The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-24 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE, Nov. 24.

The boistercsis state of the weather keeps out supplies. There
are scarcely any samples of fine Wheat at market, and other
qualities are not in demand. Barley is dull, and hardly sup.
ports last rates. Beans and Pease are rather dearer. Oats
find buyers on the same terms as Monday.
ARILIVALB.—EngIish Wheat, 7,600; Barley, 2,700.; Oats,
1,660 quarters; Flour, 3,100 sacks.

THE LONDON ,JOURNAI.S.

DAILY

Extracts from the .11 riling Papers, Nov. 24.

[I4IUTISA PRESS.]
By the arrival of the General Palmer- from
:Mathes, from whence she sailed on the Ist of
August, we have received letters and papers from
Calcatta to the 18th of July. The intelligence
we hitve thus obtained respecting the progress of
the Ilurntes,e waris, upon the whole, highly gra-
tify*. In the Calcutta Gazette Extraordinary
.Of the, 10th of July we have a dispatch from Sir
Archibald Campbell, detailing the successes be
had gained over the enemy. These successes ere
not of stilliciont magnitude to be in themselves
productive of any results decisive of the contest,
but it is of great importance that in these in-
stances some of the most desperate of. the Bur-
mese forces have been compelled to abandon
their ,stockades in order to escape from the
destructive effects of our artillery. They
have .now found, by a dreadful experience,.
that .if they remain in the stockhdes, we
can with • comparative ease, and almost with-
out loss, exterminate them. The impression
made Upon them is thus described in the official
account the terror of our arms at present'
prevails among the troops lately opposed to us,
and from one or two reconnoitering parties which
have since been out, I find that every stockade!
in our neighbourhood has been evacuated.''. We
have also the official confirmation of the capture
of Cheduba. The casualties in these affairs have
been but.trilling on our part, while the loss sus-
tained by the, enemy has been considerable. The
adviceifrom Calcutta state that the'alarm some
time before felt as to an incursion into Bengal
from Ramoo had completely subsided. - Some
private letters from Madras allude to an alleged
misunderstanding bet Ween the Governor General
and a Military officerof tire highest rank, which it
is represented ..had led to
,very serious conse-
quences.. 'We shall the more deeply regret to'
learn that this. information is correct, because it,
appearsi as we anticipated, that the Burmese war
is likely to be both tedious and expensive. The
troops ient in the first expedition are hot con-
sidered, as sufficient for the, purpose, .and the
transports
,which conveyed them have therefore
been dispatched to Madras and CalcUtte, to hring
additional supplies of. men and stores. The
force upon .the Eastern frontier is also to be
strengthened. The following is. an extract of a
private letter from Calcutta :^-44 Since we last
addressed you on the 14th of June, there has
been an almost total cessation of business, in con,
sequence of the agenti of Government in the in-
terior having seized nil the boats on the river,:
for the transportation of troops and stores to
wards the eastern frontier, and they have even
unloaded the native craft proceeding upwards, in
consequence of which we cannot get a merchant
to purchase a case, of goods, as they argue that
breach
made a month hence are. likely :to
!each their destination us soon as .those made a
the present moment."

[TUE TIMES.
Some extracts of diapatches from India will be
found in this day's Paper, which describe as
Much of our military operations against the Bur-
mese on the coasts of Aracatr and Pegu as it is
deemed prudent to make public. These relate
to a stockade contest at Kemmendine, by the
troops under Sir Archibald Campbel!; and some
further details of the capture of the island of
Cheduba, liy Brigadier-General M'Creagh, who
attacked ,000 of' the. Burmese entrenched in it,
with a force of .300 men. We are assured, that
notwithstanding the above local and detached
successes, ranch dissatisfaction, and no small
alarm, prevail at Calcutta, respecting the state
and prospects Of this untimely war. Shice the
affair of the, 10th and 11th of June, the accounts
ttkree in saying' that nothing had been either done
or attempted, on the side of Rangoon—the reason
assigned behig.ti scarcity of provisions, and that
our troops were unhealthy. In the mean time,
the campaign was to open on the northern fron-
tier, with a. force (as estimated) of 20,000 men,
under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief ; al-
though Sir I. Paget is alleged by other commu-
nications to :have actually thrown up his cotri
mend, after -a !drool; but vain remonstrance
against the Oiliness and imbecility of Lord Am.
beret's Government. The declared object of the
northern army was to march by Chittagong, pon
the Burmese. capital, depending on the co-opera-
tion •of tho.force collected at Rangoon. The
combined expeditions. were to include a body of
'30,000 rneoHli proof in itself of the serious im-
portance attached to this contest with a people
whose eumtlerg are formidable and their admitted
courage more.. so. But a proof still stronger of
that real importance is, that even the above
broad scale of. preparations is held by the audio-
rities most looked up to as not commensurate
with the occasion. It May,. perhaps, be worth
recollecting that in The list of aries and ordnance
captured at .Cheduba are enumerated tiVe
European six=-pounders, 40 European muskets,
and a quantity. of European flints. We admit
that such means of destruction may have been
procured by. open commerce, and that no infe-
rence at alt unfavourable to the feelings of the
State supplying them (in' regard to England)
ought to be drawn, without it more particular
knowledge of the facts. It is even very possible
that Carron and Birmingham may. have been the
birth-placei of these military supplies. If. so, it
would be a relief to the public distrust of foreign
Powers to make known a truth so tratiquillizitig.
People are looking to the frontier of the Indus-L-
-unreasonably,perhaps, but almost instinctively--
for,grounds uncomplicated apprehension 011 the
subject of Asiatic affairs,

[NEW TIMM]
Yesterday by the Lisbon Mail letters were
received to the 14th lost. The late dishurbatice
is Hot oven alluded to in then' letters,-which
serves 10 collfirrn thet, small diqpiie of importance
which we tittaofd to 0404,11'4r at, the time of the
information first reaching this coujo.m.y. Sir ‘Vm•
A'Court had srpoitncetl,,klis Ajklogriatic duties
by strenuously exerting himself, as the Repre•

isentative or the British Government, to bring
about a speedy .deterniimition with respect, to
the: Brazils-4u .this respect, however, we re.
gret to say, his .endeavours hitherto had not
been attended with that succesi-whickthe friends
of the two countries so earnestly desire. No
further information had been received from Rio
Janeiro than what has already appeared here ;
but the knowledge.of the fact of the President of
the United States having recognised the h►de.
pendence of Brazil, which had just reached-Lis.
bon, had persuaded many persons there that the
recognition by Portugal would speedily folloW.
Under existing circumstances, however, Vw are
not of quite so sanguine an opinion.

[MORNING POST.]
French papers to the 22d inst. and the -Etoile
of Monday, reached us last night by express:
They have brought us a Royal Ordhiance, fix-
ing the opening of the Chambers for the,22d
of next December. This is about the regular
period for commencing the Legislative labours•
of the year. Its appointment therefore argues
nothing as to the readiness or ability of the Mi-
nisters to encounter the great Councils of the:Na-
tion. It is a necessity from which they cannot escape,
and whatever may be the result of the contest
which is preparing, their only chance of bringing
it to a successful issue, is to enter it with spirit
and confidence. It has been asserted in their
Journals, that the Peers had rejected the law for
reducing the Rentes last Session, because most of
them were fundholders, and would not consent. to
a diminution of their income. This law, it is now
said, may again be proposed, -but in so modified a
state as not to affect the interests of the rich and

powerful, who are therefore expected to give it
their support. This we trust, however, is a
wrong anticipation : for if there be such an ex-
ception in the project which is said to have been

prepared, it affords, .we should conceive, an ad.
ditional reason why it should be rejected. These
Papers contain, intelligence from Constantinople
to the 24th of October. It does not, allude to
the rumoured deposition of the Sultan, which,
we considered yesterday as premature, though it
is highly probable that it will ultimately occur,
if the Turkish Ministers do not speedily make
up their minds to retire from a contest which has
only served to betray the impotence of Ottoman
Despotism. The dread of Canaris had reached
the capital ; and its inhabitants half regretted
that any of the Captain Paella's vessels should
have fled for refuge to the Dardanelles, as it
would bring the avenger of Ipsara in their pur-
suit eloie to the imperial city. The final destruc-
tion of the Turkish fleet is said to hove been ef-
fected at IVlitylene in the,following manner :
" at the moment when the Ottoman ships were
entering the canal which leads to the moorings,
the Greek vessels rushed in pellsmell with them,
and thus prevented the Turkish batteries from
firing, lest they should injure their own country-
men. In this state of confusion, the Greek fire-
ships easily hooked themselves to the Turkish
vessels, and the conflagration was so terrible that
it was descried from au immense distance at sea."

[Mon YIN() CIIIIONICLEj
'NO intelligence of the slightest public import-
ance was received yesterday from any part of
Europe, and from America there are no arrivals.
Letters 'have been received from Calcutta to the
19th of July, but they add no information to
that already • known respectiug the Burmese
war. The British army commenced the cam-
paign just when it ought to have ended, for the
rains had put a stop to. all offensive operations.
Much disunion is represented to prevail even
in the *Supreme Council, on the policy .Of
this *War, and mutual recriminations are reported
to he the consequences. Thee, no donbctLiwlilyll
throw light on these differences, if they a
do exist, but in the meantime it is universally re-
gretted that there is not at the head of affairs in
India at this critical moment, art individual pos-
sessed iif talents equal to the exigency. To con-
tend with climate and a dense and ferocious po-
pulation, requires abilities very different to those
necessary to constitute a Chinese Ambassador,
Lord William Bentinck ought to have been ap.:
pointed Governor-General instead of Lord Am-
herSt, after the services of the Marquis of Hast-
ings were dispensed with ; and this will be shewn
by the result of the present war, for unless the
hest informed be much deceived,' great sacrifices
of time and human life must be made before its
conclusion. In the absence of news from
Paris, very little business was done in the.
Consols, and they are a sheds lower than
they were yesterday.— For tlse settlement
on Thursday, they opened at 95H, fell daring
the day to 95/4, and closed at 95U; the market
looking rather heavy, notwithstanding the great
abundance of capital at present unemployed.—
The only cause which can be given for this cir-
cumstance, is zt doubt whiCh hangs over the public
mind 'respecting the consequences to the rest of
Europe which may attend the restoration of
liberty in'Spein for It is universally admitted
that the heavy oppression of Ferdinand cannot
long continue in that ill-fated kingdom.

rri PUBLIC Lxvoxu.]
By our extracts from Madras Papers, to the
30th of July, it will lie seen that nothing had oc,
curred in the war with.the Burmese, up to the
beginning. of that month, characteristic, on our
side, of the energy by which our military opera-
tions -in India have been usually distinguished.
The enemy was fall encamped in our territory;
and the opportunity of expelling him, if the
means really existed, had escaped for the pre-
wilt, as the rainy season had commenced. The
Cu!Culla Gazelle, of the 3d, has recourse to
a joke, in order to soften down this dis-
grace, and says, that " they (the Burmese)
may probably be indulged in. taking up their
' rainy quarters there." This indulgence, too, is
crranted in consequence of- their conduct "'being
quite harmless." How considerate on the part
of our Indian Rulers! and' how courteous at the
same tithe ! - The Burtnette, however, excepting
chtt inoffensive. manner in Which therconducted
themselves, skewed no disposition, to imitate our
couatesy, aisthey not only paid'us a visit. without
askinileave, but insisted on prolonging it, with.

out consulting our convenience, We have beaten
them at least in politeness, it in nothing else;
but, see ! how these rude; guests have re-
quited the civility of the Court of Calcutta! In-
. stead of returning thanks fcebeing allowed to
remain -unmolested during the rainy weather,
they sent a warning, 44 That they would not
tamper with the English any longer ; and to spew
that they were serions in this threat, orders were
sent at the same time from Ava to the Burmese
Authorities 44 to fight the English sword to
sword,-teeth to teeth, and drive them into the
sea." Though we have hopes that the Court of
Ava will mitigate these severe orders, yet we are
obliged to confess, that to treat the subject with
irony would be wholly misplaced on our part.--
'file Burmese are either a more formidable
enemy than they have been generally repre-
sented, which would convey a charge of ignorance
against our Indian Government ; or they owe
their success to the supiness of the latter. In
neither 'of these suppositions is there any thing
very cheering, particularly as our Empire in
India is the work of extraordinary vigilance,
consummate skill, and commanding energy. An
edifice of power, raised upon such principles, can
only be preserved by the same means as had been
used in the construction ; and if the present Go-
vernment be unequal to the task a more compe-
tent one should be substituted without the least
loss of time. Reputation is everything in our scheme
of Indian dominion ; and, if it were to sustain the
slightest injury the consequences, if not wholly
irreparable, might be very serious. It is not in
India alone,- that a jealousy of our power prevails ;
and if an opinion that we are vulnerable there
were once to gain ground, it would not be long
before 'we should have to defend our pretension
against arms and arts very different to those of
the Native Princes.

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

THE BOROUGH OF MONMOUTH.

The contest betwixt Despotism and Patriotism,
which continues, so disgracefully for one party and so unhap-
pily for both to agitate the Borough of Monmouth, engages our
most earnest solicitude. For its ultimate result we have not any
apprehension ; but we participate in all those anxieties, and in
all that painful intensity of interest, which they who are strong
only in the justice of their cause, and in that unexampled moral
courage which elevates every man of them into a hero, have to
encounter in their noble efforts to work out the redemption of
their independence. They need no incentives to do their duty
tothe end; but they need succour, and they deserve it. Our
anticipations of the result of the . proceedings in the Court
of King's Bench, relative to the important " Burgess Cause,".
prove to have been. well-founded. A nominal verdict, suf-
ficient to carry costs, has been confirmed against, the lade,
pendent party, leaving; the question of right untried. We may
therefore - concl'ide that, as their opponents were not bold
enough to enter upon evidence at the last trial to disprove the
right claimed, victory must declare for the patriots; and that
all the boasting, rioting, insolence and intemperance of the
serviles, have arisen from the bitterness of conscious defeat.
The ground on which the verdict was found is this: The ring.
ing of a bell is the only notice for calling a Court of Record,
and also the usual notice of calling a Court of Quarter SeSsiona •
and the defendant, Yeates, was elected on a day when Lod
Courts were held. This raised a presumption that the electors
were not aware of the distinct purpose for which the bell rung.
The other burgesses having been elected on days when sessions
were not held, anti in the most publicmanner, there cannot, we
conceive, he Wild in their cases, a single peg on which even
the Chancellor himself could hang the most flimsy 'doubt. It is
true that the champions of freedom have to contend against
wealth and power, in the hands of those .who do not disdain to
employ them in all the dirty work of corruption ; but even
they will not dare to tamper with that class of persons from
whom some will be appointed to decide on a question so dear
to every man of principle and intelligences A contest so long
anti so arduous as that In which the independent burgesses of
Monmouth have been engaged, ha, of course, demanded from
them many sacrifices. The demand has been made to a
frightful amount; and been met, not merely with fortitude
and promptness, but with an alacrity, and a zeal;--a self devo.
tion, and a contempt of privation, seldom if ever equalled-- it is, to be upheld by a conscious-
-
it is, to be vivified by the 'inspira-
tionsnneesysero,fcreecritaiittuildyeereTlihetils.
of public virtue ! The independent BUrgesies, and those
who wish well to their cause, are not employed as tradesmen,
by their wily. and heartiest) opponents, who exert all their in-
fluence, per fits ettst!fas to deprive them of the custom of the
neighbouring gentry. Thus, while their pockets are rifled by
vexatious and unprincipled litigation on the one hand, their
honest and natural resources are intercepted by foul and exe.
crable combinations on the other. There is the eternal and tin.
conquerable spirit of freedom iu.their breasts, atul THAT will
sustain them ! After having expended 1400/. in defence of
their libertiea within the lust twelve maths, in addition to
enormous sums previously extorted by the " glorious uncer-
tainty of the law," they were called upon last week for 7001.
more; TWO THIN SUM WAS RAISED AMONGST
THEMSELVES IN TWO DAYS! A friend who witnessed
the scene, reports, that to see the hardy sons of labour, our
country's wealth and boast, come in—their bodies stiffened
with toil, and their minds harassed by the merciless and unre.
mining aggressions of their oppressors--and throw down their
five pounds each (few giving less) 'whilst the higher rank of
tradesmen swelled the amount by their tens and twenties,
would have melted a heart of stone ! Such men are formed by
the hand of Nature as bulwarks to the Constitution. The man
who stands tamely by, and witnesses their gigantic efforts in
the public cause without stretching forth a hand to help them,
deserves the fetter and the gag! We have been favoured with
a list of the subscriptions, and we are ashamed to see the
Paltry sum of 41, Ns. fld. Opposite to the name of Hereford.
We cannot, however, permit ourselves to doubt but that our
townsmen and others, whose attention has not:hitherto been
properly directed to this important struggle, will yet give solid
proofs of their genuine love of IrßEEDo3l,—(l.lereflrrdshire
ludepeadent.)