The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-04-13 00:00:00

The delay of the imperial commissioner, Keshen, in bring-
ing to a conclusion the negotiations entered into with Cap-
tain Superintendent Elliott, induced the latter to give
directions to the naval and military commanders-in-chief to
make preparations for forcing terms, and accordingly on the
9th January dispositions were made for attacking the forts in
the Bocca Tigris: A force of about 1,300 men, under the
command of Major Pratt, of the 26th regiment, was therefore
landed in a bay below Cheuenpee fort, while her Majesty's
ships Calliope, Larne, and Hyacinth took up a position op-
posite the lower battery of the fort and opened a fire upon it,
the steamers Queen and Nemesis throwing shells with great
effect into the upper fort, so that the garrison were quickly
compelled to evacuate it. The land forces, after some re-
sistance, ascended the hill, and taking possession of this fort,
poured a very destructive fire of musketry into the garrison
of the lower battery, and, within two hours from their land-
ing, the British flag waved over the fort. The loss of the
British force is stated to have been 3 killed and 26 wounded;
that of the Chlrese is variously rated at from 500 to 700.
Simultaneously with this attack, her Majesty's ships Druid,
Samarang, Modeste, and COlumbine took up their position
opposite the fort of Ty-cock-tow, which guards the southern
entrance of the Bocca Tigris, and opened a heavy fire, which
was, for a short time, briskly returned; but it being soon
silenced, a party of sailors landed, and, after a determined
resistance on the part of the Chinese, this fort was also cap-
tured. The first lieutenant of the Samarang was wounded in
the assault.

After the capture of the forts, the steamers were sent to
destroy the war junks in Anson's Bay; but the shallowness
of the water admitted only of the approach of the Nemesis,
towing some ten or twelve boats. The junks endeavoured to
escape, but a rocket from the Nemesis blew up the powder
magazine of one of them, and 18 more which were set on
fire by the English boat crews also successively blew up.
Preparations were then made for attacking the principal
fort of Anunghoy on the following day, when a flag of truce
was despatched to the superintendent, and hostilities ceascd.
The result of these affairs was-the circular from Capt. Elliot,
dated Jan. 20, together with the singular document of the
imperial commissioner Keshen.
The intelligence from India, as far as regards the affairs of
the Punjaub, is interesting ; Shere Singh having succeeded
in driving out the widow of Khurrock Singh, and taking
possession of Lahore. Application has been made by No-
Nehal to the British government to restore her to the throne,
and it is rumoured that assistance will be given, troops hay-
in2: been collected on the Punjaub frontier.
From Scinde we learn that matters are proceeding satis-
factorily, and that the hill tribes were all entering into trea-
ties with the British. Nusseer Khan, it is now said, has de-
livered himself up to Col. Stacy, of the Bengal army. The
force under General Brooks was at the last advices encamped
near Baugh.

In Affglianistan a disturbance took place at Ghirisk, nett!.
Candahar, where a body of 1,200 or 1,500 rebels were de-
feated by a field detachment under Capt. Farrington, who
took their standard and guns, In the southern Mahratta
country the fort of Nepaul had been captured by a force from
Belgaun under Major Vivian. The news froM Persia is very
slight. In Nepaul and Burmali all was tranquil.
It is officially rumoured that the 2d regiment of Bengal na-
tive cavalry had been disbanded for bad conduct in the field.
We have much pleasure in having to report that Mr. Stan-
ton was released from imprisonment in Canton, on the 10th,
and left for the Bogue on the 17th, where, on the Saturday
morning, he was delivered over to Capt. Elliot, on board her
majesty's ship Melville, and arrived in Macao that same even-
ing in the schboner Young Queen, after having been just 4
mouths in Canton.

EXTENSIVE FIRE IN CLERKENWELL.-BURN-
ING OF A LARGE FLOORCLOTH FACTORY.-
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.