The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-03-01
INDIA AND CHINA.
.4aoticr Kingdom Seized by the British

The London pres, have letters and dispatches
in antici alton Of the overland mail from Caicut.
tn, Dec. 81, Madras oath, S!ilnghai list. Amov
9Th, Hong Kong llih, Singapore 18th. pen,n,
2lst, Gale 9Th. bombay 9Th, Burnah. Dec
No mail from Australia, though due.
Lord Elphnstone had succeeded Lord FaIk
land as Governor of Bombay. An important
event had occurred in Central Inda-the Raiah
Of Nagporc died i'll his capital of Naspore on
he 18th of December, and as the British Gov.
ernor Ind steadily refuse to permit him to na,re
successor, (1iihough the Rajah had sons,) tho
whole OF his 'naqn ficen' doIninons have faI,,,,
TO the British, who n,med atelv occuo;sd ,,,"
capital with troops. On the I2ih, the bodr n
the late sovereign was burnt with the ~
ceremonies
Ihe G"vcrnor-Genera I o. India had arrived
al ienu, in Ava, Just in time to lsarn ~ Ito
discoV' ~ T. aconSptracg 10 massafce all the R-;t
ISL IN Raagoon. This con piracy had 5no
enrolled men, who were 10 m So At : civ, -;
nal, during the religions feast of Nov9mbsr y,
Inc Court OF Ava is believed 10 have irstic,,ed
am encouraged the plot, which, however. one
OF the accoEnpliccs divulyed
~ shanghai nothing of importance had oc-
Cured to sob Of November. A grand a,,.ok
upon 'ne Guy was 10 be made on the 9th of Dec
by the impfr;als Notwithstanding all discour-
agements business went on At Sbe,cb,; n,
supply of teas had been unusuauv ,,-r. ,,s
The Transactions in silk were en- an OWENS; 20
sca!e--prices d, Ginning.
PERSIA.
Unity restored aciM Turkcy-Ne British Block.
ade Of Tie Persian Ports.
he news from Persia is interesting Dis
pa'ches received from the Turkish Government
from Ahmed Wefk Elend, the Ambassador of
the Forte IN Persia, announce that he has sue
ceeded in defeating the intrigucs of the Russian
Envoy, and on deciding the Shah to renew his
aii'anse with Turkey. The Persian Minister at
C"nstantinople has received instructions from
the cabinet OF Ieheran which support this state
'i,ent, ana winch lie has communicated 10 Res
child Pacha
By the overland India mail we have some
advIces antecedent to the above in point of date,
but which it is necessary to give in order TO I'M
dersand the connection of events Under
date ct Bombay, Dec 90, it is stated that the
British Government of Bombay had acquired
sure information of the alliance Of Persia with
Russia, AVID of the advance of a Persian army
against the Turkish Pashalic of Bardad. This
army IN the first instance was collected in thu.
northeast OF Persia for he purpose (as was sup
posed,) OF cooperation with the Russian forces
in Georgia and Circassia, bu' having marched
IL 1
to Bussora and the Pashaic of Bagdad, which
it threatened, in force estimated at 1000 On
the arrival of this force at Bushire the British
resident Immediately sent dispatches to the
British Government, with copy thereof to the
Government of Bombay. In consequence of
this announcement the East India Company's
ship OF war Cfire was forthwith dispatched to
Bushire, where she still remains Orders were
also given to fit out the steamer .7ucklaud
subordinate Government ike that of Bombay
can only act to a limited extent in the absence
OF the Governnr-General, (who is at present at
Peru, in Barnlab,) but preparations were made to
act with energy The camp of exercise at
Poonah, 1000 men, was held ready to meet any
emergency, and preparations were made both in
the naval and military departments for the dis
patch OF an expedilionary force, if necessary
During afghan war, force from Bombay oc-
cupied for two years the island Of Karrack close
to Bnshere. The Persian seaports and coas
are completely at the mercy OF the East India
Company's cruisers. Bussera might easily be
defended by two or three light vessels and
were the Arabs around Bussora organized, with
a few irregular cavalry officers from the Indian
army, it would probably be unnecessary to de.
tach any Turkish force for the defence of Bag
dad
The news from Persia had greatly excited the
number al Bombay. One of these, the Snelk
Abdul Ettoo, man of great influence among
his countrymea, had declared that if the Bombay
Government would advance money, he would
undertake to raise, within % days, % 900 Arab
horse at Bussora, and would plumber Bushire as
IN extra in the bargain.
JAPAN.
The Ameriean and Russian Expeditions
A letter from Hong K on., Dec IIth, says tina
he U. S. squadron, comprising TIE Susqur hannat
Macedonia, Pow haitian, Plymouth, and Wanda. /.
LA, were then in the harbor, and were preparing
Tor departure northward Commodore Perry
was exp eted over from Macao, in the steamer !
Mississippi At Canton, were TIE s,oreship
Supply and chartered steamer Queen; and at ,
Whampoa, the storeship Southampton The Sea
Witch, at Hong Kong, was about to proceed 10
Namoa, to ship labcrers for the Panama Rail,
road
The Admiral of the Russian Japan Expedition
arrived at Shanghai No. q, in the screw steam
ship Nostock, leaving his fTigatc, the failas.
ind brig ot-war, under the Saddle Islands =
He had just arrived from Nangasaki, where he
had awaited reply TO his mission to the En-
oeror OF Japan. 1t was said that finding longer
delay fruitess, he had looked in at Shanghai for
supplies and news from Europe He vas thought
. be bound to MantlIa.
Doubt is thrown on the reported death Of the
Emperor of Japan. The report is explained by
he circumstance that the death of Japanese
Monarch places the Court in mourning for three
,ears, during ,chtca time no foreign embassy
an be receired.
THE RUSSIAN FLEET,
The following is an exact account of the Russ
an Naval force in the Black Sea:
4 three. deckers, Zone old) I2O guns
each-total guns, 4S0
IL line of battle, 80 and 81 guns, 902
frigates, 81 guns, 255
2 frigates, 43 guns, Sc
corvetts, SO guns, l0S
4corvettes, "a guns, 96
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