CHINA & INDIA.

New Zealander, Volume 1, Issue 2, 14 June 1845, Page 4

CHINA & INDIA.

Hong Kong.— The tioops weie in a sickly stale The coa4 is infested with pirates, who had boarded and plundered two or three ve&sels in a short space'of time. The Ainerieah^tirig Hannah, from Manilla, with a cargoe of ..rice, was boarded by pirates near the Bo<rue. The pir.aijcal vessel is described as having all the appearm'too of a mandarin Jjoal, and was full of men. Previous to canning the Hannah, she kept up a fire from several gunse one of some size, and as is usual, when do-., alongside, fire balls were throw u upon decki The pirates Mere much disappointed at finding their prize loaded with rice, as there is reason to believe they mistook her for a vessel Having J5O chests of opium on board, in company of which she left Macoa. They helped themselves to a chronometer, with a few trifling articles, and alter anchoring the brig, stood boldly foi the it

nvei. Weiejriel to hear that fenis aie enter- 1 tamed fur the safety of seven of the Hannah's ciew. Some of them it is stipposrd escaped in a boat, but one ot two were prohubh killed. The Captain and second male seeieu-d themselves on hoard, and Ihe pilot found a refuge m the top, from whence he could see what was yoing on. Upon hearing of the affair, Commodore barker promptly despatched one of his Lieutenants \\ ith a party of marines to the JJogue to demand an explanation. This is the second case of piracy which has been committed within 40 miles from llon^Konjr In a few weeks, and in both instances lives have been lost. Opium or treasure is the pi ey which is chielly sought, and there is uo doubt that the pirates have confederates at Macao, who inform them when vebsels with valuable cargoes on board are about to sail.

Delhi.— At Delhi the troops are also very unhealthy, one fourth of them bei'i-r in hospital. /HGazeepore H.M. 29ih Ite^t. has 400 men in hospital. Bom is ay.— lntelligence has reached Bombay, from Persia, respecting the adventurous Dr Wolff. The t\ rant of Bokhara had permitted 'him to leave, and he was, when the. ElphinstonG, lleft the Peisian Gulph.safe in Persia.

Passengers Traffic, via India to KuKOPfc..— A. plan isalieady in agitation, by which the steamers up the lted Sea, shall touch at Aden on the coast of Arabia and then, without jroiiijr to Bombay, stand on for Pom de Galle, in Ceylon, and from thence to Calcutta. Al Pom de Galle, a vessel of about 700 tons, and adequate horse power, is to take passengers, and parcels on to Swan Ilivei, South Australia, Poit Philip, Launceston, and Sydney, where those for New Zealand are to get on as well as they can for the present. This « ould shorten the passage by half the time, and be a great inducement for a number to go there, who now do not think of it ; and no doubt, as at present is the case, to America, we should have tiavellers, with patterns and samples, as greed ily taking that route, as they now do, through the United Kin pi re. And fhen, fur a pleasure trip, now that the old routes arc nearly exhausted, how delightful ! London, Folkstone, Boulonge, P-iris, Maiseilles, Malta, Alexandra, Cairo, acio&s the Desert, with an occasional refreshment at some one of Waghorn's hotels— Suez, the Hed Sea, Aden, Point de Galle, Swan Hiver, Adelaide, Melbourne, iLaunce&ton, and Sydney, with, if they have time, occasional stoppages at most of them ; all which with a sale leturn', may be accomplished in twelve months, A Colonial Storekeeper, at one of our colonies, has absconded, defrauding the government of £'20,000. Mr Sappings, of Somerset House, son of the late Sir Robert Sappings, formerly Surveyor of the Navy, is named as successor to Mr. Thompson, late Storekeeper at the Cape of Good Hope.

I Affairs are very much disturbed in Switzerland. At Lucerne there has been an attempt at revolution, and the government and insur- ' gents have come into collision. I The Due d'Aumale was married on the 25th November. He and his brother the Prince de joinvillc had returned from Naples to France. Officers were required to wear no further mourning for Princess Sophia Matilda than a black crape round the left arm. The Earl of Limerick died, aged 87 ; he is succeeded by his grandson, late Agricultural Superintendent at Norfolk Island — who will I then step from a paltry salary into one of the finest fortunes in the kingdom. The Earl of Kosse is named as his successor as representative peer for Ireland. I It is finally arranged that Mr. Pritchard is not to return to the Consulate at Tahiti, but is oilbrcd a similar appointment in a neighbouring island. The gentleman appointed, or about to be appointed, Mr. Pritchard's successor, is said to be a Roman Catholic ! The notion of a Romanist Consul giving proper protection to Protestant Missionaries in that island is preposterous. The cause of all that has happened there, is the resistance which Romanist error has given Ito Protestant truth. And for England to send to Tahiti a Romanist Consul, is to abandon hex missionaiies and the Tahitians also. ! M. Scribe, the celebrated French play- writer, is said to have netted £80,000 sterling by his writings. Fellenburg, the celebrated founder of Agricultural schools at Hofwyl, is dead. The French loan of £8,000,000 three per cent., was taken by Messrs. Rothschild, Didot, and Baudon, at 84f. 75c per IOOf . M. Sallior, commissary of police at Calais, was on the 18th ult. tried at St. Omer for the murder of Dr. Thorn, an Englishman, about two months ago. The jury acquitted the prisoner. The Paris "Moniteuf" states, that in consequence of the great number of deaths from poison, a commission has been appointed by royal ordinance to ascertain if the sale of poisons, such as arsenic and prussic acid, could be prohibited altogether, without serious inconvenience to the medical and manufacturing interests The "Courier de Lyons" states, that several Englishmen connected, with silk factories in England are now at Lyons, endeavouring to obtain admission into the factories of that place, for the purpose of pirating the fashions for the year 1845. , The marriage of the Princess Olga to the Prince of Cambridge has been broken off. — A new treaty between Russia and England is nearly completed. — Riots had broken out in Montreal between the Protestants and Catholics.

The " Quotidionne," in an article on the French navy, states, that the loss of France during twenty-three years' war with England, from 1793 to 18 15, was ninety-one ships of the line, and one hundred and seventy-seven frigates. The loss of Holland was twenty-two ships- of the line, and forty frigates ; of Spain, twenty-one ships and twenty-two frigates ; and of Denmark, twenty ships and ten frigates. Out of the ships taken, forty-one were added to the British navy, with one hundred and eight frigates. Manchester has been made a port, and p custom-house has been established, with the necessary officers. On the loth October, the first cargo, consisting of wines and spirits, was brought from Liverpool in bond, and bonded at Manchester. The Archbishop of Dublin, the Bishop of Meath, the Bishop of Kildare, and the Bishop of Cashel and Waterford, are to be the Irish representative prelates in the ensuing session of parliament. During the last few months a change has taken place. in the routine of the executive department of the Post Office, for" the purpose of securing to the public not only the more direct transit of letters and newspapers, but also to identify the correspondence with official marks hitherto unknown, so that in case of any informality, neglect, or breach of trust on the part of the servants of the Post Office, the most ready means might be at hand for tracing the parties to whom the blame might be considered to be attributable. In all cases of complaint, or of delay in delivery, the cover of the letter or newspaper supposed to have been detained should be sent under cover to the Secretary of Post Offices. Newspapers which frequently fail, should in all cases be named to the secretary, who will upon application cause them to be put on " cheek," both at the office in London and in the country.