The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-29 00:00:00

THE NORTH-WEST.—The accounts from the
North-Western Provinces are conflicting, but from
all that we can gather, it would seem as if Govern-
ment were making preparations to put an effectual
stop to the constant troubles which the several
tribes have been giving us of late. The Governor-
General has authorised the raising of a new police
battalion of 700 strong for service on the Derajat
frontier, to be armed with percussion muskets. All
the police beyond the Indus are to be similarly
equipped as quickly as the order can possibly be
carried into effect. The prompt measures thus
being adopted lead us to suspect that Government
anticipates some disturbances on the Derajat fron-
tier during the next cold weather. An order has
also gone up country to abolish the Scinde camel
corps. The men are to be re-entered as light
infantry, and are to be armed with rifles. They
are to bear the title of the " Scinde Corps f rifles
and ammunition are to be dispatched forthwith for
their use.
CABUL.—Accounts received from Cabul mention
that Shah Jan Khan, son of the Amir, is engaged
in a war with the Ghilzais, at Mookur, and that
Allah Dad Khan and Mir lad Khan, the ambas-
sadors lately dispatched to the King of Persia, had
proceeded to Cabal, by the Hazara road. The re-
sult of their embassy has not been made public.
There was a rumour that a Persian agent had
arrived at Candahar, the object of whose visit is
,said to be to warn the chiefs against failing to act
in' oppOsition to the King's orders. We hear that
Major R. R. W. Ellis, political agent in Bundel-
cund, has satisfactorily arranged the disputes con-
sequent on the demise of the late Benaik Rao. The
cantonment is dispersed, and the people gave up
their guns and arms is a quiet orderly manner.
These are to be broken up and sent into Banda, as
may be most advisable, and measures are in pro-
gress to insure the settlement of arrears of pay to
the soldiery preparatory to their discharge.
We regret to learn by letters from neighbouring
stations that sickness is very rife, and has already
compelled several civil officers to apply for leave of
absence.

On the 3d August they commenced another fire
on the rebels from the southern bank. More than
100 were killed, and 10 or 20 long tailed men made
prisoners. At the hills and streams on the north-
west there remained no more rebels.
The Emperor, recapitulating, says it gives him
the most profound delight to pursue such a dis-
patch, and to find that one of his soldiers can
match a hundred of their adversaries. Toh-ming-a
is rewarded with a variegated feather, a white
jade feather case, &c. Seling-a, having still some
further faults to answer for, must wait till he has
obtained more victories, and then with Shen-luh
he shall share the imperial favour. The generals
must tekecadvantage of ths.military prestige they
have thus acquired to cross the river, and pursue
and overtake the remaining robbers, which will be
an easy task. Meritorious men and officers are to
be reported by Tehming-a, after proper inquiry, to
the Emperor, that they may be rewarded.—China
Herald, Aug. 27th.

SHIPPING.
ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN.

At Hong Kong.—Avg. 24.—The Acasta, from Sun.
derland ; the Spirit of the North, from Grimsby. Aug.
25.—The Mary Ann, from Sunderland. Aug. 27.
The Petrus (Swedish), from Hartlepool. Aug. 30.
The M. Cornelia (Dutch), from Hartlepool. Sept. 3.—
The Sorata, from Liverpool. Sept. 7.—The Secret,
from Shields.

BURMAIL—The following is from a correspon-
, dent at Rangoon :—" I wish you would notice pro-
minently in the Burkaru our almost defenceless
state here, for I believe that with no other Euro-
pean power would so much apathy and procrastina-
tion have taken place as has been exhibited in our
military arrangements since the annexation of
Pegu. The Pagoda Plateau, which is the Fort
William or stronghold of Pegu, remains in almost
the same state as we got it, surrounded with
houses and pagodas that would afford excellent
cover to an enemy, and intercept even the range
for common canister from our guns, and this whilst
cooly labour is abundant and cheap, and the ser-
vices of many engineer officers remain unemployed,
and have so remained for a long time past. Every
one censures and feels it a slur upon our military
reputation, but no one appears to know where the
blame lies."—Bengal Hurkaru, August 31.
RANGooN.—" We are told to expect the Gover-
nor-General here on board the Zenobia in all this
month. I should think he will be rather surprised
to see the state of the fort inside the stockade, full
of jungle, and to find that the only passable roads
are the old Burmese ones."—Englishman, Sept. 7.

At Shanghai.—Aug. 9.—The Preusische Adler (Prus-
sian), from Liverpool. Sept. 11.—The Crisis, from
Liverpool.

DEPARTURES TO GREAT BRITAIN.

From Whampoa.—Aug. 30.—The James Armstrong,
to Liverpool.
From Shanghai.—Aug. 23.—The Lancastrian, to
London. Aug. 24.—The Geffrard, to London.

AUSTRALIA.

In addition to what we published yesterday from
Australia, the following has been received per the
Argo. From Sidney, August 9th, a correspondent
of a morning contemporary writes :
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hereditary titles should be conferred, together with. '
ment of Quebec, passed in the year 1791. After all
that has been said upon the subject of colonial
peerages, after Mr. Gibbon Wakefield's and Dr.
Lang's writings, and the various little pamphlets
and heavy debates which this pet scheme has occa-
sioned of late years, it is, to say the least of it, rather
remarkable that the Legislature of New South
Wales, which Lord Grey seems to consider in the
light of a revolutionary body, should deliberately
propose the creation of a noblesse in Australia.
The scheme is not to establish a house of heredi-
tary legislators like the House of Lords, but to
ennoble a certain number of individuals, who, in
time to come, shall elect an Upper House from
their own order. Of the features of the report, I
may mention that it proposes to maintain the pre-
sent distribution of the electoral districts ; but, on
the other hand, it extends the franchise to persons
receiving a salary of 1001. a year, or paying 101. a
year for lodging, or 401. a year for board and
lodging. It also abolishes property qualification
for members of the Representative Assembly, every
voter being qualified to he elected. lam credibly
informed that, on the subject of the electoral dis-
tricts, the report will be modified in the House.
At present the new interests which have arisen out
of the gold discovery are entirely unrepresented,
and the preponderance of the
squatters' influence
is so great as virtually to swamp the opinions of
the popular members, and render their efforts at
reform entirely nugatory. A preliminary meeting,
CHINA. to protest against the new constitution scheme, was
held on Monday last at the Royal Hotel, at which
PROGRESS OF THE REBELLION.
between 400 and 500 people attended, and speeches
The Pekin Gazette of the 3d of August contains were delivered by several gentlemen of respecta-
a report from Toh-min-a Se-lin-a and Sheu-luh
bility and influence. Were it not that Mr. Went-
detailinghae.. worth is bent upon taking home the new con-
various successes
over the rebels
at K'
fung-foo. When the insurgents fled from K',
hae_ stitution this year, I should almost be inclined
to think that it would be thrown over till next
pi.. session ; but I believe the honourable gentle-
tatedfung, they were pursued by the cavary under the
man's influence, combined with that of the Go-
vernment , will be sufficient to get a bill passed
a great number. On the Ist of July they
embodying the leading features of the report.
pursued them to Sze-shwuy, when the rebels made
An
for the fords of the Yellow River, and attacked the
Imperialists on the east and west of a double hill united effort is being made to form a Church of
_ of Sydney. Many persons have held aloof from
this movement, on account of the want of religious
found there ; in the battle that ensued the Imps- England college in connection with the University
rialists killed 300 of the enemy, who, being re
_ space than you would be willing to afford to explain
duced to extremity, sought to get on board
their vessels, when a north-westerly wind arose instruction in the University. It would take more
preventeda'unpdontlie
Imperialistst he i r
opened
fired er
uwpeoing h
them,; w h earned
the particulars, and it may be sufficient to say that
killed the whole of them, a large number having been the difficulties have been overcome, and the college
driven into the water. After this 13 of the enemy's will be established. allary of 5001. a year will
vessels were burnt, and a large quantity of military be given to the princy the Government. It
stores taken, together with 50 prisoners, among the may not be out of place to say a few words of
rest 4 chiefs, wearing yellow jackets and red caps, who warning to the better class of persons desiring to
were immediately beheaded. At this time Shen- emigrate to these colunies. Nothing can be more
luh came up with the infantry, and killed 200 melancholy than to observe the feelings of disap-
more. On the 2d of July the rebels again ad- pointment, and almost of despair, with which geu-
vanced from the double hill to the attack, when tle_mi en and ladies, accustomed to the comforts, the
the Imperialists killed 100 more, and captured a dei • acies, and the decencies of life in England, con-
score, while they destroyed three of the enemy's template the realities with which they have to deal
vessels and burnt ten. The Emperor, on hearing on first arriving in the land of gold. I have had
this, says that, as the thieves are now reduced to opportunities of conversing with many of these, and
the last extremity, especial care must be taken to the infatuation which they appear to have been
exterminate them, and particularly to preventb
la ouring under before leaving home is almost in-
their seizing vessels and crossing the Yellow River. credible.._ They literally came out with the notion
They must also not be allowed to make themselves that gold was to be picked up in the streets ; and
masters of its banks. The Emperor comforts him- they find, on the contrary, that in no place under
self with the idea that two Tartar generals, with a the sun must they work harder and endure more
large force, are on the march to the north bank of to get bread than in a new colony. The first two
the Yellow River, where they will give the rebels years of an educated emigrant's life are full of bit-
a warm reception. He further orders the civil and terness, full of struggle, and full of disappointment.
military officers in charge of K'hae-fung to exert I speak from personal and recent experience. In
themselves immediately to exterminate the rebels nine cases out of ten he has to begin life de novo
on the south side of the river, and then, says he, in a situation relatively far inferior to•that which
we have no doubt but that this insignificant band he may have left in England, whilst his wife must
of robbers will, without difficulty, be swept away descend to the duties of the lowest menial if she
from the face of the earth. would keep things together at all. Soft hands that
Tho Gazette, of the 9th August, gives the details erewhile rattled over the brilliant notes of Collard's
of an unsuccessful attack on Yang-chow, reported grand piano, now exhibit signs suggestive of the
by K'e-shen. The assigned cause of its failure was scrubbing-brush and wash-tub. Fair faces, which
the want of co-operation on the part of others. at home inspired love and admiration, acquire a
That officer has made repeated assaults, and bronzed and freckled aspect, which, though indi-
directed Shwang-lae to bombard the city wall with cative of robust health and hard work, is but little
his largest cannon. On Ist August an opportunity calculated to charm the beholder. On the other
presented itself, and Shwang-lae passed the stream other hand, however, there is the promise, the
on wooden rafts. Planting his soldiers, his forces certainty, of future independence ; and after the
ascended the walls. With him were troops from first regrets have been smothered, and homesick-
Kan-suh and Chih-le. They killed innumerable ness supplanted by improving prospects, the mind
rebels, and by means of fire missiles burnt many becomes accustomed to the change. Insensibly,
houses in the city. The rebels opened a cannonade an interest in the country grows up. One by one
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—Fifty thousand Cures have been from towers' on the wall, and set on fire some the recollections of home fade away, and nothing
effected by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food, wooden houses beneath. The flames burning remains but a mellow memory of happy days gone
without medicine, inconvenience, or expense (as it saves
fiercely, our soldiers nothing. could do General by, and, perchance, a restless feeling of impatience
• otherremedies).—"Twenty-fiveyears'
fifty,timesits costin Shwang-lae lost two teeth by a gun-shot, which
and almost disgust when an English newspaper is
• don indigestion, and debility, from ,
nervousness, constipation, , . • ' • struck his left jaw. Ch'in-kin-show, with a part opened, and the thought of what we might have
which I had suffered great misery, and which no meth-,
relieve, have been effectually cured of his troops, mounted the walls with ladders, but done. at home flashes for a moment across the
cbineDcouulßdarrermv,osveFooroa
in a very, short time. W. R. the greater part of the army did not respond to the I brain. Expatriation is no light thing, even to a
Reeves, Pool Anthony, Tiverton. "Eight years' dys- shouts for aid, and those on the wall were obliged golden land ; hut he who will become a hero—he
pepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and to descend again. The Emperor praises Shwang- i who is capable of crushing the- softer emotions of
nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice lae as having acted in the bravest manner. It was 1 his being, and of firmly encountering the rough-
of many, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's through the failure of the troops on the western nesses of life in the physical and moral wilderness—
delicious food in a very short time. I shall be happy side to arrive in time that Yang-chow was not re- that man will succeed. It will not be long before he
to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavel, Rid- captured. Ch'in-kin-chow is deprived of his rank finds fields of usefulness and opportunities of noble
lington Rectory, Norfolk." "Three years' excessivde
for his want of generalship. K'e-shen is also de- exertion opening up before him, which, if availed
nervousness, with pains in my neck and lea arm, and
prived of his office, but retained to discharge its I of in a sober and hard-working• •t, will spinsoon
general debility, which rendered my life very miserable,
duties. raise him to a place in life which all the advan-
has been radically removed by Du Barry's excellen,t
A dispatch has also been received from Toh- tages of his native land can never procure for him.
food. Alexs. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen. '
nd Shen-luh, detailing a succession of Far different, however, is the effect of emigration
—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, ming-al a
by them in Henan. The rebels •
60 in pos- upon the labourer. To him, the colony is imme-
nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, victories
beenm, sickness at the stomach, and vomittings, Jolly, 1
of Sze-shvoly (a district city or 70 Eng- diately and essentially a great improvement upon
removed by Du Barry's excellent food. Maria Jolly, lish miles to the west of K'ae-fung, further up the the country he has lefts, He misses very little
Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk."— Copies of testi- Yellow River) planted artillery within the walls that he has ever held dear ; whilst highly-paid em-
monials of 50,000 cures (including those of Lord Stuart I
to defend themselves. The generals already named ployment, and constant opportunities of pushing
de Decies, Major-General Thomas King, Drs. Ure, advanced to attack them on the 2d. August, in! his fortunes, only wait his acceptance. Here he
Shorland, and Harvey (gratis). In canisters, with full 1
several divisions, partly Tartar and partly Chinese. t has no anxieties—no struggle. All is smooth, all
instructions, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., lls. ;
The rebels seeing the danger to be feared from the prosperous, provided he be steady and avoid the
121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 51b., 225. ; 10lb., 335. The
n and musketry, attempted to escape by the i public-house. The colony, which, to the refined,
' 101 b. and 121 b. carriage free. Barry Du Barry and Co., cannon
On this the Manchus from Meih-yun, 1 appears at first sight a pandemonium, is to the
Fortnum, and east gate. , 1
77, Regent-street, London; a 150,.. Mason, I
near ?eking,opened a rapid fire, and, making a working-man a paradise. The moral of this is to
Co., purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY.

Arrivals.—Sept. 13—The ship Simoom, Elwood, from
Liverpool. May 30 : ship Royal Lily, Shrewsbury, Sun-
derland, May 24; brig Cicely, Armstrong, Aden, Aug.
29 ; ship John Bull, Richardson, Liverpool, May 18 ;
ship Alfred the Great, Gowing, Liverpool, June 4. 14—
The barque Rubicon, Vaux, Kurrachee. 20—The ship
Jane Green, Spencer, London, May 15 ; ship Pestonjee
Bomanjee, Montgomery, China, July 7, touched at
Anjer, lost a foretopmast and foretopgallantmast. 23—
The ship Tara, Grant, Liverpool, June 2 ; on July 23,
spoke the brig John Romilly, from London fo Hobart
Town, lat. 30.40 S., long. 27.15 W. ; July 30, spoke
the barque Thomas from London to Sydney, lat. 36.6
S., long. 4 W. ; July 31, spoke the French barque As-
fadatalta, from Marseilles to Pondicherry, lat. 36.25 S.,
long. 0.30 W. ; the barque Protomelia, Lodwick, from
Aden, Sept. 9.
Departures.—Sept. 10—The ship James White, Tay-
lor, for Hull ; barque Sunda, Pritchard, Liverpool ;
ship Atiet Rohomon, Hussain, Calcutta ; ship Lord
Auckland, Thompson, London. 11—The ship Courser,
Wilson, Port Philip. 12—The Hon. Company's steamer
Auckland, Aden. 13—The ship Apprentice, Hardy,
Port Philip. 14—The ship Sefina Toola, Rudge, Co-
lombo and Port Philip. 16—The steamer G. R. Clerk,
Menesse, Vingorla and Goa; ship Duchess of Northum-
berland, Mitchell, Cochin and London ; steamer Sir J.
R. Carnec, Beyts, Surat. 17—The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Pottinger, Stead, Galle,
Penang, Singapore, and Hong Kong ; ship Monteagle,
Lorby, Liverpool. 19—The ship Armais, Locke, Can-
ton. 22—The brig Lady Harvey, Williams, Port Philip;
steamer Sir J. R. Carnec, Beyts, Surat.