The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-16 00:00:00

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deliverertia the dikient Mess to teed; lay half-pat its d'cloc ' • INDIA.
or forfeit 2s. fid. for l,ooot. for every ticket pasacd after that hour.l '
That no person be obligati to take a ticket after a quarter-past 1 "I
jßill, 'AI ch 221
[From the Corearta Ars ar
two o'clock.
I A letter we have beep favoured with, of which the following is an
~ That the party delivering Stock be allowed to sell out at extract, gives a forcible idea of the difficulties encountered by the
Van txritAtra racris THE CALCUTTA PAPERS.
half.put two o'clock, if he do not receive a ticket previously.
Cachet. force:—
" CACHAR, MARCH 11.
" That the party taking Stook be allowed to buy in all Stale i "
The state of the road through the forest now beggars all at.
not delivered by three o'clock." I tempt at description • the rain which tell during February made it
Heavy sales of Sugar were effected to-day at full prices : ' aci soft, the cattle sunk and could not extricate themselves without
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and although the ,f,ofFee market was a dull one, still the the roactlenblleutititanel
. assistance. Attempts were made to reeairh
prices remairted4ienis t- • Itrasdnmd severalr
sus ovesrivethSaywsiwonf gelacavesy ;aiinn,twriicwiliehaws made it infi-
nitely worse. The necessity of supplying the local beriPiorftnd
Some priesariallelutrom Madras state that the Eris:l6a! pioneers with provisions became daily more urgent ; and as many
war is very deuntedesmos the European troops, not only in
respect of the loss in the field, but by the wet 'wenn is Dunjarrah bullocks lost in the mud, a supply Wks sent forwsrd.by
of the elephants were already done up, and about. three hundred
• the coolies—a thousand are said to have been sent, out of which
through whiph they Stave to pass. The mortality among only
our soldiery is, we regret to learn, represented to be very Bunjarrahs—it must be seen to be adequately felt. Fancy the bul.
250 reached their destination. It is most distressing' fo the
great. locks up to their backs in a quagmire ; same that succeeded in
A Lisbon packet arrived yesterday, with letters to the throwing their loads, struggled out of the mud, and only escaped a
Sd September. They are wholly silent on political sub- umbyrvinatve tiai die obn the road-side. Many elephants, pubtleiceinseeti*Ctlnl
jecis. There is good reason for believing that the specu- suchl
weaetbera would Touelednbeonsft.anNv aorirt'ille.anTrstoohapts could be
accompanied.by ar-
lations of some London journals 'dative to the political tillery, and dependent on cattle for the csrriage of their supplies,
•affairs of I'ortugal, are without any foundation in fact. cannot move after such a deluge of rain. A few days ago the wsa-
Aa
letter of a recent date from Gibraltar has the following they cleared up, and held out the most flattering prospect of en-
passage:—" Trade is very confined, and Ido not see any blingus to cross the forgets when suddenly the weather changed,
and rained incessantly. There is yet a month or six weeks before
chance of improvement from the great dicareity of money. the regular rains set in, during wl,lch it is barely possible to reach
A new areneel (tariff) is protnised for the beginning of Munnipor lightly aptipped ; the thing seems quite out of the ques-
the year ; but then the chief advantage will be derived by firm with a force on the present stale. The Ihth Locals are near to
ainplace called Noonshy, beyond the forest ; the pioneers are repair. She Spanish flag, the duties remaining nearly the same
by British or other foreign flags as formerly ;so that uB•
ignitrhse
itameageAdror by the heavy
i rein ; and the third brigade,
long as the Colombian privateers are about the coasts, the kaudy. T7e lost tnereyle,pLnndtatitleas head-quarters,
insurance by Spanish vessels will, perhaps, be equal to the who have preceded the third brigade. The weather to-day pro-
difference of duty, and the consumer not at all benefittetl." mises to clear up. but it will reptile a considerable time ofdry wea-
INUNDATION AT BAODAD.—A letter from Bagdad, thee to make the road passable.'
rom
dated the 28th of May, metes that this year the Tigris has SirFJohnsO'ner papersto t If: CaeptantinACvao3l;inlrle, :id' the officers deputed by
considerably increaud. The city of Bagdad had been for has kindly extracteed four uts the forrn 4otis thewllubrteriliaehvelhaoffrlelred-
three weeks as if it were situated in the,midet of extensive glance, which, at a period like the present, we doubt not will be
marshes. The wgterautglifiguin to diminish. but the city interesting to our readers.
was not yet out Of . mire was previotraty great Pohang was one of the three unfortunate men given up by our
enmet
men crossed
1 ~..711,thaenitanfo;
awnbdossetncamhrt sio
he nipealtartmaufolarce
tapprehension of a general ineindation. Many limited: had trie7o7,
been underinined, and amongst them a pert of the Paella's Pulong, near to Ramoo. General Erskine, with a regimint of Eu-4-
palace. The ruins whiclahad fallen in Upper Mesoproatnia, ropeans, three battalions of Sepoys, and some artillery details, was
and the melting of the snow on the mountains of Media and detached to repel them, but matters were amicably adjusted by
theld
sought
of les trois malheureare Arraeaseise or Mugs, who
Kurdistan have caused this deluge. A vast number of
Arabian families who live in Lower Meeopotatnia had been tvrannygahntdmcfruTyinotfhthecrr Burmanri"
yof the Sahib Logue from the vile
nearly overwhelmed by the flood. It is reported that the Here follows the form of the oath of allegiance that was adini.
mass of the. people contrived to save themselves by sacri- nistered to Pulong by a Priest of Ass, in presence of the Rajab of
Ranfree. A book
Being many of their Compatriots. In the precipitation of of religious institutions, and an image, with
a bowl of water, were placed before him ; when Pulong, knell.
ing human bodies scare used to raise dikes and battle-
iwnnetrl,ekretheeabu?dwtycnateo
whbiarilisuds and held it up before the image,
meats. Men, women, children, and minima's, were Seized
alive, and thrown together any how, in order to make a " L Purong, in the practice of the Creator of five thousand
barrier against the advance of the evil which threatened to worlds with all the saints therein; fire large rivers and five hun-
destroy them all. Provisions are trebled iu price, and the dyed small, the' eam, and all therein ; call all the saints and angels
ainncliffeasz acid Earth, to
water,Allyt
bear me witness, that I wish to be a true
Arabs and Kurds are every wherein a state of insurrection.
should desueritulnaiteecateetoeiethee limil onfnAt van.ea Inlayutgeriorl grant
b that If I
Lisbon Gazettes to the Oct instant were received yester-
day morning. They contain no intelligence of importance. the fishes of the ocean may deyvour andr tear me safety by
pieces.
safely by land,
The rebellion of Itessieres is mentioned, And his conduct God grant that if I should desert his service, 1 may not pass In
God grant that but be devoured by wild beasts of the earth. May
commented on in terms of strong reprobation. Much ex-
if I should not Veep his oath, never to rebel Against
ignition is expressed at the failure of his attempt. The rgleyelfsi;tegettmd.eoutat„ the soave may happen to me ; that I may
news of his death does not appear to have been received, t I with the scourges of the Almighty, and die an igoomi.
but it was anticipated that he was on the point of "fall- nious death."
ing into the hands of jutlee." The oath having been taken, aid thrift repeated, the paper on
The Ilambureh Papers received yesterday contain some whir?' it was inscribed Iles burnt, and the risks put into a bowl of
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water, when Pulong,. laying down the brmic, was presented by the
paragraphs relating to commercial matters, in which Eng-
priienstts kith a bowl, in which thc muzzle of a musket, and the
lttiakes a conspicuous figure. Wherever trade can be of a sabre and lance, being dipped, Pulong repeated as fa-
carried on, British capital and enterprise are forward in the 17ws :—" May these weapons become the instrumeres of my de-
peaceful contest, which, happily for mankind, is now the struction if ever I swerve from the oath I have just taken." After
only contest in which our countrymen can distinguish
which he drank the setter. The time came, however, *hen the'
themselves. poor wretch sneered, notwithstanding all his, from his forced
oath ; and with one other delinquent was consigned to a capital
Important intelligence may soon be expected from Rio • punishment df the incest dreadful kind—impalement, we beliove, or
Janeiro. Letters of the 19th July state, that Sir Charles, something equally horrid.
Stuart had an audience of the Emperor on the 18th, and [From the Calcutta John Ball, March MI
delivered his credentials. Nothing had transpired, but the Frees the letter of a much-valued friend we extract the %flowing
subject of the independence of the Brazils was expected to lively and striking description of Rangoon, which at a period like
be entered upon immediately, and the sailing of the packet the present cannot fail to be interesting, notwithstanding the 4&h..
been delayed by orders of Sir Charles
ous accounts of that capital which have preceded it :
for England had
Stuart, for the purpose, as it was s upposod, of sending by. " ilikerooom, Feb. 14.
" Having a- little time to breathe, I will endeavour to give year
it important despatches to the English Government. some idea of this extraordinary place. On our first approach H
Extract of a letter dated Havannah, July 2s:—" We Rangoon we were struck .with the number of King's ships, gun-
boats, and other vessels, with
ttlitlee landing
water place;
ew itelit
were surprised here on the 26th by the eppearante of a which the river is crowded optioalti
withh
n the aprattrance of the stockade, near
leet of eleven sail, which was at first considered to be that
pal
of the enemy, but in a short lime all apprehension was re- work at top, being 16 or 17wfmeeet7rYum wooden
grouwouldltwiltzehhitnnd°thls
moved by the appearance of a boat off the Moro, with a wall is a platform to kneel or stand upon, made of bamboos. These'white flag, and having on board three French officers, - - wooden walls are supported by heaps of clay and mud, and outside
came in the name of their -- • to --- them are often eight or nine trenches, tour feet from each other,
Mon for the
' • and • • of''
a ' -
fused by

is very
_ _ _ toe, each man taking live or six feet which he barrows
in, and makes himself perfectly secure from all aorta of shot :--he
load, pops up his head and tires, earths again, and repeats this as
long as his ammunition serves. In this manner hundreds may be
near ydu without any sign of them, except the earth they may have
thrown up. Rangoon, I should imagine to be one of their holy
cities, front the number of buildings to which we have given the,
name of pagodas; but they appear to be tombs or monuments.
At the base they are square ; these are hexagonally pyramidal,
with a 'lender spire of tapering form, crowned with a fillagree
work of gilt Iron, iesenthling the Papal crown, with the addition
of a number of small bells, which give a not unpleasant tinkling
as the zephyrs pass. Of these buildings there are thousands,
particularly near the great ore, the approach to which on one side
is through a lane of them, occasionally mixed with colossal figures,
in a sitting posture, with legs crossed, the right hand pointing
downwards in the peculiar manner which is to be observed in all
the figures sent to Calcutta. The great pagoda is a pile of brick.
work, similar to the rest, but greatly exceeding then) in size and
beauty. A side of the base, I think, should measure 100 feet,
making the area 10,000 feet square, front which it ascends 200 in
hexagons, octagons, decagons, dm the whole from the hue is gilt.
Its position is very elevated, commanding an extensive view, and
is well calculated for a fortification, but we have no works of
moment about it. By some chance, a few of those gilt or plated
images were found in a pagoda, and since that every other has been
defaced by a breach sufficient to adroit a man. '1 hie reminds me
of the spoliation of the Grecian temples by the Turks. To these
principal objects of notice, here I may add one more, namely, the
wharf at the landing place, which is ycleped Scandal Wharf. It is
the course, the mall, the general rendezvous, where are liberally
dealt out reports true and false, and any thing not credited is called
a shave, which one tells another, without giving offence, saying
" that's a shave."

" February 17.
"On Tuesday we turned out at .6 p.m. to receive the Siamese
Embassy with military honours--there were six persons curiously
dressed in silk clothing, with their arms And legs bare ; the result
of their conference will be made known in Calcutta first, and then
we shall hear it. The officer who came with them will return to
their capital, and it is hoped they will be able to supply us with
buttocks, &c. Nothing has occurred between us and the Burmese
since out arrival, except that one of the 211th Madras Native In-
' fantry was caught when he happened to wander from his picket.
Three men rushed on him and knocked him senseless ; when he
'recovered he found about a dozen more around him, who ques-1
tioned him, cut onwo of his fingers, and then let him return. It 'I
is said that the Burmese have signtlied their intention todesist from
cruelty to their prisoners; the mode hitherto Adopted was cruci.
fixion, decapitation, and amputation."

[From the Bengal /hnkrt•a, April 11
LOCI IN CHINA.
The first Cochin Chinese junk of the season arrive
•wd Irrrinfia • 14.014 that the Uorignimeot.Jun tji
hibited the exportrnion of rice. in consequence Of an
scarcity. Similar rumours are in circulation respecting Siam, and
the consequence is, that the price of rice has begun to rise con-
siderably in the market, and it is not improbable will attnin an
unusual height in the course of the season. By this opportunity
it is ascertained thnt 3lessrs. Vannier and aitaigneau, the two
French gentlemen who have so long resided in Cochin China, and
are 51anslarines of high rank in that country, are at present at
Saigon, where they have freighted two junks to convey themselves
and families to this place on their final return to France. M. Van-
nier has resided upwards of thiry-siit years in Cochin China, and
M. Chsigneau above thirty. They are both persons of great re.
spectability and intelligence, and it gives us pleasure to be told
that they are returning to France with ample fortunes. M. Chu*_
neau, who matte a short visit to France about tour years ago, is
Consul-General of the French nation in Cochin China.

a few days

%lALAYAN BROIL
Accounts hare been received within the last few days of the death '
of Raja Bey, an enterprising Malay Chieftain, connected by blood
with the family of the Kings of Indragiri, but still more illustrious'
by his deeds of former years as • noted pirate. He quitted this I
settlement, where he had resided for some time bark, about four
months ago, in consequence of having fallen into disrepute for a
murder alleged to have been committed by him about a year ago,
when he had been sent in quest of the late unfortunate Mr. Thorn-
ton and his companions. From Singapore he went to Traingann,
and from thence to Kelantan, at which last place, upon his arrival,
some of his companions having landed and mentioned his name,
well known in the annals of depredation, some traders of Kelantan
upbraided him as a pirate. Ills followers resented the *Mont;
Hmja Bey himself landed to second their alone; krises were im.
mediately drawn, and the affray ended in a few moments by the
death of the Chieftain, of eight of his followers, and of five or six
of the people of Kalantan. The Raja of that place, on hearing of
the rank of Raja Bey, ordered him a suitable funeral. Events of
this nature, which arz far from being of unfrequent occurrence,
&front lair examples of the anarchy and violence which characterise
the state of soeiety under the genuine Male van Governments. Raja
Bey was, In person, of • slender but noise form, anti possessed of
great courage. Abort two yearn ago he performed a feat in the
vrighlsourt os.: of this settlement which gained him great repute.

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''' ''' , white flag, and hiv'ing on board three French officers, who s are supported by caps o c y and mud, and outside
twh7if!eanr:;oalftlen eight or nine trencher,b -t46
-u-r ee: -f-rm—a.h other,
e a'r'ced
came in the name of their commandant to request permis-
s back to end nine feet wide and deep, and in the bottom are stakes of barn-
Sionbrance at
for the fleet to enter the port. This was at first re- boo hardened by burning, which are also veq, much scattered
fused by the Governor, tit was subsequently granted on
about, giving great trouble and many serious pounds, kg though
1p
that on Won of the veopels odering only three at a time. Our not lower or much thicker than the blade of a -ffiterimon keile, still
ania for Fretich visiters rettitinetziitila - 411 untilyeetentay, when they pe-ietrate the !hiel.-st shcw..s. While passing all thew *balruc-
lehuower, they sailed for the eh ke, 'to avoid the harficum titmli 4 • 81:1.,“4.1 i' ;LN.L an Jppu rturtio.y of filing Hth e.ery, security,
a Hann,- months." but having passed these vcnches, they do not wait for the bayonet.
but scamper off: Their mode of attack is very stninge • they
extend in line, each man taking five or six feet which lie burrows
This SI. Within these few days the offers of the Brussels Jour-
nals have been visited, by order of the Magistrates, by per- in, and makes himself perl'ectly secure from all BMA of shot :--he
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