The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-07 00:00:00

EVENING SUN your orders, the detachments of Royal Marines of the ships Wellesley, Blenheim, Blonde, Druid, and Modeste, and drive the enemy from the strong battery of Koo-lang soo, you had previously engaged, I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of Rear-Admiral Sir William Parker, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief, that, in furtherance of that object, I landed with them on a sandy beach to the right of the battery, and, after some difficulty in climbing rocks and other impediments, suc ceeded in gaining the ridge, and the flank of the Chinese position. The enemy, before we had gained the level, opposed us c ourageously, attacking us with matchlocks, spears, and stones; but we soon drove them before us, cleared the battery, and dispersed them, the garrison retreating to the _rear, many of whom effected their escape by boats on the beach of Amoy opposite. Several men were killed in and about the battery. In following the retreat ing party (some of whom also were wounded) I made a detour of this large and populous island, and discovered at its western extremity a sandbag battery of nine guns, and a few gingals ; they were also loaded, but did not appear to have been recently discharged. No other armed party of the enemy was fallen in with. I am happy to add that in these operations no casualty hap pened to the detachment I have the honour to command ; moreover, I have great pride in reporting to you that all the officers, non-commissioned officers, rank and file, throughout the day conducted themselves, individually as well as collectively, with a courage, zeal, and perseve rance far beyond my power to express. (Signed) J. B. ELLIS, Capt. Royal Marines. FIELD STATE OF BATTALION ROYAL MARINES, ISLAND KOO-LANG-SOO, HARBOUR OF AMOY, AUG. 27. 1841. Sub. Serg. Fifer. Rank and File. Total. Wellesley... 1 ... 1 ... 0 Blenheim ... 2 ... 1 ... 0 Blonde I )ruid Modesto —. 0 —. 1 —. 0 7 7 Officers. First Lieutenant llewill First Lieutenant Maxwell First Lieutenant Ussher Wellesley. Lieutenant Whiting Blenheim. Lieutenant Harmar Blenheim. Lieutenant Pickard Druid. Lieutenant Polkinghorne First Lieutenant Maxwell Algerine. Assistant-Surgeon Smith Assistant-Surgeon Stanley Blonde. (Signed) S. B. ELLIS, Captain Royal Marines. (Enclosure No. 3). A return of killed and wounded on board her Majesty's ships and vessels, and the Hon. East India Company's steam-vessels. under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir William Parker, K.C.8., in action with the batte ries and defences of the islands of Amoy and`Koo-lang soo, August 26, 1841 :—Blenheim. Killed—W. Barlow. Wellesley.—Wounded S. S. L. Crofton, mate, severely; John Duncan, severely ; Henry Turner, boy first class, severely, since dead. Modeste.—Wounded—One slightly. Bentinck.—Wounded—Charles Johnstone, ordinary, dangerously. Phlegethon (steamer).—Wounded--W. H. Ryves, Acting Lieutenant India navy, severely. Nemesis (steamer).—Wounded—Henry Steer, ar mouror, slightly. (Signed) W. PARKER, Rear-Admiral. Her Majesty's ship Wellesley, at Amoy, Aug. 27, 1841, appointed by Commodore Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer. (Enclosure No. 4.) An account of damages sustained in the hulls, masts, &c., of the squadron, under the command of Rear-Ad miral Sir W. Parker, K.C.8., in the attack of the de fences and batteries of Amoy, Aug. 26, 1841. Wellesley—Four shot holes in ship's hull ; mizen trysail badly wpaaded ; flying jibstay shot away ; star board foremaseWifter shot away ; starboard foretop.. mast backstay ditto ; foresheet shot away ; main royal backstay shot away ; larboard fourth shroud of mizen rigging shot away ; mizen top bowline shot away ; mizen topgallant brace shot away ; jib three shot holes in it ; main topsail two shot holes in it ; driver four shot holes in it. Blonde—One sponge, with rammer head and wad hook one 32-pounder gun struck ; one foretopmast shroud shot away ; one topgallant lift shot away ; one topsail buntline, do. ; lower studding hauls and span shot away ; back rope of spritsail sail gaff, do. ; maintop gallant backstay, do. ; main sheet, do. ; ensign shot in two places ; berthing of head shot away ; the wasteboard of waste nettings blown away; foretopmast very slightly struck. Columbine.—One shot starboard quarter ; one in the copper under the gangway ; one or two shots about the flying jibboom gear. Druid.—Foremast wounded by a shot eighteen feet above the deck; foretopmast to below the cap ; foretop sail shot through in several places ; the standing and running rigging much cut. Sesostris.—One six pounder in fore part of starboard sponson ; foretopsail braces ; main throat hould block, and foretrysail peak out haul cut through by shot. Blenheim.—Cheeks of foremast starboard slightly wounded ; cross jackyard larboard slightly splintered ; main shroud, ono shot away ; various running rigging, do. (Signed.) W. PARKER, Rear-Admiral, (Enclosure, No. 5.) DIMENSIONS OF GUNS DESTROYED AUG. 30, 1841. No. of Guns Length. Diameter. Remarks. and Forts. ft. in. in. ths. No. 1 Fort . 2.-6 4 3 5 . 3.-G 10 .....3 8 . 4.-6 10 3 7 . 5.-6 5 4 3 . 6.-6 8 3 9 . 7.-6 11 3 9 8.-6 9 3 7 . 9.-7 0 4 4 ..10.-7 9 4 3 ..11.-7 9 4 5 No. 3. 12.-6 11 3 7 13.-7 9 4 5 14.-7 10 4 0 15.-7 0 3 9 16.-7 10........4 1 17.-8 10 5 3 No. 4. lB.-7 1 4 0 19.-7 9 4 5 No. 5. 9 0 -7 3 3 6 No. 6, lower and .....21.-6 10 4 0 9 2.-7 0 4 2 23.-7 3 4 I 9 4 -7 10 4 5 25.-7 0 4 5 No. 7. 26.-8 0 4 6 27 -6 7 4 9 28.-6 7 4 29.-6 9 4 30.-6 11 3 31.-7 10 4 32.-7 7 4 33.-7 0 34.-9 0 5 35.-10 4 8 36.-9 10 5 37.-10 0 6 No. 2. No. 8. No. 9. 5 7 Broken off. 0 7 9 0 Burst. 39.-9 4 ••• 2 7 No. 10. 40.-7 0 3 6 41.-7 0 3 8 42.-7 10 4 6 (Signed) JOHN FLETCHER, Commander. Her Majesty's ship Wellesley, Au g . 30, 1841. List of Chinese ordnance taken and e destroyed on the island of Koo-lang-soo : In No. 1. on the marine battery :- 86-pounders, iron 19ft. 10in. 1 gun 18 do. do. 14 do. do. 12 do. do. . Total 16 guns In No. 2 battery, opposite the suburbs of Amoy:-- 11-pounders, iron 7ft. Oin 3 9 do. do. Total 10 guns In No. 3 battery, south side of the island :- 34-pounders, iron 9ft. 6in 1 12 do. do. 9 do. do. 2 do.- do. 7 do. do. Gingals, i t to 1i l4 Total 22 guns Note.—ln this battery a subterranean magaAne was discovered. containing a vast quantity of powder, which was utterly destroyed, as well as that discovered in the other batteries, by being thrown into the sea. (Signed) W. E. S. BAKER. Lieutenant in charge of Artillery on the Island. _ V August 29, 1841. In No. 4 battery, short way to the right of tho above -8 pounders, iron 7ft. 4in 3 guns. In No. 5 battery, south-west extremity of the island discovered on the 28th of August, 1841 8 ponnders, iron gingals lii Total 14 In No. 6 battery, quite new, on the north-west angle of the Island :- 12-pounders, iron 6ft. Oin 1 9 do. do. 8 do. do. 6 do. do. Total 14 guns. Grand total 76 guns. Destroyed by the Modeste's boats on the town of Amoy side, two batteries containing eleven gulls, mak ing &total of 87. Total number of guns destroyed by the light squadron on shore, in the batteries and in junks-198. (Signed) THOMAS BOURCHIER, Captain. A List of her Majesty's Ships and Vessels, and of the N o n, East India Company's Steam-vessels, in action with the Batteries and Defences of Amoy, August '6, 1841. Wellesley (flag-ship) 72 guns... Capt. Th omas M a i tland Blenheim ............... 72 Thomas Herbert Blonde ................. 44 Thomasßourchier Druid .................. 44 IL Smith, C.B. Modesto ............... 1 S Harry Ey res Cruiser Pylades Columbine Bentinck lO ...Lieut. R. D. Collinson Algerine lO .• • J. H. Mason Rattlesnake (troop-ship) _Mast. T. Spreht STEAM-VESSELS. Sesoatris,.. 4 guns... Acting Commander Ormsby Phlegethon 4 ...Lieut. M`Cleverley, R.N. Nemesis 2 ...Master W. H. Hall, R.N. Queen 2 ...Acting Master 1 11 1 Warden, R.N. (Enclosure NQ. 6.) An account of the Guns destroyed, Aug. 31, 1841. No. of Guns and de- Le.ngth. Diameter. scription of Battery. ft. in. ths. in. ths. Remarks. No. 1. Cannette 1 8 0 4 9 European. 2 9 0 5 3 do. 3 9 0 5 3 do. 4 8 0 4 6 do. 583 5 0 No. 2. Earthen 6 7 10 4 6 7 3 0 10 2 Dismounted. No. 3. Stone 8 3 0 10 2 do. 9 3 1 10 2 do. 10 3 1 10 2 do. No. 4, Wooden 11 3 0 4 3 do. 12 3 0 10 1 do. 13 3 0 10 0 do. 14 3 0 10 0 do. 15 3 0 10 1 do. 16 7 0 4 1 17 6 0 4 1 18 7 10 5 0 19 7 10 4 5 20 3 0 10 q 21 3 0 10 1 22 2 9 5 4 23 3 0 10 0 24 3 0 10 0 25 3 0 10 0 26 '2 6 7 1 27 3 0 10 1 28 2 9 6 1 29 7 10 5 0 30 10 0 5 5 31 10 0 5 6 No. 5. Connelle 33 8 6 4 6 34 8 0 4 6 35 3 10 10 0 Uncovered. No. 6, Earthen 36 3 0 10 0 37 3 0 10 0 38 7 10 4 8 European. 39 8 0 5 1 do. 40 8 0 5 0 do. 41 9 0 5 5 do. 42 9 0 5 4 do. 43 3 0 10 1 Uncovered. 44 3 0 10 6 do. 45 6 0 3 6 46 8 0 4 7 European. 47 6 5 4 0 Muzzle bkn. 48 6 0 4 3 European. 49 6 0 3 6 30 5 10 3 8 51 5 6 3 6 52 4 5 3 9 European. .53 4 5 3 9 do. 54 6 0 4 0 55 6 0 4 0 56 6 0 3 4 57 5 10 3 3 58 5 6 3 5 59 6 0 3 6 No. 8, Circular F00t...60 6 3 3 5 61 5 10 3 2 62 5 10 3 3 No. 9, Connelle 63 6 8 4 0 64 6 8 4 0 65 6 8 4 0 66 6 8 4 1 67 6 8 4 0 68 6 0 3 9 69 6 10 4 0 70 7 0 4 0 71 7 0 4 0 72 6 10 4 0 73 6 0 3 9 No. 10 Earthen 74 4 11 3 2 75 6 1 4 2 European 76 6 0 4 3 do. 77 6 0 4 0 (Signed) J. V. FLETCHER, Commander. Her Majesty's ship Wellesley, Aug. 31, 1841. Outer Island.—West Fort, and a small round fort, no guns • South West Fort, s e ven ; S ou th S ou th W es t Fort, • South Fort, five ; East Fort, Four. Inner Island.—South Fort, eight ; West Fort, six ; East Fort, twelve ; all quite new, but no guns. (True copies) (Signed) H. T. MADDOCK. Secretary to the Government of India. CAPTURE OF AMOY. (From the Bombay Times.) The Blonde and Modeste, in passing rather near a bat tery on one of the islands at the mouth of the harbour, was most courteously saluted by three shots, all of which, however, fell short, and only went to prove the kind in tentions of the inhabitants towards us. The Phlegethon then reconnoitered these batteries and a small bay near them, and was likewise honoured with a brace of shot as a warning not to approach too near ; she fired one in return, and then anchored with the remainder of the fleet. At sunrise the following morning a Chinaman went off inn small boat with a flag of truce to the Wellesley, to inquire, we heard, if we came with the intention of trading, and to ascertain what our particular wants in that department might be, &c. &c. He was, I presume, de spatched with a " Juwab," or, at any rate, a notification to his masters, that tea and sugar were not the articles we at present most needed in exchange for our hardware. Early on the same morning Sir IL Pottinger accom panied Sir William Parker and Sir Hugh Gough in the Phlegethon, and steamed round the harbour for the purpose of reconnoitering the enemy's works : but though they went within shot they did not fire upon them—allowing them quietly to return to the fleet. The plan of attack seems to have been soon arranged, for at about one o'clock the Sesostris and Queen steamed up to the long battery, consisting of 76 guns on the right of the harbour. These allowed them to come very near before firing upon them. At a quarter-past one the first shot was fired at the Sesostris, and was followed by eleven others before she returned tile com pliment. She then, however, commenced ; and keeping up a good fire from three of her guns, passed along the whole length of the battery (more than half a mile) till she came opposite the white semicircular battery, be hind which the suburbs of the town on this side of the hill commence ; here she remained all alone for more than half an hour, firing shot and shell at the battery and into the town in right good style, when she was relieved by the Wellesley and Blenheim, coming up and anchoring so near as to render her further presence unnecessary. She then passed on to the batteries on the island (Koo-lang-soo), and added her guns to those of the Blonde, Modeste, and Druid, who had taken up their position there. Here she remained until the close of the whole affair, dividing her favours between the batteries on that island and an other strong one in front of part of the suburbs of the city which was also within her range. When the Queen bad done as much mischief as she thought proper to the battery at the end of the wall—or rather as soon as she had finished protecting the landing of the troops at that point, she joined the Blonde, Druid, Modesto, and Sesostris in their attacks upon the island and town. This noisy amusement lasted for about two hours or more, and might have gone on the th e en d o f th e wor ld for all the harm that either party were doing each other ; the Chinese being on the one hand so well pro tected by their stone walls, and we on the other running but little risk, and as yet having received no injury from their bad gunnery. The landing of the gallant General (Sir 11. Gough) at the head of his Royal Irish about this time, however, made a great change in the scene at the end of the battery farthest from the city ; the troops being towed in their boats close to the shore, landed and formed on the beach, and in a few minutes the British banner was flying on the Chinese fortifica tions. All that our astounded enemies dared do was to fire, in their flight, a few arrows and shots from their matchlocks, and then make the best of their way over the hill to the walled city, or indeed even farther than that. Almost at the same time that the General landed, another party, consisting of the 26th Regiment, marines itnd sailors, attacked an d carr i e d t h e b atter i es on the island (Koo-Lang-soo), consisting altogethe- of twenty gun , twelve in one and eight in another ; here a little greater show of resistance was made, the Chinamen taking more time to discharge their matchlocks than they did in the long battery, thereby giving our men a better opportunity of making their muskets tell. Soon after a party of marines and sailors from the Wellesley landed at the White Fott and took it—thus occupying both ends of the king battery. The hill was soon mounted by the jo:ily tars, who, fearless of all danger, straggled abut?: like so many sheep, sniping sway at every long-'.0.11 they could catch sight of. Before dusk we sad the satisfaction of seeing the heights over ttie city occupied by our men, and guards place tt the several batteries we had taken. And thus ended the 26th of August, having in less than four hours possessed ourselves of (according to the Chinese) the impregnable fortifications of Amoy, without (from the enemy's guns) any loss of life on our side ; the only casualties being the loss of an arm to a man in the Ben tinck, Mr. Crofton in the Wellesley, and a few others, slightly wounded with arrows. The next morning Sir Hugh Gough, at the head of the troops, march triumph antly into the city, meeting with no opposition, for, alas! the mandarins, big-wigs, and soldiers had all fled, leaving us the city occupied by a few harmless Coolies. On the 29th the Nemesis went with a party of boats to destroy the batteries on theleft handside of the harbour; of course they met with no opposition, the soldiers having long ago vacated them. They destroyed the guns. The number of the guns we have destroyed amounts on the whole to about 400—in the long battery 76; on Koo-lang soo Island 40 ; in batteries in and about the city 110 ; on batteries on the left-hand bill 40; other small batteries scattered about 30. Eighteen war-junks have been taken and their guns spiked, amounting on the whole to 118 guns; but none of any size, with the exception of one, which is a great specimen of the march of naval architecture among the long-tails ; she is a two decker, of about 400 tons, pierced for 32, but only carrying 30 guns, most of them about 18-pounders, bu t having eight. 3- pounders, mounted, four on each side. In the creek which runs up at the back of the long battery, are twelve gun-boats, each car rying one rusty gun, some six, some twelve, and some 24-pounders ; all so rusty as most probably to have burst at the first firing. In this creek is also a considerable quantity of tine timber, and several large junks—some quite new, others nearly completed. September Ist.—Permission has been given to the Chi nese to take away the grain, under the impression that if we do not give it them they will take it themselves. Since the commencement of this (i. e. on the 30th of Augtv,t) the guard has been withdrawn, and now the pillaging is going on to an immense extent; indeed it may be fairly calculated that, before the lapse of another day, the whole town will be entirely gutted, if not totally destroyed, by fire. We can see the Chinese, like a hill of ants, loading their boats and sailing off to the neigh bouring coast. The guard was withdrawn on the evening of the 30th, when it was determined to keep the island called Koo lang-soo or Collun , •sou, which lies about 1,200 yards from the City, within range of our shells. The war junks are removed for the present to the island. The Druid frigate and Pylades sloop of war are to be left be hind to hold our own, with full orders to shell the town on the first attempt to rebuild any of the batteries, or other demonstration of hostilities ; 500 men taken from the 18th and 26th Regiments, and a few Artillery, re main on the island, where there are good quarters for them, with excellent water and whole acres of sweet potatoes and other vegetables just now ripe —with all this of course they do not like being left behind. We hope to leave for Ningpo and Chusan to-morrow (2d) ; take and occupy those places, and winter at Chusan ; thus we shall conclude the season, as it is quite impossible to go farther north this year. Now for the exact correctness of all this, especially where numbers are concerned, I cannot exactly vouch, but I know it is very near ; and I believe, if anything, in evtiry instance rather un d er t h an a b ove t h e mar k. will just give you the surmises of the population of the place, the number of the army, and of the killed and wounded, all of which are by the most knowing but mere surmises, for nothing certain can be known. The population of the city and suburbs is stated at between 60,000 and 70,000 (quite that I should think) ; the whole army at about 10,000 or above, 6,000 of which are said to have occupied the long battery on the right, the rest distributed among the other works. In all I should not think there have been killed above 100, or at most 130 ; and in the batteries, by cannon shot or shell, not on the whole a dozen. The greater number of the sol diers that were killed fell from the musketry ; the list of 150, if filled up, must, however, consist chiefly of those who were not engaged in the battle, being killed by shot and shell sent into the town. _ When the troops landed the Mandarin second in com mand rushed before them into the sea, and drowned him self, rather than fall by our hands ; another Mandarin was seen to cut his throat, and fell before our men. The Viceroy of the Province was here, and viewed all the affair from the hill. I hope he was pleased ; un fortunately both he and all the Mandarins escaped to the main land. I must mention one circumstance, so highly creditable to the 18th and other troops : every drop of sham-shu they found they immediately brought to their officers to destroy, not one man was intoxicated with it, I under stand I Poor fellows ! they bought their experience rather dearly at Chusan last year ; still it is wonderful to see a soldier profit even by experience. I mast here give you some short account of this long talked-of place, and really by no means undeservedly so. Even with my explanation lam sure you will find it difficult to understand my shocking bad map on the other side, which is meant to represent the bare outline of a sort of bird's-eye view of the city, harbour of Amoy, and adjacent country. To commence with the harbour. From "islands at entrance of harbour" to Koo-lang-soo Island is, I should think, about four miles, good anchor age all the way up for line-of-battle ships to about 400 or 500 yards from the shore. On all the " islands at entrance" are placed batteries, which aro the ones that fired upon us when we came in. The first battery on the right is one that has not yet beeu touched, basing passed it by till we came to " the long battery," which in the straight line contains 76 guns, 40 feet between each, making it more than half a mile long ; this bat tery is built of solid granite work, being about fifteen feet thick at the bottom and nine at the top, and about fifteen feet high. Excepting at the embrasures for the guns it is entirely faced with a coating of mud quite two feet thick ; above the embrasures is also a coating of the same. The masonry is beautiful and quite solid, none of your grouting, and all who have seen it declare they have never seen anything so strong or well built ; indeed the proof is that, after four hours hard firing not one single breach was made in it by our guns, though placed at point-blank range. On each side of their guns several sand bags are placed, so as to protect them when loading and firing ; so, in fact, we might have battered away till doomsday without injuring them. At the end farthest from the town is built a strong gra nite wall, about half a mile long, with loopholes at the top for their matchlocks, but no guns. It is about ten or fifteen feet high, and was of course intended to protect their flank from our troops. Two semi-circular batteries are in the middle of the wall, and at the end nearest the town one larger one, which is built of granite, covered with chunam. It is supposed that several of the Mandarins occupied it, and certainly they did great credit to their buttons, for they continued firing to the very last, when some of their guns were dismounted, the walls nearly quite knocked down, and long after our troops had landed and hoisted the ensign at the other end of the wall. The " high hill" runs along the coast and comes abruptly down behind the long battery, and divides the town, or rather its suburbs, into two parts ; the walled city, which certainly is not more than a sixth of the whole, is on the other side of the hill. The island " Koo-lang-soo" or " Collun-sou" is about three quarters of a mile long ; like everything else here composed underneath entirely of granite, but now nearly covered with fields containing sweet potatoes, water me lons, &c. The island of Amoy itself is but little culti vated, being chiefly nothing but barren granite rocks ; however, we understand that in ordinary times there are plenty of supplies sent from the neighbouring land. The small island which we call Pagoda Island has nothing about it further than a lofty pagoda on its sum mit worthy of notice, except that with Koo-lang-soo it marks the entrance to the river, on which about eight miles from here is situated the city of Chin-cow-foo, of which Amoy is a dependency. The Phlegethon went up the river to look at this city, with some view, I suppose of taking it ; the water is very shallow, so much so that a frigate could not approach within three or four miles. INTERESTING FACTS AND OCCURRENCES.—Number of bayonets landed on the first day, in all not exceeding 2,000. On the night of the 26th, that of the fight, as the Nemesis was towing some boats carrying the 55th Regi ment, in passing round the Sesostris, the last boat con taining eighteen men, ran foul, and was swamped ; three men were drowned. On the 27th, in accidentally dis charging some gunpowder and rockets belonging to the Chinese, four men got a good deal burnt, but no life lost. September 4.—The wind is fair ; the troops are embarking, and we sail to-morrow for Chusan. Last night nearly all the Government junks and gunboats, and a quantity of timber, were burnt. "Pour quoi, je ne se pas." Some of the 18th, who led in the battery, were wounded, but none dangerously. Some of the 49th were blown up by the explosion of a magazine, and five of the 55th were drowned by the upsetting of a boat in tow of the Nemesis. Most of the ships were hit, but only one man (in the Bentinck) received a severe wound; he lost his arm. On the morning of the 27th the troops who had bivouacked on the heights above the city the night before, advanced to the city wall, and at once es caladed it, meeting with little opposition ; but all the authorities had left the city, taking the treasure with them. Tho Viceroy was ascertained to have been in the city on the day of the fight, but had bolted, and the sycee was ascertained to have been carried off in hollow limbs of trees, whilst the troops were actually in posses sion of the town, ignorant of the valuable nature of the billets of firewood. The city itself is not large, the circuit of the wall being but little more than a mile. Yet the suburbs, which are very extensive, make it a populous place. A miserable system of plunder has been going on since we took the town, both within and without the walls; gangs of fellows breaking open the houses and ill-using the inhabitants, so that at night the city is a scene of tumult and rapine. No Mandarins have appeared to make terms for the city, and at one time, iu consequence, it was the intention of the Plenipo tentiary to destroy it; but they have altered their inten tions, and made up their minds to hold the place until we return ifrom the northward. Accordingly, the Druid, Pylades, and Algerine remain behind, as also 400 of the 18th Regiment, and about 150 of the 26th, with a few Madras Artillery. NINE, P.M., SEPT. 3.—The Arsenal is now burning a grand blaze, and the whole of the war junks have been towed away . from the merchant junks, and are to be burned to-night or to-morrow morning. The Chinese Admiral is at sea with his squadron, and they say will return here immediately and 'destroy us all! Ay, all! 4th, Seven, P.M.—The winds have drawn more in the east , ward (southerly), and the signal was made at one r for all the troops ,in the city to embark. They are now: on board the steamers, being distributed among their re spective ships, and the poor town is in the bands of the ladrons, who have been waiting for the troops to move out to have their share of the plunder. We leave this to morrow morning for Chinhae. It has been blowing very fresh outside. REPORT OF THE FOKIEN MANDARINS RE SPECTING THE CAPTURE AND RE-CAP TURE OF AMOY. The English barbarians on the 7th moon and 9th day (25th August, 1540) proceeded to attack Hess men (Amoy) and on the 10th they ascended the hills from the river Shea keang, and seized the fortifications of the city. Their Excellencies You the Governor, and Lew the Taou tae withdrew into Fung an, and on the 16th sum moned forward Tseun chow troops 4,000, from Chang chow 2,000, villages braves 6,000, and from the various villages of Chang chow 4,000 brave militia. There were military lieu graduates and military Lew graduates, who become the patriotic leaders of the people. From Kin mun there were also 1,200 troops and 4,000 brave seamen from Y oang, and while seven thousand out laws of ilea mun banded themselves together for opposition, the troops and the militia of Chang chow and Kin mun proceeded without delay, having combustibles and arms, in small boats, each of which had seventy or eighty oars, and carrying powder, sulphur, muskets, and shields. From the road of Pih shih tow and Koo lang yu they made their entrance. When the Admiral heard this, he took more than ten war ships, with which he had been searching for pirates, and straightway entered Taetan, and from the Tsing-le gate he advanced to the attack. Ilis Excellency Yu-poo wun. commander of the land forces, leading his troops, and forming a junction with the Governor, crossed over the Woottung lake and fixed his quarters at Kin-ke. The commander of the Yungan encampments re ce i v i ng the summons of the Governor, led in person the troops and militia over Woo-tong to Kaou-ke, and directly en tered the mouth of the river, and both divisions forming a junction, advanced. The sea and land forces from every quarter assembled together. Oa the night of the 17th, and during the first watch, the Governor fired off his line of signal guns, and taking his flag on horseback with him, he in person directed the ranks to snake an im mediate attack upon the barbarians. On the night the north-east wind blew exceedingly strong, and there was a vast abundance of small rain. On a sudden in front of the ranks a company of troops was perceived, which was headed by a single individual, whose head was adorned with a blue button, and his hand grasped a long lance. This was understood to be the soul of the venerable Chang-yen, who came to fight at the head of the ranks. On that night, the barbarians were sound asleep, but sud denly hearing of the gathering together of our land and THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1842. naval forces, the barbarian military chief issued orders to fire their cannon and summoned his troops to Hew shay-poo, and then with our troops they joined in mu tual conflict. Then was to be seen the soul of the ve nerable Chang-yen aiding us, and all the bar`Arians falling down with dizziness found it difficult to serve their guns, and we put to death and arrested them without number. Our Admiral perceiving the barbarian ships at anchor in the bay at the end of Sha-io, ordered the guns to be made to bear upon them. The barbarians also wished to return the fire, when suddenly was seen one of the gods with dishevelled hair and bare feet holding a sword in his hand and descending from heaven, leading a numerous host of brave soldiery. At this the souls of the barbarian troops were affrighted on/ of their bodies, and being set upon by the Celestial corps were unable to work their guns. Our troops without in termission played upon them with several tens of great guns. We destroyed eight three-masted ships, six two masted vessels, four fire wheel ships, and upwards of twenty ships' boats. Of the barbarian troops that were slain it would be impossible to state the number. Of camp followers there fell more than 200, while upwards of 700 white devils, and more than 900 black devils (Sipahis) were slain. The Commander-in-Chief, with the chief officer of Kinmun, fought up to the third watch, and then ascended the hill with the Governor, and in a body entered the city. The barbarian troops having not yet fled, our sol diers proceeded to arrest them all, after having put to death between three and four hundred. There were seven military Chiefs who were taken alive. The trans ports which escaped destruction, perceiving the victory to be lost, forthwith proceeded out to sea. That Amoy was re-captured on the 17th was owing, first, to the aid of the gods ; second, to the assistance afforded by the soul of the venerable Chang-yen ; and, third, to the love which the governor cherished fur his country and the people. At present the various seaports are guarded by our troops and are in a state of preparedness should the bar barians again return, and within the river the fort of Sha-po is mounted with more than a thousand cannon. When the barbarians captured the forts they did not in jure a single gun, and now we have all back again with out loss.—Canton Press. [Our Bombay Correspondent doubts the genuineness of this document, but we give it, because if spurious, it is at least characteristic. The Mandarins, after re- oCcupy ing the ruined fortifications which the British had aban doned, would not dare to say anything else for fear of being sawed in two., There can be no doubt in any case that the real facts would reach Pekin.] COMMERCE e AND ADVANTAGES OF AMOY. Amoy forms the grand key to the whole pro vince of Fokien, and the advantages which this large tract of territory holds out to commerce cannot be too highly estimated. On an esti mated surface of about 57,000 square miles this province has a population of about 14,000,000. It is much diversified by hills and valleys, and the scenery is exceedingly beautiful, the temperature warm, and the air healthy. It forms the especial, though not the exclusive tea-district, which is cultivated on both the northern and the southern slopes of the bills. The mineral productions are iron, copper, tin, mercury, and various descrip tions of valuable stones. There are also mines of gold and silver, but, according to the general policy of the Chinese, these are not allowed to be worked. Black teas are grown in abundance. Ogilvie says that it abounds in " brave forts and towns for trade," and recites at least twenty of them. The toll-book, or register of the people, estimates the number of fighting-men at 182,677. Its revenues consist of 1,883,115 sacks of salt, 195 pounds of fine linen, and 600 rolls of wrought silk. But its chief reveeue arises from the Amoy vessels, which pay according to their burthen so much a ton. The following history of the various attempts on the part of the British, from early times, to enter into mutual commerce with the people, exhibits in a peculiar light the obstinate resist ance of the local authorities to allow even the most distant commercial relations between the people of the town and foreigners. As early as 1670, the English Company had instituted a very fair trade at Amoy, which for a time proved tolerably successful, but through some cause it gradually declined, and at length proved so unprofitable and vexatious that the Company, in 1681, ordered their establishments there, as also at Formosa, to be withdrawn, and a trade, if possible, to be established in their stead at Canton and Fokchow. Amoy was then taken possession of by the Tartars. These peo ple have always shown a great disinclination to tbreign trade, and the consequence was, that froin the moment of their being planted in these parts, the English have been excluded from Ningpo and Amoy, having traded at this last place only while it remained independent of the Manchows, when they supplanted the Tar tars by conquest, and also some time after the rest of China had submitted to them. In 1685, the ship Delight was sent out by the English to attempt the re-establishment of the trade at Amoy, and, about the same time, active exertions were made by the Company towards securing a regular commerce at Canton. This trial, and others which succeeded, were attended with various success, for the high duties and ex tortions which the rapacious Mandarins at this port endeavoured to put upon the English, drove them away in disgust. " The ignorance of the Amoy merchants," complain the English traders at this period (1734), " and the little en. couraF,ement they gave us, makes us almost despair of doing any business at that place." Another instance of the obstinacy of the Amoy Mandarins to trade with the British occurred in 1744, when the Hardwicke proceeded into the inner harbour. The merchants then showed no disposition to trade, while, in fact, there seemed few to trade with ; and accordingly, after fifteen days of ineffectual trial, the Hardwicke left, and proceeded to India during the monsoon, without a single article of cargo. In the attempts made in 1832 by the Lord Amherst, a small country ship, sent in charge of one of the Company's servants, accompanied by Mr. Gutzlaff, to establish, if possible, a sur reptitious trade in opium at the prohibited ports, Amoy was tried. On this occasion no device, or ingenuity, or enterprise, was spared to dispose of the goods on board, and to establish a traffic with the natives. These showed a very hospit able disposition towards strangers, but all com merce was effectually prevented by the Manda rins, except in one or two instances. Vigilance was everywhere exercised to prevent trade. The people of Amoy, and those along the coast, retain an hereditary aptitude for the sea, and chiefly supply the Emperor's war-junks with sailors , ..and commanders. Two circumstances probably tend to maintain the maritime propen sities of the inhabitants. First, the province in which it is situated is so far removed from the grand canal as to afford fewer inducements to inland navigation; secondly, the proximity of the opposite coast of Formosa keeps up a constant intercourse by sea. The language or dialect of Amoy also, in common with that of the rest of Fokien, is so peculiar as to be hardly in telligible elsewhere; ch is always pronounced t, and hence the difference between cha and tea for the great staple production of China; the first name for tea being adopted by the Portu guese from Macao, and the second by the Eng lish from Amoy, when this port was first the seat of the-Englishtrade. • Du llalde, - whose authority may always be - telied'cin,''visited Amoy himself, and gives .a fa vourable account of it. He pronounces it to be a " famous sea-port," and forming one of the best harbours in the world as a place for ships to ride at anchor. "It is hemmed in," he says, " on one side by the island, and on the other by the continent, and by abundance of other is lands, which are high, and shelter it from every wind : it is also so spacious withal, that it can contain many thousands of vessels, and the sea there is so deep, that the largest ships may come up close to the shore, and ride there in perfect safety. You see there," he continues, at all times, a great number of Chinese barques, which are on their voyage to the countries bordering upon Chin a , an d a b ou t twenty years ago you might see ther e many European vessels, but now they come hither but seldom, and all the trade is removed to Canton. The Emperor keeps six or seven thousand men there in garrison under the comm and of a Chinese General. In entering into the haven, you double a cape, or rock, and this divides itself in two, al most as the mingaut does in the port of Brest; the rock is visible, and rises several feet above water. Three leagues thence stands a little island, having a hole through which you see from one side to the other; and on this account called the bored island. Between this port and the isle of Formosa, the islands of Pong-hou form a small archipelago, which are occupied by a Chinese garrison, and the Mandarin who resides there has a constant eye upon vessels that trade from China, to Formosa, and from Formosa to China ; and their continually passing and rep ass i ng , yield a considerable revenue to the State." Another traveller speaks of it also in the fol lowing words :—" The coast of Amoy is washed by the Chinese sea, which forms itself into a channel, making the passage of Amoy. This channel is at all times practicable, though at those periods when the monsoons have their changes, this, like all other parts of the China shores, is unsafe. Anioy is perhaps one of the best natural harbours to be found along the coast, and was the first station for the Europeans trading to China. It is ample, costly, and made safe ; its depth of water renders it capable of re ceiving vessels of great burden, and the island of Formosa lies, like a great breakwater, as a defence for the coast." CHINESE FALSEHOOD. Nothing in the annals of falsehood can beat, we think, the Chinese account of the re-capture of Amoy, a trans lation of which is published in the last Canton press. What can be done with a Government, the highest offi cers of which can write and circulate such unblushing nonsense ? The fabulous days of Amadis of Gaul or of Palmerin of England appear to be realised in China. All Government is founded on opinion. When that is lost the Government falls, and from the extract of a letter from Amoy, in our last number, our readers will learn that the people of that district have already offered to put themselves under British protection, while we have been told that even Hong Kong is rapidly flourishing. —Canton Register, Sept. 28. WHAT WILL BE THE END OF THE CHINA WAR ? It is becoming a singular speculation what will be the end of this beginning of war with China. Our own opinion is that the Mantchow dynasty should be over thrown, another placed on the throne, and China be thrown open to all the world. This end, we think, would be infinitely preferable than to possess any por tion of its territory under the present dynasty.—lbid, October 5. CHINESE RECRIIITING.—We are informed by a native that Yih-shan and the Governor are again recruiting for stout and valiant troops and arming them with muskets, which we expect they handle like cows.—lbid. THE MARIA.—The schooner Maria grounded some days back, in a dark night, on Chttenpe ; at daylight a number of Chinese attacked and wounded the crew of fourteen hands, and a Parsee passenger, named Merwan jee Nourajee. This passenger was badly wounded in several places. He and seven of the crew eventually ar rived at Whampoa • the seven Lascars were brought down to Macao on gunday, in a lorcha. The rest of the crew have not yet been heard of. We think we have before recommended that no passage-boat should sail for the river without being well armed.—lbid. LATEST 'TEM.—We have not any news to communi cate either from Canton, Hong-Kong, Amoy, Ningpo, or Chusan ; all is, as we stated last week, quiet at Amoy ; and there is no doubt but that the fleet reached Chusan about the middle of last month.—Aid. CANTON NEWS. Captain Nias having become aware that the Chinese had rendered impassable the channel for large ships above Whampoa, by planting stakes in the river, proceeded to the spot with his squadron, when the obstructions were removed, the villages on the banks burnt, and several Chinese killed. On his return he determined, if pos sible, to garrison Wang Tung, and applied to the briga dier for troops, but none were available for the purpose. In conformity, therefore, with the instructions of Admiral Parker, the fortifications were totally destroyed. He then issued the following " PROCLAMATION OF CAPTAIN NIAS, OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP HERALD, TO THE CHINESE SOLDIERS AND PEOPLE. " The arrangements made by the Mandarins to settle the differences between the two nations have not been satisfactory. The Plenipotentiary Pottinger, on his ar• rival in these waters, received communications which tended to re-establish the ancient harmony; but, not withstanding this, it appears that stakes and stones have been placed in different parts of the river to obstruct the passage, and that thus faith has been broken. This is the reason that my soldiers have attacked the fort of Wang Tung, and have inspired terror. In future all similar breaches of faith will be immediately punished by renewed hostilities.—Dated Bth September, 1841." Judginc , from the accounts we have of commercial Oaks, the above circular has not yet had the effect of restoring very greatly the equanimity of the Chinese. Perhaps it is nut too much to say that but little trade can now in reason be looked for until the actual settle ment of affairs sets at rest all apprehensions of a recur rence of hostilities. The Chinese merchants are equally well aware with the British of the bad faith of their Go vernment, and place not much more value on its promises than we do ourselves. It is reported that Keshen has been received again into Royal favour, having had the principal order of the fourth degree of rank conferred on him, and half his confiscated property 'restored. A Canton paper says—" We are informed by a native that Yih-shan and the Governor are again recruiting for stout and valiant troops, and are arming with muskets." If this be true, the Cantonese must be fools indeed. In the Pekin Gazette of the 20th of July there is an ex cellent illustration (if any were wanting), either of the facility with which the Emperor can be imposed in by his Mandarins, or the barefaced manner in which that august Monarch endeavours to impose on his people. The names of the officers who distinguished themselves in " beating back the rebellious barbarians who desired to enter the river of the provincial city (Canton)" are mentioned with high honour, and rewards are ordered to be conferred on them for their deeds of resplendent valour ! LOSS OF THE MADAGASCAR. This steamer, which arrived in China from Calcutta on the 13th September, and sailed thence for Amoy on the 17th, was destroyed at sea two days after her de parture. All on board took to the boats ; one of which, containing Captain Dicey and forty-one persons, was stranded, and seized by the Chinese. Of the others, nothing is at present known. Intimation of the disaster was received from - Captain Dicey himself, in a letter written while on the road to Canton, with his fellow prisoners. This communication contained only a few lines, scrawled with a brush on China paper, and was addressed to Messrs. Jardine. Matheson, and Co., Messrs. Dent and Co., or the Senior Naval Officer at Hong Kong. It is conjectured that Captain Dicey re frained from entering into an account of his loss, in order that the particulars might be concealed from the Chinese, who, he anticipated would make themselves masters of the contents of his letter before they for warded it to its destination. A list of the prisoners was enclosed, of which the following is a copy :—Captain Dicey, Captain Grattan, I,Bth Royal Irish ; Mr. Bern bark ; Mr. Edmunds, engineer ; Mr. Wilson, third mate; Dr. Maxton; Mr. Oliver, chief mate ; Mr. Private; Mr. M'Clellan ; Mr. Little ; Mr. J. Boothers, 18th Royal Irish ; Mr. J. Swayn ; and thirty Lascars. INDIA, BURMAH. We have now news from Rangoon to the 29th of Oc tober, and from Moulmein to the 31st. Tharawaddie has arrived at the former place with his retinue and forces, but has not taken any hostile proceeding, and indeed declares that his intentions are wholly pacific. Differences, it appears, have long existed between Great Britain and Burma:, chiefly in regard to the per formance of the treaty concluded at Yandaboe in 1824; and the British armament—though doubtless despatched with the immediate object of protecting Moulmein—will, in all probability, ere it quits the Burman waters, pursue measures for the settlement of these disputes. It may, therefore, happen that Britain will be compelled to strike the first blow in a second Burman war. • The landing of the King at. Rangoon—which took place on the 2d of October—is said to have been a very imposing spectacle. The ex-King accompanied him, in charge of the Prince of Prome. Both mo narchs passed the night in temporary residences prepared for them, and in the morning went in grand procession to the palace. " Their Majesties," says the Moulmein Chronicle, " were conveyed in a splendid car, having several carriages and gilt vehicles following, filled with the ladies of the court, many of whom also followed on foot. The road was lined on both sides with troops, from the landing-place to within pistol-shot of the palace, all of them fine-looking men, and extremely well armed. Six elephants preceded the King, each being accompanied by 100 musketeers, 50 spearmen, and 20 men, bearing banners, and gilt standards." It appears the number of men brought down could not be computed with any certainty ; but there were nearly 100 pieces of field artillery, of which the greater part were well mounted and, fit for service. The naval part of the force consisted principally of gun-boats, from thirty to seventy tons each, pulled with oars, but having neither masts nor guns. Some of these vessels were sent back again soon after their arrival. On the 25th October the Hon. Company's steamer Ganges, left Moulmein for Rangoon. The object, it is understood, was to complain of the conduct of the au thorities at Martaban, in permitting robberies to be committed so frequently in the river by persons residing under their jurisdiction. The commander was not at first allowed to land, but eventually did so, and remained on ,sbore for a short time. A new fortified) town was being built near the present city, and appearances on the whole were warlike. The result of the mission has not yet been made public. The Hon. Company's steamer Proserpine has also paid a visit to Tavoy and Mergui with the Commissioner on board; but nothing of importance seems to have attended this movement. The vessel steamed up the Tavoy river, and her appearance excited much astonishment among the natives. At Martaban the stockading has been carried on vigor ously, and the houses outside the works have been pulled down and re-erected in the interior. It is said they were all removed in a single night, of course greatly to the surprise of the people at Moulmein on the opposite bank. No troops save as yet apparently been received into the fortifications, but reports of the intended despatch, the approach, and even the arrival, of large bodies of men, have been rife enough at different times. The Prince of Pakhau (the King's second son), and Shoay Ya, sou of the. Governor of Bileng, or Martaban, have both been spoken of as leaders of these imaginary forces. The Governor himself is reported to have been summoned to Rangoon by the King, either for praise or censure of his official conduct, but which is not known. If he really has gone, his journey is, no doubt, in some way con nected with the business on which the steamer Ganges proceeded thither. On the departure of the India, by which vessel we have our latest advices, neither the Calliope, Roberts, nor The tis, had arrived at Moulmein. The transports from Ma dras, of course, could not have made their appearance. The Orissa and Eagle schooners loft Calcutta for Maul main, on the 9th of November; and the Diana steamer, which has lately been employed in rescuing the passen gers and crew of the Sultana from their perilous situa tion in Borneo, will also join the Burman armament. Everything is in readiness at Bombay for the despatch of other steamers, if necessary. This, however, is not likely to be the case; as, judging from what has occurred at Madras, the Supreme Government consider that in the' present position of affairs no further augmentation will be requisite. The 2d regiment Native Infantry had been ordered to proceed to Moulmein, and two ships, the City of London and Greenland, had been engaged for convey ance of detachments of it; but after the embarkation on board the former vessel, and when everything was pre pared for that of the troops which were to proceed by the latter, an express arrived from Bengal, stating that regiment would not be required at all. The men who had gone on board were therefore landed again. The Forbes : steamer, which was sent to Calcutta to in tercept the iron steamers, Medusa and Ariadne, bound from Bombay to China, has been unsuccessful in her endeavour, both of these boats having left Singapore pre vious to her arrival there. The Arracan force has arrived at its destination at lihyouk Phyoo. AFFGHANISTAN. FORCING THE PASS OF KHOORD CABOOL.—A most disastrous affair has occurred •near Cabool, where, in forcing a mountain pass, defended by bands of rebel Ghilzies, our troops have sustained severe loss. The object of the expedition was to clear the road between Cabool and Jellelabad, but a series of obstinate and bloody conflicts, in which three officers wero killed and nine wounded, and 233 of the European and Sepoy troops killed and wounded, ensued from the attempt to accomplish it. It appears that a sum of 40,000 rupees had been de ducted from the allowance paid to the tribes of Shah Soojah's Government for keeping open the communica tion, and that this proceeding had been resented by the seizure of a valuable kafila, and the stoppage of the dawks. The 35th N. I. and two guns were in conse quence sent out, under the command of Gen. Sir IL Sale, with orders to march down to Jellelabad. " The regiment," says a correspondent of the Delhi Gazette, writing from the camp, " made one short march to Boodkhak, and there were stopped, the strong pass before them being occupied in force by the Ghil zics. Next night they were furiously attacked in their position, and lost thirty men killed and wounded. On the 11th of October the 13th Light Infantry went out from Cabul, and on the 12th, the two regiments with their guns forced the pass. The 35th, with the nine pounders, took up a strong position at Khoord Cabul, while the 13th went back to Boodkhak. The enemy retained the pass until night, when they retired upon Tezeen. The 35th native infantry remaining so long, motionless at Koord Cabul, the enemy were embol dened again to attack them. At 9f p.m. of the 17th, the Ghilzies came on in _force, and owing to the treachery of the Dooranee Horse, were enabled to do much mischief, Lieutenant Jenkins, 35th. was mortally wounded, and twelve Sepoys were killed and sixteen or eighteen wounded. The enemy were repulsed, after a long continued attack, and returned to their position at Tezeen. " On the 17th October, the troops which had been sent to Zoormut returned, and on the 19th tke remaining four guns of the battery, with five mortars and the whole mountain train, went out to the force. On the 22d, the whole advanced upon Tezeen. The march of fifteen miles was made without any fighting ; but on entering the valley, General Sale saw the heights around occupied by riflemen, while a fort and orchard poured forth a host of armed men, who formed on a steep hill immediately above the fort which they evacuated. The advanced guard moved on to the attack. The infantry, covered by the guns, carried these heights in good style, and some companies of the 13th advanced against the hills on the left of the valley, driving the enemy before them. These last skirmishers were however recalled at sunset, and the force took up a position for the night ; our picquets occupying the heights in our rear as well as those immediately over the fort. During the night the advanced picquets were called in, and the enemy at the same time withdrew further up the valley towards the principal fort of Tezeen." The writer then states that forage for the cattle was fortunately found in the fort evacuated by the enemy. He strongly censures the neglect of the authorities in making no arrangement for the provision of this neces sary article, observing, that if the Ghilzies had burnt their supply previous to quitting the fort, none could have been obtained elsewhere. His letter proceeds thus : " On the 23d negotiations commenced, which ended in the chiefs sending us hostages and supplying us with forage for our half-starved cattle, and on the 26th Octo ber we proceeded on our march towards Jellelabad. "On the first stage of ten miles (to Seh Baba) the rear-guard was attacked by skirmishers on the heights, and a strong body approached it in the valley, but the cavalry and guns obliged the latter party to keep at a great distance. The appearance of these people was plausibly accounted for by saying that they were parties returning to their villages on the disso lution of the Teezeen confederacy. On each subsequent day, however, the attacks on the rear-guard, became more serious, and on crossing the hills to Jugdulluck we saw formidable bodies of men watching ,the Peri-durra Pass, the usual route for an army having guns. These parties crossed over to the Kothul road, and the engage ment with the rear-guard was serious, one soldier of the 13th being killed, and one officer and several men wound ed. The enemy were now seen going forward in great numbers to occupy the pass beyond Jugdulluck, and it was evident that they meditated an engagement ilvA„t i lie whole column. At half-past seven, A.M ' .of the Ott of October, the troops advanced and entered the pass,, the skirmishers securing both flanks very successfully.for,twq miles ; but within half a mile of the summit thero,yats a check on either side; on the left, a mountain threwdown three steep and rugged spurs into the pass, while the hill above'the spurs woo as steep as a wall, and well stock aded. Our nien'ecured the saurs, but could ascend no higher; on the right, the party moving along the heights arrived at a chasm, beyond which was a strong breast work lined with riflemen. " The guns firing at the stockades on the left had their trails sunk iu the ground to afford the needful ele vation, and could do little mischief to the enemy. After a short check, the whole column advanced and cleared the remainder of the pass, leaving the heights in pos session of the enemy. The rear guard was most furi ously pressed by the enemy, and lost a peat many men; some baggage also, of no great value, fell into their hands, and the day's work cost us 116 killed and wounded, including four officers. We arrived at Sourkaub, near Gundamuck, at sunset, and were not again molested by the enemy." By the last accounts the force had left Gundamuck (about three-fourths of the distance from Cabool to Jel lelabad), and commenced its march towards llindostan. Lieutenant Jenkins, of the 35th Bengal N. 1., Captain Wyndham, of the same regiment, and Ensign Icing, of her Majesty's 13th Light Ifantry, are the officers who have fallen. The list of wounded comprises the names of General Sale; Captain Younghusband, of the 35th 8.N.1.; Lieu tenants Jennings, Halcombe, Rattray, and Milne, of the 13th 8.N.1.; and Ensigns Oar, Combes, and Ocks, of the 35th B.N. I. Although the pass has been forced, the enemy, n o doubt, are again in occupation of it, so that but little ad vantage has been gained 'to compensate for so heavy loss. As might be expected, the conduct of the political authorities, in withdrawing from the Ghilzie chiefs their customary allowance, as well as in taking the subsequent measures, has been generally complained of. The tone in which the different correspondents speak of the cir cumstances is bitter in the extreme. Six regiments have been ordered from Ferozepore to reinforce General Sale's force. ARRAsI KHAN.—This chief, who, it will be remem bered, joined Auchter Khan in the battle which took place on the 17th August at Secunderabad, has been cap tured by Captain oily, and has since been ordered for execution. TEREE.—The force under General Nott, whose de parture for Teree I alluded to in my last, is expected shortly to return to Candahar. Thirty-one of the chiefs are said to have surrendered unconditionally ; and Auchter Khan has also, it appears, submitted. Zooamcr.—Colonel Oliver's force has returned from the Zoormut Valley. The affair there has been arranged without a recourse to hostilities, but we have not heard particulars. THE PUNJAUB. The festival of the " Dussurah," which was looked for ward to as the occasion on which disturbances would take place, if any occurred at all, appears to have passed off with great quietness. The troops, whose turbulent disposition might have led to some outbreak, were dis persed to different stations during its celebration. This was done by the Maharajah on the advice of Gen. Court. It is said that the whole army is now in the field, under the command of this officer Aggression is not intended, but the Seikh Government are resolved to resist any at tempt to deprive them of Peshawur or Cashmere. How far this intelligence may be depended on it is difficult to judge, for the reports from Lahore have been for some time past so very contradictory, that we are at a loss what to believe and what to reject as untrue. Not long ago a Bombay journal confidently asserted, not only that the Seikhs had actually ceded to Shah Soojah the two provinces I allude to, but that his Affghan Majesty had beneficiently mode them over to us ; and now it is reported that Shere Sing is determined to rotain them at any cost. In my very last letter, too, I had occasion to remark upon an almost similar instance of the conflicting nature of the statements published in Calcutta. SCINDE. Our intelligence from Scindo during the present month may be summed up in a few words. Major Outram has arrived at Dadar, near the mouth of the Bolan Pass, where a strong force has been collected for the purpose of coercing the refractory tribes which yet infest the hills, and render travelling impossible without an adequate escort, and dangerous with even the strongest that can be supplied. Doubtless we shall soon hear of some de cisive measures. Another party of grass-cutters have been murdered by the Beloochees ; but retribution has this time ac companied the commission of the cowardly deed, the wretches having been seized and made over to Nusseer Khan for execution. Search is being made after the murderers of Mrs. Smith, and the force engaged in this service have received orders to attack, on their return, a place called Keerta, a Beloochee stronghold. The murderer of Lieutenant Loveday has been given up by Nusseer Khan, and executed. Ho was a slave of Ghool Mahomed, but that chief was not implicated in the crime. A force, consisting both of cavalry and infantry, and accompanied by an assistant political agent, is about to proceed to Leebee, the capital of Kujjuck, to settle a dis pute with the Kujjuck tribes, who, it seems, have diverted the river Neree from its proper course, in order that it may flow over their own country instead of Cutchee. There appears to be but little sickness now among the troops. The cold weather has set in, and the climate is described as being extremely pleasant. SOUTHERN RRATTA COUNTRY. No further disturbances have occurred in this direc tion. The prisoners taken at Badamee have been tried, and 100 of them sentenced to death, and the remainder to imprisonment for various periods. i The leader of the insurgents has escaped capital punishment , in conse quence of his blindness, and is to be imprisoned for life. BOONDELKUND. The report given in my last letter respecting the organisation of a force under Major-General Pollock, for the purpose of attacking some Boondela chiefs, has been contradicted by a correspondent of the Bombay Times. SINGAPORE. The steamer Diana, whose despatch to Borneo for the purpose of demanding the release of the passengers and EVIiNIN4....S.EiN ''_! crew of the Sultana, detained by the Chief of that island, I mentioned in my last, returned to Singapore on the 11th of September with the whole party. A narrative by Captain Page, of the captivity of himself and his fellow-prisoners, has been published, containing many interesting particulars, and will well repay perusal. The chief officer and two passen gers,wh o, it will be remembered, were permitted to leave in a native prow some time pre viously, have also arrived from Tlnnganu, where they had put in for a supply of provisions. All these unfor tunate people have undergone much euffering, and the Bornean chief deserves punishment fo'r his cruel, and rapacious conduct. One of the Lascars belonging to the S.lltana reports having seen at Maladu, in the northern part of Borneo, a European female, dressed in the Malayan costume, and residing with Malays. The incident is a strange one i hut there exists no reason for questioning its truth. CEYLON. DISTRICT COURTS.—An important meeting was held at Colombo on the 30th of October, when an Address to the Queen was agreed to, praying that in future none but lawyers in profession should be appointed,to fill the offices of Judges of the District Courts. The adminis— tration of justice has long been a subject of complaint in Ceylon ; and this will hardly be wondered at when it is considered that civil and military servants, who have by r,2 means made law their study, have been hitherto permitted to preside as Judges. Frequent appeals, and ": reversions of decisions have been the nature:, conse- 4 quence ; and the system, wrong as it is in principle, has,,:) been now proved to be fraught in practice with iunumel , rable evils. That it may be discontinued is the wish of f ? , all who desire to promote the interest of the colony. .To their present spirited proceeding the community appear to have been incited by the appointment of Mr. Longs low (a lawyer) to one of the Courts, which awakened general desire to have the remainder presided over in like manner. A public meeting is likewise about to be held at Kandy for the furtherance of the above views. STEAM COMMUNICATION.—For some time past the:. expediency of obtaining a steamer to ply between Co lombo and Bombay, touching regularly at the different ports on the coast, not only for the conveyance of passen gers and mails, but for purposes of trade, has been in active discussion. The opinion now seems to be, that while the Colonial Government's steamer Seaforth re mains on the line, no effectual support is likely to be ac corded to the scheme ; and indeed the community of Colombo appear perfectly well satisfied with the Sea forth, slow as she is, and totally inadequate as she will ever be found, to carry out the objects contemplated by the establishment of such a comprehensive system as that,: above referred to. The commercial prosperity both otO Ceylon and Bombay, would increase to no little exten4, o by a more certain and regular intercourse ; while,. as revio l gards the ports on the coast, the advantages which wouldit ac crue to them are incalculable. Should the Seaforth " be sold, as is anticipated, it is to be hoped some exertion; will be made in the matter. The governments of Bout; bay, Ceylon, and Travancore, are all favourable to th,fit project, and a little public enterprise is all that is wet:aloe' ~4;{ ZANZEBAR. ----- UNWARRANTABLE. CONDUCT OF THE IMAM or MUSCAT.—It appears from some communications which have been recently published in Bombay, and the correct ness of which there is no reason to doubt, that the Go vernment of the Imaum of Muscat have of late been doing their utmost to render nugatory the ad - • vantages conferred on British traders by the Convention of Commerce entered into last year. Mr' Norsworthy, an English merchant residing at Zan' , zebar, is the party who has suffered from these tit tempts, and the accounts he gives of the state of affairs must satisfy the most incredulous that the Imaum has violated the treaty in the most open and barefaced man' ner. The Bombay Government have been appealed to, but it would seem that a reference has been made t 0 England on the subject—until the receipt of a reply CO which no measures can be taken. It is hoped that the decision of the proper authorities will be intimated with • out delay, for no time should be lost in proving to this, insolent potentate that his present course cannot be pur sued with impunity. THE PRESIDENCIES—CALCUTTA THE STEAMER INDlA.—Government having declined to buy this vessel, on the ground that her accominods' tions for the conveyance . of troops were insufficient, she was put up to sale by auction on the 12th ult. ; and 5 subscriber to the proposed " India Steam Company," 1 03° had been deputed for the purpose, attended and Mr; chased her for three and a half lacs of rupees. She wo c i make her first trip to Suez on the 10th January , °l f several persons, among them Sir E. Ryan, the Chia Justice, have already taken their passage. The sped lation is expected to prove a profitable one. EARTHQUAI.E.—A smart shock of an earthquake WI felt on the 26th October, at ten minutes to four, A- 3 '; There was also a similar shock at Delhi on the 27th, a" eight, P.m. COLONEL SIR WALTER SCOTT.—Some of the Calct lo papers have been lately engaged in endeavouring 0 prove Sir Walter Scott, the Colonel of the King's W.; sars, guilty of much inhumanity in the exercise of ill command. They accuse him of having practised a sY', 5 l men. ; tern of mid-clay drilling, which has been attended .0. " results most injurious to the health of the 'lll° overland summary published by the Calcutta EnglishrO„' s contains, I believe, some very severe obserVations on 7. subject ; and I would therefore remark, for the inPr D t ho tion of such of your readers as may peruse them, th at t o facts on which they are professedly grounded appe o . 0 .. have been greatly exaggerated by the writer or his 1 0 , formant. The Madras Spectator--a . paper whose auth, b rity on all military subjects is excellent-- states that drilling was " nothing more than an inspection in a fe, randah, in the comparati ve ly coo l c limate of Bangal ore 4 at an elevation of 3,00 Q feet above the level of the se 3. the Presidency „her And this statement comes from Sir Walter holds his command, and where accurate formation is much more likely to be obtained tha n 11l Bengal. A SSA3I TEA.--The medal of the Agricultural and IP r t : ticultural Society of Bengal has been awarded to ego Jenkins, for his share in the discovery of the A ssa ot tea plant. There seems, however, to have been gr. e ti difference of opinion among the members of the Soo ° as to the propriety of conferring this honour, the Ir e tion being carried by a majority of one only. MADRAS. MAJOR CLARICE.—There has been some discus s , l li t e here in regard to the conduct of Major Clarke , t oll secretary to the Mysore Commission, who, on applicat l . o , being made to G overnmen t b y th e Co m mander o 6 Chief for the;services of all officers of the regiments 5 , 13 °;1 to be employed in Burmah, pref erre d ret a i n i n g hi s of 1f appointment to joining his corps. Colonel Cubbooto appears, was averse to any members of the comp:110 1 , 4 . proceeding on service, but m an y o f th em did so 1) : w withstanding. The Major, in continuing to act as tary, doubtless gratified the Colonel, but he has added,,t laurels to his own brow, nor can his feelings, now the voice of public disapprobation is raised, be of most exquisite description. IcE.—Another cargo of ice has arrived from 130 0 0 : and thus our Madras friends will enjoy, for some tim e come, a very enviable luxury. BOMBAY. # vet SIR W. hi`NAGHTEN.—Our new Governor has n 0. 0,• arrived, but is expected some time this month. Arran N, ments have been made for his journey down from Cob ° l ; e r OVERLAND MAIL.—The Cleopatra steamer made appearance on the 10th ult., with the London nisi l6 theMM.'s sth ctober. She rouht 55 asseners. al' e O 17TH BEGT.— brought p sick of this g regiment i, l o o returned from sea. The greater portion of the Men "'dig received much benefit from the trip, and but four det e o occurred. They were mostly in a wretched state they embarked. LAUNCHES.—An eighteen-gun sloop of war, a t- of small steamer called the Carnac, belonging to a cowl of native gentlemen, have been launched at MazagO b li ;eo THE BRAHMINS OF NASSICK.—A petition hns,, o . to brought to Bombay by certain Brahmins, belongiloil. Nassick, for presentation to the Governor-in-Ce ll ' t or, It complains of the conduct of Mr. Reeves, the colle c oe ts in permitting oxen to be slaughtered withi n the pre. of that city—an act most offensive to the Brehm].l llc , - cr ,ri habitants. This is an important case, involving ciple vital to our interests in British India; for n otb more calculated to draw down the bitter hatred t h ' es el natives than any interference with the observ oe troti 3 caste, or wanton outrage of religious feelings, i d°, 'speak though they be. Hereafter I may have occasion t ° more at large on the subject. owes The quarterly session of the Supreme Court c ° , 111 „, 11:1 1 , t , on the 3d inst. ; the calendar, it seems, is very light 10' An Agra Ukhbar Extraordinary has just 00111- re' stating the receipt of a letter from Meerut, w ith 11 port that there had been a rise en -masse of the Affgll s l " e f that Cabool was besiged by them, and that Sir Alex. Burnes was killed or severely wounded Disastrous Th counts were looked for daily at Meerut. The Agra ' ite . bar says there is a strong probability in favour of th e e l curacy of this intelligence, though it is sincerely bq it may turn out untrue. THE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the Overland Price Current, Dec. 1.) • OBSERVATIONS. a Al The occurrence of the Devallee holidays cause _,,ey most an entire suspension of business during the part of the month ; it has now been partially res t rfor but without any animation, and the prices (Are a imports are mostly lower than before.. for Metals—These have been sold to some extent . toc la Iron reduced rates have been accepted, and as 0 05 ece o of this article are still large, the increased deniann,_ if it should continue, does not ceem likely to Tead to, speedy improvement in price. But little Coppe r s o' remains in first handF. The following are the trap dons reporte 20 d:— 00 C°4 Copper-0 cwt Sheathing at 61 rs per cwt ; 3 v et Braziers at 63 rs per cwt ; 200 cwt ditto at 62k 1 0 l et cwt ; 200 cwt Tiles at 54 rs per cwt; 40 cw t, 59 rs per cwt ; 60 cwt Bolts at 59 rs per cwt . , coif Iron-2,391 cwt British Bar, at 25 1 rs 5,000 cwt ditto, at 24 rs per candy; 186 cwt (round), at 371 rs per candy ; 2,940 cwt ditto (scr o t.; at 32i rs per candy ; 83 cwt Sheet , at 51 rs Per -I,i 120 cwt Hoop, at 5 rs per cwt. 20 4 cr Lead-600 cwt Pig, at 11 rs 2 ans per cwt ; Sheet and Pipe, at 12 rs per cwt. at e° Cotton Manufactures --The a The transactions r,,ePre. to us are principally confined to grey goods; but_ ies of appear to have been also some rather large, r t ; p°! bleached goods, of the majority of wh ich we ,nb,ifiteo been able to obtain particulars. For dyed and 1 3 ... 4 d t he manufactures there has been little or no inquiry, oriceo, few sales effected in them have bee n at ver y low P which can alone be obtained. for ale Yarns—The demand continues to be chiefly f 0 lower numbers of mule twist, sales of which ha,7oed, effected to a considerable extent. Prices are msloof st D o' Woollens—The market is dull, and prices a. 1 1 531 t u i f fittir minal. We have heard of a sale of 1 , 600 yard _,; Gap nels, at 14 annas per yard, but of no other vow. . • '` , ...0.. Mar these. Beer report place s Dort al m , In of done s tands ilarb ot r 3 ver board ne el, ` 4ll eli n e l he , forms b r . at n o Liver ti„ a lio t o reach Liver kait offi ce ,, ( n th, )from not; Proyi Or Co tt S•icil gc4 uelo 5141t°11 5' o f ti Vitt Itnp Vern