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ent places, chiefly by taking in coal. She went into dock
immediately, and was advertised for another voyage to Egypt
about the 28th ult.
The cholera has committed frightful ravages at Kurachee.
Her Majesty's 22d Regiment had lost 98 men in six weeks
up to the 21th of April. The ship tiarriet, bound for Lon-
don, took fire and blew up at Calcutta. There is a rumour of
Lord Ellenborough's intention to reduce the great salaries
of the higher branches of the civil servants, particularly in
Bengal. .

Triarawaddie, King of Burmah, whose movement to-
wards Rangoon produced " a sensation" some time back,
was occupied at home int suppressing a rebellion. The Brit-
ish troops sent to Moulmein, in order to keep him in check,
are therefore at liberty to remove to other places.
The Chinese soldiers who drove the Sikhs out of Thibet
appeared disposed to revenge themselves upon the invaders,
by attacking some of the frontier garrisons of the province
of Cashmere. This attempt is important, as it may lead the
British Generals, on terminating the campaigns in Cabul, to
turn their arms against the Chinese in Thibet, and produce,
by the defence of the country, the cession of Cashmere and
of the Punjaub, by the present weak Government, to the
rulers of India. .

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The Bombay Gazelle in an extra sheet,' dated twelve
o'clock, May 4, and published just at the departure of the
steamer, gives the following extract from the Delhi Gazelle
of April 23 :
" After our matter was arranged, and' almost in the press,
the Loodiana and Simla daks arrived, bringing us from our
correspondents full accounts of the " doings" in camp from
the sth to the 12th instant. The Simla letter, dated the
20th of April, mentions that news had been received of Ge-
neral Pollock's arrival at Jellallabad, but the date is not
given, and also that an express had arrived which gives out
that there is not the least doubt of the murder of Schah
Soojah by the Ghazees as he was returning from a mosque
where he had been praying; after this the Bala Hisser was
attacked, ransacked, and plundered, and the Zenana became
the scene of every atrocity that these savages could commit.
It is now supposed that there will be no delay in pushing on
at once to Cabul ; the Queen's 31st and the 6th Native In-
fantry and the whole of that Brigade had arrived at Pesha-
wur, and marched for Jellallabad, and Colonel Bolton hav-
ing received orders to push on, will lose no time in reducing
that place. The murder of. Schah Soojah appears to have
wrought a complete change in the ideas of our great men,
and instead of a withdrawal to Peshawur, nothing but a
speedy advance ii talked of. A. wing of the 33d, and light
company of the 6 h Native Infantry, remain at Ali Musjid.
They have a couple of guns, and it would be difficult for the
Afreedis to do anything in that quarter."

SURRENDER OF GHUZNEE

NOTIFICATION.
Fort William, Secret Department, April 4, 1842

. . ..... ,
The following copy of a despatch from Lieutenant-Colo-
nel Palmer, commanding at Ghuznee, to the address of the
officer commanding at Jellalabad, dated March 1, 1842, is
published for general information by order of the Governor-
General in Council :

" Ghuznee, March 1

" Sir,—lt is with much concern I acquaint you that from
want of water and by an overpowering force, under cover.
and within 50 yards of us in the city, I have been compelled
to enter into terms to evacuate the citadel and fort within

six days. The garrison is to occupy the north-east corner of
the town. The garrison is exhausted by fatigue and con-
stant duty, and the men have suffered greatly from cold, the
thermometer having been 14 below zero. The terms are
honourable treatment and safety whilst here and on the
march to Cabul, solemnly sworn to by the chiefs. In capi-
tulating I have only acted up to the orders of Major Pottin-
ger and General Elphinstone, who directed me, in an official
letter, to evacuate the citadel and city on the arrival of Bohilla
Khan, son of Ameenoolah Khan, Sirdar of Logur. This
chief arrived and promised to escort us in safety to Cabul.
Amooun Shamsoodeen Khan, nephew of Dost Mahomed
Khan, has also arrived as Governor of Ghuznee and as politi-
cal agent. I received instructions to march immediately on
his arrival for Cabul from the late Sir W. Nacnaghten, Bart.
Abandoned as this garrison has been in the very centre of an
enemy's country, cut from all communication with any quar-
ter, and without a sufficiency of water even at this season,
with 200 men detached to hold an outpost which is destitute
of water, and must have fallen in forty-eight hours, nothing
but capitulation remained ; from the outpost falling into the
hands of the enemy, they would command our only well and
commanding fort, and the whole garrison would have been
destroyed in a few days. The bearer has received only sub-
sistence on the road, and is to receive a handsome reward on
delivering this letter. We have upwards of 100 sick and
wounded and 137 casualties. The officers, including Captain
Burnett, 54th, and Lieutenant Crawford, Schah Soojah's
force, are all well.

I have, &c.,
" J. PALMER, Lieutenant-Colonel,
" Political Agent, commanding at Ghuznee

There is great reason to fear for our safety, as
there are some thousands of Ghazis in the city, whom the
chiefs cannot disperse. The snow is still deep. No tidings
from the southward, but report says the troops bold the city
of Candahar. and are daily fighting.
" To the Officer commanding at Jellalabad."

CHINA

Intelli;

,ce from Macao iWthe 6th of March has been re-

ceived ; but it is not of great importance. Sir Henry
Pottinger remained at Hongkong, whither he was about to
remove the postoffice and all other British establishments
from Macao. There was occasional fires in the wooden
buildings there. He has issued some proclamations; by one
of them Hongkong and Tinghae in Chosen, were declared
to be free ports, and to remain, as well as Amoy, in our
possession until the British demands were satisfied. If any
one of them is to be vacated due notice is to be given, arid a
special stipulation is to be made for the safety of the native
Chinese who may have sided with the English. The batteries
along the Canton river were completed, and some of them
unmasked • yet no apprehension was entertained of imme.
diate hostilities. Business was dull there. The troops of
the expedition were healthy. A. Madras regiment and the
Bengal Volunteers were about to return to India. The
head-quarters of Sir Hugh Gough continued at Ninguo ; be
and the naval commander were, as it is stated, authorized to
act in cases requiring urgent decision, without waiting to
consult the Plenipotentiary. Sir Hugh Gough was about to
disperse a body of Chinese troops collected near Yu-Yuou.
The French Vice-Consul. M. Challaye, and some French-
men, having ventured too far, were seized and insulted by
the Chinese, but released after some parley. it was said
that there were Russian officers at Pekin, giving instructions
in military matters to the Chinese. The coast is now in-
fested with pirates.
A war about to break out between Cochin China and Siam
is interesting solely as likely to have some influence in the
settlement of the British demands upon China. The Si-
amese Monarch threatens to invade Cochin, which is tribu-
tary to China, and this may tend to embarrass the councils
of the Court of Pekin. The King of Siam has, through the
influence of the neighbouring British, been induced to grant
a portion of his ancient territory to the son of the old Rajah
of Quedda. The Governor of Prince of Wales's Island has
published a proclamation, announcing the final cessation of
slavery within that district.