The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-08 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK SESSIONS.

Yesterday these Sessions commenced before the LORD
111AYuit, the RECORDER, and Alderman J. J. SMITH.
Edward Aladin, an elderly man of respectable appearance
.and address, was indicted for having uttered a counterfeit half.
crown, and having in his possession other counterfeit money
knowingly.
The prisoner, Upon being asked whether he was " guilty or
not guilty," said he certainly was guilty, but he earnestly re.
quested that the Court would attend to. his reasons for doing
what he had done. He entertained no doubt of a merciful con-
sideration if he was heard in mitigation.
•
The RECORDER said, he could not permit the prisoner to
address the Court under such circumstances, and advised him
to take his trial.

The prisoner persisted 'in acknowledging his guilt, saying
that It was impossible for a man his age OD to pretend to
be innocent when he was positively guilty.
The RECORDER—" Y advise you, as a friend, to plead ', not
guilty.' ' Your acknowledgment of guilt cannon affect your sen-
tence, which is fixed by Act of Parliament. The Act has no
power of mitigation."
The prisoner handed a writted statement, and begged that it
might be read betbre sentence was passed upon him, as it con-
tained his reasons tbr uttering. the bad money.
The RECORDER again advised the prisoner to plead " not
guilty," anti said he could not admit such a precedent under
circumstances of such a nature. If the admission of.guilt were
persisted in;.the,only course to be adopted by the prisoner was
that'of petitioning the Secretary of State for
tmitication of pu-
nishment, and producing evidence of the mull The represen-
tation. _ _

The prisoner 'shed tears, and begged to be ligird. His mis-
fortunes were exceoslve-:

The RECORDER—" I cannot permit you to_ proceed. It is
wholly against the course of public justice. Why do you not
plead' not guilty ?' Are you aware of the sentence I must
pass upon you if you persevere ?"
Prisoner—" I ant aware of its severity, but I must persist in
saying that I am guilty."
The RECORDER regretted that he would not take the' chance
of a trial, and'procceded to pass sentence upon him. The un-
fortunate ' man was greatly affected upon heating that he *as
to be imprisoned for 12 months in the Borough Compter, and
to find securities in the sum of 401. for his good behaviour for
two years more.
William Rush was indicted for stealing a sieve-full of
damsons in the Borough. The theft was proved beyond the
power of contradiction from weight of character. The prisoner
pnt in a written defence, which the RECORDER said he had no.
doubt was the production of some idle fellow, who was in the
habit of imposing upon wretched prisoners, and getting sg.
from them, by the assurance of an acquittal on the merits of the
writing.
An Irish woman, whO came forward to speak in favour of the
prisoner, svrorelhat she knew him biybre.he was born.
The Jury found him GitiO, but recommended him to mercy,
'on account of his good character. • He was fined a shilling, and
discharged.
John Rolfe was found guilty of stealing two sieves of fruit
in the Borough-market. Ile had not a good character, and
The -RECORDER sentenced him to be Whipped. publicly
through the market on a market-day, and to be imprisoned to
hard labotir in Brixton Ilouse of Correction for six months.

A few days ago, a winged insect, abent the
length and thickness of a man's linger, and agreeing with the
description given of the locust, was caught alive in a field of
wheat at Low Waskerly, near Shotley. Bridge, anti is now in
the possession of 31,:ssrs. FoItSTER there.
The following text. in Deuteronomy has been
quoted in recommendation of parapets to houses:
," Vt thou blindest a new house, then shalt
thou make a battlement for thy roof, that thou
bring not blood upon thy hotsei if' any men fall
from thence."

1 N 4) 1 A.

From the Cakatta Gazette.)
. .
CALCUTTA, MAY 6.--AssAm.--Advices have
been received from Mr. Scott, the Agent to the Governor-
General, reporting his arrival at Nougaong on 15th April.
This place is described as one of the largest towns in Assam,
extending, in a straggling manner, for about seven miles along
both sides of the Kullung river, and containing, it is said,
4;000 families. Mr. Scott proposed advancing, on 17th April,
• with the detachment of the 23d Native Infantry, under Captain
Horsburgh, to Kalliabur, one day's march north-east of Non-
gaong. The enemy's force stockaded at Moura Meokh, was
understood to consist of 500 men, natives of the Ava country,
and about the same number of Assameae, worse armed than
usual, in consequence of almast the whole of their muskets
having been thrown away by, that portion of their army which
fled from Birkola on the 10th of Febru:try last.
• The forward movement on Kalliabur is calculated to esta-
blish our authority, without further delay, -4a,tvie western part
of Assam —to secure provisions for the future supplies of the
troops—and to dispel the well-grounded fears of the' inhabit-
ants, that if the country be left much longer unoccupied, the
Burmese will recover their courage, and at least deprive us of
its resources, if not create a subsequent famine, by sending out
small parties to devastate and burn the villages. Nougaong is
represented to be a place well calculated for a cantonment, and
is likely,. to prove much more healthy than any pan of our own
frontier, and more abundant ingrain.
The Burmese are said to be in great alarm, and sensible of
their. Inability to make any effectual opposition without rein-
forcements, which they had repeatedly called for from Ara.—
The inhabitants of the country through which Mr. Scott had
passed, and which seemed to be very populous and well culti-
vated, evinced the utmost satisfaction at thearrival of our troops.
Such of them as had displayed any backwardness in assisting
us, were either dependents of the Burmese, or afraid of their
return ; which latter feeling could only be completely dispelled
by the advance of a large force.
Private letters mention that a Messenger sent with letters to
the Governor of Assam, had been barbarously murdered by his
order... They also describe the country round Nougaong, as
highly cultivated and very populous, although evidently much
lesl,,eythao it had recently' been. Nouguong itself, is said to
be en immense grove of Beetul and other trees, principally those
.upon which the Mogul Silk-worm is fed.
Fcß'rtiXlS PARTlCL'i.AllB.—betterS from Russell Chokey,
of the 15th of April, state that the Burmese had left that part
of the country, and retired 70 miles higher up, where they had
an advanced post at,Moura Mookh. They were said to have been
attacketll4 the Assimese Chief,Chunder Kaunt,assisted by some
Of the neighbouring Hill Tribes, and driven down to Jorelinut.
lialliabur, the place upon which the Governor General's agent
was advancing, is about a week's march above Goahuttor.
tl4letters
April.froni theip,ahr te
yy
IwittilttliliAbY Jar.
n3d —Sale'torottilitlEtldlOiaoutetindta)liluEn43StlikEs'iorifCrtr:rhiiikniaciesett by time Burmese. It
had made hi,:ie'asetaCpiewtinodnetrtKlicautlnutiriTeeseo,f atinledAtaren erseefuPgrein:'itsh,
the people Plto and Khamtee, and that they, and the
*lll:tsliriearrtete°'dafsS,illligad 'funned a junction, driven the Burmese
from itungpore, and obliged.them to retire down the river to
Jorehaut. It appeared trout the information obtained at
Russali Chokey, that the action at Birkola in February last,
had done the enemy more mischief than could have been effected
by any other means. The Burmese Commander was said to
have returned to. Russell Chokey in rags, and to such straits
were his followers reduced, that three of them were killed
fighting for the root of a plantain tree. Of the men they took
on that expedition -not one half returned. The party with the
Agent were advancing to Kalliabur, and did not expect to find
any difficulty in getting provisions, which, by all accounts,
were abundant in that route. The party would consist of
gOO, including camp followers and the Rajah JplteallN troops,
of whom the Agent,would take' about 240, with two small pieces
belonging to them.
through The party had
notteeapore,the
making after sedviesntanoereeight
twelve marches. Were the
tWeen Gowahatee and sylbet,
roads improved, bridges made, and one or two depots of pm-
visions formed, troops could march' across at any season of the
year, and the country would form a most excellent convales-
cent station fbi sick Officers or men in .Assain.
A little vessel, Of about 110 tons, belonging to Messrs. Kyd
and Co. arrived at Chittagong, on the 27th April, from Ran-
goon. On her way 811 e lost a boat, with an officer, naumed
Sutherlend, together with; the boat's drew, who were sent on
shore for water, at a place about 45 miles below the mouth of
the Armen River, and were carried off by time Burmese. The
vessel cut her cable, and Made her escape. The commander
of the vessel.reports that the King of Ava was bent on war,
and that on the Shapore .business he had sent the General
Bundoola, with 6,000 men, from Ara, and his placed at his
disposal a force hi tutu of 30,000 men,
At Rangoon the Burmese had no idea of an attack, and
would not, it is supposed, make any opposition ; but the mere
taking of the place, without further anti more serious military
oper,tions, would not probably induce the King to solicit terms.
There was a rumour at Chittagong of the return of the Bur-
mese to the southward on our frontier, but scouts had come in,
rind reported, that there was no appearance of their near ap-
proach. •, , •

CAPTURE OF fIOWAIIATTY.
CALCUTTA, APRIL 12.—Official intelligence has, we un-
derstand, been received front Brigadier Mac Marine, 'dated
on the left bank of the Berliam oter,
March Camp
2irtiwu
reportingn3tl' i
the occupation, by our troops, of G poowa-
batty, the capital of Assam.
liiwadier Inc Marine was joined _by the Ilowitzers on the
26th .Ilarch, when he advanced with the whole force, consist-
ing of the Rungpore Light Infantry, Chumparun Light Infan-
try, and Dinagepore Local Battalion, anti on the morning of
the 28th, proceeded to the vicinity of Gowahatty, with the view
of taking up a position for investing the place.
On his arrival, with the Flotilla of gun-boats, at Pundoo-
/mum, a reconnoisance was made, by which it was discovered
that the Dewun tiorreah Fort had been deserted, the enemy
having, during the preceding night, evacuated the whole of
their Stockades and Choke" in and adjoining Gowaliatt.v, and
retired, it is rePOrted to Iloosab to join a considerable body of
Burmese at, that place.
A few loaded iron guns were found in the Fort, and a Sepoy
of the Chumparun Light Infantry possessed himself of a pair
of colours which the enemy had lett behind.
Some small parties of Sepoys were detached:to the town and
neighbourhood, to take- care that the inhabitants were not
plundered of what little the Burmese had not carried off with
them.

From private accounts we have gathered the following fur-
ther particularS:—On the 27th the troops arrived at Plosbang,
and the advance guard, under Capt. Sneytl, saw about twenty
Burmese, close to the:place where they were to encamp. The
Burmese took to flight, and were followed by Capt. e,neyd's
party main they disappeared in a deep Nubah, when a loud
about was set up by about 200 others from the opposite bank,
beating tom toms, &c. Reinforcements from the Dinagepore
Battalion, and Rungpore Light Infantry, having come up, the
Burmese retreated, anti the party under Capt. Sneyd dashed
at them, but could not come up with them. They were so
closely pursued, however, that some of them hid themselves in
•
.the huts of the village that surrounded their post, one of whom
was discovered during the, day by the villagers, who brought
him into crimp fastened like a wild beast.
In the Stockade abandoned by the, Burmese, a dead body
was found with the head cutoff, and otherwise dreadfully mu-
Mated; and on the preceding night .fourteen shots, supposed
to be cannon, were distinctly heard in the camp, which, the
villagers afterwards informed our party, were large ginghals,
from, which the Burmese had blown rhurteerkAssatneae Chiefs,
their
cou country
to
ry cur
to
suspected (Wan intention to,cometiver., ,
e
It is eupposed that no farther resistance wilt be made by the
tzramya.p, Sitenvderavireovte.
ntltietiAteisrsaim)useseage te4sro had
it `assembledtri b
Ava. l'he -Rejalr Thing, had accepted our protection, together
with it number of petty chiefs. The Rajah of Luckey Dewah,
and sonic others, had been carried away by the Burmese.:
Vivo, companiee of the 23t1 Native Infantry, under Lieute.
nant.Colonel Richards, were proceeding up by .water, and ex-
pected to.,reach Gowahatty on the evening of the 20th, the day
on •whieleClowahatty.was taken. The intelligence of the suc-
cess ofilrigadier 111•111orine had reached -Al r..ticott, the Agent
,to the Governor-Gentrral, .then at Syllaet,.and be, Itatl. marched
to Uowahatty with three companies of the 23d Native Infantry
on the 3tl instant, across Jynteeapore.

FOIL THE SUN.

INDIA.

THE REVIEWER REVIEWED.

" .We have no hostility towards the East India Company,
but, on the. contrary, fear nothing so much as tb4t. the Govern.
meat of India should ever be withdraion from it."--4.l4lorging
Chronicle, Sept. 30, 1824.)
Ma. EDITOR-116s speaks one of
.the panel.
pal Journals of Europe, and su think many others.
The Morning Chronicle and the Globe and Tra,
roller may write their sentiments, and Mr.. BuOit-
INGHAM may make speeches and write Essays,
but because I happen to be a military officer, I
am to have my mouth hermetically sealed. This
is strange and. arbitrary doctrine, and a doctrine
which I by no means will subscribe to ; besides,
it comes with a very bad grace from the staunch
advocate for freedom of speech. I have as un-
deniable a.rigitand as inextinguishable a claim
to write and speak as any other man ; and while
I do so from principle, in temperate slid courteous
language, I shall not be blamed by my country-
men, nor will they allow me to be inuholated at
the diction of any one for giving them a 'clear
insight into the state of India and the qtiestion tit
the Free Press.
In the letters which you'did me the honour of
publishing, your Readers must have observed
that I scrupulously avoided mentioning either the
name of Mr. BUCKINGHAM or his late Calcutta
Journal. I had no wish to recall to his memory
his severe, losses; or thedisappointments he has,
experienced in his political career. In the Essays
alluded to, I confined myself to the general gites-
tion of the " Free Press" in India, and made no
allusion to persons either by designation or in:
lerence. That have'not done the thing well is
my misfortune : there are few men who can write
like Mr. 8., and still fewer who can more adroitly
slip over substances and facts, rind substitute in
their place fallacies and phantoms. Although
am so dull that 44 my meanings are not to he
traced," &c. &c. is all very cogent no doubt, atid
perhaps may be true; but we often know, that
in interested persons, " none are so blind as those
that will not see." lowever, whether I ever pos.
sessed any intellectual powers, or whether they
have deserted me on this occasion, n'importe, a
man may possess a little common sense, which,
aided by a long residence in various parts of India,
and a conscientious feeling of rectitude tewards
both parties, will give .to his sentiments some little
weight. Mr. B. admits this, .and says, " I had
given to arguments, utterly devoid of reason, a
degree of importance which they would never
otherwise have attained." A little further on
Mr. 8., with singular infelicity, Says, " Fortu•
nately the letters of Captain SEELY were of little
importance." These inconsistencies in a publiC
writer, who has an object to effect, are nothing ;
for he must, in his endeavour to gain proselytes,
write down those who have the misfortune to dif-
fer with him,' and on pursuing his object every
thing is made to assume a perverted and cis:
torted shape. In the Oriental Herald of this
month, and which arrived yesterday, Mr. 13. has
thought proper to notice my letters on the " Free
Press," and in doing so wish he bad abstained
from that ill humour and acidity of expression, of
which forbearance I have set him so decided an ex-
ample. Mr. 13. asserts, that I" expressly prtivoked
the discussion ;" this I must deny. Mr. 13.'s at-
tack on me is purely gratuitous and uncalled for,
in my letters I made not the most distant allu-
sion to his name or newspaper ; sufficient it was
that I was in opposition to the question of .the
cc Free Press" to be thought•deserving of notice,.
and accordingly I am selected as the one of " nu-
merous writings.'.' It. was said but the other day
(Feb. 18'24), " While so able and distinguished
an officer as Sir J.MAtcouss is unemployed, we
should conceive that the Company would not think
of looking elsewhere fora Governor of Bombay,
should its present able and enlightened servant,
Mr. ELPIIINSTONE, be removed to Madras."
Now, that eminent man, SirjohN, is any thing
but what he ought to be. But While I speak
what I knew to be the real state of the case, nod
am free from hostility to any one, my motives
will be applauded, and I still have the pleasing
satisfaction of knowing, that principle alone ac-
tuates me in the course I have pursued. From
the bottom of my heart I feel for Mr. 13. and the
severe losses he has met with, but it was his own
fault ; he brought the misfortunes on himself ; he
lie warned
cannotof
therefored:i nge danger, andsur
surprised
thewas ;ries kP elniete ran y ;
(however severely he may feel) at the•courSe pur-
sued towards him, and during the whole .of. the
business, from first to last, he has only himself
to blame. I will now tell Mr. B. why 1 took
up so zealously the cause of India. lie must re-
eollect a most unfounded and unjustifiable attack
made on the Indian Army both in the globe anti
'Traveller (19th July), and in the Oriental He-
rald of the following month. This unwarranted
an array as any. in the
statement on as fine

world, as a soldier, I could not help replying to;
and as this was but one of a series of erroneods
articles, I felt it a duty to vindicate the profes-
sional character of my brethren, and to espouse
the cause of " that country whence I derive my
!need." I do most solemnly assure ;Mr. B. that
had he confined himself in his speeches and writ-
ings to his own case, I should never have said a
word ; but, on the contrary, would, if in my
power, have felt satisfaction in aiding him ;
and this 1 believe he knows. J'r•inciples, not
persons,. Were my objects ; that both are now in.

' * Sir John Malcolm, in the Bristol Herald for Sept. and Mr
Elphinstone in Oct. are very diffirently spoken of Of Mr. E.
it is said, " he misstates facts, and even then he is not arable to
make out his position, without being illogical in argument."
In anoth'er passage it iii said, " Ile has been playing a double
game quite unworthy of hiniself." Poor Mr. Elpinston poor
Sir John Malcolm ! and poor Capt. John Seely ! !

A

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PRICE' StVENPtNGt.

eluded in our examinations and
.strictures
fault of mine. Mr. B. 'cavils, at my Saying a
country 4Y hence • I derive; my :bread:" this lte
repeats two or three times in, italics, but for
" countrN"Mr. B. substituted." ItidiaCompany,
and would iofer that I.,am,an ;interested eulo.
'gist. I refer Mr. B. to thefolloWiog, passage
my
"- Wonders of Elorp;!Ragl,2BV':,--," The Ull4
accountable neglect exHerirtrced. from the Court
of Directors to wtrorn I rendered a most impor.
enefit in the civil
btiaearlaF:ytticssniliu; :bevtlioec,
subject,
the;ar
(lee 11:Ifit:;iirwrialcyt; ser
the Court on this
vice
rejected, on the principle that " a recommenda,
lion must come from the local Government." To
this I have replied,
," I bad no intention, wheo
I left hlk, of proceeding to England, and had
been ;in Bombay for upwards of: six years,
and 'that I never thought of obtaining the required
recommendation," go that, Mr. B.'s assumption in
arraigning my intentions, or impugning my:mo.
tives, as being selfish or interested, must, with
the 'facts before him, fall to the ground. ,The
service alluded to was .this:. was Barrack
Master, and the,, on.colmnissioned officers and
others, in their public indents for stores, work.
men, &c. were in the habit of alte'ring the figuresv
thus making a 1 into a 4, a 10 intoa.l6, or into
a 19,- and occasionally adding a.cYpher : this I
detected and exposed, and at my suggestion the
figure
,was to be expressed " in'words written at
length.'.' This was, I think, doing a service
to the State ; the Company have thought other.
wise ; certainly, under this circumstance of the
rejection of my claim, I, can feel no bias; and if
there can lie purity of sentiment and of priuci.
ple in a puhlic writer,, I may, on this account,
lay some claim to it. NO reward the Court can
bestow, or . punishment' .theY,...or' any other
body, or individual, can will make
me forego that which U.:et:rut-ice, as a ser.
vent of the state, : and. a • deT6itier of the
soil, to. be my bounden day*. 'I '44 derive my
bread' from that country," and it'helioves me to
do the best- for her interests:- -Mr: 13. objects to
my obServation about absolottipoWer. regulat.:
ed by laws ;" there may seem a little confusion
in the idea, but I do not pretemlto compete with
a giant in' talent and knowledge like my oppo.
news, What I meant, and which perhaps is
sufficienty evident was, that .the power of the
Civil Administration in various parts of India is
cc regulated" by the Maliommedan amid Hindoo
codes of law. This is the case• in the Courts of
Circuit and the Nizam Adawlui, :and Sadder
Devunny .eldaulut, Jurisdictions..- !landfill of
foreigners ruling over eighty Or people,
must have absolute power, or nor dominion would
soon cease ; but it is not to be %inferred that
many of their judicial acts are: not " regulated"
by the ancient.laws of the country.'
Mr. B. objects to " colonization and the con.
sequent loss of India;" and in refutation brings
forward, the " West Indies! the Cape, Mauri.
tius, and New Holland ;" but Mr. B. forgets,
that we colonized North America,' and /oil It.
Restoring an Island or infant settlement to the
dominion of the parent Stale is not difficult ;
but a vast Continent like India, inhabited by
conquered millions, is' a very differeet affair
deed. I shall not now reply to time other corn.
memories of. Mr. 8., who has seleCted ten para•
graphs out of the articles of " considerable
length." I have here subStantial reasons for not
replying at length ; first, I cannot write so well

as Mr. 13.; secondly, the crippled state of my
hands allows.me only to trot, while he can gal.
lop, over quires ; and thirdly, the public having
been kindly pleased to patronize my Book on
44 Elora," to that extent that a largp edition has
been expended in five months, i ttm now fully
occupied in enlarging and amending my former
publication, as the second Edition is now in the
press. Besides this, I am engaged in another
work on India, have an extensive -correspond-
wire, three children to educdte, and I cannot
write by candle-light.

But, we must, Mr. Editor, look at Mr. 'B.'s
communications to Nou regarding 'my Essays.
Mr. IL says, that after you had kept " his letter
a week," the Proprietor directed its return,
" assigning as a reason that it was too perroriat
for admission ;" and further, that. Capt. SCELY'S
name was " too pointedly used." Be that as It

may, " those who play at Lowls.must expect rub-
beri." • .The fvelings in your mitidw lath cliff tated
this rejection was equitable and kind ; fort in no
wise used.namesoind refrained from personalitiez..

Vtro shall never strengthen our cause by using
either personalities or ofensive• language, and
those persons who are now viewing the question
with such'intense interest, will not be influen.ed

by harsh or vindictive statements. 'ln opr inquiry
after truth, it is necessary for our own success to
be dispassionate; and if we do not .carry ra,rdoo,
and mildness into our discugLions, Ise shall only
make enemies instead of frie'nds..

I have but I 'add, and i'
peal to men, t sthst'in4o'itigyslotiirt9(
r6tti;t:o n
tu'e!tille)piterjti)etserts„oictsta'anitdahiii:::
altti I trust honest-sentiments, give to the public
a hook on the Free Press, State or society in that
Country, and. a'faithful pnalysis of some late
t
n
ocfPoofurn:tiirtiroctitveseßpr.r:ti!;:c
lishtotestitts;:tiaernlstictelgirialtettteifd,jell,e:llii;srlgtstaioll
0(.1f
ce:onemtsitiltnrkki ;rtinoebta:avte:,
for his iOSSCA, :And with respect for his splendid anti
varied talents.--1 have the honotir to be, Sir,
Your very obedient servant,
• •10tEIX,
Captain 4th Regt. Bombay Nativi.! in }IN S,
and late Second
in Command, Ist Bat. of-B. H. the Rajah of Nagpor,
Regular Brigade.
Weymouth Wycke, war Dorset, 4th Oct. 1024.