The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-07-20 00:00:00

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places, but there was scarcely any trace of cholera

remaining.
Emigration to the gold fields of Australia was going on
to an elarming extent. Whole families were leaving for
the diggings, the continued depressing state of the colony
not warranting them in remaining at home, whilst such a
favourable opportunity presented itself of retrieving
ruined fortunes. Young men, in particular, were leaving
bets, and every ship chartered for the dig-
every berth engaged.

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INDIA

CAPTURE OF B..ASSEIN.
)EATII OF THE KING OF BURMAN.
< intelligence from Bombay to the sth June,
Accounts from Ran-
Av announce that Bassein bad been
,neral Godwin The following sum-
mary of the operations is given by the Bengal Hurkaru
of the 2d June :
General Godwin and Commodore Lambert, with 400
men of her Majesty's 51st Regiment, 300 men of the 9th
Madras Native Infantry, 60 Sappers aml Miners, the
Royal Marines, some seamen of her Majesty's ship Fox,

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Tenasserim, Sesostris, and Mozuffer, on the
17th of May. They proceeded to the Bassein River,
which they ascended, after being joined by the Pluto on
the 19th. On the afternoon of the same day the squa-
dron anchored abreast of Bassein without a single accident,
There were large stockades on both sides of the river.
The troops were landed immediately. The pagoda was
first carried, and after that a strong mud fort was, after
an obstinate defence, gallantly stormed by the detach-
ment of her Majesty's 51st, accompanied by Lieut. Rice,
Lieut. Ford, with the Sappers and Miners, and
joined by Lieut. Ansley, with a detachment of the 9th
Madras Native Infantry, the whole commanded by Major
Errington. On the opposite bank of the river a stockade
was carried by a party commanded by Captain Campbell,
of the Sesostris. The enemy in the mud fort suffered
very severely in the contest.
Total number of Navy and Army killed and wounded :
—3 men killed ; 7 officers and 24 men wounded.
Names of Officers who were wounded.—Lieut. George
Rice, R.N., severely ; Lieut. John Elliott, Royal Marines,
slightly ' Major Errington, her Majesty's 51st, slightly ;
Capt. Darroch, her Majesty's 51st, slightly ; Capt. Rice,
her Majesty's 51st, very severely : Lieut. Carter, her
Majesty's 51st. severely; Lieut. Ansley, Madras Native
Infantry 9th, severely.
The despatches were to be published for general infor-
mrtion. Crowds of natives were daily coming in with
their families. The health of the troops was improving
daily since the rains set in. General Godwin, after leaving
a detachment at Bassein, returned to Rangoon.
The accounts from the north-west frontier of India
give the details of a smart action which took place on the
18th of May between Sir Colin Campbell's army and the
Swattees, at the mouth of the Mallabund Pass. We
have suffered a loss of about 11 killed and about as
many wounded ; of these most are from the 66th Goor-
kahs. The enemy left 150 killed, and almost double that
number wounded. They fought with great desperation.
Sir Colin is unable to follow up the advantage that would
accrue from his yictory, owing to the want of stores and
ammunition. Eighteen or nineteen prisoners had also
been taken.
Sir Cohn had defeated the Eusofzaies in several skir-
mishes, had destroyed many of their forts and villages,
and burnt their crops and stores of corn. Most of the
enemy had fled into the hills.
From Cabool we learn that Dost Mahomed had been
again called upon by the Chief of Herat to aid him in
repelling the hostile forces of the Affghan chiefs of Can-
dahar, the Chief of Herat stating that unless this were
done, he would be obliged to call in the Persians to his
aid. On the receipt of this letter, the Dost is said to
have ordered troops off at once to Herat under one of his
sons, and to have informed his brothers of Candahar, that
unless they withdrew their forces from Herat, he would
be under the necessity of forcing them to do so.
The Bombay correspondent of the Daily News, writing
on the sth ultimo, says :—" The King of Burmah is said
to be dead, and the government of the country brokenup.
In this case it is possible the war may be brought to a
conclusion earlier than it otherwise would be."
CHINA.—The rebellion was still progressing, and the
Imperial troops had been routed in an engagement with
Teen-tih, and had fled in great disorder.

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