The Sun. — London, England, 1842-09-05 00:00:00

ROYAL VISIT TO SCOTLAND. have accounts from Edinburgh up to Satur day, from which we are glad to learn that her Ma jesty and Prince Albert were in excellent health and spirits, and were highly delighted with the romantic scenery around that ancient city. Her Majesty had quite recovered from the fatigue of the voyage, and, with the Prince, was enjoying herself in visiting some of the places in the neighbourhood. The city was illuminated in grand style on Friday night. The eff-ct, particularly the view of the Old Town from Prince's-street, with ten thousand lights shining like the starry firmament, excited great admiration. On Friday morning his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Grace the Duke of Buc clench, set off from Dalkeith Palace to visit Arthur Seat, and to contemplate from its lofty summit the unrivalled view around. After this spirited under taking his Royal Highness and his Noble host re turned to Dalkeith Palace. Throughout the day the inhabitants of Dalkeith, and the immense concourse of visitors who were in that town, were in the expectation that her Majesty would drive abroad. They were not disappointed, for at a little past four o'clock, her Majesty and Prince Albert were seen issuing from the Dalkeith gate, in a carriage and four; opposite the Royal pair, sat the Duchess o f B ucc l euc h an d t h e D uc h ess of Norfolk. A carriage and four followed, containing several ladies of the Royal suite. The Duke of Buccleuch and the Honourable Colonel Bouverie rode by the side of the Royal carriage. Her Majesty looked extremely well, and repeatedly bowed in return to the enthusiastic cheering which greeted the Royal party in riding through Dalkeith. The Royal party drove in the direction of Dal. h° ll sle and Melville Castles, and returned to Dalkeith Palace in about an hour, entering by the Edin burgh gate. The following are extracts from letters and the Edinburgh papers, giving accounts of the illumination and the beacon fires kindled on the hills throughout the country on Wednesday night. THE ILLUMINATIONS. On Friday night the whole ofthis great city was illu minated in honour of the Royal visit to Scotland, and certainly a more splendid sight was never witnessed. Those wh o h ave only seen a public illumination of the_ streets o f L on d on can form no idea of the gran cleur of the effect produced by an illumination of Edinburgh ; not but that the variety and brilliancy of the devices exhibited on such an occasion in London on the fronts of the club-houses and public offices far exceeds in detail and piecemeal anything that was exhibited la s t n i g h t i n Edinburgh ; but then the general effect in London is vastly inferior, because, from the l oca li ty of the streets and the flatness of the general surface which they occupy, only portions ca n b e v i ewed at the sametime and small from one point of view; but in Edinburgh, a line of illuminated h ouses f orming almost three sides of a ;parallelogram, and extending at least three miles, viz., the whole range of Prince's-street and the line of the Old Town stretching from th e roc k on which the Castle is built, and running eastward nearly a mile, can be seen at one view by a spectator standing on the Mound, by which the two parts of the city are joined. In addition to this, the immense height of the houses in the Old Town, lit from top to bottom in every window, and the height of the hill on which they stand, afford a coup diced which for gene ral splendour of effect was magnificent and imposing be . yond wh a t can b e well expressed by any descrip- There were, moreover, some very good speci znen3 of varie ga t e d lamps describing crowns, wreaths, the letters V. and A., some brilliant illuminated gas atar s and crowns, &c., and some well designed allego /ical transparencies. George-street was very and so was St. Andrew's-square. In the Od city, the Canongate, the Lawn-market, an d -tank-street, were equally' good. All the public institutions were brilliant with oil or gas. The 'Exchange, the College of Justice, the Theatre, the Re gister-office, the Post-office, &c., all vied with each other in good taste and vivid light. The banks and klub and assembly rooms were also good, and so in 03ced was every large and public building. There was vturcely a house which was not lit up in every win 40w whilst every empty h ouse h a d a man stat i oned zlt the door with a lighted torch. The general effect 'was increased by the lighting up of Nelson's Monu llont, which blazed from top to bottom, and stood a :pillar of light overlooking the whole city, and by the :firing of salvoes and discharging showers of rockets irom the Castle, the old tower and turrets of which were occasionally lit up with blue and red fires, 'spreading an almost magic light upon the battlements :and embrasures, which were rendered as distinct as if t had been midday. The crowds of people in the :streets were immem e ; it was a living stream of hu man beings, all in gcoi humour, and all actuated and - brought together by the. best feelings of veneration and loyalty towards Queen Victoria. TIIE BONFIRES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. _Among the numerous modes by which the Scottish nation are testifying their loyalty and affection to - their beloved Sovereign, none has been so grand and magnificent, or on such an extensive scale, as the .larga fires on the summits of the mountains. These qres were all precen2erted throughout Scotland, and z o judiciously arranged, as to take place simulta- n eously last Wednes lay night, by which time it had bs,'en confidently believed that her Majesty would have landed in her Scottish dominions. From the state of the wind, that event could not take place until early on Thursday morning. But the large fires on the hills had a most splendid effect during the :night of the Royal squadron beating up the Firth cf Forth, and illuminated the waters during the Zlight, all the fires being visible by the squadron for * bout fifty miles around. Their effect is stated to have . .en magnificent, as bonfire after bonfire blazed forth in streams of light to cheer and welcome the Sovereign cht ring the night, and served to lighten up the Forth, anti pilot the Royal squadron to their moorings near InCl'ikeith. These large fires, therefore, served both wolcome her Majesty during the night along her ccrtt.'sh shores, and illuminated and guided her course Alp the Firth of Forth, the effect of which was most imposing from the ocean. It may not be known to :all our readers, that these beacon fires, in ancient /times, were invariably used to raise the Scottish war iors to assemble in arms during the fierce wars that aged between England and Scotland. The numerous be :aeon fires on Wednesday night were lighted up as tes tit lonies ofjov, affection, and loyalty. That on the rugged IMO crag g y top of Arthur Seat, which is eight hundred feet above the level of the sea, was sublime, and, from - the darkness of the night, shed a flood of light over *tit?. whole surrounding romantic and picturesque scenery of Salisbury Craggs, and also to a very great distance. Arthur Seat beacon was got up by the Earl of Iraddington, as Keeper of the King's Park. The Noble Earl caused to be prepared the most splendid fire we ever have seen blaze forth on that romantic Pak. This fire was erected on a circular area or ''. ll -se, of which the diameter was 40 feet, and the Fight of the pile varying from eight to ten feet. It Iva s composed of about 180 tar barrels, besides those -of turpentine, 25 tons of coals, about 40 cart loads of 'wood, besides tarred canvass, yarn ropes, &c., and was seen about fifty miles distant. His Lordship's beacon was the signal to the whole mountains within sight, Which in their turn telegraphed to more distant hills, and thus the beacon fires were simultaneously kindled throughout Scotland. From Arthur's Seat and the Calton-hill, above fifty beacons were seen lighted up all round, taking their signals simultaneously from • :the romantic peak of the Scottish metropolis. To t numerate all these would be impossible, but we nvty record some on this memorable occasion, while to mention those in the distant counties is impracticable. In Mid Lothian there were Car nethy-hill, otherwise called Logan House-hill, nearly 1,800 feet high, Capelaw-hill, about 1,600 feet high ; Caerkelaw Craig, another high summit, all on the Pentland Hills, the Braid, Blackford, Car . cerry, and Soutra Hills, the latter 1,000 feet high, ad Dalmahoy-hill. In East Lothian and Ber- Ne ickshire, Lammerlaw and Lammermuir range of hills, from Dunglas and Coldingham, to their ten. nination at Soutra-hill ; Traprane Law, Nor th Berwick Law, Gossport, Ninewar, Black Casio, Garleton, and the Moorfoot Hills. In Lin lithgowshire, Binny Craggs and Dichmont Hills. In Fife there were Kelly Law, Largo Law, the west and .eastern Lomonds, the latter being 1,700 feet above the level of the town of Falkland, which is situated ve. its base--Dunearn, Raith, Dysart, Kinghorn, Petty:. env, Burntisland, Dunfermline Caroline Hill, Salim Hill, and along the whole high grounds near the southern shores of Fife, the latter reflecting a bright glare of light on the _Forth. In Clackmannanshire were visible Tulliboclv,Tullilellan, and Clackmannan's ancient Tower. In Perthshire' and Kinross-shire the Ochil Hills, Fossaway. and T l 'illiebole Hills; and in the latter county the . Cleish Dills, while Benartie Moun tain blazed a torrent of light from its high summit, and an equally dazzling beacon was on the crest of -Durnbegloo. In Peeblesshire was seen the Black- Vount of Walston; while in Lanarkshire, Cul- Iterfell, one thousand seven hundred feet above the leyel of the sea, and Tintock or Tinto, which is Gaelic, and means "The Hill of Fire " and the Cairn i on the top of which is elevated 2,400 feet move the level of the sea, were even discernible, spreading the tidings over that important county. The above is a very imperfect enumeration of the beacons within sight of Arthur's Seat, but to which must be added the small isles in the Frith of Forth, the beasons upon which cast a broad bright glare over the waters. These and many more beacons of loyalty and welcome formed a splendid galaxy, a luminous tract, a combined radiance, the effect of 'vhich cannot be described; but we may venture to assert, that an equal number of beacons, and of such syze and on such .an extended scale, never occurred simultaneously in her Majesty's Scottish dominions. Edinburgh, Thursday Evening, 8 o'clock. Extract from a private letter received in the City , this morning :—This morning the Duke and Sir Robert ran off with the Queen from Granton Pier an t the pri- the other At Pier, olice and uence of hi-stairs, into the the side umber of to allow them on to inter :ing their 1. Wit ald in at- the other d the two , urer had minutes, vere both breathe. , aring in sgraceful rward for Ly to the o lJng as not come ued them up to the very one vished to erned in eman had them 10s. ;e of Cor- rison. energeti plemental ie preced re appre e men are but a few e evidence witnesses !ommonly aitary en ir twenty 118 morn s) for in eds. The aid he re viously to linly have uilty," for cases (in fly aggra iable alle )oking at ght to the hose who, larker de ignorance ;sfully, to ssness, the d in many the whole It at con ursued, as I him), by ;, who had the laws, d " Libe- -Mr. Nil hat said— insurrec- ant to the prisoners wing beerl F the pri •tily sorry said it was especially Id clearly any man only—his vful mobs, 3 in which • numbers lese illegal id silentli --- Wl's as $ the terror r disposed however, arraigned. id the ell- he present to depart Dprietor of vould no"" emeanourp mmending. rred. _ r. Pollock/ arraignA C. have la' n violence pressivell tong the' ;language Lying been •ected, the !ll under -1 an un they were !re proved. ngs ; that ins of the act of cri nt (unleso calendar , Ls printed , „ one or py i ng not , acts to be' ipation is corks woo -day, and- Mr. Hall, sea at the Which the ;e tedious :tenuatiou e conduct ution, ha s wing do' a s a bilitt taneousli, Learner -3e of pet mot ning hot ice hag fax India m" Mint." er gives t ° 100,0001.,, been th e weeks, be' of Novell' to be nnide Y•) Ls. rt. 2. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1842. hour and a half before the time it was arranged she should progress upwards to the city. No Magistrate nor public body met her at the barrier where the keys of the city were to have been delivered to her, and not a twentieth part of the immense multitude saw her Majesty. anis, after having waited all night for the express purpose, filled the minds of all with one burst of indignation. None of our civic func • tionaries were in waiting to meet her. The whole Town Council went off immediately to Dalkeith to state that they would not be answerable for the peace of the city, if matters were not adjusted. The apology made was the sickness of the Queen, and it was promised that on Saturday she would have a public procession from the Palace of Ilolyrood to the Castle; but the public feeling has fallen down to zero, and no appliances that can be made will again bring up the steam. REPORTED SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT. %Ve have seen a letter from Edinburgh, dated Sa turday, giving an account of some fatal accidents by the fall of a scaffold on the Queen's entrance into the city, but have no doubt the account is greatly exag gerated, as there is not a word respecting it in any Edinburgh paper, or in the letters of correspondents. The only other reference to it is in a Glasgow paper of Saturday, which is to the following effect : " During the Royal progress on Thursday the fall of a scaffold, which had been temporarily erected within the railing that encloses the nursery in the North Loch, in front of Prince's-street, took place. The scaffolding was about fifty yards in length, and perhaps five or six in depth. At the moment our eves lighted on it, it presented a most frightful aspect. ."A mass of human bein g s were thrown together in the wildest conf u si on . So far as we could learn, no per son was killed on the spot ; but the broken bones, bruises, and other injuries, Must certainly be of the most serious character—we likewise saw several wo men, and also men, but chiefly the former, carried out on shutters, to all a pp earance d ea d. Many others, whose damage was slighter, were carried off in cabs and hackney coaches." THE PALACE OF SCONE. .CROWNED AT SCONE." The situation of Scone is magnificent. At the foot of the park, and in sight of the windows of its ancient palace, the Tay rolls, a majestic and un troll-bled stream, in breadth about a thousand feet ; and the environs of Perth on its opposite banks are extremely rich and beautiful. On the right the Grampians terminate the view, and swelling fields richly cultivated bound the prospect on the south. Among these high grounds opposite to Scone, is the nearly ruinous castle of Hunting-Tower, surrounded by aged trees. It was a seat of the powerful family of Ruthven, Earls of Cowrie, and was the scene of one of their mysterious attempts on the person of James VI. Upon their final forfeiture it fell to the Crown, by whom it was granted to the Athol family, and being, sold by the late Duke, is now used in part as a factory. Scone Palace is situated about two miles from Perth. Though from its vast size, and unadorned style of architecture, together with the dark red stone of which it is built, it is generally reckoned a heavy pile of building, yet its general appearance is un doubtedly magnificent, and is well suited to its repre sentative character of Royalty. Scone was long a favourite residence of the Scottish monarchs, and the Abbey was the scene of their coronations for many ages ; the celebrated stone on which they sat, was carried from Scone by Edward I. of England, and is still preserved in the Coronation chair at Westminster Abbey. At the Reformation the Palace and Abbey of Scone were destroyed, but the former was restored about the commencement of the seventeenth century. In it King Charles 11. was crowned in 1651, ten years' be fore his coronation at Westminster, and here James VIII. (Chevalier de St. George) was also crowned in 1715, when he attempted to recover the throne of his ancestors. Since these times Scone has not been the scene of Royal pageantry, and in 1803 the old Palace was removed by the late Earl, who erected in its stead a splendid mansion, designed by Mr. Atkin son, which was finished in 1806. The attributes of those, high days Now only live in minstrel lays ; Strength was gigantic, valour high, And wisdom soared beyond the sky ; And beauty had such matchless beam, As lights not now a lover's dream. Near the door of the Palace is a mount, called the Mote-hill, where the Barons who attended the Royal coronations are said to have emptied out of their boots a quantity of earth which had been gathered on their own estates, a custom originating in the wish of each to stand on his own land during the ceremony. In an adjoining wood, within a few hundred yards of the house, is a beautiful sepulchral chapel, in which are several splendid monuments in white marble. One of these was erected by the late Earl to the me mory of his first wife, Henrietta, Viscountess Stor mont, daughter of the Count Bunau, in Saxony. She lies buried in Saxony, where she died ; but her heart is deposited here in a white marble urn, with a Latin inscription, written by her sorrowing husband.; HALL, SALOON, AND ANTE-CHAMBER.--The great entrance to the palace of Scone is in the east front, near the south corner. From the vestibule, which is 17 feet by 14, the visitor is conducted through a hall (20 feet square, and lighted by a dome) in a straight line, to the saloon. This apartment is lighted by theee large painted windows, which look into one of the interior courts of the building. About the middle of the saloon on tin left is the ante chamber, conducting to the dining-room and great drawing-room on each side, which are of equal dimen sions, and with the ante-room ex t en d th e w h o l e length of the south front. The window of the ante room is a Gothic oriel of richly stained glass. DRAWING-ROOM AND LIBRARY.—In the drawing room are many valuable paintings, several of which are by Titian : there is a fine portrait of Sing Charles I. by Vandyck, and another of the great Marquis of Montrose. The roof of the drawing room is groined in stucco, after the model of the former one in the old Palace. The library, which leads from the drawing-room, fronts the wes t ; it h as two small turret-rooms, filled like the larger room with valuable books. A door on one side of the fire place enters the end of the saloon, and that on the other to a corridor, 109 feet by 22. THE MUSIC-ROOM.—Adjoining the library is the music-room. Over the fire-place hangs a portrait of the great Lord Mansfield, as Lord Chief Justice of England, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, as also some fine portraits of the present family. Directly opposite this room is the great staircase, conducting to the rooms above. Next to the music -room, and in the corridor before-mentioned, is Lady Mansfield's sitting-room, in which are some beautiful cabinet paintings, principally of the Italian school. In a bed room near the family apartments is a screen worked by the unfortunate Mary, Queen of Scots, during her confinement in Loch Leven Castle. From the middle of the corridor an arched cloister conducts to the centre of the Great Gallery. This splendid room is of the same dimensions as the former Coro nation Gallery, and part of the old walls are still pre served. The floor is of dark brown, inlaid with lozenge-shaped black oak. It is lighted from the east by eight pointed windows, the upper panes embla zoned with the arms of the successive Viscounts Stormont and Earls of Mansfield, all painted by the Countess. At one end of the gallery is a magnificent organ, and at the opposite extremity are spacious fold ing-doors leading to the hall which connects the vesti bule and saloon. At the organ end of the gallery is the billiard-room. The great stair leads to the bed-rooms above, some of which are splendidly furnished. The state bed is of crimson damask, with the full Royal arms of Bri tain embroidered in gold at the top and head. This bed was presented by George 111. to the late Earl. In an adjoining room is a bed in which Queen Mary slept, worked by herself; and in another, one which was used by her son, James VI. In these apartments there are several curious portraits of the Royal house of Stuart. In the cloister between the gallery and corridor are portraits of George 111. and Queen Char lotte, by Ramsay ; and some ancient coats of arms cut in stone, and built into the wall. Scone contains about 125 rooms. It is said that ninety of these are bed-rooms. There are many beautiful cabinets of ebony and japan, and others in laid with lapis lazuli and brass, some of which for merly belonged to the palace, and to the " Heroes of the time of old." " Here Galaad sat with manly grace, There Morolt of the iron mace, And love-lorn Tristrem there ; And Dinadam, with lively glance, And Lanval, with the fairy lance, And Mordred, with his look askance, Brunor and Belvidere." TAYMOUTH CASTLE. De Vaux had marked the sunbeams set At eve, upon the coronet Of that enchanted mound ; A bannered castle, keep, and tower. With battled walls and buttress fast, And barbican and ballium vast, And airy, flanking towers, that cast Their shadows on the stream. —Bridal of Triermain. Taymouth, formerly called Balloch, was acquired by Sir Colin Campbell, of Glenurquha7, Knight of Rhodes, about the year 1840 ; fro m him is lineall y descended the present peer, whose ancestor was created Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, by King Charles 11., in 1677. The wings of the original castle, which were all that remained of the old fabric, were lately removed, and the present mansion, a design of Elliott , architect of the Regent's bridge, & c., built, though Lord Bread albane has even more altered and improved it by his taste. On entering the visitor passes through a hall, the lowness' of which tends to increase the effect produced by the grand staircase, which rises to the full height of the central tower, and is embellished in the richest style of florid Gothic architecture, copied from Henry yll.'s chapel at Weltminster. This superb stair is lighted from above by long pointed windows in the upper part of the tower, and below, open galleries, lead to the rooms in the higher stories. The windows in the centre tower are filled with stained glass, re presenting various parts of the family armorial bear ings, taken from ancient authorities. Their softened tint is particularly beautiful, reflecting various colours on the rich ornaments, and harmonizing withthe dig. pity and grand features of the lofty edifice. The suit of state apartments is extensive, and mag nificently furnished ; some of the public rooms are of great size. The Baronial Hall is a very splendid apartment : at one end is a large mullioned widow, representing, in stained glass, the Earl and Countess of Breadalbane in the centre, and in the different side effigies of - the successive Knights and Barons of Glenurquhay, descended from Sir Colin, each having painted on his shield his own proper heraldic bearings. Other devices in the same style occupy the small divisions in the upper part : all of which are taken from an illuminated MS. on vel lum, in Lord Breadalbane's possession, made out and painted by Sir Duncan Campbell, seventh Laird. Taymouth is situated in a delightful valley of the Highlands, and is perhaps 'one of the choicest resi dences in Scotland. The deer-park is very extensive, and is covered with fine old trees, particularly a cele brated avenue of majestic limes nearly a mile in length, the vista of which is like the regular and continued arches of a Gothic cathedral. Lord Breadalbane's estate is about 100 miles in length : and before the abolition of heritable jurisdic tion, the power of the family was immense, as the valleys are very fertile and populous. In 1819 Taymouth was visited by Prince Leopold, who was received with a Royal salute from the fort : and Lord Breadalbane having summoned part of his vassals to appear before him, in honour of the illustri ous visitor, about two thousand men assembled before the Castle, in full Highland costume, and after going through various evolutions, formed into detachments, and retired by different avenues to the sound of their respective pibrochs. THE AFFGHAN WAR. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—As our readers will expect, we recur to day to the subject of Lord Ellenborough's proposed I withdrawal from Affghanistan. We are disposed to speak cautiously of that Noble Lord's policy, because it is at present plainly unintelligible to the Indian world, who have far more opportunities for making themselves acquainted with it than ourselves. One or two points, however, are plainly level to English judgments; and among these, first and foremost stands the impossibility of retreating one step with honour,'so long as English subjects, British, Hindoo, or Mahommedan, remain in the hands of Akbar Khan. On this, we trust, there is in the English or Indian world no difference of opinion. It would be neither more nor less than a base desertion of those whom, if we cannot protect, we have no right to call ourselves a Government or a .nation. If Lord El lenborough has seriously contemplated such an act, we have no more to say for him. Differences of opinion may exist as to the best means to be adopted for their liberation : negotiation, exchange, money, and the sword, will each have their partisans ; each is open to objection and difficulty. But that that libe ration must be a part, nay, more, a condition prece dent to any pacific arrangement, to any relinquish ment of territory, is a sentiment which comes home as an axiom to every English heart. It is impossible to believe that it was or is intended so to betray our countrymen and women. The policy which left them in the hands of our lawless enemies would be as execrable as that which placed them there. And now as to the omission to march direct upon Caubul : if that omission resulted from indecision—if Lord Ellenborough allowed himself to be played with by the Affghans, to be delayed by promises, and hopes, and understandings held out by this people of approved faithlessness ; or if the inaction re sulted from any indifference to the recapture of the English prisoners (which would be evidenced by a retreat not conditional upon their re-delivery), then any English writer or thinker is justified in saying that Lord Ellenborough is not fit for the crisis on which he has fallen. But if, as we most certainly hope—as for the credit of the British Government we are willing to believe—the question of advance has been one of mere military policy, it would be a somewhat ludicrous act of presumption to pronounce as yet dogmatically on the merits of that course. A Contemporary tells us that we shall march to Caubul, but that we might have done it more easily long ago. This of course is the mere O Nhv p a p the o ay s t o ei n rs idst done, nlke: net m w d which t of mayco course e dispatched ought to as such. d o n e : w ‘ have been done sooner and better." So it was while the Duke of Wellington was carrying into effect his long-sighted policy in the Peninsula; so it always will be while human nature and political contests remain the same. The charge may be true, or it may be false : but which it is, the maker of the charge has no proofs which a man engaged in earnest upon the administration of affairs would not laugh at. We may further add the exasperation of our own troops as a reason for wishing to avert, if we can with honour, the necessity of a campaign. Already, it seems, atrocious excesses have begun ; an English regiment,, part of Colonel Monteath's expedition, having burnt to the ground an unresisting village, with all the usual and shocking accompaniments of military vengeance. The only provocation was the sight of some articles which had belonged to the un fortunate 44th. The officers, it need hardly be said, are no parties to this outrage, and the General is de scribed as highly displeased. But still we confess ourselves little anxous that the English name, which has enough to bear already, should be further dis graced by a barbarous vengeance, inflicted, not on the treacherous leaders of our enemies, but on vil lagers who, so far as they have been concerned in our disaster, have but been guilty of what, as against the French or Russians—at Algeria or in Circassia— most of us would have honoured as an act of wild heroism. This is not the way in which people are inclined to regard this matter, but it is a true way. It is the way in which multitudes of Asiatics will look at it, and all Europe speak of it. Nor shall we be proud of a campaign which only teaches India to regard our rule as a cruel, unscrupulous, but irresistible tyranny. We are not urging this state of the army as a conclusive reason against an advance. It is not so. Discipline may contain it within bounds; and, if not, when war is necessary its con sequences must be borne. But, though not a conclu sive reason, it is a most weighty consideration in favour of a pause, if possible, and when possible—a consideration which will be felt by those, and they are now many, whom the thirst of conquest and vengeance allows still to perceive that blood is blood, and that a cruel or indiscriminate vengeance is no less abhorrent to humanity than a tame desertion of those whom our national duties bind us to protect. We repeat, we feel the difficulties in which the Indian Government finds itself. We sympathize with its wish to be quit of an expensive, sanguinary, ani disc -ed:table war. But such a quittance may be bought too dear. We demand, certainly, no extension of territory. On the subject of retribution we might feel less sensitive than some ; but we should feel no hesitation or mercy in pronouncing our judgment on a statesman who should dare to terminate the war before terminating the captivity of our countrymen. POST.—At a moment when it is perfectly noto rious that the army at Jellalabad is without the means of conveying the ordinary stores for half the number of men to Caubul, and, if there, tiny could not get back before the setting in of winter and its snows, Lord Ellenborough is attacked for not pushing the army onwards at all events. Why, if the army did go to Caubul, and gain possession of the place, starvation would soon begin as it did last year, and the choice would again between perishing of hunger in the city or perishing by the sword in the snow-blocked passes in the mountains by which a retreat might be at tempted. And yet because the army is not fofced into this danger—because Whig folly is not imitated by such a movement—it is exclaimed that Lord Ellenbo rough has "deliberated and calculated the abandon ment of the British prisoners at Caubul ;" that he has abandoned "children to slavery—women to law less violence—men to butchery," &c. &c. Of all the nonsense we ever read in our lives this is the most outrageous. How can any man in his senses sup pose that the best thing for the prisoners is to try to advance with an infuriated army upon Caubul ? We say an infuriated army, because it appears from the treament of the village of Ally Boghan by the troops which advanced upon it from Jellalabad, that when the memory of the slaughter of our troops last Ja nuary occurs to their brother soldiers, there is no re straining the execution of immediate vengeance. Upon all rational calculation, then, the advance of our army upon Caubul would be attended with cir cumstances most perilous to the prisoners. Probably it would lead to their being all put to death. N o doubt among the reasons for not attempting to push forward to Caubul, one very important one is the deep co ncern of the Government for the safety of the pri soners. Suppose our army were to reach Caubul, they would find no prisoners there. The. prisoners ' would, by that time, either be killed or carried off into the mountains where no army could reach them. We can only hope to get back the prisoners by means of some negotiation. They must be voluntarily given back for some equivalent. Though it were in our power to conquer Affghanistan, still we could not get back the prisoners by force. We trust they will ; never have to accuse the 'additional rashness and folly of Conservative policy, for aggravating the evils of their imprisonment, or hurrying them from captivity to a violent death. The plain matter of fact is, that I so far as the intelligence received by the last packet I can enable prudent men to judge, the Governor-Ge nerd is adopting the best course which, under eircum. stances, he could adopt. He is not abandoning the neighbourhood when it is necessary our power should still be felt, nor is he rushing onward into a position which (until better provided) would be sure to bring , a repetition of defeat and disaster at no distant time. CIIRONICLE.—What idle absurdity it is to at tempt to turn public attention from Lord Ellen borough's order to retreat, to a consideration of the general question of the policy of having gone into Affghanistan at all. Suppose everything that is said upon that subject were true, how could it justify the Governor-General's command to evacuate the country? The public mind will note be diverted by such devices as this from the only question that is really as issue. There i 3 no doubt that Lord Ellenborough did com mand the evacuation of Affghanistan immediately. The difficulty of retreating through the Khyber-pass, and the unwillingness of General Pollock, without remonstrance, to carry such an order into effect, alone prevented the accomplishinent of this measure, which all parties agree in condemning as most disgraceful in its character and most disastrous in its consequences. If Lord Ellenborough's decision rested merely upon the authority ofrumour, we should perhaps hesitate in adopt ing it as strictly correct; though the veryexistence ofsuch a rumour, prevalent and generally believed through out India, is in itself an indication of great mis management, and must be followed by the most per nicious consequences. See th e e ff ec t o f it upon th e troops at Jellalabad. To what mischievous results has it not already led at Caubul ? Every account as cribes the success of Akb ar Kh an t o th e impres sion that the British troops were about to retreat. But it is not, unfortunately, upon rumour that the belief in Lord Ellenborough's order is founded. The order issued upon the 14th of May from the Adjutant- General's office, puts it beyond question that an im mediate and general retreat was what was contem plated by the Governor-General. Even the corre spondent of the Times ne wspaper says t h at t hi s or d er " seems conclusive as to the retreat?' That the tain. We are entitled, the n , t o assume th a t L or d re treat was to have been " i mme di ate " i s equa ll y cer - Ellenborough did order an " immediate" withdrawal within the British provinces of the troops serving west of the Indus. Most gratifying is it t 9 observe that this proceeding not on l y is not defended, but that every writer who has spoken of it condemns it in the m os t s t renuous t erms . This is the way in which the subject is treated by the whole Press. So that we may be satisfied that that weak and inhuman order will never be carried into effect. Still, however, the consequences of having issued such a command have been already most disastrous. Not only has it established the mur derer of our Envoy and the gaoler of our people " in a decisive supremacy over the whole Affghan nation," but it has prevented the re-occupation of Caubul by the united forces of Generals Pollock and Nott. This fatal delay of the troops at Jellalabad was not, as was charitably surmised by the palliators of Lord Ellen borough's proceedings, suggested by the difficulty of the march. Indeed, upon that point, as we have already observed, the Governor-General has proved his utter incompetency to give an opinion. Th e w h o l e of the military operations which he did order were pronounced, when submitted to military authorities, to be impracticable. The retreat through the Khyber General Pollock refused to undertake, and the evacua- tion of Candahar was countermanded. We are told, indeed, that Lord Ellenborough's incapacity will be compensated by the wisdom of the Duk e o f Welling ton. If his Grace were at Simla instead of Strathfield saye, there might be some reason in this. It is not by or ders from Downing-street that the administ ra ti on o f India, least of all operations in a distant part of Indi a , can be carried on. And yet the informant of the Go vernment Journal distinctly says, "No move in ad vance seems to be intended ; and w i thout it be ordered from home, it does not appear to me that the Governor- General will direct it." Most fortunately the " move in advance" has been "ordered from home" and will be carried into effect. But it will be in violation of the orders of the Governor-General of I n di a . O ur experience of Lord Ellenborough s charact er , as a man and as a receiver of the public money, shuts out the hope that even such a censure as that wou ld scare him from his splendid and lucrative positi on; b u t we doubt if Sir Robert Peel will feel it safe to r ema i n longer respofisible f o r the proceedings of a man, whose want of jud g m en t and decision, whose indif ference to the fame of his country and the feeli ngs o f his countrymen, are already so glaring as a c t ua ll y t o leave him witho u t an a p o logist, even amongst th e ob sequious writers of his party. HERALD.—When, after the disaster of Caubul, it was first announced that w e were t. 4 prosecute th e war, the reason assigned for doing so (the reason ac cepted by every man in this country) was, that it was and rendered because otherwise India would be lost. I . Ve alone necessary for us to retrieve our military character, exposed this fallacy, and we asserted that against such a danger no precaution could taken,bpea red c e nfd real,d sin the consequences must have ape the employment of military force beyond the Penin sula impossible, before any orders to that effect could be conveyed to India. Every man now knows that this reason, accepted by him a few months ago, was wholly without foundation, withoutdiscovering his own dangerous habit of reasoning without knowledge, and deciding without reason. The public mind was next worked upon by the atrocities which (who could doubt) had been practised by the savage Affghans on our fellow-coun trywomen and upon British officers. A few weeks bring us the intelligence that the prisoners are safe and well treated. We are then told that we must prosecute the war to avenge ourselves upon a nation that we had attacked ithout cause, object, or provo cation. The Prime Minister of England improves on this suggestion, veiling its deformity by prostituted words of right and law. He tells the joyously ex ulting House of Commons that British troops are to be sent forth to avenge on the Affghans the violated laws of war. Good heavens, England asserting the majesty of law ! England speaking of law where she alone was the aggressor, and declaring war for the first time, because she had been defeated ! When recently we learnt by the mail before the last that Lord Ellenborough had had the courage to determine upon withdrawing (th )ugh lamentably not the' knowledge which should have enabled him to effect thi s h o l y purpose ), the o rgan o f the ex-Foreign Secretary denounced him as the basest of men for abandoning the British captives in the hands of an enemy. Now the war is to be prose cuted, and new tho usan d s upon thousan d s o f li ves to be sacrificed, solely to get prisoners back ! Have the Affghans refused peace on the condition of restoring those prisoners? If they had, would that be a reason for attacking anew a people to whom we have given the right of hanging every Briton they can capture as a pirate and robber ? Have we no prisoners to exchange ? By the simple release of a friendly Prince whom we have dethroned, and whom unjustly we detain, not a pri soner, but a slave, our prisoners are at once restored. The pretext now for th e war i s recovery o f pr i soners whom it is in our power to recover by merely ceasing to be criminal, and who m we endanger only by the measures we propose for their release ! Revise this story, and say whether it is, not that of England, but —of infatuation. If those are to be maddened first, who are afterwards to be destroyed, say, if such a his tory as this be not the fitting prelude for a na tion's fall. To crown this eventful history, w e are told that th e D uke of Wellington has arranged the next campaign. The political ad mirers of this great mili tary genius have attributed to him the singular honour of having at once de tected and denounced the insanity of this war. When this announcement of his reprobation was publicly made, we gave (in February last) insertion in our co lumns to these words. The war undertaken against the secret protest of the Duke of Wellington by the Government of which he was the patron, will be pro secuted after his public reprobation of it by the Go vernment of which he is the head. This announcement appeared incredible-.it has been realised —nay even more. The Duke of Wellington plans the next cam paign ! Perhaps the illustr ious Duke conceives that he has fulfilled his duty as a citizen by stigmatising that war as criminal and unwise ; and that it now remains for him to fulfil his duty as a soldi er b y con t r ib u ti ng his talents to render crime r and f o ll y tr i umphant. ADVERTISER.; _-The news from India by the last Overland mail is remarkable chiefly for the de termination said to have been formed by the Go vernor-General to withdraw the troops from the theatre of war—a deter mi nation which it were al most superfluous to say has struck general astonish ment and dismay into the Angle-Indian community as well as into the Press of this country. Orders had been issued, it was asserted, to General Pollock, to return immediately when he had relieved the force at Jellalabad ; but against which that General had remonstrated, advising a less precipitate retreat from the country, or even an advance, in concert with General Nott, f ro m Candahar, upon Caubul itself. The number of British troops in Affghanistan, and its immediate neighbourhood, is 25,000, an army cer tainly strong enough to exact retribution from the enemy, if under able command; but th e f ac t can no longer be denied, that British honour is unretrieved in that quarter : from whatever cause, it does, however, openly appear to, us that scarcely one of the military leaders employed has realised the expecta tions that were to have been expected from British military science. We speak not of personal prowess; but of that skill and knoyvledge o f war to w hi c h we are indebted for all India. The Indian papers are almost unanimous in their expression of opinion rela tive to the evacuation of Aftglia nistan under present i circumstances. In fact, n India, where the question of withdrawal or the r everse must be clearly and per fectly understood, the only parties not urgent for the war to be pursued are the civi lians, who are afraid their pockets may suffer in the necessity for reduced pay, and a few sordid traffickers anx i ous to carry on a small barter in central Asia. With these exceptions all the British world of India are so li c i tous forg i v i ng an honourable termination to the affair, regarding it, as we ourselves from the first - have done, as the sine qua non of our sway over the Eastern provinces. CHINA AND INDIA. (From the Friend of China and Hong-Kong Gazette, April 14.) PROCLAMATION. With the, desirable object of preventing disputes, and laying , down some defined system regarding the circulating medium in this settlement, his Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart., her Majesty's Plenipoten tiary, and Chief Superintendent of the trade of British subjects in China, is pleased to promulgate the follow ing brief rules, which are to be considered applicable to all common bazaar purchases and barter, hire, &c. &c., but not to interfere with, or affect what may be termed mercantile transactions; and are to be in force on the island of Hong-Kong, pending the gracious pleasure of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain. Ist. The following coins are to be deemed legal tenders :—Spanish, Mexican, and other dollars, and their component parts ; Company's Rupees and their component parts. " Cash," or the copper coin cur rent in China. 2d. Dollars of whatever denomination or device, and whether whole or chopped, are to circulate at par with reference to each other, always providing that they be of the proper weight and standard. 3d. Two and one quarter Company's rupees shall be considered equal to one dollar. One rupee and two annas (or half a quarter) equal to half a dollar; and half a rupee and one anna (or nine annas) equal to one quarter of a dollar. 4th. Twelve hundred cash ' (1,200) (copper coin) shall be equal to one dollar. Six hundred (600) to half a dollar. Three hundred (300) to one quarter of a dollar. Five hundred and thirty-three (533) to one Com pany's rupee. Two hundred and sixty-six (266) to half a rupee. One hundred and thirty-three (133) to one quarter of a rupee. sth. Any other coins, whether British or foreign, not enumerated in the preceding rules, are not to be deemed a legal tender, but they can, of course, be sold, or otherwise bartered in the bazaar, according to their intrinsic value. 6th. Cash " (copper coin), at the rate laid down in the 4th rule, will be sold to any individual requir ing it in sums of not less than fifty dollars, on appli cation to the Treasurer and Secretary to her Britannic Majesty's Superintendents of Trade, &c. God save the Queen. Dated at Hong-Kon g , Government-house, this 29th day of March, 1842. (Signed) HENRY POTTINGER. Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superin tendent of the trade of British subjects in China. By order, CHAS. E. STEWART. Assistant Secretary and Treasurer. General Orders by his Excellency Lieut.-General Sir Hugh Gough, G.C.8., commanding Expeditionary Land Force in Chi na , dated Head Quarters, Ningpo City, 14th March, 1842. Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Gough congratu lates the troops both at Ningpo and Chinhae, on the recent gallant repulse of the Chinese, in their bold and well planned night attack upon these cities. All those employed manifested the spirit which the Lieut.-General feels assured that the whole of the troops w*uld have displayed, had circumstances enabled them to come into closer contact with the enemy. Sir Hugh Gough begs Colonel Schoede and Lieutenant-Colonel Morris, C. 8., to accept for them selves, as Commanders at the points of attack, his very best . thanks, and to convey his Excel lency's highest approval to the officers, non-com missioned officers mid soldiers, under their respective commands, particularly to those mentioned by them, and by Lieutenant-Colonel Montgomerie, C. 8., who commanded the sortie, from the north gate of Ningpo, and whose praiseworthy conduct was such as might have been expected from this gallant and judicious officer ; Lieutenant-Colonel Mountain, C. 8., Deputy Adjutant-General ; Lieutenant-Colonel Hawkins, Deputy Commissary-General ; Major Moore s Deputy Judge Advocate-General ; Dr. French, Superintend ing Surgeon; Captains Moore and Balfour, and Lieu tenant Molesworth, Madras Artillery; Lieutenants Murray, Armstrong, O'Toole, 18th N. I. Regt. Brevet Captain Moorhead, 26th Cameronian regiment; Captain M'Andrew, Lieutenant Grant, Lieutenant and Adjutant Brown, Lieutenants Ramsay and Mi chell of the 40th, and Captain Daubeney and Lieute nant Shaw of the 55th Regiment. By order, A. S. H. MOUNTAIN, Lieutenant-Colonel, Deputy Adjutant-General Expeditionary . Force. General Orders by his Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Gough, G.G.8., commanding the Ex peditionary land force, dated Head Quarters, Ningpo city, 10th March, 1842 : Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Gough congratulates his brave comrades in arms on the opportunity which was given to them on the heights of Segoan, of proving to the elite of the Chinese army, the supe riority of Britons both as soldiers and as men. Sir Hugh Gough will not here particularise, as the frequency of brilliant deeds in their small but formidable torce renders it difficult to vary the ex pression of his approval ; and where all did their duty nobly, the Lieutenant-General requests all to accept his warmest thanks, with the assurance that he will not fail in his dispatch to do justice to their gallant and exemplary conduct, so creditably displayed, as well in the field as in their forbearance towards the the peasantry, who were in many cases intermingled with the fugitive soldiers. The Lieutenant-General's thanks are equally due to the battalion of seamen and marines, and he feels assured that every officer and soldier will join with him in admiration of the spirited advance of a small body of the battalion by the fortified encampment on the hill to the right of the enemy's positions, headed by his Excellency Sir William Parker. By order, A. S. H. MOUNTAIN, Lieut.-Col., Deputy Adjutant-General, Expeditionary Force. Arrived April 20—Columbine, Major, Singapore, and Calcutta ; 21—Rosa, Metcalfe, Chusan ; 21 — Singular (Sp.) Bordenove, Manilla; 21—Isabella 11. (Sp.) Gordonsilho, Manilla; 22—Courier, Roskell, Manilla ; 24—Maria, —, do.; 27—11. M. S. Calliope, Captain Kuper, Calcutta ; 29—Margarida, Aquino, Singapore ; 30—William Hughes, Abbott, Sydney ; May. 2—Castle Huntley, Reddie, Bombay; 3—Ves tal, Young, Bombay; s —Falcon, Baker, Calcutta; 6—Eagle, Wilson, Chusan ; 6—Orion, —, Batavia ; 6—II. C. Tenasserim, —, Calcutta, and Singapore. Sailed April 20—Palatine, Gardner, Singapore ; 24—Tremelga (Port), —, Batavia; 24—Good Suc ce ss, James, Siam • 25—Eleanor, Holderness, Bom bay ; 29—Anna, Riestro, Lima ; May 3—Forth, Baxter, Lodlion ; 3—Cecilia, Campbell, Singapore. Under dispatch for Singapore, Cecilia, on the 27th; for Chusan, Alibi; for Manilla, Ceylon, to day, 4 p.m. ; for Singapore, Madras and Calcutta, Moulmein, do. ; for Lima, Ann, to-day. Vessels expected from London, Dovecot, Anna Eliza; from Liverpool, Robert Whiteway, Abbots, Reading, John Christian, Gulnare ; from do. via Singapore, Ann Birdson ; from do. via Manilla, Bor kessia ; from Calcutta, Harlequin, Dido, Falcon, Lawrence, Water Witch, Anna Watson, Sea Queen, Fortescue, Bengalee, Clarissa, Louisa. HOSTILE PREPARATION.—It is said, with what truth we know not, that the Chinese are making pre parations at the Bogue to rebuild the forts there, and her Majesty's ships Herald and Cruizer, and Hon. Company's steamers Hooghly and Ariadne, have on Wednesday last gone thither, from Hong-Kong and Macao Roads, to ascertain, we suppose, the truth of these reports, and to destroy such works as may have been commenced. It is excessively foolish in the Chi nese to attempt these works at the Bogue, they having been repeatedly warned against it; but the orders from the Court are peremptory, and they are perhaps obliged, in order to convince the Emperor of the possibility, to make a show at least of obedience; the interruption of their labours by the British ships of war will release them from all further responsibility. —Canton Press, April 16. The Mhor has brought a heavy packet from China. Our Canton papers, however, only come down to the 3d May. Extracts will be found in another column. Private letters from Macao extend to the 10th May— those from Hong-Kong come down to the 9th. The Tenasserim steamer had reached Hong-Kong, and was to sail for Chusan on the 11th May. The Falcon has also arrived at the island with Calcutta news. We subjoin the extracts from letters : HONG-KONG, MA.Y 9, 1842.—As a mail per the Mhor (via Macao) is to close this day, I hasten to send you the last number of the Friend of China, to enable you to extract a few items therefrom. Amongst the on dits you will observe that the city of Ningpo had been evacuated and destroyed, and Hongchowfoo captured—hut that is not the fact, as our letters from Chinhae of the 20th and Ningpo 22d April, make no mention of the circumstance. The truth is that they require a stronger force to move northerly. We are gaping for the expected reinforcements. On their joining this division, Sir Henry Pottinger will ac company them to the northward.—Calcutta English man, June 24. We believe Major-General Burrell, C. 8., com manding the Hong-Kong Division of the Expedi tionary Force, will shortly return to Europe, and Col. Batley, her Majesty's 49th Foot, daily expected from Europe, will succeed to the command. Lieuts. Montgomery and Lane, 49th Foot, return to Bengal in the transport Eagle, Capt. Patterson. Lieut. G. Bartley has come down here, and it is said he is an expected Omedwar on his father's staff.—lbid. By her Majesty's ship Druid, which has just come in from the north, we hear that no move had been made ;. but that the Chinese were doing their best in the way of drifting fire-rafts amongst the shipping, and kidnapping our people. The body of a soldier of the 26th Foot was picked up headless ; the nail s f rom his fingers were torn out! The Chinese must have toured hi m t 4 death, The native compounder (" Sewburrut") attached to the medical depot under Dr. Graham was also missing.—lbid.' THE ATTACK ON THE AMERICAN BOAT.—We un derstand that Commodore Kearney, whose ship still remains at Whampoa, and will be joined there by the Boston, had some difficulty at first to convey a com munication to the local authorities of Canton, the Hong merchants being serious that it should pass through their hands, which the Commodore refused. It was at last settled that an officer from the Constel lation, a lieutenant of marines, should deliver the letter, and he in consequence went up to Canton, and was there received at the Consoo-house by the Kwangheep (military Commandant of Canton) to whom it was handed. An answer, as we learn, has been since sent to the f r i ga t e a t Whampoa. The subject of the correspondence is, we believe, the at tack on the boat of the Morrison, on the 22d of May last, when a Mr. Sherry was killed by the Chinese, and the authorities of Canton excuse or palliate this event by stating that the boat was attacked at a mo ment of great excitement and disorder, when it was difficult to distinguish between neutrals and enemies. —Canton Register, May 7. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. (From the Bombay Papers.) BOMBAY, BENGAL, AND MADRAS PRESI DENCIES. APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &C., &C., ANNOUNCED SINCE DISPATCH OF LAST OVERLAND MAIL ON THE 18TH JUNE, MADE UP TO THE LATEST DATES RECEIVED. BOMBAY. STAFF.—Major -General F. Farquharson, allowed a furlough to Europe on medical certificate. HER MAJESTY'S 14TH LIGHT DRAGOONS.—Cornet E. P. Arthnr, of the Light Cavalry, attached to do duty. HER MAJESTY'S 17TH FOOT.—Ensign W. A. Arm strong, granted leave to England for one year on medi cal certificate. Her Majesty's 49th Foot, Lieut. Arm strong, deceased at Candahar, 14th March. 'sr LIGHT CAVALRY (LANCERS.)—Cornet H. R. Parker, .promoted to Lieutenant, vice Comb, resigned. 2d Regiment Light Cavalry—Capt. W. J. Ottley, re turned to duty from furlough to Europe. Lieut. A. Prescott returned to duty from furlough to Europe. ARTILLERY.—Lieuts. G. K. Bell and G. P. Kennett returned to duty from furlough to Europe. Captain W. M. Webb, deceased at Bombay 27th June. Cornet E. F. Moore, of the Cavalry, attached to do duty with the Head Quarters of the Horse Brigade at Poonah. First Lieut. (Bt. Captain) C. Blood, promoted to Captain, and Second Lieut. J. Hamilton, to be First Lieutenant, in succession to Webb, deceased. Ensign Bruce, Infantry, attached to do duty with Ist Battalion. Captain J. S. Lcesond allowed a furlough to Europe, on medical certificate. ENGINEERS.—The services of Lieut. C. F. North, at present employed under the political agent at Candahar, placed at the Commander-in-Chief's disposal. Lieut. H. Rivers, appointed Second Assistant in the Great Trigo nometrical Survey. 2D REGIMENT EUROPEAN LIGHT INFANTRY.—Ensign J. Cruikshank, deceased, 14th June, on passage to Bom bay in the ship Margaret. NATIVE INFANTRY.-2d Gr. Regt. Ceptain G. Boyd promoted to Major, Lieutenant R. U. Macintosh to Cap tain, and Ensign H. R. C. Moyle to Lieutenant, in suc cession to Rollings, retired. Lieutenant J. W. Morison, deceased, at Bombay, July 16. sth Regiment Light In fantry—Lieutenant-Colonel M. E. Ragnold, received from 15th Regiment Native Infantry. 11th ditto—Cap tain J. E. Parsons, confirmed in the situation of As sistant in the Road and Tank Department. 12th ditto— Captain G. Clarkson returned to duty from furlough to Europe. 13th ditto—Lieutenant N. P. Macdougall con firmed in the appointment of Fort Adjutant of Surat ; Ensign C. D. Ducat appointed Quartermaster and In terpreter ; Lieutenant 11. Lavie returned to duty from furlough to Europe. 15th ditto—Lieutenant-Oolonel (Brevet-Colonel) S. Hughes, C. 8., received from sth Regiment Native Light Infantry. 19th ditto—Ensign W. Miles attached to do duty. 20th ditto—Lieutenant E. Baynes promoted t o Captain, and Ensign R. J. Edgerly to Lieutenant ; Ensign B. Burgess posted, and attached to do duty with the 23d Native Light Infantry. 23d Regiment Light Infantry—Captain J. Liddell re turned to do duty from furlough to Europe. 26th ditto —Lieutenant E. Bowen returned to duty from furlough to Europe. _ MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT.—StirgeOII J. Bowstead returned to duty from furlough to Europe. Surgeon J. M'Lennan appointed surgeon to the Hon. the Governor. Assistant Surgeon H. Cullum appointed deputy medical store• keeper at Sukkur. Assistant Surgeon E. J. Prid ham, deceased at Poonah 2d July. Asst. Sur,,ovon G. Maitland attached to do duty in the Native General Hospital. Assist. Surgeon W. Bowie, M.D., lately re lieved from civil duty at Broach, !directed to do duty at the Presidency. Assist. Surgeon M. Style attached to do duty in the European General Hospital. Assist. Surgeon J. Tristrail attached to the Convalescent Hospital. CADETS AND ASSISTANT SURGEONS ADMITTED TO THE SERVICE.—Messrs. B. Burgess, T. D. Ker, G. NPR Barnes, M. J. Soppitt, C. T. Palin, W. M. S. Bolton, G. O'M. O'Neill, T. T. Piers, and M. G. Head, for the In fantry. Messrs. E. F. Moore, and E. P. Arthur, for the Cavalry. Messrs. H. Scott and H. S. Osborne, for the Artillery. Messrs. J. Peet, G. G. W. Maitland, J. Cornish, and M. Style, Medical Establishment. BENGAL STAFF.—Lieut. R. D. Kay, 2d Native Infantry, to act as Deputy Judge Advocate-General to the troops at Candahar. Captain W. Switma.n appointed Deputy As sistant Commissary-General of the Ist class. Captain G. Thompson appointed a Deputy Assistant Commis sary-General of the 2d class. Captain E. R. Main waling of the 16th Native Infantry appointed a Sub-As sistant Commissary-General. Appointments in the " Army of Reserve," directed to assemble in the Sirhind Division, under the personal command of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief: — To be Divi:,ional Commanders—Major-Generals Sir J. Thackwell, K.C.B. and K.B. Cavalry Division ; J. Den nis, her Majesty's 3d Buffs ; W. Battine, C. B. Com pany's service. To be Brigadiers of the 2d Class—Lieut.-Colonel T'. Young, Sirmoor Batt. 4th Infantry Brigade ; G. Moore, 59th Native Infantry, 3d Infantry Brigade ; W. Pattie, 9th Cavalry, Ist Cavalry Brigade ; M. C. Paul, 9th Native Infantry, 2d Infantry Brigade ; D. Harriott, Bth Cavalry 2d Cavalry Brigade ; J. Orchard, C. B. Ist European Light Infantry, Ist or L. B. of Infantry ; C. Graham, C. B. Artillery, Art. Bri gade; Major E. J. Smith, Engineers, Chief Engineer; Captain C. S. Reid, Artillery, Commissary of Ordnance; Assistant Adjutant-General of Cavalry, Assistant Quar termaster-General of Cavalry, Brigade Major of Artil lery, Field Engineers, Deputy Assistant Adjutant Ge neral of Infantry, Majors of Brigade Cavalry, Majors of Brigade Infantry, Baggage Master, Field Paymaster, Superintending Surgeon W. Panton, Superintending Sur geon, Field Surgeon, Medical Storekeeper. Captain D. Simson, 29th Native Infantry, appointed Paymaster and Superintendent of pensioners at Allaha bad. The appointment of Brevet Major I.Trmston. her Majesty's 31st Foot, to be Deputy Assistant Adjutant- General to the division of Infantry with Major-General Pollock's force, has been cancelled, Captain Havelock re taining his present situation in preference to the office of Persian interpreter. Lieut. W. H. Oakes, 45th Native' Infantry, appointed to officiate as junior assistant to the Commissioner of Chotah Nagpore. IST REGIMENT LIGHT CAVALRY.—Lieutenant V. F. T. Turner, promoted to the rank of Captain by Brevet, 9th Regiment Light Cavalry. Lieut. C. Y. Bazett, pro moted to the rank of Captain by Brevet, 10th Light Cavalry. Captain J. Woore, permitted to resign the service. -- ARTILLERY.—First - Lieutenant (Brevet Capt.) G. T. Graham, promoted to Captain, and Second-Lieut. D. C. Vanrenen to First-Lieut., in succession to Torckler, deceased. Lieut. (Brevet Captain) E. Sutherland, ap pointed to the command of the Artillery at Bareilly. Captain G. T. Graham transferred from the 3d co. 4th batt. to Ist co. sth batt., and Lieut. W. Paley, from Ist co. sth batt., to sth co. sth batt. Captain J. B. Back house, transferred from the 6th co. 6th, to the 4th co. 6th batt., and Lieut. (Brevet Captain) J. Trower, from the Ist co. 2d to the 9th co. 7th batt. Second-Lieut. D. Metcalfe, removed from the 3d co. 3d to 3d co. 4th batt. Lieut. Brevet Capt. Todd, removed from Ist co. Ist batt. to 3d co. 3d batt. Second-Lieut. Fagan, from sth ce. 7th batt. to sth co. 4th bat. Second-Lieut.. Money, posted to 9th co. 7th butt. De., A. Wintle, do. to 3d do. 4th do. ; H. S. Leathes, do. 4th do. sth do. ; do. Baillie, do. sth do. 4th do. ; do. Simons, do. Ist do. sth do. ; do. Hutchinson, do. 3d do. sth do ; do. Austen, do. 2d do. sth do. ; Second-Lieut. H. Tombs, transferred from Ist co. Ist to sth co. sth battalion. INFANTRY.--General B. Marley, deceased at Barrack pore, 15th June. Major-General T. Newton, deceased at Mussoorie, 23d June, 1842. SECOND EUROPEAN REGIMENT.—Lieut. W. B. Lum ley, appointed Adjutant of the Sirmoor Local Battalion. Lieut. T. Brodie, promoted to the rank of Captain by Brevet. NATIVE INFANTRY.-2d Regiment Lieut. T. F. Pat tenson, placed temporarily at the Commander-in-Chief's disposal. 3d do. Lieut. T. H. Fulton, attached to the Ramgurh Light Infantry, remanded temporarily to re gimental duty. 6th do. Lieut. G. 0. B. Ottley, pro moted to the rank of Captain by Brevet. Bth do. Lieut, (Brevet Captain) T. S. Price, promoted to Captain,and W Ensign .R. Elliott to Lieutenant, in succession to Brevet Major Hall, deceased. Ensign C r . F. Turner posted. 12th do. Lieutenant (Brevet Captain) H . Kirke, promoted to Captain, and Ensign VV. Hooper to Lieu- tenant, in succession to Mullins, decea s ed. Ensign J. Dunlop posted. 16th do. Lieut. F. B. Bosanquet, assist ant political agent Quettah, placed at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief. 20th do. Ensign H. G. Taylor, promoted to Lieutenant, vice Rattry, killed in action. Ensign W. Stewart posted. 23 d do. Lieutenant W. B. Warden, promoted to the ran k of Captain by Brevet: 25th do. Lieut.-Colonel H. D. Coxe, suspended f rom th e performance of all military duties until the pleasure of the Court of Directors shall be known. 27th ditto, Captain L. W. Gibson, directed to do duty with the Third Infantry Levy at Meerut. 28th dit to, Li eutenant (Brevet Captain) J. Moir, to be Adj u t ant to the Ist De pot Battalion, vice Price, promoted. Ensign M. James, promoted to Lieutenant, vice Nicholetts, deceased. En sign W. H. D. Ross, posted. 31 s t di tto, L i eut. S. R. Tickell, jun., Assistant to the Commissioner of Chotah Nagpore, allowed leave to the Cape of G oo d H o p e on me dical certificate for two years. Lieut. C. A. Jackson, Political Assistant at Candahar, placed temporarily at the Commander-in-Chief's disposal. 32d ditto, Un p9sted Ensign F. J. Davies, attached to do duty. 39th ditto, Lieut. (Brevet C apta i n ) A . G. Miller, permitted to resign the Adjutancy o f th e 2d I n f antry L evy, an d to rejoin his corps at Ferozepore. 42d ditto, Lieutenant D. Gaussen, promoted to the rank of Captain by brevet. 43d ditto, Lieutenant B. K. Elliott, placed tempo rarily at the Command er -i n -Chi e f' s di s p osa l. 45th ditto, Lieutenant G. Biddulph, granted leave to Darjeeling for nine months on medical certificate. 46th 1.1 At i v • -t4/s• • do. Ensign H. F. Crossman. permitted to; resign the service. 48th do. Ensig n F. W a l e, promotoA to Lieut. vice Champion deceased. Ensign G. S. nith posted. 49th do. Ensign J. Hood promoted to Lie :cnint, vice 0 2 0 Captain Codrington, killed in action. n W. E. Sandys, posted. Lieut. 11. J. Piercy, to he'll. •utant of the Ist Light Infantry battalion. 51st do. Lieutiiimpt T. Turner, appointed Adjutant to 2d infantry levy, vice Miller, resigned the situation. 52d do. Lieutenant (Brevet Captain)A. Mackintosh promoted to be Captain, and Ensign G. G. Moxon to be Lieutenant, vice Hewett, deceased. 53d do. Ensign J. M. Swinton promoted to Lieutenant, vice Lloyd, deceased ; Ensign L. H. Nicol son posted. 58th do. Lieutenant A. H. Trevor died at sea 19th of March, 1842. Lieutenant (Brevet Captain) N. A. Parker promoted to Captain, and Ensign A. Meyer to Lieutenant, in succession to Paton, killed in action in the Khoord Caubul Pass on the Bth of January last. Ensign R. Duffin posted. Lieutenant A. Camp bell appointed Interpreter and Quartermaster, 61st do. Capt. J. Skinner, killed in action at Jugdulluk, in Affghanistan, on the 12th January last. 62d do. En. sign J. C. Hardisty, promoted to Lieutenant, vice Caul field, deceased ; Ensign C. E. G. Lamb posted. 64th ditto, Lieut. B. W. R. Jenner, promoted to the rank of Captain by brevet ; 69th ditto, Lieut. G. Ranken pro moted to the rank of Captain by brevet; 73d ditto, Lieut. J. N. Marshall, promoted to the rank of Captain by brevet ; Capt. F. Thomas deceased at Delhi 30th of June ; 74th ditto, Capt. A. Charloon, appointed to da duty with the '3d depot battalion. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Assist.-Surgeon A. Camp bell Duncan, M.D., promoted to Surgeon, vice Harpur, deceased. Assist.-Surgeon Elliott, permitted to resign his appointment as Medical Officer of the Mehidpore agency, and Malwah contingent, and is placed at the Commander-in -Chief's disposal—directed to do duty at Neemuch. Surgeon A. C. Duncan, M.D., posted to the 62d Regiment N. I. Surgeon H. Chapman, appointed Presidency Surgeon, vice Nicolson, resigned the situa tion. Assistant-Surgeon J. Balfour, appointed to the civil station of Bareilly. CADETS AND ASSISTANT-SURGEONS ADMITTED TO THE SERVICE.—Messrs. J. Palmer, F. M. Martin, L. H. Nicolson, G. F. Turner, and W. Stewart, for the Infan try ; Mr. H. J. Y. Faithful), Artillery. MADRAS. STAFF.-Ist Lieut. the Hon. F. J. R. Villi ers, 23d Fusiliers, appointed to act asAide-de-Ca m p to t h e ' R i ght Hon. the Governor. Captain A. A. Mussiter, 2d Native Vet. Bat., appointed to the charge of Native Pensioners, &c., at Ongole. Captain P. Pope, 24th N. 1., Secretary to the Madras University and Deputy. Paymaster at Ma sulipatam, granted leave to sea on medical certificate. IST REGIMENT LIGHT CAVALRY.—Captain J. M. Mac donald returned to duty from furlough to Europe. 3d ditto Lieut.-Colonel S. Bullock posted. 7th ditto, Lieut-- Colonel M. M'Neill received from the Bth Regiment Light Cavalry. Bth ditto, Lieut.-Colonel G. Sandys re ceived from 3d Regiment Light Cavalry. ARTILLERY.—First Lieut. G. M. Gumm removed from 4th to 2d battalion, and First Lieut. G. Dancer, from 2d to 4th battalion, Lieut.-Colonel F. Derville re moved from 4th to 3d battalion, Lieut.-Colonel P. Mont gomerie, C. 8.. from Ist to 4th battalion, and Lieut.- Colonel F. Bond from 3d to Ist battalion. First Lieut. (Bt. Captain) J. Maitland promoted to Captain, and Second Lieut. C. A. Purvis to First Lieutenant. First Lieutenant R. R. Little returned to duty from furlough to Europe. First Lieutenants W. C. Gordon, T. A. C. Godfrey. and G. S. Cutter, promoted to the rank of Captains by brevet. RNGINEERS.—First Lieutenant C. A. Orr ap pointed to act as Supg. Engineer to the Hyderabad Subsidiary Force. INFANTRY. — Major-General C. Farran deceased at Madras, June 29. IST EUROPEAN REGIMENT. —LIMA.- COl. W. Watkins received from the 27th Regt. N.I. 2d do. Capt. W. Raw lins returned to duty from furlough to Europe. 1s:, Regt. N. 1., Capt. J. R. Graham permitted to return to Europe on medical certificate. 4th do., Major R. N. Campbell permitted to retire from the service. Ensign C. T. Harkness posted. Captain E. Haldene promoted to Ma jor, Lieut. (Brevet Capt.) 11. Colbeck to Captain, and En sign I. Denton to Lieut., •ice Campbell retired. Lieut. A. M: Cleghorn permitted to return to Europe on me dical certificate. Capt. P. A. S. Powys returned to duty from furlough to Europe. 6th do. Ensign G. Atkinson posted. Lieut. Forsyth deceased at sea 12th April, 1842. Ensign F. Harris, promoted to Lieutenant vice Forsyth deceased. Lieut. F. G. Kimpster appointed Adjutant. Bth do. Lieut.-Col. Commandant A. Cooke, and Lieut.-Col. H. Moberly, posted. llth do. Capt. M. Davies placed at the disposal of the Resident at Travancore, for employ ment in the Nair Brigade. 12th do. Colonel (Major-Gen.) J. Welsh received from Bth Regiment, N.I. 13th do. Capt. J. F. Leslie deceased at Singapore 31st May. 14th ditto, Lieut.-Colonel A. B. Dyce received from the 34th Light Infantry. The services of Lieut. Lukin are placed at the disposal of the Major-General commanding the forces. 17th ditto, Ensigns J. Shand, Newlyn, and Flint, at tached to ditto duty. 18th ditto, the appointment of Ensign Harkness to this corps is cancelled. Ensign J. Jacob posted. 21st ditto, Major T. J. M. Johnstone re moved to the invalid establishment. Ensign W. S. Hot , . rocks posted. Captain ill. Carthew promoted to Major, Lieut. (Brevet Captain) J. Campbell to Captain, and Ensign S. R. Clogstoun to be Lieutenant, vice Johnstone invalided. Major Carthew placed at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief. 23d N.L.1., Lieut.-Colonel L. Macdowall received from 42d Regiment N.L 26th ditto, Li-mt.-Colonel J. Yaldwyn posted. 27th ditto, Lieut.- Colonel E. A. M'Curdy posted. Capt. A. Cuppage re turned to duty from furlough to Europe. 30th ditto, the appointmeut of Ensign J. Jacob to this corps has been cancelled. 32d do., Ensign E. Floud posted. Lieut. (Brevet Capt.) F. W. Humphreys, deceased at Ellore 19th June ; Ensign B. W. Vaughan promoted to Lieut. vice Hum phreys deceased. 34th L. I. Lieut.-Col. J. F. Palmer, received from 37th Regt. N. I. The services of Lieut. M. Price placed at the disposal of the Resident at Tra vancore for employment in the Nair Brigade. 37th Grenadiers, Lieut.-Col. J. Campbell received from 14th Regt. N. I. Capt. J. Hadfield promoted to Major by Brevet. 40th do. Lieut. R. J. C. Smith deceased at Madras 10th June. Ensign F. Welland promoted to Lieut. vice Smith, deceased. Ensign W. K. Hawkins, posted. Ensigns Harvey, Coote, Rishton, Kenney, Reilly and Bell attached to do duty. 41st do. Lieut.- Col. Commdt. H. Walpole, posted. 42d do. Lieut.-Col. F. H. Ely posted. 46th do. Ensign W. S. Harrocks, attached to do duty. 51st do. Col. J. Henry, posted. 52d do. Captain H. Bower, returned to duty from fur lough to Europe. Captain T. Bayles, deceased, at Cawn pore, of the 21st of June. VETERAN ESTABLISHMENT.—Major J. Howison, of the European Veterans, removed to the 2d Native Vete ran Battalion. Major T. M. Johnstone, posted to the 2d Native Veteran Battalion. MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT.—Assistant-Surgeon H. Cheape, posted to 37th Grenadiers. Assistant-Surgeon J. Ratton, posted to the Infantry Veteran Company at Vizagapatam. Assistant-Surgeon E. J. Barker, posted to the Ist Regiment Light Cavalry. Assistant-Surgeon J. Tait, appointed to act as Zillah Surgeon a! Nelore. Assistant-Surgeon D. Macfarlane, M. D., removed from Ist European Regiment to Ist Battalion of Artillery. Assistant-Surgeon F. Le Mesurier, M.D., posted to the 2d Battalion of Artillery. CADETS AND ASSISTANT-SURGEONS ADMITTED ON TIIE ESTABLISHMENT. —Messrs. J. W. Barwise, E. H. Couchman, W. F. B. Lawrie, and S. Rippon, Artillery. Messrs. W. E. White, C. Hight, J. L. Paterson, A. T. Alexander, C. Ratcliff, J. I. Wright, and J. Shand, In fantry. Messrs. H. Young, K. M`K. Adams, M.D. and A.M., and T. L. Bell, Assistant-Surgeons. Mr. W. S. S. Mulcaster, Cavalry. Messrs. J. N. P. D. Mackellar, J. Flint, J. M. T. Reilly, T. E. Bell, W. H. Harvey, C. G. H. Coote, W. R. Newlyn, A. L. Rishton, W. S. Ken ney, C. E. Taybr, and H. R. Morgan, Infantry. Messrs. J. W. Ferminger and C. B. Craske, Assist.-Surgeons. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS, &C.— Messrs. W. C. Ranken, G. Gregg, R. W. Hight, E. N. P. Mason, and T. E. Lewis, admitted as volunteers Indian Navy. Mr. J. H. Snow, volunteer, arrived at Bombay on the 3d of July. Mr. John Blake, to be acting clerk of the Honourable Com pany's steam frigate Semiramis, from the 14th of May last. Commander Porter, from the Coote, to the com mand of brig Euphrates, from Ist of June 1842. Lieut. Boulderson, acting superintendent, to the temporary charge of the Cleopatra, from Ist of June 1842. Lieut. J. W. Young, to act as assistant superintendent, from the Ist inst„ during the absence of Lieut. Boulderson, or until further orders. Mr. Powell, clerk in charge of the Euphrates, to be transferred to the Victoria, vice fore, sick on shore, from 20th of May last. Mr. George Easteman, to be acting clerk in c h arge of the Euphrates, vice Powell transferred from 20th of May last. LEAVE OF ABSENCE.—Captain R. Lowe is allowed a furlough to Europe, for the benefit of his health. Cap tain D. Ross, master attendant, is allowed leave of ab sence for three months, from 11th July, to proceed to the Deccan, for the benefit of his health. . - On Saturday, in the Insolvent Debtor's Court, a vesting order was made ander the compulsory clause, on a petition filed by Messrs. Evans and Taylor, solicitors, of South-square, Gray's Inn, requiring Sir Francis Charles Knowles, Bart., to file his petition within 14 days. The effect of this order will be to compel Sir F. C. Knowles to make a disclosure of his circumstances, and to vest the whole of his property in the provisional assignee of the Court, and from him to the creditors. The Baronet was first committed to prison in January last, and re moved to the Queen's prison in June, where he is now detained at the suits of several persons. A similar proceeding in the case of the well know Baron de Bode, who had been a number of years in prison, had the 'ef fect of compelling him to pay all his debts. REDUCTION IN*THE PRICE OF CATTLE.—A great reduction has taken place in the price of cattle in Craven, and something like a panic appears to prevail among the graziers, who axe hurrying their stock to market under a notion (we believe visionary) that the quantity of foreign cattle imported will be so great as materially to affect the price. We have, however, heard the panic ascribed in part to a very fatal disorder which prevails among the cattle in Craven, and which destroys the animal between two and three hours after it is seized, unless relief be given. At Skipton cattle fair on Monday last, the quantity of cattle was great, and the prices very low.— Leeds Mercury. The General Steam Navigation Company's new steam-ship Princess Royal, Captain J. W. Morris, which left Granton Pier, Leith, on Saturday afternoon, arrived this morning at nine, at the Company's wharf, Poplar, after an excellent passage. She passed the same Com pany's steam ship Clarence, off Cromer, on her way to Edinburgh. The Princess leaves for Edinburgh again on Wednesday evening. FEMALE CONVICTS.—Between forty and fifty fe males, of various ages, women, girls, and children, ar rived at Ki ngs to n , o u Th urs d a y, between two and three o'clock, under an escort of the 4th Royal Dragoon Guards, and were drafted on board the convict ship Na varino, which arrived in that harbour on Wednesday. Northern Whig.