The Sun.
London, England, 1825-06-18 00:00:00

BOXERS.

THE CliAllploxsnir .—Another deppoc►sit towards the 10001.
stake between Cannon and Warn 'for the Championship, was
made last night at Randall's. In betting Ward'vias rather the
favourite.

On Thursday afternoon the French Charge
d'Affairs transacted hnsiness atthe Foreign Office.

DARING ROM:IEIII%—A gentleman ridtried W AT-
KINS was this morning robbed of his pooket4ook,, containing
four M. notes and some bills, in Fleet-street„ by a fellow who
cut the book from the side-pocket of his coat. The numbers
are known. •

SHAMEFUL. ASSAULT.--AtHatton.prden Office
this day, a man named Williamawas ordered, to find good bail,
for a most wanton assault on a female last night on Mount
Pleasant. Though the lady was pregnant the fellow knocked
her down three times, until he was prevented froin committing
further violence. , • •
ATTEMPTED SuiclDE.—A young female was
observed, yesterday evening, by two gentlemen,, walking in a
hurried state backwards and forwards on the, hank of the
Regent's Canal, and at.length to plunge in ; theY immediately
ran to her assistance, and with difficulty saved her She gave
her name Thornton, and was humanely taken home to her
friends in the New-road. Disappointed love was
,the cause of
this rash act.
FIRE AT CANONOURT•SQUARg, SaNGTON.---
About six o'clock on Thursday evening a fire was discovered
by a person passing some unfinished houses recently built by
hir. BISHOP, of Toabridge-place, New.road, Ttho called out
to the carpenters at work that the house was on fire and imme-
diately the alarm was given the flames burst forth with such
fury that they had scarce time to save any of their too/s, and in
less than one hour three houses fell a sacrifice to the flamer,
considerably damaged the residence of *Mr. COWLEY, and
partially that of Mr. JONES.
During the whole of yesterday inquiries were
made at the temporary residence of Mrs. llarry, widow of the
unfortunate man (whose case we reported yesterday), at 16,
Bdom Sever, -street, Long-acre. Seve, presents were made her,
which enabled her to purchase mourning' to Olin! her husband
to the grave. His remains- were removed in the parish hearse
of St. Giles's to St. Pancras Church-yard, where it was inter-
red. It was followed by the widow-and her sister. Several
Gentlemen on horseback and carriages called during her ab..
saw and left their cards NI her to call on them.

11E LONDON J OURN A I.S.

• DAILY
Extractsfrorn the Morning Papers, Jane 18, 189,5

[THE TIMES.]
A folio volume, containing 131 pagesfhas been

presented to the House of Commons, and printed,
under -the title of " Papers relating to East
" India affairs—viz. Discussions with the Bur-
. ,t`inese Government." We seized the book with
avidity, anxious to instruct ourselves concerning
the origin, progress, and character of this vexa-

tions-Burmese war; and no less sincerely anxious
to find among the papers, wherewithal to justify
tn'rd'Arptierst's Government from the charges of

utter incapacity brought against it by everyEng-
sh subject in Judia, and ringing in the ears of
Vinisters from every letter-bag; since, to find
that there was neither injustice nor incompetence
iir his Lordship's counsels would be some, though
not.cornplete, consolation, under the lives which
have been sacrificed, and the dangers and dis-
graces which we have suffered. We have yawned
our way through this mass of official industry,
hut are unable to find one syllable in the whole
series of correspondence which throws even a
glimmering of light upon the subject of the pre-
sent Burmese war. Dispatches are raked_
up from the year 1812, and continued with
intervals of two or three years between, some of
them to September, 1824.; but with a curious,
'though perhaps intelligible caution, as the pe-
riod advances, the correspondence languishes,
not a word being disclosed of what took place
between the parties subsequent to the year 1820,
until page 122, when we are furnished with three
meagre extracts of letters from the Bengal. Go-
vernrnent, to the Court of Directors, dated May,
June, and July, 1823, relating merely to dis-
putes of the barbarians beyond the British fron-
tier with each other, which ended in the esta-
blishment of the Burmese power in Assam.—
Next we have a dispatch of September, 1823,
and headed " Judges and Magistrates," but no-
thing relative to the war. The next and final
dispatch is to the Court of Directors,September,
1824—a whole year afterwards; but not a word
about the war, although 'the said war was then
actually raging. It appears, indeed, that for
twelve years past occasional demands had been
made by the Burmese Authorities, that certain.
rebels, who had now and then found shelter on
our territory, should be given up to them. And,
in 'a postscript. of a dozen lines at the end, all
incidental reference is made to some of our ele-
phant-hunters having been carried off, and to
discussions pending between the two Govern-.
ments with regard to the female island of Sba-
poree.: but a book of Irish evidence might as
well have been passed off upon the country as
authority touching the Burmese war.

. • [NEW TIMES:I
" He, that shall live this day, and see cld age,
" Will yearly on the vigil feast his friends.
Thus it was in the time of brave King Harry,
and thus it is now. Only the-25th of October
has given place to the 18th of June ; and Water-
loo has-eclipsed Agincourt. A Waterloo man is
always looked upou with respect, but, on the
Anniversary of that famous fight, he seems some-
thing beyond a common mortal. Ten years have
elapsed, and yet the event is fresh and green in
our memory. We remember the breathless
anxiety which preceded the great struggle—
we remember the foolish anticipations of de-
feat to the B►itish arms—Wellington could not
stand - against Napoleon ! Quatre Bras had
sounded the knell of the' British Arthy !
In three months the Allies would all be on
their knees,. Sying for peace !—But a few short
days.dissipated these illusions and then .butst
forth the sound of exultation and joy from all
the friends of real liberty, and from all who sin-
cerely wished a long and honourable peace. Me
now gather the rich fruits of that bloody harvest.
Hnd it not been for the brave men who on that
day, with true English hearts, stood for England
against the flower-of the French soldiery, where
would now have been the wealth, and comfort,
and prosperity, which we see in every part, of
this happy island. The liberal principals of corn-
MOO, nOw so happily cultivated, could never
have expanded under the iron grasp of Buona.
parte ; there would have been no reduction-Of
taxes ; no meliorations of cur legal code.; no
railways, docks, or tunnels ; no splendid improve-
Ments of our streets and edifices; no great public
Companies, or grand commercial undertakings !
While we look round on all these things, and,
with gratitude to the Almighty Creator, acknow-
ledge the blessings we enjoy, let us never forget
thit we owe their security, nay their very exist.
ence, to the heroes of the 18th of June !