred on the Viceroy's son, IBRAHIM PACHA I whose appointment as Governor of the Morea we stated some days ago. Part of the Egyptian expedition, which is said to amount to 50,000 men, is stated to have arrived at Rhodes, and the rest is expected soon to follow. The Greeks will, no doubt, at tempt to intercept this fleet, though we are not aware of any force they have adequate to bring against it; the desperate courage of the Greek sailors, has, however, destroyed more than one Turkish fleet since the com mencement of the revolutionary war, and we doubt not they will do everything that can be done for the destruction of the great armament that threatens them e The force of the Viceroy is, however, we suspect ex aggerated, though that he has sent a formidable expe dition against the Greeks can scarcely be doubted. A Morning Paper states, that the narrative of the re cent events in Greece, which a ppeared in the STAR, has rendered the Greek Bonds unsaleable, unless at " a de structive discount.' This we think extremely probable; but if the money-lenders have speculated rashly in ad vancing money to the Greeks, it was with the hope of gain : for notwithstanding the gi liberality" talked of by our contemporary, patriotism has nothing to do with loan-contractors or money-lenders. If, on the other hand, the loan has been raised by erroneous representa tions as to the real state of Greece, the sooner the truth is known the better. No one regrets the dissensions of the Greek Chiefs more than we do, and England has indeed cause to regret them, when it deprived her of so bright an ornament in the literature of the country tis Lord Byaos. The extreme sensibility of his Lordship is well knows—to a mind like his, how heavy must have fallen the suspicion that he could have a secret understanding with the enemies of Greece. Such a sus picion indicates an ingratitude and depravity of heart which, if it continues to prevail, will be more fatal to the independence of Greece than the scimetars of the Mussulmen. The following, are the extracts from the Austrian Observer to which we have alluded : CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 10. On the 4th day of the Festival of the Bairam, which began on the 30th of May, the annual lists were pub lished of the promotions of the principal Officers of State, or their confirmation in their offices, as well as those of the Governors of the Provinces. The most re markable circumstances that they contain are, that Dis cbarib Effendi ; who, since he was obliged to withdraw from the Council lived Very retired, has received the honourable office of Neschandscbi Basch', private Se. cretary to the Sultan, which office was held by Halet Effendi, who never would accept a place in the mint). rity. Ibrahim Pacha, son of the Viceroy of Egypt, is on the list as Governor of the Morea, retaining the Go vernment of Abyssinia, to which is added the pest of Sangiac of Dchidda,and the dignity of Sheik of Mecca. [Here follow statements already published of the great preparation of the Pacha of Egypt.] The last accounts say that part of the Egyptian fleet, with troops on board, had arrived at Rhodes ; one of the vessels had on board the agent of the Pacha, was received with much pomp at Cairo, and who 1, returning to Constantinople to give an account of mission, and of the approaching departure of Ibrahim Pacha.* The division of the fleet which remained at Lepanto, under the Captain Bey, sailed on the sth for Alexandria. Nothing 'more is known of the operations of the Captain Pacha than that he has landed 2000 men on Ne gropont, on whose arrival the blockade of Carysto was already raises. Thence he went in person to Salonichi, to take on board five or 6000 Albanians. It is thought he will soon attempt an attack on the island of Sames, a very hazardous enterprise, there being only one point at which it is accessible. Nothing certain is known re specting the operations that are going to be carried on by land. Count Guilleminot, who arrived on the 7th with a numerous retinue, was visited the following day by the Ministers and Ambassadors to the Porte, and returned in form the visits of the English Ambassador and the Austrian Inurnuncio. On the 9th, according to cus tom, he sent a formal notice of his arrival to the Minis ters of the Porte by Count Beaurepaire, who has hitherto acted as Charge d'Affaires, and to-day he was visited by the Dragoman of the Porte. As foreign ships of war are not allowed to enter the Dardanelles, any mote than the Bosphorus, the frigate on board which Count Guilleminot came from Toulon remained off Tenedos, and his Excellency came hither on board a sloop, which had been prepared for him. The squadron of observation in the Archipelago has been reinforced, which will be a great protection to European merchantmen against the insurgent cruizers. • .The llenist Chronicle, which is just published at Missolonghi' has always considered the Egyptian Expedition as a very serious affair. On the 30th April (l gth May) that Journal had an article stating,that Mehemet Ali has destined 50,000 men for this expect,- Lion; that nine frigates which have arrived at Alexandria, from I Constantinople, and seven corvettes belonging to the Packs, would escort eighty-five transports to the Greek coast, and that this ope ration was to be repeated tvrice.—These statements may be greatly exaggerated, but they are remarkable, as they express the opinions and apprehensions of the Insurgents, while the Journals of other countries continue to speak of the enterprise of the Pacha ci Egypt, sometimes with doubt, s ometimes with contempt. —.Now uf the Austrian Obsei uer. THE ARMY. The 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards (Carbineers), embarked on the 25th ult. at Liverpool from Dublin, arrived ..t Glasgow on the 12th inst. The 3d (or King's Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons, which marched from Hounslow on the 10th and 12th instant, have arrived at Birmingham and Coventry. The Bth (King's Royal Irish) Regiment of Light Dragoons (II.:‘ sari), which marched on the 10th instant from Hammersmith, w.II arrive, on Monday next, at Dorchester. _ . . . One troop of the 2sl (or Queen's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards, which marched on the 10th instant from Fulham, arrived on Thurs- day at Ipswich; and another troop belonging to the same Corps ar rived yesterday at Norwich. The 10th (or Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Regiment (Hussars) has been ordered to march from Dublin to Bailinrobe. A detachment of the 7th Fuzileers dis;mba;ketiatChathant oa the 12th Instant, having just removed from Harwich. Wednesday, the 17th Regiment of Lancers (Death or Glory) ar rived in Canterbury. Four troops are to be stationed at the CA. valry Barracks in that city ; one troop at Deal, and another at Hythe and their vicinities. The 17th were stationed at Canterbury in the year 1799, and left that city to go to the East Indies, where they have remained till within the last two years. INTERMENT OF LORD BYRON. NOTIAGNAM, JUIN 16.—Yesterday afternoon, about Lire o'clock, the remains of the much lamented Lord BTRON arrived at the Black's Head Inn, in this town. The cavalcade came in in as pri vate a manner as possible. There were about twenty-two atten dants on horseback, besides the hearse, and three mourning coaches. No escutcheons were displayed, nor did any private carriage follow .in the train. The great bell at St. Mary's, as the procession en. tered the town, tolled. As soon as the necessary arrangements could be completed for the lying in state, the coin, urn, &c. were exposed to public view in the front pa rlour of the Black'aHead Inn,and a great number of in dividuals availed themselves of taking a transitory glimpse. The walls of the room were hung with black cloth, six wax lights were placed, three on each side of the coffin. About twenty persons were admitted every two minutes, and till the gates of the Inn were closed at midnight, immense crowds continued to press to the doer. This morning the procession began to move, proceeding through the market-plaoe, and along the Mansfield road, where multitudes of people lined the way. The Mayor, and Gentlemen of the Cor poration attended the funeral. Colonel Wu.nmaces carriage, and a number of others were also present. The procession arrived at one o'clock at its final destination Hucknell Packard, where the re mains of his Lordship were interred in the family vault with the greatest solemnity. Yesterday morning, at half-past ten o'clock, the Lords of his MAresvr's - Most Honourable Privy Council assem bled at the Council Ofiice, Whitehall, to determine law badness, respecting Jersey, &c. The Lords present were, Lord Cotenams, Sit Joey Menem Mr. Secretary Peat, Mr. WTHH, Mr. Beaton &c. Their Lordships separated abouthaltpast two o'clock. This morning, ROBERT WILMOT-HORTON, Esq. M.P. Under Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, mg large Party, embarked at the Tower for Rotterdam, to pay their re ssppee to his Excellency Lord Viscount Gaarrvissz, his Majittfs Am c ibassador at the Hague. In a part of our impression yesterday, we stated that the Government of Buenos Aires bad appointed Consuls to this Country. Mr. JOHN HOLLOW of the highly respectable firm of Messrs. Mestere, Baarnms, a nd Co. is appointed Consul-General. This morning Sir WILLIAM DRAPER BUT, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, resumed his Sittings for London, at Guildhall. The first cause was that of Mumma Wattaru, Proprietor of one of the Kentish Town stages, for da mages sustained by two of his sons having been thrown oat of the dickey, owing to the bad state of repair. After the pleadiags of Counsel, and the examination of witnesses, the Learned Jodie summed up the evidence, and the Jury, after a short consultstiort gave a verdict of 511. damages. The Court was eueosively crowd' ed, and the cause excited much interest amonest the Sims qf Jams. The remAins of the late Earl of Tyßows were re moved from the house of the Marquis Wanamaro, in Ws field.street. at an early bout on We ay morning, to be in terred in the family vault at Curragtanure. Lord Gnome Brass rose a nd G. WA/sant, Esq. attend the men ruful procession to Ireland. ; . 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