The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-26 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL

TRIATE, Oct. 24.—The steamer Bombay arrived
at eleven o'clock a.m., in 120 hours from Alexan-
dria.
The Indian mail had arrived at Alexandria with
dates from Calcutta,. Sept, 20 ; Bombay, Sept. 28 ;
Hong Kong, Sept. 9 ; Sydney, July 28 ; Adelaide,
August 8.
Our Burmese acquisitions aro in a state of war,
being overrun by large bodies of armed men, said:
to exceed 14,000, who occupy fortified positions,
whence they attack our posts with occasional sue
cess. They are said to be instigated by the King
of Ava Resumption of hostilities is considered
inevitable.
Colonel Mackison has been assassinated by an
Affghan at Peshawur.
Captain Parker and Ensign Bosworth have been
killed in an affair with Arabs in the Nizam country.
Trade in Calcutta was good. Exchange on
London, 2.1. ,
The revolution in China still continues. At
Amoy the Imperialists have had some success,
but the patriot army has invested Kai Tung Fu,
the capital of Honan, on the Yellow River. The
whole country is in a state of anarchy, and trade
at a stand. At Hong Kong, Spanish dollars 6s. 6d.
The Constitutional Committee of the Legislative
Council of New South Wales has recommended
the establishment of the Upper Chamber, on the
nominee system, and negatived the proposal to
make it executive. Large quantities of gold con-
tinue to be found.
Abbas Pacha limits the exportation of grain
from Egypt to 250,000 quarters.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND
MAURITIUS.

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The CalcUtti;;rived .-at Plymouth yesterday
morning, bringing advices from Calcutta to August
15th; Madras, Aug. 20th; Ceylon, 24th; Mauritius,
Sept. sth ; Cape of Good Hope, 23d ; St. Helena,
30th ; Ascension, October 4th ; and St. Vincent,
12th. She brings a general cargo, and a large
number of passengers, among whom are, from the
Cape of Good Hope, Major-General Yorke, Captain
Smith, Aide-de-Camp, and Major Holdsworth.
The summary of the Cape Commercial AdvertisCi•
says that the aspeCt Of affairs beyond the colonial
border is unsatisfactory. The withdrawal of troops
and the abandonment of the Orange River Sove-
reignty has excited dissatisfaCtion. .Macomo wants
possession of the Amatola
,Mountains, but has been
refused by General Cathcart.
A 'communication has been opened between the
Great Lake and the vicinity of Walfisch Bay. A
party of Basutos and others performed the journey
in 15 days through the desert into the tine tract of
country on the river Nosono, which lies east north-
east of Walfisch Bay. Bayns Kloof, one of the
finest mountain passes in the colony, was opened
on the 12th September by Mr. Bocherd, Chairman'
of the Central Road Board, in !the absence of the
Lieutenant Governor, prevented from attending by
sickness.—Second edition of The Times.
We further learn that the search for coal had
failed Many horned cattle had died from a
disease said to be imported from Holland. A new
road has been opened between Cape Town and the
rich corn-growing district of Worcester; the Lieu
tenant Governor has been ill, and unable to attend
the recent meetings of the Council.
A brilliant comet was observed at the Cape on
the 12th September, with a tail about six degrees

long.
The Bosphorus left for India on Aug. 22. The
Sydney left for Australia on the 19th. Four ves-
sels of the American surveying squadron had been
at the Cape. The Hydaspes had broken her screw
on her outward voyage.
In Simon's Bay were her Majesty's ships Mman-
der, Hydra, Nerbudda, and Comus ; the Dutch
steamer Hekla, and schooner Dolphin, and the
United States ships John P. Kennedy, Vincennes,
Fenimore Cooper, and Porpoise.
The Australian Company's steamer Sydney put
into Table Bay, September 14. The ship Jessie
Smith was wrecked August 24, in Orange River,
four men drowned ; and the Isabella has been
driven ashore at Espiegle Bay—cargo saved, ship
may be got off.
At the Mauritius three cargoes of sugar had been
sold to private purchasers. Good yellow from 4.40
to 4.50; middling gray, .4 to. 4.25; low grey and yel-

low, 3.65 to 3.84.
During the month of September the following
arrived at St. Helena :—Clydesdale, Koh-i-Noor,
Caroline, Prince Albert, Forster, Change, Regina,
China, Heury Ellis, Merchantman, Victory, Lady
Ebrington, Time and Truth, Don Ricardo, Cecilia,
Taglioni, Persia, Negotiator, Reliance, Thomas
Brocklebank, James Booth, Ferret, brig of war, Sea
Horse, Indian Chief, Quito, Louisa, Tulloch Castle,
Catherine Pemberton, John Melhuish, Bella Ma-
riana, Hellespont, Gitana, Ulidia.Lismore, Duke of
.Wellington, Falcon, Endymion, Mary . Steward,
Kingfisher; Canterbury, Ann, Eliza, Sir George
Polloek, Julia, and Lancaster.