The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-03 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA.

STATE OF THE INDIAN ARMY.
(From the Delhi Gazette of the 6th of March.)

Our latest intelligence from Ferozepore communicates
indications that actiye steps have been taken by the Corn •
wander-in -Chief for the removal of the mutinous corps from
their dangerous proximity to the frontier. The 7th Light
Cavalry marched for Loodheeanah on the 29th ultiino, in
-compliance with the orders we mentioned in our last. The
34th were also sent off on the 2d instant, with present in-
structions to march to Meerut. No orders had been, ac-
cording to our last advices, received from head quarters, as
to the destination of the horse and foot artillery, but we re-
gret much to find the troop mentioned in such a manner as
to lead us to the painful belief that they also had joined in
the combination. The 69th Infantry were in statu quo, and
it seems to have been most wisely determined not to run the
risk of a refusal on the part of the 4th Infantry, which reached
Ferozepore on the Ist instant, by asking them to proceed on-
wards. The plan is the best in regard to them that could be
•Porsued, but we should deem it absolutely necessary to re-
move the whole of the refractory and suspected corps from
the frontier at once, and before the 64th reach Ferozepore, as
We should not be at all surprised, if this is not done, to hear
of the men of that regiment being overawed by their mutinous
comrades in other corps into withdrawing their offer to pro-
ceed- The determination of the Supreme Government on this
Most unfortunate business must shortly be known, and we
look forward with much anxiety to the measures which it
'may deem it right to adopt for the vindication of its autho-
rity, and which has suffered so sadly of late. We must at the
• some time be permitted to express a hope that such vindica-
tion will not prevent their affording justice to the corps who
may ultimately be sent to Sinde.
SINDE.
(From the Agra Ukbar of Feb. 28.)
The mutiny in the 64th Bengal Native Infantry appears
to have subsided, the regiment having, in the presence of
'General Fast, volunteered to go to Sinde. It would appear
that the option left of proceeding to Sinde or receive severe
'Punishment has had a good effect. The native officers of the
corps declared to the General that, as a regiment, they had
never declined to go to Sinde ; the obnoxious urzees were
the production of one man, who was subsequently joined by
aye or six individuals. The conduct of the 7th cavalry is
More reprehensible. The officers offered to guarantee to the
troops the batta out of their own pockets, to prevent the
-"tuna they were bringing upon the standing order of the
reillment. The native commissioned and non-commissioned
:frets and about two hundred troopers marched with the
-rs; the rest held back!
,
Delhi Gazette, February 28th, remarks, that it is
'Went Dost Mahomed had succeeded in strengthening him-
Vt. sufficiently on his throne at Caubul, to admit of allowing
'42 ,t Ukbar Khan's proceeding to Jellalaba.d. One step which
Loa Dost has adopted for the purpose of strengthening his
Mie is the admission, to a more active share in his councils,
of his cousin Mahomed Zumau Khan (the good Nawaub)
and his brother Jubber Khan.
A man has arrived from Peshawur in great 'haste, an-
nouncing that Mahomed Ukbar Khan had arrived at Jel-
mabad with four or five regiments of infantry, 6,000 cavalry,
,11,1 ten guns, and on reaching Jellalabad he had wrin to
Singh to be under no apprehension regarding his move-4ocots, as he had only come down to settle that part of the
country.
The following is a letter from Kurrachee, Sinde, of the
29th :
f.,."lniprimis then you are aware a large dinner was given
mir Charles Napier on the 17th, which was admirably
.lirran, get) and went off well. The Governor's speech, like all
the triumphs of his tongue and pen, was amusing enough,
atidA was, of course, received with thunders of applause by all
-„'0 eaten of good things in esse, and the expectants of got d
'tags in posse. He endeavoured to prove—and doubtless
did to his own satisfaction and that of his numerous staff
and Parasites—that Sinde paid itself. There were, however,
!Aim who deemed his reasoning lame—who thought that it
' like an inverted cone, wanting its proper base to stand
hlift.' But for this you might be prepared. Sir Charles is,
Owever by no means stinted in the gift of the gab, and
•;,'!° BPeech was on the whole well delivered and adapted to
"_la audience. By the bye, he touched upon the licentious
'mid vicious press of India—out of the fulness of the heart the
mouth speaketh—and donbtles s the Bombay Times and
rnal of Commerce inspired him on the occasion. Genes al
;'lst,ic is expected daily—a ball, of course, to be given to his
4Y• The Quartermaster-General and Captain Napier have
Gone to Sonmeanee on a surveying expedition—to spy the
nakedness of the land. I have heard that instructions have
n received from Lord Ellenborough for the construction of
iArtification at or near Ram Bagh, which is about midway
between the cantonments and Bunder, into which, when
~Wished,,.., the ordnance and engineer parks, as also the corn-
"asariat stores, are to be removed."

CHINA.
(rem the Hong-Konq Gazette and Friend of China, Jan. 30.)
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
A The following ordinance, passed by his Excellency the
`zovernor-Gneral in Council, is published for general infor-
, raation:_ •

By order, RICHARD WOOSNAM.
nwernment-house, Victoria, Hong-Kong, Jan. 25, 1844.
Ordinance for her Majesty's subjects, within the domi-
nions of the Emperor of China, or within any ship or
vessel, at a distance of not more than 100 miles from the
coast of China.
" Anno Sexto et Septimo Victoria Regina.
" No. 1.
Grand
his Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger, Baronet, Knight
Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the
-oath, Major-General in the service of the East India Com-
tlY, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the colony of
'elal-Kong, and its dependencies, and Superintendent of the
of her Majesty's subjects, trading to and from the do-
-I,,4lnciions of the Emperor of China. With the advice of the
Legislative Council of Hong-Kong.
"An ordinance to render her Majesty's subjects within the
ni
inions of the Emperor of China, or within any ship or
!eacel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from
the co,Zst of China, subject in all matters to the law of Eng-
land, and to extend the jurisdiction of the courts of justice at
Qng-Konp: over the same.
“
- Whereas tizider and by virtue of an Act of Pailiament,
,utade and passed the seventh year of the reign of her Ma-
Jeety Queen Victoria, entitled, An Act for the better govern-
baant of her Majesty's subjects resorting to China,' her Ma-
titY did, by letter patent under the Great Seal of the United
ugdom of Great Britain and Ireland, authorise the Super
latendent of the Trade of her Majesty's subjects in China (so
g as such superintendent should be also governor of the
irnd of Hong-Kong) to enact, with the advice of the Legis-
„Ave Cenincifof the said island of Hong-Kong, all such laws
th wina,ites as might, from time to time, be required for
theennA
°;_,Pvernment of her Majesty's subjects, being within
easel,
of the Emperor of China, or within any ship
ve
from the at a distance of not more than one hundred miles
Jew, coast of China, and to enforce the execution of such
and ordinances by such penalties and forfeitures, as to
7,l.uye advice aforesaid, should seem fit :
8e23„ it therefore enacted, by his Excellency the Go-
lf& or of Hong-Kong and Superintendent of the Trade of her
bit_ eates subjects in China, with the advice of the Legis-
th`e've Council of Hong-Kong aforesaid, that from and after
passing of this ordinance the law of England shall have
ettzesome force, virtue, power, and effect over her Majesty's
wi`ti,cts within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or
ha„"ju any ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one
soeVed miles from the coast of China, in all matters what-
Jest 7r, whether civil or criminal, that it has over her Ma-
said subjects actually within her Majesty's colony of
—Zug-Kong.
2. And be it enacted, that the courts of justice at Hong-
nt,:. which are now, or shall be hereafter erected, shall have
sages power, jurisdiction, and authority in all matters
sa‘rtsoeve:', whether civil or criminal, over her Majesty's
je.cts the dominions of the Emperor of China, or
hundred
any shi,i or vessel, at a distance of not mote than one
_.ndrea miles from the coast of China, that the courts afore-
have74 or shall have over her Majesty's subjects actually
eiedent within her 3lajestys colony of Hong-Kong.
2 3. And be it enact/ad, in case of any murder, felony, rob-
io7, theft, trespass, wrong or crimewhatsover being charged
have been done upon the person or property of any one
-ifla
etsoever, within tke dominions of the Emperor of China,
qr within any ship or vessel, at a distance of not more than
rhundred miles from the coast of China, by any of her
barged therewith, to object to the locality of the jurisdiction
.treed, convicted,
said courts at Hong-Kong, but he shall be indicted,
convicted, and punished. or acquitted, or demeaned in
respects as if the offence wherewith he may be charged
;71.1 been committed within the colony of Hong-Kong, upon
: body or property of a person within the peace of our
„Yereign Lady the Queen.
And for the prevention of doubts upon the subject, be it
'meted that the Peninsula of Macao shall, for the purposes of
„
Ills ordinance, and of all other ordinances made by virtue of
ite Power herein before-mentioned be deemed, and taken to
within the dominions of the Emperor of China.
" HENRY POTTINGER,
eiPuPerintenclent of Trade and Gorno
ver of Hong-Kong, &c.
'lased the Legislative Council on the
27th of Janua, 144.
RICHARD dayBURtI ASS Clerk of the Legislative Council."
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
/Ls .Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart., G.C.8., her
It
4.lltantl,'c 351ajesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent
.4 Trade Chief, &c., is pleased to direct that the following
letter, addressed to her Majesty's Officiating Consul at Amoy,
bepublish RICHARD WOOSNAM.
overnmeNt-house, Victoria, Hong-Kong, Jan. 27, 1844.
Government-house, Victoria, Hong-Kong, Jan. 26, 1844.
" your letter, No. 10, of the 12th of last month,
t2a.have omitted to state when you received the Government
tit"\ttfication of the 27th (not 18th, as you erroneously quote
November, accompanied by a copy of a communication
r,-`llch I had addressed to the Viceroy and Lieut.-Governor of
r„n ton, regarding certain foreigners having gone from Amoy
Lae city of Chang-chow-foo.
" I have now to inform you that I have received a com-
fihaint, couched in very strong language, from his Excel-
INeY the Governor-General of the Fokien and Chekeang
L''°rinces, cal me to enforce that article of the sup-
-41,111'4 eutary treaty (the 6th) which provides for no British
6141--'ects (or others) going into the country beyond certain
,tta nees, to be fixed by the local authorities iu concert with
`" Consuls.
This comrlaint evidently relates to that part of your
letinstant,
now under reply, in which you state: On the Ist
~—„atant, a party of English officers asked my permission to
As to Chang-chow •foo to see the place and country.
ef,-'s it was not in my power, had I felt inclined to do so, I
"warded the application to the Taou-tai (intendant) of
--n,M°Y, and he sent to me by the Hai Hong, a private com-
-utlllication that no obections would be raised, at the same
stating that lie had no jurisdiction out of this city. The
6-4 Y, however left, Without further reference tome, before the
ach-ve Inessage,was delivered. They proceeded to the city of
Chang-chow-foo, were 'yell, received by the Mandarins, and
htti
rued without accident:
We regret to learn from A.rnoy that the Eliza Stewart was
tlall IIY lost in a small bay near Amoy, on her way from the
b. to Amoy. Further particulars of this loss have, as far
h. --"
we have beeii able to learn, not yet reached Macao ; the
vessel Was laden with teas at the northern ports, and cotton
;, lece go„d3
tiaß,
ier Majesty's steamer Driver has been dispatched, a few
ii,‘4„ since, from Hong-Kong to Chusan, with a portion of
.j„-r 41iesty:s 18th Regiment, to relieve those of her Ma-
i'tYs 'ssth Regiment, whose commander, Col. Schoedde,
t 0 Bombay
at Hon -Hong, and will, we understand, proceed
'L'onabay in the Hon. Company's steamer Sesostris, about
(vhe dispatched on the 14th.
r°,ll the Friend of China and Houp-Kong Gazette, Jan. 9)
1:1Y the Louisa Campbell, from Chusan, the Ist inst., we
havaye
evfs from Shanghai up to the 24th December. We
O
we already mentioned that some difficulty had occurred
vening to the circumstance of a Chinese boy having been
thatby a shot fired by a European. It now appears
thi:t the Chinese refused to allow any place of residence in
the city or suburbs for foreigners, and there is ample proof
14, th_,
e) did so at the instigation of a number of Canton
to_rc,nants, who had gone to Shanghai and entered into a
rit7,L,oirtation both with the merchants and public autho-
rities, with the view of establishing a Co-bong there,
I,,°4gh whom, and through whom alone, all business,
tr ether relating to articles of import or export, should be
44111teted. Owing to the firmness of her Britannic Majesty's