Governor Bille, was unloading, and not likely to be condemned, as previously reported. The Lord Hungerford, Farquharson, had arrived at the Mauritius, previous to the 3d May. The Edward, Newton, from Bengal to the United States, has been burnt at sea. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND BIRTHS. July 27. At Portsmouth, the lady of Capt. Clarke, 46th regt., of a son. 28. The lady of G. Grant, Esq., of Russell Place, Fitzroy Square, of a daughter. 29. At Chelsea, Middlesex, the lady of Dr. A. F. Ramsay, late of the Bengal Medical Establishment, of a son. 30. At her father's house, Wellington Parade, Gloucester, the lady of N. J. N. Buckle, Esq., of a daughter. Aug. 22. At Bury St. Edmonds, Mrs. Thornton, of City Terrace, London, of a son. MARRIAGES. June 22. The Rev. T. Robertson, A. M., Chaplain on the Bengal Establishment, to Anna Maria, daughter of the late Sir John M'Namara Hayes, Bart., of Old Burlington Street. July 19. At Ashted, Surrey, R. C. Scarlett, Esq., eldest son of James Scarlett, M.P., to Sarah, youngest daughter of the late George Smith, Esq., Chief Justice of the Mauritius. 27. At Lambeth Church, J. M'Dermot, Esq., late of the 11th Regt. of Foot, to Frances Xaviera, relict of the late M. W. Bayly, Esq., Upper Kennington Green. 31. John Wentworth, Esq., second son of G. W. Wentworth, Esq., of Wooley Park, Yorkshire, to Henrietta Maria, eldest daughter of Jacob Bosanquet, Esq., of Broxbornbury, Herts. Aug. 6. At Edinburgh, Capt. Thomas Paterson, of his Majesty's 63d Regt., to Mary Ann, youngest daughter of the late Lieut. Col. Wm. Sheriff, of the Madras Cavalry. 11. At St. George's, Hanover Square, Capt. Sanderson, of the Bengal Cavalry, to Elizabeth Oswald, eldest daughter of Alex. Anderson, Esq., of Chapel Street, Grosvenor Square. 12. At St. George's Church, Hanover Square, Edward Buller, Esq., grandson of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Buller, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of the late Major General Coote Manningham. 24. At St. John the Evangelist's, Westminster, R. Wilton, Esq., of Gloucester, to Charlotte Maria, eldest daughter of James Hallett, Esq., of Dulwich, and formerly of Bombay. Asiatic Journ.-No. 105. DEATHS. April 11. At Sea, on board the Asia, from Calcutta, T. L. Reid, Esq., R.N., eldest son of Sir John Reid, Bart. May 4. On board H, M.'s ship Victor, Lieut. J. W. Thomas, eldest son of Lieut. Gen. Thomas, of Brockhill-house, near Exeter. June 25. At Jersey, aged 58, Lieut. Col. Spawforth, late of the 2d Ceylon Regt. July 11. At Inverary, Major General Dugald Campbell. 22. At Great Canford, near Poole, T. Macnamara Russell, Esq., Admiral of the White. At Balmuto, the Hon. Claud Irvine Boswell, Lord Balmuto. 30. At Whitehall Place, in her 10th Right Hon. C. W. Williams Wynn. year, Emma, youngest daughter of the Aug. 3. Mrs. Pirner, the wife of Wm. Pirner, Esq., of Arlington Street, and daughter of the late Sir Thos. Robinson, Bart., of Ranelagh. 8. At Uppington, near Shrewsbury, Capt. Jonathan Scott, in the 39th year of his age, and late 1st Assist. Adj. Gen. in Bengal. He was a Cadet of 1800, and was for some years Secretary and Persian Interpreter to Col. Adams in his campaigns against the Peishwa. He had only arrived a few weeks in England, having his constitution broken down by long service in the field, which brought on epilepsy, and occasioned his death. His Brother, Capt. John Scott, of the 10th N.I., Bengal, was lost in one of the seven Indiamen which foundered at sea some years back. 20. At his house in Green Street, Grosvenor Square, Viscount Hampden. 28. In Duke Street, Portland Place, in the 16th year of his age, Henry Daniel Davies, second son of the late Richard L. Davies, Esq., Surgeon on the Hon. EastIndia Company's Bengal establishment. Asiatic Supplement. The total of the force under orders for the expedition against the Burmese amounted to 20,000 men, viz. 12,000 from Bengal, 6,000 from Madras, and 2,000 from Bombay. Capt. Canning was to accompany the expedition as political agent. He was to embark at Calcutta, in the Company's yacht Nereid, on the 10th of April. The Diana steam boat had been purchased by the Government for 80,000 rupees, in order to proceed with the expedition. Sir Edward Paget, the Commander-in-Chief, arrived at Calcutta on the 22d March from the interior, and had been unremittingly employed from the day of his arrival in making the necessary arrangements for the expedition. VOL. XVIII. 2 X SHIPS taken up by the EAST-INDIA COMPANY and Stationed for the SEASON 1824-5. Allas, Hine, and Herefordshire, Hope, for Madras and China, to touch at Ceylon. Vansittart, Dalrymple, and Windsor, Haviside, for Bombay and China (early), to touch at the Cape. Repulse, Paterson, for St. Helena, Bencoolen, and China. Hastings, Rawes, for China. Bombay,; Scaleby Castle, Newell; Buckinghamshire, Glasspool; Charles Grant, GOODS DECLARED FOR SALE AT CARGOES OF EAST-INDIA COMPA THE EAST-INDIA HOUSE. For Sale: September.-Prompt 26 November. Tea.-Bobea, 500,000 lbs.; Congou, Campoi, Pekoe, and Souchong, 5,100,000 lbs.; Twankay and Hyson Skin, 1,200,000 lbs.; Hyson, 300,000 Ibs.-Total, including Private-Trade, 7, 100,000 lbs. For Sale 8 September-Prompt 3 December. Company's-Bengal and Coast Piece Goods. Private-Trade.-Longcloths-White and Blue Sallampores-Baftaes-Gurrahs-Sannoes- Nankeens-Bandannoes-Corahs -Chintz - Madras Handkerchiefs - Ventapollam HandkerchiefsMasulipatam Handkerchiefs-Black Silk Handkerchiefs-China Silk Piece Goods- Wrought Silks-Shawls-Crape Shawls-Scarfs-Damasks. For Sale 24 September-Prompt 14 January 1825. Company's and Licensed.-Cotton Wool. For Sale 18 October.-Prompt 11 February. Company's.-China and Bengal Raw Silk. For Sate 19-October-Prompt 14 January. Company's-Indigo. Licensed and Private-Trade-Indigo. The Court of Directors have given Notice of an alteration in the arrangement of the Quarterly Sales of Spices, Drugs, &c. to commence with the Sale in November next. Saltpetre, Pepper, Spices, &c. will be sold on the second Tuesday in November, February, May and August, instead of the second Monday. -Drugs on the Thursday following instead of the Wednesday.-Tortoiseshell, Mother-o'-Pearl Shells, Elephants' Teeth, &c. on the third Tuesday in each of the above months, instead of the second Friday. NY'S SHIPS LATELY ARRIVED. CARGOES of the Minerva, Potton, Boyne, and Lady Campbell, from Bengal; the Rockingham, from Bengal and Madras; the Hope, from Madras; and the England, from Bombay. Company's.-Bengal and Coast Piece GoodsRaw Silk-Cotton-Indigo-Refined SaltpetreCoffee-Sugar. Private-Trade and Privilege.-Muslins-Cotton Goods-Hemp-Coffee-Rice-Indigo-Safflower -Cubebs-Munjeet-Assafœtida-Lac Dye-Shellac-Gum Arabic-Gum Benjamin-Gum Copal-Cajaputa Oil-Essential Oils Sycee SilverFishing Rods-Red Wood-Madeira. LONDON MARKETS. Friday, August 27, 1824. COTTON.-There is no alteration in the prices this week; the market is steady. RICE. By public sale this forenoon, 1,927 bags East-India Rice, the whole were taken in at 14s., good white Bengal. COCHINEAL. The public sale this forenoon went off rather heavily, 19 bags sold at 16s. 9d. a 18s. INDIGO. The purchases lately are inconsiderable; the India House sale prices are, however, maintained. THE ASIATIC JOURNAL FOR OCTOBER, 1824. Original Communications, &c. &c. &c. ASSAM. THE PRESENT SEAT OF WAR ON THE NORTH-EASTERN FRONTIER OF OUR INDIAN POSSESSIONS. THE seat of war on the Burmese frontier being now removed from Cachar to Assam, a short sketch of the latter country will doubtless be interesting in furnishing it, however, we shall carefully avoid all dry detail, and strictly confine our observations to such particulars as may serve to shew the character of the country, and the various difficulties and encouragements that are likely to be experienced by our troops. The latest and most copious description of Assam that has yet appeared, is from the pen of Dr. Hamilton. It was published about four years ago, in the second number of the "Annals of Oriental Literature," and contains much valuable information, though not precisely of the kind that is most desirable for our present purpose. Dr. Wade,* * Dr. Wade accompanied Capt. Welsh's expedition into Assam in 1799, and remained two years in the country. We have seen a MS., written by this gentleman, containing various geographical memoranda of Assam, and copious extracts from it in another quarter. A larger work was transmitted by him to Europe for publication nearly thirty years ago, but has not since been heard of. Asiatic Journ.---- No. 106. and various other minor authorities, being more explicit as to the nature of the country, climate, &c., will supply, therefore, the greater part of the information we shall now endeavour to communicate in an abridged and popu lar form. Assam is, for the most part, a long valley, through which the Boorampooter passes from the British frontier town of Goyalpara, to the farthest extent of the province, being a distance of about 700 miles. A range of lofty mountains separates it from Bootan on the north-west, and another range somewhat less elevated divides it on the south-east from Jynteeah, Cachar, and the Burman empire. Its average breadth is estimated at about seventy miles, and its whole area at 60,000 square miles. The country is intersected by a vast number of inferior ranges of hills, separated by the most fertile vallies, and watered by rivers tributary to the Boorampooter. Dr. Wade has furnished us with the names of between sixty and seventy of these rivers, VOL. XVIII. 2 Y |