INDIA.
TVe have papers to the 13th of February, from Madras; to the Bth from Calcutta, and from Bombay to the Ist. ' ' ' ; ' The campaign in Oude is over. Lord Clyde, in a despatch to bis Excellency Viscount Canning, dated 7|th January, announces that there ia ■nq'lotoge.r a; ye?*}©; 9/ there|)eilion. Adverting t,o this welcome f|wt, the' Madras QVerlanclA'th^neum' says:—
" The brigades hj>ve been broken up, with the ex- ; cbptiori of one which is to Avatch the Ncpaul frontier, iirid the military police will he sufficient ior any trifling1 disturbances that may take place. ;Wlth regard to Hie''rebels'who are no\V in JNepimleseier- . ritory—the Begunrand her faithful followers-it is rejiiirted'that Sir Jung Bahadur, G.G.13., t has issued a proclamation that all niurderers and rebels in amis will be given upi to the British Government, and; tha^alllarge;afpied;l)6Jies;will be utterly destroyed.. Ti;%^anie'jonir^al, o,f ,Uiel3t|i. February,,supp]ies tlif^o^w'iag.^unw^of.^itej^ ft'bcl"s;'H9w.at^lm"gtsVof,wHoni>v.e.'ht-ar n!iytlvng', ; ivrcv Tantia, Topee,'Fer()'z.Sliah; Maii'n Singa, t of Powi;eein,'. o\viilior,' and tlie jjiolii'lhis, uv ,tlve. Nijcam> : . territories,'.' Tantia T ; o.pee,;a,nd Ferpis,Bhah, al)er,endea^ voAiring with6\tt effect,'to gain admittance jinto the native: Sta'te'.otJ-,' phy ai> ,made ./or, JR6 war.ree, but ins typy. were, closely/pursued ,by .Major Itedmbnd's coluifln, from ,J) t <i\\\}, ,an<i ,',)>>' iliplmps'.brigade■ frpinl tfie^'soutjnvardi't'liey....turned into tlie Slielvawat.tee district via' Qodey pore. .According to the ' Mofussiilit'ei' .the, last; authentic: intelligence which,, has been received of Tantia T,opee,coines up to the 20th ultimo:—"On f the riiorning; of that day about 5000 rebels,j^o.r.seaiul.^t^otvb'ut.'.without guns marched tor the.vilhige of.,oodey ; por'e in the Jey,p.«jre ,^'rrifory,.'and, encamped ..in, the afteriiopii ; ,at. .Seekur,. totally, disorganised,. and ,(lispirited.. : Later,in,..t,he day the rebels hearil tliat British" troops (doubtless; llo.hnes? force)., were, approaching .close, at hand, luiying made forced;.marches,from Kindhe,leey : and thereupon the ".rebels in ; alii dhjections, and;'ih greati-'efoniusion,; leaving, twelve r.priso-t, nefs, l many horses,! and, . arms, of , r various descriptions in....- theuhands of , the /British; " Tlie 'Bombay Standard'Of the 4th instant, states that "the latest accounts, .from,Rajpootana leave it uncertain whether Tantia,. Topee ; and;Feroz Sh-.ih are moving'towards Joudlipore or Bikaneer."- Brigadier Holmes was in close pursuit of the rebels, and Brigaulier ,Avas , uati Kisenghur between Nusseerabad. antl,Jh t ansi,in a iVivViuvable, position to interpose between Tantia.andjquilhpore." ; A,,Nar-; noul.^correspondence of the 'Laiiore Chronicle,' writing on .the ,I.9th iiltinio, mentions, that a flyiiig corunin.was^beipg organise 3 there logo after.Tantia■; Topee,.'"' It,is ( to consist of 600 'cavalry,; 3 gunsliorse artillery,'.'fiiid about 2,oo.!Europeaninlantry, nipunteel on camels, to be,.furnished by. the Kojah of Ulwar. In.additioni.^o. this coJuinn,,a small one,'.commanded by•/Brigadier jSViflfers/leJt, Agra. It.j,s.coiuj)bsed of two squadrons of the, Gth Dragoon Guards v ui)dei\ polonel. Custance; a •detachment, of Alexander's .'.'Horse,, under .Lieutenant Chapman ; some inpunteclVpoUce under Lieutenant Oldiicjd; and; a.party of. the 3rd Battalion IJilie,Brigaije niounted . on, camels. This force.,reached Bhurtppre early, on the' 27th, and were to have continued, their.inarch in .pursuit..of Ta.ntia -.Tppeej: the;,sanie ; af.te.rnpqn, aciconipahied l>y Captain.Nixon, wUlljvstrpng body of Bhnrtpore^Horse.
Maun Sing, who it may be recollected wasbesieg;cd by Major-General NapierVsoine jnonths ago in :liis fort at Powree, has fortified himself at Nargliur, | west of Goona. It is.repprted that "Captain Lamb ton's .^brcq on, arri yal -at JS&rgli ur were.refused |sui)plie's,"arid-flretl v oii.by j Maun jSingh's party, wound-'. ;irig, tw.o'.Eiiro.peyiVi^andj^aJjj^ wounding .a? ;nhniber,pf jnatives. "j/IjhiSj.-gqoiirTed'pn the,;l9th ult.'■ It' is,'understood ihpenj.desintciiei^.fiioni Goona to i Csy)t^n, > ,L.aHiJ>.ton's. . laid, who has,,.but ; a* very sijaali foi^e.witii, him.; A/. ■[party from tlie Bth Di-agppnsj! forms a part of the .detachment sent t'rom (I Go,ona." ; ■'■;. ; , ,_ , • Contradictory' reports are published as v to ;ther jdojngs of thevßoliyju^or.jjAffghaiisan; the, tf)eccan. ;Sonie'slate they are' settled,' and tiiatySir -H.Rosei jis,,Qn hjs^way.baclcjtoPppnajKOthersT-and these : are the correct versions—allege fchafr ; ithey, r are still at large, and that, Sir H. Rose will make jAhmednuggur, his headrojiarters.for some, time,' and from Jtherfce r! move put .against them. -On-the ; l:sth ,uftiVriQVjlief^prt'hjJ3ei:ar";i?ieJd" force, undeivthe.com-Jin?nd/joT,.^.isad|er-;Hi"iii.enGounter.ed-s0U)e::ltoJnl-las.i at]Eprt,Chickah)bal ; The.-fprt w.as^ attacked but mot' 'caj)tur,ed,\ and rtlie, loss 011; our side w.as; Captain PV)ijia( i S';7J^|i!clcen t zie,.,wli.o;.jjy 1 a? im;Or.t;aUy wounded; Cap%ufH;o^ tlie :Artinery.,, ( aud : s^veral. of .the; infantry: ,were:likewise .founded. In this- state.of vaffairs,..the,rebels inside the fprtbeirig .evidently.:too strong, for.the.at- ■ tacking party, t)ie,Br.igadiep had tOfretreafc.r.-In'.-tlie.' pight; the, enemy-, sallied.; put .of. the fprt,and .engaged ' soipj^of; jO.ur troops.; The enemy .was. defeated;with / a loss pf^t : is ; said^ne,hundred. wGur^total loss was * abWut thirty. hTliese; particulars,are gathered from a letter given elsewhere,.fr,Qm Hyderabad. Accor- ( ding to a correspondent of, the ' Delhi Gazette' writing 'from Hyderabad, Dec.can, it. ,wpuld, seem that the JRoliillas no \y. disturbing 'tjie.^izsun's dominions are" :imcprinected Jjs) it'll tl'ie,r^bel, ql'iiefs, in r oiirVterri r tory.' Itis'.s'ai'^,indeed,;.that tjijsy/js'sued^a^nanifesto/jdecrariiigi'tjipfrj^elves.',',to,,be j.t,he"servants,of the Nana,'and,t:jiaf,,a?i^lieNizajiv had allied himself'with . jth.e Brltislvtb^ey wpiiUV.",inj ujreJijs country. of the 'genuineness of 'this .document, old ' Niza.mites-'; entertain doubts, belie vihgthat the desperadoes ,are the discharged retainers of therichtaJpokdars, and that they have .taken to.plundering as.the : easiest means/ofgai.nmg'aliy.qlihopd. .number about two ihousa'ndj.an.d;consist.of/Affghaiis, Arabs, and, Slib^ls^',*\''"pr^Qy^.pl.u.isid^r:propei^, burn villages, and violate wqmen,'.arid!, have, .been*, cpinmittiug. f tl\ese . jitrocities bei^Qn /Jaiua arjdl Adjunta,'an .area .of, qouhtry twentyXsi^^iresby^eh. - ,; . . The disarming' 'of:'jthe pepple r isgpingon rapidly; it isstated jtha.t five, or! six cartloads of arms are deUyered'^aily th^chyniagistfate. , ' jtis stated that ■(j ( "e'riej'al Cjijiipberlain has cpnclu-, de'd his^eijiquiries.intpithe ca.ii^e.p'f thehite outbreak; at '^Djjiira-'isnVail .itjiani'wjierp.'a'icbnspyrac.ywasalis-. covirecl .among "the ,10th -Punjaub Infantry. The result iias'not:been publish ! ed,'but it is reported that j the.lringle.ader,s^ .li^v,e ( been,^eijtenced,tp various terms of jm.p'rißoiimenf,',and fcliat it is believed they will be pardoned undertlieterins of the, amnesty. Since'our last'sbmeifurther particulars concerning tlie'' f ',!cbhs^ira'cyVjat''Jjummoo/liavQ ,been published. : T\v6..com"jT)andents. have been executed ; and in con- ' tiipi-e are, "an i illegitimate half-brpther. of thfe'Mah^rajah^ajaghiredar, a barber, and a sepoy servant of Jp\ya}iir! Sing, and-the members of, a branch firm JatJun'impo of a respectable Punjabee Ranking'lip.u.sp.' Accprding to. an llmritsur r ,c f orr,es- :: doridept p( t>ie 'Dellii Gazette,' writing :on-th ; 3 7th ultimo, the Mahai^ajahV cousin, Jpwaliir Sing,; had nothing to dp \yit|j the conspiracy, as was at first stated to be": th,e case. . The Jong pending dispute l?ei;w<?e.n' the two lias.been .sett|od:by Sir, John Law- 1 rehjieVJthetAlaiiarajah agi-eeing torestpre to his cousin the jagln're of three and a liajf lacs, which was (jonfiscatedby! ,the late'; Gliplab Sing; so that Jftwahir Sing,.it : js,urged,ljad / no',mptiv.e tp ; cpnspire. j A Luckno>v. cpr.resppndenji of the ' J)e!hi .Gazette,' stqttes tJikt the QOtli of January Jthe liew military, police in.Oud.e xjpmmpnced the performance of their pro.per r dutie,s. It is to be hoped,it rqay w.ork well. The district cpmmandajit :becp.iT\es responsible for ihiiWteiy pf-the' district .he .belongs to. Some thousands" of lfibourers in<l employment in Lucknow i'jtseU for " the present The . Chief ; Cpj»).msssione.r: nrpp,p.#s to iflnd furthproocupatiqivfpr thfitlipusands (if discharged\sppoy,s an<i pardoned inutineers -who: return to their lioines by repairing to a certain extent the principal lines of road, and opening out a net work of others connectipg oil principal stations and teshils, &c. A good many of our former soldiery may revert to the ploughshare tjiey left to shoulder a musW'; but.all cannot thus )?e providufl for. It tiierefoVe becomes a matter, of state necessity to provide- labour, i. c., foo;i for -them. No bottter. mqans cpuld'be found than this improved plan of rational workshop." It will not.be very long before we:see'the coinmeucement of a railroad between iuclcnow and Cawnppre. The gubjwt, is in con : ■ terhpi'ati(H). ' « •. 1 < l '■■ Colonel C. II- Somerset, G. R, lm been, appointed a bri-Hutier of the Ist class for.the coninuui.d of a field "brigade under the orders of Major-General Michel,C.B. ' . •. : ' ■4. . A 'letter from Kir wee mentions that the troops stationed tliere were about to move but in what directio.nsis not stated. Several, of the leaders, tyho liad'attacked Kirwee bad surrendered. 1 unsundAli stijl holds out inAdjighnr, wherean attack^yas lately nuule ,upp)i, him »y ■ #*» s-;- ly; v IOS *nd the ; AdiutouV troops, unf(ir,tii.nftpely \yitlipwt success; if, rpp'p^t iv Smi), iaay' be bqlicyM. they- were re.■puised. '
CHINA. •From Hongkong we', have news to the 29th o! j January. The • Overland 'Friend of 'China. 1 of that dat< j gives the annexed summary of intelligence:— ; The Earl of Elgin is still nt Shanghae, though ■j expected at Hongkong shortly. Sir John .Bowring; - has returned to Hongkong, and resumed the rtinsof ! Governpicnt; Admiral is in Hongkong, | and General "Vfun. Straubenzie remains at Canton. ■'. ■ The British community, ;at Shanghae having j addressed the Earlof Elgin ,in,a complimentary: I letter, his Lordship took tlie,(>j)port.ui)i:.y jn acknow- • lodging it to pass some interesting remarks on.the ; course , which he. had pursued a3 her Majesty's j High Commissioner'in China.: '"' : Consequent on the engagement at Shektscng, in ; which the Campof Bravea which had so long braved I us at Catitoiiwas! thoroughly broken up, it became/ I nd visabla to-.d iff use a proclamation throughout the surrounding; country; and it was supposed ; that i from Shektseng, the .redoubtabl.es ■ had fled to Fatv' ! shan, A'dtniral'Seymour "and General Van Strati-r ; benzie resolved on, -paying a visit to thatplaei.Vi\h. I Interpreter Parkesi accompanying then) to see the. ! proclamation properly posted. The',visit was, most.1 i successful, and.there is every reason to believe that |in future foreigners will'be able to traverse Fatslian ; in as ninch safety as we now walk the streets of J the Canton suburbs. "-•■"• - -.•■ i From the North'of China we have rumours of jgreat rebel.success in the province of Anwhuy:— jandiwe would- advertise those who may"be disposed I to believe reports tothe.c.ontrary.that the. prospects I of.l]ai-piug T \Vang and his party at Nanking ..are j brighter than ever; nor should 'implicit credence be. igiven to the .tales, so industriously circulated of jof havoc and destruction in, sonic parts of China as the work' of tire revolutionists. ! the seve^U'expeditions and. the comjmencement,'as Tanasofficial business is concerned, of jthe'Ghina New .Year, commercial transactions in the south;hav;c',pretty;vyell come to a stand-still; and, (notwithstanding that that, singular figurcX or 10. (stands for the number of chops of tea in the''market jand,tliece are plenty of. dealers anxious to get' them, still 'they remain on hand. ; Report had it, more than [.a nibnth ago, that there were ten. chops^aud no , ■niOrV;^-report had ten only wlien we last wrote; and 'although, during the month in question there lias ;been five times ten chops exported from this quarter, still there-are ten chops and no more.- In alt China there,is a-total'of 195,000 tons Of shipping wanting employment.. .The hon. T. Chishohn Anstey prdceecVs to England by the outgoing mail packet, with health considerable impaired by the hard battles, which he has had to wage with the powers that be in this colony. He carries with him the good wishes of all who know jand appreciate l^s r zeal and ability in the public; service, arid it is hoped by many that before long he return as Cliief Justice., ;
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