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'service, and another proof, if any such were Wantiirg.•
of the gallantry, spirit, and enterprise, displayed On all
()tensions by that part of his Majesty's Navy serving On
this expedition. It has now been proved to me beyond
a doubt, that strong reinforcements of troops and thirty
pieces of cannon were within a short Snatch of Prome,
when I took possession of it. These troops have now
very generally dispersed, and the guns taken by the
men-of-war boats are, no doubt, part of those intended
for the defence of this place.
Prince Sarrawuddy is retiring direct .upon the capital,
with the remnant of his people. Desolation mai ki his
track, and the meanest cottage dos not escape the in-
cendiary's torch. Prompt and decisive measures alone
saved Prome from the general conflagration, and its
inhabitants from a wretched fate. They, with their
Thurkie (Civil Governor) at their head, have very
ge-
nerally returned to their houses, and have received the
kindest reception ; nor shall the proud characteristic of
our country be fi,rgotten in extending shelter and pro-
tection to the suffering families that have been wantonly
exposed to the inclemency of an approaching monsoon,
by the barbarous policy of their own count' ymen.
A. CAMPBELL, Brigadier-General.
Copy of a Letter from Captain Alexander, of h'is Majesty's Ship
Alligator, to Brigadier-General Sir Archibald Campbell, K.C.B.
dated Honourable Company's Steamboat, Diana, off Prome,
2d May, 1825.
SIR-1 have great satisfacticn in informing y.'u that
the light division of men-of-gar boats under the com-
mand of Lieutenant Wilkinson, of his Majesty's ship
Liffey (and whom I sent to reconnoitre up the river on
the 27,h ultimo), returned last night, having succeeded,
after a long chase, in captu'ing arid destroying five
enemy's large war-boats, pulling from fifty to sixty
oars, with their arms and ammunition, and bring.
ing down three others with their gobs, &c. as also a
boat laden with thirteen guns of different calibres, jin-
gals, five hundred and twenty spears, and destroying
the same number.

This service has been performed under the greatest
fatigue, from the great strength of the current, which
kept the boats under a heavy fire from five bundled
musepieteers and fif:y horse, under the ci mrnand of
the Prince of Surrawaddy, who was retreating to the
left bank near Foundain, destroying the villages, grain,
and boats of every description. The capture of the
war-boats liberated three thousand boats and canoes
with families they were driving before them, and all
tl:e people claimed protection and returned with Lieu-
tenant Wilkinson, many of whom are lying on the op-
posite side of the river, waiting for passes to their vil-
lages below.
I am happy to state this service has been performed without a
casualty. Four of the enemy were found killed as the boats re-
turned. The boats got up to Meerayday, a distance of between 50
and 60 miles ; at some of the rapids they did not pull a boat's length
iu an hour.--I have, &c. THOMAS A LEXANDEII,_.

Captain of his Majesty's ship Alligator, Commanding
in the River Irrawaddy.

P. S. Three large boats laden with rice, salt, and paddy, are among
the captured vessels brought down, and the jolly-boat of the Banner-
man transpire, and a lascar belonging to bet, captured at Rangoon.