The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-01-19

and the Blonde IN retnrh phtteieu Wv" ~
and destroyed the junks there. Al N'nspo Tue
latter to the Emperor was returned open ~ o"P'
clio, who eycn;nalIy declared Ningpo AMI Shan
aae and all the intermediate ports +" N""k'n IN
s,,,, Of bluoknde Il was reporad that Admiral
Elliot intended to proceed 10 Peschee'lee, IN the
neirhborhood OF Pekin, with a par, Of his force.
II appears by the accounts from Macao, that the
blockade of Canton had bscn very vigorously enio:
cod In the mean line Gov Linn was making very
active preparations Of hostility.
Ihe Ordinance captured July 9th 1910, consists
o 80 iron two to three FOUNDERS, 40 iron oar to
six FOUNDERS, 10 iron six to eight pounders' iron
nine FOUNDERS, one brass & 2 pounder-tolai 81
a considerable quantity of gunpowder has oee"
found and three magazines, containing an ox'en'
sivo supply Of iron shot, jingus, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
bows AMI arrows, &c with steel helmets, and uni.
form clothing for a large body of men, the paruc'
iars ofwhIch have not been nscertained, but OF
which an Inventory is l'sing made The effect o.
She capture Of Chusan seems to hsve been exec!
lont, the communications with tho British were Elk
,remely courteous and the weoIthest Chinese mer
chants were returning TO their respective homes in
Chusan.
CANTON With respect to the b'ockading squno'
ron off Canton, the Signupore Free Press Extra ana
Postscript, Of the 18th September, states from it,
correspondence ask men-of. war proceeded to
the Bogue yesterday morning Ohio Sd OF AugusD
early, and by this time have doubtless succeeded
in reducing the batteries, ali" clearing the passage
up to Canton We have just discovered, that the
mon of war which went mp the river yesterday are
in sight making for Macao. What Is meant none
can say. The Chinese have blocked uF the passage
with Chains and stones"
EJl- & I,t, =, fhntt In,
Honggs had recommended all 10, egners to quit Can
ton, as the Governor so highly enraged mt the
capture of the salt jun<s by the British.
The Bombay United Service Gazette says, that
strange reports are in circuIa;aa about Adam, the
new possession, in The India papers. The Bombay
Overland Courier reports that the cruiser Elphin'
stsne has had n tremendous engagement with
French ffigae. The story is, that the ElPhnstone
was on u cruise TO Nassawah, and found the said
Gigatc their at anchor. Upon Of the officers
fthe cruiser proceeding ashore, they were hailed
by the rrigate and told that they not permit
led to land. The commander incensed at ,his at
tempted te land in The gig; but he was fired upon.
He then went back, and fierce action ensued.
Report says the Elphinstone triumphant, and
captured The rigate, but left in very diabled
state herself a vessel nus been sent from Adam
20 ascertain the truth.
DISASTER AT ACRE.
a terrible disaster occurred at Acre the 9th
November, days after i:scaptufe, by the explosion
of powder magazine. There $50 killed
and wounded, mostly natives, many. women and
children, there were also about 90 British
and marines killed. and several officers and men
wounded. Amongst The latter Drigadier Sir
Cherries Smith, commanding the land forces Capt
Collier, Of the Castor Lieut.. Johnson and the
Rev. Mr.. Kitson, of the Princess Charlotte. No
light has been thrown tho Immediate of
this calamity.
The dysentery and fever had appeared in the
British Fleet which laying off the coast Of
Syria.
Ibrahim Pacha was a, Fable on the plains OF
Roccab, a. the latest dAtes-hs force amounted 10
10000 infantry and 5000 cavalry. ...
FGANISTAN-DEFEAT OF DOST MA
iIOMED
1etlors from Cabu of the Goth September, give
the particulars of decisive victory obtained over
Dost Mahomed the lS,u, :iamean, by
small force under Brigadicr Dennie consisting
of six companies Of the 35,h native infantry, SIX
pieces of horse artillery, and between 400 and 500
of the Schals troops. The enemy 10000
strong headed by Dost NJ ahomsd and the Walee
ef Khonun in person. They left three Sidars and
800 men on the field together with their entire
baggage standards, and the only piece Of ordinance
in the possession of Dost Mahomed, who aod seri-
osuly wounded.
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
BY the Packe, ship Garrck, the New York edit.
ors have received London papers 10 the evening o f
10 Dec. y
The re-in,erment Of the remains Of the Emperor
to Take place on the Is December. The
cort to consist Of 1000 men. under command
Of General Schneider.
In Paris 1O1 0o) men were under arms. The
excitement was very great among the people, but
the strong military ARA ngemen's left no npprc-
tensions OF disorder.
The submission Of Mehemet Ali publish ed
on the 9Th in Paris, in a form Off teiegraphic de-
spach from MarseiIles,
LATE FROM FLoRIDA.-IMPoRTANr. The St.
Augustine Herald OF the 3lst of Dec. says that Col
Harvey, with ninety men, had taken new course
into the Everglades, going in at the Miami, in
boats and coming out at Cape Sable, .hus discov-
oring water communication across the Southern