The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1843-11-07 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

PERPIGNAN, OCT. 28.—The firing continues at Gerona. The tower of St. John has been demolished, and the battery buried in the ruins. On tne 24th the batteries of the insurgents of Barcelona threw 400 projectiles into Gracia, Sanz, Clot, and Barcelona' Monjuich and the citadel silenced them. Since the 25th, the tiring of artillery ceased between the city and the forts ; but the fusilI lade acked the murderer, but continued on different points. Two war steamers  pal item of intelligence from India is an insurrection at Lahore, and the murder of Shere Singh, his Purtaub Singh, and all their families, on the 15th of The Sirdar Ajeet Singh is the perpetrator of this bloody tragedy.  September  General VI  . were defeated. The Rajah's body was cut up by Singh, and his head placed on a spear, the Ra,  ah's son  was killed at the entrance of the town. The wives and children of the murdered victims fell a ven a child who was born on the  The crime was ation of Dhyan SinL,  afterwards avenged b  ctual murderer of  son of Runjeet, now ten laced on the throne, under the pro, a son or brother of Dhyan Singh. extracts from the Delhi Gazelle  ace at the north gate of Lahore  morning of t  lace, at half-past 9 The conspiracy was een and Dhyan Singh, and of of Sirdar Ajeet Singh to execute it ; and Lena Singh (Majeeteea), and so concerned ; Dhyan Singh made the arrangement by proposing to the Maharajah to inspect Ajeet Singh's troops, which the Maharajah said he would do the following morning, and orders were accordingly issued. On the Maharajah's arrival at the parade ground he found fault with the appearance and condition of some horsemen purposely placed to attract attention, when Aieet Shingh became saucy, words ran high, and drawing Aieet Shingh) shot Shere  r Azeez-ood  ;h were al  bosom,  h the head, the ball liaving entered his right  temple  General Ventura and his party attacked the murderer, but being opposed to a powerful body of troops, were defeated. Ajeet Singh cut up the Rajah's body, placed his head on a spear, and on entering the town met Prince Purtaub Singh's suwarie, which was immediately attacked, and the Prince killed ; the palace was taken, and Dulleep Shingh, the only remaining son of Runjeet Singh, a lad 10 years old, proclaimed to the throne. The treasury was thrown open, and the troops paid up their arrears of pay ; every child and all of Shere Singh's and Prince Purtaub's Singh's wives were then brought and murdered, amongst the rest one of Shere Singh's sons wily born the previous evening. Troops were sent of to guard all the ghauts, and all the opposite party (except Ventura, who escaped) made prisoners." " Ajeet Singh after having killed Shere Singh was returning to the fort and met Dhyan Singh ; he told him he had done the deed, and asked him to return ; he got into Dvan Singh's carriage, and when they got near the gate  have been sent to Tarragona for a reinforcement of troops." Serious disturbances are reported in the south of Spain, consequent on the recent elections. At Xeres a reaction had taken place. All such demonstrations have for the present been suppressed by the agents of the Government. Advices have been received from Cadlz to the 21st and from Lisbon to the 25th ult. All was tranquil in the  latter capital  BUENOS AIRES  of the fort, Ajeet Singh stabbed Dbyan-Singh, and ient  Buenos Ayres papers of the 19th of August have come to hand. According to these, Oribe was on the point of joining Urquiza, with the view of consulting on the plan of the eusuing campaign, and Riveira was reported to be concentrating bis forces at a respectful distance in the neighbourhood of Tala. News is stated to have been received at Buenos Ayres of the imprisonment of the commander of the French Basques, in consequence of a discovery that he, with his chiefs, designed to go over to Oribe. The troops of Riveira had evacuated Moldonado, and all supply of cattle had been cut off at Santa Lucia. The number of vessels in port at Buenos Ayres was 130, of which 34 were British. The exchange on England was firm at 3 1-32 d. per paper dollar. Wool was 22 to 26 dollars, and tallow, pure, 28 to 30 dollars.