War In India.
The fotlowing is an .extractf a letter from an officer eli- gaged in active operations 8pagnst the Burmese: it is datea Rangoan, May St :- "In the'aftairof Rinmoo, the'Burmese ifodghtwel, and lest aaout 70 or80 killed, for no quarter was given, nor do I think it will be given during the war o either side; for if youi save a Bilma!i' life, it ls ten to one but he retarns the favour by taking yourffl. From all appeararwaes, this*will be a bloody and protractet warfare. WVe u,e about to senad an expedition against Syriani and the ancient city of Pegu in a few days. Itis aboutl0 miles up the river, and-we shall have bush.fighting aUtte way. We arenowbusy-in fitting fire-booms, and arranging forthe boats to go up the river. I do not think we shall be ready for the ex,pedition up the Irraw&ddy river tQ Prome in leas than a month. The Captain of the Laine will then Isoist his pentlant on board of the steam-boat. Sir A. Campbell, with the majorpart of t' forces, will join hitn; and only a sufficient garnson wil be left to protect Rangoon. If we reach Preme, all will be well; but it is an extremely dhifficult undertaking to transpart in open boats a force of 6,000 or 7,000 men up a rapid river, within a stone's throw of the beach, and a determined enemy annoying us the whole way. It must,however,be done; and if they do not come to terms, we must go up to Ummerapoora. The mede of annoyance on the part of the enemy is by fire-ral'ts and war-boats; and as the rainy season is now coming on, they will have the advantage of the dark nights. With theet they oblige us to keep a sharp look-out. They alse sink large boats to the gunwales, and turn them sdrift upon us. The force with which they come down, aided by the current, is very great. One nearly came on board of us the other night ; it caught a rope, and the rope cut off a boy'e leg as clean as if it had been am- putated. We are going to bend 12 of the Aiadras vessels for 3,000 men, and for provisions." WAR IN INDIA. -' I.