The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-09

The Great Western Steam Company have voted
that the Great Western shall continue her voyages TO
| New York usual unless she be sold to adsan
tage, and that the iron ship Great Britain shall DC
completed II is said that the Great Western alone
| has paid IA per cent.
TBE MANCHESTER BANK.-At meeting of The
projectors of this institution, il aseertained that
f375, 5l4 was due by only two firms
Blackstone has written piece which Mr.
Ftzwlams is playing'wi success called the belle
of tie Hotel or American Sketches.
The first event worthy of notice that occurred alter
the depart re of the Acadia the 4th instant, was
the arrival of the overland mail from India anu 0ha
the by which received IN London on gun
day week, and which is not unimportant, inasmuch
informed of two important movements naue
by the British troops, and the clearing up oil .nc
doubts that previously existed as to the Inc oil pocy
intended TO be pursued by Lord EllenboToush' Can
dahar finally evacuated by Gen. Nou on the ON
of August after all the spare conlmlssarat and ar
senal stores were destroyed and the powder magazine
blown up with such JUNCTION as TO take WIN IL So"e
lew souls that had not been aware oil Tue uah9et o
their earthly tenement. 1t is said that the General
and the who fired the train, were the only per-
in the secret The force took the way to Ghuz-
nee accompanied by about 1000 camp followers. The
supplies sufficient for forty days, and transported
by about 5000 camels besides bulocks and asses the
whole hen the march covering an extent oil
twelve miles. This division was destined TO take the
place OF the unfortunate garrison OF Cabui. The
distance to Cabul Vas 3lS miles, and of tins 1t was
said they had accomplished $50 miles and arrived at
Mookoor No direct information of this has however
been received and In the absence OF this, numerous
rumors have OBJ, AIMED circulation, which have received
more or less credencc. Some of the rumors state
that they had lost part OF their baggage others that
Ghuznee had been taken; but in the absence OF au-
thenc news 1t Is difficult to judge which OF the ru-
moIs are based upon truth.
Gen England also left Candahar on the S!h, and
proceeded towards Quettah, with 1000 troops and
camp followers including the sick and wounded of
the army, and nearly 10000 beasts Of burden lie
was accompanied bv Timoor Shah, of the sons OF
the late Shah Sooah, and reached his destination
on the 10Th marching LAG miles in 10 days, with very
ltlle interruption and the loss only of few men,
AT Queitoh they to remain till the 10Th of Sep
TENDER, and then gradually move down the Boan
pass in separate divisions.
The failure of the house OF Ferguson, Brothers a.
Co at Calcutta, was much talked OF. The amount OF
their liabilities in India stated to be little more
than lO00OL
At Jellalabad General Pollock had begun his
moves towards Cabul, and reached Gundamunk on the
23d of August From Cabul we have no intelligence
upon which the slightest confidence can be placed.
Mahomed Akbar is said TO have been much en-
ra led by the report of General Poock's advance
while treaties were pending, as to murder Captain
Troup with his own hand but this obtains credit
Another rumor worthy of mention is, that Akbar
Khan had fled with all his prisoners from Cabul to
Bamecan, where he intended TO confne them in an
inaccessible fort, nearly ~ miles distance In Bun
dlccund the disturbances continued The cholera
had made its appearance among the British troops,
and many had died
la China since the arrival of renforcements, Sir
Henry Potunger appears to go on with considerable
ygor; and although the is in respects called
a buccaneering expedition" by the buccaneers them
selves it begins to rather formidable aspect.
After the utter destruction of Chapoo, with ALI ITS
batteries magazines, public buildings, arms, and
effected, the expedition entered the
great river Yang-tse-keang, and at day Wight in the
Of the 10th Of June anchored before formda
BILE Notifications on the shore In two hours the bat
teries of the enemy silenced, when our sesmen
and marines landed and before the troops could be
disembarked drove The Chinese out of them and cap
tured the guns On the 18th, the city Of Shanghai
submitted to the British after gallant resistance,
when its public buildings were Immediately destroyed,
and granaries given up to the pace of the natives.
The total of ordnance capturnd in these operations
is 365 of which 76 of brass, and chiefly large,
handsome guns many of the brass guns have devices,
showing that they have been cast lately-scvera OF
them have Chinese characters, sgnifying " the tanner
and subduer of the barbarans," and particularly
large is digned by the title of the barbarian
The results of these operations have been remark
able. he Mandarins in the two most fertile prov
inces of China were drcadluly alarmed lest Wang
chow foo and Nankln should be taken and sacked,
and the mouth of the great canal seized. They sent
a fying express for or some other relation of
Howqua, the old Hong merchant of Canton, in order
to interpret between them and the English.
They exhibit wish to make terms but whether
with the object of merely gaining time does not APP
pear certain The approach of the expedition to the
mouth Of the Great Canal tand the dangers that
threaten Nankn, would, it is thought induce the En-
peror to make equitable arrangement, but doubts
were still entertained Of his being exactly informed
of the truth The efforts Of the Chinese authorities
to make resistance have hitherto been very great.
proclamation, issued by the Emperor in the begin
ming of June, breathes the most decided hostility to
the ''barbarans but does not Drag of the valor of his
generals and soldiers. This proclamation, it ought
to be remarked is dated prior to the attack on Shang
hal.
The mercantile news brought by the overland mail
is disheartening in every respect European goods
selling at various prices, and the trade of the
country was not sufficient to employ the numerous
ships that had arrived out, seeking employment ma
ny of which would not earn enough to pay the wages
of the sailors.
AT the same time, the destruction of the indigo
crop, and the failure of the extensive mercantile
house of Messrs. Briggs, Thurburn Co., Of London
must affect credit injurously, and entail serious en-
barrassments on many other firms in India.
Advices from Alexandria 10 the oath ut., which
reiterate the fact of the Syrian revolt. This news
appears TO have convinced the Baitish Commander
in-chef in the Mediterranean of the necessity of
sending naval force more to the East.
The Turkish government have displaced Jussuf
Pacha, Governor of Tipoe, for not restraining the
conduct Of the Albanians to whose repeated outrages
tue instruction is mainly attributable.
The Paris journals, at present, principally oc
cupied in discussing the fright Of search' question
meeting of French manufacturers has recently
been held for the purpose of taking measures to OBJ
tain modification of the increased rate of customs
duties imposed by the German Union, al which the
trade of Par,s has taken some alarm. The Journal
Debats remarks that from and after the first of jan
uary next, the duties upon most of the articles Of
Partisan industry will be doubled, and the manulac-
turer and traders entertain serious apprchensons up
on the subject
The papers announce that the French ministry has
for the present. abandoned the idea of the propo ed
customs union with Belgium.
General Cass the late American minister at Paris
left that city on Saturday last his return {, The
United STATES torouuh T,udnn A f,p bo,,. ~