BURMAH.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 161, 28 August 1880, Page 2

BURMAH.

The Insurrection in Upper Bunnnlv i* spreading. The jinurpeiits now number upwards oi' n thousand, nnd fighting mav b« expected at any moment. The ball may possibly lie opened by an attack on the garrison of MinhJu, which is represented as smaller tliun was- supposed. The governor there, however, has made the. tSillnyniyv otitcial apologise for th".arrest of tho steamer. The succeed in;,' boat arrivedarolsailed without, molestation It is characteristically told of King ! Thoebau t&at when ho heard of tho rebellion he indulged in. a heavy drinking bout. The Burmese Embassy is st lust last announced as about to leave Thayctnin. They probaMy consider it well, np troublous times are appcoochr ing, to he at home to grasp, their share of whatever niwils may bo going in tho immediate fntnro. The Indian Viceroy confirms tho fact that the rebellion is headed by Nyounge-Okc. Ho left Calcutta secretly, it is said. Tho Viceroy also states that tho rebels had burnt the village of Toubotingweh, on the Inawaddy, that they were repulsed from Minhla, nnd hjv now encamped on the British sido of the frontier. Measures have hoen taken to prevent pontons on the British side of the frontier from taking part in tho quarrel;. and .rebel's who may be driven into British territorv will have to surrender their aims as a condition of asylum. Four companies of British troops havo received, orders to hob) thouiseives in readiness to march, in order to take up positions for the prolection of the frontier of British llurinnh. A telegram from Calcutta, tinted Juno ft, states that tho rebel outposts, holding BVstrong position near Minnla, wern nn* successfully attacked on Juno 1. The rt« hels raptured nnd dccs.pits.tcd the Willi" lnandei of tho Royal troops sent against them,