The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-16 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

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Extrlictsfi on: the 31orning Papers, April 16,1825.

[NEW Treir.s.ll
The dispatches of Sir Archibald Campbell,
the late Commander-in-Chief at Rangoon, (hut
who .has since unfortunately perished by apo-
plexy) contain accounts of a successful expedi-
tion against Martaban, a sea-port town and for-
tress, some way to the eastward of Rangoon, and
giving name to the Gulf formed by that part of
the coast of Pegue. The place appears to have
-bees well protected by military works with many
pieces of cannon mounted, and a garrison of three
or foot th-euaand men. But nothing could resist
the Skill and bravery of the English assailants,
and on the 30th October some of the out-works
kaving been carried by assault, the Burmans
were quickly driven from the town, am.l thus
Abe two chief ports of the Burman empire
are now in our possession. Some discredit
*has been thrown upon the report wikiclt w'
mentioned yesterday, of the assassination of
• the Burmese Monarch, but simply because the
party who were alleged to have succeeded to
ewer had not yet proposed terms of negociation
to the Bri!isb, Which it was thought they naturally
would hale done. It does not appear to us that
thin reasoning is conclusive : some time may
naturaily be expected to elapse before the parties
newly in possession of power would commit them-
selves by any decided measure either of a pacific
of --hostile character. Sir Archibald Campbell's
last "%Eclat dispatches were dated on the 7th No-
vember, and the. account of the assassination was
only cw7lmunicated to the British authorities at
Rangoon the day preceding. It was a story ex-
tremely minute and particular; and not likely
to be fabricated with so much art, except for
, some important object ; but what object will be
riswerett by a story of this kind, which had no
• relation to any military operations at that time
harrying on, and could neither be expected to
accelerate or to retard any measures in contem-
plation on the part of the British ? Violent and
bloody convulsions are not uncommon among
these barbarous people. Mrs. J udson's book, to.
which we have before referred, gives au account
of the succession of the King to the Throne in
1819. On the death of his grandfather, who
immediately preceded him, it was supposed
that his two uncles would contest the right
of succession ; but he prevented this by seizing
and executing one of them, with his family
and adherents, and breaking the limbs of the
other,, who shortly' after died in prison.—ln
so barbarous a despotism, nothing can be more
probable than that the successes of • the British
should have induced the King to discard at once
the party by whom he had been long surrounded,
or that their fears and apprehensions should have
driven them to the desperate expedient of de-
stroying their Monarch.

[BRITISH PRESS:I
Advice% were yesterday received from Colom-
bia, by which we learn that the resolution of the
Isitish Government to recognise the indepen-
decce of the New States had been received at
Garthagena, where the joy it had occasioned was
excessive. Public illuminations and rejoicings
had been continued for several days and nights.
The intelligence, it is expected, will produce
the greatest sensation in every part of South
America. It was announced by the publication
of an Extraordinary Gazette, and the Liveliest
manifestations of delight immediately ensued.-1
The accounts from Bogota were to the 29th of
January. They state that Bolivar was in cor-I
respodence with Olaneta, w-ho had openly de-
clared for the patriotic cause. This information
has been already announced so many times, that
we Fly little attention to this new version of
it. The congress were sitting, but their de-
liberations were confined to matters of do-
mestic importance. The letters from Cartha-
geba are to the 15th of February, and from
is Gitayra to the 3d of March. They relate
exclusively to commercial affairs. Co!. Campbell
bad not arrived at Caraccas on the V of March,
but intelligence had been received there of his I
having reached Barbadoes. One letter states
that the Spanish forces which had surrendered
in Peru were to embark on board the Asia and
the other ships of war frona.Spain, which were
bound by the terms of the capitulation to abstain
from all hostilities, and so return direct to Eu-
rope, " so that," the letter states, " this long-
tallLett-of Spanish squadron, instead of being of
the 4east assistance to the Royal cause, has just
arrived in time to carry back the wreck of the
Royal forces." •
_

[THE TIMES.]
From the ilop,-ota Constitutional we learn that
complaints are made in that capital of erroneous
rinciples having been adopted in the for/nation
*f the customs' tariff of Colombia, as well as of
certain aggravations which the system has received
from the manner in which it is executed. The
first objection stated that the import duties
have been fixed too high ; and from this fact the
English render will he at no loss to draw the
necessary inferences—that a considerable check
has been given to legal importation, .and a
proportioua4 bounty offered to the smuggler.--
Another source of dissatisfaction has been, that
the scale according •to which the value of
the goods is estimated is incorrectly' drawn U.
The valuations, by what we can gather, are per-
manent, instead of being adjusted to the fluctua-
tions of the market, and to the incessant -shifting
in the price of goods ; as, for instance, cotton
goods imported, and subject by law -to an ad
v:ziorern duty of 17i per cent, are valued So high
bi the Colombian officers, 35 to extract from the
importer a duty of T 7 or per cent., to the
enormous injury of the British manufacturer, of
the merchant, of the Colombian consumer
himself, whose comforts experience a correspond-
diminution from the superadded.price. The
motive to this official overcharge is manifestly a
paternal care of the revenue ; and, indeed, we
suspect that it would be quite impossible to
teach the Custorn-41ouse officers as a body, any
snore enlightened method of promoting the public