New-York daily tribune., 1842-12-08

ilsn rur,or. that Shere Singh, whose rule IN the
Puniab was uneasy, was negotiating the surrender
&c hi. ,errtorv in consideration OF fine pension.
There had been some smaller disasters Of a Sc
r;ous kind especially the accidents TO the Queens
F;fteth and Sixty-second Regiments while pro
ceeding up the Ganges. bsat was swamped
near Cawnpore, and eighteen men OF the Fitieth
were drowned. a wing of the Sixty-second, going
in boats near Bbaguhpore, was overtaken BY
storm at night, which forced the boats from their
rnooriags, and thittyeight men, including Lieuten
ants Evatt, Schobel, and Gason were lost-Nlrs.
! Eyatt also was killed. Cholera in Its severest
form had appeared in the Queens Twenty-second
Regiment proceeding board the CoIapany's
steamboat Zenoba 10 Kurracbce; during three days
at sea, forty-seven men, seven women and children,
| perished and on It's arrival there were thirty six
other almost hopeless cases. Sir c. Napier and
staff, with other officers, on board, but happi
| ly escaped.
At ,eabad General Pollock had begun his
moves towards CabuI, and reached Gundamu on
the 23d of August. From Cahul we have no in
telligence upon which the slightest confidence can
be placed. Mahommed Akbar is said to have been
mach enraged by the report Of General Poock's
advance while treaties were pending, as to murder
| Captain Troup with his hand, but this obtains
TO credit. Another rurnor worthy of mention is
| that Akbar Khan had fed with all his prisoners
| trom Cabul TO BaMeen where he intended TO con-
fac them in an inaccessible fort nearly seventy
miles distance. In Bunkelkund the disturbance
continued. The cholera had made It's appearance
among the British troops, and many had died.
In China, since the arrival of reinforcements,
Sir i1enry Pottnser appears to go on with consid-
cradle vigor; and although the war is in some re-
| =pects called buccaneeriRg expedition" by the
buccaneers themselves, it begins to assume ra-
! III, dol ba do
sructon of Chapoo, with all its batteries, ma
gazines, public buildings, arms aud smmunitions,
| was effected, the expedition entered the great
| rvsr Yang-tse keang, and at daylight in the
| ing of the 10th of June anchored before formda-
+! be fortifcatons on the shore. In two heurs the
| ,tteries of the enemy silenced, when our
| seamen and marines landed and before the troops
could be disembarked, drove the Chinese out of
them and captured the guns. On the 10Th the
city OF Shanghai submitted TO the British after
gulant resistance, when its public buildings were
Immediately destroyed, and the granaries given UP
| to the plago of the natives Such is the state of
affairs in China, and much dissatisfaction is now
expressed in this country with the entire proceed
| ings in the East. All parties heartily wish for
settlement of affairs both in India and China.
Two hundred and fifty-three guns were cap
| tured-most of them were of heavy calibre, and
many eleven feet long. They were mostly mount
ed OR pivo-carriages of good construction, fitted
| with bamboo " ghts. and well served by
the gunners. The fleet then proceeded up the
r!ver with two small iron steamers, to reconnoitre
| about fifty miles higher up. Three additional
6cldworks were captured by them bringing up
the number of guns which since the 10th had fall
into our hands, to the astonishing amount (says
SIR Henry of 364-of which seventy-six were
bass, and chiefly large handsome guns many of
the brass guns have devices showing that they
have been cast lately; several of them have Chi
asse characters signifying the tanner and subduer
Of the barbarians, and one particularly large one
is dign6ed by the title of the barbarian. The
victory appears to have had strong effect.
Some extracts of letters give information which
throws some, though not very strong light, on the
state of affairs. A letter dated Chapoo, May 23d,
| says =
"The taking Of Chapoo has very much shaken
| the Chinese. The first symptom of giving in has
appeared EHpoo, who formerly was Governor
| OF Chekeang, it appears, has returned. He was
disgraced last year, and was one among the many
OF the 2. c. disgraced in the Emperor's bewlder-
nlent, now again sought for. This speaks volumes
in proving most weak and puerile state of gov
| crnment. We'll, Elipoo actually sent in to the
General to know if he would receive him, as he
wished 10 appear on the part of the people OF this
province; our appearance here having threatened
| Iiong-chow-fow. sThe reply was-No; the Eng
| -h authorities willaeceve person bat him sent
| by the Emperor WEI full powers to treat This
| nust have staggered Mr.. Elpoo, the worthy who
sent the broadcloth back to Chusan-i.e e. Captain
| Eiliotts present. The Chinese evidently in
great fright. The springtides are very strong iH
The Hong-Chow blight, and the instant they take
| off we q it for the great river Yang Taze, and IN
fortnight we hope TO be of the entrance of the
| 4, &C ,h, lIart
| it. The rest push Nankin. think the
wshed-fo peace will be signed al the old capital.
"The weather has been very mild, but the rain
is so continued that residence in China never
| can be pleasant The country is very highly cu!-
tivated, and where there is any hgk ground the
| scenery is very pleasing. Chapoo has been PIat't-
| dered-a fearful earning to Hong Gho1c, which
is only thirty miles distant
"To show how little good has been done, says
| tue correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, E" by
lhe partial and most inefficient blockake on the
coasts of China, il may be mentioned that the num-
| Der of Chinese iunks which have arrived at Singa
pore during the last IS greater than in any
| preceding year.
Advices from Alexandria to the oath, reitera,e
the fact of The Syrian revolt. The news appears
to have convinced the British Commander-in-Chief
! in the Mediterranean of the necessity of sending
| naval force once mere TO the East. The Howe,
with the flag of Sir F. Mason, te bend sail for
Salamis en- the 9TH, and the inconsistent and Van
guard were to follow Immediately. The ships COM
posing the force provided with five months
provisions. The Turkish Government have dis
placed Jussuf Facha, Governor of Tripoli, for not
restraining the conduct of the Albanians, to whose
repeated ouuages the nsurrection is mainly at
] ubutable.
From SERvIA it appears now, that the late
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