The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-26 00:00:00

ROYAL NAVY, he.

Perm:mot:Tit, DEC. 24.—0 n Sunday last his Majesty's
--ship Tees, Captain:Frederick Marryat, arrived from the East
India station, having-,been in service upwards of four years and
a half. Captain Alarryat has latterly been very actively em-
ployed in co-operation with the army at Rangoon. We learn
that when the Tees sailed the rainy season had set in. The ad-
vanced part of the army was still at Prome, and had apparently
. no intention of proceeding -up to Unimerapoora until December,
when the rains would have abated. The Burmese had stockaded
themselves within a few miles. There was no appearance of
. any specific overtures taking place. Our army was by no means
in a desirable condition. The difficulties to the transport of
--provisions were very great—the south-west monsoon was blow-
ing against a strong current, creating such a heavy sea in the
Irrawaddy, that it was impossible for loaded boats to proceed,
and the land carriage was daily becoming more difficult, from
.heavy rains and loss of cattle. Donahue and Pamlay were held
aS ports, but Bassein had been totally evacuated. Some hard
fighting had taken place between the Burmahs, at Bassein, in
consequence of some of them having assisted the English; the
..former had sent a deputation to Rangoon, for a supply of arms
_and ammunition. The evacuation of Bassein, it was expected,
would prolong the war, as the only supply of grain which-could
be obtained at Ummerapoora had been thereby cut off.
The troops belonging to Bundoolah (the Burmah Chief),
at Donabue, and of several other Chiefs, were in that direc-
...tion—mostly at Lamina, where the Bassein and Irrawaddy •
. rivers form a junction. The disposition of his Majesty's ships,
. consequent upon the necessary cessation of hostilies, was as
follows :—The Alligator and Arachne were at Rangoon,
thatched- over for the rainy season ; Captain Alexander was
... at Prome, Captain Chads at Rangoon. The Sophie, Captain
liyves, on her return from Rangoon, was obliged to.throw her
guns overboard, and being found leaky and unfit for further
active service, she was sold to merchants. The crew were to
. be conveyed to Trincomalee in the Tamar, to be sent home
thence in the Liffey, whtth was refitting there for her passage
;homeward. The Larne had sailed for Penang and New South
Wales. Commodore Sir James Brisbane had left Madras in
the Boadicea, for Calcutta, in consequence of a very unplea-
sant altercation which had arisen between Sir Archibald Camp-
. bell and the Navy, the former having persuaded the Governor-
Gezeral to put all the Company's naval force under his com-
mand. This had been previously attempted,• and successfully •
resisteck by the naval officer formerly in command. When the
..order was issued, Captain Gordon Bremer was dispatched to
_Calcutta to remonstrate ; and the Governor-General requested
to have a personal interview with the Commodore upon the
_subje.ct. A freight- of twelve lacks of rupees was put on board
'the Boadicea at Madras, to take up to Calcutta.
It appears that our able and determined foe, Bundoolah, was
formerly a pirate in the Irrawaddy ; his address and courage
. were such that he defied the Burmah Government; and his
force was increased to such an extent as to render the river im-
_passable, and cut off the communication. with the capital. The
_passable,
Government, not being able to reduce him, offered

Lim high honours and the command of the army, on condition
of his coming over to them, which terms he accepted. He is
.described as a very ill.looking old man, with one eye. Bun-
eloolah had posted himself at Donahue very much against his
Prome w,as the post which he wished to defend, being
*place of immense-natural strength ; but the jealousy of Prince
Seirrawaddy, of whose dominions - Prome is the capital, would
not allow of such an arrangement.
The Tees spoke an American brig from Batavia, the master
of which stated that the Javanese had .gained great advantages
over the Dutch, and were ready to give up Java to the English
if they would accept it, adding, " Send out Sir Stamford Raf-
fles, and all will be yours."
His Majesty's ship Ariadne arrived at St. Helena, from the
Cape of Good Hope, on the iith Nov.
This morning the Shipley transport, Lieutenant J. W.
Pritchard, Agent, arrived from South America, whither she
took provisions for the squadron, and has returned with Govern-
ment stores and invalided seamen. She left Valparaiso on the
6th September, and Rio on the 4th ult. At.theformer place
his Majesty's-Chips Cambridge, Briton, Tartar, and Mersey,
were lying ; the Tartar expected to sail for England. in a few
days. At the latter place she left the Wellesley (flag-ship),
Diamond, and Jasseur, all well.
Rear-Admiral Gage will hoist his flag on Tuesday, in the
Warspite, 74, Capt. W. F. Carroll, C.B. for the East India
command.

On Tuesday the. Dotterel, 18, Captain Edwards, sailed for
the North American station ; Wednesday, the Harlequin, 18,
Captain James Scott, for the West India station ; Thursday,
the Convalescent ship Magnificent, Lieut. Mundell, for Ply-
mouth (where. Commissioner Shortland and family will em--
bark) and Jamaica.
On Wednesday, the Mastiff; Capt. Copeland, went out of
intrbour,litted for surveying in the Mediterranean.
On Wednesday the Clio, 18, Captain Strangeways, arrived
from the River, with Marine Society boys, for the West Indies
(they were put on board the Magnificent), and she returned
thither the next day..
On Thursday the Bittern, Lieut. Dwyer, sailed for Plymouth.
This day the Tees,.Capt. Marryat, sailed fOr Chatham, to
be paid of}': the Magnificent, put back with foul winds; and
the Royal Oak (fitted for a Convalescent Ship at Bermuda) went
-out of harbour' and will sail in a few days with the Governor
of that island, and many other officers, going out passengers.
tternain—Glasgow, Tweed, Mastiff, Royal Oak, Magnificent,
and Dromedary.. In the harbour, Viceroy, Ganges, Superb,
Spartiate, Warspite, RoMney,•Volage, Herald, Sparrowhawk,
Espiegle, Jasper, and Pelter.
On Monday., the Superb, 78, was paid off, and recommis-
- sinned by Captain Henry Hill. Sir Thomas Staines gave a
sumptuous farewell dinner to his officers (by whom he is
sin-
cerely esteemed), at. the George Inn. During the-two years
this ship was actively employed only five of her crew died, out
of 730 men, and not one was sent to the hospital on her ar-
rival from Lisbon. On Thursday the Spartiate was paid off,
and recnminssioned by Captain Frederick Warren. A party
of iioyal Marines, under Captain Robert Hall, embarked this
morning on board this ship.
The Dryad, Captain the lion. R. Rodney, Proctis, Captain
the Hon. W. Waldegrave, and Brisk, Captain C. Hope, are
the only ships fitting at Chatham.
Commander Leith, of the Pylades, is promoted to the rank
.of Captain.—Lieutenant Alexander Robertson is appointed to
the Mermaid (on 'the Northumberland station), vice Jones ;
Lieut. N. C. France, to the Sprightly, vice Robertson ; Lieut.
-S. Kentish, to the Ramilies ; Lieut. Delme, to the Java.;
Lieut. P. J. Blake, to be flag Lieutenant, and John Irving,
Esq to be Secretary to Rear-Admiral Gage.
DEVONFORT, DEC. 22.—0 n Sunday arrived the Bramble
cutter, Lieut. Favell, from Rio Janeiro. The Wellesley (Sir
•,George Eyre, K.C.8.), Diamond, Blanche, Jasseur, anti Fran-
cis Freeling packet, were left at Rio. The Bramble has
:brought home a freight of bullion and precious stones, on ac-
,,count of merchants. .In.Hamoaze—Britannia, Genoa, Wind-
, uor Castle, Druid, Shamrock, Talbot, Nimrod, Victor, Came-
;iJion, Bramble, Nightingale, _and Royal ..Charlotte revenue

From the LONDON G 4ZETTE, Dec. 24.

Carlton.-House. Dec. 20, 1825.

This day his Highness Prince Paul Enterhazy, Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of Aus-
tria, had a private audience of his Majesty to deliver his letter
of recal ; to which he was introduced by the Right Hon. George
Canning, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Knight, Master
of the Ceremonies ;

The King, as Sp.veraign of the Most Noble Ordsr of the Gar-
ter,hath been pleased, by letters patent under his Royal Sign
Manual, and the Great Seal of the Order, bearing date this day,
to dispense with all the statutes and regulations usually ob-
served with regard to installation ; and to grant unto his Most
Christian Majesty, Charles the Tenth,. King of France and
Navarre, Knight of the said Most Noble Order, and, duly in-
vested with the ensigns thereof, full power and authority to ex-
ercise all rights and privileges belonging to a Knight Com-
panion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, in as full and
ample a manner as if his Most Christian Majesty had been for-
mally installed ; any decree, rule, or usage to the contrary not-
withstanding.
Foreign Office, Dec. 24.
The King'has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. John
Lord Ponsonby, now Secretary to the Senate of the United
States of the lonian Islands, to be his Majesty's Envoy Extra-
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Provinces
of the Itio.da la Plata.

The King has also been pleased to appoint Alexander Cock-
burn, Esq., late his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Mi-
nister Plenipotentiary to the King of Wurtemberg, to be his.
Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
to the Republic of Colombia.

Whitehall, Dec. 21.
The King has been pleased to indent the Rev. Charles
Downie to the Church and Parish of Contine, in the Presby-
tery of Dingwall and County of Ross, vacant by the death of
this Rev. James Dallas, late Alinister there.

• DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
.I. 'Unchain, Oxford-street, grocer. •
D. Foster, Otley, Yorkshire, oiled leather dresser.
S. Hobson and 0. Marshall, Crescent, Minories, corß-
factors.