The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-07 00:00:00

:he Thetailure of the house of Fergusson Brothers an 4 Co., at Calcutta; was much talkad of. The amount of their liabilities in India was stated to be little more than 10,000/. The cholera was making great ravages among the soldiers lately arrived in Bombay from Europe. CANDAHAR. ,Inlast month's summary particulars were given of the Veliaration s for the intended abandonment of Canda- TUar, w e are now in possession of subsequent details. he de s t ruct i on of the spare commissariat and arsenal `' S 'tell in progress appears to have proceeded with unithated activity till the eve of our march. The blow ing up of the powder magazine, when 40,000 rounds • of hall cartrid ge were exploded, caused a shock felt lor a vast distance around, and which impressed the inhabi tants with the belief that we were *in the act of destroying the city. General Nott marched out on the 6th of August in the direction of Ghuznee. His force consisted of Leslie's and Anderson's Horse Ar tillery, Bl ood ' s nine-nounder Battery, details of Bengal and Madras Sappers and Miners, the Bombay 3d eavnl rY, Haldane's and Christie's Horse, her Majesty's 40th and 41st Foot; ' with the 2d, 16th, 38th, 42d, lifd 43d N at i ve Infantry, the 3d, or Craigie's Irregu- Infantry, an d the battering train—in all amount ing to about 7,000 men, with twenty-one guns of various calibre. The force was as lightly equipped as p o ssible; and the number ; of camp followers would pb ably not g rea tl y excee d t h at o f t h e fi g h t i ng men, „, In l' aki ng say 16,000 i n a ll. , , They took with them the "ell= carriage which could,be spared, amounting to 8 on „' - 0 camels, besides a large supply of bullocks and '' ss e B ; the train of cattle covered an extent of 12 miles on th r e march. They carried with them forty days' march. They a ccoun t s s t a t e th a t th ey h a d reached. e okoor, 152 miles in advance, in safety. It was ex the they • th e ,would reach Ghuznee -(230 miles) about d a of Sept em b er, an d , ass u m i ng th a t f our or fi ve (8 8 3 were here consumed, they would be at Caubul encountered on) about the 15th, • supposing that 43 no annoyance or interruption any tu e re. From this division of our troops, whose for had es P re sently engage our chief anxiety, we have tiin no direct intelligence for some weeks—since the hav e in , indeed,they C dhr General- England, left an a a . f rom quitted quitted the city on the 7th and Bth, marched rn: morning th 111 beyond the walls in the direction of Quettah on of the 10th, with a force of about 4,000.- „fon, includirm. all the women, and the sick and sons nlght. ros il e n t a i , e i d °f the army. At this time the thenhOmeter ' 135 degrees in the day, and sunk to 60: before Timor Shah, the best behaved of the , of . the late Sh a h S oo j a h. accom p an i e d th e f o r ce ; j A A-- n el, his dissolute brother, was left to dis • ssith f his Baruckzye rival Mahomed ste r ,,,,, • ;lie people expressed the utmost Con. lik rl Wer 1 the anticipation of the distuibaUcea yto foirO W our departure. The first six marches buts aecomPlished without interruption or annoyance 3, toe °ll.reaching the Kojuck hills it was reported that Ivo r , e i i ! ei n,3' had begun to appear in numbers, and rn a i - i ' L ielY to obstruct the pass. Though a night a t e l l ' of t wenty-four miles had just been completed,' h e it t column was pushed forward to occupy the 1.8"-- a necessary an d success f u l precaution, which enabl e of t i cs d the whole f orce t o ge t through the difficulties 4 04 Portion of th e pass by- the 18th—nO loss of any 10,0 0 l aying been su s t a i ne d, th oug h a b ove 9,000 or artili 0 b easts of bu r d en accompan i e d t h e f orce. Th e b e dr er Y, consisti ng . of 18 guns and howitzers, had to e, 'e ryth 'gged over the heights by the men. After this -' in eet L ing proceeded smoothly; and this large detach sixteen "'wing accomplished a march of 147 miles in I vith " da y s, reached Quettah in safety on the 26th, pro the loss of less than half a dozen men. Here they th e f c ed to remain till the 10th of September, when h e .! descent through the Bolan Pass on Scinde, would I,a,itecomplished in three divisions. The heavy ord ei'.l.e,e stores, with the native sick of the Quettah and oflahar troops, were to move down under charge and a ier Reid, with the 12th Native Infantry the 22 troops. troops. Colonel Marshall was to follow on p an •42 d with the 25th Native Infantry, the light corn oont3: "the Bth N a ti ve I n f antry, an d some of the late I . ll. g e nt, in ch arge o f t h e rema i n i ng stores and 12 of ti ` l 'Pean sick ; while General England, with the last wow, tr o ops, rema i ne d till the 2d of October, and Ai re then f o ll ow the rest. They were to move p o , iti t el? Sukkur to abid e f ur th er o r d ers . N o op aod r ° ll Was appreh en d e d. It was sa id th a t Sh aw l `tuettab w ou ld pro b a bl y b e ma d e over to t h e t o 411 of hel a t. Thi s young ch i e f h ad b een on a v i s i t neoettah of some duration, and left because he did ls h tti see Prince Timor Shah. It is just three fsa:,, s si nce Kelat was t a k en , and Shah Mehraub, the sl t .:s r , of the - present Khan and twelve of the chiefs up -Rhiltered b ecause th e y wou ld no t ass ist u s i n se tti ng Of ti - 7 411 Soojith; and too surely prophesied the result iar,tteropt We had engaged in. Nusser Khan will dieil r , ll "etober '1842, the realisation of his sire's pre , dr nh and in possession of the domi 'reln nl • .h the Suddozve Princes have just A D. O n Colonel Wild, . the 6th august a brigade under . .1 . . ELLALABA jeza..lehees • .. marched for 4 •41 the oonnguns, e°4°.sting. °I. 30 ll3oth Native Infantry, with Ferris's 11 ' the Pe litt;;,.;rio'llitne capturedotinkengarornds morning Gepei i i, Sale N '61144 ,; e ,11ai tv's 13th, the 35th Ne i engagedt sparehe following n keeping ttlivee3rarcfatitry! ,‘,lth_-;/.,.----t-ro--0-p-.0'7 nd Miners, -krregniar. Ca . ' 1 A, and 400 Sappers, a. Horse Artillery, 500 of l ' - ' ° "d out • '` ar - ' • • I to f uttiahbad, fif tee4 miles in the opposite direction _ .. 1 It was given th a : tAii , a t tbi i s n advance towards Caub f u was With the view 0 . hood;, and destreiing strongholds . 11 . e the neighbour hastising some -"" as well as of t' king up a position where provi 31'3ns wer e Yu re plentiful. It It now appears 114 " b een the Q ‘' of operations preparatory to th e e nrst '6f a series by the troops, th ou e, e not then dreamt -of to us to mind of the e g R(1 wail likelihood arranged in the time CapnPaina".er-in-eliid at Jellalabad. At this . ea 4in 8 Troup and Lawrence, who had come into 1 nothing Whatever h r o n the 3d, once more returned to Caubu , the Caubul Sir rangeme aving 4 anspired as to the nature of the in' da l ., nts desied-to be made by l'oll'oe7 the terms likely to be acceded to . by General . r, > azrt t \ ,„ , i e Legal 53d, with took the place - ,(niailroose of the 10th Light Cavalry, , 4 atit r , in ef her Itlajesty's 13th and gates had 1)('';.( garriSolllllg Jellalabad, where the 35th Native In- Nat -Paired, and the traverses built up; the 6th - °rps i n , . r3 l sand the invalids e ve Infant ' d of all the other be hind.' „ewding 300 Europeans, also remained acti ve 'or : 1 week Sir R. Sale continuedwholly in the p' On the 14 th, her Majesty's 3d Dragoons and And on the in the 'Artillery marched to join him; the that Gene day i4ililation was received from an Candahar Bth cheral Xott was Preparing to move about ca m p the lOkin, the direction. of Gubznee. It be- tliinediately known that the bulk of the troops rest th e 4 he moved to Gundamuck, the station in m outh of . b. 4, place ()f traV el leis ; J 11 la tii-e defiles. This is the ordinary halt is 26 miles from e a h e i and 50 from Caubul. Its altitude is 4,6l6feet, th a n il ,2,600 higher tant Jellalabad, and 1,800 . dial k•;t1O1)111,-- arid possesses a climate inte _ e _ . lt,tr between tv.... I r o m w e er . is two. On the 20th General . r 0 1_ hor'tlarched with the 2d rie, consis . ting_ .. I ajesty'. lh, the 2 6th, b and y 69th Native In n .. Ihni, .Abbotes light battery, and the' Suppers and ethe I with. two squadrons of the sth, andoneQ tres-Laglit Cavalry. On the 21st, the long-looked-for ai l ,' wu.te, amounting to 10 0,0001., made its appearance,. ar kars bl..‘iTlnediately disbursed in bringing up t . b . 9„.. 1 , a nd A.,, '''-(a3- and June leaving all accounts f 0...." u brigade, e,easi%ty,kost still due On the 24th, the 4th hFip_ n_ 'ahtr - Nt'f herA •• • t and 3341 Native *.. y, ~,, lajesty s 31s , thee` ,WI ti i Jezait •ind Ferris's in Futtialihad on , the ernihß4,44','Letiallbad, and reached -e red t - '-'l`ne second ` day after. Here they were or ss the liver LNelnain f the present, encamped across 0 ' 1)1 ) n fi,g '-'l, G eneral e Sale. Provisions were r n o c r e w t 't iti their - "a' niis stationthan at those either in .d a „. ~., couldmaintain themselves L.atietital al, So that the of w a .„,, . treneb:_ b .!' ll •Z re , thi ng upon their . stores ; and . , , s c arth, aLer lyn portance assist with their beast i to GZ4,, in brinBing , supplies,l3 and forwarding them the ar tisOn's'anlaek. It havealready stated that .g at , 0 . Jo ! T f fro m 1 , e r aa, ' , IGO to 2,000 strong . wl, ''h Jum" '4 ` .44 arid Gundamuck, Sc) forming, .. .. posts fr ' ail (' Al' A '.. sive 9(a p Illusjid, a string of six sudee i s Brash tl'ao,., eshawur, all cf them arrisoneci b ti 4 vs .' )7 460 0 la, r 8,000 Sikhs benleft' to' maintain Q ,errne,i:_. t he •,- morning of " A: 23d ,fltie route. On , Kalb , General Pollock's for ca reachedl unde r liek * Gun khan ' and having heard that- the enemy, 1 h , the Chiefs Iladji Alli ' and Khyroo a llail, t°ectlPied the village and - fort of Mamrnoo k th em' '4O naile3 from camp, it was resolved to attac ad b r cal th e f rom morning; .. T A' squadron of the d Ainerg,nns, with Captain Broadfoot's Sappers an littl e si,' 'laving been ordered.up from Futtiahbad, a ienG..;iefere daybreak on the- morning of the 24th, drens—' Pollock advanced in, command of two squa and li' light cavalry, a light field battery, Sappers and Ge,ers, with her M jegty's 9th and the 26th . a . , th e ta Native Infantry all about , 4 000 men , earn', Navi n -L-in of Nat' • - 4.; been left in charge of Iro n , 4'14 Infantry (three from the 26th, and three ' v ith th e 6()th), and 00 .of the 3d Irregular Cavalry, rived tl - ciliaclron of the sth Dragoons, whichhar '''llial ti-11, iricirnlng, whose horses would not have been flood ed t - the labours of the day. The fields were irnpraet• ° Prevent the advance of our force, and . were d into _ icable for.,,avnlr The troops were divide two columns. 'Y' • named Was entere 1 The first village already on our approach ( 'without resistance, the. enemy retiring fort of. Thel ftcolumn went towards the Alan), e l ' fl en st a - 41 °° i‘hail, which was stormed by the rißht r neling the on each other's shoulders ; and nes off; Fr ,(?eeeded to Rookhi Khail, a couple of m t er the ne cavalry were sent well to the right,_s C aub u l •porpose of intercepting the retreat toward hliirnii,,, while Abbott's guns were placed between the driyea7er3 and the columns. The enemy being and ,s_ynto their first position, which was occupied `44l4tained by the right column, now retired on Kookhi 7vhic:ll. illage also was evacuated on our approach. '1 hey now retreated, and began to muster in force of 1 the rugged range of heights in our front, the most sal ieni of which was within long mus ket shot of the vill eg .2. The steeps were too rugged for the assent of our g uns. The enemy defended them selves with givat brAT ery, some of their attacks being bold enough to comp( our troops to re ti re a t one place, while at o.noth4 3r they maintained an advanced position amongst the hills till ordered to withdraw. 'The fighting `,cd five hours. Near th e hill t h e enemy's canip wa: i ov , ertaben and captured, and tents, cattle, and alumni; itiov, with a considerable quantity of provisions, fell 'nto ow hands. The Ca u b u l c hi e f s were said to have f. led w;.th fifty or sixty followers. The total of the e aemY's force is understood to have amounted to abut it 2 ,000. They had about 50 killed. Our casualties consist of seven killed and 49 wounded ; < anong.st the latter being Major Huish (26th .Nl — at'ive Tuft entry), and Captain Eclnionds (her aklajestfs. 9th Foot) severely; Captain Tait (commanding Irregular Cavalry) and Ensign Ro bertson (37th r;ative infant-3), slightly. While our troops were aili:vancing, partia:b were detached to set fire to the hems a and villages; and the force after wards remained on the ground, employed in cutting down the viney: irds and mull berry trees. Our troops everywhere bel ia - ved with thte utmost spirit and gal lantry, and the wl of the arrangements appear to have been eminently skilful and judicious. About forty of the memy ,it is said, were blown upp . by the accidental explosiol of an ammunition box. The sur rounding tribes speedily sent in their submission, and the camp began to be well supplied with provisions. On the Ist of September, to the astonishment of every one, Prince Mattel) Jung—who since the death of the Shah Soojah, has maintained a precarious, or occa sionally a phantom sort of supremacy at Caubul made his appearance in camp. He. had just before this been reported dead—killed in a scuffle, it was at one time said; another a victim of his own hands, or of the poison or dagger of the author of. all our evils—Akbar Kihan ! He accompanies General Pol lock on his orim - ard march, his presence being calcu 'lated, as is supp, 3sed, to produce a diversion in our favour. General Sale, who had been suffering from inflammation of qhe kidneys, was ordered to close up between the 2d and 4th ; while Brigadier Monteath was directed to follow the day after, so as to be ready to start for Caubul on the sth or6th. Flachsepoy regiment was al lowed 190 camols-800 being the usual number on similar occasions. The officers aban doned their own t o=uts and betook themselves to those of the native co) ramon soldiers. Baggage was re stricted to the 'lighteit possible amount, and the general belief secaied to be, that however, little might be taken with ti iem, all would be left behind ;no more carriage th an was adequate for necessary food and ammunition being looked for orb their return. The camp followers .were to have eight days' supplies sent out to them on starting, which they must carry for themselves, as the Commissariat could not under. take to convey pro - visions fo r them on the way ! Meanwhile rumour ran, that formidable preparatio ns Were in progress in the Passes a detachment of 2,000 despatched from Canty al being, it was said, likely to be reinforced by 3,0 DO Ghiizies. There were be lieved to he 3,000 or 4,000 of the Caubul men in the Hazaruk valley, a litthe off the line of route, who WoUld probably be firs t disposed of; if so, occasioning iLVetour of ten miles. This party were said to be strongly posted. Thi !),- were reserving themselves till we got involved t Lmongst the passes, when they meint to attack us,---General Pollock, however, having wisely resolved, it is believed, to take the initiative and dispose of them first. The chief re sistatiCe is said to be preparing for us at Boodkhak and Jugdulluck, where the gorge is at its narrowest. Peshawur letters of the 6th mention that preparations were being made by the enemy at Teera for the at tack of Ali Musjid. Here the usual sickness which prevails , at this unlu!althy and ill-fated spot had over taken our troops. The following er tract will give an idea of the force posted along the litre of our retreat. At Peshawur and Junirood we have no British troops. Those parts which 'aro under c barge of General Avitabile, are kept by about 7,000 Sikh troops. • Ten miles within the passes thi fort of . Ali Musjid, 25 miles from Peshawur, and 78,from Jellalabad, is garrisoned by details of infantry from DI rakka, together with a party of Je zaileheesiia strong- Sikh force being in the neighbour hood. The 30th and 64th Native Infantry, with a ressalah of Andersc in's horse and some guns, occupy Dhakka 3t3 , miles further on, at the upp er en d o f th e pass, 40 miles bel ow Jellafabar.l; and at this latter place the 6th arid 53d Native Infantry, with invalids and spare.men .of all other corps, including 300 Euro peans and two squadrons of the 10th Light Cavalry, remain behind- They have besides, a company ofEu topean artillery, with a bullock-battery, and four horse-artillery guns--there not being men enough to serve these in the field. At Futtiahbad and Gunde muck, garrisons fifteen and eleven miles in advance of this respectively, detachments will - be left, but we are not in possession of details. They will, we be lieve, chiefly consist of Sikhs now quartered across the river frou Jellalabad. AUGUST 20.—The troops proceeding:to Caubul are brigaded as f 4 )flows, viz. :-3d Troop Ist 'Brigade Horse Artillery, 2d ditto, 3d ditto, aq 'Dragoons, 3d Irregular .Cava s try,l3th Light Infantry, 35th Native Infantry, are.now at Futtiahbad under General Sale, where they.fervain till joined by the rest of the force, Captain Mainwvring is. Commissariat Officer with this brigade. Head-quarters, Gem. Pollock, Division Staff, Gen. 2l•Caskill, one squadron sth Native Cavalry, Head quarters. and one squadron 10th Native Cavalry, Abbott's Field I lottery, 9th Regiment. of Foot, 26th Native Infantry, 60th ditto ditto, .2 companies of Sappers and Mir iers, park and magazine, To march from Jellalabad for Futtiahbad on the- 23d of August, under Brigadier Tulloch. Captain Nugent is Commis sariat officer with this Brigade. First Native C avalry, 31st Foot, 33d.Native Infan try, Mountain 'rain, Treasure, Mackiscn's Bildars and Jezailehees. 'To march from Jellalabad on the 22d of Augtiit, undc.r Brigadier Monteath ; Capt. Lloyd, CommisSariat officer, with this brigadc,, The whole of the above force is to move from Fut tiahbad tin the: 4th of September, upon, Caubul. Akbar Khan has' sent down 3,000 men to occupy the passes betwixt-Futti.ahbad and Caubul; and some of these men were seen on the evening of, the 13th instant from General Sale's camp. It is'reported that Captain Troup has been mur dered'at Ca.ubtA, but this is not generally believed here: 't Same say that he was merely " kiched out" of Durbar ! Thdl-ibllowirig troops remained at Jellalabad : Four troops of the 10th Native Cavalry, 2d Company of the7Zl Batttilion of Artillery and Light Field Bat tery, 6th Regiment of NatiVe Infantry, 53d Native Infantry, 300 Europeans, 'of different corps, in the Field Hospit tl--under Lieut.-Colonel Eckforh. Cap tat covatkin., Commissariat officer. Remain at Dbakka-- 7 30th Regimont of Native In fan,try, under Brigadier Wild ; Captain Duffin, Com missariat officer.—Born 4 U. S. Gazette, Sept. 16. CAUBUL. Our intelligence from Caubul has this month been derived entirely through native channels; and how untrustworthy these are, is apparent from the repeated contradictions rumour after rumour has experienced, after it was &et afloat with all th e speciality, and be - lieved in - with the faith which ascertained facts alone can claim. From sources so little to be relied on we give the following rather as matter which may in a considerable measure very probably turn out to be true, and which has already gained credence in the Jellalabad camp, than as having any great title to claim implicit confidence. The Caubul Sirdars seem confidently to Lave relied on' the entire departure of our forces in to course of the month of August; and appear to hav9 resolved to detain our prisoners till we were gone—c'bsidering that while these were in their possession they could treat with us on th e i r own terms. Had we actually left them behind us, they would have found that they had equally outwitted themselves by the determination, as they have now done by pro tracting negotiations, and forcing on us an advance which, to all apyearance, nothing but the recovery of our captive countrymen would have induced us to under take. Had tEe prisoners been surrendered to us on any reasonable terms in June or July, our armies would, to a certainty have by this time been in the plains. Had we left them behind us, they must have been made over to us unconditionally, had we so chosen it, as their detention could be productive of no results whatever, but mischievous ones, to their de tainers. There was no wish to treat them harshly; they we no use, but of much cost, tronble, and inconveniencere of at Caubul; and while their very deten tion must hare been understood as a proceeding de serving punishfnent, any chance injury befalling them calculated to create suspicion would assuredly have been visited with vengeance. Though these things appear obvious enough to the abstract reasoner, it was not unnatural that they should have been over looked by a set of fferce, semi-barbarian warriors, whose great .absorbing passion appeared to be to get rid of us ; an I who, in wishing to keep hostages for our retirement in their hands, till winter compelled our retreat, fairly overreached themselves. Ak bar Khan had uniformly treated them kindly ; and had it not been for the councils of the other chiefs opposed to him, they would have been released early in spring. GRUZNEE. From this quarter we have but little news of any sort, scarcely anything that can fully be relied upon. The officers seem neither to have been treated with the harshness, nor kept under the restraint that was believed. Colonel Palmer, who vas reported to have died of the tortures inflicted on him, is known to be alive and well. Th e whole Ghuznee prisoners are understood to have been removed to Caubul, and are probably experiencing the kindness uni formly shown to others. TPiE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1842 SCINDE. We have scarcely any intelligence of note from Scinde to communicate, unless what will be found under other separate heads. The arrival of her Ma jesty's 28th, 'dispatched from Bombay in the first and second week, of September, in consequence of certain rumours of michief abroad, absolutely astonished them at Kurrachee.. Scinde never was more quiet, or the Ameers more obsequious to our wishes. It appears, moreover, to be the anxious desire of the Governor- General to deal gently with Hyderabad affairs, and keep the Beloochee chiefs in the best possible humour. Their time may come, but now now ; and fbr the present there appears to be every disposition on the part of all concerned to maintain the most amicable relations along both banks of the Indus—as high at least at Dejerat. The rumour of the assembling of an army of reserve in Scinde, under General Napier, seems groundless; and it appears probable that so soon as the Quettah troops reach Sukkur, and so bring up the the force betwixt K urrac h ee an d Dadur to about 10,000 men, that a considerable portion of them will be withdrawn. If General Nott actually return by Dera-Ishmael-Khan- rather than by the Jellala bad route, after having been at Caubul, this may ma terially affect Scindian arrangements. QUETTAH. We have letters from Quettah of the 9th, and Kil lah Abdoolah of the 6th ultimo. Lieutenant Ham mersley had expired on the first of these dates, amidst the deep and sincere regret of all who knew him. He was a gallant and an able officer, and zealous servant of Government--and fell, there is too much reason to fear, the victim of the workings of an over-sensitive and wounded spirit on a constitution injured by his exertions in the discharge of his duty to a Govern ment unable to appreciate his qualities, or unwilling to examine into the groundlessness of the charges brought against him. The inhabitants of the Pisheen Valley were showing symptoms of insurrection—part of them were in arms. Soola Khan, who deserted our cause in January, and afterwards rejoined us, and received 1,200 rupees a month for 'keeping the road from Quettah open, had for some time been encamped with 200 horse, without the Fort Killah Abdoolah, which belongs to him. He seems suddenly to have quitted his quarters with all his followers ; he was be lieved to be moving in the direction of Quettah, where the camels had been directed to be withdrawn from the grazing ground. General England arrived at Quettah, in safety on the 26th. He laterally came in by forced marches : the annoyance he had experienced on entering the Kojuck Pass cost him a couple of men only. His march was in a great measure unmolested. The Affghans were too anxious to begin the affray among themselves, and to proceed to the settlement of the affairs we had brought into such confusion, and clear the chaos we had left behind us, to offer us any molestation when such could forward no useful end, and be productive only of mischief to themselves. Returns of Casualties among the Troops under the com mand of Major-General England, K.H., since leaving Caudahar, up to thi s d ate i nc l us i ve . Ist Irregular Cavalry. -1 private killed, 1 wounded ; 1 horse killed, one wounded, 1 missing. Podnah Horse.-1 bheestees wounded. Detachment of the 12th Regiment of .Native Infantry.- 1 private killed. 25th Regt. of Native Infantry.-1 private wounded. Light Company. -1 havildat wounded, 1 private miss ing. woun Ist I e rregular Infantry. -1 h av ilclar and 1 private • Irregular sth Irregular Infantry.-1 havildar and 1 private wounded. Total.-2 privates killed ; 3 havildars, 4 privates, and 1 bheestees wounded ; 1 private missing. 1 horse killed, 1 wounded, 1 missing. W, WYLLIE,. Mawr, Brigade-Major Scinde Force." SECRET DEPARTMENT. The Right Honourable the Governor-General of India is pleased to publish for general information the follow ing dispatch and its enclosures, from Major-General Pollock, C,8., dated the 25th ult. By order of the Right Honourable the Governor- General of India, T, H. MADDocK, Secretory to the Government of India, with the Governor-General. Kurnaul, Sept. 4, 1842. FROM MAJOII-GENERAL POLLOCK, C.D., COMMANDING IN AFFGMANISTAN, TO T. 11. MADDOCK, ESQ., SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL DEPARTMENT, DATED MAMMOO KIIAIL, AUG. 25, 1842. Sir—l have the honour to forward, for the informa tion of the Right Honourable the Governor-General, copy of a dispatch which I have this day forwarded to his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, detailing the operations carried into execution yesterday, to dislodge the enemy from positions in this and the adjoining vil lage of Kookhi Khan —I have, &c. (Signed) GEORGE POLLOCK, Major-General, Commanding ill Affghanistan. COPY OF A LETTER FRODI MAJOR-GENERAL POLLOCK, COMMANDING IN AFFGLIANISTAN, TO MAJOR-GENERAL LUMLEY, •ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF TUE ARMY, MEAD QUARTERS, SIMLA. Camp Mammoo Khali, Aug. 25, 1842. Sir—l have the honour to report, for the information of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, that I reached Gundamuck on the morning of the 23d instant, with the troops as follows :—First Squadron sth Light Cavalry ; head-quarters and one squadron 10th Light Cavalry ; No. 6 Light Field Battery ; sth company Sappers and Miners ; her Majesty's 9th Foot ; 26th Native Infantry ; 60th Native Infantry. On approaching the ground a few horsemen appeared, but retired as we advanced. I soon learnt that the enemy, under the chiefs Hadji Alli and Khyroollah Khan, occupied the village and fort of Mammoo about two miles from Gundamuck, and I determimed upon attacking them the following morning. I ordered up a squadron of the 3d Dragoons and Cap tain Broadfoot's corps of Sappers and Miners from General Sale's camp, and they joined before daylight the following morning. At four A.M. yesterday morning, I moved towards the enemy with the following troops : 1 squadron sth Light Cavalry, 1 squadron 10th ditto, No. 6 Light Field Bat tery, sth company Sapper:, and Miners, her Majesty's 9th Foot, 26th Native Infantry, 60th Native Infantry, Broadfoot's Sappers. On clearing the broken ground in front, I divided the infantry into two columns, with a wing of her Majesty's 9th Foot at the head of each, and skirmishers in front. I directed Captain Broadfoot with his corps to go the right. The cavalry also advanced on the right to cut off the retreat of the enemy: Captain Abbott's battery accompanied the columns, and, as we advanced, occasionally opened on the enemy, who continued in position so long we hoped they would oppose us with their whole force ; but they retired on our approach, and we entered the village. The fields in front of the village were purposely flooded. to prevent our advance. The left column then went to wards the fort of Mammoo Khali, and the right column proceeded to Kookhi Khail ; the ground was impracti cable for cavalry near the whole distance ; but on one or two occasions an opportunity did offer, and the enemy suffered accordingly. Lieutenant-Colonel ;,Taylor, with some companies of the 9th Foot and 26 th native Infantry, occupied part of the heights in front of the village of Kookhi Khail, while Captain Broadfoot and some of the 26th Native Infantry cleared the hills to the left of Lieu tenant Taylor's position. As Koukhi Khail is about two miles from Mammon Khail, and as a position there might have been attended with risk, unless very strongly sup ported, I directed Major-General M'Caskill to retire on Mammoo Khail. As I considered it of importance to hold Ma mmo o Kh a il, w hi c h w as the enemy's position, I wrote for the whole camp to be brought here, and it ar rived in safety yesterday afternoon. I left the camp standing, and selected Major Davis, of her Majesty's 9th Foot, to command the following party for its protection :—Three companies 26th Native In fantry, three companies 60th Native Infantry, and 50 sowars of the 3d Irregular Cavalry. The duty was one Of considerable importance, as it was by no means t have been im probable th at t h e enemy would take advantage of our ad would having n o ad vance to send a p ar t y to the camp. The squadron of horses Dragoons arrivedeen equal justasto a day's hard work,l was starting, th e i r which induced me to leave them in camp: The over throw of this part of the enemy must, I conclude, have been very unexpected, as the whole of their camp equi page, with its carriage cattle, was ca ptured by Captain Broa.dfuot's corp's and the 3d I rregu lar Cava.iry. I have much gratification in reporting that the troops, both European and native, of each branch and depart ment, well supported the character of British soldiers. Where all are equally zealous in the cause, and keep to their duty, my thanks arc equally due to all ; but I may be permitted to mention the names or corps and de partments employed. Major-General M`Caskill, K.H., commanding the right column ; Rrigadier Tulloch, com manding the left column ; Captain Abbott, commanding the light field battery ; Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor,K.H., commanding her Majesty's 9th Foot ; Major Huish, commanding the 26th Native Infantry ; Capt. Napleton, commanding the 60th Native Infantry ; Major Blair, commanding the 10th Light Cavalry ; Captain Qldfield, commanding squadron of the sth Light Cavalry ; Cap tain Tait, commanding the 3d Irregular Cavalry ; Cap tain Abbott, Field Engineer ; Lieut. Becher, command ing Sappers and Miners ; and Su er i n tending-Surgeon Stiven and Captain Nugent, officiating Sub-Assistant Commissary-General. The officers of the staff who con veyed my orders to the different columns, and otherwise aided in the movements of the dey, were Captain Have lock, De p ut y -Assis tant - Adjutant-General Capt. Smith, Majtir of Brigade; Captain Ponsonby, Assist.-Adjutant- General ; Captain Macadam, Deputy Judge-Advocate- General ; Captain • Lane, Commissary y of Ordnance ; Lieutenant Richmond Shakespear, Military Secretary ; Captain Codrington, Assistant Quartermaster-General ; Lieutenant Payne, Officiating Deputy -Assistant. Quar termaster-General, who was most active throughout the day ; Lieutenant Taller, Baggage Master Lieutenant Pollock, Aide-de-Camp, and Captain M•Gregor, Aide de-Camp. To the last-mentioned officer, I am not only indebted for services in the field, but for valuable infor mation, and for constant exertions to obtain supplies for the force, which his local knowledge and personal ac quaintance with the Mullicks enables him to do. I :hive this morning heard from several quarters that the two chiers, Hadjee Ali and Khyroolah Khan have gone to Caubul; attended by about sixty men. If I had removed to Gup at Gundamuck yesterday, there can be little doubt that the enemy would have re-occupied this place, and he would have announced to the Caubul authorities he had beaten us back. Khookhi Khail has been destroyed by fire. The fort and village of Mammoo Khail have been also destroyed by fire, and before I quit this place the trees, to which much value and im portance are attached, will be cut down. I have the honour to inclose a return of casualties. I regret I shall be deprived of the services of Major Huish, 26th Native Infantry, and Captain Edmonds, her Majesty's 9th Foot, for some time, though I hope not long. Lieutenant Robertson, of the 37th Regiment Na tive Infantry, doing duty with the 26th Native Infantry, is slightly wounded, and will, I trust, soon return to his duty. I have the pleasure to inclose reports from Major-Gen. M'Caskill, K.H., and Captain Broadfoot.—l have, &c. (Signed) G. PoLLocx, Major. General, Commanding in Affghanistan. (True Copy.) (Signed) G. PONSONir, Assist. Adj.-General. (True Copy.) (Signed) R. C. SIIAKESPEAR, Military Sec. FROM MAJOR-GENERAL J. M`GASKILL, ' K TT - - • , COMMANDING AS- I s liI S F T A A N N T I R Y A D D J I t J V I I , , S I I N O T N . , G E T N O E I C I A A L P . T A I N G . p oisi , omn . , Dated Camp, Mammoo Khail, Aug. 25, 1842. Sir,—l beg to detail to you for the information of complete success Major-General Pollock, C. 8., the operations of the right column in the affair of yesterday, after it had become attitude, position in ad the former troops and ad vance p nt a ch r ee a oc t e of d i nA f fb r ai o mn m emd t o h ao a t • t t iaic o lki f a thejoin. thel e ft , e n o e n the m . ,s . You arc aware that this force consisted of four com panies of her Majesty's 9th Foot, and six of the 26th Regiment of Native Infantry, under the immediate corn pftorouras character, by Brigadier mc corps. abandoned o f l‘ l h . , tieehuet enemy .- I, C il o l a l ognehe ofa l d I ifledil 0o Taylor,khli beforei i . i i a I i . ; Our o t. . but reinforced T strongly uuoci s b )' th column, the de, and occupied in force a range of heights and detached summits in the Soofaid Koh. The most salient of these fugitives henss um e d d ri a v driven menacing back was a spur of the mountain within long musket range Otis and forfomth other ther buildings emine n c a e t s loifhtebook mosthilapariel.ci the Ooloos were dislodged with the utmost spirit and gallantry by the details under Lieut.-Colonel Taylor, aided in the most effective manner by a part of Captain Broadfoot's corps of Sappers and Miners, : The enemy were reinforced from time to time, aiid made many bold attacks, and kept up a sharp fire of jezails from the loftiest peaks of the mountain, but our troops, though so much pressed as to be compelled to recede from ground which they had gained in one direction, main tained an advanced position among the hills until with drawn by order of Major-General Pollock, first into the plateau in front of the village of Khookhi Khali, which they burnt down, and then back upon the present site of encampment. In retiring over the plain, between the two principal villages, the movement was covered by a squadron of the sth, and another of the 10th Light Cavalry, but th e a tt em pt s of the Ooloos to annoy were timid and feeble in the extreme, and our troops did not sustain a single casualty from their effects. Lieute nan t- Colonel Taylor speaks in high terms of the s u pp ort which he received from Major finish, commanding the 26th Regiment Native Infantry, who was wounded, and afterwards from Captain Ilandscembe, of the same corps, and from Captain Ogle, commanding her Majesty's 9th Foot ; and I beg to be permitted to bear my testimony to the merits of the Lieutenant-Colonel's own exertions 1 on this occasion, as well as to express my sense of the gallantry of all the troops engaged, and to acknowledge the able assistance which I received from Captain Have lock, her Majesty'.-; 13th Light Infantry, Deputy As sistant-Adjutant-General ; Lieutenant Mayne, 37th Regiment Native Infantry, Officiating Deputy Assistant Quartermaster Ge - neral ; and Lieutenant Bethune, her Majesty's 9:h Foot, my Aide-dc-Camp. The intrepidity also viith which Captain Broadfoot's Sappers and Miners aided in the attack on one of the advanced heights de serves my marked commendation.—l have, &c., (6igned) JOHN MCASKILL, Major-General, Commanding Infantry Division. (True Copy.) (Signed) G. PONSONRY, Captain, Assistant Adjutant General. (True Copy.) (Signed) R. C. SHAKESPEAR 3 Military Sec FROM CAPTAIN J. BROADFOOT, SAPPERS AND MINERS, COMMANDING lIIGIIT .COLUMN, TO CAPTAIN G. PoN BONDY, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Dated Camp, Mammoo Khail, Aug. 25. 'Sir— -Agmeably to orders, I have the honour to report the proceedings of the column entrusted to me by the Ma jor-General commanding, in the action of yesterday. I moved, as directed, with the Sappers (about 220 men) and the 3d Irregular Cavalry (250) across the ra vine to the right of the force. We found the enemy strongly posted in an orchard with some enclosures, and the usual field-works of loose stones in their front were also occupied. This position flanked the approach of the main body. having formed an attacking party in front, I sent. the rest of the Sappers in column under Lieutenant Orr, to (urn the enemy's left flank, and Captain Tait's horse still more to the right, and in advance, to cut off their retreat. While we waited in this order the advance of the force, the enemy reinforced the orchard, and moved out to attack us. I was therefore obliged to advance be fore the force arrived. The enemy's positions were quickly carried in succession. One party was driven towards the 3d Irregular Cavalry, who pursued, and the remainder fleet to the village of Mammoo Khail, into which the main body of the enemy were at this moment driven by the force of our artillery. They opened a fire on us, ill-directed, but so heavy that we were obliged to attack the village. They fled when we reached it, and the Sappers pursued to the fort, but were so exhausted by the march from Futtehabad, and the previous operations, that the enemy was able to enter and barricade the gate. Their fire was kept down by one party of the Sappers, while the rest climbed on each other's shoulders over a half repaired bastion, about eight feet high, and covered with thorns. The enemy fled over the walls on the other side, leaving the rear gate barricaded. This, and de scending from the walls, lost so much time, that pursuit was nearly hopeless as far us our now exhausted men were concerned. We pressed on with the least fatigued, however, and, keeping up to the hills, forced the enemy into ground. Our cavalry were approaching, and we had the satisfaction of seeing the cavalry overtake and attack them. Parties were now directed to destroy the forts aban doned on the cavalry approaching, while with a few men I pushed on to the last village near the hills. There we surprised the enemy, whose head-quarters were there, driving them out of the village and adjoining camp, and obtaining their tents, cattle, and ammunition, and a good quantity of provisions. The enemy (who were evidently the Jezailchees from Caubul) fled to the hills, the fire of which swept the village. I was now directed to take a party of her Majesty's 9th Foot—the Sappers being worn out, except about six men—and attack the hills ; the first and second heights were carried at the point of the bayonet, and flanking parties having turned the shoulders of the high range, we were advancing up it when the main force ar rived, and our further progress was stayed. My sepa rate co.nand now ceased, and I was soon after ordered with Sappers to head-quarters. The conduct of the troops, officers and men, European and Native, was admirable ; and it is due to the 26th Native Infantry to mention, that in storming the second height with a party of her Majesty's 9th Foot, a party of the former corps joined us, and behaved with the same spirit as the rest.—l have, &c. (Signed) G. BROADFOOT, Captain, Commanding Right Column. (True Copy.) - (Signed) B. C. SHAKESPEAR E Military Secretary. Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, of Troops under the Personal Command of Major-General Pol lock, 0.13., commanding in Affghanistan, on the 24th of August, 1842 : Detachment sth Cavalry.-1 trooper wounded, 1 horse missing. Head-quarters and One Squadron 10th ditto.—No casualties. 3d Irregular Cavalry-1 trooper, 1 camp-follower, and 3 horses killed ; 1 European officer, 1 trouper, 1 camp follower, and 5 horses wounded. No. 6 Light Field Battery-1 camp follower wounded. Her Majesty's 9di Foot-2 privates, 1 Officer, 1 ser geant, and 7 privates wounded. 26th Regiment Native Infantry-1 sepoy killed ; 2 European officers, 4 havildars, 4 Hoicks, and 17 sepoys wounded. sth Company Sappers and Miners—No casualties. Capt. Broadfoot's corps of ditto-2 sepoys killed ;_ 1 European sergeant ; 1 nati ve officer, 1 drummer, and 4 privates wounded. Total killed, 7 ; wounded, 49 ; grand total of casual ties, 56. nurses, 3 killed, 8 wounded, and 1 missing. :I! (Signed). G. PONSONBY, Captain. (True Copy.) • Assist.-Adjt. General. (Signed) R. C. SICA.KESPEAR, Military Secretary. Names of Otficors Wounded—Capt. Tait, command ing 3d Irregular Cavalry, slightly ; Capt. R. S. Ed monds, her Majesty's 9th Foot, severely ; Major G. Huish, 26th Regiment N. 1., ditto ; Ensign G. Robert son,•37th Regiment, N. 1., slightly. (True copy.) . . • • (Signed) T. H. MADDOCK, Sec. to the Uovt. of India, with the Governor-Gen ORDERS BY MAJOR-GENERAL SIR R. SAIL Camp, Futtiahbad, 16th August, The Major-General has received a communication from the Major-General commanding, to the effect, that Major-General Nott has marched on Caubul, and calling upon officers and men to march as light as possible, so as to render every camel possible available for ammunition, grain, &c., to enable this force to meet General Nott at Caubul. Sir B. Sale relics on the strenuous exertions of officers commanding corps and detachments to carry out the wishes of Major-General Pollock. It is also a very material point the reduction of camp followers ; those having families will be directed to send them back to Jellalabad. An opportunity of sending all spare baggage into Jellalabad will offer itself to-morrow, of which offi cers are requested to avail themselves. Camp, Futtialibad, 17th August. Major-General Sir R. Site has this day received an other communication from General Pollock, which posi- tively prohibits any women or children accompanying the advance, as well as camp followers not indispensably necessary. Officers commanding corps and troops of Artillery, will attend to this order without delay. The Major-General gives due warning to the brigade and its followers, that offenders brought before him for pilfering or strolling into any village, or molesting its inhabitants, will be severely punished. Camp, Futtiahbad, Aug. 18. Officers commanding regiments and artillery will be most particular that the indents for supplies of the Com missariat include only those entitled to be provisioned by the Commissariat. Camp, Futtiabbad, Aug. 26. Captain Mainwaring, Assistant Commissary-General, will make arrangements for sending every disposable beast of burden to Jellalabad, for the purpose of carrying grain to this camp. In a communication from Major- General Pollock to Sir R. Sale, the Major-General thus expresses himself :—" Perhaps, on such an occasion, officers would send the carriage they have to assist, for it must be very evident to all how important it is to pro vide provisions this way for the followers." ORDERS BY DIAJOR-GENERAL POLLOCK, C.B. Camp, Simla, Aug. 22. It is to be explained to the camp followers that, after the advance of the troops from Gundamuck, they will not receive rations for eight days. To enable them to subsist for that period a supply for eight days will be served out to each man, which he must carry. This order is to be made generally known throughout the brigades, and commanding officers of the regiments are to be particular in promulgating it through their bazaar and lines. CHINA. The news from China comes down to the 28th of July, and affords grounds for forming hopes of an approaching termination of the war there. After the arrival of the reinforcements, the ex pedition on the 13th June entered the Yang-tze- Kiang, the most magnificent river of China, on the banks of which the Chinese had erected many strong fortifications, and garrisoned them with large bodies of their best troops. Having passed three days in making observations and in taking soundings, which were seen and permitted by the Chinese, the fleet at daylight on the 16th prepared for action, and on the ships taking their stations the batteries from the shore opened. The progress and results of this con flict have been officially published in the follow terms : - CIRCULAR TO HER MAJESTY S SUBJECTS IN CHINA. The gratifying duty of announcing further highly im portant successes 'of her Majesty's combined forces, again devolves on her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in China. After the necessary delay in destroying the batteries, magazines, foundries, barracks, and other public build ings, as well us the ordnance, arms, and ammunition, captured at Chapoo, the troops were re-embarked, and the expedition finally quitted that port on the 23d of May, and arrived on the 29th off the Ragged Islands, where it remained until the 13th of June, on which day it crossed the bar, which had been previously surveyed, and buoyed off, into the Yangtszekiang river to ,the point where the river is joined by the Woosung. At this point the Chinese authorities had erected im mense lines of works, to defend the entrances of both rivers, and seem to have been so confident of their abi lity to repel us that they permitted a very close recon noisance to be made in two of the small steamers by their Excellencies the Naval and Military Commanders in-Chief, on the 14th inst., and even cheered and encou raged the boats which were sent in the same night to lay down buoys to guide the ships of war to their allotted positions of attack. At daylight on the morning of the ]6th the squadron weighed anchor and proceeded to take up their respec- On the 17th of June, some of the lighter vessels of the squadron advanced up the Woosung river, end found a battery deserted, mounting 55 guns, of which 17 were brasa. On the 19th two more batteries elese to the city of Shanghae, opened their guns on the advanced division of the light squadron, but on receiving a couple of broad sides, the Chinese fled, and the batteries, which contained 48 guns (17 of them brass) were instantly occupied, and troops tuok possession of the city, where the public buildings were destroyed, and the extensive Government granaries given to the people. His Excellency the Admiral proceeded up the river Woosun,g with two of the small iron steamers on the 20th inst., about 50 miles beyond the city of Shanghae, and in this reconnoisance two additional field works, each mounting four heavy guns, were taken and destroyed, bringing the total of ordnance captured in these opera tions up to the astonishing number of 364, of which 76 are of brass, and chiefly.large handsome guns. Many of ,the brass guns have got devices, showing that th e y h ave been cast lately ; s e ver a l o f them have Chinese charac ters, signifying " the tamer and subduer of the barba rians," and one, particularly large, is dignified by the title of the " barbarian." The Chinese high officers and troops are supposed to have fled in the direction of the cities of Soo-chow, Hangchowfoo, and Nankin. The same high authorities have made another indirect attempt to retard active operations, by an avowed wish to treat, and have also given a satisfactory proof of their anxiety to conciliate by the release of 16 of her Majesty's subjects (Europeans and natives of India) who had been kidnapped ; but as the overtures were not grounded on the only basis on which they can be listened to, they %i ore met by an inti mation to that effect.—God save the Queen. Dated on board the steam frigate Queen, in the Yangts. ' zekean river (off Woosung) the 24th day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. (Signed) HENRY POTTINGER, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary. CIRCULAR TO lIER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SUBJECTS IN CHINA. Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., has much sa tisfaction in promul ga ti ng , f or general inormation, the annexed extracts of official dispatches, under dates the 23d and 21st of May, which have this day reached him from their Excellencies the Naval and Military Com manders in -Chief, announcing the capture of the port and city of Chapoo. 'Whilst her Majesty's Plenipotentiary must feel, in common with all her Majesty's subjects, great thankful ness and pride at this most important success, he partici pates most warmly in the expressions of regret which have ben recorded by their Excellencies the Naval and Mili tary 'Commanders-in-Chief of her Majesty's combined forces, at the losses which our gallant countrymen have sustained in killed and wounded, as well as at the amount of suffering which has fallen on the Chinese soldiers and 'inhabitants, in spite of every effort made to induce the former to surrender, as well as the latter to trust to our clemency and kind treatment of them. The whole of the prisoners made, have been sent back to the Chinese high officers, who had subsequently made overtures for accommodation, but which it is impossibl e to pronounce to b e sincere. Her Majesty's Plenipoten tiary, however, indulges the strong hope, that the irre sistible power of her Majesty's arms will, at no distant period, compel the Government of China to come to terms, and thereby put a stop to a war, which it is his anxious duty and wish to sec terminated on an honour able and lasting basis. God Save the Queen. HENRY POTTINGER. . - Government House, Hongkong, June 4, • ••• Dated Cornwallis, at Chapoo, May 23. Commanders liellet and Collinson, who have been indefatigable in s urveying every part we have had to navigate, succeeded during the night in thoroughly sounding between the anchorage and the shore, which enabled the Cornwallis, Blonde, and Modeste, while the troops were landing, to take up excellent positions against the sea batteries, consisting of two works mounting seven and five grins, about one-third of the way up a steep hill, at the eastern extremity of the suburb, and crowned with a joss-house, occupied by a large . body of men ; and three other masked batteries, mounting 30 guns, in front of the suburbs ; making a total of 42 guns of different calibre. These ail were thronged with Chinese soldiers, who also lined their defences on the heights to a consi derable extent with matchlock men and numerous jinjalls. Against these field works: the Sesostris was an chored, fur the purpose of dispersing them with shells as our troops advanced, and the inhabitants at the suburbs and city were duly warned to retire out of the line of our tire._ By the exertions of the Nemesis, Plilegethon, and Queen steamers, and the boats of the cover i ng vesse l s Starling,. Columbine, Bentinek, and Algerine, together with those of the transports, conducted by Lieutenant Somerville, the troops were all put on shore in admirable order, under the . able direction of Commander Charles .Richards, of the Cornwallis, before nine o'clock, when the General, with his accustomed energy, immediately, pushed forward at their head—the ships, by a precon certed signal, opening their fire at the same time on the batteries. A few shot, however, put the men stationed in them, and at the joss-house on the summit of the hill opposite to or , to a precipitate flight, and not a moment was lost in landing the seamen and marines of the squadron, under Captain Bourchier, of the Blonde, and the officers named in the accompanying list, who got possession of the batteries before the mines which were prepared in them could be sprung, and having succeeded in cutting off several of the Chinese troops that w ere endeavouring to reach the suburbs, joined our land forces on their approach to the city. (Signed) WILLIAM PARKER, Vice-Admiral. A true extract, G. A. MALCOLM, Secretary of Legation. Dated Head-quarters, Chapoo, May 21. The fleet arrived at an anchorage ',thirteen miles from tWr, on 14th instant. On the 16th his EsLellency Sir William Parker and myself reconnoitred the defences of Chapoo ; when we made our dispositions for its attack. On the 16th the fleet came to anchor about four miles to the east of the city ; and the troops were ordered to pre pare to land at daylight next morning. By eight o'clock, on the 18th, every men was on shore without being op posed. By ten o'clock the whole range of heights and fortified encampments, forming the principal military de fences of Chapoo, were in our possession ; and by twelve I was on the walls of the city, having escaladed the east ern angle, during the confusion and panic occasioned by the previous attacks ; and having cut off the retreat of a large portion of those who defended the heights, which fortunately were the enemy's best, troops, composed of Mantchoo Tartars. The Chinese had about 8,000 regu lars, 1,700 of whom were Tartars. Their loss must have been very great: as we have buried from 1,200 to 1,500 men. We have made but few prisoners, and those are principally wounded. From eighty to ninety guns have fallen into our hands, all of which lam in the act of de stroying except the brass. Vast quantities of jingals, with some thousands of matchlocks, and innumerable bows and arrows, have also fallen into our hands, as have also a foundry and gunpowder manufactory, toge gether with several arsenals, which shall all be destroyed. I regret to add that this has not been effected without a greater loss than I anticipated. One officer, one ser geant, and seven men killed ; sevenofficers, one sergeant, and 42 men wounded, of the military arm, and about five or six of the marines and seamen. In the list of killed, I feel deep regret in naming it, is Colonel Tomlinson, an officer of high promise. Amongst the wounded are Lieutenant-Colonel Mountain, Deputy , Adjutant-General, a very superior staff-officer, who has received _three rather severe wounds, and Captain Campbell, 55th, most zealous officer. (Signed) IL GouGu, Lieut.-General, 'Commanding Land Forces Eastern Expedition. (True extract.) G. A. AfALCOLX, Secretary of Legation. GENERAL ORDERS. By his Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Gough, G.C.8., commanding Expeditionary Land Force. Head Quarters, Chapoo City, 19th May. The Lieutenant-General has again to congratulate his brave comrades in arms on another very brilliant achieve ment executed with their usual gallantry by the Chinese expeditionary force. Sir Hugh Gough's best thanks are due to all ranks, and he again has to request officers in command of corps and detachments to convey to their respective officers and sol diers his highest sense of approbation. The Lieutenant-General commanding cannot deny himself the melancholy gratification of recording the deep feelings of regret he has experienced at the loss of one of our brightest ornaments, Lieut.-Colonel Tomlin son, 18th Royal Irish, who fell at the hea d of his co rps , nobly doing his duty. His honourable remains will be committed to the deep to-morrow, in accordance with the express wish of his brother officers. The Lieutenant-General is happy to announce that Lieutenant-Colonel Mountain, C. 8., Deputy-Adjutant • General, whose zealous exertions have been so frequently recorded, is doing well, as also the other wounded offi cers and men. S J. B. GOITGII, Major, Quartermaster-Genera',Deputy (igne)d Acting for Deputy -Ad jutant-General, Expeditionary Force. (True copy) G. A. MALCOLM, Secretary of Legation. We learn that the claims handed by American citi zens to Commodore Kearney for losses sustained dur ing the attack of the British force on Canton, amounted to about 7,800 dollars ; that these were demanded by the Commodore, and that the Chinese paid 10,000 dollars instead, the surplus being, we believe, intended for the parents or nearest relatives of the boy Sherry, who was killed during the attack on the Morrison's boat; besides which, the Hong merchants have sent about 2,000 dollars worth in teas and other articles to the same parties. After this money was paid, we understand the c l a i mants altered their minds, and asked a greater sum. Commodore Kearney re fused to make anothe r app li cation, and the money remains tire stations, which was scarcely done when the batteries opened, and the cannonade on both sides was extremely heavy and unce9sing for about two hours; thst of the Chinese then be , an to slacken, and the seamen and ma rines wera landel at unce, under the fire from the ships, and drove the enemy out of the batteries before Vie troops could be disembarked and formed for advancing. Two hundred and fifty.three guns (forty-two of them brass) were taken in the batteries, most of them of heavy calibre, and upwards of eleven feet long. The whole were mounted on pivot carriages of new and effi cient construction, and it was likewise observed that they were fitted with bamboo sights. The casualties in the naval arm of the expedition amounted to two killed an d twenty - f i ve wounded, but the land forces had not a roan touched. It appears almost miraculous that the casualties should not have been much greater, considering how Ivell the Chinese served their *runs. The Blonde frigate had fourteen shot in her hull, the Sesostris steamer 11, had all the ships en gaged more or less. The loss on the part of the enemy is supposed to have been about killed, and a propor tionate number wounded. BUNDELKUND. The disturbances in this quarter, noticed for some months, still continue ; and at this most unhealthy period of the year, the Cawnpore division is compelled to keep the field. There seems no reason to doubt but that these disturbances have grown to a head in con sequence of the want of a fitting force to repress them ; they broke out before our Affgh2n reverses began, and have become virulent just in proportion to our weakness in men. In the end of August the in surgents, notwithstanding the presence of a power ful police-force, attacked and plundered the: resi dence of the collector, Mr. Masson, who narrowly escaped with his life. Shortly after this, a large body of malcontents assembled near Saugor, for the purpose of depredation. The 3d Native Infantry and a portion of the 2cl Irregular Horse, with a couple of guns, having been sent out against them, found them posted behind strong field-works, but attacked and dispersed them without difficulty. A part of the Gwalior contingent was less fortunate, having met with a check. Lieut. Herbert, one of the officers, had his arm broken by a jingal ball. Our troops were then compelled to retire. A force, consisting of the 6th Light Cavalry, the 10th, 13th, 40th, and 48th Native Infantry, the Bundelkund Legion, the 6th Madras Cavalry, and 43d M a d ras Native Infantry, with a train of heavy artillery, will take the field in October, and will, we have no doubt, complete the work of chastisement and subjugation amongst a set of men, who seem to have taken the field for no object but that of plunder, which, from the lightness of our force in this neighbourhood, they hope to be able to indulge in with impunity. BURIIIAH. Moulmein papers to the 24th August, contain no thing of importance. Cholera was making frightful ravages on the banks of the Irrawaddy, and some cases bad occurred at Rangoon. There is some dis cussion in the papers about the discovery of some tin mines near Alergui ; but it was doubtful whether the working of them would be attended with adequate re turns. The death of Captain Kinsman, the Master- Attendant at. Moulmein, is announced; as also the arrival of the Princess Royal and Lord Elphinstone from Madras, having on board detachments of her Majesty's 84th Regiment. This regiment left Eng land on the Ist of May last, and has been sent here for the relief of her _Majesty's 63d. It is under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Macbean ; the detachment which has arrived being under the command of Major Franklyn. His Burmese Majesty was very quietly ensconced in his capital, and very laudably engaged in keeping his country quiet, and in repairing some of, the damages caused by the late earthquakes, and was expected at Rangoon in October, for the ostensible purpose of superintending the casting of a bell, a work that was either deferred, or attempted and failed during his last visit. Preparations for his reception, however, were much more in advance this time last year; and as no commencement appears to have been made for erecting a new palace, this may be taken as an argument against his coming down this year. The . country appears to be perfectly quiet throughout, and everything in the shape of opposition to the present Government to have been successfully put down. NOTIFICATION; FROM MAJOR-GENERAL R. ENGLAND, K.H., COMMANDING SCINDE FORCE, TO T. H. MADDOCK, ESQ., SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, IVITH THE GO VERNOR-GENERAL. Camp, near Killah Abdoulah, Aug. 19. Sir—l have the honour to report for the information of the Right Hon. the Governor-General in Council, that the British force at Candahar having evacuated that city on the 7th and Bth, I moved from my encampment near its walls on the 10th, pursuant to instructions, with the detachment under-mentioned, en route to Quettah, and that I arrived on this ground yesterday :—One troop late Shah's Horse Artillery; seven guns, drawn by bul locks; two Ressallahs Irregular Horse; one ditto .Poona ditto; 25th Bombay Native Infantry; late Light Batta lion Native Infantry; Ist, 2d, and sth Regiments late Shales Infantry. 2. It was communicated to me on the 9th and subse quently that the insurgents were preparing to attack the column and convoy under my charge in its passage, and especially that they would make efforts to intercept it in the strong country of the Kojuck range, at the northern extremity of which I arrived with little molestation on the morning of the 16th. 3. Whatever might have been the intentions of the enemy, it was ascertained by reconnoitring that the highest points of the mountain were not yet occupied by them, and I thought it right, therefore, notwithstanding that the troops had just completed a night march of twenty-four miles, to push forward a light column to seize the summit at once. 4. This operation was perfected by three battalions, and the most important ridge and all the peaks com manding the principal passes were gained by the troops before dark. • • 5. On the following morning the insurgents began to appear in small bodies on different hills, but the route being flanked they did little mischief, and the baggage, artillery, and immense retinue under the protection of this camp, including nine or ten thousand beasts of bur den, began the ascent, covered by a rear-guard of two battalions and the cavalry, and I was soon made aware of our good fortune in having seized the heights on the previous evening, for the number of the enemy gradually increased, but all their efforts to capture the bar gage, or indeed to interrupt us to any serious extent, were frus trated, and the passage across the Kojuck mountains may be said to have been perfected by noon on the 18th. 6. Ihave had the highest reason to be gratified with the exertions of all the officers and troops on this occa alon, and it is entirely owing to their incessant efforts in duties of great fatigue, under a privation of water, both in climbing up the extreme points of the range to drive off the enemy whenever they appeared, and in dragging thirteen pieces of artillery over the ridge, that this ser vice has been accomplished with so little loss on our side of life or of convoy. 7. I beg to inclose a list of the casualties in killed and wounded of this column which have occurred since I left the immediate vicinity of Candahar. 8. My last accounts of Major-General Nott were of the 13th, three marches north of Candahar. 9. His Highness Prince Timoor and his family are in my camp, and every possible attention is paid to his com fort and safety. 10. The Right Honourable the Governor-General will have been informed that the Chief Saloo Khan, who had taken service with us after the affair with the enemy of the 28th April, near Hykulzie, suddenly absconded from the military post held by us at this place, on h ear i ng o f our abandonment of Candahar, and it was presumed that he was at the head of the insurgents in the Kojuck hills, but I am not inclined to believe that he was thus em ployed, and I think it more probable that he may have proceeded to join Prince Suftur Jung, who had placed himself at the head of affairs at Candahar. 11. I have no information to warrant the expectation of any serious opposition between this and Quettah, es pecially as the Brahoe connexion with the Aikhans seems severed for the present, and I hope to be enabled to report my arrival at Quettah to his Lorpship on the 27th or the 28th instant. 12. Pursuant to the instructions of Government of the 19th of March, I have assumed the political responsi bilities as well as military command, vacated by the casualty therein contemplated in the departure from these countries of Major-General Nott.—l have, &c., (Signed) R. ENGLAND, Major-General, Commanding Scinde Forces. in the h.nds of the United States' Consul, to be by him paid to the parties interested, on application for it, and on their giving a discharge hi full for all claims against the Chinese authorities, arising from losses sustained on the occasion in question.—Conton Press, June 25. Her Majesty's ship Vindictive, Captain Nicholas, bearing the pendant of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, arrived at Hong-Kong on the 19th, after an amazingly short voyage, she having left Torbay on the 21st March. Particulars of the passage we copy from the Canton Register (extra) of 23d June. Sir Thomas Cochrane has hoisted his flag on board the Blenheim, and will, for the present, we hear, remain at Hong-Kong. The Vindictive left Torbay on the 21st of March ; arrived at Madeira in four days and a half, and at Porto Praya, St. Jago, in ten days from England, where she remained nearly two days and a half wa tering. She crossed the line on the night of the Bth April, passed the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope in lat. 38 deg. 30 min., early on the morning of the 3d of May, and passed without half gunshot of the S.E. end of the island of Amsterdam on the 14th of June, being just eleren days only from the meridian of the Cape, a distance of nearly three thousand miles After leaving Amsterdam she unfortunately met a gale of wind from the N.N.E, which delayed her several days, and took her within 400 miles of the coast of New Holland, and she could with case have reached Swan River within sixty days from England, the gale having been directly fair for it. She arrived off Java head on the 30th of May, just 70 clays from England. In the Straits of Sunda she was unfortunately becalmed six days, and did not ar rive at Anjer until the sth of June, where s h e re mained one day, watering, and macilored in Hong- Kong Bay ou Sunday morning, the 19th of June, being her ninetieth day from Torbay, upwards of three of which she was at anchor ; thus having completed the voyage in less than 87 days under sail. The Vindictive was originally a 74, but was never at sea as such, having been altered to a frigate on the Plan of Mr. Blake, the present master shipwright of ortsmouth Dockyard, about nine years ago; and strange to tell, for reasons which remain to be explained, she was never commissioned until the end of last year ; when Capt. Nicholas, at his urgent request, was removed to her from the Belleisle, 74, which he had before commanded in the Mediterranean fleet and on the coast of Ireland. Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, whose flag she has brought out, Captain Nicholas, and, indeed, every officer in the ship, are enthusiastic in her praise, and they all unanimously agree in stating that she has every good quality, and not one fault! She fre quently ran 296 miles in the 24 hours, and once or twice, it is said, above 300 miles. She is a beautiful ship, and amongst her other matchless qualities is that of being enabled to fire six long sixty-eight pounders right ahead, and six right astern on a line with her keel ; and the shot from her bow guns will cross each other at the distance of 100 yards from the ship. _ We have been informed from Canton that a chop of tea, going down to the Bengalee, has been lost on the barrier between Canton and Whampoa. 'We learn from letters, dated Canton, 19th inst., that llowqua had sent round a notice to the foreigners in Canton, warning them against drinking spring water, and stating that the Hoonam soldiers had poisoned the wells at the back of the city, whence the fo reigners draw their water for domestic purposes; and that about 20 Chinese had fallen victims to this in fernal plan of revenge. It is also said that' the Canton provincials and the Hoonam troops have been fighting and killing each other in a fearful manner. Letters received to-day (23d) from Canton, state that the chop of tea was got off with but trifling damage to the cargo. Her Majesty's ships Nimrod, Cruiser, and Wolve rine, and steamers Memnon and H oog hl y h ave pro ceeded up the Canton river. Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane left Kong-Kong in the Memnon steamer on 'Wednesday last to join the squadron, whose object, it is supposed, is no other than to re connoitre. We regret to learn that much sickness prevails at Hong-Kong, and that the European gar rison are the principal sufferers, as well as the Euro pean wives and children of the soldiers lately arrived. —Canton Press, July 23. Letters from Canton, dated the 20th of July, men tioned that intelligence has there been received of the fleet being at anchor at Kong-soo, in the langtse kiang (probably the Kaou-tchaou of the French maps) on the 4th of duly. Kaou-tchaou is some distance above the great canal and the city of Ching-kiang-foo, and no great distance below Nankin, and from that position we suppose the entrances of the canal both southern and northern to be under the control of the forces, and Nankin at their mercy. Elipoo has sent to Canton for two Hong merchants and two linguists to go to Soo-chow, and the Canton authorities have consequently ordered Samqua and llowqua's fifth and only surviving son on this errand ; with what specific object waa not known ; the two Hong mer chants were to have left Canton yesterday. It was originally intended to have sent Howqua himself, but his great age has at last exempted him from this daty ;- it is supposed by the Chekiang authorities that the Hong merchants, being accustomed to deal with the barbarians, will be of use to them in their negotia tions with the English, although the merchants ars aware that on a former occasion Sir Henry Pot-. finger refused to see them. We suppose they must have obeyed these orders very reluctantly, for inde pendently of the great expense and, probably, squeezes to which this journey will expose them, for Hong mer chants in the north are rara aves, and the reputation of their wealth will have preceded them, their liberty will be in some danger should they be employed in negotiations,and these terminate differently from what the Chinese authorities expect; in which case banish. meat to hie may very likely be the end of their mis. sion. It is said that their being sent is with reference to settling the terms for the ransom of Nankin. This is, however, we suppose, mere conjecture. According to Chinese reports the large city of Shanghae has been taken by the British force, which is said to have from thence penetrated into the country as far Eta Soo chow, and taken that town also. Shanghae is one of the most important seaport towns in the empire., whose trade is said to employ an immense number of junks. We have no arrivals whatever from the north to con firm these reports.—/bid. 'The usual success has attended the British Plenipotentiary, h i n l e i s e e r thatSha ntghl the a C c . ‘‘ sMajest y's erveth their arms at observes guns well . and some private letters that we have seen, state that the fire of the Chinese was very severe, more so th an ever b e f ore tested; the Nem es i s ' rigging artilleryman b e l ong i ng to her wasas cut to pieces; an right arm amput a t e d a t the shoulder joint ; another obliged to have his man, belonging t o th e Pluto, lost both his legs at the ancles, and Li eu t enan t Hewett, I.IIIL, of her Ma jesty's ship Blonde, lost his head by a round shot. Before • this Nankin and the command of the Grand Canal must be in the possession of her Majesty's forces; but if it is the intention of her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and the Commander-in-Chief to pro ceed to Pekin this year time is lost in these detailed operations. Mr. Lay, the naturalist and interpreter, was also severely wounded int he face by a splinter. The Chinese hove adopted the use of paddle-wheels to some of their war-junks—two forward and two aft—but the manner in which they are worked had not been clearly explained to us. The Captain of the Chebar left his ship in his gig at eleven, A.M., on the 22d instant, to proceed to Canton. He ventured to go through the back pas sage, which is at present a flu:ills clau.sus. When he arrived at the narrow pass which is lined by forts, five Government boats started in chase, came up with and rifled his boat, and then himself and boat's crew, and conveyed them all to Canton. At ten, PAL, the consignee of the ship received a message, saying th a t I an English Captain and three sailors we re . n the consoo house, and thither he was requested t o go. H e found the place fu ll of officers, a cers, who wer e son w ith his explanation of the affair, and E4ti sfied ar ticle taken re out of the boat was retu rned, every taken of what was missing, and a rned, a li s t the missing articles should be re std, promi se given th a t ored, or th • paid for. One of the boat'crew s was en. value may have been drowned in the missing, and trust the Chinese authorities scuffle, a n d if so, we w ill b , severe account. e brought to a The following extracts from a private letter from Macao, dated 26th of July, give information which The Hongg may be reli e d upon : merchants at Canton are generally well informed of the north' ne the p rogress o f even ts here and in of them tells me that he has a letter from a friend at Nankin, date corresponding with our 9th of July, stating that there had been a great deal of fighting about there, but that it had ceased on our 20th June, when the English were close upon Nankin, and from what is further said it appears that nego tiations had commenced. I send you a newspaper of this date, from which it will be seen that the Emperor and the Imperial Commissioner appear to be less bold in their language—the former studiously dwelling on the iniquities of " Elliot," carefully avoiding alluding to Pottinger. ThiS may be cunningly done to have an excuse for conciliating the latter, by yielding to terms which the Emperor may pretend could not have been admissabic if proposed by the old offender. A truce may perhaps be agreed to, but it is still my opi nion that this year's campaign will not effect a final settlement of our disputes with China. e ed. iadn v esteamer is lost on 4 quicksand --no It is i e ksa reported nd— no that particulars the Arcei received. The Hong merchants state most positively, and I a m inclined to believe it, that the second crop of black tea has so far failed, that half the chops of congou are not likely to average more than 350 chests, and that very few will come up to 600. Prices of congou are expected to open at 36 to 38 taels. We have had symptoms of the approach of a ty- 11 la he ul, vc o hIl V . .at C• )1 1 it' to it to • . [II .11 15 ,1' Of ~r )1' le / 5 xi c IL IL 11 (AN. g 0 . 4 "r4e,i ; ,;(-0 l , ~ - v ;~~`