Star.
London, England, 1825-09-13 00:00:00

PROM THL CALCUTTA JOHN BULL.

ARRACAN.It appears that Commodore Hayes en-
tered the Great Arracan River on the 22d ult. Having
received information which induced him to believe that,
the principal Mug Chieftains were confined at Cham-
bola, a stockade garrisoned by about 1000 men, half a
tide from the capital, whose liberation would prove of
essential service to the advancing army, he determined
upon attacking the work. Accordingly on the 23d
ult. he stood up the Prome Pura Khione, or Branch,
leadi,g from the Oreeatung River to Arracan, in the
Research, Vestal, and several gun vessels, having
on board one company of the 54th Regiment. At
two p. u. they came in sight of the enemy's works,
who soon afterwards opened a heavy fire upon
the GungaSaugor and Vestal, the headmost vessels. The
Research getting within half pistol shot, commenced a
heavy cannonade and fire of musketry upon the stock-
ade and breast work, which was returned by the enemy
with great regularity and spirit. On ranging to the
northern end of the stockade, with intent to anchor and
flank it, as well as to allow the other vessels to come into
action, the Commodore found his ship raked from for-
ward by another stronger battery and stockade, of which
he had no previous information. After a severe en-
gagement of two hours' duration, the tide beginning to
iall, the. Commodore was obliged to wear round and
drop down the river. Both the Retearch, Assergurh,
Asia, Felix, and Isabella, took the ground, and remained
fast for several hours near the batteries, but the enemy
made no attempt to fire at or molest them.
Major Schalch fell mortally wounded, about ball
an hour after the action commenced. He had suffered
much front a coup de Weil at Mungdoo, and joined
Commodore Hayes in the Naaf, for the benefit of his
health, which was quite re-established, when the
melancholy event took place. He received his wounds
whilst standing on the front part of the poop alongside
of the Commodore, and fell into his arms, exclaiming,
" I am killed." idr. Rogers, second officer of. the
Research, was killed, with three privates of his
Majesty's 54th Regiment ; two ditto of the same
regiment were wounded, and about SO of the crews
of the different vessels engaged received wounds more
or less severe. .

One of the intelligent Hurkarus, and a principal Mug
Zemindar, who escaped from Chambala during the con-
fusion which followed the attack, report, that the ene-
my's works were of far greater strength than had been
supposed, consisting of three large stockades, garrisoned
by about 3,000 of the best Burmese soldiers, besides
Mugs pressed into the service. There were present five
Golden Chattahs, viz.—Nakoonda, one of the heroes of
Ramon, and a character well known is commanding at
Mundoo when the disturbances first commenced on the
Naaf; the Rajah of Arracan's son; a Sereedagee, or
Secretary; and two inferior Chiefs. All the Mungdoo
and Lowadbung troops were posted there to retrieve
their lost character, and the Commander of Mungdoo
was in triple irons. The above informants, and other
respectable Mug inhabitants who had escaped from Ar-
racan and Chambala, subsequent to the engagement,'
state. that Nakoonda, and about 300 of the enemy were
killed on the 23d, and as many were wounded. The
river face of the principal stockade had been cmipletely
beaten down, and the place deserted.
All previous information regarding the Arracan
coast seems to have been singularly inaccurate. The
Mayoon is stated to be what is laid down in the old
charts as the Arracan River, nearly opposite to Asser
Island and Reef. Ou the 28th ult. Commodore
Hayes was at anchor with the transports and larger
vessels 30 miles up the Oreeaiung or Great Arracan
River, where it is three miles broad, opposite to the
mouth of the channel which connects the Mayoon and
Or eeatung Rivers. Brigadier-General Macbean and
Brigadier Pair, with his Majesty's 54th Regiment, and
the Brigade of Madras N4tive Infantry, joined the
Commodore at the above point on the 26th ult.

MATOON Rives, Masai 3.
The Artillery, his Majesty's 44th Regiment, and the
2d Light Infantry, embarked on the 3d instant, in the
gun vessels and Mug-boats, for the purpose of proceed-
ing by the inland navigation to the Oreeatung, on the
left bank of which the above force will unite with Bri-
gadier-General M,Bean's division. The boats from the
Maynon River would, it was expected, reach their des
tittation in two tides, and after disembarking the first
division of the troops, would return to Myo Maoa,
whence, in three passages, the removal of the whole
fut ce would be effected. The head-quarters embarked
on the 4th instant. The elephants had swam across.
The cattle were to cross on rafts; in the preparation of
which the native Arracanese had afforded essential aid.
From the left hank of the Oreeatung, opposite to the
Pagoda of that name, the army would advance by land

over an of en country, intersected by three. rivers, to thr
capital of the province of Arracan, distant about four
marches. •
Rumours obtaired is camp that the enemy expected
large reinforcements from Ara, and that Atown Mun-,
gin pretends to have received a letter from the Court,
assuring him that 20,000 men were in progress to sup-
poit him, via Talak. Several Arracanese, Chieftains
and men of influence among the native population had
came in ; the disposition of the people of the country to
bring in supplies continued to manifest itself ;,and Mr.
Robertson, the Political Agent, had made arrange-
ments for collecting-provisions in some villages situated
even beyond the Oreeatung River. We are happy to
add, that the weather continued pleasant and favourable
down to the 4th instant, the dare of the latest accounts.

EXTRACT OP A LETTER, DATED CACHAR, DIAKCH 4.
" My ideas regarding the probable result of this ex-
pedition, which I made you acquainted with in my
letter of December, have as yet been fully realized, and
I think as likely to prove in the end tolerably correct.
You will remember that even at that early period, be-
fore the plan of operation, and the means of carrying
it into effect, were at all developed, I despa;red of suc-
cess, judging the climate sand nature of the country,
sufficient of themselves to arrest our progress. But as
our means became gradually unfolded, and the re-
sources of the Commissariat brought to light and open
to calculation, it immediately was evident that the hopes
of the sanguine would be disappointed, and what was
termed' croalcing' would shortlybe denominatedveracity.
A considerable detachment of irregulars, bah horse
and foot, having been previously pushed on in advance,
to feel the way and protect the labours of the pioneers,
the General commanding, with the Sd Brigade and
Art illery, advanced from Doodputlee on the 15th
-ultimo. On the 19th they reached the Beddry Nullah,
distant only ten miles from Doodputlee, and our latest
information, up to the 27th of last month, mentions
that they were still at the same place. The rain,which
had been pouring in torrents almost continually, from
the period of their breaking ground, had rendered the
road impassable. The ground on which they were en-
camped was inundated, and the cattle were dying
fast. The pioneers, having bean so long in the
jungles and forests, have suffered severely from sick-
ness, and their numbers are sadly reduced. By all
accounts their labours have been strenuous and un-
ceasing, and nothing but credit can be ascribed to them.
The difficulties they have had to struggle with are such
as perhaps never heretofore presented themselves in In-
dia. How far they have advanced at this moment lam
unable to say, as we have not heard lately ; but I ima-
gine they are through, or nearly through, the large forest
beyond Bunarungabund, about 26 or SO miles in extent.l
Kumrungabond is about 121 miles beyond Banskondy,
in an easterly direction, and Banakund about twenty
beyond Doodputlee, by the road which winds along
the right bank of the Soorma or Berack river; but
not above half that distance in a direct line.—
I will. refer you to a letter published in the Hurkaru
of -the 19th ult. taken from the India Gazette, for a
11011 description of the country in advance, &c. &c. It
commences thus, " By a letter dated Cachar, Ist of
February." Every particle of information contained in
it has been written by a person on .the spot, and one
who possesses the opportunity and ability of acquiring
and imparting sound information. The writer's ideas
in every point I perfectly coincide with. His account,
I assure you, contains much more information than all
the letters hitherto written from Cachar put together.
Who the author is I cannot exactly say. What he ob-
serves regarding the camels is precisely the case. He
mentions also private individuals having lost their ele-
phants in the jungles.
II Our brigade, the 4th, being still unprovided with
carriage, continues to occupy the same position as du-
ring the last four or five months. Some thousand bul-
locks have just arrived at Sylhet ; they were intended
for our brigade, but in consequence of the failure of
the camels, and mortality amongst the cattle in general,
I hear they will all be requited for the part of the force
already in advance of Doodputlee. We could now
advance as far as that place, or even a little beyond it,
in our boats; but we should then be obliged to indent
on the Commissariat for supplies ; whereas at present
we supply ourselves from the Bazaar at Budderpore,
the only one between Sylhet and China, or Amera-
poora. During the last month we have had some vio-
lent storms, and a heavy fall of rain every two or three
days ; the weather in consequence still continues very
cool : report says we are soon to make a movement in
advance but on what authority this rests I cannot dis-
cover. I have jest heard that General Shuldham has
reached Banskondy ; the dragging of the guns over
the nullahs and swamps appears to be a work of extreme
difficulty. How the force is to penetrate through the
forest, which is now represented as being acompletequag-
mire, the sapient alone are capable of comprehending. '

HURRICA NE IN HE WEST INDIES.

' The country has equally suffered; the
works, the trees, are all destroyed. Our unfott
town and its vicinity (a few days ago so flourishigpt
presents now only a vast ruin. A multitude of peupZ
have been crushed by the falling of the houses, or ear.
ried away by the river; we are now about clearie.
away the rubbish, from which 150 dead bodies hal;
already been taken out, and among them some of the
most notable people of the island. In Iltsseterte mere
than 500 houses have been unroofed
sor entirely de.
strayed, and those remaining have suffered more or le!..
The Government-house, the Palace of Justice,
the Register Office, the Records, the Jail, the beautiful
Hospital of Sc. Louis, the new Barracks, and the Kings
Stores, are entirely destroyed -or materially damaged;
a part of the walls of Fott. Richepanse are thrown
down, &c. Government immediately issued orders to
open the harbours of the Col•my.

ST. KITTS, JULY 29.
Early in the morning of Tuesday last, the stiol,
which had been easterly, veered to about E.S.E. and
towards noon the weather assumed a terrible appo.,
ance, from which time to a late hour in the eveni,,,.
it blew with unabating violence, with a high sh:
from the southward. The American brig Sar4l4,
Philadelphia, with a small schooner and a sloop, stei;
driven on shore ; the former so injured as to cause her
to be abandoned. The ship Britannia, Ruth, and WA
Egeria, of London, and ship Everthorpe, of Glasgu:,,
rode out the gale. The following ve,sels are, we be.
lieve, uninjured :
Snow Fortitude Increased, of London ; American
brigs Edward, from Newhaven, and Agersoria, of
nebunk; American schooner Cetes, from Elizabeth
City ; Sloop Governor Maxwell, of this port. The
long boat belonging to the Eve' thorpe, was lost a r
Old Road, on Tuesday ; and the four seamen an boar
of her were drowned. The sloop qg, of this post, an I
a small sloop called the Mary, of' Aguilla, laying .rt
Sandy Point, were driven on shore there ; and we un-
derstand, that one or two other small craft were lost at
the ont bays.

DOMINICA, JULY 27.
Yesterday morning, about seven o'clock, A. tu. the
wind began to blow with great violence from the nor:11.
ward, veering to N.W. and then to S.,uthward, till
about one o'clock, P.M. when it began to abate. The da-
mage done in this harbour and the outbays is distressing.
The schooner Five Brothers, Mildrum, of New Lon.
don, and schooner Emilia and -Eliza, S.ull, from Now%
Carolina, parted their cables, and were driven ashore
under Fort Young, and soon went to pieces. The sloop
St. Joseph, Andre, and sloop Attalie, Tanez, (droughe;
lying in Woodbridge Bay, went ashore and are bilged.
The sloop Venus, Baker, and sloop Perseverance, Isaac,
went ashore at Soffrere, are in pieces ; and the Cal n.
line, Thomas, we hear, is a complete wreck at St.
Joseph's. A very large and valuable flat belonging to
Ciptain Wilson, was also lost.

TIIE EVENING STAR

LONDON.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 189.5.
STOCK EXCHANGE, TWRLVK O'CLOCK.

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par. Consols are now est g.

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Scarcely had our impression of yesterday been pub-
lished, in which, as on Saturday, we demonstrated
from internal evidence,' that the letter from Singapoor
could hardly, by any possiblity, be authentic, when
our opinion was confirmed by the an ival of the Cal-
cutta Official Gazette of the 16. h March, containing an
account of military operations in the vicinity of Ran-
goon up to the 4th of that month. The details at
present in the preceding columns. They nunifest
the unconquerable spirit, and indefatigable persever.
ance of our gallant fonts by sea and land, and will he
read with real pleasure. But it is obvious, from the
stubborn and continued resistance made by the barba-
rians at every strong point of their tetritcry, that they

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