The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-19 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin—l have been requested by many of the
inhabitants of this town to address you on the subject of a Re-
port, stated in your Paper of the 17th of December last, to have
been made by a Captain Nichols respecting the harbour at
Beer, in which he is made to say, " that such a harbour is
" much wanted, as at present Mere is no place of shelter along
" the u/wEe coast, from Portland to the Start, and vessels em-
" bayed between these points in strong South-easterly gales are
" exposed to hazard."
My friends are satisfied that there must have been some great
mistake in the copy of this Report, as it must he known to
every man of the high nautical character which Capt. Nichols
is reported to possess, that there cannot he a finer harbour than
this from which I now address you; that there is not any situa-
tion in which a vessel, whilst passing between Portland and the
Start Point, if caught -with the wind at S.E., from whence she
could not run into this harbour. Through the whole of its
entrance she will have from eight to twelve fathoms of water,
and may moor in the strongest holdirp, ground, completely
landlocked, in water from four to nine' fathoms deep at low
water, spring tides. Dessiou in his chart describes it as being
" about N:N.E. three leagues from the Start Point, and two
" leagues to the Westward of the Berry-head ; that the wind
" from S.W. to E. blows true in, and from N.W. to N.E.
" true out ; and that the tide rises eighteen feet on the spring
" tides."

As Reports, such as that to which I have alluded, are pecu-
liarly prejudicial to those who .re connected with shipping, you
will do but an act of justice in correcting the statement to
which I have called your attention.,
I am, Sir, your most obedient,
A. H. lIOLDSWORTIL
Dartmouth, Jan. 14. Mayor of Dartmouth.
*,,,* It is proper to inform the respectable Author of the
foregoing Letter that the Article in question was derived from
one of the Public Journals.

A Court-Martial has been held at Chatham on
Mr. FL S. MANN, Purser of the Perseus receiving
ship for volunteers off the Tower, on charges
brought against him by Captain Couch, which
has sentenced him to be dismissed from his Ma-
jesty's service.

At Little Chart, two dogs belonging to Mr.
GonnEN, hunted ten sheep belonging to Mr.
CBEESEMAN, of that place, and the like number
of Mr. GOIMEN'S. The dogs killed several, and
it is feared that the remainder must be killed.

• INDIA.

Calcutta Papers, by the Atlas, CLARE, from
Bengal, have been received, which, although of less recent
date than those already noticed, are not destitute of interest-
ing intelligence. The Atlas sailed from Bengal on the sth of
July, but remained at the Mauritius to the 7th of October,
and left St. Helena on the 2d December. The capture of Che-
duba was known in this country nearly two months since ; but
the following extracts from the Calcutta John Bull contain
more detailed particulars of that affair :
We have the pleasure of announcing the arrival of the Hon.
Company's yacht Nercide, from Cheduba, the 24th ult., bring-
ing intelligence of the capture of that place, after a struggle of
four days. The Rajah of Cheduba and his family are brought
here in the Nereide.

The Nereida experienced rather bad weather in her progress
up the Bay, having had constant rain for six days, with heavy
squalls, wind chiefly at S. W. by W. to W.S.W. The family
of the Rajah of Cheduba consists of his wife,- and seven fol-
lowers, servants, male and female. The Hon. Company's fri-
gate Hastings had not arrived at Cheduha ; his Majesty's ship
Naney and Francis Warden transport were there. We under-
stand that several European soldiers and sepoys have been
killed in the capture—but no officers. The only artillery with
the detachment was that landed from his Majesty's ship Stoney.
The want of it was rather felt in the delay it occasioned in the
capture. The climate of the island is described as pleasant and
healthy.
Since writing the above the following has been communi-
cated to us :

The troops on board the Hon. Company's ship Ernard, and
transports Anna Robertson and Francis Wardell, arrived under
convoy of his Majesty's ship Slane'', on the 20th of May. The
following clay arrangements were made for landing, which was
effected after a most determined resietande by the- Burmese.—
From a deficiency in the number of boats, only 309 men, Eu-
ropeans and natives, could be disembarked at once ; they proved
however, it appears, more than enough for the enemy, who
consisted of about 500, and were posted behind a breast-work.
lined with jingals, and having an entrenchment behind it, ex-,
tending along the whole of the shore where a landing could be
possibly effected.
They allowed the boats to pass the left of their position in
perfect silence ; they then at once opened a fire, which was re-
turned both by musketry and great guns. This continued for
about a quarter of an hour, when the fire from row-boat. No.
22, did such execution, and so astonished them, that they fled
in all directions to their stockade.

The Brigadier, it is said, rather than risk the loss of many
valuable lives, which would have fallen a sacrifice to a hasty
attack, allowed them to remain till the evening of the 17th,
when having battered the gate with shot and shells sufficiently
to make an entrance for the troops, the storming party pushed
on, headed by seamen, with ropes to pull down the frame-work.
The stockade was thus stormed and carried, without any loss
on our side. The enemy lost, by the shot and shells which pre-
ceded the assault, between three and four hundred killed and
wounded, but none (luring the storm, except their Commander-
in-Chief, who is described as a brave little fellow. The Rajah
made his escape, leaving his wife in the fort, but he was taken
three days after in a neighbouring village. They are said to be
natural curiosities. The island is described as one of the most
beautiful spots in India, and capable of being male a most
valuable acquisition. Rice is so abundant, that although the
natives had lately been drained by the rapacity of the Burmese,
our Seapoys buy it at 60 seers for a rupee; and when the crop
now on the ground is reaped, it will be at 90 seers. Cattle of
every description is abundant, and procurable for three or four
rupees each. Fish are plentiful and delicious ; and poultry,
with the exception of ducks and geese, equally so. Indigo
thrives, we are told, better than in Bengal ; and is made in ked-
geree pots from want of better means.
We have heard nothing farther from Rangoon, except that
the crew of his Majesty's ship Liffey had been rather sickly ;
and the Commodore himself had been among the sufferers.

By the Longa, WEST, from Bombay, papers
have arrived from the Presidency, to the 4th of September in-
clusive. The Lonacli sailed from Bombay on the 7th of Sep-
tember, and from the Mauritius on the 16th of October. We
extract the following particulars of the evacuation of Ramoo
by the Burmese, from The Bombay Courier of the 4th of Sep-
tember : _ _ _

CALCUTTA GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUG. 16, 1824.
RASIOO.

The following particulars respecting the stockades at Ramoo
have been received from a party from the Vestal cruinr, who
visited it on the 10th inst.. _ _

The stockades, three in number, are very strongly built, and
about one mile square; in the centre is a rough mound, erected
as a place of look out, and for the Burmese officers to retire to,
as they have not spared any trouble to make themselves comfort-
able. There are sufficient barracks in each stackade for the ac--
commodation of 10,000 men ; but from'the horrid stench inside,
it would be impossible for our troops to remain there during the
rains. The houses are perfectly dry, and very well built. They
could not have had less than 20,000 men to have built the three
stockades and houses in so short a time. They appear to have
gone away in a great hurry, leaving their shoes behind them,
and a great quantity of rice and paddy. A golden chatta also
was found by one of the party, and is now in his possession.
An account of the retreat of the Burmese has been obtained
from a mug, who was a prisoner in their camp, and contrived
to make his escape in the neighbourhood of Tex Naaf. He states
that the Rajah of Arracan, and two sirdars from Ava, evacuated
their respective stockades, and proceeded, without halting, by
Rutna 1 tinting, to the sea-beach as far as Burdel, near Tck
Neat. The mug, although in fetters, and with a collar of iron
round his neck, contrived to get away while the Burmese were
asleep. He heard them say that their retreat was in conse-
quence of an order from the King, the English having taken
Rangoon, and attacked other parts of the country.
Yesterday accounts were received from Chittagong of the
evacuation of Ramoo by the Burmese. This information is
founded on the deposition and letter of two native from that
quarter.'
One of them, with 17 others in company, on reaching the
Bucklialee river on July 27, met with a mug woman, who on
being asked why there were no Burmese about the place, re-
plied that they had all fled from Ramoo. The party crossed in
a boat and went into the fort, where they found the fires burning,
the food ready dressed, but not a single man. They entered
several houses, which were all deserted. Two of the party went
to the Southward towards Rutna Pulling, to look after some of
the Mussulman Ryots, but they saw no one. They then went
to the eastward, and on returning, reported that the Burmese
must have retired by the road over the Sonacharry or Mugla-
tung hill. There were many broken dhows and digging tools
scattered about the forts, but no other weapons. These parti-
culars arc corroborated by others who had also visited the stoc-
kade at Ramoo.
The most probable cause of the evacuation of Ramoo'hy the
Burmese, is the alarm excited at the Court of Ava by the failure
of the grand attempt to drive our army into the sea at Rangoon
on the Ist of July, and the tremendous overthrow which the
Burmese troops received on the Bth. On the receipt of these
accounts, nothing is more likely than that an immediate order
for the recal of the Burmese force from Ramoo and Aracan
would be issued, for the purpose of their proceeding to the as-
sistance of the armies opposed to us at Rangoo. We know that
the „Burmese at Rangoon were badly armed, and that the
Ramoo force was most efficient in that respect.
By our last letters from the Sylhot frontier, dated the 31st
ult. (July), we learn that in consequence of the position which
Colonel Innes had occupied at Juttrapore proving to be very
unhealthy, the force under his command had dropped down the
river, and taken up quarters for the remainder of the wet sea-
son in some elevated and more healthy situations in the vicinity
Of Budderpoor. The first division of gun.-boats, under the
command of Mr. Kepner, had joined the Colonel's force. The
enemy, it appears, had not of late ventured to leave their hills
and fastnesses on marauding excursions, as they had formerly
been in the habit of doing. Our troops are represented to he in
the best possible spirits, and to complain of no privation ex-
cept that of being kept from the enemy by the constant heavy
rains, and the inundated state of the country..
Our accounts from Chittagong extend down to the 3d inst.
(August). Nothing particular had occurred in that quarter
lately.
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