The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-15 00:00:00

I N D I A.

By the George home, artived at Cowes from
calcutta, letters and papers to the 10th of De-
c4•inb,er have been received from that place. This
Vessel left England about. nine months ago, and

has performed the voyage out, and home in a re-
markably short pi.riod. principal event in
point of importance which the papers communi-
cate is the reported assassination of the King of
AVA. We perceive that some doubts are ex-
pressed in the private. letters respecting the au-
thenticity of thi, statement, though they contain
such a description of the Royal Family and
Council. of Ava as renders such an event highly
probable, and appears to indicate the approach
of some revolution in the country. The follow-
ing is an extract of a letter,. dated Calcutta,
Dec. 10

Some symptoms of a refractory spirit have latterly ap-
peared among some of the petty States of the interior, which
Caused so much apprehension at Mirzapore, as to throw consi-
derable difficulties in the way of commercial operations. That
alarm has now materially abated, and business is consequently
returning to its former state. It is likely that matters may
mend here two or three months hence, after our troops have
Advanced into the Burmese territories, .and have showed to
the people here that the obstacles to earlier advancing were
not the opposition from the Burmese themselves, which is
generally supposed by the natives to be the cause, but the
rainy season, Strong reinforcements are now going to Ran-
goon and Chittagong, from whence the troops will move in
January. Hitherto little has been done, except the taking of
a few places ern the coast. There has been a report at Ran-
goon, that the King has been murdered at Ava, hut this re-
'port cannot be relied on : the papers will give-you the parti
. culars. Mounshoezar, who is said to be Regent, is a cousin
of the Kiag'S, and was Governor of Rangoon before the King
married
,his last
.Queen, who was a common bazaar woman.
Shortly after having - been taken -to the palace, he gained
such an ascendancy over the King, that 'she got him to tom
away his Queen of Royal blood, and raise her to..the
.throne.
The King's own relations were all turned out of office, and
hers appointed in their place. This so disgusted the different
branches of the Royal Family, that they retired from Court,
and the Prince of Sarawaddy (the King :.brother) and Moun-
shoezar were in disgrace until the taking of RangoOn, when
it was found advisable to take their counsel again, which
does not please the Queen's party. Under these circumstances,
if a revolution has not taken place, it may be looked for; and
if the King is killed, Mounshoezar will most likely hold the
reins of Government, for he is by far the cleverest- and best-
infonned- Burman in the country. The Prince of Sarawaddy
is a drunken fellow. _ _ .

Sir Archibald Campbell is now made sole Commissioner,.
and his son-in-law (Lieutenant Snodgrass) is to be made his
assistan t.
" The following ships have been chartered to go to Rangoon
—viz, Lord Lynedoch, 632 tons ; Adrian, 374 ; David Scott,
773 ; Golconda, CO;2 Belle Alliance, 660."
The following account respecting the supposed
assassination of
,the,King of A vA is extracted from
the Calcutta gazette of the 2d of December :

RANGOON.
The following detailed narrative of the assassination of the
King of Ava was communicated to the British Authorities at
Rangoon on the -6th of November, and comes from a quarter
from whence correct intelligence has been before very frequent-
ly procured. The deposition having been taken down in bad
English, the necessary., verbal and orthographical• corrections
only have been made.
THE DEPOSITION OF MAOON MAOON, ONE OF THE
INHA-
IIITANTS OF RANGOON, WHO CAME IN FROM THE VII:,

I. AGE OF KEZOO.
" I resided in the house of the chief of the village, with my
family; his bed-room was separated from mine only by a parti.,
tion of bamboos. About eight o'clock at night, I heard the
chief whom the Burmans call Saghey, conversing with two
strange persons in his bed-room, regarding news which had ar-
rived from the upper country. Curiosity induced me to look
through a hole, when I saw the chief marking down in a
hook what they were telling him. The conversation ran as
,follows :
" Ills Majesty was very much displeased with the late Go-
vernor of Rangoon's conduct. On his arrival. at the Court of
A va, he was ill-treated and punished, and the King blamed the
Queen. This personage was married to a female cousin of the
Queen, and had been appointed through her influence. It had
always been the Queen's policy tnget 41 the•provinces under
the management of her brother ; and to appoint their own peo-
ple and relations to the local governments.
" When the town of Rangoon was taken by the. British
forces, and so many vessels came, an express was sent up by the
Raywoon of Rangoon. The Ministers were alarmed, and did
not dare to represent the matter, and read the dispatches before
the King. ;
After the expiration da few days, Cheyah Munga, one of
the Ministers, determined, at all events, to. speak out, and
took the dispatches in one morning to a great audience, and
made a-Secretary read them aloud, which created general con-
sternation among all the people who were assembled. The
King himself lost his speech, and sat stupified for half an hour;
then, without saying any thing, rose from his • seat, and went
hs and lay down upon his couch very uneasy. The Queen
came to comfort him, but he would not speak to her, and be-
gan to diScover his mistake : for three days he never spoke to
any one, nor asked a question concerning Rangoon being taken
by the British forces, and grew very cool towards the Queen,
which alarmed her much.
" His Majesty came out on the fourth morning into the Ge-
neral Asiembly, and ordered the young Prince, heir apparent
to the Crown, Chukiamen to attend. The Prince obeyed the
summons, instantly came to the Palace, and took his-seat. His
Majesty. asked him if he knew of the capture of Rangoon by
the British forces, and the occurrences in lienzawaddy (Pegu).
He answered in the negative. After some conversation had
passed, the youth opened his mind, by telling his Majesty he
was not at all surprised at- what had happened, for the dawn .of
the day never comes by the crow of the hen, but by that of the
cock.
" The King was much ashamed at this hint before all the
assembly, and said not a word in reply. The Prince then took
his leave and retired.
" The King was much employed at all times with astrolo-
gers, who found his time to reign prosperously was only three
years, and if he lived longer and retained the management of
all-airs, his Government would be unsuccessful : so he sent for
his son, and made him a nominal King, and appointed Moms-
Shoe-Za to be Regent during his minority. Avery order
was issued in the name of the new King, to avert the calamity
and, misery which were predicted to be impending over the
kingdoni. • •
" The Queen was not well pleased with this change in the
Government : the King's behaviour towards her, also, was
not the same as before, and knowing that she.had many
enemies, and being suspicious of approaching danger, she
consulted privately with her brother, regarding their predi-
cament, and took great care always to keep near the King.
She contrived afterwards, by bribes and fair promises, to
gain* over to her side some of the King's attendant's and most
confidential men, and to surround the King's person with
het own 'people tlnd relations: The young -Prince, being
aware of the Queen's intentions, went at various times to
the palace to inform his father of the danger with which
he was menaced by the intriguing Queen and her brother, but
had- never an opportunity to disc his apprehensions, as the
Queen was always ,close to him.. At last, by the advice of
Moun-Shoe-Za, he feigned sickness, and his Majesty came to
see his son, and give bins medical advice ; but as the Queen
came with bins, he did not gain his object. - A few days after
they watched an opportunity,
cean tookd wuhnefnold a l
ltl
advantaget eQ ttshe feoen
intriguestwh ees. asleep,oppor
to t
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thein
Queen antdy
to make again „eat and told his Majesty that the Prince was ill, upon
which the King proceeded in a hurry to his dwelling, quite un--
attended,
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leis
fears,
brother. The King laughed at the story, and
si
desired his son not to entertain any anxiety, as he was wrongly
informed, and nothing of the kind would happen. All his endea-
vours therefore failed to convince the King that the Queen and
aieced, k wihi
r
her brother were plotting against his life and Crown. A few
days afterwards, at three p. tn., a great uproar arose in the Pa•
lace, as it was known that the King had been massacred.—
t
3loun-Shoe-Za immediately ran to the Heir Apparent's Palace
to consult what should be done for their safety. During this
time 20 armed men came to call- him in the King's name. He
refused to go, suspecting some treachery, and gathered his own,
people around himself and the Prince; the number they col-
lected amounted to about 70 brave and resolute followers of the
best families. At the head Of theie Moun•Shoe-Za marched to
the Palace, where a most terrible contest, with much bloodshed
ensued. Every moment the royal party increased. At length
the rebels were all killed or dispersed, Missing ' the Queen's
brother, they searched forisim and found him under a bed,
when they draggled him out and ctit him into several pieces.
" Then the Queen herself, with all her family, without ex.
caption,
Were massacred. After the tumult had subsided, the.
oath of allegiance was given to every one. The armies on the
frontiers hearing of this sad catastrophe, and afraidfor their ownsafety; retreated with hasty march.
" On their arrival near Amerapoora, Malta Dundoola was

brought as prisoner, and taken before the young King. lie,
was then made to drink the water. of allegiance; and to svffer
before the image of Godanta (which is always kept and worship-
ped in the Palace) that he would be faithful, and exert himsell
to the utmost of his power to support the Royal interest, upon
,which he was appointed-Generalissimo of the Southern Argil
opposed to the British forces at Rangoon, and .his title changed
from i'ilaha Bundoola to that of Sagliitt Ile was
afterwards dispatched in a great hurry, with absolute.orders
tQ
get recruits and raise as many people as he could fcir'soldiers,
from Kiataldurn down as far as Mergui, for which purpose lie
departed from Ava. After this the Court changed, their mind
and opened their eyes, and knowing:tlat they have stronger.
force to encounter, and warer to the capital, they ordereo-
Saghia Menghy to encamp about Sheru-be-ghewn to prevent -;
the progress of the Northen British army into their territories,
and in his place they appointed Matinghidye, who was formerly
Mitehin Woun, meaning Governor-General of, all the banks
of the Irawaddy river, and in the time of Minderajee, the great-
grandfather of the present Monarch, was Governor of A rra-
can a wellrmade man of six feet two inches, or thereabouts,
adgave hm the title of Malta Bandoolo, which they pretend
to be the terror of the English, with the command of the'
southern army.
" Prince Sarawaddy has been superseded. Ile was twice
recalled, but refused to obey, for reasons only known to himself.
The newly created Malta Bundoola has sent • 3,000 ,men to,
Syrians, with orders to defend that place from the excursions
of the British force, which have already arrived at the place of
their destination:
" Prince Sarawaddy, it is said, has refused to resign the
command of the army, and the, new Maha Bundoola finds him-
self in a bad predicament, as he cannot collect recruits accord-
ing to the orders of the Court and his own-wishes, and is also
afraid to come down, and take the command out of the hands'
of Sarawaddy Meng."