INDIAN NEWS,

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 112, 27 April 1844, Page 32

INDIAN NEWS,

[From the' Syiney Herafa] ,

ScfNDß.r— rNbthing^of any great moment} since my last ; sickness continues, the same, excepting that it appears to go harder with tiiotej who have been attacked since the first x>f the; month. Th<) Sukker brigade turned t»at on mttster about? DthN.l. l4' mett; 1 10th 'N.I: 30, and sSth "Nil* 73 ! The ' Artillery Ido nWrthink could have had half 7 a-ddi:'eta, and 1 Chamberlayhe's Horse, about twelve. Tljis tneri on the '^iclclis|,''veer 1c1 c 4,3?4W ''.'D^thS. are i b^bottiingi more frequent.' Tne Euifopeans^of <lie 4^tUljsryi 'h^ve lost4^ men out 3 o¥ W t .ar^i are'Ws'iickly! as, ' c^ be nqi<r. The •&{£ iitia /,10th" N.I. and.tbe'§sih! J l4 3 .^'; .mncjp M\3s Of .this fconth; io tbrday, .'the lOtkiave had twenty dftatliß, or. two^a day. Dr. W. Pbllandj, liliely arriyed frqm, Ferozepore, died here ton the 6th current. Tlie steamer. Satellite ar r rited from Hyderabad, en the 7th, with Dr. Thompson, a cßombay medico, for us, «nd left on the 9tb, yesterday, with Brs. Maitland and,. Yohng, and one or Wo officers of the 9th and' iot\i on sick leave. 1 ' of the Commissariat leaves t6-day for Feroiepore. He has been v^ry iU. €aptadn ; Lindsay, 10th N.1,, is acting Cb'mmissary-Gen'eral for Captain Gwatkin:. Dr; M'Grae will'sodii go away, ' £ham- ; ne'a ) «e,rlay Hbrte hav,e' lost ois ;dufi%dar and 'eight sowars since #iq 4th current The right ', wing, pf the ~ssth NlL.went out into camp about two mUeftiand a hajf froca tb,e station, encamped pn the banks pf the Shikarpora .Nullah. This has been done in the hope of the change benefiting the men.- Wfebave reports here that the ( , 15th and ,34th Bengal NJ. Are ordered down/ Is^tMsto beaiTelief? I suspect not. Govern*' ment will find' that unless they relieve the Bengal Regiments here and send' Bombay *ones, all tiie former will be fit for nobbing, either here or ! qh their return* to the provinces. Let their ■* office men " 'calculate the average 'number of deaths 1 here a,nd at ttie 'unhe'ahbiest'' statidn in Intlia, a^id they will see tne' difference. . There! are -cer.taip reports,' Mr. Editor, tbat Sfcinda iq nbt^o quiet as' thought. LqWerScindeiß rising> and l|pjper. will also;— mark my words^, sirj abautj the e,nd of this month, if nqt ere that, yo^u wilt, hear of a few .unruly doings of ;; the gents wbo, it was expec<^d, would; nob foe, a shpt inj Scinde again.— tOrfoatta S?sr s .N]ov», ?&. ■ • „ i Calcutta.— By the 1 Peloi ittßi,nTrigg«,^wliichJi ttBi, n Trigg«,^wliichJ arrived here yesterday morning, after a very; 'jiiick JJas&ajje- of thirteen da^, tfe have Gal^ 'ciitta papers to the 28th ultimo. From these We leatn that the Governor- General intended tq take his' departure for ''^he^ North, "West .^ro-l "vinces,,, It was thqugjit he would s^t quiajjoU^ the 24th.' ultimo. Affairs in Lahore were siatu gjio.hut some , movement in that .quarter maybe speedily looked for. The .English , troops ai;e in great force to the banks pf the Jumna and Sutlege . to watch the progress ©f ■events in the territoriea of Scindia,.:and in the Punjab, and it is probable that they will not be .long!, without active employment. — Singapore iFVeej Press, Dec. 7. • v , . On Saturday last HIM. steamer Spiteful arrived from China ott her way 1 to; Bombay, with the supplementary treaty and other despatches for England* She left .this on Monday forenoon!, having tak^n from thi&9B3 cp'ver's,r-/jsii, December 14. ',_ ,',]'''. '„• „'. . CowwsiaATioN/OFiBoiRNBO. — Theßchooner YotogeiQuene, Captain Hart^ and the brig Anna, l Captain- .Lewds; sailed > from this harbour for -Borneo on the 28th 'ultimo. The expedition bM beeb fitted out at the expense of, and is, '• Under the'eommand of the Honourable Erskine •Murray," who ' sails in tHe, Yq'rtge It'ia ' Mr. 1 Murr^ai/s 'intention- W endeavour, to 'opeh jai cbiMupic'atioii'M native chiefs in the (^6peqf .obt^^irig|a ! .grjjnt pf a.'poftipnofland,! Tor the purpose of "cqiqnjitajaon,, in. one pf. the. most fertile and productive portions pf that .vast ■attd T hltn r ei)tb f ieariy^u^owii^^ island^— i^rt^wi . D «^-(^»rio/ i )sro.^ i 3«'' 1 ; • ; ,:, ,; ; . . , ".;, ■ i "With feelings. , of the deepest regret, we an- ; no\mce the: death of: Major /Eldred Pottinger,! iCjßi, who expired! at Govef dmiant House 'yesterday »ftemt»ocvj -IV'is' nfefedless- to pass an eulogy: upon the' character or merits of th^ Hero bf Herat and Cahul; his name will be enrolled by 7 posterity amongst the foremost bf -thpse Wbd, -by 1 "iheir'.prHidißiqcii, -talent;/ and ; bravery, Have Bertfedthe^ cptiptry in eme^encies' which bad a'ppaDedlesanoWe nainds.-^-jott?,, .ypvember^: ™ t ''-\ \" "^ ,'•',