The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-15 00:00:00

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If,, TUESDAY EVENING.

Wind E.-Fligh Water 27 min. past 11.
Arrived. the Mona Castle, Wilson, from Campeachy ; Elizabeth,
.7.44,,, livol atilierdre; Eliza, Oteolitle, from 31iramichi ; Maria,
M'Coll, from Ilamburgh ; Caroline. Cowman, from 3laranham t
Albion, Navin, front St. John's, New Brunswick ; Eliza, Morti-
ses), end ,tiantonia, Tisdale, fimtn. New Orleans: Samuel 11• right.
Gage, from Savannah, sailed 14th August ; Sophia, --, from
aampeactly ; Margaret Wright, -.--, from i irgitia ; Anson,
Linens. fl New York ; Elias, --;-..--. front St. Petersturgh.
• The ,A,Ene
rda% and the Alexander, bothlrcum Jamaica, passed 140*
Iyheart yethey. Wind S.S.W. strong breeze.
• , The Albion, from Calcutta', on the 3d May, in lat. 13..8; N.tlon*
1 .i.Vi uspoke
ill from Hoe. Bt. freirga's• iseitit titilittrthee'l.tyllof *Edlin
1 - . 'Wiseman, front Calcutta; 'the American brig Cadetr.
F.Woodbusy ; and the French corvette Indefatigable, from Bourbom,
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On the 10th Aug. in lat. 11, 13, N. long. 20, 12, W. spoke the
;If rend' ship Bengallen, from Bordeaux for Calcutta, out 211 days:
On the 12th Aug. in lat. 13. 15 long. 27, 5, exchanged numbs
' with the Florentia from Bombay, with ,loss of howeprit. On the'
21st Aug. in Z. 30, 3, long. 3(t, 20, spoke the American ship'
Packet, Eodecos, from Ruston for Sumatra. On the 27th in lat.
137, 32, lon_g. 30, 10, spoke the St. John, from Kavannah and Gi-
I bailer: -oh the 4th Sept. in lat: 40, 4G, long. 20, 4, spoke the
actleY, from Poole for Newfoundland. On die Pith, in lat. 43, 20,
long. 22, 23. spoke the Lucella, from Baltimore for London, and
the brig Greenfield, of Irvine, from Quebec for Drogheda. On
the 7th for las. M. 4, long. 17, 30, spoke the Nanm from Quebec
for Harrbpron. On the 10th off Bardsey spoke day Roscoe, from
Liverpool For Calcutta.
The ltrediterranean, from Pernambucci, sailed 29% July ; the
Margret, Soaks, was to Ail 29th ; anal the Claude. Stitt, in seven
zi f tai4ori roe Isivrpool. The Bemire/I, trona Klo westiaradip,
The Atalanta, from Quebec, sailed Ist August. On the'2lth tit
i lat. 45, 53, long. 43,28, spoke tit/Louisa Anne. of Poole; front
Newfoundland. On the 4th Sept. in lat. 40, 4, long. 14, spoke the
Virsses,. from Baltimore fur Amsterdam.
The Triton, f:-6m Chtrlston, sailed 13th Aug. On the 4th Sol
I in let. 49,30, long. 27, 30, spoke the Kingston, from Liverpool tit
Quebec. On the sth, in lat. 49, 30, long. 24, Wake the Hartnonn
from Liverpool for New Brunswick.
The Nancy,.3i•Cubbin, from Antigua for Liverpool, foundered
13th Aug. One man drowned.
The Traveller, Diana, Paragon, and Lima Packet, from Rio del
Janeiro, hare arrived at Bahia.
The boat with the three men in, belonging to the Evelina (which
put back with Ina of topmasts) supposed to be lost, has been
picked up by the Octavta, that rithltal the same tide, bound to
Belfast.
HSailed the Nymph, Watkins, for Genoa; Pandora. Knowles, for
alifax ; Agnes, Fearon, for New Brunswick ; Meridian, Cocker,
for Newfoundland; Thetis, Newton, fur Odessa; lloppett,
Yemen, for Elsinore ; James, Wham, foe Bahia ; (inn. Furrier,
for New York : Sisters. Reed. and Thames, Bailey, for Riga;
Richard, Molar, tor Carthagena.
COTTON' 31.11t1ET.-Cotton continues to experience a good
demand and- prices • are steady. About 7,000 or 11,000 bags have
been said this week.
CORN' EXCIIANGE.-NVe had a fair demand to-day for ‘Wheat
and Oats; old Wheat fully maintained and in some Instances
brought rather higher prices ; but new is lower 3J. a 41. per bushel.
Old Oats are a little dearer, say about hi. • bui new is about the
same lower. Other articles remain unaltered.

INDIA.
CALCUTTA. AP
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The Patrol, it imam; ins despatches on 60.10'ln:win.
of Siam to the Right Hon. the Govenior.Oeneral.
heard a surrniiie as to their contents, esetss that his
Majeaty expresses his readiness .to send eO.OOO men st
Burme.e.

'foe fulliiwing extract cf p letter from Agra, dated Bluth Is,
his reached us ;.
" You wni`be'ststenished to hear of some transactions at Bhiet-
k • •
pomp. The Rejig Bulder Singh, set' of Bakiett Singh, dial sod.
denly * Dohlgatun, the 28th of last month, leaving his heir,
a child Of seven earn old (who had only been recognised as twe-
et:wore feessbayabefore by it D. Ochterlony), under a regency.
It appears Ault° old Renee wanted to, here the sole manage-.
inent of the country ; the consequence was, an uncle of .tie halo
boy Obtonnined nos tr vesting himself as sole Regent ; and fur this
purpose he veil. aeliberattely gained thane 4;lo"litre/a over to hie
Cause. placed knot/eels and pickets throughout the town, attacked
the fort, blew the gates opon,-emered. and seated himself oo the
throne, after murdering one alms relations, who was cut down
at the very foot of it, and some of his hillowers, and gars out
that he had aetedjon solely disinterested motives, that be bed no
intention °t` oiling the sovereignty, but merely intended to act
as a earthen to the chili, under whose Dame business 5h0414
be:Carmen cu. The 31inisteraof the late Borernuient are cur.
final; but erery thing Is quiet at. present; a Yoked was de.
'patella! to Sir D. Ochterlony immediately,. but we have not
beard the result. The business of /teaching the tort was a regular
tight ; we heard guns firing from two to seem o'clock in. the
morning, a toy days since."

Aram 4.
Letters front Rangoon, arrived per the Charles Forbes,
watt the Pilot tut tbs sire some wididethet 4nsiin tel.
ligenca.ef the proms* of the army. Sir Are;iibald-Cm II was
hull Sarsawaddy, on the I kb, eight diya. March -thin Prattle „;
he had advartcoll tbus far without tiring a shin., and was feeling
the twant of supplies, which, however, were daily impected trout
Raognop, Brigadier-Oeneral Cotton, after the capture of .rang.
yon-chu, proceeded to . Dotiebew, and on the 7th attacked thee
place with :MO Menetf the 89th. (what other troops were engad
we tin not know), and took the Met stockade. fie then attanit
the second, but was uctuccessiul, and obliged to retire, (evacuat.
ing the stockade be bad before taken), and to embark his men in
the boats. He dropped down four miles below, and forwarded
a despatch to Brigailieral•Creagb, stating that he must wait for
the reinforcements under him. Our loss was great; Cepta'.ns
Rose and Cannon, of the 09th killed; and three wounded; lln
men killed and wounded. The Bundoolab is said to hire 14.6011
' men in the Corks, and 3,000 in war-boats. Majcie Sale had taken
Bassein, the Burmese having burnt the town to the ground ; but
it is teared. he cannot get on so rapidly as he expected, for want of
means. The .1;:th (king's) from Ceylon was entering the river as
the Charles Forbes cans cut : and Brigadier 111`Creagh was ex.
petted to move trout Rangoon immediately, to reinforce Brigadier-
General Cotton, the bullocks and carriages, for which he was
waiting impatiently, having arrived. He takes with him trio
Royals and toe two native regiments. The High Priest of the
flagon Pagoda had come into Rangoon on the 13th, with ail his
followers. and the town is now as-thickly Inhabited as ever, the
people said crowding in front the country with supplies.

5.
We underrtar,d that Sir David Ochter:ony has issued to
a pro.
clamstion, explaining the reason for the assembling of the force
iu Rhurt,ore. This measure, it I. hoped, will have the effect of
rendering hostilities unnecessary. The whole of the bleerut
force, troops from Cawnpore, and a very large battering train.
are concentrating. Sir David Ochterlonv was to he at 3luttrs
on the 23d of Itlateh, and at Agra on tne following, or next tiny.
We hare a copy of the procLunation, which we shall, publise la
our not.

lYe were incorrect, we find, in stating yesterday that Sir A.
Campbell had not reached Sarrawaddy until the 11th tilt. He was
there on the Sth ult., and he expected to be in Prome in eight or
tea days. The discomfiture at Donabew will probably, delay him,
as he may retrograde a little to chastise the Bandanna). !Sri-
gaditr 31•Creagh's reinforcement was to follow, and juin fir
Archibald's column, not Brigadier-General Cotton's, and was to
march by land.
il'e have received letters from Bauskundy, Cachsr, t4ti
Mardi. The rains had fairly set in at Munnipme : and opera.
tiona there are at end until November. Slumber Singh, the
Cachet Rajah, remains alßauskundy with his Munnipoores, about
one thousand two hundred strong. Capt. Dugdeon's corps will oc.
eupy a position in advance, towards Sylhet ; and in this manner a.
chain of communication will be kept up between S'ylhet and.
Banal undy.

APRIL G.
It Is said Brigadier-General Cotton conveyed the intelligence of
his unsuccessful attempt on the stockade at amain% , to Ha:.
goon, wrapped round a quill, which was stuck in the ear of a au r-
mtge. The ears of many of the Itlalays, and others to the ta,..
ward, are bored with large holes, in which they frequently earl's
their cheroots.

CALCUTTA. Arlin 7.
Since our last the brig Rebecca has arrived from Rangoon. tie
the 24th March. Private letters by this vessel, of the 18th, Etter.
tion that Sir Archibald Campbell was to be at Donabew on the
19th. Lieutenant-Colonel Pollock was proceeding from Rat..
gcon to join Brigadier-General Cotton, with two eighteen-pounders.,
two mortars, and several howitzers ; and Brigadier
.51-Creag
was also preparing to move with the Royals and two tati.e re.
giments.
We hale' seen letters dated Samna, the 23t4 feLruary, front
which we have obtained the following particulars :
" Soomga is twenty-five miles from Lain, and two long clays"
march from the Irrawaddy ; everything continued at that date to
wear die moat favourable aspect. Mahe Bundoolah had written As
the Governor of that district, informing him that Paulang and Sar.
rataberu had fallen, and expressing his apprehension that even-Dt .
nahew might follow ; and information had been received from sun a
prisoners, picked up by the cavalry, that he was actually in fail ie.
treat up the right hank of the Irrawaddy. Tie only awry lasers.
bled to dispute our progress, was the late force under lltaha Siluah,
now thoroughly dispersed • the men of the lower provinces return.
ing quietly to their villages ; and those from Ara and the uPPtc
country assembling into lawless bands, pillaging and burning thw
defenceless villages as they pass along, and committing evens de-
grey of barbarous cruelty on the helpless Carian tribes. Parties or
these incendiaries arc frequently seen at the work of destractior. t t
front of the advancing column, but the cavalry even had Mt-,
chance of coining up with them ; so perfectly ate they scluainte
with all the local advantages of the country, and so uncommon'
expert in availing themselves of them. It is gratifying to obseri
that the real Burmese inhabitants of the district in which Sootiae
is situated, had shown a disposition to follow the example of the
Curial, population, of submitting quietly to the fate of war,tind re.
mining peaceably in their houses. On the coltunai &idyls'( st
Soomga, three Burmese deputies from their people, who had fie.t
into the jungles on its approach, came in toted: what wAr to be don,:
with thent ; that they were only three, and their lives were of little
value, as their friends and families would take wsrnirg by ituie
fate, and retire into the fastnesses of the lintat should they be put to
death. On being told that they and their families may return un.
molested to their villages, and inhabit them in peace, their Wit ea.
pression was a stare of amazement at lenity they did not under.
stand, and, like true Burmese, perhaps a shrewd suspicion that it
was only meant to deceive them. When, however, they received
copy of Sir Archibald'. Proclamation, and a glass of brandy. an.l
were told that they might go to their friends and act as they tbouglit
best, they undid their hair as a token of submission, and, in tt.
name of their people, accepted our protection, sayil g the w lima
peasantry of the country would follow their example, as it was felt,
fro,n Rangoon to Ave, they could not lip with us.
" The troops continued very healthy, sad 'were in cow:Hari to
undeto any fatigue; our advance guard of 100 Buropuins, mossy
old stagers, had marched its one day 23 miles, without a mall
ing out."

Ares'. II.•
Letters (rem Rangoon of the. 20th have reached us. Thty e.
not contain much additional infbrotatlon to wh..t we tormerly Iro-
sewed. The Royals and some artillery had marched on the 134_
to reinforce Brigatlier.tieneral Cotton, and the liing's 4)tb wet.:
stationed in the Great Pagoda. Sir Archibald Campbell was
Ing down upon the Bundoulalt at Donabew, and expected to :vat.'
it about the 19th, when the letters speak of the place Irvin,:
then regularly invested. Some letters, to which however we ca
scarcely give credit, speak of the Burmese beglanit g to at.. ti
themselves again in the neighbourhood of Rangoon. •,
Letters front Brigadien.General Alorrison's camp of the 30th of
March, mention thst the Chainballa stockade had bean evacuatist
by the enemy, and afterwards totally destroyed by our gnn:byats.
Arracan, at that date, had not been attacked, but was closely
vested, the Burmese being strongly posted on the summits ut t!'-•
surrounding hills, which completely command the hat.
Extract of a letter from the Honourable Company's ironer
cury, dated Bassein, Feb. 27, 1325 :
" You cannot expect any account of Bassein. agiit is impos:dhl -
I can tell you what it was; it ii a heap of burning rum., hi"
doubtless was very strong t some of the townspeople. who Jo pc c
belong to the Burmese, viz. Arabs, Chinamen. and Alsitlntesvr•
have come in, and given us much information, but how tar it ,s t
be relied on God only knows: however, they all
agree that Mr A.
Campbell has given the Bundoolah a thrashing at Member • &odious
advanced towards Prome. They say, news of the Bumf...4ll's dr.
feat arrived here on the evening we took the two stockades At th.,
mouth of the river. and they heard of ott taking the stockades Wt.
next morning, which induced the Burmese to drs.my the tot.n. and
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vering for ourselves and men, who are now hieing under tents wails
of sails front the ships."—Celerrata Peers to April Id.

A large vessel with four mast; was rpokikt with ~T
Dieppe the evening of the 10th List. r.ivposeti 1.1 be at:
great timber ship from Quebec.

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