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7 ~. INDIA. [reeve the 41 Osinglie Journal:l CALCUTTA, MARCH ASIA. Rangoon.—The epidemic still continues its re 'area with considerable virulence at Rangoon. The letters from that part of the world represent the apprehensions of the Burmahs, as to the di*. order being contagious, to be very general; but admit, thst the disease has not yet spread beyond the neighbourhood of the town of Rangoon. It is stated that laudanum and brandy had latterly been used as a remedy. A kind of bean had also been found useful when taken in the early stage of the attack. Acheen.—W e noticed in our last the taking pos session of Singapore by Sir Stamford Raffles, and we now feel much pleasure in presenting to your Trailers the following letter on the state of affairs at Actiren, addrelowd to us by one of our Currey pondetits to the eastward : " !laving observed in some of the late Calcutta Papers, occasional references to the state of affairs at A chero, which do not appear to be well under stood, judging from the statements wllieli have been given to the public, it occurs to one that it will not p►ove unacceptable to offer, through the channel of ♦•our excellent Journal, what I have the 10.-st grounds for biller/it% to be an accurate and an thrsotic sketch of the actual state of affairs in that co ttttt ry. •• It is, as the Calcutta Editors observe, generally known, that a revolution took place some time ago, which expelled from his throne and capital the then reigning monatch, Jonliar Allum Shah, and ripipeil to the vacant enuiniud Syf-ul Alum, the son of Titaukoo Syyed Hussein, who fur many years liar. been a resideut at Penang ; but it is not as getic iul!t known under what circumstances this revolu limb ass effected, or upon what foundation the 'rualikoo's claims to the high destiny of regal tit ration are built. Tuankoo Syyrd Hossein is ac curately designated as being now a wealthy and opulent merchant of Penang, bat he claims from the famous Jet:mil-al Alum, who sat upon the throne of Acbeen in the last century, and is cele brated as one of their best and most respected Pinter'. The successful it hellion and treachery of the great officers who held under Jeinul-mil Alum the offices of Shabandar and Malta Raj th Lehi, drove that unfortunate Prince from his throne, and 'transferred the sovereign authority to the usurper. li)yell I I assein's father waged an ansaccessiol war Awaited the usurper. and was killed in battle; the Syycd's family therefore quitted the kingdom, and sought a refuge iu some neighbouring country. Soon after the establishment of this colony, Syyrd 11ussein settled at Penang, under every encoulage mot that could be offered hint by the then local .muthorities, Whig:rig with, him a numerous train cf lolhoirert and dependants. Here he continued to reside and to carry on extensive commercial pur suits, enjoying the respect of the community and tfe 'rued opiuion of the Goveritinent„ "Jossbar Allunt Shah, the deposed King, is the eeseendant of the Malta Rajah, who usurped the Iloilo.. from Jemul-ul Alum. Jowlkor Allurn sue ceeded to the throne when a minor, but does not appear ever to have established an official audio- E . ry ; his peculiar habits, attachments, and pursuits, apprise to have crested a general feeling of disratis facticit, and gave equal offence to 11w aristocno y cf the country as well as to the people ; accore iegly, whilst on one hand the sovereign authority tait loco gradually sinking lower and lower into a state of feebleness, degradation, and decay, the country in general has been a prey to misrule and its attendant consequences, anarchy and confusion. " The vexatious and titjuries experienced by Bri- Cat traders, in their intercourse with the ports of Acheen, had become so multiplied and frequent, 'that at length they attracted the attention of the llowertement, and in 1814, Captain Canning was dewed by the Supreme Government, as Commis sioner, invested with full power to discuss and adjust all existing differences with the State of At been, and to horn arrangements for the future and peimanent protection of our commerce. " The installing and injurious treatment which t!e infutuateti King was induced to offer to the accredited Envoy of the British Government is well known; but to such u height had the dissatisfaction at this Prince's misconduct wisest, an the part of Isis chiefs, thirst at the very time he was thus in seto.:g amid prosoking the British Government, the leadiug men iu his kiligthon acre 'preparing to di-pose him amid s xpti liiin from Isis throne, to which rxtretn•ty they slid at length proceed iu a solemn Coucc I of ti nit. " The deposition of Jordon. Ahlnm Shah was formerly announced to the British Goeeroment by the great ' Chiefs of Acheen. and was followed by an invitation from them to Tuankoo Svted Iluorein, to repair to the capital cud resume the t! : , one of his ancestors. 1 i " The aged S)yed wit,e ly preferring the security. este. and comfort he enjoyed under the British 1 Government of Prince of Wales's Island, to the :i cares and anxieties of sovereignty, declined for I at himself the tempting offer; but deeming it not just to his family to derive them of the lithe- , .. 4 ritio.ce to which their birth entitled them, notified to the Government, that he would go over with his own to visit the tombs of his ancestors, end if the ... 'chiefs of the kingdom chose to accept Ms Soo their King he would leave him. " The Syyed accordingly repaired to Aeheen, about the middle of the year ISIS, whew the assembled chiefs of the kingdom solemnly invested Syf.ul Alum Shah, the Syyed's second son, with the sovereignty, and swore allegiance to hint ; Tuankoo l'ackee, the powerful Chief of Pedir, attending in person, and bringing a powerful aid In support and establish the new King. " The deposed King sought a refuge in a remote corner of the kingdom, where be continued its in digence and obscurity until the disaffection of Ttiattkoo Packee, the Pedir Chieftain, and Isis abandonment of the new King, on account of some pecuniary claim, restored him to some degree of consequence by serving as a tool to further Tomato* . . _ Packer's personal views of ambition. " The new King, Syf.til Alum, quitted the capital arid retired to Tulluswamoy ou the eastern coast, where he has since remained, but the Go• moment st Acheen (such as it is) has been earrird • au is hi• mune, and the duties at the capital and at the other port*, excepting these dependant on Pocket', levied wider litoeuthority. "It throughout been the uniform and cautious policy of the Government to avoid any porticipto- tiun in fire ibsternol dispoites of the country, or to give soy counteusure to one party in preference to the other; but it has Away , beets an object of juts( and anxious desire ti gee some settles! Gsivernmesst sod fated authority established, with which we might form arrangements uf:a permanent nature for the security of ear commerce, and for the natural advantage of the subjects of both Stater. " To effect this very ilc%irable purpose, Captain Coombs was disperrkeri by the Government of Prince of Wale%'s in January lest, on r missions to Acker's, instructed in the first instance to ascertain whose authority was recugnist•d by the chief% and people, in what kinds the sovereign power was Itnlged. and h,wi.io ascertained this point, empowered to treg.,clate a treaty with the tctuill i►utl►uri7. 'lptain Cooml7s repaired to Adore!), where he was met by the great Ciiefs of the kingdom. and the purposes of his uii,sion being explained to them in a full assembly of what may be termed the National Council. the Chiefs distinctly and unani mously gave him the most formal and solemn de clination or their unchanged adherence and allegi ance to their new hovereign. Syr-id Alum Shall, declaring that they had ►enounced for ever the au thority of Jowhor Allum, and would never more admit hint to ►eign. •• A few days only previous to Captain Coombs' arrival, a brig under British colours, belonging to the port of Nagore. had been captured and plun dered off the Pedir coast by Tuankno Packer, and the crew made prisoners. This outrage, on being made known to Captain Coombs, was represented by him to the assembled Chiefs, who expressed their deep sense of the disgrace such acts brought on their country, and their resolution to call the Pedir Chief to account. It must be understood that the Sagis or great Chiefs of the three princi- i pal divissims of the kingdom of Acheen Props: form the Council of the State, and of late years have, in fact, more than participated in the son.. reign power. " After a star of a fortnight at Acheen, having been referred by the Chiefs to Syf-ul Alum as the acknowledged King, who alone had the power of making any treaty with foreign States, Captain Coombs had intercourse with Svf-ul Alum. and then repaired to Calcutta to submit his report and the result of his inquiries to the Governor General. " It is quite an error to suppose that a counter revolution had again been brought about. and that the Es-King had been successful in any attempt to recover his throne, or overthrow what he and his friends designate as the Usurper. Such an impres sion had been industriously disseminated in Bengal and Prince of Wales's Island. and has found par tisans of sin inconsiderably weight to support it ; but it has been grounded on a misconception of the transaction that took place at Pedir, which has been also greatly misreprosetited. was asserted on the authority of awe pro., sots who had touched at Pedir, that sk ., oltitistat hdd siren received from Acheen. "Pt red . Chiefs of the kingdom, to leader their suhruinien to Imitate , Allum, to solicit pardon, mid to invite !bins: to return to the capital and resume his authority, and at the head of that minion was the Shabuittlar of Acheen, the principal executite officer of the State. " The main rims were true; such a deputation was 14•111, uud *a.a confided to the Shabunclar, who was sent to accou►pli.h by stratagem a purpose the Chiefs feared they could not otherwise rtfirct.--. tinder pretext of a respectful embassy to entreat forgiveness and invite the Ex-King to return to hi► • throne, the Sholicittlar was employed to get pos.. session of Ins person as a prisoner to the Sagi.. Finding - himself un•rl►le to effect his object, the Shabundsr drtern•itted on getting rid of the new King's must powerful adversary, Tuankao Packet., and accordingly seizing his opportunity he stabbed the Pedir Chieftain to the heart. lie soon after• wards fell himself by the hands of Tuattkoo's ad herents. Thus terminated the fictitious embassy, said to have been sent to invite the deposed King bask to his throne. So thoroughly the MIMIC of say such &sip existing, or of the Itading Chiefs hi• the - . r -.. yy 'of Achers, Proper having ag I i changed aide+, no later than December, a deputation headed by one of the principal Chiefs, u brother of one of the &gig, arrived at Tullusweinoy to entreat Syfisel Alone to reform without delay to the capital. _ . "It will he clearly evident from the foregoing sketch, that the state of the kingdom is as nearly as possible the same as it was when Captain Coombs left it, in February last year, and as it has been since the end of 1815. The deposed King re. mains at Pedir, acknowledged by the Chief. , imme diately dependant on Tuatikoo Packer ; whilst Syf-ul Alum continues to reside at Tulluswatuoy, acknowledged and the Government administered in his name, at the capital ; but, in efett, the whole authority exercised by the .ogis, or great Achern Chiefs. On one hand, the party of Syf-ul Alum appears to have gained strength rather that. lost it, by the removal of his powerful adversary the l'edir Chief, whilst on the othe•, the hopes of the old King have been recently revived, by his professed expectation of support from a powerful friend which he has interested in his cou-e. " It is not, however, likely, that either of the too rivals will ever he able to eatabli•h any thin; like efficient authority without the ititetvrtition of foreign aid and compel." Bombay.—On the night of the 25th Fehrtutty, • Liege ketch, on boat(' of which General Roy?, his lady and family, widi Mrs. Williams and Ind embarked for Sorat, in attempting to return into the harbour of Bombay on account of the ill item of Mrs. Bute, nes run by the *indult on the reef off the light-house, where she immediately filled with water. By the great exirtiiiiis of Mr. R. Furlong, who was also a passeliger on hoard of her, Comers! floye, Ins wife, and four children, with Mrs. Williams and two children, were sated in a canoe, which was obliged to make several hips between the stoking vessel and the shore, before the passengers could be all got out. We regret to learn, however, that flour persons have beet, drown ed, two of Mrs. WilhArnes servants, and two of the N. C. bepoys. As won as the intelligence of the ketch bring on the locks was known in the town, Captain Mark, with two hinder boor, went to en deavour to get her otr the rect . , in wllich he suc ceeded, but she afterwards sunk near the Oyster Mock. It is expected that the exertions now mak ing to miw the vessrl will .. we've •aticce,4o, and some of the very valuable property on board of her way be stover!. THE BRIT 151 LONDON, TUESDAY, SF.rrestaca 7, ivi9. The proceeding. which have hitherto taken place at the Lancaster Assizes are extremely ioterroting, and merit the deepest attention of every thinking man in the country. The latest advice, from Lancaster are of Saturday evening, at which tiwe the Grand Jury had returned true hills against IlusT, JontesoN, Moonstouse, SAXTON, BAMFORD, and others, fora couspiracy " to excite tumult and insurrection within this realm, and by force and violence to alter the Government and Constitution thereof, us by law established." On the tame day BARTON, BAMFORD, JONEs, HEALEY, and some others charged in this indictment, and confined f r default of hail, were b ght up, and severally pleaded Not Guilty. They have all traversed the indictments, but very heavy brit is required for them ; indeed so bestir that it is pro bable some of them, being very poor men, will he compelled to lie its gaol until the next Assizes. It is remarkable that on the preceding day a bill of indictment was, after a very long investigation, found by the Grand Jury mg-inst Richard Mena, a prwsibroker of Manchester, for corrupt mod wilful perjury committed by him ist ' the evidence winch lie gave at the New Bailey of Manchester, against Messrs. HUNT, ItiOORDIOUSE, JOHNSON, and others'. This fellow was the prin cipal evidence against ildo'r and his companinno t and was the mate ;you stliorre oath the Magistrates Conceived theroselves e :rimilorised to command she yeomanry of Manchester on Monday the so charge the peaceable Mod unoffesiding multitude who were assembled is l'eter'o-place. A Judge's warrant has been issued for the arrest of Owxs. • Several bills had been preferred against member. of the Manchester yeomanry cavalry, under Lord ELLENDOROUGII'S Act, for malicious cutting and maiming. alleged to laser been committed on Nlon day the 16th, in the memorable charge of the. Mall.. cheater heroes: bard appears by the latest accouests, r. that four of these bill!. were thrown out. W e re f er our readers to Sir CHARLES WOLSEI.RT'S letter fur a specimen of the - charges preferred against some of these genticrang. The Grand Jury, how ever, did nut conceive the evidence isi support of these allegations satisfactory, and the bills were le jetted. A different fate, however, attended a bill of indictment 'deferred against JAMES WROE, Editor of the Manehester Obserber, for a libel ; which was, of course, well supported by evidence, for it was returned as true. The result of throe proceedings on the part of the r Graud hairy of Lancaster gives occasion to touch serious reflection. That every point submitted to 4,••••••6,., m .0, 4 , • for .• the Grand !ugliest has bean n't`sely and ha4stir considered, it is our dray to presume. ■nd we trust that the same confidence is Mt throughout tiw country in general. It is of paramount import ance at the present moment of agitation and alarm, that the character of public justice should remain free from the possibility of taint. Con fidence iu the power of the law to redress indi vidual wrongs', no matter whence arisiag or on whom inflicted, is essentially regnisiie to the well being of Nociety ; it is the strongest link of the chain that binds the Sovereign and the subject, and it is no leas the interest of the one than of the other that its force should he unimpaired. This principle it was that indocerl mir present venerable Sovereign to recommend of his own gracious will from the Throne, that the Jodges (honk, he wholly independent of the Crown. '6 looking uplii the iodependence and uprightness or the J Iblge%" (and a fortiori of Grand Jar , ,r.), us he s'ss pleased to declare. " a. essential to the impartial administration of justice, one o f th e hest rities of the rights and libetti.s of and as met rotaltocire to the honour n j t;t:! Crown." nut valuable bt yowl all power of 1.'411114(1011 the immaculate purity of jit-tice must ever be, vet if the peculiar circuinoalices of one moment could render the difihrittii of the fullest coati knee 0 niong the people in the wisdom and integrity r.l those who are to adrniui.ter the law• a 'natter or more than ordinary interest, we would wit hesitate to point to the present criais na partictilarly requir ing the most unbending disregard of all private and personal considerations, and the most exalted exercise of an unltiassed understanding. The public min I is strongly excited, but the fer vour of that excitement seeks to watts itself in an Hopesl to law, and to the honest opinions of Juries. No desire of vengearice is entertain ed beyond that which the law wit; grant, and those who are most aggrieved are willing to re sign the right of punishment to the ordinary means of leg-il ietribution. Should political animosities, however, he seen to mingle in the minds of the Gram! Juries with the great dittiea they have to perform—should private sentiments of hatred to one party, or of affection to another, overbear the sense of that obligation by which they have so so letanly pledged themselves to do impartial justice, it is dreadful to contemplate what must be the consequences. It is well known that a strong prejudice exists iu the minds of that class of the gentry of Lancashire and Cheshire, of whom the Grand Juries are composed, against Mr. HUNT and those with whom he has associated himself. No tions of political expediency may seem to justify acts not perfectly in unison with law, and those who have in their capacity of Magistrates and master manufacturers praised and thaiiked the yeomanry for their exertions on a particular occasion, may not think it quite consistent to find bills of indictment agailist. individual yeomen for acts of unnecessary violence and bloodshed in the performance of the ditty which had been the object of gratitude and praise ; these yeomen, too, may bear some near and dear relation to the Jurors appoiuted to inves tigate their case, and conscience, thus doubly as sailed, may s , swing from its moorings." The Grand Jury of Lancashire began well by finding "s a true bill" against OWEN, and from this we augured favourably of what might be expected to follow. It is true, although we have read a very minute report of the filial examination, as it is called. of Mr. HUNT and his fellow-prisoners, at the New Bailey of Manchester, and much of the evidence that was marshalled against them, we yet may not he acquainted with all the evidence produced before the Grand Jury; but we do know that. on the occasion we allude to, the principal witness was this Owen, the pawnbroker, and it does not seem very consistent in the same Grand Jury to find a true bill" against OwEN for wilful and corrupt perjury, on Friday, and on Saturday, the following day, to return s' a true bill" against Mr. HUNT and others fur a corpiracy, supported, in great measure, by the tatimony of this tonne witness. At the Cheshire Assizes, Sawed Hardens and Ralph Wright were tried and found Guilty for being engaged in the riots which took place at Macclesfield on the 17th of August. They were not prosecuted capitally. although they are charged in the itulict nteut with having remained its the crowd riot. ously and unlawfully for the space of one - hour after proclamation made in pursuance of the provisions contained in the Riot Act. They have been sen tenced, Hardens to 18 months' imprisonment in the County Gaol, and Wright to six mouths' im prisonment. IiARRISON, the reforming preacher, who, it was understood, would have put off his trial for sedi. lion until the 'text Assizes. has somewhat untie. pectedly expressed his readiness to meet the charge at the present. The witneises for the Crown had, on the former understanding. been excused from their attendance. but the Counsel for the prosecution expressed a hope that they might be ready to go to trial either on Monday or Tuesday. It is said that HARRISON will plead his own cause. Sir CHARLES WOLIRLEV'S trial will come on, rise mid. rotund. at linutsford Quarter Sessions, its the third week of October treat. The Paris Papers of Frifisy_liFtived last night. • 4 They rf fusels no intereot.. ,The ...ing.4e rt. tracts •-; • tritis. sarrixtvrt The King yesterday' haled alias. in the Cagle Clispel, previous to which he 'rrc.ivad M. de Bourck, the Dauish Ambassador to ti►e Clint cf England. Hir Majesty wag • long time engaged in With M. Bunn Porto!. He has nostie motions in the navy, including that of .1, Mack**, an facer of high riii.tinetion, l; th e reuk nt l'o•t Capt•un fur his INIP.1;111t •4 , 11, ;4 and expedition to 'Madagascar and the 1•1 c .;.f Bourbon. At three o'clock the Kiog took an sikiatisais open carriage, in the direction of Chink:F. • ' A great many foreigners arrive in this 1 . 41 ,• 0 ,0 , attracted by its marakent collection of art and industry. Tex receipt at the Tikeatre Francaive on the 31st last was 3,900 francs awl 111. kt of the Opera still greater, to wino ' t i e ituctlier of foreigners now in Paris his not imle contributed. The Ftve per Cent. Consols are 7! 4.10 Bank Actions, 1,4.321. By the Marron frigate, :wrists' on Sriaitsi ‘ evettiog at Portsmouth Irnm the; Eitsi tit have ricrivell Calculus Papers to the tills of 111sre. They coolant the details of the estsszilt.hmetit dr port at sineNvore, th e siwirot t w s , A mite the 'Malays, in the Straits of %kers, Ise Sir Ttso,t.ts Svasroao RAFFLE. ; a n d also sot account of the state of t h e Goveroment Achim, with whirl' that officer hoped to form arrsiiixe•ni-nts of a•perm meta naterr, for the security of our matt tnerce, soil the mutual advantage of the •ii4jee's of bolls States. It W• 11 on the 3104 Jaistilry the British flag was hoisted ea the lehinti pore, from which he took his departure for on the 14th or February, havior I-ft Nl.jor QVHAR at Sinclipore as Rt-hilleitt. It was stair., is Tim BRITISH PRESS of the 4541 of August timite bad sailed again ou the Ist of 1.11(.11 for Aclireti. A Ilamberrgh Mail and two Dutch Nt.iils bare arrived, hut they bring no inte:ligenee of uitrrr•t. A letter from Inverness, dated Sept. 1, for. " His Royal Highness Prince Lhortil.ll at,tl suite arrived here about half-i,ast six n'clock vestorday excising. limn Moyliall, the seat of Sir A. E. ii tt.F.- INTOSH, of 3flacktitthalt, Bart. where Flightless held a Levee yesterday afternoon. Most Noble the Marquis of H.LNTLY was seated in the carriage with his Royal Highness, ohalt w.s immediately followed by those of his own the equipages of several of the neighbourik.g Gfo tlemeit taking up the . rear. His Royal Flightiest was fondly greeted in his prdgrera through the town by the iultabitatitc Having alii t h'rd at Mr. CART'S 800, he inituttliately re;sairetl to oar if the windows, and with the utmost condeseetision acknowledged the gratulation* of the Inubitutl.., of all ranks, who thronged the streets in front of !!,:: Hotel, notwithstanding the unfuvoura isle state of ti.e weather, it having rained incessantly thino4 the afternoon. His Royal Highness fir quently ;c -lamed to the windows bowing, while a sathe of benevolence brightened his countenance. H 4 Royal Highness and Suite dined and slept at Mi. CANT% and set out this morning, after hreakf.co, to view the Caledonian Canal; having ex:1111MA the Muirtowu chain of locks, milking the tniot minute inquiries of Mr. JAMES Daviosox, the resident Engineer, who attended him, his voltage drove to Dockfour, where his Royal Highness still obtain a view of Lochness, and make a fotenosas call upon Mr. BAILLIE. of Dockfour. ills Ray:l Highness appears to-day in excellent heal.lt tool spirits; he looked rather pale last slight, p r ot , ,ltk• in consequence of the fatigues of his tourney. His Royal Highness will breakfast to-morrow morning, with Governor MUIR, at Fort George, whence he is to proceed to Gordon Castle." The Madras Gasetie, of the 4th of March, ass flounces the death of Mrs, E1.1.10T, wile of the Governor of that Presidency. A young man, named EDMUND DAWSON, of the age of nineteen, who came out of Sold;vomits, died on Tuesday : he had received a sabre eel ;or the head on the 16th ult., near St. Peter's Chnerh. An inquest was held npnn him before .Inrisr Cotuner. on Wednesday last, which win. ail. jeururit to tine priel.esst Saturday .—(;)/aNchi stir Express:4—.4...We hope, from this delay in boding u verdict, that the Jury will be more precive in their account of the cattle or thin unfietunate yowle r s; mans death than • those Jiffies were who ittefedril them in a similar duty. Nothing can be snore in. definite than the phrase of Accidental Death a•,,ti. plied to sods a case. Out of about WO weavers its the town of I.3stail, there are ut present no lest than 150 idle. life un. derstastil that the 31agiviratev, following slur !WAD pie of the gentlemen ni Pollock•liaw:, hove Ilse post active in getting the usieniplo ..l err isr *:s. of, the new road between G1a.g... 4, ti• at Ca loth . When they conimencid, cacti terror. d a •iital: .0. 4 to supply trumethate wants. - The s a are iislornied, intend cultivating pail of 1. &if 1 . 1.. 4 MOW, a waste of several square tittles. .11. lit. lsuting to each burcems, who may roust it. is portion on a SO year.' lease, many fassishes tusgtt be comfortably provided for. Wth.t a pity ir r I t ers snarly wastes its that part of the cou..try *l4ll so many hands are at prevent idle !—(C'ortial; Jam.; tuthi A few days ago, Mrs. BEI.L, a widow in . went into a meadow to milk her cow, when ernerS • cow, with horns, which way grosirg in the •.4, • meadow, ran at her, threw her down, sod the act of goring her, wisest her owls row. t was at a distance, came ru tttt ie ig np, atl a s krd I horned cow with great fury, sod effectually corded not only in relieving, but is all probability of baring the life of her innate's. Vr In 4