East Indies.
The Times, 1824-11-15T00:00:00

Extract of a letter dated Cdalcutta, June 12, 1824, received by the Si r Edward Paget:- " I enclose a t3overnment Gazette Eztraordaitary, out only ten nminutes, .giving some account of an aifair of boats, in winich the li Conipany's cruiser Jestal hasbeen engaged, at Tck Naat: It is represented as a brilliant a1ltir; but there arc accounts in town representir4 it as a very disastrous business. Our party have be- haved very well, but they havesufferedseverely. Someefourgun. boats, it is said, have been destroyed. Whether these reports conie trom croaking people or not, it is dliflicult to say. Tht great alarni respecting an inivasion from the Burmeseiras subsided,tlough allparee that they might have advanced upon Calcutta ith the greatest ease. Theyarestiil witltin our territoryatRanoo, strongly stockauil.This is the scene of thleir victory over Captai Noton's detachment; a*nd the scene of their barbarities upor Captain Truetnan. They say they will exterminate rite Europet.ns. Ratnoo is 80 miles south of the Sudder snarion of ChiLtagonig, or Islamnabad, as it is put down in the maps." (0OVERNAIENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. Calcutft, June 12. aatLTLAN'T AFPAtRaWITIT A FLEETOF BIlR;ltESI' WAr-BtOATS. Extractofaletterdatet 4Naaf river, June4, Elunourable Company's cruiser Vlestal:_ Yesterday, seven a. iin., the Subadar in charge ot' the stockade at Tek Naaf came on board, after endtiring miuch hardship anti peril, to inform us that the provinicial troops tinder his commani lIad rinu- tinied antd given themselves up to the Burmese, atter relusing to obey his orders to lire upon the enei-ty the preceding evenirg ander which circumstances he immnnediately spiked the gtttt, and destroyed the ;immunition belonging to it and wetuld have done the sanre with thle matgazine, but the Sepoys ttleateted to take his life if he titiso. fie escapesl to us in disguise, withi hiis orderly, living secn the Burinese, whose force consists of 120 horse and ta large body of foot. "Sutpltes beinF now crtt of ansI our stay of tto futher utility, at three p. in. weghed and stood dowo titc river. At Aluridto Creek we fell in with a ileet ot Bttrmese war-boats, most of tiem carrying swivels andlt one hulitdred stren eachl, dirawn out in order of battle; otte came ofl witl an ordler for us intniediately to surren- der the vessel, er every hand on boartd would be nussaered. Thie gun-boats utider Mir. Bovce's couolitnd returinA for atnswer a ,hower of grapc and seni,ter, aid bore down upon then,, tiring as tast as thev coulsl loal. Att imnenos nunmbte- of, nmen were ktilled, and soitte of' the l.rgest boats totally gibabled. No- Lling could exceeil the higil-spiritedi cotrdtict of Slir. 13oyce, the it tillery megn, atid Mlug Sepoys it the boat, under his comrmrand. Atter silencing the boats and imen on shore, who h-atl kept up a close lre tiiring thle attack, tite vessel tndae for bitrtporee Islands, wherea g,eat number ot boats and men lay, who upon our nour- itKg in a brisk lire, tIrew up tbeir boats and ran itito the jnngle, buit iot betoru, a vast numnber were killed; in fact, they were literally miiown dhown by our greatpgixs. By titiS titne the guti-boats canre rp, which were le;t to corti'lete the confuision by clearing tihe shore andl jungie, wirici they dil most It'ectually. WitVIile the hrig bore olwam un the sloclcadle, 5gititated on O*e opposite sltore, oni nearirrg It they gave urs three cheers, or more proietly speaking three war whoops, but our first broadside toott silenced tltein ; the boats likewise gave thicir assistnice in tsis trand object. Nigltt coming ott, we anchured a little to tiessouthwatd of the stockarle. All thie m,en under arns atil at titeir quarters during the whole of the nihlit, expecting aii attack int tie dark; buit the great loss they sus- tatiied during the day, I f'ancy, deterred titenT. " This niorning we weighed, and are ttow ott suir wy to Cliit- tagong ; riot a boat to be seen In the river. I conceive there were ye-.erlay at least 2100V men aftlat, atid twice tltat numiber ott sliore. 'fo ive ysrsr art idete of the hayoc made amonrg tsiem would be im- i)osstble, and had trot the trigiht prevented, it would have becn nircih greater. During ouir stay at anchor, we saw the place we lcf itt the morning on fire, but as tie villages were deserted some Mirlie ago, rio great damage could have been done. Our decks cx- Itibit a mitost miiotley grouspe-iieii. womnei, ana children, with 32 Ml tg Sepovsz, togetirer svitir tihe Subadtr, Daroga, and Illug Jemni- dars, who lilve lput them,rselves tinder our protection." CALCUTTA, JUXE 3. We uidlerstand that 81 n.ieces of rirrillery, itaniy serviceable, antl sortie unserviceablsG with 1300 stanrd of arms, were taken at Ran goon. Letters of the 28di, froin Clhittngt-Kti state that the Burniese liad sot advanced front Ratiioo. It now appeatrs, that of tire party sail to h2ve beern comrpletely destroyed at thlat place, mriore than one-half ilad rettirried to lbtittaaong unTutrt. A spy, taken at Criuckereeah has given infTrmation that the whole of thie Burirese force at Rarirrco amnotinted to 8,000 foot and 200 horse. Of' these, 1,501; had gone down against Tek Naaf, 1,500 ha.l returrcit to the Pullringo, trom wheurce they had previoutsly ad- yanced to Ramoo. and the remainder intended shortly to rnove en Hliungbung, a st:ge to the nortliward of Chuckereeah. The spy fsirther relates that the Burierse had I-card of Rangoton being at- tacked 10 (lays ago. Ile adds, that they hazi [our Sirdars, and only 100 'neti killed, at Rarn, stiat the G(eneral Bundoola had re- ported progress to the King, and was waiting for furtherorders. E.iST LADIES.