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INDIA AND CHINA.

(Frem the Poet.)
2t°413A4, Nov. 1, 1844. "17 °loath has been vele: defieint iet•-•r••st i I
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except the proceedings around lihelapore, in tile
Southern Alahratta country. The port of Samunghur
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at length fallen into our hands, after holding out
10e, than
we supposed. The enemy are said to
e lost between five and six hundred men, with as
leanY prisoners. We have—although the number of
esstialties are very few—to regret the loss of three
°face rs
Lie during the continuance of these operations—
n'e...nants Shakspeare and Irvine, from wounds re-
telrtela' and Captain Silver, from cholera. Colonel
firing
has
been appointed Political Resident, and
ring succeeded in rescuing the young Raja, who is
,minor, from the hands of the two discontented par-
ties of • •
his subjects, is about to set off in company
kith Cot Outram, with the view, if possible, of re-
cel'ing grievances which have led to the insurrection.
i°atram is at Kholapore. Troops and supplies of
kii ii
°ls continue pouring in. There are six other forts
!till to subdue, should the rebels hold oat. The Pun-
is said for a time to be saved from the anarchy
:Pending over it, from the reported cementation of
-"e differenees between Goolaub and his nephew
tieera Singh, who had already, for the purpose of
oP,Pesing his uncle, marched the majority of his
ti
°°l4 on their way to Jumbo°. Goolaub is re-
Petted t
hann have under his command at present
men, with ample supplies of money, and is
-411 Y for every contingency. The rumour of the
law, •
-*unation of Dewan Sawur Mull, Governor of
hitan, has during this month been confirmed, and
11:41 appointed in his room.
accounts from Sinde continue favourable
"th the exception of those from Shikarpore--
:iinost the whole of the brigade being laid up from
tecikeeas• In all our other posts the troops were
era rally healthy. The disturbances in Bundle-
d,
th1i,,,4 it is to be hoped, are now finally at an end;
e
fed "a of Jeitpore Pareechut, with his
l con-
etates, having been taken up. The intelligence
a:tu, Alfghanistan can scarcely be depended on-
-11: it represents the Dost and his son Akbar as
Lee°,:ifirnilY seated in their authority than they
ecit'oi a long time been. Gwalior continues dis-
h;_ncled under the supervision of Ram Roo
trst'ea, who has not as yet found out the perpe-
smer or instigator to his attempted assassination,.
hit the Tara Bhaee had conceived a marked die-
bee f°l' him. The chief subject of local interest
riore has been the trial and conviction of the noto-
et lin! 4100 Paroo, for his participation in the villanies
Blinder gang, and being deeply concerned
e burning of the ship Belvidere, burnt in the
e ..nf Singapore some considerable time back.
•:ha I,rs realised from his villainies no less than
ara"°l•
sterling, besides property to a great
h:tent---the whole of which has been con -
di.
and himself banished for life. An-
othere ease, which deserves a prominent place
ayste" is that of a species of wanton and
tuatic cruelty perpetrated by the captain of the
ksiPsTePttine, from Liverpool. His name is Thomas
ea d3Waite. The cruelty referred to was exercised
4111118 steward, and consisted of divers means of
tttlitY• That exercised to his apprentice—a youth-
Frenchman consisted in giving him 250 lashes.
%I II lase has been tried before the police-court here,
Pop has merely been mulcted in a paltry fine.
The
boy's case he will be brought before a jury.
tat e intelligence from China reaches to August 28,
continues barren in interest.
I
er he disturbances formerly stated to have arisen
4a111111,4 Kholapore in the Southern Mahratta coun-
tl;el having assumed a form much more formidable
the Was anticipated, it may be as well to continue
the narrative of operations froth the point at which
1,04 Were so abruptly broken off in my last. The
he. Under Colonel Wallace having occupied a
%Pt directly in front of the fort of Samunghur,
ke the guns having been placed in position, com-
hCeed to play until the evening of the 12th,
IlVarently with but little effect. The command-
thlugineer was therefore directed to reconnoitre
th:tureaehes which had been made, who suggested
that- the 'whole of the guns might be turned upon
Re made ea a small tower to the right of the south-
ett; uastion of the fort, which being shortly after-
tia,,(lB considered practicable, while the other was
ul,lY so for escalade, preparations were accordingly
ram
die for attacking the fort at daylight the following
eletittlltig. The troops under the command of Major
lls.e•aj34, of the 20th Regiment Native Infantry,
-g
been formed into two columns, were accord-
gg directed to he in readiness at four o'clock, the
stet Under the command of Captain Jones and the
Of %lid:111(1er Captain Gillanders ; other dispositions
eft•Qrces having been made with a view of cutting
thils the retreat of the besieged. Everything being
iliPci°usly arranged, the storming parties corn-
co°Perationp., and within half an hour the fort
itee entered and taken po,seee;on ot. But little annoy-
seerns to have been experienced from the enemy
beeoefreeting the breach—a few shots only having
Nu.'" from the bastions flanking the places where
apiti Were made ; and so completely were those
•alto taken by surprise, that our troops entered
• to:- without opposition. The enemy, however, seem
gelZe provided for every exigency in the event of our
cora -u €C an entrance ; the long rolls of cloth which
troa,Pnse their turbans having been found suspended
tei- nnrnerous places around the walls, by which
tlie„nl' though some managed to escape from the fort,
ftit. were all either secured by the reserve of our
fat:letktioned around the base of the hill, or ulti-
out off; while those who had been deprived
Meth°tilmlneans of escape, or were totally unable to
the "L'emselves of such, were taken prisoners, and to
ge:redit of the Europeans portion of the force, it is
sktetallY admitted that the life of every one was
the :41 which could by possibility be so, even although
eotiu'rn'recation given in some instances but slightly
eate-,ea some of the enemy to such forbearance. On
iitt,,-Lng the fort the scene presented is described as
whin
been heartrending in the extreme. Numbers
whiLfinund mortally wounded from several shots,
to the 'fne poor wretches were at the moment reduced
last extreme from starvation. Several women
'teet
er f
iaa°llnd with children in their arms severely
Parts ed, and one had thrown herself from the ram-
°Y which she had fractured both her thighs.
la e houses
were soon entered by the Sepoys and
rittrne'followers,
against whom, by the way, some
Prefer prefer heavY charges of wanton cruelty have been
in e
d---but nothing whatever, at all worth carry-
°ll; appears to have been found within the
During hay b the operations against this fort, we
rs_ Been deprived of the services of three much-
Pe eted officers. Lieutenant Shakespeare, of the
ZeEuropeans, fella victim to the deadly aim of the
tiotirnY's marksmen—having come out from a posi-
oth f comparative safety to assist in carrying off
e body °ffr°
. a Sepoy who had been mortally wounded
rri the
"'lle quarter ; Lieutenant Irvine, another
Silver,
officer of the Madras Artillery, and Captain
:_u tber o
, _
h died of cholera. After the occupation
T 1' fort by our troops, another body of the insur-
gent
.4., 81 between SOO and 600 strong, took up a posi-
eer,,
- and lach i
sepne,
ro, 'innei Outram- -who had arrived at the
• - action the data eseei,e., to tha etee ere ef
the
haireinahue for te:, ~, . •::- with
e - •„
in,urgent—eante up with til,nn, In-';.,q•
seep,...,
thenconflict suceeedel in eompl,t,-ly punishing
1"--about 100 having been left dead on the
geld, and
ill about 200 having been taken prit.oners.
" luss ois f the enemy during these proceedings
stated to amount to between 500 and 600 with
11
,lilrNnumber of prisoners, while our own es-
thetics
"a" been, in Comparison, exceedingly

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ataid 0:11.e vie
lin h sti.trt of freedem he

thf!n f'xteresive ti ,et
52nc:.= e.:et ore of Sainia.osbur ; and as are ii,l4 so often roBnl-FA; iltnf: on Lis return again to his
occlipled by the in.:urgc,uis, far %-,1!(-1 hann'is, 4.lie al•.tzrziritief; deemed ;_t best to secure
5t‘..c.;11,4,r :.:nd more ft
indecslble than the. now him by force, while they had the opportunity. He
the o,cupDnts of which have expressed the;v detertni- was secured by a native in the service of the Pre-
t • •ei Ow lest ,b,-re bi:- -le r
tl.'h.. 1 he of
Ails,ch,tnyi;ai,.:;e xplatwion fu-th.r, than
that it has arisen from the same source whence the ma-
jority of the disputes in India usually arise, via., an
oppressed people against designing Ministers, who,
to fill their own pockets during the continuance of a
considerable minority, have imposed taxes on an al-
ready overburdened people—the one counting on the
aid of a powerful ally, while the other party resort
to the only alternative left them, of shutting up them-
selves and families within those mountain strong-
holds which are endeared to them, having been the
safeguards of their ancestors against similar oppres-
sion, and out of which the fear of death will never
dislodge them.
Though Colonel Outram has now been appointed
the Political Resident in this district, •and justly
fames as he is for his ability and unexampled success
in all pacificatory matters, he will certainly perform
a feat of statemanship of no mean order, should he
succeed in bringing about an adjustment of those dif-
ferences at present existing between the Ministers
of the youthful Raja of Kholapore and his apparently
desperate subjects. He has already released the
Raja and his chief minister from the hands of the
malcontents, and is stated as about to set off on a
tour through the country, with the intention of re-
moving the grievances which had been the cause of
the insurrection. In whatever manner these dif-
ferences may for the present be settled, it appears
most probable that a contingent force will be raised
and other necessary means resorted to for the future
protection of the Raja and his Government.
Though the intelligence from the Punjaub has,
throughout the month, and up to within a day or so
back, been as war-looking in its character as the
imaginations of native newswriters about that
quarter could possibly picture it to be, it is with
pleasure that we find it in our power to contradict
statements, or, at least, to curb for a time those spe-
culations which the perusal of the mass of Lahore.
intelligence, appearing this month in the newspapers,
would certainly create in the minds of the public at
home, did it nut receive the additional check through
the medium of the anticipatory letter s.
The death of Dewan Sawur Mull, the Governor
of Mooltan, is now confirmed, having met his death
by the discharge of a pistol fired tit him by a crimi-
nal which be was examining. His death,
.from a
matter of policy, was for some time kept a secret,
it is supposed by his son, who seems to have been
yearning atter his father's office—to which he has
since been appointed by Heerah Sing. The revenue
he contributed to the Lahore treasury has been on an
average half a million annually, while his own in-
come is said to have been as much.
Up to this time the warlike preparations said to
have been making between Goolaub Sing on the
one hand, and his nephew, Heerah Sing, on the
other, has naturally led to the most lively interest.
And the startling statement, that the majority of the
troops had already quitted Lahore, and were pretty
well on their way for meeting those of Goolaub
Sing, who was stated to have at present under his
command an army of upwards of seventy thousand
fighting men, with funds to the amount of 8,000,0001.
sterling, independently of the support which he had
at his nod, in the influence and wealth of his sister-
in-law, the widow of the late Soochet Sing. These,
and numberless other statements of a similar nature,
have been at the eleventh hour, as it were, consider-
ably smoothed down by the reports that matters have:
at length been amicably arranged betwixt these two
dagger-drawn personages—a report that every one
must feel happy in hearing fully confirmed. But there
appear to be some doubts existing as to the actual
truth of the report itself, which will of course require
the next mail to clear up. The Pundit Jella—the bone
of contention between the uncle and nephew, ap-
pears still to strut about Court—a circumstance which
formerly so highly incensed the uncle ; while the
reported departure of Jowahir Sing, the Minister's
younger brother, to live under the roof of his uncle,
at Jumboo, a coalition which Heerah himself had so
often threatened to prevent at all hasards, renders
the whole of the Lahore intelligence this month at
best but very doubtful.
The accounts from all parts of Sinde during the
month continue extremely favourable, with the ex-
ception of Shikarpore, which presents a rather un-
favourable view as regards the health of the troops
stationed there. Of the 69th Regiment N. 1., fifty
file only could attend muster on Ist October, and
the 7th Cavalry had only sixteen men fit for duty;
while the majority of the force stationed there
were suffering much, though not nearly to
this extent. Deaths were becoming frequent,
and the want of medical officers much telt.
Much inconvenience was felt at 11yderabad from
the excessive heat, and a con3ilerable diminution
in the depth of the river apparently ohscrvatle•
The troops at this place continue healthy. At Suk-
kur the utmost interest seems to attach to the pro-
jected assembling of the court-martial to be shortly
holden here for the trial of Colonel Moseley,
when twenty-one field officers are expected to
be collected hither for that object ; the
President of which, it is expected, will be General
Simpson—Colonels Douglas and Woodburn had been
ordered even fro:n Kurrachee, all the way, for the.
purpose. A detachment of her Majesty's 78th
Highlanders arrived on the 18th ult. Seventy-one
men of the 64th had been discharged the service
for their participation in the late mutiny. The
troops were all healthy, though the heat during the
day was very intense. Kurrachee has become the
El Dorado of our Sinde possessions : what with the
completion of broad, airy streets, capacious canton-
ments, the extension of the pier, the erection of spa-
cious buildings on the verge of the race-course, the
adornment of the grounds with the choicest plants
and shrubs, and the great addition lately made to the
supply of excellent water, with numerous improve-
ments, it had now become the place alone entitled to
be the Government head-quarters.
The intelligence from Affghanistan seems on
the whole to hold forth the prospects of Dost
Mahomnied, and the members of his family, as in
every way in the ascendant—at least so it is
given out by those in , whose statements at no
time ought implicit reliance to be placed. He
is now said to be firmly- seated on his throne, with
the most formidable of the other states exceedingly
anxious to do him homage. The Dost and Akbar
are said still to be within their capital, and that the
Post had expressed himself anxious to proceed to the
eastward of his dominion, on another expedition most
likely. He was said to be particularly incensed at
the Lahore Court, and the proof of this is drawn
from the fact of his refusing to dispatch the ac-
customed nuzzurana or present expected by the latter
at the advent of the Dusserah festival. The real
cause of the rupture on this occasion, like most affairs
pertaining to this distant. country, remains enveloped

sideney.

In Gwalior ma; t.er- eontinue..l much in the same
conditif,n as formerly, paltry intrigues of every de-
s,:ripton being now and then carried on. Her High-
ness the young Dowager appears to have no very
great liking towards her Minister, Ram Ras Phalkett,
believing him to be striving his utmost with the Bri-
tish authorities, to effect her expulsion from the
Lushkur—and a document, proved afterwards to
have been forged, had been presented to Captain
Shakespeare, as having been sent lay the Bhaee her-
self; and an individual had latterly confessed, he had
wrote it at the instigation of the son-in-law of the
Minister. The people generally would much rather
prefer being governed by a person appointed by us
than submit to the authority of Ram Ras Phalkea,
and complaints are numerous against him, and con-
tinually in the mouth of every one in the Lushkur,
as being in the habit of attaching the other Ministers
to himself by presents of repeated bribes. Several
important measures have lately been passed by the
Durbur, viz.—the total abolition of the traffic in
slaves, and a prohibition against the public sale of
opium and other injurious drugs, without a special
license from those entitled to grant them—a measure
which it is hoped will tend to put an effectual stop-
page to the numerous murders and suicides, lately
of common occurrence, from such incitements.

There is nothing of moment from other parts of

India.

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The fli*turlyanceA, if such they can he called,
which have for such a I-ngth of
.time afflicted
Bundlekund, • and regarding which so much dif-
f..renee of opinion has been expressed, have been
happily termin-Ated by the seiture of rareechut, the
tx-liajoh of deetpore, and the accomplices in
hi.: marauding expfslitioni. It was rumoured about
the departure of last mail that he bad voluntarily
come in with his fellows in guilt, in order to take
advantege of the offer lately made him by Govern-
ment of two hundred rupees a month, provided he
resided within the Company's territories,. but having
ee far cel the way with this view, be is said to