The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-25 00:00:00

iLaDRAS PAPERS.

Madras
Papershare arrived to the 4th April. and Ikedsl to
the 15th, the latter bringing intelligence trom Calcutta to the
lith of that month. At Jl points the greatest activity Prevailed
antil9tidtrhteeth:reei
March for
hferlotra6d
in completing the intended expedition against the burnase. At
Madras, besides the vessels mentioned in our paper a the th ieg•
been engaged for the sante service at lkonbay, and rade) en tre
fiat division of troops front that preside:icy, which was to
put to sea on the 110th of April. It was to rendezrens
bP3elf:ori:ti.,hoeyed.conv,rerhamencescovet th,forrrad..
the Nicobar Mon !s, 'a the Kiy of Bengal, for the antral oft:'
second division, and, un the junction of the latter. to proro‘t
the mast of Ara. The Madras contingent amounted to about vOOO
men. Reinforcements, ehould they be found necessary. roe!' be
sent in May or Jure. A l'iticutts paper of 20th March reentitom
report, that a vessel had arrived with a letter of detiarn: Orin bas
golden-footed lajesty, written in Latin. Another riviescr
that a fleet of Bunnese boats, with 50 men in tech, :tad get rt°lte
Sundtrhunds. The India Cozen( calls the attention of time
to proceed with the
anent to the number of Bur:nese resi,..ents in Cale.nts. wt.icit it
states at no less than 7,000; but the John thinks the tuella
considerably overrated. The Commander-in-Chief had gnu! al
Senates, about the te iddle of March, on his way to Calcutta
Let tent had arrived from the c.unp of Brigadier Maalorioe.ea_
the Burmese ftonticr. announcing that that officer was errtirlh
I his advance towards Go:shiny, as diligently as circumstances woe
permit but that he expected some detention, in tonsecserr
been
e inuret aboutke
nt to
the non-arrival of part of his force, especially the howitzers or:
some regular infantry. tloahatty was said to be the stnsr.r.
possessed by the enemy in Western Assam, and likely. t •
to b.: defended with proportionate emulation.
The service is described as popular, both among thr Brit..‘•
Senor regiments, who were elated at the pro-tpect 01 bctt r
actively employed. It was fully expected that the unit..„ Lv.;
would prove fully equal to the war which had arisen wan ":
Burmese, and that the British tio•ernment would consequentlf
fuse to treat with that power, except on ° the most ad547%20°2;
And honourable conditions." The private letters from 13cdr
are to the 27th of April. They state, that on the glg four esw
tioual transports sailed with unops fur Modena.

MONTRIQUIECS Swale OF LAW/I.—Few circumstanc*
in literary history are more remarkable than the suppreer7
of Dupin's "Observations on the book entitled de Spirt
of Laws." This work, which is said to have Wei °The 41
the Lest replies ever made to Nlonteseptieu, was suppress":
and burned by the author, at the request of Madame''!
Pompadour. The family and friends of Slontffluieu he
used their utmost influence with that lady, then ail-tea-
;ul at court, to prevail upon her ;0 take this rut
eonlingly sent for Dupin, informed him that 5. 104
author of the Spirit ot Laws under her immediate rreu.:l*
tion, and persuaded hint to withdraw all the Milt*
1 e.e
hint the edition. It is not stated what share Mente!ql,.°
himself had in this unpldlosopliical wade of refutater•