12 JUNE 1852, Page 11
The °varietal mail which left Bombay on the 12th of
May has arrived a Marseilles. The telegraphic message in anticipation of the news is as follows-7 "Nothing was known relative to the future movements of the expe- dition, nor of the enemy's proceedings in the neighbourhood of Rangoon. An advance of the British troops upon Prome was, however, regarded as very imnbwahasle. reported that a revolution had occurred at Are; but the report required goennfirgmati t confirmation. "On of the14th April, the Burmese attempted to retake Mar- taban, but were repulsed with lose.
"Provisions were scarce, and of bad quality."