Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-05-07
A reinforcement of eight thousand troops
has been ordered from England.

reinforcement OF eight thousand troops
has been ordered from England.
The revolutionary press of France is flu
rious against England for withdrawing any
acknowledgment Of the French conquests
in Algiers.
The disasters in Aflghanistan and Sir
Robert PeePs budget are the most import
ant parliamentary proceedings.
A man named Lucas, residing in Zion
Gardens, Aldersonbury, has murdered three
of his children, and committed suicide.
Prince Paul Esterhazy has made up his
mind to retire from the English Embassy,
and leave public life altogether, in order TO
devote himself to the improvement of his
vast estate in Hungary.
The late Marquis of Hereford died worth
nearly two millions of money.
Temperance an Heland-We are sorry
to see Sir Peel has stated in Parliament,
that the temperance pledges in Ireland APP
pear to have failed, and that the consump-
ton Of whskey had been increasing there
since July last.
Parliamentary P,oceedingS-l4th ult
Motion made to 60 into committee on the
Corn Importation Bill, when the House
went into committee, and the clauses, one
to nine, were agreed TO. Long debates
followed the financial statement of Sir
Robert Peel and Lord John Russell signi-
flied his determination to oppose the gov
eminent measures of finance at every
stage.
The Premier in reply stated that he ex-
pected to meet some opposition TO his
measures, but that on the 4th of April the
financial resolutions would be brought for
ward, and proceeded with as speedily as
possible. On the 9Th he intended to take
up the Corn Importation Bill, with a view
of sending it up to the other House at
once.
INpIA.--The intelligence brought by the
overland mail is the most disastrous which
has ever been the task of historian or
journalist to record since the foundation of
our Indian empire. The summary from
the Bombay paper, which we subjoin, gives
as clear and full an account of the trans
actions at Cabool as the present state Of
information supplies. The fate of Sir
William Hay M'Naughtcn, will excite in
every Englishman feelings of grief and in
dignation not to be depressed. The "Times"
correspondent thus describes the ndigni-
"The head of Sir VIM. MNaughten was
cut off, and the mouth filled with portion
of the mutilated body-it was decorated
with the green spectacles which Sir Will
liam used to wear, and in that state para
ded through the town by order Of the son
of Dost Mohammed'"
Thus fell, in the discharge of great
public duty, an amable man, a gentleman,
and scholar, whose loss as aspublic SER
want is sincerely deplored. and for whose
death by the hands of an assassin and
traitor, the. whole British empire must
demand, as India has already done, the
most decided vengeance.
Dost Mohammed himself, it appears, is
at present at Saharunpoor He is strictly
watched and guarded, but otherwise under
no particular restraint. So far from hav-
ing been detected in correspondence with
his former subjects, or suspected of excit-
ing them against us, he seems to be Sc
verely and deeply annoyed at the conduct
of his son.
Rumor further asserts, that the whole |
force (nearly 5000 men) in the entrench-
ment camp at Cabool had been DESTROYED
in the endeavor to force passage through
the defles to Jellabadi. We trust, however,
that this will not be confirmed. The force
C omprised her Majesty's 44th regiment,
three regiments of the Bengal Native In
fantry, and LOO cavalry, besides artillery.
1t seems incredible that a force like this |
should be destroyed by the insurgent Chill
zies.
1t appears by the accounts from the
English papers, that the force at Cabool
which has been destroyed, consisted of
5000 men, which, in consequence of SUD-
plies having been cut off, were ill off for
and pinched for food. In this
condition their environments were sur
rounded by from 10000 to $1,000 of the
Ghilzies. On the 22d December battle
was fought, in which much slaughter took
place. Terms were proposed to the Brit
ish that they should surrender their arms,
and agree to evacuate the country alto !
gether. The married officers and their
wives were to be retained as hostages, and
returned to the British only when they had
got beyond Pesnawur and Dost Moham- !
med been restored to them. The envoy's
answer to this was, that, death was pref |
cradle to dishonor, that they trusted to the
God of battles, and that in his name they
defied them to come on"
On Christmas day the envoy, attended |
by Captains Connolly, Lawrence, Trevor,
and Mckenzie, having gone out, appar-
emily at the request of the insurgent chiefs,
to discuss the terms of capitulation, an
angry interview ensued; it appears proba-
BILE that the same insoent terms previously
rejected by the envoy had been pressed