The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-12-03
ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH QUEEN.


DAYS LATER FROM
The British Queen arrived AT New York AT
o'clock on Saturday evening, Odd uIt. She
left Portsmouth on the 9TH Of Nov. and brought
London papers 10 Nov. 3D., and Liverpool TO the
1st are received.
| Prince Albert of SAKE Coburg is still the guest
of Victoria, and il Is conceded on III hands that
! the present intention of her Mdjesty is 10 take
him to herself. From the Court Circulars it ap-
pears they are much in company, in public al
! least.
AFRICA.
Tho most Distressing accounts have been re-
ceived in France of the state of the health OF the
army in Africa. Private letters from Stor0, da'
ted the god of Oct. states that the Duke of Or.
| leans, seeing the immense number OF sick lying
without any accommodations at Phillppevle
had ircighted several merchant vessels to con
vey part of them 10 Algiers, and which were
lowed to their destination by three steamers.
| The sick thus embarked amounted 10 upwards
of 600. The mortality Sat Philippeyel had
! averaged between thirteen and fourteen per
day.
The expedition which the Duke of Orleans
was to undertake had The double preteXt OF OPP.
| ening the land road through Setif between Con-
s,antiue and AigeIs, and to avenge the death of
Colonel Solomon EGovernor OF BOugcla who was
murdered by the Kaybles. Two columns OF 4, =
OOOmqA each were to march simultaneously from
Constantine and 8ougea, and to form a Junction
ut the narahout near which the Colonel was
killed. III was the intention Of the French to
give no quarters To the tribe on whose territory
the crime had been committed, and 10 rtise on
tie spot monument to perpetuute among the
nNtiVes'(who were previously 10 be massacred to a
MANI the recollection Of the signal vengeance
they had taken on their perjured tribe
INDIA.
The Generoso steamer arrived at Malta on the
10Ih. from Alexandria, whicn place she left on
the 18Th, with the Indian mail (from Bombay
on the ID or Is OF Septemher) and received al
! SucZ on the 9th of October. These dispatches
stated that the British army,whlch marched from,
Cundahnr in four divisions, on the 9th, 2Sih
and 29Ih OF May, and the 81 of June, arrived on
the is Of July at Mookeer, four days march from
Ghizny. Up to the 20th it encountered no 9th
| er obstacle ihGn troop belonging 10 "a rebel
I tribe, which il repulsed with ease. On the 20lI,
! the army WINS concentrated at Nance, distant IL
| miles from Ghizny. On the morning of the 2lst
! the army marched for ;hc latter place. When
within gun shot it was received by lively call
| nonade and Il well sustained fire OF lnusketry,
| TO which the British artillery returned II few
guns, after which the army bivouacked. On
the 22d the place was reconnoitrcd, and the pre-
partitions for assaulting it were ordered AT
| midnight the artillery changed its position, and
was followed at a short interval by the
infantry. A few minutes before 3 O'Clock
III the morning the gates were blown in by the
l.
the artillery opened terrible fire under cover
of which the infantry forced an entrance through
The gates, in spite of the most strenuous ress,
lance, and ut o'clock in the morning the col.
ors OF her majesty's 18th & I7th regiments floa.
ted on the lowers of the citadel Of Ghizny.
Thus, i'll less than three hours, of the
strongest places in Asia, defended 10y garrison
OF $500 OF the brnvest of the Aighans, aud COM
mandcd by a son of the ex. King of Caubul, fell
into the power of the British 500 men of The
garrison were killed. The remaining 5000 were
made prisoners together with their commander
The loss of our troops was only 19l men horS
de combat. Intelligence of this brilliant feat
having reached Cauhul, Dost Mahomed sailed
forth at the head of 300 (qncry l3000?) men,
but the demonstrating effect produced by the fall
OF Gh2uy WAS such That Dost Mahomod was, a
few minutes ntcrw ards, abandoned by all his
soldiers, & compelled to fly with only 800 men,
abandoning his artillery, ammunition baggage,
&c. The Eng tisli army immediately advanced
on Canbul, without meeting with any resistance.
On the 4th of August, an envoy of the Sclhah
snjah, escorted by $50 British soldiers, under
command OF Major Cureton (?,) took possession
of the city into +rhich the Schah Sujuh r2ade
his solemn entry on the 9TH of August, accouIpu
MED by he British Minister, the General com.
handing the Army, and q numerous staff.
RUSSIA AND CIRCASSIA.
The war in Circassia appears to be going OH
glorionsly for the cause of freedom, the Rus
slams having been defeated IN an action with the
loss of $4,000 men. The address of the EN-
peror Nicholas TO General Crahbe, the Com.
,nander in chief of the army of the Caucasus.
'coniesscs,' MS the Commerce, French Journal
observes, "a Struggle much more animated than
the Russian government desired up lolhe present
time to avow. The same paper publishes let
ter dated ST Petersburg, Oct IL, which, states
that the same General Grabbe, having besiegcd
the Caucasian fortress of Akuke for three
months, at length orcered up from The Black sea
the goth and the dist divisions of infantry, n
large supply of cavalry, and four batteries of ar
tillery aud with them assaulted the place. The
hesoigcd made most gallant defence, and repul
FED the assaants four times.
Ultimately, however, General Gelaflcief, at
the head of the 20th division, penetrated by II
breach into the town; II dreadful conflict ensued
which continued to between Ii and IL O'Clock
at night, when, feeling themselves overmatched,
the heroic remains of the garrison evacuated
the town under the cover of the darkness eav.
ing behind them of their number SCI doad
and 1919 wounded, the principal part of whom
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