Sunbury American And Shamokin Journal

An arrival at New York, on Friday night, from Gibraltar, brings papers of that place with recent intelligence from India by the Overland Mail. It will be seen by the following summary from the Bombay Courier, that a dreadful battle has been fought between the British in India, and the Natives, in which 5000 were killed, and many wounded:

Bombay, Feb. 1.--The unexpected turn which affairs have taken in Gwalior, has this month almost wholly occupied public attention. Two--we might almost say three--battles have been fought and won, which, in character, are no way inferior to any that have taken place on Indian soil. Our government, induced by the stubbornness and apparent preparation for resistance shown by the Gwalior Court, have adopted the only means at hand--that of a recourse to arms. The enemy were the first to commence hostilities, by firing on the baggage party under Col. Sleeman, of the 26th, and then on a reconnoitering party sent out on the 28th. The right wing of our army, under the immediate command of his Exc'y Sir H. Gough, attacked the Mahrattas in their position of Mahrajpoor, while our left wing, under Major General Grey, did so at Punniar, and gained a complete victory over them. Our loss, however, on these occasions has been very severe--the list amounting to 141 killed, and 855 wounded; that of the enemy amounts to between 4000 and 5000 in killed and wounded, with the loss of 40 pieces of artillery. The following are the names of the officers who have fallen in these actions, or have since died of their wounds, viz:--General Churchill, Col. Sanders, Major Crommelin, Captains Stewart, Magrath and Cobban, Lieutenants Newton and Leiths, and Ensign Bray; 40 have been wounded. The fort of Gwalior shortly after surrendered to us, and some of the principal chiefs came in and tendered submission. Government has declared, that it is not our intention to occupy the country, nor in any shape to intermeddle with its internal affairs, further than to insist on the formation of a subsidiary force, to be officered solely by the Company's officers, and maintained by the Gwalior government.

The army is expected to retire within our own territories immediately. The commander in chief has set out on a tour of inspection, while the Gov. General was expected to start for Calcutta on the 23d. Affairs in the Punjaub are still maturing, and may probably force themselves upon our attention as unexpectedly as have those of Gwalior. In Scinde, matters are much the same. The troops, however, are recovering from their sickness: at Hyderabad little improvement had been observed: but at Sukkur the condition of our men was much more favorable. India throughout is peaceful.