The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-08 00:00:00

LAST INDIES.

DEFEAT OF THE TALIENS BY THE BURMESE.

CALCUTTA, APRIL s,—The following communica-
tions from the Viceroy of Rangoon to the British
Authorities, with which we have been favoured, con-
vey the Burmese view of the suppression of the late
insurrection. Their force is considerably exaggerated,
but the war was popular at Ava, and there was no
want of volunteers :

After the English General had restored Rangoon,
and taken his tleptature, Syrian Ngas-at, Della
Nganan, with the rebel Peguers, arrived at Rangoon,
and putting forth all their strength, they fought
agtinst it; Ngas-at also ordered Kuren Ngaphyo,
with the Taliens against Thumyudong, Pantanans,
and the towns and villages westward, which having
destroyed, they arrived at Donabew. The poor
people in the towns and villages were not allowed
to remain unmolested, and being frightened they fled.
When these circumstances reached the most excel-
lent golden ears; from under the Royal feet an army
marched, and also one went by water with arms, am-
munition, and provisions; the General had upwards
of 20,000 infantry- and 2,000 horse. That these ar-
rived in Rangoon the Englishmen there know, and
even saw them. In order to strengthen the friend-
ship of the two countries, the Landozein Men-
hlaraja and Ke-woon Nemyo-or-nanda-thoo are sent
with a Royal order, and with them all communica-
tion can be held. _ _

The order of the Woongee Mahe. Men-hla
Raja, on the Bth day of the increase of the moon of
Toboong in the year 1188.
" Etga-Maha-thanadepade won-sheng-dang mang-
yee Maha-meng-la-yoza sends news to the English
commander. According to the friendly desire of the
English Chief on his departure the English mer-
chants are aided and treated with kindness. The
four white strangers who ran away from the ship,
have been caught and delivered to the artillery
officer, Rawlinson. The English commander left
Rangoon on the 10th day of the wane of the moon
Nat-don, in the year 1188. On the 11th, at night,
the officers of Gna-sat of Syriam, Gnapo-doo and
Gna-moo, and Gua-gnan, of Dalla, with a great
number of boats and men, came and attacked Ran-
goon ; the army placed outside the town sustained
the attack, and in the fight the assailants died or
ran away; afterwards they went and took Dalla,
and Qua-sat himself, with Taliens and Shans, re-
turned to Rangoon, and burnt all the houses and
monasteries, and choulteries around the town,
and encircled it, and shut it upThy land and water,
and every day and night approached and at-
tacked it : once on the 12th day of the waxing
of the moon Pya the, once on the sth day of
the wfining of the moon Pya the, and once on the
7th day of the waxing of the moon Ta-bo-dwai,
sallies were made from the town, and in the fight
many were killed and many ran away. When the
news had arrived at the royal foot-stool, and it had
been heard by the royal ear, that the beggarly Ta-
liens of Mlle, under Qua-sat, had arrived at and
attacked Rangoon, an army of 20,000 men, with
two thousand horse, was ordered out to catch, and
murder, and squeeze the vile and beggarly Taliens,
and it has arrived at Rangoon. When a large force
was ordered to march to Syriam, the plaee of
Gna-sat, he could not remain, but ran away from
Syriam by night, and an order was given to take
possession of all the villages of Syriam and Della,
and search for Gn:z-sat, and catch him, to be de-
livered up to the King. in same manner as the
English Ambassador Crawfurd went and arrived at
the Royal footstool, that the countries may enjoy a
lasting friendship, so, by the Royal order, the Meng-
la Yoza, secretary, and the Yewton-Namyoo-Nan-
dan-thoo, are sent to the residence of the English
Governor, and this letter is ordered to be written
to give intelligence of the circumstance of their ar-
rival at Rangoon, on the 15th day of the waxing of
the Moon Ta-bo-dwai, 1188."

MADRID, AUG. 22.—A wealthy jeweller,
who has an elegant house near the Prado, has just received
a notice to quit from a notary employed by the Jesuits ; and
though the present proprietor has expended a large sum in
beautifying and repairing it, yet, as it appears that it
formerly belonged to the society, they have thought fit to
lay claim to it at the present moment. The jeweller in
question, much surprised at receiving such a notice, sought
an immediate audience of the King, to relate the grievance.
Ile happened to have a large quantity of the Kiag's plate
in his workshop, which had been sent to him to clean, and
his Majesty, upon hearing the story, dismissed him in the
following words :—" I am very sorry that the Jesuits re-
quire you to give up your house, and I beg you to send me
back my plate with all baste ; for if those gentlemen were
to lay their hands upon it, it would be much more difficult
for me to get it back, than for you to getback your house."
HORRIBLE DEPRAVITY.—In our Paper of
the 16th ult., we stated that a young man, named Robert
Greenslade, had been committed for trial, on a charge of
burglary in the house of his grandmother, Mrs. Glanville,
at Coombe Park, near this town, and we have now to re-
cord a circumstance which dreadfully aggravates the of-
fence, and forms in itself a charge against the unfor-
tunate young man so revolting that humanity shudders at
the thought of it. On Sunday se'nnight a man who had
been confined in the same gaol with Greenslade, having
obtained his pardon, was about to leave the prison,
when there being reason to suspect that he had secreted
letters to convey away for prisoners, Mr. Cole, the Go-
vernor, questioned him, and, upon threat of searching,
procured from him a packet, which had been given him by
Greenslade. The packet contained letters addressed to the
brother of Greenslade, urging him, in strong terms, to put
Mrs. Glanville to death by poison, in order to prevent her evi-
dence at the Assizes, and even stating the precise quantity
of corrosive sublimate necessary to effect the horrid pur
pose ! The man who was the bearer of the packet was,
after examination before the Magistrates, committed to
take his trial with Greenslade for the conspiracy. Green-
slade, who was formerly a druggist in Exeter, is the son of
a man who was, some years ago, a respeeLble builder in
this town, but who has been latterly residing in reduced cir-
cumstances, in the neighbourhood of Exeter. The young man
figs a wife, and two or three children, and was, we are
willing to believe, driven by poverty to commit the crime
which led him to contemplate one of still greater magnitude
and atrocity, but which has been fortunately prevented.
Thus, b-.d leads insensibly to worse, and the heart once
polluted by crime, easily becomes hardened against the
dictates of religion and morality, and insensible to the ties
of kindred or the claims of humanity. It may not here
be amiss to state, for the information of such as are ignorant
on the subject, that even had Greenslade succeeded in his
purpose of destroying his grandmother, and in concealing
that crime, yet his situation at the Assizes, when brought
to trial for the burglary, would have been thereby but
rendered worse, for the depositions of the prosecutor, taken
before the Magistrates, would have been received in evi-
dence, and the accused would have lost any benefit to be
derived from cross-examination. Two younger brothers
of Greenslade, residents of De,vonport, were, on Saturday,
apprehended and brought before J. Husband, Esq., who
having received sufficient evidenca of their being implicated
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