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sraturoay to ifWoitXrai^ Post*. LONDON, MAY 6. CHINA AND INDIA. rPHE Indian Mail of the 1st of April has arrived. It brings a confirmation of the brilliant successes of Sir Charles Napier in Scinde, in the,capital of which treasure and jewels to an amount considerably exceed- Jng one million have been discovered. Doubts have been entertained if this treasure trove is to be con- sidered prize money. Lord EUenborough has declared, according to rumour, in favour of the gallant army that won the city of Hyderabad. The matter has been referred to the Queen in Council. In the meantime the Governor-General has declared Scinde to be a British Province, abolished slavery therein, and appointed Sir C. Napier to be the Governor and also declared all transit duties abolished, and the Indus open to the ships of all nations.-Lord Ellenborough has also ordered that the useless cannon taken at Hyderabad shall be Cait into a column to commemorate the memory of all the soldiers who distinguished themselves in the battle of Meeanee. Scinde is said to be a most fertile district, wl>ioh, when cultivated, will pay every cost tenfold, and render the territories of the Indus something like banks of the Ganges.—The position of Sir Charles ^ftpier in Hyderabad required to be attended to, for the population of some districts, led on by some of the disaffected Ameers, were preparing to renew the conflict. The Bombay Government was most active in its efforts send every succour to the gallant General, and troops had been seen from Ferozepore to Sukkur in order to co-operate with those lower down the river.- The Governor-General was at Agra, where he has taken "P his residence in one of the Palaces, and in which he held an Investiture of the Order of the Batb. He has ordered the celebrated Somnauth gates to be locked up [here, and the Officers employed in escorting them have been sent back to regimental duty.; The declara- tion of Sir Charles Napier, that the Indian army is too scantily officered, has attracted attention, and has become the subject of general comment.-The Ameers of Scindp, Wil(I are prisoners, will, it is said, be placed for safety 1" the fortress of Ahmednuggcr or Asseerghur.-Some disturbances still exist in the mountainous districts of Bundelkund, but they are not of any great importance. India is otherwise tr;inqitil.-The most conflicting ac- counts were circulated respecting the state of Cabul. Akhbar Khan is no longer popular there, and another Was said to have seized the Government. Dost Ma- homnied was going back from Lahore to Cabul, but it was not known how he would be received there. He fished to be aided by the Sikhs, but they did not seem inclined to give him any assistance.—A magnificent comet was seen throughout India from the beginning of March, and engaged the attention of all the astronomers. I)warkanaiith Tagore has been excluded from his family caste in consequence of his repeatedly eating with" the unclean Europeans."—In a postscript, a Correspondent states that a steamer had arrived at Bombay from fturrachee, which brought intelligence to the 28th of March, and mentioned that a fight of three days had taken place between Sir Charles Napier and the Ameers in which the British were successful. There was great loss on both sides. Report said that the British General was slain, but this part of the report was not credited.—The Beloochees had thrown a chain across the Indus, which they intended to defend hy fortifications on both sides. Her Majesty's ship Aimrod and two small steamers were about to force the Beloochees to retire and leave the river open. The news from China extends to the 21st of Feb. The latest was brought to Bombay by an American schooner the Zephyr, which is now plying as an opium trader from Bombay to China, and is remarkable for her 8^ift sailing. The Emperor has ordered an investiga- tion into the murders of the crews of the^4nn and Ner- oudda at Formosa. Nothing had been done in the ar- rangements of the Commercial Treaty, for the British Plenipotentiary appeared to be waiting for the treaty as ratified by her Majesty. The Chinese Commissioner and he were on good terms. Doubts are said to exist of the durability of any arrangement now entered into. The Chinese were busy in repairitig all their forts and in strengthening their positions in the different places attacked las' year. Trade was dull,. but expected to revive speedily. At Canton some dissatisfaction still prevailed. The immature revolt at Manilla had been put down, and the rebels executed. It had for its ob- ject to declare the independence of the islands of the Spanish yoke. The Paris papers to Thursday's date have arrived. hose of Wednesday are chiefly occupied with thp addresses psesented to the Kiftg on Monday on the occasion of his fite. The day passed over in the most orderly manner, and was closed by a display of fireworks.- The Gazette de France of Tuesday evening announces that in the afternoon of that day, 23 work- joen employed in the fortifications of Mount Val^rien had been buried by the falling-in of a bank of earth. Most of the viciinis belonged to the neighbouring vil- lages there were also among them several soldiers Of the engineers -The Government have received dispatches from the Rear-Admiral commanding the French establishments in the Pacific Ocean, bringing news from the Marquesas Islands to the 30th of October. They fully contradict the intelligence pub- lished by several English journals. It is not true that any conflict has taken place since that of the 18th of September, at Vaitahu, down to the departure of the last advices received from that Archipelago. The utmost tranquillity prevailed and there was everv prospect that the peace with the natives would not a?ain be disturbed. The annexation of Scinde to our Indian empire, forms a topic for discussion in several Of the Paris papers. The National, as might have been expected, is furious on the subject. The Journal des Debats takes a very different view of this great achievement, and pays a high compliment to the British Government for abolishing slavery, and throwing open the Indus to the flags of all nations. The papers of Thursday contain long accounts of the opening of the Orleans and Paris Railroad, which took place on Tuesday, the day before that fixed for the oppning of jhe Rouen Railroad. The Dukes of Nemours and Montpensier, in full uniform, with a brilliant staff, were present on the occasion. Madrid papers are to the 26th uIt. The Senate re- Slimed on that day the discussion of the Address in answer to the Regent's speech, which took a very ,jnportant turn, and fully bore out the assurance that *»p- Spanish nation will not suffer the King of the French to dictate whom the Queen shall or shall not marry.—M. Cortina has been appointed President of «>e Chamber of Deputies by 93 votes agaiust 57. The Vice-presidents are General Serrans, and Messrs. Alcina, Mados, and Silvela and Ihe Secretaries, Messrs. Qvejaro, Prim, Garnica, and Soraoja

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