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ANIMAL MAGNETISM CONTRASTED WITII
NEU ROIVI'Pl•; OLOGY •
Ik4R. BRAID, Surgeon, will deliver another LECTURF
IVA on the above subject, at the Mus'
T9-mounow, WEDNESDAY
Eight o'Clock in the evening. 1,
Seats, Is. ed. ; Gallery, Is.
The Lec•ure will comprise Mr. Braid's recent inves,
tions, and will be illustrated by experiments, showing ,
relative 'value and importance of the different modes of opt
rating for the induction of the phenomena, and their applica-
bility to the cure of what have hitherto proved to be intracta-
ble and incurable diseases.
Three brothers, and others, '
exhibited, all of whom '
hearing in afiv
this agency

Mr. B

TALL, Bold-street

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'tont Seats,

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Mr. B. will also explain the mode of ales._
and that it was by this agency Van Amburgh gained his won
&dui ascendancy over the wild animals be exhibited.

of drawing patients

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sible phenomena

nerising animals

young lady who exhibited a degree of clairvoyance at
braid's former lectures will appear on this occasion.

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SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Nine o'clock

CHINA AND INDIA.

DREADFUL INLELLIGENCE FROM CABUL.-
ENTIRE. DESTRUCTION OF THE BRITISH
CABUL FORCES.-ONE EUROPEAN' ESCAPED.

As we anticipated, we received, at six o'clock this morn- I
ing, our papers, with the following important intelligence
from China and the East ; and. we acknowledge the great
kindness of Mr. Aylward and Messrs. Willnaer and Smith in
forwarding us third editions of the morning and evening
papers. The following is the intelligence from China, and
it will be seen that nothing of importance has occurred. The
dates from Macao are to the 17th January.
CHINA.
The latest intelligence from China is to the 17th of Jan-
uary. The British expedition there appears to be waiting
for the reinforcement from England and India. Neverthe-
less, a sort of hybrid warfare was carried on. The British
Naval Commander at Hong Kong waseontinuing the seizure
of the Chinese junks. The Chinese at Canton were busy
in making the defences of that river as effective as possible.
They had three Dutch engineers, for which they sent a junk
to Java some months ago. It is not stated if those engineers.
belong to the Dutch army, although it is presumed they do.
Their names are Van Scholte, Van Braam, and Van Schroek.
The Chinese Emperor is represented as incensed and
alarmed with the proceedings of the foreigners. Some of
the reports from his lieutenants in the prOvinces be had read
" with fast falling tears." Great preparations are stated to
be made in the province of Pekin, which is under his own
imperial jurisdiction, to resist the invaders, who are expected
there.
Large forces were collected in the neighbourhood of Ningpo,
and as Sir Hugh Gough thought more troops necessary in order
to maintain that position, the Admiral despatched a ship to
take about 800 Europeans from llong Kong. Her Majesty's
ship Cornwallis had proceeded from Hong Kong to join the
expedition. The Clio had arrived at Macao.
In Amoy on the 2a of January, and at Chusan on the 24th
of December, the dates of the latest letters, all was quiet.
The steamer Madagascar has been destroyed by fire; the
crew, having taken to the boats, landed on the Chinese coast
and have been saved by the interposition of the Hong mer-
chants. There was some alarm respecting two iron steamers,
the Ariadne and Medusa, but intelligence has arrived of their
safety. Tne ship Viscount Melbourne, Captain M'Kerlie,
was lost between Singapore and Macao. Some of the crew
reached Singapore, from whence an armed vessel has been
sent to Sambas in quest of the remainder, who are' upposed
to have proceeded thither.
The postscript of our Bombay letter announces, that an
express had reached that town from Madras with the news
of the arrival of the frigate Cambrian, having on board Lord
Ellenborough, the new governor-general.
AFFGHANISTAN.

We take the following full details of the disastrous intelli-
gence from .Afghanistan from a letter published in a third
edition of the London Times, of yesterday, dated Bombay,

Missib Ist, bringing down the narrative of events to the depar.
titre cif the mail :

the insurrection, which is described as participating in a
great measure of the religious enthusiasm to ,which the fana-
tical Moslems can be excited by the preachingot their Imauns,
broke out on the night of the first of November, when Sir
Alexander Burnes, and his brother, Captain Broadfoot, of
the 44th, were killed, the house of the first-named, being
within the city, was plundered; and some money in the
treasury of Captain Johnson, which was close to the former
hoes., was made a prey of. The captain having slept in the
thrttish cantonments, escaped the slaughter, as well as Briga-
dier Anguetelli and Captain Troup, who were his inmates.
Captains Skinner and Drummond, Captain Trevor and his
lady and his children remained for some days concealed in
the city by some of their friends.
Shah Soojah, who bad on the 2d sent his son to the relief
of Sir Alexander Burnes, where the Prince performed pro-
digies of valour, received on that day a communication from
Sir W. H. M'Naughton, then in the cantonment, about five
tiles from the town, requesting leave for Brigadier-General
Skelton with two regiments, and Captain Nicholl's troop, to
enter the Balla Hisser, and to shell the town. Leave was
given, and the shelling took place. The infuriated populace
attacked the Commissariat Fort, which lay immediately to
tte north of the town, between it and the cantonment, and,
as it was weakly defended, soon became masters of it. This
was a dreadful blow to the troops, as at the time there was
flour but for two days remaining in the cantonment. Ano-
her fort. in which some Commissariat stores were kept, was
also attacked, and after a defence of three days by Captain
Mackenzie, and a few men taken also, a panic appeared to
have seized the troops, who found themselves, in the begin-
_

ning of winter, shut up in their cantonments in a valley 200
miles from the Indus, without sufficient clothing or food,
and am;dit a fanatical Mussulman population. Even be-
tween the British leaders a difference of opinion prevailed :
the Envoy being desirous of offensive measures, while Gen.
Elphinstone, from circumstances connected with the forces,
among whinehdespondency and vacillation are described as
then prevailing,_-rnaintained his opinion for defensive ones.
At the solicitation of the Envoy, some small forts in the

neighbourhood, yob taining graiti, were captured. Mean-
time the news of the dispersion of several of the Afghan
corps in Shah Shooja's service, commanded by British offi-
cers, reached the besieged, and contributed to add to their
gloomy prognostics. Various reverses and successes fol-
lowed during some days. The troops from the Balla Hissar
were recalled to the Cantonment, and the Envoy urged a de-
eidedsttack on the enemy ; the General, however, main-
tained that all such attacks would be futile : the soldiers be-
gan to despond, and all was misery. There were, neverthe-
less, skirmishes every day, which did not tend to raise the
spirits of the sepoys and soldiers, who saw their enemy
hourly increase, while they themselves had scarcely food and
but insufficient raiment for the season. So greatly were they
dispirited that they were one day driven back to their camp,
after they had during three hours been exposed to a galling
fire. • The Ghilzee Chief Osman Khan did not choose to pur-
sue them within their entrenchments, where they, it was
then feared, would have made a feeble resistance. Their
Provision was flour, which they obtained by bribery during
ale TVA. • It was then recommended that all the troops
,
eld be concentrated in the Balla Hisser. Capt. Conolly,
PM then with the Shah, advocated the propriety of so
rust, bet the military authorities declared the movement
111,9"elble, as they could not rely upon the disheartened
t"sikr_ Derr.
The last regiment was then withdrawn from the
„gar, which is, as every one knows, a citadel on a
his, tower anclAteephSt:mist. was left
tusilithw
wasp astare of the movement of suc-
neffotiiti Ons for , - d disposed to enter upon
Envoy, on boil* British trOOps. The
and learning that oo " intedel
Sale, then at .141,164, Amossia.dmasreisaddt,
assent. ' Conferenoes . the WAIN lien a reluctant
drawn up in Persian b L and a long list of articles,
to on both sides. MiNaghton, was agreed
exceed 20 in number.
The second and foremitirg—to
; who7usubleciof Dust Mandnamed, Ma-
houanaed Akhbar Kban
tto his father's sur-
render had remained in concealment:ma
a Lug made his ap-
beyond the confines -of Affghaeista,t had even escaped
evideaeat part in
pearance during the insurrection, took
negociation. The insurgent chiefs exhikited
to have the British troops removed from cabod, and
meats are said to have been Made for that purpose at ataraenregne-
meetings which were held outside the cantonments. After
various various parlies, a messagewas,__9n the 22d Dec., brought
frOnt Akbbar Khan to Sir Win. H M:Naghten to request
au interview on the following morning. The British EoVOy
wtenee, Trevor,.
went thither, accompanied by Captains La
and Mackenzie. They had not been present five minutes,
when a signal was given and all were seized and forced to
mount behind some Ghilzee chiefs.. T,
,he British Envoy se_
misted, and was aide, as also Captain I revor, who bad slip.
ped off the horse on which he had been placed. The mur-
derers are now said to be " Ghazees," or religious enthu-
siasts, who fight as soldiers for the sake of God," and
who, if killed In battle, are called Sliudd_ees," or Martyrs.
The treatment of Sir W. H. Macnaghten's body has heel:
described as most barbarous. His lady is stated to have
d
offered a large sum for its ransom, in order to itsbeing del
Gentlythe
dread interact. The other two officers were saved
by h
dread of the Gbarzees to fire at them, lest the Ghilzees why
rode before them should be wounded, they returned to Eh(
cantonment of the 28th. Akhbar Khan has, it appears
boasted of his having in person killed Sir W. 11. Mac
naihten.
Major Pottinger, well known since the defence of Herat
took charge of the British mission and the negociations
lUI
the withdrawal of the troops were continued. On the 6th of
January they moved from their cantonments, which were
instantly seised by the insurgents and burnt. The snow
was one foot deep on the ground, when the troops reached
Beegroma, three miles distant. The schemes of Akhbar
Khan then became evident. He had despatched emissaries
throughout the country tlirough which the unfortunate Bri-
tish soldiers' had to pas; calling the people to rise en manse,
and dal the infidels. His call was not heard in vain. On
the first day's march Cornet Hardyinan, of the sth Cavalry,
and some
e men were killed. 54 ahommed Akhbar Khan, wl o
4,4144L12 tee., 2_,l__charffe of. the retreat, contrived to induce the Bri-
=eel% stettona alt bight where he chose. On the
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