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At a very late hour 111;s morning we received the French Papers, containing Ole following lamentable detail of the storming and capture of Mi.solongld. and the cruel and al most unheard-of buteltery of its intrepid defende:s. IVe heve no room for comment, or if we had, surely none is want ing; but if this horrid afFair do not ronse the powers which call themselves Holy and Christian, either to put a stop tn, or avenge such horrible barbarities, we might almost dread some signal proof of Divine wrath and indignation would fall on them and their dcseentlants. This may by same be conceived to be strong language, but our feelings at the moment can admit of no other. It is some consolatiml to know that the heroes who have so wonderfully sustained the ancient fame of their country, fell not unprepare.l to expect the rewards and the glories of "another and a letter world." (From the Etode dated li*c.incvlay, 2177'.1 12.1 . The heroic defenders of Al issoltsnghi bare ceased to live ! Re duced to 1400 men, win were reduced to four ounces of biscuit, they saw till the 17th February the storm gnthering which was to swal low them up. The Eryptians (directed by Europeans, among whom there were unhappi!) some Frenchmen) having at that time completed the positions by means of which they were to cross the shallows, to attack 3lissolonghi on the sine of :`,larri et which point there were no fortilications,because its lagoon defended the town on that side. Ott the 18th the enemy examined the ersuitd. and the Turkish fleet having appeared at PrOCOpollistrA, at rig entrance of the Gull of 31issolonghi, there was every reason to expect an attempt to storm. From that day every indiyithmil pro. patted h i mself for death, and front the to the 2.lsr February al: the Christians celebrated their obsequiea. The Bishop Joaern sidtrinistered the sacraments to them, and the service for the dead having been recited, every one repaired to his post. From the 22d to the 25th all was tranquil in the camp of Ibra him, and theenemy began in the n;ght to place his p•tntoons. Two Pura arter sunrise an European engineer had succeeded in ap. yreacitit:g within lOU toises of the town, and shows announced the attack. Two litters of pontoons, ending at the same point.. jlined : the cartoon of the Christians began to rear, the firing of musketry commenced, :Ind et eleven o'clock two pontoons hrtyintt been destroyed, the barbarians retired in disorder; azelamations and cries of joy announced to the inhabitants of Missolonghi the triumph of the ('rocs. On the 2.Btfi Febroaty Ibrahim having united all his rows, made a second attack, but without success. Oi the of March, In a t!ital attack, the barbarians mad.: !h-.mseltes twisters of the head e t• the caa , cway, and from that moment, the positi:,:es having been united a: that point, the destruc. inn of the Christians, w::o had .nly 4:7 able to fight, was considered ns inevirablc. Yet no t:tought of surrender entered any body's mind, and no mcuth pro nounced the word capitulation ; every one seemed only to think of se::ing his life dear. At length, on the fish March (20th March New rille) the last hour of the Chtistians I.mircled. At ten L'e!ack the Turks had taken 31::.oleriglii by corm t the Bishop Jas:ph had been burnt by a slow Cre ; all the men had been put t .1:e sword, and the number of corpses of drowned women and choaked up the Lagoons. (From the Coll.tifidioari.l The inlinwing is the copy of the letter 'written by Demerit's, the g'n of Mateo llotraris, from Land.; , ,atitlres%eti to b , s uncle Notbil to a;:d received during the agony of that city, on the .nth et February, whilst the preparatory ftmeral service of :be gar. ;.101 was be;og performed : 3lost venerable General and Vide, most beloved Scignor Sothis, " In the midst of the dangers which sumund you. permit me to imitkre your benediction on my head, anti to offer you the last kiss of peace, whitli I address to you. Pre••tretl as you twee been to deserve the palm of martyrdom, by shedding your blood tbe glory of the Cross and of our dear country, I experience but e regret, that of brim separated fro•n sou. Would to find that I were near you, to psrtiripate in the sacred combat in which you, a. well as our dear brethren, have resiolvcd to shed your blond : !'.it my youth keeps me afar from the iolitiers of Christ. • • • it ;tyre me that I will redouble my cfriets to gain ea much instractitn as possible, when I wit!. like an eagle, take my flight t , ) oar dear country ; and I till fulfil what is imposed upon me, and pointed out by the glorlona death of that father, who has be lle abed to me the honour of his name." Fitercir Fuuns.—P.twis, Arnie. Ii —Fire per Cants., 971. I Three per tents., b.W. 4.1 e. ; Hank Stock. 2,01,0 f.; Rerun tie 7.1 h Mc.; Royal Spanish Loan. 474.—Ilaytien Loan, 7700. —Exchange on IMAM, 0:1C month, 2.W. Gik. ; rime ditto, ifirthenc;lne. l'urther intelligence has bten received from Calcutta, to the 3lst of December, confining the previous accounts of th.: defeat of the Burmese army by a portion of the troops, wider the command of Sir A. CA st rat Lt., in advance of Prune. Still the accounts are very meagre; and though City leave us not in the least doubt as to the distinguished vsl , 1:r displayed by our gallant countrymen on this, as on every other enterprise where their exertions have Men called forth, yet we must wait for the official accounts before we can assume, like our contemporary of the Con sit , that the Burmese bare been, on this occasion, totally defeated. We are the more strengthened in this, when we consider, that, by reference to our extract* from the Cal cutta.papers, it will be seen that, after three days' hard fighting, the enemy dre said to have been beaten and dis persed, but that they afterwards took up a position in a stockade, only thirty miles from Prome. This, indeed, might be only the wreck of their at my,.--those of the fugi tives who were enabled to congregate after the general dispersion of their main body. From the paucity of Intelligence contained in these Calcutta journals, we can merely glean that the first action, after the expiration of the late armistice, took place between a small force, consisting of four battalions of sepoys, under the command of Lieut.- Colonel APDoccat, which were detached from the main body of our army to force a stockade, /0 miles in advance of their position, and supposed to contain about 3,00 of the enemy. such, however, is the disadvantage under which we labour, from an almost total want of local kmow ledge as regards the Burmese empire, that our troop; had no sooner rearly reached the proposed point of attack, than they fell on another strong stockade, and had to defend themselves against a body of the enemy's troops, said to have amounted to 13,000 men. Before this amazing dis parity of numbers, is it wonderful that our small detach ment was obliged to give way? They were pursued by some cavalry ; but the 36th native infantry, having forme themselves into a square, repulsed the enemy's horse, and prevented further carnage. Still our loss was considerable: °freers killed, among whom was the Commander of the detachment, Colonel M`Douna t. and Lieutenant r. NK N, at the first attack ; 10 wounded ; LI rank and file killed ; 120 wounded, and 10 missing. It is highly probable that this partial success spirited on the Burmese Commander to make a general attack on our army, and the result of that was doubtless. the three days' fighting, which ended in the defeat and dispersion of the barbarians. If we may estimate our loss in rank and file by the number of officers killed and wounded during these continued en gagements, and compare it rid) the similar result of the previous engagement, we should guess it to be comparatively small. In the first action we find no less than 14 officers killed and wounded, while in the three continuous battles there arc hut 11. By these papers we also gather (though I in a somewhat obscure way) that the breach of the armis tice rests with the Burmese, and not with us. It is said that they wore informed, that when they fired the first gun after the armistice, the province of Pegu would be imme diately (loader!' from the empire of the Golden-footed Mo narch, and placed under British protection. This has been done accordingly, and, without doubt, highly to the satisfaction of the unfortunate inhabitants, who have long groaned under the tyranny of the descendants of the con queror ALwarraa. That the war will he brought to a speedy and favourable conclusion for the interests of Great Britain in the East, we entertain not the shadow of a doubt, for we find that vessels were to proered immediately to Madras for more troops, should not the Monarch of the White Elephant be brought to reason by the last defeat of his army. In th 2 iroog , -2 of Commons list night, Mr. AIIEnCROM EV brought forward his motion for a Bill to amend the present made of returning a Representative to serve in Parlinm-nt for the city of E linburgls. It is certainly, to an Englishman, something singular to Sind a city, com prising a population of upwards of 100,609 person's, repre sented by only enc man, he being elected, as Mr. ABER :nom ce asserts, by 37 constituents, and those governed by a majority which can, of course, consist of only 19. He admitted, that although his present motion went simply to ratenil the elective franchise in Scotland, as far as re garded f'dinburgli, yet, should he be successful now, it would be attempted to be extended to Glasgow, Aberdeen, and the other considerable towns in the northern kingdom. One of his reasons for commencing with the city of RlM burgh was, that if it were found that by extending the elective franchise tc all the househo:tlers, scenes of riot and confusion should arise, then the opposers of innovation might with justice prevent any farther attempts at altering the mode of returning Members to Parliament for the other counties and towns in Scotland. He asserted that the elective franchise in that country was much more extensive before the year 1169, when the system of self-election, since so prevalent even among the 3lagistracy of the several burghs, was first introduced. " In England" he said. "the elections were in many instances popul.ar —there was no hostiie feeling shown against property: on the contrary, when rank and properly were united with gond conduct, they in. variably r,ceive.l the preference, even at the most p pular elections. Why. he would ask. should the House anticipate a different result in S.uland ? At present, in that country the people were excluded from all sympathy with the electors, or the elected. In England, the mutual dependency existing hetween the eleetassind the elected was productive of harmony to all but in Scotland the right of electing was confined to an exclusive class. There there was no such thing as popular election, hut in England there were runner. ems instances in which the people exercised the right even to its fullest extent. None of the Scotch Members of that House could say that they represented the people of that country—they merely represented a small class whose interests they were bound to attend to, or if they opposed them, they opposed the interests of those they represented. Would it not be preposterous to witness the people of Edinburgh applying to some other Member of that Muse. resquesting him to oppose a measure introduced by the mores-unitive of his own city? Yet such was the case with all Scotland. It was not the people who were represented, a class shwa intertsts nften varied from those of the great mess of the population of that country. Could anything be more morti. rvirg to the neonie of Scotland than to see the inhabitants of Eng land and Ireland possessed of all the advantages of popular elec tion from which they themselves wetc wholly excluded ? They hod not even a single solitary net-Aston upon which to manifest their opinions. A more unjustifiable, or a more injurious male of representing a country could not well be conceived." Mr. IV. DUNDAS, the present Member for Edinburgh, eppesed the motion, resting that opposition on the ,ground that the proposed innovation would destroy the chartered rights of the Scottish Burghs, and run counter tq the wicks of Union, which Lard H anwic had declared ought never to he impaired. Me. J. P. GRANT, (hitherto, we believe, a staunch advocate for Parliamentary Reform in England,) supported the motion, admitting that in England oil classes of the community were represented, while in Scotland no class had that constitutional advan tage. Sir G. CLE r. x stood up.m the existence of the charters in Scotland for so many ages, and that if in this instance an alteration in them were made, it would only be the pre lude to still farther innovation. He also thought that if this power were granted to the householders of Edinburgh, a similar right should be given to those of London, instead of being confined to the livery as it now is. After some farther debate the motion was negatived by a division of 122 to 97, leaving, however, the very small majority of 2. against it. We cannot help entreating the attention of the public to the statement of the Committee, on IVednestlay last, re specting the Distress in Spits!fields. It has already ex cited the sympathies of the benevolent to a most praise worthy extent, and the pressure of calamity has been hi therto lightened to a degree that must be most consoling to those by whose beneficence so much good has been effected. But it appears that the nearly exhausted state of the funds has compelled the Committee to reduce the scale of allow ance to the distressed Bilk-weavers, and that the funds will not much longer afford even this diminished and inadequate relief. It is not always that those who appeal to public benevolence are reduced to misery by unavoidable misfor tunes; hut in the case of the weavers of Spits Melds, we know that their sufferings are not occasioned by their own fault ; the charity extended to them can be open to no abuse; there is no employment for their industry, and without the aid of those whom God has blessed with wealth, their state is hopeless. The Committee, we perceive, " suggest to those ladies of distinction, whose example would he influential, the propriety of ordering British silks at their mercers, as the most likely method of furnishing employment for the distressed Weavers;" and no doubt if the demand for this branch of manufacture could be created by the influence of fashionable example, or in any other manner, ranch might be done towards giving bread to this class of workmen and their families, who, when the present donations are expended, will he thrown destitute and with out resource upon the world. Great praise is due to tl.e limier of CII earen, and to the other persons to whom the management and disposal of the funds are especially confided, for their unwearied and successful endeavours so to apportion the amount of the contributions, as to render them as extensively serviceable as possible. The parish funds are becoming every day more inadequate to the relief of the families of the many thousand Weavers whose looms are idle, and the general poterty of the inhabitants of Bethnal-green and its neighbourhood, makes it quite im possible that the poor-rates can be increased to an amount at all adequate to the demands that would flow in, should the Committee he unable, from the failure of their funds, to afford further relief to the sufferers. But we feel satis fied' from the deep interest which their situation has al ready excited, that the urgent and affecting appeal made by the Committee, will not be without its effect. CITY, THURSDAY EvExtwo. The financial operation of funding Exchequer Bills has caused an unusual degree of excitement in the English Money Market to-day, and Consols have in consequence fluctuated upwards of 1 per cent. In so feverish a state is public credit at present, that any measure out of the usual course at this moment tends to create an undue influence and a great deal more probably has been said of the recent funding than the intrinsic circumstances by which it is surrounded would justify. An increase of the :permanent debt of the country, at a period of profound peace like the present, abstractedly considered, might produce gloomy anticipations; but that is not the fair view to be taken of this question, or indeed of any other. The variousbranches and bearings of it ought to be looked at, and amongst the collateral circumstances that have mainly contributed to render this operation necessary, is the over speculation of last year, which has caused the depression of the present, with its concomitants, commercial difficulties, and all the evils attendant on a diminution of mercantile credit and manufacturing industry. The alteration in the currency too has no doubt had its effect in hastening this operation; for it arose out of the late financial convulsion, which must necessarily tend to narrow the income of the Government. Mr. If uskisson's great and important measures, con nected with the removal of restrictions from trade, must for a time operate unfavourably on the Revenue; the re duction of taxes to a large amount has also, under the present circumstances of the country, been severely , felt in a financial point of view ; and though last in our reca pitulation of circumstances that have rendered this fund ing necessary, certainly not least in importance, as bearing on this question, are the recent combination s a m on g s t t h e operatives of the kingdom, which, probably, more than any other operation that we have previously alluded to, has for the time caused a reduction in the revenue. The immense number of persons at that time prevented from drinking those important exciseable commodities gin and beer, leaving others out of the calculation, must have seriously injured the revenue. C o n so l s o p ene d this morn ing at So, and subsequently reached SOS. This high quotation appears to be in a great measure caused by buyera of Consols, being prepared to take their stock, which the sellers could not deliver, and after this opera tion was over th e E ng li s h F un d s drooped considerably, 191 being the closing price. The funding has materially lightened the Exchequer Bill Market. The price to-day was 9s. I Is. Ss. premium for large bills, and for small ones As. 11s. India Stock was 220, 221, and the Bonds 64. premium. _ South American Stocks have again declined. Colombian Bonds were as low as 431, and Mexican Six per Cents. were at 604; Peruvian Bond s w ere 231 ; Spanish Bonds were 94; and Greek ditto 144 I.S. Yesterday morning, about a quarter before twelve o'clock, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Right Hon. Sit Chiles Long left the residence of Sir Charles at White hall, in the carriage of the latter, for the King's Lodge, Windsor Park, in obedience to his Majesty's commands. Prince Leopold and the Duchess of Kent honoured Co vent-Garden Theatre with their presence on Wednesday evening. Yesterday morning Prince Leopold left his residence in Pall-mall, for his seat at Claremont. Prince Polignac, the French Ambassador, transacted business yesterday, at the Secretary of State's Office for Foreign Affairs in Downing-street. Despatches were sent off on Wednesday evening, from the Foreign Office, to the British Ambassador at Buenos Ayres. The following is an extract of a letter, dated Vienna, April 1 :—." To-day, at noon, the Emperor appeared, for the first time, at the window of his apartment. He had scarcely been there a moment, when the people, passing by, observed him, and broke into a general exclamation of joy. The Palace-square was filled in a few moments *lth a crowd of people, who were transported with delight at again beholding their sovereign. To-morrow the Jubilee will be opened with the first solemn procession.—Metalliques, 881 ; Bank Shares, 1,058 4-5." The Emperor of Austria, bein g informed that Gener a l Baron Frimont would, in a few days, complete the 30th year of his service in the Austrian army, wrote to him the Wowing autograph letter : " My dear General Baron Frimont,—On the 91st of March you will complete the 60th year of your military career. I take the must lively interest in this event, and congratulate you on it. By the manner in which you have conducted yourself during this long period t f distinguished service, by your ardent zeal for the good of the service, and by your attachment to my person, you have ac quired claims to my particular approbation and gratitude, which I take pleasure in acknowledging. I am convinced thlt you Will continue to serve me with the same zeal ; and 1 wish that you may be .ong able to devote to me your faithful services. " Vienna, March 27. " FRANCIS." On the 41st December, a report was current;&ljatta, that Bliurtpore had fallen into our hands ; but no official intelligence upon the subject had been received. The Enterprize steam vessel, has been purchased by the Government of India for 40,000/., and was to proceed shortly to Rangoon. Capt. Johnston, it was understood, would remain in command. The expense of postage of letters, sent through the me dium of the Twopenny Post Office, by Alderman Tlxmtp son's Committee, when he first announced himself as one of the candidates for the representation of the City, amounted to no less a sum than 1281.! It is supposed that the number of liverymen are now about 14,330 ; conse quently a personal canvass would have been next to an impossibility. In a cause on the last Northern Circuit, where Mr. Pol lock was Counsel for the plaintiff, there was a dispqte between that Learned Gentleman and the Counsel for the Defendant about ten shillings, when Mr. Baron nullock said, in order that time might not be lost, /se would give the difference. Says Deuvear.—Over. the door of an old lady. in a village in the Weald of Kent,who was in the habit, °florae timing as midwife to her poorer neighbours, and wbo kept the post-oilice, was written as follows Ladies and Let ters safely delivered." FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ALIIACKS. The Second Ball given at there elegant Rooms, on Wednesday, was at tended by nearly MO of the haul ton, among whom woe— The Doke of Dueekrogb. Do, hros of Alitelllfale. ffiarqul+ea of Lonth.nlerry and Douro. Marchionesses of Lothian, Winchemer, Londonderry, and P:tally Lon donderry._ • Earl.of Ifareet.xid, Aberdeen, Wicklow', Rosalyn, Grey, Cltname ton, and %Veltmoriand. Countesses of Moira'', Aberdeen, Jersey, Wicklow, Martoield. Cion mell, 'dorley, and Wu wick ; Viscountess ; lluwaser Countess Sheffield. Counts hotfoot, De Flovlgnez. and 1)e 'Annoy. Lords—Golflyr, W. Graham, Burgliersh, Eipt.lngton, Montague, F. Realities*, Stormont, Dorchester, Mahon, llorprth, Palmerston, and I.adlet—E. Palk. Gurydyr, S. Vaughan, M. Stopfurd, F. Graham, C. Graham, F. La-cellea, Baker. C. Dunds., E. Kerr, J. Kerr, S. Polyps, Phlppa, —,Hampden, H !hula& A. Vernon. M. Itou., A. Pgtslett, C. Paulett, E. Fielding. C. Legge, Al. Legge, C. Beaucierk, Ituanclerk, Ruse, J. St. Clair, J. Cust, Acton, G. Grey, C. (trey, M. Grey. L. Beauclerk, F. Beanclerk, C. Murray, G. )tumty, L. Scott, H. Scutt, L. Grevllle, C. Greville. L. Hervey, E. Edgcumbe, Holroyd, C. Cape! Stuart, M. sheperd, A. Scull, a:A G. Seymour. Sirs—J. W. de Bathe, J. Jobuttone, Collo Campbell, and W. Scott. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury entertained a selt-ct party at dinner yesterday, at her bowie In Arlington-street. Owen Williams, Eq. M.P. entertained the Marquis of Anglesea ante • tildinguished party M dinner, on Wednesday, at his house in Berkeley. sq... are. Lord Bexley entertained a distingni-Med party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Great W Georre-street, estminster. John IVeyland, Esq. had ■ dinner Harty yesterday, at hi• house in Cork street. • The Bucheaa of Buckingham arrived on Tuesday at her house In Pall mall, !min her seat, Stowe, The Marquis of dbandoiltas arrived In town from Ida seat, Wetton, rock.: Lord Suffield srrlved yesterday at his bone in Park-plei.r, from bid scat Gunton flail. Norfolk. The f:arl of tiosf.ad left town yesterday for Ireland. The Earl of Dartmouth has arrive.' at Me house in Berkeley-sonare, from his seat, BandweiL Otalfurd.hire. Lord Braybrooke has arrived in town from blaseat, An dley End. }:asex. Viscount Deerburst, M.Y, bad arrived In town from bts scut In Worces tershire. Moseley, Esq. arrived yesterday at Penton's New Moe!, M. James's-street, from • tour; and B. L. ',ester, E.q. from Pool. Departures:—General Coebian ' andJ. Goodwin, Esq. fur Dritid..n. Arrivals atdhe MUM Hotel,Jeltnyn.sdreet :Admiral and Lady Ham mond, from Norfolk ; the Rev. J. C. Holdswurth, from Li. se it, nunnik ; R. B. Moor, Esq. from Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. White, from iNdr seat In Suffolk; the Rev. Mr. Prettyman, from a tour; and John Di..ney, Esq. frum AI, seat in Surrey. Departures from the Pniteney Hotel, Albemarle-street:—Copt. and Mrs. Perry. for Brighton ; Wm. sandfurd, Esq. fur Newmarket; and J. Sreu err, EA. on a tour. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ilv NEWMARKET, THURSDAY LYEICIND, 5 ()Timex. The day's sport hits been sulniirable, the weather beautiful, ant the attendance numerous. The batting on the day's races has been very heave. great im. parlance attaching to them, train the great number of De►by and Oaks colts and fillies engaged--entsiderable alterations may he looked for in the odds ink those stakes, from the events of the day's running, which was as follows : Sweepstakes of 100 sovereigns each, Ost. 51b. each. R. 31. Lord Jersey's Butterfly—Fillagree • - . . - 1 Duke of Portland's e. by 'firesias—Ambiguity 0 . - - Mr. Peres' Altos) , . . pd, Butterfly. rode by Robinson, jumped off nt a winning bat, closely pressed down the bill by the Duke's colt, but who, it was evident, had no chance. Butterfly kept in front, and won by a length and a half; John Day rode the loser. Betting 8 to 1 on Butterfly. Sweepstakes of 200 each ; colts flat.4lb.; fillies Sat. 11b. R.M. Lord Lowther's b. c. AVaterman Duke of Grallon's ch. e. Norman Lord Cavendish's e. by Allegro--Barcssa - . 3 Mr. Hunter's c. by Giville—Caneas Betting 6 to 4on Waterman. 3to 1 apt Barosaa. 4to 1 agst Norman ; and 10 to 1 apt Canvas. Time will not permit us to expatiate on the excellence of this beautiful race; • finer one never WWI witnessed. They all set at the top of their speed, close abreast, and in a few lengths Water man took the lead, the others at his heels to the hill, when they all again got abreast, and so continued half way up the hill, when Waterman and Norman got a trifle in front, and kept head to iteul home, finishing the rate with a dead heat. Barossu was scarcely a head behind Canvas—not a length. Wheatley rode ‘Vaterman, Buckle Norman, Araull Barorsa, and Conolly Canvas. Sweepstakes of 200 each. D.M. Duke of Grafton's Parapluie 1 Mr. Greenlet; Rachael Duke of Portland's c. by TiresiaA 3 Lord Verulam's c. by Abjer—Leurel Leaf . • - - 4 Parapluie took the lead, and though pushed very hard by Rachael, won a fine race by half a length. Rode by Ilitzale„ Rachael by Goodison, Tiresias by John Day, and Lord Veruiam's I,y Arnull. Betting 3I to 8 apt Tiresias ; 12 to 8 agst Rachael ; high odds apt the winner. Match 100. Ab.3l. fiat. 51b. each. Mr. Greenlee Lionel Lincoln 1 Air. Mills's Trinculo —...—.- 0 Trinculo lead off, made strong running, and would have tron, but for his old trick (played off at Doncaster and other places, last year) of swerving, which gave Lionel the lead. and lost him the race, though only by a neck. Ooodison rode Lionel and Sari Day Trinculo. 7 to 4 and 2 to 1 on Trinculo—heavy betting. The Claret Stakes of 2UO each. D.I. Mr. Wyndham's Brother to Addy - . I Lord Exeter's Enamel 9 Mr. Craven's Pastlne Addy took the lead at first at a great pace. but gave way to Pa.. time, who in his turn was passed by Addy (Arnull), who preserved his front, and won by a length cleverly. Robinson rode and Sam Day Pastime. 6t02 on Enamel, sto I agst Aduy, and 6 to I apt Pastime. Just as our parcel wu made up, the dead heat between Water man and Norman was won by 11 sterman, by a head. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—We have this week the painful duty of recording the death, by drowning, of six pivots belonging to this port. The circumstances of this meter chnly ai fir, RS far as we have been able to collect them. are briefly as follow. On 31onday last, in the forenoon, the men belonging to No. 8, pilot boat, crossed, by land, from Seacumbe to Iloylake. Upon their arrival they found a heavy surf upon the beach, which battled several efforts which they made to launch their punt, for the pur pose of going on board the boat, then lying in the lake. Soon after one o'clock the brave fellows, twelve in number, anxious to get on board to do their duty, foreeditheir way through the surf, and, notwithstanding the swell, succeeded in reaching the side of the boat. John Hughes had the command of the tiller, anti being aware of the critical state in which they Would be placed in nearing the boat, advised his companions to sit still and be steady ; this caution was also repeated by Captain Parry, the second master, who was then on board the pilot-boat. Upon the approach of the punt, a slight collision against the side of the pilot boat took place, which was not ,to be avoided ; the punt heeled, and several of the men rising, lost their equipol,e, and the punt turned keel upwards, and in an instant the whole crew were dallied under water. At this trying and perilous moment, the commander of the pllot.boat anti four men, et ho were then on board, with admirable presence of mind threw the scuttle, roughtreee, Rallt, and other things overboard, to etiabl2 the poor fel lows to keep above water: in addition to this, they also succeeded in righting the punt, and saving one man who had seized the scuttle ; two others were saved from the deck of the pilot-boat by means or ropes, one of whom had clung to the cable. The unfortunate FURS don of the boat's ere* had elan been observed from the shore, und the Custom-houseboat, commanded by W. Owens, pushed off with the greatest promptness to the relief of the sufferers ; by this means three move of the crew were happily picked up, after they had been struggling for nearly half an hour, partially supporting themselves by the oars, ter. wh i ch they got hold of; and, during that period, had bid each other " good bye," judging that their mini hour war; come. Five of the six men thus providentially snatched from a pre mature grave, verb immediately taken on shore, and experienced the most marked and humane attention from 31r. Evans, at his hotel the other was taken to a neighbouring public-house. The bodice of the six unfortunate sufferers have not yet been found, although every exertion has been made to find them. Their names are 1V31i3111 Jones, Thomas Jones, Owen Thomas, Henry Priestnell, Tnonias Bennett, and Angus Clarke, tour of them journeymen, anti two apprentices, all strong, active, and efficient young men. It there be any cause for blame in this melancholy affair, it will, we be lieve, be found in the ardent zeal manifested by the entire boat's crew to get on board as early as possible, and to accomplish at one trip that which they ought to have done at two, and thus crowding a small boat with a greater number of men than she ought, in such weather, to have on board.—Liverpool Courier. STATE for TRADE.—The state of trade in Manchester has not, during the present week, exhibited the slightest symptoms of improvement ; on the contrary, if matters are not positively growing worse, the hopes of any great amend ment for some time to come are daily becoming more feeble, and the gloom which pervades the commercial world may thus decidedly be said to be deepening. The distress expe rienced by the poor is likewise on the increase. Our streets (says the Manchester Courier) present the unwonted ap pearance of being thronged with mendicants, who besiege every well-dressed passenger; while gtoupe of unemployed workmen are strolling in all directions. The depression is felt to nearly an equal degree in every branch of trade; and an appearance of idleness and inactivity thus, for the present, pervades every part of a town which has been famed for the inclustryfor its inhabitants. Vora', RIGHTS.—The Public do not seem sufficiently aware of the effect of a late Act of Parliament, abolishing for ever their undisputed right for 130 years past, to pur chase twenty thousand guineas for about twenty pounds, which every persm may now do, as Six Prizes of 41,000(. will be drawn Wednesday, Sd May ; but this is the last, opportunity, except one, when all Lotteries, by *Act of Parliament, must end for ever. THE BRITISH PRESS. INDIAN INTELLIGE4VCR. CALCUTTA, DEC. 30. In our paper this morning, we announced the arrive/ of the Com. modore Hayti., from Rangoon. with the Important intelligenee of' the defeat of the Burmese army; the Commodore Liayea left RIM. goon on the 13th, and brings despatches to Government. Parer as we have- been able to gather particulars. the action lister% three days, when the enemy were beaten and dispersed end are now said to occupy a stockade poidtion, 30 miles from Procne. The Ism of Sir Archibald Camnlstll'a officers are, *it kilkd and five wounded. The following is a lint of the killed and wounded:— KILLED—Lieut. T. B. M. Sutherland. and W. Gossep, 41st regiment; Lieut. IL C. Proctor, his Alajesty's 38th regiment s Cant. Dawson, Ma Illajty'e ship Arachne. Won N nit:co--Ensign J. Campbell, Roryl regiment, since dead: Lieut. Abbott. Engineer, slightly; Lieut. Underwood, Madras, slightly, not dangerowdy ; Captain and Brevet Major Backhouse, his hlajoity's 47th regiment, ditto. ditto: Lieut. J. Gorda"), his Majesty's 47th regiment, ditto, ditto; Major W. S. Gully, hie —tlejenty'S 87th regiment, *lightly; Lietit. J. B. Baylie, ditto, den. ' geruosly, since dead. DECEMBER D. Our Intelligence yesterda't from Prose states, that a party cats. slating of four battalions of Madras Sepoys, undet Col. M•Ditugsl., was despa•cbecl to dislodge a body of the enemy, supposed to 3.000 strong, and who had taken a position about 20 miles from them. After reaching the neighbourhood of this position, the ad. trance of the pony came suddenly on a strong stockade, and were attneked by 1r.,000 of the enemy. Lieut.-Colonel .31bDougi1 was killed by the first shnt, also Lieut. Rankin. The troops being dia. persed, were pursued by some Cawley hone of the enemy, when the 31ith regiment of Na.ive Infantry formed a square, and repelled the cavalry, and prevented a still Kreuter loss than was unfortunately sustained-4 officers killed, 10 wounded. six dangerously so; 51 rank and file kilted, 12.0 wounded, 40 misting. We noticed, some time ago, that the Burmese had been given to understand that on firing the tint gun. Rita* the armistice cloned, rept would be detached front the empire of Ara. We now learn that this has beets canted an far into effect proclamations have beers issued. snaring the Peguese of the protection of the British wino their old enemies and conquerors. Deceidagst 6. LArtong A• 11) ArIifIANISTAY.—IIy the latest umbras from Punjab, it appears that Rajah ltunjeet Singh was encamped as Rotas, a place 107 fI.iIPS N. NAV. of the city of Lah or e, at t h e nd of October, anti making preparations for constructing a bridge , of brats across the Indus. The Afghan Chief, Tar Mahommud Khan, had lef Cabul and halted at Itagrammee, in the vicinity of that city, on his way to Pesh awur . D ust Mahommil Khan bad prt.ceeded on an expedition to the Hills, and Suoltan Mahommud Khan rcruain'd in authority at Cahol. The nes s from Her. t, received via Amtitair, is of rather to in. tereqing description. It appears that the Persian Prince who governs pert of Khoras. ien had arrived from Meshed with • large army at Toorbut, a place belonging to Malioromitd Khan, tl:e son of Eita Khan, dhow territory is situated in the hilly country between Meshed end Herat, Mahommud Khan applied for asskiance to the booranhee Prince, Kamm', who sent sothtraSalov Khan and Peer. Mahommud Khsn, with 4.09 horse, to ';is .upnurt, and at the same time despatched an Envoy to the Ruler of Oorgunj (Kharezo) requesting his co. operation._ hen the Prince. Kamrsn arrive I near Tonrbaq. he determined to make an attack by night on the Persian army. The other party. however, having heard of the design. and the preparations that were making against them, Were the first to suet*. The Doman. nets summit ed a defeat. many prisoners were taken, end the Sirdors were obliged to retire to Herat, leaving Toorhut in possession of the Persians, who seized and put to death its Chief. In the mean time, M Annunutl litiheem Khan, the Ruler of Cforgunj, according to tit? Prince Kainran's request, advanced to his aid with 31,04tu men, but the latter taking alarm at his ap. protch, shut the gates of Ilerat. Ruheem Khan encamped outside the walls, and sent a messenger to the Prince, saying, " You first asked my assistanze, and now that I am come, y 0.4 sheaf your gates —what is the meaning of !inch change ? Pay me the nalbundee (tribute exacted in return for scrvite), and allow me to depart." Kanran replied that he had nothing to give. Rulteem Khan then plundered the villages rnund Herat, carried many of the inbabid tants info captivity, and returned to Oorgunj. The Persian Prince afierwards surrounded Herat, end began to plunder the adjacent country. Such was the posture of afFairs when the letter containing the above particulars was despatched to the Punjab. DECEMBER 1. Av A.—The following fragments of info-trAticm from the king. dont of Ave are not of a later date than the latter end of October, but they are interesting. as being illustrative of the character and sentiments of the enemy nt the present period : As goon as the Kee Weonglie heard of the robbCries by the banditti, to which ne have before referred, lie otdered t3OO Men, undt r three chick, to proceed to stop them: but *hen the King's en noised for continuing thC wale crrired, he wee obliged to counters order them. In comeguer 7t!. the slusqui of 3:ecady sent Some men to Prome, for the avowed purpose of robbing, and they suc ceeded in carrying ol? four new muskets and bayonets to the :klit.trti, who instantly paid down twenty five tickals lot each, as a reward. It appears, that the King gave particular orders to his half brother not to meet the English General at the conference, but to let the Kee ‘Voon;:hte In the latter part of October, twelve large boats, from Itlaloon, arrived at 3leeaday, ts;th 100 guns of various calibre, and Jinjals. Ureast-works were preparing in every direction. Whilst the per son who relates these facts was at Itleeaday, bands of from 150 to 500 men were nightly leaving the Burman lines. for the secret put. pr*e of strengthening or relieving their marauding parties in the Prune and Sarrawaddy districts. ... _ _ A messenger, whci had been despatched to klemboo states, that alien the En; fish General and Officers retutned from Mem leetzick. after the conference, the Burmese Chiefs reported all through the Burmese soldiery and populace that the English had come to treat in consequence of the Cochin Chinetie, the friends of the Mintiest., having proposed to come forward and shut the English le, and thus prevent their getting away. They also said that the Eegliah demanded a large sum of money as payment for the expenses of the liar, hut the Burmese answer was—we too ire at greet expense, tier soldiers cost us 150 rupees each. The Eng. lish also asked for Arrazan, which the Burmese refused ; the Engli>h thin asked tor Chedubst„ which was in like manner re. fused. The general report, all through the Burmese army, was, that there must be peace, as the English were tired out. Where the conference won held at the Loton, the Burmese, by the advice of Lamain-woon and the Atta-woos, had 4000 musketeers, with jiMala, ready in the surrounding jungle, to tight, if any difference took place, or the English gave trouble. Every one thinks there must be a peace. The cutinnon people think, from the reports spread by the higlier chosen, that it is because the English gm it up. But all the Chiefs know that it is desired by their Go. vernment, as the treasury is exhausted, and the King is now bor. rowing or exacting from the merchants, and every one he can raise money front. ' A man who lately arrived at Ale.nboo, tiom Ave. says there is a general confusion there, in consequence of the rape. city of the Government for money; there is no credit, and the g-eat Chinese trade is entirely at a stand, confidence being de. stroycd. The report of assistance from China is all false. The English, American, and Armenian prisoners, being in the greatest distress for food, sent to Monrhoozar to say they were so long with. out toad they were starving. hionshoozar sent nice and money for their relief, which, when the King heard, he ordered him and his whole family for execution, a n d they were only saved by chane., by the intercess'on of the King's sister; but all his property is confiscated, and he is in irons. Some of the white people who were in irons are dead, but none have been executed ; they died front trouble, broken hearts, and ill-usage. Prince Sartawaddir is in :Hembree. with his own people, only 1,014, who are rubbing and plundering all the neighbouring dig. triets. There arc 4.000 boats, with people of the Lower Provinces, under his protection there. A Portuguese was lately put to death by ellaimabeo, for trechientelly crossing the road when his army was passing. It was generally talked, before the conference, that in the month of November, the English would march from Arm. can, Sylhet, and Procne, on Ara; but after the conference, the ree port was, that the English generals at these places were sending back thcir people to Bengal. hlaimaboo talked very high to his trremn, but was evidently rejoiced at the prospect of peace. The Burman army altogether, from Maloon to Thongo, is about sixty thousand men, of which twelve thousand are in Thongo, six thou sand in various posti from thence to Alecaday ; and from Maloon to Meeaday there are about forty thousand men, These is a con stant communication, by express messengers front hlaloon to Mee. aday, cf eve) , particle of news about the English. Rice at Merri. boo is two tiekals pet basket,—at Maloon iris cheaper. Formerly nil deserters from the Burman army were put to death, but there is a new General Order now to direct this practice to be &scald. nued, and the y are to be put to hard labour, such as po un di ng rice, making powder,' &e. &c. The Mahlon stockade is repairing anti made lenge, bat the timber is small ; it has a strong abbatis, A native of Prone, who had just returned to Meeaday, brings information that the Queen in entirely against peace with the Eng lish. A letter was tecetved lately at hlecadayftm Cheeks Weill. ghee, who is at Thonen, sayii g, " I am ready with my army.— and when you move. I will move also." This movement, the de. ponent says, has taken place, via. 3.000 men matching along the west bank of the river, 25 miles from it, along a pod road, in pro. gross to the vicinity of Hezedah, to &district esliedOpo, under the command of Attawran Mounzah, with three inferior chiefs. This army had received orders to seise 1111 men, and send them to join the main army of the Burmese. The Thongo people are to more on Rangoon and the lower districts the Meeaday army is to move on Proms and the Sarrswsddy di s t r i c t s . Th e orders they received are, to spare all the people who have not joined the English, but to, kill every man, woman. and child, withdut regard to age. &c. of those who have sought the protection of the British form." • The latest private letters from l'rome, received in Cal. cutta i according to the last accounts, were dated the ,;th December, and mentioned that the Royals, at the post it& advance of Promo, where Brigadier-G enera l Al‘Crtagli left them, had had some skirmishes with the enteny, and had beaten them. The main body of the army was ex pected, at that time, to move forward on Alevaday, about the gth. Some of those letters state, that not a singl e Burmese Was then to be seen on the banks of the ricer. Licut. Wootifall, of the Survey Department, reached Ran goon from Pen in six clays, on an elephant. lie fotkn I the roads good. The betty guard had all arrived with the horse artillery, so that they were fully prepared there for • any hostile attempt that might be made. 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