The Sun. — London, England, 1824-10-12 00:00:00

~. . ~ ~~~ ~'~;~ INDIA. A large portion Of.this day's paper is given to details of the unfortunate war into which the India Company have been forced, or induced, with the Burmese. These people are not a con temptible enemy ; they are brave, and not un skilled, apparently, in some of the practices of war. " A detachment of Company's troops at, Ramoo received a rude lesson from them, being completely beaten and put to flight, after several days of partial movement and desultory action. But what war would not be perilous to such an empire as that of India ? And what is the war (in a country held by such a tenure) of which the dangers could be previously and accurately mea sured ? All India is under the feet of its masters one great shaking bog : the agitation of any given spot upon the surface is felt to its remotest extre mity. Are we sure that the Burmese will have no native allies ?—that they have at this moment no foreign instigators . ? How came they by muskets made in Europe The subject is a serious one for the Honourable Company-, .whose military establishment is said to have been cut down by Lord HASTINGS below the prudent level, that his Lordship's administration of the finances might appear: with suitable eclat. trenches. to within 12 paces of the two tanks, and gained pos session of the one on our left flank defended by the Provincials and Mugs, who quitted their post and fled with precipitation. " We gave up all hopes of reinforcements ; and our flank being now undefended, our detrichMent knocked up for want of rood and rest, and totally incapable of making any effectual re sistance, Capt. Noton being obliged to abandon the guns, and having no means of spiking them, ordered. a retreat, which was effected in good order, keeping. up. a fire fur half is mile, when' we came to a river—the immense numbers of the enemy pour ing in on us in all directionseand their cavalry pressing hard— individual safety became necessary, and every man sewed .him.< self the best way he rcould ; the men are not to be blamed for this, for had theyremained, - they were so fatigued and their ' numbers so few that further resistance would have been useless. The enemy now seemed to make a determined rush anon the Europeans-epour .Noton.was.killed in a personal engagement ' with one of their horsemen, and they both fell together--•-Capt. Truman of the2oth killed by a spearsman; Lieut. Grigg, of the 23d ; Capt. Pringle, commanding the Mug Levy ; Dr. Maysmore, of the 23d; and Ensign Bennet, in ems-tinting to cross the river';' Lieut. Scott, of the Artillery,- who had been se verely wounded on the loth, had been previotudy tied to an ele • pliant, and escaped; Ensign Campbell made his escape by swimming-the river, and while swimming on his back taking off' his clothes under water, to prevent' being shot. Ensign Cod ringing escapist on horseback to Coxe's lltizar, closely pursued r he would not have escaped had it not been for the quality of his horse. " Poor Codrington arrived in a boat on the 19th, and Camp bell came in on the morning of the 20th nearly naked, after having walked upwards of 40 miles barefooted and bareheaded,. in the sun, and carried by some of the Sepoys of his company' most of the remainder of the road. " I should imagine their fighting men to be about 5,000; each man has two coolies, one of whom carries his provisions, and the other the tools ~f or digging trenches, at which they seem to be very dexterous. it seems curious that these fellowsshoukl mostly be furnished with European muskets ;. they had about •40 jingals, which carried in general about ti pound balls, and • which they tied upon trees out of the reach of our nmsketry. By accounts from Madras, received yesterday ".The memory of poor Noton will long he remembered with by way of Bomluty, it appears that the cholera respect by his brother officers, by whom lie was universally be 11101bUS had been extremely fatal ti . the loved :it will be a consolation to the friends of the other poor there infellows who fell on the -17th, to know that they could not have tatter-end of May and the beginning of June. behaved better, and that their sufferigns were soon at an end, Among the' ..perSons of note who had fa l ki► without falling into the hands of a cruel enemy." Esq. Chief , We annex a few additional particulars of the victims to it, 'weresEnwAßD Wool), same' affair from a 'Calcutta paper of the 31st of Secretary to the Government ; the llonoura- May -- ble Sir ‘Vit.i.tNictiA3l FaANKLiN ; JOItN Dou- , ' ' Accounts received from Chittagong, between the 22d and cr. As Wnyr c, Esq., senior member of the MY- 25th instant, represent that tranquillity is greatly restored. and dical Board ; and Mr. 13i siNx. By the Bth that large bodie s of the _Mugs bad'arrived in tbeneighbourhood, whoa, the Magistrate was endeavouring to settle in some con or June, which is thalatest date from Madras, vement situation, their services being considered of the greatest the virulence of the disorder h a d a b a t e d, no case use in the event of offensive operations, •aslittle reliancecould having occurred in th e preceding three day s . Sir be placed on any other classof theinhabitants. , . " The following yarticUlars respecting the fate of the o ff icers e,AutsTortma PuLLEtt, Chief Justice of the Su -, engaged in the affairs at Ranioo had been collected than various prime Court of Calcutta, died in that city, of accounts given by the Sepoys and others who had - been present I.lle same fatal malady, on the 1 9 th of May, being inthe action, and found their way hack to Chittagong. Captain 1 Noton, it is said, was cut down by the enemy utter the complete i Ito more than five weeks after his. arrival at the dispersion of his detachment. A Soobadar of' the Provincials 1 Presidency. Ile had presided •in the Supreme declares, that he saw him sp ike the two six-pounders with his' own hand immediately before he tell. Captain Trueman ap- Court, at-the bearing of a case, on only one occa sion.. At Calcutta, however, much of the judicial pears to have been destroyed by some of the enemy's horse, when unarmed and defenceless, after the close of the action.-- business. is transacted before a Judge at Chain- Lieutenant Grigg is supposed to have fallen by a musket-shot during the engagement. Captain Pringle is said to have been bers,•and , tnany subjects of complaint are there attacked and k.illed by two of the enemy's cuvalry . , when en laid before-him in the shape of petitions. .Sir deavouring to make his escape on horseback. Ensign Bennett e , - se,iiitisTomEit PULLER had sat two , weeks at is believed sto be 'killed while attempting to swim across the' Ihtmoo river. Of Mr. Maysmore'e fall no particular informa- • Chambers, in his turn, as Chief Justice of the Lion had 'transpired, but there was not the slightest reason to Sopreme Court, when the facility and , readiness hope that he had escaped." of his dispatch of business excited observation, We next - extract a letter addressed by the . wild gave •tt favourable impression of 'his •clia.. Burmese Authorities to the British Commandant racter. at Chittagong, in relation to the affair of Ramoo.. -We have received Bombay Papers to the 20th It was brought to Chittagong on the 21 dof May, Of June, which contain the most recent accounts by a Sepoy of the 23d regiment, , who had been that have yet arrived from Calcutta, boing to the taken prisoner at 11atnoo, in compani with a .t . .1il of June, and which supply us with various Betigalee Zernindar, deputed for that purpose by iuteresting details of military operations against the Burmese Commanders. This curious docu ,the Burmese. A (though but just in its cons- meat is in the following terms : mettrement, the Star has thus early beets distins TRANSLATION OF A LETTra room Tun ILAJAII OF ARIIA.: guishod by Very remarkable events. Sullicient• , •CAN AND OTHER' DVIIMESE AUTHORITIES. ' Our master the Lord of the White Elephant, the Great appears -to show that the new enemy with which Chief, the Protector of the Poor and Oppressed, wishes that DOT troops have to contend is of a formidable de. the , people of both countries should remain in peace and quiet. The Bengalees of Chittagong excited n dispute about the scriptiou •;and one case has occurred ) in which the `y Deep of' Shapooree, which belongs to Arracan. To prevent Ala ye been repulsed by the I3urtnese with consider- all dissention, by orders of Ecumaha fiunndwuddce, the Gene it tile loss. We allude to the a ffnir at 11 a moo, in ad• cal, a letter was sent by Hussain Ullee, Doobache to the Judge i o n; . f ) .; ,. l .( l , t i t l agofig i , ‘ l l. lt r ) wisely relinquished the DI of .Shapooree sauce ettChittagongont the 17t1iMay, after several days' preSions skirllll,lllllg.•Withi the enemy, with misled I St u e l4 lilglisr gait:;hlentotr, thin, c s a o t n t si s e ert! * i i s i ;u " tr i agi rs e o n n . Various suecess. The other events are the capture contacr between the English soldiers and our veople, whereon thefi eneraladvanced front Vi sl eru with alio* , e force into Aa of the fortress of Itangoon, nod of . the island of can, and with a view to the tranquillity of the too great co r a r : n CitedUlm, both ttiLell by the British force. W i tit tries cause to Ruttuapullung, and sent a message calculated to bot efit both parties, through Hussain Ullee, Duobashee to respect to the taking of Clieduhu, fire fact only is e lengalee Captain and Commander of the Stock ade. is While this onfe rences; Was going on, a .nun Met of stated without any details; but of our %loss atengit-. Ramoo, and the surrender of itallgoon, full-par.. lee and Mug Sepoys arrived from Ramo, and began to fire with musket and cannon at the Burmese, among whom Huse Oculars are given. - We subjoin them' in the sant Ullee was wounded. . order in which they occurred. The disaster at "On this the Burmese also commenced the combat, and Ramo° is thus related in a letter from an Officer, 0 1 P b ) ta e u . i t i l c r t e i i i i le ti we e t m , h g e i ok i i ii i l i t i e ,i r:e i g g - f u a t i t ti l i t i e l i i n e ti e l a t e c e t l ' e rlo o. t r i ti l t u wi k u g i l e l n t r i r o n e " m g le p a t tc l i er: ent,oiliaalraltithinfitrei,lolslosnuliritihtwieaer Judge ut f dl o )gr r e. - lilted Chittagong, May 5 :-,--s A VFAI It AT RA. :`,lOO. ' -" Our soldiers injured none of the poor inhabitants, and .., s ome days -previous to the 11th inst., Captain• Noton, : , ta.i o tirnitted no oppression, and destroyed no hnbitations, yet the cons.- . Minding the detachment of Romeo, learnt dna 140 of the ene my had been seen cutting a road for their advance, within 4 miles upon.rloth gent lemen, with the Ilengalee Sepoys, began firing of the stockade at Rutnapullung. On the lith positive infor.. from muskets and cannon. ,At last, the Burmese contributed with a Doobashee, elation was brought to Captain - Noton, stating that the enemy s un k," had arrived at Rutnapullimg, and surrounded it: is Snick of boys began ail pacify both States. On this the Bengalee Se to say what would have the Provincials was sent in to Ramo° immediately. by the • a battle -entuedr,e,mw which the Burmese were obliged to return, jernadar on duty. at , the stockade, stating that the Burman The ,00pie of itoo tt loo ny s w et er i e 4re woun ded, t and many put so flight. e . , of t> i t ... l i t i r t4 own village , Tuned Sirdare were having a conference with ' him ; they informed our it. 'lie Judge and Colon men that they did nut come to tight, nor with any hostile inten- and "ions, but merely wished to s pe a k to the En g lish. Under these Chieftains of Calcutta, are all men of St i liti and intelligence circumstances Captain Noton (justly supposing that the - from their keeping_and protecting the traitor 11 - ' a ll l of lie these calamities arise. We send this letter by it.Ben ) g n atewhom we don of the enemy was merely to take die .7 - medal-imam arcs. and get possession of the stockade) advanced with the.wlit'le of took at Ramoo." his disposable force, coasiAing of three companies of the 23d, The lamest accounts received aCCalcutta fr om of May. The con& were the 29th - and some of the Aug levy, to ascertain their intentions, leaving ,„ the Provincials - andesome of the Mug levy at Ramie, fur the 11 flnPm g - protection of the sick, ammunition, &c. . deuce of the native sillies, which appears to have " About half a mile from the stockade the enemy sviddenly b eet shaken by the affair at • Rs'MOO , was then . commenced a heavy fire upon our confirm; from a thick jungle: this was about .10 o 'clock at night. Captain Noton returned begiuniog to revive, and they were on their re to bring on our two fivespounders, which mere on elephant% a turn to their. colours. The civil nuthorities at little tm the rear, directing Emilio Campbell to advance with 0 • the three companies.. Ensign Campbell advanced and kept rip L' • bittuffeng had engaged a number of sloops then I, . • a brisk tire upon the enemy for a cot:enterable dine, until they. in the river, preparatory to their services being attempted to cut Off the guns, when he fired ',Nancy, and re( t • me(a i ,as the country would be impassable by• charged them with the bayonet, they being at that tints at the ' • moll - their the jungle ;in this charge they were completely rout- land at the expected time of the arrival of the ed. and forty of them killed ; our detachment had a havildar reinforcements. Arrangements were also making . - and six sepoys killed, and nine men wounded. Ensigns Camp- t B ennett were likewise wounded. o equip a fleet to' be mi nu ted by native levies, bell and under the command of Mr. Fernande7 l -" Frightened at the firing , the elephants had thr own their for any . loada, and the gaits were rendered imam: the detachment, service that m • ight be required. The troops from however, completely succeeded in clearing the jungle of the y ucc a were i n rascals, althoug! , there could not have .been les s than 2,090 of motion towards Chitta gong : the them: thus we succeeded in defeating them; and had we bad Burmese were stook d'ot 1 a m iemselves at Ramoo. rt. - . a couple of companies tospare to 'have followed them up, we 'Vito foilowm ,•g account of the..takin of Ran., should - not have been since so much annoyed w i th them. The • a :". tiring ceased at half-past one in the morning; .we then took up' goon was ► published in a nosulakii Gazate .Extra wpaiition on the plain, bringing ' with us the guns .and al/ the ordistark on the 19th . of - June ft-- ammunition' that had been thrown by the elephants. After a. consultation among the otlicA's, it was agreed to return to - (orrici An.) reasnoo, in order to get supplies—ivbeing impossible to get any BOMBAY COURIER EXT RAORDIN A nv,. Juxt• Jl , _. . tin either men or cattle at R utna p ullun g , none of the-Commis. , Fon T WILLIAM, Jusrv. 2. • sariat Department being ain't thettetanhtnent ;we were at the Dispatches, .. _ of which the following are copies and extracts, same tinieapprehensive that the enemy might,' enter Munn° h a vehe bellthlay_received from Brigadiers General Sir Aren i - . and gat possession of Our magazine ann . public swell. The de- . Campbell,KCß.,• cuminanding the -British forces at techment accordingly returned with all its ammunition and the Rangoon . wounded on the morning of the '.ot I lo,' without' tieing in the TO GEORGE SWINTON, ESQ., SECRETARYon - least molested. On arrivi n g et- Ramoo, it wag fonnd that the VERNMENT, SECULT AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT, Jcatadar, who had charge of the Itutnapullung stockade, had &c. &c., .FORT WILMA M. returned ; Anil we have Na, , ,on to believe, without firing a shot, " Sir—You are already apprised of the different periods of as he brought the whole of his ammunition with him,..and had sailing of the transports with the troops from Bengal and Mu• not a man hart. Captain Noton, on his immediate return to data, composing the expedition which the Right Hon. the Go. - Ramo°, wrote Off express to Chittagong for reinforeementse-:s: vernorsClencral in Council did me the honour of placing under Alt was now pretty quiet until the •13th, when the enemy ad. my command. Owing to calms and-very light winds, the !len.. vanced, in number, it is ant:posed, about 10,000, on -Ramo°, gid division did not reach the place of rendezvous at Port Corn:. front the Rutnapullung road, and intrenched - themselves on wallis before the end of last month, AM! the Madras division not do south side of the river. On the following day they advanced' until the 3d inst., at which period several ships from both Presi ete the river, and a party, was immediately detached •( with the &mita were still absent. I had, however, determined to ,Aail.with two 6.pounders under Lieut. Scott Of the sirtillery) tinder Cept. the force assembled , and woul d have clone so that very dayehad Truman' of the 20th, who stteccedell in driving them front 1 not bee prevented by a general report of thesearcity of freslt their position into the surrounding. hills; a good number of watmr on board the Madras transports, some of them not bast' were killed by our grape and shells, but none of our men • ing inure than four days' consumption. This .difficulty was burn very speedilyremoved by Captain • Merryatt, of his Majesty's "On , the 15th they a g ain ad anted a nd commenced in. ship Larne, whose -indefatigable exertions in collecting and tip .. . tanching themselves within about 800 yards of our , position, propriating the scanty-supply which the land springs afforded, • 'which viscose iened-to the rear by the river, on the right by. And distributing ri proportion from such vessels as were well 41 the river. and a rge tank occupied by our picket about lio yards 'supplied to those most in need, enabled him on the following .. in 41113) ' 1 our left flank was steee K tbened .by a similar i day* to report the fleet ready to proceed to sea. As we were ac tank siccAncdtl a strong party of provincials and Mugs. On tcardingly getting under weyetehis Majesty's ship Liffey, Com. ~th} ! Ibth, it was found that the enemy had eonsjderably ad- modore aunt, C. 8., uppeared in the ailing, as also several of , Valued their trenches: on the .17th they had advanced their . the absent transports. Judging that some oftbem might also be in want of water, anti being desirous of making the necessary arrangements with the. Commodore, relative to our future opera tions, I determined upon remaining in harbour one day longer. On the following morning (the sth) we finally put to sea, de taching a part of my force, under Brigadier M'Creagli, against the island of Cheduba, and sending another detachment under Major Wahab, of the Madras Establishment, against the island of N!wais (each of the force in ships and troops stated in the margin), proceeding myself with the main body for the Ran. goon river, which we reached on the 10th, and anchored within the bar. On the following morning, every arrangement hav ing been previously made, she fleet, led by the Liffey, sailed up the river, followed by the transports in the order I wished to employ the troops in the attack upon Rangoon ; and in the course of a few hours arrivjd offthe town, receiving on our pas sage .up some insignificant discharges of artillery from one or two of the chokies on the banks of the river. __ cent villages. Agreeably to my instructions, I landed the troops at a small village about a mile from Killyumdine, where I observed a party of the enemy had stockade(' themselves ; and immediately attacked their position, which I carried after exchanging a few rounds, and killing ten or twelve of the ene my. I endeavoured to penetrate the jungle towards the village of Killyumdite, for the purpose of assailing it by the rear, while the boats attacked it in front; but T regret to say, that I found the jungles so impervious as to prevent me from , executing that part of my instructions. " I therefore Immediately re-embarked my detachment and proceeded to the coast. On approaching a point higher up. Intending to land, we found ourselves suddenly exposed to a heavy fire from a stockade, till then unobserved ; and as any attempt to retire would have exposed the detachments to certain destruction, and would have given encouragement to the enemy, which I felt convinced you would have highly disapproved of, Lieutenant Wilkinson, 11. N.,"and myself resolved - upon im mediately landing and storming the stockade. We had many unforseen difficulties to overcome, the enemy having placed bamboos and pikes so as to make landing both difficult and dangerous. Nothing, however, could withstand the gallantry and determination of both diers and sailors, who shortly established themselves within the stockade, defended by about four hundred men, who were quickly driven out at the point of the bayonet, leaving sixty dead. The enemy were well armed, a great proportion having muskets ; and a small field piece was taken in the stockade ; and I must do them the justice to say, that they fought with very great spirit, many of them receiving our charge with their spears. I again re-embarked my party, and proceeded to the opposite side of the river, where we drove the enemy from a third stock ade, which we destroyed, in the same manner as we had done the two former. In concluding, I regret to state, that Lieu tenant Thomas Kerr, of his Majesty's 38th regiment, and one private, was killed, and nine privates wounded, in taking the second stockade; and I have further to regret, that Lieutenant Wilkinson, of the Royal Navy, was Severely wounded through the thigh, with eight or nine of his crew, one of which has had his arm subsequently amputated. I have much satisfaction in reporting the conduct of the officers and men under my com mand to have been steady and soldier-like. I hope I may be allowed to express the highest admiration of the cool and in trepid conduct of Lieutenant Wilkinson, R.N., who, although severely wounded, continued to render me the greatest assist ance, in giving directions from his boat ; also of the officers and men under his command. I have, &c. (Signed) " R. 11111C11, Capt. H. M. 38th Reg." " Commodore (ham anchored the Liffey immediately oppo site the King's Wharf, where we had observed a battery of apparently , from 12 to 16 guns, manned and ready to open its fire. Still, from motives of humanity, the Commodore and myself were unwilling to commence so unequal a contest, think ing the immense superiority on our side, within full view of the shore, would have induced the authorities in town to make an offer ofi negotiating; their presumption and folly, however, led them to pursue a different course. A feeble; ill supported, and worse directed tire was opened upon us, which the first few guns from. the Liffey effectually silenced, -and cleared the bat tery : the Commodore consequently directed his fire to cease. I had previously ordered the plan of attack, and now gave di rections for two brigades to be in readiness in their boats for landing; his Majesty's 38th regiment,-commanded by Major Evans, above the town ; Major Sale, with his Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, at the centre, to make a lodgment in the main battery, should lie be unable to force the gate of the stockade, and a brigade of the Madras division below the town, under the direction of Brigadier-General M'Llean ; the 38th and this bri gade being ordered to push round by the rear and enter the town, should they find an opportunity of so doing. "'These measures in progress, the Burmese again returned to their battery and commenced tiring, which was again silenc ed.by a broadside from 'the Liffey, and the signal being made for the troops to Land in the order already. stated, which they did in the most regular and soldier-like style, and in less than twenty minutes I had the satisfaction seeing the British flag flying in the town, without' the troops having had occasion to discharge a single musket, and without my having occasion to regret the loss of one individual %Med or wounded on our side, nor do I believe that of the 'enemy,' from their rapid flight, could have been great; of the latter killed, only eight or- ten were left behind. TAKING OF CHEDUBA: (From the Bombay Courier of June 19.) " The news of our arrival in the river baying reached Rangoon the preceding night, and our rapid progress up in the morning being marked by an occasional shot in answer to the fire from the ekokies, together with the preparations of, the Burmese Autho rities for defence, threw the inhatitants into such a state of consternation as to cause a general flight in every direction to. wards the jungles—so much so, that out of a large population. I do not think one hundred men were found in the town on our taking possession of it. , ' " The members of Government fled at the first shot, carry ing with them seven out of eleven Europeans, whom they had ordered to be imprisoned and put in Irons. On our arrival, in their hurry, three were left in the King's Godown, whose irons were filed off by the troops on.entering the town. When we were actually in possession of the town, Mr. !lough, an American mis sionary,. released from irons for the purpose, accompanied by a Burmese, came on board the -Lifey, delegated by the Ita'woon, and other members of Government • (then some miles oft in the jungle), to entreat the firing might cease • and to ask what terms would be given to them, hinting dint they had seven Englishmen out with them in irons, whose . fate would proba bly depend upon the answer they received. The Commodore and myself told, them, that it was too late to ask for terms, as the place was then in our possession : protection to persons and property was all they had to expect, and even that promise would not be confirmed to them, until the prisoners were re leased and given up to us—warning them, that, if they dared to injure them, or put one of them to death, fi re and *word should revenge the atrocious deed over the whole face of their country. The messengers left us, promising to return as soon as possible, but neither the Itaywoon or his adherents could again be found, fear having driven them still farther into the country. ‘Ve remained in great anxiety for the fate of our countrymen during the night, but early next morning, in push ing forward some reconnoitring parties, the whole seven were found safe in different places of confineirent, strongly fettered, their guards having fled at our approach : a nominal list of these gentlemen I beg herewith to transmit. " I ant sure it will afibrd the Right lion. the Governor-Ge neral in Council, touch satisfaction to know (and •I believe my information to hacorreet) that there is not another Englishman with the exception of a Mr. Gauger, now at Ave, in the Bru mese Government. 'Although I am not yet enabled officially to communicate to you the subjection to the British arms of the islands of Cheduba and Negrais, together with Bassein, yet 1 have nut,the least doubt, front the calculation of time and the fitness of the weather, that the attack in these quarters has been so simultaneously made, fps to render their fall, about the same time with that of ltangootiolmost certain. The captured ma to possess, although, generally rrnetelvs ticollectin g iente ord nance fakexceeds in numberony,thing we supposed the country an s t n gu as nsa,acore s i e e ak i the n i Fi i i . re o r ) f u e different batter i es, l a l s t t i l t m e d r i l e e c s i ri la a p v i t r e i d o l n h a i s: honour of forwarding it. 'lt would -be ,presumption in me to speak it: terms of praise of an o it ff •er so well known as Commo dore Grant ; but it is toy duty to • form you, that the 'cordial: co-operation I have received inform continue to receive tram him calls for my warmest acknowledgment • " I have, &c. (Signed) "A,CA M PBE Lb, Brig. Gen. " Rangoon, May 19, 1112-1." ",P.S. I am happy to say 4 have been able to put the troops under cover, one brigade • m die town of Itancoon, and the other three in the houses in the vicinity of the great Pagoda." . . " - The only addition that we can make to the interesting in telligence from Rangoon, published in our Extra of last night, is extracted from a private letter received yesterday from an officer with the expedition. It mentions that the Island of Che duba had 'been taken by the force sent against it from Fort Corn wallis, consisting of his Majesty's ship Stanch and the Hon. Company's Cruiser Mercury, with the Bengal 3larine Regiment of Native Infantry; but no particulars are stated. " As our operations to the eastward are now being carried on upon a more extensive scale than they have hitherto. been, we may hope soon to hear of further succes.tes. " A private letter from Madras mentions, that the third di. vision of troops from that Presidency was to sail fbr Chittagong on the 9th inst., in the Lowjee Family, Charles Forbes, and Thetis transports, under the orders of Lieut. Tincombe, of his Majesty's schooner tender Cochin. The troops about to em. bark were the sth and 10th Native Infantry, with about GO European artillerymen and 150 Gun Lascars.''. ." The Hon. Company's frigate Hastings, Captain Barnes, reached Rangoon on the 10 th May—all well. " The Hon. Company's surveying ships, Discovery and Psyche, have arrived from the Persian Gult, since our last pub. lication ; the former on Sunday, and the latter on Tuesday last. Passengers, by the Discovery, Mrs. Jervis and child, and Mr. John Ritchie. Passengers, by the Psyche, Major Willock and Mr. Lushington. These ships have brought no European in telligence of any description. " En addition to the calamitous fire mentioned in ourlast, we are sorry to state that another tire broke out on the night of Monday last, near the Baboola Tank, among the hay and straw piles, behind Byramjce Cowasjee's stables. Property to a considerable extent was destroyed, but we are happy to add that no liVes were lost. _ . Macdonald, K.O .11., a Lieutenant-General in the Hon. Company's Service, died in Calcutta on Saturday last, aged 76. His remains were interred yesterday evening between five and six o'clock, attended by his Excellency the Com mander-in-Chief, all . the General Staff, and a large body of Civilians, who assembled to pay the last tribute of respect in one of the oldest officers of the Honourable Company's Ser vice in 'lndia. " We had occasion some months ago to mention that the tombs which had been erected over the remains of the late Mr. Rich end Dr. Taylor, had been wantonly destroyed by the Persians. We bave nu ut much pleasurein stating that since the return of Mr. Willock to '!'reran, the King had issued strict injunctions that the tombit should be immediately repaired according to the form originally prescribed by the late Dr. dukes."—( Boni/4 Courier, June lg.) • • • ,■• FRENCH PAPERS. lirom the Etoik of Sunday, Oct. 10.) CortsTANTINOPLESEVT. o.—The Turkish fleet has suffered very severely by the Ipsariot tire ships in the channel of'Samos. Several ships of war were burnt and others taken by the Greeks. The Captain Paella has not perished, as was reported, but 'has escaped into the port of Bou tromi (the ancient Balicarnassus.) It is supposed that he intends to join the Egyptian fleet. Ac cording to some more recent accounts, the Otto man fleet bud attempted again to approach Samos. But it is not thought that it will venture to make a second attack.--(Augsburg Gazette.) BUCI,LA It EST, Sear. !O.—The sudden departure of the Pacha of Silistria for Constantinople, whither he is summoned to take the place of the criei l eave . who left Grand Vizier Ghaleb Pachu , has given ri s e to a a multitude of conjectures. But all the reports of e thetr o uble s arrival insurrect ionsan t d ivlof a cou r ier, silic b eeii Cas dispelled otu. dimple on the 10th of Sept. Tranquillity prevails in that capital, though nobody is ignorant of the check which Captain Pacha has sustained. The expedition against Samos appears to be entirely abandoned.---(Augs burg Gazette.) VIENNA, Scrr, 29. 7 —0ur Aletalliques are at 95.-3ank Shares, 1123. • " List of persons imprisoned and placed in irons by the Bur. tuese Government at Rangoon, on the approach of the British arms, for the'purpose of being put to death:-- " Mr. J. Snowball, British ; Mr. J. Turner, .ditto; 'Wm. Roy, ditto; Alexander Tench, ditto; Mr. 11. W. Thompson, ditto; Mr. It. .1. Thrill, ditto; Mr. • It. Wyatt, ditto; 111 r. G. 11. Roy*, country born.; Mr. Arratoon, Arme nian; Mr. P. Aide, Greek; Rev. .1. Wade, American Mis sionary. Rev..___ Hough, American Missionary, taken out of irons, and sent by the Burmese on board the Liffey to beg the tiring, &c., might cease. (Signed) "A. CAMPBELL', Brigadier:Oeneral." EXTRACT OF A DISPATCH irROM BRICADIEK-GENERAL SIR ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, liar ut) :star 19, 1024. " Information having been received that five rafts were con structing and war-boats collecting at no great distance up the river, Commodore Grant sonic days ago sent the boats of his ship, under Lieutenant Wilkinson, of the Liffey, for the pur pose of reconnoitring. They fell in with and destroyed one boat (the crew escaping), having seen several others, which effected their escape. Our boats had two seamen wounded by mus ketry from the shore. On the evening of the 14th, it was thought further advisable that the river should be explored considerably higher up, and' for this purpose Lieutenant 1i 11- kinsen, with the boats of the Liffey, accompanied hy 40 rank and tile of his Majesty's 41st Regiment, under Lieutenant M'Lean, went about eighteen miles up, receiving a smart fire of musketry from the villages on either bunk, both in going and returning. At one place in particular the enemy as sembled considerable forte, but were speedily disperse(' by the fire from .the boats,: on which occasion Lieutenant Wilkin son expressed himself in terms of high admiration of the de termined gallantry and coolness of the party of his MajestYs 41st Regiment. They had three rank and tile wounded. " A work having been observed in preparation at the village of Kemmedine, only 4 miles distant from the shipping, which, if allo f eed to be completed, might prove a very serious annoy ance, the Commodore and I determined upon destroying it ; for which purpose a sufficient number - of 'boats were ordered ftom the fleet, under thearommand ofkitut.' Wilkinson, and I ordered the grenadier company of his Mitiesty's :18th regiment, under Captain Birch, to be embarked on board of them. The whole. were in readiness, and sailed a little before daylight on the morning of the Iflth. • " Herewith 1 beg leave 'to enclose Captain Birch's report of the result, whichleaves me to regret the loss of 'a valuab l e officer, Lieut. Ker r , o f t h e 38 t h regiment, who, with one rank and file, was killed, and 9 wounded. On the part of the navy, that enterprising and active oflicer , Lieut. Wilkinson and live woundea. " The spirited decision of Captain Birch and Lieut. Wain and the gallant manner in which their orders were curried into effect by both Aitken& and men, merit every praise, and must have left astrong impression un the enemy of what they have to exp ec t, should an opportunity ofThr of bringing them fairly into contact with the British anus." " TO MUMMER -GENERAL SIR. A. cAstPnELL, -COIIIiI*NDINAI E FORCES, &C. , Sir—l have the honour to inform you, that in obedience to your ord ers , I this morning embarked with the grenadier company of his Majesty's 311th Regiment, under my command, 1 on board the boats .of his Majesty's ship Lacy, commanded by Lieutenant Wilkinion, of the Royal Navy, having four row boats for.tbe conveyance of die soldiers, for the purpose of dis lodging the enemy from the village of Killyumdine and adja . - 1 , eli, eduha.—lii s ajesty's taiip SlaneY ; Hop. COMPanY'S ship lituctd. Transports —Anna ROhertson, Francis W ar d en . Detachment —His Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, and seven M companies of the 30th regunent Bengal N.I. Negrais.—lion. Company's cruiser Mercury. Transports—llermione and Carron. First• battalion .17th Madras N.I.J. Small detach went Madras Artillery. PAats, OCT. 9.—lt is not true, as a Journal states to-day, we know not on what authority, that the pay .of the corps of the unity has been increased. It is not easy to understand with what view such a piece of news could be pub• lished, without first endeavouring to ascertain its truth. People were justly surprised at the absence of the Clergy when the body of the late King was 'removed on the e3d Sept. from Paris to St. Donis. Every body spOke of it according to his own no. Along ; and the 4110tiVOS of it have been ascribed to circumstances wholly foreign to the occasiou. It is not the first instance of such judgments, founded on ignorance or prepossession; One word will suffice to put an end to the reports that' may have been .circulated on the subject. We have informed ourselves of the real cm:se of the absence of the Clergy : it was nothing buts mis -take in the regulation of the proces►ion, and in. the sending of the invitations; this mistake (mai ~eniendts) was the cause that the notice given for the,attendance of the Clergy did not reach the. Archbishop. 'The Clergy of Paris could not take a :place in the procession without being stlUl. lnoned, and it .they had been,,khey assuredly : Would not 'have 'failed to perform so sacred a :duty. A vessel which sailed from Mitylene on the •:3d of September, and Arrived at Trieste on the c2sth, has etiarely confirmed the .. accounts Of the advantages obtained by the Greek in the channel of Samos. The friends of humanity d ail y p ut up prayers, that the powers of Ch an ri end sten to do the calam may e m n ities crloy whic the h , ir intervention to put desolate the East. What must be their grief at seeing, on the contrary, that if one of these Powers intervenes at this moment, it is in a man ner that is threatening, and even hostile to that unfortunate Christian nation, which is endea vouring to throw air the yoke of the barbarous followers of Mahornet ! It will be recollected that the Greek Government, justly incensed that European Captains had freighted their vessels to • the Turks for the conveyance of their troops, to contempt of the principles of neutrality, ordered the commanders of its fleets to destroy these un worthy Christians, who could not be considered red in any other light than as rersegadoes and pira [The writer here mentions the proclamation ' of Sir F. Adam, in consequence of the refusal of the Greeks to revoke their orders, and the o sa t il. big of two English frigates in consequence the coast of the Morea. Ile then contionei] :• " Thus at the moment when we are writing these lines, k is possible that the Turks, Egyptians, Tunisians, ant! Alge7ine.. united under the standard of their Prophet, may be erjoy: .'; the ineffable pleasure of seeing Christians tiring ur ,, ''' . Christians., whose destruction they are sworn to endr .1 a. I (let us be allowed this observation) t he Sovereig name this kind of declaration of war aga i nst men w % h , ) or' Ou r , veto lb. brethren in Jesus Christ, has been promulgated, title of Defender of the Faith, which was I,•iven to e:;.; of Ins predecessors by the common father of the faithful." I Front the Constilutionnel of SaturdaY.) , BaussELs, OCT. 5. —Yesterday, M. Leboill ,t h e police agent of this town, appeared before the Court of Mize% charged with (Wrenn t arbitrary arrests. The firit inStallee tans that of a publican Lear the Schaerbeck gate, wive bou'e lie had shut up by his private authorit in second charge 1r4 . , 11 f of having arrested M. Haut, an advocate, in the cliief Ware " . y. le the town, and having conducted him to prison. The re We ? also a charge of arresting two entlemen on leaving the theatn, ,•, fle d, and in die proceedings another g illegal arrest was In eria e l " ,b' o tni ` ol c ic ock con cotu,d — Rrtrth a uw bo e:s u asai t ti;l 2 7ol o l.iTt w wta. i ni t ti n oo. es tti s in e ,e, s .ib.ao w inin e e,.i re arto tr ; that of the brother of M. Lebon. The trial oil account °' " in - ': e singular business, to my nothin • more of it, began st n , , , ‘• kits been published here:— " Ilv his Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir F. A , Ismi Digit Commissioner, &c. The Prosi.donal (iovenvulrit of Greece having published a Proclamation, addressed ta,,n, Majestl's Consul at Constantinople, and the Consols fs'e,', other European Powers in the Archipelago, in which is.a.eirtnit as followsconsequence of the captains of ii! li oi l Europt•an vessels, in spite of the orders of their Consins,ir Tc. in violation of the principles of neutrality a dopted b 1 r ile spective Sovereigns, in the contest in which the C,,ish engaged, having hired out their vessels to the Emitl:lla Government, for the transport of troops, ammunitio, ~,, provisions ; these vessels, as well as their crews, shdl be CO sidered as not belonging to neutral nations, but shall be uely e. as enemies, and as such they shall be attacked, buret„lther stroyed, with their crews, by the Greek fleet, or Y s l /: e nte armed force which may meet them ;' his 31ajestY, l° snailerne the right of that neutrality,the duties of which he has ~,the fulfilled during the . present contest. and in order te Pr° le ''gai I ) rOC. mina: commerce and existence of his 'subjects, and of the inns 0 placed under his exclusive protect:on, has given ortlersY.?,,j Lord nigh Commissioner to • demand or the said I _.'nuealch Government the immediate revocation of a Proclamation wil;11. is contrary to the laws of nations, and all theprine i P les ° owe. Inanity and of commerce of civilized nations. In coo"",„ e o f the Lord High Conunissioner has demanded, in thc n,a . 1 , 10. his Majesty, the revocation of the said Proclamation the „jog visional Government having refused. and this refusal '! 1 , 'i iaoltl:ilin: jascdot:tvehaetuhteocnoetoirt'clpecos. been notified to the Commander-in-Chief of his 31tnes r to naval forces, it is now declared by this Proclamation, tha l , he said Commander-in-Chief, conformably to the atie.ll3, has received front the Lords Commissioners el' the , Aan lir o ,,,l will arrest and capture all the vessels, armed, or bearing s.„ent men, equipped by the authority of the Provisional Goverlrot of Greece, or by those who acknowledge its authority ; , nl ,,, t ito these instructions shall be execut d, till the said p r :4 01 of the Provisional Government shall, be authenticallY,re,' pro' in all its parts, and till its revoca t ion shall be n otitiedr„ - „o• per manner to the Lord High Canunissioner , and the LA°,:,,,t01 fcor of fu, h s is ep t:tc 6 :ll l 7 l2 7 , der,in-Chiefpf his Ala i lesti's naval forces. This shall h e l i ,„ - 01- and published in Engltih, Greek; anti Italian, and 0 11i- ,,tion• cated to the competent Authorities to be carried into We immediatelyp.iiilso :a I TO ' r. a c i I LI : eo order r• reia 1' " J. RUDSDEL, S' c cbtaw In order to execute the measure ordered by this Ir e p iled tion, two English frigates, which were in the harh°! . ;l• 3 shil' is to join t he m. pereo ts ' 'iti, ) - - t w ' a n t E ers xc o t f t t :tr e NINI:s.--ea.Ficti:ehe Adluir "cd at 102 f. 40c. • closed at 102 f. 45c.—Rente trEsPIII, "n'' Royal Spanit:h Loan, 1823, MA —Exchange on lit°,„ ( 1 )39 1 month, 25f. I sc. ; three ditto, 251:—(Coursilulholigu.' IMO 'BRUSSELS PAPEERS• We received last night 13Eussel Pape which the follo%vitw are ex t r acts:—~ '' tive orders to the Barbary States, to furnish " A t:by e gent pog that news has been received there that the Sultan has $e , r . osnu no, SEPT. 30.—We learn I tters from Triefte: fain number of ships of war, to join the Captain ?Obit ~wild furnish Algiers, who at the beginning of the stomeei`,irr not his contingent, kas been warned that lie 11 .1 : 0 w ill send a more considerable number, and that the Set` not listen to any excuse. I iqh O . " On the other hand it is a ffi rmed, that tile 1 3 .. r. t 40,0 1* bassador at Constantinople had obtained front re fers reftl ift firman, positively enjoining the Barbary Power Allis w oe from all hostilities towards European vessels' A I r OW IVY is said to have arrived at Algiers some days ai• e ' t ot her , had declared war against Strain, and also threatenet Nor' condary Powers, such as Naples, Sardinia, an the „ tit lands. t in ct I t is throught that the Dey, who has no intere:_ ~,ilic broiling himself with the Porte, will reutrn to To.tr;fe 0 - 0 the sentiments. The Porte will insist as much as v. ea silP v execution of its firman, for the Algerine pirates miga, tariatiot tack the weak Austrian marine , wl • h cruises in die ' no t OP and Austria, so near a neighbour to Turkey. wool. :i or the immetliatell 3gr"be means to make the Ottoman Government inae niniti I A b r injury done to its marine by the Barbary Fir st°. 1 "'"" g " BRUSSELS, OCT. 7.—The Countess of Sorvillieni ingg 0 . family, after having so long resided in this citY, il in globel iti v hear, to settle at Home, with Loden Btionaperte,L,— rte er' 7 ,o the capital of the Christian World. Joseph " --. 1 e fine resolved to remain in America, where he cultivates%o his ten improves improves his estates, and on all occasions rentente.,..trr, st.t... hapy countrymen, whom fate has carried to that ou" ' t . !elf he " can be useful to them. The States o f the Pope and Tuscany ore e P 6rts ino" th , te s " Iturbide, ill-advised, in which those, who have fallen from their form er 11 ' i n ite'r prefer seeking hospitality. left g torn 1 -r. 4 . lim o tli o, meet his fate in Mexico ; and the ex-QMen, ° ,,,' „,,"• 0r to reside in the line c li mate of Florence." --r r-- ' ' L e 1 i,',.(mun, .to.,f-doing ST( at bloced Oct. 8.) '"""""""' lot a° Yesterday stre p e r t og bei ng the great cattle mar De in; Smithfield, and Blackfrinrs Blidg e b oa order of the LORD M -Avon, an untoual SeCtieci es, up in the roadway for 14 &I 1 , 0 0 displayed . on Waterloo Bridge and its 11prvoi inFor the fi rst time numbers of oxen emota-0e d ress from Holborn through Great tr ot, Bryd ' t w o h. d h irect their for " obe Bridgeges' and C a therine.streel a t own Drury-lane, Little •Itosseiltiliefloo I e. Coaches, carts, in orde r Surrey ' s'd t o course otyheeri r t il l :It' l l t :lo t l o b: vehicles of different kinds, which berel°l° lido e PI e' i lake!' the route of Bluckfriars, wer e -° P O much to the grati fi cation of the toll colrlecropolt Waterloo Bridge and the profit of the v i , g terl° ° ' bride Burin g the whole of yesteritagity. one w continued scene of animation an. t 4 ". waggon', at: re h ad ~~