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troops from General England. Her Hajesty's ...-
went had suffered severely from cholera during its passe
Kurrachee. The corps under the orders of Gent....' -
was, after the districts around Quetta had been placed
the jurisdiction of the young Khan of Kelat, to come thro
the Bolan Pass on the 26th of September '
its station near the Indus. The pro-
become necessary in consequence of. a t,
which had taken place between the Ameet.
and some of their neighbours, the consequence of
calculated to be, that both parties, or at least the weake,
was likely to appeal to the British authorities for protectioi
The tyranny of the Ameers is proverbial, and the removal c
their government would be a blessing to all the inhabitants c
the banks of the Indus. It was therefore considered proba
ble that the British government will, for its own sake, a
well as for the advancement of civilization, be speedily in
duced to control the oppressive acts of those mischievou
despots.

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in order to tat

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It seems to be expected in India that the British am.
the junction of the two corps at Cabul, will, sub_ _
the liberation of the prisoners, be called upon to take deciu,
steps for introducing a proper system of government and th
administration of justice into the Sikh country. The presen
chief, Shere Singh, is described as being in a most difficuli
position, for he finds it almost impossible to control the fa.
natics and his soldiers, who, although forming a very smaL
portion of the population, have, by their turbulence, long
kept the Government at bay. Rumour asserts that Shere
ised to the supreme Government his de''
...zed Monarch, a-
gement of the Brit:
festival of the Dv

Singh had expre

to become a stibsid:

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i to place his
The 14th of

rabble to present their homage to the Chi.
lock, on his return towards India, may therefore hay._
ther object' to attain worthy of the most energetic at
viz., the taking possession of the Sikh cot
of that population, who are fully aware of t

hat day, when all the Sikh soldiery go i
f. Ge

duced bi i

British people have given to t.
The clamour raised z.5..7
will thereby be in some degree quas
_ _
of the Pur.

other parts

paign in Affg

The In

ed ;for the Poi

ub and of the banks of the 1
elating the commerce of that
very soon enable the Indian government t_ a--
deficiency caused by the late expenditure of its financ
Those advantages are enhanced by the demonstration n
afforded to the whole of the Mahometans in Asia that tl.,
are unable in any spot of that continent to cope with tl
armies of England. The prospect thus held forth of form-
ing into a compact and easily administered whole is highly
satisfactory to the Anglo-Indians, and will probably be rea-
lized without delay.
Lord Ellenhorough arrived on the 10th of September at
Simla, the proximity of which place to Lahore. as well as

many other indications, led many to consider the occupation
of the Punjaub as probable. The Governor-General and the
Commander-in-Chief being in the immediate vicinity of the
Sikh capital, could without difficulty learn how the British
forces, during their passage through the Punjaub, ought to
conduct themselves, so as to support the introduction there
of a good and just government. The different measures
lately adopted towards the army have contributed very much
to establish its efficiency, and to increase the confidence of
the native soldiers in the actual government. In addition to
the junior officers who had been appointed to all the regi-
ments in the service of the company, Lord Ellenborough
has, it is asserted, recommended that one more captain
be named to each regiment. The careful examination
instituted into the augmented expenditure has produced
official reports from the committees explanatory of the various
comparatively new items, while it has also insured economy
in the whole system.

In the interior of India tranquillity prevails, with the ex-
ception of the mountain district of Bundelkund, whither a
strong force was about to be sent in order to put down the
disturbances effectually by destroying the forts of the petty
chiefs.

The rains were most plentiful throughout India in the
month of September. The much-talked-of apprehensions
entertained of a famine in the district near Delhi have
vanished. The army of reserve has been ordered to assem-
ble on the Sutlej in the month of November, preparatory,
as it is said, to some demonstration against the Sikhs.
Their government at Lahore appeared to dread the approach
of the army of reserve, and had given orders at its powder-
mills to prepare a quantity of that article as quickly as pos-
sible for the emergency.

There have been some serious losses in her Majesty's
50th and 62d Regiments while proceeding up the Ganges. A
boat was swamped near Cawnpore, and 18 men of the 50th
were drowned. A wing of the 62d going in boats near
Bhagulpore was overtaken by a storm at night, which forced
the boats from their moorings, and 38 men, including Lieu
tenants Scobell and Gason were lost.

The bark Ricardo, on its voyage from London to Calcutta,
struck on a sand-bank in the Hooghly and heeled over, and
in one minute went down. Ten persons were drowned.

The Delhi Gazette of the 21st September, the latest paper
received at the closing of the mail from the north-west of
India, states that Akhbar Khan had resolved to abandon
Cabul, and to take the prisoners to the Hindoo Koosh.
It is to be regretted that the intelligence of the proceedings
at Ghuznee or Cabul had not arrived at Bombay on the Ist
of October.

The failure of the house of Fergusson Brothers and C
at Calcutta, was much talked of. The amount of •their
bilities in India was stated to be little more than £lO,OOO

The cholera was making great ravages among the soldiers
lately arrived in Bombay from Europe.

CHINA

China comes down to t

s for for

ng hopes of an ap

mination of the war there. After the arrival of the -rein-
forcements, the expedition on the 13th of June entered the
Yang-tze-Kiang, the most magnificent river of China, on the
banks of which the Chinese had erected many strong fortifi-
cations, and garrisoned them with large bodies of their best
troops. Having passed three days in making observations
and in taking soundings, which were seen and permitted by
the Chinese, the fleet at daylight on the 16th prepared for
action, and on the ships taking their stations the batteries

from the shore opened. The progress and results of this con
flict have been officially published in the following terms :

CIRCULAR

" The gratifying duty of announcing further highly im-
portant successes of her Majesty's combined forces again de-
volves on her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in China.
" After the necessary delay in destroying the.batteries,
magazines, foundries, barracks, and other public buildings,
as well as the ordnance, arms, and ammunition, captured at
Chapoo, the troops were re-embarked, and the expedition
finally quitted that port on the 23d of May, and arrived on
the 29th off the Rugged Islands, where it remained until the
13th of June, on which day it crossed the bar, which had
ously surveyed and buoyed off, into the Zang-tze-
joined by the

been pr

Kiang river to the point

Woosung.
"At this point

ties had erected im-
s of works to defend the entrances of both rivers,
so confident of their ability to repel
close reconnaissance to be
rs by their Excellencies the
on the 14th inst.;
s which were sent
ide the ships of

❑d seem to have

us, that they per

made in two of the
Naval and Military

and even cheere

I and encouraged

in the same night to lay down hu,

war to their
"At dayl

allotte

3e squadron

weighed anchor, and prc
stations, which was scarc

and the- cannonade on both

iinese the

ror abou

gan to slacken, and th

ut once, under the fire from the 014
out of the batteries before the trot"
and formed for advancing.
" 253 guns (42 of them bra

ad drov

tteries,

rds of 11 feet long.
;es of new and effi-
observed that they

most of them of heavy calibri.
The whole were mounted on p
dent construction, and it %VP
were fitted with bamboo sights.
" The casualties in the naval atm of the expeau.,,.. _
ted to 2 killed and 25 wounded, but the land forces had not
a man touched. It appears almost miraculous that the cas-
ualties should not have beeh much greater, considering how
well the Chinese served their guns. The Blonde frigate had
14 shot in her hull; the Sesostris 11, and all the ships enga-
ged more or less. The loss on the part of the enemy is sup-
posed to have been about 80 killed, and a proportionate

as likes

number wouncie
" On the 17th of June some of the lighter vessels of the
squadron advanced up the Woosung river, and found a bat-
tery deserted, mounting 55 guns, of which 17 were brass.
On the 19th two more batteries close to the city ofShang-
i the advanced division of the light
a couple of broadsides the Chinese
,ich contained 48 guns (17 of them
_and the troops took posses-
ere destro'yed,

hal open

squanron,
fled, and t

brass) were instantly 0
sion of the city, wh
and the extensive g

;overnment granaries given to the people

,ency the Admir

of the s

3t.)4, of wh

proceeded up the river %Os
steamers on the 20th instant,

id in the re:

ld chiefly large

uns have dev

'eral of them have

subduer of the
ignified by the

iese nigh °ince
Lion of the cit

e supposed to have
, Wang-chow-fco,
have made another
perations by an avowed
iven a satisfactory proof of their
lease of 16 of her Majesty's

.nd troops ;
of Soocho

by the re
nd native: