The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-31 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

INIMAr OVERLANfP, NAIL.

We have received by extraordinary express intelligence
from Bombay, Sept. 28 ; Madras, Sept. 14 ; Calcutta,
Sept. 18 ; Sba,e, Aug. 26; (Paaton, Sep. 9 ; How-
Kong, Sept. IL.

The Overiwur Bombay Times of Sept. 28, says The
past fortnight ha& been a. singularly uninteresting one.
On the 30th of August Colonist Cotton marched. from
Peshawur, for purpose of destroying some insurgent
villages to the north-west. The force consisted of Gor-
don's Seikhe,_ battery of the anountain train, two com-
panies or Tier Majesty's 22nd the 2nd company of the
Sappers, and the 9th Native Infantry ; or about 3,000 in
all The, rear was covered by the 13th Light Cavalry.
'The villages were taken without opposition, andhurnt to
the ground, the trees being afterwards destroyed and gar-
dens uprooted. These measures, severe as they seem, are
indispensable to check the marauding of ferocious border-
ers, who will require many. years of castigation to bring
them, to order or teach them forbearance from plunder.
Some, of the usual disturbances in the Nizam's country
have: ust occurred. A party of Rohillas, about 500 strong,
took. the field and seized possession of a fort, in which
they seemed to propose. to maintain themselves. Briga-
dier Mayne, with' the right wing of the 2n&Cavalry, four
companies of the Infantry, and a few gtma-from the 2nd
Company Artillery, about 600 in all, left the cantonments
at Aurungabad on the evening of the 20th instant, and
arrived at Sailoor, the, position of the Rohillas, forty miles
distant,- at four o'clock next evening. The Rohillas, re-
fused, on being summoned, to surrender;. and the briga-
dier, required to wait to bring up his. keayy guns, pro-
posed to cannonade, them as soon these, arrived. In the
course of the night the enemy attempting to escape were
attacked and diopersed with great slaughter. Our ca-
sualties consisted of one man killed; and one officer and
ten men wounded, none of them Severely.
"Throughout India at large profbund tranquillity at
present appears to reign, British. Burinagh forming no
exception. In Pegu even robberies appear to have ceased,
and the brother of the King of Axe is said to be on his
way to Calrutta at the head of an embassy to endeavour
to induce us to abandon the small territory from which,
the roya) family derives its title— willing to make any,
concession if this can be obtained.

" Camps of exercise on the. Chobham model have been
ordered to assemble during the cold season at Poonah and,
at Kurrachee, and if our indefatigable commander-ia-chief
could only be persuaded that there were other things as
indispensable as drill and discipline for the well-being of an
army—that attention to. the habits, occupations, and moral
condition of the men was at least as important as that
bestowed upon their appearance, accoutrements, I nd dress,
he might confer blessings on those under him,, and bent
fits on the country he serves, the mere disciplinarian never
dreams of." CHINA.

The. Overland China Mail of Sept. 11, says :—Sir J.
Bowring, M. de Bourboulon, and Mr. M'Clane, the British,
French, and United States Plenipotentiaries,, have lately
had several consultations, here and at Macao, on the sub-
ject, it is understood, of the revisal of the treaties ; and
as they intend shortly to proceed to the north in the
Rattler and Powhatan, we should not be at all astonished
to learn ere they return, that they had attempted to go on
.to Pekin.

Of Admiral Stirling's intentions the only thing known
is, that his Excellency, in the Winchester, with the En-,
counter and Barracouta in company, was at the mouth of
the Yang-tsz'-kiang when the Lady Mary Wood passed,
waiting for the Styx, which was coaling at Shanghae ;
and that as soon as she joined, the fleet was to proceed to
Japan, and thence, it is believed, to the north. Admiral
Laguerre, in the French frigate, La Jeanne d'Arc, was to
have joined the expedition, but his vessel was run ashore
on the north bank of the Yang-tsz'-kiang, through the
unskilfulness of an American pilot.
From Canton the news is still very melancholy, though
a slight glimmering of hope seems to break through the
darkness that quiet will speedily be restored, in the
neighbourhood of the provincial city at all events, through
dissensions in the rebel ranks, which have grown to such
a height, that those to the east of the city lately rendered
their assistance to the Mandarins, in an attack on the
band to the north; but their offer was declined. They
are all, however, beginning to feel discouraged by their
long-continued non-success, and destitution of supplies.
On the east they have been dispersed, and a leader cap-
tured ; in the north they have effected nothing ; to the
west they have been driven back by the braves belonging
to the 98 villages who some time ago banded together in
self-defence; and at the south they are fully occupied by
among themselves. The province itself, how-
s still in a frightful state, and thousands of villagers

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rebel ranks to save,themselves from sta
that it is not to be wondbred at that the robe
e province now number not less than 100,000; at
tey live entirely by exactions from the •
d, the sum they have already collected must
veral millions of dollars.

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). out in several other towns, and particularl
oepping and Lidkuepping. Amongst th
1 off by it at Upsal is Dr. Hyckeristr
aor of the University. M. Falilqrant
sculptor of this city, has also been one of

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victims,

CEYLON.—From Ceylon we learn that the governor, Sir
George Anderson, had been suffering from an attack of
paralysis, which had induced him to m over the go-
vernment to the Colonial Secretary, in order that be might
seek relief in a more temperate climate. In the Le;isla-
tire Council, a motion fixing the salary of future Governors
-of the Colony at £,5000 instead of £6,000 per annum, was
carried by a majority of one.
ITALY.—The Giornale di Roma states that, on the 12th,
the Pope proceeded to Albano, in order to be present at the
inauguration of the magnificent new bridge just finished
there. His Holiness afterwards visited the works of two
other bridges now under construction, for the improve-
ment of the Forli road. On the return of the Pope to
Rome, the Portico of Raphael and the stairs of the, Vatican
were lighted with gas for the first time. The Papal
Government has forbidden the exportation of wine until
the 30th of September, 1855.
GERMANY.—The attitude of the German Powers is
watched with deep interest. The last Prussian note has
not changed anything in the position of affairs, and Austria
and Prussia remain estranged, and liable at any moment
to come to an open rupture. There is some talk of re-
opening the Conference of Hamberg. Since that famous meet-
ing of the representatives of the small States of Germany, a
notable change has come over the opinions of many of the
Cabinet, and it is certain that Bavaria, Hanover, Baden,
and Darmstadt are prepared to side with Austria. Wur-
temberg is also so inclined, but the King finds great diffi-
culty in escaping from the bonds of relationship.
RossrA.—A despatch of the 23rd states that the Czar's
eldest son, the Grand Duke Alexander, had left St Peters-
burg to join the Guards on their march to Warsaw, their
new head-quarters. The same city is also the head-quar-
ters of the Grenadiers, under the General Rudiger, and of
the active army in Poland under Marshal Paskiewitsch.
A Vienna journal computes that, on the arrival of the
Guards at their destination, the troops concentrated on the
Austrian frontier will amount to 166,000 men, viz,
80,000 Infantry of the Line, 48,000 infantry of the Guards.
22,000 Grenadiers, and 16,000 Cavalry, besides the usual
Proportion of artillery.
GusEcE.—A letter from Athens, of the 12th, says :
" General Moran, Commander of the French troops, re-
solved before leaving for the Black Sea to show Athens to
all his soldiers, and at the same time to show all his soldiers,
at Athens. On Monday last the entire brigade, with its
artillery, baggage, tools, and camp effects, together with
the English regiment, made a march, with bands playing
and flags flying, through the town, passing before the
Palace of the King. At the population assembled in the
streets, or in the windows of the houses, and greeted the
troops with every mark of sympathy. The principal in-
habitants of the Piraeus have resolved to give s: banquet
and fete to the General and his officers, and alsath those
of the fleet, before their departure?'

CAPD 07, GOOD HorE.—Her Majesty's paddle-wheel
steamer Dee, Lieut. Smith, arrived at Plymouth on Sun-
day afternoon, after a passage of 60 days from the Cape.
of Good Hope. With the exception of some desultory*
cases of cattle stealing by theK'affers, the colony was per=-
fectly tranquil. The copper mines. in Namaqualand arir
progressing favourably. Shares• advanced in a few days,
from ss. to £lO each. The eopper mines in Walwish
Boy, belonging to Messrs. Duparand Co., are expected to
be- still more profitable. The clipper-ship Flying Dragon,
from Ceylon, with a general cargo. for London, ran into
Simon's Bay on the 3rd of August, burnt to the water's
edger and was scuttled on the beach. She took fire at
midnight on the 31st of July, in latitude-36 S., about 200
miles from the Cape. At daylight- the American ship
of Boston, hove in sight and promised assistance ;
but, fearing he would vitiate his insurance policy by de-
viating from his course, the captain pursued his voyage.
The Dee left in Simon's Bay on the '3oth of August,
H.M.S's• Frolic, Hydra, and Penguin. At Ascension,
Sept. 20;. the store-ship Tortoise ; at St : Vincent's, Oct.
6, thetwo,steamers Wonga and Telegraphy from Glasgow,
for Australia ; and at Madeira, Oct. lA;'. the American
oorvette-Dane.

T. HE WAR