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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY itixtrdets from the Murnmg Pupe;•e, Aug. 6, 18'25. [BRITISH PR ESS.3 We have been favoured with a view of private fetters to the 15th February from the seat of war in India. By these we find that the gallant and persevering Officer, Sir A rchibald.Campbell, had drawn his troops out of Rangoon, and put them forward on their march into the enemy's country. On the Itth the camp was formed eight miles from Rangoon, and on one of the days imme diately, following, the troops were in motion with Z 4 ir Archibald at their head. We regret to find that the Commander-in-Chief was not able to em ploy‘the whole of his disposable force in this ex pedition, owing to the difficulties and delays which were encountered in bringing up commis sariat stores. The forces actually in the field consisted of about 1,400 Europeans, a regiment of Sepoys, 400 of the Governor-General's Body Guard, and 140 Horse Artillery, with twelve pieces of cannon. With this inadequate force,, Sir Archibald Campbell has undertaken again to plant his standard in the field of battle ; and we have no doubt the same brilliant success which has hitherto marked the arms of this accom plished commander, will attend the efforts of his gallant little band upon this occasion. Besides the troops above mentioned, the second division, about a thousand strong, under the command of Brigadier-General Cotton, was speedily to em bark and proceed in boati up the river by Yain, Chan Zah, and Duroben. Seven hundred men were deputed to the capture of Bassien, the only commercial town remaining in the hands of the Burmese. A juncture was to be formed on the route with General Morrison, who was advancing steadily from Chittagong with a veteran body of troops. Prome is understood to be the point upon which the grand army was to move ; and here it was expected that Bundoola, who has lately received large reinforcements from Amera poora, would endeavour to dispute the advance of the British. Disheartened by the previous achievements of the same army, and by the de fection of the natives, who were flocking in great numbers to place themselves under British pro tection, we can entertain no doubt as to the fate of the barbarian. [NEw TIMES.] A great variety of letters reached town yes terday from different parts of - the world, but their Contents were rather of commercial than political importance. The Morley, which sailed from Bengal on the 12th of March, has brought some accounts of the progress of affairs in the Burmese territories ; but their result is upon the whole inconsiderable. An unsuccessful attempt was made by some of our land and sea forces on the Island of Ramree, on the coast of Arracan : General Shuldham continued to advance slowly, through a very difficult country, upon Munni pore ; General Morrison's corps had reached the banks of the Majeeo; and Sir Archibald Camp bell had broken up from Rangoon, and was marching upon Frome, conformably to the plan which we mentioned some time ago. The Maha Bundoola was reported to be at Parlong, and to have collected 80,000 men to oppose Sir Archi bald's advance ; but this rumour was not much credited ; and at all events it had no effect in ar resting the progress of• the British force. An unsuccessful attack had been made on a stockade occupied by the Burmese about 30 miles from Rangoon. In the construction of these defences the Burmese show more skill and ability than in any othr part of the military art. The advices from Mexico represent that country as enjoying great tranquillity. The Government appears to have establishnd itself firmly : and what is most important, the revenue is collected with ease and regularity. The English and American Envoys had presented their credentials, and had been formally received by the President of the Re public. [MORNING POSTI • By the Georgian& and the Morley which ar rived yesterday, we have received papers and in telligence from Bombay to the 14th of February, and from Bengal to the 17th of March. The campaign had at last been opened on the part of the . , Rangoon army. On the 16th of February Sir A:. Campbell having ,received the reinforce ments ,which he expected from Madras and Cey lOnk had broken up from his encampments, under a satlnte of seventeen guns, and has begun his march towards Munipore, where it was supposed the - Burmese would make a stand, if indeed they • -,• dl4 not • avail themselves of the nature of the grOnnd which was most favourable for defensive operations, to, check our advance at an earlier period. Great exertions had been made to pre- pie a road for the army,. and the forest which bad so long occupied the .pioneers had been »earlar.got through, but the rains which had fallen .in carhar had not only materially retarded thelabours of the advanced party, but had - ren dere4 .some parts of ,the road, which ,had been ma •-. cte,,almnst impassable for cattle pf, any kind. places there was a succession, of null aliLlind swamps, .which threatened to oppose se rilta.olistacles to the progress of the troops. ve,s — helieved that, the army must advance suc oeS'Sively. :by single corps. On, .the, 1.03 of Feb('uary the third c Brigade, ,with the Part: of Artillery under Brigadier_ Shuldharp, had march ed,frern Doodpatlee, and General Cotton had embar)i.ed with. the_ greater proportion of the army. ' On the 19th he was expected at Dona bee, where he would be joined by Sir A. Camp bell:-general Morrison's cave') was on the banks of the Majee river on the lst-of March, Waiting fur the boats under Captain Hayes, to cross the river, which was two miles' broad at•the plaCe where the army had assembled. Captain Hall having.been . sent • from Cheduba with a detach-' meta. of 500 : men to.take•posses4ion of the island of 44.amree, had been' misled by treacherous and compelled tore-embark with a trif ling- lasS. :Captain Godwln•had also made an unsuccessful attack on a ',stockade about thirty' miles froOm Rangoon. Btlndala and his brother General were reported to be at Parking with 80,000 men, but noctedit was attached to the rumour. [THE TIMES.] By Caraccas Papers to the 23d of June, re ceived yesterday, it appears that an epidemic fever had raged for some time in the vallies of Aragua. Several meetings of the municipality had taken place for the purpose of administering relief to the sufferers, and arresting the progress of the disease. Two hospitals were ordered to be established, and a subscription for supplying medicines, &c., to the poor was opened. In our paper of Monday last we mentioned, without vouching for it, a rumour that the treaty with Mexico had not been ratified by our Go vernment. An Evening Paper, which, however, is evidently not in the confidence of Ministers, has put forth the following paragraph, in explana tion of the fact :—" A rumour has prevailed for several days past, that some difficulties had arisen whkh prevented the ratification, on the part of our Government, of the treaty concluded with the Mexican Republic. Much misconception prevails on this subject, as might be expected. The treaty was forwarded to this country, rati fied in due form by the Mexican Government ; but there were two or three stipulations in it of minor importance, which it was thought expedient to have modified. Hence the necessity of refer ring it back again to the Government of Mexico, because, having been formally ratified by it, the slightest alteration afterwards rendered such a course necessary, according to the usual forms of diplomatic proceeding observed on such occasions." DUE PUBLIC LEDGEIt.] 'By the Otranto Mail which arrived yesterday, we have received advices from Zante, to the 29th of June. Up to this period, Ibrahim Pacha continued to pursue his victorious career; and, whether from the apathy of the people, or the perfidy of their Chiefs, there seemed not to be the least chance that he would be arrested in it. He had taken and destroyed Arcadia, the capital of the well known province of that name, where he alto captured and burnt Nisi, Calmata, and Almeyro. He next di rected his course against Maims (ancient Sparta) where he occupied Kytrus, the capital and the residence of the famous Petron Bay, which he also reduced to a heap of ashes. All this time he does not appear to have encoun tered any resistence worth mentioning.--- Having returned to Modon, he next proceed ed against Trepolizza, which was occupied about the 25th of June, and reduced nearly to a heap of ruins, though it is not certain whether the Greeks or the Egyptians set fire to this important place. Whilst things were proceeding in this disastrous manner for the Greeks in the Morea, their affairs wore as unfavourable an aspect in Western Greece. Anatolico, which is termed by our Correspondent the key-stone of INilissolongbi, has been taken by assault; and besides the ;nuns ence its capture may have on the fate of that place, it is looked upon as a most important event, on account of the proof it affords of the fidelity of the Albanians in the service of B.edschid Paella_ In the mean time the Greeks appear to have beeri sunk in the greatest apathy ; and it was strongly suspected, at the date of our advices, that Colocotroni and the other Chiefs who had been lately set at liberty, were either intriguing with the enemy for their safety, or had actually sold themselves to him. This supposition, revolting as it is, receives a strong confirmation from the charac ter of the men, as well as from the circumstance, that there was no force assembled in the Morea to oppose the progress of the enemy. At the same time, the inhabitants refused every where to enlist ; and it is not at all extraordinary that the invaders were every where successful.—The Captain Pacha's fleet was still at Suda, where it was preparing, in conjuction with the Egyptian and Algerine Squadron, to take 18,000 men on board, to convey them to the assistance of Ibra him Paella. However, the latter is said to have declined this reinforcement, as he thought him self fully competent, with the forces he had al -1 ready under his command, to effect the conquest I of the Morea. MORNING HERALD.] We are glad to see it contradicted that the Magistrate who found it necessary to call in the aid of the military to assist in quelling a disturb unce a few night since at Paddington, " had or dered the soldiers to enter the houses for the pur pose of apprehending the rioters." Nothing but a most extreme necessity, such a one indeed as we can hardly contemplate, could justify such a mea sure as that ; and the Magistrate who would re sort Co such a step, except on such an emer gency, would deserve the severest condemnation. We seem to be fast losing that jealousy of mili tary interference in our civil concerns which dis tinguished our ancestors. It is' the duty of the Press (a duty which, we trust, that those who conduct it will never shrink 'from) to resist every encroa - chm4nt s , or approach to encroach ment, upon public liberty ; and to bring back the public mind, and the conduct of public functionaries, as far as limy be, to those whole some principles of freedom which alone have ren dered this country what she We are far from saying that there may not be occasions when, in sudden tumults,'arising froM the dense population Of the metropolis, it may become indispensably necessary to call in the military in aid of the civil power. We know that the most alarming commotion which LOndon ever saw (the riots in 1780) became what they were, solely in conseqnence of thislowness and pitssillanimity of the civil Magiitrates in having recourse to a com patent fqree to cruShthe insurrection. But when this necessity occurs, it is absolutely necessary that the civil power should throughout be the di-• resting and the responsible power; that the wig ' tary assistance should . be confined to keeping the peace atid:checking open insubordination ; and above all, the sacred privacy of an Englishinan's dwelling, should not be violated by military intr,u siMi: We have thought it right to throw out these - rernarkt,"not with a View . of imputing blame to. any one' (for on the occasion we allude to, no blame that we pe'rceive, - attaches to any one)i but with a view of keeping alive that Constitu tional jealousy upon the subject, which we can not too often repeat, has been in times the best bulwark of public freedom. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] In order that in the rage for persecuting the working classes, which is so conspicuous among the more vulgar part of the Magistracy, the ex ample of the sages of Blackburn may not lead other Justices to issue out a roving commission for the purpose of capturing Sunday-Barbers, and all who are absent from their respective churches and chapels, on Sundays and Holidays, it may not be amiss to inform them, that in the case, tried at the Bedfordshire Lent Assizes, fog 1817, the Rev. Edward Drake Free against Sir Montague Roger Burgoyne, for 3801., the pe nalties of nineteen months' absence from Church, lit was distinctly stated from the Bench—that no liberal mind could have construed the Statute of Elizabeth in the manner in which it had been construed by the plaintiff. The operation of the law was meant to apply only to Roman Catholics and Puritans. It was a persecting law, framed with a view to give the Church of England the victory over her adversaries. The case of the Barber is only one of a number of wanton aggressions against the working classes recorded in the same paper. it is really disgraceful to abandon the working classes to the caprice of every fool, whosel officiousness has procured for him a seat on the Magisterial Bench. Dr. MacCulloch, in his work on Scot land, which has stirred up so much the wrath of our irritable northern neighbours, has some very sensible observations on the impertinent man lier in which the lower people are treated in this country, which he deems " a result of the base and contemptible aristocracy of wealth in which England glories." 44 The world," he says," does not render the common people justice. We hold aloof from them, as if our dignity could be injured by the communication ; thus widening a breach is too wide already. It is remarked that they do not trust us, even when we wish to do them good ; and this is now complained of in the new system of education. We cannot much wonder at this When they are DOW insolent, it is from tl►e feeling of pride and neglect. When once they find that we respect them in their own rank, they will not be long in learning to respect us in ours." SOCIETY OF SCHOOL MASTERS. The benevolent objects of this Institution, and the respectable characters to whom the.conduct of it is intrusted, induce us to give insertion to the following letter from a Gentleman distinguished for learning, talents, and moral worth ; with the hope that the Institution will be liberally sup ported by every friend to Literature : LITERARY FUND SOCIETY CHAMBERS, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1525. I am directed by the Committee of the Society of School masters to invite your attention to the Charitable Institution of which they have the management, in the hope, that it may appear to you not undeserving of that patronage which L now beg leave, in their names, most earnestly to solicit. .The Society has been established nearly thirty years, but its existence is by no means generally known; and its applicants baye bccoint; far too numerous to derive any adequate aid from its very limited resources. The more prosperous Members of the Profession, to some of whom the Institution owes its origin, have contributed liberally to its support, but it is com pletely beyond their ability to bestow permanent assistance on such of their brethren as by age, infirmity, or misfortune, are incapable of maintaining themselves and their families. For these, no pension or annuity, no decent or comfortable asylum, has been provided, either by private bounty, or by public mu nificence ; and, with the exception of the Institution, for which we now plead, no Fund exists, to which, with any reasonable prospect of success, they can apply even for temporary relief. On the respectability or usefulness of our Profession it is not for us to speak ; and we forbear also to dwell upon its toils and difficulties, or upon the influence, moral, civil, or religious, which it beneficially exercises upon the community at large. In thus appealing, however, to the benevolence of our country men, we believe that we only discharge a duty in making known to them the wants of many most distressed and meri torious men ; and we feel confident, that those especially, who -have reflected the highest honour upon that education to which they owe their greatest blessings and advantages, will not be unmindful of - their obligations to those, who are now, in many instances, old and infirm, poor and friendless, after hay ing. faithfully devoted to their important charge the best vigour of their life, and most laborious exercise of their faculties. I have the honour to subscribe myself, Your very faithful Servant, CHARLES PARR BURNEY, Chairman of the Committee, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, AUG. 3.—At five o'clock this afternoon ANTHONY GREGsoN, Esq., of Lowlin, High-Sheriff for Northumberland, set out on horseback, from the New County Courts, accompanied by a large party of gen tlemen, Freeholders and others, with a long string of carriages, to meet his Majesty's Justices of Assize, at Sheriff Hill, in the county of Durham. About half-past seven the cavalcade re turned with Sir JOHN BAILEY and Mr. Baron IluHock, when they immediately proceeded to open the Commissions at the Guildhall (for Newcastle) and the County Courts, in the Castle Garth. The Sheriff of Newcastle (GEORGE SHADFORTII, Esq.) entertained a large patty of Gentlemen with wine in the Guildhall, in the afternoon ; and when the Judges came within the precincts of the town, upon the Tyne-bridge, the worthy Sheriff, accompanied by a numerous body of Friends, was upon the spot to receive and felicitate the judicial Dignitaries in the usual manner. The criminal calendar is light, both for the town and the county. It is fortunate that the weather has been several degrees cooler since yesterday morning. Indeed a fine refreshing shower has fallen, and the appearance of the clouds, as well as the partial sinking of the barometer, would seem to indicate a further fall. Heaven grant it may be so, for the country is in the most parched and exsiccated state, and water is extremely scarce in many places ! The York Herald of Saturday last says—" A general opinion prevails amongst those who are likely to be well-informed, that we are to have a dissolution of Parliament after the harvest in the present year." Eight London smacks arrived at Leith on Sun day, some of which had been 16 days on their passage, owing to the light winds. There had not been an arrival of a smack from .London for eight days before. The steam packets, re cently arrived, were crowded with passengers, and refused many who applied for births in London. So numerous are tra vellers by sea at this season, that money was offered to the steam packets for permission to lie on the cabin floors.--(Editsburgh Observer.) _ - . DUTCH WHEATS.—The following is extracted from the Brussels Oracle of the 29th July :—The wheats of this year's growth in the Netherlands are of a quality so superior, that the like have not been seen within the memory of any one living; they are in point of fact worth double the value of the wheats grown last year. Every thing concurs to warrant the opinion that grain of this description will keep a very long time ; but though the quality of the grain is so pre-emi nently good, we cannot report the crop an abun dant one—because the very droughty weather has proved prejudicial, particularly on middling lands, where there is no great depth of soil. For the same reason the crops of pease, beans, pota toes, will be far from productive. INDIA. Extracts from the Calcutta Papers to the Bth March : ( From the Calcutta Government Gazette, March 3. ) cc NAGPORE, FEB. 19. " The Bth Bengal Cavalry marched this morning in progress to their new destindtion, Barelly. The Bth Madras Cavalry are expected to cross the Wurdah to-day, and will arrive he about the 28th instant. _ _ . " The late attack on Ramree, described in the following ex tract from the Hurkara, was quite unconnected with the general plan of operations, and was undertaken by Colonel Bampton, without and orders to that effect. The capture of Ramree was not, it appears, one of the objects of the present campaign on the Arracan coast. CIIEDUBA, FEB. 10, 1825. " Captain Hardy went in the Hastings frigate 20 or 30 miles between the Island of Ramree and the main (which Captain Ross, the Marine Surveyor General, said it was impossible to do in any thing larger than a gun-boat), and after a great deal of boating and trouble succeeded in finding out Ramree creek, which leads up to the town and stockade of that name. His men landed in various places along the coast, and burnt one or two villages, and succeeded in taking two prisoners ; one of them, I believe, was attached to the Artillery department, if such a name may be given to the Birmah Jinjals, .&c. We obtained what was thought sufficient information from them, to make a descent on the island ; accordingly, our two howitzers and 26-pounders under Captain Hall, 500 men of the 40th, with the colours, the whole under the command of Colonel Hampton, embarked on board the transport Francis Warden, and gun-boats, on the 27th and 28th of January, and on the 29th, we weighed anchor; the winds being light, and the ebb tides very strong, we did not ' drop anchor abreast of Ramree creek until the 2d of February. Captain Hardy, Major Mur ray, and one or two other Officers, proceeded in boats up the creek, and after proceeding about four miles up were stopped by a row of stakes which were well constructed ; but not being defended a passage through them was speedily effected ; about 100 yards further up they were again stopped by a much more formidable pallisading, consisting of nine rows of stakes, which were distinctly counted from the mast-head of the Matchless. Our boats fired at a breast-work, which was on the right hank, and defended the approach to the stakes ; there was an opening for boats at every alternate row, right and then left, so that whilst a boat would be clearing these the breast-work would knock off a tolerable proportion of men ; to proceed was impos sible. A plain was discovered on the right bark, below the first row of stakes, where the troops could land. With this information the boats returned, and having sounded the depth of the wall at low water, found that the Planet buoys vessels edged up very easily. At eight o'clock next morning, all being ready, the troops proceeded up the creek, and at half past nine, landed in the plain above-mentioned. While we were to take the breast-work in flank, the gun-boats were to attack in front, if the removal of the stakes could be ef fected. We were soon brought up by a nullah, which, with the aid of an escalading ladder laid down for a bridge, we crossed. We were soon obliged to halt again, finding a second nullah ; the enemy disputed the passage of this, but after a little reconnoitring, it being found very shallow, the troops dashed across—the enemy standing until we came within 40 or 50 yards of them—their front was protected by Rangows, which obliged the leading party to make a detour to the right and left, the light footed rascals escaped, and we took quiet possession of two badly constructed entrenchments without further loss than three wounded Europeans. After a slight rest, parties were sent to scour the jungle—a hill on our right and a village on our left—here all hands sat down, it being then 12 o'clock, the sun intolerably hot, and the men calling for water. I must here tell you that we were just as far from the entrenchment on the bank of the river, which it was our object to arrive at as quickly as possible, as when we first disembarked on the plain; and it became obvious to all, that either the guides were wil fully misleading us, or they knew nothing about what they professed to know. At one o'clock we again moved on over Paddy Fields, crossed a hill, from the top of which we perceived the enemy arrayed in a plain below, and on our right; they scampered off with all imaginary speed, ponies and gilt chattas making the best of their way to the jungle,— suffice it to say, that we were here completely entrapped, and hang the guide was the universal cry; and after being exposed for two hours to a heavy, but ill-directed fire from jinjals and matchlocks, we thought it prudent to retrace our steps—which we accordingly did, the enemy following us within two hun dred yards, and repeatedly closer. We reached the spot we marched from at half-past five, every man incapable of moving his limbs one inch further, owing to the heavy swampy state of the ground. Having failed in our intended operations, owing to the treachery of our guides, we re-embarked, and at twelve o'clock at night our boats were out of the creek. Our total loss in killed and wounded was, 6 killed, about 19 wounded, two since dead. I should think we had not less than 1,000 men opposed to us—and I have no doubt that they can bring 2,000 into the field against us. It is to be hoped that Government will reinforce us with some Europeans and pioneers, and enable us to take this island. They will not fail to crow now at their success--and will most probably be elated sufficiently to stand the charge of the bayonet—an occurrence most devoutly to be wished for. CIIEDISBA, FEB. 12. ". Capt. Hardy having in a descent on the Ramree coast taken two prisoners, and forwarded them to our Colonel, such in formation was obtained as induced the latter, who had hitherto resisted all intreaties on that subject, to send force to take the island. On- the 29th ult. 500 of our regiment, with two six pounders, two howitzers, and 48 artillerymen, embarked on board the Francis Warden and the Planet. We arrived abreast the Ramree Creek on the 2d Feb., when we met the Hastings frigate. She had proceeded up and explored this formidable harbour, which, although it had been pronounced extremely dangerous and unfit for any but the smallest vessels, we found it capable of containing one hundred sail of the line with per fect safety. " On the Captain Hardy, of the Hastings, Major Murray, Captain Hall, and our Adjutant, proceeded up the creek, to re connoitre. They found it large enough to admit brigs, and were stopped by a stockade across the river, when the enemy fired on them. Above 400 yards above this they saw several rows of stakes driven down obliquely, crossing each other at various points, and firmly bound together. On approaching them they perceived a traverse of zigzag passage for small boats only, and it was protected by a breast-work ; farther tip the river other rows of stakes were observed, and sticks so placed as to resemble the face of a stockade. They returned in the evening, and Captain Hardy seemed of opinion that our force was tocssmall, and that we should meet with much oppo sition. On the following morning we got the troops into the boats, and proceeded up the creek at about a mile and a half from the mouth ; we landed near the first row of stakes without opposition. The reserve, consisting of about 180 men with the artillery, were left here under Captain Warden, the ground be ing too swampy for the guns to advance. The main body of about 320 of the 40th Regiment, with about 40 sailors, and 30 of the Bombay L. Regiment, who do duty as marines on board the Hastings, advanced under Col. Hampton through a long narrow swampy plain, skirted on each side by close and im penetrable jungle. We were guided by two Burmahs and the Doobachce, who has so long been practising his villainy here, and now intended to complete it by having us all cut off. We were soon stopped by a deep nullah from behind the jungle, on the opposite side of which we were fired on by the Burmahs from jinjals, &c. There we had to construct a bridge without scaling ladders, and passed over it, after more than an hour's delay, with considerable difficulty. The Doobachee here de clared we should meet with no more nullahs, but a little fur ther on we met another, which, however, we were able to wade through. The enemy continued to fire, and retire through the jungl till we came to abreast-work at the foul. of ii hill, niacro n few of them made an attempt to stand, but were quickly driven out. We found it a paltry place, and not worth having. From this we proceeded to a small village on our left, which was completely deserted, but we found plenty of sinter which was a great relief to our men, who were almost dying of thirst and fatigue from the great heat of the day, and the heavy swampy ground over which we had passed. " From the village we ascended a hill, on which we found an entrenchment about thirty yards square ' • it was partly de stroyed, and the enemy did not attempt todefrul it. We saw about half a dozen men on horseback at a consderable distance, one of them with a gilt Chattali ; we descenied into a narrow plain, or defile, skirted on our side by close jingle, and on the other by a chain of hills also covered with jugle.. They fired on us as we went along from *the foot of tese hills, hiding • themselves behind trees, and easily escapint into the thicker parts of the jungle whenever we charged thin. At the forti fied or entrenched tree, marked on the plan rhich I send you, they had several small jinjals and musks, and kept up a smart fire upon us ' • one of the Light Ifantry was killed close by my side. I had a double-btrelled Joe Man ton, and kept up with -the advance allday except when obliged occasionally to stop. We were ,rdered to charge and drive them from this tree. I desire? on with them, and had a few shots at a fellow within sevent yards, who stopped to fire at us. I brought him' down. We rund marks of blood in several places near the tree, but the bores were carried off. We went cin through the plain, drove the !nemy fro m a s mall breach near the end of it, turned to our riht, directed by our guides, and were brought up byanother Allah and jungle so close that it was impossible for more than oe person to pass at a time; what some of us had for some time tspected now became evident, viz. that the Doohashee and Vies had betrayed us. We had seen nothing of the stockade to 'rich they promised to lead us, and which I am convinced a should have carried sin five minutes by escalade. We Wer( surrounded by hills and jungle in which the enemy swarmed, who, though the! did not dare attack us, or await our charge, yet took advantag e of the nature of the country to snipe at us incessantly. 11 ... e were nearly four miles from our boats, and the day was f at spent, it being near three P.M., ou r m e n e x ces siv e ly latigur' and much in want of water. Under these circumstances was deemed prudent to return, and we retraced our steps to the hill under a galling fire from the enemy, who h a d r e -oecupie" the parts from which we had so lately driven them. Lieu' tenant Bell's men, and our Light Company, covere d the retreat. I had my share of it, h a vin g . rernaipe amongst the last, trying to get off the wounded, and oeca . sionally sniping with my double-barrelled gun at the enerai , who pressed close upon us, and became more daring as we i r: treated. We were obliged to leave three or fou r dead boa , e,' behind us, and had great difficulty in bringing off th e wounde d ' We got over the nullah No. 2, pretty well, but when we cat e e , 4 to No. 1, we were quite fagged. I, as well as seven other "ou'" cers, wanted the men to make a stand here, but in vain ; th e / passed by in spite of all we could do. " Bell, with a few Europeans, and a few of our light CO' pany, stood by us. We dashed into the nullah •and stuek - fl I fired my gun, but reserved my pistol to shoot myself throng the head when the enemy came up ; the Major, the Adjutal Bell, and Lieutenant Boyer of the frigate, all stuck fast, 51 2 ,, had we not been dragged out, should have fallen into the hauu e of the Burmahs, who were not a hundred yards behind us• was dragged out by a sepoy of the light corps and an Arab' of the frigate ; a little way from this we Marched, the reserve ad o vancing ; a few discharges from the guns set the Burmahsthe right about. We embarked that evening ; about seven we r killed, and 25 wounded.—(Hurkaru.) " At a late hour last evening the following communicat i°ll reached us from a most valuable correspondent, with Brigaw e ' , ' General Shuldham's force :- 44 FEBRUARY 14. " The 3d Brigade crossed the Barrack this forenoon, and ei l ; camped on the plain near Doodpatlee. Preparations for uh advance of the force seem nearly completed ; coolies and carristi e bullocks have been arriving in considerable numbers from Sy ; het, for several days past, and every thing indicates a spee d y move. at " The 52d Regiment and Left Wing of Blair's Horse , , ht yet remain unprovided with the requisite carriage to move; `a, 14th Regiment continue at Phoolborry, and the 39th at Paun ch Gong. " Great exertions are making by the advanced detachni ° to prepare the road for the army • the forest that has so 1)g occupied the pioneers, has at length been nearly got throug h ' the rain however that has fallen in Cachar during the last 01 has materially retarded the labour of the advanced party, rendered some parts of the • road they have.made almost i passable for cattle of any kind. In one part of it, we there are no less than thirty-two nullahs to cross in _fc, t e P g short space of three miles, the beds of which are a Per qua mire. 'We are unable to state what the plan of operations swill„ b i e y on reaching the hills, but it is generally supposed that the arw' must a W dvance successively by single corps. " at force the enemy have at Illunnipore for our W e l ) : tion, is not distinctly known ; nor is it, as far as our inforl, Lion enables as to state, ascertained whether the Burmese c° template meeting us at, or before reaching Munnipore. of " From all we can learn, the enemy are not possessc't c is a particle of enterprise, or they might dispute every of ground through the hills ; which present innumerabl e ° i f portunities of opposing our advance, with eomparativelY men. " There was a report in camp, that a few of the enenlY tt o been seen beyond the forest reconnoitring ; but from the "reit of the country, it is extremely difficult to ascertain what t intentions are until the army actually moves on. 1,- 1 6, 66 FEBRrAII- 4 1. " The 3d Brigade with the Park, under the personal X0,,,1. mand of Brigadier-General Shuldham, marched from . I „'S"i, kan patle d e yesterday morning, and to-day will have reached J y. hs fe " The accounts we received of the state of the road been fully confirmed by letters and the arrival of Olf ie o from the advanced party, who represent it as a succ e l - e „ of nullahs and swamps, through which cattle can s,cm, `ca ltd move without loads ; the rain has increased the dike`' very much, and unless we have some dry weather, it is sidered next to a miracle getting the train and cattle t hly " the forest. l4 °4. " The Right' Wing of Blair's Horse, and the 1 6,11 ee Battalion, are, it is said, to precede the army. We ri al' to hear that numbers of Pioneers have fallen sick, the badness of the water and the insalubrios china °. 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