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EGYPT.

By an extraordinary express from Marteilles we have
received intelligence from Chu an, November 24, Ma-
ea), December 18, Calcutta, Janazry 22, Bombay, Feb.
1, and Alexandria, February 24.
The great object of interest in the intelligence received
by this express is the state of the Briti-h reiy ims wi,h
the Chinese Government. The negotiations up to the
18th of December. which is the date of the latest news
from Macao, appear to have produced nothing, for the
Chinese seem desirous of shuffling and delay. A recapi-
tulation of the leading events subsequent to the end of
October may be useful.
On the 6th of November Admiral Eliot issued a notice
at Chusan to the British there, staring that a trace had
been concluded with the Chinese, binding them within
certain limits, the British bouitea i!s being Chusan and
the small islands adjacent. This notice was accompa-
nied with a recommendation to endeavour to conciliate
the Chinese. The other Plenipotentiary, Captain Elliot,
issued a circular, declaring that the interests of the Bri-
tish at Chusan should be attended to during the negotia-
tions. In the meantime a dreadful mortality diminished
the troops there.
The Admiral, with a considerable portion of the squad-
ron, arrived on the 20th of November at Torgkoo. On
the 21st Captain Elliot proceeded in the Queen steamer
towards the Bogue forts, in order to do iver a le:or fer
Keshen. A boat was sent off with a flag of truce flyieg,
but it was fired at by the Chinese from the forts. The
boat returned, and several shots were fired at the steamer,
one of which struck her. Two shells were thrown into
the fort from the steamer, wh'ch then rejoined the
squadron.
Captain Elliot went subsequently to Macao, and by some
secret means contrived to send the letter. An apology
was demanded for the insult to the flag of truce, which,
after some delay, was assented to by Keshen.
On the 26th of November preparations were made for
an attack on the Bogue forts, as Keshen was suspected of
producing unnecessary delay. He, however, made his
public entry into Canton, having taken case to give pre-
vious notice of his arrival to the Admiral. On the 29th
of November the Admiral, on the ground of serious in-
disposition from palpitation of the heart, resigned the
consmani of the expedition to Commodore Sir J. J. Gor-
don Bremer, and sailed for England on board the Volage.
The proceedings at Canton have since been strange.
Keshen, on the ground that the people were opposed to
his going to communicate in person with the outside bar-
barians, is sail to have declared that he had no interview
with them at Polito, and sent two subordinate mandarins
to confer with Captain Elliot. Some efforts were made
to liberate Mr. Stanton, which wcre successful. Nothing
is known of the other prisoners.
Threats are stated to have been used by the Ccmme-
dote, whose nomination t) the command has been hailed
by all the British at Macao, that unless Keshen would be-
gin the negotiations in reality, recourse would be had to
hostilities. The 14th and 17th of December had been
named as the days of attack ; but on the 13th Captain
Elliott went to Macao, and told the merchants that the
nf,e.otiarions were still open.
The Mnir,ki left Si:igapore for England tl.e 20th of
December.

In India tranquillity prevails now. Nusseer Khan and
all the Beloochee tribes are suinz for peace. General
Brookes with his troops was to arrive at Baugh on the
17th ult., where arrangements for a general pacification of
these districts were to be made.

In Affghanistan there is some confusion; the Duranees
are dissatisfied with Schah Soojah, who is said to be in deli-
cake health. Dost Mohamed and his family having passed
through Lahore, are now in India.
The Government of Herat is disposed to treat the
British with justice and kindness, particularly as Persia is
likely to excite great attention, as a rebellion and an at-
tempt on the throne are about to break out there.

The news from the Punjaub represents matters there as
undecided. The widow of Kurruck Singh holds the
sceptre, for her rival, Shere Singh, is said to have neither
talents nor courage. Intrigues of all kinds are at work,
and the interference, within a short tin.e, of tl,e British
authorities appears inevitable.
In Nopaul the spirt of the soldiery is highly adverse to
the British, and is proved by various acts verging on hos.
tilitics.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Madras army, S:r
S. F. Whittingham, died of apoplexy on the 19,h ult.
He has been succeeded, ad interim, by Major-General
Allen, during the absence of Sir Robert Dick, the senior
officer. Great apprehension prevails respecting the Gol-
conda transport, which took soldiers for China from Ma-
dras in September, and has not been heard of since she
passed Singapore.
In the month of November, Sir Lionel Smith, the Go-
vernor of the Mauritius, flund himself obliged, from the
conduct adopted by the French Governor of Bourbon, to
issue a proclamation, ordering all the French aliens to pre-
pare to leave that colony until the question of peace or
war be better decided.

The French frigate Magicienne was lost near Palavoan
on the 27th of November. The clew wa3 saved by two
English vesselp.

riche Governor of Bombay, Sir J. R. Carnac, accompanied
by his family, proceeded on tlh) 21st ult. in the yacht
Prince Regent to Tankaria Bonder, whence they acre to
go to Baroda. The affairs of the Guicowar arc said to
have occasioned this visit t) the capital of his country.
The news of the revolt of the Duranees against Schab
Soojah, which was discuvered in time, is much talked of.
The Daranees were the great supporters of Schah Soojah.
Their revolt hid great ramifications. The troops from
Scindc are in movement towards Quetta, for the purpose
of aiding in crushing it at once.
The Bombay army west of the Induo have during some
months been anxious to enter on ore, ations. 'l hey have
now a wide fi•

CHINA.

CHUSAN, Nov. 7, 1840.

• There has not bean a ship in for the last six or eight
weeks, and tilt re is not much prospect of one at present, as
the monsoon is dead egainst any vessel getting here. Since
my last letter, sickness and misery have mall increased
amongst us, and death is daily making further ravages;
but do not imsgine that ate are the only sufferers, for the
other regiments, in proportion to their strength, have been
the victims to disease nearly as much as we have. The
45th have lost 45 men, the 18. h 29, and the Bengal
Volunteers 70. Our being so much more unhealthy than
the other regiments arose from our being encamped on a
high hill, at least a mile and a half from the shore, whence
the men were daly obliged to bring their provisions for a
lengh of and, went (1"--1. '211'1,,' in the
mot-king in the hor e f get ing t ef,,e the neat cf the
day ; yet they were frequently oblig,Ai to wait lingering on
the beach for several hours before the boats brought the
rations from the ships, and when they did come there was no
alternative but to ascend the hill, be,vily laden under a
burning sun, and unfit for the work from inanition; be-
sides this, the duty fell heavy on us and t'ao volunteers, as
the 42d being on shipboard took no duty, and the 18th
had only then two companies. The 49th disembarked on
the sth of August, and were encamped at a place called
West Point, where their provisions were brought to them
by waiters, which relieved them from much labour. The
18th were quartered on the beach, and had no hard work,
and the whole of them had not arri.ei.

The duty and const it•t fatigue parties frona the hill to the
beach, and the insufficient and unwholesome provisions,
lave completely kriccked our men down. Fresh pork was
indeed issued twice a week, but this came too late to be of
any service, even if it had been wholesome, but it was of
such a soft and flabby nature that the men could not eat it,
though impelled by hunger to eat almost any thing. We
just now get flesh beef twice a week, but it has as yet
effected no favourable charge.
You now sec the good, or ta•her bad reasons, why death
and sickness have been so busy with us. Whether bet er
arrangements could not hate been made is not for me to
determine. I have stated general facts. It vim tepoited
the other day that the Admiral said " He had never seen
a more helpless set of men than us." We are, indee4,
Lelpless now, but who has "Lade us so ? When this re-
mark was made we had 500 sick, and more than 100 dead.
We brought 900 men on shore, and Lever were men in
better coalition ; all we have now remaining, taking off
the non commissioned otlicers, baud, and seivants, is about
150 men for uty, many of 'hese more or less ill
Graves are for ever open, and those who assist it: payi-g
the last duties to their ill-fated companions look as if they
woull soon follow.

( From another Correspondent.)

tilusAN, Nov. 10,

Our men continue desperately il, and are dying fast. I
was prefea at the burial of seven in one afternoon. When
this sickness will stop God only knows. There stems to
be a fatal indifference to our sufferings. Eleven officers
have app!ied for leave to go to Calcutta, but have nct ob-
tained it.

(Extracts from a Private Le4.tcr.)
" Ber Majesty's ship Weliesley, Tongkoo Bay,
Nov. 23.

" We arrived here only two days ago with the Melville
(flag-ship), Blenheim, and Modesty, leaving at the pesti-
lential island of Chusan the Blonde (in command), Con-
way, Alligator, Nimrod, Pylades, and Algcrine ; and
steamers Atalanta and Mrsdagasear, far the general pro-
tection, if nk cessary ; buts truce be, weep the Imperial
High Commissioner and the Admiral was agreed to on
the 6th instant, pending the negotiations between the
two countrie,, and supplies in abundance of bullocks,
sheep, poultry, and other essentiAlg have already been sup-
ptied to the island by Vie authorities of Ningpo, and one
cannot but hope that those fresh provisions may tend to
rrrest the awful mortality which for so long a time frav
te.,n chiriy thinning the ranks of our gattant military
comrades on shore, said to be attributable, with other
co-operating cAkes, to the bad salt provisions slid flour
supplied to them from Calcutta..
" The following is a copy of the official account of the
military de .ths to the 11th of Ncr:tember, two days before
our sailing for Tongkoo
DEATHS FROM AGUE, FEVER, AND DYSSNTERY, IN TIIE
LAND FORCES AT CHUSAN, FROM THEIR Ai; RIV 4L ON THE

STH JULY To I ITH ,F NOVENtliqft,

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