Glasgow Courier. — 1857-10-29 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

REGISTERED.reNTM. t  1807— Lord Minto Governor-General. 1808—Lord Elphinstone visits Cabal. 1809—Embassy of Mr Metcalf to Ronjeet Sing at Lahore. General Ocbterloney advances to this litutiaj with an English army. A. treaty with Runjeet Singh. signed April 25. 1811—The Governor-General allows Runjeet Singh to cheetise the Nepaulese. 1813—The Pindarree war.  The Dist lndia trade thrown open. Lord Hastings Governor General. 1814—War with the Ghoorkas of Nepanl. Calcutta erected into a bishop's see. 1815—Candy, the capital of Ceylon. taken. 1816—Peace made with the Ghoorkas; Kumaon and the mountain passe§ ceded to Britain. 1817—War with the Pindarees and Mahrattas. . _ .  The cholera rages in India; the Brthsh army suffer. severely. 1818—Revolt of the Rajah of Nagpore; it is suppressed, and the Rajah deposed. The cholera is still virulent in India.  Moul tan conquered by Runjeet Singh. 1822—The French officers, Allard and Ventura, enter the service of Runjeet Singh. 1823—First Burmese war the English defeated at Eloodpattee, Feb. 21. The British army captures Rangoon, March 11. Lord Amherst Governor-General, Aug I.  Mutiny of Native Infantry at Berracipore, Gen. Da!sell shoots down 100 mutineers, and hangs 12 1824—Rangoon again taken by the British forces, May 6. 1825—The Burmese war continues; A.rracau conquered,  awl Asa threatened by the British.  Revolt of Bhurtpore supiressed by Lord Combermere.  1826—Pea-COO( Yadaboo between the Burmese and English, the former paying a million pounds, and ceding much territory. 1828—Lord Wm. Bentinck Governor-General, July 4. 1829—Discontinuance of the Suttee (burning of widows) ordered by the Governor-General. 1831.—Interview of Lord Wm. Bentluck and Runjeet Singh. 1832—Runjeet Singh consents to open the Indus to British commerce. 1834—The Rajah of Coorg revolts; he is defeated and deposed, April O. Natives of India first admitted to the magistracy. May 1. 1835—Lord Wm. Bentinck resigns, and Sir Charles Metcalfe fills the office in the interim, March. Lord Heytesbury Governor-General. 1836—Lord Auckland Governor-General. Lands at  Calcutta. March 4.  The Briti;h—favour Shah Shoojah, the refugee king of Cabot. 1837—Sir Alex. Burnes at Cabot; Dent Mahomund wishes an alliance with the British. ___—  1838—War proclaimed by the —irrti;;;"nangaiost Dost Mahommed.  An army of 25,000 men is assembled for the invasion of Affghanistau. 1829—Treaty between the British and the Ameers of Sciude, March 11. Death of Runjeet Singh at Lahore, Jane 27. Candahar, Ghusnee, Cabul, and Jellalobed taken In succession.  Dost Mahommed deposed, sod Shah Shoojah restored. 1840—Dost Mahommed defeated is several engagements  1841—IusurreCtion at Cabul, Sir A. Burnes and other officers murdered, Nov. 2._ __  Assassination of Sir' Wm. M'Nanghton, Dec. 25. Lord Ellenborough Governor-General. 1842—The British army, numbering, including campfollowers, 26,000, evacuates Cebu! (Jan. 6), and is entirely destroyed in the Bbyber pass. Cabul re-conquered by Generals Nutt and Pollock, Sept. 15. 1848—Dost Mahommed returns to Cabal.  Vietory of Sir Charles N-ap—le;;;;;.the Airmen of Scinde, Feb. 17.  Scinde Made a British dependency. Gwalior conquered by the British, Fort Gwalior, ' Gibraltar of the Eaat,' taken Dec. 99. 1844—Sir Henry Hardinge Governor-General, May 2. 1845—The Sikhs crone the Sutlej and attack Ferozeporis thus virtually declaring war agaiust England, Dec. 14. Battle of Moodkee between the British and Sikhs, the latter repulsed, Dee. 18. Defeat of the Sikhs at Ferozeshah, Dec. 21 and  1846--BaTtle of Aliwal, Jan. 28. The Sikhs defeated by Sir Harry Smith. Battle of Salmon gained by Lord Gough. The British lose 2,500, and Sikhs about 10,000 killed and wounded, Feb. 10. The English cross the Sut/ej and receive the submission of Dhuleep Singh, Maharajah of Lahore, Feb. 20. Sir Henry Hardinge created Viscount, March 2, and Sir Hugh Gough a Baron, March G. 1847—Earl Dalhousie Governor-General, Aug. 4. 1848—The Ameers of Scinde subdued, Feb. 17. War with Sikhs in Moultan. 1849—Lord Gough defeats the Sikhs at Chillianwallah, Jan. 13. The citadel and garrison of Moultan surrender to the British, Jan 22. Sir Charles Napier appointed Commander-inChief of the Indian arasy, March 7. Surrender a the principal Sikh chiefs. and 16,000 soldiers to Major-General Gilbert, March 14. Annexation of the Funjaub to the British empire, the Maharajah receiving a pension of £49,000 a-year, March 29. Sir Charles Napier severely censures the undisciplined state of the Bengal army at Lahore, Dec. 15. 1850—Mutiny of a regiment of Bengal native infantry at Umritsir, Feb. 2.  Explosion of 3,000 barrels of gunpowder at BeDares; 420 killed, and 800 wounded.  1852—Rangoon stormed by the British, April 14. 1855—Viscount Canning Governor-General, Aug. 2. Insurrection of the Santais in Bengal, Sept. 1866—Insurrection of the Santals suppressed, Jan. 2. Wile annexed to the British dominions, Feb. 4. 1867 —Mutiny of the Sepoys, May 10.