The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-30 00:00:00

INDIAN DISPATCHES.

The Gazette of yesterday evening publishes an extract
of a dispatch from Brigadier-General Steel, C. 8., dated
the 23d February, in which he report the occupation of
Tounghoo by the force under his command, and the ex-
pulsion of the Burmese troops from the eastern side of
the province. The details of the operations have already
been published in our columns.
Tounghoo is thus described :—" The force marched
again the following morning, the 18th February, and,
coming on without a halt, was able to reach the Sitang
river, at Thantabin, by a march of 18i miles, on the 21st
instant. On the opposite bank of the river, attended by
a party of thirty men, armed with muskets, a mounted
officer was seen, who hailed the first of our advance who
entered the bed of the river, asking what we
wanted ; saying we were both great nations and
ought not to be at war ! He was informed in reply that
if he had any communication to make, he might come
across the river ; he declined this proposal very peremp-
torily, and shortly afterwards the whole party disap-
peared. I have since learned that he is named illoun-
grlay-, an officer of some rank, and that he returned direct
to this city. The river, about four feet deep at the ford,
with a rapid current, was passed yesterday, commencing
at daylight. The guns were all over, the troops cross-
ing on the elephants, and the line of march formed on
the right bank in order for the advance by seven a.m.
We were met, not far from the river, by two of the chief
officers of this city, attended by a great number of the
inhabitants with offerings of fruits, and expressing in
many ways besides the open avowal in words, their ex-
treme joy at our arrival. Thus accompanied, the
troops, at ten a.m., entered this extraordinary city. It
is a large square enclosure, surrounded by a high
brick wall, with solid rampart, and outside by a broad
wet ditch ; each face is considerably upwards of a mile
in length. The town occupies but a small portion of the
enclosure ; temples, kyooms or monasteries, groves of
lofty trees, and extensive fruit gardens, are interspersed
among large open spaces, in one of which the force is
now encamped. There is also a large natural tank. In
the arsenal the guns and ammunition were found, of
which a return is enclosed. The wall is of a very an-
cient date, and the place is untenable as a fortification,
independently of its vast size, from the extensive dilapi-
dation of the wall in many places, and the weak points
offered by the exposed position of all the wooden gates :
the latter have been newly put up within the last three
months, and attempts recently made to repair the fallen

EXHIBITION OF CABINET WORK.—Four van loads of
highly valuable specimens for this exhibition have been
removed this week from Windsor Castle to Gore-house,
Kensington. Besides the contributions of her Majesty.
the Queen, the Dukes ofJlamilton, Buccleuch, Devon-
shire, and Northumberland, the Earls Spencer and Am-
herst, the Lords Willoughby d'Eresby and De l'lsle, Sir
Anthony Rothschild, Mr. Charles Mills, Mr. C. B.
Wall, M.P., Mr. H. Maquiac, Mr. James Morrison,
Mr. George Field, Mr. I. K. Brunel, Mr. E. Pownall,
Mr. John Auldjo, Mr. J. Swaly, Mr. D. M. Davison,
the Rev. M. Taylor, Mr. H. Farrer, and other gentle-
men have liberally consented to lend valuable examples
for public instruction in the production of cabinet work.
IRISH CHURCH MISSIONS TO THE ROMAN CATHOLICS.
—The anniversary meeting of this society was held yes-
terday morning in the large room of Exeter-hall, his
Grace the Duke of Manchester presiding. The meeting
having been opened with prayer, the report of the com-
mittee (of which the following is an abstract) was read :
—During the past year 2,000,000 handbills had been
circulated, each containing some polemical question ad-
dressed to Roman Catholics, and their effects had been
very satisfactory. In this work the committee had been
joined by the Irish Society, with which the Irish Church
Missions was now amalgamated. The Irish Society
agreed not to appeal for funds in England on considera-
tion of receiving from the Irish Church Missionary
Society the yearly help of 3,0001_ The
reneipt of the
society cierie, 1852 amounted to 29,9311. 19s. 6d., of
which 2,9701. 17s. 10d. was remitted from Ireland,
besides other entailer sums too lately received to be in-
cluded in the years account. The amount expended
during the year was 24,3221. 19s. 6d., leaving a balance
of 6,7511. 12s. 11d., of which 2,1091. were in Exche-
quer Bills. This report was received and adopted nem.
con., and after passing various resolutions, the meeting
thanked the chairman, and separated.
DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE.—The town of Somerton was
thrown into a state of great excitement on Wednesday,
by the discovery of a most diabolical outrage that had
been perpetrated during the night. The stables of the
Globe and White Hart Inns, in which were two valua-
ble stallions, bad been broken into, and the animals
hamstrung, and so cut about the hocks, that they were
obliged to be killed. One of them, the property of Mr.
Jacobs, of Baltonsborough, is said to have been worth
200 guineas. Of course, instant and active steps were
taken to discover the perpetrators of such atrocious
cruelty.—Sherborne Journal.
LINCOLN APRIL GREAT HORSE FAlR.—This impor-
tant fair, which is held for the first three days exclusively
for the sale of horses, commenced on Monday last, but
the number brought forward during the three days of
its continuance was much less than usual, although there
were many hundreds of first-class animals ; and, owing
to the great demand, the attendance of buyers from all
parts was unusually large. From the commencement
until the-close, on Wednesday evening, horses of all de-
scriptions were eagerly bought up at extraordinary
prices. Carriage horses, young and sound, realised 80
to 120 guineas each ; many splendid animals of good
colour and symmetry, if well matched, sold without dif-
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to the demand, cart-horses were much sought after, and
sold freely, the best 5-year at 45 guineas up to 65 guineas
each. Indeed all descriptions, from the little pony to
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MARon of POLITENESS.— The cabmen in Palace-yard
have prated so much by the remarks of their fares, the
members Parliament and reporters, that in abusing
one anothir they now never say, "You must be a pre-
cious stupid donkey," but, " You must be the man wot
ventilates the House of Commons."—Punch.