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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESD► AY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1842. ing it, Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, and Lieutenant- General Sir Hugh Go ugh took 364 guns from the Chi nese. On the 3d of Sept. Major-General Nett had advanced to Nance, a short mart 'h -off Ghusnee. On the 9th of Septet'. 'ber Major-General Pollock bad advanced to Kutta Sunk.).*, and had experienced no op position. Formed as the troops under Major-General Nott have mostly been by folk y ears of constant service, and habi tuated as they have I +een to victory under their able commander, the Governor-General had anticipated their success against any force• which could be brought against them. It is to the Goverinor-General a subject of sincere satisfaction, that the event of the campaign should have opened a more extensive field to that brave army on which it may make manifes t to the world the high quali ties he has long known it U. possess. Major-General Pollock through the prudence of his arrangements, and the correctness of the movements directed by him, had the gratification of affording to his troops the opportunity of proving their superiority to the Affghans on the very scene of the late disaster on the retreat from Caubul ; and Major-General Sir R. Sale, at the head of the garrison of Jellalabad, worthily sup ported by the reinforcements from India, has had the glory of leading the army on its triumphant return to the capital of Affganistan. The Governor General regards, with the highest ad miration, the noble ardour - which has, in these several operations, been manifested, equally by the officers and soldiers of both nations. and of all arms. He secs, in the successes already obtained, the certain promise of other more decisive victories, calculated to impress upon all the enemies of the British Government, a conviction of the futility of resistance to the farce under his direc tion,. and tending. under the continued favour of Provi dence, to effect the first object of his desire, the resto ration of peace to Asia. By order of, the Right Iron. the Governor-General of India. (Signed) T. H. MADI)OCIC, Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General. (Coms.)—No. 23G OF 1842. FROM MAJOR-GENERAL POLLOCK C. 8., COMMANDING IN AFFGHANISTIN, TO T. H. MADDOCK, ESQ., SEC. TO GOY. POL. DEPOT. Dated camp Kutta Sung, Sept. 9, 1842. Sir,—l have the honour to forward, for the informa tion of the Right lion. the Governor-General, the copy of a letter which I have this day addressed to the Ad jutant-General of the Army, detailing the operations against the enemy near Jugduiluck, yesterday. I have, Ex. (Signed) GEORGE POLLOCK, Major-Genera], Commanding in Affghanistan. P.S.—I hare this moment received two letters from Major-General Nott to your address, which I have read, thinking they might contain information which would regulate my movements. I hare also the honour to forward a copy of a letter from Major-General Nott to my address. Copy of a letter from Major-General Pollock, C. 8., com manding troops in Affghanistan, to Major-General Lumley, Major-General of t he Arm y , Dated Camp Kutta Sung, 9th Sept., 1842. Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the information of his Excellency the C o mmander-in-Chief, that I left Soorkab on the morning of the Bth inst., in progress to Jugdulluck, with the following troops :- Ist Division, under the command of Major-General Sir R. Sale, G.C.8.-2 guns 3d Troop Ist Brigade H. A.; 6 ditto No. 6 Light Field Battery ; 3 ditto Mountain Train; her Majesty's 3d Light Dragoons; 1 squadron Ist Light Cavalry; 3 Resullahs 3d Irregular Cavalry; her Majesty's 9th Foot; her Majesty's 13th Light In fantry ; 26th Regiment Native Infantry ; 35th Regi ment Light Infantry ; sth Company of Sappers ; Broadfoot's Sappers ; Mac keson's Bildars. On approaching the hil ls which command the road through the pass, I perceived their summits were occu pied by a considerable number of men, and a nearer view assembled in bodies appa yebwieefretains, each having a distin guishing d standard. The hills they occupied formed an amphitheatre in clining towards the left of the road on which the troops were halted while the guns opened, and the enemy were thus enabled on this point to fire into the column, a deep ravine preventing any contact with them. The practice of the guns was excellent, yet the enemy appeared so determined on making a stand that the bursting of the shells among them on the right hill, which was of a conical shape and difficult ascent, bad not the effect of making them relinquish it, o r of slackening their fire, which now became heavy from all parts of their position, causing several casualties. It is with the deepest feeling of regret I have to de plore the loss of Capt. Nugent, Officiating Sub-assistant Commissary-General, who was shot here and died almost immediately. I had lately received the most important and valuable assistance from him ; t he service has lost a promising officer, and the department to which he be longed a most efficient member. As the guns appeared to have little effect in forcing the enemy to quit the heights, I resolved upon attacking them ; for this purpo,e Captain Broadfoot was detached to the extreme left of the enemy's position, and his sap pers commenced ascending a s teep hill, on the top of which the enemy were entrenched in a sungab, her Majesty's 9th foot, under Lieut.-Colonel Taylor, were directed to cross a deep ravine and assault the hills on the opposite side, where the enemy held a ruined fort, and were with their chiefs and cavalry in considerable numbers. Her Ma jesty's 13th Light Infantry, led by Captain Wilkinson, commandin— g the regiment, attacked the hill which may be considered the key of the position. The 9th, accompanied by two companies of the 35th Native Infantry, under Liutenants Boileau and Trench ; the 13th by 130 men of the 26th, led by Captain Gahan (Major Haish, who, although present in the field, was prevented by his wound received at Mamoo Khail, from assuming the command) rushed up the heights simultaneously, and the animated and enthusias tic cheer they gave, seemed to strike a panic into the enemy, for they dared not wait the collision, but fled down the hills, and were enabled to escape chastisement by the nature of the g r ound, which was so well calculated to favour their retreat. At this moment, Major Lock wood, with her Majesty's 3d Light Dragoons, galloped up, and very nearly succeeded in overtaking the enemy's cavalry, but lam very Sorry to any they also effected their safety by flight. Captain Broadfoot hid completely succeeded in the attack he made, and the enemy were tl . rapersed in every direction, a large body of them retiring to the summit of a high mountain, On this apparently inaccessible height they posted their standards, and showed every demonstration of maintaining it. As the achievements of the day would have been incomplete were they suffered to remain, I decided upon dislodging them. The troops named in the margin! advanced under cover of Captain Abbott's guns, and those of Captain Back house's mountain train. Seldom have soldiers had a more arduous task to perform, and never was an under taking of the kind surpassed in execution : these lofty heights were assaulted in two columns, led by Captains Wilkinson and Broadfoot ; the discomfited Ghilzies, not relisking an encounter, betook themselves to flight, carrying away their standards, and leaving our troops in quiet possession of their last and least assailable stronghold. It gratifies me to be enubled to state, that we have thus signally defeated, with, one division of the troops, the most powerful tribes and the most inveterate of our enemies, the original instigators and principal actors in those disturbanees which entailed such disasters on our troops last winter. The following are the chiefs who were present in the action : trzeez Khan, Gool Mahomed Khan, and Suadat Meen Khan—Jubber Kheil Ghilzies. Khodah Busksh Khan, Azul Khan, and Khojeh Ma homed Shah Khan—Chiefs of Tezeen, Babukkur Kheil Ghilzies. Sirdar Khyroolah Khan, Barukzie, Shah Ghazee Khan, Gool Ghilzie, Hajie Ali Taji -cif, Ibrahim Khan, and Mullick Suddoo—sent by Mahommed Akbar Khan from Caubul, to co-operate with the Ghilzies. Ibrahim Khan and Mullick Suddoo—Lugman chiefs. The petty chiefs of Hissaruck were also engaged, and indeed the whole strength of the Ghilzie force may be considered to have been brought against us, numbering on this occasion from four to five thousand men. Let me now express how much I owe to the brave officers and soldiers who have thus gallantly asserted their superiority in arms ; were I to name all who merit eulogy, I should feel obliged to enumerate every officer who was present. I feel considerable diffidence in mentioning the name of Major-General Sir B. Sale, G r p ". 13 ., whose heroic con duct in the field stands so little in need of my commen dation. On this occasion I was an eye-witness to the personal intrepidity of this highly distinguished officer, as he led up the heights in advance of his own regiment under a very hot fire. To the officers in command of regiments, and detach ments, and to the heads of departments, also to the offi cers of my personal and the general staff, I feel especially indebted for the zealous and efficient manner in which they performed their respective duties ; and I trust his Excellency the Commander - in -Chief will bring to the notice of his Lordship the Governor-General; that every individual engaged has exerted himself to the utmost to serve his country. I , *ller Majesty's 13 th ;-,i4 1 4. Infantry, 9pn company 26th Native Infantry, 00 cPw. 1 3 ,9" 28 th„Natj„re Infantry, one ditto 35th Light Infantry nftli eo rn t an y swora, under Ifieut, )) o Cheri I s l * (l , f ° l * baPPer.3l GOD SATE THE QUEEN. Dated on board the steam-frigate " Queen," Yang-tse kiang river at Chin-lteang foo this 24th day of July, 1842. HENRY POTTINGER, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary. AFFGHANISTAN. The report of General Nott's victory over Shums ioodeen Khan, in the neighbourhood of Ghuznee, which was current at the date of our last advices, has turned out correct. The engagement took place on the 30th of August, at a place about 38 miles from the city, and was a gallant and well-contested fight. Two days previously a body of the enemy had at tacked the rear-guard of our force, but were defeated, and dispersed by a detachment of cavalry under Capt. Christie, and about fifty of their number cut up. Nothing daunted by this trifling reverse, Shums hoodeen moved out with nearly the whole of his army, amounting to not less than 12;000 men, and arrived in the neighbourhood of the British camp about three o'clock on the afternoon of the 30th. " I moved out," says General Nott, " with one half of my force ; the enemy advanced in the most bold and gallant manner, each division cheering as they came into position, their left being upon a hill of some elevation, their centre and right along a low ridge until their flank rested on a fort filled with men ; they opened a fire of small arms, supported by two six-pounder horse artillery guns, which were ad mirably served ; our columns advanced upon the dif ferent points with great regularity and steadiness, and after a short and spirited contest, completely de feated the enemy, capturing the guns, tents, ammuni tion, &c., and dispersing them in every direction. One hour's more daylight would have enabled me to destroy the whole of their infantry. Shumshoodeen fled in the direction of Ghuznee, accompanied by about 30 horsemen. "In the above action and the engagement on the preceding day, our total casualties amounted to 104 killed and wounded." The following are the names of the officers included in this list : KlLLED.—Captain Bury, 3d Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry ; Brevet-Captain G. 0. Reeves, same regiment. W O UNDED.—Brevet -Captain G. 0. S. Ravenscroft, same regiment ; Lieut. T. A. Mackenzie, ditto; Lieut. Meason, her Majesty's 40th Regiment of Foot ; Lieut. A. B. Chamberlain, Christie's Horse. On the Ist of September, General Nott advanced from Gonine (where the battle took place) and con tinued his march to Ghuznes. He arrived on the sth, and invested the city, which was strongly gar risoned, while the hills to the north-eastward swarmed with soldiery. These heights were the first object of the attack, and after considerable opposition they were effectually cleared. Preparations . were then made for an attack on the fortress, but before our batteries could be opened, the enemy abandoned it, and left us once more complete masters of Ghuznee. Our flags were then hoisted in triumph on the Bala Hisser. The loss sustained by our troops amounted to no more than three killed and forty-three wounded. Three hundred and twenty-seven Sepoys of the 27th Native Infantry were found in the city, and released from slavery, to which state they had been reduced by the Affghans. Ghuznee is now a desolate heap of ruins. Its splen did citadel, and other formidable works and defences, have been razed to the ground. The force was to leave about the 9th or 10th Sep tember, and would join General Pollock at Caubul on the 17th or 18th. CIRCULAR. My last letter informed you of the departure of TO y r , ir --.'" BRITANNIC MAJESTY ' S SUBJECTS IN CHINA. General Pollock from Gundamuck on his way to Can ts:4er Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c. &c., in China has bul. He reached Soorkab in one march, and left on 'b l e gl ' s atisfaction in p r omulgating for the information o f the Bth September in progress to Jugdulluck. On , ri r d M ajesty's subjects in China, the important progress reaching the hills which command the road through access of the expedition, since the date of the last the pass, the enemy were found strongly poste d and , circular on the 24th of June. in considerable numbers. They resisted our passage The e i retv e xpedition was detained by bad weather and other with determined courage, and most manfully main . tileo4ay_thinimrt stances at Woosung until the 6th July, on which tamed their position, although our guns told with advanced up the river Yangtse-kiang, and on the deadly effect amongst them. At length the heights Et eac d l . led a military position, built on a range of hills were stormed, and after much arduous exertion, the batteries, ing the stream, where two small recently erected enemy were dislodged and dispersed. A large body sine ': l i e s, . mounting thirteen guns, opened the first fire of them, however, fled to the summit of a lofty hill, Woosung, on the leading ships, but were in tan tl a y v s u i l l g enced and the guns, batteries, and military where they planted their standards, and seemed to set buil dings connected with them destroyed as soon as men us at defiance. To co . mpleteour victory, General could b e put on shore. Pollock directed Captains 'Wilkinsonii . and Broadfoot At this p o i nt t h e ma i n b o d y o f the fleet was retarded to take poss ession of this stronghold, which accord byativerse winds for nearly a week, during which period ingly was gallantly assaulted, when the Ghilzies gave to m . e of the s hip s o f war , ass i s t e d by the steamers, getup way and fled from the field. tztv l Clnahan" or " Golden Island," where the whole ar- In this action several of the most influential Aff g han ' Ir rlt t amounting to seventy sail of vessels, assembled chiefs were engaged; and the total amount o f the oh ,-.:: the 20th i ns t an t an d anc h ore d a breast of the city of f orce b roug ht forward to oppose us is estimated by C hin-ke ang -f oo. General Pollock at from 4,000 to 5,000 men. Our g 41 , - t r b e t e , onnaisance having been obtained the same even- loss was rather heavy, Captain Nugent , the troops Su b Sale slightly wounded, and 6 2 men killed were' disembarked as early as possible Assistant Commisary-General being killed , and Major the n ext morning. It was at this time believed, that majo r i ty o f t h e Chi nese troops , w hi c h h a d been va rio " 1 3' reported at from fifteen hundred to three thou -114 men and wounded. 64 , were in a camp, which was visible from hills General Pollock proceeded onwards, and does not overhanging the river, at a distance of about three miles. appear to have encountered any further opposition, ...„Against this camp the right brigade moved under until his arrival on the 13th of September, in the b7ai.o_r-peneral Lord Saltoun. The centre brigade, led Tezeen valley, where an army of 16,000 men, com -B;taniajor-General Bartley, was directed in the first in- manded by Mahomed Akbar Khan in person, was as stance to co-operate with the right one, in cutting off the sem bl e d to meet him. A desperate fight ensued ; we directionof the city, and the left brigade, headed by was completely defeated, and driven from the field, the ... joy - General Scheodde, landed on the river face of . C.lty with a loss of several hundred killed and wounded. opposite the fleet, where it was instructed to es- Wade t h e n . Our loss was 32 killed and 130 wounded. The names io.rthern wall, which the centre brigade was likewise appointed to do on the southern side, after it had of Captain Lushingten, of her Alajesty's 9th ; Cap performed the other duty assigned to it. tain Geils, of the 60th Native Infantry ; Lieut. Nor : The Chine se troops i n t h e camp did not venture to ton, 35th Light Infantry ; and Lieut. Montgomery, three the near approach of our men, but after firing of the 60th Native Infantry, are among the list of the I :7Ce or four distant volleys from their jinjalls and latter. Akbar Khan fled in the direction of ' q Vcitineks, broke and dispersed all over the country, Bameean. le ll was hillrand covered with the jungle. .By this On the day following this engagement, the General tirosobv ious the left brigade had got on shore, when it became advanced to Boodkhak ; on the next he encamped on e; . vi ens that the Tartar garrison intended to defend the the Race-course at Caubul ; and the 16th witnessed i 1 i " e Y e , s fro m the walls of which they opened a. heavy and his triumphant entry into the citadel, and the plant . sant tire of cannon, jinjalls, rockets, and . matchlocks. ing of our colours on its walls. At -z zi the left brigade moved from the landing place, the city .. - sition r d The i was nigh deserted. The prisoners who (steam l.. frigate), which had been placed in pa had. been left there on the removal of their cotn obbligedorto the Befr purpose, in threw some shells amongst the anions to Bameean were restored to us by the Kuz-. e nemy on the works with admirable precision, but NI as P _ rigade to the bottom oofwr'liinen.zilbashes. They consisted of Mrs. Trevor and eight wallto th: liie rapid h v,a, was children, Captain and Mrs. Anderson and three chil ahce most o fgtahle !tinily escaladed under a heavy fire from the Tartar dren, Captain Troup and Dr. Campbell. It would i ery inch , every inch who behaved with great spirit, and disputed appear that the captives who were taken to Bameean, of the ram p ar t s , a vailing themselves with are not now in the custody of Mahomed Akbar, as great tact, of their knowledge of the localities, to gal at the date of our latest accounts, General Pollock • our, and screen their own t roo p s . appea red to entertain a confident ex p ectation of ob- The in finding .centre brigad e go t i n t o th e c ity (after some delay Wiling their release in eight or ten 'days; while Cap- Ing a brid ge to cross t h e G ran d C ana l, w hi c h runs t a in Bygrave, who had been carried off by the Sirdar, ;;;;: along the western side of Chin-keang-foo, and separates was not thought likely to be recovered at present. 74, , t he walled city from very extensive suburbs) by blowing Lieut. Sir Richmond Shakspeare had proceeded in i t i f7 ° had r oue . of the gates ; but even after the left brigade search of them, at the head of 700 Kuzzilbashes. 4 . 413. na _ ..n eceived this large reinforcement, besides parties of W- ) _ , ‘,., _' 0 1 7 . i and seamen who were landed the moment the The arrival of General Nott was daily looked for; ‘l , lO Won remised ••,; -. full P to be so stubborn,-the Tartars man- don the junction of the two armies it is said they '-in late Y.prolonged the contest for some 'hours, and it was would an dreturn to India with as little delay as possible. in the afternoon before they entirely disr • _ xi which it is surmised the survivor, dir . l,.bythro . w a i p n p g e a a ‘ r v e a L ; There seems no probability of our re-occupying the prisoners are all recovered, ~ their arm s and uniform,- ' n nii , n i ght .. and either hiding themselves till s hall doubt re Caubul ; as soon as retire, after completing the work , enabled them to escape, or else mingling with the we no „. 0 , .other inhabitants A great deal of discussion has at different times of retribution by the destruction of the city. -lb, ~ The city of Ch . in keang-foo is rather more than four arisen on the subject of the national . . character . of the ,r, relies in circumference,- the works are in excellent r Affghans; the advocates of retirement heaping praises ~,..i1 liosion iii ! tut cannon 0(17,- p ai r, and the parapet, which i s so thick and solid th e at . on the treacherous assassins of Caubul, and vehe ' Lott • .on shot could have made any impres- mently proclaiming their patriotism—their valour— in „tin it, is •.pierced with narrow embrasures an 1 ~,..,. "1-noles, and flanked at variety .-, ( and their kindness to the captives; while other writers a of spots with trans -- to - rse vvalls- repudiated principles so discreditable, painted our ,_. a lt 1i -as hitherto been impossible to obtain anything like enemies in their true colours, and denounced, with from return of the strength of the garrison, but honest indignation, their abominable crimes. The Work made with reference to the extent of I correctness of these latter views has been proved on ' l ' ' . the numberless occasions ; and we have now a yet „h i , : ....._ orks, and the Tartar troops seen on them at the iie 6 .,, iirae_moment, it is thought there could not have been stronger and more fearful confirmation of their truth, Arta,., ; ' , t _ ll 5 than three thousand men. Of these it is said, that in the fact that the whole of the Sepoys of the 27th tii,„ ~ lulled Mandarin's officers and thousand men, were Native Infantry, who were released at Ghuznee, had one -14., i , Juiled and wounded. The Tartar -General Command- been reduced to slavery by the Affghans ! Of this . 4 ~ Jwas tn ,_ -chief, retir e d to his house when he saw that all there is no doubt —not even the encomiasts of our 0 10 4made .o his servants set it on fire, and sat in his enemies—with all their effrontery, can deny it—and 4 Wag burned to death, Ms. hero io an9tber tale , more horrible in its nature, Private sore t OFFICIAL. DISPATCHES. (From the Friend of China, Sept. 10.) CIRCULAR. liEtt BRITANNIC MAJESTY ' S SUBJECTS IN MINA. C 144 Britannic Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c. in China 7, eAtreme gratification in announcing to her Majesty's 4 "a c e/s in China, that he has this day concluded and Vied, with the Chinese High Commissioners, deputed t° negotiate with him, a treaty, of which the following 44 , the Most important provisions. • ' , skating Peace and Friendship between the two em times. 2 . China to pay Twenty-one Millions of dollars in the c°l 4i'se of the present and three succeeding years. 3 . The porta of Canton, Amoy, Foo-choo-foo, Ningpo , .111 Shanghai, to be thrown open to British merchants, C °ostilar, officers to be appointcd to reside at them, and P egular and just tariffs of import and export (as well as inland transit) duties to be established and published. 4 . The island of Hong-Kong to be ceded in perpetuity to her Britannic Majesty, her heirs and successors. 5 . All subjects of her Britannic Majesty (whether na • tv . V s of Europe or India), who may be confined in any ihi4 lt lt of the Chinese empire to be unconditionally released. Nb t '• An act of full and entire amnesty to be published the Emperor under his Imperial sign manual and seal all Chinese subjects, on account of their having held 1 4 ; 1 7, vice or intercourse with, or resided under the British . 41 : 2 °Irerriment, or its, officers. 7 . Corr es p on d ence t o b e con d u cted on terms of per t •,1•1 aas. or{ equality amongst the officers of both Governments. I . 8 - On the E m p e ror's assent being received to this I `' ,rel 47, and the payment of the first 6,000,000, dollars 'FlrlL ,.* e.l* Britannic Majesty's Forces to retire from Nanking ', 4.4 ' 411d the Grand Canal, and the military posts at Chinhai 41: to be also withdrawn, but the islands of Chusan and lf.,Xillangsoo are to be held until the money payments and the arrangements for opening the ports be completed. , -41 L In Promulgating this highly satisfactory intelligence, sk,,,.:er Maje s ty' s Pl en ip o t en ti ar y, &c.; purposely refrains any detailed expression of his own sentiments as to the surpassing skill, energy, devotion, and valour, which li ja • 'have di s ti ngu i s h e d th e var ious grades, from the highest 14° ,,_ the lowest of all arms of her M a j est y' s combined 1141 rees, during the contest that has led to these moment -111,(14s results. The claims which have be en th i s established -`44lMill be:doubtless acknowledged by the highest authorities. 11 4., the meantime, her Majesty's Plenipotent ia ry c on g ra- N:Mates her Majesty's subjects in China on the occasion I l te• peace, which he trusts and believes will, in due time, I t • ° qually beneficial to the subjects and interests of both 1 41:41 - and and China.—God save the Queen. '31 , 3 „,;(:-. 141, t4A on heard the steam frigate Queen, in the 'Yang- A5 4:46 4 11k "g river, off Nanking, this 2 9 th day of August, . (Signed) HENRY POTTINGER, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary (True C o py) G. A. MALCOLM, Secretary of Legation. Which though not officially noticed, has been repeated in dozens of private letters, and which, if true, and it seems worthy of all belief—will condemn the Affghan I character to eternal infamy, and furnish a bitter com mentary on the praises of those who have defended it. It is .this, that previous to the action of Jugdulluck, on the advance of cur column, a soldier of the 44th was burned alive by the Ghilzies in sight of our troops, on whose approach the throat of the victim was cut to make sure of him ! Thus were the patriots fighting " in defence of their mountain homes"—thus did they exhibit their " nobleness of spirit"—thus was their " uniform kindness to the captives" trium phantly demonstrated ! If this do not alter the sickly and effeminate tone of some of your home journals in reference to the Affghan war, nothing surely will effect the change. MISCELLANEOUS. The news from China and Affghanistan will so much engross public attention, and our intelligence from other quarters is so scanty, and of such meagre interest, that I deem it unnecessary to go much into Our accounts from Scinde are not of much import ance, relating chiefly to the movements of General England's force, now on its return to India, one de tachment of which, under Major Reid, left Quettah on the 10th, and reached Dadur on the 19th of Sep tember, while the 2d division would proceed through the Bolan Pass on the 21st. The country is described as perfectly tranquil. Cholera prevails to a great ex tent among the troops at Kurachee. Boondelliund is still in rather a disturbed state; but no fresh collision of any importance appeared to have occurred with the rebels. The most interesting item of the intelligence from Simla is, that Lord Ellenborough Vas ordered the construction of the great Dooab Canal, which was suspended on his arrival, to be immediately proceeded with. Two lass of rupees (20,0001.) per annum, have been set apart for this work. Lieut.-Colonel Low has resigned the Residency at Lucknow, and Major-General Nott, the new "hero of Ghuznee," has been appointed by the Governor- General, to succeed to this lucrative post. Major-General Pollock, who may as appropriately be designated the "Hero of Caubul," has been ap pointed to the general staff of the army, in succession to the late Major-General Penny. We have nothing of importance from Madras, be yond the announcement of the arrival of the Marquis of Tweeddale, and his assumption of the government, and the departure of his predecessor. Our Bombay local news is unimportant. The burn ing of the ship Eleanor, on the 29th September, at Alepee, on the Malabar coast, by the Lascars (as it is believed) on board of her, is the chief item. The sus pected parties have been lodged in gaol. The vessel was bound from Bombay to Calcutta. POSTCRIPT—No. 1. The following piece of intelligence was issued this morning by one of our local journals. It appears to be a new version of the affair of the 28th August, in which Capt. Christie commanded, and which is given in General Nott's dispatch. I had heard something before of the alleged misconduct of the cavalry, pre vious to the defeat of Shumshoodeen. I would not re commend your readers, however, to place much de pendence on this confused account of the transaction. " Letters from Nott's camp, dated Mydana, 15th ultimo, had been received at Loodiahah, stating that the cavalry had suffered sadly on the 28th August, having turned out to release their own grass cutters (said to be hemmed in in a fort some miles distant from camp), and been inveigled into a kind of basin by parties of Affghans, who retired before them skirmish ing. All of a sudden the unfortunate Cavalry found themselves beset by about 3,000 matchlock men, who crowned the hills around and opened a heavy fire. The Cavalry retired in pretty good order until the commanding officer, fancying there was an opportu nity of making an example of some of the enemy, ordered a squadron to charge up a tolerably accessible spur, in which two officers and many men were killed. The squadron was repulsed, and its support so roughly handled, that all fell into confusion, and our party returned to camp fairly thrashed! The infantry and some guns now turned out, to recover the slain, in which they succeeded. The bodies had been awfully mangled ! General Nott has dropped this affair into the more successful one of the 30th of August, which completely broke the enemy's host and power !" Colonel Palmer, it seems, is not dead, but was taken to Caubul, and thence, with the other prisoners, to Bameean. The story of his having been tortured, while in Ghuznee, has been confirmed by the Sepoys. The sandal-wood gates of Mahomed's mausoleum have been carried off from Ghuznee by General Nott, at the express desire of Lord Ellenborough. PO STSCR IPT—N o. 2. OCT. 16, 1842.—The Governor-General's Express not having arrived, the dispatch of the steamer has been deferred. I have received the Delhi Gazette of the sth instant, and a Supplement to that journal bear ing the same date, which latter contains the dispatches of Generals rollock and Nott, recounting the occu pation and destruction of Ghuznee, and the defeat of Akbar Khan at Tezeen, and subsequeat capture of Caubul. The Delhi Gazette mentions the receipt of letters from Kurnaul, to the effect that a communication had been received there, intimating the recovery of the whole of the prisoners excepting Captain Bygrave. This report does not seem to be worthy of implicit credit. It was said a force would be dispatched for the pri soners in addition to the Kuzzilba.shes sent off imme diately on General Pollock's arrival at Caubul. A letter from Caubul, dated the 16th of September, says—" General Nott had arrived, and formed his camp about five miles from our's (General Pollock's) in the Ghuznee road. He sent forward Major Raw linson, the political employe, with dispatches, and re spects to General Pollock, and on the following morning (17th), General Nott's force will move oppo site. to Caubul." All is quiet at Jellalabad and Gundamuck, but robberies are frequent in the neighbourhood of the Khyber Pass. The following extract from a Jellalabad letter of the 20th inst. will be perused with melancholy in- terest:— " On Sunday last, seven officers, and about twelve artillery men, with some of Thomas's Khyburees went as far as the hill, three miles on the other side of Gundamuck, where it is said our soldiers of the 44th, and some of the Artillery and sth Cavalry, made their last stand, for the purpose of burying the bodies exposed to public gaze. They buried (within a square made of stones) 162 bodies, and covered them over with stones. On Sunday morning another party was sent out, who found and buried 70 men, so that 232 skeletons have at length lodged in their earthly tenement." Calcutta journals have been received to the sth inst. The Tennasserim steamer arrived on the 4th from China, with intelligence of the settlement of our dif ferences with the Celestial Empire. The Englishman of the 4th says, "We are happy to inform our Hurkaru Contemporary that Lord Ellenborough has determined on hanging Akbar Khan, on bringing home to him the murder of Sir William M`Naghten 1" Ceylon papers to the 30th September, and Madras to the Bth October, have come to hand, but contain nothing of importance. FALL OF CAUBUL. (From the Dcliii Gazette Extraordinary, Oct. 3.) We lose not a moment in communicating the most welcome and anxiously expected intelligence that the British arms have again triumphed, both at Caubul and Ghoznee. The tenor of our information, which is most authentic, is that on the 13th of September ➢iajor-Ge neral Pollock met the enemy at Tczeen, 16,000 strong, under the personal command of Mehomed Akbar Khan. After desperate resistance, " the bayonet alone in many instances deciding the contest," the enemy were completely routed and dispersed, leaving several hun dreds killed and wounded on the field, and two guns, large quantities of ammunition and stores, and three standards in our hands. The loss on our side was 32 killed and 130 wounded. OFFICIAL DISPATCHES FROM GENERALS POLLOCK AND NOTT. Bead Quarters, Simla, 21st Sept. 1842. Political Department. The Governor-General has this day received the re ports of three victories obtained, on the 30th of August, over 12,000 A ffghans, 38 miles southwest of Ghuznee ; on the Bth of September, by Major General Pollock, over the troops of Mahomed Akbar Khan and Ghilzio Chiefs at Jugdulluck ; and on the I Gth of June, by tho expedition on the coast of China, within the mouth of the river Yang-tae-Kiang at the city of Woosung. ill this last operntiov, onci time immediately I have the hon Our to enclose a rough sketch of the scene of operations, and a return of killed and wounded. I have, &c. (Signed) GEORGE POLLOCK, Major-General, Commanding in Affghanistan. (True copy) (Signed) G. PONSONBY, Captain, Assistant-Ad j utant-General. TO CAPTAIN DELAMAIN, SENIOR OFFICER OF CAVALRY. Dated Camp Kareez, Oosman Khan, 23d Aug., 1842. Sir—Agreeably to the instructions conveyed to and through Lieutenant Forbes, Adjutant 3d Light Cavalry, Iproceeded to the rear with tworessallahs of the istßen gal irregular cavalry and three ressallahs of my own regiment, and now do myself the honour to report the result as follows, for the information of Major-General Nott. I proceeded at a trot for about a mile and a half, when we were closing well with the enemy, all of a sudden we came on a ravine with steep sides, which for a time com pletely brought us up ; however, we managed to file down and form again on the opposite side. This delay allowed the enemy to move a long way a-head ; but, getting the detachment into a smart gallop, we succeeded in coming up with them just as the foremost of them had reached the bottom of the hills. 'We cut up about 50 of them. Lieut. Chamberlain's party from the other flank destroyed 12 more. The enemy, I should think, amounted to about 300 horse and foot. Every man did his duty, so it is impossible to offer any remark on indi viduals, and I shall only add that I was quite satisfied with the conduct of all. I beg to return a list of the killed and wounded.--I have, &c., (Signed) J. CHRISTIE, Captain. (True copy) (Signed) THOMAS POLWIIELE, Captain, Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General. FROM MAJOR-0 ENERAL NOTT, COMMANDING FIELD FORCE, AFFGHANISTAN, TO T. H. MADDOCK, ESQ., SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, WITH THE GOVERNOR GENERAL. Head Quarters, dated eamp Gonine, 31 miles S.W. of Ghuznee, 31st August, 1842. Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the in- formation of the Right Honounable the Go vernor-General of India, that Shumshoodeen, the Aff ghan Governor of the fortress of Ghuznee, brought nearly the whole of his army, about 12,000 men, into the vici nity of my camp yesterday, at three o'clock P.M. I moved out with one half of my force, the enemy ad vanced in the most bold and gallant manner, each cheer ing as they came into position, their left being upon a hill of some elevation, their centre and right upon a low ridge until their flank rested upon a fort filled with men; they opened a fire of small arms, supported by two six pounder horse artillery guns, which were admirably served ; our columns advanced upon the different points with great regularity and steadiness, and after a short and spirited contest, completely defeated the enemy, capturing theirguns, tents, ammunition, &c., &c., and dis persi ng them in every direction. One hour's more daylight would have enabled me to destroy the whole of their infantry. Shumshoodeen fled in the direction of Ghuznee, ac companied by about thirty horsemen. I enclose a list of killed and wounded on the 28th and 30th inst., also a return of ordnance, ammunition, &c., taken from the enemy. The behaviour of the troops, both European and native was such as I anticipated, and afforded me complete sa tisfaction. I beg leave to bring to the favourable notice of the Right Honourable the Governor-General of India, the undermentioned officers ; many of them have served under my command for the last three years, and have been conspicuous for their zeal and gallantry in the various affairs which have occurred with the enemy during that period, and especially in the action of the 12th of January last, and have invariably upheld the re putation of our arms and the honour of our country : Brigadier Wymer, commanding the Ist Infantry bri gade ; Lieutenant-Colonel M'Laren, commanding 16th Regiment Native Infantry ; Major Hibbert, command ing her Majesty's 40th Regiment; Captain Burney, cora -1 manding 38th Regiment Native Infantry ; Captains Christie and Haldane, commanding corps of Bengal Ir regular Cavalry ; Major Sotheby, commanding the Ar tillery ; Captain Blood, commanding Bombay Foot Ar tillery ; Major Sanders, Bengal Engineers ; Lieu tenants North and Studdert, Bombay Engineers. Majors Leech and Rawlinson, of the political department, at tended me in the field, and rendered me great assistance in conveying my orders. My best thanks are due to my Staff, Captain Pol whele, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Captain Wa terfield, Aide-de-Camp, Lieutenant Tytler, Deputy Quartermaster-General. Annexed is a letter from Brigadier Wymer, speaking in the highest terms of his Brigade-Major Captain T. H. Scott, of the 38th Regiment Native Infantry. I fully appreciate this excellent officer's merit, he has been with me in four actions, I trust I shall not be thought pre sumptuous in expressing a hope that ho will receive some mark of the favour of Government, by brevet or otherwise. I cannot close this dispatch without expressing my admiration of the dashing and gallant conduct, rapid movement, and correct practice of Captain Anderson's troop of Bengal Horse Artillery, nothing could exceed it, and I beg leave to bring this officer and Lieutenant Turner, attached to the same troop, to the particular notice of his Lordship, as officers who have on many occasions rendered me the most essential service.—l have, &c. (Signed) W. NOTT, Major-General Commanding field-force, Afghanistan. GENERAL ORDERS. Simla, Sept. 30, 1842. The Governor-General announces to the Army and to the people of India the occupation of Ghuznee by Major- General Nott, on the 6th September, and its entire de struction by the Candahar division of the army. Major-General Nott had the satisfaction of releasing in the neighbourhood of Ghuznee, 327 Sepoys of the 27th Bengal Native Infantry, from the slavery to which they had been reduced by the Affghans. The Governor-General likewise announces the com plete defeat of Mahomed Akbar Khan at the head of 16,000 men, at Tezeen, on the 13th of September, by Major-General Pollock, and the occupation of Caubul by the troops under that General on the 16th September. The British flag waves in triumph from the highest point of the Balla Hisser. Thus have all past disasters been retrieved and avenged on every scene on which they were sustained, and re• peated victories in the field, and the capture of the cities and citadels of Ghuznee and Caubul, have advanced the glory and established the accustomed superiority of the British arms. The report of Major-General Pollock leads the Go vernor-General to expect that long before this day all the British prisoners taken by the Affghans will have been brought into the General's camp ; those who had been left near Caubul were already at liberty. The Governor-General, in the name of the Government and of all the people of India, offers to Major-Gen. Pol lock and Major-Gen. Nott, and all the officers and troops under their respective commands, his grateful and heart felt acknowledgments of the important services they have performed. The Governor-General has derived much satisfaction. from the report made by General Pollock, of the ad mirable conduct of the troops of IL 11. the Maharajah Shere Sing, acting in co-operation with the British army. The Governor-General rejoices in this new proof of the cordial good understanding which prevails between the British Government and that of Lahore. On the 14th Major-General Pollock advanced to Boodkhak ; on the 15th he encamped on the race-course at Caubul, and on the 16th he took possession of the Balla Hisser planting the British colours on the walls. Sir Richmond Shakespear, with 700 Kuzzilbashes, had proceeded to Bameean in search of the prisoners. The Governor-General directs that the recent suc cesses obtained by the armies in Affghanistan be fully made known to all the troops, at all the stations of the army, and that at all those stations a salute of 21 guns be fired for the capture of Ghuznee, and a similar salute for the capture of Caubul. By order of the Right Hon. the Govr.-Genl. of India. (Signed) T. 11. MADDOCK, Secy. to the Govt. of India with the Gov.- Genl. FROM BRIGADIER G. P. WYMER, COMMANDING IST IN FANTRY BRIGADE, TO MAJOR•GENERAL NOTT, COM MANDING FIELD FCRCE. Dated Camp Chuppotkbana, September 1, 1842. Sir, —Adverting to division orders of yesterday, ex pressive of your praise and thanks to the troops em ployed under your command in an action with the enemy on the r fternoon of the 30th instant, I hope you will not consider it ill-judged on my part bringing to your favour able notice the valuable assistance I derived from the active services of Captain Scott, Major of Brigade to the Ist Infantry brigade under my command, whose exer tions during the fight on that day demand and merit my best praise and acknowledgments. This being the se cond time of the display of Captain Scott's abilities when in action with the enemy on my personal staff, will I hope plead my apology for recommending him to your notice, and the favourable consideration of Government, in any way you may have it in your power to mention him as a meritorious and deserving officer. I have, &c., (Signed) G. P. WYMER, Brigadier, Comdg. Ist Infantry Brigade. COPY OF A LETTER FROM MAJOR-GENERAL NOTT TO MAJOR-GENERAL POLLOCK, C.D., COMMANDING IN AnGIIANISTAN. Camp Nanee, Sept. 3, 1842. y D ear General,—l have been favoured with your *o r of the sd els, We were engaged with the enemy .L [L. was rain she on, irs %Id ilst ese ot- fen re' ~cr, It will Le observed that in no one provision of the-; I r .,e' 4 Y: is there the slightest allusion to the opium t rade —the actual cause of the war—and it is said that slough the Commissioners were very desirous of in troducing some article on this point, Sir IL Pottin ger refused to admit it, stating that the Chinese must i mpose restrictions on their own subjects, if they wished prohibit the traffic. Thus, recognised by neither Power, the opium trade will henceforth be a system of dangerous but lucrative smuggling ; and doubtless 6 00 n prove the source of fresh jealousies and misun destandings with the Chinese. We can but regret that the question as to its lawfulness has not been finally set at rest. Immediately after the signature of the treaty, it has dispatched to the Emperor for ratification, and on its return, which was expected in about ten days, Major Malcolm was to convey it to England, via Snez,.by the Hon. Company's steamer Auckland. At the time of the settlement of differences, sick ' tress had begun to appear extensively among the men 7 th of the land and sea forces. Upwards of 100 be ‘l°llging to the 98th Regiment had died. When the first instalment of the 21 millions of d01in4163 in 4163 is paid, the troops return to Chusan. There are Zt Present off Nankin, her Majesty's ships Cornwallis, Blonde, Modeste, Childers, Clio, and Algerine ; her 'lndia s t eam ers Vixen and Driver, and the East '"nclia Company's steamers Auckland, Queen, Pluto, ' Z hlegethon, and Medusa, which vessels retain their '''Position until payment of the instalment. The Tennasserim steamer was dispatched to Cal ' "tta with the tidings of peace, and arrived safely on the 4th instant. Her Majesty's ships Endymion, Calliope, and Dido, . 414 the East India Company's steamer Proserpine, : 14 te stationed off the great canal. The steamer Ne ia was to proceed to Formosa, to obtain the release '""he captured crews of the Anne and Nerbudda. At Hong-Kong there remain her Majesty's ship Blenheim, Wolverine, and Warspite, and the East rndi a Company's steamers Memnon and Hooghly. tart' was found the day after the assault, hidden in garden, and on being carried to the spot recognised the half-consumed remains of his master, who was worthy of such death. It will be readily understood, that a brilliant service, of which the preceding detail gives but a very feeble out line, could not be performed without loss on our side, arid her Majesty's Plenipotentiary is sure that all her Majesty's subjects in China will participate in his feel ings of sincere regret at the annexed returns of ca sualties in killed and wounded in her Majesty's com bined forces. . Arrangements are in progress for placing a strong British garrison at Chin-keang-foo (which commands the entrance to the Grand Canal, and is therefore of vast importance), and the remainder of the expedition will shortly move up this majestic river, headed by the Admiral's flag-ship Cornwallis, to the neighbourhood of Nanking (which ancient capital of the empire is about forty miles distant, and situated about three miles from the Yang-tse-kiang, with which it is connected by a variety of canals), it having already been ascertained by actual survey that there is ample depth of water, and no natural impediments. on the 27th, near Mukoor. On the 30th, Shumshoodeen, Governor of Ghuznee, came into the vicinity of our camp with his whole army. I moved out with about one-third of my force, the enemy came on boldly enough, but we soon entirely defeated them, taking the two field-guns they brought with them from Ghuznee, and the whole of their ammunition, tents, &c. Our sepoys behaved with much steadiness and gal lantry.—Yours sincerely. (Signed) W. 'OTT. THE SILK-WORMS AND MUL. BERRY-TREES OF AFFGHANISTAINT. ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.—At the ordinary meet ing held on Saturday, Dr. Royle read an interesting Report forwarded by the East India Company, from Captain Hutton, on the culture of silk in Candahar. After some remarks upon the history of the introduction of the silk-worm into Europe, the Report referred to the importance of this trade a few years since at Herat, where, however, during the last invasion of this place by the Persians, the whole of the mulberry-trees in the vicinity had been destroyed by the besiegers. This had directed some attention to the facilities which Candahar af forded for the supply of silk to a very considerable ex tent, and a good criterion of the profits which might result from its culture might be obtained from the re sults in Affghanistan. It was estimated that there were 1,316,300 eggs in one seer, the produce of 30,936 moths, which required 4,000 mulbery trees for the support of the worms. A profit of nearly 100 per cent. was obtained from the growth of silk in Affghanistan, and this might be in creased in Candahar by the use of machinery. In Candahar there were many tracts of land particularly eligible for the growth of the mulberry tree ; and whilst the culture of silk would afford a good revenue to the Government, it would also furnish a profitable em ployment for thousands of persons who are now suffer ing under the accumulated and aggravated evils of want, poverty, and misrule. The eggs of the silk worm in Bengal are hatched three times in the year, whilst those at Candahar, and in the south of Europe, have but one crop annually. In Affghanistan the eggs are hatched under the arm-pits of persons, or in bags placed round the body ; and the whole of the period required for the attention of the worm is two months, during which time, a large number of the poorer classes find constant employment at a profitable remuneration. Some interesting observations were made in connexion with the subject of the Report, in which the recent destruction of several mulberry plan tations during the progress of the British troops in India was much regretted, as striking at the root of a very important staple article of commerce. LOUIS PHILI PPE. (From the Gazette de France.) The inhabitants and frequenters of the Court re mark that there has been for some time past an extra ordinary change in the habits and temper of Louis Philippe. He is subject to frequent attacks of debility and acute pains in the head. Formerly he slept easily, whether in his carriage when he went to Neuilly and St. Cloud, and even in his billiard-room, notwith standing the noise made by the players. Now he is afflicted with a continual difficulty of sleeping, which is become insupportable to him. When by chance he does sleep he has painful dreams. He breathes labo riously ; inarticulate words come from his lips. His features are contracted; large drops of perspiration fall from his forehead ; and he awakes suddenly pale and overcome. If this state of Louis Philippe cause uneasiness to the inmates of the palace, who owe their position to his Goverment, they do not experience less surprise at seeing the profound change which his manners have undergone. Everybody knows what efforts he used to make to be polite. He re ceived ladies with a courtesy which reminded one of his early youth. At present visitors are an annoy ance to him ; he receives them coldly ; and those ladies who had an audience on the same day, left the Palace struck with the icy reception that they had experienced. Louis Philippe, who formerly was so fond of conversation, scarcely speaks now. His voice, which for the last three or four years has been broken and rather tremulous, is sometimes so inaudible that to catch what he says one must approach very near to his person. The force of habit is such that he does not cease to enrich with notes, reflections, and anec dotes, the voluminous volumes of manuscripts which are the treasures of his memory. These contain ob servations which are very piquante upon the principal persons of the age, and particularly those who have been Ministers since 1830.. The hand- writing of these manuscripts is very neat and plain, and the most careful punctuation is observed. But for some time past Louis Philippe feels fatigue and difficulty in writing. He still, however, preserves the same degree of neatness, and a few days ago was much annoyed because a blot of ink had fallen on one of his notes. This Prince has re tained the habit which he acquired in England, of making his tea. He takes a great deal of it, and for some weeks past tea has been almost his only nourish ment lt is easy to perceive that this Prince is agitated by a lively solicitade for all that is attached to the future destiny of his dynasty. During the first years of the Revolution of J u ly, w hen one of the actors in that (1789) came to visit him, Louis Philippe would hasten to say, Ah, my dear General, (or my dear comrade,) how many many things have passed in half a century! How time qualifies ideas! The dreams of our youth were only madness.' And the visitor was, of course, exnected to conform to his opinions. Since the death ot the Duke . of Orleans, they no longer talk at the Palace of the calamities of anarchy, of the absurdity of a monarchy surrounded by republican institutions, and of the necessity of giving force to the action of the Govern ment, &c. Other ideas besiege the mind of Louis Philippe. His first, his only question, is as to what is thought of him and of M. de Nemours. At Court all allusion to the late Duke of Orleans is in terdicted, lest the recollection of his good qualities should give birth to unpleasant comparisons. Above all, it is forbidden to talk of the Princess Helena. She is thought to have too much sense, and she is ac cused of being constantly desirous of appearing be fore the public. It was because she had too much mind and judgment, that the Chambers were not al lowed to grant the Regency to her; for it is supposed that, with a strong mind a nation would be ill go verned, which, it is said, would be more tranquil if it had less. As to the interior of St. Cloud, it is sad and monotonous. M. de Nemours appears to have his mind constantly brooding over something, and says nothing. Marie Amelie is resigned. Madame Adelaide works at tapestry, and hardly speaks to the Princess Clementine, who is her companion. The as • pect of happiness and prosperity, which once sur rounded the Orleans family, is altogether changed." " HOW ARE THE CHINESE TO PAY ? " —The Chi nese Government have given England their "promise to pay" 21,000,000 dollars as the price of peace be tween this country and the Celestial Empire. The question now comes, and will be asked by many, How are they to pay ?" The Government o f that immense empire have been represented for years past as very hard pressed for means to satisfy the ordinary calls upon their exchequer. They will, consequently, be extraordinarily " hard pressed" to liquidate in th e course of three years recentthisextra o2rl,doinoao7oooanddollars. Th a e dditionto their f sode btsvast s t a o f Government country must necessarily be an expensive affair, swarming as it does with its hundreds of millions. Du Ilalde apparently, however, without the means of exact correctness, calculated the total expenses per annum of the Imperial Government at about 200,000,000 taels, or considerably above 50,000,0001. sterling, of which only 10,000,000 reached Pekin, the rest being expended in the manazement and regulation of the various and tremendous provinces of the empire. The sources from which these sums are derived are— a land. tax, for which the landowners, and not the tenants, are held responsible ; a tax on salt, which is a Government monopoly ; taxes on imports and ex ports , • taxes on the transit of good s within the em p ire ; and certain revenues derived from tea and alum, which are likewise monopolies to a limited extent. Ginseng is another monopoly of the Emperor, tickets or permits being given to those employed in the col lection of that root, and severe penalties being enacted against all who presume to gather it without the license. Several mines of metals likewise afford a revenue ; and there is a river in Yun-nan, called Kin-shae, or " the golden-sanded," some portion of the produce of which is paid to Government. In the Pekin Gazette of October 11, 1833, there appeared an article that showed how much the serious attention of the Chinese authorities had been turned to some mode of increasing its regular income for the pay ment of the ordinary expenses of Government. This article was the result of deliberations between the several supreme boards- and that particular one that has the especial charge of the revenue. They had formed a committee of ways and means upon the subject, with the view to increase the income for cur rent expenses, because during the last years the outlay had exceeded the receipts by more than 3 0,000,000 of taels. An expedient was afterwards adopted of raising money by selling the rank of kin-jin, which qualifies for public employment, and, by the funda mental law of the country, should be attainable b) h pre sent means Go v e t r h n a m n ent those (s a o y f si\ learningir Davis) and talent. ofthe cou " n T' t n ry : other is evidently hard pressed for means, and would b? , distressed by any unusual draught on its reso u rces. This 21,000,000 of dollars may he considered rather an " unusual draught," and the interesting question rem Y ,? ains to be answer e d, "H ow are the Chinese to vARMARTIIHN CATTLE FAIR. --At our fair pa" last Monday few sales were effecte, and those few were at greatly reduced prices. This fair has alway s hitherto been a ve r y large One ; but this year it was a very poor one indeed, and but the shadow of its former stir and fullness. The felling off was no less remark able than la men t a bl e. Cattle could find no purchasers At any price,- Welshman PURCE LL. For the just appreciation of the poetry of Purcell's, music, we must look to posthumous prais e , a kind a late generosity, a sort of tardy justice," viiflaicphareavlieenl malice renders to the illustrious dead wh en th ey are as insensible to applause or censure as they w ere once indifferent. Dr. Burney observes that, were to be drawn between Purcell and any popular composer of a different country, reasons might be as.. signed for supposing him superior to any other great mid favourite contemporary musician in Europe." However, although in his own country he was not in his own lifetime at the pinnacle of all English musicians, a traditionary anecdote (with which the writer of this article was made acquainted in Italy,) will sufficiently show that his fame had spread to the Continent, and procured him the most extravagant admiration on the part of one whose opinion was " worth a whole theatre of others ! " Corelli, having seen some of Purcell's trios in the possession of an English nobleman then travelling through Italy, was so struck by them, that h e conceived the roma n ti c id ea o f v i s iti ng th e i r au th or in his native land (a journey by no means so facile or pleasant en route in those days), where he unfor tunately arrived three days after the death of our Orpheus. Single -hea r t e d an d s i ng l e - m i nded i n the ob,ect of his journey, Corelli exclaimed, " Henry Purcell dead ! then I have no further bus*iess in this land ;" and, turning on his heel, departed for his home. Many compositions have been ascribed after his death to Purcell (for instance, " Mad Torn," of which celebrated scena the chief and best portions were in existence before he was born); while, on the other hand, it is to be feared that he has been defrauded of many others which bear internal evidence of his mas terly hand. Notwithstanding all that has been said in favour of Locke's pretensions to the music in Macbeth, the suspicion that Purcell had more than a little to do with it is still strong and supportable. But this is not a place for a controversy of the kind. Henry Pur cell was born in 1658, and died in 1695 ; conse quently was about thirty-seven years of age, a term of existence which has, to a curious extent, awaited many a glorious genius. Purcell excels all other mu sicians (not even excepting his mighty follower, Han del) in the rigid application of his music to the sense of tire words ; for which reason we regret to see his Te Deurn laid aside for even the grand Dettingcn. In the passage, " Holy, holy," &c., nothing can surpass the devotional grandeur and simplicity of his treat ment of the sublime words. He was buried in West minster Abbey, where a monument was raised to his memory. The following humorous-rebus, in Latin rhymes, was written in praise of Purcell, by a person named Tomlinson, and an English version of it, set to music in the old popular catch style, by a composer of the name of Lenton. We subjoin the original and translation : Galli marita, par tritico seges, Prcenomen est ejus dat chromatii leges ; Intrat cognomen blanditiis cati, Exit erPmi in cedibus stati ; Expertum effectum omnes admirentur ; Quid merent poette ? ut bene calcentur. A mate to a cock, and corn tall as wheat, Is his Christian name, who in music's complete; His surname begins with the grace of a cat, And concludes with the house of a hermit ; note that. His skill and performance c4ch auditor wins, But the poet deserves a good kick on the shins ! This last line is severe, and evidently points at some individual poet ; and in candour we must say that, if by this passage an allusion be made to " glorious John," it is perfectly just; for King Arthur, with itg chivalrous and romantic subject, has been scurvily treated by Dryden.—lllustrated News. INTERESTING VISIT OF H. IVI. S. CURACOA, TO PITCAIRN'S ISLAND, EAIIO, &c. On the 10th July, 1841, the Curacoa took her de parture from Valparaiso, to visit the St. Leo Islands, and after touching at Callao, proceeded direct to Pit cairn's Island, which she reached on the 18th Aug. The inhabitants of this island have increased in num ber to 114, the oldest person on the island being the wife of Christian, the chief of the mutineers, and the last survivor of those Otaheitians who sailed in the Bounty from Otaheite to Pitcairn's Island, and he perfectly recollects the landing of Captain Cook at Otaheite. On the 29th of August the Curacoa pro ceeded to the adjacent island of Emio, where the Queen and her principal chiefs were residing A few days after she returned the Captain's visit, accompa nied by her husband the King, and the young Prince and Princesses. After her Majesty had walked round the decks, she was conducted to the Captain's cabin, ere a sumptuous en tertainment had been provided for her. What ap peared to strike her fancy most was the appearance of the marines and of the marine drummer, with whose able performance she was so pleased, that she re quested as a particular favour that he might be , al lowed to play during the time of dinner, and any re laxation from his labours was immediately followed by an exclamation from her Majesty in the Otaheitian tongue of " More drum, more drum." Pomare, the Queen, is a very large and tall woman, of appa rently thirty years of age, and has a pleasing and good humoured countenance : her husband, the King, appear.: to be younger. From Emio, the Curacoa proceeded to the Sandwich Islands, anchoring in Ka rakakoa Bay, in the Island of Whyke, on the 24th of September. It was here that that celebrated but unfortunate circumnavigator Cook lost his life, and the only monument which marks the spot on which he fell is the etump of an old cocoa-nut tree, with a sheet of copper nailed on it some years ago by her Majesty's ship Imogene. A large party of the officers visited the famous volcano of hirawea. The Curacoa stayed at Honolulu until the 14th October, when she sailed for Monterey, on the coast of Upper California; previous, however, to her departure, Captain Jones was honoured by a visit from the King, who had been absent at an adjoining Island. During the greater part of the time of the Curaeoa's stay he came on board without pomp or parade of any sort, in a large double war canoe, attended merely by his secretary and the governor of the town and fort. He was dressed in a kind of half military blue surtout coat, uniform cap, and is a man of apparently thirty-five years of age. The Governor is the same who accompanied th e l a t e returned of oen the even inquisitive w ithtotS haenodKatlii mind, een c e h gr l u s n l f a o n r d t s u n t a o t e rn K gl i a n n g d, an a d nd Q m u i l e n e n r w s e •d i s l s ip an t d ß o a b lln o lies i e iss of in her man na r p co A rf l i Majesty's s t sa y bd ' r s de himself. On the sth of Novemberthe Curacoa arrived arrived at Monterey, a small settlement under the Governor of Mexico. The object of her visit to this so little frequented port was to inquire into the nature of certain grievances sustained by some of the English settlers, in having been imprisoned by the Mexican authorities under the plea of attempting a rebellion in the country. Some of the officers enjoyed themselves much during their stay, in bear, deer, and duck shooting, with which kind of game this fine coun try abounds. Several of the English and Scotch settlers, proud to see a vessel of war of their own country in this out-of-the-way corner of the world, were not slow in offering their best accommodations to the Captain and officers of the ship, and the Mexican authorities went so far as to get up a ball on the occasion ; and in the hastily decorated ball-room were to be seen various mottoes, complimentary to the English nation. On the 16th November, the Curacoa sailed for San Blas, in Mexico ; anl from thattime to the end of May follow ing was employed on the Mexican Coa st, receivin g on board treasure destined for England, to the amount of 1,900,000 dollars, with which she sailed from San Bias for England on the 3d of June, encountering o n th e night of the 9th a tremendous hurricane of' wind, which caused her the loss of a complete suit of sails, blown from the bolt ropes. On the 28th July she arrived at Valparaiso, having been absent more than twelve months on her interesting trip, and having re victualed sailed for Rio on the 6th August, from which she sailed on her homeward voyage on the 21st September, and anchored at Spithe d a on Wed nesday last, the 16th inst.—Portsmouth Herald. THE SIMPLON.—The Debats contains a letter from a municipal councillor of Montpellier, pointing out the present dangerous state of the route of the Sim plon :—"I look on this magnificent work," says the writer, "as one of the greatest that has emanated from the conception of man, and which has not a little contributed to render illustrious a reign fruitful in great events. Whilst the northern declivity of the road of the Simplon is in a perfect state of preserva tion, the southern part, from its entrance into the States of the King of Sardinia, is in such a state of ruin that if a speedy remedy be not applied, it will be impracticable for any kind of carriage, and will not be without da n ger for even beasts of burden. Ido not write to you on mere report. What Istate I beheld myself, having crossed that part of the Alps in the early part of' September. Both before arriving at Isola, and at the other side of that place, the torrents have burst the dikes, swept away a part of the road, and it was at the risk of a hundred times dashing my carria ge t o pieces from making long circuits on the side o f th e mo u n tain, through rocks and stones, that I could ar rive at Domo d'Osola. The repairs necessary for the purposecoofinparernadlei tvely t h ri e fli r n o g ad , b p u as t s t a i b le le re w i - o s u e l l d .er a y t pre- s s o e n nt to be fear that the autumnal rains and the melting of the snows will so much aggravate the evil, that the Government will hesitate at the expense that will be then required, and that this magnificent road will be come absolutely impracticable, to the great prejudice of commerce, and of those travellers who admire noble works. It is asked how it happens that the Sardinian Government, whose roads are so fine, and which executes such admirable works at the passage of the Bochetta—in fact, a direct communication be tween Genoa and Turin, should abandon to the devas lations of the torrents which descend from the Simp. ton, itroad not long since so ezoollout‘ '