The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-07 00:00:00

THE LATE A9.FEVIPT I.PON tiE QI.:EEN - S LI FE. THANKSGIVING PRAYER. A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving :o Almighty God, his late merciful Preservation ed the Que.-n from the tone . c a jous - and treaqinable Attemtt agai, et her Sacred Person, ore ' 4 "day, the 30th of Nlay, To be used at AIM ni,e aii Evelung Service, if or the Gen, rad Thankseiving, in all "-hutches and Chape,s throuvitrur England and Wales, and U ' e 1""" rf RcrwicK-ui•on-Twerd, no uttcl ty., the sth of th:s instant. Jute, or so soma as the :Nlintsters thereof shall receiv e the same ; and tee be et:nit:tied for thirty day! after wards. 4 "rnighty arid Everlasting God, Creator and Goverticr tit the world, who by Thy gracious providence last o ten.irnes prese r v e d Thy chosen Servants, the sov• reign, win m Thou Ts ii s mr et over us, ft ,the Malice of wicked men ; ffer unto our humble and hearty tharksgivings for Thy ;:rorit oat`r cy bow bpin vouchsafed to us in frustrating the late traitor ttempt on the life of our Socereign Lad% Qu , en X'ictata. • otirrue, we beseech Three, 0 merciful 'Lord, Thy ? lea re over h er. H e t h ou h er s hi e ld a nd defence against e eud Thraci devi ces o f secret treason, and the assau l ts o f open vro l ence . 1;2 protcti to te Pri hr onstirt. Prit y ee of g Wales ous arid e the on whole h nce, Famit e C Di y. rect riud,hiro.sper her cou n se l s , an d so guide and sup,rort her by Thy tat evermore trus ing in Thee, she may faith go ""'Y gover n - thy people committed :o her charge, to their a •. nit to the glory of Thy Holy Name. u; and all her subjects, 0 Lord. impart such a reof thy grace, that under a deep and lasting senae of - • ''Y Manifold • show forth our thankfutneas• onto ruse,. mercy, we may • - "n s .' j jha. by 10)51 attachment to our Sovereign, and dutiful . Icuce to all thy commandments. sp,‘„: ; " earr We beseech thee, 0 merciful Father, to these our oname n V ls.. '' e ations and prayers, which we humbly offer before Thee and through the Mediation of Jesus Christ, our 0,1 name Saviour an d R e d eemer . A men . : _ l ust TILE SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE OF- • FRIDAY. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 3d day of • June, 1•54'). present, the Queen's most Excellent Ma • iesty in Council. G this day ordered by her Majesty in Couccil that his s ? , the Archbishop of Canterbury do prepare a form of -ail and thank s giving to Almighty God for his late mer mit preservation o f th e Q ueen from the atrocious and ire:is 3'01411;4e attempt a ga i ns t h e r sacred person, on Alonday the 1 . (15 3' of May last; and that such form of prayer and la s : l l 's!givieg be used in all churches and chapels in Eng t•ssu,PKl Wales, and in the town of Berwick-on-Tweed, epos the sth of this instant June; or so scion as t r tasters of such churches and chapels shall, respectively, .• tt eive the same, and be continued for thirty days afterwards. WM. L. BATHURST. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 3d day of •- June, 1842, present., the Queen's mcst Excellent Ma. It s. jesty in Council. 's • ss i . this day ordered by her Majesty in Council, that all "hters and preachers, as well of the Established Church is so q Part of Great Britain called Scotland, as of the episcopal e141111414m, protected and allowed by an Act, passed in toe tlu bth year out he reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, eal.• l 'at some time during the exercise of Divine Service in their • aches,t congregations, or assemblies, osi Sunday, the sth of . instant June, or as soon as the ministers of such churches, eNgtegations, or , assemblies respectively, shall be enabled so l() it it ), and fur thirty days afterwards, put up prayers and thanks the 'n f•!° Almighty God fur his late merciful preservation 0 • Queen from the atrocious and treasonable attempt against : • sacred person, on Monday. the 30th day of May last. WILLIAM L. BATHURST. •• ""he discoveries were made on Saturday by the police, 5.,), netted with the charge of high treason, for which Francis • sta nds committed. -• About three or four o'clock on Friday afternoon, several • ru n , . •• t e rol called at the shop of Mr. Geerge Raveoer, a pawn -11 of No. 19, Tothill-street, Weitminster, and staled b te t tlie pistol whic Francis had discharged at her Majesty had purchas d t ha These observations were rr ..s P . at shop. • "4cd merely as jokes, and no doubt exists that in some in. st and lhPy were so intended. However, between four and t e i lf: ' : . r t : e k . Inspector Hughes, of the A division, dressed in plain s treet s, ited the pawnbroker's, and upon examining Mr. shopman, found that a person answerieg the descrip. • aft ; ut Francis had purchased a pocket pistol of him on Friday • a tt ''un, the 27th u lt., f or t h e sum o f 3 s. Th e p i sto l, it Ppe 1040 4 t i tt'sl , bore th e us me o f S m i t h, an d h a d b een pledged ,1 • uie 8 months ago w i t h Mr. Havener. The inspector hu es n u : a ttlY communicated what he ha heard to the Police . n ussioners. and the pistol taken from Frattcis was or !ersd s " .. e sho wn to be Mr. Street, who immediately identified it "Ilse one he had sold on the day already mentioned. b i n the course of Friday evening and saturday, Colonel eit__Setean and mr. Mayne, the Metropolitan Police Commission - r i s r l , with Inspector Hughes. had aa interview with Sir James carton was the Home-office•; the result was, that a commun 411 41 . 1 was sent to Mr. Cope, the Governor of Newgate, and • °tflers were given th at H ug h es s h ou ld ta k e M r . St reet to t h at r Vii,for the purpose of ascertaining if he was able to identify e , prisoner. This step was taken about ten o'clock on atur etY thnrnirg, hut the witness was merely permitted to see i:laneis as he pacec4 the airing-yard, through the bars of tree , t l , ; n o d h.. re g , R amp t e tThe precaution ary step o f ot h ers b e i ng i n t h e was adopted in order to test the value of "re evidence of identity, and Francis himself was not aware of this imor , ant link of tie evidence b e i ng sip plied against hint. After Sir. Raveuer's shopman h a d identified the prisoner as the Purchaser of the.pistsl, he returned with the Inspector to the thomeadhe.e, where h s deposition in writing was taken by Sir. 7 . Massie. the Treasury Solicitor, *i h the view of making his tvidenee available on the prisoner's trial. , . . SPORT/NG. The only racecourse habitually patronised by Royalty is As cot Heath. True, her Majesty did once honour Epsom with her presence, but tt must be scree untoward accident that shall ever prevent the party assembling at Windsor Cattle for Ascot races. The sport commences to-morrow, and the Directors of the Great Western Raiiway are once again liberal only in the number of trains tilty provide for the conveyance of the publi c to and trom Slough : there is no Railway plate or an ; I .. i . u uncement of tone shilling being add e d t o th e race f un d b y t he great u-dertaking that make s some thousands profit by the ta res. Shame. m_ l tLvhe calendar, I observe, that Mr. Brown is authorised by o,7:vlaster of her Majesty's buckhoueds, to print the card and g ",.,et lists. So long as we remember, the cry has been, ke z 4 correct card :" the change has been attributed, by as l'inlorning Radical paper, to the politics of the printer, which na t : i is_4 l .iee merely for its absurdity. It is the Earl of Rosslyn's s '1 NO , " that her Majest3's tradesmen should share, and not wii h the patronage of the Court—a system so totally •- 11 1 Y to Whig-Radical principles that of course they cry tu t- . a'ece a er e Will be seven races run to-morrow. Out of the 19 the i ',, la Pees for the Stakes, some ten or a dozen will come to t.• t t t or • hut the ground ' is so terribly hard, that the last prepa- ViAlon gallop may do up any one of them. Rhodanthe and are turned loose, and if they ate beat, I tancv a three , eed - t, st will wi n , h u t thi s i s on ly a f anc y. A s th e allowances ties, r are rather coufusing in the conditions attached to '''' l !•'•s, v atb vase, presented by her Majesty, I give the weight lie taw 'rae must carry, and, I believe, accurately : tri n __" 11, aged, 9 s t 41b S t . F ranc i s , age d, 9 st 91b 41 414,"' R 4 .yr5 , 9st 41b Th e N o b. 4 y rs , 9 s t Js ek arnet, 4 yrs, Bst 71b Bosphorus, 6 yrs, 84 Sib ~ P. .d Yrs, 7st 31b Eaglesfield, 3 yrs, Est 131 b RO~li3 yis, Est 131 b Albi on , 3 y rs , 6 s t 131 b Fly b n ,": 3 Step 6st 121 b Yorkshire Lady, 3 yrs, Est 811) touchstone, out of Adele. 3 yrs, Est 811) ;beet dust be observed that Bosphorus gets the greatest al : • As cep and 'faith he deserves it, for he has in the last _ • wi ateh sea rs started 25 times and won only once. via., in the Camelino ; nor must it be forgotten that bc,llll4weebea'turYi gave him two st o n e i n th e ('esarewitch Stakes nit both then four years old. It should be a race th e ~the old mare an d t h e f a vour i te for the Oak., but • ver ed !`ter was coughing at Epsom, and may not have rec..- ti st Ascot r C anadian can h ar dl y h ave recovere d his lameness : the l and; `' er hY, then, i s between' Sir Harry and Ar c hy. Auck .l.,l4;t4another Epsom invalid, receiving bibs., meets Firebrand Sous. Stake : the mare for choice : the horse menet, ~lhe 0 :7, 1 1 in the time. In the Trial Stakes, Meal,. second in 1, 4 0 1 4 olds '' , meets eatirist, the weight being more in favour o r' , ! er Liosse than in the Craven Stakes at Epsom. 1 1,1aa vi A lajeSt)' S Plate has clot( d with so respec•able an entry, ▪ 4are, lint Newmark l not be the blAnk day it so often is, not only lit 4, lltte a ru l at et, Doncaster, and other places. There II Iti'4,l--;‘,4.l:"eventeen entered fur the 50 Sovs, Plate. _11;1 to h_ °_,rtid rumour is afloat that our old friend, Lanereo.t, is - also . Aa, le Iv of his chance for the cup. because entered as a las, t ; 4 old instead of an a ed horse the weights being the 40t1tonzither case. I hope to state * in a poitseript that this Yf ,tut 1 be the case. I believe the old horse never was so fit, k.. 4l3 ees w . n eed riot say he 'never had such a chance before. th e „, 4 14, St. Francis, Erin o, The Nob, and Jack, are on Aro u ., l Itot "`" Judea stood on Lanercost last year, and it age t b Probabl e h e will desert. an old triend in his old lili e tn , in his absence he is not prepared to say, as the • anagine, that Reeswing winning is a certainty. 43 ~4 1 1 V'ent there has been no rne nes , hardly laid out. Qq.44ita e far and wide exciting race. - Many thousands NV*pt..:ere noes changed hands in the settling fa: the Ascot -11,14t1 ',lianas the field has often been. In 1837 four started, pf O tiswi: l : ll4 ,nrie won. In 183 a, three started, and Grey air,- 1 1 1 4 ▪ ( I ten t„ * , .an 1 839, four started, and Caravan won. In 1840, o kl t . ' e ' r „,liV,u, and St.. Francis wnn. In 1-41, six started, and „ t4, - (;‘vun It is impossible to say how many may run on i t th e every one of the hor-es arrived being also entered in 1 4 14 45, --"! "repine Lanercest. There will be seven other ‘ t itheitit eeso " s—an intolerable nuiotriec at such respec -44/,tille el" tt ings as Ascot and Goodwood. Twenty-seven horses 's l ihei -- " e 4 for the Grand Stand Pl.te, and let us hope this Ist,the• as ,t will rather :Here like a race of that description than sl hd t, r e l - 1 1" l l ist season. B e yond the two classes of Wokinghams, lot wilhe no or a ;.' ll , -The sport on Friday worth mentioning. it pr C'Tftorl entries are out. 'There are 51 subscribers •'. 41'Oahe , and one hundred and thirty-eight horses named h;l l ,e , Why, what a farce is this? No man in Eng opaelt7.l.on,and izap them within half a mile, and he may have is stake no it. I have before now advocated the division of • : *:tt linssi t .,, into two cla•ses,. the winners of each to run again, 11 411, e t ne beaten horses so much weight if they pleased to she, b" lira now of opinion that there are horses enough '• 7: * ." ( *'•esZ t •_. e . classes, a plan formerly adopted with the greatest Julie a6i.th the Oatlauds at Newmarket. taZ 1 ! 1 ; h 1 -et e jekrxst question is settled, and he may rujnU,DanEdXWin \ ' - 1 , ,,_ , TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. %III " ' 1.42.2 DE RBY.—On consulting some of the prin cipal ar- rang e find we find that two of the heaviest losers have ma de two 4,,' ~, otlii,“ierits for the settlement of their accounts , and that are 4 4 ; ', 4 , 4 1 1. are not altogether without hope ; the remainder Vi R .: 'Pess,l l 4 "Perate ; but as the publication of their names mig h t sti ~: I , ll _ , ` affect not only their immediate creditors, but those 41 4 ' 7,, 1 1 .4 ne shown a dilosition to pay, we are induced to ref o ra u in d ‘14,,.. .it th e posing them until after the neat betting day ; shou ld ‘4,' A loe 4 Nivea, that they have failed to come to terms, we shall 1 4 ; 4 1 1. 4. wo hesitation in ivin. their names and the amount of , 4 ~. qtr deficiencies. g " 4 4., ' , Z i 4,,, ~ S e4 _ s THE QUEEN'S VASE (THIS DAY). $1;j" I)I.4AT' THE were made at evens, 6to 5, and 5t04 on r. 1,;:44... . laid a ?ee's•wing ; the last bets were at evens. 4to 1 was (.(1,. gainst her winning this and the Cup. , -`••• • The only ASCOT STALES. . tli k to bet l a id was to 1 agst L or d Ch ester fi e ld' s Rodan i,; 1N.41*/ ASCOT CU , 4tl. . • to 0 .Yen on M r. Kirby's Lanercost P. y: '4i 2 agst. Alr. Orde's B eesw i ng ~s 6 to 1 agst Mr. Pettit's St. Francis—taken il v ,‘ s t* 1 agst Mr. Combe's The Nob—taken 4 , , kiteLanercost was objected to on Saturday on account of being I th t red as six p'ars old instead of aged, but as the mistake was . ti , h: °a thP part of the nominator,the Stewards had uecided that t was entitled to start. Bok ara does nut run. ST. LEGER. 4; 500 to 50 agst Mr. Ramsay's Cabrera —taken i 18 to 1- agst Mr. Bowes's Ale' eor—taken and a ft . offered ‘ - • _______________ ~ —.oNmouTti—The unfortunate woman, whom our • . ea a of hmers will remember was committed to gaol for the murder , 11 er daughter some few weeks since, has this week been re e "ed by an order from the Secretary of State, from tLe , . ' • :"• ,)4 ., k 4 tY Raol to a lunatic asylum at Devizes. —Hereford Tithes. ' 4. '' . i. 4 ` l . Alilhau, one of the chief engineers of the Ver. *- , ai .. - " . .lea amt Nleud o n Ra.lway. who was .-o much injured hy the ) -IdPat, is now, after haying undergon e a surgical operation, l lair wiy of recovery. to the ie l'isi( 4 pro w.- ,d, lib° ry 7, JD 000 d , sou „,. _ for e . fr obroir ~te rn 1- tC # 0. • fti roO n inte r l:l l . 10 v" *9 4 10fi 5. goo. 1 01 • ,69d ' 1:131 10 • OVERLAND MAIL -'•• 0 45..- - • IN DIA AND C A. The intelligence; from Boinhity is of three days' later (bite than usual, the mail having been detained :Anti' the 4th of M iy, to wait fur the Govern. , r-General's deliatehes. Our ilati:s from Calcutta are to the 24th of Aril, and froM China to the 10th of March. The British Indian troops have re-eiitered lingnanistan, and have ained higher honours and m .re glory than err. They have forced, with very little los , , the dreaded pass of the Khyber. The redoubted leader of the Affghans, Khan. with 6,000 niel, has been r anted by the garrison which he profr•sed to blockade. As if to serve as a foil to these successes, there hate been two partial reverses, one of which had during some time been expected, vihtle the other is compa ratively triftrg, and can b- easily retrieved. The Bri' jab Indian armies to the west of the Indus during the. months of Nlarch and April may be classed under five dis iinct heads, viz., those of— Ist. Ihe Bengal civision undo!. General rollocit, which has entered the Khyber pas , from the neighbourhood c,f Peshawar. 2d. The tioops forming the g wrison eoinmaitded by Genera Sale at Jell alabld.. 3d. '1 be Bombay detachment, under the orders o f General England, which having gone through the celebrated pass of Bolan, had, after some fighting, taken its station at Quetta. 4th. The garrison at Candahar, under the command of General Nott ; and sth.. The surrender of Ghuznee. The division under General Pollock have gained the renown of open ng a pass which even Nadir Shah was obliged to pur chase. Having taken due precaut tons, this division, consisting of her Majesty'. 9th regiment of Infantry, ant sue 26th, 30th, 33d, 53d, and 64th Bengal Native Infantry, and a regiment of Jezailehees. with artil ery, in three columns, on the sth of April, forced the difficult pas. of the Khyber, and, notwith standing the determined resistance of the Afreedees tribe, suc ceed d in reaching Ali Musjeed, with the loss of only one officer (Lieutenant Cumming, of the 9th, and 13 rank anti file killed, and 104 wounded. On the 9th of April the division was at Lundee Khan, whence to the point of junction with the garrison of Jellalabad. nothing like effectual opposition was to be expected. The Sikh troops, who on the occasion attacked another part of the pass, co-operated cordially with the British, and behaved with great gallantry. During the period of theattaci on the Khyber, Akhbar Khan, who with 6,000 Affghans had inkes,ed Jellalabad, exhibited great eagerness, as if to aid the tribes around the pass in'de fending it. On the eveni;.g el the 6th he caused a feu de joie to be tired in honour, as he said, of the repulse white the Br:- thh troops had met at the entrance of the pass near Jumrocel. But the gallant and experienced warrior, General Sale, was not to be deceived; he resolved to anticipate what he considered to be an intended retreat of the Sirdar, anti on the morning of the 7th sallied forth to attack the Affghan camp. Three. cllumns, composed of her Majesty's 13th Infantry, and 35th Bengal Native Infantry, with a detachment of the Saepers and Miners. supported by a light field battery and a small cavalry force, issued from the •' blockaded" town,. and completely routed Akhbar Khan and his 6,000 men, burned their camp, and retook four guns of these seized at the massacre of Khouril Caubul in January last, er the restoration of which is. regarded by the troops with much honest exultation.." . This victory, glorious as it. is, has been dearly purchased by the fall of Col. Detirsie, whose death, even upon the field of honour, will be regarded as a great calamity, while his memory will he always held sacred, as a brave and worthy officer. The reverse already mentioned as comparatively trilling, was experienced by General Englatid at the pass of Kojuck, 63 miles from Quetta, on the march to Candahar. His force was composed of 5 companies ot her Majesty's 41st Regiment, 6 com panies of the light ba.talon of Native Infantry, 1 troop of light cavalry, 4 guns of Leslie's horse brigade, and 50 Poonah horse, having to charge a cenvoy, consistieg of treasure, medical stores, and ammunition, together with 1,500 e.'meles .ecee de stined for thereliel of the troops at Candahar. The convoy pro ceeded, without encountering - any great obstacles, and without receiv 'ng notice froth the inhabitants of ;my contemplated plan of resistance, to the pass, where it, on the 2sth of March, found that some field-works had been erected. An attempt. was made, by sending 200 men to attack awe works, to dislodge the enemy, when they showed a strong force of infantry anti c.Ralrv. Capt. May, of the 41 s t, was shot. dead, as well as several of his men. Major Abthorp. of the 30th Native Infantry, was cut dow n (he died of his wounds on the folowing day), when the Gene ral resolved not to risk the loss of the convoy, and matte a skilful retreat to a ,neighbouring village which lie defended. and thence withdrew to Quetta, where he entrenched himself and waited for more troops, then on the march from Daflue and Sukkur, to jo n him. The loss on this occasion, be-ides the officers mentioned, was 2 sergeants, 1 corporal, and 14 privates of the 41st killed, ana:l sergeant, 1 corporal, and 50 privates wounded of the halt. battalion. . Of the 20th, and 6th Regiments Btrnbay. ,Native Infantry there were 9 killed and 1$ wounded. *1 he great difficulty of the Ifosition at. Quetta has been the want of forage. for the camels, and the efforts of the Government are directed towards enabling the troops to proceed onwards as speedily as possible. As a centrsst to ti is reverse, a force from Catv!ahar, which was sent by General Nott to meet General England, having been attacked after two day's march, by a large body of Atlghans, gave the assailants such a .reeeptien, as obliged them to take to flight. :They are described as fighting with reckless braver,, and charging up to the bayonet's point; they there fore suffered a great slaughter, particularly as they were charged by_ the British cavalry during their flight. About. 300 are said to have fallen, ineluding five of their chiefs. The loss on the side of the Brit..sh was five killed and 25 wounded The Commander of the British force was Col. W krner. Candahar is stated to have abundant provisions, but the - re is want of am - munition. '1 he pass of Kojuck can, as it is now affirmed, be easily turned. Of the event calculated to produce the most striking impres sion we have already been enabled to inform the public. It is the surrender, rai the fat of March, by Col. Palmer, of the celebrated fortress of Ghuznee. The letter of the Colonel, who.e regiment, the 27th riengal Native Infantry, formed the garrison, will be fouu4 in another column. Attempts have been made in India to excuse his condu'A on the ground of the difficulties with which he had to contend, but it certainly does appear strange that a commandant shou'd ven ture to surrender such a fortress upon the authority of a letter received, as it were, from .his superior by the hands of an enemy, and that he notifies that surrender not to that superior, but to another officer placed also in command of a distant garrison, and which latter officer has immortalized himself by his gallant defence. The opinion which we have always maintained that the disastrous occurrences at Caubul (and now at Ghunzee, the garrison of which place is described as having in March suf fered the same fate as the troops of Caubul in January, the soldiers being massacred by the Ghazees, or dispersed, and the officers being prisoners for the sake of their ransom), are to be ascribed to the want of efficient military arrangements and proper precaution, and not to the prowess of the Aghans, has been confirmed by the publication of several orders in Council. These orders were published on the receipt of the news of the fall of Ghuznee, and are as follow : " The Governor-General in Council has directed• that the Commander-in-Chief will submit. the conduct Qf Lieutt nant- Colonel Palmer. in surrendering the citadel of Ghtiznee, to the judgment .of a Court-martial, at the earliest period at which such Court can be duly assembled. The Governor-General in. Council has a'ready (on the 281 h of Janu ry last) directed that a full military inquiry shall to• made into all the circumstances c , nnected with the direc tion and conduct of the troops at Caubul, at the earliest. period at which such an inquiry may be practicable. " The Governor-General in Council has now directed that the conduct of Major- General Elphinstone in Affghanittan shall be submitted to the judgment of a Court-m.rtial, at the earliest peri.d at which tuch Court can be duly assembled. " The Governor-General in Council will further direct that a full inquiry shad likewise be mane into all the political func tionaries employed at Caubul, at the earliest possible period atter he shall be in possession of certain material documents, of which he has already ordered the immediate transmission to Government. " By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India in Council, " 'l'. H. MADDOCK, " Secretes . ) , to the Government of India." The fate of Affghanistatt forms now a curious problem. Shah Soojah, who by temporising and truckling to his enemi-s, and by many other manoeuvres available amongst the Affghans, bad contrived to secure himself a precarious existence in the Bala Hissar at Caubul, has at length, as it is now stated, been murdered. His sons have, as it appears, taken different parties, one or two being favourable to the British alliance, while two or three are opposed to it. Various factions are described as at present contending for the lion's sha e of influence and power, and general confusion, uproar, and bloodshed prevail in Caubul. Shah Kamram, of Herat, nephew of Shah Soojah, atter a long contest will his Vizier, Yar Mahomed, is also stated to be dead ; so that Affghanf-tan, from the frontiers of Persia to the mountains west of the Lulus, may be regarded as in perfect anarchy. In the mean time Lord Ellenhorough, accompanied by two or three secretaries, had set out from Calcutta. to the upper provinees of Bengal. His object in this journey is stated to be twofold—that, to be enabled to communicate w;thout delay with the Generals of the army west of the Indus, and the offi cers commissioned with the management of those provinces; and n xt, to tut ! nduce some reforms there. His Lordship, whose decision and i iromp.itude are hishly praised. has, it is asserted, required that the Commander-in-Chief of the Army should quit his cool retreats at Simla in order to join him at a more central position. The want of vigour, which was much telt tram the beginning of November I,st, when the Caubul imurrestion b:oke forth, for Lord Auckland hesitated to com promise his successor by any active measures, is no longer coin plaii.ed or. In the interior of India general tranquillity prevails, except tnat in Bundelcund a movement, which is more particularly noticed in our Private Correspondence, had taken place. '1 he Governor of the Maims Presidency had published stringent orders respecting the late insubordinate proceedings of some native troops at. Secunderabad. Subscriptions to a considerable amount had been entered into all over the country in favour of the widows and orphans (unprovided for by the regulations of the Government.) of those who fell during the recent disasters at Caubul. A coprmercial crisis has taken place at Calcutta; but confidence was beginning to return. A large sale of opium was effected there on the 18th, which produced the Govern ment upwards et 300,000 t. The steamer India arrived in Cal. cotta on the 9th of. April, after a voyage of 28 days, from Suez, having been delayed 11 days at different places, chiefly by taking in coal. She went into dock immediately, and was advertised for another voyage to Egypt about the 28th ult. The cholera has committed frightful ravages at Kurachee. Her Majesty's 22d Regiment had lo,t 98 men in six weeks up to the 24th of April. The ship Harriet, bound for London, took lire and blew up at Calcutta. There is a rumour of Lord Ellenborough's intentitra to reduce the great salaries of the higher branches of the civil servants, particularly in Bengal. Tharawaddie, King of Burmah, whose movement. towards Rangoon produced "a sensation" souse time back, was occu pied at home in suppressing a rebellion. The liritish troops sent to Moulmein, is order to keep him in check, are therefore at liberty to he removed to other places. The Chinese soldiers who drove the Sikhs out of Thibet ap peared disposed to revenge themselves upon the invaders by attacking some of the frontier garrisons of the province of Cashmere. This attempt is important, as it may lead the. Bri tish Generals, on terminating the campaigns in Caubul, to turn their arms against the Chinese in Thibet, and }produce, by the defence of the country, the cession of Cashmere and 4 - if the Puisjaub, by the present weak Government, to the rulers I of India. (From the Bombay Times.) We have received the ; following letter from Macao, dated March• 3, 1842 :—" We have little to communicate On the state of our market since the 7th ult., the date of our last cir cular. Trade at Canton continues f ee from interrupOon, but owing to the Chinese holidays, there has been little done either in exports or imports. It is difficult to give any quotations for raw coiton,, Mr nritish manufactures, prices rem tiring corn nally the same; but as the dealers are now beginning to re•• turn to business we hope shortly to be able.to report some ac tivity in our market at former prices. Shipments of tea con tinue to be made on a limited scale. Low Cougeus may be quoted at 25 to 23 taels ; Twankays, Recording to quality, at 24 tails and upwards.. The season's export of tea from Nov. 1 to Feb. 2t3 amounts to—Black, 17,065,16b1b5. ; Green, 3,502.9851b5.—t0ta1, 20,5651,1531b1. Freight to England is scarce. and may be quoted at 41. 10s. to Si. Exchange on England has declined to 4s. 10d. . " Sir Henry Pottinger is still at Hoag-Kong, and has issued' the notification alluded to in our last circular, declaring Hong- Kong and (Munn tree ports, and promising protection et traders touching at Ant y. We have no recent nests from flee tiorthwatd. No itnmediate interruption is anticipated to flit t: use tots esitsti. g in this province, and our position in rele tiue to the Chinese Government remains unchanged. Our opium market has been exceedingl y dull since the China. new year. .' f.:w chests of the nets Patna have bean sold at 425 to 4eo, which price is not likely to be maintained on the errival of the other Cloppers. Last year's Patna may be quoted at 445 to 440 ; 'slalna at 310, at which there is co &- maul Ihe Atdasee, from Singapore, with abont 900 chests, has not yet arrived." :BRITISH FLEET AT CHINA. HER MAJESTY•S SQUADRON TO THE NottTawann. — At Chtitan, Ciduliae, and Isliiigpo, the Cornwallis ' 72, bearing the flee of Rear-Admir a l Si r W. Parker, K.C.8., Commands - na.Cinef, Captain Richards; Blonde, 42, Captain T. Boor chier, C.B. ; Pelican, 18, Commodore Napier; t: yacinth, 18, C. Goldsmith; Mudeste, Id, Watson ; Columbine, 18, Morsted ; en°, 16, E. Troubridge ; Algeriee, 10, Lieute nant Maetiand ; Lady Bentinek, surveying vessel, Commander it. Whitson ; tro,p- ship, Jupiter, R. Tutton ; Hon. Cann patty's ship Nemesis, Lieutenant W . Hall ; Queen, Com mander W . Warden ; Pelegetha, Lieut. M. Cleverly ; Se sostris, Commander Orinby, India navy. At Amoy, Druid, 44, Captain smith, C.B. ; Pylandes, 18, Commander Tindel (abeent); Chameleon, 10, Licut. Hunter ; Starling, 6, Com mander H. Bettell. Squadron at the mouth of the Canton river—Blenheim (72); • sir T. Herbert, K.C.8., Senior Caminatiding Officer; Herald, 26, J. Nias ; Nimrod, 18, Com manuer Glasse ; Cruizer, 18, Commander J. Pearce ; Royalist, Lieu:. abetwoo.. ; Young Heise, 4, Wood ; Hon, Compani's ship Hoogly, Sir. Ross ; Ariadne, Roberts, India navy. CellesESE PROCLAMATION.—(TRANSLATION.) " The assistant Great Minister, She, and the awe-exciting General Yik, proclaim to the inhabitants of the Lin district, in the departmeet of Ningbo,. and of the districts of Tinghae and Chinnas, for their full information. " Since the rebellious barbarians caused trouble and con fusion, and usurped possession of the cities (Tinghre, &c. ), the people have suffered great calamities, a fact deserving of the most indignant. hatred Ye, people, that you blluu.d have been exposed to and suffered the calamities of war, and your families ue separated and scattered, has excited the su preme Ruler's commisseration, therefore he ordered his Ge nerals to lead forth the troops to rescue you from the midst of water and fire; his favour has reached the extreme degree. " In the first. instance the General Yik and the Minister She, hat proclamations engraved, that the intense anxiety of the supreme Ruler might be.universally known, and we suppose- it is aired fully known. We have now heard that the rebellious barbarians dwell in each of the cities, mixed with ye, people, in mutual repose, without disturbance ; but do ye know why the barbarians for awhile forbear to slaughter and involve ye in calamities? Let the righteous people of the provinces of Fukien and Canton be a Warning to you, who have been troubled an:l attacked by the same enemy. We are apprehensive that you have followed them, because a Jew cannot oppose the many, anti, by a necessary consequence, all of you have been thoroughly frightened; therefore their proclamations are little to be trusted, or their favours, seeking to knit you in ad herence to them. But ye . do not seek for safety beyond the present time, and certainly are ignorant that the grand army is now on its march to exterminate the rebellious foreigners. But they will. either place you in the van of the battle, ex posing your heads to the iiiehts of a. rows and stoises, or will cause yea to make false reports - of the distresses and sufferings of the people, in order to delay our attack. But if the opportunity is lost, -again will come great contusion anti carrying away into captivity, and they will satiate them seltes by spoiling you of your wealth ; yet you carelessly, morning and eveeing, abandon yourselves to it pose, and soon you will be involved in infinite trouble , hut, that you should be dragged by and tied to them, is a circumstance much to bts . pitted. We, the General and Minister, are apprehensive, when the cities are - destroyed that the precious gems will not. be distinguished from the worthless pebb:es, and that your lives will be sacrificed. On this account, we proceed to issue secret orders, directing that trom all your villages and neighbourhoods they be secretly circulated And within the present month redu atioes will be e,tabltrhed for you to secrete yourselves either in distant villages, or on the borders, or in the recesses of the hills anti banks of rivers, where for a while you must mutually depend on your relations and friends; moreover, you certaiely must not came in advance of, or before the army, which will draw upon yon the suspicion of being traitors, and when a clear diseriminrion is made deep calamities will alreaoy have been suffered. The time of the plan of the grand army for sweeping away the rebellious barbarians will not. be loeg ; then you can retutn to your dwellings, and all enjoy the happi ness of supreme tranquillity. If when the grand army arrives, and protection is sought at its camps, then if good and faithful subjects, and traitors cannot he diais gui.hed, but through mis take, they chanced to be slanglite:ed, the anxious thoughts of the Supreme-Rulers for the people's lives wi I meet with a most ungrateful return. As to our intentims of exterminating the barbarians, and tranquillizing the good. do you all take them ss a warinng ; and the established regulation by flight to save your lives, keeping the barleariang in ignorance, tnat your lives may not he dragged in their chains, when you will not he able to escape f:ora them. It is on this account that these secret orders are issued." INDIA. FALL OF GHUZNEE. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. This important. fortres , , the capture of which threw such lustre on the British arms, has we regret to say, fallen into the hands of the Affghtins. Colonel Palmer is safe in the town of Cihuznee, but how long he will continue so is a serious ques tion. If he keeps kis arms in his hands and listens to no se cintdary treaties, he may, probably, reach Caudahar evert ually. The Caubul treaty is a deep and impressive lesson, which he cannot fail to benefit by. Fort William, Secret Department, April 14, le+42. - • The following copy of a despatch from Lieut.-Colonel Pal mer, commanding at Ghuznee, to the officer commanding at Jellalabad, is published for general information, by order of the Governor—General in Council : " Ghuznee, March 1. 1842. Sir,—lt is with much concern I acquaint you that, from want of water, and by an overpowering force, under cover and within fifty yards of us in the city, I been compelled to enter into terms to evacuate the citadel and fort within six days. The garrison is to occupy the north-east corner of the town. The garrison is exhausted by fatigue and constant duty, and the men have suffered severely from cold, the thermometer having been 14 below zero. The terms are honourable treatment and safety whilst here and'on the march to Caubul, solemnly scorn to by the Chiefs. In capitulating. I have only acted up to the orders' f Major Pntringer and General Elphinstone, who directed ma in an official letter to evacuate the city and citadeton the arrival of Roohilia Khan, the Sudar of Logna. The chief arrived and promised to escort usin safety to Caubul. Amour Shamsooder Khan; nephew of Dost Mohammed Khan, has also arrived, as Governor of Ghuznre and political agent. I received instruc tor's-vs march immediately on his arrival for Caubul, from the late Sir W. Al'iNa.glaten,* Bart. Abandoned as this gal risort has been in the very. centre of the enemy's country, cut off from all communication with any quarter, and without a suffi cic ncy . of water even at this season, with 200 men detached to hold an outpost which is destitute of water, and must have fallen inforty-eight hours, .nothing but capitulation remained. From the outpost falling into the' hands of the enemy, they would command our •only well and commanding fort, and the whole garrison world have been destroyed in a few days. The bearer has received only subsistence on the road, and is to re ceive a Irmdsome reward on delivering this letter. We have upwards of 100 sick and wounded, and 137 casualties. The officers, includ:ng Captain Burnett, 54th, and Lieut. Crawford, S. S. Force, are all well • (signed) " J. PALMER, Lieut.-Colonel." G 14 11 1 ZNEE. (From the Bombay Times.) The insurrection which broke out at Caubul on the 2d of November appears almost simultaneously to have manifested itself at Ghuznee, 90 miles to the south:and thus much further from the Peshawur frontier. On that day Captain Woodburn and 151) men were cut to pieces 40 miles to the north. A few days after this Lieut. Crawford, in charge of about 100 prisoners, narrowly escaped ; his baggage fell into the enemy's ham's, and the greater portinn•of his men were killed. From the 7th of November to fife Ist of March, nothing definite or intelligible was he.trd from Ghuznee. By the beginning of December the country round was completely snowed up, arid though we from time to time heard of the town being filled with insurgents, and Colonel Palmer sorely pressed by the enemy, as his (tem missariat was believed to be well supplied, a hope was enter tained that he might. hold out till relieved by General Nott from Caudahar ; or that he might, so soon as the country was open, be able to retreat without assistance. About the end of February water began to fail him, the . enemy appear to have increased in audacity, and on one occa,ion they were driven back by a gallant charge made on them by the Sepoys, who bayoneted them in great numbers. A despatch front him, of the Ist of March dispelled the allusion as to his safety. His original forge, which consisted of the 27th Bengal Native Infantry, with some artillery, was considerably under 1.000 strong—latterly probably not more 700 ; of these, 137 had fallen in the Coto se of the siege, and about 100 were sick or wounded; .200 men were detached holuing an outpost, where water had become so scarce that, within 48 hours of the date of the despatch, it must have been abandoned. The enemy was under cover in overpowering force within 50 yards of the garrison. The thermometer had, fur some time, been 46, degrees below freezing. The garrison were exhausted by the fatigue of incesFant duty, and disheartened by their total isolation ; and, under these circumstances, there appeared to be no ch,ice but capitulation: left to the commander. • He states that, in consequence ot this deplorable pass, end of hav ing received orders trout Sir William M'Naughren to retire, he had agreed to evacuate about•t.he 6th ot March. 'the city was at this time filled with Ghaxeet, the religious Mus•ulmarr fatiativs. who had worked so much w 0,.. at Caubul ; and these were here, as they are everywhere, ar.d at all times, wholly beyond the controul of the chiefs. The ground was thickly covered with snow ; and Colonel Palmer, at the conclusion of his despatch, expresses fears for the safety of the force. They were to have proceeded immediately in the direction of Caubul, on their way to Jellalabad, under a safe conduct from the chiefs. Nothing whatever having since this period been heard of them, there remains scarcely any reason to hope but that they have all likewise perished. Accord , eg to a rumour lately prevalent in Scinde, three or four'of the officers were in the hands of the enemy as prisoners. Thus have the Ghazees avenged the massacre of the prisoners under our authority when Ghuznee was taken by Sir John Keane. On the 21st of July, 1839, it was captured by us, with a sacrifice of 500 of the enemy. It was surrendered by us -about the 6th-of March, 1842, with a loss, it is to. be feared, of the whole garrison and camp followers, amounting to upwards of 1,000 men. 4 " THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY NIORNING, JUNE 7, 1842. JE L LA LA BAD. The troubles of the gallant force which has for the space of five months (since the 12th of November) been shut up in Jellalabad, are, we trust, by this time at an end. If the success which attended General Pollock's movements at the commence ment , when the most formidable of his difficulties were over come, has been continued to him throughout, he must have joined Sir Robert Sale, with all his force, about the 15tb— the united armies, on this being effected, most probably falling back on Peshawur. Our last authentic intelligence from this quarter is contained in Sir Robert Sale's despatch of the ith April, though letters come down to the 9th. The five week intervening between these twayperiods have been more fertile in the events of interest, than any other similar space since the close of the first montn, of the blockade. Throughout the earlier portion of March, the enemy had insulted arid annoyed the garrison by throwing swarms of skirmishers into the ra vines and hollows round the walls, and behind the numerous mud forts in the vicinage, which it had been found impossible entirely to destroy—and from the cover thus afforded them they maintained an incessant fire of musquetry on the parapet,. On the 10th the AtTghans showed themselves more than usually audacious and per.evering. On the same evenmg informa tion was received that a mine was being driven at the northern L e e of the fort; and though General Sale considered that there •. was much reason to doubt the accuracy of this, he resolved on making a sortie to ascertain the fact, and clerk the boldness of the enemy On the morning of the 11th, 300 of her Niajest y's 13th, under Col: liennie, with 300 of the 35th Native In fantry. MA 200 Sappers and Miners, at daybreak movel our from the i'eshawur Gate, and swept steadily round the low ground to the spot where the enemy was said to have broken (;round. The cavalry, unde r C a p ta i n Oldfi e ld, a t the same time appeared upon the plain towards the south, to distraet the ,ttentton of the Affghans. The post where t h e ene my were expected to have been met unexpectedly proved to have just before been abandoned; •a strong p;cet in the , tietghouehood was gallantly di iven in, 1 • • ' arid put sued to a considerable diitence, by Captain Broadfe‘t, at the head of the Sappers and Miners. An attempt on the list-named body by a heavy force of the enemy's cavalry was repelled. The troops Laving accomplished the objects of the sortie in examining the ground aroun I the wall, where neither mine nor gallery could be found, retired in perfect order into the fort, without serious casualty of any sort. For the next elve days constant skirmishes appear to have occurred betwixt our luiagiog parties and the Affghan horseman. Provisions once more began to run short; and on the 25th, a strong foraging party having been sent out in quest of supplies, they were attacked by a large body of the enemy. These were readily beaten off—not, however, before Captain Broadfoot of the trappers and Miners had been severely wounded: he is 1101,4 recovering. It was said by the end of the first week of April their supplies would be entirely exhausted. A few days after wards. however, a very successful sortie was made-500 sheep having been seized, and brought into the fortress. On the sth of April the rumour ran that General Pollock had beenre pulsed, and the following morning a salute was fired from the Affghan camp in !amour, as it was understood, of the defeat. As it was reported, in addition to this, that troops were being eespatched to meet the advance from Peshawur, as also that Akhbar Khan was about to withdraw his force, Sir Rolsert Sale resolved to attack him 'A ith all his force before his depar ture, with a view of driving his enemy off from General l' &- lock, of relieving the blockade, or of chastising them so if ng as within reach, according to whichsover of the reports mi ;ht chance to turn out well-founded. The force marched out ac cordingly at daybreak on the 7th, and, after a brilliant action . defeated the enemy on every point. Our total strength scarcely exceeded 1,400 men ; yet, with this,6,ooo of the enemy were put t. rout—their guns, four in number, taken from the Caubel force captured—and a heavy loss (it is said 500), in killed and wounded, inflicted on them. The Gallant Colonel Dennie, of her Majesty's 13th, was killed when in the act of leading his column to the attack of a tort which the enemy very obstinately defended. The defence of Jellalabasl, maintained for a period of nearly six months of severe fatigue, suffering, and privation of every sort, has thus terminated with one of the most brilliant victories which has, since 1815, crowned the British arms. Were rewards to be meted out in relation to the deserts of commanding officers, and if it be admitted that a Baronage -vas not an immoderate requital for the services of Sir J. Keane, a Dukedom would scarcely recompense General Sale, or all Earldom, with a pension for ten generations, be too much for General Pollock. ACTION AT JELLALABAD. The follov:ing is the despatc.lhOfGere;alSale, with the official details of his victory over the Affghans. It is addressed to the Assistant-Adjutant-General, Captain Ponsonby : " Jellalabad, April 7. " Sir,—lnformation was on the evening of the sth instant. brought into this place, in the most positive and circumstan tial terms, from spies in the enemy's camp a to. the effect that the force under Major-General Poihrek - , - C.8., had Met with a reverse in the Khyber, and retraced their steps towards Peshawur, and about tenr. - at. on the 6th a feu-de-joie and salute of artillery was fired by Mahomed Akbur, which wa.e said to be in tumour of the events It was on the same day, and through similar channels, announced to me that the Affghans were sending reinforcements to aid in defending the frontier passes. Although I could not wholly depend upon these state ments, which were improbable in themselves, and accompanied by counter reports of another revolution at Caubul, stitich was assigned by some as the cause of the rejoicing at the defeat of the Affghans in Khybera'arid by one account, of the intended and even actual retreat of the Sirdar to Lughman, I came, on a full consideration of the various circumstances and rumours, to the res talon of asiticipating the last-mentioned event b, a general attack on the Affghan camp, i n th e h opes o f relieving the place from blockade, and facilitating Genera, Pollock's act vance. I accordingly gave directions to form three columns of infantry, the centre cousistinsa of the 13th Light. Infantry, 500 rank and file, under Colonel Dennie, C. 8 .; the left, of the 15th N. 1., 500 rank and file, under Lieut.-Co . Monteith, C. • and the right, of a company of the 13th Light I n f antry , another of the 35th Native Iniantry, and the detachment-of Sappers and Miners under Lieutenant Orr, the severity of Captain' Broad foot's woaud still rendering him non -effective ; th 6. whole. :160 strong, commanded by Captain Havelock, h er M a j est y' s 1:1:1 Light Infantry. These were to be supported by the fire of the guns of No. 6 Light. Field Battery, under Captain Abbott, to which Captaia Backhouse, S. S. Artillery, was also.aatashed, and by the whole of my small cavalry furls under Captain Ohifielif arid Lieutenant Mayne. The troops issued from the Caubul arid Peshawur gate at daylight this morning. So far from the Sirdar having made dispositions to avoid the en counter, the wholelurce, not falling short in all of 6,000 men, was formed in order of battle for the defence of his camp; the right resting on a fort, its left on the Caubul river, and even the ruined works w ithin 800 yards of the place were filled with Ghilas.e marksmen, recently repaired far stasut resistance. The attack was led b, the skirmishers arid column under Capt. Havelock, Which drove the enemy in the most satisfactory manner from the. ex treme Isft of his advanced line of works, which it pierced at once, and pro needed to advance into the plain, whilst the central column directed its efforts against a square fort, the defence of which was obstinately maintained. With the deepest rt gret I have to mention that, whilst leading his re giment to the assault, Colonel Dennie, C. 8., of her Majesty's 131 h Light Infantry, received a shot through the bada, which shortly after proved fatal. The rear of this work having been gained by passing to its left, I gave orders for a combined attack on the enemy's camp. It was in every way brilliant and successful. The artillery advanced at the gallop, and di rected a heavy fire on the Affgt.an centre, whilst two of the columns of infantry penetrated his line at the same pint, and the third drove his left back from its support on the river,* into the stream of which some of his horse and foot were forced. The Affghans made repeated attempts to cheek our advance by a smart tire of musketry, and throwing forward heavy bodies of horse, which twice closely threatened the troops under Captain Havelock,. and by opening against 1 us three guns from a battery screened by a garden wall, and said to have been served under the peisonal superintendence of the Sirdar but in a short time they were dislodged from every point of their position, their cannon taken, and their camp involva din a general conflagration, The battle was ' over, and the enemy in full retreat in the direction of Lugh man by about seven v. at. We have made ourselves master of two cavalry standards, recaptured four guns lost by the Caubul and Gunslamurk forces, the restoration of which to our Government is received by the force wi h much honest exultation ; and destroyed the whole of the enemy's tents. In short, the defeat. of Mohamed Akbar by the force which he boasted of blockading has beets, in the open field complete and signal. The fall of an officer . soliistinguished'as Colonel Dennis , ' will be felt as a public calamity. Lamenting it 'in every way, I inuFt share with hiS country, his regiment, and his friends, in the consolation afforded by the reflection that he was killed, most gallantly performing his duties. r have to express my entire sasisfaction with the conduct on this occasion Of Lieutenant-Colonel Monteith, C. 8., com manding one of the infantry columns under my own eye; of Captain Wilkinson, on whom the charge of the other devolved on the death of his Lieutenant-Colonel; of Captain Oldfield ansl Lieutenant Mayne, who led the cavalry; and of Captains Abbott and Baekhuuse, and isietitenant Davis, artillery.' The able and judicious manner in which Captain *Havelock moved the force under his command, which acted on a line so distant as to render the manoeuvres independent of my 'immediate control,alemands my particular and separate commendation. My acknowledgments are also especially due to Captain Wade, my Brigade Major, whos e exertions on this day were, as they have ever been, most meritorious. To Major Fraser, of the Light Cavalry, who a c t e d as my Aide-de-Camp; and to Captain Mainwaring, Co mm i ssar i at o ffi cer o f the force, who was present in and attir e i n t h e fi e ld ; C a pt a in Macgregor, political agent, handsomely offered his services with No. 6 Light Field Battery, and was most useful in serving the guns. Lieutenant. and Adjutant Wood, her Majesty's 13th Light. In fantry, made a dash at one of the enemy, and, in cutting him down, his charger was so seriously injured as to have been since destroyed. Captain Havelock reports in the most. favourable manner the gallant eor,duct of Lieutenant Cox, her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, who was the first to seize the enemy's. guns after the party which captured them. 1 have the honour to be, &c., " R. SALE, Major-General." OFFICIAL DESPATCH. "TO CAPTAIN PONSONbT, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL. _ "Jellalabad, March N. 't Sir,—Do me the favour to acquaint Major-General Pollock, C. 11., that since I last addressed you, the enemy have, in fur therance of their plan of establishing a rigorous blockade, daily insulted the place by throwing masses of skirmishers into the ravines and hollows round the walls and behind the remains of mud forts, which are so extensive that no induury has enabled us wholly to clear them away. It has been their practice to plant their standards in conspicuous points of the circumference thus occupied, and to keep up a constant fire of musketry upon the parapets. I have resisted these attempts by the fire from bat teres. We have austainertfew casualties, and those of 'he enemy have, I suspect, been uniformly serious. On the 10th instant, the covert advance of the Affghans was particularly persevering against our northern face; towards evening our spies brought us information that the enemy were driving a mine in that direction, and though I entertained great doubts of the correctness of the statement, 1 thought it prudent to ascer tain the truth by sortie. On the morning of the 11th I placed under the ordei s of Lieut.-Colonel Dennie 300 men of the 13th, 3(30 of the 35th. and 200 of the corps of Sappers ; having at the same time directed Captain Oldfield to move on with the cavalry into the plain to the southward, and endeavour to fix the atten tion of the enemy in that direction. The Lieut.-Colonel sallied out by the Peshawur gate, a little after day-break ; and his column swept steadily round into the low ground to the northward. Contrary to expectation, this was found to be abandoned ; but a strong picquet of the enemy's foot occupied a salient point on a rising ground, which commanded it. From this they were driven in a most. spirited manner by Captain Broadfoot, at the head of the detachment of Sappers and Miners, and he pursued the retreating enemy into and beyond a tower and garden-wall, of which he took and kept possession. The 35tb, under Captain Seaton, and :Captain Wilkinson's company . of the 13th, were then established as skirmishera around 'the ruins of old forts; also the remainder of the 13th were held in re serve. The cavalry appeared the same moment, and supported the left flank of our line of occupation. Au examination of the ground proved that neither shaft nor gallery had been com menced, and I therefore directed the troops to withdraw. The whole camp of Mahomed Akbar was by this time in full alert, and heavy masses of cavalry and a cloud of foot were pressing forward towards our skirmishers. Our cavalry appeared at the same moment as the 13th, and supported the left flank of our line of occupation. Our detached retired here in the nowt perfect order, and their fire, and that of our guns and mortars from the walls, kept the Affghans in check in the most satisfac tory' manner. On our extreme right their horse made an at tempt to ride in upon Captain Broadfoot s party; but a volley front the Sappers and M iners brou g ht th em to a halt in evi dent discomfiture. Our loss in wounde d was very trifling...— I have, &c. 6, R. SA LE(Signed) . Major-G enera l. ( A true Copy.) T. H. MADER) CK. " Fort William, April 5." 'The Agra Unbar Extra of April 15, states that on the Ist of April, G yards en of his eralSale o bserving some flock s o f s h eep grat i ng within ' BOO position, ordered the whole cavalry, supported by 300 of her Majesty's 13th Foot, and 200 of the 35th Native Infantry , t o sa}l y out b y the so uthern gate, while the Salpers issued by the n orthern. I n a few minutes the I' General had the satisfacti on to see the ene my's coveting parties routed, and 500 sheep an d g oats ca p ture d. 'phis opportune supply seven vvoitn .wasifal!dz d with the loss of only one privat e k i ll e d ct.nd cAN.DAHAR. of March, at which time the force w i d er G enera l men, had r ece i ve d no annoyance sec l o / n u ci r v‘ foLi k ner intellieence from Can dahar , extended to the Nott, amounting to 7,2 0 since the 13111 of January, when the successful encounter with .the enemy, detailed in cur summary of the Ist of April, had occurred. lie had at this date • become straitened for money and ammunition, and a reinforcement of 2,500 men, with 4, with a force c ompose d o f h er Ma convoy t f 6,000 camels, 100,0001. in money, and 600.000 ball cartridges, were in orders to proc eed . under General England, to hi• assistance. On the 6 th of Nl arch General Nott moved oat ur against the insgents, - jesty' s 40th, withthe 10th, 3 5 th , 421 , and 43d Regiments of Bengal Native Infantry, g wing of Macao's Ho rse , an d Antler son's guns, consisting of four nine• p o unders. Considerable skir wishing ensued, and several villag e s were destr o yed by our men and given up t o plunder. When the Affi g h ans h a d . , ga t our tromps decoyed a suffi c i en t way out, following a t l as t a d e tach,. ment of on ly 2,000 strong, the principal body consisting of. about 5,000 f oo t a nd 1,000 horse , . doubled upon us an d re turned to Ca n dahar. where they.arnved, and i mme di ate l y t o ok possession of the old town, on the evening of thri 9th. Next, morning they attacked, and nearly got possessien : •of : a portion o f the city, having effecte d a lodgement a t t h e klerat gate. m and commenced setting fire to the houses. Hatl,..i.bey been successful, the position of General Nott would iliave been perimus indeed. 'f he bulk . of, .011 r. Arlillary,..yiltlk Ow k.. Bengal Native Infantry, the Ist, 2d, and sth Shah's infantry, with the Ist Cavalry and Skinner's Horse, amounting to Fad been left behind, and gave them so rough a reception. that they were speedily dispersed, leaving from 600 to 1,000 killed or severely wounded. The insurgent army On this broke up, and quitted the neighbourhood altogether. Gen. Nott returned in safety into Candahar on the 13th. after a seven days' absence. This defeat for a time appeared to have produced a strong impression throughout the country. The aggressions of the enemy ssere for a period interrupted, anti supplies of provisions, previously withheld from us, began Once more to be brought into our camp by the natives. It is probable that the schemes of the enemy had been g7eatly dis concerted, from the failure of a well-planned but unsuceess! - ul stratagem, from whose results important consequences were ea a ected to have flowed, and that it was deemed expedient to break up the army, according to the custom of the country in such cases, till some other .and more promising project was devised for our anno - yance. For three weeks subsequent to this nothing was heard from Candahar, when a rumour reached us that an army was collecting and moving from Ghuznee westward towards it; the same, probably, which had been re lieved from besieging the force of Colonel Palmer, believed to have capitulated and been destroyed about the Ist of Marc),. On the Ist, Col. liVymer, with a couple of Bengal regimen's of irregular cavalry and guns, about 1,500 in all, marched out from Candahar to meet General England, and when three marches on his way westward on the Quettah road, was at tacked by a body of the enemy, 3,000 strong. They burst on us with fury, charging up to the bayonet point. A few well-directed volleys, however, soon thinned their ranks, when our cavalry, dashing in amongst them, put them to the route in every quarter. Three hundred of them are said to hate been left dead on the field at battle, including five of their bravest chief-. Our loss amount e d t o five killed and twenty five wounded. It is pobable that Colonel Wymer would hear of General England's retreat before he advanced much fart ht r to meet him ; and that he would, in this case, retire on the main force, or wait further orders where he was, provided the state of his commissariat permitted. Our last Quettah letters, of date the 12th, state, that at Candahar there were six months' supplies for the soldiers, but little ammunition, and no money er medical stores. It these could not be pushed on in time, it was belived that they would sail in the force of 1,100 men at Kelat-i-Ghilzie, eighty mileS off, and both fallback on Quettah, where our people have been busily engaged since England's re treat in constructing fresh defences for the force. Lieutenant Patterson, who was wounded so severely when Captain Gold ing of the Jasailchees was killed (28th December) is dead. Around Candahar all was tranquil, hut it was believed that the chiefs had gone towards the Kujjuck Pats, in the hopes of ob taining booty. It seems to be allowed by all hands that the gallantry anti good conduct of the troops in Western Affghan istan must have led to very different results had they been under the guidance of fitting generalship. A very strong wish is expressed throughout the military cit cies, .in these parts, that Sir Charles Napier should obtain command, when a change might be looked for in the fortune of the war ! RELIEF FOR CANDAHAR—GENERAL ENGLAND'S ADVANCE AND RETREAT. As already stated, General Notes force had, by the end of February begun to suffer severely from the want of carriage— the whole camel conveyance they could command being inade quate for more than one-Third of his supplies, when necessary to move to any considerable distance from camp ; the coop:ins sariat was well provided, but ammunition was getting scarce, while medical stores and money were nearly out altogether. The reinforcement and convoy destined for their use was ordered to move from Scinde in three detachments ; the first. of which, under General England himself, quitted Dadur on the 9th, and reached Quettah on the 16th March, having lost 300 camels in the snow, while ascending the Bolan Pass. some 15 of the men were frozen. to death, and considerable ap prehensions entertained for this safety of the brigade. 'I he first detachment consisted of a wing of her Majesty's 41st (445 bayonets), 374 of the 6th Native Infantry, with details of the 3d Light Cavalry, the Poonah Horse, the 20th, and 25th Native Infantry. wi:h four guns—in all, about 7,200 men. These had 2,000 camels, 45,000/. in silver, with ammunition and other stores in convoy. The second detachment, of about equal strength, with 2,000 camels and 90,0001. in treasure under Major Simmons, of her Majesty's 41st Foot, left Dadur on the 2Sth of March, and ascending the Bolan Pass without molestation, reached Quettah on the 4th of April. The third portion of the brigade left. Sukkur between the loch and 12th of April, and may be looked for at Quettah about the 7th of May.. It consists of the 12th Native Infantry, with a squadron of the 3d Light Cavalry, aeiounting to about 1,100 men, commanded by Major Reid ; they had 2,600 camels in charge, with a multitude of other beasts, bearing medical stores, ammunition, and t easure. When assembled, the whole force just arrived at, -or under orders for Quettali, would amount to about 4,000 men. General England, as already stated, reached Quettah on the 16th of March, but had only remained a few days, when he found it necessary (on the 26th) to move out towards Pisheen, a.valley some twenty miles off,. to protect the people, who were favourably disposed to wards us, against the insurgents, and to obtain forage for the 1,500 camels which still remained to him, supplies of this essential not being procurable at Quettah. During the first two days scattered parties of insurgents were seen along the line of march, and some skirmishing ensued. On the 27th, the troops pasSed the village of Hykulzie, and were re ceived in the most friendly manner by the chiefs. Not the slightest hint was given by them that any interruption or annoyance was intended us, though it must have been per fectly known to them that two month's labour had been expended in barricading, the pass, . a few miles in front, and that -Mahomed Sedeeze was posted in the hills close by, with a strong force just arrived from Candahar. On the morning of the 28th considerable numbers of men were soon on the hills on either side of us. These were at first supposed to be scouoi or maratoters. Further on, a group of low hills skirted the road, betwixt two of which lay our line of March. That on the right was strongly barricaded ; that on the left covered with irregulars; The light companies of her iVajeety's . 41st, and the 21st and 25th Native Infantry. ameuntiug in all to 180 men, were ordered to charge up the hill in line (!!) as it was imagined the enemy would de- camp on their approach. - instead of this, they kept them sAvos concealed within the works, and the moment that the 4 st crossed the cress of the barricade, a rush so desperate and irresistible was made against them, that they were compelled in stantly to retire, leaving Captain May, two sergeants, one tm poral, and. fourteen privates, dead upon the field. On descending the hill, hotly. pressed by the enemy, a body of cavalry, whiel, had the day before arrived from Candahar, wheeled round the flank of the hill and fell upon the rear. Here Major Apthorp, of the 20th Native Infantry, fell covered with wounds. He survived two days, and expired on his return to Quettah. A reserve of the remainder of the 41st covered the retreat of the storming party, which formed itself into a square to re ceive the enemy near the bottom of the hill. The Affghan .horsemen, finding these impenetrable, retired in gond order, leaving many of their dead under our bayonets. Of 470 men who had been engaged, including the reserve, 27 were killed and 71 oounded. The enemy appear to have suffered severely. Itlahomed Sedeeze, the insurgent leader, appears to have headed the charge in person; he received a bayonet wound in the shoulder. Six chiefs, with about thirty others, were killed, and fifty were severely wounded ,in the affair. They fought with the bravery snrl enthusiasm of religious zealots ; and it is confessed by all our officers that a finer body of irregular horse than that which charged upon our squares was never seen in Afghanistan. The utmost gallantry was displayed by our men. The sepoys entreated permission to charge up the IEII again, but were refused. The 41st were also most anxious to renew the contest. More than half the brigade had been em ployed in protecting the baggage. It was resolved to re tire to Quettah. Our troops having moved off the field, spent the night of the 23th in a ruined fort, three miles to the left. They reached Quettah with but little molestation on the 30th. In the course of these pro ceedings it had been discovered that the Kujjuck Pass, sixty-three miles from Quettah, and consequently eighty four from Candahar—the total distance betwixt the two being 147 miles—was blocked up, the enemy having for months been engaged in constructing field works for its defence. Ithad now become apparent that so close was the compact, and so univer sal the feeling against us, throughout the country, that of all that was passing beyond the line of the picquets we were in total ignorance. On the Ist of April General England wrote to Candahar, informing General Nott of his retreat; stating to l him, also, that supplies would only be pushed forward in case of extreme emergency : that titer passes must first be opened by a combined movement from the east and west. It was pro posed by him that a light brigade, without knapsacks or other incumbrarices not indispensable, would move from Quettah as s ton as a similar one had marched from Candahar. This last was instructed to bring mortars along with them, these being considered necessary to carry the barricades. This move ment could scarcely have commenced from either point earlier than the 15th of April, and must, we should think, con sidering how entirely all communication is interrupted, be undertaken over 150 miles of rough and irregular country with the greatest hazard. General England seems to have 10-t all hope for the present of forwarding troops to Candahar, the brigade destined for its reinforcement being now considered necessary at Quettah, where strong intrenchments are being thrown up. We do not quite comprehend the reason of this sudden alteration in General England's resolution, as there seems to have occurred no such change in the state of the Shawl country, betwixt the 28th of March and the Ist of April, as to make the presence of 2,500 men, which, at the former date, were partly on the way to reinfarce General Nott, net essary at the latter one for the protection of Quettah. We must confess that, considering the military talent displayed of late amongst our commanders above the. Bolan Pass, we con sider our position in Western Affghanistan at once gloomy and precarious. SCINDE. Through , the past mouth Scinde has been everywhere perf•ctly undisturbed, the robberies in the Boleti Piss hardly deserving the character of disorders. There is, in deed, scarce .a single occurrence of note that has happened betwixt Dadur and Kurrachee, betwixt the 15th of March and 26th of April, the period over which our present review ex tends. '1 he movements of the troops upwards, under General England on the Bth, and Major Simmons, of her Majesty's 41st Regiment, on the 28th of March, and I .aior Reid, of the 12th Native Infantry, now on his way, have already been noticed. The heats are beginning to set in in Scinde, and betwixt the let of May and the Ist of October the couwry becomes nearly impassable for troops. Had it been determined to move a force this season through Egypt, with a view to expedition, in arriving any time within the period just indicated, they must remain inactive throughout the mon soon at Bombay, or the heats at Kurrachee. Cholera prevails to a sad extrnt at Kurrachee, her Majesty's 22d having buried no fewer than 98, not including women and children, betwixt the 6th of March and the 23d of April. Of the depot of her Majesty's 40th twenty-four had died. No officers have as yet suffered. On the 26th of April there had orly occurred one case among the troops. The Bengal 19th Native Infantry was daily expected at Sukkur from Feroxepore, to supply the place of the 12th and other troo: , s now on their way to Quettah. The Bombay 17th Native Infantry has gone by stcam to Kurra chee on the 18th, 19th, and 22d of April. CAUBUL. Intelligence of a recent date (not ascertained) has been re ceived at Jellalabad from Caubul about the Bth of April. Another revolution was rep rted to have taken place, and the rumour will most probably turn out well-founded, though not as yet authenticated. The Shah Soojah was said to have been shot in his litter when coming out of the Bala Hissar—a cir cumstance this also extremely probable. Our hostages and prisoners, both here and at Futteabad, were safe and well— thuugh some of them had of late been less kindly treated than formerly. It was said the chiefs were anxious to negotiate for their release; and our conviction is that with Generals Pollock and Sale, now at Jellalabad, and likely to fall back for the pre sent on Peshawur, very little difficulty will he foend in recover ing, by threats and prc.mises conjointly, the whole of the cap tives. 7 he Shah Soc.ijah has written a long letter to the Go vernor-General, endeavouring, it is supposed, to exonerate himself from the suspicions entertained against him of having caused the recent insurrection, or connected himself with its leaders. He lays the blame of our discontents which gave rise to it on the shoulders of the puliticals, and states that if his ad vice had been listened to by th e E nvo y the present aspect of affairs would have been widely different. No further proof against him has some to light throughout the month. Such is the whole of the meagre intelligence we can now gather from the city so lately the head-quatters of our army. FORCING THE KHYBER PASS. This defile, one of the most formidable and impenetrable in Asia as a line of military defence, extends from Jumrood up, wards in the direction of Jellalabad without interval for the space of twenty-eight miles, throughout twenty-two of which it has hitherto been reckoned impassable for an army when the nhabitatits had determined to oppose them. From Jumrood. where the pass opens on the Peshawar side, to Ali Musjid, the dell is deep and uninterrupted ; and the celebrated fort just named, which stands on an isolated hill in the narrow neer the middle of the defile, completely commands it. Here it is so sickly that the troops we have endeavoured to keep in the fort have, from time to time, been nearly all swept away. For about seven miles beyond Ali Alusjid, the ascent is somewhat uniform till it arrives near Lundee Khana, where, for a couple of miles, it stretches out to the face of a frightful precipice, like the galleries by which the Simplon is traversed. General I'ollock had mustered a force of nearly 8,000 men at Peshaw r by the end of March, but was anxious, before moving, that the two brigades under Colonels White and Bolton, then on their way to join him with an additional force of about 4,000 men, consisting of her Majesty's 3d Dragoons, the Ist Light Cavalry, her Majesty's 31st Foot, the 63d Native Infantry, with Artillery and Irregular Horse, should arrive. This, how ever, was impossible, as Jellalabad required immediate succour. The 3d Dragoons reached Peshawar on the 30th March ; the Ist Cavalry and 6th, and 33d Native Infantry were left behind while Colonel Bolton's brigade, consisting of her Majesty's 31st, the 6th Native Infantry, with the Artillery and Irregu lar Horse, cannot arrive before the 20th April. A peculiar arrangement had been made, by whichethe Khyberees agreed to secure a quiet passage for us on payment of 5,00 01 . -2,000 / before hand, and the balance after we had reached Ali Musjid The lesser of the two sums was actually paid to them ; but they either broke faith or found themselves unable to control the other tribes; and are said to have returned it. Nadir Shah, a century before, had paid them 100,0001. for the use of the Pass; and the Kings of Caubul had allowed them 8,0001. a-year fur safe passage through their country ; the continuance of this latter payment we bad sanctioned two years since. On the sth of Aprd, the army moved into the defile, which was obstructed at its entrance by heavy bar ricades of stone. The principal portions of our troops took possession of the heights, covered by a tremendous fire of grape and shrapnel' from ten pieces of artillery. So soon as the kills were occupied and the defile cleared by the guns, the principal columns w ith the baggage moved along the dell, end reached Ali Musjid the following evening, with very trifling loss. The enemy was supposed to have mustered not fewer than 10,000 men; but finding their position completely turned, they teem speedily to have lost all confidence, and fled. 'I he remaining 13 miles, leading on to Lundee Khana, at the head of the Pass altogether, was traversed almost without opposition by the evening of the 9th. On the 10th our rear guard reached Dakka, eight miles further on. It is probable th it by this time the Khyherees had learnt of General Sale's vichery on the 7th, and become completely disheartened. The casualties in carted in the course of this most perilous advance are singularly insignificant in amount, and the dangers of the ascent are now viewed as almost entirely over. It is probable that Jellalabad will be attained by the 15th April, the distance to be travelled over being no more than 47 miles. Thus by the admirable skill of th arrangements, and the patience, valour, and good conduct of the troops, has the Khyber Pass, hitherto believed to be impenetrable in the face of opposition, been forced. The effect of this will at once be felt throughout Central Asia. Candahar, Ghuznee, and Caubul had, within the period of modern history, often yielded to the arms of victorious ene mies ; the Khyber Pass was n e v er f orce d till now . It is to be hoped that, with these splendid triumphs, the Govern ment of India will rest satisfied. Should we by this line seek to penetrate to Caubul by the fearful Tezeen route of 90 miles stilt before us, and strewed by the remains of 13,000 unburied dead to reminsl us of past disasters, we may not orsly undo what has yet been accomplished, and peril what has been non, but throw ourselves further back than we were before our posi tion was restored by Generals Pollock and Sale. We have. trom the present brilliant successes, obtained all in the way of retrieval of our position which any rational being can desire. In asking for more than this, we must seek the slaughter of a people for the guilt of endeavouring to drive the invaders of their country and enemies of their taith back within their own boundaries, and we may chance to throw away the laurels we have now so gloriously won ! CASUALTIES.—TotaI killed, 15; wounded, 104. Her Ma jesty's 9th Foot, Lieut. Cumming killed. Officers wounded— Brigadier Wilde, very slightly; Capt. Ogle, her Majesty's 9th Foot, slightly ; Lieut. Muleaster, 64th Native Infantry, severely. The following is the official account of the gallant operation, sent by General Pollock to the Supreme Government. It is dated from " Camp Sullat, Chunee, near Ali Alusjid, April 6,1842. " Sir,—lt is with feelings of much gratification I have the honour to report, for the information of the Right Honour able the Governor-General in Council, the following detail of operations, undertaken and carried into effect against the A fradees. Yesterday morning, at half-past three, the troops were under arms, the camps struck, and, according to arrange ments previously made, the treasure, ammunition, and baggage placed on the road leading from Jumroed towards the entrance of the Khyber Pass. The enemy had for some days appeared in great numbers at the mouth of the pass, which they read for tified with a strong breastwork of stones and bushes. The hills on both sides were rocky and precipitous, presenting great natural obstacles to the ascent of troops. To gain the summit of these heights, defended as they were by a numerous; body of the enemy, was an undertaking of considerable difficulty. 'The column, destined to accomplish this most important movement, moved off simultaneously with the main column intended to assault the entrance, but were compelled to mate a considerable detour to the right and left to enable them to commence the ascent. The right column, under the command of Lieut. Colonel Taylor, her Majesty's fish Foot, and Major Anderson, 68th Native Infantry. The lett column, uader the command of Lieut.-Colonel Moeely and Major Huish, commenced the ascent, led be Captain Ferris's Rei,iment of Jezailchees. Both columns, after considerable op position, which they overcame in the most gallant style, sure ceedill in routing the enemy, and gaining possession of the ereet of the hills on either side. While the flanking columns were in progress on the heights, I ordered Captain Alexander, in command of the artillery, to throw shrapnel among the enemy, which assisted much in their discomfiture. As Lieut.-Colonel Taylor, from the opposition he met with, was some time in caching the summit of the hill on the right, 1 detached a party under the command of Brigadier Wild, to assault it in front ; it was, however, so very steep near the top, that notwithstanding the undaunted gallantry of the officers and men, they we re unable to gain a footing on the summit, and I regtet to say that many were enabled to throw stones with fatal affect upon Seine of the grenadiers of the 9th Foot. • Finding the heights in our possession, 1 non- advanced the main column to the north of the pass, and commenced destroying the barrier whiell the enemy had erected on perceiving their position was turned; a portion of the right and left columns being left to keep the heights, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Alosely and Major Anderson respectively, Major Huish and Lieut.-Colonel Taylor continued their advance to crown the hills in front on each side, which were covered with the enemy, who appeared determined to combat every inch of ground; but nothing could resist the gallantry of our troops, who carried everything before them. A position of considerable strength above the bridge now remained to be carried, and again the Jezailchees were conspicuous in forcing the enemy to relin quish their strongholds. Crowning parties having talken pos session of their heights, all opposition on the part of the enemy may be said to have ceased, as no large body of them has since come in sight. The nature of the arrangements made, for the protection of the baggage will be best understood when I state that not a single baggage animal has fallen into the hands of the enemy. It now remains for me to perform the pleasing duty of stating how much I feel indebted to the officers and men com prising the force under my command, for their zeal and devo tion, and unflinching valour, in performance of the very arduous duty which they have so nobly executed. " From Major-General Al.Cuskill, R. H., commanding the Infantry division, and who was on this occasion commanding the rear-guard, I have received every assistance, as likewise from Brigadier Wild. To Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor, K. H., my warmest acknowledgments are due for the spirit, cool ness, and judgment with which he discharged the duties in trusted to him. When officers and men, European and native, have all so gallantly performed their duty, it is diffi cult to select the names of particular individuals, but I can not omit the names of those who so admirably led the troops to storm the heights, viz., Lieutenant-Colonel Mosely, 64th Native Infantry ; Major Huish, 26th Native Infantry ; Major Anderson, 64th Native Infantry ; and Captain Ferris, commanding the Jezailchees, whose conduct excited the delight and admiration of all who beheld them ; indeed, I consider much of the success of the day may be at tributed to their gallantry. I have also to express my satisfac tion with the manner in which the artillery was served by Cap.. tain Alexander, commanding; the precision with which shrap nell was thrown caused considerable loss to the enemy. To Captain Ponsonby, my Assistant Adjutant-General ; Captain Coddington, Assistant Quartermaster-General; Captain hie cadam, Deputy Judge-Advocate-General ; and to Lieutenant Pollock, A.D. C., I am much indebted for communicating my orders at different times during the day. " I cannot conclude this despatch Vi i hout requesting you will bring to the particular notice of the Governor-General in Council the very great assistance I have received from Cap tains Alickeson sted Lawrence. Captain hlackeson's know ledge of the localities was invaluable to me, by enabling him to point out those heights which required to be crowned. Both these officers came on to the groused which 1 now occupy. Captain Lawrence returned to Peshawur yesterday, and Cap tain Multeson proceeded with the force. Captain Sir Rich mond Shakespear volunteered his services to accompany Lieu tenant-Colonel Taylor as his Aide-de-Camp, and took command of the men lately composing the garrison of Ali: Musjid. His exertions throeghout the day were most conspicuous and un ceasing. I must here observe that from the character of the opera tions, and the very great number of the enemy, estimated at about 10,000, I found the force under my command numeri cally deficient, and in consequence the troops suffered severely from excessive fatigue. There were some of the, enemy's horse in the vicinity of Ali Musjid, but I regret they did not wait for Brigadier 'White and his brigade, to make an example of them. I have, &c. (Signed) " G. POLLOCK, Major-General, Commanding troops West of Indus." Another despatch, dated April 7, states In my last communication I inadvertently omitted to men tion the name of Lieutenant John Becher, acting field engi neer, and have to request you will bring to the notice cf the Governor-General in Council the very essential services ren dered by that officer in clearing the pass of the impediments constructed by the enemy." RETURN OS KILLED, WOUNDED, ANT) MISSING IN FORCING TILE EYBEIt PASS. Killed-1 European commissioned officer, 1 colour sergeant, and 12 sepors and privates-14. Wounded-1 staff, 2 European commissioned officers, 1 fife major; 2 jemadars, 10 havildars, 2 narks, 1 drummer, and 85 sepoys and privates-104. ;Missing-1 bugler, and 16 sepoys and privates-17. Total killed, wounded, and missing, 135. (Signed) G. PONSONBY, Captain Assist.-Adj.• Gen. Camp Ghuznee, Lolla Bey, 7th April, 1842. Name of officer killed—Lieut. Cummins, her Majesty's 9th Foot. Names of officers wounded—Staff-brigadier-Wild, slightly ; Captain Ogle her Majesty's 9th Foot, ditto ; Lieut. Mulcaster, 64th Native Infantry, ditto. (From the Bombay Times.) BOMBAY MARKET, MAY 2. We have no favourable change to report or to state of the market for imports. The month's business has again been of the most limited description, and, as regards prices, but another stage in the gradual decline which, for some time past has been exhibited. It is long since the port has been so crowded with shipping as at present, and while these heavy importations of goods continue, the prospect of improvement must necessarily remain closed. The scarcity of money is still much felt, and tends to increase the dulness now pervading almost every branch of our export trade. Freights to London and Liver pool, 31. and 2/. 15s ; at 31. the latter; freight to China is at 161 rs. per candy to Macao. We have no alteration of impor tance to notice in the prices of Government securities. The present value may be quoted—Five per Cent. Tpanfer Loan, 108 to 10€ i ; second Five per Cent. Loan, 98; Five per Cent. Loan, 81. Exchange on England at six months' sight has remained pretty veady through the month at 21} a 211. But there has been a rise within the last few thys, and it may now be quoted at 214 a2l Bills at 30 days are at 25 °id. Bill s on China have been effected at 206 rs. per 100 dol. Bank Shares—little fluctuation since the last mail; 23 a 24 per cent, premium is the market prick. Sovereigns each 11 rs. a rs, ; Bank Notes per 11. 11 rs. a 111 rs. - • --- - PEnuvirmi Alyy MY.—A Peruvian mummy ba , i been brought to Liverpool for investigation. It is, unlike the mumm ie s of Egypt, a perfect embalmed body, without wrap. t.ers, and was discovered at Pico in a chalk tomb, together with a wooden idol, a comb of porcupine quills, and distaff, On whieh was a quantity of very fine thread, or cotton, which crumbled into dust.--Literavy GaztVe. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LoreDs, June 6. Their Lordships met at Five o'Clock. Lord EGLINTOUN took tho oaths, and signed the Par liamentary roll. • CHILDREN lisT FACTORIES. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from Yorkshire against the employment of children of tender age in factories. SPIRITUAL DESTITUTION OF CATHOLICS. Lord CAMOYS presented numerous petitions from, Manchester, and various places in Lancashire, Stafford.- shire, Warwickshire, and Cheshire, complaining of the spiritual destitution of Roman Catholics in the army and navy, in the Indies, and in gaols and workhouses. A message from the Commons brought up the Ely place (Holborn) Improvement Bill, the Camberwell and Peckham Lightimz Bill, the Brentford Gas Bill, the 'Thamvs HaTrn Dock and Railway Bill, which were severally read a first time. THE INCOME-TAX. Lord „MELBOURNE presented a petition from the Mayor and Aldermen of Derby against the Income-tax. THE POOH-LAW. Earl STANHOPE presented numerous petitions from places in Yorkshire and Lancashire for the repeal of the existing Pour-law, and the restoration of the 47th of THE TAKING OF OATHS BY DISSENTERS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from the Ministers and Messengers of 30 Baptist congre gations, praying for the same exemption in respect to the taking of oaths as was enjoyed by other sects. COLONIAL REPRESENTATION. The NOBLE MARQUIS, on the part of the Earl of Clarendon, postponcd to a future day (in consequence of domestic affliction) the presentation of the petition from the Cape of Good Hope, of which he had given notice. LOCKING OF RAILWAY CARRIAGES. The NOBLE MARQUIS took that - opportunity of asking the Noble Earl opposite (the Earl of Ripon)whe ther there would he any objection to bring before the House the Report of the Directors of the Great Western. Railway, in which they gave their reasons for locking up. the doors of the railway carriages on both sides, lie (the Marquis of Lansdowne) wcs one of the majority of that House and of the public whose taste did not incline to being locked up.—(Hear, and a laugh.) But at the same time he thought it would be only justice to the Di rectors, that their explanation of their reasons for adopt ing that practice should be made known to their ships and the public ; especially as they had always shown every desire to provide for the accommodation and security of the public, • The Earl of RIPON had no objection whatever to the production of the document. Nothing could be more fair or equitable than the conduct. of the Committee of Directors of the Great WeAern Railway, in this and in every other case in which the Government had had t.,cca sion to correspond with them. On this occasion they at once expressed their readiness to act. upon the sugges tion of the Surveyor-General of Railways, only request ing that they should be permitted to send in the litiport alluded to by. the Noble Marquis, in which they gave their reasons for adopting the practice ; and he thought it was perfectly reasonable that they should wish the House and tl:e public to be put in possession of those reasons. The practice had been by this time disconti nued. in compliance with the recommendation of 1 -1 1 n, Government.-- (Hear.) Lord CAMPBELL said he could give some infer !nation on this subject. On Saturday last he found that the practice of locking the doors on both sides had not been discontinued, but not through contuma ciousness, For he was informed that the con tinuance was occasioned only by the difficulty of inaliing the necessary change in the arrangementsof the line, and that from this day (Monday) the practice would be virtually discontinued, and arrangements made to allow the doors on both sides to he left unlocked,. without risk to the passengers.—(Hear, hear.) AFFIRMATION BILL. Lord DENMAN presented petitions front Dunferm line' from members of independent congregations of the Church of Scotland and of the Church of England, from the Independent Congregation of Stebbing, in ' Essex, front Glasgow, and a memorial from the attorneys of Oswestry, praying their L.)rdships to consent to some measure, enabling those persons who thought oaths were contrary to the word of God to give evi dence on affirmation in Courts of Justice. His' Lord ship then laid on the table a Bill for providing a general form of affirmation for all persons who believed oaths to be forbidden. The Rill did not provide any measure for the previous registration of persons who might object to take the oaths, because he thought he could make it deer to their Lordships that there was no danger whatever that any person would wish to be permitted to give their evidence upon affirmation, except those who really felt religious scruples us to taking :at oath. At the same time, if any such se curity should be proposed to be introduced into the Bill, lie (Lord Denman) would not object to it; and those wh o were anxious for the passing 'ofsuch measures would feel grateful to their Lordships fur the relief, even although it should be clogged by such a clause. He moved that the Bill be read a first time, and would move that it be read a second time on Thursday se'nnight. The Bill was then read a first time. MEDICAL CHARITIES (IRELAND). Lord BAND( N presented a petition from sixty eight physicians of Ireland, praying that the Medical Chi►rities of that country might not be placed under the control of the Poor-law Coturnissioners. Alter a few words from the Bishop of LONDON, the petition was laid on the table. THE QUEEN'S LETTER. Lord KINNAMD wished to ask under the control of what department the distribution of the funds collected by the Queen's Letter would be placed ? The Secretary of State fir the home Department had - stated the other evening,- in another place, that the money sent down to Burnley was a part of what had been col lected by this subscription. lie did • not object to this., but. as Burn!ev was not likely to be a solitary instance, and as the funils ought to be equally distributed, it was of consequence to know who had the distribution of it. At the same time, if it were to be distributed by the Go vernment, the Queen's letter was nothing more th'n an appeal on the part of the Government to the people for assistance. The Duke of WELLINGTON rose to order, The Noble Lord, when he put a question, had no right to argue on what might be the effects of the answer to that question. Besides, he would remind the Noble Lord that in such cases it was customary to have the candour and fairness to give previous notice of the inten tion to ask the question. Lord KiNNAMD had no idea that there would have been such difficulty in getting an answer to a very simple question. He would give notice that he would, on the earliest opportunity, repeat the question. The Duke of IVELLINGTON suggested that the Noble Lord should put his question to-morrow. The Bills on the table were then forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned at a Quarter to Six. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 6. The SPiAKEx --- tool the Chair at five minutes before Four. Lord DEswitT took the oaths and his seat for the borough of Ipswich. On the motion of Lord WORSLEY, the Line..):n Roads Bill was read a third time and passed. THAMES HAVEN DOCK AND RAILWAY. The Thames Haven Dock and Railway Bill 'sas read a third time and passed. IMPERIAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Mr. MESMER brought up the Report of the Com mittee on the imperial Insurance Company. ST. PANCRAS IMPROVEMENT BILL. On the motion of Sir B. HALL, the St. Pancras Im prow•ement Bill was read a third time and passed. LIVERPOOL BUILDINGS REGULATIONS BILL. On the motion of Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS, the Lords' amendments to the Liverpool Health of Toxn and Buildings Regulations Bill were agreed to. MERSEY CONSERVANCY. On the motion of Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET . Lord Robert Grosvenor was ordered to be added to the Committee on the Mersey Conservancy Bill. FLEETWOOD IMPROVEMENT BILL. Mr. P. WILLIAMS brought up the Report of the Committee on the Fleetwood Improvement Bill. Certain amendments, which had been proposed iu the Committee, were agreed to. BELFAST AND CAVEHILL RAILWAY. Sir G. STRICKLAND moved that the Committee on the Belfast and Cavehill Railway Bill do have liberty to proceed with tour Members only, u.nd that the time for their reporting be extended to the 16th June. ELY-PLACE IMPROVEMENT BILL. The Ely-place Improvement Bill was read a third time and passed. ;SUDBURY IMPROVEMENT BILL. Sir S. GLYNNE brought up the Report of the Come mittee on the Sudbury Improvement Bill, and moved that the amendments proposed in Committee be adopted. Mr. GREENE—Sir, this is the Bill (holding up a single sheet sd paper), and (holding up an immense mass of documents) these are the amendments. — (A laugh.) Under these circumstances, in order that the House may know exactly what they are about to do, I move that before the amendments be agreed to, the Bill with the amendments, be printed at the ex pense of the parties, and circulated among the Membns of the House, the amendments being distinguished front the original Bill. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET thought that after the amendments had been printed sufficient time ought to be given to the House to consider the subject. After a few words from Mr. BARNARD and Colonel RuskinnooKE, Mr. Greene's amendment was agreed to. On the motion of Mr. 13YNG, the Brentford Gas 13111 was read a third time and passed. LOCH FOYLE DRAINAGE BILL. Mr. P. M. STEWART moviAl the third reading of the Lough Foyle Drainage Lnl. Captain JOSTPS oppo s ed the motion. After f e w obwrvations from Mr. Litton, Colonel Connolly, Sir M. Wood, Mr. Greene, Colonel Verner, Lord Clements, Mr. Brotherton, and Mr. Hum e The House divided, and the numbers were--- For the amendment 32 Against it B5 Mlijority aguinst the amendment.. —s3 On the motion of Mr. HUME, the Lords' atheud ments to the Orm s b y I ne l ostre B i ll were agreed to. Sir 11. DOUGLAs (in the absence 4 'Lord SurnY.oet) moved, " That the time for the Committee on the Liter* pool Poor Bill to make their Report* enlarged till Fri day, the 17th of this instant June."—Agreed to. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS—BELFAST. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a. petition from an. individual (whose name did not reach. us), residing a; No. 95, Anne-street, borough of Belfast. The peti tioner stated that, for the last three years he had been a registered voter of that borough ; and that at the elections, in July last, he voted for Mr. E. Tennent Mr. Johnstone ; that he had previously lived for twelve. years in Carnarvon; and that, in 1838, he removed to Bel