The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-21 00:00:00

[MORNING POST.]

A Supplement to the London Gazette was pub-
lished yesterday. All the important parts of its
contents were given in the Morning Postof Tuesda y
last. These were the official dispatches of Col.
Richards, announcing the capture of the capital
of Assam, the expulsion of the Burmese, and
the complete subjugation of the country ; to-
gether with the details of the successful opera-
tions of 04' army, which led to those important
and happy events.

Calcutta Gazernment azettes to the 4th of
March have come to hand. They inform us, in
addition to our last accounts of the successful
operations of our Army in India, that the force
under the command of Brigadier-General Mor-
rison had passed the Naaf, and entered the pro-
vince of Arracan, the immediate result of which
was the-evacuation of Muegdoo and Lowadhang
by the enemy. Every appearance foreboded a
speedy and glorious termination of the war in
thatAuarter.—(lbid.)

AP
•,..! • : [MORNING CHRONICLE.]
TC'e,extracts from the Calcutta Papers, which
we pabiisiwd yesterday, will convince all those
who before doubted, if any man did really doubt,
the total incapacity of tiro present head of the
Government of India for the important static:,
which he fills. The observations of the Editors
of these papers are such as might be expected
from a degraded and servile Press, tolerated on
condition of landing all the measures of Govern-
ment. -These 'Editors pass high encomiums on the
firmness of Lord Amherst, in retaining possession
of Rangoon, from which happy measure all their
late successes have at:l4n. NOw we ask our
readers, or any person acquainted with mi-
friary, matters, why ail these events would
not have, been accomplished as well by
employing our troops after the capture
of Rangoon, in some other part of the roast of
Ifurma, and stationing a small naval force to.
blockade that port and river, instead of leaving
those gallant men in a state of inactivity, to starve
and perish from the climate in that horrible place.
The wise men of the east now begin to try the
coarse which ought to have been adopted long
before a soldier was land ad on the Burmese ter-
ritory, that is, negociating alliances with the
people in Arica!), Assarn, Pegue, and the SiaMese.
Lord Amherst had before Lira the example of the
most enlightened Statesmen who ever held the
°)ince- of Governor:General of India : the Mar-
-
quisses.. Cornwallis., Wellesley, and Hastings.
We have it on record, that not a soldier enter-
ed the Mysore country, or ,a demand was made
upon Tippoo Sultan, • until Treaties of Alli-
ance, offensive and defensive, were concluded
with tlie States' on his „frontier, •the Mahrattas?
and the Nizam; and with these Tributaries uti.
tier his protection who were known to be inimi-
cal to his Government; the army in an efficient

state to move forward with effect on his capital
and not before every information was obtained of
the nature and resources of the country we were
about to invade. The Marquis of Hastings fol-
lowed this course in all the wars he carried on
so successfully against the Mahrattas and the
Pindarees, in Central India. Not so in the
present instance—we attempted to conquer an
extensive, powerful empire with 10,000 men,
without any preparatory arrangement, or know-
ledge of the country, and commenced operations
at a season of the year, against a place from which
it was impossible to advance into the interior of the
country, or to remain in with safety from its pes-
tilential climate, and with an equipment totally
inadequate to any other purpose than a coup de
main. We understand that so very limited was
the supply of provisions and ordnances stores
sent with the envision from Bengal, the granary
and chief military depots of India, that within a
month after its arrival at Rangoon, thevcommis.
sariat of the Madras division was called 4.pon for
a supply of both ! !