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~! ~~ by the Austrian troops, declaring that he wiN confide the ' defence of his throne only to his own subjects. It was exrected that the political exiles would be recalled. The eloquent POERIo, now a refugee at Florence, it is supposed will be among the first restored to his country. The name of General Ps es having been mentioned in the royal presence, the lieu instantly observed, " Pere is a man of honour and a true patriot. I have not forgotten the in timate connection I had with him. It enabled me to know him well and appreciate his merit.•. I shall not be long before I give him proofs of the esteem I have for him." It is remarked that the English Legation is par ticularly well received by his Neapolitan MAJESTY, and this change is the more worthy of observation, as the British influence, during the Austrian ascendancy, was raluc:d almost to nothing. It is generally hollered at Naples that the constitution established in Sicily in 1810, under the advice of England, will be again proclaimed u soon as the foreigners have evacuated the kingdom. Some of the French Opposition Papers have been re presenting that the peace of Europe was likely to he dis turbcd in consequence of the policy adopted by England towards South America. The Eloi s le denies these state merts. With respect to Greece, it seems that Russia will continue to act in concert with the other Great Powers, We believe that the general tranquillity was never less in danger of being interrupted. The naval works at Cron stack has, been repetinsd; but 'wily, that fact no tease proves Ibl-etbsteteee "ele battik desiges by the Enema, ALEXANDER, than the laying down a new ship of the hue at Chatham indicates a similar eletennination on our part. The Coronation of the King of FRANCE is, it appears, certainly fixed for the 15th of May. Fatercit Ft-Nos.—Pants, BiARCII B.—Jouisv. of Sept. 22, closed March a, at 100. 15c.; J. of March 22. opened at i)3r. :Sr.; closed at 1031. 40c.; Bank Stock, 2,050 C ; Neapolitan, 5 Per cent. Cer.if. Falconnet, 11. 35c. ; Rente d'Espagne,2oif. ; Royal Spanish Loan 1822, 59j: Exchange on London—one mouth, 25f.; that ditto, 23f. Bk.—Cour , Arthentique, Ras 04 7. The Brussels Papets of Wednesday arrived last night. On Saturday the Session of the States General was closed. The KINO, whose health continues to improve, *as not sufficiently recovered to attend the solemnity in person. Previously to the prorogation, a metsage was delivered, stating that his MAJESTY had concluded two treaties re lative to the demarcation of the Frontiers, 'one with the King of FRANCE# and the other with the King of Great BRITAIN as KING of HANOVER. The Minister of the Interior then delivered the following speech in both languages:— High and Mighty Lora', • " The labours of the Session, which I come to close in the Kirg's name, have not been less important than those of the preceding Sessions. The Civil Code being nearly terminated, you will be able soon to proceed to the examination of the other Codes. A melioration of great impinrtance, the draining of vast tract of land, has obtained for you the gratittitle of the country, which bas so long wished, but hardly dared, to hope for it. The King intended to lay before you a law relative to the Communal Guards, but it has become the subject of fresh obser vations, which have delayed it. Ilia Majesty hopes that this law, -which iq still wanting to complete the execution of the fonds -mental law, will he passed in the neat Cession. His Majesty has withdrawn the three projects of law intended to modify some taxes. It is with regret that he tees the moment delayed when the wish fora better proportion in the djstribution of the burthens being fulfilled, will reconcile the interelt of the subject with that of the Exchequer. Meantime, till this affair can be again sub mitted to your consideration, the King will make use of the means offered by the existing laws, to attain as far am possible the end he proposed and to fulfil the hopes which he find conceived. The last part of your Session his been marked by misfor tunes. A deplorable disaster has desolated several provinces. The nation has shown itself, as it always has done on such oral silns, patient, courageously, and eminently charitable'. The Go vernment has endeavound to fulfil its duties. 'You have nobly seconded it—and from this threefold union of sentiments and care wIU result., with the aid of Divine Provltiente„ the promptArd entire reparation of all the disasters, and the relief or alleviation of all the misfortunes that have been occasioned. " He indulges the hope, that on the opening of the next Session he shall be able to assure you, that in this respect there remains nothing for the Government to perform er the nation to desire." The additional news we this day publish from India records the tardy and difficult progrea of the Burmese war. At the date of the last despatch from Sir Aa!'lCaatn CAMPBELL, it appears that "the united strength of the Burman empire" was collecting under the Br NDOOL A, who, it was understood, was resolved to make a general attack on our position in the ensuing moon." The enemy, w' learn, is well supplied with muskets, though in other respects his arsenal department seemed to be "at a very low ebb." If lie will fight, we have nothing to dread. In evet y encounter the gallantry of our troops has been eminently csnspicuous. In one instance they were repulsed, but the Burmese abandoned the post before the second attack was made. There is evidently no reason to suspect disaffixtion among the natives; and though the war, as we have always ap prehended, may be tedious and expensive, there can be no doubt of the final result. IIn7III.7RSDAY EVENING. The Markets, both in English and Foreign Securities, nee buoyant to-day. Consols for money were done at 93 f, and for the Account at 93j 94. In the Foreign Market, Spaaish Bonds rather looked up ; they were from 241 to I ; and the Bands of 1823 were 191 to 1. Greek Scrip improved towards the close of the day—it was at 1 discount, and was light at that price. '1 he Old Bonds were 531; Colombian 911 92; Mexican Scrip was 31; and Brazilian 31. The Share Market was rather heavy. Pasco Peruvians were done at 33; and the -Mexican Company's Shares were at Bto 9. There was not much doing in Railroads. Two new Companies made their appearance to-day—the Chilian and Peruvian Mining Company, and the Royal Irish Mining Association; the former was done at 6 to 7 premium, and the latter at 14. The India Stock has in some degree recovered from the panic that took place in consequence of the news by the Hindustan. It was yesterday at 278, to-day is at 280 to 281. The Bonds that were at 93 and 96 before the news, are to-day 88 and 89. The Colonial Market was fiat. Buyers were saucy. Indeed, there is every reason to believe that the prices of sugars are not very firm ; however, we can quote nothing under yesterdaya bargains. There was no Coffee sale, and nothing doing in Spices. Notice has been given that the Exchequer Bills, dated January, February, and March, 1824, viz. 68 Geo. 111. cap. 45, 3 Geo. IV. cap. 86, and 4 Geo. IV. cap. 100, will be paid off on the 21st, to be received till the 17th. New bills may be had at three half-pence a day, in part or whole payment. All Exchequer Bills dated previous to January, 1824, have been advertised to be paid off: The following news, the authenticity of which may be relied upon, is contained in letters from Leghorn, dated the 2lid of February :—The President Conduriottis, with a strong bcdy of troops, was besieging Patras by land, whilst Admiral Mianlis, with the Greek fleet, blockaded it by sea. The revolters Londos and Zaimis had been seized by the people, and delivered into the hands of the Gtcek Government, which was preparing for their trial. No doubt whatever was entertained of the speedy fall of Patna. By the Brussels Papers received last night, it appears that the spring tide of the 4th instant, which Professor Gibers had predicted would produce the greatest floods ever known, has done no damage—it was not remarkably high. The wind was S.W. Vie have authority to state, that the Speaker's Parlia mentary Levees will not take place this Session, in conse quence of the death of a near relation. It is reported that Lord George Seymour is coming over to this country, for the purpose of carrying the proposed nvenue arrangements into effect.—Deblin Paper. FRENCH PAPERS. [From the Etotk, dated IVednesday.l PARIS, Manch 8. The Jottruol du Commerce reports, .after a letter from Bremen inserted in the Cotatifttitoorte two data agO, aril which evidently ccmes front Paris, that the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh has replied to the communication' made by Mr. Stratfotd,Canning on the part 014:rw„laad. that Russia would act according to its own views' and interest with respect to the affairs of the East, in the mane manner as England had SKIM according to its own peculiar interest with respect to South ,tmerica. We aye well aware of the deghe of bmfidence which the corres pondence of the Conslituttoanel merits, cspecitUrwith regard to Russia--Witnessi certain famous pro clamation which It ascribed to the Emperor, and which was a base fabrication. Its correspond ence At who! is not more coerce% The conduct of Russia. for many yeah Pat, proves that it acts only according to general inte rests, and In concert with its allies. Whatcver answer, it may tease given. Me rig not doubt but that it is conformable to the principles which have uniarruly 'guided its policy for these ten years past. " We learn front London (saes the Journal du COiltnif ?re), from persons who ought to be well itiforraed, that the Great Powers have declared that they recognise nnthinn'of ill that hu been done in America. and that in this affair they will do r.othirg but in conceit with Spain ; but that. en the other hand, they do not intend to afford art succour to that Power to rece i ver by force its dominion over its ancient Colonies. Englaed, it is Added, in reply to this ', detlaratiort, halt announced itslntention to persevere in the line of conduct which it has laid down for itself, and whit s ?: the commercial ' . interest of the counter prescribed ; and it has rofited by this occa aim to renew its previous declaration that it will not permit any mord intervention bctireen Spain and the New States." We would remind the Journal du Commerev that the first and accord parts of int piece Or nets are at varfaner with each other. If the Great Powers had answered thrit they did not intend to assist Spain in re,ronquarinulter Colonic*, It is not probable that Eng : laid should have repeated such waeclaration. The Journals are rot happy when they meddle with diplomatic matters; we advise diem to refrain from them. • • etitetat tirttifeoPS At CalTlTß,indtiattlieirdes - 1 patches have bees read. We are ignosint, whettre- in fart any thing of the kind has taten place. It is possible that some parti tfctilar cirminstanee, or merely some misunderstanding, has really caused several couriers to be detairud for some hours; but what we can state as certain is, that nothing similar can now occur, and commerce reed tot entertain any fear in this respect. The period of the Coronation, at first fixed for the 3d of May, then left undetermined, appears now to have been postponed to the Iluf. of that Monfh. Splendid testimonials of royal munidcence are announced for this merimfible epoch. Numerous nominations and promotions will be made in all the Orders of Knighthood and in the Army. New creations are also announced in the great body of the State. It is also expected that on this occasion the Ropil clemency will descend on the coni.cinned, generally. who, by their good conduct since sentence was pronounced upon them, have proved . themselvcs worthy of the mere.: of the Crown. LFXANDRIA. Fyn. 0. There have this moment arrirod in the old port a frigate, several brigs of war and transports, which are in the worst possible condi tion; they are said to be encumbered with sick. It is asserted that they have been separated from Ibrahim Pachi, the PM of our Viceroy, by a gale of wind. It is said that Ibrahim, in spite of the repeated checks he has received. persists in rallying his squadron, in order to proceed against the Morca ; in the meantime he has taken shelter in 3larmar..isfa, not having been able to touch at Rhodes, shere he intended to have taken up troops. It is not likely that he will receive any new reinforcements from Egypt, as Mehemet Ali, his father, is preparing to send 4,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry to suppress a revolt which has just broken out in Mount Lebanon and in Syria. FASIIIONiaLE INTELLIGENCF. The Dowager Duchess of Richmond entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at her house, Waterloo-plaee. The Marchioness of Hertford entertained a large circle of distinguished fashionables yesterday evening, at her house in Man chester-square. The Marquis of Hertford has issued cards of Invitation for an etpertainment on the MI inst. at his house, Piccadilly. Mrs. 'fighe has issued cards of invitation for an evening party on Sunday next, at her house in St. James's-place. Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, Bart. had a grand dinner party yesterday, at his house in St. James's-square. Lady Gwydir liaa issued cards of invitation for a rout on Wed nesday. the 16th inst. at her house in Piccadilly. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford and family have left town for their seat, Tavistock House, Devonshire. The Marquis of Huntley has arrived In town, from a tour. Lord IVrottesley Russell has arrived in town, from Cambridge. Lord and Lady George Lennox left town yesterday, for their seat, Melcombe, Sussex. Lord Sussex Lennox left town yesterday, for Colonel Berkeley's scat in Gloucestershire. lord and Lady Eliot left town yesterday, for the Duke of Beau fort's seat, 'Worcester bodge, Gloucester. Arrivals at Reed's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street :—Mrs. and Miss Hill. from New Forest, Southampton ' • Hon. A. Windsor, Grams tiarthampaoat W. Deeds, Es st. frasnfilandlyn Hall t J. F. :lull, Earl. and W. Hull, Esq. from a tour; Thomas Aubery, Esq. from his seat, Orveli House, Bucks; J. Hopkins, Esq. from Newmarket. . _ _ James Strattleworth, Esq. has arrived at Kirkliam's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from his seat in Lancashire; and Captain Parkins, from Ireland. Departures:—A. Wright, Esq. for Cam bridge; Montague Cholmondeley. for Lancashire; Mr. and Miss Burroughs, on a tour; and Wm. Christie, Esq. for Paris. CATALANIS SECOND GRAND CONCERT. ARGYLL ROOMS. Madame CATAL.\XI 's Second Concert , of yesterday evening, was nothing inferior, in effect or attraction, to the former. The introductory grand symphony was ad mirably executed, and proclaimed the genius and skill of the composer.—The ballad of " Smile again," was ex tremely well sung by Mr. SAFI° ; but, upon the whole, was not worthy of his powers. Luther's celebrated Hymn was given, by Madame CA TALANI, with as grand an effect as a single voice is capable of giving it ; but it wanted the parts—it is one of those compositions which requirt to be heard with all the richness of its harmony, without which it is somewhat dull, in spite of its instrumental accompaniments. Even the trumnet nbliguto failed of its effect. In the Abbey, or in St. Paul's, no volume of sound can be more soul stirring, or more magnificent than that drawn from the trumpet by Mr. llarper. Those who have not heard it can have no conception of the excessive and intense enthu siasm which this instrument is capable of exciting in the hands of this extraordinary performer. But its effect is too overpowering for a room ; it loses the advantage of being mellowed by distance, and its tones meet the car too immediately. " Rhode's Variations" were given by MADAME CA-I-A LA:et with surprising effect. When it is considered that these variations were written for the violin, to execute them with the voice is a most extraordinary effort, and one which only this distinguished singer could attempt with success. The Overture at the beginning of the second part dis played great science, and contained many passages of great power and sweetness. Why is the name of the composer, both of the airs and the instrumental music, re gularly omitted in the bills ? This is an omission which we hope will be supplied in future. The present overture, if we mistake not, was BEETHOVEN ' S. The Terzetto of " Cruda•Sorte," which followed it, we recognised as Ito.- SINI ' S ; but why are we to be left to conjecture? Mr. NICHOLSON'S concerto was an admirable perform ance, and would have been still more admirable had he given some of its finer passages with less flourishing ; a performer who, on any instrument, is capable of playing to the heart, should never content himself with playing only to the ear. Mr. Nicholson has no occasion to resort to this legerdemain. " The Triumph or Freedom" was sung by Mr. SAPIO with great animation. It is manifest that this delightful vocalist has subjected his voice to great elocutionary dis cipline ; he has by so doing acquired the substantive branch of the art ; be excels in what has been very aptly and ex pressively termed oratorical singing; every word is heard ; he sings in articulate and intelligible language; his voice does not—as is the case with too many of our public singers —warble out its indistinct and uniinpressive tones upon our ear, and then die away in an elaborate and long-sustained ad libitum. We consider all this as the pintomime of song. It is as if a speaker should have a fine figure graceful atti tude, and animated action, but with all this an utterance that dues not enable you to catch two words out of ten. Why, may we be permitted to ask, does not Madame CAT•LIxt occasionally introduce an English duet or trio into her *election ? Compositions of this kind may be found in the English School of Music that develop al l the beauties of the art, and to an English audience would be infinitely more attractive and more satisfying than even the] Italian productions, which from fashion rather than from feeling they are accustomed so loudly to applaud. We have no national prejudices on this subject. We can ad mire the Italian composers, and can tlojustice to their mira culous manifestations of science; but there is a certain domestic charm about our national glee music, and a cer tain familiar sweetness that is in accord with all our best sympathies—we by no means contend for its exclusive pre ference, but we are dissatisf'ed with its total exclusion. THE BRITISH PRESS. THEATRES. .-......- DRURY-LANE. A new farce, a very silly one. was performed at this theatre last evening. It was entitled, Change Partners. The plot of it is simply this—Mr. IV&llack and Mrs. Yates, to whom the bills give very outlandish names, have each a male and female servant. Letters are written under the signatures of these servants by their respective master and mistress. It appears, however, that the servants are incapable of either reading or writing. The Lady and Gentleman are detected as the authors of these sonorous epistles. The beauty of' the composition entrances them into a fit of sudden affection, and though they had not seen each other before, nor had any knowledge of each other, save that elicited by this most strange and unaccountable correspondence--they fly into each other's arms with an ardour of attachment that years of persevering and long-: cherished affectien could have scarcely created. It truly the dullest of the many dull and insipid pieces we have been condemned from time to time to witness. Almost all the respectable portion of the audience kft the theatre after the first act, and those wtao remained occupied themselves by alternately yawning at the dulness, and hiss ing at the vulgarity of what was passing before them. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. We confess we are great admirers of Mr. Mathews—not altogether in his capacity as an ordinary performer in comedy, excellent as he is in numerous characters of the regular drama—our admiration has been rather excited by the wonderful mimetic powers which have enabled him to master so felicitously the tlitfictllt lie has undertaken in. itiu At-flames, and treat the p to so many new editions of human nature in his own person, aided solely by that close intuition and Protean faculty of personation with ;Odell he distinguishes and embodies the various and often contradictory points of human character. On those accounts it is that we think him most " himself alone!" He is in himself a corps dramatlyne—s very " Bully Bottom" in versatility; and, did not his own success, and I ' the town's delight forbid the alternative, would prove an invaluable acquisition to any distressed country manager in want of an actor capable of performing Hamlet, Polo nius, the Cock, and Ophelia, seriatim. In the absence of legitimate comedy, the town has had no better amusement than has been supplied by those entertainments; anti though they pretended not to the continuity and general effect expected film comely, and did not dive into the rev: ses of the human heart, or present us with the skeleton and anatomy of comic humour—yet, for joyousness: of manner, amusing eccentricity, anti what may be denomi nated the sublime of farce, we know of nothing more amus. ing than those sketches. Mr. Mathews' Memorandum Book is not without its amusing pages and passages; and what was wanting in the composition has been (as usual) aided by the ability of the performer. Indeed Mathews has bCen all along the magician, whose touch and tone have given animation to those sketches which iu themselves were but " As the stuff Prepared for Arras' pictures—and no picture Till it he Mrmed, and he tivh cast the beams Of his imaginous operation through it." We are in the present entertainment first introduced to a Mr. 7 heopltilus (Milne, an amateur artist, who " carries his pencil in his eye anti his pallet in his mouth," and ad vises our friend Mathews to lay a few sketches from his memorandum-book before the public, which he has no doubt " will drirw." 'the memorandum-book is accord ingly opened, anti actors, authors, managers, and critics (we among the rest), come in for a share of reminiscence in a song, which was more effective than any that followed it. Next comes Mr. Alum, the celebrated death-in-the-pot Chemist, who amuses himself by denouncing all the edible; and potables of this vasty globe as masses of dele terious and poisonous particles ; but is wise enough to continue eating and drinking in the teeth of his theory, all for the purpose of experiment. A variety of characters follow, among the principal of' whom are Mr. King, of the Crown, and his waiter Nat ; Messrs. AllLut, Methusulem, and Christopher Chyle, and his better half, who amuses herself in the composition of baby-linen for the poor, and puffs off her own chatity for the country papers. Old Startle, a gentleman, Laudator temporis sad,* affords occasion for sonic good hits at the bubbles of the day, and a song, which is capital in more senses than one. The ance-dotugc of Brigadier-General Bahia on, and his flickering and fading recollections of Garrick, Johnson, and Boswell, are highly amusing; but even those are inferior to John Kemble and Bensley, in the characters of Ham let and the Ghost, with the rose-pink and red-arsenic. To the novel-reading watchman (a capital incident) suc ceeds a song, " The Public Office, Bow-street," already sung at the Covent-Garden Theatrical Fund dinner, and which lost none of its attraction in its repetition last night—it gives an excellent view of the inside of a Police Office, and (it is to hoped) a not illegal report of some of its proceedings, mingled with imitations of the high priests of the sanctum. The second part concludes with the visit of Mr. Mathews to Gloucester, accom panied by Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Chyle. Mr. C. Chyle is despatched to the county gaol by his saintly rib for the purpose of administering tracts and condo lence to the prisoners, and in effecting that charitable purpose has his pocket picked in the condemned cell. The third part comets of a monopolylogue, entitled 2he Crown Inn Danger, and introduces some new characters and most of our old friends, all dressed in proper costume, and represented with surprising success anti activity by the hero of the piece. A sentimental Ger man cook, much given to the delicate pleasures of skinning eels and studying the Sorrows of Werter, is done with great gusto ; as is brother Simper, a fresh freemason, who runs ever the gamut of laughter in a very diversified and amus ing manner. But we confess our favourite in this portion of the entertainment, and, as we think, the chef d'trurrc of the evening, is Molly Grammachree, a poor Hibernian mendicant, who has walked " all the way from ould Ire land" with her son Thady on her back, singing and begging as she goes. There was a reality and rude pathos in this character, which produced an effect that trust be witnessed to be appreciated. We could goon in our analysis did not our limits remind us of stopping, and were we not persuaded it is the less necessary to do so as most persons will take the opportunity of forming their own judgment of the entertainment by personal observation. In these remarks we wish to be understood as speaking principally of the effect produced by Mathews' personation. Of the composition we must speak in more measured terms; it is unequal, and decidedly i:Serior to some of' the former At Homes in execution. The fable of the Centaur is ex actly reversed in the present instance: the man carries the beast, and were it not for the powerful talents of the per former, the vehicle made use of to convey his humour would be stale, flat, and we fear unprofitable. But " Materiem superabat opus"— and we have no doubt the abilities of Mathews will pro cure the piece a run. The house was crowded to overflowing with an audience of great respectability and fashion, among whom we ob served the Marquis of Exeter, Lady L. Gower, Lady Lub bock, Miss Stephens, &c. Tut lain COL'RT—His Excellency ehe Lord Lieute nant held his second L.yee for the season, at Dublin Castle, yesterday. The presentations were very numerous, and included every person of rank and fashion in the metropolis and its neighbourbood.—Dublin Paper. Manatees tx Hictt Ltre.—On Monday evening, the 28th of February, by special license, at (lethally, the seat of the Earl of Clancarty, Thomas Kavanagh, of Dorris, county of Kilkenny, Esq. to Lady Harriet Trench, second daughter of the Eal of Clancarty. The marriage cere mony was performed by the llonourable and Venerable the Archdeacon of Ardagh, and early on Tuesday morning the happy pair left Garbslly, in a chaise and four, for Kil kenny Castle, the seat of the Earl of Ormolule and Ossory. Miss Lydia Kelly continues to be the favourite heroine, both in tragedy mid comedy, in the Theatre at New York. This amiable young lady took her benefit in January, acknowledged to be the very worst theatrical month in the year, when the receipts were upwards of seventeen hundred dollars. The Grosvenor Canal at Chelsea was opcncd yesterday by Earl Grosvenor. This canal is a gnat improvement to his Lordship's estate, and highly advantageous to the neighbourhood. ~_ INDIA. [From the Cerritiff tovernarent Gazelle of soy. 4.1 CACUAR.—lnielligence was received by Government on the Ist instant, that the Burmese force,' in Caehar had evacuated the posts of Tilarn and Doodpatlie„ and retreated to Munnipore. re il e C nel lanes, commanding on the Syltiet frontier , having learnt Itb - Ituttnese were retiring. directed a reconnaissance to be on the morning of the 25th sltiono. Accordingly., a patty udder the et - mull/mil of Captain Uftwes, accompanied by Liente , nett Fisher, of the Quarter..Nestzr-General's department. 'pro ceeded up the Barak river at day-break. attended by the flotiliata Juttrapore. when ,'disembarkation was effected and theparty marcdod across to Tilayn, which place was foltrid evacuated, and the works partly destroyed. From the information colleeted from the natives of Cathay, who had been prisoners with the Borioese. it appeared that the main body, which occupied a )rage caritenne.it at Flood padie. left in progress toward, Munuipore earl.; an the morning of the 24th ultimo, and the rear-guard had vacated Tilayn inilie night of the same day. The same body is said to be now at non , scanclee, on the mute to Munnipore. distant four days' march from , the present within° of the British, force in the dry season, but un fovtunately the country is still so much under water, that it.is im- To , sible to march regular troops across in pursuit of the enemy. Reial, Gumbheer Sow, however. had been instructed to push for ward with his here, towards the eastern frontier of Gachnr, for the purpose of cutting off any stragglers, and of covering the advance of the Ilurkarabs of the intelligence department. • GENERAL. ORDER. It? THF. RIGHT ITONOITRADLR THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COI7NCIL. • " Fort William. 2d November, 1824. " The GOvernot-General in Council having received from tite Agent of the Governor-General at Moorahedabad, the melancholy intelligence a the demise, on the Snth ultimo, of his Ilighnewi Syyed Ahmed Ali Khan, Nuwwab Nazim of Bengal, his Lord. ship in Council directs that minute gums, to the number of thirty. one, corresponding with the years of the deceased, be fired from the ramparts, of -Eau W.illiaim r aa a unlit, tyf reap of ht, " By Command of the Right Honourable the in Council. " GEO. SWINTON, Sec. to the Govt." CICTRACT FROM A DESPATCH rao3t intOAntEtt•6rNERAL Slit ARCHIBALD cAstrnELL, X.C.R. DATCD 16TH OCT. 1024. - If I can trust the information I receive, I may conclude that the united strength of the Burman empire is now collecting in my front. I have not • doubt that part of the Flundel•ls's 'army was present at all the late affairs, but their presence doeo not appear to have yet given any additional confidence to the tirSons we were the habit of encountering, although it is certain they are now triy generally armed with muskets. The nuncio°la, all the priaonent say, has arrived at Donoobew, with unlimited power and is to make a general attack upon •oar position early in the Wooing moon. Preparatory orderit from him had been received at those posts nearest our line to cut quantities of bamboos of a certain length. and collect all the earth oil and cotton the country could suppty. These materials were of course intended for the construction of Ere rafts, but Major Evans' party having destroyed all the earth oil collected, that part of the General's plan is so far disarranged. -• • The Court of Ava has alreraly made great exertions in supplying their army in this quarter with such materials as the country and capital contain, all or great part of which has been successively captured by the troops under my eomMand. ‘What further exer tions in that respect they may be • capable of making, 1 cannot judge; but if any inference can be drawn from the wooden guns, double and single headed wooden shot lately found in their stock. atles, and the rude lumps of ragged iron used as shOt„ I should conclude their arsenal department must beats very low ebb. Since last I had the honour of addressing you, 180 bullocks have arrived from Madras, and more are daily expected. They are the best caste of draft cattle on that coedit, and will be highly useful. The Gazette of the 2d of November contains copies and extracts of dertaatches that day received from Brigadier-General Sir Archi. bald Campbell, dated bead-quarters, Rangoon, October 11. They narrate the particulars of an attack made by our troops upon a force of the enemy which had advanced in the direction of Ran. goon, and taken up a position fourteen miles from that plate. The party consisted of 800 men front the Madras brigade of Native Light Infantry, under its Commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Smith, accompanied by 300 native rank and tile of the 28th and 30th regiments, four Camel howitzer., and a com petent number of pioneers. Colonel Smith's despatch, narrating the particulars of the Attack upon the enemy's itorkade, is long and minute. The troops in approaching the position had to en. counter considerable resistance offered by the enemy, and sustained some loss in wounded. Our troops, however, drove !eery thing before them, and carried a succession of breastworks on their route in the most gallant manner. The following paragraph of Colonel Smith's despatch contains the particulars of the attack made by our troops on the stockade : " The guide' affected to be i g norant of the direction to the stockade, although they pointed in the direction it was erected. As the road we were in appeared to be good, and direct upon a pagoda which was represented to lie on the lett of the stockade, we pursued. it. " The necessary reconnoissance having been made, which the enemy allowed us to complete unmolested, and the extreme silence that had hitherto prevailed, induced me to believe that the post had been abandoned ; but, notwithstanding, as the late ness of the evening would not allow of any further examination of the enemy's position, arrangements were made for assailing the place; and Major Nl'ahab was directed to move forward in double quick time. with ladders to escalade. This gallant Officer gave the cheering signal, and the first division, with a spirit. and animation I never saw surpassed, and wish shouts, rushed for ward to the Runic. This was only answered by a round of can. non from the pagoda, which, until now, I was led by the guides to believe was undefended. The enemy in the stockade still observed a sullen silence; not a shot was fired until the divi sion of the lflth and ladders had got well in front of the works. It was then that volleys of grape and musketry Were discharged upon the party at the distance of fifty or suety yards, with an effect and regularity hitherto unequalled in this country. Several of the pioneers with their ladders were at this instant knocked down, together with the leading officers, and the men, conse quently, from the awful and destructive tire that fell among them, and the loss of their commanding and leading officers, were seized with panic, and lay down to secure themselves from its further effects. " The lateness of the evening rendered this loss irrerirable. or otherwise I might have brought up the 3d or supporting division to renew the attack. But to satisfy myself more thoroughly at this momentous crisis of our actual situation, I peon • ded to the head of the attacking column, and there I learnt from Lieutenant Shiel, of the 3d Light Infantry, who in the ardour of zeal had moved forward with some of his men, that Major Wahab had retired, his wounds not admitting of his remaining any longer in advance. 1 quickly surveyed the enemy's works, and saw it had a parapet, from which blazed a continual sheet of fire; under these circum stances 1 had no alternative, I thought, left me. I must either bring up the third division and renew the attack, to the Imminent hazard, nay certainty, of losing all, or save what remained by speedily retrograding. Of the two evils I instantly chose the least, and directed Lieutenant Shiel to tile away to the rear, without noise or confusion. As soon after as possible I sounded the retreat, and the several parties, and such of the wounded men as could walk, assembled on the ground from which the reconnoissance was taken in the first instance. The firing from the enemy was still kept up from three positions. " Order, regularity, and discipline, which had been distinctly observed till about this period, vanished, and the whole of the corps, crowded indiscriminately into one mass, retired to the plain which I had pointed out." The party finally secured their retreat, after sustaining a loss of 21 killed, and 74 wounded. The officers killed were ('aptain Allen, 34th Light Infanuy. and Lieutenant Bond, of the Caine regiment. Wounded—hlajor Wahala 34th Regiment, Light Infantry; Lieu tenant and Adjutant Campbell. lot battalion of Pioneers; Captain 111oncrieffe, ditto ; Lieutenant Challon, 44th Regiment Light Infantry; and Lieutenant Lindesay, ditto. A despatch from Brigadier M'Creagh contains the particular* of a second attack made upon the enemy's position on the 11th, which was carried, the enemy having previously abandoned it. The bodies of the sepoys and pioneers who had been loin in the previous unsuccessful attack it ere found fastened to the trunks of trees on the road side., mangled and mutilated in every manner that savage cruelty could devise. A despatch from Major Evans, dated Rangoan Heights, nth October, narrates the particulars of an attack upon the enemy on the Lyng River, on the sth of October, and subsequent affairs to the Ilth, by 300 men of the 38th. 100 of the Madras native in fantry, and a detachment of Bengal artillery, with a flotilla of gun-beau, he., under the command of Captain Chadds, of the Arachne. The despatch, after mentioning the preparations, states that the attack was met by a very vigorous fire from the gun boats of the enemy, seven of which were destroyed, before the at. tack of the village of Thantabain, which was defended by three long breastworks, with a very extensive stockade, and fourteen large war-boats, each mounting a gun. The despatch then proceeds; -_ " flaying consulted Captain Chadds, we advanced to the assault, the steam-boat with the Satellite and Bomb Rich in tow, and the troops in th eir boats ready to land when ordered. In passing the scaM breard we received a Smart running tire fro.n the jingale and musketry, which was returned with showers of grape from the Satellite; and observing the enemy evidently in confusion. 1 directed the troops and scaling ladders to be immediately landed, and in a few minutes every work about the place was in our possession. During this night some fire rafts of a most formidable appearance were floated down the river, but very fortunately passed without touching any of the vessels. " At six o'clock next morning we again moved with the tide, arid in passing a narrow neck of land at the janction of two rivers were received with a brisk discharge of musketry from a long line of breastworks, and a cannonade from a ray large stockade on our right. The fire of the latter was soon silenced by the well-pointed guns of the Satellite. " The troops and pioneers were ordered then to land, and this formidable stockade was carried * assault without a strug gle. a, It is without exception the strongest work of the kind I have her seen ; the length of the front and rear faces is two hundred yards, and that of the side faces one hundred and fifty. It is huilt of solid timber. fifteen feet high, with a platform inside all round. five feet broad and eight feet from the ground—upon this platform were a number of wooden guns and piles of single and double-headed weotleu shot, and many jingals, and below we found Seven pieces 'of imn and bran ordsome. In front the stockade is strengti en by breastwOrks and regular demi-lanes, and would contain w. ts ease above two thoutand men. In the centre of this strong 11 we fituatithe magnificent Eurgslow of the Kee Woor.gee, who 1 Presume fled early in the day. although we found the house eat perforated ly bal.s in mar) , plac , :s, and the rooms much Obi( ' with blood. I cannot doubt but the enemy's Ton must have b.+t: severe, but we only found scremeen dead bedin, which they lieu not thae to carry c'ff." The following is the dement of orilnaree and aorta taken and destroyed Brass ovelnance, two half-pounders ; two 13 ditto : end one 23 ditto ; iron ditto, one pcur.der and three $1 ditto : 'yinjals ' iron, 22'; rockets. signal, ;carriages, one 1 pounder lutri two 2 4 ditto; 5001bs. of gunpowder, a few iron shot, and 400 gal lons of 'earth oil. besides seven wooden gons and carriates destroyed on the Bth inst." Only three rank and tile were wounded in this affair. • • 110318.11'. It has been apprehended that our cotton produce to the nortb% wand must have suffered severely from the &might bat notwiti (landing the scarcity of rain, we learn that the crops of this et'sr are Eery rich, and. by last accounts, anti required a few 'bowers c•' rain to bring them to perfection, in which case they are eipeeted to yield 26 per cent, above last year's produce. ,But 0101113 no rail, fall, eel. informant (a respectable native, whose testimony may be relied on) confidently assumes that sufficient cotton pro duced to supply the wants of the market tin this side of India. though at a rate of 2(, per cent. less thnn that or last year. from the same source we learn that Bownashur„ Ditellerg. Breech, Jumhosawsr, Perubunder, Mandevee, and Katrywar have rot leas than 70,000 bales in throtatites of last year's crop, 50,50 of which have . been purchased by the merchints of Bombay and on account of the flononneble Company, and sahish may be ex pectetl to twelve at the Presidency in All next enerrth.—Buotitay Ga zette, Oct. 13. • SLAM. • The facility w!th which our forces have obtained posserdot of Tavoy is highly important, and the abundance of fresh supplies of every description, yrocura4e there. adds greatly to tie value of the nVeniadersitend that transports were about to be des patched by Sir Archibald Campbell N. atilt articles of ptotrision as might be required by the army at Rangoon. The conduct of the Satmese at Tavoy on the present oreasson . c7early shows that they are anxious to throw off the Burmese yoke. which to them has been nothing but tyranny and oppression; ar'l there is reason to expect that 81-, will cordially to-operate with us on that side of the Burman entp.re. The followirg, derived from recent document?, is a brief account of Teeny and 31ergui, two places again:: - ,whiet the expedition from Rangoon is employed : Tavoy lies between the 13th and 14th degyeen of north latittidr, and the mooch of the ricer may Le considered as the prOper port. The river of Tavoy, to a considerable distance is the interior, is fit for native navigation. The town is about eight leagues up the river, situated in a fertile conniry,' abounding •in the ordinary necessaries of life. It is but ocean ordiFiery Innrches from Bug. koke, the capital of Slam.. and aprinent.e Dot above a few days easy nail from 31artaban and hsr ngoon , during the greater part of the year. Alergui liesibetweth 12 and 13' iegrees c, Attitude, and is situated upon an ialt.nd at toe mouth of the river of Tenuesaerian. It is described as in every respect one of the most „commodious ports in India, adMttir.g t h e ingress and egress of shrills of any burgles), in both monsoons, being perfectly safe, when entered, and ad. mining of communication with the Brif:r'.h ports to the north and south of it, but ; particularly with Cairutts, throughout the whole yeas., 11:e neighbouring country is . naturally fertile, sea even at prevent, and after the long nusrule of the Burmese, abounding in the necessaries of life. f yltis was the port given over to Louis X.IV. in the year 1680 A.D., by treaty, as one of the two keys to the kingdom of Siam. It was actually occupied by a French force fur a considerable time, as well as Bang.koke, the modern capital. . s The Provinces to which. the above ports belong are inhabited for the most part by a peetsliar and distinct nation called Meng. They were wrested from the'hiamese about sixty years ago. whea the Burman, were in the full career of their victories, and they have been able to inentain them ever. since, ,although with con. siderable difficolty, The natural resources of this portion of the Burman empire are temp every account very important, consisting chiefly of Tin, &Annan Wood, Stic.lac, and the timber called Mar. ban, which is well suited for ship building, independent of a cheep and plentiful supply of Corn.—Caeatta Government Gazette, Oct. 28. . . • .. . , . The troops assembling at Chittagong and on the frontier of Sylhet, for service, are brigaded as follow : lit Brigade-44th Reg. H. M.'s; 47th Reg. N. T.: 62d Reg, N. 1 —Brigadier Shapland, 27th N. I. ; Tlngade..Major Captain White. 2d Brigade-54th Reg.. 11.111.'s ; 42d Reg. N. I. ; 26th Ref. N. I.—Brigadier Colquhoun Grant, 64th, H. M.'s. 9d Brigade-47th Reg. 11. M.'s; 7th Reg. N. I, ; 44th Reg. N. 1.--Brigadier.General Cotton; Brigude.rlajor, Captain Sather, 47th, 11. 31:s. 4th Brigade—lith Reg. N. I. ; 39th Reg. N. I.; s2d Reg. N.T. —Brigadier 1 mica, C.B ; Brigade-Major Captain Currie, 14th Reg. N. I. 6th Brigatle-10th .Reg. Waif:as N. I. ; 16th ditto, ditto... Brigadier A. Fair; Brigade-Major, Lieut. A:II. Dyce. 1 1 : . • $ r I I;uSSOI.' THE KENT. 'FROM ova colvticsrostritsty•l Livicastopc. WZDNVIDAT Evrwrsto. • The Caroline, Captain Sibley, from AleXandria (Egypt) hai passed up to 9unrantine ground. She has on board 14 soldier; saved from the wreck of the Kent. Captain Bibley states that b's saw the explosiim of the ship, and made all sail in the direction csi the place where the catastrophe occurred. In about two hours alter he fell in with floating pie:es of the wreck, from which he rescued the fourteen soldiers above-mentioned. 'they had been blown uy with the vessel, and falling into the sea clung to the fragments of floating wreck. The poor fellnws were nearly exhausted whets. snatched from a watry grave by the providential approach Of the Caroline. We need not add that they were treated with (very care and at tention by Captain Bibley and crew. The remainder of the unfortunate people on board the Kent when she blew up, amounting to seventy and upwards, all pe rished. If possible we will procure a list of the names of these saved, to morrow, for the satisfaction of their friends. The following letter has been addressed to Capt. Henry Cobb, of the Honourable Company's late ship Kent, by the passengers on board that vessel *hen she was burned : Dna' Sta,—We, the undersigned officers of the llst regiment, and the private pasrengefs on board the Honourable the East India Company's late ship Kent, under your command, deeply and de voutly impressed with the signal interposition of Divine Providence in rescuing us from the two destructive elements to which so many of our shipmates have lately fallen victims, catmot separate with• out expressing our lively gratitude to you. as a powerful instru. meat employed by Almighty God for the preservation not only of our lives, but of those of our beloved Ninnies, and of the gallant men with whom many of us stand so closely connected. From the moment that the alarming announcement of fire was given, you continued firm and collected, steadily directing the efforts of those cround you with a self-potiseksiton and ability equally contributed to animate their exertions and to exter.d the means of escape to the numerous human beings committed to your charge. these quili•ies, so conspicuous in your conduct during the whole period of our awful suspense, were observed to change their complexion for a moment, it was by theft assuming a loftier and nobler character as the imminence of our danger increased. and amidst the vain counsel of some, and the nosy and conflicting suggestions of others,_ we could not but admire how calmly, but: promptly, you improved every opportunity of preserving your shine which the varying circumstances of situation promoted-11SO humanely and affectionately yen lent your personal aid and valuable? Colltisel, in early removing from the scene at ileetruction the ru merous helpless women an d children belonging to the troopt--and how resolutely you adhered to your vessel until very Individual on boatel, whom despair did not incapacitate from attemp:ing their escape, had quitted it. If our sense of gratitude for these signal services did not absorb for the present almost every other feeling, we should without datibt derive unfeigned pleasure from dwelling largely on our obligatiora to you for your unobtrusive but substantial kindness to us duties our stay on board, as well as fur your considerate and liberal eaten. tiott to the wants and convenience of even the humblest individca. placed under your protection. Should you therefore return immediately to professional emyloy ment, or retire for a time to private life, you may rot assured that you carry with you the sincerest good wishes, the warmest feelingfl of recollection and attachment of, Dear Sir, Your affectionate friends and faithful servants. R. B. Fenton, Lieut.-Col. 31st Edm. Genii)... Lieut. 31st ter. regiment of foot Thos. Tait, Ensign do. D. W. 3l•Gregor. Major do. Asaph Shaw. Ensign ea. C. 11. Farrington. Captain do. 11. Evans, Ensign do. R. T. Greene, Captain do. It. Monk, Paymaster do. Edw. W. Bray, Captain do. J. W. Waters, Quartet master de. Jas. Spence. Captain do. S. Graham, Assi.-Surgeon'do. C. Shaw, Lieut. and Adj. do. D. Pringle. presenter G. Baldwin, Lieutenant do. J. Grant, passenger D. 11. T. Dodgin, Lieut. do. 11. Shucklinrgh, Cadet G. C. Rukton. Lieut. do. G. Birch. Cadet IV. Booth, Lieut. do. itatchetl, Cadet A. Dcuglas, I.iettt. do. E. Townseae,•pauenger It. Campbell. Lunt. do. • Falmouth, COI March, BIG6I EgIV A nr, 'Airmen 7.—(From 2 Correspondertf.)—. I be to inform you, with extirmVregret, that the anClint family emit of Sir John Montagu Burgoyne, Bart., at *tit_ ton Park, three miles from this. was entirely burnt to the ground on IVedneolay bight last. '2d instant. It is par.. titularly unfortunate, as the house hail undergone a thorough repair eluting list 'whiner, and had a large sum of money expended upon it. It is 11 great lots to neighbourhood. N Ito ~: ii - .