DONABUE, in the British province of Pegu recently acquired from the Burmese, a town situate within the delta of the river Irrawaddy. This place merits notice chiefly from its association with historical recollections. In 1825,
during the first Burmese war, it maintained a successful resistance against the assault of a British force under the command of Brigadier Cotton; and here in 1853, during the last war with the same nation, a detachment of British Sepoys, accompanied by a party of seamen and marines, under the command of Captain Granville Lock, R.N., suffered a repulse in an encounter with a Burmese force, and lost several officers, including its distinguished commander. Lat. 17. 10., Long. 95. 27. (E. T.)