The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-08 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN STEAM-SHIP COM PANY.—The Directors of the Great Western Ship Compaiy have to announce that the above splendid and well known Steam-ship (unless previously sold by private Contract), off , red for SA LE, with all her engagements, by PUBLIC A UCTIO N, atthe CompanN's Offices, in Princes-street, Bristol, on MoNJJAY the 17th Octcber, at two o'clock, the purchaser having the takingtion of the stock of coals , and other pro perty of the Company in New York, at a valuation. For par tictiferi; apply to Christopher Claxton, Esq., Great Western Steam-ship Office, Princes-street, Bristol , Oct. 7, 1842. • • ' - MT a. ~► ~~~. 4. * t '0 SUS .OFFICE Three &Cock. :;,ve Liven at considerable length the •4 • Wspatches and correspondence relative to Briti- affairs in the East. Emhracing as they do srrli a vast surface of country, extending from Chil:a on the East, o Affghanistan on the West, a u; f :.;aitce of dearly six thousand miles,. the ey,q t -t ,;i t re.: of a multifarious character, but on tl4e : v„r4e av satisfactory. Since fresh instruc tionn i,td b€en sent out to India new vigour has ' beeti :aspired into the Governor-General. He was t.). leave Allahabsld towards the* end of and proceed by Delhi to Simla, a t 6 l:; ,, , ,,ence probably to Ferozpore: for the pec4(,„4 i ,inspecting the troops collecting in that quar; - ,T, mid also tor communicating-more speedily with English Generals in Affghanistan. The arm:. ohsemation, which will amount to fifty men, it; placed under the command of Sir APITCR, an Indian officer of some repute, w ho, we trust, will rival his naine 'a;:.e, and render the name as celebrated in India as it is on the Syrian coast. L. ap pears that the selection is highly approved or thc army in general, and that great c;tutidence is placed iu his military skill a:nd jidg,ntent. For what purpose this army is assc:::bing, no correspondent can tell, as Lord Ei.r.:.::_;3n oucn, to the surprise of many, keeps the ec:ec 'wonderfully well, but it is generally be liev.!Li to have two objects in view—to give moral strength to the operations against Caubul, as well as tu itch some expected movements in the ,;b, around the frontiers of which it is chietly -to be collected. Fortunately for all these movements, the rest of our posses sions,. in India, as well as the adjoining Bt - lit(;s, are quite tranquil. We regret that affairs China display much less vigour, and that qwiLr.i-, no doubt, to the want of troops, Chusan, alsa Ningpo, with the exception of a small garr;son, are to be evacuated. Had a few of the regiments, which for years have been lying idle in Ca.lada, been sent to that quarter, the Chinese s''ar . y.•o,iild have exhibited very different results. Let trust, however, now that our relations with America are placed on an amicable footing, that a new system will be adopted, and that by dispatching all the forces that can be spared, and by exhibiting the same spirit and activity as displayed in the West,. the differences between this country and China will be brought to a speedy conclusion. • Tier soreness of the Tory journals towards Sir ROW. 1T PEEL still continues to be conspicuous in elef: diurnal lucubrations, notwithstanding their ,evident anxiety to keep it under. When ever they can plant a safe hit they never fail to do sn, and sometimes they even borrow the soft, triel:(!ly language of compliment in order to con vey the bitterest sarcasm. Thus a Morning Con iemporary, in an article on the Church Extension. . queq :on, s:tys:—" Few men, be their opinions ConFervative or Radical, doubt that Sir ROBERT Las a very just and sound concep tion u 1 the wants of the country ; few hesitate in aeknewledging the Premier's ability and great judgm i .4' ft; but vthere is, notwithstanding, a ge • .nerat4esitation in anticipating good measures at,,Sir:lt.. PEEL'S hands, because of his continual dalEance with that ' unclean' beast, expediency, r:," be it remembered, has brought the councry,' to its present condition. Sir R. PEEL is dian'otless surrounded by difficulties, but the greatness of statesmen consists in their conquest Of cl:fli:;a1 ties ; and expedients and compromises •IAI: arms to fight such battles." It will be obsecved, that under the plausible guise of coin pliweiti. our Contemporary here adroitly con-. tai v i s OlAvsinuats the most stinging invectives ; • • and at the very moment when he is expressing the u: most, respect nit; the Tory Premier, as statesman who " has a just and sound conception of ti.c wants of the country," he accuses him of " a c , ,,ntinual clulliance with that unclean beast; expediency"—in other words, of being a mere temporising expediency-monger ! " Call yon this backing your friends?" But this is not the worst. Sir R. PEEL, itseems, isnot only a time serve:--an obsequious waiter on the chapter of accidents—but, hints our Contemporary, there is a natural distrust of him even among his own rail ) • a general hesitation in anticipating good measures at his hands !" So, the " hesita. i tiorrto place confidence in the Premier is not ;partial, but "general"—not confined exclusively to his own adherents, but shared equally by all of the community! Why, this is worse ,and % - cnse ! ,We ourselves have often spoken in .terni.., anything but laudatory, of Sir R. PEEL; ,Put NVe know not that we have ever used lan bitter and so sarcastic as that which we have d ust quoted from our Tory Contem porarj'. We have frequently said that he :trual; led too much to expediency ; but we vever , ztid that he was generally distrusted by n try men. We thought at least that his own party confided in him ; but we are now assured ( A.hat they do not ; and this assurance we have on the best authority—namely, one of the most in iluential of the Tory organs. From the abuse -tire :s now so constantly lavished on him by his own heretofore adherents, we begin to entertain .qu4e a litvourable opinion of Sir ROBERT PEEL, lOr.lilirely there must be some redeeming quali ties i.i thut statesman whom prejudiced, purblind -Torvi-it-considers undeserving of its confidence. _ hive space merely to call attention to an 'aFetc:;. , hi the Leeds Mercury on the new Ger ifian Tariff, the facts of which are of very great "Impflit:mce to the trading interests of the country. :PY(! 3: ay perhaPs on a future occasion make some rema:l•:, ou the subjects to which it refers. accounts from Madrid are to the 29th ult. it a:i‘;:. , ars that the • GOvernment had imposed such o:hyrous conditions on the contract for the quiellver mines of Almaden, that no capitalist was wiliing, to bid for them. As the produce of ~t hese mines was to be assigned as security for the Itti of the forty millions of reals, it is probable fhe'ritter will rumain a dead weight on the Go - vernoxcl., and is a further proof of the ernbar rassecl financial position of the country. W 4 reported insurrection at Valencia proves )^ttyllt-re been a fabrication. Herald() announces, under the date Gib yotac-, tFfat the American frigate Fairfield had intelligence of the amicable adjust ,,ii),evt, o f the differences that had arisen between -.241t0r0e0 and, the United States. Three per Cents. were done at 21i at 60 and the Five per Cents. at 25 13-16 f or Vt•tk r .;, 0 .6-k at 6;) days. The floating debt o f go'.d for 41 at 59 days. " 11,:t oily leading articles of interest in the Par::: - i-7)er of Thursday ' refer to the dispatches from :geria: Both the (-tonsil tutionnel and the ;(16u;Leier Francais treat the affair lightly. The states that ..` "IA possible to make war, even upon the Arab 3, viithout the sacrifice of much treasure and bloo; , .. The superiority of our arms cannot in vic tory i , revent the natural mortality of battles, and if our yul:g army gain their spurs in Algeria, and by their imalliant deeds rejoice the hearts of the old so!- . ,diers I , f - the empire, it is at the price of blood and fitigili.;.that they maintain our military fame. pis ' ""ciplinc 'and science guarantee success, but we must it by sanguinary conflicts. We must wait ;IL; . .o for patiently and resolutely, an d make up our disappointments'' • t P. wrier Fi.ancais, after severe remarks 111- ' • " cie f ,'confluct of the Government in del a yi ng '':_ the ,.. p„4 bli c4t i on o f the dispatches, has the fol public mind may tranquillise itself. The success of our army in Africa has not been inter- t rupted, and the Arabs will no longer seriously con tend against the domination of France. The affair of the 19th and 20th of September, was a military imprudence which the valour of our troops and the skill of their chief has gloriously repaired. We may regard this unforeseen but glorious en counter as to its results as having augmented our authority in Algeria. If some tribes, whose territories were deemed unassailable and who had ef fectually resisted Abd-el-Katler himself, have not been able, under all the advantages of a surprise, to shake the steadiness of our soldiers if the losses these tribes have sustained., have spread, as General Changarnier affirms, desolation through their country, we may well believe that they are half reduced to subjection, and the trial they have made of their strength is not likely to be renewed." La Presse states that M. DE LA - NGSD9RF, the- French Minister to the Court of the Brazils, has been specially sent there to prevent the renewal of the commercial treaty concluded between Great Britain- and that country in 1827, and which is to expire on the sth of November next. The weather had become fine, but was still cool in France. The vintage was proceeding fa vourably. The Echo Tournaissen states, that the cold had been so intense in the north of France for the last few days, that " the swallows which had not taken their departure fell lifeless to the ground, and were picked up by the peasantry in clusters of six or seven." • The French Government has received a tele graphic dispatch from Bayonne, announcing that the Spanish Cortes are convoked for the 14th of November. BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Fiveper Cents. 118 80... 119 ... 118 80... 118 90 41,4 per Cents 106 50... 106 50... 106 50... 106 50 Four per Cents 101 25... 101 25 .. 101 25... 101 25 3 per Cents 80 ... 80 10... 80 ... 80 05 Bank of France 3270 —3285 ...3270 .. 3285 Lallitte Bank I,ooof 1040 ..1040 ...1040 ...1040 5,000 f 5045 ...5045 ...5045 Bolgianßank 787 50... 787 50... 787 50... 787 50 Belgian Fives lO3 ... 1034 ... 103 ... 1034 Belgian Fives 1840, ex dividend Threes 7l 10... 71 10... 71 10... 71 10 Dutch 2i per Cents 53 ... 53 ... 53 ... 53 Spanish Active 22 ... 22 ... 21 a ... 214 Portuguese Fives 3o* ... 304 ... 304 Neapolitan... lOB ... 108 20... 108 ... 108 20 Roman RAILWAY SHARES Versailles, R.B ...... 260 ... 265 ... 260 ... 265 L.B lOO ... 100 ... 100 100 Rouen ............. Orleans. 582 50... 585 ... 582 50... 583 75 Strasburg to Bale 205 ... 205 ... 205 ... 205 Lord Aberdeen has arrived in town, from a visit to Sir Robert and Lady Peel, at their seat, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town this morning, to rejoin Mrs. Goulburn and family in the Isle of Wight. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO TIIREE. The Funds continue exceedingly flat, and with less business to-day than is usual on a Saturday. Consols are 93 for Money, and 93* for the Account; New Three-and-a-Halfper Cents., 101*; Bank Stock, 1694-- Money . continues to be very easy, and the difficulty of employingit appears to be increasing, the first de scription of mercantile paper being sought after at as low a rate as 2 per cent. ; consequently the premium on Exchequer Bills has further advanced to 53 54 for the Old, and 51 53 for the New. The business in Foreign Securities has been limited to Dutch, and these have given way a shade since the morning; the Five per Cents. being now 100* 1004 ; and the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 524. Mexican Bonds are dull, and the quotation Is again a trifle below that of yesterday, .being The Share Market has been almost wholly without business, but what little has been done has been at an improvement. Great Western Halves have been sold at 60; Brighton, 361; the Loan Notes, 101 ; and Great North of England, 52*. The quotations of the bonds are—Colombian, 201; Spanish Five per Cents., 16 ; and the Threeper Cents., 201 21. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R A ILwAYs. Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties Great North of England ........100 Great Western Ditto New London and Brighton Ditto Loan Notes Paris and Rouen ... .... . ...... 18 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 7.—Bu siness still continues very limited, and Shares have rather a downward tendency. Manchester and Leeds are par to 10s. premium; North Midland may be quoted 56* to 57i; Brightons are offered more freely at the last quotation. Bank of Manchester are more in demand at 21. per share. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) WIIITECIIAPE L. The supply of Hay and Clover was moderate, and trade generally good. Of Straw the supply was rather short, and readily disposed of as it arrived at market at ls. advance per lead. Clover, 2/. 10s. to 5/. Bs. ; Hay, 2/. Bs. to 4/. is. ; Straw, 1/. 12s. to 1/. 16s. The market was well supplied with all kinds of Meat, and as Pork was a most abundant article, lower prices had to be taken. Beef, 2s. to 3s. 8d.,; Mutton, 2s. to 3s. Bd. ; Veal, 2s. Bd. to 4s. 4d. ; Pork, 2s. 4d. to ss. ; Lamb, 2s. Bd. to ss. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. There was a very good show of Meat, and prices were the same as last quoted. Of Game and Poultry the supplies were extensive, and prices moderate. Venison at very moderate rates. Geese, 4s. to 65.; Chickens, ls. 3d. to 2s. 3d.; Fowls, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. for really good kinds ; Pigeons, 4d. to Bd. ; Rabbits, Bd. to 9d. ; large ditto, ls. to ls. 3d. ; Grouse, 2s. 6d. to 3s. ; Pheasants, ss. to 6s. ; Partridges, 2s. to 2s. 6d. and Birds, 2s. to 2s. 61 per brace; Eggs, 4s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per 120. TALLOW MARKET. Some large sales were reported in the Market, and prices were firm-48s. 6d. to 48s. 9d. was the value of P.Y.C. of fair quality on the spot, and 48s. 6d. for arrival up to the close of the year. TEA MARKET. The demand for Tea had not improved since the arrival of the Overland Mail, and the Market remained much in the same state, as before, except that the holders were not quite so willing to press sales. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKEV. The supplies of Grain were moderate, and the Wheat trade without variation. Barley fully Is. per quarter lower. Oats were steady, but Shelling has again declined 6d. per load. Means as before. No alteration in other articles. Wa est, Red, Essex and Kent s. tOs. to 51s. fin, 53. Norfolk asset Suffolk —s, 4133. to sf/s. fine 52s -- Lin. and Cam. -- Yorkshire — s. 463. to 481. fine 49 white ....—.-- Foreillara, rted s. s. to 4s. fine 51, ---. White —s. —s. to —s. one : Barley, Norfolk and Suth,lk 3oa. to : , 13. fine 1 .- ,2, —... Lincolnshire --.-- Yorkshire Wold . 4Bs. to 303. fine Pis --- Foreign Beans, New -- Old Oats, Potato —s. to 20a. tine ...9, —.... Poland —s —s. to `2OB. tine 22s -- Vriezlanel and Small —s...-.s. to --s. tine —.,. l4caling . ShAling '2.l. to 25a. per Lose Malt • • 378. fine 39a. pet / cael Rapeseed -I.os 231.03. 291. Os. p er List LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON", OCT. B—Wind this day at noon, N. E., mode rate breeze, and hazy. MARGATE, OCT. 7.-22 casks of palm oil, 3 casks of spirits of turpentine, 6 crates of glass bottles, and 161 staves, have been brought in from the wreck of the Susan. DEAL, OCT. 7—Wind W. N.W. light.— Sid. Gambia, Sierra Leone ; Crusader, Honduras ; Mars, Bermuda. OFF DOVER, OCT. 6.—War-steamer, Etna, Texel, for the. West Indies. OFF THE WIGHT, OCT. 2.—Norman, Copenhagen, for St. Thomas. SClLLY.—Previous to September 30 the Harmony, from London for Glasgow, put in here, with bows stove, Laving been in contact. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 7.—Wind N.N.W. to N.—Arrd. Numa transport, London, for Bermuda. SHIELDS, CcT. 6.--Sid. Romulus, Demerara. The Australia, bound to Bombay, in being towed nut yester day took the ground, but is not supposed to lave re ceived any damage. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 7.—Wind W.N.W., fresh.--Acrd. Marth, Stute, Porto Cabello. SOUTH RONALDSAY, OCT. 2.—The Dahlia, from Li verpool to St. Petersburgh, which got ashore on the Little Pentland, Skerry, on the 30th ult., has become a total :vreek ; crew saved. CLYDE, OCT. 4.—Sid. British America, Antigu t ; Clydesdale, Antigua ; Callao, New Orleans. Hum., OCT. 6.—Arrd. Sir E. Hamilton, Lundie, St. Andrews. NEWPORT, OCT. 6.—Sld. Czar, St. Thomas. DEA.TII OF TILE DUCHESS OF ATHOLL.—Her Grace the Duchess of Atholl died at Dunkeld House, on Monday, the 4th o f O ctober, at a quarter before five o'clock, in the 81st year of her tv , e. M`Douall, the Chartist, has beeii taken into custody in Guernsey.—Leeds Mercury, The Duke of Wellington arrived at Apsley House last evening from Walmer Castle, in order to be present at the obsequies of his lamented brother. The Hon. and Rev. Dr. Gerald Valerian Wellesley is also in town, and staying at Apsley House until after the funeral. The Earl of Mornington arrived at his mansion in Savile-row ear ly in the evening, from Deal Castle, Kent. The Noble Earl, as eldest brother of the deceased Marquis, will attend as principal mourner. Bis Excellency Lord Cowley, the British Ambassadcr at Paris, reached town last evening from the Frenc h ca p it al , the Noble Lord having come expressly from Paris to attend the funeral. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEN ENG, OCTOBER 8, 1842. CHINA, INDIA, AND I AFTGITANISTAN. I HYDERABAD, Auc. 23.—1 t is now broadly stated that. General Pollock was not in a condi tion to retire when the Governor-General's order arrived fur him to retrace his steps, and that he could not move the whole of his army without a reinforcement of carriage. Advance, therefore, would havebeen out of the queStion, except by a small portion of his force, and would have been tu, tile without a corresponding movement from Can dthar. Brigades, however, from both the forces-have been actively employed during the .past. month. One under Col. Moataath advanced as far as Pesh Bollik, and demanded the property abandoned. there by Captain .Ferris, which was in a great measure restored. Oa the road to Pesh Bolak, at the village of .Ali Boghan, some accoutrements of the men of the 44th were discovered; and I regret to .say that there were some excesses committed, both by Europeans and natives, roused as they were to exasperation at the sight of their murdered • comrades' property. From the occurrence at Ali Boghan, the press argued a universal scene of rapine and destruction in the advance of either army, and it is satisfactory to observe in what has been done, that discipline has been entirely preserved, and that though fortS and mud walls have been plentifully overthrown, no violence has been done to the people themselves. Briga dier.Monteath's present occupation' is not only to blow up the forts of those chiefs immediately io the ne ighbourhood of Pesh Bolak who at tacked Captain Ferris, and notoriously assisted in the destruction of the fugitives from the Khoord Caubul massacre, but to collect the revenue from that district, and from the chiefs under the Suffed Koh. As yet we have not heard of his having experienced any opposition, nor that his brigade has been in any way under fire. It is reported, however that he has at last come upon a refractory chief who occupied a very,strong hold, and who had defied him. The reduction of this castle had, of course, been determined on, and elephants had been dispatched from Jellalabad, to assist in tran sporting the guns through a mountain pass which led to the chief's abode. Monteath's operations have had some moral effect also. The chiefs of the Lughman valley, seeing that those near Pesh Bolak and under the • Sufftd Koh have been unable to make any op position to the force, and that their castles have been. deliberately destroyed, have naturally be come anxious for their own, and have therefore been exerting themselves, by their agents at Caubul, to procure the liberation of the prisoners or some terms for the evacuation of Affghanistan. What real power or influence they do possess does not appear, but there is no doubt that various dile& of rank are occupied in arranging negotiations independently of Akbar Khan, who, though supreme in Caubul and the Balla Hissar, does not appear to possess any power elsewhere. Akbar Khan's position is a curious one : pos sessed of the supreme authority by the defeat of the Prince Futtch Jung, he apparently dared not assume it. He has consequently set the Sudogye Prince upon the throne, and has made himself Vizier, thus virtually retain ing the power. , The Kuzzilbashes, however, keep him in check, and upon his intention being made known to seize Mohunhall, the traveller, who is in Caubul, and whom the tribe protect, they declared to a man that they would take up arms against him, and overthrow him— a threat which they could, it is understood, exe cute at any time. According to accounts also, it is said that he appeals for aid to the English officers, and for their intercession on his behalf to the British Government, pointing, as a proof of his pacific intentions, to his having raised a Sudogye Prince to the throne, and recognised the validity of the claims .of Shah Soojah's de scendants. To this Lord Ellenborough is said to have : replied by an offer, to exchange all pri soners, including his father. - - Here, however, is another dilemma. Dost Mohamed and his son, Akbar Khan, as .a supporter of the Sudogy e family, could not together inhabit Caubul, nor even Affghanistan. Nor could Akbar Khan preserve his present position, which all agree he is bent on doing at all risks. What course will be pursued, then, it is impossible to divine. Of the army of reserve nothing further has transpired, than that it is to assemble at Feroze pore, and that many officers in the staff, belong ing to regiments which are to compose it, have been ordered even from Calcutta to join it. From this it,is argued that something more is intended than a mere demonstration or military display, and that asnothingbas been omitted to complete the army in every material, including heavy siege ordnance, intrenching tools in large quan tities, and ammunition to an immense amount, that it is meant for a hostile purpose somewhere. It_is not likely that it is to be marched to Caubul, because it would be impossible to transport heavy ordnance, or half the army there. The insurrec tion in Bundlekund, if not entirely suppressed, is nearly so, and a force is to be formed to averawe that country after the rains, com posed of some Madras and Bengal troopsjoined. Politically speaking, the possession of the Pun jaub is too obviously necessary to admit of doubt, and with the Indus our own, we should not only possess the noblest frontier possible for India, but with our steamers upon its waters could do more to extend our commerce a hundred fold, than has been effected by the advance of our armies into regions they ought never to have seen. • The Bombay Times has done good public ser vice, and saved Ministers, both former and pre sent, a vast deal of, trouble, and hosts of excuses in pubiishing I3urnes's correspondence "entire," and noticing the Parliamentary Blue Book edi tion of it. I suppose that no documents were ever so mutilated to serve a purpose, or no matter ever so perverted to gratify the ambition of one man (the late Envoy) than those letters were. In no one, case does it appear that Burnes was treated coldly by. the Ameer, Dost Mahomed, nor that other than the utmost deference was shown to him. Even the admission of the terrible Russian Envoy to Caubul would have been forbidden by a word of his. It is true, Dcst Mahomed made no secret of his ap prehensions of the encroachments of Runjeet Singhi and of the danger of his leaguing with Sooltan Mahomed Khan in Peshawar, to rob from him more of the Affghau territory. It is also true that he feared Persia, and wished us to interfere to prevent heraggressions. In regard to the former, we can only say that the star. of the Punjaub was in the ascendant, and had for the time dazzled the weak understandings of the Po liticals, who could. not be brought to see that Runjeet Singh could hardly retain his conquest of Peshawar without the British aid, in enmity against Dost Mahomed. But in regard to the latter, we can only see wilful blindness and wil ful aggression. The brothers of Dost Mahomed had openly turned 'back the emisaries of Persia from Candahar,. "reported by Burnes," and yet in the Simla proclamation, said to be based upon Burnes's correspondence, Dost Mahomed is openly accused of giViog his support to the Per sian designs in Aff g oauiStan, as if' it were possible • for him to have done so without contriving his own. ruin with the•Affghan people. During Lord Auckland's government of India, it appears by a general not ification from Lord Ellenborough•That the charges in the civil ad ministration' •in Bengal a nd the provinceS had gradually increased north-western , till an excess of expenditure over previous . years of one crore (1,000,0004 sterling) had been gained. How this has come to pass no one can divine, and it has been a wise act of his Lordship to institute a Committee to inquire into the subject of an in crease so enormous, without any apparent com mensurate benefit. The papers say, that there is no-increase observable in any department, and that the late .Governor-General was constantly occupied in making sav ings whenever he could effect them. It is unfortunate that his exertions should have had a contrary effect. The Gover nor-General's notification is very distinct, and allows of no coMpromise,.and the Committee are exorted to do their duty i mpartially and without any ,reservation in favour of individuals or indi vidual convenience.. A similar Committee has been ordered for Bombay. • Another subject which early pressed itself upon the notice of the Governor-General,,is the police of the Bengal Presidency , which by every ac count, official and private, could not by any.pos sibility be in a worse condition. The present plan of Lord Ellenborough, which is but a pro position, however, is to form the whole of the constabulary into a semi -military body, to have additional mounted men, and that all should be enabled to act in bodies either for the protection of districts, for the suppression of gangs of thieves, or insurrections. His Lordship proposes to dress the policemen regUlarly in a simple manner, and . .to arm them with musket and bayonet, that they should be accustomed to act together regularly, and be efficient to escort treasure, to act as irregular troops in the attack of mud-walls and in jungle. If' it had not been utterly neglected and over tltrown, for the mOst-Ort in the Company's ter ritories, the whole of India 1-possesses an admir able and very numerous Polite in PY.elif a certain number of the inhabitants of winch hold or held lands to serve •as . si , atchmen, and to kick after their (MI boundaries. Perhaps in S tri FA Mk fIY EF NEWS AND 4Dublte Optriton. " 117 w runs may ;mi.' POILMIGN. The Spanish Cortes are convoked for the 14th of November. _ The,!!Duke d'Aumale has returned to Paris, and is preparing to depart for Africa,, where he, will make his debut as Marechal de Camp. The Prince de Joinville resumes the command of the . Belle Poule for a long cruise, having refused - the rank of Rear-Admiral. , , . Their Majesties the King and Queen of the French received on Tuesday ,evening the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Chancellor of France, the Sardinian Am bassador, the Ministers of Pritssia,- Portogal;- - Sweden, 'Greece, Baden, Bavaria, Mexico, Wurtem berg, Hanover, Holland, Mecklenburg, the Pope's Nuncio, the Russian Charge d'Affaires, the Prince de la Moskowa, Generals de Lawcestine and Ventura, and the Count de Sercev. In the course of the afternoon the King went to N - euilly ; and returned to Saint Cloud at five o'clock. A deputation from the Bureau of Longitude, with Admiral Roussin at its head, had the honour of being received by the King at St. Cloud on Tuesday. The chief clerk or cashier of a great Manchester house at Monte Video, who in August last absconded from South America with cash and bills, it is said, to the amount of 12,0001., has been secured at Bordeaux, with nearly the whole of the property in his possession. The cold, in the neighbourhood of Tournay in France, has been so intense that the swallows that have not yet migrated have fallen lifeless in the streets. The difficulties which had arisen relative to the testamentary intentions of the late Cardinal Pesch, in favour of the town of Ajaccio, have been removed, by a donation made by the Count of Survilliers (ex -King of Spain), the universal legatee. The -King of the Belgians returned to the Palace of Lacken on Monday, from his visit to the camp of Be verloo, where a grand dinner was given in honour of him by the Commanding officers and staff. ON r —1:11.11.Dt —COMMERCE. • Reports were general in Stafford yesterday evening that disturbances had again broken out in the Potte ries, and that large bodies of the workmen had again struck for higher wages. The absence of the local Magistrates at the Special Commissions, of which the labouring classes have not been slow to take advan tage, is alleged to have been the immediate cause of this renewed movement. The Islington Branch of the Church Pastoral Aid Society held its meeting yesterday. From the Re port it appeared that the expenditure for the parent Society for the past year was 21,7671., and its income only 18,9001. The Branch Society had fallen off 601. in its receipts since last year. Barham Court, the Earl of Gaitisborough's seat, near Maidstone, and other of his property in the county of Kent, is about to be brought to the hammer. LAW imp POIai.:E. Miss Matilda Ann Layell, whose father holds a high situation in her Ma'esty s Excise, and who, on coming of age,will herself be entitled to considerable property, was yesterday charged at Lambeth-street, with being accessory to the utterance of a forged bill of exchange for 1001. She was remanded till Tuesday, and ad mitted meanwhile to two sureties in 250/. each, to appear on that day. Richard Felton, steward of the Batavier steam-ship, now under seizure, was charged at the Thames police yesterday, on a Custom-house information, with smuggling 2131b5. of cigars and tobacco. The prisoner was sentenced to pay a fine of 1001. to the Queen, and in default, was ordered to be imprisoned at Clerken - well for six months. Charles Gifford, apprehended and examined as the party concerned in the alleged Chartist conspiracy at Southampton, was acquitted unanimously by the Ma gistrates of that town on Thursday. The Cheshire Special Commission opened at Chester on Thursday last, when Lord Abinger ad dreSsed the Jury, and the trials commenced. At an inquest held yesterday evening at the Bridge house, Borough-road, held for the fourth time, to pronounce the cause of the death of Joseph Bowler, a chair-maker, poisoned by arsenic, the Jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Jane Bowler his wife, who was committed to Newgate. zaTE.R.A. AND SCIENTIFIC. A neiTperiodical, under the title of Zeit Regis trande, appeared at Wcimar, the middle of last July. It is intended to serve as an index to all newspapers of Germany, for reference to- any public document or event. TIIE.IITILICAL. The theatres at Paris are opening for the winter season. Madame Stroltz played this week brilliantly in the Reim de Chypre. The Opera Italien will open shortly with a new tenor, M. Corelli. c OUR. T-FILSELIONABLE. The Dowager Countess of Essex •and Miss Johnson return home on Monday next. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton are still 'On a visit ing tour in Lancashire. Lord W. Russell has been passing the autumn at Carlsbad. _ _ Lord Cowley arrived in London yesterday from Boulogne. The Countess of Clare has left Mivart's Hotel for Hentlesbam Hall, near Ipswich. The Earl and Countess of Cawdor have been staying at Drumlanrig Castle during the week, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. The Marquis and Marchioness of Camden are pass ing the season at the Wilderness, in Kent. 'f he Earl and Countess of Hillsborough returned to town last week, from Willesbourne Castle. The Earl of Dunmore arrived last week at Armi dale, Isle of Skye, on a visit to Lord Macdonald. The Earl and Countess of Sefton commenced their parties at Croxteth on Monday last. IVIDICELZANEOI73. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager arrived at Can ford the day before yesterday, for a sojourn in the count• of Dorset. Upwards of 5,000 persons, and several hundred horsemen, assembled to meet her at the entry of the village, which was decorated with a triumphal arch. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and liter ch andize : Week Miles Name of Railway. ended Opened. Oct. 1 Birmingham & Derby Jttnct. 48 Sept.3o Birmingham and Gloucester 55 24 Brandling Junction 25 30 Chester and Birkenhead .. Oct. 2 Dundee and Arbroath ..... 161 1 Edinburgh and Glasgow 2 Eastern Counties 1 Glasgow and Ayr .. ..... 40 1 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenoek 22i 1 GraridJunct.,Chester&Crewe 113 1 Great North of England 45 • 2 Great Western Sept. 9 Hayle lB Oct. 1 Hull and Selby Lancaster & Preston Junction 20i Sept.3o Liverpool and Manchester 3l Oct. 1 London and Birmingham__ 114 6 London and Blackwall ... 31 1 London and Brighten Ditto Shoreham Branch ....•• 4 London and Croydon lO4 6 London and Greenwich 2 London and South Western Sept. 29 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 Oct. 1 Manchester Scilirmingham I Manchester and Leeds 1 Midland Counties s7i 1 Newcastle and Carlisle 6oi Sept.3o Newcastle and North Shields 7 Northern and Eastern Oct. 1 North Midland Sept.3o North Union Oct. 1 Preston and Wyre • I Sheffield and Manchester 7 6 South Eastern 1 Taff Vale . 3O 2 Ulster 24 1 York and North Midland 2B Total. X. s. d. 1,535 11 9 2,210 7 8 687 10 4 571 19 11 232 14 Si 1,992 5 S 1,015 ' 9- 9 1,008 15 10 843 5 8 7,749 9 10 1,428 8 10 15,025 3 10 242 3 2 1,171 6 1 4,654 4 6 17,387 16 4 715 0 2 4,399 6 7 874 4 10 873 19 6 6,602 15 O 575 9 3 - 2,444 6 2 4,960 15 5 3,151 7 111 2 1,497 39 4 344 3 8 b,409 17 2 1,102 18 2 248 0 2 220 6 2 1,627 8 3 557 1 7 409 19 3 1,970 16 6 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Devonport Independent of this day.) Her Majesty's steam-frigate Salamander, 4, Com. Hammond, arrived on Monday from Woolwich, and came into harbour to take a supply of coals on board. The Hon. Mr. Ellis and suite embarked on board her on Tuesday,' and she sailed the same day for Rio Janeiro. Her Majesty's ship Albion, 90, had her masts put on board on Tuesday last. Her Majesty's ship Superb, 80, arrived here on Sunday last, from Pembroke, and came into harbour the same day. She was brought round by Mr. Henderson, As sistant-Master-Attendant, and a party of seamen and riggers, under juryinasts, and is to be one of the " ad vanced ships of the ordinary" at this port. Her Majesty's ship Wellesley, 72 ,was warped alongside the Sheer-hulk on Wednesday, and had her masts tal:6l ont the next day. She will be taken into dock to-day (Saturday) to be examined, previous to being fitted ac cording to the new arrangement. Iler Majesty's ship Daphtie, 18, Captain J. J. Onslow, sailed on Monday last for Rio Janeiro. Her. Majesty's steamer Kite, Lieut. W. J. G. Pasco, having been thoroughly repaired, was taken out of dock on Thursday. She will return to the coast of Africa; Ls soon as she has refitted. Her Majesty's steam frigate Thunderbolt, 6, arrived on Sunday from Glasgow, where she ha: been fitted with engines, and sailed on Monday, for Portsmouth. • Her Majesty's iron steam-vessel Ruby sailed on Thurs day, for Chatham. • Ships in Harbour.—Caledonia, W. Capt. A. Milne ; San Josef, 110, Captain F. Burgoyne ; Kite, p, steamer, Lieut. W. J. G. Pasco ; Spiteful, and Confinee, steamers ; Harpy, revenue-cutter ; Aid, lighter. In the Sound.—Earl Grey, convict-ship. Her Majesty's ship Cambridge, 78, Captain E. L. Barnard, is ordered home from the Mediterranean, to be paid off. . , many pat is this body has been so neglected that • and some 16 or 20 of these proceed on the Ist by it ceased to be recognised, but according to the steam. It is stated that an army of reserve or ob reports it does exist pretty generally. They exist servation is to be assembled, under command of Sir in many native States, in Nag-pore, for instance, C. Napier, who leaves immediately; and we believe where the police is the best in India; and in there is no officer under whom it could have been sonic parts of the Nizam's territory, where the placed in whom greater confidence is reposed by the Talookhdar, or collector, attends to them pro- army of India in general. He is senior to General perly, they are found to be efficient. These England, and will supersede him in command. The men might be again reformed; they would only point on which these movements are directed is said be of use locally; and the military police would to be Hyderabad, where we have some old scores to help them materially; but to trust to the mili- settle. ltissaidalso that the Ameers have given us re tary police alone for the protection of property cent cause of mistrust, which must be looked into. and person, is to expect more than is possible. As yet,- however, it is untitir to judge of his Lordship's purpose. Another, and the last object worthy of notice in the -acts of Government during the month, is the promulgation of an order restricting the oc -eiipaion of stair appointments to five years, and much Mnis been said on both sides of the ques tion. The new system will certainly distribute reward much more generally than at present through the army, and will give a spur to indivi dual exertion, not only in those who hold ap pointments (for they can be continued beyond five years at the pleasure of the Governor-Gene ral), but in all ranks to attain to them. Now, when a man attains to a staff appointment, it is generally considered that he is to hold it for his life, or till promotion deprives him of it, and pro vided he is tolerably attentive, he manages to creep on quietly to the end of his time. The latest news from Calcutta is, that the Go vernor-General goes to Simla to consult with Mr. Clark, who is ill there; and it is said that Shere Singh has applied to LorciEllenborough for aid against his Minister Dhyan Sing. This person's brother, Eblat Sing, commands the Sikh army, which is in his interest, so that interference be comes more probable. It is openly stated that the army of reserve will enter the Punjaub in November, and that to help the expenses of the war, the Revenue; Sur vey, amid Thuggee departments are to be abo lished, and a tax of 5 per, cent. put on all civil and staff-officers' allowances. QUETTAII. There is scarcely any separate or independent in telligence from this quarterits affairs being mingled with those of Candahar and Scinde. Lieutenant Hammersley had been very sick ; and his removal from political charge, in so far as that was assumed consequent on the statements contained in General England's dispatches, has occasioned much specula tion, and excited no small sympathy. Nusseer Khan was, at our latest dates (3d August), at Moostung, thirty miles from Quettah. It is understood that the Shawl country will be given over entirely to Kelat. It will be remembered that eighteen months ago similar charges were brought against these chiefs by the press generally, in reference to the murder of Lieutenant Loveday, our Envoy at Kelat, which are now laid against Akbar Khan in reference to the death of Sir W. Macnaghten,and that the former carried on the war against us as inveterately, and, on some occasions, as successfully, in proportion to his means and the extent of operations then on foot, as the latter chief. The mode which we took to redress our wrongs, and brighten the lustre of our shield, with the Beloo:Aiees, was to restore them their chief and leave their country ; and no one will dispute that in doing so we acted wisely. Is Caubul destined to furnish a further parallel to Kelat, than that which it has already supplied? J EL LA LABAD. Our former dates from this quarter extended, at the dispatch of last mail (July 19), to the 24th of June, and we now have received intelligence to the 3d of August. We were in error in stating that at the first-mentioned of these dates Brigadier Monteath's force had returned from Pesh Bolak they have only now come into camp after a six weeks' foray amongst the mountains. Near Pesh Bolak the trees were cut down, and the forts destroyed—the enemy offering not the slightest resistance. The fort itself had been be fore levelled by an earthquake, so here the work of destruction was perfected to our hands ; the rest of the valley was laid desolate in every quarter. Most of the property left behind by Captain Ferris's party in November last, together with a gun, was recovered. Grain and forage being plentiful, the troops conti nued to make the best use they could of the oppor tunity of collecting supplies, 700 camel-loads having been sent to Jellalabad. The chief at length agreed to pay a mulct of 3,500/. Having continued here for a fortnight, Brigadier Monteath proceeded to make a detour among the hills, levelling the forts and destroy ing the trees as he proceeded to rejoin General Pol lock. The tribes at the beginning were found friendly towards them, and freely tendered whatever was re quired of them. On the 24th of July a party, con sisting of two companies of her Majesty's 31st, and the light companies of two of the infantry regiments, were detached to a reconnoissance of the Shinwarree Valley, preparatory to the destruction of the forts. The hollow, seven miles long, and half a mile broad, was covered with water, for the irrigation of the rice fields. The troops met with little resistance on their advance, but on returning they were obliged to skirmish their way back to the camp. Our loss was three killed and wounded—all natives. On the 26th, Monteath moved out with the principal part of his brigade, about 2,300 strong, leaving the camp ill charge of six companies of light infantry and two squadmns of the Ist light cavalry, 800 in all. He advanced rapidly along the heights, driving the enemy before him. The valley was no where more than from 800 to 900 yards in width. The brigade returned to camp late in the afternoon, after twelve hours' continued and severe exertion under a tempe rature stated to have been 145 deg. (!) Lieutenant M'llveen, of her Majesty's 31st, was the only officer who fell : two Jezailchies having been killed, and 23 -of all ranks wounded, including nine Europeans, no officers. After this all the principal chiefs in the val leys sent in their submission. The brigade returned to Jellalabad after six weeks' absence, on the 3d August. Treasure to the amount of 100,0001. is also on its way, and would reach about the Ist of Septem ber ; 10,0001. a week is required for pay alone, and the army is now three months in arrears. The rockets forwarded by Mangy- some months since from Delhi were divided into two separate parts at Ferozepore, part having been dispatched by water from Shukkur to be for:warded thence through the Bolan pass to Quettah, and part having been sent through the Pun jaub for Peshawur; 350 camel loads of these, with shot, shells, and other descriptions ofammunition, were expected at Jellalabad about the 26th—this giving rise as usual to fresh reports of an advance upon Caubul. CANDAHAR. At the date of our last intelligence from Candahar (12th June), Colonel Wymer, with a force of 3,000 men of all arms, were under orders for a march to the north-west, their destination being unknown, but re quiring them to take with them eighteen days' sup plies. It was believed to be Ghirisk, on the Helmund, a place of considerable strength, eighty miles off. It turned out that a general foray amongst the disaffected chiefs, for the purpose of levelling their forts, and de stroyiiig their orchards and corn-fields, was alone in tended : in this we were every where successful, the enemy having fled before us, or offered submission on our approach, and nowhere attempted resistance. The troops first proceeded down the valley of the Ur ghundab river, as far as Nar-o-Kareez, the seat of a notorious freebooting moolah (priest !) named Sahi Ozadah. His stronghold, named after himself, was entirely destroyed. The force proceeded in the direction of Ghirisk, but afterwards, turning on their previous course, moved about thirty miles to the westward. They then made a sweep, and " skirred the country round" within sight of Canda har (on the 22d and 23d), and having very success fully spread ravage and devastation all around them — sparing only the few who had kept faithful to us — returned to camp on the 28th without loss. For the next three weeks the army remained inactive. Go vernment having expressed its dissatisfaction at the arrangements of General England embodying the light companies of the native regiments in Scinde into a battalion, this was ordered to be dissolved on the 15th, the men returning to their corps. At this time it was understood that a retiring movement was to be made by this detachment, and some of the late Shah's regiments, on the 22d—these leaving behind them at Killa Abdoolah a force strong enough to maintain the post till the main body fell back on it ; carrying with them mean while to Quettah the 12th Native Infanty, by whom the fort had been kept since the 14th of June. Either the army must have been kept in profound ignorance of their destina tiem, or a sudden and unlooked-for change had come over the resolves of Government ; for the expectation that the whole . force was to retire on Quettah with out delay continued uniform and unabated till the rumour spread, about the 27th of July, that they were to be divided—about 4,000 retiring as originally proposed, and 7,000 moving on as lightly equipped as possible in the direction of Ghuznee, and then turning to the right across the Sooliman range, by the K afila route, to descend upon Dera-Ishmael-Khan, a large frontier town on the banks of the Indus, and the boundary of the Punjaub. The order for this was issued on the 30th, from which it appeared that the troops destined for Quettah, under General England, consisted of Cooper's Troop Horse Artillery, a bullock battery (six prs.), detachment of Poonah horse, two rissalahs Christie's horse, 25th Bombay Native In fantry-, Companies late light battalion, and the Ist, 2d, and sth Bengal Irregular Infantry (late Shah's), in all nearly 4,000 men. These were to leave about the 6th or Bth of August. They were to be accom panied by Timour Shah, the only son of the late Shah Sooj ah, who has throughout conducted himself with tolerable propriety. Suitor Jung, who surrendered himself to us two months since, after requiting our previous kindness to him by six months fighting against us, is to be left at Candahar, where all is ex pected to become uproar and wild confusion the moment we retire. General Nott was to march east ward about the same time that General England moved in the opposite direction. SCINBE. The countries betwixt the Bolan Pass and Kurra chee, on the line of Indus, furnish us scarcely a sub ject for one line of narrative. The most turbulent of these districts appear at present to be in a state of profound tranquillity; and even the mountain robbers have interrupted the traffic of plunder which has been the main source of support to the chief part of the population along the skirts of Cutchee from time im memorial. Under the Candahar head we have given particulars of the retirement of England's force of betwixt 3,000 and 4,000 men ; these, we presume, will be joined at Quettah by the troops presently stationed there, and will move down the Bolan Pass 5,000 strong. Camels to a large extent are being 45sembled at Sukkur, and collected in all the districts around ; while arsenal AM PRlTTlisgtriat stores, on the largest scale, are getting ready here without delay for a similar destination. It is some time since permanent cantonments for 5,000 Men were ordered to be constructed at Sukkur, and arrangements to a similar effect are now making at liurracOee by the spa, •Meanyvliile, officers ~t this Presidency have been ordered to join such of their re giments as are in Scinde withont a mornent's delay ; LOSS OF THE ADELE. Accounts were received on Wednesday last of the total loss of the barque Adele, from hence to the Mau ritius, on the night of the 4th instant, while attempt ing the passage between the Cherbaniani Bank and the island of Chittae. She struck upon a coral reef, we presume the one on which the Shaw Byrumgore was lost some years ago, and hence called the Shaw Byrumgore Reef. The masts were immediately cut away, and every attempt made to get her off; but owing to the heavy sea running, all their exertions were useless. Fortunately she held together till day light of the 511, otherwise not a soul would have been saved. As it was, twenty-four persons appear to have been drowned; the remainder succeeded in reaching the island of Chittae, where they were hos pitably received by the inhabitants. On the 13th, the captain and seven of the crew started in the long boat for the coast, and reached Calicut on the 15th or 16th. The remaining officers, crew, and passengers expected to be able to leave for Cochin about the end of the month. They were in all ninety-five souls on board.—Bombay Times, July 30. BRIGADIER MONTEATH'S SUCCESS. SECRET DEPARTMENT. Bombay Castle, Aug. 26, 1842. The Hon. the Governor in Council is pleased to re publish, for general information, the following notifi cation issued at Allahabad, on the 11th inst., under the orders of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India. By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council, J. P. WILLOUGHBY, Secretary to Government. NOTIFICATION. Secret Department, Allahabad, Aug. 11, 1842. The Right Hon. the Governor-General is pleased to direct the publication of the following letter from Major- General Pollock, and of the report from Brigadier Mon teath, of the successful operations of the force under his command in the Shinwaree By order of the Right Hon. the Gover-General, (Signed) T. H. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General. FROM MAJOR-GENERAL GEO. pOLLOCK, C.D., COMMAND ING TROOPS WEST OF THE INDUS, TO T. H. MADDOCK, ESQ., SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT POLITICAL DE PARTMENT. Jellalabad, July 29, 1842. Sir,—l have the honour to forward herewith a copy of my letter to the Adjutant General of the Army of this date, for ardingcopies of letters andother documents from Brigadier Monteath, reporting the result of an at tack on the enemy in the Shinwaree Valley. The loss sustained by the et.emy must have been con siderable, for in a letter which one of the chiefs addressed to Captain M•Gregor on the 28th instant., he states that they were still burying their dead. The effect in the whole valley by such a complete defeat of the Shinwarees, and the destruction of so many of their forts, will be pro. ductive of the most beneficial effects.—l have, &c. (Signed) G. POLLOCK, Major-Genera]. Commanding Troops West of Indus. FROM MAJOR-GENNIIAL POLLOCK, C.D., COMMANDING IN AFFGHANISTAN, TO MAJOIt-GENERAL LUMLEY, ADJU- TANT-GENERAL OF THE A.1131Y. Head Quarters, Simluh, Camp Jellalabad, July '29, 1842. Sir—l have the honour to forward for the information of his Excellency the Commander in Chief a copy of a letter, dated Camp Mazeena, 27th instant, from Brigadier Monteath, C. 8., commanding the troops in the Shinwaree Valley, together with copies of the documents to which it r&fers. Although the loss of the enemy on this occasion has not been stated by Brigadier Monteath, I have every reason to believe, from authentic sources, it has been considerable. One of the chiefs, Shadoo, had a nephew and a first cousin killed in the action, and another chief Hoosain, also lost a eon. The enemy were busily employed during the afternoon of the 26th in burying their dead, and on the day subse quent to the engagement the Shinwaree chiefs sent into camp to express their willingness to pay the revenue.— I have, Bcc. _ _ (Signed) G. POLLOCK, Major-General. Commanding Troops West of the Indus. FROM BRIGADIER MONTEATH, C. 8., COMMANDING FIELD FORCE, TO CAPTAIN PONSONBY, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT. GENERAL. Camp, Mazeena, July 27, 1842. Sir—l have the honour of addressing you to state for the information of Major-General Pollock, C. 8., that in accordance with the intention exprascd by me in my letter of the 24th inst., I marehel out yesterday morning at daylight to attack the enemy with the following troops and guns : Five 9-pounders, one 24-pounder howitzer, 50 Sappers and Miners, one squadron Ist Light Cavalry, seven com panies her Majesty's 31st Regiment, seen companies 33d NJ., seven companies 53d N. 1., and Ferris's corps of Jezailchees. As the road into the enemy's country was nearly im practicable for loaded animals, and we must have lost a great many camels had I attempted to move with our baggage, I resolved on returning to my present position after the operations I had in view had been concluded ; therefore, having compressed the camp as much as pos sible by striking a portion of it, and collecting the tents and baggage on one spot, I left it in charge of Major Hewitt, 33d Regiment, with the following tro2ps:— Two companies of her Majesty's 31st Regiment, ditto 33d Native Infantry, ditto 53d Native Infantry, two squadrons of light cavalry, 50 Jezailehees, and 100 of Torabaz Khan's men. On the troops gaining the left ridge of the Shinwaree Valley, which was the most practicable, the enemy re tired out of their forts, and I detached Lieutenant Beecher, of the corps of Engineers, with the sappers and miners, to set fire to them, which he did in succession up to the tort of Secunder Khan, at the head of the valley, the force moving parallel along the ridge for the protec tion of the party. Thus, at one time the interiors of 35 forts were in a blaze along the valley, the enemy con templating the scene from the heights in the vicinity of Seconder Khan's fort, where they had taken positions, and from whence they were driven in gallant style by the advance, consisting of the Light and two battalion com panies of her Majesty's 31st regiment. At this moment the guns, having bean brought into position by Captain Abbott, opened a fire of shrapnel' shells upon them, which did considerable execution, and so disconcerted them, that parties left the field altogether and never returned. Having effected everything in the way of destruction, I caused two companies of the 53d Regiment to be ex tended along a ridge below that from whence the ad vance had driven the enemy, and of which it remained in possession. In rear of the companies of the 53d a com pany cf the 33d was extended along the top of another ridge, and in the rear of that company, on a higher ridge, two guns were placed in pcsition, to aid in cover ing the retirement of the advance from the enemy, who were all ready to attack them, as soon as they should commence their descent from the heights. On these ar rangements being completed, the recal was sounded to the advance, and I am happy to say, the whole joined the main body, without a single casualty occurring. Major Skinner's party being exceedingly fatigued, for the heat had been excessive and the labour great, I di rec'.ed them to fall in with the main column, and ordered out two companies from each of the three regiments to cover our retrogression homewards. These were formed into two parties, and extended across the ridge in two lines of skirmishers. In rear of the second line I placed two guns, with a company of her Majesty's 31st Regi ment flanking each of them, also a party of forty cavalry, and a line of skirmishers was thrown out along the whole right flank of the column to the edge of the ridge (where the ground from its broken character was most favouratle fur the enemy), and which communicated with the rear line of the covering force placed under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Bolton, of her Majesty's 31st Regiment, at his own solicitation. In this order we retired seven miles and a-half over as bad a road as can well be supposed, and although I had anticipated loss and great annoyance from the enemy throughout the march, yet it seemed as if they had had enough, as their attacks were languid anti remarkably cautious throughout, and am rejoi:ed t o say, t h at at half-past three p.m. we arraed in camp without loss or injury of any kind. It gives me great pleaßre to record the zealous con duct of the troops generally, and the cheerful and praise worthy 111er.ncr in which the soldiers of her Majesty's st Regiment laboured to drag the guns up such places as the horses, notwithstanding their unequalled qualities, were incapable of doing. Herewith I beg to enclose Major Skinner's report, and I can myself bear ample testimony to the gallant cote; duct of himself, and those under his commap,d, and I s h ou ld be unjust were I not to su ;hat the conduct of captain li'arria, his native commandant, Hyder Ali, and the whole corps of Jezailchees was highly distinguished. My thanks are are very justly due to Lieutenant-Co lend Bolton, her Majesty's 31st Regiment, for the able manner in which he conducted the duties of coveting the retirement of the force, and particularly so to Major Skinner, for the zealous and gallant manner in which ho led the advance against the enemy ;—to Captain Ferris, for the gallant manner in which, with his corps of jesail chees, he drove the enemy from their position on the heights ;—to Captain Abbott and Lieutenant Dawes, for the very successful practice of the guns ;—to Lieutenant Beecher, for the zealous and satisfactory manner in whi ch he, pith the detachment of Sappers and Miners, con structed a road for the guns, and fired the enemy's forts. in the valley ; and to Lieutenant Lugard, her Majestys 31st Regiment, Major of Brigade ; Lieutenant Mayne , Assistant-Quartermaster•General ; Captain Lloyd, Sub- Assistant-Commissary-General ; and :Captain Robert son, Field Engineer, for the assistance afforded me by them in the fiet. I have also to express my thanks to Captain M‘Gregor , Political Agent, who, when the opportunity offered itself, served with the guns. Inclosed is a sketch of the Shinwarree Valley, and the ridge over which the troops passed, a return of killed an d wounded, one of the strength of the force employed, an d one of the ammunition expended.—l have, &c., T. MONTEATH, Brigadier, Command' ing the Field Force. FROM MAJOR SKINNER TO BRIGADIER PrIONTEATIL, C•l3 Camp Mazeena, 27th July, 1842. Sir—l hare the honour to report to you, that wif e° the advance guard, composed of the following details' viz. :—the eight light companies of the brigade, with tw° battalion companies of her Majesty's 31st Regiment, and the corps of Jezailchees, reached the crest of the ridr, over which the main column was moving about eia o'clock A.M., I observed the enemy posted in small landl e ' upon the different heights and ridges in my front, avbile several parties occupied gardens and broken walls tit the foot of the line of hills I was upon, above the valloY the right hand. A sharp fire was opened upon the line of skirmish ers ' who quickly advanced and drove the enemy off. corps of Jezailchees swept the front, the left hale we t l y ; cleared by the light company of the 31st Foot ; a nd' 0 ,, t light company of the 33d Native Infantry on the rig ~:e skirmished throughout that part of the valley near est.,,, r k". ridge : the remaining companies were in support.. " advanced to Secunder Khan's Fort "Muriaz" over re l l broken and difficult country, with frequent descents 911 y ascents, the enemy sometimes keeping up a good fire, lati always abandoning the lines of heights as we ascende d ; and falling back to others. I halted at Secunder Fort, from which a few shots were fired as we advase' when it was evacuated. r irat This fort hangs over a narrow valley on the g, hand, fields of rice in many parts of it now under avat e ;; A narrow stony ridge in the midst of this. valler y „' occupied by the enemy, and commanded the post ani ° , h l trees at the foot of the fort, which I wished to hold ; enemy was soon driven off the first part of the r idged°, fell back to a higher peak, from which it became 3 ' 1 . 5 1 , necessary to drive them ; this was done by the Jez 3l ; ii chces under Captain Ferris in very good style, who he . , it till withdrawn. At the head of the valley in which s ' ilt now were, stands a high hill with a fort upon its sinn ° ?4 a considerable distance off. All the ridges from %a t ' t the enemy had been driven appear to draw to a poin t this fort, and their retreat was always towards it. ~e gl Many men were collected there, and large were sent out to my right ; this induced me to' draw' e• companies of the 31st Foot on the left nearer to T i l l The enemy soon appearing on the summit of : 1 4 D shove my left, however, I sent or.e company of the3ll'o, Regiment to drive him away and occupy the hill. a l r duty was remarkably well performed by Captain w a n/ shall, of her MajestyZs 31st Regiment, w h o se' conl a .„ 6 was employed upon it. The enemy retreated with sT o loss, and took up another position under cover . 0 0 sungah or breastwork of stone within shot. Il f „ ei „ driven from it with great gallantry b y Lieut. f of the 31st Regiment, and a party ,of No. 7 Cornpane f :g . that corps. Lieut. M'llveen, a very promising officer indeed, was, I regret to say, killed in this a- 5 . 0 upon the sungale A narrow valley of rice fields, completely swa ul ' .o separated the ridge, on which . my 'right was, from 1 : ; ,,, small forts ; a garden at one end of the rice valley b it e i by the ridge towards the first of the two forts was 1 143 t be the light company of the 33d Native Infantry ; v a enemy descended from a high line of sand hills, 'Leet occupying these two forts, annoyed my position F,,'„a deal. He was driven from them by the light coinPa°3tber part of No. 6 of the 31st Regiment, who had tin ° t ground to advance on but the narrow ridges th a • der vided the terraces of rice ; they moved along these i' a sharp fire, and drove the enemy from his positi °ll ,: t cecupied these forts, and leaving Brevet Major Urn' of the 31st Regiment, in command of the post , ce ,,,en' from further operations. None of the forts I have were tioned were tenable by the enemy, the breached in many places by the earthquake in Fe b bo l' ay, last. When I was ordered to fall back on the math oo d about half-past one P.M., Major Urmston retired in e ot i order (followed at a distance by the enemy, w il° l , o e) fired constantly into the forts when we occupied th e to over the difficult ground behind him, having set fir the villages within the two forts before he left thenn,o,o The advance guard, being collected together abate Secunder Khan's fort, joined the main column. ,i bo arS great pleasure in assuring you that, during sever o3.l .:„ t el of the most active operations over the difficult enlP-104 wane ry we were in, every officer and man under my COP ) behaved admirably.—l have, &c., THOMAS SKINNEA;e ; ;it. Major her Majesty' s 31 st liegA — Return of Killed and Wound e d , &c in action, under 2 6tb command of Brigadier Monteath', C. 8., on t he July, 1842 : Killed-1 officer her Camp Majesty's Mazeena, 3st J d —total 3. eat 4 Wounded-7 privates her Majesty's 31st ; 1 s er gA ale t n ul y 2 2 l e , z l ll B l.l 41 and 8 rank and file 33d Native Infantry ; 5 rank 0.11 " 53d Native Infantry ; and 2 Jezailchies—total 23. 9 „a Strength of the Brigade-103 officers, Europen u A iao Native ; 152 sergeants, ditto ; 2,000 rank and file, —total 2,263. und s; Ammunition Expended—Abbott's battery, 57 I. ?, set? her Majesty's 31st, 4,889 ; 3d' Native Infantry , to tal 53d Native Infantry, 4,954 ; Jezailchics, 6, 678 19,450. (Signed) T. MONTEATH, Brigadierc„lea, Commanding Field•ru (Signed) EDWARD LUGARD, Lieutje• Major of firib (Signed) T. H. MADDOCK, t• " Secretary to Government of India kith Governor-General. IC SS ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE 011-,„0/1 AND LADIESAT CAUBUL AND CHARErofV , WHEN THE OUTBREAK COMME I3 SHOWING THE KILLED, WOUNDED' PRISONERS. gr s ' Mrs. Anderson and family, Mrs. Boyd and fatlV.,'"i t riali Eyre and family, Lady Macnaghten, Mrs. 3/ 1614 „1 a pd and child, Mrs. Sturt, Lady Sale, Mrs. Trei,i.; family, iu the hands of Mohamed Akbar. Airy, Captain, A.D.C., detained as hostage. th e AlexanderZLieut, sth Native Infantry, act road from Caubul. sP' .Anquetil, Brigadier, commanding Sh a h's Gener al killed at the Barriers. Anstruther, Capt., 54th Nati ve I n f an t r y, killed oil tist; road from Caubul. w :411 Anderson, Capt., commanding Shah's 2d Caval r y' fam, D as hostages. Balfour, r., her Majesty's 44th, killed on the r oscl f lofl Caubul. Bazett, Lieut., sth Light Cavalry, killed at Barrier•csi Berwick, Dr., R es id ency S urgeon, me di ca l c harge ° at Caubul. Bellew, Captain, A.A., Quartermaster, killed °- road from Caubul. a Blair, sth Light C al killed Bird, Lieut., kill e d on th e roa d f rom C au b u l. av ry,on the roe from Captain ,Caubul. Butt, Capt., sth Light Cavalry, killed at Barrier. ogi, Boyd, Capt. A. C. G., d eta i ne d w i th f am il y as 14°s it Broadfoot, Capt. M. S., mur d ere d i n t h e gar den. Brydon,Dr., arrived safe at Jellalabad, slightly W ° Bryce, Dr., Artillery, killed near Tezeen. den. jai Barnes, Sir Alex., P. R. C., murd ere d i n his gar i l l Barnes, Captain, Assistant Resident, murder Sn garden. Burke, Captain, Paymaster her 44th, killedol the road from Caubul. Burkingyoting, Lieutenant, sth Native Infantry' at Gundamuck. s in tit" Bygrave, Captain P. M., wandered for five d a) ,t p jungle, gave himself up in Ghilzee country , '" le ee' of one foot by frost. Prisoner. seer t ile Cadett, Lieutenant, her Majesty's 44th, killed 0„ , -,, a on ' Canyon, Lieutenant, 37th Native Infantry, road from Caubul. on° Cardew, Dr., 54th Native Infantry, left mortallY ' at Tezeen. 13arr !'! Chambers, Col., comg. 4th Li g h t C ay ., Killed at 161 Codrington, Captain, comg . Shah's 4th Infa lltrP at Charekar. a. 14' Collyer, Capt : , sth L. Cay., killed near Jellalabad e- Collins, Ce?t., her Majesty' s 44th, killed at GO a ConolV, Capt John, P. A., detained as h o stage- the , r' Corrie, Capt., 54th N at i ve I n f antry , killed on from Caubul.` Cuniberland, Li eu t., h er M a j es t y ' s 44th, kill ed a' aos t damuck. killed Cunningham, Li eu t., 5 4t h N a ti ve Infante)', 1 1 G undamuck. from Caubul. 1 Deus, Lie u t., s t h N at i ve I n f an t r y. killed OA the 1 er, Dedgin, Captain, her Majesty's 44th, bille d at 133° Drummond, Captain, detained as hostage. Duff; Dr. Supt. Surgeon, killed near Tezeen. e eies • d Elphinstone, Major-General, wounded as hos.talie'd er Ewart, Major comg. 54th Native Infantry , •Tezeen.• Eyre, Capt. A. C. D., kept with family as 11° ,- 4 tn i e g h e a s D a if' r ortye, Lieut., her Majesty's 44th, killed at J. re e Gordon, Lieut., 37th N. 1., killed at Mahone P Fort. fre es G G r re tt e n n t, c C a a p p t t :: A. A. sGh.,ahlt,isllAedrtaitilGeruyn,dakniltc. at Goo aie muelt. the ro:id , Grey, Lieut., 11. M. 44th, killed on a r t ' ll f U Caubul. at Griffith, Major, 37th N. 1.. taken priscT er muck, severely wounded in the arm, Mahomed Akbar. tff'; labaci. Harpur, Dr., Lt. Cave, killed near Jellv,• c a ub $ Haig, Capt., sth N. 1., killed on the road 1 uu` M. 44th, kale Haltahan, Captain, Quartermaster H. el'' Barrier. Ga dainu Hamilton, Captain, sth Lt. Cay., killed at damn c at' P e i Harcourt, Dr., H. M., 44th, killed at Gun i n g itS Harclyman, Lieut., 3d Lt. Cay., killed on lea v h f; v ou sev ere./ Haughton, Lieut., Shah's 4th Infantry, Chareekar, left sick 'at Caubnl • dannle. al Hawtrey, Lieut. 37th N. 1., killed at Gun Hay, Certain, commanding escort, 37th N. Ciutide.ro in the bail