New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-04-22

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London and Liverpool dates 10 April 9TH, her DAY
of .ailinr. The overland mail arrived on the al
tcrnoon Of the Iih and We have IN the third ed-
,ion Of the London Times Of tina, day the now
from Indin-fuv confirming the unofficial news
Ly the Great Western # The terrible rcverses OF
the British army in Afehanistan.-Date- irom
China have also been received to Jan. I|ih three
weeks later than we had before We are indebted
10 Mr. Charlie. Wilmer, Newspaper Agent at L'v'
erpool, for papers Of the 9TH
The House Of Commons rc-asscmbed accord
;nr 70 adjournment on the ith. The House OF
Iorl- were to meet on the 9TH In answer To
ouesijon from Sir r Currie. Sir Robert Peel had
avoved bis intention Of making the income-ia'
the great question by which the Tory Government
must staud or fall; bu, he did not wish TIN. decla
ration extended 10 the Tariff Bill, "A he might
and probably should, see reason for changing
many of its provisions. Sill It's general Prluci'
plc-,hat Of reducing the duty on articles OF gen
eral con.unrtion-would be maintained. y tel.
for Commission Of Inquiry into the ENcheqne
frauds had been agreed to. Sir Robert Icei.s re
solutions on Finance and Commerce came up IN
Committee u Ways and Means. The first re-o-
luiion-invoy Ing the principle Of the lncomo-,aH
and declaring that ON al property. annuues, pro
iessional income, &c. for every 20'' thcrc 'houo
be- duty Of 7d.-Was agreed 80 without dl'is-
ION The --cosd aud third. extending the stamp
act 10 iceland. were also passed.
s fall of chalk ia the shat, Of the tunnel OF the
South.Wc-iom Railway, near Winchester. occur
red on the 2d and buried six men-oi whom two
were taken out alive; tina other four were killed
TIN, train of car, wa, most fortunately informed
of ,h, accident in time to stop. Had they Ecen
IGNORANT Of it. "A most terrible loss OF life must
have resulted. a.. they could not see the fallen
mass in time to avoid being thrown upon H.
\ serious food attended by great los Of prop
erty bad occurred AT Derby.
Trade in rhc manufacturing districts was still
dull. American Cott7n for low descriptions, had
declined ld.-whlc the best qualities maintained
their former prices. Foreign Wheat had consider
ably advanced in price. Money was plenty and
easy. The bullion in the Bank OF England was
rapidly increasing, and 1t was expected that the
rate of in,ercs, would soon be- reduced to / per
cent
The Hit srnia arrivcdat Liverpool on the 0nd.
From FRANCE and SPAIN there Is nothing oi
importance. The Paris papers are discussing
Lord Abcrdccn's letter TO eur Minister Mr.. I've
ictt.
British Disasters in the East.
The following clear recital Of the intelligence OF
the terrible British rcverscs l. given in a letter
in the London Times Of the 9Th inst. 1t brings
the narrative down to March LIST.
The insurrccrion, which il described a. partic
pating in "A great measure of the religious cnihusi-
asm to which the ianatcal Moslems can be eXci-
ted BY the preaching of their lmauns, broke out
ON the night at the 1T of November. when 81
Alexander Burics and his brother, Captain Broad
foot of the iith were killed the house of the ills-
named being within the city, was plnndered, and
some money in the treasury of Captain Johnson,
which was close to the former house, was nude a
prey Of The Captain having slept IN the British
canioumcni,. escaped the slaughter. n we'll ~
Brieadlcr Auguctcih and Captain lroup, who
were hi, inmates Captains Skinner and Drum
mond. Captain Trevor and his lady and children.
remained for some days concealed IN the city 10y
SOME of their friends.
Shah Shooiah, who had ON the "a sent h., son
10 tue relief of SIT Alexander Burnc,. where the
Prince performed prodiglcs of valor, received on
that day communication from Sir W. H. Me
Naughtcn, tGcn IN the cautonmcnt about hvc
miles from the town. requesting leave for Buga-
dicr-Gcueal SkeIon with Two regiments and
Captain Nichols troop. to enter the Balla lissar
and To shell the town. Leave was given, and the
,hellins took place. The Iniurinted popuacc at
tackled the Commi>sariat Fort, which ,y imme-
da,ely 10 the north of the town. between II and
ala apA D MpS IA a
soon became masters of it, This dreadful
blow to the troops a, at the time there was lour
bi, for two days remaining in the cauionmcnL-
Another fort. ma which some Commis sariat store.
were kept. was also attacked. and after a defence
Of three DAYS hv Captain Mackenzie. and a few
men taken also, panic appeared to have seized
the troops who found themselves. IN the bcgiuniu.
Of winter, shut up in their cantonucHts IN valley
200 miles from the Indus. without sufficient CO
thing OF food, and amidst ianaiical Mus>ulma.
population. Even among the BRUSH leaders a
difference ot opinion prevailed: the Envoy being
DESTROYS OF offensive measures. while Gen ElphiR.
stone. from circumstances connected with IN,
forces. among whom despondcucv and ,a,cilla,ion
are described then prevail ns. maintained hi,
opinion Tor defensive ones. At the solicitation az
the Envoy some small. forts in the neishhorh,nd
containing gram. wec captured. Meantime IN,
news OF The dispersion oi several OF the Aashar
corp, IN Shah Shoolahs service. commanded b,
BRUSH officers, reached the bcsieged. and contrib
uicd 10 add u their gloomy prognosiic>. Nauou-
successes and rcvcrscs followed during some day>
The troops from the Bal.a h,s,ar were recalled t,
10 the c,utoumcut and the Envoy urged decided
attack os the enein,; the General, however main
tanned that all such attacks would bee futile; III,
soldiers began To de.pond. and all was mi>er, -
There were, nevertheless. sAirmi>heS every day
which aid not tend 10 raise the spirits Of the 81
po,s aud soldiers, who saw their enemy hour,
increase, while they themselves had scarcely food
and raimenI for the season. 81 greatly were the,
dispiriied that they one day driven back I,
their camp. after they had during three hours beer
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