The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-01 00:00:00

to the amount of as many Lacs as the thousands which arc liev
demanded, that he would keep his word and embark when he
had promised it; to say the least, this has rather the appear-
ance of courting martyrdom.
" For the present, then, as we are not fully acquainted with
all the particulars, and have not heard both sides of the ques-
tion, it would be unfair to say any thing as to its merits or de-
merits, but we shall watch the case attentively, and report from
time to time, and from our opinion when we have sufficient
facts whereon to r v:, it."

BURMESE WAR.
( Front an Evening Paper.)
" Although Government has not received any recent official
dispatches from India, AN OFFICER has, within these few
days, arrived from Madras, who has communicated some ex-
tremely interesting details relating to the Burmese war, and
the views entertained on that topic by the most able and intel-
ligent officers stationed in that country. Of the result of the
war there exists no doubt in any quarter ; but, for the sake of
numerous petty Governments which are entirely dependent on
the British. Power in India for their tranquillity, and the
peaceable possession of their legitimate territory, it is deemed
absolutely necessary to shew that eve can, at any moment, in-
crease the number of Bui•ristt Tnoors, a force every way
more formidable than the Native Army. It is also important,
that no violation of the dignity or rights of England, or her
East Indian Allies, should be committed with impunity.
" It is a common error to suppose, that, in our differences
with the Native Powers of India, conquest or territory forms
the object of our operations. At the present moment, when it
iq deemed expedient to raise additional troops for the prosecu-
tion of the Burmese war, the cry is, what does England want
with an increased territory in India ? She already possesses
much more than can be governed for her actual benefit. But
they. who thus argue, lose sight of the real cause of most of our
wars in the East.

-" Among the numerous smaller States in the Peninsula of
India, many have sought, and obtained, the interposition of
the British East Indian Government, to protect them from the
wanton aggression of their, more powerful neighbours. So im-
plicit has been their reliance on. the justice, the friendship, and
the protection of -tile British flag, that we are,regarded as the
preservers of peace, and the guarantee of treaties entered into
by different Powers, where, had it not been for British inter-
ference, war and desolation would have prevailed. Non', to
preserve this authority, so salutary to our own interests, and so
beneficial to the Native Powers, it is absolutely necessary, that
the very name of Britain should be respected, and that Powers,
distant from the seat of Government, should be practically con-
vinced of our ability to resent, with linversu Moors, any
insult offered tothe British flag.
" The Burmese Troops are stated to be,.principally, a sort
of militia force, and, although not formidable in the field, there
have occurred some extraordinary examples of passive courage
in the stockades, where they-have .suffered themselves to be cut
down without
.any attempt at surrender or self'-preservation."
It is much to be lamented, that the Officer
alluded to in the preceding article did not conde-
scend to oblige the writer of it with a few more
itt►portant and interesting details respecting the
Burmese War ; had he done so, different conclu-
sions would have been drawn of .the means and
the power of the 13nrmans to prolong and carry
it on with effect—aided and instructed as they
are by Foreign European Officers, and supported
by the
.Chinese and others. In a few months
tile eyes of the public will -be open to the actual
state of the British power and relations in India,
and the slight thread by whiCh they are at pre-
sent maintained ! If thew invaluable possessions
are to be preserved, and to bo rendered benefi-
cial to the Mother Country., another system must
be pnrstied, and the.power of the Government in
India, placed under an efficient controul, to ren •
.der It not only subst•rvient to the interest of
Great .Britain, hut -to improve and ameliorate'
the moral condition of the different classes of the
natives! _