The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-06-09 (London, England)

MUM. It is now known certainly, that the late Burman Governor of Assam, called the Boors Raja, and his son, bad been put to death by the adherents of Sam Pbookun, previously to their alandoningrJorehat. The Duke of Bedford Indianan has arrived. She sailed from Bombay 6n the 27th of January, and after having touched at Tillicherry and Ceylon, quitted the Cape on the lath April, and St. Helena on the 27th April. She has brought letters from Ceylon dated the 19th February, but they contain no news. The Castle Forbes has also arrived; but her communications, both from the Mauritius and St. Helena, are of a very old date. The following is an extract of a priiste letter from Paris :—" In order to cover the ungracious refusal of the King to attend the ball purposed to be given by the Duke of North umberli.nd, in honour of the Coronation) we are stow told that a similar refusal was made to the Austrian and Russian Ambassadors.—The Duchess of Northumberland, taking it for granted that here, as in Englrinti, the', wives of the Ambassadors would form a portion of the, splendid company at the Coronation, provided, at an enormous expense, a dress which would have done honour to her rank, and to the official character of her husband. On the eve of her departure for Rheims, she was informed that no accommodation had been provided for the wives of the Ambassadors, but that as her Grace wished to attend, a seat would be placed for her in the Tribune of the Diplomatic Body. Whether her Grace considered that a plan had been contrived to render her appearance singular, or that her' delicacy alone suggested to her the impropriety of a single female appearing in so prominent a st.aion, amongst a body of men, appearing only in an official capacity, remains unknown ; but she very naturally declined to avail herself of the offer.—From all that 1 could collect from a quarter where 1 am not likely to be misinformed, our Ambassador Extraordinary has not received officially those at. tendons to which his rank, the nature of his mission, and the particular circumstances of his personal sacrifices, entitled him to. At Rheims, although honoured by the special notice of the King, who seemed rather ashamed of the conduct of his Minis:era, the general feeling towards the Duke was anything but Letters from the Cape of Good Hope, dated the 6th of April, mention that Mr. Bresler, one of the Members of the Court of Justice, had committed suicide. The Co.. vernar had returned from his journey into the interior. The exchange was at 180 per cent. premium. A XSTIIIDSII Qua a as.----A rather singular circumstance her lately happened at Amsterdam. Some Quaker proprietors of a house in that city had let it for a length of time, on condition of not having anything to do with the repairs, &e. After fourteen years had elapsed, they wished to take the property into their own hands, but the occupier opposed them, asserting he had acquired the right of property by prescription. Amicable propositions were made but rejected, and the Quakers were obliged to have recourse to the law, which decided in their favour • but when the execution of the ejectment was to be put in execution, the occupier prepared to resist, and barricaded the doors. A police-officer, accompanied by two locksmiths and his assistants, were in consequence sent. The summons to abandon the house was made in due form, and the locksmiths were about to open the door, wizen a notary popped his head out of the window above, and pro. tested in proper form against their proceedings. His threats shook their relblution, and each time they were ordered by the police-officer to break open the door, the notary thundered above. But at last a great crowd collectina, and joining with the besiegers, the besieged, seeing ell hopes of victory vanished, vanished themselves by means of a back door, and thus abandoned the house to ite ( tns,ters, the Quakers.