The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-24 00:00:00

INDIA.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY, FEB. 22.

•
India Board, Feb. 12, 1825.
Dispatches have been receivedat the East India House, from
the Governor-General in Council, at Fort William, in Ben-
gal, with incldsures, of which the following are extracts and
copies:—
Extract from a Letter from the Governor-General in Council to
the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East
India Company, dated Fort William July 14, 1824.
Subsequent to the fall of Rangoon the force tinder the com-
mand of Brigadier-General Sir Archibald Campbell has been
engaged in repeated affairs with the enemy, who, favoured by
the nature of the country, and their own particular mode of
warfare, hover around our outposts, and maintain a desultory,
barbarous,. anti. indecisive struggle, without affording any op-
portunity of coming to a general action. Invariable success,
however, has attended our numerous attacks of their stockades
anti fortified 'positions; and several brilliant and striking les-
sons have been exhibited of British science, valour, and intre-
pidity, during the course of these harassing operations, as your
lion. Committee will observe on reference to the dispatches°
from Sir Archibald Campbell. The enemy have already lost
Several of their best troops, whilst the casualties on our part
bough to regret the

EX ET, eovereige, - ~.
1 fishing the stockade which the enemy hail evacuated, lie was in-
ing at 7 o'Clock, through Honiton, Axiinniter, Chatmout Is, have been comparatively trifling, though we have ~gr,
losa of two brave young officers (Lieutenant Kerr; of his Ma.
formed on his arrival there, by a villager, that about tiO of them
Bi Wenn, Dorchester, Blandford, Woodvat .t hill, Salisbury,
esty's 30th, and Lieutenant A. Howard, of the 13th,) and
: had returned to it; on this he immediately directed a party froth
Stockbridge, Sutton, Basiugstoke, Itlackweter, and, Bagshot. i
the :severe wounds sustained by the officers mentioned in the
GLASGOW Longtown , Gretna-green , a.mian, Duinfries,
cotnpany of infantry, under Lieut.-Col. Richard:6n, of the 2d
Brownhill, Th'otiihill,Saturnhar-leiln, Canmeck, Kite's well, In argin.l-
- the last accounts we learn that the enemy, after having Capt.Horsburgh's detachment of one ressalla of cavalty and a
and all Parts of Scotian,, a light Fourinside Post Coach daily,
been repeatedly dislodged from their stockades, and compel) • battalion 23a Native Infantry, up to the place, and endeavour to
H A tutowc4ATE and itipmi new Light Pest Coaches, every
to reties had attain colletted intityvtaaaahluseottilvelvErgamt !surprise them ;and as the LieutaiCol. had previously made
' HERTFORD Coed+,• through Waltham Cross, Chesbunt, ee ,11 ‘","g....,Coleteere,
Holdesdon, and Wart.. Sir Archibald Campbell proceeded to attack this position with Lieutenant Richardson, on his approach to the stockade,
1 to lead the cavalry in a gallop, raand the edge of a
HOLTH F.A 1 r New light fast Day and Night Coaches, a force of three- thousand men, heavy battering guns and loot:
1 jungle to the fleet open spot in the rear, and across the
through Br ide,enorth, Walsal, Shrewsbury, ancSalep, reel)? tars, on the 10:1) and I Ith ultimo. The result of these opera-
road, and to send the infantry direct on
morning and afternoon, tiOns seem at last to have produced some decisive effect, and to the enemy's polia
tion (an unfinished stockade) with the view of forcing theM
HULL" Express," a New Lielit Poit Coach; to Lincoln, have struck a terror in the enemy; who had retired to a distance
Northcave, Howden, and Deneaster, evtery Morning, to the from the front of the British position. • upon the cavalry. This measure, lam happy to say, hail
Cross Keys,- Market-place, Hull . and also the " Rocking- Your Honourable Committee will bear in mind, that when i the desired effect; the enemy fired a few shot on the advent:Mi.;
ham" in the Afternoon at Two. Sir Archibald Campbell sailed from.e Port Cornwallis, the ' Party without doing :My injury, and then retired in great con-
KENDAL Light fast Pest. Coaches to Lancaster, Preston, place of general rendezvous, he detached two expeditions.from i fusion, in the direction where the cavalry were posted, who in'.
every-Loosdale, Bolton, Chorley, Or itislar k, and Gatatang, the main body of his force, the .one against the Island Of Che- stantly charged and killed twenty of them and a Pliekeen (all
every morning and afternoon, tluba on the Arracan coast, commanded by Brigadier M`Creagh 1 real Burmese) without our sustaining any less ; but three horses
KIDD EttatiNsTElt, Steerbridge, and Dudley, through and Captain Mitchelleof his Majesty's ship Slaney; the other • ,Tore ported to have been wounded.
Birmingham, and %Vest Bron_wich, light Coaches eyery morn- against Negrais Isle, at the mouth of the Irawuthly, and 1 Lieutenant-Colonel Richards speaks in high terms of I ieui.
lug and afternoon. eventually Bassein, or• Pereaim; under Major Wahab, of the Richardson in.this affait, and my thanks are Justly due to both
LEF,Ds " Rockitigtaani;' light Post Csiach, sets out Madras nativainfaistry, and the Hon, Company% cruiser ,Mer. of thent, as well as to the officers and privates engaged on tba
:every Afternoon at Two; and passes through Bolduc):, Big- cury.: occasion.
.
gleswade, Eaton, Backden, Stilton, Wansford, Stamford, The attack el-Pore Clieduba'§ w•as skilfully managed by Bri- 1 Lieut.-Colonel Richards reports, that he had reinforced
tareethani, Grarithain, Newark; Turtford, Matkhani Moor, loss
M'Creagh, and succeeded in all its parts, with trifling Capt. Horsburgh's detachment, and instracted that Officer to
Retfoid, Hawley, Doncaster, and Ferrybridge, arrives at the loss on our part, The Rajah, or Governor, was made pri- advance slowly upon Rungby tihur (where there is a stockade),
Uolden Lion init. Leeds, next Afternooti at Three, in time soner, and the island, which is described as very fertile and • whilst he himself with the flotilla • d an...' the remainder of tht,
or the Bradford, Halifax, Ski pton, anti HudderSfield Coaches. productive, is now garrisoned by seven companies of the 40th • force, intended to make a corresonding movement by water,
Driven thrtrireli with Fear' Coachmen. only;—Litgeage and .Native Infantry; under .Lieutenant-Colonel Hampton, sup- ; and get to the rear of it, and endeavour to place the enemy be.
Package& 0n1y..2d per la.—Notwithstanding the uncommon ported by a-vessel of war : reinforcements' are likewise on their 1 tween two fires, and prevent their escape. I have, &c.
Eeiredition (ileitis Coach, it is allowed to be the most agree way to Cheduba from Chittagong. • - . 0. MACMORINE, Lieut.-Colonel.
able and complete Public Conveyance on the North Road, The operations against Negrats 5 were likewise conducted I
being titiequalled by any other. 1 in a Creditable and satisfactory style, and afl'orded to h detach-
LIVERPOOL and Staffordshire Potteries New light fast went of the llth' Madras Light Infantry, under Lieutenant
Day Coach, every morning at half-part Six, dtiven throng!' Stedman,ed an opportunity-of distinguishing itself, by the gallant
With Four Coachmen only. • - , I esfl assault of a strong stockade, garrisoned by a
LIVERPOOL " Umpire," New light fast _Four Inside large force of the enemy, but the island itself proved to be
Coach, in ,z7.hours only, (but one Night en the Road),'Sets not worth holding; and a failure of provisions, combined
out Daily at One ; and arrives at •Liverpool next afternoon, t with other considerations, induced Major Vt'abab to relinquish
tlitongit Woburn, LatiltnllY, Northampton, Welford, L the design of proceeding up the river to attack Bassein.
terwm th , finial eY,Ather,tone,Tam wot lb, Litchfield,Stone, We shall now return to the state of affairs, and the progress
Newcastle', Kieritstord, Warrington, and Prestut. • - of events on our Eastern frontier. •
The only proceedings of any-consequence taken by the Bur-
LIVERPOOL " Royal Express," New ivy,,.. Four Inside- man Generals since the action of Ramoo, have been the cap-
Post Coach, in Twenty-sawn hours aniidriven through ture of the stockade of Tek Naaf, garrisoned by about one
with Four ( °actin', n only, throughWetaengt(l ti, Pris- hundred and fifty provincials 11 under a Subadar, with a gun,
cot, Congleton. Lawton, Newcastle; Reigely, Knutsford,
and an attempt to cut off the Honourable Company's cruiser
Stowe, Stafford, and Litchfield, -)only One. Night on the
Vestal, with her gun boats in the Naaf. The former object
Rind), every Afternoon ; arrives at the SaraCen'! Heed they accomplished without any loss, and owing tot he tremen-
Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool, next Afternoon. The advan.
dolls and mutinous conduct of the provincial*, who refused to
cages to Travellers who honour this Coach with their pre-
ference are far superior to any other on this Road, especially fight, and went over to the enemy in a body, delivering up the
Whole of the ammunition in the hope of making good terms
to
_Commercial Intetests, as it performs the 'journey in less
time than any other Coach, and is driven through with Four for themselves. In the other they were completely foiled, and
received a severe and memorable chastisement from the Vestal
Coachmen ; .and. notwithstanding its cheapness anti expedi-
eieri, the Proprietors 'derive themselves that for safety and !and her gun boats, whose fire destroyed several of their war-
acconnaodation it is equalled by fewe and shall be surpassed boats in the Naaf, and committed terrible havoc among the
by none. ' . crews and the troops who lined either shore, expecting to find
,
ER the vessels' an easy prey. The cruiser and gun boats imme-
MANCHESTarn tliately after made sail for Chittagong, where they arrived in
Coach, every wing to the Mostly Arms and Swan Inn. and Altringliam New light very fast Day
MANCHESTER to•aV ceme.inslow, i
ee W
ton, Newcastle, al- safety on the 7th ult.
sail, Wolverhampton, and Knutsford light Four Inside.
, In Assam the progress of our troops has secured the im-
Coaches. portant objects of depriving the enemy nearly two thirds of
• MARLBOROUGH and Swindon,
four-ineide Da 'Coach, that territory, of destroying a considerable portion of their force
through Maidenhead, Reading, Newbury HungerforYti,ltatus- there, and, as we hope, of placing serious obstacles in the
bury, and Aldhourn. Driven through -s;ith One Coachman way of any attempt which the Burmese might be disposed to
only. The nearest convelance to Lambourn, Purim), Woot-1 make to invade Bengal, by the route of the Burhampooter.
ton Basset, and Pewsey. After two or three successful affairs with the eriemy,in which
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE and UNDER LINE Coaches a detachment of the 46th, under Capt. Horsburgh, and the two
every morning and afternoon. Rissalahs of irregular horse, particularly distinguished
Onlythem-
One Night onahe road.
PLYMOUTH " Sovereign," New light fast Coach, to Fal- selves, operations had necessarily come to a stand, by the last
mouth, Truro, Bodrain, Pearyti, Ashburton, Totness, arid accounts, owing to the state of the weather.
Newton Abbott, every morning at 7. •
RAMSGATE " Royal Telegraph,"
New superior fast safe
Coach, to Margate, Dover, Deal, lere„esieirs, Canterbury,
Feversharn, arid Sandwich—every Morning at half-past 7.
In Consequence of the decided preference given to the 'Te-
legraph safe Coach, the Proprietors are determined tie
expense shall he spared t. render it the first conve • • yance on
the Kent Road.
SHEFFIELD " Express," and also "The Rockingham,"
through Rotherham, New Four inside Post Coaches, every
morning and afternoon.
SHREWSBURY, Wellington, and Shin•ear, Light Post-
Coaches, every Mottling and afternoon.—Guarded.
. •
,
SOUTHAMPT .ON It M
-OO," to Lyinington, Lyndhurst,
Witicheslet. Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Blackwater, and
Bagsterl, New Four 'lnside Coach, 'every morning, and ar-
rives at the Coach, and Horses and Vine lon, ,
atm thamp-
ton, by Five. This is a most delightful Conveyance to
the Isle of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, St. Maloes, Havre de
Grace,cnernourgai &c.—The Proptietors of the above
Coach hope to receive a contoietarice of that support which
has hitherto barn experienced since the commencement of
t he " Uni ~,, ."
POT •
S'PAFFORDSHIRE TEaRI ~
F. a new light very, fast
Coach, every afternoon, to letnend, Stoke, Shelton, But chin,
Tunstall, Lawton, Hanly and Holmes Chapel. This is the
only ('each direct to the PalreirS.
STAMFORD light Post Coaches every morning
and
afto.

Extract of a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Richards,-com-
manding the Advanced Force in Asam to Captain Payleton,
Major of Brigade at Gowahatty, dated on the Kullung Ri.
ver, near Rungby (Thor, 26th May, 1824.
I have the pleasure to report, for the information of Brigaz
dier Macmorine, that the enemy got a good drubbing from
Captain Horsburgh's detachment on the evening of the 3d:in-
stant. The Brigadier is aware that I posted Captain 'MA-
burgh, with four companies and the Rissalabs, in the stock-
ade at Haulbar, from which the enemy were driven by *Liett-
tenant Richardson on the 17th instant. This position- the'ene.
my had the temerity to advance upon, with the view,- it Is
supposed, of attacking it, for they were within three hundred
yards before they were discovered by some of-the camp fol.
lowers who were driven in. The enclosed is Captain Hoes.
burgh's report to me ; by his account it appears the enetrry
suffered a good deal, and about two hundred men were de-
prived of their arms. This defeat induced them to evacuate
their stockade at Rungby Ghia yesterday 'morning, which
Captain florsburgh has destroyed.

Copy of a Letter from Captain liorsburgh,' commanding a di.
• tachment of the 23d Native Infantry, to Lieutenant-Colonel
Richards, commanding the advance in Assam, dated Kullu.
aim, 24th May, 1824. - ,
Stn—The enemy have had the hardihood to come out of rhiir
stockade and attack our party, for which I am happy to say
that some of them have paid dearly.
• About three o'clock this afternoon there was an alarm 'given
that the enemy were cutting pp our grass cutters. '1- he picket
marched out, and I got the rest of the men quickly tinder arms,
cavalry as well as infantry. When I came out to the picket i
found them carrying on a brisk fire (Lieutenant Jones at Its
head) with the enemy, who were in the jungle to he right of
the road, where they had planted a number of jingals. I sent
Lieutenant Jones to the right with the cavalry, with direttionslo
endeavour, if possible, to get into their rear, and to intercept
their retreat to their stockade at Rungby Ghur.
I ordered the picket to- proceed along the banks of the-river,
and went myself with two companies into the jungle on the
right of the road, advancing down in as good aline as the thiek
jungle would admit. The enemy only tired their jingals once.
and fled through the jungle, leaving their jingals behind. - ,In.
the meantime Lieutenant Jones, by dashing across with the
horsemen to the river, succeeded in cutting off the retreat of
about two hundred; some escaped by swimming, about forty_
were killed by the Sewars, a number were drowned, and se `rat
sabred or shot in the water. The picket which had 01"Fr`:'l
along the banks of the river, got up in time to kill several 1,
a the
water ; several of the enemy on horseback attempt to e, cpe
by swimming their horses, but were thrown from
in the middle of the river ; their horses or
tatwteattoos, aboutjg
eighteen jingals, two very good brass drums,
back, fell into our handi ; we captured about seven
and a number• of
their saddles
1 were loaded, ' and
old muskets, &c. and several of the jing. •
contained seven balls. no loss among the sepoys,
- 1 am happy to say we have suffered
that a —u ‘,.
either killed or wounded. A fredar of (filbert's horse
I am, however, sorry to saY , „since dead; three horses only
was shot through the body, and 7
were wounded.
tut}it occasion acted with a great deal of
Lieutenant Jones on tor his exertions the enemy would
credit to himself, and., stockade with a trifling loss indeed.. 1
)
have got hack to their
three hundred of the enemy regained their
stockade. 1 have, 4"
fear, however, about .b"

Extract of a Letter from Lieut.-Colonel Shapland, C.B.
manding atChittagong, to the Adjutant-Oeneral of the Army
dated 7th June, 1824.
I have the honour to forward to you, for the information of
his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, the report of Lieut.
Guy, commanding the Vestal cruiser, relAtive to his proceed-
ings in the Naaf, and the cause of his quitting the station.

Copy of a Letter from Lieut. Guy, commanding the Ea.st.lndia
Company's cruiser Vestal, to Lieut.-Colonel Shapland, C. 8.,
dated Chittagong River, June 6, 1824.
Stn.—l have the honour to report the arrival of the Honour-
able Company's cruiser Vestal in Chittagong river, having on
board the under-mentioned passengers, viz. the subadar of the
Chittagong.provincial detachment, the daroga, the mug jemar-
dar, and thiity.one of his sepoys, with a number of Alussul-
men, who placed themselves under my protection.
the subailar in
On .Thursdayolie 3d June, at seven A. M.,

" See London Gazette of 25th November, 1824, p. 1,958, et

suln-
t Lieutenant Mitchell and O'Halloran, of his Majesty's
38th'reginient.
For particulars see London Gazette of 25th November,
1824, p. 1964.
§ See London Gazette of 25th November, 1824, p. 1966.
41, See London Gazette of 25th November, 1824, p. 1962.
An irregular corps, not officered by Europeans.

A. HORSBURG H.
cfft. Cotnmg. Detach. 23d N. I.