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BURMAH •,
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We give below, an extract froni, the Bengal.flur-
, Lira: diifed tangoon River; 'Feb: '23:1:552
Nothieg has transpired since the Thiegethon lett,
but'about .a week 'neat boat came Own fro:n the Go-.
Verner of-Rangoon on the plea of asking the Commodore
What flag .he would hoist in going up 'the river, that be,
the Governor, may
.TO OKdOrs to the stockades not to
ircrip2o the frigate, if elk passed ezp.wlth any pacific in-
tentions, hut if they had not a distinguishing flag
would certainly be-fired. at.-kom both stockades. This
is rather cool, you will say, there is no doubt, but they
are ,tl-110 Rost impertinent fellaws.you eon conceive.
!Ave not heard what the CernmodorePeranswer was.
believe all the steamers are to' be in dalcutta on a ner
rain' day • next month for the 'pit-pose of conveying
troops ye "Ritogo6n, 'ad T
suppose the' Government in-
tend to wake a dash at that 'place; but I think they
are wrong to gos to• Rangoon,
where every preparation
tuts
.beep made tilreceive is warmly..,: We. should, in
my opinion, go .up the Bassein *rat, werve there i 3
plenty 9f water fee the largest .steamer air to Bassein,
and forty or' fifty miles above that, sea .the charts SAY ;
we could -then -cut .eff.the
--ramanicatiou between the
Upper andloteer provinces,. Emir settle of down at
a very few days'they
Prome, and there dictate 'term's' during:the monsoon,
which, by the bye, is much lighter there than in the
soutl*rn provinces, and it would take longer time to
differ-
ones. 'You could fancy the fright and surprise of the
teach Prot& than Rangoon or
Bettiattinriri the southern peatuasee4444lLebseyeeha„.
landed an army between thettaselves and the capital.
have no doubt in my own mind, but they would imme-
diately accept any terms, and become like lambs. It
you look at the chart you will see that the Bassein river
has beensurveyed up to Bassein, and there is water for
vessels of any. size. Bassein is sixty miles from the en
trance, and if you can get up forty miles higher in the
large steamers you would have an army with all their
Supplies in the centre of the country without any fatigue
or risk to the troops. It will not be of much consequence
to the Burmese our taking Rangoon if they have all the
large rivers to the westward, where they could establish
themselves in a very short time, and drive all theinhabit-
ants from Rangoon and its vicinity, and I hope the Go•
vernment will get all the information respecting the best
plan for a decisive blow where the Burmese will feel it
the most.'"
The following intelligence from Rangoon. has been
communicated by Captain Biden to the Madras
journals:—" Negotiations were at an end when her
Majesty's steamer Hermes left Rangoon. Her Majesty's
ship Serpent was fired at froni some stockades on the
Island Negrais at 9 P.M. about the 19th inst. Captain
Luard sent his boats with a strong force on the follow-
ing morning: the officers end seamen landed and stormed
and destroyed the whole of the stockades. The.,King of
Ava had written to the Governor-General through
Monlmein, ignoring the aggressive acts of the Governor
of Rangoon; but strange to say, the King's letter ar-
rived at Calcutta before the Fire Queen left for Rangoon
to request the steamers should be sent for troops.
H.M.S. Hermes will proceed on to Trincomalee this
evening, 26th, and thence to Calcutta for troops for
Rangoon."
From the Fort St. George Gazette of the 2d instant we
take the following appointments made to the " combined
force proceeding on service to Burmah."—Captain G.
Allan, 3d N. L. 1., to be D. A. Q. M. General; Brevet
Major J. C. Boulderson,'3sth N. 1., to be D. J. A.
General; Brevet Captain J. W. Rundall to be Field
Engineer; and Brevet Captain J. D. Scott to be Brigade
Major of Artillery.
• We have received Maulmaiti papers to the 24th ult.
They contain a good deal about Burnish and other rela-
tions there With, but nothing that deserves particular
notice, unless We except reports ; that the Burmese were
ravaging the country on our side of the frontier, that
a notorious " deceit-chieftain" had been placed at the
head of the troops in Martsban, and that the COurt of
Ave had sent an envoy to that Of Siam, inviting—vainly
we feel assured—its co-operation 'against the English.
We said. lately that crime in certain forms appeared to
Be epidemic. The remark receives corroboration kens a
statement which we extract from' the Maulmain Times.
Another English vessel hid, been taken by savages, her
commander and officers murdered, and another English
woman had been subjected to a• fate, of which death was
the least cruel part. ,The-master of a native vessel, ar-
rived at Maulmain from the Nicobars, reports having
picked up a Nancowry, a Coring& sailor who described
himself as one of the crew of a Coringa . vessel which
had been boarded and taken by the islanders. The man
also stated that while he was in captivity an English
barque camp in, end was a few days afterwards
taken . and Junk, the European commander,
klaate, -nud,, two ether-,Engraehmen . „on- --board
being murdered. The captain's and her child,
a little girl two years old, were carried on shore, where
the former died in a few days, and• the latter was then
brutally killed. This barque is said to have been from
Calcutta, and the time of her capture appears to have
been in September. The story has nothing improbable
in it, nevertheless we trust it may prove to be a fabrica-
tion.—Bengal Hurharu, March 2.
We have received Maulmain papers by the Fire Queen
to the 24th ultimo. It is stated that the Burmese or-
dered her Majesty's Brig Serpent to leave Bassein river,
threatening to fire on her if she remained. The stock-
ades did open lire, which was of couree returned, and all
the stockades demolished. The Burmese were at work
to restore them. Although the Burmese have not in-
vaded the Tenasserim provinces in force, great com-
plaints are made of predatory incursions, which have
frightened the inhabitants away from tho villages near
the river. A report was in circulation at Maulmain
that the Burmese had sent an embassy to Siam to in-
duce the King to
join in a war against the British. We
have a letter which mentions that no further communi-
cation from the Court of Ave had been received at
Maulmain up to the 24th, nor by the commodore at the
month of the river to the 25th ult.—Calcutta English-
man. March 2.

The following is from Rangoon, Feb. 24, 1852. Mouth
of River. "To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle.—
Dear Sir,— By the Fire Queen we understand the Go-
vernor-General has determined on settling matters with
his golden-footed Majesty by force of arms, having made
a complete failure to do so with diplomacy. We hear
that Bassein is the place fixed on as the rendezvous,
where the Bombay steamers with the force are to as-
semble about the 25th of next month. Rangoon is to be
left to the last, it being decided that operations on the
capital is to be the first move, simultaneous with which
the Moulmein force to advance to Bilerry, and thence to
Ava by way of Myho."—Calcutta Morning Chronicle,
March 2.

y e Theree r
.G e e e r e preparationsi,s r
e f feorrn
7.1%7 our part, since the Go-
degree of vigour and dispatch °
Presidency
exceeded and seldom
been carried on with a
equalled in India. At this
Infantry had been sent out
of the
3higedulaileredt: Royal Irish has
At the
a3e73tnh, Native
Infantry
as hostilities are offici-
will probably be invaded as Boto et
ally declared. A portion,
which
80th Foot is
Cowin_
~500 men. Her is , snow protected
troopres
been sent to Maultneie
2
likewise is the
by a force little short of
Regiments of
Ma-
jesty'swater with all speed ; 6ancrnexfrpoemeteld)intaoporreeabc:
of the present
40th Native Infantry; they roa
the Presidency by the 15thy 20thbobeee",
shtlrencharacter. An express
unctions to hold the fol.
month. The artillery about to
©+
diate embarkation:—
Three will be of
the most efficient and formidable
has reached Madras, with
her Majesty's
,o fa Nlaatrigvee
slcinufaandtrreyn.
lowing force in readiness for
For
rrf e
Regiment,
h e companiesoonvey
andan o ofo
two
of tEuropeanßheesge
,iii to leave Bombay
Y arrangement after these orders
was com-
were reported to
of steamers was ordered by
without delay. Within three
reached that presidency, ever ehzPhi
plete. The next morning the
be in such a state of equipment that the the
to start on the third day. Of these yls, two are of
were in, orders
vesse
500 horse power and 1,500
tons;
one of 300 horse
power end 1,200 tons, all armed With
of eight inch calibre, throwing hollowlarge swivel guns
shrapnell to the distance of a couple shot, shells, or
of the other steamers are about hvoee of miles. Two
others, but both in a highly efficient ' the size of the
the Hugh Lindsay, seven steamers will state.be Including
with the troops from Madras across dispatched
whole, when assembled in 13urmese waters the bay. The
largest and the most efficient and the nlros, will form the
of steamers which has ever been collected terrific fleet
the East. It will consist of the Feroze, the trgether in
Sesostris, the Zenobia, the Semiramis, the Medusa,r, the
Hugh Lindsay, the Tenasserim, the Fire the
Enterprise, the Proserpina, and the phtegetueen, the
on, twelve
steamers belonging to the Hon. Company, and
Hermes, of her Majesty's navy. Tao sudden
assem-
blage of so magnificent a, fleet of steamers, fully i armed
end equipped, will serve to prove the astonishing
creaeo of power which the Government of
Indiashing hi-
derives
from steam navigation, and the complete command which
it holds of the whole sea coast from Suez to
th
Sea. The force from Calcutta, which ise Yellow
under the command of General Gel to be
on his way to the Presidency, wiwin, now
will
ready for starting. so early as that I not be
rem ma_
dray, and as the two forces must act inco-operation
with each other, it is scarcely possible to
c impeign before the first week in April, when trn the
ere wil
be little more than a month Pt before the '
commence)
ment of the rains. It has been confidently asserted that
this powerful armament is to batter down the
towns
of
Rangoon and Martaban, sod then to leave the country
towards the end of May, in the expectation char,
this de-
monstration of our power will induce the Burmese to
for peace. We think it far more probable that
if sue
take possession of Rangoon and other maritime town,
we
it will be not with a view to precipitate retreat, ht
e
the lawyers say, to have and to hold, and that we shall
as
not make any retrograde movement until after we
have
completely settled the affair. The present force
i
sufficient for a march to the capital, and we s not
naturally
conclude that it is intended only as a demonstration, which
rely possibly induce the Government of Ave to throw it-
self at our feet and
implore mercy, and pray for the d
that has -
. punished it. If this expectation should r 9
appointed be cl.s-
- , then there will remain a cold weather '
er cam.