London, Monday, November ...
From the extracts which we publish, it is apparent that the Burmese war has not proceeded with the characteristic rapidity and good fortune of' most of our Indiani contests. T,here have neither been decisive results, nor active move- ments; nor, so far as we: can learn, have there yet been made any really formidable preparations, to repel the Bur- mese fror our frontier. On various parts of that north- east fro,,h ,.';ey have lodged themselves with impunity; theykL'E,ken into the British territory, and carried their incursicns to the neighbo;.rhood of Dacca, distanit from Calcutta but 170 rniles, destroying the valuable crops of indigo, and ravaging the country, one of the richest in the peninsula of Indostan. It is even said, that had this new onemy been as enterprisinig as they were powerfal, or as well informed of our weakness as a little more diligence would have made themn, they might have pushe(d their way to Calcutta undisturbed. This is a state of affairs not paral- leled in India (luring the last thirty or forty years. ''lie most intelligenit British merchants view the Burmese war andl its collateral prospects with extreme despondenicy nlot so much, we apprehend, from any supposition of the Biritish strength being weakened, or our national resources impaired, as from a pretty general distrust of thle ability and energy of those who have bcen delegated by the Go- vernment at home to wield them. lf India is to be preserved, it InIUst be committed to theablest hands that cani be found ready to undertake its political adminis- tration. WVho is Lord ADisE RST ? An ex-Ambassator to Clhina ; who ran away from the Celestial Empire, after a bootless errand, shaking his ears. Lord A3111EBST is a well-mannered person, a Lord of the Bedchainber-a Gold Stick, w.ve believe they call it, or somne such fraction of Court finery. Lord Anl11E!tsr is nmore tlhan this. he is amiable anl well-inteRtioned, but why was he sent to India? unless to show how much easier it is to play "Gold Stick" than Governor-General; especially at a time when such- unpleasant business is cut out for England on the eastern freontier of heriempire, and when so nmany grave suspicions are circulated with regard to the west. h'l'ere are names connecte(d withl India whici Wouldt inspire more coufidence than that of any holyday noblemaln, if placed at the head of the Supreme Council of Calcutta. But at all events the Burmese war ought to be successfully and speedily terni- nated, or there is niio _latin at dangers miay befall us. I L4')NOOV, AM-ONTD4Y. YNOVBEMBzER? 15, 1824.