The Express. — London, England, 1853-04-02 00:00:00

!.. 7 7:4)rts;tiiti• TC) WIIIMPUN 7e:11 a. c • d V.ti.vt • r.• TR3 litcpre.V . emat..:r. I .pme ervesiges ...dashed *war Tosolay sn+l :WAIF sight. is ttmg kit pal. u•raisatifaisalid nn• Rapisee'll.calas ll•eziag paper. 141 ' 11. [Anyone-4nm, t./ n'. 'orb es WO ay of pabillsdoe. ILION 'reams AT LONDON BRIDON. 11 . uttoant, alt. Sta.. Yt`rnana, lea. Om. LONDON. SATURDAY, APRIL 2. N a land of liberty, where freedom of speech is the rule, a man cannot lie deprived of it because his brain is softer in ti tome or Its% in %olum‘ than that of his neighbour. The inconvenience is not confined to public nu clings and the press; it extends to the legislature- fe. where all classes and interests are represented, blockheads must, in common fair news, be represented too. Hence it comes that while the s"ability and progressive in.provss sent of Eeglish and United States institutions clearly demonstrate the rulers and legis lators of tho as countries to be Mr superior in practi cal sense to those of any other country, more non sense is sp ....en in Congress or the House of Com mons in a week, than escapes from a crafty despotic government in years. The last mail from America absolut , 1, flooded with the washy outpourings of the no wen— of Senator I form. ts. A fair specimen of the Donnus rant is the absurd language he held respecting England. Adverting to tin accusation brought against him by one of his fellow-senators, of " attempting to comae un kind fi clings between the United States and Englild." Mr. Ifuvimss " denied the charge its un just." And to prove its injustice he immediately went on to .av:—‘• He had said frankly that ho did not think I miland loves us, and that it was useless to pretend we love her. In this connexion he re ferred to the fact that England is continually arming on our coast, planting cannon on every barren rock, pointing her gulls to Americo- If she is friendly to us why dues she do this' If this be an evidence of Our frier.dship we ought to reciprocate it and point our guns at her." 'l'he pacific tendency, veracity, and common sense of this rhodumontade are quite on a par. One of Ilimemiturs Doem.as's charges against our unfortunate country is extremely rich. Mr.I3I.:TLER having modestly remonstrated that England was not quite so contemptible as Mr. Detect. ts represented it —ray that America had iu some things received useful information front England—the conciliatory Doutit.ss rejoined, " While the Senator spoke of Baglind pouting in her streams of refreshing iota: ligence, I thought that the streams of abolition, treason, and insurrection, which she had poured into South Carolina and other slaveholding states of this Galen, would at least excuse him from endorsing these streams of literature under the name of ' Uncle Tom's Cabin,' and other works—(tremendous ap plause in the gallery, and cries of 'Good, good')— works libelling us and our institutions, and hold ing as up to the hate and indignation of the world." Mr. Doect.as. it is evident, knows, as the theatrical critics say, " how to bring down the galleries." To see him " en dorsing a stream"—like a new Antos without his dolphin—must have been a splendid melodramatic spectacle. But, with all due deference for Mr. Doent.as and his gallery admirers, it is scarcely fair to hold Engl old responsible fur " Uncle 'font's Cabin,' that unieniaLle piece of American pi oducc—a genuine web of " American domestic." The hint, however, may not be thrown away upon certain gentlemen on this side cf the water who have recently shown them selves desirous of notoriety, and have aimed at it by ostentatiously disclaiming sentiments of hostility towards the French people which :mac of their countrymen ever expressed. These gentlemen have sent a deputation to the Emperor of FRANCE to protest in courtly language that they neither believe nor sympathise with the National Assembly which protested against the coup dYtat, nor with any one who calls in ques tion the wisdom and paternal benevolence of its author. This they assure us is the only way to preserve peace with France. Well, as it is to be presumed that they are equally anxious to preserve peace with other nations, they have nothing for it but to get up and procure signatures to another de claration, and send another deputation to Ame rica, to vow and protest to Mr. DOUGLAS, and other chivalrous assertors of the great " national institution," that they neither believe nor sympathise with the author of " Uncle Tom's Cabin, or any other impugners of the abso lute wisdom and humanity of negro slavery and the internal slave trade of the United States. In sober earnest the outburst of Mr. DOUGLAS, in the Senate of the United States, ought to re-awaken the courage of our panic-mongers who believe that war must be the necessary consequence of any free and fearless criticism of the acts and character of any foreign Government by the press cr people of Eng land. if bard words pelted at the heads, not merely of a Government but of a people themselves, could have brought on war, England and America must have been fighting long ago —for wo have I fOUGLASES on this aide of the water too. Well-founded blame of a foe reign Government does not irritate its subjects ; if England is unpopular in Germany, it is not on ac count of its recent tree speaking about the despots of that country, but on account of reminiscences of the time when a CASTLEREAG 11, in the name of England, and supported by an immense majority of the Eng lish Parliament, aided those despots to trample on the liberties of Germany. It is as safe as it is ho nourable for the English people and the English press honestly and openly to spe ak out their abhor rence of injustice and oppress ion wherever they exist. The good sense of the great majority of the Ame rican people rebukes the folly of " stump orators " of the DOUGLAS school, and keeps it from doing mis chief. And here be it remarked, that in justice to the American people who refuse to be misled by such firebrands, it is the duty of English statesmen to abstain from anything that may impart plausibi lity to their misrepresentations. The theme from which Mr. DOUGLAS diverged into his amusing rho domontade was the alleged conduct of the British Government in Central America. Now we for our part feel morally convinced that neither the people nor the Government of England have any hankering after territorial aggrandisement, or the obtaining of political influence to Central America, or among its wretched anarchies. But the English Government has been too ready to lend a credulous ear to English adventurers, whom bankruptcy at home, or an irregular unsettled disposition, have sent forth to smuggle and intrigue in those regions; and the consequence has been that while it has only sought to protect Englishmen whom it fancied aggrieved, it has sometimes had the appearance of countenancing, promoting, and taking advantage of their brainless and dishonest machinations. The sooner the English Government backs out of its interference in the paltry squabbles of the savages of Mosquitia, and the semi-savages of Honduras and Nicaragua, the better will it be for its own reputation. In speaking our mind thus frankly, however, of the errors of our own countrymen, we are bound in fair ness to speak with equal frankness of the errors of Americans. And to this end we must protest against the monstrous assumption that no European power has a right to interfere in the politics of American States, or to establish colonies in American waste lands. There is no European nation that carries on commerce with Mexico, Brasil, Chili, or any other American State, but has an equal right to contram alliances and conduct negotiations with thaw States that the Republic of North America has. The citizens of the United States have no " dog-in the-manger' right to exclude European settlers from waste reguns in North or South America which have not yet been taken possession of, either by erllSOVell or any other nation, or to prevent them from forming settlements within the territories of other American States by the consent cf the Go. vernments. The " Mosaor. doettinu" was honest and endurable as Mospos conceived it. In the infancy of the Republic, he feared that European monarchs might loirromid it by rtl. , uitr Mt tP.t to :set agares sivel agaiest Republican i..stltu'a..l., Of that Wen is now no danger. The men who affect to adopt the Mosnot: policy, now contemplate applying it to the justification of very different ends - dream is of isdednite nceer-ending " annexation." FRANCE. Oil St UMARINE TELSORAPH.) PARIS, SATE aDAY, 8 A.Y. A despatch has arrived here from Constantinople. It bears the date of the 22nd inst. Prince Menschi k )ff has addressed i circular to the Ambassadors of the European powers. lie informs them of his nom:- nation to the port he occupies, and expresses a hope that the other powers will agree with Itussia. PARIS, FILIDAT EvIXING. The Moniteur of to-day contains a rerrt, presented to the Emperor concerning th invalided gendarmes, followed by a decree lacing them under the autho rity of the commanders of that department, and ac cording an increase of pay. Another decree regulates the delivery of brevets to the members of the Legion of Honour—the brevets to be granted free of expense to privates and non-commissioned officers. The rumour again gains ground that the Emperor means to be crowned at Rheims. The indecision of the Pope is sail to give his Majesty serious an- 11 noyance. The Union, the ..18temb1,:e Nationale, and several other journals are said to have received private notices from the government, cautioning them to moderate their ill-concealed opposition to the present regime. The increasing opposition of the Sit lek has also at tracted to it the unfavourable attention of the authorities. Despatches from Pigand mention that there is great activity at present in the Russian army. All soldiers on furlough have received orders to join their respectis ,• regiments. The Russian fleet in the Black Sea, composed of 41 vessels, has been placed under the command of the Grand Duke Con stantine. At the Bourse to-day the rise in litotes obtained yesterday could not be maintained, and these secu rities have gone down. For cash the fall has been trifling-1 le. in the Three per Cents, and 3c. in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. For the account the decline has been heavier-30:. in the Three per Cents., and 35c. in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. Bank Stock, however, has been more firm, and ad vanced 101. on the closing prices of yesterday. The following are the closing prices :—Por cash: Throe per Cents., 791. 44e.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. For the account: Three per Cents., 791. 40c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1021. 90c. Bank Stock, 2,660. The following are the latest quotations received by telegraph from other continental Bourses:—Vienna: Metalliques Five per Cent., 94 ' • Loan, 1851, 107; Lombardo-Venetian, 100 ; Bank shares, 1,408; Exchange on London, 10.32. Berlin : New Loan, Four-and-a-Half per Cent. 991; ditto, Fonr-and a-Half per Cent., 102); Bank shares, 1081. Frank. fort-Austrian : Five [per Cent., 97 ; Bank shares, 1,318; Four-and-a-Half per Cent., 79). Spanish Three per Cent., 44) ; One per Cent., 2415-;8. Russian Four per Cent. (Hope), 921; Stieglitz, 92; Exchange on London, short, 119). Antwerp: Aus trian Metailiques, 83. Spanish Three per Cent. In terior, 43); ditto, Deferred, 24 ; Loan, Two and-a- Half per Cent., 1844, 36; ditto, Four-and-a-Half per Cent., 1814, 981; Beale, 30f1., 1531. Brussels : Loan, Two-and-a-Half per Cent., 33 15-16 ; ditto, Three per Cent., 741 ; ditto, Four per Cent., 93k;' ditto, Four-and-a-Half per Cent., Converted, 984; ditto, Four-and-a-Half per Cont., 1844, 98;; ditto, Five per Cent., 100). PARIS. THURSDAY EVENING. Tho government commission appointed to inquire whether the manufacture and employment in house inting of white-lead was so prejudicial to the health of artizans that white of zinc ought to be in all cases substituted for it, have made their report, which has been looked for with intense anxiety by the white-lead manufacturers. They are of opinion, having regard to the improved method of making and using white-lead, to the revenue derived from it, and the private interests involved, that the manu facture ought not to be suppressed by law. They recommend that the precautions taken very generally in the interest of the workmen's health should be enforced in all cases, and express their belief that white of zinc will gradually, without legislative inter ference, supersede the dangerous material. In consequence of tho number of cases of typhus fever which during the last two months have air , in the military hospitals of Paris, Mesa 747: l and Michel Levy, military medical inspectors, were lately ordered to send in a report on the subject. It appears from this document, which has just been transmitted to the War Department, that the disease is at present on the decrease, and that most of the patients who bad been attacked by it have now en tered on a state of convalescence. I understand that the Emperor yesterday signed a decree authorising the construction of a railway from Lyons to Bordeaux. M. de Moray, MM. Stokes and Brassey, and several other members of the City of London deputation, are interested in the under taking. The general meeting of the Orleans Railway shareholders is to take place this evening. It weal announced on the Bourse that the dividend would be 26f. 25e., which added to 201. interest, makes the annual payment 46.25. One of the most terrible fires that ever happened in Paris occurred last night at Berry. A cellumaad one of the numerous wholesale wine merehemie la that quarter,while drawing some brandy from • sea impudently placed his candle on the barrel. Tbs candle fell into the vessel containing the =d set fire to it. The flames spread with rapidity, and in a few minutes several warehouse fal l of wine and spirits were on fire. The conflagration continued from midnight till four in the morning. The cries of distress were so numerous and piercing se to alarm the inhabitants on the distant heights of Chaillot and Montmartre, many of whom pima the night at their w.ndows, looking down upon the visas pity of Paris, enveloped, as it WNW% ia Welding*. Two whole streets of Berry have solhood • . It is calculated that 20,000 pipes of volumes& are lost, and the general damage is mtimoted at a million of francs at the least. M. Paul Dubois, the senior tossebse of tbs Posalty of Medicine, has been appointed oesamesar to the Empress. His father, M. Antoine Debris, attended Marie Louise on the occasion of the birth of the Kin of Rome. The body of M. Michel (de Bourges) has boss brought from Montpelier to his native town et lounges, whore his funeral will take place on Sates% da rt . is stated here that M. Caussidiere has left Lon don for America, to present an address to General Pierce, from the French refugees in England, con gratulatiag him upon his election, and asking for his countenance and support. General Yusuf, the single native general of the French army of Algeria, has arrived in Paris with his family. A telegraphic despatch announces that Marshal St. Arnaud's health improves every day, and that he is about to,enit eres,with his family, to stay for some time at M A letter from Aix of the 27th instant says that a brigade of gendarmerie left the town at noon on the previous day, marched towards Layne., on the road from Aix to Marseilles, with their swords drawn tad made several arrests in broad daylight. No de tails are given. M. Sallandrouze de Lamornaix has addressed a circular to the manufacturers of France, in which he informs them that he has accepted the post of presi dent of the French jury charged to examine the pro ducts destined for the Dublin Exhibition, and urg ing them to distinguish themselves in this pacific competition. The Moniteur states that on the Ist of October last the total number of members of the Legion of Honour was 53,462, namely, 62 grand crosses, 215 grand officers, 986 commanders, 4,039 officers, and 47,560 knights. Out of the total number of members 36,983 receive no pecuniary allowance. It is known that a company, composed of land owners and capitalists, belonging to Geneva, has km for some time applying to the French govern meat for the concession of 20,000 hectares of land in the vicinity of Setif (Algeria), in order to found there villages composed of Swiss families. This proposi tion, which has been most favourably received by the government, is about to be submitted to the deli berations of the Council of State., I)F.SMAIIK. Letters horn Copenhagen announce that the reso lution to proceed to a second deliberation on the royal message after the holidays was carried by a majority of 12M to 1. N.) one prop-md to appoint a Cori=lit- UN to report on the message. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, )853. GERMANY. The New Prussian Gantt* contains a detailed so-' count of the conspiracy which was discovered id Berlin on the 29th ult. In consequence of informa tion which the police authorities had received about 80 houses *ere surrounded and searched on Satur. day lest, and about 40 persons were immediately arrested. On the two following days a great number of arrests took place, and there are now not less than b 8 persons suspected of high treason in the I prisons of Berlin. Some of the prisoners have for a long time been suspected of revolutionary designs: such for instance as Dr. Falkenthal, late presi dent of the Democratic Union in Moabit, who was arrested together with his house keeper, and Dr. Collmann; Oehrke, a school master, who acquired some reputation in 1818; Julius Behrends, late member of the National As sembly; Streckfuss, a tobacco merchant; Levy, a merchant, late chairman of the Labourers' Conven tion ; Kunde, court cutler; and Geisler, overseer in Hausehild's factory. A large quantity of congress rockets and grenades was discovered under the floors of the working rooms over which Geisler presided. A hundred-weight of gunpowder, a great many coni cal balls, and small rockets fit to be fired from mus kets, were found in the house of Dr. Falkenthal. \Weapons of all kinds, revolutionary pamphlets, Mar -1 zinian proclamations, and letters disclosing the details of the conspiracy, have been found in the houses of some of the other prisoners. The Kreu: kitting goes the length of affirming that the police have evidence that the arrested persons had begun the construction of a regular ar tillery fo: the purposes of the revolution. On one of the swords discovered the motto was engraves, " For the freedom and rights of Germany." The dress in which Kinkel escaped from Spandau was found at Falkentkal's house. A Vienna letter states that the Baron de Kubeck, President of the Council of the Austrian Empire, has received permission to resign, and that he will probably be replaced by M. Kraus or M. Bach. SPAIN. Letters from Madrid of the 26th ult. state that the council of ministers had not yet come to a decision respecting the incident raised by M. Fahey, Minister of Grace and Justice, with regard to the Senators, functionaries of the judiciary order, who had not voted with the government in the Narvaez division. They had, however, resolved to dismiss all the others, particularly the royal councillors—namely, General Lahero and Lopez de Cordova, who was formerly minister at Constantinople ; the Inspector of the Ca valry, General Shelly; the Member of the Supreme Tribunal of Wur and Marine,General Count de l'e- raeamp ; and the Director of the Rents, M. Marion del Rey. The committee appointed by the Chamber of De puties to examine the application for leave to collect the taxes until the budget was voted had agreed to grant the demand. ITALY. The Official Milan Gazette of the 2Gth ult. an nounces that from that day ecclesiastical ceremonies may be again accompanied with the ringing of belle, and that the gates of Milan shall be again open to the public as before, from five a.m. to eight p.m., but that every person entering or leaving the town must be provided with proper papers. The same journal discloses that the late amnesty at Mantua comprises only 53 persons. As a set-off to which the Opinione of Turin of the 28th ult. states that upwards of 40 inhabitants of Somme, in Lombardy, had been arrested and conducted to the fortress of Milan. The Official Vienna Gazette lately published the statement that the muskets seized by the Sardinian government on the frontier, and which the emigrants intended to use in the event of an insurrection at Milan, amounted to 3,000. The equally official Piedmontese Gazette, in contradicting this assertion, says that the truth is, that the arms discovered on the occasion, which were removed to the arsenal of Alexandria, did not exceed 696. They consisted of pistols, rifles, guns, B:c., of every desciiption of Eng lish, French, and Austrian manufacture, many of which were unfit for use, and only proved that the insurrection had no chance of succeeding. The same official journal quotes a letter from Genoa of the 27th, stating that an insurrectionary movement was said to have taken place at Palermo, which had been immediately suppressed. It was added that five persons had been sentenced to death, and 300 arrested. No date is given. The Lausanne Gazelle publishes a rumour to the effect that the Neapolitan government has sent in a note to the Federal Council, demanding that the military capitulations that have not yet expired shall be respected, and that the prohibition against any new recruiting for the Neapolitan army shall be re scinded; otherwise the Swiss now residing in the kingdom of Sicily will be turned out of the country. It is certain that King Ferdinand will do no such foolish thing in Sicily as the Austrian has done in Lombardy. That he wants more Swiss soldiers, and is disposed to try every means to obtain them, is natural enough. The number of Swiss enrolled in his army is already 16,000, and these lie knows are his reliable troops. Conciliation to Switzerland is then his obvious policy. TURKEY. THE RUSSIAN DEMANDS ON THE SULTAN. The following despatch has been received from Trieste, dated March 31 : " The steamer from the Levant has arrived from Constantinople, with news of the 21st. " The conferences had been recommenced between the Divan and Prince Mensehikoff. "The attitude of the Russian ambassador was much more moderate. " The project for the establishment of a bank had been sanctioned by the Sultan. " Important failures had taken place at Smyrna. They affect the commerce of the Zollverein. " An alarming disease has decimated the vines of Cephalonia." THE WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON. APRIL 2. The Royal West India Mail packet La Plats, Captain E. Weller, arrived here this morning, and landed her mails under the charge of Lieut. James I nglis,R.N., Admiralty agent. Her dates are: Jamaica, March 13; Demerara, 11; Trinidad, 11; Vera Cruz, 8. She brings specie to the amount of nearly a million dollars, amongst which are ten thousand dole. on account of Mexican dividends. She brings forty-nine passengers. She has made the passage from St. Thomas in about 12 days and a half. The Geyser was off Grey Town. The Imaum, Daring ' Devastation, and Albion, were at Port Royal. The Ve stal and Buzzard, were off Cuba. The Cum berland, Vice Admiral Sir 0. F. Seymour, was at Bermuda. The Dauntless was at Barbadoes. The crew were still encamped on shore, although there has not been a single case of sickness for some time. The French brig Orestes, and steam vessel L'Ar dent, and a Spanish squadron, consisting of 2 frigates, 2 brigs, and 3 steam vessels, were at Havana. The West India steam-packets were disposed as follows : At Barbadoes—Great Western, Captain Abbott Jellew ; St. Thomas's for Gulf of Mexico—. Avon, Captain Moss ; Do. for Northern Islands— Trent, Captain Bevis; Do. for Spanish Main—Dee, Captain Parker; on Spanish Main Routc—Medway, Captain Curling ; on Navy Bay, Jamaica, Nassau, and Savannah Route—Conway, Captain Sawyer; on Honduras ltoute—Eagle, Captain Baynton. At Havannah the Coolie ships, Gertrude Blenheim and Panama, were just relieved, after above a month's quarantine. The Gertrude had lost eight Coolies by diarrhoea. The Blenheim and Panama about fifty each, including five each of their crews, from small-pox, caught since their arrival. They protest strongly against the unnecessary and exten sive detention they have been subjected to, there being no case of sickness on board on their arrival. The weather was generally favourable. From St Thomas, light ti'.d moderato north-easterly breezes to the 23rd; front the 24th fresh and Sometimes strong winds from S.W. to N.W., with occasional squalls and heavy sea. Santa Anna, hie wife, and daughter, accompanied by two deputies, arrived here from Carthagene, on the 16th March, and sailed for Vera Cruz in the Avon on the 20th March. A grand entertainment was given to Santa Anna and suite, at St. Thomas's, by tho Mexican C nsul, previous to their departure. At Cuba the importation of slaves was still in exten sive operation. INDIA. TILE OVERLAND MAIL. THE WAR IN 13URMAH. SERIOUS LOSS IN KILLED AND YOUNDED. We have received our despatches and journals in anticipation of the Overland Mail. The dates arc —Bombay, March 1; Calcutta, Feb. 10 ; Rangoon, Feb. 14 ; Hong-Kong, Feb. 10. The following is the letter of our Bombay corre spondent: BOMBAY, MAUCH 1, 1853. BURMAH. The news just to hand from Burmah is highly satisfactory in some respects and unsatisfactory in others. The King of Ava was blockaded iu his palace by the revolutionists, headed by his younger brother, who, with the army, were anxious for race. Commissioners had arrived at Prome to enter Into treaty with us, and the Burmese authorities in Pegu had been ordered from Ava to deliver over all the strongholds in the province to General Steele and his force, who had already taken possession of Be ling and Sitaag without bloodshed. Captain Rennie, Indian Navy, with the Zenobia and Nemesis steamers, had expelled the Burmese from the neighbourhood of Bassein with great slaughter, and captured all their guns. The expedition against the robber chief, mentioned in my last as having just quitted Rangoon, had been severely han dled near Donabew : Captain Loch and Lieut. Ken nedy, R.N., and Captain Price, 67th 8.N.1., were killed, and several wounded. Our force lost two guns, and but for the gallantry of the grenadiers of I the 67th the whole force must have been cut off. We allowed ourselves to be inveigled into an ambush laid by the enemy, and paid dearly for our want of caution. From the subjoined extracts of letters given by the Bombay Times and Calcutta :English man of the 19th Feb. your readers will gather all the particulars of these events which have as yet been published : A correspondent with the expedition at Rangoon writing under date the 17th February, favours us with the follow ing interesting items of intelligence. Captain Lucke, R.N., with a force of one hundred and eigkty seamen and marines ui Dl.M.'s shins, Fox, Winchester, and Sphynx, together with three hundred and fifty of the 07th Logs! Native Infantry, under Ma;or Miriam, attacked Mea TOOD, on the 3rd of February at a place fifteen miles from Donabew. They were inet at one of the outworks of the stronghold, thrown up on the bank of a steep nullab by the Dacoita, repulsed and driven back with a loss of two gun., their baggage, two officers, and fifteen men killed and left on the field, and about seventy men wounded who were brought off. Dur ing the whole of the retreat they were hard pressed by the enemy, and had much dikulty in bringing off the wounded. Captain Locke was among the wounded, and has since (lied as well as several others who were brought off ; some are wounded in three or four places. The Deceits were con cealed in the trees and thick jungle, and scarcely one was seen. It has thrown quite a gloom over the place. Comman der Rennie I.N. with the crews of the Zenobia and Nemesis with some Karens, succeeded after making a forced march of forty miles in surprising about 5,000 Burmese encamped in the Bassein district. He came on them suddenly is a thick fog, kept his four field pieces concealed until within short musket range, and then opened on them with grape and canister, and closed with the bayonet. The Burmese, taken by surprise, abandoned their position, leaving 48 killed, 50 prisoners, the Miujecs' two sons, three gold and ens red silk chittresa, six guns end 300 at sad of arms in our pos session. It was a temple rout, leaving the Karens to finish off the stragglers, Capt. Rennie and his men returned to their boats clean done up with fatigue. Our loss was very trifling. General Steele has been teceived with open arms at Billing and Slung, See , on his way to Shoey•sain ; the Pegu district is quiet, the peace party are in the ascendant at Ava, and only a.le for time, and will treat with us. Small-pox rages in Rangoon. A regular mail between Bassein and Ran goon ha, been established; an armed launch of the hon. company's steamer Zenobia, under command of Lientenent Sedley, 1.N., brought the first regular mail and pie.engers A blockade against Mee Toon has been established by the boats of the squadron. The admiral is expected daily at Rangoon. Major Hawes, Ist Madras Fusiliers, committed suicide by cutting his throat. Iler Majesty's ship Rat tier has left for China, to relieve the hon. company's steamer Semiramis. Lieut. Ward, 1.N., is about to survey the &weir, River. Fires in Rangoon are eonetantly occur ring. The weather is still fine but is getting very warm— fogs still prevalent in the mornings and very heavy dew at night. Troops and shipping pretty healthy." EXTRACT MOM ANOTHER LETTILE JUST lIECHIVED mom TILE SEAT OP WALL. "The boats of the fleet have again been driven by the Bur mese a little above I'antanno, up the identical creek that Captain liewett, I. N., thought it rashness to venture. Commander Lambert, I. N., was in command of the whole, Lieut. Iditcheson, 1.N., second in command; tho expedi tion altogether was about 180 strong. Oa the 16th January the attack was made on " Pantanuo," and the place as formerly (when Hewett commanded) carried with very little loss. Mitcheson received a slight wound in the thigh, he was the only officer touched. Oa the following morning (17th) the advance was made up the creek (two boats could not pull abreast) the banks low and coveted with dense junglo, stakes driven into the river and trees filled across to bar the passage. The: boats had got up about four miles, when, who would have thought it, a few explosions were heard from either bank, and cone sisonding tothese two or three men fell, a few more explo oose and two or three men again fell, and so on to the end et the chapter. The fire got hotter and hotter, till they were driven back, with 12 killed and wounded, seven men !secluding Mitcheson belonging to the ilosuffer. Mitche sea was wounded severely, the ball passing right through tbe bend of the knee, and it will be some tune ere he can recover the use of the limbl An expedition, naval and military, the former under Ike command of Captain Locke, C. 8., the latter under Ma jet Minchin, 67th B. N. 1., was formed for the purpose of attacking!" bleei Toon," the celebrated bandit chief, who bad ensconced himself in a stronghold slime fifteen miles Inland, from "Donabew." The naval brigade was 140 strong, composed of the men and boats of H. M.'s ships Winchester, Fox, and Sphinx. The military force consisted of the weeps of the 67th B.N. I. about 3.50 strong. About the let February, they arrived at " Donabew," and on the 3rd, after a fatiguing march, the guides told Captain Locke ,they were in front of an outpost of the enemy. At this time the jungle was very dense, and the path se nar row, that twe men could not walk abreast; scarcely had the guides done speaking, when a tremendous fire was opened an them. Lieutenant Kennedy, lit of the Fox, was shot lead, as also several men. Captain Locke then waved his eeeond, and shouted to the men to follow him, when down be fell, shot dead ; the ball drove his watch into the lutes fames. I should never finish writing of the disasters that betel, if I were to enumerate each and every particular ; ma dent to say, the force was driven bade with the following lose:—Two guns (both spiked), Captain Locke killed, Lieutenant Kenne.ly killed (left on the field). Officers wounded : J. H. Bushell, Lieutenant, Win chester, severely wounded; H. A. Hinds (mate, Winches ter), severely, right hand and left arm ; C. F. Wilson (mate, Winchester), very severely through the neck; Lieutenant Glover of the Sphinx, severely under the eye. Seamen and mariners killed, five (two left dead on the Held) ; seamen and mariners wounded, almost all severely, many in three or four places, 48. Total officers and men killed IP „ wounded .... Total of naval and brigade 59 Military department, Major Minchin commanding ; second in command, Captain Pryce. I may tint tell you the Sepop behaved nobly—they covered the whole re treat. Killed, Captain Pryce, 67th 8.N.1. (buried at Donabew.) Sep ye killed, nine; wounded (all severely), twenty. That there was smart work, and that they got it hot and strong the above pretty well shows. The body of the gallant Locke was buried on the morning of the Bth at Rangoon, close by the side of poor Doran, of the 18th Royal Irish. The Commodore is sadly cut up about this sad affair. Ilia own son had two bullets through (having his men perfectly in hand) bided h's time, and when the Burmese were within 50 yards, opened a terrific fire, with gasps and minister, and went right et them ; the enemy then turned and fed, leaving 48 killed, 50 prisoners, numbers of them wounded, were taken among them; the chief's two sons are wounded severely en the foot. Be• sides men, ail iron 12-pounder guns and three golden umbrellas (standards) were captured by the gallant " blue j mkete." The Commodore is very much pleased, as these attacks on the enemy make a good sot-off to the " Nauman" end _ " Donabew business. — Poor Major Hawes of the Ist Madras Fusiliers, com mitted suicide at Bassein by cutting his throat. The reason for such a rash act is yet shrowled in obscurity. By poor Captain Locke's death Commander Shadwell of the Sphinx has got his promotion, and 1, now Flag Captain of the Winchester. Hillyer of the 'Winchester is also made commander into the Sphinx. The Sphinx is going home — she leases in • fortnight. The Rattler started for China about • week ago.—Tintss, Marsh 1. GREAT FIRE AT RANGOON. Rangoon had been visited by a tremendous confla gration, which had nearly swept away the building yards, the commissariat, and a large portion of the town. The city has from its foundation been sub ject to incessant fires, and will probably now be re built by us, with some material less inflammable than wood. Small pox was committing sad ravages amongst the inhabitants, and the introduction ofa'vae ciliation will probably be one of the first of the great blessings they will experience at the hands of the British government. The friends of Lord F. Fitzclarence will be sorry to hear that the noble lord has of lute been suffering severely from gout, which has prevented his going about as he did when he first came amongst us. He is now, it is reported, afflicted with erysipelas on the forehead, and a rumour has been in circulation that his lordship is already tired of India, and intends speedily returning home s hould he not get rid of his ailments. lies the change of ministry had anything to do with this determination, think you—if deter mination it should in reality prove to be? There are small parties from the several European corps quartered at the Commander-in-Chief's re sidence, for the purpose of being instructed in the new system of drill—and a report has been in circulation that Lord Frederick had on one or two occasions caused the men to be drilled in his bed room, as he could not get out to witness their prac tice in the court yard !—but this is rather too rich a tale to go down. Lord Falkland continued in good health, and exerts himself as usual : his lordship will probably leave for the hills by the end of the present month, and there remain till the end of April ; he must require some relaxation after the prolonged stay of five months at the seat of government, deeply engaged in the cares of state. The Ladies Falkland and Fitzclarence presided the other day at the examination of the Byeulla Orphan Schools, and distributed prizes with their own hands to the deserving girls, to whom they were awarded—addressing each in a kind and maternal manner. Mr. J. Green, the head master of the schools, was on the 20th ordained a deacon by the Lord Bishop. The sum of I.;0/. has recently been collected in the churches, in aid of the funds of the charity. Bi i;, , aclier Farrell had barely assumed command of the garrison of Bombay, when his name appeared in orders, as having ob tained leave to England ; he had applied for it long ago. Colonel Woodburn, C. 8., has succeeded him. Col. G. Moore, auditor-general, goes home by to-day's steamer: he will not again return to India. A well-merited encomium has been published regarding him by government. Colonel Jameson succeeds Colonel Moore, Captain Forbes and Lieutenant Dobree becoming Deputy and As sistant Auditor-General. Colonel Watson, principal Commissary of Ordnance, retiree next month, and will be succeeded by Lieut.-Col. Willoughby, C. 8., now gunpowder agent, &c., who has just got his promotion by the death of General Strom., in Eng land. Colonel Waddington, C 8., chief engineer, goes home in May on eight months' leave: the senior officer will succeed him. Colonel Morris, Major Hart, and several other field officers, have been or dered to Ootacamund (Neilgheri lea), to act as mem bers of a court-martial for the trial of Major Ottley, of the Bombay Invalids. Very malicious and un founded reports having been made by certain Madras officers against Major Ottley, in regard to the ac counts and affairs of the Ootacamund club, of which he was secretary, the major demanded a trial, which atter much delay has been at length granted him. The court is to be composed of an eqnul number of Bombay and Madras officers, and there can be no doubt but that the accused will have every justice done to him ; if he be innocent of the charges pre ferred against him, then his accusers will (?) come in for punishment; if he be guilty, the Lord help Lim ! The rumour again runs that Brigadiers-General Robertson and James intend shortly to retire. Colonel Schuler of the Ar tillery has returned to India, in hopes of one or the other doing so. Major Lucas, artillery, has returned to his old station of Ahmedabad, as Commissary of Ordnance. Professor Reid, of the Elphinstone College, goes home on the 14th : he is to be suc ceeded in the chair of literature by a Mr. Sinclair, of Dublin University, who arrived by last steamer to take the place of tho late Professor Patton in the chair of Mathematics and Natu ral Philosophy; but the Parsee gentleman who has carried on these duties since Mr. l'atton's depar ture, has given the Board of Education so much satisfaction that they have determined on confirming him in the appointment. Another attempt at fraud by means of a forged cheque has just been detected. This time the bank intended to be victimised was the Agra and United Service. The cheque was presented, but the native writer suspected the signature was not genuine, and went in to the manager; when he returned tho pre senter had disappeared. The forged cheque was for 2001. Lieutenant Cookson, Indian Navy, whose conduct on the occasion of troops embarkin g on the Auck land steam-frigate, for Kurrachee, had caused him to be placed in arrest, has on the intercession of Lord Fitzclarence, been released and sent to his duty De Girsud is now giving public lectures on voltaic electricity in the Grant College. Lieutenant Pollex fen and Captain Wray have been appointed Assist ants, and Lieutenant Evans and Captain Ponsonby Deputy-Assistants Quartermasters-General. The railway is to be opened on the 4th April next, with great car mony BENGAL AND THE NORTH-WEST PROVLNCES._ The Governor-General continued at Calcutta ; Sir W. Gomm had just returned to Umballa from his trip to Roorkee. A very severe winter has this year been experienced at Simla; several cottages fell in ; the snow on the roofs of the buildings was four feet deep. Colonel Luard's cottage was burnt down ; the roof fell in on him, and he had a narrow escape from death. The Bengal commissariat has been taken out of the hands of the Military Board, and placed under the sole control of the Commissary , General, who ceases to have a seat at the beard. Mr. R. I. Cunliffe has resigned the service. It is ru moured that Mr. H. Palmer, recently removed from, will shortly be restored to the service, by order of the Court of Directors. An augmentation of twelve captains to the artillery is about to take place imme diately. A tremendous hurricane, equal in violence to that which occurred in England in 1839, swept over Chunar on the sth ult., uprooting the longest trees, and demolishing houses in all directions. For tunately only one life was lost. his jacket. I have now some more news, and, I am happy to Bay, of NEPAUL. a much more satisfactory nature. The Commodore last The Delhi Gazette of the 16th ult. gives the fol month ordered Commander Bennie, of the Indian navy, the Zenobia, with the Nemesis nester his orders, round to I ' ci ^ lowing from a letter from the frontier of Nepaul : 1 Our Nepaulese neighbours are perfectly quiet. Jung Bassein to carry on operations against the deceits . iu that , Bahadoor has gone towards the Kemaon froatier, and it is quarter, who had collected in force. Rennie arrived at !, said he intends to extend his journey across our provinces Bissein on the 19th January. • Ito Hurdwar. He had a very narrow escape of being taken On the 21st he started in the boats (about 86 strong . ) with , out of his howdah by a tiger about two months ago, the ten officers, towed by the Nemesis. On the 23rd, at 6 a.m., brute having succeeded in reaching the howdah, and pulled ho reached the enemy's outposts, who pushed on to their .. s it partly down on the side of the elephant. The eleph an t strong hold; he there landed four small which he took with him , and marched field p ae'riecUes' is reported to have died a few day Il miles s afterwards from the wounds received from the tiger during the scrimmage. country, about fl miles from the back of "Donabew "—how close he must have been to the place of poor Cap t. Locke ' s CENTRAL ASIA subsequent disastrous business—came suddenly on theßur- Uleße about 1,20 0 strong, drove them before him, killing Has been the scene of conflict. 'rhe Candahar and one chief and live men. The next evening he retu rne d , Herat troo p s met on the confines of Fudda, when a to the boats. Men all well. As thi s a ff air has been so ', severe engagement took place, in which the latter re,' .ttrces,ful, Captain Rennie determined on attacking ( were defeated ; the loss on both sides being great. an other large Line a little higher up the river. On the The Herat horse had been unexpectedly repulsed, and 24th January he again started the Nemesis, towingthem up as far as a large village; above this there was not water had shamefully fled. ]b ath armies were, by last enough for the steamer, so they set to and pulled. Or. th e accounts, encamped i n . sight of each other. Toorkistan 26th the boat.res..•hed " Lamena." At *lark the gun. I was in the hands of the son ol • Host Mahomed. A wire Veldt ,1 (2 field ri..e , •s), snot at ilas light next day come city called Nlivlouna, tight data' journey 'rout lieral, men ced their march, and , pair. halted at midn ight . .At I hail becu token by him; and on Lis force joining that daylight en the 39th started again, and in a very short time found himself direc t ly i n fr Jat of some of I • sin' front Candahar, it was expected a grand 110 COU b d, 1 8.8) armed urn, who came on boldly. Capt. Ronne attack would be made ou the Ileratted. KIIYOUK. PHYOO, ARRACAN. The annexed items of late intelligence appea r i n the &vat literkaru of the rth ul.. We have received advaces from I.:%euk Phyco to th e 3rd init., and from what we can FatJ.r from the sera rat letters everything thcre ',tweeds a, w,,l as c.auld be dc•ired, mad every arrangement appears to aucceed ad mirably. M IDRAS. A branch fund is being subscribed at Madras in aid of the home " Wellington Testimonial," to which Sir 11. Pottinger has given 2001. and Sir It. Arm strong 1001.; numbers of parties setting down their names for from 30/. to 101. The Governor and Com mander-in-Chief were both at the presidency. Col. Vivian, the Adjutant-General, has entirely recovered his health, and will not, it is believed, go home, as at one time reported to be his intention. The in quiry into the burning of the ship Governor Higain son has terminated; the committee are of opinion she was destroyed designedly, but no evidence could be had to bring guilt home to any of the Lutive crew. THE PUNJAL'B. The Lahore Board of Administration has been abolished, and the goverrment of the e rmine° 13.. en entrusted to three commissioners—a chief, a judicial, and a financial commissioner. To these offices rcs peetivelv Messrs. John Lawrence, It. Montgomery, and G. P. lidmonstone have been appointed. Thie commissioner hip of the Cis-Sutltj states has been given to Mr. G. C. Barnes. The order against lad:es visiting Cashmeer has been *winded. Some rain fell at Lahore early in February, which had only set the people longing for more, and had not improved the state of the weather. Monsieur Mareadieu had been appointed geological examiner in the l'unjuub, and was daily expected at Litho*. Nothing has been published from any of the frontier stati ms, and it is therefore natural to presume that all has been tranquil in those quarters, or we should have heard to the contrary. The health of the troops appears to have improved materially of late, and this will con tinue to be the case tilt the hot weather again sets in, when the hospitals will again fill, and disease and death become as prevalent as ever they were during that period. SCIXDE. We have intelligence from Scinde down to the 22nd ult. General Robertson i.nd staff returned to Kurrnchee on the 19th. Mr. Frere, the commissioner, was at Shikarpore on the 15th. He was to leave that evening for Jacoirtbad on the frontier, and re turn, ria Kusmore, to Sukkur, there to take steamer for Hyderabad. Zi„iiiio/. has been sanctioned for the construction of a pier and a custom-heuse at Ku maree. The ship Warata, with a wing of the 11th N.I. on board, reached Kurrachee on the 2Uth ult. She was to take the last portion of the 3rd Dragoons home. The Herefordshire, Duke of Argyle, and Earl of Balcarres, with the greater portion of that gallant corps and the Bengal invalids, left on the 2nd, sth, aid 9th, respectively. Brigadier Roberts had assumed the command of the station of Kurrachee on the Ist. The left wing Ist Grenadier Native In fantry left for Surat on the 4th, and the right wing of her Majesty's 63rd Foot for Hydrabad, by steamers on the 18th, Colonel Swinburne commanding. The weather had been stormy, but cool and pleasant, and there was very little sickness prevailing anywhere in the province. The Rev. Mr. Fletcher was up country on u ministerial tour. Passengers per llerefir.ldiire. Mesdames Yesbury, Swinton, Sullivan, Hawke', Kauntzr, and 11 children ; Col. Y,:rbury, Limes. Swinton, Sulliv.in, linwice9, Orme, Mac Neill, Mackqueen, and White; C3rnets llupso.n, Pres ton, Chichester, Maned, and Esmond ; Adjutant Kluntre, Dr. Trousdell; 310 men, 19 women, and 34 children; head quarters 3rd Dragoons. Per Duke of Argyle.—Captain Forbes and the Ron. H. Monekvoi; Limits. Draper and Hodgson, Dr. Vi Vete rinary Surgeon Gardiner, 211 men, 10 women, 19 children, ilrd Drarto.ms. Pi r Earl of 1331cartes.—Six officers, OA invalids, 25 women, and 41.5 children, from her Majesty's r, g intents serving in Bengal and the north-west. BAHAWULPORE. I some time since informed you of the Khan of llahawulpore having cot tined his brother Hajee Khan in a fortress in the desert, and keeping him a close prisoner, and that Hajee had appealed to our govern ment to intercede with his brother to effect his res- toration to liberty. The captive appears to have effected this for himself; and to have raised a force of some 4,000 men, with which he advanced from Khan pore to fight his illegitimate brother and oppressor Sadik, Khan of Bahawulpore. CHINA. THE REBELLION, Commissioner• General Sen, according to the Chin Herald, of January hi, despairing of success, has committed suicide,whilst, advancing on the Yangtze kiang, the main artery of the empire (the possession of which enabled Sir Henry Pottinger to dictate terms and bring the late war to a conclusion) the rebels have seized upon Wueliang situated ou its south bank, the capital of Hupeb, causing the Shame° merchants to fly, and putting a stop to all tkade. The next places to be attaektd are Ilan yang and Kew kiang, the former a place where large quantities of British manufac tures find a ready market. At every town and place on the river, as far as Chin-kiang fog, the govern ment functionaries are in a state of consternation, and Nan-king is the goal to which the insurgents now express their determination to push on. " Their superiority in skill," says the Herald, " their numbers and determined character, cause us to con fess that our hopes of the rebel progress being arrested begin to disappear. The imminence of the danger is thoroughly felt by the government; all the disposable troops from the north and southeast aro ordered to hasten to the defence of Nan-king and Kew-kiang, but the paucity of soldiers in such a densely populated country must excite surprise. The government of this enormous country seems positively unable to bring together at any one point a force of 40,000 meu—in fact, any thing deserving the name of an army, and the reason assigned is the want of money. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Casualties by death is India since the departure of the mail on the 13th of February ROYAL NAVY.—Captain Lock and Lieutenant Kennedy, killed by the enemy near Donnabew, in Burnish, on the 3rd of Feb. MADRAS.—Emign M. L. Fox, 2nd M.N.1., at Palm cottah, en the 7th of Feb. Surgeon T. Smith, attached 2nd battalion artillery, at St. Thomas's Mount, on the Bth of February. Major Hawes, Ist Fusiliers, committed suicide at Bassein. Lieutenant T. C. Newberry, 16th Na tive Infantry, of fever, at Cannamore, on the 19th of Feb ruary. BitwoiL.—Captain Price 67th regiment Native Infantry, kited by the enemy near Donnabew, in Burmah, on the 3rd of February. PIRMITTED TO RETURN TO Eunorr, THE CAFE, OR AUSTRALIA.—CoI. G. Moore, liambay Army, Auditor- General; Colonel Waddington, C. 13., do., Chiet Engineer; Lieut. D. Bayley, 7th Bengal Cavalry ; Captain A. N. Rich, 33rd Madras N. 1.; Brevet•Majur W. C. Ormsby, 63rd Bengal N. 1.; Lieut. A. Graham, Gth Bombay N.I. (Cape and Australia) ; Lieut. S. Read, 83rd Foot ; Lieut. G. A. Hartman, 15th Hussars ; Assistant-Surgeon W. A. Anderson, diet K. 0. L. I.; Cornet G. B. Price, 15th Hussars; Lieut. R. C. Jones, 11. M. 22nd Foot; Lieut. F. K. Cox, H.M. 25th Foot; Lieut. D. D. Muter, 60th Rifles (New Zealand); Assistant-Surgeon J. M'Kinnon, 7Sth High landers; Lieut. H. Francis, 64th Foot; Col. W. It. C. Costley, 9th Bengal N. 1.; Sec. Lieut. Hawkins,E. L. Bengal Artillery; Capt. W. Ashburner, 3rd Bombay Cavalry (Australia'; Brigadier F. Straton, Madras Army ; Lieut.-Col. J. F. Bird. 22nd Madras N.I. ; Easign G. N. Bolton, 10th Bombay N.I. Col. F. T. Farrell, 28th Bombay N.I. ; Capt. W. F. Hutton, 34th Madras N. 1.; Lieut. 0. Atkinson, 6th Madras c ur ; Capt. J. Eliot, Bengal Artillery (Cape, &c.); geon ILL W. Wrightson, Bengal Army (Cape, Ac : ); Cant. S. Smith, Bengal invalidcs ; Assist.-Surg. A. Wilkin son, Madras army ; Major A. N. Maclean, 28th Bomb a y N.I. ; Brevet - Major W. Birch, sth Bengal N. 1.; Col. A. Jardine, 75th Foot; Major 11. F. Ainslie, 83rd Foot; Capt. It. Mockler, 64th Foot; Quartermast. J. Jerotne, 86th Foot; Lieut.-Cul. M. Davies, 11th Madras N. 1.; Lxt• J. Hastie, 2nd M.E.L.I. ; Lieut. W. R. Arnold, 3rd M NT: Col. It. St. John, 22nd Bombay N . I. ; Major M. Kitts, 6th Bengal N.I. ; Lieut. W. It, Whitlock, sth Madras 18.1. SOUTH. WELSH MILITIA.—Tho Deputy Lieute nants for the county of Pembroke have not yet been able to procure the respective quotas for the militia, although the utmost exertions have been used to effect that object. The demand for labour on the railroads now in count d construction in the county, and the high rate of wages. efe adduced as the cause of this scarcity of volunteers. Tha is likewise the cue in the upper division of the connty_sf Cardigan, where recourse must be bad to the ballot. The county of Glamorgan forms a marked exception to this state or affairs, at no' only Ills the last years lull quota b en enrolled, but active etlittoicat his liciog goal g 01 , during the past month at Swansea, ! Merthyr , ana Neath. It is expected that by the end of the month the regiment will be in a condition to be caked out fir I training.