The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-10 00:00:00

INDIA.

The following is a correct copy of a letter received from
Captain John Hoppe, brother of the undersigned, 16th Ben-
gal Native Infantry, and adjutant of Shah Soojah's 2d Regiment
Infantry. J. H. led the storming party, and was wounded at
Khelat i.Ghilzie. It will be read with interest by all who have
friends at Candahar

(come%)
" Candahar' February 14, 1842.
"My dear Father,--We are, thank God, all safe at this
place, although in daily expectation of the people in the town
rising against u', and the enemy, only twenty-five miles off,
are threatening to attack us. Our communication with Caubul
and the provinces is cut off, and report rays that Sir W.
M'Naghten, the Envoy and Minister, is murdered, with
several other officers. It is to be hoped in the spring troops
w ill be pushed up from India—for we can do nothing at
this season—when, please God, we will give them a lessen
they little think of. General Nott, with a large force,
went against the rebels, collected only eight miles from Can-
dahar, and killed and wounded 700 or 800 of them, but they
are increasing in numbers every day, and one of Shah Soojah's
sons (Safter Jung) at their head. It is said they dined in
their shrouds the other day, and swore upon the Koran that
they would either murder us all, or be killed in the attempt.
You may rely upon my writing whenever an opportunity
occurs, and should you see any of Manning's people or Hol-
royd's, you can tell them that at present we are all safe and well
at Candahar. I have not heard from England for the last
three months.—With my best love to all, believe me, my dear
father to be, &e., "JOHN HOPPE."

.6 to Charles Hoppe, Esq.,
" Withycombe Ranleigh, Exmouth, Devon."

The little town of Vitteaux, in the department of
the Cote d'Or, was last week visited by a violent storm, ac-
companied by an extraordinary fall of rain. The town was
soon flooded, and great damage was done by the water bursting
into the houses through the doors and windows. Four persons
w ere d 2 owned.

A few days ago, says the Sentinelle de Jura, the
electric fluid entered at Mesney, near Arbois, the house of a
miller, named Jour-d'hui, through a window, breaking the
large stone below. The miller's wife was struck on the neck,
and a gold chain which went three times round it was broken
in six pieces. Her dress was burnt, as well as two handker-
chiefs which she wore. The fluid appears to have run (!own
her body, for her shoulders, hip, and leg were scorched, and
her stocking was burnt to some extent. It at last made its
exit by the ceiling, passed through the garret, overturned part
of the wall, and set fire to a cherry-tree 150 feet from the
house. Two other women who were in the room with Madame
Jour-d'hui were unhurt.

M. Charles Maurice, the proprietor, and M. Le-
maitre, the responsible editor of a journal called the Courrier
des Theatres, appeared on Wednesday befire the Correctional
Tribunal, to answer a charge of having fraudulently evaded
the law, requiring that the responsible editor of a daily journal
should be the real owner of one-third of the cautionnement
of 100,000 f. It was proved that M. Lernaitre was not in this
position, and that M. Charles Maurice had provided the funds
for him, in order that. he might take his own pace as a respon-
s.ble editor, and thus relieve him from the consequences of
condemnation for libel. They were both found guilty, and
ordered to pay a fine of 10,000 f., each being liable to the whole
fine in the event of non-payment of any portion by the other.
The Tribunal also ordered the suppression of the journal.
The Government of Lucerne has addressed a cir-
cular to all the other Cantons of Switzerland, inviting them to
come to a definitive resolution in the affair of the convents of
Argau.