The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-22 00:00:00

OVER LAND MAIL

NDIA A1c4115 CHINA.

(From the IferaTcl.)
We are enabled (by our Extraordinary Express) to add,
to-day, many
highly important articles of intelligence from
udia and China, to those published in the :Wining herald
Yesterday and in our Second Edition on Monday. We are
ow i n
0 possession of Calcutta papers of dates up to, and in-
Ttidlng, the 3d of June. We have also intelligence from
toodianah dated May 21, from Agra of May 24, and from
Delhi of ?jay 24.
fearful accident had occurred during a hurricance at
toed'
hi Jonah on the 20th of May. The barracks there were
i"41711 down, and 84 men, women, and children of her Ma-
'l,e3tVo 50th Regiment had perished; 135 have been wounded,
'4lfour privates are missing.
21The Calcutta Englishman of the Ist June states that the
Thel,:t of May had been fixed for the surrender of Kangra.
2jplace, it is said, will be given up unconditionally.
ae ship Bombay Castle had been destroyed by fire on the
1.4 of May, at Saugur.
Pa:

IGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT LOODIANAII.
(From the Agra Chronicle Extra, May 24.)
,LooruITAIT, MAY 21.—Melancholy and low-spirited I
the"wo to write to you. Loodianah is now mourning under
Itt an Eger of the Lord; eighty-six soak were hurried into
ertl7 in an instant, last night. The victims are men,
llern, and children of her Majesty's 50th Regiment. We
ligh,a.very heavy storm of dust, wind, rain, thunder, and
tt„.;`,llinat about six last evening. The wind blew with
Nitle violence for a time, and it seemed to concentrate its
tot:lce on the mud or kucha brick barracks of her Majesty's
tie.,,4egiment. The 6th company barracks first fell a vic-
-147) the fury of the elements, and within five minutes of
*4ll every other barrack shared its fate, the only parts
ge,„101 the whole nine buildings were the ends, i. e., these%
tt,o":' quarters ; they, having some supports insie, with-
sit the storm.
it seems the barracks have been built on a new principle.
416 urged they were only temporary buildings, run up
he, 47 to shelter the regiment. Be it so ; but as they have
1001 standing more than two seasons, it is to be feared that
lited solid brick barracks would not have been thought of
40 ll'
though originally designed, had not these been blown
fool an.•
1, This is an awful proof of the penny-wise and pound-
-144; sYstem. I never witnessed so awful a scen of
AR' and and death as the barracks presented thise mornin.
40,Part of the station looked desolate enough before. The
all§ 3 having destroyed the roofs of several bungalows and
sPlemid-looking hospital, even these filled you with
to „I:ll‘,When you looked at them; but to them you have now
barracks, and the recollection that numbers of
kthai!l beings have perished in the ruins. An officer of the
4fleaajust been with me, and has given me the last return
led and wounded up to eleven A.M. :-
15 men killed 115 men wounded
14 Women ditto 4 women ditto
40 children ditto 5 children ditto

hiB79
, .h 127
put shows a return of 210 killed and wounded, including
bodi.'"ea missing. I much fear we shall find more dead
theWs!and of the wounded some must ultimately sink under
bye Injuries. One or two have had their spines injured,
have broken arms and thighs, some broken legs!"
(From another Letter.)
Yesterday evening we had a terrible storm of wind
rain; ell have suffered more or less, but the loss in her
Ipe ty's 50th has been great and fatal. Their barracks and
hospital came down. Larkins, Blackall, and others,
tililliPanied me with pioneers,coolies, &c., to assist in digging
to those who have been crushed in the ruins. On coming up
►Ne place the sight was most painful. Body after body
4initxhumed, some only more or less crippled, but the majority
ko or dead. Our greatest labours were at the married
44;14 8 quarters, as from the helpless state of many of the
Ilikttea more lives were lost here than elsewhere. It was most
it.bi.%trig to see what I did at this place. Women of all
12:"ront 40 down to 17 and 18 years of age, children from
due 13 down to earliest infancy, all lay in a mass of
s'ilent and motionless as the dust that covered them.
Was bitterly bemoaning her husband and one son,
Nagact been dug out, while her second son was not yet
, Cs, shortly he too was discovered as dead as the others.
Sll:uan.d, half frantic, called on his wife and children, who
11 all
under his feet. Similar scenes were occurring
all down the line of ruins."
(From the Delhi Gazette Extra, May 24.)
tatre,.B it is desirable that our contemporaries should obtain
1430,0 information of a moat calamitous accident at
%jot: tegssnah, we deem it right to circulate, for their informa-
clet4a following brief account of the facts, leaving more
40▪
04 e:t accounts for Wednesday's issue :—On the after-
t• io, the 20th instant, a fearful storm passed over the
iitek, and during the same the violence of the
`4tl,,t,"ecarne so tremendous, that in less tban five minutes
mg r of the barracks of her Majesty's 50th Foot, to-
i; with the hospital, were levelled to the ground, bury-
`,,ftijati, Woman, and children in the ruins. It is quite won-
• tj; zinY of the poor creatures escaped, but the loss of life
1.1 number of wounded are distressing in the extreme.
l Wl'llth of this remark, the following frightful return
4irhord the most melancholy evidence :
tottl ued--1 sergeant, 3 corporals, 1 drummer, 45 privates, 14
srll,2ochildren. Total, 84.
Ital,lbs:tie:lll:eisds:3,—s4ergeants, 5 corporals, 118 privates, 4
g? 5 children. Total, 135.
privates.
t 4,6 :I°,BB of life in the villages adjoining Loodianah is said
1%4,52 been very great. We shall have remarks to make on
Panful subject on Wednesday."

Wp CALCUTTA.
',- are now in possession of Calcutta papers to the 3d
ttku; We take from them the following important ex-
"alit regret to learn that the ship Mariam, from Calcutta,
‘sktcoolies, arrived at Mauritius with the small-pox on
,ts b.,She was placed in quarantine, and instant measures
Ropers'n% adopted to land her passengers and crew under
recaution. —Englishman, June 1.
- following is from Jullundur, dated the 21st ultimo :
4 the day "fixed for the surrender of Kot. Kangra. The
14.41,1.8°11 at rst wished to be allowed to march out with
ith.`me honours of war, but their request was refused, and I
tl,:_e7e the place is to be given up unconditionally. A
1,,',411ar was, sent round to the different corps, wishing to
ft4eiv if the sepoys objected to receiving their pay in the
,!laukshahee rupees. I believe the honour has been gene-
& declined. We have had some very heavy falls of rain
ing the last day or two, accompanied with thunder, so
ath so that if it had not been so early in the season, I
,4..nid have fancied the bursat had really set in. The regi-
kt`ala in the Jullundur have also been directed to recruit, 10
It4t:lia company, from the Rajpoots residing in the hill states,
1/1,1`.); taken possession of by us; and this, I think, is a very
measure."—lbid.
Irr.; Simms has reported most favourably on a great line
talt-iway from Calcutta to Delhi, and he has estimated its
'lotat 15.000,0001. sterling. How is such a sum to be raised ?
kti all at once, but portions of the line might be completed,
t,tlp would undoubtedly yield a handsome return, and thus a
liajtars might suffice for the completion of one of the most
derrtant communications in the world, whether it be consi-
It Politically or commercially.
tot, acontinued scarcity of money has stagnated trade all
ttVle country, and at present there is no appearance of
N4:410111 any quarter. The usual supplies of silver from
Preo.
nave failed, and the latest accounts from that country
akti e that it is perfectly bare of the precious metals. The
INreerchants and bankers here appear quite as much dis-
tht-'4, as others, and some failures have taken place among
the interior of the country, which have made them
4,,,u10re cautious and wary. Among European houses we
411," °llly had one failure, that of the oldest firm of auctioneers
4ti,a, Messrs. WWI and Co. Their debts amount to
TblB Lacs of rupees.
Prospects of our planters have somewhat improved
Part-Rent last dispatch, as rain has fallen abundantly in many
,t4re-;°„f the country, and those who have taken pains to pro-
qastiliPtnnation now estimate the coming crop at lio,ooo
Th't
toat,,e grain crops have been deficient in many parts of the
the4rY, and pricess continue unusually high, which may be
alitanse of the general scarcity of money. Indeed, we
,th„-Laeen this expressly stated in the letters of native
qiv,7allts in the interior, which mention the large sums
.4d from other uses by the high price of food.—
Et June 3.
are informed that an officer of one of her Majesty's
ltruenta is now under arrest in this fort, under a charge of
bet 4 7. The signatures of no less than seven officers have
lilio„,nrged, of which the Agra bank has been defrauded of
fkit 4,000 rupees.—lbid.
iipe following changes are reported in the north-west :-
4-4 r. Secretary Thornton is going to the Sudder, in place of
1.• Cartwright, is •
who going to retire.
1,1 P Th4e- Elliot, m member of the Sudder Board, to be secretary,
.ornton
r• Robinson, commissioner of Agra division, to the
Air,
vice Elliot.
Air. from Cawnpore to be the Agra commis-
kiln, shipping report of to-day reported the Columbus,
Ott, from London, 24th December; the Varuna, Mould,
London, 14th December, and Ascension 26th March;
Advocate, Garrick, from Cadiz, 10th January ; the
ealas Fielden, Blackstone, from Liverpool, 9th January
4°, lienry Woolley, Windaa, from Newcastle, 14th Decem-
Yhthe Asia, Tremlin, from Cadiz, 29th January.
t,roth-taemaphore of to-day reported the Ernaud, Proudfoot,
ALL; ilkiritius, May 8, and the Agnes, Jones, from Bombay,
rt,;',.,""-Ifuritaru, June 1.
i'eltes.°,,44l appear by the following extracts from a private
aoiat ' 'eceived by this morning's post, that there has been
erou.
e 3 weather at the Sandheads
Ver,,'4,ndheads, May 26, 1846.—We have had the weather
boisterous outside, especially on Friday, the 22d. It
loki- a Perfect hurricane for about twelve hours. My vessel
I)rtt°rapletely buried in the sea, which was making a fair
to right over her, but, thanks to the Almighty, we re-
elisptd no damage. Some of the pilot vessels lost their an-
al-hesides sustaining other damage."
lett -15 Y 27, 1846.—1 do not know how you had the weather
Might in Calcutta; it was blowing hard with us, and still
ref very threatening. I suppose we shall have something
kllt-e .111 e rain sets in for the season. Barometer, 29.48.
t04,-tainMeter, 88. Wind S.E. Fresh breezes and cloudy,
411, a have been favoured with the following extract of a
11 to letter from an officer at Loodianah on the subject of
.-41,ate awful catastrophe there :
11%4 have just now returned from a scene of woe and horror,
crept more painful than any which the recent battles pre-
.,./
Loodianah was yesterday visited by a tremendous
lesi"u„ • The whole of the barracks occupied by her Ma-
the Regiment were laid prostrate, burying beneath
!ah`r ruins 88 men, women, and children, and wounding 135
It,„tra, many in a shocking manner. I was on the court of
lloreata and the dead-house presented a scence of desolation
oa easily ily described. Mutilated and blackened corpses lying
floor; men, -women, and children bemoaning over a
Tll+,husband, and parent. It was a heartrending sight.
N oarracks were of kutcha materials, hastily run up two
Ilat3.ago, as temporary accommodation for European troops,
thei no others, it seems, were in contemplation to supply
place. We are all desirous to hear that a similar cala-
In; pas not befallen the 62d Regiment, at Ferozepore,
)et re the buildings are of similar materials. We have not
hreneived any news from Kot Kangra. Wheeler crossed
Z,eYah on the 19th, and heavy firing was heard yesterday
),"3" be that the garrison holds out still. The firing
qtar"'eard by the people at Nakodin. We are too distant to
at Leedianh! —lbid.

GENERAL ORDERS.—QUEEN'S TROOPS.
141 HEA al-QUARTERS, SIMLA.
Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint
'etGeneral Sir H. G. Smith, G.C.8., to serve upon the
k 40. f,t!ae army in the East Indies, vice Major-General Sir
Dick,• kill ted in action.
t'Atret:;"" Majesty has been pleased to appoint Colonel
'41(11-'11 Adjutanct-General to the Queen's forces in
41,414,1Ticis Slr H. G. SI pi b, G.C.8., placed on the staff of