The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-12 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

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Extracts from the Illorniiig Papers, Oct.

[BR ITI Sir recss.]
The official and other intelligence which we
publish this morning from India will be found to
be highly important. The expedition under Sir
Archibald Campbell captured Rangoon on the
ilth of May. This place is the principal sea-
port of the Burmese, and the chief mart for teak
timber. A faint I'eSI“SIR CO only was offered to
tkie British arms; the Burmese Authorities bay-
ing been seized with a panic, fled, with nearly all
the inhabitants of the town, into the neighbour-
ing' jungles. The rapidity of Sir Archibald Camp-

bell's movements enabled him to save the lives of
twelve Europeans, who had been thrown into
irons at Rangoon, avowedly to be put to death,
if the British General would not grant ceriniu
terms to the Ray woon of Rangoon. Only one
Englishman now remains in the power of the bar-
barous Court of Ave. The island of Cheduba
had also fallen into the hands of the British.
The utmost vigour and promptitude have been
displayed by our Indian Government, and
we may, confiding in the success with which
superior skill and valour are almost invariably
crowned, look upon the capture of these
places as the harbingers of our certain triumph
Over the haughty Sovereign of the Burman
Empire. From the private letters from Bombay,
it appears that an opinion prevailed, that the war
would be prolonged much beyond the duration
which it was originally expected to have, and
consequently that the expellees of the contest
would be greatly aggravated. This opinion
seems to be founded on the obstinate resistance
made by some detached parties of the enemy in
the vicinity of Rangoon. A report was also in
circulation when the advises left Bombay, that
the Burmese had succeeded in surprising Dacca
and Chittagong. We have no confirmation of
this report from any quarter, except that two
large ships belonging to Bombay had been or-
dered to proceed from Madras to Chittagong,
with troops to meet the enemy in that quarter.
It was said that the British had sustained a loss
of 500 men in defending Chittagong ; there car
be no doubt that this is at any rate a gross ex.
aggeration. Chittagong will soon a-rain ac-
knowledge its subjection to England, and the ene-
my will be driven back with a severe chastise-
meet within the limits of his territory. We
regret to find, by our private letters, that that
dreadful disease, the cholera morbus had carried
off great numbers of our countrymen in India. At
Calcutta, Sir Christopher Puller, the new Chief
Justice, was among its victims. We have given
separately, from a Benuel paper, a sketch of his
professional career. At Madras the ravages were
more extensive. The following Gentlemen are
named as the sufferers :—.Ed ward Wood, Esq.,
the Chief Secretary to the Government; Sir Wil-
lingham Franklin, one of the Judges; John
Binny, Esq., sea. ; Mr. Goldie, the First Mem-
ber of the Medical Board ; Mr. Robert Richard.
son, the First Member of the Eye I nfirma ry.—
Oo the 9th of June, the malady had considera.
bly abated, and there had been no fatal case on
the three days preceeding. At Bombay the
cholera morbus had been principally confined to
the natives.

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[PUBLIC LeDom]
The war against the Burmese has commenced
with the energy and success, which have long
characterised our military operations in the East.
By the Mary Ann, which has arrived from Bom-
bay after a very quick passage, Papers and Let-
ters to the 22d of June have been received. The
Bombay courier of the 10th, contains the Copy
of a Dispatch from Sir Archibald Campbell,
dated Rangoon, May 19, announcing the cap.
tore of that place, which is the principal sea.
port of the Burmese Empire, after a very slight
reSistunce, on the "lith of the same month. The
Expedition, which consisted of four brigades,
besides the naval force, appeared before the
town on the 10th, and on the following morn-
ing, every arrangement having been previously
made, the fleet, led on by his Majesty's ship
Liffey, sailed up the River, and in a few hours
arrived off the town. Our troops, having thus
surmounted the first obstacles, displayed their
usual humanity, for seeing the inferiority of the
enemy, they delayed their attack for some time,
in the hope that he would make an offer of ne.
gociating. Instead of this, an ill directed fire
was opened from the batteries, which was effec-
tually silenced by a single broadside from the
Liffey ;, and the Commodore, having cleared the
battery, exhibited another trait of humanity, by
ordering' his fire to cease. Directions were then
given for the troops to effect a landing; and two
brigades,, one consisting of his Majesty's 38th
regiment, under Major Evans; and hie Majesty's
13th light eregiment, under Major Sale; and
the other of Native troops, under Brigadier-
General M*Been, were landed ; and they oc-
cupied the town without having occasion to
fire a single shot, and without the loss of a
single person, killed or wounded, on our side.
The whole of this movement, which appears
to have been executed itt the most masterly style,
occupied only an interval of twenty minutes—au
instance of order, precision, and promptitude,
which no other service but the British could fur-
nish. The Burmese had returned to their batte-
ries to oppose the landing of our troops; but an-
other broadside from the Liffey was sufficient to
silence their' lire ; and' this was their last effort
at resistance. They then tied with the greatest
precipaation, and so general was the flight, that
out of a large population; scarcely a hundred
men' were found, when our troops occupied the
Own. This achievemeut was illustrated by a
trophy, of a more amiable kind—the deliverance
of eight Ersglishinan and four' other persOus,
who, but for the rapid movement of our troops,
would' have been sacrificed to the vengeance'of
the kitirmese. 'Two other expeditious had been
directed from the main armament, one against.;
Nagreus, tied the other against Cheduba ; both
of which, it was cOnfidently anticipated, would
be crinitted wi►h success. However, our good
fortune is not wholly without alloy for it appears