THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844 



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^he *o d ult, from Berlin, contain the mforma- 

 W ^..h* Kin* had, for three days previous to the 

 *■ ^ \ .rru?e from the Prussian capital, been suffer- 

 "*£ % tt P mea k b^ -hich it will be recollected the 

 1? fr0, ;L auk a ucked, but all the symptoms were of 

 a "^i w form. They also state that the house which 

 ? m itsinZ de HuLboldt occupies at Berlin, and to 

 *?i -turned a large garden filled with rare exotics, 

 •*<* J 5 *"^ de Humboldt, was sold to M. Roeniger, a 

 ^ hanU who immediately gave notice to the tenant to 

 • C , T^rfact having come to the knowledge of M. 

 V i. Mendelssohn, the banker, who learned at the same 

 J ^ fi f de ! Humboldt would quit it with great re- 

 ^f he "-purchased the property from M. Roeniger, 

 ^ Vrote to Baron de Humboldt to say that it would re- 

 "^nL his service as long as he plea.ed.-It is stated in 

 Tfter from Carlsrnhe, of the 22d, that the principal 



of that place has been recently the scene of re- 

 .^^1 Violations. More than forty graves have been 

 ed and all the gold and other valuable ornaments 

 •kh which the bodies were interred stolen. As these 

 atrocities were carried on with great caution on the part 

 of the depredators, the crime would have remained un- 

 finished if a young man had not been arrested in the act 

 of offering for sale a silver handle of a coffin. This per- 

 son instantly confessed, and denounced his associates, not 

 less than thirty of whom have since been apprehended.— 

 Tke last accounts from Goritz state that the illness of the 

 Due d'Angouleme is becoming rapidly more alarming. 



j TALY> The accounts from Ancona represent that city 



at in a state of great excitement, but Judge Allessandri, 

 who was so seriously wounded by an assassin, is out of 

 danger.— -The Carnival at Rome has been extremely gay 

 and the weather more like May or June than February. 

 The Chesterfield bounds have afforded great amusement, 

 not only to the English portion of the visitors, but to 

 those from Russia and Austria, who entered with much 

 ardour into the spirit of that English sport. 



Sweden. — Accounts from Stockholm of the 16th ult. 

 announce that the King's health was better on that day 

 than it had been since the 9th. During each of the pre- 

 vious three nights his Majesty had slept six or seven 

 hours in succession, and the pain in his foot had greatly 

 abated. On the 16th the King transacted business with 

 the Minister for Foreign Affairs and one of his secretaries. 

 Hit Majesty had become thin, but his features were in 

 nowise altered. His look was as lively as ever, and the 

 animation of his thoughts and expressions was the same. 

 A writer in a Paris paper states that the King's physicians 

 were greatly astonished the other day, on bleeding his 

 Mijesty, to find the words Liberty ! Egalitz! ou la 

 Alort! very legibly stained on his arm, and that they 

 could not recover from their amazement, forgetting the 

 part his Majesty performed in the first French revolution. 



Greece.— Advices from Athens of the 10th ult. state 

 that King Otho has had a narrow escape from being 

 poisoned, owing to the carelessness of his cook, who pre- 

 pared a dish in a vessel in which verdigris had been 

 allowed to collect. The illness, however, soon gave way 

 to proper remedies. 



Turkey — Important advices have been received from 

 Constantinople, announcing that on the 9th ult. Sir S. 

 Canning delivered to the Turkish Minister for Foreign 

 ABairs a copy of a despatch from his Government, re- 

 quiring the Porte to abrogate the law in virtue of which 

 ^unttians who have professed Mahometanism are put to 

 lS?ti P 7 8gain embrace Christianity. At the same 

 \\Z ,n * e Was threat ened with the withdrawal of 

 tbe countenance and protection of the British Govern- 

 ment^ should it venture to reject the demand. Two days 



Turk,!K C rT UniC , ation t0 «>e same effect was made to the 



Ivn, Cablne * bv the representative of France, 

 with n£. A ? D C ? n ,NA --The Overland Mail has arrived 



30 ZrT, C1 Tu t0 the 28th Dec ' > G * alior ' J « n - 



»L ft, 37 ' Fe > *' brou S ht ^ the Company's 

 fithh i^ at ™' Which arrived at Suez on the 19th 

 £". with 60 passengers. On the 28th and 29th Decem- 



eapitaT of r re i aUleS Were fou & ht in the vicinit / of the 

 Pnnniar iniT u° r; ° ne at Ma harajpoor, the other at 

 *rmv umwTi h,cbourfor ees proved victorious. The British 



..J u »uer the Com ;«.r-u;„r i . , . «^„ 



*hich 300 



•Pposed It > th 7 ' 8nd 4 ° Pieces 0f artil,er y- 



beenverv . ° gUns ' ° ur loss on these oc 



# Conk,fa«Chicf wee about 14,000 strong, of 



The forces 

 fantry, 3000 



"<*n?ery sever* tK v\ T v " w " eSe occasions has 



wounded vj x» • ? , ll8t amountln g to 144 killed, and 866 



<* their in«„ j 1Sh ° fficers have faIIen in action or d »ed 

 M «JorCr«m i- ; "^- 1Zm Gen ' Chu rchill, Colonel Sanders, 

 K Lieute n ?l ln V T Ca P tains Stewa ^t, Magrath, and Cob- 

 0n the na It f « NeWt0n and Leaths > aQd Ensign Bray. 

 3°°0 to 4ftftn i l\*? nem J the casualties are estima" ' ' 

 f °rtofG«pT ? a nd twice as many wounded. 



troo Ps and *u I s \ mmedia tely after surrendered to our 

 * ion J our ar lng Chiefs at once tend ered submis- 



itn mediatelv y , rellres witllin the Company's territories 

 nor »nanv w' a a » - WC are not to occupy that country, 

 aeDt s, butZp- • mtermeddlewith its Eternal arrange- 

 force » consi«Tr lnS18t f Up0a the mai ntenance of a subsidiary 

 *** cavalrJ ," g - 8even re g»ments of infantry, with 



U u ken char^^^u' with llorse and foot artillery, to 

 ^^ol of thfi °4 °y Company's officers, under the 



lbe Governor rl«i G T °T nment - Durin & the action 



^Posed to Lr.r, Slde of the Commander-in-Chief, 



i 1 fr om it. ftr *ttl *n', The fortress of Gwali °r 

 11 co ^ra th e f" g / al ed the Gibraltar of the East. 

 "^'ow, the side/ a iU nearl y two miles long but 

 ****> which i. n ? t V e V€Fy P reci P>tou 8 , and the highest 

 funding D i a f n ih * n <"fo end, is 342 feet above the 

 * f ta « hill a Y ro "',, lh "f r ampart conforms to the brow 



round, and the area within is fall of build- 



ings, reservoirs of water, wells, and cultivated land. At 

 the foot of the mountain on the east side is the town, 

 which is large and well built. It is 68 miles south 

 by east of Agra. The British took it by a nocturnal 

 escalade in 1780. After this capture, the state was 

 ceded to Sindia in the final peace with the Mahratta 

 Chief. Doulat Rao Sindie died in 1826, leaving a revenue 

 of a million sterling. He was succeeded by Junkojee, a 

 son by adoption, who reigned till February of the present 

 year, but with a government so imbecile and dissipated, 

 that his soldiers were 14 or 15 months in arrear of pay, 

 and some of his officers double that period in arrear. The 

 consequence was continued mutiny and disorder, which 

 extended to and disturbed our own adjoining province of 

 Bundelkund. Junkojee left no child, but his widow, a 

 girl of 12 years old, adopted a distant relative of the age of 

 nine. Such were the personages with whom we had to 

 negotiate for the removal of the Khasgee Walla, or Prime 

 Minister, who had embezzled the revenues and left the 

 troops in privation and turbulence. Even his surrender 

 did not restore peace, and the Governor-General collected 

 armies to march uponG walior and enforce good government. 

 As the armies advanced Lord Ellenborough signified to the 

 Gwalior durbar that he would insist on remodelling the 

 Gwalior troops, putting them under English officers, and 

 depriving the Maharajah of a magnificent park of 300 

 cannon, formed by the late Maharajah, and which was the 

 pride of the nation. On learning this, the chiefs forbade 

 the Prince or the Dowager Princess to proceed to the 

 camp, and prepared for resistance. The first step of the 

 Princess on returning to Court, was to assemble all the 

 chiefs and officers, and the resolution was come to of 

 opposing the further advance" of our troops. With this 

 view, Colonels Baptiste and Jacob, were directed to oppose 

 the advance of the right wing of our army, while Colonel 

 Secunder was to oppose our left. The first appearance 

 of hostility was shown on the part of the enemy, by firing 

 on the baggage party of Colonel Sleeman, and again on a 

 reconnoitring party under Colonel Garden. This was so 

 little expected that the first cannon-shots very nearly 

 struck the elephant on which the wife of the Commander- 

 in-Chief and some other ladies were proceeding. Under 

 these circumstances, and especially under the want of their 

 heavy artillery, the army fought at great disadvantage, more 

 than counterbalanced, however, by the valour of the officers 

 and soldiers. This attack of the enemy decided the 

 course to be pursued, and General Sir. J. Thackwell, 

 with the troops under his command, was directed to 

 make an immediate attack on the enemy's left flank, sup- 

 ported by those under Major-Gen. Valiant. The enemy*s 

 centre was ordered to be attacked by the troops under the 

 command of Major-General Dennis, supported by those 

 under Brigadier Wright. To the left of this, with the 

 view of threatening the right flank of the enemy, was the 

 4th brigade of cavalry, under Colonel Scott. The whole 

 of this force, numbering 3000 cavalry, 12,000 infantry, 

 artillery, and sappers, with 40 pieces of artillery, 10 of 

 which were howitzers and heavy guns, was about a mile 

 in front of Maharajpoor by eight on the morning of the 

 29th December. As it was found that the enemy had 

 taken possession of the village the previous evening, 

 some little alteration was requisite from the original 

 disposition of the force, and General Littler's column 

 was directed to advance from the village while 

 General Valiant took it in reverse ; these being 

 supported by General Dennis's column, with the two 

 light field-batteries. When these columns arrived in front 

 of the village of Jourah, the enemy opened their fire from 

 Maharajpoor, where several regiments, with 28 guns, had 

 taken up their position. The brigade having deployed 

 into line, were ordered to advance on Maharajpoor, from 

 which issued a galling fire. Her Majesty's 39th, supported 

 by the 56th Native Infantry, under General Littler, then 

 advanced on the fort with the view of taking it in front, 

 and having made a charge, cheering as they went, pushed 

 forward bearing down every obstacle. So severe was this 

 struggle that the enemy's artillerymen stood fighting at 

 their guns until cut down in great numbf rs. Within the 

 village where numbers of the enemy had taken refuge, 

 a severe hand-to-hand encounter occurred, when the 

 enemy, throwing down their matchlocks, resorted to the 

 sword. General Valiant having at this time pressed upon 

 the fort in order to take it in reverse, had to pass over 

 600 yards of ground. In doing this he was assailed with 

 rounds of grape and shot, and having stormed the battery 

 he entered the village, carrying everything before 

 him. Twenty-eight guns were here taken, and so despe- 

 rately was this position defended, that very few of the 

 enemy escaped. Having finished this work at Maharaj- 

 poor, her Majesty's 39th, with the 56th Native Iufantry, 

 pushed forward towards the next position — Cbonda. This 

 was taken likewise, after a short but severe conflict. Here 

 one of the enemy's tumbrils blew up, wounding Major 

 Bray. A small work mounting four guns on the left of 

 this position was assailed by the 39th Grenadiers, under 

 Captain Campbell, supported by a wing of the 56th Native 

 Infantry. This was taken possession of, and the guns 

 captured. The action lasted about three hours, and no 

 less than 56 pieces of artillery, with nearly the whole of 

 their baggage and camp equipage, fell into our hands. 

 The Governor-General was at times in the heat of action, 

 distributing money and oranges among the wounded. 

 The left wing of our army, under the command of 

 General Grey, were equally successful at Punniar, 

 which lies about twelve mils from Gwalior. General 

 Grey had been directed to march direct on Punniar, for 

 the purpose of hemming in the enemy, in conjunction 

 with the right wing of our force. This, however, was 

 frustrated, the enemy having subdivided their force so as 

 to meet both of our divisions, and a portion having taken 1 



up a position at tome miles distant from our right, com- 

 pletely screened by lofty hills, near the village of Mangore, 

 a short distance from Punniar, where they began firing 

 on our baggage. Brigadier Harriott, with a troop of 

 Horse Artillery under Capt. Brind, took up a position 

 beyond the baggage, where they returned the enemy's 

 fire ; but unable, from the impassable nature of the 

 ground, to bring them to close quarters, they returned to 

 the rear under a heavy cannonade. The enemy, however, 

 having changed their position to one four miles on the 

 east of General Grey's camp, it was resolved immediately 

 to attack them. This was done by her Majesty's 3rd 

 Buffs, with a company of Sappers and Miners, followed 

 shortly afterwards by five companies of the 39th Native 

 Infantry, some delay being occasioned, it getting dark 

 before the remaining force, amounting to 2000, could be 

 brought up. The Buffs and Sappers then attacked 

 the enemy's centre, exposed to a galling fire ; they 

 drove the Mahrattas from post to post and captured a 

 standard, with eleven guns. Brigadier Anderson, with the 

 2d brigade arrived only in time to finish the action. 

 Having formed on the west of the hill, they attacked and 

 routed the enemy, capturing the remainder of their guns. 

 The result of these victories is the submission of the 

 chiefs, and a treaty stipulating for the payment of the ex- 

 penses of the campaign, as the condition on which our 

 troops are to be withdrawn. Hitherto the Maharajah of 

 Gwalior has enjoyed military as well as civil independence 

 in British alliance. But the Governor General has reduced 

 him by the new treaty to the enjoyment of merely civil 

 authority. The army is to be paid and disbanded, and the 

 troops which remain on foot are to be officered by English 

 and organised as the troops of the Company are. The 

 ministerial and civil authority has, it is believed, 

 been entrusted to Mama Sahib, uncle to the late Rajah, 

 who has always remained true to British interest. The 

 Governor- General was expected to start for Cal- 

 cutta on the 2.°-d. — India is in general peaceful, 

 the troops at Sukkur are rapidly recovering. The 

 Commander-in-Chief has appointed Major-General Valiant 

 to act as Quartermaster- General of her Majesty's forces, 

 vice Churchill, deceased, until her Majesty's pleasure be 

 known. Affairs in the Punjaub are by no means settled, 

 and it was reported that the Affghans had taken possession 

 of Peshawur. In Scinde matters are much the same. 

 Our troops are recovering a little from their sickness. 

 The last dates from China are up to the 28th of December. 

 Business at Chusan and Canton is generally dull. Captain 

 Brooke has arrived by this steamer as the bearer of the 

 supplementary treaty and despatches from Sir H. Pot- 

 tinger. The port of Shanghaye was officially opened on 

 the 17th of November, by Captain Balfour, the new 

 Consul. Colonel Butterworth, Governor of the Straits of 

 Malacca, arrived at Penang on the 21st November. 



United States. — By the arrival of the packet-ship 

 England at Liverpool in 16 days from New York, we have 

 American news to the 16th ult., but it contains nothing of 

 general political interest. The debates in Cougress are of 

 a mere local character. Her Majesty's sloop-of-war 

 Vestal, having on board Mr. Pakenham the new Minister 

 from the Court of St. James's, arrived at New York 

 on the 12th ultimo. Mr. Pakenham had received many 

 visitors, and had numerous calls from official and other 

 persons, and much curiosity prevailed to learn the 

 nature of his instructions, particularly with respect to the 

 Oregon territory. On the 15th ult. he held a levee of the 

 English residents, and on the 16th set out for Washing- 

 ton. — From Mexico we learn that it was reported at Vera 

 Cruz, that the British Minister had intimated to the 

 Mexican authorities, that upon the arrival of Mr. Fox, the 

 new Minister from England, which was daily expected, 

 the British flag should be hoisted on the staff of the 

 Castle, in addition to the usual salute. The frigate In- 

 constant arrived at Vera Cruz on the 22d of January. 

 She reported that the whole British West India fleet was 

 to sail for Vera Cruz two days after she left. 



parliament. 



HOUSE OF LORDS. 

 Monday.— The Marquesses of Wkstmkath and Normaxby 

 re ne wed their discussion as to whether or not the Roman Catholic 

 Bishop, Dr. Cantwell, had suspended or superseded a priest 

 named Murray from his clerical function? because he refused to 

 collect the Repeal rent, but nothing: definite was agreed upon.— 

 On the motion of Lord Brocgham a bill for the improvement of 

 the constitution of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 

 was read a first time, with the understanding that it will be 

 referred to a select committee before the second reading:.— Lord 

 Brougham called attention to the fact of a man having been con- 

 demned to death in Louisiana for having assisted a slave to 

 escape. He hoped that this public mention of the case would be 

 sufficient to prevent so gross a violation of every principle of 

 humanity and justice. — The Marquess of Normakby presented a 

 petition complaining of the appropriation of an educational 

 bequest to exclusively Protestant purposes in Ireland. The 

 amount of the bequest was "I. 10s. per annum, which was left for 

 the endowment of tlit parochial school of Ballysax. The Rev. 

 Mr. Birmingham, as rector of the parish, had been entitled to this 

 sum, but he had established a school on the national system of 

 education ; and on the matter coming before the Board of Charit- 

 able Bequests, they disapproved of the application of the legacy 

 to such a school, on the ground that it was contrary to the will 

 i f the testator, and also because the Rev. Mr. Birmingham had 

 not complied with other conditions in the testament.— The Duke 

 of Wellington read the answer which had been returned by 

 Lord Eliot to Mr. Birmingham on this subject, which was to the 

 effect that the Government had no power to take cognisance of 

 any decision of the Board of Charitable Bequests— a board or 

 which the Lord Chancellor and Judges were members, and the 

 only appeal from which is to a Court of Equity. It sug- 

 gested that Mr. Birmingham should lay a statement of ms 

 case before the Lord Chancellor, who would most likely «c» n « 

 the board to reconsider the question. His Grace considered 

 such a course as was pointed out to Mr. Birmingham to t»e tne 

 proper one, and recommended him even yet to adopt it. In the 

 meantime, he promised to call the attention of the Government 

 to the matter.-The Bishop of Exktkb said the testator had be- 

 queathed a sum of money for the purposes of education in the 



