The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-14 00:00:00

SHE BURMESE WAR.

FOR THE SUN.
Ma. EDITOR--The prompt attention you have
invariably shewu to my communications on
Indian Affairs, demands my thanks, and imposes on
me the satisfaction of communicating to you what-
ever news I receive from our Indian possessions.
The anxiety naturally felt by the public, respect-
Aug the Burmese War, its origin, and progress,
induces, me to transmit to you the substance of
souse of the letters which have been recently re-
.seived on that and other subjects. It appears
by letters from Madras and Bombay, that the
inhabitants of the " CITY OF PALACES" are
really so freightened at the expected visit of
their Burmese neighbours, who have declar-
ed, that they will not stand on any ceremony,
but at once march into the capital of India,
lad' dictate to the Supreme Government their
own terms; that all the 64 Burra Kharmas" and
46 At Howes," are suddenly suspended, and
the valuables of " the Qui Hi's" are lodged it,
Fort William, as soon as conveyances can be
procured to take them there. The Burmese con-
template the immediate acquirement of valuable
booty,. notwithstanding the present endeavours
to prevent it. The panic which pervades all
Casts is excessive.—The Ladies are in the most
aa a aro alnrinerl at the
sound of every military movement, and the pur-
suits of the Civilians are suspended, from the fear
of the Cholera, and the effect which may be pro-
duced by the invasion of the Burmese. The
Madras Army, as usual, becomes the principal
available force in India, which the Bengalese,
who are so unwilling to give them, -the mai-
' lest credit on any occasion, are compelled to
call ou " to come to their assistance," to
defend the 64 City of Palaces," otherwise it
will fall a sacrifice to the invading Army. The
-Madras Native ' Troops, to their credit and
tmour, waiving, as they have done on all former
• occasions, their prejudice of Cast, it .appears,
without hesitation volunteered for the Service,
and embarked for Chittagong and Calcutta ! On
the news of the defeat of the two Bengal Bat-
11111011S, by the Burmese in or near Chittagong,
reaching Madras, two other native Corps were
prepared to embark; and with equal ardour and
spirit, which pervaded all the departments of this
Army, six thousand men of every arm have,
• been embarked for Rangoon, under the corn-
' mend of Brigadier General MACDEAN—the fact I
is, that " the feeling" of the. Madras Army
bus invariaby placed them foremost in the
public service and shown that the utmost de-
prudence can always be pieced on their fide-
lity and efficiency. ! The City of Nagpoor, which
they conquered, and of which they were after-
wards deprived, for the purpose of transferring,
unjustly, its occupation to the Bengal Troops as
• an additional station, has been ordered by the
• Court of Directors to be again placed under the
Madras Government, and it is to be expected
that the services of this Army will be further
:appreciated, from the -promptitude they have
>thewn in volunteering their services to protect
Chittagong and Calcutta. The cheerfulness
with which the .Native Madras Troops marched
, to the beach fur embarkation was truly gratify-
. log ; Om, was scarcely tonnage sufficient to
evader them comfortable, or prevent the mixture
of Casts. Men who had never, many of them,
seen a ship before, having been raised in the in-
terior of the country, disregarded all personal in-
convenience ;--without a murmur they reconciled
themselves to a separation from their families,
and thus to the greatest possible privations did
they .submit, in .furtherance of what they chose to
conceive to be their duty, their services being,
voluntary, and entirely of their own free will.
Such conduct on the
.part of the Madras Army
nought to obtain for -them 'the approbation of all
the Authorities, both at home and abroad, and
, there is little doubt of their services giving them
additional claims to the favour and protection of
their Sovereign. Most of these troops were en.
gaged in the lute Mehra tta War, yet up to this time
. neither they, or the troops front Bengal and Boni-
bay, which composed the Army of. the Deceit'', to
which I was attached, have received or partici-
pitted in any part of the enormous booty captured
'during that war. Yet 'these gallant men have not
shown, in any degree, the least dissatisfaction,
;but, on this stew CALL of their country, have
•protoptly and cheerfully volunteered again their
services, relying On the liberality of the Go-
-vertement for a just reward of their meritori-
.ous exertions. It appears that the result of
-the late war in 1818, added, most extensive-
ly, to the territory of the East India Coen-
patty, and increased its annual territorial Net
Revenue several millions sterling I Yet notwith-
standing, it is to be lamented, -that from causes
which remain to be explained, the Company are
-not disposed to admit the claims of the Troops
-to an extent beyond a few thousand pouuds ;
• when it is notorious, that in addition to the jewels
-and other treasure actually delivered to the Com.
patty's Servants by the troops, there was near
,300,0001. paid' in specie into the Company's
''Treasury, by the order of the late Governor-
'General, who so 'disinterestedly and kindly iu-
,terposed a claim for a participation in it, although
he had previously declared his determination not
.to take any of it, but that the whole of his propor-
tion should be given to certain classes of the
Army, though it was well understood he
:had not arty right w hatever to it ! The
delay which this claim of Lord HASTINGS
.created, coupled with other circumstances, have
'been attended with serious inconvenience
and injury to the brave men who were
engaged in the Mahratta war, and though
It is " better late than never," it is to be expect-
,ed that His Majesty's Government will not be
trifled with, but that the East India Company
will be called on to pay over to the Trustees,
under the King's Warrant, not only the money
,paid into their Treasury, but also the value of
,tire jewels, treasure, and other t public proper y
'they got possession of, through the valour of the
troops, and, the confidence which was placed in
4beir servants. There oat* .be ;to difficulty in
4ste,rtaining the putticulars and value of all this

booty. The Returns and Reports of the Com-
pany's Accountant-General in India, and the
letters and papers in their Military Department,
will disclose it; and it is a subject of remark by
all Asiatics, that in the accounts presented by the
Company to Parliament, there is so little notice
taken of it, and of the great increase of their an-
nual territorial revenue; but illusion and con-
fusion are so admirablyand adroitly interwoven
in most of their public statements of accounts,
that it requires more than European skill and
practice to develope and explain them ! I shall
not, on this occasion, trespass further on your
columns, but in a short time I shall venture to
call the attention of your Readers to " the scenes,"
which are partially disclosed in the large
volumes lately published by the Court of Pro-
prietors.; as there are many important papers
wanting, to afford a fair opportunity to the
Public to form an impartial view of the whole
of the REAL administration of the Marquis of
HASTINGS !

Bath, 13th Oct. 1824.

A ]JENOALEE.

FOR THE SUN.

MEDICAL STAFF.-.(INDIA.)

Ma. EDITOIt.—As your Paper is in great re-
pute with East Indians, may I request the
favour of your publishing the following General
Order, an order that reflects great credit upon
the Marquis of HASTINGS. It was, Sir, no joaa
necessary than humane, to prove I will
give you a 'case in point. lam myself but lately
returned from India, very ill indeed. Before
quitting the Presidency to which 1 belong, (not.
Calcutta, for the mischief has ceased there) I was
two days in an alarming state, but no message or
entreaty' that I could use, could procure me the
attendance of either of the Medical Officers; they
had more profitable employment in attending to
rich families, than in administering to the case of
a Subaltern Officer ; in consequence they sent
an hired assistant, not in the service, and whose
attention, I found, was only to be secured by It
douceur. A friend of mine at **** Presidency
had a child taken ill of the cholera before day-
light, and from that time till nine o'clock were
Ills servants in search nr, and actually found the
Medical Officer, " who would come directly ;"
he did come at five in the evening, when the
child had been dead eight hours. A strange
Medical Gentleman, %%110 was accidentally found
at bevels o'clock, said to the afflicted father,-
4t you found me too late." The person whose
duly it was to attend, and for which he was paid
by the Company, was a fashionable Doctor, in
very great request among the rich and great folks,
and with natives of rank. If lam called upon by
the India !louse Authorities, I can substantiate
the foregoing."l do Sincerely hope, for the benefit
of the service at large, and equally for the inte-
rests of the East India Company, that this letter
will be seen arid duly noticed by aur,Honour•
able Masters. I can given you_the General Order.

GENERAL ORDER.
ARMY MEDICAL STAFF.

FORT WiLLIA3t, Jtrr,Y 19, 192:1.--It having come to the
knowledge of the Most Noble the Governor-0 encral in Council,
.that some of the Army Medical Staff (his Lordship hopes not
many) have been in the habit of demanding fees for attendance
on the families of their brother officers, It is hereby strictly
commandea that such practice shall cease, it being clearly an.
rderstood by Government, that the attendance of medical offi.
cera in their professional capacity, on the families of the officers
43f• the corps to which they are attached, is an imperative-part
of the duty to be performed by them.
This order is to be considered applicable to medical attend-
ance by Presidency Surgeons, Garrison Surgeons, and Sin,"
Suweons of stations,-on the Officers of the Army and their fa.
mikes who may make application to them for professional
advice. Wm. CASEMENT, Liellt.-0010110,
-Sec. to Government Military Dept.
I. am, Sir,
Your humble servant,
Wotthing,-Sussm Oct.-12, 1824. LEGION.