Star.
London, England, 1825-09-10 00:00:00

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Arrival st the ,batiora,_4=a;r, Rio Janeiro. •
Famearrn, B.—Wind' 11.W.;:—Ast kid the Lee (steamer),
had London, and wiled a * h Car Polperin, RosioNea,
for Barcelona; and Ft from Gibraltar.
Prarmentra, Sus. L—W=ad- W.-triied the Jane, Jam,
from Cadiz; and Briton, Faitasust. froth Rip.
Possamonin, Bur. 9.—Wind S. W.—. Arrived the Echo, Doti-
-I.or, from Sierra Leone, last from Plymouth; Eddystone, Egan-
'tam, from Archangel, In 34 days; his Ilijesty's ship avow,
and Yuma cutter, from a cruise.
Cowan, Bum Ix—Arrived the Slassinghies CaRLAw' iron' St.
Domingo, in 39 days ; an Argo, .licirsost, from Shields for Cha-
rente—pumps out of order, and a small leak.
Du IN Sam 9.—Wind S.W.—Passed through from the Ricer,
the St. Charles, Consuls, Ihr Quebec; and David Walter, Prial
urs, for Trieste.

Livaarom., SIP% B.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the William
Novara., from Montreal; Peace, Bums, from Sicily; Naiade,
Harr, from Almelra; Wakefield, CROOK/MASK, from Maranham ;
Commerce, Baas; from Quebec; and Colonist, M' Liras, from
St. Andrew's (N. 8.)
CUSTOM-HOUSR, SEPTEMBER 9.
Serra Masai° Itrsvaaos—The Harriett and True flue, from
Limerick; Jane, from Sligo • Star, front Waterford; lEschylus,
from Oporto; Bolus, from dottenburgh ; Brothers, and Brothers,
front Lisbon • Fox, from Ostend; and Jonge Claus, from Kiel.
Bum= Lisbon;
Fame and Collingwood, for Ham
r burg; Mentor, for Stettin; Minerva, for Rostock ; Sans Repos,
for Brussels ; Fortitude and Comrnerie, For Calais ; regular packet,
fur Pernambuco; Olinda, for Bahia; and the Patience, for the
Cape of Good Hope.

INDIA.
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The following letter has been received from B.iur,
deaux
EXTRACT OF ,A LETTER, DATED SINGAPORE. APRIL 9.
" Having an opportunity for Europe by a French brig, bound to
Bourdeaux, I cannot let it escape without communicating to you
the important news which has just reached u% being no less than a.
report of the complete subjugation of the Birman Empire by the
British forces, and the capture of its golden-footed 111onarel and
his capital, Ummerapoora. The report is brought by the British
ship caroline, Captain Johnson, in 17 days hom Bangkok, the
capitarand chief sea-port of the kingdom of Siam, in dispatches
front the Siamese Government to the Resident of this settlement,
which he was particularly anxious to forward to Bengal immedi-
ately on receipt, but at present there is no opportunity. I have
had all the particulars which were • known thete from Captain
Johnson's own mouth, whose veracity is undoubted. lie states
the report to have reached Bangkok only the day before he sailed,
viz. on the 20th or 21st of March, and the Portuguese Consul,who
resides there, and is much in the confidence of the people connected
with the Court, 'assured him that it might be relied on as a fact.
The British army, or the advanced guard of it, were said to be only
three days' journey, or not above 100 miles, distant from Bangkok
at the time this sleft, and news was arriving from it almost
every other day. There was some story about a massacre having
taken place in one of the most considerable of the Birmsn towns,
which had submitted to our arms. It is said that the Commander
of the forces having received the submission of the inhabitants and
the government authorities, appointed such of them as were deemed
trustwerthLto certain offices in the state, and left what was deemed
a sufficient detachment in the place for orping all quiet. However,
the main body of the army, it is said, were scarcely out of lithe on
its advance, ere the treacherous Birmans rose upon the soldiers,
and, it is said. put them all Aare de cortebat. The news of this ca-
' tasttophe reaching the Cominaaders he returned instantly with the
main body, and put every soul of that town's people to the sword
Iwhich signal vengeance infused such a panic into the rest of the
I nation, that wherever he proceeded after that, he met with !Dodds(
but submission ; and at the time the report came away, the whole
empire was stated to have submitted to our authority. and to be in
the occupation of. our troops. If the report be true, the official
accounts of it must have reached Calcutta ere this, and we anyone
daily be looking fir it from -thence."
The. facts star in the preceding letter sue so ex-
tremely confuse , and the notions of the writer re-
speCting the geography of the country are so imperfect
that the first idspression of every person perusing it'
a ill be, a doubt of its accuracy in every particular
There are, nevertheless, some points in favour of its
being substantially true, which ought to be stated when
they relate to an event of so great importance. It will 1
be imagined that such an occurrence as the capture of
Ummerapoora having taken place in the beginning of
IMarch, should have been known long before by the
regular arrivals from Calcutta, but we ate at pie.
sent singularly in arrear with respect to intelligence
1 from Calcutta, having nothing later than the 10th of
March, at which date Sir Archibald Campbell, had
he really succeeded to the extent stated, could not,
by any channel, -have conveyed the news of hii
success to the seat of Government in Bengal. No
communication can take place by land from Um-
merapoora to Calcutta, and supposing him to send h:s
dispatches to Rangoon to be transmitted by sea, they
would arrive at a period when, on account of the preva-
lence of the monsoons, no vessel would be able to quit
that harbour, and the reaching Calcutta at the date 01
our latest accounts from thence would be altogether out
of the question. The next channel, therefore, through
which the news would spread, would be the ports of
Siam, between which and Sincapore, the nearest Eng-
lish settlemeht, there is a constant trading communica
tion, and this, in the prevailing state of the winds,
might even suggest itself as the route by which the in-
telligence might reach Calcutta sooner than any other.
Captain Johnson is apparently in error when he talks of
a British force within a hundred miles of Bangkok, the
sea-port of Siam, and it is impossible it could have any-
thing to do with•the taking of Ummerapoora, which is
at least five hundred miles further up the country ; but
this may be the force collected by the Siamese, which
was relied on for conducting the operations of the pre-
sent campaign.—Times.
:re I

The. Rapid Steam Packet, on leaving Boulogne on
Wednesday last, at four o'clock in the afternoon, with
eighty passengers, sprung a leak before eight o'clock ; the
water was found to have gained so far, that the fires
could not be kept in under the boilers. Unfortunately,
owing to another accident, the pump became disabled,
and they were reduced to the necessity of baling the
water out with buckets. At this period, being off the
South Foreland, they hoisted a signal of distress,
which was not observed. Happily the WO' was calm
and serene, and they were enabled to keep the leak
under till five in the morning of Thursday, when being
off the North Foreland, they again hoisted the signal of
distress. Boas from Ramsgate immediately put' off to
their assistance, and landed the passengers safe at half-
past eight in the morning, after a passage of sixteen and a
balfhours duration, which is usually accomplished in a
much shorter time.

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' Mr. Scheerboom performed on Saturday last at Haar-
lem, the experiment which he had announced with
entire success, in the presence of a great number of
people, though the calm state of the sea made it
difficult to determine how far the strength of a horse
may be sufficient to advance with the seaphander, in
the midst of stone and breakers to a stranded ship, its
order to carry to the crew the necessary ropes. The
spectators appeared generally convinced that the inven-
don might in many cases-be of great utility, and that
it deserved' the attention and encouragement of the
Government.
• At Uxbridge Market, on Thursday last, New Wheat sold from
£l6 to 421 10s. Wheat, £l7 to lel9 pd load. Barley, 40s. to
465. Oats, 265. to 335. Beans, 48s. to 325. Peas, 48s. to 525.
Peas, 48s. to 525. Bye, 38s. to 445. per quarter.