The Sun.
London, England, 1826-04-14 00:00:00

EAST INDIA INTELLIGENCE.

• lIIIURITORE.
The following extract of a letter contains a
detailed account of military operations against
IThurtpore, up to the latest period of our intelli.
genet, from that place
" I3.—The clay before yesterday Lord
Comberinere advanced on the place from the' .51ultonee side,
just about the time our cavalry brigade appeared on the west
point of Bhurtpore. A corps of cavalry, partly.B,hurtporeansi
being seen a little way out, a few of
.the Lancers were sent
after them, anti killed and wounded several of them. • This
occasioned some firing, and drew the guns of the place on the
line of cavalry, thus settling the question as to .peace or 'war.
One of the officers was slightly wounded by a Spear. We, lost
one man, and I believe a few were wounded. The reconnois-
sance was then extended to the north, anti our troops came upon
a party of the enemy endeavouring to cut the bpnd which con-
fines a beautiful Sheet of water to the north-west, from which
the can fill their town ditch. At this time, and probably
for a day before, they had opened a sluice, about ftve feet
broad, through which the water was pouring in torrents. In
this our men could do nothing, and our cavalry brigade came
back to camp. It is to be regretted that Lord Combermere
should apparently have been overruled, as his advance was
with the means and intention of seizing the bund and'stopp.ing
the water issuing; and, in fact, Lord Combermere had just
at that time come to a height on the north-east of the place,
about one mile and a halt' distant,. and pushed forward a
brigade of infantry and some cavalry into the jungle, to go on
till they had seen the place, and then mounted to the right
towards the bund.- They, advanced on till they saw and were
discovered,, and a' heavy '.fire Opening before their guns, they
were withdrawn. After this another party was pushed for-
ward, which succeeded in stopping the sluice, and secured the
Bund- We have, in consequence, a very good post, on which
the right and flank of the army rests.
" Yesterday one troop reconnoitred the north-east face angle
of the fortress, ,whilst another was placed at the south-west
angle, where Lord Lake% last breach was, and came round the
whole of the south front, and half-way up the east face. In
doing the litter, the 'troops suddenly broke out of another thick
jungle, into a wide open space, exposed to about a dozen of
their batteries, the nearest not 300 yards off, with a crowd of
their cavalry under their:waUs. Those who were outside were
driven in, but the fire soon became so brisk ttom their guns,
' that we thought it advisable to retreat, and leavi oil' for the day,
as they were so much oa the alert.
" The same night orders arrived for the troops to join Lord
Combermere's camp.
" The enemy in general do not seem to like leaving their walls,
and have little enterprise. One party of horse yesterday made
a sort of slash, which about 20 shots stopped'; but as the fel-
lows began-co thicken and draw out from one of their nume-
rous gates to the south of us, we retired, after having had our
view of them. .The walls of the town cannot be less than five
mi!Ts round, and crowded, whenever we appear, with a great
number of horsemen. ,The town7wall appear* to rise about 20
feet, and is crowded with bastions of a large size, all Supplied
with artillery, but the parapets are weak. The point we shall
probably attack ix the north-east angle, and this will perhaps
be decided to-morrow. Our train will be hi to-morrow, when
we ,shall-ezmmenee preparing materials; but I do not expect
we shall break ground before the 20th ; I hope not, as, it 'we
do, we shall be brought up for want of stuff at the most im-
portant time; whereas if we are not hurried, we shall have every
thing nearly ready to carry us into the town. I think them
likely to make a good defence, a suspect they have abundance
powderofalit
and shot, by the number they have thrown away
upon us in the last three days: their powder is good, and their
practice tolerable, and to-day they treated us with a novelty in
the shape of a grape and shell ; the latter they must have col-
lected from our magazines."

THE BURMESE WAR.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED PROME, 6Trt DECEMBER.
" OR the first day of action, 200 Burmese were left dead on
the field, 200 .on tbe second, and on the third 400 in one bread],
while our loss in killed and wounded amounted to 160. He
hoped in 40 or 60 days more they Might' be in possession of
Ave (Andrapeora), and. that .now they . might proceed there
quietly. As yet nothing had been done at Bhurtpore, but in
two or three days more we shall have Mounts."

Yesterday morning, abou.t a quarter befOre
twelve o'clock, the C.toNcEr4Lon of the EXCIIE•
QUER and the Right Hon. Sir CGAIILES LONG
left the residence'orSir CHARLES at Whitehall,
in the carriage
..of: the latter, for the 'King's
Lodge, Windsor Park,
.to attend the KING, by
his MAJESTY'S command, at two o'clock.
Prince LEOPOLD and the Dtichess of KENT
honoured Covent• Garden Theatre with thek
presence on Wednesday evening.
Yesterday morning Prince LEOPOLD left his
residence in Pall Mall for his seat of Clarethont.
Pribce,.,Poutasi;tC, the French Ambassador,
transacted busineii yesterday at the Secrettrry of
State's Office for Foreign Affairs,
in Downing:
street.
Dispatches were sent off on Wednesday .even-
ing froM the Foreign Office to the British Am-
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bassador at Buenos Ayres.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when the six new Directors
took the oaths and their seats. Sir GEORGE
ABERCROMBIE linatsisoN, Bart., was elected
Chairman, and the Hon. HUGII LINDSAY, De-
puty Chairman, for the year ensuing.
Sir F. BUaDETT has given notice, that on. Tues-
day next he will move for a list of all causes that
have been beard 'by the LORD CIIANCEIIOI4
during the last eighteen years, wherein judgment
has not yet been given, specifying the time when
heard ; and comprising all petitions in cases of
Bankruptcy already heard, but not decided.
Co vENT.GARDEX TIIEATIIE.—The splendid
Opera of Oberon was repeated last night, ant'
although the house was not filled to the same in
convenient degree as on' the night, before, it pr
sented a crowded and brilliant appearance.
music was listened to'with more quiet attenti,
and its delicate beauties seemed to be more per‘
ceived and felt. WEBER was again called for/
ward at the conclusion, and greeted with shouts
of applause and various marks of approbatio
from every part of the holise,

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