The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-04 00:00:00

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SG 'N OFFICE Three o'Cloch.
INDIA AND CHINA.

Ample details of the highly important news received
this morning from India and China, will be found in an-

other part of The Sun. W e shall here content cur-
selvts with some observations upon the leading points.
The news from Bombay usually extends over a month,
but in consequence of the detention of the previous
mail to the 3d of May, and the sailing of the present

one on the 23d of that month, in order to escape the
first burst of the monsoon, the intelligence now exttltds

over a period of twenty days. LTpon the who'e, how-
ever, the news is exceedingly satisfactory and important.
The tranquillity which has so long reigned in the Bri-
tish dominions in the East remains undisturbed, not-
withstanding the reasonable fears entertained of the con-
trary, on account of the recent reverses in Affghanistan.
In that country our arms are again successful. Major-
General POLLOCK, had safely effected a junction with
the heroic General SALE at Jellalabad, after forcing the
Khyber Pass. They were both preparing to march
upon Caubul, to take vengeance fur the murder of • the
Envoy, and the treacherous massacre of our troops.
General ENGLAND, having received positive orders from
General NOTT to join him with his forces at Candahar,
marched from Quettah, whither he had retreated, and
forced the Pass in gallant style, without the loss of a
single Man. Colonel BoriroN's brigade had arrived at
the mouth of the Khybor Pass, and General Pou,oex sent
reitigireinentS to assist' him in forcing it. His success
was considered certain. The ascassination of the mi-
serable SHAH SoosAu is confirmed. An interesting nar-
rative of the circumstances of his murder will be found
among our Atfghanistan intelligence. His succesoor
FUTTELI JUNG was also murdered a few days after-
wards. General ELPHINSTONE 'is dead. Ho' sank,
on the 23d of April, from sheer exhaustion, having been
severely ill when the ill-fated garrison quitted Caubul.
Most of the unfortunate garrison at Ghuznee were mur-
dered by the Ghazees. Colonel PALMER and most of
the officers were made prisoners, in the expectation of
obtaining heavy ransoms for them. The slaughter of the
privates was frightful. Not more than 100 of these are
supposed to have escaped. The survivors of the Caubul
massacre are still in the power of AKBAR KHAN.
They are tolerably well treated, but the ransoms de-
manded for them are enormous.

Major REID was preparing to force the Bolan Pass on
the sth of May. He had a convoy of treasure and
4,000 camels. General ENGLAND brought 10,0001. ster-
ling in gold and dollars to General NOTT at Candithar.
The real war of retribution on the part of the British
army in Affghanistan was expected to commence about
the middle of June. The Bombay Times of the
23d of May, speaking of the -conduct Of the
new Governor-General, whose abruptness of man-
ner at first alarmed the civil service officials,
says—" The strictest secresy has been maintained
as to . the policy about to be pursued towards
Affghanistan; and it is probable indeed that beyond
the resolution to cut the connection as speedily as pos-
sible, Lord ELLENBOROUGH has resolved nothing as to
details, leaving himself to be guided by the chapter of
accidents. To one desirous of quitting the country this
is probably the wisest, or rather the only really wise
course that can be pursued. Our prisoners and hostages
must at any rate be recovered ; if this can be done with-
out advancing into the country our impression is that
no advance will he made. That no new campaign for
1843 has been resolved upon, may be inferred from the
fact, that no preparations of any sort are now on foOt for
this. Lord ELLENBOROUGH'S proclamations, in refer-
ence to the surrender of Ghuznee—the advance on Jella-
labad—the victory of Sir ROBERT SALE over AKBAIt
KnAs, and the future honours which await the garrison,
have been. received throughout India with one bust of
universal admiration. They bode a vigour and decision
of purpose essential to a good Government in India,
and which, conjoined with our knowledge of the char-
acter of the Governor-General, -has excited the most
elevated hopes-of the auspiciousness of his rule."
___The .dom6stie _new.; from Bombay .is not,- however,
very cheering. Cholera was raging in and around
Calcutta, Bombay, and the Deccan. . There .sere ninety
British merchant-ships in the harbour of Bombay
one half of which were without freight or destination.
Never before was the shipping interest of India suffer-

ing so severely.
There has been some fighting in China, in which the
British blue-jackets have been again victorious. On the
10th of March, about 12,000 Chinese troops attempted to
drive the British out of Ningpo, but were repulsed with
terrible slaughter. The gates were left open, and they
were allowed to reach the market-place before the guns
opened upon them. They fled, leaving 250 dead bodies
within the walls. They were hotly pursued by the 49th
Regiment, which had not returned from the pursuit
when the despatch detailing the attack was written.
On the news reaching Hong Kong, Plenipotentiary Sir
H. POTTINGER ordered Admiral Sir W. PARKER and
Major-General Sir H. GOUGU to proceed at once to
•Ningpa, to follow up the repulse of the Chinese with
effective measures. Chinhae was also attacked by the
Chinese, and an attempt made by sampans (fire-boats)
"to burn the British shipping. Here also they were re.
pulsed, with the loss of thirty men, and two mandarins
killed. The main body of the Chinese army was to-
ported to be in a state of mutiny for want of pay, and
as the provinces invaded were ordered by the
Eammon to bear all the expenses of defending
themselves, the disaffection among them was very great,
There is little doubt that if the war be pushed on with
vigour, as soon as a fleet can sail to the northward it
will be brought to a speedy termination. In all conflicts
with us the Chinese have found us invincible, and the
EMPEROR must by this time tremble at the prospect of
receiving a visit from the blur jackets at his Imperial
residence at Pekin.

Most of the French Opposition Journals of Satur-
day published the letter of Captain • BOUET to the
Courrier Francais, with observations against the treaties
for the right of search. As Captain BoUET's letter
supplies them with many arguments similar to
those which they have for some time been using,
they do _not...fail to set them .forth in a very
prominent manner, whilst they pass over in silence
those portions of the letter in which the prin-
ciple of the treaties is approved of, whilst the mode of
execution, on the part of the English cruisers, is
reprobated in terms which some persons, taking
into consideration the position in which M.
BoUET stands with respect to the Government,
may think strange. It is evident, however, from
the channel chosen for the publication of this letter,
-that
,it was unauthorised by the • Government. It
remains to Ix, seen whether the 'course which 111.
Bourr has thought proper to adopt will meet with
censure from tthe Ministry. The Debate adds, that
" the Ministry, in sending back Captain 130UET to
his station, where he is speedily to arrive, sufli-
' eiently proves its: desire to watch and repress abuses
which may be tae sad, but frequently inevit...ble,. conse-
quences of the conventions entered into for the sup-
pression of the slave-trade." The Presse, says the letter,
is impartial, and furnishes unanswerable arguments in
favour of the aboaition of the treaties for the right of
search, whilst at the same time it tends to remove the
illusions of the alliance with England.
The Sentinelle of 'Toulon says—" A Marseilles journal_ an-
nounces that General Bugeaud will shortly arrive at Toulon.
This assertion is incorrect. The Governor-General does not
think of quitting. Algeria.
" It is said that General Bugeaud is going to be promoted
to the dignity of Marshal, and that to avoid a re-election the
ordnance will be pitblished before the 9th inst."
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The Sud says, that Admiral Hugon's squadron left the
Hyeres on the 26th of June, and that it is gone to Naples.—
Coastitutionel.
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in Russia, the ancient property of the Strogonoff family. The
immediately to some hay, gained such
flames first appeared in the house of one of the workmen, and'
head, that it was impol
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ngm of
2done, all. the manufactories, 15 stores
filled with salt, 30,0 c. 0 conies of wood, and the ancient and ma-
jestic cathedral, the stone dwellings and offices of the various
employers, between 500 and 600 houses, and all that they con-
tained, fell a prey to the flames.— Gulignani's Messenger.
111. Thiers has left Paris l'or the baths of Vichy.
The Univers announces that the Bishop of Orleans has been
nominated Archbishop of Tours.
BOURSE--.PAnis,
SATURDAY, JULY 2.
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