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cuped, such as the Orange River Sovereignty, we
shonld infably have two sets of people in arms on
the instant. The economists would ask in Para-
! ment by what authority with what views any
such extension of our frontier had been proclaimed;
and the Aborigines Protection Society would be
waiting upon the Minister of the day to represent
| the and claims of the native proprietors
Besides this, the whole country, in so far as the
subject was apprehended at all, would be uneasy
and discontented, for Calre wars are very bupbears
in the public eye We doubt ecceedingly If ay spe-
ces Of conquest acquisition any quarter of the
globe 'could be really popular among as. The verv
mention of an advance an expedition in the dircc-
tlon of Aifghanistan is something alarming and all
that has been thought of Pegu during the late
troubles is, that it was wonder and mercy we
not suffer from the bargain.
If the occupation OF the rock of Perrin could
really have been considered territorial acquisition
1t would probably have provoked some vehement
cXpostulation it has only been disregarded because
it was totally unknown. Even far more important
posts obtain very little recognition CORRESPONDENTS
ADDRESS us feeiIngly from Alden, and ask whether
England is really aware of the position or circum-
stances OF that settlement Weare afraid we should
have to answer that the knowledge in question is
confined to very few, and is not likely to be ex-
| tended
The truth is, we look to results alone, and would
willingly secure them by the method involving the
fewest obligations. We really do not want ''in6u-
enee' either in Egypt, or Abyssinia, or Nubia, or
| IlmbuctoO What we want is to get by the easiest
! passage from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea,
and from the Red Sea to India. Attentive readers
OF late discussions must have very clearly that
even India itself was no longer regarded by all par
| ties as pearl of great price.
| y At aoere not ours already should probably not
seeh to conquer 1t; but, as we have got it, and
established there we must do our duty to its pc0-
| pie. That even more than the obvious mpossbili-
| ty of withdrawing from such position, has been
| the Keynote of popular arguments We could not
abandon India to anarchy and ruin. We must ac-
compish our misson-with what thanks or what
profit time only can show. There, however, is the
| true picture of "Brtish dominion in the East"
FRANCE.
| Earl Cowley was received by the Emperor on Sat
nrday at private audience, when he presented to
| His Majesty the reply of the Queen of England to
| the letters recalling the Count de Persgny.
| NJ de Chasseron, the son-n-law of Prince Murat,
is appointed French charge daffaires in China, in
place of M. de Bourbouon, appointed to another
post.
The Unipers has the following :-e'Let us renounce
this alliance with perfdous, insOlent Engand-this
| alliance which has never been cordial, and which
can never be relied on An isolated position would
| be more satisfactory. rupture would be prefera-
| Bile. No war with England, however disastrous,
could ever destroy dynases in France; the alliance
| on English conditions is more menacing to them
The tomb of St Helena is empty and from it issued
not only the Emperor, but the Empire. The cor
dial alliance did not prevent Louis Philippe from
expiring at Caremont, and that tomb will remain
| closed
RUSSIA
| letter from Moscow of the 18th April, state
that the accounts of the crops in the provinces were
not so favorable could be desired. 1t was feared
that considerable portion of the wheat would rot
in the ground.
| TURKEY.
| Intelligence from Constantinople, by way of
Trieste, contradicts the statement that the Sultan
had reproved the Viceroy of Egypt for his activity
| in favor of the Suez canal.
| SILESIA
The town of Frankcnstcin, in Silesia, situated on
the road from Brcslau to Glatz was on the 2ith uIt
entirely DESTROYED by fire. Out of 500 houses which
| town boli
church, are in ruins. Sixteen persons pershed in
| the flames.
INDIA.
Bombay letters add but little of interest to the
| telegraphic accounts.
Sir Colin Campbell remained at Lucknow, but
would probably move shortly on Sundola, and then
| into Rohicund
! The English grand army had been redistributed,
with a view to future operations in the field.
Nena Sahib had been reinforced by Bary Khan,
and proposed to attack the English.
The British had experienced reverse in the vi
cinity of Allahabad.
i By Telegraph From London 10 liverpool
THE LATEST.
The weather has been stormy, and several vessels
have put back to Liverpool, leaking-among them
the Minnesota for Montreal.
The wreck of a vessel that had been on fire, be-
longing to Boston, and laden with deals, was passed
April 20, in lat 80 NJ, lon. 65 w.
The General Sale, from Sunderland to New FORK,
which put into Queenstown, April T. leaky had dis
charged her cargo and abandoned the voyage.
INDIA.
THE LATEST FROM LUCKNow-THE SIEGE AND CAPTURE
JHANSI.
From the London Times Of the 4th.
By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have re-
ceived our private correspondence and files of pa
pers from Bombay to the 10th of April.
The following is the letter of our Bombay CORES
pondent:
BOMBAY, April 9.-We have news from Lucknow
by telegraph down to yesterday. Four days pre-
viousy Sir James Outram, relieved as Chief Com
missioner of Dude by Mr.. Montgomery, left Lucknow
for Calcutta. His efforts to restore tranquility in
the city and throughout the province had been only
partially successful. As whole, Dude is still hos
tile to us. Some few chiefs and landholders have
come in, but the majority yet remain aloof. The
Moulvie is supposed to be at Sundela, town
thirty miles to the northwest of Lucknow, en-
deavoring to organize a fresh resistance to the
English power. Men he will still be able to get
in plenty, we may imagine, but of arms and mu-
nitions Of the rebels must by this be mainly
deficient The Begun is in a fortress on the GOgra
of which the name is not given. Meanwhile, the
English grand army has been re-distributed with a
view to future operations in the field, and to the
protection of the recently acquired capital. For
the garrison of Lucknow designated the 23d,
3Sth SD, Goth, 9th, and Madras Fusieers, with
the Bays and Lahore Light Horse for Cavalry, and
a large proportion of artillery Sir Hope Grant is
in command of this corps.
For further operations against the rebels the
greater part of the remainder of the army is
formed into division under the Commander in
Chief in person and Brgadier Walpoe. Here are
the two battalions I'D and 3d) of the rife brigade,
the three Highland regiments, AID, 10Th, and 93d,
the lst Bengal Fusileers, and the I'd and 4th Pun
jaub infantry. The cavalry are the 9TH Hussars
and 9th Lancers, with two irregular corps; and OF
artillery there four troops, two batteries and
siege train. The naval brigade has gone down to
Allahabad With this force Sir Colin would prob
| ably move shortly upon Sundeela, and then into
ROhilcund; but of his intended movements, and,
indeed, of the causes of his delay at Lucknow, we
know nothing yet.
/, | tbo Do,
dia Field Force, under Sir Hugh Rose, and the Raj
pootana Field Force, Under General Roberts, comes
cheering intelligence. Jhansi has fallen to the
former; Kotah to the latter. When last wrote OF
Sir Hu gh Roses movements in Central India, he
himself, with his I'd brigade; at Tai Behut, on
the road from Saugor to Jhansi, while his lst brig
Chundaree, in his This done, Sir Hugh moved
on, after blowing up the fort of Tai Behu and the
enemy's force which lay between him and Jhans
Withdrawing into the ty on his approach, the first
detachment of his force, consisting of horse artl
lery and cavalry, appeared before the rebelliouS
city the Goth of March, and the investment of the
place commenced.
The following day came in the rest of the second
brigade, and the first brigade joined on the 23d.-
For want of plan of the town repeated reconnois
sances and consequent delays were inevitable. Or
the 23d, however, fire, vertical and horizontal, was
opened from flankng battery in a strong position
and preaching battery was likely to be ready t.
begin on the 25th 2Gth The enemy was sup
posed to consist of $1,000 Sepoys, of whom 500
cavalry, and 10000 Bundelas. His position was
strong, the town being well walled, and mounting
from thirty to forty guns. Above the town, and
constituting separate and very formidable posi-
tion was the huge casteaed fortress palace of the
former Rajahs.
, Thither from her palace in the town betook her
self our mortal foe, titular Rance wife or mother
l know not which-of the last communications
with the British General proposing to visit his
camp, but that her Overtures were checked at once
by the assurance that if she came she would GER
tainly be hanged ! do not know whether this
= story is true but am disposed to think it more
probable that she knew from the first that it was
homeless to negotiate with the countrymen of those
whom she had pitilessy massacred, and prepared to
fight it out.