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LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1853.

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INDIA AND CHINA.

INDIA.

The ;lows from Burmah extends to the 9th of
April, and is extremely unsatisfactory. Two days
after the departure of the regular mail steamer from
Rangoon the Medusa arrived there from Moulmein
with an urgent requisition for more troops. The
steam frigate Mozuffer wan immediately dispatched.
to Calcutta, where she took on board a wing of the
2d European Fusiliers, and immediately returned.
The other wing is to follow. Arrangements have,
it is said, been put in train for following up these
reinforcements by a still more numerous embarka-
tion of soldiers as soon as they can possibly be
dispatched.
The Mozuffer brought down a Rangoon Chronicle
Extra, in which it was stated, " that Beling had
been attacked and retaken by a large body of the
King's troops, who had cut up one small garrison
there." One of the secretaries to Government has
written to the Calcutta papers to state " that there
are no grounds for this report." The bazaars of
Calcutta are, however, inundated by reports of
disasters in Burmah.
The fact is that the Burmese Court is playing
its old game, and, while endeavouring to delay our
advance by negotiation, is organizing a partizan
warfare in our rear, which threatens severe incon-
venience and danger to our small detachments
scattered over the country. The garrisons of both
Moulmein and Rangoon (our very base of opera- ;
tions) are again threatened by numerous bodies of
the King's troops.
No particulars have yet transpired regarding
General Cheape's affair with Myah Thoon. This
unwonted silence has, of course, led (says the Delhi
Gazette) to all sorts of unpleasant rumours. The
Englishman has heard that some of the native
troops—those whose bravery was most relied on—
did not behave well. The _Flurkaru hears that the
casualties have been greater than was reported.
Myah Thoon escaped from Captain Fytche's
force, which retired to Bassein, and he is now at
large collectina. troops.
The present position of affairs is as follows :—On
the right bank of the Irrawaddy, beginning at its
north, the garrison of Rangoon, only 800 strong,
is said to be threatened by a Burmese force con-
sisting of two bodies of 1,500 each, commanded 'by
Wongee ; higher up, at Donabew, there is a force
observing Myah Thoon. The head-quarters at
Prome have been much weakened by the detach-
ment of a considerable force to the south to look
after Myah Thoon, and another to the north to
form the advance at Meadey. There are small
parties at intermediate points along the right bank
of the river, but the latter affords ample facilities
for communicating with them, or relieving them if
necessary. On the left bank, however, there are
grounds for considerable anxiety. General Steele
marched up a column from Moulmein to Tongho
through the interior, leaving small garrisons at
Beling, Shoygyn, Sitang, and other towns he went
through. He is now halting at Tongho, within 21
marches of Ava, with about 800 men.
Moulmein, Martaban, and Beling are all threat-
ened by superior forces of Burmese, and there is
every reason to fear that the small garrisons of
Sitang and Shoygyn (so distant from any aid must
be also surrounded by bodies of the enemy. The
troops are in very bad health, provisions are very
scarce, and the various steamers are getting used
up by hard work. The Burmese Commissioners
have met Captain Phare, and returned to Ava for
further powers. There are two accounts of their
objection to sign the treaty. According to one they
spurn all idea of cession of territory, and by the
other they are stated to object to the particular line
of frontier selected. It is quite clear that a per-
manent settlement can only be made with our
troops at Ava, but they are at present so scat-
tered in detachments over the country, and pro-
visions are so scarce, that time will be required
for the collection and equipment of a force suffici-
ently large to satisfy General Godwin's views.
The first 24 miles of the Bombay Railway—the
first railway in India and in Asia—was opened on
the 16th of April, and has now been carrying
upwards of 1,000 natives daily, for a fortnight.
The Great India Peninsular Railway Company may
inscribe Primus in Indus on their seal, on the 39th
Regiment do on their colours. The railway was
not inaugurated as the first constructed in Asia
should have been. The Governor and Government
naturally manifested no interest whatever in an
event which, but for the obstruction of their hon-
ourable masters the Court of Directors, would
have taken place several years earlier. The follow-
is from the Bombay Times :
" The first railway in Asia was opened at Bombay
amidst a vast concourse of people and unprecedented re-
joicings on the 16th of April. The most notable event
that ever occurred in the East seemed to possess no
claims on the regards of the authorities • the Governor,
the Commander-in-Chief, and the Bishop, with two of
the Secretaries and Presidency Staff, had gone to their
summer quarters ; the members of Council present were
silent, and it was remarked that the prayer or addresses,
never omitted in consecrating the colours of a regiment
or laying the foundation of a townhouse, were forgotten
at the commencement of the operations of the most
wonderful structure the East ever beheld.

Another important source of Indian revenue,
the salt duties, is also beginning to fail. The Friend
of India attributes this falling off to the fact that
the people of the Company's territories are becoming
so poor as to be compelled to retrench in one of the
most indispensible necessaries of life. It is possible
that the falling off of the salt revenue may admit
of other solution, but the gradual impoverishment
of the inhabitants of the Company's territories, as
compared with those of native States, is a fact as
notorious as it is humiliating, and it is one which
of all others should form the subject of special and
searching inquiry before the Charter be renewed.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE BOMBAY MARKETS, FROM THE 14TH OF APRIL TO

THE 28TH OF APRIL, 1853, INCLUSIVE.

The brisk inquiry for piece good, exhibited on the
departure of the last mail, has ceased entirely in conse-
quence of the anxiety shown by importers to realise
their stocks before the closing of the season and take
advantage of the favourable rate of exchange ; lower
rates have, therefore, been accepted on nearly all kinds
of goods.
Grey shirtings, of 40-inch and of 51 to 61b., have de-
clined at 11a. to 2a. per piece, 71b. nearly 4a., and those
of above 71b. 6a. to Ba. on the last mail's quotation ;
however the sales are nearly 12,500 pieces at 4r. for a
cloth of 611 b., at sr. lla. for one of 911 b. A similar
depression is perceptible on shirtings of 45-inches.
Grey ruadapollatns, so eagerly inquired for before the
last mail left, have given way about 11 annas per piece
on the late advance, and are not now asked for.
Grey domestics and T-cloths likewise show a decline
on former prices.
Bleached goods of all descriptions remain as per last
reported, without any improvement. Sales reported are
very trifling of jacconets and lappets.
Mule twist has revived a shade in value on last quota-
tions, while water has declined proportionately. Sales
reported are to a fair extent.
Metals, notwithstanding so limited a stock here, with
such high price in England, show no improvement, and
a sale of 200 cwt. sheathing reported at no more than
than 63r. per cwt.
Beer is expected to be dear in Bombay this year, in
consequence of the difficulty in securing tonnage in
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We also report sales of 120 bolts Canvas at 15.1 r. pe,r
bolt, and 225 cwt. white and green paint, at 12!>r. per
cwt.

In cotton litble has been done since the arrival of the
last steamer from China bringing such discouraging ac-
counts of the price of that article there ; for although
are fast accumulating, and few shipments going
on either to England or China, holders are firm, and the
price has not declined more than 2r. or 3r. per candy ;
they ask 99r. for Broach and Jumbooseer cotton, 97r.

for Surat, 94r. to 95r. for Dhollerah, and 90r. per candy
for Oomrawutty cotton. The maintainance of these
prices have deterred shippers from sending on the staple,
fi eights suddenly fell to 4/. per ton, at which all the
shipping in the harbour was taken up.
Freights have again advanced, and tonnage cannot be
had to Liverpool or London for less than 4/. ss. per ton.
In consequence of the recent unfavourable intelligence
from China, freight is not much sought for, and may
now be quoted at 16r. to 17r. per candy.
Exchange on England has for some time back been
steadily advancing, and most transactions for this mail
have been done at 2s. 10. per rupee at six months'
sight for Baring Brothers' credits, with the usual differ-
ence for local draughts and those secured by shipping
documents.

BOMBAY SHIPPING.
Arrivals.—April 13th, the Hon. Company's steamer
Semiramis, from China March 10, Galle April 3, touched
at Quilon, Cochin, Calicut, Mangalore, and Rutnag-
herry ; ship Araminta, from Port Philip 24th January ;
barque Windermere, from Liverpool 10th November ;
ship Catherine Apcar, from Calcutta 3d March ; 14th,
ship Ursula, from Liverpool 18th October ' • 17th, ship
Fanny, from Port Philip 6th January ; 18th, ship Kirk-
man Finlay, from Liverpool 22d October ; 19th, ship
Stornoway, from London 18th December ; 20th, brig
Hamidoo, from Singapore 14th January ; touched at
Penang, Colombo, Tuticorin, Cochin, Cannanore, and
Goa ; 21st, Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Ganges, from Hong Kong 28th March, Singapore 2d,
Penang 6th, and Galle 17th April.
Departures—April 14th, the Hon. Company's steamer
Queen, to Aden • 15th, French ship Medicis, to Mar-
seilles ; French ship Desilles' to Marseilles ; 16th Pe-
ninsular and Oriental Steam Company's steamer Singa-
pore, to Point de Galle, Singapore, Hongkong, and
Woosung. 19th, ship Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, to China ;
ship Josephine, to London. 25th, ship P-'
to Liverpool. 26th, ship Queen

. -Arfivala.--=A aril `lr
Newcastle, October 13. 3d, _ ba)
Hull, Nov. 29 ; bark Amelia, from Vizagai
15. 11th, Peninsular and Oriental Steam

Company's steamer Precursor, fron;

Aden the 27th of March, and Galle, Apl
jesty's steamer Styx, from Amherst,
Majesty's ship Winchester, bearing the flag of his
his Excellency the Hon. Sir Fleetwood B. R. Pellew,
C.B. and K.C.H., Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-
Chief, C. T. A. Shadwell, from Amherst. 13th, Penin-
sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamer
Hindostan, from Calcutta.

and for which the Consul, on receipt of security,
renders himself responsible:
The arrival of the United States' Japanese ex-
pedition in the Chinese seas is daily expected, It
is said that a Russian squadron is also on its way
to the same destination, and an accession to our
naval force in these seas is considered 'necessary.
The Burmese war will for some time occupy a con-
siderable portion of the naval force originally ap-
propriated to the Chinese seas.

The Chinese Ministry has followed up its memo-
rial in favour of legalising the traffic in opium by
, another, in which it points out the advantages of
permitting its cultivation in China. The memorial
states that the climate and soil of the greater part
of the empire is peculiarly adapted to the growth of
opium, and produces a better quality of the drug
than is grown in India ; moreover, that opium is
already grown in China to a very considerable ex-
tent, notwithstanding the stringency of the Govern-
ment prohibition—the parties convicted for the
offence being invariably let off by the local autho-
rities, and the officers sent to cut down and destroy
the crops being always bought off. The fact of
opium being cultivated in China has for some years
been well known at Bombay. The Chinese Minister
proceeds to demonstrate that the six million a• year
paid to the foreign producers of opium would be
saved to the country were its growth encouraged
at home. It is thus clear that the duty on opium
(at present producing more than 3,000,0001. ster-
ling a-year) can no longer be calculated on as a
permanent source of income by the East India
Company, and this affords another argument for
the reduction of the overgrown and overpaid esta-
blishments of the East India Company.

wiu of /leaven, issues this
important and triumphant proclamation, to announce
that he has punished the oppressor and saved the people.
It appears that throughout the empire rapacious offi-
cers are worse than violent robbers, and the corrupt
mandarins of the public offices are no better than
wolves and tigers ; all originating in the vicious and
sottish monarch at the head of affairs, who drives honest
people to a distance, and admits to his presence the
most worthless of mankind, selling offices and dis-
posing of preferments, while he represses men of vir-
tuous talent, so that the spirit of avarice is daily in-
flamed, and high and low are contending together for gain;
the rich and great are abandoned to vice without con-
trol, while the poor and miserable have none to redress
their wrongs ; the very recital of which exasperate one's
feelings, and makes one's hair stand on end. To refer
to the case of the land revenue in particular, it appears
that of late the exactions have been increased manifold,
while the taxes due up to the thirtieth year of the last
King's reign were at one time said to be remitted, and
then again exacted, until the resources of the people are
exhausted, and their miseries grown to excess. When
our benevolent men and virtuous scholars contemplate
these things, their minds are deeply wounded, and they
cannot restrain themselves from rooting out these plun-
dering officers and wolfish mandarins of each prefecture
and district, in order to save the people from the flames
and floods in which they are now involved. At the
present moment our grand army is assembled like clouds,
the province of Kwang-se has been settled, and Chang-
sha (the capital of Hoo-nan) tranquillised ; and,
being now about to proceed towards the region of
Kwang-se (guru, Kiang-si), we deem it necessary to
announce to the people that they need not be alarmed ;
while agriculturists, mechanics, merchants, and
traders, may each peacefully pursue their occupations.
It is necessary, however, that the rich should
have in readiness stores of? provisions to aid in the
sustenance of our troops ; let each clearly report the
amount of their contributions to this object, and we will
furnish them with receipts, as security that hereafter the
money shall be all repaid. Should there be any bold
and strong men or wise counsellors among you, let them
with one heart and effort aid us in our great design ; and
when tranquillity is restored we will have them pro-
moted and rewarded according to their merit. All the
officers of prefectures and districts who resist us shall
be beheaded ; but those who are ready to comply with
our requisitions must forthwith send in to us their seals
of office, and then they may retire to their native vil-
lages ; with regard to the rabble of wolfish policemen, we
shall, as soon as we succeed, hang up their heads as a
warning to all. Being now apprehensive lest local ban-
ditti should take occasion from our movements to breed
disturbances, we wish you people clearly to report the
same, and we will immediately exterminate them. If
any of the citizens or villagers dare to assist-the maraud-
ing mandarins in their tyranny, and resist our troops
and adherents, no matter whether they reside in great
or small places, we will sweep them from the face of the
earth. Be careful. Do not oppose. A special procla-
mation.

Given in the second year of Theen-tih (on such a)
month and (such a) day.
The following couplet is appended to the above pro-
olamlation :

" Our valiant armies by thousands are preparing to
advance on the region of Peking ; and our august
monarch once seated in the deep recesses of his palace,
will revive the days of Yaou and Shun."

* From the allusion to the capture of Chang-sha in the
body of the proclamation, we may conclude the date to be
about the end of January.
± From the circumstance of Ngan-hwuy being mentioned
as the head-quarters of the general at the time when the
proclamation was issued, the date must bo somewhere
about the end of February.

It is worthy of remark that the term E, barbarian,
which has been so industriously applied to Europeans by
the mandarins, is now given back to their own rulers. It
cannot he meant as a compliment in the present instance.
[Probably it never is so, and here it is appropriately ap-
plied to the Manchus, by those who denounce them as
usurpers and intruders in China.—Ed.

bE) supposed that either Kew

keang or Ngan k'hing have fallen into their hands.
Some mischievous person, fond of making trouble, has
invented this story, in order to disturb people's minds.
Really such an offence as this could not be atoned for by
his death. I hive already directed the magistrate of the
district to inquire whence the report originated, and now
hastily issue this proclamation, informing you merchants
and scholars, and requiring the four classes of the people
to follow your various occupations, and pursue your com-
mercial speculations as usual. Do not allow yourselves
to be incited by these mischief-makers, to grasp at sha-
dows and catch the wind ; nor permit your minds to be
disturbed, and disorderly remove from place to place,
thus bringing yourselves into trouble. If any of you
engaged in mercantile speculations, take advantage of
these disturbances to get up the price of rice and wood,
or shut up your shops, so as to make it difficult for me
to keep the place in order, I, the Taoutae, will assuredly
punish you according to law, and do not say afterwards
that you were not duly warned. Let every one care-
fully observe this injunction. A special proclamation.
Heen-fung, third year, first moon, 29th day (March
18, 1853).

HONG KONG, APRIL 11.
The mail of the 24th of February from London
arrived late last evening, but has not yet been de-
livered.

Since the 28th ult. we have little to report.
We have but meagre accounts of the rebellion
from the North. The latest date from Shanghai is
of the 28th ult., which gives no intelligence that
can be depende upon relating to the position of
matters at Nankin. All communication with that
place seemed cut off. There appeared no doubt of
the rebel force investing the city, and a report was ,
current that one of the outer gates had. been forced. i
Among the various reports circulated there was a
prevailing one that Keshen, the former Viceroy of
Canton, had made a very successful attack on the
rebel force with the Imperial troops, about 150
miles from Nankin, in which many thousands of
the rebels are said to have suffered. Nearer Nan-
kin, at Taeping, the Imperial force is also said to
have defeated, the rebels with great loss of life.
This news requires confirmation. The high Man-
darin at Shanghai engaged four vessels fully
equipped to proceed up the Yanktsekiang to rein-
force Chekiangfoo.
At Shanghai there had been fresh alarm among
the brokers and natives from the difficulty of ar-
riving at the truth as to the state of affairs. The
present force off Shanghai is—two,J3ritish steamers
and one brig of war, one French, and one Ameri-
can steamer.

(There has been a fair demand for imports at
Canton, but the price of goods is lower. Metals
are maintained. Rice has advanced in value, and
prices are reported high in the north. The business
done in tea has been small, and prices show no
change. Exchange on England for six months'
bills ss. to ss. ld. ; Company's accepted bills, 237 r.
to 238 r. per 100. Freights to England 3/. 15s.
Two vessels loading, sufficient for wants.
Shanghai dates of the 28th ult. mention that
business continued almost suspended. Money was
scarce, and a large amount is being sent up from
this place. Exchange on England nominally ss.
5d per . dollar
_ _

The United States' steamer Mississippi, Commo-
dore Perry, arrived here on the 7th inst., and on
the 9th inst. the United States' sloop Plymouth
was despatched to Shanghai.
The sickness in the detachment of the 59th Regi-
ment is disappearing, and the health of the troops
generally is favourable.

Her Majesty's brig Royalist, Captain Bate, left
this on the 3d inst. on a surveying cruize.
In harbour—Her Majesty's ship Spartan, United
States' steamer Mississippi, sloop Saratoga, store
ship Supply, and French corvette Capricieuse.
At Whainpoa.—Her Majesty's brig Rapid.
At Amoy.—Her Majesty's steamer Rattler.
At Shanghai.—Her Majesty's steamers Hermes
and Salamander, brig Lily, United States' steamer
Susquehanna, and French steamer Cassini.
Our latest dates are, from England to the 24th
of February ; Calcutta, 26th of February ; Bom-
bay, 17th of March ; Sydney, 20th of January ;
Melbourne, sth of February ; Manilla, 16th of
March ; Singapore, 2d of April ; Shanghai, 28th
of March.

CHINA SHIP NEWS.
Arrivals from Great Britain.--At Honkong, March
30, Planet, from London ; April 8, steamer Lorreston,
from London, via Bombay.
Departures to Great Britain.--From Hongkong,
March 31, Flora Macdonald and Artimisia, to London ;
April 7, Thetis, to London. From Shanghai, March
19, Leopard, to Liverpool ; March 20, Erie (American),
to London ; March 21, Cornelia (Dutch), to London.

" Cape Town, April 21.

" Since the departure of the last steamer nothinc, hag
occurred to damp the satisfaction universally felt nothing
the
conclusion of the Kafir war. A number of the Hottentot
banditti continue to prowl about, and the frontier mail
that has just arrived brings intelligence of another mur-
der ; but these things may be expected, after the conclu-
sion of such a struggle.
"The inquiry into the causes of the rebellion is going
on. The commissioners sit with open doors, in the
midst of the people whose conduct and affairs generally
are the subjects of inquiry. This gives great confidence
to the well-dAposed, as it is highly creditable to the
good sense and foresight of the Governor. No particu-
lars have yet reached Cape Town. The Natal commis-
sion followed the same course, also printing the evidence
from day to day, as fast as the press could follow them.
These open, frank, and fearless proceedings have already
produced a most beneficial effect on the public mind.
" The crowning event is the arrival of the constitution,
which promises to be the panacea for all the colonial
grievances. The greatest satisfaction prevails on the
announcement of its provisions ; every party is, or ap
pears, satisfied.

"A general illumination is to take place throughout
the colony on the Queen's birthday.
"The Queen East Indiaman has just arrived."

We subjoin the following summary of news from
the Cape Town Mail of April 9 :
Peace with the Kafirs has at last been pro-
claimed. Our summary by the Calcutta announced
the general cessation of hostilities, and that the
paramount chief Sandilli, by crossing the Kei, and
thus complying, pro forma, with the terms origi-
nally dictated by General Cathcart, had opened
the way for amicable negotiation. " Messages,"
professing contrition and humility, were subse-
quently sent in by the chiefs, which were gra-
ciously received by his Excellency ; and on the 2d
\of March the fifth Kafir war was formally closed
by a proclamation extending the Royal pardon to
Sandilli and the Gaika people. That proclamation
further declared that the Amatolas and other landsformerly occupied by the Gaikas having been for-
feited to the Crown, they would in future be
located in a different part of the country, further
removed from the colonial frontier, " that is to say
the country between the Kei and the Great North

ißoad leading to the Windvogelberg, and bounded,
on the north by the Thomas River, and south by
the country of the chief U.mhala. [The conditions
have already been published.]
The general pardon conveyed in the proclamation
is, however, limited to British Kafraria ; Kafka
entering the colony and apprehended there being
amenable to justice according to colonial law for
any crimes they may have committed within the
colony. It is further declared that no Hottentot
will be allowed to settle in the country now allotted
to the Gaikas without special sanction from the
Governor.

On the 12th of March, General Cathcart an-
nounced to the colony " the final and complete
submission of all hostile and rebellious Kafirs, and
the restoration of a general peace, on a basis which
he has reason to hope and believe may prove sound
and lasting ;" and he then took the occasion of offer-
ing " his sincere congratulations to all her Majesty's
loyal subjects, who cannot fail to be deeply inte-
rested in this happy event." His Excellency also
at the same time made public the particulars of
an interview he had on the 9th with the chiefs
lately in rebellion, when his proclamation grant-
ing pardon to Sandilli and his associates was
read to them. The chiefs present were Sandilli
and his son Dundas ; Macomo and his four sons,
Numba, Kona, Rihilo, and Quare ; Botman and
his son Vandalla ; Unifandise (a Slambie chief who
had joined the Gaikas), and Dola, a brother to
Stock, who was not present ; each chief being at-
tended by his councillors. The number admitted
to the conference was about 150. [The address,
which was read to them by his Excellency's inter-
preter, Mr. Ayliff, and the reply of the chief, hays
already appeared in our columns.]
Considerable dissatisfaction has been expressed
by the colonists in the more exposed frontier dis-
tricts, at the apparently indefinite nature of the
relations entered into with the Gaika Kafirs, and
doubts are freely exsressed as to the stability of a
peace which crowds these pastoral tribes into a
smaller territory than that they previously occu-
pied ; but the retention of the Amatolas by a strong
military force removes the apprehension of any
serious opposition on their part to the terms which
his Excellency is now in a position to dictate.
Of the degree in which the the Kafirs have been
really subdued it were premature to offer an opinion,
until the arrangements for fixing the tribes in their
new locations shall have been carried into effect.
The task which remains for General Cathcart is
one of infinitely greater difficulty than that which
he has just completed, and requires on his part
no ordinary degree of good feeling, prudence, and
firmness.

On the 14th General Cathcart issued to the troops
the following general order, conveying the well-
merited thanks of their country to the officers and
soldiers under his command :
"The Commander of the Forces congratulates the
army under his command on the termination of the war
of rebellion which has troubled the eastern frontier of
her Majesty's South African possessions for more tiara
two years, and which at one time, assuming the charac-
ter of a war of races, had it not been arrested by their
gallantry, perseverance, and unparalleled exertions,
must have overwhelmed the inhabitants of the eastern
districts of the colony ; and indeed it is impossible t
10l
calculate the extent to which the calamity might not
have reached.
4 'ln conveying his thanks to the army for their
meritorious services, his Excellency desires to inclu d
tllenheotstectoalteen,iawlhu, levies,nnd erEguaruopaneatnlse,aderFins, goes, arid ya
nobly
emulated
not so favourable
warfare
with an open
the"
e field o
e examples loery s set
opened
them
tobythem in a Kafir war
her Majesty's regular
th
troops.
and
n d
ex
iHottentottin as rtehbaetl li on
whichi regulars , possibly,
en emy in thge field affords ; yet
tions called for in hunting well e unremitting exer-
savages through the bush, and d airmed, yet skulking,
innumerable stronghold., r \ring them from their
thaw those required by 'ree-ul are,
perhaps, more arduous
constantly for individual exertar warfare, and call more
The British soldier, iexertion and intelligence.
le call, well knows thata when wen yscheerfully obedient to
is sure to obtain the liel has done his duty he
gracious Queen. thanks and good opinion of his
" It is his Excellency
bad the greatest 's duty, and one which he has
pleasure in performing, to call her
Majesty's attt.. •
Antion not only on particular occasions,
but generally, to the'
noble conduct of all officers, non-
commiss. -‘ '
.. ioncd olbeers, and soldiers of this army through-
out the arduous contest in which they have been en-
gaged ; and they may rest assured it will not pass un-
heeded by their gracious Sovereign. It cannot fail to
be an additional gratification to them to reflect that the
result of their exertions has been the total and final
clearance of the Waterkloof, Fish River, and other
strongholds of the enemy within the colony, the surren-
der of the rebel chiefs Samiilli, Macomo, and the Gaika
people, who leave been expelled from the whole of their
former territories, including the Amatolas, which now
remain in possession of her Majesty's troops, and the

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Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 23d, 24th, and 25th,
______— force, so tnat we need not be under any apprehension 'L.-".4.i.-. ~......a ii„Liursaay morning. During Monday,
ondon. 25th, ship Price of Orange,
ship Queen Mab, to Liverpool. lest the rebels'should run in this direction. Moreover,
accordiii. to a letter received from the irovincial trea- the, I ' e_wa4 1-er4, itealityoOtha tramendons ....,
PROCLAMATIONS. ....5t _
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13. 3d, Russiazi bark nos, from ' BY Ti" I:MIME" ** - - aii4ved t Kew-keang, to intercept any easterly move- the gale was loss of head-rans and knees;. ',. .1. •" , 7-...., :' ' :' -:`"
Amelia, from Vizagapatam, March GOVERNMENT ABUSES.—DEMAND FOR PROVISIONS. went of the rebels ; while the local banditti in that The passengers by the Boephorous have pre..., A Ai44),1
r and Oriental Steam Navigation
Precursor, from Suez the 20th and Hung (Fung), captain-general of the army, having direction are all dispersed, and we may look for the
fseornte his d
et a
sOtt
entire superintendence of military affairs, and aiding in report of their complete defeat every day." Thus it
, mg
arch, and Galle, April 7 ; her Ma- the advancement of the T'hae-ping, or great pacificating appears that the rebels are still in the western re-
c, from Amherst, in tow of her dynasty, in obedience to the will of Heaven, issues this gions, and it is not to be supposed that either Kew- the passage home.
The cargo of the Bosphorous consists of ' di
at the Cape, under date of the
311 gO,
ichester, bearing the flag of his important and triumphant proclamation, to announce keang or Ngan k'hing have fallen into their hands.
lon. Sir Fleetwood B. R. Pellew, that he has punished the oppressor and saved the people. Some mischievous person, fond of making trouble, has
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in- It appears that throughout the empire rapacious offi. invented this story, in order to disturb people's minds.
well, from Amherst. 13th, Penin- cers are worse than violent robbers, and the corrupt Really such an offence as this could not be atoned for by Sal:.
correspondentan d specie.
21st ,of April, writes :
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