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

TY;DTA. ANDtTritA:

- STATE OF THE INDIAN ARMY. •
• • (From the Delhi Gazette of the fitli` of March.)
Our latest intelligence from Ferozepore cormr.unicates
indications that active steps have been taken by the Corn-
. • mender-in-Chief for the removal of the mutinous corps from
their dangerous proximity to the frontier. The 7th Light
Cavalry. marched for Loodbeeanaii on the 29:11 in
• 'Compliance with the order we mentioned in OM' last. The
34th 'were also sent off oil toe 2d instant, with present in-
strnetions to march to Meerut. •No orders had been, Ac-
cording to our last telvices, received from head quarters, as
tothe destination of the horse and foot artillc;ry, but we re-
gret much to find the troop inentione4 iu 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 plau is the best in regard to them that could be
pursued, 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--
. coed. 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 snfiered so sadly of late. We must at the.
• same time be permitted to express a hope that such vindica-
tion will not prevent their affording justice to the corps who
way ultimately be sent to Shale.
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 :he
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
eve or six individuals. The conduct of the 7th cavalry is
More reprehensible. The officers offered to guarantee to the
tropes ttie batta out of their own poCkets, to prevent the
Shame they were bringing upon the standing order of the
regiment. The native commissioned and non-commissioned
ricers and about two hundred troopers marchedwith the
'24cors; the rest held back!
. -The Delhi Gazetti, February 28th, remarks, that it is
evident. Dost Mahoined had succeeded in strengthening him-
"elf sufficiently on his throne at Caubul, to admit of allowing
of Ukbar Khan's proceeding to Jellalabad. One step which
the Dost has adopted for the purpose of strengthening his
rule. is the admission, to a more active -share in his councils,
of his .cousin Mahomed Zumau Khan (the good Nawaub)
and his brother Jobber Khan. -
A man'has arrived from Peshawur in great haste, an-
nouncing that Mahomed IJkbar Khan had arrived' at Jel-
lalabad with four or five regiments of infantry, 6,000 cavalry,
and ten guns, and on reaching Jellalabad he had written to
Tej-Singh to be under no apprehension regarding his move-
ments, as he had only come down to-settle that part of the
country. •
The following is a letter from Kurrachee, Sinde, of the
29th •—.
"J'pz. Brimis thin you-are aware a large dinner was given
'444ic-Charlei Napier on. the_ _l7th, which was admirably
ArlAnget rktin weht. The (-4 oYernor.'„s speech, all
; tcp!gne and. pen, iwas :arnusingepougq,'
rit:t,isof eouraa, reekved with thundeq.o(applause by
-
a eaters' of goon thinge. efse„:,'ltel the2'expeetantsvf get d
things in posse.
He endenvoufed to' prove—and doubtless
did to his own satisfaction and that of his numerous staff
and parasites—that Sinde paid itse There were, howevr,
some who deemed his reasoning lamlf
e—who thought that it.
fell like an inverted cone, wanting its proper base to stand
upon.' But for this you might be prepared. Sir Charles is,
nowever, by no means stinted in the gift of the gab, and
his audience.
speech was on the whole well 'delivered and adapted to
audience. By the bye, he touched upon the licentious
And vicious press of India—out of the fulness of the heart the
Mouth speaketh—and doubtless the Bombay Times and
jilitrnal of Commerce inspired him on the occasion. Geneial,
icare le expected daily—a ball, of course, to be given to his
ladY.' • The Quartermaster-General and Captain Napier have
guns to Sonmeanee on a. surveying expedition—to spy the
nakednessof the land. I have heard that instructions have
'seen received from Lord Ellenborough for the construction of
fl,f;)rti.fication at or near Ram Bag'', which is about midway
between
_the cantonments and Bonder, into which, When
nois.hed, the ordnance and engineer_ parks, as also the c..0tn-
.141, ssariat stores, are to be removed."

CHINA.
(From the Him - Kong Gazette and Friend qf China, Jan.3o.)

GO.tiItSiMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following .ordinance, passed by his Excellency the
G""norLGeneral in Council, is published for general infor-
mation

By order, RICHARD WOOSNAM.
„ Government-house, Victoria, Hong-Kong, Jan. 25, 1844.
An ordinance for her Majesty's subjects, within the domi-
nions of the Emperor of China, or within any ship or
_Tessel, at-a distance of not more than 100 miles from the
.60431 of China.
"Arno Sexto et Septimo Victoria Regina.

Bath,
y his Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger, Baronet, Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the
, MajOr-General in the service of the East India Coin-
Vll3-, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the colony of
'ng-Kong and its dependencies;4nd Superintendent a the
Trade of her Maje Sty's subjects, trading to and from alb do-
Wiliolts of the Enaperor of China. With the advice of the
Lagi.tlatiye COuncil of Hong-Kong. i
"An ordinance to render her Majesty's subjects within the
dominions of the Emperor of China, or within any ship or
vPesel 'at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from
the coast of China, subject in all Twitters to the law of Eng-
land, and to extend the jurisdiction of the courts of justice at
Hong-Kong over the same..-
" Whereas under and by virtue of an Act of Pailiatrient,
Made and passed in the seventh year of the reign of her 'Ma-
ituity Queen Victoria, entitled, ' An Act for the better gosern-
Aleut of her Majesty's subjects resorting to China,' her Ma-
` sty did, by letter patent under the Great Seal of the United
,411g40,in 01 Greatßritain and Ireland, authorise the Stiper •
relloLent of the Trade of her Majesty's subjects in China (so
.1347; 44 sli ll Unerintendent should be also governor or the
ISti4(l of lionsi-long) to enact, with the advice of the 14gis-
lati" Connell of the said island of Hong-Kong, all such laws
and. ordinances as might, from time to time, be required for
the t2,4)4 government of her Majesty's subjects, being within
ralltions of the Emperor of China, or within any !ship
rah at a distance of not more than one hundred miles
illi vle Coast of China, and to enforce the execution of such
...,-.,,,,,„(iinances by, such penalties and forfeitures, as to
.m o Moil-Kong bind
i, by th
'll'"! Pivie.fli aforesaid, should seem fit :
vim "—e It
therefore enacted, by his Excellency the iGo-
latj f3PpOrintendent of the Trade of her
"ti.'s sub eats in China, with the advice of the Legis-
th ve council of Hong-Kong aforesaid, that from and after
tliee Pas'ing of this ordinance the law of England shall have
eu, sanle force, virtue, power, and effect over her Majesty's
w2ets within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or
"out any ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one
hundred miles from the coast of China, in all matters what.
gq9ver, whether civil or criminal, that it has over her Ma-
WS said subjectsactually within her Majesty's coloi‘Y of
Jll7Kon
if • 1 _
S+
jt•• 11.:44, .. 1 9110ted, that the courts of justice at Ming-
ti pt witioll aro now, or shall be hereafter erected, shall have
le same power; jurisdiction, and. authority in all matters
wlitsoeyer, whether civil er criminal, over her Majesty's
1,,;,t 4.K4 within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or
b‘.l.l.tutiruetlic-iiiiip or vessel, at a distance of not more than one
miles.fmro the 0644 of China, that the courts afore-
ave or shall have over her: Majesty's subjects actually
it within her Majestys colony of Hong-kong.
11(4- 4_,•thAeliftslotint4eluccted, in case of any murder, felony, rob-
Wrong Or crime wliatsover being eharged
wh"ave been clone upon the person or property of anyone
atsoever, within the dominions of the Emperor of China,
or within any ship or vessel, at a distance of not more than
lie.hundre
sud miles from the coast of China, by any of i her
isaiestY's bjects, that it shall not be lawful tOr the person,
t,,.,`-"ri4ed therewith, to object to the locality of the jurisdiction
td.;he saitl-eouts at Hong-Kong, but he shall be indidted,
. . ii.o4st,Ftvicted, and punished. or acquitted, or demeaned in
Eff' sect i!ui 't. the offence wherewith ho. may, be charged
44 i, ~. ,tr . .
th„, ,sll gfinlinittga within the colony of Hong-Kong, iipon
5,.,- "'"'Y fir propettir qf 4 Rig9il within the peace of !our
. vel.'eign Lady the Qtlegg:
u And for the prevention of doubts tinori ON subject, lie it
4"18d that the Peninsula of Macao shall, for the purposes of
th..4l"i')ltlee; and of all other ordinances made by virtue of
i. - Power herein hefere-incntioned be deemed, and taken to
v!, within the dominions of the Emperor of China.
‘0 If EN Mr V OTTI NGE R,
4 ,irintendent of Trade and Governor of liatig.Kon,.&c.
I used the Legislative Council oa the
It' '... th day of January,
-SUCHARD BURGASS, Clerk, of the Legislative Council."
• ' ' •=7*7 ':. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart., G.C.8., her
iriei':.';,otentl.ary anon. Chief Suerintendent
letter addressed vim j ci 4 tio
_lease,t
~,...,ttrect that the following
be resst, her_4lPftigs.s,y'„ilficiating Consul at Allay,
11,41 V•il) WOOSNA4I.
published.
(soiernment-house, Victorit, ong-kopgi tl7, 1844.
" Government-house, 'Victorni..floog•KQqg, Jan. 40, Isfi•
" 7our letter, No. 10, of Oa lad* of Jast
)1.:()u have onntkal to state when you roCeiVeci the 08YOPOVIIM
. it?titleation 'of the 27131.- not 18th, as you erronenigly pate
‘,.?1 4. November, accorapanio4 by a copy of a 4.(nrimunication
l_ tcli I had addressed to the Vitepoy and Lieut.-Governor of
t4l
6n, regarding certain, foreigners havtno fprif) from Amoy
o 4
,1e city Of Chang- chow.foo.
„ia:! 4avenoiv to inform you that • I have received a corn!
`l4 coughed in very strong language, from his Excel-
ons.
the Governor-General of the Fokien and Clickeang.
Provine
es, calling on me
.to enforce that article of the sup.
• . F"'l!lentary treaty (the 6th) which provides for no British
itelte6ts (or others) going into the country beyond certain
7:1! 4.1/aes, to be fixed by the local authorities in concert with
Consists,
cornilaint evidently relates to that part of your
letter, now. under reply, in which you state : On the let
:Ist it,'a party of English officers asked my permission to
7,,°,eeeti- to Chang-chow -foo to see the. place and country.
• 4^ it was not in my power, had I felt inclined to do so, I
• A:Yarded the application to the Taou-tal (intendant of
i7l, and he sent to me by the Hai Hong, a private corns
• c.ation that no okections would be raised, at the same
:Yi:e stating that he had no jurisdiction out of this city. The
L:iw,ever, left, without further reference tome, before the
,-, 6 message was deliVered. They proceeded to the city of
419 w-foe; were well received by. the /ilandari- ne, end
'74.41.1e;.1 Aithout accident.' "
~4crgArf.t..te kstrn from Amoy that the Eliza Stewart wagtottuy lost in a SW44 4.4iy pear Amoy, on her way from the
• korth to Amoy. Furtligr psfgailats of this loss have, as far
we have been able to learn, Pot yet revlied Macao ; the
hill laden with teas at the northern poets, and cotton
Piece .
Her IfitjestY's 0/44.4:r Driver has been
.dispatched, a few
da
her *lite*, front 1f0pg...68.0,7 to Chaffin, with a portion of
e l‘laiesty's lath Regmtellti K.:tieye those, of her Ma-
' jhetY'"sth Regiment, whose cop mant/Ar,. §fiTecide,
pombay in the Hon. (..:00/I*Yr
to 'l.!,rrieed at Ilorig-Hong, will, we unuerstand,
to ou di lo Wainer Sesostfis, abosti
, Tatched on the 14tb;
(r rum Friend Y. cad 11:09u.r"19 9\l
.ntetlittr;S‘ll:annigP;l:ae...ll"..lln*iStttoy 4.1!.1
meeinrettlioran
have
setdanteleiitofsaome
•twi:o4.un
tdaiieleen
terryi e
Chinese
a shot fired by a Eurtyreen. it now appears
the Chinese refused to allow any place of reskiellealri '
• thet.WY or
.suburbs for foreigners, and there is ample proof
%.110,„,;.'n-.Bd, Id so at the instigation of a number of Canton
Chinese boy "voig
, wha•had
with
to Shanghai and entered into_iti
ritt "'km both with' the:men:llin. ts-and-pubfic antho-
tbze:,uo with the view of establishing. a Co-bong there,
tw_bether
riieihaotmin,g
taondartt.hrlouglft
.whom alone, all business,
'-10
„ es o import or export, should be 1
wing to the firmnees of her Britannic Majesty's '