The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-25 00:00:00

RANGOON.

We have been favoured with the following. particulate
from a private letter to a friend from an officer of her
a.iesty'a ship For, 42 guns, Commodore Lambert, be-
0. Rangoon, dated the Ist nit., which will b© found
highly interesting, es showing the duplicity practised in
,
ZrZgotiations with the Commodore and the Governer
tnitie, e' which was succeeded by a renewal of hoe-

The- -
Commodore
cf Rangoon, having obtained from
the
ra thirty clays' respite for negotiations
after the Brat
part of the display of a vigorous intention on the
figgrtssions co- ritish to demand satisfaction for
bey° made ,TlLlitfed by the Burmesi-, seems to
Bri-
tish cquadroe."R"fr ssions for surprising the
new Governor having, durinc, the
thirty days'
grace,
he sent off, wiatirlrived from the King of. Ava,
all imaginable Eastern
pomp, two emblazoned tatters borne on superb gold and
velv4.s cushions, carried in
withstateit barges, rowed by a bril-
lisntly dressed crew,
Governor-General of India,
erido.,aers—one letter for the
spasnedct_her for Commodore
Lambert. Proclamations were
afterwards. issued
forbidding any of the natives interchanging civilities or
communicating with the Fox, or even
to look st her. One native, gifted with more to the beach
or may be curiosity, than his fellows,
Wenotreantedmheri(ly,
peep at the British, for which he wets
immediatelyhad
a
de-
capitated. Four hundred of the 98th (Citt„,l,,,, ~,.mmt and some artillery have been dispatched frt'lni'"
Cal-
cutta, and other troops have been ordered to hold the
selves in readiness. The 80th Regiment has been ra-
or-
dered down from Dinapore to Moulmein.
"Yesterday morning (Ist Febtuary) arrived the
Hon. Company's steam•vessel Fire Queen from Cal_
cutta, with fresh dispatvhes and instructions for Com.
moduro Lambert, and I regret to say, somewhat
condemnatory of the prompt and energeKie. line of
proceeding which has been
hitherto pursued by
the gallant officer. It will be remembcrz.d that
a few weeks back the insolent and audseiuns con-
duct of the Governer of Rangoon caused the Commodore
to break off communications, and to proeloim a nleckad,-..,
and that the forts firing on the frigate compelled him to
inflict a severe punishment on theta, by the loss of '
a large
number of men from the shells of the Fox. The Gover-
nor-General's policy is peace at any price; but if he
wishes to purchase it with indignity, he ,%honld Lot have
ant Commodore Lambert as a negotiator. We now learn

that mere mild proceedings would have answered bet-
t.ir; that the Commodore bhould have gone personally
to conirr with the Governor cf Rangoon; and, finally,
htT Majesty's ship Fox was t 3 go again off Rangoon
and ofier the same terms as before. At one o'clock
P.., January 31, ace.ordingly the frigate proceeded
P tno river, on the amiable mission, in the tow of the
Fire Queen, and on passing the Silva strxkacle battery
vats zat.uted with a shower of round shot. That the same
was Paid with —.4 -
majest..., Fox
S. I mei not say, as long as her
firer :t
,hip Fox eras within rang-. Again they fired
• g and agtiin have ft:ey felt the power of a fa-
, zs
_id: which it woad seem they had forgotten,
rajt hnsir._,tvoy Eetv:lo policy of the Indian Govern-
oar aiaueoZZ_:cd, their insoLs unhf.rilcd, and ,l'ierred
13*IT brutality, to English aubjects to
t say a fine'arl a l'rg yea 7. I re-
;st, his leg °;r*l'll Yc'ung ,141'
the knee by a r,lerte
• I,itoi. c iruco ha've
• I.4rmrd 11,.:L.tzsie•'s last attEa4 just stuirted with
with V'eto. ratd i..atch up a short ;:catte
rio-7 starting, tio i.,;_e.r."81-e.cpl;2;
.but. os the
hr.;?. MajPsty'd brig intc_troa• ten is to be
Luard, is biockaLlin
Cape lco gr4.nt, 16 CommanderLuard,
► and the squadron is
. healthy."

THE Boilop OF OXFORD AND STONE ALTARS.—
WO learn that the Bishop of Oxford has directed the removal
of the stone altars erected in the several cemetery chapels in
that city, and that in consequence oy
have been converted
into communion tables, by being separated from the walls to
'Which they were attached, so as to become moveable tables
according to the rubrics of tha Protestant Church.— Oxford
17ilibersity Paper.
DARTMOUTU, MARCH 24.--Wi.nd E_.--Arrd. Apro-
-2 Ports kl%ta, for Harnburfita• vi' Port, Adler
groom