Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-05-24

national "feeling." M. Theirs, in this
speech, strongly insists on the immedi-
date outlay of large sums in order to
establish a great naval port at Algiers,
capable Of containing and protecting a
fleet Of 25 sail Of the line.
PERSIA.
The Brussels papers contain this
statement-''Letters from Odessa an
nounce that revolution had broken
out in Persia Shah was dethroned, land
that thirty thousand insurgents were on
their march 10 Teheran. This seems
TO need confirmation"
IMPORTANT FROM INDIA.
Defeat Of The Afghans.-The Ulster
Times of Thursday says: When our re.
porter was yesterday in Lisburn, attend.
ing the meeting there a gentleman of that
town read 10 him the following extract
ola letter which had just been received;
Extract from a letter from Cawper, dated
18th February.
We have just received letters from the
Commander.in-Chief's camp, giving Can
dahar news up to the 18th ult. An action
had taken place between Dur troops and
the Affghals, in which we were victors,
killing 1853, and woundng 200 Of the enc :
my. Our loss was only three officers
f wounded slightly, two privates killed, and
20 wounded. Letters from Gen. Sale
have been received up to the 30th ult., on
which date the troops were in'high spirits,
having captured ITS bullocks-a great
windfall for them! But the most impor.
tant piece Of news, Tour letter continues, }
= is, that Shah Soojah, who has cost us mill
l lions ofmoney, has all along been playing
, a false game. He has addressed letter
to Sheer Singh, and other native princes
lmploring them 10 aid him in getting rid of
his Notwithstanding the British-but
too cautious to name us. 1t now appears
that he could have procured provisions
for our starving troops at Cabool, fighting
his battles. The day Of retribution IS not
far off: soldiers death would be too good
for him; and hope, ere long the gallows
, will claim him as lis own.
A letter has been received from Lady
Macnaghten, stating the prisoners are
we'll treated. She has had only the few
cloths she had on,and expected 10 be soon
a released.
e The papers give:a list of SO ships taker
up by the East India Company for the
Il conveyance of troops, to the number of
a or thousand, to India, mostly destined
: to Calcutta. Various corps oftroops were
on their march to the ports of embarca
ton.
I Nothing in the box after all. The
n opening of the chests bequeathed of the
e University of Upsala, by Kink Gusiavu'
: III. ofSweden, to be opened fifty years af
ter his death, took place on the 29th o
e March. Their contents were letters
y memoirs, and trifes of the Kings OWL
> time; the most valuab'ebeing the .ette
y written by three cleverand noble French
S men TO the King, viz: LIST, Confess d.
Egmon, daughter Of the famous Marsha
l. Duke de Richelleu; ID, llenllette de San
# chon de Bouiflers; the Sd, the Counties
: de la Merque, daughter of the Marecha
r de NuiIle. The photography of both tn
u French and Swedish documents, writer
by his own hand, and deposited in tn
e chest, evinces throughout that His Majes
e ty enjoyed the reputation ola great autho
al without knowing how to spell.
% The Courier Francois says, that Lor
4, Amherst, enveloped in a large cloak, wa
" raising on foot long the Boulevard Mont
matre on Friday, when he was accoste
] by police officer, who asked hum, had h
er lost any thing Lord Amherst, having eA
Is amined his pockets, replied that he misse
d. his purse, containing 700 frances IN gold
in Here IT is, with the. money untouched,
re said the Police, officer, handing the purs
IN to the Peer, 1and the robber 9 is
10 custody."l ma
After a host Of counsel had been ell
gagged in the great Wood cause at GIol
ceSter, the devises consented to pay ii
ne heirs.at Jaw 100000 which will cove
We costs and leave them a small sum.
OF The Dublin Theatre has been abrupt
in closed for want Of public support. On
\ and that the main cause Of its closing
said 10 be the violent display of party fee
! ing exbibhe night after night by the MOI
~ :. violent of both political parties, theret
III disgusting the more rational classes.
at Another large East India house ht
It's failed-that of Forman & Hadow,
ty London, long established concern. A
almost unwonted depression appears t
no hang over the East India trade.