The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-14 00:00:00

1 N D I A.

;We subjoin extracts from the Calcutta papers
chiefly worthy of notice, from the 15th of March
to the 13th of April. They contain various de-
tails of the events attending the advance of Ge-
neral MoattisoN's division upon Arnica'', but
which have of course lost much of their interest
by the fall of that fortress :

CALCUTTA, 111Ancti 16.
"We have letters from Msrtaban to the 13th ult. They
state, that the Siamese are up in arms, and in great force in the
immediate neighbourhood of our forces. Colonel Smith, C. 8.,
commanding the light Brigade, is to reside at Manahan, for
the purpose of communicating on the part of Sir A. Campbell
with the Siamese Government. We are told, that they appear
to have the greatest anxiety to get possession of i lartaban -; and
it is added, that they would not scruple much about the means.
It is understood that all these-offers of assistance are made by
the Sirdars alone, the King of Siam not having yet publicly
declared his views; apparently he is restrained by the usual
cautions and timid eastern policy ; but no doubt his officers are
now acting under his secret instructions, reserving to himself,
however, a loop hole, through which to escape from the resent.
ment of the Burmese, in case of our failure, which he probably
thinks at present not altogether impossible. It is, however, ex-
pected, that he will now very soon came forward in an open and
undisguised manner, and we hope that we shall he able to make
such terms eventually with hitn,as sill secure a future regular
commercial correspondence with the whole of the Siamese do.
minions.

" 3lAr.cn 25.

" It is not easy to conjecture where the enemy mean to make
their stand ; if, indeed, they mean at all to dispute our march
to Ummerapoora. Prome is situated at the entrance into the
hills, and is described as naturally strong, and as the key to Art
Proper ; yet there appears to be no disposition on the part of
the Burmese to try their strength with us at this Thermopylae
of their country.

" 111Ancii 19.
" We have perused letters from Rungpore, Assam, of the
9th instant. They contain no news of any great importance;
but merely state that we are now in full possession of that coun-
try; and the campaign, so far as military operations are con-
cerned, is nearly closed.
_

" APRIL I.

" The Pa:coa, it appears, has dispatches on board from the
King of Siam to the Right Hon. the Governor-General. We
have not heard a surmise as to their contents, except that his
Siamese Majesty expresses his readiness to send 50,000 men
against the Burmese.
" Letters from Cawnpore mention that the 62d regiment
N.I. received orders on the 21st ult. to proceed from Barra to
Muthoora. His Majesty's 59th are also under orders to hold
themselves in readiness at a minute's notice. Field batteries
were likewise to proceed on the 24th towards Muthoora. We
hear that troops are concentrating there from all directions. It
is genentlly understood that this sudden activity has arisen out
of the events at Bhurtpore, which we noticed yesterday.
" Since writing the above, the following extract of a letter
from Agra, dated March 18, reached us:—
• lou will be astonished to hear of some transactions at
Bhurtpore. The Raja, Bidder Singh, son.of Runjeet Singh,
died suddenly at Goberdhun, the 28th of last month, leaving
his heir, a child of seven years old, (who had only been recog-
nized as successor a few days before by Sir D. Octerlony) tin-
der a regency. It appears that the old Ranee wanted to have
the sole management of the country ; the consequence was, an
uncle of the little boy determined on investing himself as sole
Regent ; and for this purpose he very deliberately gained
three battalions over to his cause, placed sentinels and piquets
throughout the town, attacked the fort, blew the gates open,
entered, and seated himself on the throne, after Feur&ring one
of his relations, who was cut down at the very foot of it, and
some of his followers, and gave out that he had acted on solely
disinterested motives, that he had no intention of usurping the
sovereignty, but merely intended to act as a guardian to the
child, under whose name business should be carried on. The
Ministers of the late Government are confined; but every thing
is quiet at present ; a Vakeel was dispatched to Sir D. (Miter-
lony immediately, but we have not heard the result. The
business of attacking the fort was a regular fight; we heard
guns firing from, two to seven o'clock in the morning, a few
days since.' _ _ "APRIL 4.

44 Letters from Rangoon, arrived per the Charles Forbes,
which left the Pilot on the 10th, giving some additional inte-
resting intelligence of tlie progreci of the army_ Sir A rchd.
Campbell was still at Sarrawaddy, on the 11th, eight days'
march from Prome ; he had advanced thus far without firing
a shot, and was feeling the .want of supplies, which, however,
were daily expected from Rangoon. Brigadier-Gen. Cotton,
after the capture of Yang-yon.chu, proceeded to Donebevr,
and on the 7th attacked that place with 200 men of the
(what Qther troops were engaged, we do not know), and took
the first stockade. He then attacked die second, but was un-
successful, and obliged to retire, (evacuating the stockade he
had before taken), and to embark his men in the boats. He
dropped down 4 miles below, and forwarded a dispatch to
Brigadier 31`Creagh, stating that lie must wait for the rein-
forcements.under him. Our loss was great ; Captains 'Rose
and Cannon, of the 89th, killed, and three wounded; 110 men
killed and wounded. The'Bundoolah is said to have 14,000
men in the works, and 3,000 in war-bests. 31ajor Sale had
taken Bassein, the Burmese having burnt the town to the
ground ' • but it is feared he cannot get on so rapidly as he ex-
pected, for want of 'means. The 45th (King's) from Ceylon,
was entering the river as the Charles Forbes came out; and
Brigadier 111`Creagh was expected. to move from Rangoon im-
mediately, to reinforce Brigadier-Gen. Cotton, the bullocks
and carriages, for which he was waiting impatiently, having
arrived. Ile takes with him the Royals and the two native
regiments. The High Priest of the Dugan Pagoda had come
into Rangoon on the 13th with his followers, and the town is
now as thickly inhabited as ever, the people still crowding in
from the country with sepplies.
" APRIL 5.

" We understand that Sir David Ochterlony, has issued a
Proclamation, explaining the reason for the assembling of the
force in Bhurtpore. This measure, it is hoped, will have the
effect of rendering hostilities unnggssary. The whole of the
_Meerut force, troops from Cawnpote, and a very large battering
:train, are concentrating. Sir David Ochterlony was to be at
•Muttra on the 23d of March, and atPAgra on the following, or
next day. We have a copy of the Proclamation, which we shall
publish in our next.
"We were incorrect, we f7,-.ld, in stating, yesterday, that Sir
A. Campbell ;tad not reached Sarrawaddy until the 11th ult.
He was there on the 4th ult. and he expected to be in Prome
in eight or ten days. The discomfiture at Donabew will pro-
bably delay him, as he may retrograde a little to chastise the
Bundoola. Brigadier M'Creagh's reinfbrcement was to follow,
and join Sir Archibald's column, not Brigadier-General.Cot-
ton's, and was to march by land.
" We have received letters from Bauskundy, Cachar, 26th
March. The rains had fairly set in at Munnipore ; and opera-
tions there are at an end until November. (lumber Singh,
the Cachar Rajah, remains at Bauskundy with his Munni-
poores, about 1,200 strong. Captain Dudgeon's corps will oc-
cupy a position in advance; towards Spinet; and in this man-
ner a chain of communication will be kept up betweeuSylliet
and Bauskundy.
" Arnxt 6.

" It is said Brigadier-General Cotton conveyeertheinteili-
gence of his unsuccessful attempt on the stockade at Donabew,
to Rangoon, wrapped round a quill, which was stuck in the ear
of a Burmese. The ears of many of the Malays and others to
the eastward are bored with large holes, in which they fre-
quently carry their cheroots.
" APnir. 11.
" Letters from Rangoon of the 20th have reached us. They
do not contain much additional iniarrnation to what we formerly
possessed. The Royals and some artillery had marched on the
18th, to reinforce Brigadier-General Cotton, and the King's
45th were stationed in the Great Pagoda. Sir Archibald Camp-
bell was falling down upon the Bundoola at Donebew, and ex-
pected to reach it about the 19th, when the letters speak of the
place being then regularly invested. Some letters, to which
however we can scarcely give credit, speak of the Burmese
beginning to stockade themselves again in the neighbourhood
of Rangoon."
( From the Supplement to the Government.Grmette, March 15.)
A report has been in circulation, during the last two or three
days, of a disturbance having taken place near Sholapoor, and
of our troops having, in consequence, sustained some loss in an
attack upon Ghurrie, which had been occupied by a refractory
tribe. 'rhe following are_ all the details that have reached us
regarding it, from which we regret to find that the service has
lost a valuable young officer in Lieut. Phillipson, who was kill-
ed in endeavouring to force an entrance to the fort.
A squadron of the 7th Light Cavalry, SOO mep of the 44th
Regiment Madras Native Infantry, and one .43-pounder manned
by two Jamadara the quarter-master-serjeant, and twelve
troopers of the 7th Light Cavalry; were dispatched about the
21st Feb. to demand the surrender of the fort of Oomraiz, near
Shoolapoor, which had beeriiiccupied by sonic rebels, under a
petty chief who had been committing some acts of depreda-
tion in the neighbourhood. The force arrived at day-break on
the 22d of February, before the Ghurrie, which was found to
be murk stronger than had been anticipated. The Petal hav-
ing been summoned to surrender, and the garrison having re-
fused and fired, two flanking parties, under Lieutenant Dud-
geon, of the 44th Mv.,lras Native Infantry, were placed under
cover, to keep down the fire from the Ghurrie. The outer gate
was blown in, and the gun, with some difficulty, brought

into a traverse that led to a second one, under a severe fire.—
The narrowness of the traverse, together with the gun-serjeant
being wounded, and many of the troops being disabled,
caused a considerable delay, and it took five shot to make a
partial breach in the second gate. A most gallant rush was
made in an instant, by Capt. Hutchinson and Ensign Ramsey,
and a lodgement effected inside with 20 sepoys, but the door-
way was too narrow to admit the gun to be brought through to
burst the third gate, which would have given access to the
Ghurrie. In pushing through the second gate (which was
completely exposed to the fire from the Ghurrie), with a view of
supporting their brave companions, asevere loss was sustained.
Lieut. Phillipson, of the 44th, was killed ; and Lieut. Milnes,
of the 7th Light Cavalry, wounded. All hopes of getting the
gun through having failed, and there being no pioneers, or
scaling ladders, or any means of attacking the Ghurrie, Captain
Hutchinson's party was withdrawn, and the troops encamped a
short distance from the village.
Although unsuccessful, greater gallantry and devotion to the
service could not have been shewn. The plan of the fort, which
accompanied the details that have been kindly handed to us,
evinces the spirit and determination that was displayed in en-
countering obstacles of no ordinary nature.
The day following the attack, Lieutenant-Colonel Collette
raised an advanced battery, and was preparing to attack the
place by escalade, when he found it had been deserted during
the night. A detachment of horse artillery, and European and
Native infantry, had been ordeied ofFfrom Poonah ; but on
hearing that the Patell .ad his people had fled, the force was
countermandA.

Return of Killed and Wounded.-7th Regiment L. C., I
Lieutenant, severely . wounded ; 1 Quartermaster Serjeant,
slightly wounded ; 1 Naique killed ; 3 Troopers, wounded.-
44th Regiment :-1 Lieutenant killed; 1 Subadar,
slightly wounded; Ilavildar, wounded; .5 rank and file,
killed; 18 rank and file wounded.

(From the Governmeirt Gazette, March 10.)
The accounts are of a most gratifying description. The force
had moved on the 15th—Sir Archibald Campbell having 2,000
men with him ; and the River Division,,under Brigadier-Gene-
ral Cotton, consisting of about 1,000. Panlang had fallen to
the force under the latter, with trifling loss; the 18th regiment
had been left to garrison the place, and the inhabitants, with
their families, were returning •; the force had moved on to-
wards Donabue. The part of the army moving by land was
getting on far better than had been anticipated—the mountain-
eers and others bringing in buffaloes, fowls, and other articles,
and chewing every disposition to afford us assistance. It
seemed to be the general opinion at Rangoon, that the• enemy
would not make any serious stand, having had a lesson,' ob-
serves a correspondent, which they will not forget in a hurry.'
You will have heard, says a private account, of Sir Archibald
Campbell's advance, which has hitherto gone on very prosper-
ously—much more so than could have been anticipated—not a
shot had been fired, and the inhabitants have brought sup-
plies of every description the country affords; by the last ac-
counts from Sir A. C. he was about 45 miles from Rangoon,
and within three days' march of Donabue, where it was report-
ed the Bundoolah is, with a force of 4,300 men : Brigadier..
General Cotton, with the River Division, has also been fortu-
nate—very slight resistance having been mace at Panlang,
where it was conjectured, the enemy would have made a strong
stand ; the accounts we receive would lead to the supposition
of the troops of the enemy being nearly disarmed—and they are
undoubtedly quite dispirited. The two armies are in the highest
state of health ; and the hospitals at Rangoon are also getting
very clear.
Our accounts also confirm the gratifying intelligence receiv-
ed via Calcutta, that the people were coming into Rangoon.—
The people, says one of our Correspondents, are flocking in
from all parts of the country, and a new town is building close
to the Stockade.

Theetransports Zenobia and Samdauny were to sail for this
place two or three days after the Bombay 3lerchant left Ran-

We regret to state that his Majesty's ship Satellite has been
lost in the Rangoon river.
After the foregoing was sent to press, we were favoured with
the following heads of intelligence :—Sir A. Campbell had ad-
vanced about fifty miles up the country ; the inhabitants had
furnished him with every sort of supply, and he had met with
no opposition.
Colonel Godwin took Tantaban, with the loss of only two
men, and now commands the advance party of Brigadier-
General Cotton's division by water.
Panlang has been taken with the loss of two men. The 22d
regiment had arrived within the bar at Rangoon. Many thou-
sand inhabitants bad returned to Rangoon, and were rebuild-
ing their houses. Colonel Smith bad proceeded on a special
Nii3sion with the Siamese Ambassadors to Martaban, and
Captain Norman had accompanied him. Every thing quiet at
Tavoy and Marqui. .The Royals and the Bengal Horse Artil-
lery had arrived.