COLONIAL HERALD EXTRA-

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English Dates from 5th to 19th J line,

BY THE HIBERJVIJ.

COLONIAL HERALD OFFICE, JULY 4, 1843. l

By the Albino steamdioat, which arrived from Pictoui yesterday afternoon, we learn that the Royal Mail Steam l Packet HlBERNlA arrived at Halifax on the 30th ultimo, bringing English dates to the 19th June. The Hiber-l nia was only 10;~ days on the passage. She brought} 22 passengers for Halifax, and 62 for Boston. , l

The English Mail was at Pictou' when the Albion left. We are indebted to one of the passengers for an Extra Halifax Morning Post, containing an abstract of the news by the Hibernia.

LIVERPOOL, June 19.

Ireland still continues to form the absorbing topic of Bri- i tish politics. The movements of O’Connell embarrass and perplex the Government. They know not, as Falstaff says of dams Quickly, where to have him. He preaches peace and obedience to the law; but his language and his allusions are calculated to outrage both. He still threatens to repel force by force, if any unconstitutional interference is made with his peaceful agitation. He has alarmed the powers that be, and they have taken every precaution to meet arm- ed resistance by pouring troops into the country, and organ- ising thorn at every point.

Peel is evidently reluctant to proceed to severity, though the taunts and sneers ofthe idol of the Irish people are cul-| culated to disturb his eqnanimity. In the meantime, rumours , are rife of dissensious in the Cabinet. One portion is said l to be in favour of peremptory coercion; another portion“ headed by the Premier, averse to it. Ireland, at the present moment, is like a powder arsenal—a spark would cause it to explode. The great agitator rides on the whirlwind tri- umphantly. He has again left his head-quarters at Dublin, to make a tour in the south and south-west, where he daily meets hundreds oftbousands, who would face death at his nod. ‘

The most important debate since the recess, as regards the United States, took place in the House ofCornmons on Wed- l nesday, when Lord John Russell moved that the House re- solve itself into a Committee to consider the Corn Laws, with a view ofa fixed duty in preference to a sliding scale. The motion was defeated, as every one anticipated ; but still the present Corn Law, every one admits, is doomed.

EROM'lNDlA AND CHINA. .

The news is interesting and important.

, The latest data from Bombay is thorlst of May, and from Calcutta 14th oprril. There has been another important military affair in Scinde. Major Stack, who was proceeding from Sukkur . to, Hyderebad in command of a brigade, en- countered a strong body ofthe enemy within a day’s march ofSir Charles Napier’s position; but they Were not very re- solute in their opposition to his advance, and he beat them ofl" without much difficulty. Sir Charles Napier allowed». the soldiers one day to rest, and at daybreak on the 24th March, he set out with the whole of his force, 6,000 strong, , to meet the Scindians. He found them about half-past eight 5 o’clock, 25,000 strong, or more, posted behind one of the large nullahs or dry Water courses by which the country is intersected in all directions,. The nullah was formed by two parrallel ditches, one twenty feet wide and eight feet .deep, the other forty-two feet wide and‘seventeeu feet deep. The position of the Scindian army, WlllClI was commanded by Meer Sheer Mahomed, was nearly a straight line.

The attack of the Twenty-second was led by Sir Charles Napier in person ; who rode in among the men, and waving his hat amid a storm ofbullets, gave the word “Twenty- second, charge!” We take the thread of the despatch :-—— r

The battle lasted three hours. The sequel is succinctly . told by the Bombay correspondent of the Morning Chro- hide——

“The enemy's infantry and artillery, it appears, fought well, but the cavalry indifi'erently. Their loss was very great ;about 500 bodies being counted upon the field of bat- tle, while the neighbouring villages were filled with dead I and wounded men. Three chiefs tell in action— one Hajee Mahomed Seedee, the great promoter of the war. Eleven pieces ofcannon and seventeen standards fell into our hands; but very few prisoners Were taken, the Belochees fighting to the last with great desperation, and the custom of their country being neither to give nor accept quarter. The great- erpurt of their force must have been composed of men of mature age, as scarcely a single youth could be seen among the slain. The'next morning all the bodies in the nullnh

were found burning ;n horrifying and disgusting sight. Our loss was also considerable, amounting to 39 killed and 231 wounded; among the former, were Captain Garret, of. the 9th Cavalry, and Lieut. Smith, ofthe Horse Artillery. Lleut. F. Burr, of the 21st Native Infantry, was severely wounded, and died fi-om the effects of his injuries subsequently to the battle. Wounded men to the number of sixty, were sent to Bombay onthe 17th April, and arrived on the 25th.

On the termination ofthe struggle, Shere Mahomed fled into the desert with about fortyfollowers, his army having been wholly dispersed. He was pursued by the Poona Horse, who chased himae far as Meerpore, when he took refuge in the fortress of Omercote.” '

The news from China is’not abundant. Eleepoo’s death, which took place'on the {1th March, is attributed to poison or euicide.—Ke-Ying was spoken of as his successor; and it was said that the discussions respecting the new arrange- ments were likely henceforth to be carried on in the North, whither the Plenipotentiary would proceed on the arrival of Major M nlcolm, with Queen Victoria’s ratification of the treaty. There was some expectation of renewed disturban- ces ut Canton; principally, it should seem, because the Elm peror’s censure ofthe previous riot had been so very “mild.”

Sir Henry Pottinger is said to have warned the Chinese authorities, “that should their Government connive at any act tending to a breach ofthe stipulations contained in the new treaty, he had still the means of effectually blockading Canton and the Grand Canal, and to carry his complaint: to the l’eibo.”—Admiral Parker was going up the river to Foo- cho-foo, in the Phlegethon steamer, when the vessel ran aground, and was unable to proceed. He sent a letter to the authorities by Mr. Coverly, the commander of the stea- mer, with Dr. Playfair. They were received in the most frank and friendly manner. But for water-tight partitions, the damage to the Phlegethon would have made it a wreck. It was to be taken to Calcutta for repairs.

IRELAND.

The agitation foi‘ the repeal of the Union continues with unabated violence. At the Dublin Corn-Exchange on the 5th, the repeal rent amounted to £904, the largest yet re- ceived, except that of the previous week, which included some extraordinary returns made at Mix, O’Connell’s great meeting in Tipperary. _Troops have been poured into the country in great numbers. At the close of last Week the force in Ireland amounted to‘ six divisions ofartillery ; six regiments and a squadron of cavalry; twelve battalions and twenty-two depots of Infantry.

A report reached Dublin on Saturday, the 4th, thatthere was “an insurrection” in VVntcrford, and the llhadamanthus was hastily dispatched with troops. A correspondent of the Dublin Evening Post, writing on Sunday, describes the ar- rival, while the usual Sunday loungers were prornenading on Waterford quay :—

“ We had a grand scene here yesterday—Five companies ofthe Sixty-first arrived in a steamerat the quay, about half- past 12. The men were all drawn up, with loaded arms and hayonets fixed, on the deck. The vessel cautiously ap- proached the quay, and a serjennt was then sent on shore to reconnoitre. His first enquiry of the few stragglers who went to look at them was—‘ Is the barracks took yet ?’ and being told not, he asked ‘how for off are the rebels?’ It appears that some people here had honxed Earl de Gray.”

The Rl’iadnuumtbus returned to Dublin at five o’clock on Wednesday Morning. '

It. appears that some wag bad hoaxed the GOVernment inton boliefoftbis non-existent “insurrection.” The sub-

ject has been referred to in the House of Commons, when ,

Lord Eliot‘threw the blame on the Commander in Ireland; but the Lord Lieutenant, it is understood, was the party duped. ‘ _

FORMIDABLE NAVAL Armament—The Dublin Evening Post states that a formidable accession is about to be made to the fleet now assembled at Cove. The following ves— sels, it is stated, are ordered to that station :—The Caledonia, 120; Vanguard, 80; luconsrant, 36; Tyne, 28 guns. The same journal adds, “The official order, for the assembling of the squadron, states that it is for special service.” Such a formidable armament cannot, surely, be intended for the service of Irelnnd. ls the Spanish coast the real destination?

The following ‘Declaration of Rights nus issued by the Irish Catholics assembled at Catha.’

“l“irst.—Sclf1governmerit—the making of our own laws, suited to the wants and wishes ofour own people—the in- terpretation and administration of our own laws—thcfilling ofall the aficea in the State with Irishman. _ _

“Secondly—The freedom of Religion: and the extinction ofa heavy and unjust irnpost, and of compulsory payments by any one body of Christians to the teachers ofthe doctrines of another persuasion. . _

“ Thirdly.——The improvement of the condition of all oc- cupiers of land, by a well-considered plan of'firtly of tenure, which, while it would secure to the landlord a moderate and adequate rent for his land, would at the same time in- sure to the tenant the benefit ofall his own labour and ex- penditure in permanent improvement. .

“Fourthly.-—The total abolition of the oppressrve grand jury cess, and the present iniquitous system of pporlnws, and the substitution of well-regulated charitable institutions.”

The Irish peasantry are every where purchasing tea- lead from Grocers throughout the province ofCarlow, for the purpose of making shot. I _

Several French Jesuit missionaries have arrived in Ireland, and are visiting different parts of that country.

All Ireland is swarming with foreigners, who are members of the monastic order.

The Roman Catholic clergy ofthe colliery districts have suspended their “ religious instruction” on the Sundays, in order to exhort the lower orders to enrol themselves

as repealers.

In the county of Kilkenny all the people are armed,

and ready for mischief at a moment’s notice.

Romish magistrates are sending in their resignations gto the Government, refusing any longer to belong to‘the commi3sion of the peace. -

At the last meeting of the Repeal Association in ,Dublin, Counsellor Doherty, from Tipperary, declared, “ that if the scenes of Alfghanistan were to be enacted in Ireland, the men of Tipperary would be found ready and willing for the struggle.” The rent of the week exceeded two thousand pounds! '

The following is O’Connell’s scheme, as developed by

himself:— “ Well, then, after all, oughtI to halt where we are? I have my next step prepared, and it is my duty to state it. I announced more than once that' when I had 3,000,000 of repealers I should take another step; and as I shall have them, probably, before a fortnight, and that east, west, north and south, are aroused, perhaps I ought to take this opportunity of giving itin detail. I want to get three hundred gentlemen, who shall enjoy public confidence, by bringing in £100 each, and that will yield a sum of £30,000, as a fund topay the ex- penses which may be incurred. The moment the money is delivered their functions cease, in point of law, and they must declare they were not acting as adelegate or representative for any person, and that they did not assume such a character. That done, they must get a. receipt for the money, and go home, and I will be at liberty freely to ask three hundred to meet me in the lower room at the Corn Exchange, and when we meet, I see no difficulty in forming a Conciliation Society next day: for depend on it, as sure as you arethere, you will have gentlemen, having a high notion ofthemselves, ex- ceedingly anxious to make one of the three hundred. And now I come back to theposition, that it is impossi- ble to press the bill for repeal in the House or Lords. One threat from France, or America, or Russia, would frighten them.”

He then expresses his hopes in the following man- ner :

“ When John Bull is terrified he is an exceedingly lpersuadable person; but suppose he continues proud I and obstinate, he has the question of the Scotch Church [on his hands, an insurrection in Wales, and distress and ‘destitution gnawing his own Vitals. He is just now, I ipromise you, in a bit of a doldrum; and if that increa- ‘ ses, he will become exceedineg civil. Recollect that in “5‘29 when we gained emancipation, we had not the advantage ofthe English finances being deranged, or a. smothered chartered insurrection. which is ready to burst forth every moment with redoubled fury. We ,had England at peace at home, and with the world besides, in a high, and proud, and palmy state, yet as soon as the Irish people combined in their moral and peaceful strength, Peel and Wellington 'were coerced to grant it.”

The Birmingham Advertiser states that the Orangemen of that town are about to hold meetings to express their “ sympathy” for their brethren in Ireland at the present time.

It is rumoured that the Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to be called out on actual duty at a moment’- warning.

From recent oflicial documents it appears, that there were in January, 1830, in the British army—of Englishmen, 44,- 329; of Scotchmen, 13,800; of Irishmcn, 42,897; and in Jun- uary, 1840, there were in the same force—0f Englishmen, 51.559; of Scotchmen, 14,232 ; of lrishmen, 41,218.

The intelligence from Spain, we regret to state, ii of In , unfavourable character.——Queen Cnmsrnu and her friede at Paris have at last succeeded in rousing nearly the whole of Catalonia against the Government of the Racial”, and what is of more importance, a considerable portion ofthe troops sent to quell the disturbance in that province.

The whole garrison of Barcelona has gone over- to the movement, and formally declared against ESPARTERO. The same thing has occurred at Gerona, the garrison all declar- ing for the movement. ZURBANO has left Catalonia, having been ordered to do so by the Captain-General. The gar- rison of Terragona has likewise declared against EIPAR- 1:110. .

Some mad character had offered to assassinate Mr. O’Connell, but the gentleman was very properly taken in charge by the British authorities.

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