The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-09-28 00:00:00

BOMBAY PAPERS.

Bombay Papers to the 18th June have been received ;
they contain tile ratified treaty with the Burmeae.• It
differs 'little from the outlines which we have laid before .
the public. The articles Ist, Utl, and 3il, state, there is to I
he perpetual friendship between the two countries. The
King of Ava renounces Assam, and its dependencies, with
the contiguous stabs, Cacher and Jyntua. Munnipore is i
to he governed by Wotan ber, as Itajob, provided he returns.
The British Government is to re•ain Arracati, with its ft.ur
divisions. The 4th, sth, and 6th 'moles relate to the
cession of the provinces of Yell, Tavoy, Mergiti, and Ton-
nasarian, with their depentleneies. 'rite King of Ave
agrees to pay one crore of mines, and no person to be
molested for any part he may hire taken in the war.
Seventh, Bth, and 211 articles—Acert tilted Ministers to be
received at die seat of Government of each party, and
regulate the money due from the King of Ava to private
individuals, and the duties to be levied on EngliOt ship-
ping in the Burmese territory. Tenth and 1 lth articles
The King of Siam to be included in the Treaty, and all
prisoners on each side to be given up.
CALCUTTA, MAY 25.
The Enterprise steam-vessel returned from Rangoon on Monday
last, having left that place on the lith. Every thing continued
quiet, and there was every reason to expect that the second instal-
ment would be punctually discharged. The body gaard was em-
barked on board several transports, which were to sail on the 16th.
The circumstance of chief interest which had occurred was the
foundation of a new town by the Commissioner, named Amherst
Town. Martaban being ceded to the Burmese by the provision of
the treaty, which relinquishes the ten itory on the right bank iif the
San-liinen, it became expedient to possess a station nit the left bank
of that river for the convenience of trade. An eliaible spot for this
purpose has been selected on a peninsula, near the mouth of the
Manahan river, formed between another river (llalyer) and tho
sea, and terminating in Cape Ilyai-Ilarni. We have been favoured
with a letter, communicating full and interesting details of the pm-
ceetlings on this .'erasion, wl;lch we shall publish in our next. By
, the letter of the 12th we learn that a cantonment had been con-
structed for a regiment of Native Infantry ; that the harbour,
which is a very excellent one, had been buoyed, and that of 431
lots, into which the town was divided, 280 hail been taken by re-
spectable settlers, chiefly Chinese. A new tribe of Peguins were
preparing to move thither; so that, notwithstanding the u i'avour-
able season at the first, the settlement would be occupied on
I the setting in of the rains. Great expectation was entertained that
I it would be speedily populous.

OFFICIAL POLITICAL DEPARTMENT.
Avnit.ll.

His Majesty's ship Alligator having arrived with Lieut.-Colonel
Tidy, bearing despatches from illajor.General Sir Archibald ('a op-
bell, and the Commissioners in Ava and Prgu, the following is the
general information :

" Fort William.

"SlR—The late defeats sustained by the Burmese Army, and
which Icti to its almost total dispersion, together with the vicinity
of the B ' ' h force to the capital of Ave, have hal the effect (I
trust sufficiently) to humble that haughty and arrogant Court
to a submission, which will, no doubt, be made for a length of
time subservient to its policy, so as not again wantonly to disturb
the peace of the British Government in India. I have, therefore,
only to say that I shall at once return, with the force under my
command, to Rangoon, there to await the further commands of
Government. (Signed)

Head-quartets, Comp Xanalshoo,
45 miles south-west of Ass."

" A. CAMPBELL."

ABSTRACT OF SECOED DESPATCH.
The inromation derived from repented conferences with the Bur-
mese agents, particularly with Dr.Prica and the liberated prisoners,
has sugggoted the expediency of the following alteration and
amendments of the former wording of the treaty.

In Article 3, the local names of the Anonpictnomew range of
nwantains have been inserted, and a passage has been added, re-
garding the rank of officers to be employed as Commissioners for
the settlement of boundaries.

In Article 4, Tenasserim, the general name of the province on
the coast, has been introduced on the San-Inner. river, recorded as
the future boundary between the provinces of Ve and Martaban.
A clause, defining the course to be in future pursued in disposing
of the property of individual*, the subjects of either State, who
may demise, within the dominions of the other, has been appended
to Article 8.

A hundred days from this date have, in the additional article, been
mentioned as the term for the p iyment of the second instalment at
Rangoon.
(.igned) A. CAM NI ELI, MajorMeneral.
C. F. RIMER Civil CommissiJner.
Camp, Xandaboo, Feb. !3,

THE MANCHESTER BRANCH ESTARLTSH.
MEN2' OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

Inquiries having been veryfrequently made of us, with.
in the last few days, as to what is the mode of doing husi.
ness adopted by the branch of the Bank of England, which
was opened in this town on Thursday last, we have taken
some pains to obtain a little information on the subject,
which we hope will not be useless or uninteresting to our
commercial readers. The agent, as is pretty well known,
is Alexander Nl'Gregor, Esq. formerly an eminent mer-
' chant in Liverpool, and the sub-agent, Edward Smyth,
Esq., formerly a partner in the banking ceneern of Messrs.
Daintry, Ryle, and Co., of :Macclesfield. Any commercial
house having a desire to open an account with the branch,
of course makes its wish known to those gentlemen. who
forthwith transmit a notice of the application to the Direc-
tors of the parent establishment in London, accompanied,
it is to be presumed, by such information, as to the respon-
sibility and mercantile standing of the applicants, as they
may have it in their power, or deem it necessary, to com-
municate. These applications are taken into consideration
on the next Court-day (Thursday) after their receipt in
Threadneedle-street, and on the succeeding Court-day a
decision is come to on them, and information of the deter-
mination of the Directors despatched accordingly.
We have mentioned these formalities at some length,
because it is an indispensable preliminary to obtaining
' discounts at the branch, as well as at theparent establish-
ment, that an account should be'opened. No business of
this sort is done at the counter. The account being opened,
we will suppose that some paper is presented for discount;
it must be brought one day, and an answer will be given ;
it will either be discounted or returned on the next. Of
course no bills will be taken but such as are considered per-
fectly safe ; but paper, otherwise satisfactory, is not required
to be drawn on or payable in London ; it will, we bciieve,
he equally received, if payable in Manchester, or in any
other town where the Batik of England has a branch.
The terms of discount. it is understood, will be at the rate
of five per cent. per annum, without any charge for com-
mission or for stamps. In case of persons wanting specific
sums to remit, bills at twenty-one days, we bear, will be
drawn, also without the expense of stamps. No interest
is allowed on lodgments. On payments in cash made at
the bank here to be paid over to the order of the parties
making them in London, or at any of the places where
there is a branch, a commission of I per cent. will be
charged. The notes, which are dated from this town, and
in August last, have got into circulation, but we have not
yet seen any of them. We believe the hours during which
the bank is to be open for business are scarcely yet defini-
tively settled. At first the notice on the door stated them
to he from half-past nine to one, and from half-past two I
to half-past four ; but there has since been a notice exhi-
bited, stating the hours to be from half-past nine to three,
without any intermission at the usual Manchester dinner
time ; and the se hours, unless they should be found mate-
rially inconvenient, it is intended to continue.—Maneltester
ilercur2/.

SUDBURY.

TO BETHEIA. WALROND, ESQ. M.P.

- - _
Dear Sir,—Amongst numerous falsehoods which have ap-
peared in the Papers of this day is a statement in the
BriliAlt Press that I had offered to sJi my seat for 7,4001.,
and that you had said so in a chymist's shop at Sudbury ;
and in the Morning. Herald it is said that you had assured
some one that 1 wanted to sell " them " (meaning, I sup-
pose, the borough of Sudbury) for 7,400/. My indignation
and abhorrence at such falsehoods and inventions have of
course been much excited ; and, without at all wishing un-
necessarily to mix up your name in the outrageous pro-
ceedings of certain individuals, I merely address you to
request you will state, in a letter addressed through the
public papera to me, whether, directly or indirectly, I ever
offered or hinted at any offer of the kind referred to; and
whether you ever, directly or indirectly, made use of
such assertions. As it is an invention with reference to
myself, I fully believe it to be so with reference to you ;
but I must request of you to supply an early reply to this
most impudent and daring attempt.
I am, your most obedient servant,
New Broad-street. Sept. 27, It'2t. JOHN IVILKS, Jun.

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