The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-08 00:00:00

INDIA

By extraordinrry express, letters and papers by the
overland mail from Bombay, of the 4th of April, were re-
ceived. The intelligence is most important and satisfac-
tory. The insurgent chiefs, Chuttur Singh, Shere Singh,
and thirteen others of minor importance, have surren-
dered at discretion to the force under General Gilbert, and
the remnant of the Sikh force, amounting to 16,000 men,

guns were given up to the British authorities. After per-
forming this service, General Gilbert pushed on for the
Indus, and had, by the latest advices, reached Attock,
driving the Affghans in confusion before him. Mrs. Law-
rence and all the other prisoners had arrived in safety at

Lord Gough's camp.
The following are extracts from a letter dated Bombay,
April 3 :--•' The intelligence forwarded by the mail of the
17th March will have produced an agreeable revulsion of
feeling, and people will be prepared for the gratifying news
of further successes since the glorious battle of Goojerat.
Subsequent to that event, General Gilbert's movements
have been rapid and decisive, and productive of important
results, terminating in the unconditional surrender of
Shere Singh, Chuttur Singh, and the principal Sikh Sir-
dars and Chiefs, to General Gilbert ; at the same time,
forty-one pieces of cannon were given up, and about
16,000 men (some say 20,000) laid down their arms in
presence of the British troops." _

• " The war is virtually concluded, nor is there likely to
be much resistance from the enemy, although reports are
rife that the Dost intended opposing General Gilbert's
force in the passage of the Indus.

" The latest intelligence from General Gilbert's camp
is to the 18th of March ; from a rapid movement made by
the General over some thirty miles of ground in a short
space of time, he reached Attock in time to prevent the
entire destruction of the bridge of boats, of which imme-
diate advantage was taken, and at the period of the tidings
leaving camp three regiments were encamped on the
Peshawar side of the river, and in the course of the next
day the whole army was expected to be across. The Aff-
ghans, considering caution the better part of valour, had
retreated, and if the Khyberries give them a hint not to
pass, the Dost and his followers will find themselves in
rather an awkward predicament. The ill-disciplined
troops of the Ameer cannot offer any opposition of ccnse-
quence to the force under General Gilbert, which is com-
posed of the best materials, to say nothing of the head
which directs the whole—a host in itself. Another thing
in our favour is, that the people of the country are much
more likely to side with a victorious army than with a re-
treating enemy, so that the Dost can have little to com-
fort him in this state of difficulties."

Lord Dalhousie has contributed £5OO, and Lord Gough
£4OO, for the widow and orphans of those who fell at
Chillianwallah and Ramnuggur.
The King of Prussia has refused the Imperial Crown of
Germany. This determination of his Majesty has been
communicated by his ministers to the Prussian plenipo-
tentiary at Frankfort, in a long note.
The losses which have been incurred in the south of
France by the sudden return of frost, are stated to be far
more serious than had been anticipated, and by every post
from that quarter additional destruction is reported to have
occurred.

The Algiers papers state that the discovery has been
recently made that the forests in the neighbourhood of
Bona, Phillippeville, &c., produce large quantities of fine
bark adapted for the purposes of tanning, and that samples
have been forwarded to Paris with the view of bringing
the various qualities into use.
According to a letter from Stockholm, there has been
discovered, it is asserted, in an old mansion formerly
belonging to the family of the Count de Fersen, who was
attached to Louis XVI., but which is now under repair,
a large collection of diamonds, valued at between 8,000,000
and 9,000,000 francs.

IMPORTANT FROM CANADA.—The steamer Hermann
has brought intelligence of the most interesting character
on Canadian affairs : among others a series of resolutions
agreed to by the British party at Montreal, protesting
against the system pursued under the influence of the
French Canadians, and forming a " British American
Association " for the Anglifying of Canada. The tone
and spirit of the resolutions render it evident that the
English Canadians are not to be trifled with.
AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.—It appears by the 36th
army bulletin, that the Hungarians, early on the morning
of the 26th, made a sortie from Comorn, and commenced
firing on the Imperial troops besieging that fortress. The
latter, after an obstinate and sanguinary contest, suc-
ceeded (it is said in the bulletin), in repelling the insur-
gents, and in cutting to pieces two divisions of hussars,
and two battalions of honveds. The Hungarians made
good their retreat to the fortress.
RELEASE OF LADY HORATIA WEBTON.—This lady,
who had been shut up in the fortress cf Karlsbourg for
some months, has just been released. Her Ladyship
reached Bucharest in safety on the 15th ult., having, it is
said, met with every attention from General Bern (the
General-in-Chief of the Hungarian army in Transyl-
vania), who had forwarded a letter to Lord Dudley
Stuart. through Mr. Colquhoun, her Majesty's Consul-
General in Wallachia.
PEACE CONCLUDED BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND SARDINIA.
—The Paris correspondent of the Morning Herald says,
that all difficulties had been put an end to by an offer of
Marshal Radetzky, and Count de Bruck, to accept
80,000,000 f, in lieu of 213,000,000. The offer has been
accepted, and peace is now concluded. The French army
at Civita Vecchia occupy the same positions ; and it is
understood, that the conditions upon which France will
consent to the restoration of the Pope are, first a general
amnesty ; and, secondly, the grant of a more liberal con-
stitution than that accorded by the Pepal status. Until
these conditions are granted, the French will not march
to Rome as friends of the Pope.
ROME.—The French government, on Wednesday, re-
ceived intelligence, by electric telegraph, that General
Oudinot had marched, at the head of 6000 men, to Rome.
The remainder of the expeditionary troops still remained
at Civita Vecchia, and were daily expecting reinforce-
ments.

ROME " GOING TO THE DOGS."—A private letter from
Rome says :—" This poor dear place is going fast to the
dogs. Nothing will be saved, not even those magnificent
remains that belong to the entire world, and not alone to
those dreadful Romans who allow such pillage. You
know the beautiful spot between the Colosseum and the
Campidoglio, where there was a fine alley of trees. I
have just passed over it, and the trees have been dug up.
All the ground is torn up, and cartloads of it are being
taken away in order to level it for a reviewing ground.
Imagine their making away with the remains of the Pa-
lace of the Caesars and the Colonnas ; perhaps even the
arches ! They have taken the chalices from St. Peter's,
and melted them. All the bells, with one exception, have
been taken from the churches. The beautiful gold rose,
used once a year by the Pope in a religious ceremony,
was walled up to preserve it ; but a spy informed the Go-
vernment, and it has been destroyed ; and all the plate
belonging to the Pope, some of which dated from Sextus
V., has been melted, and the treasures of the two chapels
have undergone the same operation. They insist upon
all the statues, tombs, and balustrades in bronze being
melted also : and when rich and even poor individuals of-
fered 25,000 f. to save some bells at St. Philip's, and at
Jesu and Maria, they said it was not the money, but the
destruction of the bells they wanted. The holy offices of
Easter are only to take place in one or two churches, and
that in the simplest manner possible. The chefs- d' wuvre
of art are being taken from the museums by the chiefs of
the Government. The church of St. John Lateran has
not been touched yet. They set fire the other night to a
number of carriages in the Via Babuine, belonging to a
nobleman, out of vengeance. Water is kept ready in case
they should set fire to St. Peter's or the other churches."