The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-03-13 00:00:00

DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST CHINA.

(From the Sun of Wednesday.)
Intelligence has just reached town that the• Governor-
General of India has, in the name of the British government,
declared war against China. This important news is con-
tained in despatches from Bombay, dated January 31, and
was brought to Marseilles on the 7th inst., not by the Vul-
can, as already mentioned, but by the Volcano, Captain
Volger. Our information further states that the most ex-
tensive preparations were making in the Indian harbours.
His lordship had advertised for 40,000 tons of shipping for
the transport of the troops to China, 14,000 of which were
to be supplied by Calcutta, and the rest by Madras and
Bombay. The expedition was to rendezvous at, and sail
from, Calcutta. Seven regiments quartered in this last pre-
sidency had been ordered to prepare for embarkation, and
the whole expedition was to consist of 16,000 men. Its
destination was not known, but it was deemed probable that
it would be directed against Canton or some other point on
the coast, of which forcible possession would be kept until
the Chinese government should be brought to reason.
The last accounts from Canton are dated December Bth.
The Emperor had addressed to Governor Lin a decree pro-
hibiting the importation of all British goods, and the trade
with China was consequently at an end.
The Americans continued to pursue their trade unmolested,
and their ships were arriving and departing as usual.
The intelligence received in Bombay from our Indian pos-
sessions was of a satisfactory nature. Our army had stopped
in its triumphant march through Cabul, on hearing of the
advance of the Russians against Chiva, and remained in quiet
possession of Ghuzni, Kelat, and our other conquests in
Affganistan.___

The new King of Lahore evinced the most friendly dispo
position towards the British.

Lord Keane, having been obliged by illness to resign the
command of our forces in Cabal, had returned to Bombay.
On his passage through Lahore he was too ill to pay his
obeisance to the King, and his Majesty, on hearing of his
situation, waited upon him, sat a long time by his bed-side,
conversing with him in the most friendly manner, and treated
him during his stay in his capital with the utmost distinction.
The advices from Alexandria, received by the Volcano,
come down to the 24th ult. The Pacha was still actively en-
gaged in making preparations of defence. The plague had
nearly subsided.
Colonel Campbell, formerly Consul-General of England in
Egypt, arrived at Marseilles in the Volcano on the 7th.

LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-TREET.

MR. CONY AND MR. BLANCHARD,

The celebrated Pantomimists and Melo•Dramatic Perform-
ers, and their Celebrated DOGS, for One Fortnight only.
LAST ,WEEK OF THE SEASON BUT FOUR.

Which will be conducted under the Sole Management of Mr.
Raymond.
PHIS present FRIDAY EVENING, and To-morrow,
I will be presented the Grand Historical Drama, adapted
from the celebrated Novel of Sir Walter Scott, called
THE KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS !
Sir Kenneth Mr. Blanchard.
,Conrade Mr. Cony.

Misses Thomas Sin and Lidia will Dance their admired Spanish
Bolero from the Opera of " Masaniello."

Madllc. Chevalier will Dance her popular Medley Dance.
To which will be added the new Laughable Interlude, called
TEN MILES FROM LONDON/1
OR, AN INCONVENIENT DISTANCE. /

Patrick Rooney Mr. Racmond.
Mr. Ledger Mr. Tilbury.:
Misses Thomassin and Lidia will Dance theie admired Pas
de Deux from the " Devil on Two Sticks."

Madlle. Chevallier will appear in her admired Swiss Waltz.
The whole to conclude with an entirely original Drama (in
two acts, never acted here), partly founded on the popular
Irish Ballad, replete with powerful Domestic Interest and
Effect, entitled

THE OMADHAUN !
OR, THE HARPER AND HIS DOG.