The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-14 00:00:00

ALTERATION OF THE LIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE OF rim

RIVER TAMARA VAN DIEMAN'S LAND.

The following has been received at Lloyd's, by an arrival
from the above post, addressed to Wm. Dobson, Esq.:.—
Colonial Secretary's Office, July 19, 1839.
The Lieutenant-Governor directs the following publica-
tion to be made for general information :
The revolving light at the Low Heads, George Town,
is now in full operation, and is placed 138 feet above the
high water mark, the tower being 50 feet from the base to
the top of the lantern, which is in height 6 feet, by 12 in
diameter. The alternations from light to extreme darkness
is 50 seconds. The magnetic bearings from the under-
mentioned places are as follows :

deg. sec.
Hebe (outer breaker) S 87 0 E
West Head N 72 10 E
Mill (George Town) N3I 45 W
Flag Staff (ditto) N 36 15 W
George Mound (Telegraph) N5B Is W
Five Mill Bluff S 49 30 W
Barren Joie, or Tenth Island 542 0 W
Variation, 8 deg. 1 sec. Easterly.
By his Excellency's command,
JOHN MONTAGUE.

We are to have a meeting of Delegates in Glas-
gow on the 14th, and two have already been elected to
represent the City. What may be the result o'' their de-
liberations we know not, but it is likely the affair will end
like the three tailors in Tooley-street, who dubbed them-
selves—" We, the People of England !" As a set-off to
the above, we may state that this day there will be 2,500
special constables sworn in by the Magistrates of Glas-
gow. It is wise to be ready, but still we suspect the
waggon-load of battons may, as far as the Chartists are
concerned, as soon as possible be converted into pot.
sticks. Since the above was written we have been in-
formed that the great majority of the proprietors of the
cotton and other works in the suburbs have given notice
to their work-people that should they absent themselves
to-day (the 12th), under the pretext of holding the sacred
demonstration, they will be considered as being dismissed.
—Glasgow Herald.
CONFESSIONS OF A THUG. BY CAPTAIN
MEADOWS TAYLOR, OF THE SERVICE OF H. H. THE
NIzAM.—" You have given a faithful portrait of a Thug's
life, his ceremonies and his a2ts ; whilst I am prond that
the world will know of the deeds and adventures of Ameer
Ali, the Thug ;" are the concluding words of the autobio-
graphical narrative which Captain Taylor has here put
into the mouth of one of the most desperate of that extra-
ordinary combination of assassins, whose atrocities have
only within the last seven or eight years become the won-
der and horror of India. The history of mankind affords no
parallel to Thuggee. The bands of the Old man of the
Mountain scattered over many lands, the Secret Tribunals
of Germany, the Inquisition, were all petty murderers,
when compared with this terrible association. Romance
could not invent anything so hideous and contradictory as is
shown in this strange work ; and were not the whole system
discovered, revealed and corroborated by unquestionable
proof, it would be impossible for the mind to believe that
such things could have been, and, in spite of all the exer-
tions of European intelligence and power, could still be.
We have not room to tell of the incredible incidents with
which these volumes abound, or of the various adventures
and dangers of the Thug. These are altogether so curious
as to ensure for this work a general circulation. The
sketches of Oriental manners, customs, and society, which
the subject involves, are alone a high recommendation to
this publication.—Literary Gazette.

THE Eyes.—Optical improvements to enable
persons at an advanced age to read with ease, and discri-
minate objects with perfect distinctness. Messrs. S. and
B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists to the Royal Family,
96, Cheapside, arid 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, have
succeeded in effecting a most scientific improvement in
Spectacle Lenses, of the greatest transparent refractive
power, for imperfect Vision ; the extraordinary advantage
derived from this invention is, that they are adapted to the
sight to the greatest nicety by experienced persons, of
more than 30 years' extensive practice, so that the sight
becomes preserved and strengthened, and persons are
enabled to employ their sight for any length of time, either
by day or candle light, at the most minute occupation,
with ease and comfort. These Spectacle Lenses are con-
structed on a principle that persons can see with them of a
much less magnifying power, nor will they require the
change so frequently to greater magnifying powers as those
now in common use; those objects being accomplished, is
a matter of much deeper importance to the public than may
be imagined; thousands of individuals have been most
seriously injured in consequence of neglect to those sub-
jects. Persons can be suited at a distance; those who
have never used Spectacles, by stating the number of
inches they can see moderate sized print from the eye, and
those who are making use of Spectacles by sending them,
and making the same statement. The Messrs. Solomon's
Voice Conductors, for deaf persons, are not the least per:
ceptible, and give immediate relief.—No agents nor travei
ers are employed.
THE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLEKINGDOM,—
The close connexion between these two great component
parts of our globe, though sufficiently obvious in the mass,
n detail. A
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goodare sometimesillustration
eminentlyoccursi
worthy
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remark
ofrkgrowth the
Hair and of vegetable productions, whiche is not ouly ad-
vanced or retarded by a similar concurrence of circurn-
ssttraenricgesth, as
snd luxuriancetosunair' by artificialseason,beat' &c., but is forced into
applications, by which
nutritious juices arc generated in the roots. Thus the
skill of the chemist and agriculturist is directed by diffe-
rent means to the one end, of contributing to the arts of
civilization. Instances of the successful culture of exotics
in our ungenial climate will readily occur to the least ex-
perienced ; and OLDRIDGE'S BMA,/ of
Col.usiniA affords a
ready corroboration of the success of scientific research in
contributing to develope the physical perfections of men,
by its unprecedented success in promoting, strengthening,
and reproducing the Human Hair. OLDRIDGE'S BALM
causes Whiskers and Eyebrows to grow, prevents the
hair from turning grey, and completely frees it from scurf.
Sold wholesale and retail by the Proprietors, 1, Welling.
ton-street, Strand, London, and by most of the respect-
able Perfumers and Medicine Venders; Price 3s 6d., 65.,
and 11s. per bottle. No other prices are genuine.
N. B.—The public are requested to be on their guard
against counterfeits; ask for" Oldridge's Balm,"I, Wel-
lington Street, Strand.

BOMBAY, JUNE 2, 1839.—These are stirring times in
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new Governor,
rapidsokveetchoorf
arrived on Friday, after a passage of one hundred and
ten days, and was yesterday sworn into office. A vast
deal depends upon his proceedings at this eventful mo-
ment. There is but one opinion amongst those ac-
quainted with India, that our power in this quarter is
about to undergo an ordeal far more trying than any it
has yet encountered. The first step has been propi-
tious : by the latest intelligence from the army the con-
quest of Cabool appears all but certain. The two for-
midable positions, the Bolan and the Kojuck passes,
which a handful of men might have successfully
defended against powerful armies, had been left unoc-
cupied, and were surmounted without loss—the expe-
dition, in fact, has not yet encountered any opposi-
tion whatever ; and as it is pretty certain that the
appeal made by the Sirdars to the religious bigotry
of the population has utterly failed, it is not likely
that any opposition will now be offered to our progress.
Letters have just been received here, announcing the
entry of the army into Candahar on the 25th ultimo,
the southern capital of the state, and the flight to-.
wards Persia of its chief, the brother of Dost 111oham-
met, of Cabool. Tne latter, and the Peshawar
Ameer, are making preparations for 'flight by selling
off whatever they can lay their hands upon. This

news is of vital interest, tOr had these Princes the cou-

rage to offer us any opposition in the almost disor-
ganized condition of the army, the result would have
been most deplorable. The accounts which we have

been receiving here from the army for some weeks were
truly startling. Owing to the treachery of the Khan
of Kheilat, upon whose friendship too much reliance ,
had unfortunately been placed by Sir Alexander Burnes,
the supplies of every necessary of life had been with-
held. The camels were the first victims, and, by their
.JSS, quantities of valuable stores and proprty were
necessarily abandoned to the clouds of savage plun•
derers who hovered night and day upon the flank and
rear of the expedition. The camp followers, who in
an eastern army, as you are aware, far exceed the
combatants in number, soon began to feel the
horrors of famine ; they are described by an eye-
witne.Fs as contending with the wild dogs and vul-
tures for the bodies of the animals which had fallen
in the road. The troops were reduced to half their re•
gular allowance, and numbers of the horses shot, A
short time further would have sufficed completely to
disorganise the army ; indeed letters from the camp
describe the advance of the British into Cabool to be
unparalleled in the annals of modern warfare, except by
the retreat of the French from Russia. Shah Soojah's
contingent had dwindled from 6,000 to 1,500 men.
What a blessing that we were not attacked while in this
miserable state ! The tide had fortunately turned at
the date of the last accounts. Provisions were coming
in freely ; many camels had been procured, and the
British force before Candahar mustered (exclusively of
Shah Soojah's contingent, and of the irregular corps)
11,000 fighting men of all arms.
You have heard of the departure of the British Resi-
dent from Buzhire, in consequence of the gross insults
offered him by the Persian authorities. Her Majesty's
ship Cruizer arrived here last week from the Gulph,
bringing intelligence that all apology was peremptorily
refused. Tile Shah, it was said, was at the head of an
army of 60,600 men and 200 pieces of artillery, about
to move somewhere forthwith. Herat, it is generally
supposed, is the object of attack. British influence has

been much weakened in Persia ; the departure of our
Resident from Bushire was represented to the surround-
ing countries as an ignominious flight, and the first step in
th recession of British power from the Eastern world.
An officer who went from Barrack some time since to
Bagdad, to purchase mules, could not procure them for
any price, when it was diseovered they were intended
for the British. The story which he found current
there in everybody's mouth was, that there is an over-
whelming Russian army on the borders of Armenia,
advancing to drive us from the East. This popular
rumour indicates, at least, the hopes and wishes of our
late allies.

Runjeet Singh has been for several weeks speechless,
and expected every moment to die. Thereis scarcely a
day that a report of his demise is not current, both here and
at Calcutta. By letters, however, from Lahore, of May
7th, it appears that he is still alive, though recovery is
is wholly out of the question. His death at this critical
moment cannot fail to add to our embarrassments.
The various tribes subject to his authority have Do bond
of cohesion whatsoever, excepting the influence of that
master-spirit which had consolidated them into a
powerful kingdom. His death, it is supposed, will be
the signal for an interminable civil war, and we shall
thus lose the support of a military power which is,
after our own, by far the most formidable in India.
'There is, however, a large British force encamped at
Verozpore, under the command of Colonel Hunter,
ready to enter the Punjaub at a moment's notice, and,
by adopting the cause of the Runjeet's legally ap-
pointed successor, to maintain, if possible, the integrity
of his kingdom.
You will have no doubt received before this can reach
you the important intelligence from China. The sur-
render of all the opium belonging to British subjects has
been extorted by measures which many consider most
unwarrantable. Viewed in a pecuniary light it is a
great blow to individual interests, and to the general
commercial prosperity of this country. The opium mer-
chants here are, or at least pretend to be, perfectly easy,
as Captain Elliot's guarantee for indemnification binds,
as they conceive, the British nation irretrievably. The
wisest ones here regard the chance of wringing any-
thing from Parliament as very remote indeed, notwith-
standing the chivalrous engagement of the British repre-
sentative. You, however, at home are the best judges
whether or not that gentleman has exceeded the powers of
his commission. The event, viewed in a political aspect, is
most disastrous ; the Indian Government loses in one
fell swoop a yearly revenue of between one and two
millions sterling, and that too at the very moment when
to meet the enormous outlay attending upon its military
operations a large increase of revenue has become al-
most indispensable. The quantity of the drug imported
into China from this country this year would, it is said,
but for the late proceedings of the Chinese authorities,
have amounted to the enormous extent of 40,000 chests.
Part of this has been seized at Canton, part is still in
this country, ready for shipment, and part is in transit ;
all, of course, rendered as valueless as so many boxes
of san 1.

The internal condition of this country is at this mo-
ment most alarming. There is no doubt whatever that..
regular emissaries have been travelling in every direc-
tion, to raise the minds of 'the inhabitants by represent-
ing that British power is at an end, and that a new era of
independence and happiness is about to dawn upon the
millions of Hindostan. Some of those miscreants have
been seized by the authorities, and it is quite certain
that their efforts have been attended with very consider-
able success. The withdrawal of the troops from Poona
and the surrounding districts for dispatch to Scinde was
followed, as I presume you have already heard, by the
publication of insurrectionary placards, announcing that
British power had disappeared from India, and inviting
the people and the army to co-operate in the esta-
blishment of a native government. Numerous arrests
have been made, and the trials arc at this women in
progress. The poor Ryots had actually been deluded
into the belief that we were about retiring altogether
from their country ; and some of the Patells, or Chiefs
of the villages, had been induced to take bonds in the
name of " the new Government." So much for
Western India. In the south, a large British force
has been suddenly assembled at Bellary, owing to
the proceedings of the Kurnool Rajah, who has of
late been carrying on military preparations in a
most open and daring manner. The Hyderabad
letters declare that the Nizam (a Prince possessed
of territory more extensive than many of your
European kingdoms) has been a party to the
plans of his Kurnool neighbour, and the British re-
sident at his Court is said merely to await instructions
from the Supreme Government to adopt a most decided
course. In the Rajahpoot States of the north-west, the
horizon is still more menacing. The Calcutta
journals
assure us, that before the end of the present year we
t strongly
e
are to be engaged in actual war in that quarter. As,
however, I have already remarked, complete success in
Cabool would, in all probability, instuntly change the'.
aspect of the whole game, 'Therenecessity
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the Government
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menting the European troops in this country. The
army, and more particularly the European portion of it,
must not on any account be carried out of the country,
no matter what the emergencies either of Cabool or
Burmah. With an adequate European army, and with
a General of superior talent, all is still safe. The
emergency, however, is one which requires another
Clive or Wellington. Lord Auckland's plans, as far as
we can yet read them, appear admirable, but, besides
the head to plan, we want the hand to execute.
The monsoon has fully set in, and as we are yet
without steamers of sufficient power to stem it, the
Bombay Government dispatch the European mails to-
morrow, not by the usual route of Egypt, but by the
Persian Gulph, Bassora, and Beyrout. Another mail
was dispatched via the Red Sea, on the 20th ultimo,
which may not perhaps reach England until after the
pre scn t.—Ch ro nide.

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SUSPECTED INFANTICIDE.--Between Wye and
sGixeoor'gcelocckLodsilisN,lodnidscaoyvemreod thernhig a
body
of labouringa man, - named.
newly born
female child, which had bean thrown into the drain of one
of the houses now building in Upper Islington-fields; it
was wrapped in a woman's cotton apron. The body had
been compressed into as small a space as possible with such
violence that one of the thigh hones was broken. Itn in.
quest will be held.
A new schooner called the Despatch, of 110
tons burden, belonging to Salcombe, sailed from that
harbour on Monday for the Mediterranean, and was totally
wrecked during the night sear Mothicombe. We regret
to state that the crew were all drowned. —Devonport
Teltgraph.

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LATE NEWS.

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Towns, and trust populous parts of the
Country,—and in accordance with the wishes
of various Commercial News-rooms, Clubs,
and other