The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-12-21 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA

The latest dates by overland mail come down to
t 7 t:
17th November from Bombay, to the 6th from Calcu
and to the 30th October from Hongkong. is
'^he intelligence from Rangoon contains little thatof
lutely new ; merely giving details of the news;
which a summary had previously reached us. We WO!!
however, that the river had fallen so suddenly and to sa
an extent, that the large steamers must remain at Prom
t
for eight months to come. Gen. Godwin, who returu;
to Rangoon immediately after the capture of Prorael.,
the 9th of October, was once more on his way up the rlB
with a second division of his force. 250 elephants hard
been dispatched to his assistance from Calcutta overlat
to Prome through the Aeng Pass, where the enemy7o
said to be preparing to resist their advance; troops qa
under orders from Arracan to clear the way, and they ul
not seem to apprehend any very difficult task before till:
It will be Christmas, we should imagine, before the e. 7
phants reach Prome, and by that time none but t!!!
smallest steamers will be able to ascend the river. 2
connexion with this subject, we learn from BombaY.t'ace
Zimmay (the Shan states) has thrown off her alleguato
to Ave, and has an army of 50,000 men and 250 elephalcid
hanging on our frontier, in order to act as circuresr3n;4l
dictate. The political connexion between the Brit'
Indian government and the Shan states is in a crude startli
The Burmese general, it was said, a son of the fain°
Bandola, of the former wars, had come into our cateP an
surrendered himself with his family, as also the ex-gf_g'r;
nor Rangoon • and it was quite apparent that other Gala
were prepared follow his example if our forces 5r,,..„.° •
only make so much of a demonstration as to give
men an excuse for running away.
Disturbances were still rife in the northern Puni-
tlb
frontier, and troops in motion to quell the refracrlYo
chiefs. Generally, India was tranquil, and the POP
quiet and contented.
From Scinde we have news to the 12th November. Th°
64th and 83rd Foot, at Kurrachee and Hydrabad, Weret
suffering severely from fever, and deaths were of freclilqA
occurrence. The wing of the 64th, at Hydrabad, are 881_7
to be, almost to a man, unfit for duty. An attempt hs.
been made to murder a Mr. Court, magistrate of Budion'
his intended assassin cut off three of his fingers, and se'
verely bruised and wounded him in many places.
From China we have advices to the end of Octout?'
The insurgent bands had captured two departmental cities
and several places of less note in Hooman, besides to°
towns in Nan-nand-foo. They thus were threatening the
line of communication with the province of Canton by the
Melling Pass, which was said to be held by a powerfi
government force. A fire of an alarming nature occurreo
about three-quarters of a mile in the rear of the Canton
factories on the night of Wednesday, the 27th October'
whereby silk goods and foreign manufactures were de"
stroyed amounting to the value of $150,000. of
An earthquake occurred in June in the province,,n
Kansuh, which was felt for fifteen successive days.
wards of 20,000 houses are said to have been destroy
300 300 of the inhabitants perished, and 400 others were SOP"
ously hurt. A large Chinese junk, bound to Amoy frcl
Singapore, with a cargo valued at %20,000, was attacked
near Namoa, by pirates, and nineteen of her crew,
ding the sailing-master, an European, murdered.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

6th
We have accounts from the Cape of Good Hope in
Nov. The war still continues with very little variatiork
The last Graham's Town Journal offers, by prociamatiO'
life to all the Hottentots except a certain number raen.
tioned, on condition of their surrendering themsel7:t
No other conditions are named. It is understood tut
the Hottentots are in great want in the Waterkl°
and that they are anxious to come in if their
may be spared. Rumours prevail as to the ren3o7o,
of the seat of gI/
overnment to the frontier. 11 co
mando of the Trans Vaal Boers had lately invaded '
country of the Chief Secheli and attacked the princiPA
town, which was taken by storm after six hours' 1157/
fighting, leaving four farmers and more than 30C) e,
Secheli's warriors dead on the field of battle. The in3ra
diate cause of the expedition was unknown. the
A very spirited attempt had been made to capturep.na
Chief bandilli by Lieutenant Whitmore, of the Cap

Mounted Rifles, but without effect.
On the 6th October, an interview took place betsfee_a. %
General Cathcart and the Chiefs of the Slambie tribe
at Fort Murray, which did not lead to any results. lc:
few days after this interview, the absent Chief, 56,.° la
delivered himself up, and has ever since been kept

close custody.
Much disappointment is felt in the colony at the deli,
in the establish _
ment of the new Constitution for the CA PC