INDIAN NEWS.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 53, 11 March 1843, Page 211

INDIAN NEWS.

We are indebted to a gentleman who came from Sydney in the Posthumous for a Madras Spectator of September the 28th. Lord Elphinstone had been entertained at a public dinner by the Madras Native Society, and was to leave on the 29th. A dreadful accident had happened to a part of her Majesty's 62d Regiment. They were as» cending the river near Bhaugulpore, when overtaken by a dreadful storm. Two lieutenants, five sergeants, four corporals, thirty- five privates, with six women and twelve children, were lost. Part of the 50th Regiment experienced a similar disaster, near Dinapore. Thirteen, were drowned from upsetting of boats, and the luggage of the whole party was nearly either lost or destroyed. A still more distressing fate has befallen a portion of the 28th, lately arrived from Sydney. They reached Bombay in the wet season, and} after much exposure there, were put on board the Zenobia steamer, to be transferred to Kurrachee. On sailing the cholera manifested itself, and in three d&ys one-third of the detachment had been committed to the deep. When the steamer reached her destination, sixty-five deaths had taken place, and thirty-six alarming cases remained. The Hurkaru of September 15th announces the loss of the barque Ricardo, but does not furnish particulars. General Pollock appears to be exacting severe retribution on the Affghans. A letter from Gundamuck of the 25th of August; thus notices the state of affairs : — " We are now luxuriating quietly in the most delicious fruits, and lots of supplies of all kinds for the present. All the villages and forts were burnt to the ground ; vineyards cut down from the root, mulberry trees and all trees of any value destroyed : twenty-five years would not restore the place to its former beauty, and five years at least will be requisite to make it habitable. This is the way to do business, for it was here the wretched remains of the 44th were cruelly massacred ; — lots of their accoutrements were found and an immense deal of other European property. " The chiefs are coming in, in every direction, and all are crying out for mercy, and well may they do so, for the killing a few hundreds of them is a mere trifle indeed, to the destroying those beautiful Oases which reduces thousands to starvation, and nothing but years of incessant labour can restore. And now for the last puckah intelligence from Cabul. Futteh Jung is not dead, but escaped to avoid the cruelties of Ackbar Khan. The prisoners are, all well. No truth in the report of Captain Troup's murder. The whole of the inhabitants of Cabul waiting General Pollock's first march from Gundamuck, to rise and seize. Ackbar Khan, who has disgusted them by his cruelties and extortions. No serious opposition is expected, for though Aekbar has a few men in the passes, they are so ill paid and armed, as to render their firing a shot doubtful. No intelligence has been yet receited from Nott via Cabul. We shall remain here for a few days till the whole force collects ; the Bth or 10th of next month will, I think, see us in CabuL"

A duel, which has terminated fatally, was lately fought at Cadiz, between Senor Reisch, the political chief of that place, and Senor Llorente, the editor of the Globe journal. The toss to see who should fire first having been won by the journalist, he made a movement to discharge hisw pistol in the air, when his opponent declared that if he did so, he should still insist on his shot at him, and kill him if he could. Senor Llorente, to save his own life, was obliged to fire, and shot Senor Reisch through the heart. The Bank of Manchester had been compelled to liquidate finally, through the misconduct of the managing director, Mr. Burdekin, who had absconded, leaving a deficiency of £13,000 in his accounts. This bank was the first establishment of the kind formed in England, under the lawpassed in 1825, allowing banks to have an unlimited number of partners. It had a paid-up capital of j6700,000 and upwards, and seemed to - bare a first-rate connexion, but the vicious system of allowing customers to overdraw, and allowing the directors to help themselves to caCih/-''^ ■' ad libitum, had brought it down. ~ ' j The Synod of Aberdeen has determined, co*~;2\ - trary to the injunction of the General AssemU(]fc -/:■ to respect the decision of the House of Lords, and. " " had admitted the suspended ministers of UvrGlj- ■'" rioch Preabjiery to their seats. , *