The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-08 00:00:00

LATER FROM AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY NIGHT.
P New York packet-ship Yorkshire, passed Holyhead this
In,Ting, but has not reached our pert up to the present time.
1,-.P'"e meantime we have been put into possession of Philadelphia
1,-.Pers to the 15th ultimo inclusive, by the arrival of the Susque.
uma Captain Miorcken.
5p1,,,11"e is no political news of interest in these papers. A re-
was~°nwas offered and laid over in Congress on the 13th, calL
for information from the Secretary of the Treasury, as to
Pther American ships have not been engaged in a contraband
b . trade on the roast of China. Of course our transatlantic
/ja-thrM will appear as pure and free from contamination in this
to ~t", as they now are in the eyes of all Europe, in relation
to ;"Qir monetary transactions, and slave-mongering. Apropos,
tr, repudiation—a bill has been introdnced, to abolish imprison-
for debt, in the district of Columbia. Another, to exempt
siltZhilutY cotton imported into the United States from Texas, has
‘;eett proposed.
`e have accounts of a most calamitous shipwreck of the
or:',er Shepherdess, attended with the loss of from ninety to
ttui'lundred lives, when on her way from Cincinnati to St.
‘• She struck a snag, and the concussion was so severetth
that 1,
art less than three minutes, the water, rushing inw
Of,'" rapidity, was up to the floor of the upper cabin. Many
slrea-nie',sengers were taken from floating parts of the wreck, but
-ui to relate, nearly one hundred souls met with a watery
per have. It is stated in the St. Louis Republican that a family of ten
rit from Manchester were rescued.
-uteriria not much stock offering at Philadelphia, to which is
Prior the inactive demand. Jobbers had commenced buying
41b4 to the
opening of the spring trade. Cotton goods were scarce
att
Pr'cea were 3 cent, per yard dearer. Woollen goods were
he y.
stocks of Cotton are reported to be light. Prices are + cent.
nigher. 350 bales Urland had changed hands at to 10.
ko,:',obile 9 tollo, and 100 New Orleans good fair to 10 cents. 4
The week's sales comprehend 535 bales.
dielvic.2 4, MEXICO.
',orn New Orleans state that accounts to the 9th of De-
_ er had been received, conveying the intelligence that the diffi-
vultles be
Ilsev, -"leen Mexicoon fai and Yucatan were generally supposed to
oeent arranged r and honourable terms.

RE OCCUPATION OF SINDE.
~,4111 the dispatches laid before Parliament since the
Cii_rling of the session, relative to Sinde, we find the
:owing important letter, addressed by Lord Ellen-
-I:Mugh to the Secret Committee. It correctly states
but that
late occurrences, there was no alternative
Possession
recommended by Sir H. Pottinger, to take
no ssion of the country, and that the
.kmeers had
right V) the territory,
Sovereigns
sword. They were regular 'freebooters under the
except ,the right of the
of Cauhul, they conquered the native
Population, and then refused to pay tribute to their
!usltlasters."Theabolition of slavery in Sinde," says
Lordship, has
produced an extent of relief far
beyond what I had expected." (From the " Corres-
toudence relative to Sinde, No. 140.)
TUE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO THE SECRET COMMITTEE.
"Allahabad, June 26, 1843.
"On the withdrawal of the British armies from
should to the Sutlej, I had to decide what course I
to°_,111(1 pursue with respect to the Lower Indus. I had
decide whether the Lower Indus should be altogether
"aenat
ti e-, and our armies everywhere resume the posi-
v... they occupied before the Affghan war; or whether,
elle the old positions were reroccupied upon the
title; .
J, certain points should still be held upon the
raawer Indus, which would enstrite ,the strict perfor-
ce 'lce of commercial treaties, and give us the military
111 m and of that river. ,
withdrawal to the Sutlej, and the withdraWal
tem the Lower Indus, appeared to me to be very dif-
di„re,ut questions. The withdrawal to the Sutlej was
itZited by the 'clearest views of military and political
ra a enee• I shall not recapitulate the reasons for that
hase-issure, as they have been placed on record in what
Tue,en called my proclamation of the Ist Oct., 1842.
*ife.e.; have adopted every measure which could have the
of th- °' giving the appearance of triumph to the return
to ~,e armies from Caubul ; but still it was a retirement
keZ au
ever advanced position, and it was the first retire-
rendered necessary to a British army.
lei 'Was deeply sensible of the impression which the
as at at Caubul had produced upon the minds of
hble Princes, of the native population, and of our own
all
isl• I knew that all that had taken place since, and
taite 4d said and done, although it must have much di-
ktdis restored
could not have obliterated, that impression,
Ate stored to our Government, and to our army, the
VileY had before held in the opinion of India.
kett fcll have added to retirement to the Sutlej, retire-
pan
of i
the Lower Indus ; to have abandoned every
to h the advanced position we had taken up in 1839 ;
ire withdrawn from Kurachee and from Sukkur
Ma st the insults, and exposed, as we should have been to
prataehs of the Beloochees upon our rear guard; to have
all ti:eally abandoned, as we should thereby have done,
derive benefits which we might expect ultimately to
Mr jet from the commercial treaties concluded in 1839
4,8 idle to imagine after what had passed, that,
ohsetcl.,tne presence of force those treaties would be
adva'tcu) ; to have abandoned all the great prospective
auhst-:"aVa which may be expected to be derived from
the Indus for the Ganges, as the line of
vestl?.?' communication between England and the north-
the e°vinces, and to have left open to the ambition of
Nee h,,,"as, or of an European power, that route of which
mice" denlOnstrated the practicability and the import-
l'lstra;,,.° have done all these things, without positive
4eesaitaoes from you, or without some overpowering
toy fin4tY, would have been, in my opinion, contrary to
and tOy, because inconsistent with our national interest
gutie_,Tiational honour.
Itgar ;11 a measure would have confirmed the most ex-
tiniasta.'ersd accounts which had been circulated of our
~Z• It would have been humiliating to the army..
The:ioere was no
overpowering necessity for retirement_
eja,:e 1.1 no difficulty in holding the positions of Kura_
ten :1d Sukkur. The first is, during the largest por.
the 'at the. Year, accessible in a few days from Bombay
• than tter Is, during the whole year, accessible in less
'coinran IT° weeks from Ferozepore. We can besides
slituffies
leitet„ll.' the river by our steam-vessels, if we have a
iv. number of them well adapted to the navigation,.
at the e misinterpretations placed upon some provisions
"raraercial treaty, and the various violations of
in eo, el., and of its spirit, even while our armies were
heir Sinde satisfi d'me that unless some penalty
r „--„Nsed up:on the eAmeers fo, r such infractions of
for tC.`gageMents, there could be no security whatever
eir future observance.
their
tttrorooono:e. caonldlected by the Ameers, contrary to
cetie/ills-7e, and lvithout legitimate cause ; but such. col-
'itself, an
offeoPs in the presence of a British army is, in
an indication of hostility not to be
With r or overlooked.
estii, ehaespeet to the authenticity of certain letters of
43ellts, yourte,,tr ascribed to the Ameers, or to their
cOuin":2;lieansiitcS: rei i afen'e have observed how strongly I impressed
g to Charles
aciecNapier the necessity of caution in
elt tliiisapiti on that point. I had however, the
:ifeeptersonal
comeh,is sense of justice ;s
and with this
ll: such matters,on the spot, with every opportu-
,o4,reforecloncl_u!i munication with those conversant
eras Infinitely more competent to form
.on than I could be at Simla. To him,
4_-Irt satisfied with gttreodutnhaes quupeosntio.
,tea. that the letters were authentic which he de-
letterrOutram's doubt as to the. authenticity of the
of Meer Roostum
.46 Aiajo
tire, appears to have rested
.414„.
e
han to the Mahsrajah Shere
upon the circumstances of
letterttY Whose into
•
being
inimical
mation led to the seizure of the
:111141deloyui,
dinforlront4ati_un ttoenAldineger
toßocorsitmiumnaKtehamn
e;ebrußt,ors:
be expected from one of his friends.