The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-24 00:00:00

diet Doubles has bee succeeded --at k--urrachre by Co4nel
Frushani, and the latter officer has already icon "golden
opinions from all sorts of men." The 25th _Bombay Kati
m
Infantry has arrived at the Presidency. The 2d Bombay
Cavalry are to follow, and have received instructions to pro-
ceed to poonah. The loss of the latter co:Ts is to be sup-
plied by the addition .of another regiment of ti►nde Horse,
which will be stationed between Sukknr and the Sheik fron-
tier. We regret to observe an announcement of the death, at
Sukkur, of Major W. Brown, of the 69th Bengal Native I-
feafntdryee.p SreirgrCe.tNaatphieisrihesass. issued The an order ou this occasion,
highly commendatory of the deceased officer, and expressive
judging from the constant gaieties ignopordogfrt aongfongst them,
races, balls, dinners, and cricket matches,must succeed most
effectually in dissipating ennui.
urrachee,

BENGAL.
(From the General Summary of the Bengal ••• of a
The intelligence from Hyderabad, in the Dccan, 1' „
somewhat momentous character. Some time ago 8 eon,
attached to the British residency, was killed by some ot thete
subjects of the Nizam. The resident demanded t!liffh.
murderers should be delivered up to justice • but his 'Div
to comi;
nese, or lus government, was unable or unwillivg* le (0-
with his demand. After reference made to the nuprenr
t..
Hariaru,Oct. )
la tea!
vernme-,t, the resident offered to the Nizani the
ex-
either of giving up the murderers within one month, )11-e, 0.
palling from his dominions the Puthans, a lawless tn,' „in
Afftr,ban origin, who were harbouring the murderers, i'g."b"--,
his Highness was found unable or unwilling to c, In? 04,''ious
neither delivered up the homicides nor expelled the obioLc
_id
tribe Debut begged for additional time. This, however,
~°"tin
not granted ; and it is rumoured at Hyderabad tbst,d of
failure of prompt compliance with the renewed demab.o.llo
the resident, the city is to bombarded. But thin, 'we `,`, feel
fain hope, is only a threat to enforce compliance, a"
assured that it cannot be intended to carry it into executioa•

NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES.
(From the Deieri Gazette, Oct. 1.) „ dear"
The movements of Sir Henry Hardinge are so "I' -etseir:d
mini d on that he will arrive at Oawnpore on the lionl7tout
remain there only during the heat of the day. isbearers
is to travel in a palkee gharee, drawn and pushed
in the same manner as Lord 'Ellenborough. AnbleloricteY
one naik and four troopers is statiosed at each dak c,, 00
from Allahabad to Agra, winch station be will rem
the 20th. , that
Since the above was written we have have learn at
there'is every probability of the Governor-Generals Monthf
Agra being shorter than was at first intended. 1115
is, we are informed on good grounds, to be at leleerut oav tbe
15th of November, and will there meet his Esaller'c'eallY
fiommander-in-Chief (instead of at Agra, as eog; the
ari•Atijed), whose camp is to be formed at Umballab (df this
lst of Oat month. It is said, but we are not s"Are °Liihgek.
fact, that Zr. Thompson is to accompany Sir 8et.r,.1"-Ap3for, °'
to Meerut. •It is highly probable. 'Prince i•--dlrrio;
Prussia comes. -Ive believe, down with the Corvinanet-i.eg 0
Chief, and will be at Meerut at the time of the rc'e
the magnates. visiteb)'
•ngtive
DETAIL—We regret to say that we have been
cholera. Between the 25th and 29th of September, Vni creep'
days, fifty-seven cases proved fatal. The disease l'n'.' ,4ten°
tibly diminished since Sunday night, when We had t"-0f the
of rain and lightning.• Six places, in different ParitLijicine
city, have been fixed on where medical advice an" '`'''. ti'e
lasses al
are always to be procured, and among the poorer e ,V
and Ine
I " Relief Committee " have sent both medicine
advice.'

CHINA. tba
(From the Bengal Hurbaru.) to r
The Fire Queen has brought us news front Clunoon
28th ult., from Singapore to the 11th instant, and
tba
nang to the 13th inst. flop,
The most interestine• item of our intelligence
the
shores of the Flowery Land is a memorial addre sssett ye
English merchants of Hong-Kong to Lord Stanle):, bv
forth various grievances to which they are subjeci_eueen" filee.
local Government, and the correspondence "betOlt;
memorialists and his Excellency the Governor. face 11300,
chants complain that, after being coaxed sna to tb et •
buildings at Hong-Kong, under a promise held o,llds
by Captain Elliot, that they were to have their lands (111.
in fee-simple at one or two years purchase., or at n° Sir,.
rent, very onerous terms were imposed upon the t Gov as.
Pottinger, and are still enforced by the Pre,s,env of alie•
ment. They also complain of the arbitrarY •Let,'..je ne
sessment for the maintenance of the polieo, va"l neoditu rt,
nicipal bodv has been formed to control the e%rfee Peri
and that, in a place nominally declared to• be.ssabiat,A to
every description of commerce and trade Ili „d`oli, ei
taxation, or source of revenue, or of m01;01-flees, „-.„011
the highest bidder." Under these circum3 abe",jor
ask Her Majesty's Government to direct V.l)-and °"rito
of the opium farm, the auction duties,
" harassing taxations," declaring that if this is net thet.,so
European inhabitants of the settlement, followi.n& tot
ample of the Chinese, will be compelled, at all 215"'"eva.5il1
it. It is, they say, a place totally without coax
re baiesi
taxed even in the one matter of ground-rent InToogri,et.
than any other port of China is altogether. flong,;, the Pder
the memorialists. " was 'never actually required 'Da a' ji
ti3h merchants, and has become even less useful 'tht lib,
since the opening of the five ports." They believe Jore:iedi
only useful as a military and naval station, and thembe
mit that the few merchants settled there should not br
on to pay any considerable part of its expenses. „cleave.
Another matter of some interest is a corresP'?'" he
tween the Governor and the Chinese authorities_ byeyieitttore,
ee
chow-foo, on the rude treatment of British
populace of that place. Govern er-General Leo bele peoP,o,l
the treatment complained of to the curiosity n'f
giltt of f„tie.e.
who have not yet become accustomed to the slit
peans, and, consequently, crowd about them to .a's prod;
client degree. He suggests as a remedy that evoke of °cite
man intending to visit the place should gi" 13°-Ipail)te
intention, when a guard of policemen rill be sP soli 1
take care of him. This, of co did t quite. 0°
urse,a 0 bee tb-
Consul, who moved as an amendment, that the P° eovi pc
be distributed in the streets near the CoOsullnsib'e
the shopkeepers of the ward should be ma,'lo3 .r;e:„.° 51"
Opium is quoted, New Patna, 680 dolls
the capture of any one insulting an English 1.98"-fietra'
old l 5
dolls., Benares, 650 dolls. The monopoly of ;he retail
trade of Hong-Kong has been sold for 1,700do1• P` ,patty 'a"
A "Chinese -Coasting Steam Navigation (;'°l.lol9,le''A
been projected, with the object of keeping .g 9,
tion betwixt the ports open to foreign trade, ,$)./boiellol
three iron screw-propelled steamers of 300 ton.; int bet
100 horsepower each, with two smaller vessels to r tr
Canton and Hong-Kong. iira'a
From Singapore we hear that the Lady gall,' ell, n tie
411,4
turned thither from China on the 9th inst., sn," alwlt"„glig,"
the evening of the 10th on her way to Ceylon,
her mails to the Bentinck. The Braganza, with 001
mail of the 24th of July, reached Singapore on tbe 0109
The number of covers brought by the latter w3slios:rsi
of those carried away by the former 4,180. Tile lea.
Register and the Friend of China have started over- otl,
10
marks and got London corres
of pondents. Zae
The' Free Press has news later date from News c 1 qe
via Australia. It appears that, after repeated trelf_,,,
assaults, in which the British force suffered sev—aeelP' dr
abandoned his fortress, which was thereupon eletifee
Colonel Despard, in command of the British f°,1.10 I°.
' terred by the state of the weather from following
' nt
From t interior.
' Penang there is no news of any great in'

BRITISH PROSPECTS IN CLIIO. oe 41
(From the Gentleman's Gazette.) for°; ttir
Chusan,
haveO n
athni ensoe:ffs:
ratindtodetheamiaeusyendtbi
evident
cu)
ofatr
statistical
tcf bhaio es
esheecvnhneetdoen:
ieuifiotep:ttl aoihstnfr tnueogoipruscfeirtehtnihetooeoorrfßl
yeoitsr
advantages
iivbnscol
ahsadtfe:ss r
vtttt
aorhtmeagfherdae
se.
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pttat,
oroei,l3
.I:.,riof
rtt
gil,triit
:ere
0,14,
Kwet bnlr eg
ygb a'e
unhealthy spots on the Chinese coast. t:
It was a great mistake, or rather blunder, eliptri,as-4,011,
the En lisp negotiators, at the time when the J'e;ol/€,l:piltP;
were so highly successful in bringing the Chinese. stolilie;
to a sense of its weakness, that they had tiole
geographical ppleiitctainl
gpeors,iteinondoefvethnesCirh
jin.epseele,mie,pire- 1-/°Pera .4.08
do not
welCbg
examined the feelings of the Chinese people, 5° 73
8.
mere localities in which they sought to open qtare
the will of the Emperor and of the Mandarins. d its eold
The Tartar Government of China, which forthibit erg
years ago on the eve of dissolution, has since e'c'repail; 0.74
proofs of judgment and decision. It is now P:of
another war, by: buying up and preparing arra- s. 000
and by introducing discipline amongst its trO°Pdoub t 6 414,
yet ready to enter upon the contest, and will n° seer ,
enter into a new treaty with England, in order ""„ wits`i,
years of tranquillity. That treaty ought to '-'_icee,rottc,
proposed. for the last two have been found to he '11.4
of parchment. Undoubtedly, if the United
mate tat
had the right, after the ginperor had wade tiofier
the British, to send agents to make advantage eaT'forejo
themselves, so has England now a right, w„ni.enr tete e ie
has shown the impolicy, the absolute folly, in 'fiecial 01/
bad
treaties, to propose and even to carry abate
-operation. lie 56 0.
Cbl ot
The large sums offered as a ransom by t-ftieo 0r0,53
considerable influence in patching up the the le Y:g
however acceptable the money may have heengeetic,
sions of the treaties have been found to be
any yeeft;
impolitic. Changed they must be before trai`e-for pie'
over, and we may ask why not now? The till -""`r,s
render of Chusan is approaching; its abandon,Tts beif,„etlre
duce the worst consequences ; for, instead antshel to
stored to the Chinese empire, it is to be seizen iirkg it,
armament at present in the Chinese seas, as s°s v.)
linquished by the British. The French offieetrioos goo Otat
their squadron make no secret of their inter,libivese 4.5 D,
although France has no commerce on the 'to open,-fie'll to
warrant that capture. They wish, however, :c the ,otighitie
and they hope to get Chusan for the purpos:,!,olo en (Jr to
who have it now in their possession, will h toolioiesoe
quit that beautiful island, in order toll Ina wish c°tat:elk
French, who are making every effort to estritieoria fcp
toe,
the eastern seas. A shrewd politician, on coast °teat re,
French are resolved to have an island on the
has proposed that they should have Hong-I°llb 1-10" will
British should continue masters of Chvasnajuasn
0711
may suit the present French trade, while aili-re
always adapted to the British commerce. flee; son,' r
The maritime position of Chusan is exes, worts ° c°°', far
Europe and India can, during the north-ens'hey cs%a Wrt of
it with equal ease, and in the same time as t-oith, ti to
Hong-Kong. It is 700 miles more to the north,
islet,,
more fitted for the trade. Its harbour is Pr, sitestesrlorife,
Hong-Kong; its anchorage is good, anrdivistre6haniogelt% fer;ol
command the entrance into the great
which constitutes the main artery of the 000
till
10.0
With the possession of Chusan, which is in iolitical. tstal
the commercial intercourse, as well as of Yfri,,,ate":soo)
on the west of China, two regiments, twucbeAt, og•
steamers, would keep the whole empire in „vet.
at any time the entrance into that grand rims', tilest%efii,.
The Chinese Empire, under the Tartars,e_t wore
nant and apathetic; but if that Governiniroise. _ cot!,icai.
the greatest confusion and horrors woutur till pOltio'r
Britain, as the paramount foreign Per'eitbie ter 06
China, the position of Chusan is invalii on
view, for it would tend to maintain a Ws' 'rovine`
.0,5, or
Cbl foreign powers amongst the whole of the P
banks of that river.
By the stipulations of the treatY, oci,ftri.:ell:s;!
island of Chusan is to be restored in •`' we the4tDeci
rather within three months afterwards;e
shown how the Chinese mandarins have oortis;ritiv.ir,
and regulations of that document; I.'".olpeoenti`jo
spoiled the trade of three of the to aeice_ea
they are struggling by eve artificer,
~„nre.,? so
back to Canton, to be there insulted ILcui'erl itloof,, goo:0
The question nbw remains to British G`Pcerand
diplomatists, or rather the u._siisod,.
the ieoti/
quietly submit to have its efforts ne
AssuredLiiy, It 000be ;01;
faith abused by those trickster'? t4 be t
five Pa 9,10 gels
of having a trade established at eople c tc,
neutralised and negatived, the Bride! pe.,, ,be c.cree,,
to adhere to the mere words of the tre;.%)
_`00111! tbs.;
the only spot worthy of being retaiaae?_e bud ql was; r
mandarins have contrived to cut ofi.tn_„„aci Plod o,„re
Amoy, Fowchoo-Foo. and Ningpo, itthus e%pl!at bet.ol3 Ory
folly to give up Chusan. We have hope tP
sons for its being retained, and 10.$ the Of r
mouths shall have passed over,
se 4
.504., 0
bassador sent to China for the purPini;oo
matter. A Dritia% ambtasdor