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IRON Tag CALCUTTA OnVERNMENT CAZETTZ.
CALCUTTA, Atmore tr.
The several arrivds from Rangoon since our last
•eem to have brought no offic al news. No dispatches
have been received from Sir Archibald Campbell.—
Private letters from home, of the 12th cf July, men-
•ion all being well.
The following paragraphs are f7orn the John Bull
f.f yebtet day morning:
The David Clark, from Rangoon, the 21st of July,
has arrived; and we learn by her, that just before she
sailed, a diplomatic personage h.id appeared at R in-
gots from Ava, wit!) some kind of proposals for p -aze,
the dispatchis regarding which are, it is said, on board
the David Clark. Tois Envoy came to Rangoon via
Tongho and Pegt;s,• avoiding the r rote br Prome.. It
was understood that the Comm ending Officer at R tn-
goon had given the Ambassador to understand, that if
the court of Ava had any communications to make to
the. British Government, Sir Archibald Campbell was
the channel through which they ought to be ti ansmitted.
The David Clarke left Rangoon in Canpany with
the Frances Chlriotie and the Government schooner
Ann; off the Preparis she spoke the Reliance, on tier
way to Rangoon, and bestd of the safety of the Ncr-
budda at Cheduba, which vessel had been tor some time
despaired of at Rangoon. •
Brig.-General Macb an, wi h a number of sick officers
and privates from Arracan, h.ve attired in the Asia.
Letters from Ranuee of the 28th of July, mention
that everything in that quarter remains tranq ii. and
the inhabitants evince very great sattstaccon at boding
themselves under the British Government. ' Many of
them are erriployed- in constructing barra ks, store-
houses, &c. Provisions are t lerably plentiful and
cheap ; and the place, though sickly, is suffeung little
in comparison of whit our stoops at Acc-ican are en-
during. There had been plentiful falls of rain, some-
times for two days and Ri4his without int rtnittink.—
The wreck of a ketch was picked up at Low Island,
which appeared to have been laden with wines and
spirits, packed in French bottles; two French fowling
pieces had also been found. The James Colvin art ifed at
Cheduba on the 20th ult. the Henry Meriton had. not -
made her.appearance on the 28th tilt. .
The accounts from Arracan, we are sorry to say, still
represent sickness as prevailing to a distressing degree,
particularly among, the Sepoy-. Mr. C. Paton is busily
employed organizing an efficient police, ace.
• Upon the subject of the practicability of the com-
munication between Prome and Chandway, the place
at which Commodore Hayes leit a force under Lieut.
Wyndham, First Lieutenant of the Honourable Com-
_ pany's friga.e Hastings, we are balky to say that the
most satisfactory pro:1 has been afforded, if any depend-
ence can be d in the following account :—Peerka,
a syce belonging to Adjutant Thompson, of the
Artil-
lery at Prome, wandered beyiind the usual b unds in
search of grass. He was seized by twelve Burmese,
who stripped and robbed him of thirty rupe...s, which he
had tied round his waist, and bound him t • a tree,
having wounthd t: e soles cf his feet by means 4 B sm.
boo spikes, to pre-vent his walking. They then left
him: after a clusiderabie time he contrived to disen-
gage himself, by cutting the cords with hi. teeth. It ap-
peals from his account, that he wandered in the
woods and mountains for six days, during a hich
time he proceeded in a northerly ditection; an• I from
the ascent and descent of the place thion.h which
he passed, he was not more than nine miles to the not th-
ward of Prome, when he met the river Irrawaddy.
He raised himself LA° a tree on the bank of the river,
anz•ously looking out for a boat. In a short time he
saw a canoe with two men in it (whom he believed to
be Mugs), paddling close in shore, out of the current.
Ile made a piteous cry to them ; on heating which they
stopped and took him trona the tree. He made signs
of hunger, and endeavoured to make them compr bend
his wish to be returnel to the British army. On re•
ceiving him on beard the canoe, they proceeded across
the Irrawaddy to the western bank; this was about
noon; tend in about an hour after they entered a narrow
river on the right, or western bank of the Irrawaddy,
and arrived at nine o'clock at night at a Mug
village on the bank of the small river. He
was here well treated, and remained fifteen days,
during which time they healed the sores of his feet ;
after which they again took him on boatel the same
canoe, and conveyed him in three days to Chandway,
and delivered him to Lieutenant Wyndham.. The two
Mugs were sent to the interpreter, doubtless for the
purpose of obtaining information from. them, And re-
munerating them fur then humanit y. The syce declares
that the river never was less than tar ty yards in b eadth,
and he does not doubt that there is sufficient water at
leastior large boats; it passed at times between lofty
mountains, which rose almost from the water-e ge to a
great height. We may now observe that the Goliah, a
send of about seventy tons, is actually at Chandway,
having entered the mouth of the river leading to that
place a little to the southward of Chedutra. 'Here, then,
we have actual proof, as far as the account of the syce
is to be depended upon, of a practicable water com-
munication from Arracan, Cheduba, •and 'Ramree,
to Procne!

In addition to the above, we have also learnt the fol-
lowing particulars relative to this most important matter;
Bobok Amery, and Fukeeriranl.lrum the GI nelg's
long boat three days'jou:ney fromPrume,in cons (mace
of Mgr, atment. They met seven Mugs, who had 16
muskets, and led them over the mountains and through
the jungles, a very n,rrow path, all the way to Chand-
way, where they remained, and were well treated, for
three days, then sent on board the Hastings, where they
were a month and five days.
Cream and Imaumßux, cook and a beestir. Clean) left
P. ome, and on the road tel I in with a Fulmer, who led
him by land and water to Chttndway, where he re-
mained four days, and then w as sent on board the fri-
ga:e, where he remained a month.
Imaum Bux had come from Delhi, and was delayed
on ship-maid at Calcutta by a litsttiara of the name of
Assruph:. he does not remember the ship's mime. bat
she t04.1c him to Rangoon, a here he ran awry and
kilned the tro-ps, where a served as a ccok, and at

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P►orne joined Cream and a Fukeer, with whom they tra-
vell!d to Ctiand way, and then went on board the frigate.

FIIDNI THE CALOUTTA JAM BULL OF AUGUSTS.
August 4 —lt is some time ago since we informed
our I eade.s of the probability of the King of the Nether-
lands getting before us in the honour of opening a steam
vessel intercourse between Europe "arid the East ;.as the
• public prinfs noticed the building of a steam vessel to
he sent to Pal:stria. Although the dangers of the Cape
of Cortd titre have "not yet been encountered- by a
steam vessel, the seas of the Eastern Archipelago are
ahout to bear testimony to the triumph of. European
science, in the passage of a steam vessel from Batavia
to Sincapore. We have often taken occasion, in speak-
iog of steam navigation, to point out how many are the'
advantages and the facilities promised by the localities
of our Isidian empire to this mode of conveying goods
and passengers. The regularity of the seasons, the;
dependence to be in general placed upon the winds, and;
the variety of ports of shelter towards the Eastern Ar.
clriplagri, ail contribute to point out the Indian seas;
as peculiarly adapted for steam navigation. Jt is, there.
fore, with great pleasure we observe, from the Sincapote
Chronicle, that we may expect soon to hear of its regular
e tablishment to the Eastward ; an event which cannot
but soon be followed by its extension to the Presidencies
ef Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay.
Aucusr s.—The last intelligence which reached us
from our army, under Sir Archibald Campbell, repro.
sented sickness, although fortunately not yet extensive,'
as extending. The experiment of maintaining an army
in such a country as Ava, and at the distance of 100
miles from the coast, is new; and,our ignorance of the
monsoon's that prevail in that pars of the country during
tie niorells when operations in the East are generally
suspended, renders this experiment the more fruitful of
anxiety. Should, however, any circumstances conspire
to render it proper for the force to retrace its way to
Rangoon, we have the consolation to think, that the dis-
tance it has to traverse is short ; and our letters mention
that no impediment 'from the enemy is to be appre-
hended in this quarter. Nothing, however, we appre-
hend, would lead to such a measure but the extreme
sickness of the troops, or some unexpected d fficulty of
obtaining supplies, neither of which will, we hope, occur.
The report of the Burmese being in anything like a
force of 70,000 men above Prome, and between that and
Ava,we cannot believe; nor are we disposed to give any
credit to the rumour of a Chinese force being about to
kiln them. Such rumours are no d übt circulated by
the enemy, with a view of intimiCating us from a
nearer approach to the capital; we are, however, very
much disposed to beliese, that no very great desire for
seeking peace ft ons us has yet been she wn—wheher it
may not be (eh ahem it cannel be expressed, is
more problematical ; but in a country and government
like those of the Burmese, the will or the caprice of a
single chief or two may give to events a complexion,
which, were we better acquainted wi h the general sen-
titrent, might be found most fallacious. The inaccessi-
bility of this people to anything like negotiation, and
their seemingly total inability to comprehend the mean-
ing of the word Treaty, are no very feeble obstacles
an invading enemy, reaping laurels among them, and
would seem to ; oiatout that chastisement proportioned
to their aggreseions, when they do occur, is the best
policy to be pursued ; from an easy subjugution, their
climate and their habits protect them far more than
coinage or discipline.
The Burmese toice 4t Shembeumghewn is said not to
exceed 1,0(X) or 1,500, roost indifferently armed, disor-
derly, and .;.iscontented. Several of the letters which
mention the circumstance of Moonshoezar, the Chief,
whose " voice is still for war," being in high favour
with the G Idea King, add that this rumour obtains
little credit at home, and that strong doubts ate
entertained as to the truth of any force collecting under
him, and strengthening itself at Pagham Mew. These
reports are regarded in much the same light as those
that represent the Burmese near Ava as throwing im-
mense stones into a narrow pass of the river to prevent
cur boats getting up,and strengthening by every means
in their power the defence of Ummerapoora. It is more
g' nerally believed that the King and Court has every
thing valuab'e already packed up for a start on
i.ur approach. Some apprehensions were entertained at
the date of our last letters, to which we did not before
advert, that owing to the swelling of ere river, our
troops would be obliged to move from where they are
now encamped to the hills about Prome. In the low
ground sickness is described as making frightful strides,
and dysentery appearing, from the masses ref decayed
vegetables, and the excessive moisture of the soil.—
There have been several deaths in the Royals and other
corps of the Europeans, and the former Regiment is
said to have one hundred men in hospital. In regard
to the road to Arracan, which we then mentioned as
having been found impracticable, it appears that it is
the same by which the Burmese marched 15,0.0 troops
iota Arracan about fourteen years ago; but many
weeks were consumed before the troops could move,
cutting a path, and in many instances scraping the
rock, until they found a teotway by which men could
proceed. Since that period, the path has been alto.
gether neglected, and its track in many places lost. Our
letters add, that there is no probability of the Army
moving for some months. By land it is impracticable
in the state of the country. There are no sheep in the
country, and fowls lore getting scarce; vegetables, how:
ever, are to be found in the bazaars.
At:cusr l.—We are happy to announce the arrival,
in Calcutta, of Captain Brown, of the late ship Lotus.
Ile kit the vessel about eleven o'clock in the forenoon,
on Sanday, the 231, about four hours after the pilot
and passengers. At that time the Captain, chief mate,
butcher, cook, and about forty natives, were on the
wreck; a raft was constructed of two hen c aops, on
which the Captain, chief Officer, and butcher, had suc-
ceeded in placing themselves, but unfortunately, when
on the raft, it upset—the chief Officer and butcher re-
gained the wreck, the Captain caught hold of a rope,
and the next sea threw the raft to him, and he suc-
ceeded in regaining it ; at that moment the rope
by which the raft, airs secured to the wreck gave
way ; the Captain, therefore, was obliged to leave
them and take his chance, and about five in the

evening landed north-east of the ship, distant, he
suppobes, about nine miles—here he fortunately disco-
vered the raft on which the boatsvta n and nine of the

crew had previously left the ship, and with this party,
through many toits, and bleeping three nights in the
jungles, he arrived in Calcutta, on Saturday. The/thief
toter, two Europeans, and the number of natives
;ready named, remained on the wreck when the Cap-
tain left it, and it is Captain Bcown's opini• n, that it
assistance was net afforded them by Moitray night or
Tuesday morning, they must have perished, as the sea

was making a complete breach over the wreck, and girt
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provisions could possibly be got at. •
We are.not vritimathips, that the boa a of the China ships will
have su medal ha ram* die reminder of the Lotus's crew.
Since writing the abeam. we have heard that the survivors were
taken alt the wreck by the brig Mermaid.
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