Mr. Secretary Canning tra...
The Times, 1824-08-24T00:00:00

Nlr. Se.retary (:anning transacted business yesterdlay at the Foreign Ofrice. VMN SNA, Auzust 1,-It is now confidently affirmed, that the marriage of his Imperial hliaghness theArchduktk 1"raiicis Charles, the Enmperor's secondl son, vith tihe Princess Marianne of Bayaria, is fimially deter-inincI ulpon, and that thit! certnony will be performeed on the 26th of Septcmber in tlis citv.--flzn1shrgrb 1 Ie,tper WVe have received a file of Bowhnnb papers to the 24th of April inclusive. They contain no locai intelligence, but bring adown the news from Calcutta to the 9th of April. Vigorous preparations were ilnaking hoth there and at Madiras for the contest with thli Burmese. Letters liad ar- rived from the camnp of Brigadier Alac MAlorine, on the Bur- inese frontier, announcillg tllat that officer was continuilng Ihis advance towards(Goahatty, as diligently as eircninstances wou!d permit; but that he expected some detention,in con- sequencc ot'the non-arrival of part ef his force, especially the howvitzers and some regnlar intantry. Goahatty was said to 1e the strongest post possessed by thie enerrmv in 'Vestcrn Assam, an,d likely, thierefore, to he diefendle(d with proportionate resolutiol. ;TIie natllre of the country un the lturinese bor(ler is described as sufiicient to damp tiheardour of the bravest troops. 'here were neroadt, an(l only narrow pathways, male by buffaloes and wild elephanits, throuc0h a thick grass *jungle, in so:ne places tlhirty feet high. 'he service, nevcrtheless, is described as popular, both among the British and Sepov regiments, who were elatid at the prospect of being aaain actively employed. 'I'le quota of troops from Madras, amnounting in the whole to about 6,000 men, was to emnbark about the 10th of' April, anti re- iiforcenYonts were intentled to be sent in Mlay or Jtime. Somne alarm appears to be felt at Calcutta.on accounit of thc great nitnbsr ot' Burirmese in that city, wlio were sutTered to remain, notwithstanding that thev had be(n dlesignatedl as public ectonies. They lverc estimatedl to amnounit to up- wardis of 7,000, but werte without arms. 'rhe letters by the Jamaica mnail communicate no niews from Colombia. 'T'e Speedy andl Lion cutters, twovtessels with specie from the contractors of tlhe Colombian Loana in London, were to sail for Carthagena Oil the 15th of July, tinder convoy of His ;\lajesty's ship Isis. Extract of a letter from Valparaiso,. date(l M ay2t1 " We are now in the middle of winter here, andl the wea- tbier is in conUsequence disagreeable ; but we are without the excessive heats whichl wve are liable to in summer. Every thinig is ratlher gloomy, but we have been enlivened by the arrival of the Cambridge, 74, with the English Conisuls anti families. The ladies appear disappointed in the ap- pearance of the place-the tword comtrort is unknown here." A letter has been received from the agent to Lloyd's, ia!ed Valparaiso, May 22, contaiming, intelligence froin Lima of the 4-th of Iay, and statihg that no political evclnt of imnportansce had taken place up to that date. The letter ailm;des to the capture and(l detention of several British ves- sels. Admniral (Guise contitiued to blockadc thie port of Callao, but admitted inerchatttnmeti, on paying a duty of 25 per eent. Woo0) Surp.-lxtraet of a letter from Quebec, dated July 2:-" Thlere is a very large vesal btiilding here, anti will be taunched in tel) days, intended to sa:l tromn this with a cargo of tillm- ber t8r London. She is a most extraordinary production ; ier Ilength on deck is 324 teet, and depth of hohl 30 feet; sh1e is quite art on the boutom, anti is very sharp, and will (if oncectear of the river) we have n o loubt sail well. They are very mutch alarmed atbout the launching of her; 1rom the great length, they are afraid of' treaking licr back, as thc r mast go first into rhew water, from thc B.ay they l:ld her *lown on the, stocks. Xhe is partly loaded already, *fitt a view of' atrcn6tilel1ing her nd at the sanmc time to keep tfie itern down nlntil tha bow tcic.rm ele hauniciing ways. a When once em timthe water, they ineendlaying srthekeelsforarecond. IF shme gets tO London, bhe wYilt be consi.ered, as she really is, a great