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lay dead on the deck and seven or eight more were
severely wounded, that they ran below or yielded.
II may naturally be supposed tina, IN sHch hard
escape unscathed. We are sorry to say thai fine
able seaman, named Henry Jackson, was killed, and
| a private Royal Marine was SO severely wounded
that he died a very short time after. The master
| was severely wounded PascO, the boatswain, was
slightly wounded as were asofour others, Carrlck,
the Captains coxswan; Southton, quarter mas
| ter; Harmer, an able seaman, and a marine named
Freemantle. An able seaman, named Jones, was
severely wounded


India and China.


The Overland Mail arrived in London on the lst
| instant


! The news from Scinde is of some interest The
tract OF country the western bank of the Indus,
recently ceded to the governor by Nicer Ali Moorad,
having been invaded and PundeIred by the neigh,
boring tribes i had been deemed expedent to send
wing OF the Bombay Native Infantry for the pur-
pose OF chastislng the marauders; and the non-ar-
rival OF news from this detachment has led to the
inference that reinforcements would be wanted, and
that the affair had been found to be more serious
than was IN the first instance anticipated
The controversy respecting the merits or de-
| merits OF Sir G. Napier ragged as fercely as ever,
and was now no longer confined to the newspapers.
The salt duties were also subject of discussion
and, OF course, also OF unfavorabe comment
| The cholera continued 10 rage-particuary IN
Scinde. The mortality at Sukkur was SO q eat that
the baZaars were deserted


| From Ahghanistan we have no news of interest -
The notorious Mohammed Akhbar Khan had press
ed his intention OF performing pilgr image to the
Prophet at Mecca.


| AT Lahore, Jowahr Singh, having attempted to
seize Gholab Singh, had been defeated after san
gunary battle in which he lost 300Om


Private letters from Maurltius, OF 2Sh May, state,
that IN consequence OF the scarcity of rice Bour
bon, the Government had offered a premium on the
Importation of that article.


CONFLICT BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND TIE NJ
TlvEs AT MADAGAscAR.-ln the beginning of May
last, Ranavalo Manjaka, the Queen of Madagascar,
issued orders that all the English and French resi-
ding in her dominions should, within eleven days,
become her subjects, by having themselves register
ed and naturalised as Malagaches, or that they
should Immediately quit the island. On the receipt
OF this intelligence, the Governor of the Maritus,
Sir William Comm, despatched her Maestys
schooner Thunder with the information TO the
Admiral OF the station at the Cape OF Good Hope g-
wing TO the captain instructions to touch on his
way at Tamatave, and to tell the terrified foreigners
there, that the British governor of the Maritius
and the French Governor of Bourbon would with
out delay, send succour to them The Thunder
sailed from the Maurltius on the 9Th of June, and
her MaJesys ship Conway proceeded TO Tamatave
on the 7th, and the Governor of Bourbon sent the
French ship OF war Zeee and Berceau to meet the
Conway 1t appears that the attempt to negotiate
was unsuccessful, and an obstinate conflict took
place. Finally both the English and French ships
returned to the Mauritius and Bourbon for rein
iorcements, taking off from Tamativc the
English and French subjects, who were





The following account of the affair is taken
from Maurltius paper of June 2Sh :-"Her Maies-
tys fngate Conway, and his French Majesty's ship
Aelee and the Berceau, met In Tamatlve Roads, ac-
cordlng to the arrangement agreed to by the Gov
ernors of Bourbon and Maurtlus The object of
their voyage was to obtain from Ranavalo Manjaka
less harsh conditions than those which she had i'm
posed upon the European traders, whom she had
cation OF their property, if they did not become nat
uralzed Magash, that is, slaves. The representa-


ves OF the two nations not succeeding in their ne
go,iations, an obstinate combat took place, the de-
tails of which have been brought by the Conway.


Three hundred and fifty men, of whom 100 were
French soldiers, and the others belonging to the
crews OF the three ships, under the command of
Captain Felseck and Lieutenant Heseltine landed
On the afternoon of the 10Th instant and advanced
across plain, under sharp fire from the tort and
battery OF grape and musketry. The enemy was
driven out OF the battery, and the guns spiked
The out-work or screen, which had been supposed
to be the fort itself, was stormed and taken They
here discovered the real fort which is a circular
one, and mounting about 80 guns, which were case
mated, and In circular gallery. The wall is about
30 feet high, and surrounded by ditch of about the
same width Possession was kept of the top of the
screen for upwards of half an hour, and constant
fire kept up. Having no means Of preaching the
WALL and the men falling fast, they retired, carrying
of the flag for the possession of which the French
and English sailors disputed for long time, but it
Seween ,he wo 6a nass Sad h he eov
ing a portion with h' the word orr s "Ranavalo.s UaI
and the other with "Manaka," inscribed
They burnt the guard house, custom house,
and considerable part OF the town. The
landed next day, and carried off all the remaining
European property. The wounded were all BROUGHT
on, but not the killed. whose heads were next day
exposed on the beach, stuck on pixies The men Of
war and all the merchant ships sailed from the har
Dor. The loss IN the conflict was as follows -


Engsh.-Four men killed, and one officer and
eleven men wounded.


"French.-Three officers and thirteen men kill
ed, and one officer and forty-two men wounded


The Zelee and the Berceau lost each a topmast
from the fire OF the enemy; the Conway had only
few ropes cut: Nearly all their balls passed over
me ships which had anchored about 800 yards from
the shore. Gentlemans Gazette, JULY H.


Fashions for September.


From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine Of Fashion


Couti is much used in dresses intended for country
ground are embroidered with a very narrow braid and
are often made with corsages basques with pockets
striped engthways fouards in horizontal stripe are
also fashionable Narrow fringes are in great request
made in every variety as is also the dentee de tren
ade which forms pretty contrast sans and watered
silks; glmps Jours much used shot silks Some
auumnal dresses trimmed with four rows Of fringe
of gradual width.


Toiletes, entirely of black have been fashionable
last month in Paris for visiting Dress they are much re-
the fuantty lace used them such as four
rows oil narrow lace en- taber large lace sleeves and
lace scarf and black lace bonnet ornamented with CO.
lored flower also five and six ounces of black lace and
Win sleeVes of DlaCk lace worn;
redngotes made this season with the pointed backs


la grand mere The prettiest form of corsage for
iatanne and materials Of clear transparent texture is
that Ia vierge the funess confined round the top in
band with square shoulder straps this style revives the
narrow ceinture with small buckles.


Slight tafetas in all light coors worn for evening
dress with trimmings Of founces cut in deep fesoons
ana edged with narrow fringe narrow blonde nege
the corsage pointed with berthe of the same sometimes
on these large berhes lace is laid but they
usually plain Pretty travelling cloaks made grey
ieyantine lined with flannel merno checked in dark
blue, green red Scars with hoods are also W. rn.
Bonnes la SUISSE chevriere, gancuse, accompany
all toiletes de campagne, 0rnamcnted with held How
trimmed with black velvet. For pailles de riz Leg
horns, Sc, plumes of small feathers very fashiona
BILE, saules marabous pink and black used on black
lace bonnets


The Crops.


The weather has since our last been highly auspi
cious for bringing the grain crops to maturity in the
backward districts and for securing the where al
Rrioh dr,,in hroaz