The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-19 00:00:00

LITERATURE.
NARRATIVE OF A FIVE YEARS' RESI-
DENCE AT NEPAUL. By Captain Thomas
Smith. 2 Vols. Colburn.
This is a very interesting and valuable work, con-
tainingits accounts of Nepaul, climate and produc-
tions, its animals, its inhabitants, and its history.
There is a very complete description of the war,
which occupies a large share of the volumes, and a
sketch of Nepaul since the war. The following ex-
tract from the preface, shows that the author has en-
deavoured to reader the work as entire as possible
" Looking to the friendly character of the relations
which exist between England and N4aul, and consider=
leg the position which, Nepaul already holds in Anglo=
Indian history, it has appeared to the author that, in
writing an account of that country, nothing should be
omitted which can throw light on its characteristic his.
tory. In addition, therefore, to the narrative of his resi-
dence there, his account of the wild sports and the pro-
ductions of the soil, and the description of the wars of
1814 and 1816, be has deemed it indispensable to
append a memoir of the late General Sir David
Ochterlony, who was not only the conqueror of Nepa,ul
after all other Generals had failed, but was one of the
finest, best, and bravest soldiers the Indian army ever
bad to boast.
" Besides this , memoir, -it has been considered expe-
dient to publish an account of the formation and ser-
vices of the Sirmoor battalion—a corps of Goorkbalees,
formed out of the. Nepaulese, after the hills bad fallen
under the British yoke.'.'
The history of the 'Nepaulese Princes, who visited
London in 1850, is very interesting, and the writer
takes some pains to show that General Jung Biba-
door is more worthy of remark from hia individual
character than from his splendid train and gorgeous'
jewels. The following description of the Nepaulese
may be found interesting :
"In person the Nepaulese are in general of
middle size, all head, shoulders, and chest, with
open and cheerful countenances. The Nepaulese
of the plains are peaceable,. industrious, and
ingenious, greatly attached to the superstitions
they profess, and tolerably reconciled to their lot. They
are courageous, capable of very great labour, and be-
sides, being chiefly agriculturists, they almost exclu-
sively cultivate all the arts and many of the manufac-
tures known to India—their powers of imitation in
manufactures, especially in that of arms, and all vessels
and ornaments of gold, silver, &c., being very superior.
"It may not be out of place to say soinethingof the laws
of Nepaul and the way in which they arc administered.
The laws for political offences depend entirely upon the
strength or weakness of the party they are enforced
against, and his guilt or innocence depends upon the
faction in power. I was much amused one day by being
seriougly.informed by one of the high priests of Nepaul
and an ex-Minister that it was thus written in a very
old flindoo work in his possession, and of the truth of
which, be said, I was aware, That those seeking for
learning should go to Benares—those seeking for justice
should go to Nepaul, or rather Goorkha, which is fifty
miles further north. My own impression, although I
did not tell the learned priest so, was,' You might seek it
—possibly find it—but it would be a very dangerous
experiment.

GUY'S NEW SPEAKER.
CARPENTER'S ARITHMETIC. Arranged
by Rutherford.
THE ANABASIS OF XENOP.HON. With
English Votes, by Anthon. Revised and cor-
rected by Dr. Doran. Tegg, Cheapside.
These are very excellent works for schools and fa-
milies, presented in a cheap form, and carefully ar-
ranged. Guy's Speaker contains selections from the
best authors, prepared for the purpose of inducing
the young readers to extend their perusal to the en-
tire works from which the extracts are taken. It is
of great importance to many to be able to procure
such valuable information so easily.

THE ODES OF PINbAR. Translated into
Prose by Turner, into Verse by Moore.—Bohn's
Classical Library.

Tnese celebrated compositions are thus given in two
forms. They contain the Olympic, the Pytbian, the
Netnean) and the Isthmian Odes. The translator of
the prose declares that he has endeavoured to render
he should have preferred himseif
when
the university examination. It is
tanheen stdedxpitrteiar
iintahinelag fortwY tction to this •volurne to meet with
the superior verses of the late talented Abraham
Moore.

THE ORATIONS OF MARCUS TULLIUS
CI CI Translated by E. D. Yonge. Vols.
H. and 111.—Bohn's Classical Library.
These volumes contain the three orations on the
Agrarian Law, the four against Catiline, the ora-
tions for his house, Plaucius Sextius, Milo, &c. It is
very desirable to have these important speeches thus
rendered into the English language in a form easy of
access to all who are eager to obtain a better know-
ledge of one of the world's greatest orators.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
The representation of 11 Flauto Magico, last night,
was in, every respect excellent. Mario is evidently
im-
proving in voice. Ronconi was superlatively droll as
the birdcatcher, and Formes was in particularly splendid
voice, and sung the solemn music with imposing effect.
Mdllo. Anna Zerr'e wonderful vocal and executive
powers as the Queen of the Night are now familiar to
us. Her opening air was sung with very great taste and
feeling, but it is not until she gets among the extraordi-
nary vocal gymnastics, written specially by Mozart for
an Exceptional female voice of his own time, that her full
Capabilities appear. She attacked the soaring burst of
brilliant fioriture of the "Gil angni" with extraordinary
case and perfect correctness of intonation, extending her
ambition so far as actually to touch, and that soundly
and ringingly, A in alt, two clear notes above the
highest Mozart wrote, which was F. For Mme. Cas-
tellan, a feinted apology was circulated, bat there was
little need for it. She sang evenly, steadily, and with
all her vocal grace and sweetness of organ.
Her Majesty tho Queen and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert honoured the performances with
ed. of t the
he'
ir
-presence last evening. The royal suite consist
Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon. Mary Seymour, the Hon.
Lord Polvvorth, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel Bou-
ierie. Among' the fashionable company present in the
theatre we remarked his Excellency the Sardinian, Mi-
nister, the Msrquis and Marchioness of Aylesbury, the
Marquis of Northampton, the Marchioness of Hastings
and the Ladies Edith and Bertha Hastings, and Cap-
tain Yelvertoreß.N.; the Earl of Wilton, the Marquis
of Granby, M.,P,, the Earl of Cardigan, the Countefis of e
Mariesbury lied the Lady Heraatone St. Maur, th
s.
Countess of Glengall and Lady Margaret Butler, the
Earl of Pomfret, Vftscountess Newport, and Lady Geor-
giatia Codriegton, Viscount and Viscontite"
Viscount Cranbourne, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount
Chelsea, Lady Lyndhurst and the ion. Miss Copley,
Lord and Lady Carrington and the Hon. Miss Carriug-
ton, Lord Colville, Lord Arthur Hay, Lord Broughton
and the Hon. Miss Hobhouse, Lord and Lady Erness.
t
Bruco and Miss Wentworth Lady Suffi Lordel Mr
John Stanley, Lord and Lady Cranworth, Harry
•Gordea Lennox, M.P., Lady Harriet Ellerton and Mr.
Ellerton, Lady Webster and Mr. Webster, Lady Wil-
liana Compton'
,' Lady Mary Ben tinck, Lady Thorold,
Major the Honourable James Macdold, Hon. Mrs.
George Anson, Hon. Mrs. A. Villiers, Captain the Hon.
C. Hardinge, .M.P., Sir Ra Peel, M.P., Sir William and
Lady do, Bathe, Me.
Baillie Cochrane, Lady Webster
and Mr. .Webster, Sir '
David Dandas Sir Thomas
Hate, Mr. George Mitchell, Sir George Armytage, S:r
William BAll, Hon. John Fortescup, M..P., Baron de
Steaubsrg, Baron de Paravacini, Ron. Misses Blake and
hilse Mils, Ms. Hobbouse, Colonel Saele, Major Gage,
Captain Nicholson, Captain Stlearsan, Captain Leckie,
Mr. Henry Baring, M.P., M. and s7slrs. Bates and Miss
Weston, Mr. and Mrs. Newton Scott, Mr. A. K. O'om,
Captain Carleton, Mr. Pane, Mr. Lloyd Clayton, Mr.
St. Leger Glynn, Mr. Walter Ewer, Captain :he Hoe.
Claude LV.II), Mr. Talbot Stanley, Captain Wardlaw,
General Neale, Mr. R;cardo, IVI.V„ Mr. Martineau, Mr.
and Mrs. Coghlan, Miss Gyles, Major A. Bissett, Mr
Palk, Mr. Wigram, Captain and Mrs. Villiers Hatton,
Mrs. Baillie Cochrane, Mr. C. 11, Mills, Mr. Charles
Morgan, &c.

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SPIRIT of the: PUBLIC JOURNALS. The probability seams to be that his Lordship will either
---- 147031-THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. . - seek to represent some other constituency, or take his
TINIESS4Wte nntirely eoneur -with a remark made by i seat in the Upper House of Parliament.
Lord Melmeshury, in the short discussion "on MopdaY
:evening with reteresce.to the protection of -British alib-
i-6a'; in -My, ttßt.ll. Is very_ unworthy .a great nuns
try. libeAttiel.o bave nobody through whom it can
officiellytosleirces the'Cohrtof -Rome, and that England
should only claim' by a roundabout ceurse and in a sort
irtifideth',cfAsa-tay-thelalfilment-of the common obliga-
tions of ititeinational late from the'. Papal Government.
Lord Malmesbury's short experience at the Foreign
office has already:convinced- hire of the importance
.of
having at Rome a diplomatic .agent of sufficient. rank
and importance to mateohimiell heard -try-"the Pope's'
Ministers, though ire were-__only for the protection_ of
British residents in that city, or of British commercial
interests at Ancono whither/bore; for the character of
Mr. Freeborn out Consul,-or the still more anomalous
positleo oil 24.. Petro, certainly do not enable those
gentletileu- tiitproducce much • effect on - the Vatican.
But since leerel iMaltheshery has at length arrived at
this csnclusion; lie-cariiiot have forgotten that it was
the clause inserted in the Bill Of 1848 by the House
of Lords, on the proposal of his colleague, the present
Lord. Lieutenant :of Irelandewhich rendered the Act of
the late Governnient for establishing diplomatic relations
with Rome ()amity() serf_ inoperative. That clause pro-
vided that the diplomatic agent whom her AlsiontY might
receive in this countryitom the:- Court-of Rome should
not. be in holy orders .
,in the Church of R,_ me, or a
member of any religibtis order: It was unfortunately
adopted and inserted in; the_ Bill by a majority of 67 to
64. Such a limitation Was not:, unnaturally resented by
the Pope as an affront; for it W-as an unprecedented mea-
sure to define bylaw a 'Class of persons to which a di-
plomatic agent sent and accredited- by a foreign Govern-
ment shall not belong. __lnepoint of tact, as was stated
by Lord Aberdeen iu Committee on the Bill, there is ino
instance of the Court of Renee ever having sent a Pe,i-
nister tp, any. Protestant 'country, and though the
Prussian-- Government has long had a Minister at
Rome, no Ronaish Nuncio- ever made his appear-
ance at Bertha. Probably the same course would
have beemapyrsued ' towards this country. But es
a Nuncio `Mutt, necessarily be- an ecclesiastic by the
usageoof the Papal -Government, it was an absurd con-
tradictiOn to profesi a desire to promote diplomatic re-
lations with Rome by a Bill declaring that it is expe-
dient to remove ell doahts-on the subject, and then by
the same Bill to prohibit the:reception by the Queen of
the clsss of persons from whom the Court of Rome is in
the habit of selecting all its Ministers both at home and
abroad. Tbelionsequence was that the Act has re-
mained inoperative or worse. The Pope has not sent to
this counts ;tiny diplomatic agent; the Pope's Govern-
ment still thinks itself at liberty to hear as little as it
phases of the remoneteences Or demands of :an English
Secretary of State, transmitted by a roundabout course
or in an underhand way; -British residents in Rome re-
main without a detent place of worship according to the
rites of the Church. of England, and British subjects
may even be cast into-prison, or condemned to death,
as far as we . know, without inquiry or trial.
There are taco-. parts of , the globe in which
our interests are sexelasiYely defended by con-
sular agents; the Ciao is_. the Chinese Empire, tile
other the Papal dominions. Nay, if the theory of non-
recognition were fully acted upon, our relations with
Rome would be those we maintain with Bokhara or
Japan. 11-`ei at this very time, and while the effects of
this shortsighted restriction were hardly foreseen
by its authors, the -Pope took the most peremptory and
offensive means of showing that ho wanted no Diplo-
matic Relation's Bill to ortablish his ecclesiastical autho-
rity in its most'direet, nik(l
e arrogant. form aino-ngst.us.
He appolueed a
and dogipatism _ of. the own,
schools, to be
au mis,ary of,his ewn, trained in all the
aod he appointed a Cardinal, spurteattyi
40.,_,1tei
and...
hold-
ing the rank of a Princeinlis own Court, and assuming
the spurious title of Atobbishop of Westminster in our
emn.CouOtrY, to
reside, here in the plenitude of Papal
tibWer niet- the hieriirchy he had just called into exist-
ence. The lear oFsucli a result was the very motive
would be," he said,
assigned b'y Lord Aberdieri for objecting to the pre-
sence of an arch-priest
.16: England in the character
-filoltLonclon, so far as the
Catholics are concerned in
this country, arid, he added, that .
'
he
had much rather see
• lit must-exist, remain at, home than be
os"pftioriatutradaluipasltimerirastttlice,;otilmitjaa. 41-3
that authority, i
ported Lord EglinWi'a amendinent, and in fact caused it
in 1848. In 1850 no diplomatic re-
lationstruesterred heria" Oa this ground, Lord Aberdeen sup-
to piss. That was . .
established with Rome, but a
had indeed Isnen
Cardinal. Arabi di ills residirg in Westminster with
those very' powers 6 Cll' Olter ego to whichr Lord Aber-
deen had so jaspy objeCtect.' We do not nesitate to avow
our conviction that(if the Diplomatic Relations 8,1 l had
received the sanction of_parliament
an es it Ives introduced
d
'by the Marqiiis of - Lansdowne,
d without Lor
Minister of the Crown discreet and influential
Eglinten's clause, and. if a
of England had at once been accre-
dited to the Papal Court, the disastrous consequences of
Lord Mint-e'a 113135i011 might- have been repaired, and the
Papal Government might have been so informed and
enlightened as to the , policy WhiCh it was then the ear-
nest wish of her Majesty's Government to pursue towards
the Roman Catholic, sakes of the Crown, that the
acts of provocation andretaliation we have since had to
deplore would have ben altogether avoided, and we
should have had lees- reason to denounce a course of ag-
gression and intolerance on the part of Rome that drives
us back to the defensive weapons of past ages. Far from
increasing the spiritual power of the Pope by a recogni-
tion of his temporal power as Sovereign of the Roman
States, it is precisely by affecting to ignore his existence
as a temporal power that we have left his spiritual
authority wholly
,uncontrolled; and a large share
of 1 the encroaching and mischievous policy this
country has . had -cf: late so -much reason to
complain of is due to the bigotry which refuses
to employ the only:. rational and appropriate means
of defence. It is more _than probable that When Pius
Ix. took the steps which kindled so strong a feeling of
resentment throughbut this island, and revived so much
heitility against the Roman Catholic party, be was very
ignorant of what he'Was doing; and the objections of a
competent representative of the Queen of England would-
have done far more. to- prevent this mischief than the
Ecclesiastical Titles Biltilas -done to care it. But all
these evils, which Lord Malmesbury now regrets, are
us
the direct resoit of the amendment which the party now
in power had the misfortune to carry. The case of Mr.
Murray, which gave rise to this discsion,
is imperfectly
known to the-world, And-though some interest has been
' excited in leis:favour, what is known of him-is not very
favourable to his cbaracter. ' He is the son of a British
officer, tut, -wet-believe-
.he had become an officer .
of police under the
,Papale Government at Ancona, and
whilst in thitOpest neje said to have formed a connexion
with a gang ,1 of criminuls. The weightiest charge
against him is that COUtit SS-veride, and another parti-
san of the Pope, who" h 414 been imprisoned by the Re-
publicanwere murdered in prison while they
were in the custodyef Murray, and this at the very
time when an order .had been given by the Governor
of that placer) that they -should he released. We know
nothing
.of the truth -or =falsehood of this charge, sad
'"--
faction,
the British ii Government has" certainly no induce-
ment to rescue meta of bad- character from
the fate they may-have incurred by their- crimes.
But we have,Some right to require that, even in a coun-
try where justice is administered with as much tardiness
and corruptihn as tinhappily prevail in the Roman
States, a British subjecteth -
ould have a fair trial ; and to
that extent the protection cf the Crown is duo to a man
in this ead.phsition.. , The a"peal made to the Pope by
the English residents 'in-Romet is, however, merely, a
supplication for mire; in favour of Mr.• Murray; and we
observe that no atteropt is made in that document to
undergone in theJtOtnin priSoesp.-rhsps plead in
and deter th may
his favour .
_„
dispute his geilt,
= `Papal Goveunkent from in-
flicting, ' the - sufferings he has already
lota been justly edrainiatered is a subject for inquiry by
the Foreign ES
Secretary,-and for our Minister at Reme, if
tecoarnient and the last
penalty of the law. Whether that law
we had one; but this occurrence forcibly reminds us of
the
unworthposition iu which we
y
stand towards thus.-- Court, withoput the usual means of
protecting either 'private
or public interests in the very
country where such protection is for several reasons most
required. i ~
tiERALD.---Censiderable doubt seems to be enter-
tained as to schethei.Lord John Russell will again offer
•rbinnseltiiivittroansidate for the representation of the City
of London. ! This, doubt is . founded on the undisguised
want of confidence felt in him
..b his former political
in tho-C4- - Y
supporters - • The decline of this confidence
has had its Origin id two or three sources. The Radical
party have tievei been-Satisfied with his Lordship's con-
duct in refeienee to the
question. They have be-
lieved that if he were really sincere on that question, be
would have;shown Much greater energy and determina-
tion in pushinwit forward.- Their last movement in respect
of it was to- pass a resolution, calling upon Lord J. Rus-
sell to introduce soma-substantive • measure by the Exe-
cutive Government, which should brim the question
f9rwara with the whole weight of the Administration.
To this letinision Lord John replied by introducing
Ate into his Reform _,Bill—a Bill which he was
well aware would never pass the House of Com-
. liens, Further, this Be-form Bill itself has never
heed loCked upon
with favour by the Whig-Radical
party- in the City. - Then Lord John Russell's conduct
on the Customs questien, there can be no doubt, has
withdrawn from him a large body of --- re
ity support. Ho
was found 'supporting his Chancellor of the Exchequer
—the most-unpopular occupant of that office that has
for a long time been seen—throughout that most dia-
aceful contest with' the dock
compared with coppanies. His conduct
on that occasion-wasthat of a Tory First
Lord of the Treasury, Lord Liverpool, before whom a
, „occurrence (but wholly
'
.armewhatoirAllar
these latter
offensive violence of doings) had taken
ears r
place aenel thirty-five. Y..ago, and who, instead of
' the
treating „ - . ,
dock directors with the haughty in-
bey experienced i
difteecece . which .t, - _ - n 1850, en-
into- personal cent:Tepee with thorn,tered stopped all
nd brought the matter t
law tiroceediogs• - ilb,
a course of friendly,to
an
iiinl-
ittthle termination - y but cffec-
Redicel party, although
five inquiry;..:.T.h," strong in
onviedons, (Teed
their owtoepuidal., not but make
nconduct of tilt
the contrast between the . these two Iliaisters;
%V that- in the list of 0 -social
and feelintif;o-oreo ,_
one au,
more need'
grie'vancesthere is ,got-one _ needing reform than
t ation of
that; cf the mel-a(:mtms r.
the
could not ;help saying. ifincid a disappointmentreat of their
spirit—`' vri4nrct..ul4 we
reform than wer
0 Edactical hind-
ranee to a tnoit'neo
. elilaSluld we really he Wo in our own
h
Whig Government, h
wii :believe, is a prettyrse off
with
Lerd Derby ?'-- t
See
Ction of public opinion accurate
statement sttement of the co_°''
the time when Lord ni n t7l
as it stood iircriously to . _.John....tu.se.
on of affairs.
&Signed thetadmillatrilt;.ere is bince
' then—we
Say it with: regret,: -or
, le; the standardnothing gained to the
nation by,...; the iewese-a
,of the personal
tesme h n—t e course which
position of our leading att. .
Lord John Russell has thought it becoming in him to
purseO--ae thi, leader of the Opposition, has damaged his
Position throughout the length And breadth of the lane
. -

THE BURMESE EMPIRE AND
THE LAST WAR.
At the present moment, when hostilities with the
Burmese en a large scale have actually commenced,
some account of a country and a people
us than probably any part of the
the interior of Chinaandexcept
the empire of Japan, will
globe, if3wtenown to
doubtless be interesting and instrucive to our readers,
Lying between the great peninsula of Ltindostan in India,ers
and the Chinese Empire, is another peninsula nearly equal
in extent, running down from the llimslaya, mountains
almost to the eque,or, for e distance of petit 2 000 miles.
The greater part of this peninsula has an averege breadth
of 800 miles, but the southern portion ends in a narrow
neck of land, 800 or 900 miles long, the average
width of which does not exceed 150 miles, the
extremity forming the kingdom of Malaya or Me-
laces, and terminating at the straits of Sincapore, the
high road from the west to Chins. Of this vast penin-
sula, which has an area of upwards of a million seprere
miles, the Burmese Empire comprises more than a
fourth. Neither the area nor the geographical limits of
the Burmese Empire have been determined with accu-
racy,
but it is known that along Belies of successes had
rendered the King of Ave the hauticat, the roost intole-
rant, and the moat powerful in Asia. Their power over
the countries east of the Bay of Bengal tuck its rise
nearly at the same time that the English began to ac-
quire supremacy in India, and the progress of both was
equally rapid. Conquests on each side brought the two
powers into Reeser contact, until at length the aequisi-
;ion by the East India Company of the provinces of
Assam, Cachet., and Arracan, placed the Burmese as our '
neighbours on the north-west frontier.
The inhabitants are evidently of Tartar origin, and
have many peculiarities of character, feature, and phy-
sical conformation in common with their Eastern neigh-
hours,
the Chinese. They are short and robust, the
face is wide at the cheek-bones, and pointed at the
forehead and chin like a lozenge, with a small nose,
narrow eyes, placed slanting, and black coarse hair—
their colour is lighter than the Hindoos. Their
worship is that of the Buddhu. There is no standing
army, but as the sovereign is lord of the lives and pro-
perties of his subjects, every male adult is obliged to be-
come a soldier, and fight when called upon. The crush-
ing despotism of the Burmese princes had taught the
people to believe that their rulers were irresistible, and
throughout the whole of our operations in that country,
no inducements could win them from an allegiance
strengthened by the unchecked conquests on every side of
more than halt a century. The chief cities and towns of
the kingdom are situate on either bank of the great
river, the Irrawaddi. Among them is Rangoon, of
which we have already spoken. Amarapoora, the
former capital, is placed about 500 miles up the
stream of the Irrawaddi. In 1819, the chief seat
of the Government was removed to Ara, a few
miles lower down the stream on the opposite bank.
The southern district of Burmuh is called Pe', and
the capital is a large city of the same name. In the
sixteenth century the Peguans were tee rulers of the
Burmese empire, but were ultimately put down by the
Burmans. In the middle of the eighteenth century the
Peguans were again masters, but the Burmese rose and
put them down.
The causes which brought us into collision with the
Burmese in the years 1825 and 1826 originated so far
back as the beginning of the present century. In 1793
er 1799 the • Minghs, an agricultural nee, settled in
Arracan, who had been for a long period subjected
to the most cruel oppression find tyranny by
their Burmese masters, emigrated, to the number
of several thousand, into th neighbouring district
of Chittagong, having learned to appreciate the
superior mildness and equity of the British rule. Tens
of thousands continued to pour over, declaring that they
would die rather than return to Arracan; and vast
numbers actually perished of want, famine, and fatigue,
the road to the Naaf river, which forms the boundary
between the Burmese province of Arracan and the Bri-
tish district of Chittagong being strewed for miles with
the bodies of the aged and decrepid, and of mothers
with infants at their breasts. Four thousand Burmese
troops were sent after the Minghs, and they entrenched
themselves so firmly with stockades in the dense woods
of Chittagong, that they repulsed a body of Sepoys sent
to drive them away. At this time there e ere about
40 000 or 50,000 refugees in the province of Chittagong,
and the Burmese menarch sent an ambassador to Cal-
cutta to the Marquia of Wellesley, the then
Governor-General, to remonstrate against the
encouragement given to them. The only result
of this mission was the iesuieg of a proclamation by the
Governor. General declaring that any subjects of the
Burmese King who should thereafter emigrate would
not be received within the British territories. Towards
the close of 1800 en unconditional surrender of all the
Mingles was again demanded, and Lieutenant-Colonel
Seems was sent in 1802 as ambassador on a friendly
mission to the Court of Aye, while a coniide-
cable detachment, under Lieutenant-Colonel Burnett
was marched to the frontier of Chittagong. Mat-
ters remained in abeyance for some years, but in
1811 some of the Minghs began to meke predatory
incursions into the province of Arracan, and the Burmese
troops retaliated by incursions into the company's ter-
ritoeies. Petty complaints, recriminations, arid hostili-
ties continued up to 1815, when the Rajah of Ramere,
governor of the Burmese frontier province, wrote
in a style of more than ordinary bombast, demanding
a surrender of all the Mingh emigrants, with it plain
menace that a refusal to comply with this demand
must produce immediate hostilities. Explanations
were sent in answer. In 1818 another more imperative
demand was made, and a conciliatory answer sent
back, and thus matters went en for some years
further, the tone of the communications, and the
letters of the high officers of the Burmese provinces
becoming every day more arrogant and insolent,
while the desire of the British authorities to avoid
a rupture seemed only to it flame their proneness
to hostilities—they had evidently formed plans of con-
quest, which rendered war at length inevitable.
It will be seen from the foregoing sketch that the
history of tho Mingh emigration and its consequences
forms not only in itself an interesting episode in the
annals of British India, but is also a necessary prelimi-
nary to an account of the Burmese war, the first waged
by the Company beyond the proper limits of India.
In 1823 the Earl of Amherst tecame Governor-Ge-
neral of Indio, and in the following year the long
threatening storm burst without any attempt at explana-
tion or negotiation. A night attack was made upon a
small island situate in an arm of the sea, which divides
the province of Chittagong from Arracan, and the small
body of sepoys by whom it was defended were either killed
or compelled to retreat. Hostilities were also com-
menced further to the north on the frontiers of Assam and
Minipore, and elm few Sepoys brought against the in-
vaders defeated; and at length increasing in confi-
dence, the Burmese advanced into the province of
Sylhot, nearly 100 miles from their own fron-
tier, and only 226 from Calcutta. Here they
attacked by Colonel Brown with a very inedeqtrate
force, when the British were repulsed with the loss of
four officers and upwards of 100 men. Great alarm was
excited at this intelligence, and a proclamation an-
nouncing war against the Burmese was issued by
the Governor-General. Up to this time the most
extraordinary want of information prevailed among
the authorities of Calcutta regarding the Burmerie
nation and people. The Government wavered as to
whether the war should bo commenced by sea or by
laud. At one time it was intended to have marched
upon Ava, the capital, through Arracan, while a sub-
sidiary force, acting simultaneously, was to cross the
frontier mere to the north at Cachar, but further ina
quiries showed that Arracan would be too unheahlay,
and the expedition was abandoned.
The plan of campaign finally arranged, and somewhat
hastily adopted, was to send an army, under the convoy
of a considerable squadron, to take possession of
Rangoon, the et:ief sea port of the Burmese empire,
under the impression that the seizure of this great
emporium would terrify the King of Ave, and Mame
him to sue for peace. In case of refusal, it was
resolved to make Rangoon a depot for ammunition and
military stores, seize the boats by which the navigation
was carried on, and ascend to the capital of the empire.
six hundred miles up the river. A second truly was to
co-operate by an overland march in the same direction.
The sea and land forces destined for Rangoon
were placed under the command of Sir Archibald
Campbell. On the 10th of May the squadrons and
transports arrived at the mouth of the Irrawaddi, and
its arrival being wholly unexpected, the Burmese au-
thorities were thrown into the greatest alarm and eon-
siternetion. It was hoped that by pushing on at once, the
town would surrender in terms of protection, and that
cattle, boats, boatmeu, and drivers, with all of
which the expedition was totally unprovided..,
' would have been placed at their disposals
The Burmese authorities, however, adopte.drded
rel.
se-
much more tyrannical and relentless policy its
their own subjects, and ,a much more harastlsetug d
inavaders.
riously embarrassing policy as regardedd
Knowieg the town could not be detendeh,vththe authori-
itente, and
ties assembled the whole of the in .
compelled them to proceed in a mass into tho inmost
recesses of the jungle, so that next days
T' a few shots
when the
squadron arrived opposite the town,
uand the town de-
were exchanged, they landed and
sorted. The pity. felt by the British foor inclementtlae i inhabitants
irtaainatys
expslled from their homes during
rh
their own position
season soon gave way to anxiety -f
they were deserted by the peoople of the country,
from whom alone they could expect suppiips—thty
were unprovided with the means of moving eithcr
by land or water—nothing was ttot bo found in the
some paddy," or rice
EurrouLding district but
of the Burmese'
in the husk, the policy
rulers being to ond reach everything
likely to prove useful to an invading army; and tv,hldriothugthh-
out the entire history of t ewar "shleeymforllhoiwoch!d
coop
greatest vigilance the only se . have
reedered the situation and prospects of the invaders se-
embarrassing, andeueffvocroduathemse,fveßs any reason.
riously tton aßangoon was
able hope of success. Thom
only the commencement of
wana at system of well-coneerted
t e country in front
oho would
Bur-
°petitions for Is, in
in the hlo.opethitsha
conductt fam
of tee British army,
Brice them from the shores.
adhered long end steadily-. It,fat theratice of their
the
¢t aytliey endisevourcd. to avoid a pitched battle, and
merely blockade the British by forming with their troops
a cordon round the camp calculated to harms and wear
out the enemy. The first operation of Sir Archibald
Cainpbell was to take the possession of the Golden Dagen
Pagoda—a vast and magnificent structure adorned with
statues and decorated with gilding-e-aboat two and a
half miles from Rangoon. This pagoda, which was
capable of being strongly fortified and defended, was
during the whole of the time the British remained in
the neighbourhood of Rangoon the key of their petition,
and was the object of frequent and furious assaults from
the Bartow. 134 the hope of finding native beeps to

semi-circular direction from the river bank above K 22.111
mendine to the village of Pazendoun. Next morning a
fierce attack was made upon Kemmendine, the reduction
of that place being a necessary preliminary to an attack
on the whcle of the British position—thecontest was

carry them six hundred miles up the river was vain—the 1 pouring a storm of grape and canister upon the un-
boatmen proved th it devotion to the King by removirg ! happy men. Two hundred men were in a few minutes
every boat likely to be useful to the invaders, and each I cut to pieces—the men were then disarmed, the ring-
was the unpleasant and hazardous position of the British I leaders eut to death, and the 47th Regiment erased from
at the commencement of the rainy season, the longest, the "Army List." This act of terrible severity, did
perhaps, in any part of Indi'h and during which no not appear to have left any bad impression,. and the
troops could keep the field. troops, Native and-British, marched off readily to their
About the end of May, as the Burmese troops swarmed destinations.—Sunday Paper.
in, they gradually became more daring, approached the
British position, and commenced stockading themselves'
in the jungle, within hearing of the advanced posts. At
length Sir A. Campbell ordered out a recon-
noitering party, and the stockade, being in-
complete, was abandoned, the Burmese slowly
retiring through the jungle before the British troops
until they reached a viliaao protected by two stockades.
A heavy fire was opened from three on the British,
which they were tumble to return, the rain hexing
com-
pletely wetted their muskets. The order was given to
charge with the bayonet, end three companies milt d
forward, and soon forced their way into the interior.
and as the Burmese etueld neither give nor take
quarter, a fearful butchery ensued, the only mode
of exit being a smell anerturo at the back of the
stockades, in which the defenders were heaped- in inex-
tricable confusion. This was the first engagement which
had taken place between the hostile forces, and while it
impressed the Burmese with respect for British valbur,
the victory having been won with such disproportionate
means, it taught the Eeglirh to respect the obstinate
gallantry of the Burmese, who allowed themselves to
be cut down at their post rather than fly. It was oh--
served that among the combatants were s some feetale
warriors, who fought wiwthireennotraordinary courage, and
one of them, the young
afGovernerterthe of
action.R tin-
Ran-
goon, was found mortally wounded the
The next struggle was the attack upon the fortified
village of Kemmendine, higher up the liver. This 'si
rat& on the 10th ot June, but at the entrance of the'
jungle the advancing column found its progress checked
by a formidable stockade, protected on three sides•b
the jungle, and the visible front being 14 feet high, fort?:
fisd by piles, branches, and palisades, driven diagonally
into the grourd. Two 18-pounders were brought up
to breach the work—a largo gap was soon
made, and the troops rushed forward. The
usual work of slaughter commenced in the interior,
and upwards of 200 Burmese were left dead in it. The
Burmese commander was killed by a shower of grape, and
the emblems of his authority, the state umbrella, sword
and spear, found near the body. Next morning the great
Kemmendine stockades were bombarded, tho effect of
the shells in the crowded stockade being so terrific, that
when the columns of attack moved forward the Burmese
evacuated the works. Towards the end of Juse, reinforce-
ments having arrived to the Burmese, a formidable as-
sault was made on the British lines, but the fire of some
field pieces loaded with grape and shrapnel turned tiii
fate of the clay in favour of the British. Meantime the
troops suffered severely from the want of fresh provision
and vegetables; multitudes sickened every day, the mor-
tality became alerming, and out of nearly 40,000 men
not one-fourth were fit for field duty. The next great
action was fought at Kemrceroot, about ten miles from
Rangoon, and ended in the capture of ten formidable
stockades, thirty pieces of artillery, and a serious loss in
men to the Burmese; but the British general was unable
to take adventage ot the panic he had created, and could
not advance a days' march into the country. A mari-
time expedition two or three hundred miles down the
coast to the province of Tenasserim was, however, com-
pletely successful. The principal cities were reduced
without diffieuay, severel excellent harbours were ob-
tained, and the climate being salubrious, those who had
been prostrated by the pestilential climate of Rangoon,
soon recovered their health and efficiency.
Towards the end of July the King of Ava not being
able to account for the continued successes of a mere
handful of British troops, sent two of his brothers to
superintend the operations of the war, accompanied by
numerous astrologers, to point out the most favourable
moment of attack. The British commander resolved to
anticipate them, and made a most successful attack upon
some stockade positions in the river, capturing eight
pieces of cannon and a considerable quantity of ammu-
nition. At midnight, on the 30:h of August, the Bri-
tish position was attacked in turn by a considerable
force, but the Burmese were repulsed with great
slaughter. An attempt was made to fallow up this
success, but owing to want of good feeling between Col.
Smyth and General Campbell, the latter having re-
fused to send a European detachment to cheer and
support the Sepoys, the British were compelled to re-
treat, with a serious loss 'in killed and wounded, and
Colonel Smyth never held up his head afterwards, but
sunk into an early grave. The health of the troops be
gan to improve in the month of November, and a promise
of an early movement in advance had a ftreat effect upon
the, hospitals. A re inforcement of two British regiments.
some battalions of native infantry, a equsdron of
cavalry, a troop of horse artillery, and a recket
corps, with 500 Mingh boatmenfrom Chittagong, reached
Rangoon about this period, and transports with draft
cattle were beginning to arrive, when it was announced
that Mahe Baedoola, the best general in the Burmese
service, and one of the most formidable the Court of Ave
had yet sent into the field, vies advancing at the head of
a powerful army, in crder to capture or expel the Bri-
tish from Rangoon. On the 30th of November the
whole forest in front of the Great Dagon Pagoda was
filled with Burmese troops, and all night the wood re-
sounded with the strokes of axe and hatchet, and the
crash of falling trees. The Burmese lines extended in a

SPORTING NO TES.
No. CCXXIX.
THE DERBY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Satt,—The raving yesterday on the Lansdowne, al-
theugh first-rate in quality, at least for that part of
the. world, putting Newmarket altogether to the blush
—6iffered somewhat in its result from the anticipative
view I tick of it. The Lansdowne Trial Stakes—
booked by same of the talent as a certainty for Bordeaux.,
on wheal they laid 7 to 4 freely, and 10 to 1 against
my selection, Lemartine, was won by the latter in the
most eff-hand style imaginable by three lengths;
Bordeaux and Old Rowley finding their way home
in the exact positions I awarded them—that
is, second sod third. Old Rowley will, of course,
not go for the Derby after such a thrashing as he sus-
tained yesterday. Lamartine must make a capital trial
horse for Little Harry; and if the latter can come any-
where near him at even weights, his Derby chance would
seem to be a very good one.
The victory of Chief Justice for the Somme:shire
Stakes would have taken me completely by surprise,
had I net the previous night seen with what avidity the
odds were snapped up by two or three of the commis-
sioners. What can such cattle be worth as were com-
pletely beaten off by Chief Justice, carrying, for him,
the enffish weight of Bst 31b? Echo answers, what!
Day, brought out for the Biennial Stakes a promising
youngster in Chinas, who disposed of Stella (another cer-
tainty) in a very easy style.
The Derby betting on the course was of a very light
nature, and principally referred to Robbie Noble, who
was quoted at 6, Little Harry at 9, and King of Tramps
at 20 to 1, taken several times, but in small sums.
The following Derby horses are doing excellent work,
several of them having sweated to the satisfaction of
their owners on Monday and yesterday, viz.:—Alcoran,
hCohoiseef, BAaruogn Nicaolson, Alfred the Great, Clever-
Nabob, doe
iu Trumps,arinoia
oCoolutn,r; Convulsion,
iiol
nißarbarian,e, Buckthorn,
Young
tdl
enHmaa
marl
Missive.
inrvorgenye.
OfTKK rii
ennuaggs
osubtrobe
oniret:
speculators condition
I nenfnoer the
heavy
faces dead against him, he b
slang phrase of one of the leading eadr
hut fit; on the other hand, hispart authentichave
is partisans, though shaken
in their confidence to some y;-tente still insist, to use a
mouse." Claverhouse has
taken his exercise and sweated that there is " still life in
everybody connected with him, ant(liiathe satisfaction of
either of the Dutchmen were the week nasfine twig
s
preceding their
Epsom struggle. Augur, though increased
size since last year, notwithstanding how
backwardver little iii
was in his work in the early p ohe
art
spring, is one© more himself again, having
ienpgo repot e
ednt to bemo an:ngecyte
ttothhhueinenmitgri
trained theo
very satisfactorily. Lard Exeter's chance with Stockil
well is all U P, as the horse is doing very little work.
Orelio is said to be not quite the thing. Day's couple,
Buckthcrn and Little Harry, will be brought to the post
perfect pictures, without a superfluous ounce of flesh
about them. King of Trumps is coming" feet, and I
have but little doubt he will see 10 to 1 or under before
he runs; .bis owner considers him to be almost as good
as anything of his year, and Dawson fancies that some-
thing good may be made cf him. Barbarian is a second
edition of the Brother to Chanticleer of last year, and of
course, will be nowhere in the race; though, by the
bye, his running at the Curragh last month was all
" bosh. E!cot is reported to be falling off again. It
is said we shall be sure to have one of Sir R. Pigott's,
the colt by Hetman Platoff, and the Kingfisher, in ad-
dition to those horses that I gave as starters yesterday.
The market to-day is uncommmonly firm, at least
with respect to the favourites, tho following being the
latest prices:-6 to 1 agst Hobble Noble. take 7to 1;
8 to 1 abet Alcoran; 9 to 1 agst Little Harry; 10 to 1
each eget Claverhouse and Harbinger; 14 to 1 eget Al-
fred the Great; 16 to 1 agst Kingston; 18 to 1 agst King
of Trumps; 20 to 1 agat Augur; 25 to 1 each agst
Orelie, Chief Baron Nicholson, and Joe Miller; 1,000
to 30 each eget Stockwell and Elect; 40 to 1 egst
Maidstoce; 50 to 1 each agat Missive, the Nabob, and
Buckthorn; 66 to 1 agst the Marinello. colt; 100 to I
each agst Barbarian, Young Hammond, Ilinnebrewed,
Ambrose' Kingfisher, colt by Hetman Pluteff, Convul-
sion, and either of Sir R. Pigott's.
I ain, Sir, yours, &e.,
THE SPIRIT OF TUE TURF.
May 19, 1852.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BATa RACES.—TuEsDAY.
The Lansdowne Trial Stakes of 15 soya., 10 ft, with 50
added for three yrs old and upwards. Ono mile.
(9 Subs.)
Mr. Pewney's Lamartine, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (A. Day) 1
Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux, Bst 11lb ...(F. Butler) 2
Mr. Triennes's Old Rowley, 3 yrs, 7st (Hiett.) 3
Betting-2 to lon Bordeaux-7 to 2 agst Oid Rowley
—and 10 to 1 agst Lamartine.
Won by three lengths; Old Rowley beaten off. Ban
in 1 min. 50 sees.
The Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added, for
two yrs old; second to save his stake. Half a mile.
(12 Subs.)
Mr. Howard na Cineas, Bst 7lb (A. Day) 1
Duke of Richmond's Stella, Bst 4th (F 1 itman) 2
Mr. Southby's Contentment, Bst 71b (Knight) 3
Betting-7 to 4on Cincas, and sto 2 agst Stella.
Won easy by a length. Run in 53 secs.
The Somersetshire Stakes of 25 soul. each, 15 ft, and 5
only if declared, with 100 says. added; the second to
receive 501., and the third to save his stake. Two
miles and a dia. (62 Sabs., 41 of whom declared.)
Mr. Williams's Chief Justice, 5 yrs, Bst 31b ...(Lye) 1
aogbtoTtnilerset. Heats,
Mr, Bryer's Young England, 5 yrs, Est 91b ...(iiiett) 2
Mr. Isaac Day's Waterfall, 4 Ins, sst 111 b (Gower) 3
The following also rat, :—Russborough, 5 yra, 8:t 71b
—Ephesus, 4 yrs, 7st lib ( Wakefield)—Ballet
(GKirle,gsall))rs, 6.t 11Ib (Charlton)—Madam Wharton, 4
yrs, Gat 81b (Cowley)—Baotou, 5 yrs, Est 71b (Preece)
—Hugo, 3 yrs, 4st 81b (Steggles)—Grand Duchess, 3
yrs, 4st 71b (Fordhara) —Miss Bandy, 3 yrs, 4st (J.
Bundy)—Ferret, 3 yrs, 4st 51b, carried 4st 71b (Clift).
Betting-5 to 2 agst Hugo; 7to 1 egst Ballet Girl;
8 to 1 each agst Rus,borough, Chief Justice, Waterfall,
and Grand Duchess.
Won by two lengths, Waterfall a very bad third.
Run in 4 minutes.
The Selling Stakes of 5 Boys. each, and 25 added. Quo
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bynaelteunnggt—h,2l:oerlimagastbaLdetihteirrpar.essi,:n toi. 23
min.
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2.rby b tn . ...(J(.°Swhalirepr)) 31 21
LATEST BETTINGe "(Wakefield) 2de
giT BATH.
5 to 1 agat Hobble Nobriler
9 to 1 asst Alooran
harry
e
9 to 1 egat Little II
Ciaverho tgothsgst Kingston
BETTING AT 'III'
Ii to 1 r.gst
iI.N)CELESTER.—TuEsDAT; Al-
-16 to 1 agst King of Trumps
ry 25 to 1 agst Orelio (t)
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(t)-20 tol agst King
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Little
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karbin.
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11ag8:t Kings-
tonClaverhouse 0)-18 to
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5 to 1 agst
Augur ( 'of Trumps (t)--
9 50 to 1 asst Ambrose 0-50 to 1 agst
Young Hammond
OARS.-6 to 1 aga Red Hind-7 to 1 agst Songstress
a
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-- to 1 agst Attack-12 to 1 aget Gossamer.

long and obstinate, but the Burmese were ultimately re-
pulsed with great less', the gun-boats and vessels in the
river having brought their guns to bear upon the enor-
mous masses. In the course of the day several dense
columns of the Burmese dt filed in front of the Great
Pagoda, and in a few hours the British were completely
surrounded by the swanning masses, nothing but the
narrow channel cf the river beieg unoccupied in theirrear.
As soon as this extraordinary and presumptuous forma-
tion was completed the Burmese threw aside their spears
and muskets, and commenced operations with their en-
trenching tools with each aelvity that in the course of a
couple of hours the whole line had disappeared, and
could only be traced by a parapet of new earth gradually
increasing in height, and assuming such forms as the
skill and science of the engineers suggested. The mov-
ing masses which had so lately attracted the anxious at-
tention of the British had sunk into the ground, and to
any one Rho had not witnessed the whole scene the ex-
istence of these subterranean columns could not be cre-
dited, and to the invaders; who had watched the whole
of the strange proceeding, it seemed like the work of
magic or enchantment. In the afternoon a strong Eng-
lish detEchment made a sortie to discover how the
hostile force was arranged. The movement was wholly
unexpected by the Burmese, and being unprepared for
resistance they were taken in flank and driven from
their cover with considerable loss, leaving large quanti-
ties of arms and tools behind them. Information was
thus obtained by the British of the Burmese mode of
warfare, and the manner in which they push forward
their approaches. The trenches were found to be
a succession of holes, capable of containing two men
each, sad excavated so as to obtain shelter both from
the weather and the fire of the enemy—even a shell
exploding in the trenches could only kill two men. As
the troops are not relieved, each hole contained a supply
of rice, water, and even fuel, and a bed of straw under
the bank, in which one man slept while his comrade
watched. When one line of this trench is completed, its
occupiers, taking advantage of the night, push forward
to where the second line of trenches is to be opened,
their place being immediately taken up by fresh troops
c
from the rear, and so on progreetivelys the number oi _
trenches occupied varying according to the nature off
1p
the ground, the force of tac besiegers, or the 1
plans
the general. At the same time a number of arge end
formidable fire rafts were sent down the river to set fire
to the shipping at Rangoon; but the skill and intrepidity
of the British seamen averted the danger. For three or
four days the enemy were allowed to push forward their
undergrond approaches till they had arrived within hal
musket-shot of the British lines. A furious onslaught et as
entirareatceetsiaii
behind them their artillery,
then made upon them, and, after an obstinate collect, they
fled into the jungle, leaving
tools, and a vast quantity of small arms. The following day
tho troops stationed at the Great Pagoda followed le
this success, while another division attacked the enemy's
wereeall
their
driveneir a artillery
fromery
and their
t.
he
camp at Della. In both cases the British were tria
Ptinii,t with---ti'
ethßenlroms Burmese
of the army. The Burmese army of reserve
to 25,000 men, was attacked on the 151 h December,' amounting
the trenches carried with an appalling el
auh and
fugitives. It was estimated that, in the aeries
ter of the
e s
between theist and 15th December, eries of actions
Burmese had fallen, and their Upwards of 10,000
disorganized. army had been completely
This may be said to have be
the fortunes of the British—the
populationen the turning point of
began to return to their homes,
end
supplies of fresh of Rangoon
pro-
visions and vegetables becameplentiful.
expe-
rience and information had b entitul. Much e
considerable cost, of the characteren obtained, although at
of the Burmese and the natureand mode of warfare
of
year closed without any renewal f the country. The
O
part of the Burmese, or without aggresaions on the
on the part of the Britieb. Theirany decided advantage
ha-
zardous and inconvenient; the position was
healthy......thea
y had never b climate was un-
ten miles from Rangoon, although"ll able to advance
than France had sent to Al they had a larger force
taken
to Egypt.
Tae
artr Algiers 'or than Napoleon had
May, and the 11th of 21had
landed on the 11th of
found them still at February, nine months afterwards,
that time they had lived Rangoon,u and nearly the whole of
supplies were obtained pon
salt provisions. All theirt
and every bullock fromlanded India, at an enormous. cos
~
verses had also takencost at least 101. Seriou_srree,,,
destined to co-operate place in Arracan, where fo
attacked 'by the with_ti that at Rsrgooria,aw_c ac-
tuallyassv._
great loss. The
armytt tniese, and diieeilttacyckntz.
back upon Cb
most extraordinary alarmfell trheut Ben-
gal, the peasantry on ihe wtscreatefidedthfrrceta
the fields,
reports were spread that the frontiersßurmese were invincible,
and it was with
difficult that tho native mer-
chants at Calcutta could be dissuaded from removing
theie families and properly. The effect of this panic,
together with a very il .0 d ed curtailment of their
extra fi... Id allowance to the Segpoy regiments, led to very
lamentable results. In the eantonmeets of 13arrackpore
were quartered the 26th, 47th, 6251, and 10th Regiments
of Bengal Infantry. They were all under orders
others for
service, sense to embark for Rangoon, and to
match upon Arracan. When ordered to parede for in-
spection on the 30th of October, the 47th positively re-
fused to turn out. Portions of the 62d and 10th joined
the mutineers rand
, nd the Royals and 491 h British, which
had not yet quitted Calm:tea were moved to the bar-
racks,. A brigar;e of artillery was planted so as to com-
mand the rear of the malcontents on the esplanade.
Another effort was made to lead them into submission,
but they rejected it, and the guns immediately opened,

CRICKET.
ENGLAND v. FOURTEEN OF YORKSHIRE.
Monday and Tuesday, Mayl7 and 18.
YOIIKSIURE.
First Innings.
Ellison, EA., b Clarke ..........• 28 2
Crossland, s Box, b Clarke ...••• a Box, b Clarke ... 1
J. Berry, b Clarke ................. 8 b Bickley 9
Anderson, c Bickley, b Alynn... 30
Chatterton, c Parr, b Myna
Sampson, c Guy, b Biciley 24
a Box, b Clarke ... ~ 40 not out
G. Berry, 2
Armitage, c Box, b Clarke ...... 0
Wright, b Bickley 3 c Box, b Bickley... 2
Coates, not out
, 8 BOX, b Clarke 3
14 b Clarke
Skelton, EEC!
Dakin, c Czeiar, b Clarke 0 not out ........... 5
Barber, ruu out
Hodgson, c Caffyn, b Clarke
Byes i;yes ....... . 6

Second Innings.

Total ...

ENGLAND.
N. Felix, Esq, cßer
r 37, -Crossland 30
A Mynn, Esq b Crossland__ 0
Bickley, b Wright .
Box, c Sampson, b Crossland 0
J. exsar, cJ. Berry, b Skelton 9
W. Caffyn, b Wright 2
Parr, c Armitage, b Crossland 8
A. Clarke, b Wright
W. Clarke, b J. Berry
Guy, not out
Ilartingll, c Chatterton, b
Wright ...
Byes 3, Ib3, w 2 ........ 8

Total. 7B

SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday
the Me'bury troop assembled in the .park of the Earl of
Ilchester for inspection, prior to their annual eight days'
duty. During the firing a melancholy and singular accident
occurred. Mr. Templeman, of Middle Chinnock, dis-
mounted from bis mare, and gave the animal in charge of a
boy, who was on the saddle, 'when the mare started off and
ran under a tree, one of the Vughs of which struck the boy
with such violence on the head as to cause instantaneous
death. It is a singular additional fact in this unhappy affair
that the horse which caused the accident was the same that
caused the death of another iperson not long since, and the
the trtr sportation of his accomplice—the mare having,ieu' and
as our
NNW.
readers remember, been stolen from Dir. Templeman,
conveyed up into Berkshire, where, where thee
lad's
man charged
with the robbery committed suicide.
name was Job Lake, and his age 16. The unfortunaterd Ilchester at once
sent for medical assistance, but unfortunately it wise found of
of no ,Sherburne Journal.