Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1825-04-20
BOSTON, APRIL Is.
MUCH LATER FROM INDIA.


papers from thence into December
They give official accounts Of great
battle having been fought between the
British and Burmese forces in which.
after a combat which lasted seven days.
by sea and land, the British army was
victorious, taking $40 pieces of artillery,
cut Of 800, and killing at least 5000 Of
the Burmese. The latter were said to
have amounted to 10000, and were
we'll armed. The loss of the British
was represented as inconsiderable, con-
sidering the nature of the service, and
that among their killed were Major
WALKER and Capt. O;SHEA. They had
IL officers wounded 1t is added, that
Killoor, surrendered TO them on the 9Th
December; and that the whole coast
from Rangoon eastward was subject to
the British but that the natives were
re-assembllng in large bodies to resist
their invaders.
The East India Company's ship Kent
sailed from the Downs about the l 9Th OF
February for Bengal and China, having
on board g passengers, 90 military otfl'
GERS, 344 troops, 43 women, and 66 chill
dren, besides the ships company of i45,
making in all 642 persons. On the LIST
Of March, while the vessel was in the
heavy swell at the entrance Of the chan
mel, in lat. 40, 80, long. | !, 40. an officer
was sent into the hold 10 examine the
state ofthe stowage. He gave the lamp
which ne had in his hand to seaman,
for the purpose of replacing "a cask
which had burst from its Iashing, and, i'll
consequence of The rolling of the vessel,
the man let the lamp fall, near tie spir-
its, which in few moments took fire.
The flames spread instantaneously, and
all efforts TO smother them by wet blan-
kets ard hammocks were Intellectual.
The fire broke out at 10 o'clock. At 12,
a strange sail was observed at a distance
by man at the mast head.--Guns were
fired, and signal OF distress hoisted. II
was for some time doubtful whether the
strange vessel would observe the signals,
there being heavy gale at the time.
The vessel soon began TO approach, and
proved to he the brig Cambria, OF 600
tons, bound 20 Vera Cruz, with cargo,
and about SO persons, principally miners
from Cornwall, bound to Mexico. The
boals Of the Kent were gotten out, and
in consequence Of the swell placed a
head and astern, and the persons were
let down from the bowsprit and cabin
windows. At O'Clock the first load was
conveyed on board the Cambria. Be-
fore midnight 557 persons were safely
on board, and 85 persons were LETT, or
were lost in getting into and out OF the
boats. Fortunately the Cambria reach
ed Falmouth in safety on the Sd, after
having on board more than 600 persons
about 48 hours. The Kent, soon after
the Cambria left, blew up. and the per-
sons on board was supposed 10 be lost.
But Liverpool vessel, attracted to the
spot by the explosion, picked up IA per-
sons, who were found alive among the
wrecks, and were safely conveyed to
Liverpool.
Earthquake IN the Ionian islands.-Let-
tiers OF a recent date, received from
Corfu, state that a shock Of an earth
quake had been felt there, and that just
as the letters were about to be des-
patched, an individual had arrived there
from Santa Mauru, who deposed that a
great portion of that island had been
destroyed by similar CONFUSION. Pre-
yesa is represented also 10 have suffer-
ed considerably.
Execution of Pirates.-A letter, dated
St. Thomas, March %, says, "there is
a gaIlows erecting for the execution OF
six pirates, taken by the U. S. schooner
Grampus. Lieut. Commandant Sloat-
and number of others who are expect
ed from Porto Rico, Lieut.. S. having
gone down there this morning after
tnemo
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The New-York House of Assembly
has passed a bill chartering the Com
mercial Bank, with provision that a
bonus Of $4,000 shall be paid to the
heirs of Robert Fulton, as an indemnity
for the loss of the boat monopoly.
The National Journal gives list Of
the members of the Eighteenth Con-
gress, designating the County and State
where each was born. From this we
learn that all the Representatives of
New-England, are natives of the east
ern States and these States have, be-
sides, the honor Of having given birth 10
t5Oelve of the Representatives of New
York, tao of Pennsylvania, one of Geor-
gia, fve of Ohio, and one of Louisiana.
In all tweHty-one.
All the Representatives of Pennsylva-