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PAPERS BY THE HIBERNIA. INDIA AND CHINA. __s

The Indian mail to the 1st of March, brings most impor- tant intelligence from Sciiide.

It appears that the Aiiiecrs of Hyderabad, while making arrangements to collect a large army, continued to play “fast and loose” with Major Outram, whom the Indian Govern- me had in December sent to them in order to make terms. It must be recollected that those Ameers, who were long re- garded as tributaries of the Affghan Empire, had within some years enjoyed a sort ol'independence ofall subjection. Their principles were those of Eastern despots who govern the country for their own special advantage. Industry and civilization were at a stand there, while the most fertile dis— tricts along the Indus were turned into wastes orjuiigle de- serts for the preservation of the wild liiiitiials whom those Ameers amused themselves occasionally in hunting and des- ~troying. I

The British Government having introduced civilization into a portion of Sciudc, and having taken possession of the Indus, the navigation of which became a matter of general benefit, a demand was made on the Amecrs to give up. for the use of that navigation strips oflaan lying along the river,

They, feeling that they could not immediately refuse, tem- porizcd until at length their troops were collected, when on the 14th ofFehruary they sent word to Major Outraiii to re- tire from their city. Major Oiitram, who did not suppose that they would proceed to extremities, delayed. On. the 15th, the residency ofthe British Political Agent, or Minister, was attacked: it was gallantly defended by 100 men lor se- veral hours; but at length their 'au'iinunitiori having been expended, the British soldiers retired, with a small loss, to the steamers, and proceeded tojoiu Sir C. Napier, then at the head ofabout 2,700. men, at a distance ofabouti’O miles from the capital ofthe Ameers. The latter hastened, at the head of 22,000 men, to attack the British force.

On the 18th, a battle took place, which can only be coni- pared to the celebrated one at Plassey, in which, after a se— vere struggle oftliree hours, the Aineei's were totally routed and their troops dispersed. The loss ,of'the :Hl'lllsll troops, was considerable. The Ameers on the following day sur— rendered themselves prisoners of war, and Hyderabad was occupied by the conquerors. The capture of" this most ini- portaiit position is ol'imniense value; the valuable and fer-r tile districts along the Indus can now be restored to indus-

Vtry and the arts of peace, and millions, as of old, will soon live in happiness in those plains where those despots have,

whose splendid apparel and the glittering .uniforms of their followers, contributed to dazzle the eye, ifiiot to liewilder the brain ofthe spectator. Hislordship has given and receiv- ed numerous eutertaiun'ients, and granted audiences to many native rulers; he has visited the public places of the city; and he has had a military spectacle, thongli, from the com- pai'atively small number of regiments :wailable, it was not nearly so imposingr an affair as that at Fei'ochore. ()ii lea-v- iug Delhi, Lord Ellenborough was to take his departure for Agra, which place be will by this time have reached,

THE SOMNAUTH GATE...——'f‘liese relics of antiquity, the “glorious trophies” of Lord Elleiiborough’s “successful war,” arrived at Delhi on the 14th iilt., in a beautiful car, surmoun- ted by a gorgeous canopy ofcrinisou and gold.

Sonieoftlic particulars ofthe late war ofi'evengo,in Afl'ghnnisten, are beginning to transpire; and we need scarcely add, that such statements as the following, respecting the destruction oflstalil, are exciting strong feelings of horror and disgust in Britain :—-

“ I directed the town,” says Gen. M‘Casltill, “ to be set onfire in. several places; and the Work of demolition is still proceeding under the direction of Major Sanders, ofthe Engineers." “For two days," says an eye-witiiess,——who speaks with enthusiasm of the attack ‘ as the most dashing affair done this cmnpaigrf—“Fur two days the place was given up to fire and sword, . of the plunder, from its bulltiiiess, only a small part could be brought away—all the rest wasburnt. Nu‘r A MAN WAS SPARED, wucTiiica WITH on wn‘uou’r Aims; NoT A PRISONER TAKEN: HUNTED news LIKE vsmiiN—iisucv was NEVER uni-:Aiir or. Verily we have been avenged.”

Another eye-witness sayst—‘LOiirtroops liiivingliilly complet- ed llic work ofretributioii they were set to perform, and left he- hind them MEMORIALS or con VXN'GEANCE ALL BUT lltll'ERlSHABLE, have now been finally withdrawn li'oiii the Alfghuii territories. Glzuzuee, Cabul, lstalif', and Jellalzibad, hate shared a common doom—HAV‘UC AND I)I".S()LATIUN HAVE MAP-KICK) TIME I' '.'rii or can CONQUERING ARMIES, AND AS FELL A REVENGE "AS a invinc- Tim on can FUES AS THE “'ARMIIST Abvoca'rii or ALIA'I‘ION comm iiustns. ‘

“ \Vbile the destruction oflstnlif and the fortifications were go- ing on, Tiiir. SOLDIEHY SEEM To HAVE BEEN LEFT nscosraoumu, To "i'iii: niticzmisi: or THEIR woRsT PASSIUNS; the wretched inha- bitants driven from place to place, were B-ir'rctianiiu \vITiioor iiizitcv; ARMED AM) UNARf-JICD, oi'ii.Tv ANi) lNiViicl-ZNT, ALIKE FELL BICNEATH TUE swoitp or THE ltl-ZLES'I‘LESS t‘i:'roa.—Ed£n- burgh Chronicle.

ANTI-CORT? Law I.EAGUE.—Uy the railways, some scores of men issue from and return to Manchester, day after day. over hundreds uf'iiiilos of country, to address public meetings. By the penny post, several thousands ofletters are daily sent and receiv- ed, which, without it, would never have been written. By the

' during a century, scattered misery and desolation. It appears that the plan of an attacfln order to exterminate all the British in Scinde was not confined to IIyderabad,—it exten- ded itself throughout the territories of the Ameers; but their utmost efforts have been baffled, and they are now prisoners.

The intelligence fi'om Aff‘glianistan is, that anarchy cou- tinues to prevail there. Akhbar Khan is said to be master ofCabool, and his father, DOst Mahomed, is proceedingr from Lahore towards Peshawar, as if tojoin him. Aklibar Khan has threatened to invade the province ol'Peshawnr, and to take it fi'om the Sikhs, but the good treatment ofold Dost Mabomed by the latter may prevent that invasion. From Candahar news has been received thatSufter Jung had been compelled to quit that city, and to seek safety in flight. .

Lord Elleiiliorough, who had arrived at Delhi, on the 5th of Februar , was preparing to go to Agra, where his pre-

' sence was considered necessary, not only on account of the death ofSciiidia, the powerful chief of Gwalior, at the age of27 years, to whom an adopted heir has been named, but also in order to contribute by various arrangeinei‘its to put an end to the disturbances in the Bundelkund districts. Among the repgr was one that the Braliniius at Somiiaiiih had declined _“ i e the mucli-tallted-ofgates, which they regarded as p I y their application to a‘ Mohamiiiedau’s

.tomb, and that celebrated trophies were to be sent to another destination.

The Courts Martial on the officers engaged in the pro- ceedings at Cabool have terminated in the acquittal of all; lint though the verdict of“not guilty” has been pronounced

, funeach, there is a most marked distinction made in tliu re-

‘ marks of the Governor-General and of the Commander—in-

and the other‘leiilling officers.

The latest intelligence from Canton comes down to the 21“ of January, from which it appears that the Imperial Commissioner Elepoo had arrived there on the 10th, but it was doubted if the negotiations respecting the tariff would commence until after the beginning ofthe Chinese new year, which was on the 30th ofJaiiuary. Sir Henry Pottinger had left Hong Kong for Canton on the 17th, in orderio pay a visit of ceremony. Colonel Malcolm left Bombay on the 18th of February, on board a steamer, in order to deliver the ratified treaty to the Plenipotentiary. '

\ THE VicToaY OVER THE AMEERS. ‘ ' ‘

'The following account of the victory over the Ai‘neers is abridged from the Official notification issued liytlie Gover- nor of Bombay ;—

“0n the morning ofthe 15111 inst., a body of 8,080 men;

: with six guns, under the command of Meer Shadad Khan,

- one of the principal Ameers, his cousin Meer Mahomed

’ Khan, and many of the principal chiefs, took up a position on three sides ofthe British Residency at Hyderabad, and attempted to force an entrance into the enclosure, which Was surrounded by a low wall offi‘omjl. to Effect inrhcighth, and defended by Major Outram’s escort, composed ot'lOO men of the light Company of Herr‘ll‘ ‘ i ’ regiment, under the command of Capt. Cont “taregiment, assisted by Lieutenant Harding, of \ filflsty’fi 22d reari- ment, Ensign Penefather, of her'flfieslylsmd‘ regiment;

Capt. Green of the 215t regimens Sunday ' _ Capt. Wells, of the 15th regiment Bombay Native liif'aiftry ;

, and Capt. Brown ofthe Bengal Engineers. After keeping

» the enemy at bay for nearly four liours,aiid after almost the whole oftheir ammunition was expended, Major Outram and his brave associates effected their retreat in the best possible order to the iron steamers Planet and Satellite, and ultimately formed a junction with Major-General Sir Charles Napier, K. C. 13., at llala.

“ The loss sustained in this heroic defence reflects much honour on the defeudeis, and is stated to amount on the side ofthe enemy to 90 killed, and many wounded.

“On the following day, the 16th inst., Major-General Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B., marched to Mntbareé, and on his arrival tliere.ascei'taiued that the Aiiieers were in position at. Meeanee, distant about 10 miles, to the number of 22,000 men. Being aware that any delay for re-inforceiiients would both strengthen the confidence ofthe enemy, and add to their numbers, although his own force. was not one-seventh part of that ofthe enemy, Sir Charles Napier resolved upon making an immediate attack, and accordingly marched to- Wards Mceaiiee at 4 o’clock in the morning ofthe 17th. At 8 o’clock, a. ni., the advanced guard of major-General Sir Charles Napier’s force, discovered the enemy’s camp, and at 9 o’clock the British tronps formed in order ofhattle, be- ing composed of about 2,800 men, ofall arms, and 12 pieces ofartillei‘y. The enemy opened a most determined and de« structivs fire upon the British troops, and during the action which ensued, with the most undauuted bravery, repeatedly rushed upon them, sword ~ in band ; after a most resolute and desperate contest, which lasted for upwards of three

.hours,the enemy was completely defeated and put to flight with the estimated loss ofabout 5,000 men, 1,000 of whotn were left dead on the field, together with the whole oftheir artillery, ammunition, and standards, a considerable quantity of stores, and some treasure. " * I i “The following day, Meer Roostom Khan, Meer Nusseer Khan, and Meer VViillec lilahomed of Khyrpore, Meer NUS- seer Khan, Meer Sliadad Khan, and Meer Hussein Khan, pf Hyderabad, came into tbecamp of Major-General Sll'.C. Napier, and uncenditionally gave themselves up as prisoners of war, and the British colours were hoisted over the city of

DsLni.——Lord Ellenborough had arrivedat Delhi, and the

His entry, though taking place on a Sunday, was a magnifi-

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printing press, tracts are being distributed to each elector in the kingdom, at'the rate ofthree tons and a half wee/rig, the whole forming an amount ofiiioi-al power moving from one centre, that never before existed in the world—that was never before dreamed of as possible to exist.——fb.

A Committee ofthe House of Commons, in the year1836, in inquiring into the cause ofsbipwrerlts, ascribed a large proportion ofthcm to the practice of drunkenness among the officers and crew, and much evidence was adduced to prove that numbers of lives and an itiimeiiselamount ofprnpoity were annually lost from this cause alone. Besides this, it was also proved thattlie Ameri- cans wore getting a superiority ofthe carrying trade, principally from adopting the temperance principle, the practice ofwliicli was rewarded by the American Marine Insurance Companies on the return voyages. At Liverpool and Newcastle the same principle is fast growing into use, and some of the (-liiefriierehanisand ship- owuei‘s, who tried it partially, have now adoplcd il wholly. \Vhat- evar may be said of" 'I‘eedotallers” on land, it is quite clear that ‘4 '1‘e(‘»lulilll8l’5" at sea must gradually eundut-e lo the safety of vessels. under the name of“Tlia 'I‘enipei‘nrn-e and General Marine Insu- more Company,” is about being ushered to public notice under high patronage, making returns on premiums afier safe voyages, and granting prizes to captains after a certain number (ifyears.—— Gresham/.2 .dtlrcrliser.

It is said that the Chinese lost in their late difiiculty with Eng- land, about fifteen thousand men, as many hundred pieces of Orlllllfin, and nearly ber eiitiic navy ——Eng/fsh Paper.

Three Jewish Rabbis have declared their belicfin Chris- tianity, which has excited violent opposition among the rest ofthe Rabbis at Jerusalem. They have instituted an exami- nation, and find thirty-six of their people inclined to the Christian religion. ,- '

SCOTLAND. . T ~-

THE Arraoacmne Sfis‘éemK—“As' thewt‘inori the meeting ofthe General Assembly draws near, much interest is excited’respectiiig the course that body will pursue,a'nd which party will be in the majority. Il'a vote he come at to all the first question will, ofcourse, be as to the Moderator. It is well known that Dr. Chalmers has been returned by the Edinburgh Presbytery, with a view to his being proposed for that high office; and we hear that both Principal Lesiof Edinburgh, and Principal Macfarlan of Glasgow, are named by their respective friends as his competitors. But it appears to us probable that the secession will take place without any trial of the strength of parties. Now that the appeal in tlie‘ Stewarton case has been withdrawn, the judgment ofthe Court of Session has become filial ; and we may therefore expect that iiitei'dicts will be applied for and obtained agaii'ist any members of Assembly, from quoud sacra churches, tak- ‘ing’ their seats. These interdicts it is not likely that the Non-Intrusion party will be inclined to break; it is most probable that they will enter a protest that this is no fi‘ee Assembly ofthe Church of Scotland, their liberties beingr overborne by the Court of Session, and will at once retire from the House. Thus the disruption will take place at the outset, and before any business is entered on. In the mean- time, it is intended that the Non-Intrusionists, when they do retire, shall hold their meetings in Dr. Candlish’s new church, Lothian Road,the erection of which is proceeding with un- wotited rapidity; and the builder speaks with confidence as to its being ready in time.—Courant.

: SLr. or Sara—The Isle ofSkye has, within the last forty years, furnished for the public service, twenty-one Lieuten- ant-Geiiei'alsaud Major-Generals, forty-five Lieutenant-Colo- nels, six hundred Majors, Captains, Lieuteiiants, and snbal- terns; ten thousand foot soldiers, one hundred and twenty pipers, four Governors of British Colonies, one Governor- General, one Adjiitantheiieral,one Chief Baron oftEiigland, and one Judge ofthe Supreme Court of Scotland. The Generals may be classed thus—Eight Miicilonalds, six Mac- leods, two Macallistors, two Macaskills, one Mackinnon, one Elder, and one Macqueen. The Isle of Skye is s" y miles long, and twenty broad. Truly the inhabitants at a wood- rous people. It may be mentioned, that this is the birth- place of'Cuthuliii, the celebrated hcro mentioned in Ossian’s poems.~—Inverness Courier.

IMPORTANCE or INTELLECTUAL CULTURE.—A cultivated mind, says Dr. Clianiiiiig, may be said to have infinite stores of innocent gratification. Everything may be made interesting to it, by becoming a subject oftliought and iii'. quiry. Books regarded merely as a gratification, are worth more than all the luxuries on earth. A taste for literature secures cheerful occupation tor the unemployed and languid hours of life; and how many persons, in these hours, for want of innocent resources, are now impelled to coarse and brutal pleasure. How many young men can be found in this city who, unaccustomed to find a compgiiion iii a

book, and strangers to intellectual activity, are almost driven

in a long, dull evening of winter to haunts ofintemperauce and depraviiig society. It is one ofthe good Sins of the‘ times, that lectures on literature and science aria taking their place among other public amusements attract even more than theatres. This is one of the’ first ti-uits of our present intellectual culture. \Vhat a harvest- may we hope for fi'om its wider diffusion.

' No'r ODD FELLowsl—VVatches haveloiig beenimported into China, and generally by the ton and half-ton! The fancy of the Chinese is to Wear them in pairs, in accordance with a pretty general prejudice in the east against an odd n u m hen—Edi'n burgh Cabinet Library.

Love Lemmas—The first love-letter is an epoch in love’s’, happy season—it makes assurance doubly sure—that which has hitherto, perhaps, only found utterance in sweet hurried words, now seems to'take a more tangible existence. A love- letter is a. proof how dearly, even in absence, you are re- membered. I once heard iii-young friend regret her up-

cent sight. Tlieé’processiou included no less than seventy elephants, and almost as many native princes and chiefs,‘£

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preaching marriage, because she would then receive no more

charming notes. Alas! the charming notes are notthe only

charming things that are no more. But a lovedetterb—how much of'life’s most perfect happiness do those two words contain! With what anxiety it is expected l—with what delight it is received—4t seems almost too great a pleasure to open it. Suddenly we mock ourselves with the charmed delay—the seal is hastin broken—the contents eagerly de- voured ; then it is read slowly, dwelling on every sentence to lengthen out its enjoyment: how sweet does every little word ofeudearmeiit appeur;—whnt importance is attached to the choice ofaii epithet, to the turn ot'a phrase! Through the whole day, with what a conscious thrill its possession is recalled l—with what care is it read over at night, till its contents mingle with our dreams! I often wonder, when I see persons settled down in that cold calmness, too often the atmosphere around the domestic hearth, whether they ever recall the words they used to say, and the letter they used to write. Would those letters appear absurd or exaggerated, or would they for a moment brink back the old feeling, or at all events, tender regret for its departure ?—.Mi'ss Landon.

EFFECT or Am on VEGETA'l‘ION.—Tlle celebrated Bishop Berkley in his Siris, says :—“ The air is the receptacle as well as the source of'all siihliinary forms,the great mass ofcbaos, which imparts or receives thorn—The atmosphere which ‘surrouuds our earth, contains a mixture of all the active volatile parts of vegetable, minerals, fossils and animals. Whatever perspircs, corrupts, or exhales, impregnates the air, which, being acted upon by the solar fire, produceth within itself all sorts of chemical operations, dispensingbgain those salts and spirits in new generations, which it had received from piitrefiictioiis. The air, therefore, is ati active mass, composed of iiiiiiiberless different principles, the general source of corruption and generation, in which the seeds of things seem to lie latent, ready to appear and produce their kind, whenever they light upon a proper matrix. The whole atmosphere appears alive; there is every where acid to cor- rode, and seed to engender, in this common seminary and receptacle ofall vivifyiug principles.” The free circulation

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and admission ofair are not only conducive, but absolutely necessary to the speedy and vigorous growth ofplants. This might be proved by many experiments, if necessary—but it must be too obvious to every one who has taken the least notice of the operations of nature in the worlts of vegetation, to need proofs of the great advantage to vegetation, which is found in a free circulation ofaii'. For this reason, among others, grain should not be sown too thick, nor the hills and rows‘of Indian Corn, or roots of various kinds, be too near each omen—Boston .Merc. Journal.

NEW BRUNSWICK.

BANK DEi.iNQUE.VCiEs.-—l\lucli excitement prevailed in St. John, during the past week, owing to the discovery of deficiencies in the accounts of some of the Clerks in the Banks. The New Brniiswicker ofthe 2d inst. says:—

“ The first delidcation which became public was that ’ol'u 'l‘el- lei-at the Batik of British North America, to the extent of£6ll0, or tlierenbouls. The Teller was discharged, and his sureties made good the deficiency. Next came a Teller at the Bank of New Brunswick, whose deficiency amounted to £1217 17's. ld., which sum his s'tireties have been called upon to pay, and the Teller has been discharged. The last disclosure was the most important of all, at the Commercial Bank, where a deficiency was found of£4325, for which the Cashier is chiefly responsible, one oftlio Tellers being implicated under the orders ofthe Cashier, however, to the extent ofa few hundreds. This large sum has not been embezzled by the parties, but has been lent from time to time, by the Cashier, to his brother, the Chamberlain of this City, who has availed liimselfofthisopportunity of raising money clandestiuely. The large sums which have been secretly obtain- ed in this way, for a length riftime past, have been concealed from the knowledge ofthe/ President and Directors, by fictitious entries in the Bank Books, until some liitch'in the management ofthis ticklisli affair,broiight it to the knowledge ofthe President last week.”

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SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1843.

The Nova Scotia and other papers received by the ST. GEORGE, steamer, on Thursday last, are totally destitute of news. Several interesting extracts li'oni papers received by the Human” will, however, be found in previous columns, for which we had noroomvlust week." '

(From the Quebec Gazelle.)