enemy's fire was very well directed for some time, and I regret to say, two men of ours were killed, and two wounded, one of them an interpreter, who has left a widow, the other a Burmah, and two sepoys wounded. I beg leave to bring to your notice the gallant conduct of Lieut. Bingham and Assist. Surg. Linsell, as also all the native commissioned and noncommissioned officers and sepoys. On my return to the island I set fire to the houses. In one of the boats we took I found a small union-jack of ours which these pirates took from the signal post at Tenaparam. I have, &c. J. DREVER, Lieut., Commg. Dett. 7th regt. N.I. Copy of Letter from Lieut. Col. Watson, Adj.Gen. of the Army, to George Swinton, Esq., dated 14th July 1825. Sir I am directed by the Commander-in-chief to transmit to you, for the information of Government, the accompanying letter from Lieut. Col. Richards, commanding in Assam, inclosing a despatch received from Lieut. Neufville, Dep. Assist. Quart. Mast. Gen., detailing the operations of a detachment under his command against the enemy; the success of these operations establishes so completely the merits of Lieut. Neufville, and the gallantry of his detachment, that the Commanderin-chief deems it unnecessary to press the subject further on the notice of Government. I have, &c. W. L. WATSON, Adj. Gen. of Army. Extract of Letter from Lieut. Neufville to Capt. Martin, Major of Brigade in Assam, dated near Wokynet, on the Now Dheeing, 15th June 1825, inclosed in a Letter from Lieut. Col. Richards to the Adj. Gen. of the Army. I have the honour to report for the information of Col. Richards, commanding, that the state of the weather having resumed a favourable appearance on the 4th inst., and intelligence up to the evening of that day reporting no alteration in the strength or disposition of the enemy, I prepared to proceed against them, and leaving a party of two gun-boats with thirty sepoys, and a proportion of non-commissioned officers under a subadar to protect the post and passage of the Dheeing, embarked the remainder of the detachment on covered canoes and rafts. At daybreak on the 5th, we commenced our progress up the Now Dheeing. The delay and difficulties in the passage proved much greater than I had anticipated, and we did not reach the large deserted village of Leyung till the evening of the 8th. Here we were obliged to leave the gun-boats and gudwanies, and by dragging the canoes up the rapids with great labour, in which all hands were obliged to assist, arrived on the afternoon of the 9th at a point opposite Dupha Gaum, which I now found to be situated three or four miles inland on the right bank. On reaching Dupha, we found the enemy occupying a stockade of very considerable strength, and on our appearance making hasty preparations for defence. They were unable, however, to stand the very prompt and gallant manner in which Lieut. Kerr brought up his men to the assault, at once gaining possession of a commanding line of fire upon their trenches, in which lie the principal security, and abandoning these the whole body pressed for escape through the gate at the opposite face. Their loss was but trifling, since they were covered from our fire by the barriers of their own works (ab ut fourteen feet high and nearly solid, armed by double and triple rows of chevaux de frise), and we had no immediate mode of entrance but by the gate, to gain which there were two long faces of the place to traverse without cavalry, therefore all hope of overtaking them was vain, and they were immediately lost sight of in the jungle. The enemy being now concentrated at Beesa Gaum, I made arrangements for attacking them, and as their works were said to be very strong, determined to carry them by a night surprise, by which I should have the benefit of a diversion to distract their attention. With this view we marched on the afternoon of the 11th, expecting to reach the post about two in the morning. When within a quarter of a mile from the post we saw the enemy on the open spot below the first stockade, drawn up in a line with some horse on the right, advancing as to oppose us: we immediately debouched from the jungle to the clear plains below, and formed line in the front. No sooner, however, was it put in motion preparatory to the charge, than the enemy faced about and commenced a rapid retreat to the stockades, followed up by us as quickly as the required preservation of regularity and the irregularity of the ground would admit. Entering the first stockade, we found that they had clearly gained the second, and successively they abandoned their five very formidable de fences before us without once attempting a stand. The whole affair was conducted by the steady advance of the bayonet, not a shot being fired by us throughout. On quitting their last stockade they took to precipitate flight, in which manner they have so decided an advantage over us, that I did not attempt harassing the men by an unavailing and hopeless pursuit. Early on the following morning I directed Ensign Bogle, with eighty men, to press upon their rear as far as the villages of Ninsko and Kesson to the first pass (about eight miles), in order to confirm their confusion, and also to cover the escape of the Assamese captives. This duty, performed in the most able manner, and the result giving liberation to several hundreds of these unfortunate people, must be equally gratifying to his own feelings, as it is creditable to his tact and judgment. From the top of the first pass the extreme rear of the enemy were seen clearing the second, and I conclude their flight to have been in great panic, from the gilt chattahs, silver swords, and other insignia of the chiefs abandoned on the route. In the detail of operations the commanding officer will perceive how entirely I must have been indebted for success to the active and zealous cooperation of the officers under me, Lieut. Kerr and Ensign Bogle, most nobly seconded by the men, who, I may venture to assert, in all that regards the soldier, as well in cheerful endurance of more than ordinary fatigue and privation, ardent alacrity on every prospect of service, and a steady bravery when opposed to the enemy, could have been surpassed by no troops whatever. Capt. Bedford, of the survey department, who accompanied us throughout as a volunteer, gave me the benefit of his experience and personal assistance on every occasion. A despatch has also been received at the EastIndia House from the Government of Bengal, dated 3d October 1825, with an inclosure, of which the following is a copy : Armistice concluded with the Burmese, September 17th, 1825. Brigadier-General Sir Arch. Campbell, K.C.B. and K.C.T.S., Commander-in-chief of the British Forces in the Kingdom of Ava, Political Agent, &c. &c., having empowered Lieutenant-Colonel Tidy, C.B., Deputy Adjutant-General, and Lieut. Wm. Smith, of the royal navy, commanding the light division, to conclude an armistice with the Burmese army, with a view to the restoration of peace and amity between the British Government and the Government of his Majesty the King of Ava; these officers were met on the 17th September by the Attawoon, Moonjee Maha Moula Rajah, and the Woondock Maha Seree Senkcegah, duly authorized by Sahdo Menjee Muha Mengon, first minister of the King, when the following articles were agreed upon, signed by, and exchanged between the parties deputed as above-mentioned. 1st. There shall be a cessation of hostilities between the British and Burmese armies, from the date hereof to the 17th day of October next, inclusive. 2d. The first minister of the King, Sahdo Menjee Muha Mengon, being invested with full powers from his Majesty for that purpose, will meet the British authorities (duly qualified by their Government) at the village of Nenbonzick (being half-way between the armies) on the 2d of October next, there to enter into negociations for the re-establishment of peace between the subjects of the two countries. 3d. A line of demarcation shall be drawn between the two armies, commencing at Comma, on the the western bank of the Irrawaddy, passing through the village of Nenbonzick, and continuing along the road from that village to Tongho. The respective parties engage to prevent their troops or adherents passing the said line; and further give assurance that all parties or detachments belonging to either shall be immediately recalled to their own side of the line respectively. It is further agreed on the part of the British commander, that this cessation of hostilities shall be observed by the several British armies on the frontiers of these dominions, which shall remain without making any forward movement before the 18th of October next, when the armistice shall cease and determine; the Burmese authorities engaging that this article shall be reciprocally ob served. 4th. Two officers from each army are to meet on the 23d instant at the village of Nenbonzick, to mark off the ground for the encampment of the respective chiefs and their followers, and to make any other arrangements which they may deem requisite, preparatory to the meeting of the said high commissioners. 5th. The state of the King of Ava's first minister absolutely requiring that he shall not move without the attendance of 500 men with fire-arms, and 500 men with swords, the British commander will of course be attended by a corresponding number, should he deem it requisite. Done at Meeady, the 17th day of September 1825. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF March 4th, 1826.-The Society met this day, at 2 o'clock P.M., Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Esq., Director, in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The Director concluded the reading of the third part of his Essay on the Philosophy of the Hindus. The portion which was now read contained an exposition of the doctrinal, as the former portion, read at the last meeting, did, of the practical, part of the Mimánsá. It is difficult to say whether any one of the parts of this essay exceeds the other in merit and value. As they embrace individually a distinct portion of doctrine, they separately possess great interest; but, as a whole, they certainly form the most elaborate and learned disquisition on the Hindu faith ever yet offered to the world. Anniversary Meeting, March 15th.-The chair was taken at 1 o'clock P.M., by the Right Hon. Charles W. Williams Wynn, President. The President opened the business of the day by an appropriate speech, in which he noticed the principal events that had occurred in the Society's history during the last year, viz. the publication of the Second Part of the Society's Transactions, and the institution of the Committee of Correspondence, an establishment of great importance to the Society. The President proceeded to mention the great loss which the Society had sustained by the death of Dr. G. H. Noehden, their late Secretary; and finally, he congratulated the Society on the prosperous aspect of their affairs. The Council Report was then read; it is as follows :— "The Council of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland has the honour of presenting to the members the following report of the Society's proceedings since the last anniversary. "It has much satisfaction in informing this meeting of the gradual extension of the Society by the accession of new members, which not only increases its funds, but adds to its influence and respectability. "Your Council, considering the formation of a Library an object of great importance, is happy in being able to announce that several valuable donations of books have been received during the year now terminated. The principal contributor is the British and Foreign Bible Society, which presented a collection of translations of the Bible, including many Oriental versions. The Baptist Missionary Society has presented several elementary works on the languages of Asia. The Society is indebted to Sir A. Johnston, one of its VicePresidents, for a very valuable collection of Singalese and Malabar manuscripts; and to Lord Kingsborough for some interesting works on the Mandchu language. "While the Library has thus been progressively increasing, the Society's Museum has also been enriched by the liberality of many of its members. The most important addition to this part of the Society's treasures has been made by Lieut. Col. C. J. Doyle, who has presented a large and fine collection of Oriental armour, and an Egyptian hieroglyphical MS. on papyrus, discovered in a tomb at Thebes in Upper Egypt. "Sir George Staunton, to whom the Society's Library and Funds are so largely indebted, has presented several Chinese and Indian curiosities; and David Colvin, Esq., has given some valuable articles received from the Burman empire, and been the channel for transmitting several specimens of natural history from Sir R. D. Colquhoun. "The publication of the Second Part of the Society's Transactions is probably known to all the members now present, and your Council indulges the hope that it has not disappointed their expectations. In dependance also on the profound and varied knowledge of Asiatic literature possessed by the members of this Sóciety, the Council confidently anticipates the succeeding parts of the Society's transactions being at least equal to those already published. "Your Council, wishing to give greater extension and efficiency to the Society's operations, has, under the authority of the xxivth article of the Society's regulations, appointed a Committee to correspond with such literary societies and individuals as are supposed to be capable of promoting the Society's objects; and the members of the Society are respectfully invited to forward to the Secretary of the Committee any questions relating to Oriental subjects they may desire to have answered, or to indicate any information they may wish to acquire, and the Committee calculates on being able, through the medium of its correspondents, to obtain, in the course of time, elucidations of the most interesting topics connected with Asia. "In concluding, the Council presumes to state, that as the literary character of the Society depends on the number and excellence of the original papers communicated by the members, it is highly desirable that they should continue their exertions to contribute an abundant and diversified supply." The Auditors' report was next brought forward, and from this it appears, that the balance of cash in the hands of the Treasurer is £217. 1s. 5d.; stock in the three per cent. Consols, £2,650; value of the furniture and fixtures in the Society's house, £793. 7s.: when to these items are added what the Society possesses in books, &c., it must be admitted, that the state of the Society affords great satisfaction. The thanks of the meeting were then voted, on the proposition of Sir A. Johnston, seconded by Sir G. T. Staunton, to the President, for his attention to the interests of the Society. The President returned thanks, and said, that although he had not been able, from the pressure of his official duties, to pay that attention to the Society which he could have wished, he had never ceased to regard its progress with the greatest interest, because he felt convinced, that the ends for which it was instituted would, if successful, prove the means of the instruction and civilization of the millions under our rule in Asia. The thanks of the meeting were then voted, respectively, to the Director, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, and Auditors. John Cotton, Esq., and Capt. J. Macdonald, having been named scrutineers, the meeting proceeded to ballot for the election of the Council and officers for the present year. At the close of the ballot, the following gentlemen were declared to be withdrawn from the Council:-the Earl of Caledon; the Earl of Powis ; Powis; Sir John Malcolm, G.C.B.; Sir T. Stamford Raffles; N. B. Edmonstone, Esq.; Capt. H. Kater; Lieut. Col. G. Fitzclarence; W. Marsden, Esq.and the following to be elected in their place: Lord Bexley; Viscount Kingsborough; the Right Hon. J. Sullivan; Sir W. Ouseley; Lieut. Col. W. Blackburne; H. Holland, Esq.; J. Hodgson, Esq.; D. Pollock, Esq. The list of officers remains the same as before, only that the name of Sir E. H. East is inserted in the room of Sir J. Malcolm, as a Vice-President. The election of a Secretary in the place of the late Dr. G. H. Noehden was postponed. March 18th.-A general meeting was held this day, at two o'clock P.M., H. T. Colebrooke, Esq., Director, in the chair. The minutes of the last general meeting, March 4, and of the anniversary meeting, March 15, were read and confirmed. The following donations were presented :— From the Rev. S. Weston, a Malabar Theological MS., and a Grammar of the Malabar Language. From César Moreau, Esq., his last work on the British Trade. From Major J. Todd, two Hindu genealogical trees, and a drawing of some Hindu columns. From Sir T. S. Raffles, a drawing of the Rafflesia Arnoldi. George Palmer, Jun., Esq., was elected a member of the Society. A communication from R. T. J. Glyn, Esq., entitled "Enumeration of various Classes of the Population, and of Trades and Handicrafts, in the Town of Bareilly in Rohilcund," was read. This is a statistical paper of great value. By stating the average earnings per mensem of the different classes, who are included in the survey, we are best enabled to judge of the proficiency which the native inhabitants of this capital of the extensive province of Rohilcund have attained in the useful arts and sciences. The picture, we regret to say, is but a gloomy one. The average rate of earnings, of the middle classes, rises only from six to eight shillings per mensem; and of the lower classes, only from four to five shillings; thus scarcely allowing them the means of subsistence: the condition of the lower classes in the villages is still worse. The reading of a Diary of a Journey into the Batak country, in the Interior of the Island of Sumatra, by Messrs. Burton and Ward, was then commenced. The Bataks had not been visited for many years before the present journey was undertaken, and this account furnishes some very interesting particulars of a race of men hitherto but little known. LONDON. NEW PUBLICATIONS. A Mission to the East Coast of Sumatra in 1823, under the direction of the Government of Prince of Wales's Island. By John Anderson, Esq. 8vo. with Maps and Plates. 168. The East-India Military Calendar (final volume), containing the services of general and field officers, and distinguished captains of the Hon. Company's service, 4to. £2.10s. The East-India Register and Directory for 1826, compiled from official returns. By A. W. Mason, G. Owen, and G. H. Brown, of the Secretary's Office, East-India House. 10s. sewed. The New Arabian Night's Entertainment, selected from the original Oriental MS., by Jos. Von Hammer, and now first translated into English by the Rev. G. Lambe. 3 vols. 12mo. 188. Letters from the East, written during recent Tour through Turkey, Egypt, Arabia, Palestine, Syria, and Greece. By J. Carne, Esq. 8vo. 18s. Elements of Hindu Law, referable to British Judicature in India. By Sir Thomas Strange, late Chief Justice of Madras. 2 vols. Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta. vol. 1. 8vo. 15s. (Imported from India). The Calcutta Annual Register, vol. ii. for 1822. 8vo. 21s. (Ditto.) History, &c. of the Institutions founded by the British in Calcutta and its vicinity. By C. Lushington, Esq., of the Bengal Civil Service. 8vo. 148. (Ditto.) Howell and Stewart's (late Ogle, Duncan, and Co.) Catalogue of an extensive Collection of Works on the Philology, Religion, and History of Eastern Nations, Oriental MSS., &c. &c. Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa in the years 1822, 23, and 24. By Major Denham, Capt. Clapperton, and the late Dr. Oudney. 4to., with engravings. ASIATIC INTELLIGENCE. Calcutta. GOVERNMENT GENERAL ORDERS. EGYPT PRIZE-MONEY. Fort William, Sept. 16, 1825.-The hon. the Court of Directors having notified the receipt into their treasury, in London, of the amount of the fourth and final distribution of the Egypt prize-money, the right hon. the Governor-General in Coun cil is hereby pleased to direct, that all claimants belonging to the hon. Company's troops of the Bengal establishment, shall submit their claims to share in that prizemoney, through the prescribed channels, to the General Prize Committee at the presidency. The Governor-General in Council is further pleased to direct, that the General Prize Committee shall submit, for the consideration and orders of Government, all such claims as shall have been investigated and passed by the subordinate committees ; such appearing to the General Committee to be established, on their receiving the sanction of Government, they shall be passed by the military auditor-general, as a member of the General Prize Committee; the bills to be returned to the Station Committees, for the purpose of being presented to the nearest pay-master, who will pay the amount to the president of the committee, by whom the shares of individuals are to be discharged-the president obtaining a receipt for the share paid to each individual, which he is to forward, for record, to the committee at the presidency. Agreeable with the tenor of the Act, 1st and 2d of George the 4th, cap. 61, claims may be preferred for six years from the present date for the above prize-money, after the expiration of which period no claim can be received. ALLOWANCES OF CIVIL SERVANTS. Fort William, General Department, Sept. 29, 1825.-With reference to orders of Government, dated the 1st March 1817, regarding the absentees in the civil branch of the service, the right hon. the GovernorGeneral in Council is pleased to promulgate the following resolutions, passed this day on the subject, which are to have effect from the 1st of the ensuing month of October : Resolved, that the rule for a deduction of one-sixth from the allowances of civil servants, absent from their stations on account of their private affairs, which was prescribed in the tenth and eleventh paragraphs of the resolutions passed on the 1st March 1817, be rescinded; that the rule contained in the seventh paragraph of the same resolutions, for a deduction of one-sixth from the allowances of civil servants, compelled to leave their stations on account of sickness, " during the whole period of their absence," be modified; and with the sanction of Government (to be that in future, any civil servant who may, granted or not, as may appear proper to the Governor-General in Council in each case), be absent from his station or office, whether sickness, for a period not exceeding one on account of his private affairs or from month in the year, shall not be subject to any deduction from his authorized allowances. If, however, the absence of such servant shall exceed the term of one month in the year, a deduction of one-third shall be made from his allowances, for the period of such excess, except in cases of certified ill-health, as provided for by the rules in force. NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. Fort William, Oct. 7, 1825.-His Exc. Gen. the Right Hon. Stapleton, Lord Combermere, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, having been appointed to be Commander-in-chief of his Majesty's and the hon. Company's forces in India, and a member of the Supreme Council of Fort William in Bengal, from and immediately after the death, resignation, or coming away, of the hon Sir Edward Paget, G.C.B., &c. &c., and the hon. Sir Edward Paget having formally notified his resigna. tion of those offices, His Exc. Lord Combermere has this day assumed the chief command of the forces, and has taken the prescribed oaths and his seat in the Su-, preme Council, under the usual salute from the ramparts of Fort William. By order of the right hon. the Governor-General in Council. W. B. BAYLEY, Chief Sec. to Gov. Head-Quarters, Oct. 7, 1825.-His Exc. Lord Combermere having arrived to take the command of the army in India, the Commander-in-chief this day resigns that important charge into his Lordship's hands, and Sir Edward Paget takes leave of the army, with the sincerest good wishes for its future prosperity and welfare. Gen. the Right Hon. Lord Combermere, G.C.B., G.C.H., and G.C.T.S., having assumed the functions of Commanderin-chief of his Majesty's and the hon. Company's forces in India, his Lordship is pleased to direct, that the reports, returns, and correspondence of the army shall |